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Summer 2013 Anime |10th Dimensional OT| the first ignoble truth: all of life is anime
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Well, I mean, GaoGaiGar was pretty repetitive/formulaic for awhile. Then it got hilariously awesome and didn't stop and they had to make 12 extra episodes to contain the excess awesome that the end of the series could not, does that count?
How recent is it?
Okay, noted. Watch it for the animation, and not so much the story.
Takuto from Star Driver is a hero in the mold of Basara in that he gives no shits about anything happening in the world around him and just wants to do whatever his schtick is. It makes for annoying viewing because on the one hand stuff is happening in the world but on the other, its whatever shroom induced thing Takuto sees.
I see cnet realized his dream of being immortalized as well.
Hes on SOS?
And how.
Also, related to the plot, one reason the show sucks is that Takuto never loses. A hero who never fails at anything is not interesting.
Exactly. Its not even that he pulls victory from the jaws of defeat everytime or anything like that. They fight and he does random shit and then he wins. WTF
The worst was the pedophile teacher who actually did have a power that would have beaten Takuto but she lost because
she was ogling him
See, but I haven't seen Macross yet, so this reference doesn't mean much. Macross is sitting next to Getter and Mazinger as "You need to watch these if you want to keep your mecha cred from falling any further." When I finish Turn A and Victory, I'll be shelving all other shows to watch these. I might also watch UC Gundam again, but cut it off at Unicorn. Crossbone is amazing, and F91 has potential, but I'll be damned if I watch Victory twice in the space of a decade. Show isn't cutting it for me at all. Worst UC Gundam bar Stardust Memory.
True, but I was okay with Bit Cloud of Zoids New Century, and I think he only lost like, maybe once, and it wasn't a huge deal. But I saw that show as a kid so my judgment there is clouded.
Utena would be an even better show if Utena had used a Hammer Hell on a sun at the end of the series. Just saying.
Moretsu Pirates/Bodacious Space Pirates Episode 26: I do have to say that I am glad this is getting a movie because this finale is rather dissatisfying for a few reasons. First and foremost, this was just an odd point to end the series, trying to throw out these great ponderous questions about the future yet the immediate answer is known and the real answer will not come for a time.
Anyway, overall this was a decent series marred by a lot of pointless baggage (looking at you High School setting) and some very questionable writing precepts.
Also, the final boss went down like a bitch, and while the made sense from the perspective of the story. One the recurring marvels that Captain Marika showcases is her cunning and creativity which is used to ensnare and stun lock and down the Grand Cross without much effort. Though it turns out this was a actually some sort of test battle which may be connected to Ironbeard's plans and this mystery queen. See, shit like this is why I always felt that Moretsu Pirates always ended its arcs on a dour note, because they all lacked a sense of closure and indeed that is what we get here. Questions about the future are abound, but Marika has one more year of High School left, who the fuck end a story set in High School at the start of senior year? Also, am I the only one who found it funny that even Kenjo Kurihara was shipping Chacki with Marika.
I would be lying if I said I was going to miss those insane ramblings.
Let me put it this way. Takuto is waaaay more annoying than Shinn Asuka and Setsuna F Seiei put together with a big difference. He isn't whiny, he gives no shits and his actions aren't really consistent with the world around him but he ALWAYS wins.
Oh yes I remember now. His Oreimo incest post.
im so proud of animegaf for the great representation on SOS.
Really the problem is
they wrote themselves into a corner from the very beginning because if he loses even once they lose everything.
It'd be fine if they used the repetition in a meaningful way, but as with most things in Star Driver, it never panned out.
KirbYuuYuu
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I wonder if Doki Doki Precure will continue where Smile left off
on not having a shitty christmas
It would be the tutorial cuz there's no way to lose. lol.
:lol
It should be like Eva 01 in SRW F where if the unit gets blown up, Shinji goes berserker and destroys everything around him.
Aikatsu! 41-43
So in the span of three episodes:
This show's on a roll to S2!
So in the span of three episodes:
- STAR☆ANIS starts their tour
- STAR☆ANIS ends their tour
- Kaede finally gets some screentime
- Mizuki actually gets some minor character development
- and even Shion, the forgotten member of the independent idol powerhouse POWA POWA MOTHAFUCKIN' PURIRIN gets yet another episode focusing on her!!!!
This show's on a roll to S2!
Oh, so he's like Hitler, I mean Flit? Minus the pedophilia and genocide?
Speaking of SRW. FUUUUUCK Ramba Ral in OE. Two turns and he does 5k per turn?! How the fuck is Amuro or Shiro supposed to cope with that shit?
