chickdigger802
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Don't get it. You buying the bluray?
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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Don't get it. You buying the bluray?
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This much adorableness should be illegal.
I think that's the LE of the new PSP game. Buy it to find out how the show actually ends!
I may or may not already have.
I know that I'm the resident Precure apologist but I find the image of the girls bowing to the plastic toy damned hilarious and appropriate.
W-weird. I just watched a product review for another item from this show even though I don't know anything about Precure.
best dog
Second best. don't forget about Potato!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
I'd expect nothing less from the PreCure pro.
It's a sign. You know what needs to be done.
is this dog shaped like an actual potato?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You should do it! If I can do it, anyone can! lol
Someone has to watch the first episode of every show in the Fall. In fact, I'll be disappointed in AnimeGAF if it doesn't happen!
You know, I asked DJ / Martin about this in the RSG thread, since he has a daughter who loves Precure (and has been to the films twice lol) and he says that his daughter doesn't bug him about buying all the plastic shit. Maybe some kids are savvy enough not to fall for the gimmicks. lol
Jex
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They all are! Well, apart from the little girl in the dress. Another manly man, Amaterasu-no-Mikado:
I need to watch more reviews of anime paraphernalia.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What are you trying to imply about gender and our expectations thereof?!
Potato is the dog from AIR>
Jex
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Jinrui was certainly different to every other show airing in terms of what it wasn't. It wasn't:
a) A sci-fi action show
b) A fantasy action show
c) A story about teenagers at highschool
d) An otaku pandering show about little girls
e) A romantic comedy
f) Any kind of normal comedy
g) A harem show
Which makes it different to the vast, vast majority of works being produced today, which is why I think the whole series feels so refreshing to watch. As I said after watching the first episode, I'm surprised it got made at all considering that it doesn't play to some well-known demographic.
Nothing. I'm just saying that a lot of the guys look pretty girly!
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Accel World 16
Also: That's a lot of mumbo jumbo for what could be summarised as shounen haato.
So, uh, moé? Wait, does this mean everyone else is walking around naked? How lewd.
Also: That's a lot of mumbo jumbo for what could be summarised as shounen haato.
They all are! Well, apart from the little girl in the dress. Another manly man:
His chin must be a weapon.
Jex
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Yeah, but it's the videogame explanation thereof. You gotta have a lot of mechanics-talk, apparently.
Hyouka 22 ~Fin~
What a great way to end one of the best shows of the past year. The mastery of visual storytelling here, both subtle and grandiose, is something a lot of other studios could learn from. It's really a vindication, not for any one person, but KyoAni as a whole, because what makes Hyouka great is not any single element, but the complementary work that combines to from the whole. Yasuhiro Takemoto did a wonderful job of guiding all these elements in service of a unified vision. Honobu Yonezawa's original writing is pretty effective in how it starts off with what seem like fairly typical stock characters, and gradually builds them up into three-dimensional personalities that we grow surprisingly attached to. Shuuhei Okude gave us some of the best art direction I've seen in years. And the backgrounds themselves were often exquisite, courtesy of some of KyoAni's own artists as well as Studio Blue and Anime Kobo Basara. Futoshi Nishiya, with his work now on this and Nichijou, has established himself as one of the top character designers in the business. And I'd be remiss not to mention Kouhei Tanaka's score, one of the best he's ever done, which adds a finishing touch of sublimity to many of the more emotional scenes.
As this was the last episode, KyoAni spared no expense to put on their best face for this finale. There was some movie-quality animation in the scenes with large groups of people all moving around. And I found the last scene to be an appropriate coda, although hopefully not the final one. Don't be fooled by the titles, because this is easily the most melancholy anime KyoAni has ever produced.
And of course, more of dem backgrounds:
I fear I'm going to start suffering from withdrawal next week.
I've said this before, but their marriage is going to be really weird.
What a great way to end one of the best shows of the past year. The mastery of visual storytelling here, both subtle and grandiose, is something a lot of other studios could learn from. It's really a vindication, not for any one person, but KyoAni as a whole, because what makes Hyouka great is not any single element, but the complementary work that combines to from the whole. Yasuhiro Takemoto did a wonderful job of guiding all these elements in service of a unified vision. Honobu Yonezawa's original writing is pretty effective in how it starts off with what seem like fairly typical stock characters, and gradually builds them up into three-dimensional personalities that we grow surprisingly attached to. Shuuhei Okude gave us some of the best art direction I've seen in years. And the backgrounds themselves were often exquisite, courtesy of some of KyoAni's own artists as well as Studio Blue and Anime Kobo Basara. Futoshi Nishiya, with his work now on this and Nichijou, has established himself as one of the top character designers in the business. And I'd be remiss not to mention Kouhei Tanaka's score, one of the best he's ever done, which adds a finishing touch of sublimity to many of the more emotional scenes.
