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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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There is a legion of Yayoi.
One Piece 32
Presentation is weird given the split between the three groups but I'll just assume Luffy/Sanji being withheld is going to lead to something awesome before long. I shouldn't complain, I guess, since this is what I wanted.
It looks like Nami forgot to finish shaving this morning.
Presentation is weird given the split between the three groups but I'll just assume Luffy/Sanji being withheld is going to lead to something awesome before long. I shouldn't complain, I guess, since this is what I wanted.
R_thanatos
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Excellent ...more sex jokes on the way !!
yayoi>reika >>>>>>>>>the rest >>> candy
hosannainexcelsis
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That's totally 70s swag hair. Good stuff.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Glad to see you're enoying it, it's a great show.
But shit son you are WRONG. Yayoi is the best girl by far.
Yayoi is the answer.
Accel World 24 END
first half owned but i can't say the second half which was so laughable bad, especially the little scene at the end. maybe we'll be lucky and the inevitable second season cuts out as much of the "real world" shit as possible but i doubt it.
Breakdown:
00:00 - 11:59: FUCK YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OWNAGE SAKUGA, talking and flying naked cartman lololololol
*meh*
*ED*
two sides of the same shitty coin
first half owned but i can't say the second half which was so laughable bad, especially the little scene at the end. maybe we'll be lucky and the inevitable second season cuts out as much of the "real world" shit as possible but i doubt it.
Breakdown:
00:00 - 11:59: FUCK YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS OWNAGE SAKUGA, talking and flying naked cartman lololololol
*meh*
*ED*
They can't. Kawahara is a powerhouse in Japan now. All the adaptations are pretty faithful to the material.
welp. maybe... maybe the specials will turn out to be pretty good!!
I'm sure they'll be a "special" blend of pain.
I was the sole member of Team Nao for the longest time but after every single episode they gave her was subpar I had to give in and join Team Yayoi as well.
Reika is fine, the only problem with her is that she gets the lowest number of character-centric episodes of any of the five mains so what you see of her from the beginning is pretty much what you get. Fortunately the dorky oujosama act is endearing from the get-go.
You have good taste my friend.
I don't really feel either of those attributes are particularly unique or special. Honestly it's not even particularly depressing when everything falls into the main character's lap.
KO Traveling Hobo
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and yet you seem to have no problem with generic characters...
i dont know any other show like NHK, so thats saying something
Maybe he'll actually be inspired to write something new and not vidya related now!
Maybe he can have a Gary Stu get trapped in his favorite fantasy novel.
Maybe he'll actually be inspired to write something new and not vidya related now!
SAO and AW are ongoing novels. There's already enough material for both shows to have another full 2-cour season each, and by then, he will probably have written enough for yet another season for both shows.
Im not really referring to the mc. Im referring to the circumstances of the show and how all the characters in it seem miserable.
R_thanatos
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ACCEL WORLD - 24
Well i liked the finale ( even though i knew about it since i'm well ahead in the novels )
I can't wait for season 2
The scene above will lead without a doubt to some delicious moments in season 2.
Can't wait for the 2 best arcs in this franchise to be animated
This episode ended with the game balance totally changed in a casual way ..kuroyuki in this episode recruted :
Now that i can't get my accel world fix weekly, it's time to start the ps3 game..
Well i liked the finale ( even though i knew about it since i'm well ahead in the novels )
I can't wait for season 2
The scene above will lead without a doubt to some delicious moments in season 2.
Can't wait for the 2 best arcs in this franchise to be animated
This episode ended with the game balance totally changed in a casual way ..kuroyuki in this episode recruted :
A rollback player ( do i need to explain how gamebreaking this is ? ), a player that is strong like a king but isn't one and that can also fly , and said player disciple..
Now that i can't get my accel world fix weekly, it's time to start the ps3 game..
KO Traveling Hobo
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Maybe all of the exposure he's getting will inspire him to write about a videogame that gets trapped in the real world.
SAO and AW are ongoing novels. There's already enough material for both shows to have another full 2-cour season each, and by then, he will probably have written enough for yet another season for both shows.
(Crash Station
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Fairy Tail 149
Well this has taken a mildly interesting turn. Guess that's one way to assure a filler character won't show up again.
Well this has taken a mildly interesting turn. Guess that's one way to assure a filler character won't show up again.
Dedication Through Light
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Darn so you knew the whole time about Chiyu and her true abilitiy? Must have been hard to resist mentioning it when people were all on the hate chiyu thing, lol. Her ability is awesome though, surprised she thought that far in advance with the stubborn Taku and Haru, who were awesome.
That's absurd.
KO Traveling Hobo
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What has science done!?
hosannainexcelsis
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Robot Carnival
As far as compilations go, this felt relatively weak. Certainly it's not on the level of Memories or Genius Party. The theme of robots and human-robot interaction in particular has historically been fertile grounds for thoughtful sci-fi, but for the most part these shorts didn't go in that direction. What they do provide is lavish mechanical animation, which is always pleasant to see, and lots of destruction, which Otomo certainly is fond of.
