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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism
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I can't tell. There's no music playing in my house right now, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL.
PorcellainThrill
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I just can't engage with the author, maybe I could empathize with his view if he had any redeeming virtues whatsoever.
It's pretty hard to connect with someone who writes like a thirteen-year-old. The stakes are too low.
Gundam SEED Destiny HD Remaster 15
Athrun travelled all the way from PLANT to Orb, it took him like 3 episodes, and he doesn't know that the Minerva isn't there nor that Orb signed an alliance with the racists. Even in 2004, it seemed fucking stupid to me. On the other hand, sweet, sweet Saviour action. I always loved that MS.
Then you have the Archangel trying to justify their actions and Cagalli crying some more. BAAAAAAW MY RING.
Fuck them. I was so glad to see the SRW Z cast look down on them and their self-righteous ways.
One thing I had kind of forgotten is how much new MSes ZAFT has in Destiny, and how ugly they mostly look...
Also, the whole FAITH thing is cool at first. But we see how useless it actually is later in the series, so yeah :/ At least it makes Lunamaria completely wet! She wants Athrun's dick really, really hard here.
The overall story is okay at this point, despite how it is pictured through stupid characters like Cagalli. I actually really like where it goes in the second cour, with the whole "large scale war from an actual military unit" angle. It really went to shit because of Orb, the Freedom and the Archangel.
I enjoyed this week's episode more than the previous two, thanks to the almost complete absence of the Archangel crew. Screw them.
Athrun travelled all the way from PLANT to Orb, it took him like 3 episodes, and he doesn't know that the Minerva isn't there nor that Orb signed an alliance with the racists. Even in 2004, it seemed fucking stupid to me. On the other hand, sweet, sweet Saviour action. I always loved that MS.
Then you have the Archangel trying to justify their actions and Cagalli crying some more. BAAAAAAW MY RING.
Fuck them. I was so glad to see the SRW Z cast look down on them and their self-righteous ways.
One thing I had kind of forgotten is how much new MSes ZAFT has in Destiny, and how ugly they mostly look...
Also, the whole FAITH thing is cool at first. But we see how useless it actually is later in the series, so yeah :/ At least it makes Lunamaria completely wet! She wants Athrun's dick really, really hard here.
The overall story is okay at this point, despite how it is pictured through stupid characters like Cagalli. I actually really like where it goes in the second cour, with the whole "large scale war from an actual military unit" angle. It really went to shit because of Orb, the Freedom and the Archangel.
I enjoyed this week's episode more than the previous two, thanks to the almost complete absence of the Archangel crew. Screw them.
R_thanatos
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Watamote - 02
Is this anime only purpose to drag her heroine on the ground , each chance they get ?
SS GREAT PERFECT ?
We can be friends !
Is this anime only purpose to drag her heroine on the ground , each chance they get ?
[..........]
SS GREAT PERFECT ?
We can be friends !
I thought most of the criticisms in this article were reasonable and well-articulated opinions, even if I disagree with them utterly.
Hating on the use of music in the show though? Ahahahahahahaha. No.
EDIT: Also, while the criticism of the complete disappearance of any facial details at a distance is valid, it seems outrageous to claim that "we are completely unable to see the emotions of any character not blessed with its own close-up". This show does a far, far better job of conveying emotions through body language alone than most anime accomplishes through face and body together.
DOUBLE EDIT:
...Yes.
Fuck Kira, thx based banpresto for Z so I can support and hax job Shinn happily without tied to the shit job in Destiny.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Unless you're already used to Umakoshi through other works
HELL YEEEAH
chickdigger802
Banned
I do feel like it works better speeding through lol. Man was this arc awful in the manga. went on freaking forever :/
The Flowers of Evil
Never before has an anime repulsed me so. I grew up watching japanimation so I know what it takes for an anime to be good and to have good story telling.
Lets just go over why this show is dross beyond belief.
1. It's not drawn by Toriyama
People say the rotoscoping is bad and I agree. Basically you shouldn't watch it for that alone. But even worse is that it isn't drawn by the best anime artist in the world Toriyama. If it was then it would at least be bearable.
2. It doesn't clearly tell me what is going to happen next time.
When I get to the end of the episode I want to know what is going to happen next. I don't need the show to create suspense (because that makes me uncomfortable -_-; ), I just want it to cut off randomly and then tell me what will happen afterwards so I can prepare myself mentally for next week's show.
