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

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Trojita

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I have a really devout coworker that didn't like that there were Demons in Warhammer 40K.

He was asking me what I was playing lately a few weeks ago and I said Shin Megami Tensei DEVIL SUMMONER SOUL HACKERS. He didn't want to have anything to do with it.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
P3 has too many characters with daddy issues. Its also mostly just a bummer especially the last 1/4 of it with all the "DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMED" crap.

I like my Personas grimdark, personally.

I have a really devout coworker that didn't like that there were Demons in Warhammer 40K.

He was asking me what I was playing lately a few weeks ago and I said Shin Megami Tensei DEVIL SUMMONER SOUL HACKERS. He didn't want to have anything to do with it.

Suddenly realizing why I've gotten more shit for playing Demon's Souls than any other game.
 

Envelope

sealed with a kiss
P4 was a better experience overall although there were a few moments in P3 that I thought were better than anything in P4.
 

cjkeats

Member
The Madoka Magica movies continue to be great and look wonderful. I love spotting the tiny differences in them compared to the series. Almost all the backgrounds were redone, and lots of cleaned up animations. A lot of the new backgrounds are in CG, and have a more Monogatari like feel:
Series on the left, movie right.
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I can not wait for the third movie. I love this franchise too much.
 
The Madoka Magica movies continue to be great and look wonderful. I love spotting the tiny differences in them compared to the series. Almost all the backgrounds were redone, and lots of cleaned up animations. A lot of the new backgrounds are in CG, and have a more Monogatari like feel:
Series on the left, movie right.



I can not wait for the third movie. I love this franchise too much.

I think more important are the new soundtrack and voice work.

Espencially Sayaka's battle at the end of the first movie was in a completly different league compared to the TV version. And I loved the TV version.
 
Random question, but does anyone remember which recent anime featured the Kiyomizu-dera shrine at some point?
ykIrS6yl.jpg


For some reason, I thought it was K-On, but it turns out that they went to Kitano Tenmangu in the school trip episode (to rub those cows!) instead.
0xtPlw4l.jpg


I just can't think of another anime that went on a Kyoto trip, but obviously it happened because I remember seeing an anime version of the shrine. lol
Negima's manga went there. Maybe yuyuyuri and maybe saki or saki side a?
 

cjkeats

Member
I think more important are the new soundtrack and voice work.

Espencially Sayaka's battle at the end of the first movie was in a completly different league compared to the TV version. And I loved the TV version.

That's my favourite scene in the whole series. Seeing it in the theatre was glorious.
 

CorvoSol

Member
Knowing you, you don't have a preference for tomboys? smh



That's still violence. I should be gently hugging the evil out of them.

Wait, what's the point of like, all that fire and brimstone the Lord is bringing along in Revelations if He's just gonna hug it out with the D man?

I was promised a showdown.
 

Theonik

Member
But you're killing demons!
It doesn't matter.

She would, and that's all that needs to be said.
Fine I asked. Waiting for the answer!

I guess that's an alternative way to become an astronaut
Anime. It takes you to space.

Cameron wants to take away our doujins because he is frightened of the

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1154553/BritGAF/uk.jpg
Cameron knows nothing and is just tossing shit on the wall related to sensitive issues to try and boost his ratings.
I'm not really worried.
Best part is how he said that he know that might be technically hard but is confident the big brains will figure it out. What a cunt.

The revelation that
Dewey and Holland are brothers, along with the associated backstory for the two, was pretty nuts.

I really liked this episode. It was, I dunno, really humanizing to see
Eureka struggle with makeup for the sake of looking attractive to Renton.

Theonik gets it, guys.
It's not so much that it's crazy it just came out of nowhere and I'm not sure why it even matters yet. I suppose it will make the final battle more personal or something.

It was more depressing than humanising. Poor Eureka.

It's pretty hard not to get it. They've driven this point to the ground.
 

BluWacky

Member
Fuck Cameron. I want to feel proud of my homeland, but at this rate I'll have to start bitching about the UK almost as much as I do about Germany.

Why do all governments have to suck?

Aside from OH NO CENSORSHIP (which is completely valid, but I'm a bit pragmatic (naive?) about these things and don't see this as the start of 1984), I'm not entirely sure how the law will change most people's doujin habits.

To cut a long post short, nothing in the vast majority of doujinshi is depicted in a "realistic" way (due to them being drawings!) which is one of the key parts of the law, nor do they fall under the "pseudo-photographs" prohibited under child pornography laws.

The only real change to previous laws is that you now can't own fake rape porn - which is presumably a sadness to some people, but surely not the end of the world (I know, civil liberties etc. etc. etc. but perhaps some fantasies are best left internalised?)

Plus the internet filters are opt-in anyway - the government's just paying for Net Nanny for everyone, essentially, and you don't have to activate them if you don't want to.

