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[Jex]

Yamato 23

Even if you might have some certain feelings about the opening of the episode, the rest of the episode is such a fucking ride that by the end of the episode, it feels like the entire rules of the series and of old fans' expectations of the franchise have just gone out the window.

Why can't it be Sunday?!

I forget, did you ever watch the original 1974 series?

 

[Jex]

You talking to me or madp (or both since I have similar tastes to him)? Either way, don't sweat it. If I got bothered by anything back then, it was my own fault and was probably just a side-effect of where my life was at that point. Besides, it's not like I was the best at responding to criticism or the tastes of others 3 years ago (god, has it really been that long?). Eventually, I just decided to have fun with it and created that monocle/mustache list. That was more productive than getting worked up over opinions on Japanese cartoons.

I also doubt madp has a problem with you. You post some very well-thought out stuff, and I know he respects that regardless of individual tastes, as do I.

Specifically you as I don't believe I've really commented on MadPierrot's tastes (either in a positive or negative light).

Edit: Whoops, double post. I keep forgetting that this isn't the thread with 1 new post per second anymore.

 

[BassForever]

I guess I won't watch the original anime seasons and instead read the original manga before the move/name change to another magazine. It'll probably be tomorrow as I've got a buddy coming over in 10 minutes to do co-op graces f.

 

[Narag]

Rozen Maiden (2013) 1-10

You guys need to watch this show ._.

I have been!

 

[cajunator]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1415075865373395&l=4219933a72



https://twitter.com/Trigger_Tattun/status/377288247094697984

Nice stuff coming out for KlK. Im reasonably hyped now.

If the bottom of its mouth is the skirt and means its tongue rests next to her… OH MY GOD!

Of course it does. The tongue has to go somewhere!

Cake Lovers Unite!

itadakimasu~

yummy cakey

Wrong Yuno. (Though at least the correct Yuno also appears on the page!)

I approve of the inclusion of Servant x Service under Favorite Anime.

There is no wrong yuno!

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Project X Zone 1-41 (END)

We don't have Samurai-Cowgirls, unfortunately.

So I spent a better part of 50 hours doing the same thing over and over again, which was doing super neato combos and whatnot. It eventually drove me crazy because the battles in like 3/4 of the game are TOO FUCKING LONG and I never want to play them ever again. There were lots of cute girls and gratuitous butts and boobs so it wasn't a complete waste.

SUPER OFFICIAL BEST GIRL LIST:

Xiaomu = Erica > Saya > Kaguya > Neneko > KOS-MOS = T-elos > Estelle > Tron Bonne > Devilotte > everyone else from games I haven't played or don't really care about

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Upotte!! 5

Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

 

[RurouniZel]

Project X Zone 1-41 (END)



So I spent a better part of 50 hours doing the same thing over and over again, which was doing super neato combos and whatnot. It eventually drove me crazy because the battles in like 3/4 of the game are TOO FUCKING LONG and I never want to play them ever again. There were lots of cute girls and gratuitous butts and boobs so it wasn't a complete waste.

SUPER OFFICIAL BEST GIRL LIST:

Xiamou = Erica > Saya > Kaguya > Neneko > KOS-MOS = T-elos > Estelle > Tron Bonne > Devilotte > everyone else from games I haven't played or don't really care about

I can agree to this.

 

[cajunator]

It did, but you're not going to like it.

https://twitter.com/samumenco/status/377291566248783872/photo/1

Here's the cover for the ED single of Samurai Flamenco:

I like but do not love these designs. They are pleasing but nothing special.

This seems like it could be useful for 2D animation.

HOLY SHIT. I envisioned an idea like this before but I seriously never thought it would be possible. This is going to open up so much potential for amazing stuff.

Project X Zone 1-41 (END)



So I spent a better part of 50 hours doing the same thing over and over again, which was doing super neato combos and whatnot. It eventually drove me crazy because the battles in like 3/4 of the game are TOO FUCKING LONG and I never want to play them ever again. There were lots of cute girls and gratuitous butts and boobs so it wasn't a complete waste.