There were a couple standouts I'd like to mention:
"Franken's Gears" (Koji Morimoto) - As the title implies, this is a Frankenstein-esque story about a mad scientist who brings life to a robot through lightening. There's a "what hath science wrought" moral that usually goes along with this kind of story, though its presentation here is perfunctory. The real point of interest, and what Morimoto was clearly most concerned with, is the sheer density of mechanical eye candy on display. The scientist's lair, besides containing the robot itself, is filled to the brim with pipes, gears, wheels, levers, layered on top of each other in a complex configuration.
Moreover, once the robot wakes up, all the mechanisms start coming apart. Not only does the robot inadvertently crush them, but they also spontaneously break apart of their own accord, rising upwards in defiance of gravity:
It makes for an impressive sight. Also worth nothing is the exaggerated pantomiming of the scientist; all his movements are portrayed as if he was an actor performing to a large theatre, trying to make his actions visible to the distant back row. This and all but two of the nine shorts are wordless, and several of them use character overacting to compensate.
"Presence" (Yasuomi Umetsu) - This is the one short that I felt was actually substantial, in the sense that it tackles meaty topics in a way that gives you things to contemplate. An engineer, unsatisfied with his wife and his mundane daily life, carefully constructs a female robot in a secret laboratory, hoping that she can give him the pleasure he lacks elsewhere. He quickly finds out that the ideal fantasies we create and seek to control can turn around, take on a life of their own, and control us. The obsessions we think we can harmlessly indulge in on the side all too easily grow to consume us until we vanish from the real world altogether.
I particularly like the setting, which mixes late 19th century England with futuristic technology in a manner that doesn't fall into a standard steampunk aesthetic.
The style of animation is very strange. All the characters move in an unnatural, ultra-smooth manner that looks way faster than it should. Thus every little gesture becomes calculated and artificial. At first my thought was that the animators screwed up and didn't make sure there were enough in-betweens, but upon further contemplation I think it's likely a very intentional choice. The nature of their movements turns the humans into the mechanical contraptions that the main character likes to toy with, wind up, and let run. It heightens the general sense of unreality which encourages an escape into the more real feeling fantasy. Similarily, there is a sense of fakeness to the main character's design:
The shape of his jaw, the way his hair connects with his scalp, his facial features - he ends up looking closer to a humanoid robot than the one he creates:
Despite her glassy eyes, the lush detail given to her hair, face, and outfit make her seem more real than real, more human than human, the ultimate escapist lure.
Or maybe Umetsu just likes drawing young females more than anything else and I'm overthinking things. Who knows!
"Cloud" (Mao Lamdo - In contrast to the two well-known figures above, I can find nothing about this person online. It's a shame, because I'd like to see more of his work.) - We follow a robot through his creation, setting out into the world, wandering through time and space, and at the end of his journey
. This is perhaps the most experimental short from a visual standpoint. It looks straight out of a children's storybook, complete with frames and pencil drawings:
The aesthetic is simple but pleasing, and suited to the short's contemplative mood.
As a final note, I found the bookending segments clever in their use of the "Robot Carnival" title as a physical object.
As far as compilations go, this felt relatively weak. Certainly it's not on the level of Memories or Genius Party. The theme of robots and human-robot interaction in particular has historically been fertile grounds for thoughtful sci-fi, but for the most part these shorts didn't go in that direction. What they do provide is lavish mechanical animation, which is always pleasant to see, and lots of destruction, which Otomo certainly is fond of.
There were a couple standouts I'd like to mention:
"Franken's Gears" (Koji Morimoto) - As the title implies, this is a Frankenstein-esque story about a mad scientist who brings life to a robot through lightening. There's a "what hath science wrought" moral that usually goes along with this kind of story, though its presentation here is perfunctory. The real point of interest, and what Morimoto was clearly most concerned with, is the sheer density of mechanical eye candy on display. The scientist's lair, besides containing the robot itself, is filled to the brim with pipes, gears, wheels, levers, layered on top of each other in a complex configuration.
Moreover, once the robot wakes up, all the mechanisms start coming apart. Not only does the robot inadvertently crush them, but they also spontaneously break apart of their own accord, rising upwards in defiance of gravity:
It makes for an impressive sight. Also worth nothing is the exaggerated pantomiming of the scientist; all his movements are portrayed as if he was an actor performing to a large theatre, trying to make his actions visible to the distant back row. This and all but two of the nine shorts are wordless, and several of them use character overacting to compensate.
"Presence" (Yasuomi Umetsu) - This is the one short that I felt was actually substantial, in the sense that it tackles meaty topics in a way that gives you things to contemplate. An engineer, unsatisfied with his wife and his mundane daily life, carefully constructs a female robot in a secret laboratory, hoping that she can give him the pleasure he lacks elsewhere. He quickly finds out that the ideal fantasies we create and seek to control can turn around, take on a life of their own, and control us. The obsessions we think we can harmlessly indulge in on the side all too easily grow to consume us until we vanish from the real world altogether.
