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Summer 2013 Anime |10th Dimensional OT| the first ignoble truth: all of life is anime
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Jex
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Inefficient future UN is inefficient!
Steins;Gate 20
I feel kinda dumb being thrown off by the whole "FB is a woman because she talks in a maternal manner and such" thing. Feel like I should have seen right through it. Still not really surprised to learn that Mr. Braun was FB. Have to figure they knew everything, given that the walls were thin and they could hear everything. One question I have is, how does Suzu fit into this? If she knew that they were going to storm the lab that night, it's a bit hard to believe that she didn't know that the man she was working for was the boss of them.
Okabe, as well as myself, received a reality punch in the face at the end. I had COMPLETELY forgotten about that. So going back to the original line where Mayuri doesn't die would mean going to the original line, where Kurisu does. He's made dear friends with her, buy will he be willing to go to the same lengths for her that he went to for Mayuri? Will he find a different line altogether?
Okabe, as well as myself, received a reality punch in the face at the end. I had COMPLETELY forgotten about that. So going back to the original line where Mayuri doesn't die would mean going to the original line, where Kurisu does. He's made dear friends with her, buy will he be willing to go to the same lengths for her that he went to for Mayuri? Will he find a different line altogether?
Dedication Through Light
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Almost was hyped, but then realized that it is a jpn only set, thanks. Hopefully rightstuff gets it on BD! Need my favorite scenes in hd
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Maybe, once I get my laptop and some alone time.
I wanted to see how kaiju and Jaegers would handle fighting in the Rockies
Threw me off too. Didnt expect that. Also yeah this episode hit me pretty hard with that realization. I was like OH SHIT.
Yes! Precure 5 - 12
Urara finally gets to do some REAL IDOLLING when her manager finds her a job presenting a children's stage show at the local theme park. Except it really isn't her day - first the show almost gets cancelled because the performer playing the main role couldn't make it (Nozomi fills in with...questionable success), and then mantis-man gatecrashes the show, turning it into an impromptu Precure Battle Performance. Which of course the audience loves, but isn't great for Urara because nobody would ever suspect that her and Cure Lemonade are the same person. All-powerful perception filter is all-powerful.
Oh, and luls @ Nuts' Bishie Distraction Potential becoming the standard solution for any time reporter-girl gets a scoop on the Cures. It's effective, that's for sure!
Urara finally gets to do some REAL IDOLLING when her manager finds her a job presenting a children's stage show at the local theme park. Except it really isn't her day - first the show almost gets cancelled because the performer playing the main role couldn't make it (Nozomi fills in with...questionable success), and then mantis-man gatecrashes the show, turning it into an impromptu Precure Battle Performance. Which of course the audience loves, but isn't great for Urara because nobody would ever suspect that her and Cure Lemonade are the same person. All-powerful perception filter is all-powerful.
Oh, and luls @ Nuts' Bishie Distraction Potential becoming the standard solution for any time reporter-girl gets a scoop on the Cures. It's effective, that's for sure!
I haven't either.
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Well uh, RWBY doesn't count as an anime that much, but hey, if you can get it an hour and a half early.............
Enjoy it. You're Welcome.
Enjoy it. You're Welcome.
No, but Trigger is well worth assisting.
dakkumauji
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Are we gonna start a club?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
i liked this sakura , especially since i'm a fan of the anime & the games.
Indeed I do! Sakura Taisen was my first imported game!
Was this animated with Miku Miku Dance?
It's alright, it balances out with me pledging the $100 tier without having seen the first LWA episode yet.
Yes! Precure 5 - 13
Rin focus episode! And that means...sports episode! Apparently Rin has been doing ALL THE SPORTS without joining any one specific club. And of course she's the star player in all of them. Does this make her even more epic than Nagisa in terms of sporting skill? I didn't see a lacrosse club in there though, so she's still missing out on the one that matters.
But this year the sports tournaments are all clashing with each other, so she has to pick just one over the others. OH NOES. Thankfully the episode wastes no time making it clear that the one she feels a real attachment to is the Futsal club - a small up-and-coming club for a minor sport that doesn't even have the five members required to achieve full club status yet (a problem that will be conveniently solved if Rin joins for reals). Rin's still reluctant to join any club, because she feels her duty to help out at home and look after her little brother and sister should take priority over such things, but when the siblings in question declare their support for her joining a club as well, she can't really back out. The Futsal Club it is!
Also there was a battle against toad-boy in this episode, complete with a second Pinky Kowaina. Those got taken out without too much trouble.