Maybe that's not in the spirit of internet crusaders crying out for freedom to indulge whatever fantasies we have however we want. But aside from BGBW getting the chance to bust out a Brass Eye screencap, I don't think this is going to affect anything much at all except David Cameron getting more votes from Daily Mail readers.
 
I can not wait for the third movie. I love this franchise too much.

Same here, if only to see how a practically flawless show could be continued. We've barely gotten anything on the plot, aside from the fact that
Homura is now in some kind of deep depression and...that's about it.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Popping in at lnch. Persona. I think Im in the wrong topic

Yeah, we should really be discussing Musou waifus instead since some of the thread is playing the game right now.

Wait, what's the point of like, all that fire and brimstone the Lord is bringing along in Revelations if He's just gonna hug it out with the D man?

I was promised a showdown.

"It's metaphorical violence!"
 

Trojita

Rapid Response Threadmaker
Random question, but does anyone remember which recent anime featured the Kiyomizu-dera shrine at some point?
ykIrS6yl.jpg


For some reason, I thought it was K-On, but it turns out that they went to Kitano Tenmangu in the school trip episode (to rub those cows!) instead.
0xtPlw4l.jpg


I just can't think of another anime that went on a Kyoto trip, but obviously it happened because I remember seeing an anime version of the shrine. lol

Hmmmmm..... I think it was in the Ore no Imouto game.

Also a google search says Oda Nobuna had a battle take place there, don't know if the temple was shown though.
 
Odd I know, but I lost a lot of interest in anything Persona after Arena got region locked. It's like my disapproval at the region locking has mutated into a general apathy towards the franchise.

Edit: To keep this, er, vaguely on-topic, Yukiko is best girl in P4. It's Metis in P3.
 

Dresden

Member
Odd I know, but I lost a lot of interest in anything Persona after Arena got region locked. It's like my disapproval at the region locking has mutated into a general apathy towards the franchise.

Edit: To keep this, er, vaguely on-topic, Yukiko is best girl in P4. It's Metis in P3.

Playing Arena did the same for some, too, so don't feel bad.
 
Wish persona games were just the school part. dungeons are terrible. combat is mediocre.

Pretty much the only times i die is lucky crit on protag, sorry byebye.

I probably should finish p4g someday though. It's not like my vita is for anything else atm.
 
I was promised a showdown.

I know that feel. I remember in Nanoha where
they build up the villain to be one mean-ass bitch, and I got more and more excited when the heroes storm the castle and arrive for the final epic showdown, and what happens? She falls into a pit before anyone even makes a move. That's it.
 

Mr.Jeff

Member
Site update for the Yozakura Quartet ~Hana no Uta~ TV anime reboot, with a new key visual and character profiles:

http://yozakura-anime.jp/index.html
http://yozakura-anime.jp/chara.html

Also confirms the October 2013 start date that leaked before.
What have they done to Miyukichi's character just below the cat girl? I don't know if it's the angle or what but she looks squidgy.
Not to turn into 7th or SDBurton but I always thought that Yosakura Quartet would be better if the main cast were all female instead of that utterly dull male character.

Rebuild
Sankarea after episode three
Blood-C movie (?)
Max Heart
I seem to recall many people wishing Umineko's anime didn't exist? Aside from the glorious OP of course.

The only real change to previous laws is that you now can't own fake rape porn - which is presumably a sadness to some people, but surely not the end of the world (I know, civil liberties etc. etc. etc. but perhaps some fantasies are best left internalised?)

Plus the internet filters are opt-in anyway - the government's just paying for Net Nanny for everyone, essentially, and you don't have to activate them if you don't want to.

Maybe that's not in the spirit of internet crusaders crying out for freedom to indulge whatever fantasies we have however we want. But aside from BGBW getting the chance to bust out a Brass Eye screencap, I don't think this is going to affect anything much at all except David Cameron getting more votes from Daily Mail readers.
Technically you aren't allowed to own any form of hardcore porngraphy at all with stuff like bondage and such? There was a law passed about that maybe a couple of years back which ruled against most of that already.

I did read a mention in a news article saying that Scotland already had similar laws already in place already and without putting too fine a point on it, I wouldn't say it's heavily censored currently. Although I don't put most of those search terms in a search engine anyway...

I'm in the mood for a good old fashioned smutty anime. I'm thinking Kanokon might scratch that itch.
If you can withstand a shota-looking main lead, it's basically Awako Kawasumi and Mamiko Noto talking filth to each other for 50% of the show and that is always a good thing. It's a bad show but it's one of those secret things I like for just being smut.
 

CorvoSol

Member
It'll be just like the end of Gundam AGE.

Satan about to fire the nuke and then the memory of his two-day girlfriend persuades him not to? Then everybody decides that Satan was an okay guy and builds a statue of him? This sounds like an anime, no doubt.

Yeah, we should really be discussing Musou waifus instead since some of the thread is playing the game right now.



"It's metaphorical violence!"