SUPER OFFICIAL BEST GIRL LIST:

Xiamou = Erica > Saya > Kaguya > Neneko > KOS-MOS = T-elos > Estelle > Tron Bonne > Devilotte > everyone else from games I haven't played or don't really care about

Erica is some unfair goddess level of cuteness.
Its kind of ridiculous.

 

[KillerMan91]

Upotte!! 5



Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

Just a normal Finnish girl.

 

[chickdigger802]

Russian god eater girl is best in project x zone. Underboob, not so common in Japanese media.


Unless someone proves me wrong.


Please!

 

[Narag]

Upotte!! 5



Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

That's pretty much the peak of the show. It's still kind of entertaining to the end though. Then there's dat OVA. based fg42

 

[cajunator]

Watamote 10

So yeah I used to be like this...

I feel you, Tomoko. Poor adorable girl.

 

[Narag]

Watamote 10

So yeah I used to be like this...

I feel you, Tomoko. Poor adorable girl.

Finally hit home?

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Russian god eater girl is best in project x zone. Underboob, not so common in Japanese media.


Unless someone proves me wrong.


Please!

Xiaomu has the best legs, butt, and fluffy ears in the game. The only way she would have been super best is if she had a giganto fluffy tail.

 

[cajunator]

Finally hit home?

I can relate. the show doesnt actually affect me like it seems to affect others. more like "yeah Ive been there Tomo, hang in there".

Definitely see some of my old self in her though. The show doesnt make me cringe though. Its more like just a reflection on how I used to be and how much I changed from it. Its fascinating.

 

[Jex]

Rozen Maiden (2013) 1-10

You guys need to watch this show ._.

But I have been! Admittedly I am a few episodes behind but I promise that I'll catch up!

 

[chickdigger802]

Xiaomu has the best legs, butt, and fluffy ears in the game. The only way she would have been super best is if she had a giganto fluffy tail.

xiaomu typhoooon

 

[cajunator]

Upotte!! 5



Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

Oh yes her. she is wonderfully crazy. The show generally is but her...shes off her fuckin rocker.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

That's pretty much the peak of the show. It's still kind of entertaining to the end though. Then there's dat OVA. based fg42

Well I certainly got that peek

 

[amishpriest99]

Rozen Maiden (2013) 1-10

You guys need to watch this show ._.

Better than the previous seasons? I watched them but to be honest they didn't leave much of an impression on me as I'm somewhat hard pressed to remember them.

 

[cajunator]

Xiaomu has the best legs, butt, and fluffy ears in the game. The only way she would have been super best is if she had a giganto fluffy tail.

I love the way you think sometimes (or most of the time)

 

[Theonik]

Upotte!! 5

Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

Her name is Sako she is loco I said OH NO!

 

[Tenumi]

Yes! Pretty Cure 5: 07

Coco... and now Nuts....


....Hmm...


...I GET IT!

 

[Jex]

Hummingbird redesign mockup.

Get ready for anime Facebook.

It's not like I'm ever going to use this but failing to use horizontal real estate properly always saddens me.

Better than the previous seasons? I watched them but to be honest they didn't leave much of an impression on me as I'm somewhat hard pressed to remember them.

Would zeroshiki lead you astray?

 

[Mr.Jeff]

The thing that makes The Natural episodes different is that it's about the world and the characters living in it rather than the larger arc about how the three leads become Singles. That's not to say that I don't like The Animation or The Origination, but it's nice to see them just *be* without having to worry about their exams and so forth.

That said, The Natural is also when it gets fairly

Spoiler

supernatural with the Cait Sith stuff

, so... there's that. lol

Oh no I get that but the problem is that a lot of the antics blend into each because there's no progression. It either goes off on a supernatural tangent, quietly melancholy or it's comedy highjinks with some moral lesson at the end. There's nothing wrong with that but it's 26 episodes of it with little to no variation.

In the other series you have the same style of show but because it progresses to some form of conclusion it feels like a more cohesive show.

Just wait until you experience Izayoi/cuilan time! lol

Cuilan's mostly harmless and drops in links into a conversation which he doesn't necessarily expect comments to. Izayoi is busy in the middle of NTR trist so hasn't been spamming anything.