Crash Station
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Corpse Party Tortured Souls end
You know, I've always figured I was desensitized to this kind of stuff. I mean, these are just drawings, right? Nothing to get super worked up over. If I can handle guro on a semi-regular basis, I should be able to handle a simple visual novel adaptation, as fucked up as said visual novel was.
Well it's not like this makes me want to cry in a corner after pouring butter all over myself or anything like that, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disturbed, unsettled, and even a tad upset. The game was already pushing it, but those were static images and there was even occasional patches of optimism. In this, it's all despair all the time, with even more explicit underage torture porn. A lot of things got changed to make it even more depressing and difficult to watch.
The final episode wasn't too bad in that aspect, though they did completely undermine
In the game, it was
The worst of it came from episode 3, which made me think "man, this is too much for even me." Even ignoring the gory shit in the flashback, what made the episode REALLY hard to watch was
It was just so goddamn depressing, only made worse by the voice acting.
it was all made to be as visually and audibly unpleasant as possible, much more than the game ever was. I seriously wasn't expecting this level of cruelty, which definitely says something when talking about this franchise. Not sure how I feel about it.
It was nice to revisit the story though, even if stuff was cut out (other than tongues) and the death toll was higher than it should have been. So yeah, guess I liked it. Also reminded me that I really need to start Book of Shadows.
You know, I've always figured I was desensitized to this kind of stuff. I mean, these are just drawings, right? Nothing to get super worked up over. If I can handle guro on a semi-regular basis, I should be able to handle a simple visual novel adaptation, as fucked up as said visual novel was.
Well it's not like this makes me want to cry in a corner after pouring butter all over myself or anything like that, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disturbed, unsettled, and even a tad upset. The game was already pushing it, but those were static images and there was even occasional patches of optimism. In this, it's all despair all the time, with even more explicit underage torture porn. A lot of things got changed to make it even more depressing and difficult to watch.
The final episode wasn't too bad in that aspect, though they did completely undermine
Yui's death.
a heroic sacrifice. In this, it was just a random decapitation. That shit is just cruel.
The worst of it came from episode 3, which made me think "man, this is too much for even me." Even ignoring the gory shit in the flashback, what made the episode REALLY hard to watch was
Yuka's death.
The screams, her expression as she slowly lost the energy to cry out, the reaction from Satoshi;
It was nice to revisit the story though, even if stuff was cut out (other than tongues) and the death toll was higher than it should have been. So yeah, guess I liked it. Also reminded me that I really need to start Book of Shadows.
Sounds like a hell of a party.
well I burned THROUGH over 1900 recently but I certainly didnt get a giant Doraemon in exchange.
Theonik
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The Star Driver Movie. The GIF is from the new footage in the film.
JohnLasseterAwkwardlyHuggingMiyazaki.gif
Summer 2013 Preliminary First Volume Sales
11,267 *1 Brothers Conflict [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/21 (ticket effect)
*6,008 *1 Danganronpa: The Animation [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/28 (discount effect)
*4,238 *1 Servant x Service [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/21 (discount effect)
**,*** *0 Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/30 (incomplete data)
BD cutoff ~2800, DVD cutoff ~700, so Rozen could have sold at most around 3500, but likely less.
Also, Gargantia BD-Box 1 is finally released:
11,267 *1 Brothers Conflict [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/21 (ticket effect)
*6,008 *1 Danganronpa: The Animation [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/28 (discount effect)
*4,238 *1 Servant x Service [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/21 (discount effect)
**,*** *0 Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen [DVD+BD]: 2013/08/30 (incomplete data)
BD cutoff ~2800, DVD cutoff ~700, so Rozen could have sold at most around 3500, but likely less.
Also, Gargantia BD-Box 1 is finally released:
Well he's already worked with them on 2 projects so there's some kind of connection there and considering he has yet to have a hit will probably hamper his ability to get work with other studios.
That's a ripoff. It should be a few hundred at most.
If you need to have a hit to get more work as an anime director, no one would have any work. That's not how the industry works!
Studios go without a hit for years, I'm just not that worried about Omata's future job prospects.
If you need to have a hit to get more work as an anime director, no one would have any work. That's not how the industry works!
Hayakeyama A-1 project incoming? :lol
This got me thinking of Nakamura and how he has a bunch of bombs but still gets work. Somebody out there must like him.
Holy hell that's harsh. I thought people were being unreasonable when they hated on Mepple and Mipple, but now we're treating Coco and Nuts like hellspawn? They're nice people, what did they ever do to you?
