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A Kantai Collection anime? Fuck yeah! Time for Shimakaze!
I hope it doesn't end as cheap ONA or something.
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A Kantai Collection anime? Fuck yeah! Time for Shimakaze!
I hope it doesn't end as cheap ONA or something.
Of course the only girl mentioned by animegaf is the shittiest one.
OF COURSE. The Makoto of kancolle
Jex
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That episode was so good that you should really watch that episode, and episode 17 beforehand. Those are the only two I can whole heatedly recommend. I wouldn't necessarily recommend picking up the whole series because when you dropped it you probably dropped it for good reason.
Then again, many of the problems with watching the series (e.g. the pacing issues) are resolved when you watch it in the marathon format because every time (and I meant every time) you realise nothing is happening you can just just two minutes ahead which works wonders. So if you do need to see the whole story that's my preferred way of doing it.
Man, and I thought I was bad with procrastination.
Also had no idea there was Minoru Shiraishi hate.
jediyoshi
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100% this. Not sure the point of the emi arc and how it wraps up, but I lost my shit when the last arc's twist dropped.
I'm really liking Coppelion's opening song. Not sure how it'll translate to video as it's kinda stop and go but I like the rock of it and the bass.
http://llamaop.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/coppelion-op/
http://llamaop.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/coppelion-op/
Psycho_Mantis
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Anime gaf do you know what anime this is from:
Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na, looks badAnime gaf do you know what anime this is from:
Have a soft spot for that one, and its music. It is a pretty straight teen romance tale set to a fantastical background.
felt very much like it an adaption of a ln, or game or manga.
Psycho_Mantis
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Thanks
oh shit it isIts the cabbage anime!
Jex
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Based on these, and other comments, I'm glad I dropped the series when I did.
Jex
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Normally I would agree with you but Armin's actually being a bit of a boss in the last two episodes.
Yes, and by most accounts, Rika winning over Nagi thanks in large part to overseas votes was the beginning of the end for a more open Saimoe.
I actually checked Saimoe this year because you were posting about it. Apparently they're not even allowing voting through the site now. They just start a thread on 2ch and collect the results there. 2ch has some of the dumbest posting restrictions ever (Japan only, no cellphones sometimes, random ISP blocking).
At this point, only the hardest of the hardcore would bother to vote in it.
At this point, only the hardest of the hardcore would bother to vote in it.
Lee Chaolan
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Just finished Sword Art online 
Going to post some impressions in a few.
Going to post some impressions in a few.Lee Chaolan
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xD It's amazing all the hate SA:O gets. it's not that bad. lol.
Chet Rippo
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:firehawk
Lollipop Dave
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Just finished Sword Art online
Did you enjoy it? I look forward to hearing your thoughts
B-But it's cool to hate SO:A
DeadRockstar
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Don't worry, at least you like the right idol, based on your avatar.
Apparently I'm effortlessly cool then
Lee Chaolan
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Just like you're not cool unless you pee your pants?;D
Yes, sometimes it is cool to hate on bad things.
Basileus777
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Hating on SAO is so Summer 2012.
Lee Chaolan
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Sword Art Online 25 and overall Final Impressions
So, yeah. Here's the new Suguha Alter I'm going to get
I thought the series would take a huge dive when it went into the Fairy Dance, however I feel it added a lot of depth to the overall series. (Which wasn't all that deep to begin with.) We had a world with such huge promise. Then instead of cool action sequences going through tons of floors, we're skipping like 30 an episode. It was disappointing.
Asuna is soooooo boring. I can only imagine she hypnotized Kirito or something, because Lisbeth is season 1 goddess. Her episode was bY far my favorite of "season 1"
Still don't quite understand how Asuna wasn't dead forever as all her light disappeared. Then Kirito gets killed and quickly comes back strictly because of his will? Hmm. Did they forget that Klein has a Revival item the entire time? or did they just not animated that episode?
