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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism

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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
Daybreak Illusion 2

Well, they certainly dealt with the
Fuyuna
thing quicker than I thought they would. Got a lot of backstory/exposition out of the way, then a pretty nice (if short) fight scene, followed by more drama. Good episode. Though if depressing/"wtf" things are going to happen at the end of episodes, they need to not start the upbeat, happy ED theme in the last few seconds before the ED starts. Gave that scene at the end of the episode a weird feel.
 
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Dedication Through Light

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chickdigger802 said:
so is MJP actually any good? I dropped after like 1 eps because the art lol.
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Its alright, lots of boring episodes and boring scenes (reuses some animations alot too, like seeing every unit launch five minutes in more than one episode).The fight in 14 was good but, it was just like two minutes and the previous twenty minutes was kind of boring.
 
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OceanBlue

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Theonik said:
I know a lot of people who like SAO. I tend to dodge the subject whenever possible, as it always makes me sound like a condescending prick. More than usual.
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I do too. I just say that I haven't watched it (which is true). It's pretty popular for some reason.
 
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cnet128

Banned
Shingeki no Kyojin 14

New OP looks nice, but the song is a disappointment compared to the first OP. It has the same epic feel to it, but with none of the catchiness or punchiness. The new ED is pretty decent I guess.

As for the episode itself, I think they covered the trial pretty nicely. There were certainly moments in the episode where I could barely believe how little animation there was - it was literally a slideshow at points - but this isn't the kind of material that really needs much animation, so it still worked well. Probably for the best if the animators save their precious time for scenes that actually have action. And the climactic moment of this episode did have enough animation to give it the necessary impact.
Goddamn that looked like it hurt.
 
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Deputy Dangle

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Love Lab - 2
Suzune dragged down the first half of the episode with her introduction, but the second half fared much better with balancing the comedy. Seeing all five of the girls get some screen time turned out decently. However, it never reached the highs of the first episode. Riko and Maki are so great together by themselves that I'm worried the others will dilute the comedy as the show continues.
 
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/XX/

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June said:
Nihongos who saw the FSN Ufotable PV said it was Heaven's Feel, so I suppose this will be a straight up Heaven's Feel adaption. Please come soon.
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Jarmel said:
Ugh Sakura. Well better than the Fate route I guess.

Edit: Where did you see people saying it was HF? I can't confirm that anywhere.
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Theonik said:
There is some buzz from Japanese people that it's Heaven's Feel but I've not seen any confirmation anywhere.
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duckroll said:
It's a confirmation that Ufotable is animating the 5th Grail War. Beyond that there are no specific details at the moment.
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Exactly. Apparently part of the confusion arose when one of the attendants at the event premiering Fukan Fūkei 3D (@Taki_s1217) mentioned it felt like that was truly a Heaven's Feel route adaptation (https://twitter.com/Taki_s1217/status/355689290660970497), but has later apologized for probably misguiding people because isn't sure of it after all (https://twitter.com/Taki_s1217/status/355875740526460929).

That said, it is the adaptation of Heaven's Feel what was hinted by Ei Aoki & Hikaru Kondō at Anime Expo 2012, but were waiting for TYPE-MOON to let them do it, so...

duckroll said:
http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/news/20130713.html

The Little Witch Academia blu-ray will be released in August. The price is 6000yen (probably 60 USD), and will include the blu-ray with 7 subtitle languages, audio track in 5.1 and stereo, the 66 minute Making of feature with English subtitles, the complete soundtrack CD, and a 112 page artbook which includes commentary by Yoshinari, design materials, selected key animation frames and storyboard portions, and the original first draft script.
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It sounds so similar to the 'limited edition' BD for Little Witch Academia 2 that it gave me the impression another cheaper 'standard edition' could have also been planned for this first one.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
Railgun S 14

This arc really really needs to end. Seriously. Having said that the latter half of this episode wasn't terrible. The music and the visuals are really outstanding. The voice acting is solid but Touma pretty much ruins it. You can feel the desperation that Mikoto is exuding yet Touma does stuff that a normal person wouldn't do and acts stupid. Having said that, I guess it does make sense as the whole point is that what he does isn't really normal. Whatever. I give no fucks anymore.
 
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Jex

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[Monogatari Second Season] - 1

SHAFT re-using background art from 2009's Bakemonogatari as if it was some Studio Pablo-tier stuff:

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Toei would be proud.
 
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kayos90

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peaceiscloser said:
I liked Sword Art Online, but it just pales in comparison to the truly good shows I've seen.

Maybe we're just in too deep guys
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I like Sword Art Online as well. I think the problem people have, myself included, is that people most often times associate like = good. Hardly the case. I try to catch myself as much as I can when doing so. I try to be specific as to why I like it or if it's good why I think it's good. I recognize that there are a lot of problems in SAO, however, there are elements in the show that I greatly enjoy.
 