The only somewhat annoying thing about Coco and Nuts is their voices in mascot form, but they make up for that by spending most of the time in human form anyway. I quite enjoy them as characters
though admittedly a lot of that may come from how adorable it is seeing Nozomi and Komachi swooning over them
Well, if these scenes make even you think Nuts isn't awful, I guess they must be good.
Noooooooo don't tone down the shipping the shipping is cuuuuuuute
I am looking forward to Milky Rose though (Milk is wonderful already, anything that makes her more prominent has to be good). And whoever said Cure Mint isn't useful in battle?! For a character whose only abilities are defensive, I thought she's had a pretty good showing. Also she was seriously badass in the last episode I watched. (There was a scene where she stopped a vicious assault from toadbird-woman in its tracks by grabbing her fist with one hand. I was actually going to GIF that scene, but then I figured seven screencaps and two GIFs for the episode was probably enough already =p)
That sounds promising at least. I was kind of worried that two full series would be a bit much for sticking with the same characters (again), but if GoGo is that much better, I feel a little safer in looking forward to it.
No! Stop talking about toning down the romance! The romance is cute, dammit! T_T
INABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN D:
"Oh, reeeeeeeally?"
Citizen Kane is the Kill Me Baby of films.
Well-formatted sales lists have arrived.
Vividred Operation: final BD+DVD average 6,573 across six volumes
Little Busters: final BD+DVD average 10,199 across nine volumes
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2013 08/26~09/01 Anime BD List
** (***) --- 35,938 35,938 **1 To Aru Majutsu no Index Endymion no Kiseki LE
** (***) --- 19,133 19,133 **1 Love Live! v6
** (***) --- 16,247 16,247 **1 Mobile Suit Gundam BD Box
** (***) --- 14,386 14,386 **1 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% v3
** (***) --- 13,626 13,626 **1 To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S v2
** (***) --- 11,782 11,782 **1 Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken v8
** (***) --- *8,956 *8,956 **1 Suisei no Gargantia v1
** (***) --- *8,249 *8,249 **1 Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. v3
** (***) --- *7,535 *7,535 **1 Little Busters! v9
** (***) --- *5,920 *5,920 **1 Date A Live v3
** (***) --- *5,708 *5,708 **1 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next v2
** (***) --- *5,016 *5,016 **1 Vividred Operation v6
** (***) --- *3,604 *3,604 **1 Dangan Ronpa v1
** (***) **1 *3,474 32,350 **2 Shingeki no Kyojin v2
** (***) --- *3,165 *3,165 **1 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W v4
** (***) --- *2,809 *2,809 **1 Yuyushiki v4
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2013 08/26~09/01 Anime DVD List
** (***) --- 10,345 *,*10,345 **1 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% v3
** (***) --- *8,383 *,**8,383 **1 To Aru Majutsu no Index Endymion no Kiseki LE
** (***) --- *6,152 *,**6,152 **1 Hetalia The Beautiful World v3
** (***) **1 *2,488 *,*16,705 **2 Shingeki no Kyojin v2
** (***) --- *2,404 *,**2,404 **1 Dangan Ronpa v1
** (***) --- *2,382 *,**2,382 **1 To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S v2
** (***) --- *2,276 *,**2,276 **1 Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken v8
** (***) --- *1,920 *,**1,920 **1 Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. v3
** (***) --- *1,902 *,**1,902 **1 To Aru Majutsu no Index Endymion no Kiseki RE
** (***) --- *1,613 *,**1,613 **1 Karneval v4
** (***) --- *1,514 *,**1,514 **1 Little Busters! v9
** (***) **4 *1,358 *,**8,281 **2 Brothers Conflict v1
** (***) *34 *1,306 1,207,089 610 My Neighbor Totoro
** (***) --- *1,300 *,**1,300 **1 Date A Live v3
** (***) --- *1,205 *,**1,205 **1 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next v2
** (***) --- *1,133 *,**1,133 **1 Cuticle Tantei Inaba v6
** (***) --- **,761 *,***,761 **1 Vividred Operation v6
** (***) *48 **,741 *,*26,121 **7 Shingeki no Kyojin v1Little Busters: final BD+DVD average 10,199 across nine volumes
smfh
Letters to Momo & Garden of Words. Forget the rest.
009 Re: Cyborg. It's the CG future!
Theonik
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Nichijou 13
Those layouts and transitions oh god. This episode was gdlk just for those.
Then you have some nice gags and the famous 'NANONANONANONANONANONANO' scene that was cute as hell.
No tsun unfortunately but you can't have it all.
