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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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*melts*
Thanks. I needed that.
Episode 06 just hit me on a very personal level and it wasnt pleasant.
Hellsing321
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Need more wobble bass.
chickdigger802
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weird... from this angle i can sorta tell why people are turned off with Tari Tari's 'flat faces'.
Hakoniwa Academy is indeed abnormally huge.
I don't mind the faces in Tari Tari, but I do like the adorably plump faces of K-On characters quite a bit.
this is what it looks like when moe blobs poop
You silly little cat.
I look like that every time I do!
chickdigger802
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You should read the LN version. It's a much better SS.
Chet Rippo
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How you came to that conclusion, I have no idea.
Kai Doh Maru
Stealing MAL's synopsis due to laziness,
Normally I eat up the historical anime but this was a hard watch for me as things seemed to just happen and character appeared for no apparent reason. Consequently, I developed no real attachment to any of them and when the story progressed, I was rather ambivalent about it all. When I looked into it further, I learned it was an adaptation of Japanese folklore according to Kai Doh Maru's wiki entry. I'm sure familiarity with such might have helped (as well as being able to pay closer attention to it all.) I'm hesitant to call the story either good or bad in the end as the faults I found might lie with me due to inattention and fatigue rather than the presentation itself.
But enough about that, let's address the visuals as that's arguably the most unique quality to Kai Doh Maru. They are simultaneously the strongest and weakest part of the OVA as some scenes are wonderfully stylized and great to watch while others have strange shots, questionable CG, and bizarre color choices which contribute to an overall visual inconsistency that I couldn't get past. Stuff past the OP generally has a watercolor or pastel palette that results in the a very soft feel that sometimes weakened the presented animation. I'd say some of the choices were too artistic for my tastes and others just overambitious.
Stealing MAL's synopsis due to laziness,
Normally I eat up the historical anime but this was a hard watch for me as things seemed to just happen and character appeared for no apparent reason. Consequently, I developed no real attachment to any of them and when the story progressed, I was rather ambivalent about it all. When I looked into it further, I learned it was an adaptation of Japanese folklore according to Kai Doh Maru's wiki entry. I'm sure familiarity with such might have helped (as well as being able to pay closer attention to it all.) I'm hesitant to call the story either good or bad in the end as the faults I found might lie with me due to inattention and fatigue rather than the presentation itself.
But enough about that, let's address the visuals as that's arguably the most unique quality to Kai Doh Maru. They are simultaneously the strongest and weakest part of the OVA as some scenes are wonderfully stylized and great to watch while others have strange shots, questionable CG, and bizarre color choices which contribute to an overall visual inconsistency that I couldn't get past. Stuff past the OP generally has a watercolor or pastel palette that results in the a very soft feel that sometimes weakened the presented animation. I'd say some of the choices were too artistic for my tastes and others just overambitious.
The introduction has this lovely "sketch" quality to it. I think it might have been overdone just a bit with the extraneous lines on characters but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Thanks to Firehawk, CG like this is registered in my head as a "wonzo special." Some of the composition involving 2D characters and the CG backgrounds felt strange as if the backgrounds were too "perfect" and sterile.
A brief shot I enjoyed as it was like watching an animated watercolor painting.
A strange color choice I didn't agree with due to either a blue or brown palette.
This bothered me too as the shot lingered on this CG road to nowhere longer than I cared for. For better or for worse, I was left contemplating limited draw distance in a video game.
it helps that I can actually imagine yui being like "haha poop!"
im just going to drop this conversation
AnathemicOne
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Haha I knew it was Rei, but seriously where is that from?
Shit... now every cajun gif could = relieving one self. Can't unthink.
You've ruined it all.
chickdigger802
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idolmaster 7
That was pretty nice. always up for cute girls cooking stuff and doing family stuff.
yayoi is good stuff.
That was pretty nice. always up for cute girls cooking stuff and doing family stuff.
yayoi is good stuff.
Chet Rippo
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A doujin about chubby Rei.
Smile PreCure! 29
Awesome episode. This show's at its very best when it throws all pretense of reality out the window and just has the girls messin' around for pretty much the entire episode.
Jingrock (666 Protect)
Awesome episode. This show's at its very best when it throws all pretense of reality out the window and just has the girls messin' around for pretty much the entire episode.
mugi is both the moest and strongest
"Boku no Ayanami ga Konna ni Debuna Wake ga Nai" by
Jingrock (666 Protect)
Crash Station
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Not sure if we knew this before, but it looks like Code:Breaker is starting October 6.
They're not even ghosts. When the guy behind him goes outside, he turns blue too because it's snowing or something.
Shit... now every cajun gif could = relieving one self. Can't unthink.
hes blowdrying her hair. Love that gif.
