Hell yeah, be sure to check out the 5.5 OVA just incase you missed that!
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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism
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It doesn't really do that stuff very well either...
Much like IGPX with its romance.......
Lavalamp1138
Member
Gundam AGE 1
I watched it.
I don't know what I'm getting myself into right now but I watched it. The first episode was pretty standard Gundam storytelling: Innocent colony is show, gets attacked by outside threat, MC pilots Gundam, and the day is saved. There were actually some interesting deviations though. Flit comes in with prior knowledge of the Gundam and the atrocities of war, so he doesn't approach his inheritance reluctantly. And the enemy threat comes off as some alien force seeking to annihilate the human race rather than a military faction with its own ideals. It makes for a very black and white protag/antag dynamic, so I'm not sure how I feel about that. The thing about not having Flit start out as a normal kid is we don't get to see him when he's just being himself. Instead, all he thinks and talks about is the Gundam and the enemy. I guess that's why the moment that stood out the most for me was when he offered the Gundam to that other pilot rather than nominate himself. He's not obsessed with revenge or fighting, just doing the right thing. So there was nothing noticeably offensive about that episode and the OP/ED pair were both great, so I'm going to continue watching.
I watched it.
I don't know what I'm getting myself into right now but I watched it. The first episode was pretty standard Gundam storytelling: Innocent colony is show, gets attacked by outside threat, MC pilots Gundam, and the day is saved. There were actually some interesting deviations though. Flit comes in with prior knowledge of the Gundam and the atrocities of war, so he doesn't approach his inheritance reluctantly. And the enemy threat comes off as some alien force seeking to annihilate the human race rather than a military faction with its own ideals. It makes for a very black and white protag/antag dynamic, so I'm not sure how I feel about that. The thing about not having Flit start out as a normal kid is we don't get to see him when he's just being himself. Instead, all he thinks and talks about is the Gundam and the enemy. I guess that's why the moment that stood out the most for me was when he offered the Gundam to that other pilot rather than nominate himself. He's not obsessed with revenge or fighting, just doing the right thing. So there was nothing noticeably offensive about that episode and the OP/ED pair were both great, so I'm going to continue watching.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Aww yeah.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Normally I'd be okay with this, but that's not particularly entertaining either.
Saints fan here. Only took my team 44 years to reach glory lol.
Short hair is almost always better. Senjou is the exception. Actually any girl with a hime cut needs beautiful long flowing hair.
aside from that, if even Miyukichi cant save the show for you then c3bu has some major issues.
Didn't know there was a special episode. Ok, I will watch that first then I will get aggressive.
Can't even do a proper love triangle, I think that is what they were going for, but I am unsure.
Lavalamp1138
Member
IGPX had romance?
Deputy Dangle
Member
One day they will come back strong. ;_;
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Well it certainly tried and then threw another one in for shits and giggles :/
It did, though Takeshi and Liz are so boring I can fault you for not noting it.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
J-E-T-S JE
meh fuck it we suck.
Been catching up on MJP. I don't know if I hate this show or if I love this show but its definitely nowhere in between. I guess this is what its like to be duckroll
meh fuck it we suck.
Been catching up on MJP. I don't know if I hate this show or if I love this show but its definitely nowhere in between. I guess this is what its like to be duckroll
KirbYuuYuu
Member
J-E-T-S JE
meh fuck it we suck.
Been catching up on MJP. I don't know if I hate this show or if I love this show but its definitely nowhere in between. I guess this is what its like to be duckroll
Being duckroll is suffering.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I agree with this 100%
While C3-bu isn't as bad, the only other show in the same situation would be Yozakura Quartet. I sure hope that reboot or whatever is actually watchable.
That day better be this year or heads are fucking rolling. They have the talent now. No excuses.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Have you seen the Yozakura Quartet OVA? If you've only seen the TV series, you should check out the OVA. It's fun and has good action.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I'll more than likely get around to it before the "reboot or whatever", which I assume means before fall.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Well I played my part.
Watamote ep.2
Yep, still painful to watch. Of course, that means they're doing a stellar job with the show.
It's strange to see this much effort (well, relatively, at least) being put into the adaptation of a series like this.
On the other hand EviLore's original thread for it was made on July 19 2007 so maybe that means waiting this long was for the best, if I hustle and make it tomorrow? Would that still be a good idea at this point, I wonder...
Yep, still painful to watch. Of course, that means they're doing a stellar job with the show.
It's strange to see this much effort (well, relatively, at least) being put into the adaptation of a series like this.
What I know is that this is an indication that I really should have tried to make that 7 years anniversary best anime of all time voting thread.
