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[B-Dubs]

That worldve been glorious ;_;

I know, we got robbed so hard.

 

[Tenumi]

Could try speeding up a bit for some of your shows.

The Toonami group is stuck, I shouldn't really have counted that. Suite, I seem to go in spurts, like 1 some day, 0 the next, 4 today....

...YuruYuri S2 is my only other backlog show...

I'll figure something out.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

The Toonami group is stuck, I shouldn't really have counted that. Suite, I seem to go in spurts, like 1 some day, 0 the next, 4 today....

...YuruYuri S2 is my only other backlog show...

I'll figure something out.

Well just a heads up at your current point, it'll develop Ellen a bit, and then mess with her because plot will happen quite often. Like, almost every episode is super plot oriented. Probably the main cause of Suite's issue for me.

 

[FelixOrion]

I know, we got robbed so hard.

Megas XLR Season 3 kickstarter. thank you plz

Though I guess co-creator George Krstic and director Chris Prynoski are in talks with Titmouse to try and start Megas XLR (and Motorcity) back up.

 

[Articalys]

Finally caught up with both today's anime and the thread.

Kiniro Mosaic ep.3

Still a great cute girls comedy show.

Genei Taiyo ep.3

Yeah, this isn't worth watching weekly, I'll just marathon it later so I can fast forward to the DARK TWISTS.

Nekomonogatari White ep.3

Another five-star episode. Lots of characters showing up this time.

 

[Soma]

Love Lab Episodes 2-3

Great stuff. The new girls are wonderful additions to the cast and the animation and comedy seems to be consistent thus far. Suzu is adorable, Enomoto is hilariously bratty and Sayori is probably my new favorite character in the show next to Maki. The 'drama' didn't really affect me much as it had been building up to a certain point since episode 2 and actually managed to be resolved quickly enough to not overstay its welcome. I felt it was a necessary catalyst to bring the rest of the girls into the forefront alongside Riko and Maki and I thought it was done pretty well by the end of the episode.

Looking forward to the next series of events with everyone now present.

Monogatari S2 Episode 03

- Kanbaru!
- Shinobu!
- more Hanekawa! (+ the Fire Sisters)

Shinbo, I am not worthy. :bow

Silver Spoon Episode 02

Ahhhh that's more like it. Loved this episode.

While a few scenes are still pretty cheap looking, this is still turning out to be a really enjoyable adaption of the manga. Nakajima and the Principal's introductions were great and the show is doing a good job at introducing each main character's personalities and little quirks while still having the focus on Hachiken and his slow acclimation to the school.

Stella Women's Academy C3 Bu Episode 03

Ehhhh they really could've handled the whole character development after a defeat a lot better but this was still really fun. It's a far cry from the greatness of Girls und Panzer as far as these kind of sports anime go, but I'm still somehow charmed by the characters, the fun upbeat music, and all the (fake) gun porn.

 

[survivor]

K-On!! 14

Man, where was this side of Mugi before? I can now understand why some people would rank her pretty high. Very fun episode.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Best scene. Might actually like the shota now.

Free! 1

That was quite an enjoyable first episode.

The flashbacks when they were kids was nice and I like them setting up the buildup to creating the swimming club.

Haru is such a tsun to everyone but he sure can pull of the puppy dog look in his eyes when someone mentions swimming. Makoto is a bro and Nagisa kinda annoys me but the skinny dip scene was hilarious, so I'm not going to entirely hate on him just yet. Rin is playing the rival role pretty well and his sister Gou is likeable but she needs to accept that Gou is the name everyone will be calling her. That is not changing and she should accept it sooner rather than later.

 

[Hattori]

Kaiju (kai-joo; japanese) means Giant Beast
Jaeger (yay-gar; german) means Hunter
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パシフィック☆リム

That was pretty good. I was pleasantly surprised at how great the movie turned out. Graphically it was amazing, I love the designs of the mechs, they look real nice. The plot however, wasn't something to write home about. It's eh but it gets the job done.This is a great start, I hope we get more anime-inspired movie like this in the future.

out 5

Spoiler

It's Pacific Rim.