Dedication Through Light
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hopefully its simulcast, dont know which us licensor would eye it though beyond crunchyroll...
chickdigger802
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you've never blow dried your hair while shitting?
And i thought you were an adult all this time!
http://moca-news.net/article/20120904/201209040600a/01/
Sunrise's upcoming Nerawareta Gakuen movie is dated and cast! It will open in Japan on Nov 10, and the lead roles will be played by Mayu Watanabe from AKB48, and Yuutaro Motoshiro (E7AO's Ao)! Mayuyu is also performing the theme song solo! Omg!!!
Sunrise's upcoming Nerawareta Gakuen movie is dated and cast! It will open in Japan on Nov 10, and the lead roles will be played by Mayu Watanabe from AKB48, and Yuutaro Motoshiro (E7AO's Ao)! Mayuyu is also performing the theme song solo! Omg!!!
Let's be honest, though, Mayaka's hair extension really did look terrible.
Cant say that I have.
Also, Cute is cute.
Remember I found a picture of a girl puking on a cat and found it adorable. Your efforts to ruin cute do not affect me. I am impervious :3
A complimentary English news article with a reminder of the film's plot.
Also, I wonder if this and AKB0048 could be the start of a seiyuu career for Watanabe.
Magi
Jojo
Psycho Pass
Zetsuen no tempest
Code Breaker
Action haven in my veins!!!
You know, I really don't like the Medaka Box character designs. They're so exaggeratedly angular, it's really unappealing, especially around the eyes.
hosannainexcelsis
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I aint sayin that Asuna isnt cute because she totally is, just that she's not my favorite girl in the show by a longshot.
I don't see how being hard creates invisible forces that bend the steel behind him.
Crash Station
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I don't think you understand how hard Kenshiro is.
I imagine her parents would be unhappy even if he wasn't a peasant, but that can't have helped.
No one ever said love was easy.
Her parents will probably just make him solve some mystery that has plagued the family for generations before they'll accept him.
Just you wait. It gets so much cuter. Almost unbearably cute (but not quite)
Well, maybe.
Chet Rippo
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Medaka Box 4
I like shows like this, or at least what this show starts out like. Hope the genre shift doesn't suck too much.
New guy joins the Medaka harem. Not much else to say but, Medaka can be really cute, more Shiranui cuteness and the troubled girl of the day is cute.
What a pervert.
I like shows like this, or at least what this show starts out like. Hope the genre shift doesn't suck too much.
:moonspeak
LOL
It doesn't sound good.
Crash Station
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You're going to hate it. It only lasts 3 episodes though.
When his underlings informed him that the masses were becoming anxious, with demands to see Rebuild 3.0 now, not later, Anno was said to reply "let them eat cake."
CONNECTIONSAh, wow, I see what you mean now. I never thought of that before now either, that's pretty interesting. I think the only thing I picked up initiallywhen seeing her was the astronomical symbol for Saturn is supposed to be Saturn's sickle,being a God of Agriculture, and Sailor Saturn has a scythe for a weapon. I think Saturn and Pluto are the only ones whose weapon corresponds to their symbol.
For the new Sailor Moon next year I hopeSailor Saturn shows up a lot more, she got ripped off.
In her senshi form she only shows up for about six or eight episodes and isn't in any of the movies or specials either. I personally wanted to see a lot more of her.
I don't have the ability to type Japanese at the moment so this won't be as clear as it could be.
Original Latin weekday naming > English/Norse weekday > Japanese weekday > Japanese astronomical name > Element represented in name > SM character
Luna (Moon) > Monday > Getsuyoubi > Tsuki > Tsuki (Moon) > Tsukino Usagi
Mars > Tuesday (Tiu) > Kayoubi > Kasei > Hi (Fire) > Hino Rei
Mercury > Wednesday (Woden/Odin) > Suiyoubi > Suisei > Mizu (Water) > Mizuno Ami
Jupiter > Thursday (Thor) > Mokuyoubi > Mokusei > Ki (Tree) > Kino Makoto
Venus > Friday (Frei) > Kinyoubi > Kinsei > Kin (Gold/Metal) > Aino Minako (Exception. Ai = Love)
Saturn > Saturday (lol) > Doyoubi > Dosei > Tsuchi (Earth/Soil -> Grave/Death) >
Tomoe Hotaru (Alternate reading in compound)
Also...
Earth > Chikyuu > Chiba Mamoru
Uranus > Ten'ousei (Heaven King Planet) > Ten'ou Haruka
Neptune > Kaiousei (Sea King Planet) > Kaiou Michiru
Pluto > Meiousei (Dark King Planet) > Meiou Setsuna (Death symbolism is taken in the fate or measured time sense here)
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