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peaceiscloser

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kayos90 said:
I like Sword Art Online as well. I think the problem people have, myself included, is that people most often times associate like = good. Hardly the case. I try to catch myself as much as I can when doing so. I try to be specific as to why I like it or if it's good why I think it's good. I recognize that there are a lot of problems in SAO, however, there are elements in the show that I greatly enjoy.
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Totally. And really, all the characters other than Kirito and sometimes Asuna were pretty interesting and not half bad. I thoroughly enjoyed Yui's little story arc and felt a little moved by it.

Kirito is a dumbshit though, but I feel that's the result of the self-insert hero fulfillment authorship
 
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Nothing1016

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Monogatari S2 Episode 02

God I love this show. Definitely in my top 5 anime of all time.

Edit: hahaha. I should clarify... I meant the entire series.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
BGBW said:
I'd still consider myself new to Japanimation as a whole but I could see it for what it was, a bad show.

Nothing to do with the medium, a bad story is a bad story no matter how it is produced.
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Fate/Stay Night already doomed.
 
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Lavalamp1138

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Great Odin's Rider's Beard! I'm stuck at Ikea all day while some Ufotable bombs are being dropped! My kingdom for a better Saber than Deen's Saber.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
/XX/ said:
Poor guy blames it in that he was very excited at the moment to think properly. I hope he doesn't catches too much flak if it results there is a totally different adaptation for this project!
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ufotable original path. =D
 
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faridmon

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/XX/ said:
Seems that way too, nowadays. I still profess a sane envy for that club's structure, specially in regards to La Masía management (although Mr. Laporta has precisely been criticizing a "destruction of its foundations" lately on various mediums).

A new reinvigorating phase of the 'Zidanes y Pavones' philosophy for Real Madrid could be a good step forward in regaining for the young guys at Valdebebas' 'cantera' some more confidence on them actually achieving a future possible place at the first team.
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There is nothing to envy. These days they offload those La Masia talents to other clubs and never use them if they happen to come back. Most of them shines somewhere else they re-buy them for exuberant amount of money (David Villa, Fabregas). There was one generation when that system proved a very effective measurement and that was when they were desperate and lingered mid-table 10 years or so ago (Xavi, iniesta, etc). The fact they are in dept just tells so much that they are arrogant enough to rely on players the buy on higher price (Sanchez, Fabregas)

Both of the clubs have their problems though, so don't get happy and enjoy the monopoly you two have on the Spanish League. "Zidane" effect is what you got Banzema and that didn't work as much as you hoped you would be. and now you bough Isco and Illimimsioddswahtever for £50m....

Sorry, didn't meant to feel you bad on your birthday ;P
 
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Blusby

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Pornomonogatari S2 ep. 2:
Well, at least Shaft is giving me what I expected, lots of T&A and pantsu.
Well, at least Ufotable's Heaven's Feel adaption will save the industry next year.
Now if only a studio would remake Umineko and actually do Chiru.
 
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cnet128

Banned
Fantasista Doll 2

Show continues to be kind of fun. It's entertaining watching the Dolls teasing and tormenting their master in various ways (all in good fun, of course). And of course Uzume had to have a fight with the Dolls at some point, so makes sense to get it out of the way at this early stage while they're still not entirely comfortable with each other. Plenty of both sides being brutally honest with each other but still standing up for each other when it counts in this episode. Yay for deepening friendship or something. You should all just take lots more baths together that would be an effective method of bonding.
 
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kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
June said:
Pornomonogatari S2 ep. 2:
Well, at least Shaft is giving me what I expected, lots of T&A and pantsu.
Well, at least Ufotable's Heaven's Feel adaption will save the industry next year.
Now if only a studio would remake Umineko and actually do Chiru.
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Ufotable saving anime one year at a time lol
 
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Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
Pyscho_Mantis said:
So today my sister came to me saying, "I've got this really cool anime to show you, its soooo good you have to watch it"

I jokingly said "Is it your favourite anime of all time?" and she replied saying "Close. Def in the top three with Cowboy Bebop"

"What is it called?", I said.

"Sword Art Online", she replied.

I just stood there staring into her eyes and she wasn't joking, there was genuine excitement there. The worst part, the part that made me want to rip my fucking heart out and piss on it was that I had to sit through three episodes, seeing all the stupid shit on that show and not being able to say anything on how stupid the premise, how lame the characters were because it felt like I would be a party pooper, someone who was ruining the fun. All I could say was moronic useless tripe like why do they have hammers if its called sword art online :(
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I feel you, bro. I feel you.
 
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