 

[firehawk12]

K-On!! 14
Man, where was this side of Mugi before? I can now understand why some people would rank her pretty high. Very fun episode.

She has always been into the yuri-yearning. It's just that it's down played after S1.
That, and I suppose, oujo-sama characters are kind of boring. lol

 

[dimb]

パシフイク☆リム

please stop.

 

[Hattori]

please stop.

but everyone's doing it, I don't want to feel left out

 

[darkside31337]

but everyone's doing it, I don't want to feel left out

Everybody else should stop doing it too.

It's almost as annoying as people posting tweets or pictures in Japanese with zero context or translation.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

but everyone's doing it, I don't want to feel left out

No I don't

Sailor Jupiter 25

Dat goldfish warning

There could be a bit of a reason for Jupiter to end up being a lesbian, especially at the end, but it doesn't seem like it'll sink in until S a least. Now we have RAINBOW JEWEL DES time and

Spoiler

ripping them out of Youmas reincarnated as humans, which triggers the need for the Moon Stick, also proof that she's the leader... could've just said YOU WERE FIRST, THEREFORE YES

. She falls in love with people if they have aspects of her former senpai she liked. She reminds me of that freaky chick from Stringendo.

Anyway, this gave us A real pantyshot of Usagi, on top of Jupiter's stock footage showing off her booty. Greatness. I don't think Mars gave us that, considering the gratuitous underskirt shots she has.

Anyway, JUPITER GET, WE HAVE ALL THE SAILOR SENSHIS

Spoiler

Not really.

 

[A Black Falcon]

Because the Milky Holmes girls are moeblobs and therefore inherently not suited for being a player character. They're designed to be adorable and have cute character quirks that you look at and say "d'awwww" and make you want to hug them. Putting yourself in the shoes of a character like that would just be awkward because then it's like you're squeeing at...yourself? And since they have their own well-defined character traits, even if you did play as them it would inevitably end up feeling less like you're "becoming" them and more like just "guiding" them, which isn't ideal. Also there are four of them and they're supposed to on roughly equal standing as a group. Putting yourself into the shoes of just one of them (presumably Shalo) would throw off that balance.

Inserting a player-proxy character is the logical way to solve all of these problems. Now it makes sense that you're "guiding" them rather than "becoming" them, because you're the mentor/leader character and guiding them is your entire job description. You can interact with all of them equally, and it makes perfect sense from that perspective to be able to "watch over" the girls and generally find their antics adorable.

Gah, even just your description here makes it sound seriously creepy. You really can't tell?

Anyway, games should be about gameplay. You don't (or shouldn't) play a game just to "experience moe characters being moe". You play a game to play a game. And if it's a mystery detective game, you should of course be playing as the detectives in question.

(Note: No, games do not all need a random perspective character to play as. Some games have player proxy characters, others don't. Second, the "problems" you're talking about are irrelevant; we're talking about a VIDEOGAME here. Why should I care who the player is "squeeing" over? It's a game. You expect to play as the main character, not some other random person watching the main character. Unless, of course, it's a dating sim, which your description makes it sound like it is. (Note: That is not a genre I like or think is often any good.)

even if you did play as them it would inevitably end up feeling less like you're "becoming" them and more like just "guiding" them, which isn't ideal.

... I don't get it, why would you not want to play as the characters in a videogame? That doesn't make sense.

I'm not saying it's a harem game because at no point is there any indication that your character is pursuing any of these girls romantically. He's just trying to form a bond of trust with them and help them grow into the great detectives they have the potential to be.

So it's the all-ages version, instead of the H version. Same basic idea, clearly.

That seems perfectly in line with the kind of "supervillain-style" plots that the game includes. The final chapter of the first game features

Spoiler

the true villain (who has been manipulating the Phantom Thief Empire all along) attempting to blow up a super power generator, and with it all of Yokohama, in order to exact revenge on Kobayashi and prove to the world that Phantom Thieves reign supreme.