On the other hand EviLore's original thread for it was made on July 19 2007 so maybe that means waiting this long was for the best, if I hustle and make it tomorrow? Would that still be a good idea at this point, I wonder...
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
These threads are always the worst. Most people are set on what they will or will not watch already. A cascade of recommendations that aren't particularly helpful or able to be sorted through fall on deaf ears. Conceptually the request is too broad to ever be truly meaningful, and tools for self discovery are abundant.
but i wish i was cool enough to just post a Natsuyasumi recommendation in there because the guy only loves action.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
C3-bu
What the heck is going on here?
Please don't do what every anime girl does when she wants to change...
.
I dunno, this all just feels so clumsy when compared to GooP. And it's not like GooP did anything necessarily special or unique, but it did the whole "down and out" arc in a much more natural and interesting manner. Even their first
and subsequent
arc was better handled than this episode of C3-bu.
If you're not going to do the sports stuff well and if you're not going to try to be realistic with the actual airsoft/paintball part of the show, then all you're left with is generic moe girls being moe... and I'm not even sure if the show does that in any way that makes it stand out against the four other all-girl shows this season.
It's kind of sad, because this show almost makes me want to watch Koko being loco again. Apparently something as simple as "soldiers with guns shooting at each other" is hard to do in anime. Go figure. lol
What the heck is going on here?
Please don't do what every anime girl does when she wants to change...
Too late
I dunno, this all just feels so clumsy when compared to GooP. And it's not like GooP did anything necessarily special or unique, but it did the whole "down and out" arc in a much more natural and interesting manner. Even their first
loss
growth
If you're not going to do the sports stuff well and if you're not going to try to be realistic with the actual airsoft/paintball part of the show, then all you're left with is generic moe girls being moe... and I'm not even sure if the show does that in any way that makes it stand out against the four other all-girl shows this season.
It's kind of sad, because this show almost makes me want to watch Koko being loco again. Apparently something as simple as "soldiers with guns shooting at each other" is hard to do in anime. Go figure. lol
A Black Falcon
Member
GO FORTH, BRAVE SOLDIERS
A smarter plan would be simply to refuse to buy any more Milky Holmes-related stuff until they finally figure out that what they actually should be doing is making more Milky Holmes like seasons 1 and 2. You know, when it was a good sketch comedy show about moe suffering...
And if that killed the franchise instead? Honestly, that'd probably be better than ruining it, as they're doing now, with Alternate and now this thing.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
God damn, Milky Holmes fans are crazy.
I was wondering what you would think!
You think Western Milky Holmes fans contributes in any meaningful way to the show's bottom line?!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hey, our petition is why Trigger is making more LWA! Kotaku said so!
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Well who else made the kickstarter a roaring success?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's not like they weren't going to make it without the kickstarter.
Kick-heart is something that probably wouldn't exist without that funding though. But since it's not moe girls, of course it didn't raise as much money. lol
Jex
Member
No, you're not.
dakkumauji
Member
Hayate no Gotoku! 22
Curse you classified information!
Amusing fishing episode. Fishing episodes are always amusing.
Curse you classified information!
Amusing fishing episode. Fishing episodes are always amusing.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Right but the Kickstarter showed that a Western audience can contribute in a major way.
Also don't hate on moe girls!
Deputy Dangle
Member
I'd say go for it if you really want to. Could be interesting to see if any of the Top Ten would change considering GAF has way more people now than it did in 2007.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Shouldn't you prefer Kick-Heart over LWA since it's all about wrassling? lol
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I love both.
Lavalamp1138
Member
Gundam AGE 2
New girl Yurin's rockin' some
. I guess she's part of this show's version of the
. The AGE System comes off as a Deus Ex Machina builder so I'm not sure I like that. The new beam rifle was pretty cool in action. I'm curious to see how the power struggle for command of the ship will play out from here.
New girl Yurin's rockin' some
superhuman sensory abilities
Newtypes
Is that the guitar that plays when the Count first meets Albert's folks? Oh well. All that matters is the other song.
HA
HA
HA
HA
Er, anyway, this is gonna sound hypocritical for me to say, but it isn't too late to turn back. It isn't too late at all. YOU CAN STILL SAVE YOURSELF.
Lavalamp1138
Member
I'm getting conflicting reports here. You're saying I can save myself by dropping the show right now, but these past two episodes have drilled into me that Flit's Gundam will be the "savior." Shouldn't I give myself unto the AGE System? And what about Jesus Yamato? Lord ha' mercy!
Flit's a savior in the same sense that having pneumonia will save you.
Jesus Yamato, on the other hand, is the real deal.
AGE system ends up less deus ex machina machine and more a replacement for the technical side of a Gundam show. Automated arms race means more time to focus on characters/action for better or for worse.
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