Rin focus episode! And that means...sports episode! Apparently Rin has been doing ALL THE SPORTS without joining any one specific club. And of course she's the star player in all of them. Does this make her even more epic than Nagisa in terms of sporting skill? I didn't see a lacrosse club in there though, so she's still missing out on the one that matters.
But this year the sports tournaments are all clashing with each other, so she has to pick just one over the others. OH NOES. Thankfully the episode wastes no time making it clear that the one she feels a real attachment to is the Futsal club - a small up-and-coming club for a minor sport that doesn't even have the five members required to achieve full club status yet (a problem that will be conveniently solved if Rin joins for reals). Rin's still reluctant to join any club, because she feels her duty to help out at home and look after her little brother and sister should take priority over such things, but when the siblings in question declare their support for her joining a club as well, she can't really back out. The Futsal Club it is!
Also there was a battle against toad-boy in this episode, complete with a second Pinky Kowaina. Those got taken out without too much trouble.
Steins;Gate 21
I like how Okabe has realized how Mayuri's feeling throughout this whole thing, that she feels like he's beginning to drift away from her. It was good to see him put on the whole mad scientist act (which he officially recognizes as an act, as shown by that scene on the rooftop with Kurisu) on that last day for Mayuri, in those last few hours and minutes before her death.
Scene with Mayuri at her grandmother's grave was something else. She shows first that she also has memories from other lines, in the form of dreams, or in what feels like dreams. She remembers each and every time she has been killed. And she blames herself. She blames herself for the deaths in her dreams, as well as for all the visible suffering she can see Okabe experiencing. Cheerful as she is, she's going through a lot of pain herself. She's genuinely worried about Okabe, and worse, she thinks she's the problem.
Still no plan for how they're going to handle Kurisu though.
Scene with Mayuri at her grandmother's grave was something else. She shows first that she also has memories from other lines, in the form of dreams, or in what feels like dreams. She remembers each and every time she has been killed. And she blames herself. She blames herself for the deaths in her dreams, as well as for all the visible suffering she can see Okabe experiencing. Cheerful as she is, she's going through a lot of pain herself. She's genuinely worried about Okabe, and worse, she thinks she's the problem.
Still no plan for how they're going to handle Kurisu though.
Yeah Bill was good, that's not what I'm complaining about. Really I'd have had no problem with the movie were it not for the fact that
there's no fucking final battle. She pokes Bill in the gut and he dies. The end.
Bud doesn't even get killed by the bride, the Elle fight was okay, I guess, but woefully short, and again, after two movies worth of build up about these damn Hattori Hanso swords, she just pokes Bill and he dies.
it had come after some kind of fight. Instead it comes after Bill waxes philosophical about Super Man.
Second movie was a huge let down and a waste of my time.
I'd say the lack of butchering is precisely the problem I had with that movie.
BONES should never ever touch E7 again. Just ever.
The little thing is pretty funny, and the set it comes with is pretty cool.
It's 20 bucks on Amazon. I might consider it. Still, for now ACNL is dominating my 3DS.
You're gonna have to name these ace scenes out, 'cuz I didn't see like, anything in that entire movie that I'd call ace. First movie, sure, second? Not a one.
KirbYuuYuu
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In 3 episodes. Start plowing now, because this subplot is wrapping up completely on 36. Also watch the movie once you're done 36 since it's slotted inbetween that and 37.
It's going to get very stupid by the way. The point
Where it ultimately trainwrecks.
Pt. 8 of the DC Sakuga Panel featuring the godlike Kameda is finally up!
Next part will be touching upon Hironori Tanaka so they're definitely adding tons more to this one.
Next part will be touching upon Hironori Tanaka so they're definitely adding tons more to this one.
Not tonight, but definitely tommorow/the weekend. I'm not saying I will, but there is a small chance I might finish it on Sunday. Also, I don't have the movie, so I'd have to find that.
I cancelled my pledge today. My reason why was I got hyped when the Kickstarter was revealed but thinking about it today, I could use the money on another anime coming out.
Holy shit another episode already? I thought it was going to be awhile before we got the next one.
Theonik
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KirbYuuYuu
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I'll look forward to it.... although I'll be at work ;-;
I'd say you have wrong expectation to watch Tarantino's movie for action anyway. Its still have it and not dragging like in v1. I used to think v1 was better because "action" but after repeat viewing I appreciate v2 much better, the action in v1 just a throwback to 70's bruce lee movie complete with bad camera angle and stunt anyway, maybe its even intentionally so. The trailer fight in v2 are much better in that sense..