As this was the last episode, KyoAni spared no expense to put on their best face for this finale. There was some movie-quality animation in the scenes with large groups of people all moving around. And I found the last scene to be an appropriate coda, although hopefully not the final one. Don't be fooled by the titles, because this is easily the most melancholy anime KyoAni has ever produced.
The visual symbolism here is delightful.
And of course, more of dem backgrounds:
I fear I'm going to start suffering from withdrawal next week.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It did have otaku pandering of a different sort though.
(Leaving aside the fact that it's still scifi).
You mean handsome!
It won't end if I don't watch it.
1st stage of grief.
It won't end if I don't watch it.
I've done this with the last episode of I don't know how many anime.
Not until next week? Hell, it's already started for me.
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the best kids. truly a rarity in this consumerist age
rip wallet
space dog > key dog
Accel World in a nutshell.
I think it also says something that the episodes built around otaku jokes are the worst of the bunch, and did so much to test the faith of its audience. If they avoid going back to that well, I'd love to watch another season of this. There's a ton of room for playing off the cast's weird personalities and the fairies' truly horrifying powers. Like a good ol' fashioned sitcom!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This season was very character-focused instead of world-focused. The thing is though, I'm not sure how interesting it would be to see the actual world that these characters inhabit.
Crisis averted.
No way man, bonus episodes are pure sorrow! A show you loved getting revived from the dead for 30 minutes only to have to say goodbye again sux.
We'll always have badly drawn porn.
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It makes you my aniki.
chickdigger802
Banned
out of context this looks quite odd. What was that show with the girl with no head that rides a motorcycle?
Look ma no head!
Durarara.
What a boss, still salty manglobe didn't pick him for TWGOK. Look at dat harem.
The sadness will soon be wash away with Chunibyo.
You are history's greatest monster.
Forgot the most important thing, Hyouka final score:
9/10
PdotMichael
Banned
well, I'm just happy that Hyouka is over. The show couldn't change my opinion that it was just an overdramatized show about boring/trivial everyday worries.
Hyouka 22
omg, so gorgeous . I'm so depressed. I feel that this episode was made in a way, if they don't get to make another season they are satisfied with how things ended. The last scene gives an idea of what's going to happen in future. I hope they don't leave it like this but I think this can be a real end if they want to even though the story doesn't end. :\
omg, so gorgeous
. I'm so depressed. I feel that this episode was made in a way, if they don't get to make another season they are satisfied with how things ended. The last scene gives an idea of what's going to happen in future. I hope they don't leave it like this but I think this can be a real end if they want to even though the story doesn't end. :\That's because it was.
Even the Festival arc ended up being guilty of this.
Hermano!
So is that a yes?
Moyashimon Returns- fin
I also love how cute the microbes are.
I look forward to another sequel in two years when people forget how bad this sold.
Despite the huge dip in character designs, I really enjoyed this season possibly moreso than the last. I think it had a stronger narrative driving it through the season and it feels much less disjointed. The anime also didn't just stick to the normal settings(around more of the college), which I love when shows do a change in scenery. They also did a great job tying the trip in France to the core of the show. I really do enjoy the fact that the characters are older and I wish more shows took place in a college setting.
I also love how cute the microbes are.
I look forward to another sequel in two years when people forget how bad this sold.
Yup, Chunibyo is like Hyouka 3.30 lol
I guess the nightmare will never end.
Jex
Member
[Hyouka] - 22
Eh, I'm still convinced this material got far, far, far better treatment than it deserved. I'm sure there are plenty of other tales that would look amazing if KyoAni poured all their effort into making them spectacular.
The episode was, as expected, very good but I just don't really have time to write about it now. I really do think last weeks was better though.
Eh, I'm still convinced this material got far, far, far better treatment than it deserved. I'm sure there are plenty of other tales that would look amazing if KyoAni poured all their effort into making them spectacular.
The episode was, as expected, very good but I just don't really have time to write about it now. I really do think last weeks was better though.
Amazing how the parents have smirks on their face.
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This shit is so messed up. Why do I do this to myself?
I shouldn't be watching this show before going to bed.
This shit is so messed up. Why do I do this to myself?
Shimao you just done goofed.
I'll take the top, you take the bottom
bunk.
Jex
Member
Well, it's mostly miles and miles of ruins without much major conflict, so I imagine it would be fairly dull.
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