The anime (Alternative excepted) is quite clearly the vastly superior version of Milky Holmes, that's for sure. But even that doesn't sound as bad as the Alternative villain is. That's not quite on his level.

Well, apparently Alternative takes place after the first game, and I haven't played the second, but a little research suggests that Alternative's villain hasn't shown up in any other material =/ It does sound like Alternative wasn't very well-conceived and was possibly trying to lay plot hooks for something that never materialised.

Ah, so because Alternative bombed so badly, he won't appear again? Good riddance.

Prisma Ilya 2-

I think my problem with the show is that it lacks a certain dynamism or energy in the scenes. It all feels very lethargic despite certain bits being pretty funny or the action being well animated. Ilya herself is actually a pretty good lead and she seems relatively normal and her reactions are gold. It all feels lifeless and artificial though.

I don't really understand this complaint (which I see some other people have too) and don't agree with it, but I will say that the second and third manga series are a definite improvement over the first one, which is what's currently getting animated. The mangas get better over time for sure. I just hope the anime lasts long enough to get to the better parts, past this first series...

As for why the anime can't look like that picture, yeah, that'd be way too expensive for a TV anime. Not possible, unfortunately.

I do think the soundtrack has been pretty decent so far. They played that wonderful track in the PV this episode and it's easily one of my favorites this season.

The show might work better with more main characters added to the show as it might get it the vibrancy the show seems to be missing. I do think this episode was a vast improvement over the first as the comedy really came into play here.

Well, there will be more characters of course. You saw the next major character at the end of the episode there, Miyu.

 

[Narag]

Everybody else should stop doing it too.

It's almost as annoying as people posting tweets or pictures in Japanese with zero context or translation.

7th on blast

 

[chickdigger802]

best ilya is the one in carnival.

 

[santeesioux]

Never heard of crackle. Is it a good service? How many services broadcast animu?

It's some sort of free service that has movies and some shows on it. Not too sure on the quality, but it does have a lot of anime on it.

 

[ASSauLTxMasTER]

Haw, Dead Fantasy returns. ( May not be related to anime but creator of RWBY, so.....somewhere in the ball park. )

 

[Tenumi]

Free! 1

That was quite an enjoyable first episode.

Great... now I've got that photoshoped version of that shot back stuck in my head....

 

[Articalys]

Hahaha, apparently this is one of the advertising trucks for the first Railgun S Blu-ray volume:

edit: different angle of the full truck:

 

[Dresden]

Hahaha, apparently this is one of the advertising trucks for the first Railgun S Blu-ray volume:

.

 

[Hattori]

Hahaha, apparently this is one of the advertising trucks for the first Railgun S Blu-ray volume:

Ha that's brilliant

 

[R_thanatos]

Hahaha, apparently this is one of the advertising trucks for the first Railgun S Blu-ray volume:

i'm pretty sure that there aren't 20k sisters in that picture !

 

[Quasar]

It's some sort of free service that has movies and some shows on it. Not too sure on the quality, but it does have a lot of anime on it.

Yeah. Its a Sony owned service. I think the quality is pretty good, with the caveat that its limited to 480p.

 

[Acid08]

Kimi No Iru Machi 1

I'm depressed already.

They picked a weird point to jump into the story. Literally none of the back story is really explained.

 

[Pooya]

Pacific Rim

it's like animu, duh. boom boom. Too dark mostly, can't really see what's happening. shame. Very nice effects and scale still.

solid 7 out of 10, mildly disappointed, could've been much more. don't know if I want to watch again.

World War Z

it's like a video game, duh boom boom. Now this one actually has daylight scenes! I enjoyed this one quite a bit more!!! I went in expecting it to be crappy tbh.

solid 8 out of 10 will watch again.

 

[R_thanatos]

World War Z

it's like a video game, duh boom boom. Now this one actually has daylight scenes! I enjoyed this one quite a bit more!!! I went in expecting it to be crappy tbh.

solid 8 out of 10 will watch again.

I remember this movie .. everyone acted like idiots and the main character has the most haxxor plot armor EVER

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Servant x Service - 03

D ..E .F... G... H .... I ?????

