Hellsing321
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No Arakawa doesn't do harems.
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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism
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No Arakawa doesn't do harems.
Nope. But it should have lots of tutorials. Really good tutorials too. Actually educational!
Nah, see, like any Harvest Moon player worth his salt, Hachiken already knows which girl he's gunning for within five minutes of starting the game.
But any Harvest Moon player worth his salt knows which girl he's gunning for before he buys the game!
Popuri
The Count of Monte Cristo is so smooth, baby's bottoms aspire to be him.
Because Eren Jaeger hasn't moved in three fucking episodes.
Because 20 seconds of show time should not take up 18 fucking minutes of my actual life.
Because every last person in this show is a whiny fucking cunt who does nothing but bitch and cry about how the Titans are going to eat them. The Titans are scary, I FUCKING GET IT. They were scary on their own.
Because if I have to see Armin and Mikasa disobey direct orders one more time, I won't care, because they'll spend another fucking thirty minutes talking about it rather than doing it.
Because you can only have the fucking spider man gear breaking as a plot element so many times before it just becomes retarded. OH NO NO GAS. OH NO MY SWORDS WON'T EJECT. OH NO THE HOOK DIDN'T WORK. OH NO NOW I CAN'T GET IT TO FIRE. Holy shit why do they use these things if THEY NEVER FUCKING WORK.
Because this was a great action show until the entire fucking show decided to sit down and do FUCKING NOTHING FOR THREE EPISODES STRAIGHT and then promise me a clip show.
Attack on Titan is the most disappointed I've been with a show in awhile now, and not because "I wanted to like it" but because I DID like it and then it stopped MOVING. The only reason nobody compares the last three episodes to the last season of The Walking Dead is because nobody's bothered to have sex with a guy who keeps Titan heads in jars.
Yep.
Looking forward to Silver Spoon. Arakawa doing a manga about farming sounded odd at first, but it's turned out to be quite a delight.
Bit off-topic since this is manga stuff, but I'm curious about how her adaptation of the Legend of Arslan turns out, too. The books were written by Yoshiki Tanaka, who also happens to be the author of the Legend of Galactic Heroes.
dakkumauji
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You would probably choose one as the show goes on.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Wakaba is the best, her or HomuHomu.
There's no shame in scientific flying butts, though Vividred did have a couple of pretty bad episodes.
Karen was fine when she wasn't found at the bottom of a bottle of whiskey. That is to say, never.
Lies. The correct answer is Karen.
The second episode had a frickin powerpoint presentation for 5 minutes+ at the end. Its a really poorly planned and executed show.
Yuyushiki - Episode 12 (End)
T_T
It's over. On a really uneventful note too. Nothing about it really screamed "final episode" or anything, which is fitting because it ended just like it started - with a whole lot of nothing. I really enjoyed the series, and I'll probably miss it. The characters turned out to be pretty adorable, and I really wish the series focused more on the extended cast. I would have liked to see more interactions with Aikawa and her friends, and the teacher as well.
Once again, Kinema Citrus has made a surprisingly enjoyable series out of source material which really doesn't seem like it would be worth the time. I wonder how long they're going to have to keep doing that before getting an original show to really flex their creative muscles more...
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It's over. On a really uneventful note too. Nothing about it really screamed "final episode" or anything, which is fitting because it ended just like it started - with a whole lot of nothing. I really enjoyed the series, and I'll probably miss it. The characters turned out to be pretty adorable, and I really wish the series focused more on the extended cast. I would have liked to see more interactions with Aikawa and her friends, and the teacher as well.
Once again, Kinema Citrus has made a surprisingly enjoyable series out of source material which really doesn't seem like it would be worth the time. I wonder how long they're going to have to keep doing that before getting an original show to really flex their creative muscles more...
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Wit Studio has not shown much intelligence in the way they handled this production.
Sweet. I've been meaning to pick up the manga but never got around to it.
I would.
KirbYuuYuu
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I sympathize with this statement. Really hard considering the bombing of its dvd sales.
I agree wholeheartedly on all points.
The thing that annoys me on top of those is the terrible writing that happens when characters evaluate their profound emotions. The creators/author are all trying to shove it down your throat of the fact that FEAR is being felt (which we get it overburdened by the constant whining, crying and those widening of those bloody eyes). However they don't stop there. They have to add those annoying bloody inner monologues n which characters speak to themselves about rationalising those FEAR. ''Why isn't my feet moving?'' '' Why am I running?'' ''Why am I scared?''''why am i alive'' ''why am i dead'' ''why am I not dead''
Terrible writing all around that destroys the whole atmosphere of the show.
dakkumauji
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Hayate no Gotoku! 02
Still completely enjoyable to watch. Them references, the multiple attempts to end the episode early, dat narrator.
Still completely enjoyable to watch. Them references, the multiple attempts to end the episode early, dat narrator.