3. It's telling me that Japanese girls arn't all moe moe kyun~
Japan is the best country in the world (I can't wait to go there one day) and all the girls are super cute \^0^/ This show tried to tell me the opposite and presented Japan as a grotty place with plain looking girls. It is bad for to lie, it is especially bad if you lie through the medium of japanimation.
4. The mangaka (that's japanese for book writer) said mean things to me.
At the end we get a personal message from the person who wrote the script for this show and they were very mean. I didn't like it.
So there you go. Absolutely faultless reason why The Flower of Evil is one of the worst show were conceived and should never be watched.
Never before has an anime repulsed me so. I grew up watching japanimation so I know what it takes for an anime to be good and to have good story telling.
Lets just go over why this show is dross beyond belief.
1. It's not drawn by Toriyama
People say the rotoscoping is bad and I agree. Basically you shouldn't watch it for that alone. But even worse is that it isn't drawn by the best anime artist in the world Toriyama. If it was then it would at least be bearable.
2. It doesn't clearly tell me what is going to happen next time.
When I get to the end of the episode I want to know what is going to happen next. I don't need the show to create suspense (because that makes me uncomfortable -_-; ), I just want it to cut off randomly and then tell me what will happen afterwards so I can prepare myself mentally for next week's show.
3. It's telling me that Japanese girls arn't all moe moe kyun~
Japan is the best country in the world (I can't wait to go there one day) and all the girls are super cute \^0^/ This show tried to tell me the opposite and presented Japan as a grotty place with plain looking girls. It is bad for to lie, it is especially bad if you lie through the medium of japanimation.
4. The mangaka (that's japanese for book writer) said mean things to me.
At the end we get a personal message from the person who wrote the script for this show and they were very mean. I didn't like it.
So there you go. Absolutely faultless reason why The Flower of Evil is one of the worst show were conceived and should never be watched.
Hellsing321
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[Digimon Tamers] 03 (Rewatch)
So this is how it begins. I shouldn't have watched Hosoda's work before this.
Btw the evolution music is sick
Dang it, now I want to watch Tamers again, except this time not drop it halfway through because the Hulu subs are so terrible they make me want to punch a wall.
Could watch it dubbed, but then I'd have to buy the DVD. Nostalgia...
PdotMichael
Banned
Doesn't look very Aku no Hana like, because I can still see eyes and the mouth and something that reminds me on a nose.
Theonik
Member
Fufufu
wish I could draw it
Why Pizzaroll/Risette?
That's pretty good. My entry was quite boring.
*hoards the moonlight doujins*
Moelablah brother.
Strike Witches is basically the better parts of Vividred with worse art, a larger cast and more fanservice. Well and better historical references. SW > VR in a lot of ways.
10/10, would read again.
Theonik
Member
KillerMan91
Member
Isn't that only the original Railgun in one complete BD set? Pretty good numbers for re-release.
Ice Lightning
Member
That should be the first season BD-Box which also includes the OVA and both OSTs. I would love to own it for the OVA, but I have the DVDs and the OSTs so I will have to import the OVA later.
I feel like there should be an "only my railgun" joke here but I can't think of one.
chickdigger802
Banned
It's shit.
especially in this version where biribiri goes from strong protag to vulnerable anime girl just so retard touma could appear and punch a guy and save the day.
Trying to tie everything back to Index just doesn't work :/
at least the fights were purty.
There goes my enthusiasm to catch up.
Basileus777
Member
It's become a terribly paced retread since they've moved into Index territory.
Just because she couldn't beat Accelerator means she's vulnerable? She didn't sleep and eat enough for a few days, nearly fatigued from destroying facillities and she still outwitted and beat ITEM. That is a badass strong protagainist.
You may be right, J.C.Staff could have quicken the pace like the manga but they didn't because they want the new watchers/railgun only watchers to know what and why it is happening without confusing them.
At least they're redoing the scenes with better animation and art direction.
I have little to no incentive on getting caught up this show at this point. Ridiculous.
MisterSamMan
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Watamote 02
Shitting on the main character is funny, but much like self-deprecating humor, at a certain point, it just gets really depressing and not funny. I don't expect the show to change so I'll give it one more episode before I drop it.
Shitting on the main character is funny, but much like self-deprecating humor, at a certain point, it just gets really depressing and not funny. I don't expect the show to change so I'll give it one more episode before I drop it.
It's Classic Green Jacket Lupin, what's not to love? I'm going to start sometime today after catching up with the current summer shows.