Anyway. to Fairy Dance. First of all, we (finally) get more Suguha, who is "goddess". You feel bad for her throughout, putting her feelings on the line only to get hurt several times. The way they handled the realization of them discovering each other was done meh, very predictable, but still poor Suguha.
The Forever Death penalty being removed wasn't as big an issue either, there was enough going on with Kirito's drive to find boring Asuna. As the series progressed I cared far less for her character. I did enjoy Kirito's drive to be with her, however. I would rather him had ended up with Suguha if they weren't cousins.
I also find it funny how Kayaba Akihiko kills about 4000 people, and Kirito doesn't really show immediate disdain towards him, rather he's a sort of Jedi counsel from the other world towards the end. I felt there would have been a more general hate toward him which never really came.
Hasn't it been said the LN's are still going on? or there's another MMO they're supposed to go to? Another season maybe, or do we think this is it?
Asuna is soooooo boring. I can only imagine she hypnotized Kirito or something, because Lisbeth is season 1 goddess. Her episode was bY far my favorite of "season 1"
Still don't quite understand how Asuna wasn't dead forever as all her light disappeared. Then Kirito gets killed and quickly comes back strictly because of his will? Hmm. Did they forget that Klein has a Revival item the entire time? or did they just not animated that episode?
Anyway. to Fairy Dance. First of all, we (finally) get more Suguha, who is "goddess". You feel bad for her throughout, putting her feelings on the line only to get hurt several times. The way they handled the realization of them discovering each other was done meh, very predictable, but still poor Suguha.
The Forever Death penalty being removed wasn't as big an issue either, there was enough going on with Kirito's drive to find boring Asuna. As the series progressed I cared far less for her character. I did enjoy Kirito's drive to be with her, however. I would rather him had ended up with Suguha if they weren't cousins.
I also find it funny how Kayaba Akihiko kills about 4000 people, and Kirito doesn't really show immediate disdain towards him, rather he's a sort of Jedi counsel from the other world towards the end. I felt there would have been a more general hate toward him which never really came.
Hasn't it been said the LN's are still going on? or there's another MMO they're supposed to go to? Another season maybe, or do we think this is it?
So, yeah. Here's the new Suguha Alter I'm going to get
Lee Chaolan
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Oh, and I thought Klein was awesome. He deserved much more screen time!
Loved that we saw him in 25.
Free! - 12
wow, the drama was so bad I had to skip forward good chunk of the episode. Some great looking water animation during the relay race, looked very nice.
Overall, I'd rate this series above Chuu2, which is not saying much at all. First half or so was quite funny and I enjoyed that, but the forced drama crap ruined the rest. Chuu2 was never funny, so that's that. Maybe now that the silly drama is over, a second season is focused on fun bits rather than awful bits.
wow, the drama was so bad I had to skip forward good chunk of the episode. Some great looking water animation during the relay race, looked very nice.
Overall, I'd rate this series above Chuu2, which is not saying much at all. First half or so was quite funny and I enjoyed that, but the forced drama crap ruined the rest. Chuu2 was never funny, so that's that. Maybe now that the silly drama is over, a second season is focused on fun bits rather than awful bits.
Lollipop Dave
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Exactly.
True love is not stopped by such things!
Your thoughts are pretty spot on with mine. I'm hoping we get a second season, or at least a few OVAs
Passive Assassin
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Porco Rosso
Fio uguuu
Fio uguuu
DeadRockstar
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You had to remind me that Alter's quality is being squandered on Suguha. Why don't they make a figure of Chad Kroeger while they're at it.
Lee Chaolan
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Missed this. Yes, Makoto is goddess!
WTF? Marco all the way.
Jex
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Mainly because, they are, in fact, terrible.
Passive Assassin
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got no time for shipping wars. gotta take in all dat SCENERY and ANIMATION.
And Summer 2014
Means roughly "how about this". I imagine the reason why it's usually busty women saying it is because it sounds vaguely...provocative.
Masumi Itou is goddess. If she's doing the OST for the show, why couldn't she do the ED? I want to hear her amazing voice ;_;
Rika? Meh. Should've been Satoko.