This was alright ... but i feel like there is an untapped potential that is not used yet.

 

[Tamanon]

.

Such a great, completely implausible scene from Geass.

 

[Pooya]

I remember this movie .. everyone acted like idiots and the main character has the most haxxor plot armor EVER

yup, it was just like a vidya gaem. but boy it was entertaining and had zombies in it!

 

[PhantomOfTheKnight]

Turning Girls - 05

Good God. The singing. The expressions. The comments. And the way her mom just busted in like that. And that breakdown.

...I can't breathe...

 

[SDBurton]

Haw, Dead Fantasy returns. ( May not be related to anime but creator of RWBY, so.....somewhere in the ball park. )

Oh man, it's been ages since I've watched those. Glad to hear that's its back on again though hopefully it doesn't interfere with RWBY.

 

[Dresden]

Such a great, completely implausible scene from Geass.

The dog is what really sets it off. Classic.

 

[chickdigger802]

I remember this movie .. everyone acted like idiots and the main character has the most haxxor plot armor EVER

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Servant x Service - 03
This was alright ... but i feel like there is an untapped potential that is not used yet.

company outing to the beach/hotsprings.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Sailor Moon 26

We have to display Usagi's good side to the scouts to show she's fit for a leader! Too bad she undermines herself right off the bat.

Naru's back in action and as heartbroken as ever. She should hook up with Honoka in the My Boyfriend is dead club. I guess they're doing a NaruxUmino ship, not sure if want. That's probably the real reason why she doesn't show up in the final season.

BOXINGU happens, with gratuitous engrish to boot! And TUXEDO KAMEN-SAMA realizes who he is

Spoiler

upon taking the Rainbow Crystal.

But where did the Star Pendent come from? EXPOSITION IN THE FUTURE!

 

[chickdigger802]

Godannar ep 3

This show really hits my interests. Gattaing super robots. bouncy tits and ass shots whenever possible. fighting giant monsters.

 

[Articalys]

Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi ep.3

Wow. That certainly was... something.

Spoiler

So all of this was really just the prologue and the real story starts now, huh.

Definitely going to be sticking with this one.

 

[R_thanatos]

yup, it was just like a vidya gaem. but boy it was entertaining and had zombies in it!

I could make a list - of everything that doesn't make sense in the movie.

And that would be a long list.

company outing to the beach/hotsprings.

I'm still thinking in the office.Deplacing the setting is alright but it's too soon to resort to such things.

Godannar ep 3

This show really hits my interests. Gattaing super robots. bouncy tits and ass shots whenever possible. fighting giant monsters.

DAT Opening .

GO GO GODDAAAAANNAR !!!

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Monogatari series 2nd - 03

That was some god tier manipulation , so obvious yet deadly.

I have to admit the difference between terminator 1 & Terminator 2 is painfully obvious .

No seriously.

Anyway we saw quite a bit of faces that we hadn't seen in a long time and this episode was quite good in term of fanservice ... i finaly have the confirmation that the bath in the araragi household is uneven and quite unadapted.

You learn something new every day in anime.

 

[duckroll]

Majestic Prince - Episode 15

Some of that was pretty funny, some of it was pretty stupid, most of it was really ugly, the CG mech battles were pretty awesome. Aka: Just another episode of MJP! Lol. The bad guys seem to be getting smarter. Or at least one of them is. Looks like the GDF are going to be in trouble pretty soon! Tune in next week for another ugly but adorable episode of Majestic Prince!

 

[cajunator]

Vividred wouldn't allow such a thing.


This show is too pure for doujins. I couldn't even imagine them.

Some shows seem that way but not th his one.

I'm on day 5 without home internet. Haven't watched anime since Monday. No withdrawal though. Watching Season 1 of The Wire for the first time. So yeah. It's been good.

But I need the fucking internet back.

I dunno how yoh do it. The most I have had to put up with was a couple of hours.

Yep! What else is there to do when you don't have internet?