The worst part is the Titans WERE scary on their own. Yeah, they're hilarious giant naked people who have goofy expressions on their face, but their weirdness coupled with their insatiable desire for human flesh made them like giant zombies, and it worked.
The scene where the guy
blows his brains out rather than be eaten by them
Then we just have three episodes of people fucking shouting "I AM SCARED OF BEING EATEN WAAAAAH." And I don't fucking CARE if a mob would act like this or not. I'm tired of it. Goddamn just move the fucking plot already.
Also, inner monologue does not count as character development automatically. Armin can review what he OBVIOUSLY is feeling for 20 minutes, but if he's doing it in a circular fashion and nothing changes, it wasn't character development. It was barely characterization.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
It really reminds me in regards to Other M's cutscenes where it was explaining obviously obvious things. Feelings, what they're looking at, and whatnot. It's like I GET IT! I CAN SEE IT! I DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL ME SOMETHING I CAN OBSERVE! What a waste of money and cutscenes.
Except that here, I guess they don't have money and that's why they're murdering the show?
KirbYuuYuu
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I recall it being as god awful in the manga, but yeah, it is ruining it harder.
I am saying that those constant inner monologues have been going on since the start but the effect is fully felt after those last 4 episode. Albeit, the training mini-arc were quite fun. I agree with you that those inner monologue does not add anything to the character, if anything, its an irritant and this whole grim reality is turned into bloody comical irony because of those monologues.
I do think those Titans are scary though. Those faces are creepy and the animation they choose for them are highly appropriate. too bad the designers have to be dragged down because of the writing and the structure is all butchered up.
Girls und Panzer OVA 6 END
That was arguable the best portrayal of Little Women I've seen yet but I have to give the nod to the Toku and Swan Lake performances. I guess I'l have to check out the manga and that spinoff to help tide me over till the Anzio OVA and the movie.
That was arguable the best portrayal of Little Women I've seen yet but I have to give the nod to the Toku and Swan Lake performances. I guess I'l have to check out the manga and that spinoff to help tide me over till the Anzio OVA and the movie.
I'm gonna be really bummed out if this turns out to be anything other than a great series.
The stupid inner monologue and incomprehensible Shonen Anime Values were alleviated and acceptable before because you know, there was stuff going on. There were cool moments, fights, and even some emotional tension going on.
Now, to be honest, I know geriatrics whose bowels move with more frequency than Eren Jaeger and the plot of this show.
That fucking boulder is symbolic of the entire arc. It doesn't move. It just sits there. And does fucking nothing. For episodes on end.
Maybe its a Japanese thing? or at least in Japanese shows. I have seen this in many of their shows. They over-explain things that doesn't need explaining and they bloat it with needless exposition. I have seen it in many other shows, except it feels a lot worse in Titan and Other M.
They apparently have money. What they don't have is time.
Joe Molotov
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To reflect the position of your jaw?
I kinda feel like a hiatus would be better than doing this by the seat of their pants, then. Miyamoto's law and all, as applied to anime: "An anime that comes out late is only late once, an anime that comes out bad is bad forever."
Unless that anime is Evangelion 3.3, then it is both late and bad.
Eh, it's a kind of silent personal protest that I was stupid enough to keep watching the show after episode 6 or so.
To be fair, I really liked the first two episodes. Then the plot went to shit for the rest of the series.
KirbYuuYuu
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Yeah, I guess you have a point there. Feels like a waste of a format. I'm not reading a book you know?
What makes them not have time? Time to do what?
My jaw is fine. Im just squeeing so very much.
Joe Molotov
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Crash Station
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Pumpkin Scissors 6
Don't we all.
Don't we all.
KirbYuuYuu
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Worst part of Vividred Operation.
Speaking of which; Anime-GAF, any shows that doesn't waste time of needless drive and goes straight to the point?
The only ones I can think of is Kurenai and Baccano. Even Eden of the East and Ghost in the Shell had some of those dialogues.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Akane's unhealthy obsession with mayonaise is hardly episode 9.
I'm not initimately familiar with how AoT was put together but it seems like poor planning has made them super late and left them with too little time to create the episodes. Drawing and animation take lots of time. They are not producing these episodes fast enough and have had to outsource like hell to even have enough to fill 30 mins of TV.
Which is inherently related to cost, right? I mean, not having enough time means that you don't have the manpower to actually meet those demands.
KirbYuuYuu
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I don't know. Don't remember.
I meant her obsession with it in general.
Unknown Soldier
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No, it's only going to run for 10 episodes. It will start late and finish early I guess.
If you say so. I'm only watching it because I heard actually playing Hyperdimension Neptunia is awful and I want to see the story without actually playing the game.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Those calories obviously went to the right places, all hail mayo.
They have money. No amount of money can buy you more time.
Well, can't you hire more animators?
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