 

[cajunator]

It's not like I'm ever going to use this but failing to use horizontal real estate properly always saddens me.

Would zeroshiki lead you astray?

I agree actually.
That kind of site design always feels like there is something missing on the sides

 

[firehawk12]

I forget, did you ever watch the original 1974 series?

Naw, just the movies. But I know what happens in S1 and S2 and this series rides the line between remake and reboot pretty carefully. No one really knows how this will end, at least!

 

[nintendoman58]

Project X Zone 1-41 (END)



So I spent a better part of 50 hours doing the same thing over and over again, which was doing super neato combos and whatnot. It eventually drove me crazy because the battles in like 3/4 of the game are TOO FUCKING LONG and I never want to play them ever again. There were lots of cute girls and gratuitous butts and boobs so it wasn't a complete waste.

SUPER OFFICIAL BEST GIRL LIST:

Xiaomu = Erica > Saya > Kaguya > Neneko > KOS-MOS = T-elos > Estelle > Tron Bonne > Devilotte > everyone else from games I haven't played or don't really care about

That reminds me, I should watch the Yumeria (never played the game) anime because Neneko is adorable.

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

That reminds me, I should watch the Yumeria (never played the game) anime because Neneko is adorable.

Nano da, nanonano da.

 

[cajunator]

That reminds me, I should watch the Yumeria (never played the game) anime because Neneko is adorable.

YES. Yumeria is nothing special but its short and cute and entertaining. You probably wont remember much of it though when its over.

 

[Jex]

Naw, just the movies. But I know what happens in S1 and S2 and this series rides the line between remake and reboot pretty carefully. No one really knows how this will end, at least!

Yeah there's actually a pretty large number of fairly clever changes despite the fact that at first it appears to be an almost literal remake. The original series is fairly painful to sit through thanks to the dry direction, thin characters, cartoony villains and slow overall plot progression. Some of the changes are clearly their to catch old fans out and keep them on their toes while most of the changes flesh out the protagonists/antagonists/story/crew.

All these changes don't just make it superior to the original though, they go as far as to make it a legitimately excellent series in it's own right. I'm also impressed by the variety of story-types the show manages to explore e.g.

Spoiler

the episode which takes place entirely inside a variety of hallucinations.

Then, of course, there's the fanservice.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Upotte!! 6

This went places... AGAIN! Seems like watching this has paid off after all!

Which led a train reaction of two guns being in lesbians with FNC, Aug (lol Augu~), and Sig.

And Galil is here and attached to another gir-- I mean gun.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Ace of Diamond PV

Dont like the song much but looks fun.

 

[cajunator]

Upotte!! 6



This went places... AGAIN! Seems like watching this has paid off after all!

Which led a train reaction of two guns being in lesbians with FNC, Aug (lol Augu~), and Sig.

And Galil is here and attached to another gir-- I mean gun.

FNC is just the best. Definitely the cutest.
Its all faux yuri though.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Upotte!! 6

This went places... AGAIN! Seems like watching this has paid off after all!

Which led a train reaction of two guns being in lesbians with FNC, Aug (lol Augu~), and Sig.

And Galil is here and attached to another gir-- I mean gun.

Gun registration? Silly Japan, don't you know that only leads to tyranny?

 

[dakkumauji]

Ace of Diamond PV
[.img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/30dbd457590e7fd0803b3004edad5bef/tumblr_msxcxq5xvP1r8c4p2o1_500.gif[/img]

Dont like the song much but looks fun.

I'm reasonably excited for this.

 

[Theonik]

Gun registration? Silly Japan, don't you know that only leads to tyranny?

Japan is pro tyranny though.

 

[Kurita]

I'm reasonably excited for this.

It's not anything special but if you're into sports shounen it's good.

 

[cajunator]

Has anyone noticed the weird way that NISA labels their artboxes? Some of the titles are facing the left and some facing right. It looks weird side by side.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

The Free! special seems like it will be quite good double the Haruka even.