I particularly like the setting, which mixes late 19th century England with futuristic technology in a manner that doesn't fall into a standard steampunk aesthetic.
The style of animation is very strange. All the characters move in an unnatural, ultra-smooth manner that looks way faster than it should. Thus every little gesture becomes calculated and artificial. At first my thought was that the animators screwed up and didn't make sure there were enough in-betweens, but upon further contemplation I think it's likely a very intentional choice. The nature of their movements turns the humans into the mechanical contraptions that the main character likes to toy with, wind up, and let run. It heightens the general sense of unreality which encourages an escape into the more real feeling fantasy. Similarily, there is a sense of fakeness to the main character's design:
The shape of his jaw, the way his hair connects with his scalp, his facial features - he ends up looking closer to a humanoid robot than the one he creates:
Despite her glassy eyes, the lush detail given to her hair, face, and outfit make her seem more real than real, more human than human, the ultimate escapist lure.
Or maybe Umetsu just likes drawing young females more than anything else and I'm overthinking things. Who knows!
"Cloud" (Mao Lamdo - In contrast to the two well-known figures above, I can find nothing about this person online. It's a shame, because I'd like to see more of his work.) - We follow a robot through his creation, setting out into the world, wandering through time and space, and at the end of his journey
finally becoming a real human through the patronage of an angel
The aesthetic is simple but pleasing, and suited to the short's contemplative mood.
As a final note, I found the bookending segments clever in their use of the "Robot Carnival" title as a physical object.
Wrong on both counts, sir! I've been on Team Nao since the beginning, and the bug episode was fuckawesome.
R_thanatos
Member
Yep i knew .. but my purpose here is to let people enjoy their anime and to provide additional information if they want.
But seeing some people reactions was fun indeed ..
I'll mention that i'm looking forward to the ps3/psp game of accel world for several chapters ( that aren't in the novels ) that will probably explain some stuff in a different way.
It's not.
Accel world is built on a set of rules and you can do anything within those rules as long as your imagination allows.
I'll let you guess what is the chiyu trauma that allowed her to get this.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Accel World 24... IN REAL TIME
duckroll would love this episode. Well, the first half at least.
Accel World FIN
Great visuals and audio, really stupid in every other matter. I would definitely watch a second season. Four Pink Dinos out of Five.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT THERE'S LASERS AND PUNCHES FLYING EVERYWHERE
hahaha Cartman you impotent twat
hahahahahaha advent children did it first
CHIYU YOU WHORE oh wait
ALL DAT SAKUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cartman-kun killed a dude? He's come so far. ;-;
2nd half: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
hahaha Cartman you impotent twat
hahahahahaha advent children did it first
CHIYU YOU WHORE oh wait
ALL DAT SAKUGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cartman-kun killed a dude? He's come so far. ;-;
2nd half: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
duckroll would love this episode. Well, the first half at least.
Accel World FIN
Great visuals and audio, really stupid in every other matter. I would definitely watch a second season. Four Pink Dinos out of Five.
Oh yeah, that was pretty good. After that, though, they just sort of gave up on giving her a character beyond "Nao is athletic", "Nao is dependable" and her episodes were never quite as good again. The biggest problem she faces is being too similar to Akane, who happens to steal the spotlight between the two of them due to her larger-than-life Kansai personality.
Oh, what the hell. Team Nao.
Joe Molotov
Member
I've enjoyed Robot Carnival ever since seeing it on Sci-Fi Channel years ago, but the best parts was the bookend sequences. Those were amazing.
I'll have to check out Genius Party, I've never seen it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I'm guessing something stupid like
her parents dying because some weird accident she provoked
Also, lovely avatar.
FREE CHET
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
She
wishes she picked Cartman over Taco?
We need more people to join our cause.
That's a good one.
Accel World - Episode 24 (END)
Should have edited all the Brain Burst stuff from ep23 and ep24 into a single episode. It would have fit just right, and saved us from all the other pain lol. At least now it's all over, so I won't have to complain about the shitty characters and real world crap again... until season 2!
Should have edited all the Brain Burst stuff from ep23 and ep24 into a single episode. It would have fit just right, and saved us from all the other pain lol. At least now it's all over, so I won't have to complain about the shitty characters and real world crap again... until season 2!
Star Driver movie trailer up: http://www.stardriver-movie.net/
New fight scenes!
... And now that I think about it, did they ever actually go swimming in the original series?
hosannainexcelsis
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While I liked the bookend sequences, I must admit they didn't greatly grab me. I wasn't particularly fond of the zombie-looking villagers and their grunts.
Definitely do; there's a lot of great stuff contained within its two parts. Wanwa the Doggy in particular is about as close to perfection as it gets.
Psycho-Pass animation character design sheets: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=367059853372933
Edit: Just to make things clear, in Fall 2012, Akane is MAI WAIFU. The rest of you who start bandwagoning later on when she is actually cute in the show don't count!
Edit: Just to make things clear, in Fall 2012, Akane is MAI WAIFU. The rest of you who start bandwagoning later on when she is actually cute in the show don't count!
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