Ace scene in v2?
When The Bride escape from burial
The trailer fight and dynamic before it
the training arc
the kid "I got you" moment
The trailer fight and dynamic before it
the training arc
the kid "I got you" moment
And yeah the final phase are amazing, also dat superman analogy.. so what if its don't have fight? the moment when they trading final blow and after it is perfection.. its give me chill, so damn good.
The main appeal of KB for me is Tarantino's take of the cliche trope in kung-fu movie and make it a lot bigger with his screenplay. And he deliver. Btw is this your first experience with Tarantino's movie?
I'd wear a Beck shirt
hosannainexcelsis
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Rozen Maiden 5
A gently amusing first half, as Jun learns how petulant the Rozen Maidens can be. Shinku and Suigintou have good chemistry with each other, despite or perhaps because they are always at each other's throats. Also, Saito continues reaching out to Jun, much to the displeasure of the manager. (His sidle when he walked in on them talking was hilarious.)
The second half shifted gears into a very well done Suigintou backstory. Moody lighting brought out the horror undertones. The editing, animation, and layouts really drove home the explosion of energy at the climax.
In general, the series continues to show the kind of consistency you get when one guy is storyboarding everything. Creative, intelligent flourishes continue, and the prevalent use of closeups brings us into the characters' heads without overdoing it, as Yamauchi sometimes does. The last shot
is so simple, yet so effective at creating dread and foreboding.
When Dolls Collide
A gently amusing first half, as Jun learns how petulant the Rozen Maidens can be. Shinku and Suigintou have good chemistry with each other, despite or perhaps because they are always at each other's throats. Also, Saito continues reaching out to Jun, much to the displeasure of the manager. (His sidle when he walked in on them talking was hilarious.)
The second half shifted gears into a very well done Suigintou backstory. Moody lighting brought out the horror undertones. The editing, animation, and layouts really drove home the explosion of energy at the climax.
In general, the series continues to show the kind of consistency you get when one guy is storyboarding everything. Creative, intelligent flourishes continue, and the prevalent use of closeups brings us into the characters' heads without overdoing it, as Yamauchi sometimes does. The last shot
with the light turning off
Well I mean, the entire movie series is named Kill Bill. I guess I was just expecting something more climactic than that when she got around to it. Especially after all the fights in the first movie. The only fight in the second was a drunken stumble through trailer walls.
this gif is getting to me. I'm feeling guilty now.
edit: I'm going to reconsider my pledge.
Steins;Gate 22
I understand how that relationship between Okabe and Kurisu came to be and all, but I didn't like how he called Kurisu "the most important person in the world" to him. After saying something like that, it kinda seems off for him to save Mayuri instead of her. I guess it's cause he already saw her die so many times that having her die for good would break him, as opposed to Kurisu just being dead by the time he came back. Still, I wish they avoided that. And then having her show up just as he was deleting the final d-mail was dumb.
Damn though, thought I was gonna cry when Mayuri said "Mayushii's okay now. So now you can cry for yourself Okarin". Damn. The way they were going, I thought they were ending the series for a sec (yes, I knew there were 3 more)...and then Okabe got a phone call.
The future seems fucked.
Damn though, thought I was gonna cry when Mayuri said "Mayushii's okay now. So now you can cry for yourself Okarin". Damn. The way they were going, I thought they were ending the series for a sec (yes, I knew there were 3 more)...and then Okabe got a phone call.
The future seems fucked.
The children reveal already
The Bride lost big part of her motive and you can see Bill just waiting for that very moment.
so its make sense the final "fight" settled in rather cold atmosphere.. I really like because its "different" and memorable that way.. I think the title even give strong ironic feeling after that.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Kugimiya is better than any butt-ass voice actor they'd have.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Dubbing anime costs too much, that's why Viz passes us untranslated scum on Netlfix (and also why I can't stand them).
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I don't know, I like the idea of paying to see them put the best effort they can, especially when dubbed animes far outnumber subbed anime. Especially considering the subbed anime are very popular to boot in comparison to the rest.
Toonami's ratings say otherwise but granted its like comparing apples to oranges to pears.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Yep. Too late at night on top of having anime we've already seen before. Doesn't have me rushing to watch Toonami (not that I can).
Theonik
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This is the perception of someone on the inside, but I don't think it's true at all. I have a bunch of friends who aren't watching anime season-to-season who would automatically switch anything to dub.
Also, good hustle Theonik.
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