 

[firehawk12]

Yeah there's actually a pretty large number of fairly clever changes despite the fact that at first it appears to be an almost literal remake. The original series is fairly painful to sit through thanks to the dry direction, thin characters, cartoony villains and slow overall plot progression. Some of the changes are clearly their to catch old fans out and keep them on their toes while most of the changes flesh out the protagonists/antagonists/story/crew.

All these changes don't just make it superior to the original though, they go as far as to make it a legitimately excellent series in it's own right. I'm also impressed by the variety of story-types the show manages to explore e.g.

Spoiler

the episode which takes place entirely inside a variety of hallucinations.

Then, of course, there's the fanservice.

The fanservice really is the one thing that stands at as unnecessary. But, that's how you make anime for a 2013 audience I suppose.
(The less said about the OP they use for the TV broadcast, the better.)

But yeah, it's really perfect because it has classic science fiction stories like the one you mentioned that are somewhat episodic, but has a throughline that is actually interesting and serialized without relying on TWEEEEEESTS. The fact that the one "big" twist is something that all the old fans would have known anyway - and ends up being fairly downplayed - is great. The fact that the humans aren't all perfect is great too... in fact, Shawn Ryan tried to do that exact same premise in a TV show last year and failed miserably at it, and he's one of the "auteurs" of television!

In an age where reboot typically means shit (thanks JJ Abrams), Yamato really becomes something special with this update.

Oh no I get that but the problem is that a lot of the antics blend into each because there's no progression. It either goes off on a supernatural tangent, quietly melancholy or it's comedy highjinks with some moral lesson at the end. There's nothing wrong with that but it's 26 episodes of it with little to no variation.

In the other series you have the same style of show but because it progresses to some form of conclusion it feels like a more cohesive show.

I guess it depends on what you are in for. I personally like the world building and the :firehawk, so that probably tickles my fancy more than it would someone else. The characters, as Singles, are more confident than when they were just trainees, but they're still not ready to graduate and think about the future yet.

Cuilan's mostly harmless and drops in links into a conversation which he doesn't necessarily expect comments to. Izayoi is busy in the middle of NTR trist so hasn't been spamming anything.

Izayoi is NTRing Tera or whatever with FF14. lol

 

[cajunator]

Did AKB0048 S2 get licensed? I dont remember.

 

[R_thanatos]

Project X Zone 1-41 (END)



So I spent a better part of 50 hours doing the same thing over and over again, which was doing super neato combos and whatnot. It eventually drove me crazy because the battles in like 3/4 of the game are TOO FUCKING LONG and I never want to play them ever again. There were lots of cute girls and gratuitous butts and boobs so it wasn't a complete waste.

SUPER OFFICIAL BEST GIRL LIST:

Xiaomu = Erica > Saya > Kaguya > Neneko > KOS-MOS = T-elos > Estelle > Tron Bonne > Devilotte > everyone else from games I haven't played or don't really care about

Your list is missing too many good girls..
Well You put xiaomu in top so i'll forgive you.

Upotte!! 5



Well that went "places".

I mean shit. She's nuts.

Nuts ? Are you sure ? Maybe she is the only normal character in a sea of crazy ones.

 

[jbug617]

Ace of Diamond PV

Dont like the song much but looks fun.

Looking forward to this. I read some of the manga to get a little background on the story.

 

[e_i]

Did AKB0048 S2 get licensed? I dont remember.

I believe it's been licensed by Sentai.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

There's no way that this thing is not coming out of Japan. Japan mostly plays games on handhelds nowadays; Sony would be crazy not to sell this to westerners, who are the ones playing games in the living room.

The Free! special seems like it will be quite good double the Haruka even.

Man KyoAni really can't draw guys to save their lives can they?

 

[cajunator]

I believe it's been licensed by Sentai.

Thanks. I recently got S1 but the second part really ratcheted up the crazy.

Man KyoAni really can't draw guys to save their lives can they?

They honestly cant lol.

 

[Canis lupus]

Its been some time since I last watched anime but I heard some good stuff is coming, Hajime no Ippo season 3!

 

[jbug617]

Its been some time since I last watched anime but I heard some good stuff is coming, Hajime no Ippo season 3!

Fall season has a lot of sports anime this year.