Those layouts and transitions oh god. This episode was gdlk just for those.
Then you have some nice gags and the famous 'NANONANONANONANONANONANO' scene that was cute as hell.
No tsun unfortunately but you can't have it all.
I guess we'll now get Nano at school. Would be interesting.
Yuyushiki was cheated. Damn shame.
Tonight I decided to get in touch with my inner :kurita.
Ace Attorney The Movie
So I've seen it once, but that was last year, and since I'm on an AA kick I figured I'd check it out now that I'm through the first game again. A lot of things have changed, although I'd still call it a fairly faithful and enjoyable adaptation. The most notable alteration for me, really, is the Judge. In the game, the Judge's humor is derived from his incredible idiocy and the ease with which he is badgered by prosecutors. In the film, the Judge is instead incredibly deadpan. He reacts to NOTHING, or rather, his reaction to EVERYTHING is the same bored stare and bored voice. The man looks as if he lets Phoenix get away with things because he's so bored and Phoenix's antics are the definition of amusing.
In terms of casting, I thought they did a good job with Phoenix, Maya, Mia, and von Karma. Manfred really is the gem of the crop, and probably the actual best actor in the movie. Mia was still hot, and I appreciated that they didn't try to pass off an actual lawyer doin' law with her cleavage running practically down her stomach. Maya spends a bit too much of the film being serious, but when she finally does loosen up into the Maya we all know, she's as loveable and cute as ever, and she has some good chemistry with Phoenix. There's an "investigation" scene of the two running around Gourd Lake looking for clues that's really cute and comes off as almost being more of a date than an investigation, really.
As for Phoenix, I really like the guy they got to play him. He really nails the whole loveable but pathetic appeal Wright has going on whilst also managing to switch on badass master planner when things kick into high gear in court. The guy has an adorable smile going on, too. That said, and I realize that for a Phoenix Wright movie it very likely says to do this in the script, but I couldn't shake the feeling that he overacted the "Phoenix is having a mentally stressful moment" to the point where half the time it looked more like he was either taking a crap or blowing a load all over court because he just made these really wacky, over the top facial expressions and well, you kinda have to see it to believe it.
That said, the movie is still pretty good if you've played the games (although I feel that the case conclusions aren't as well explained in the film), and there are a number of good, unforeseen laughs along the way.
Ace Attorney The Movie
So I've seen it once, but that was last year, and since I'm on an AA kick I figured I'd check it out now that I'm through the first game again. A lot of things have changed, although I'd still call it a fairly faithful and enjoyable adaptation. The most notable alteration for me, really, is the Judge. In the game, the Judge's humor is derived from his incredible idiocy and the ease with which he is badgered by prosecutors. In the film, the Judge is instead incredibly deadpan. He reacts to NOTHING, or rather, his reaction to EVERYTHING is the same bored stare and bored voice. The man looks as if he lets Phoenix get away with things because he's so bored and Phoenix's antics are the definition of amusing.
In terms of casting, I thought they did a good job with Phoenix, Maya, Mia, and von Karma. Manfred really is the gem of the crop, and probably the actual best actor in the movie. Mia was still hot, and I appreciated that they didn't try to pass off an actual lawyer doin' law with her cleavage running practically down her stomach. Maya spends a bit too much of the film being serious, but when she finally does loosen up into the Maya we all know, she's as loveable and cute as ever, and she has some good chemistry with Phoenix. There's an "investigation" scene of the two running around Gourd Lake looking for clues that's really cute and comes off as almost being more of a date than an investigation, really.
As for Phoenix, I really like the guy they got to play him. He really nails the whole loveable but pathetic appeal Wright has going on whilst also managing to switch on badass master planner when things kick into high gear in court. The guy has an adorable smile going on, too. That said, and I realize that for a Phoenix Wright movie it very likely says to do this in the script, but I couldn't shake the feeling that he overacted the "Phoenix is having a mentally stressful moment" to the point where half the time it looked more like he was either taking a crap or blowing a load all over court because he just made these really wacky, over the top facial expressions and well, you kinda have to see it to believe it.
That said, the movie is still pretty good if you've played the games (although I feel that the case conclusions aren't as well explained in the film), and there are a number of good, unforeseen laughs along the way.
Psycho_Mantis
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Yup. Naruto vs Sasuke is also up there as being one of the best animated fight scenes in anime especially since its not in a movie.
The other fights he did iirc in the series, Sarutobi vs 1st and 2nd, Orochimaru vs Sasuke and Lee vs Gaara are coincidentally the best fights of the series as well.
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