Looks like Magi S2 will cover the Magnoshatt Arc.
Dead in the water because no Mor.
Its hard to do yuri when its serious.
Dead in the water because no Mor.
Its hard to do yuri when its serious.
KillerMan91
Member
Oh. New OVA. Nice
Yeah. Really don't know why this season of Railgun gets so much hate here. Like this Railgun S version of Sister arc billion times more than the index version that was just a mess.
santeesioux
Member
Watamote 2
I hope "fatso" makes some more appearances.
I hope "fatso" makes some more appearances.
Ice Lightning
Member
The OVA is not new and has been available for sometime. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNXA-1230
R_thanatos
Member
there is no version of the sister arc where this doesn't happen .
chickdigger802
Banned
sister arc is fine on paper, and the adaption here was better than Index... its just having to tie Touma back in here hurts the whole thing, especially if ya haven't seen Index (or its been a while).
Probably should have went the alternate ending route. Could have incorporated the Railgun cast better into this arc as well.
Just caught up with MJP
ALL OF THE BUDGET
YES!
[Free!] 1-2
Its serviceable (fnar fnar!) enough, and thats just about all it is. It plays like a pastiche of all the familiar slice of life tropes, so youd at expect the execution to supersede that, but it doesnt. The characters are pretty wrought, and Haruka in particular, is one of those sullen protagonists that I can never find myself enjoying. Its not the lack of narrative elements that I find a drawback, because the likes of K-ON! got by just fine. I guess its just the fact that the deftness of touch just isnt here. Try as it might, these characters just dont seem that appealing, as personalities they seem hollow and ill-defined.
Im strangely ambivalent about all this, the pandering is...pandery, perhaps intrusively so, but it never feels excessively voyeuristic, with it coming off more comical than anything. Though as a package, It just feels all so...mediocre. Weve seen this before, and weve seen it done excellently, so it stands to reason that it has its work cut out.
Its serviceable (fnar fnar!) enough, and thats just about all it is. It plays like a pastiche of all the familiar slice of life tropes, so youd at expect the execution to supersede that, but it doesnt. The characters are pretty wrought, and Haruka in particular, is one of those sullen protagonists that I can never find myself enjoying. Its not the lack of narrative elements that I find a drawback, because the likes of K-ON! got by just fine. I guess its just the fact that the deftness of touch just isnt here. Try as it might, these characters just dont seem that appealing, as personalities they seem hollow and ill-defined.
Im strangely ambivalent about all this, the pandering is...pandery, perhaps intrusively so, but it never feels excessively voyeuristic, with it coming off more comical than anything. Though as a package, It just feels all so...mediocre. Weve seen this before, and weve seen it done excellently, so it stands to reason that it has its work cut out.
They could've had Kuroko be Mikoto's knight in shining armor instead of that loser Touma. (￣3￣
Dedication Through Light
Member
Not appealing? Not good personalities? Rin is like the perfect guy, Haruka too even, in looks and even in just their personality. Friendship/others first oriented and focused, determined to get what they want, and even kind and etc. What is there that is unappealing?
My suspicions were confirmed as soon as they lavished praise on Rebuild 3.0
Absolute madness.
santeesioux
Member
Is Kotaku not as widely hated here yet as it is on the gaming side? You guys seem legitimately surprised a Kotaku article isn't good.
Shocking revelation: perfection rarely makes for interesting characters. Hence, for instance, the extreme negative connotations associated with the term "Mary Sue".
(Not that I'd necessarily call these guys perfect, but...the point you're trying to make is fundamentally flawed.)
K-ON sucks
*run*
But seriously Free felt like if I'm watching K-ON with more positive approach (I
just can't into the cast, and dislike the design (the weird thing I like Tamako market chara design)
So despite its felt lesser in everything I just more positive with it.
I think most are well aware, we just like to point and laugh at things.
You (helpfully) edited out the part where I explained why:
Essentially, they come across as broad archetypes, rather than actual characters. It feels like I'm watching some formula being slavishly adhered to.
That sombre and macabre second-act, really took it out of me!
And Tamako Market's design was basically that of K-ON!, but transplanted into a market setting. I don't quite understand this criticism.
And for as preoccupied as Free! seems to be with its bodies, I think the way they choose to depict that is really odd. They really don't look like swimmers physiques, it just looks odd to me.
The show I was referring to as "excellent" at the very end was Hyouka.
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