Sword Art Online 25 and overall Final Impressions
I thought the series would take a huge dive when it went into the Fairy Dance, however I feel it added a lot of depth to the overall series. (Which wasn't all that deep to begin with.) We had a world with such huge promise. Then instead of cool action sequences going through tons of floors, we're skipping like 30 an episode. It was disappointing.
Asuna is soooooo boring. I can only imagine she hypnotized Kirito or something, because Lisbeth is season 1 goddess. Her episode was bY far my favorite of "season 1"
Still don't quite understand how Asuna wasn't dead forever as all her light disappeared. Then Kirito gets killed and quickly comes back strictly because of his will? Hmm. Did they forget that Klein has a Revival item the entire time? or did they just not animated that episode?
Anyway. to Fairy Dance. First of all, we (finally) get more Suguha, who is "goddess". You feel bad for her throughout, putting her feelings on the line only to get hurt several times. The way they handled the realization of them discovering each other was done meh, very predictable, but still poor Suguha.
The Forever Death penalty being removed wasn't as big an issue either, there was enough going on with Kirito's drive to find boring Asuna. As the series progressed I cared far less for her character. I did enjoy Kirito's drive to be with her, however. I would rather him had ended up with Suguha if they weren't cousins.
I also find it funny how Kayaba Akihiko kills about 4000 people, and Kirito doesn't really show immediate disdain towards him, rather he's a sort of Jedi counsel from the other world towards the end. I felt there would have been a more general hate toward him which never really came.
Hasn't it been said the LN's are still going on? or there's another MMO they're supposed to go to? Another season maybe, or do we think this is it?
So, yeah. Here's the new Suguha Alter I'm going to get
It's always nice to see someone who doesn't hate SAO =) Welcome to the club!
In answer to your question, the LNs are indeed still going on. The anime has so far covered the first four novels (well, roughly - a few of the Aincrad events were taken from one-shot stories in later novels, and one part of the Fairy Dance story was disappointingly left out). There are currently 13 novels published (with a new one being released roughly every four months), and it seems inevitable that another anime season will be made at some point, since it's a very profitable series.
EDIT:
Ooh, Sphere! Their songs are always so full of happiness. I want a second series of Natsuiro Kiseki ;_;
Lee Chaolan
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Yep, My thoughts my have come off a bit on the harsher side, but I actually really enjoyed it. It's been a while since I've had an anime hold my attention to finish the whole thing within a week.
Also, interesting to hear there was even less Aincrad in the novels until later on. I would have loved to have seen more action in that world. Very sad about missing so much from Fairy Dance.
Great news about a new season's chances. Looking froward to more Sugu-chan
Yep, My thoughts my have come off a bit on the harsher side, but I actually really enjoyed it. It's been a while since I've had an anime hold my attention to finish the whole thing within a week.
Also, interesting to hear there was even less Aincrad in the novels until later on. I would have loved to have seen more action in that world. Very sad about missing so much from Fairy Dance.
Great news about a new season's chances. Looking froward to more Sugu-chan
If you haven't seen it yet, you should also check out Accel World, which is based on another light novel series by the same author, and seems to take place in the same world as SAO a little over twenty years later. Though SAO is the series which has achieved most of the sales popularity, it's a common opinion that Accel World is the better of the two.
Teekyuu S2 24 END
I'm glad the third season of this is starting next season as I don't think I could wait that long for more.
Senyuu. S2 26 END
This on the other hand, I totally could.
Yami Shibai 12
If there's one thing this series hates more than salarymen, negligent fathers, or toilet dwelling lepers, it's young highschool girls with part time jobs just struggling to make ends meet.
I'm glad the third season of this is starting next season as I don't think I could wait that long for more.
Senyuu. S2 26 END
This on the other hand, I totally could.
Yami Shibai 12
If there's one thing this series hates more than salarymen, negligent fathers, or toilet dwelling lepers, it's young highschool girls with part time jobs just struggling to make ends meet.
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