I spent 3 weeks on vacation at a log cabin resort in Tennessee a few years ago. There was electricity but limited television (no cable) and definitely zero internet out in the middle of those woods.

There was a flea market there with a random anime stand located in between a gun dealer and a lady selling some some pretty weird artwork. It was way too god damn hot to do anything outside for the 3rd week (and honestly not much more to do or go see) so I just watched a shit load of anime that I bought from this cute girl at a random anime stand in a shady flea market. I'm pretty sure that anime stand was there just for weirdos like me.

Gatlinburg was pretty cool.

gatlinburg is indeed awesome! ive been to nearby Asheville and Smoky mountain knife works and other parts of Maggie valley area. Quite fun!

Problem is, most of my anime is on the internet, and I'm not potentially fucking up my wireless bill watching Crunchyroll and Hulu and shit in 3G

Though I did get Steins;Gate yesterday. But now I'm busy with The Wire. Maybe later tonight.

I have a little store's worth of anime in dis. Form so being offline wouldnt be an issue. Watch Steins gate!!

This talk about internet issues seem to come up at a right time, considering the situation and whatnot with billing. Might have to sit out of internet for an undetermined amount of time.

But at least we'll have cable (that I don't even use).

Send a pm of the situation to me if you dont mind.

 

[jgminto]

Turning Girls - 05

Good God. The singing. The expressions. The comments. And the way her mom just busted in like that. And that breakdown.

...I can't breathe...

It was amazing.

 

[Quasar]

Kimi No Iru Machi 1

I'm depressed already.

They picked a weird point to jump into the story. Literally none of the back story is really explained.

Having not read the manga, I had to go back and rewatch the OVA. That made it slightly more sensible.

 

[NomarTyme]

servant x service 3

big boob problems.

lucy's probably my favorite female protag of the season.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15581662/sizes.PNG[/MG]

k nvm this is my favorite show of the season. foreign lolis is 2nd.[/QUOTE]
Love this show.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Free! 1

That was quite an enjoyable first episode.

The flashbacks when they were kids was nice and I like them setting up the buildup to creating the swimming club.

Haru is such a tsun to everyone but he sure can pull of the puppy dog look in his eyes when someone mentions swimming. Makoto is a bro and Nagisa kinda annoys me but the skinny dip scene was hilarious, so I'm not going to entirely hate on him just yet. Rin is playing the rival role pretty well and his sister Gou is likeable but she needs to accept that Gou is the name everyone will be calling her. That is not changing and she should accept it sooner rather than later.

Precious nagisa, hopefully you come to like him over time.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Haw, Dead Fantasy returns. ( May not be related to anime but creator of RWBY, so.....somewhere in the ball park. )

Can't wait for that Kairi/Vincent vs Momiji/Ryu battle

 

[Acid08]

Having not read the manga, I had to go back and rewatch the OVA. That made it slightly more sensible.

Yeah that would just give you an okay idea of what's going on. They skipped a gigantic portion of the manga though. It's everything that sets up why he's in Tokyo, who he's chasing, who his friends are. The stuff that actually makes you give a shit about who the characters are. I'd really recommend at least reading that stuff up until the point the anime starts. Really weird decision of the producers part.

 

[firehawk12]

Gatchaman

The best protagonist of the year, surely!

 

[Syrinx]

Can't wait for that Kairi/Vincent vs Momiji/Ryu battle

Gunthers are best penguins.

 

[Quasar]

Yeah that would just give you an okay idea of what's going on. They skipped a gigantic portion of the manga though. It's everything that sets up why he's in Tokyo, who he's chasing, who his friends are. The stuff that actually makes you give a shit about who the characters are. I'd really recommend at least reading that stuff up until the point the anime starts. Really weird decision of the producers part.

How far into the manga is that?

 

[Narag]

Gatchaman 1

Yeah, that's pretty awesome and better than I remembered. Right to the point and just excitement. Going to watch the next then revisit the first '94 OVA ep because it seems that's apparently a very faithful remake of the first episode or so of OG Gatchaman right down to some of the visuals.