Metaphorically disappointing. I was promised melting mountains and stuff! Also in Brazil an old woman stopped us and told us that the Devil's banner was plaid colored. So I better see some plaid.
 

cjkeats

Member
Same here, if only to see how a practically flawless show could be continued. We've barely gotten anything on the plot, aside from the fact that
Homura is now in some kind of deep depression and...that's about it.

That idea interests me so much.
Seeing how she's coping with being the only one who remembers anything again will be great. And part of Madoka's last words were "I'll see you again" before she imploded into space jesus. I'm very interested in this new world too and can't wait to see more of it. The taste at the end of the series was too tiny.

More Kyoko is always a good thing too.
 

Narag

Member
Satan about to fire the nuke and then the memory of his two-day girlfriend persuades him not to? Then everybody decides that Satan was an okay guy and builds a statue of him? This sounds like an anime.

Jesus demanding God not destroy those cast out of heaven die to mutual heritage followed by him wrecking Satan. Key animatoom by Masami Obari!
 
Same here, if only to see how a practically flawless show could be continued. We've barely gotten anything on the plot, aside from the fact that
Homura is now in some kind of deep depression and...that's about it.

If you look at some hints, I think it wouldn't be a big surprise if the third movie will play between
Madoka's final wish and the dialogue between Homura and Kyubey at the end of the last episode. It's more an addition to the anime than a successor.
 

CorvoSol

Member
Jesus demanding God not destroy those cast out of heaven die to mutual heritage followed by him wrecking Satan. Key animatoom by Masami Obari!

Suddenly I kind of do want to know what the Book of Revelations would be like if written by Motomu Toriyama and Hino. Probably would have Mary Magdalene as a time traveling sister.
 

Step

Member
The Madoka Magica movies continue to be great and look wonderful. I love spotting the tiny differences in them compared to the series. Almost all the backgrounds were redone, and lots of cleaned up animations. A lot of the new backgrounds are in CG, and have a more Monogatari like feel:
Series on the left, movie right.



I can not wait for the third movie. I love this franchise too much.

I can't believe I'm out of money for the blu ray : | I better make a kickstarter or something or I'll cry myself to sleep everyday .
 

BluWacky

Member
Technically you aren't allowed to own any form of hardcore porngraphy at all with stuff like bondage and such? There was a law passed about that maybe a couple of years back which ruled against most of that already.

Nah, bondage is fine as long as it doesn't appear to a reasonable person that anyone is in danger of dying or of serious injury to their genitalia, anus or breasts. Necrophilia and bestiality are illegal, too - but then these are all acts which are in and of themselves illegal to commit, whereas simulating rape isn't.

...I really need to find better things to do with my evenings.
 

cajunator

Banned
Those character designs look like butt, the bad kind! Hopefully it'll be better than the first TV series though.



We are both not very wise people for watching this. At least there's Suou.

Suou's cuteness should be enough to get people through.
Kind of like how I dont remember much about E7AO except how awesome elena is.

Yes, thus:

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But this is so adorable. How can it be bad?

School Days - 12 END

So Katsura hooked up with Makoto once again. Lord knows how long that's gonna last before his next waifu knocks on his door. Sekai is royally pissed off, as I'd expect.

Damn, you two. You guys are just rubbing salt in her wounds now.


Oh, Sekai came back.








WHAT IN THE NAME OF EVERLASTING CHICKEN MCFUCKNUGGETS DID I JUST WATCH?!?

Nice boat. You are now one of us :D

So what you're saying is, stock footage is the cancer that is killing Precure.

I can think of only one solution to this. Kidnap Ikuhara and make him direct a Precure series so he can show everybody how it's done.



It perplexes me how this statement is capable of perplexing you. It seems quite straightforward and natural to me.

Actually, wouldnt stock footage be the reason why Precure can exist at all?
 

cnet128

Banned
Aside from OH NO CENSORSHIP (which is completely valid, but I'm a bit pragmatic (naive?) about these things and don't see this as the start of 1984), I'm not entirely sure how the law will change most people's doujin habits.

To cut a long post short, nothing in the vast majority of doujinshi is depicted in a "realistic" way (due to them being drawings!) which is one of the key parts of the law, nor do they fall under the "pseudo-photographs" prohibited under child pornography laws.

The only real change to previous laws is that you now can't own fake rape porn - which is presumably a sadness to some people, but surely not the end of the world (I know, civil liberties etc. etc. etc. but perhaps some fantasies are best left internalised?)

Plus the internet filters are opt-in anyway - the government's just paying for Net Nanny for everyone, essentially, and you don't have to activate them if you don't want to.

Maybe that's not in the spirit of internet crusaders crying out for freedom to indulge whatever fantasies we have however we want. But aside from BGBW getting the chance to bust out a Brass Eye screencap, I don't think this is going to affect anything much at all except David Cameron getting more votes from Daily Mail readers.

Meh. The UK already passed a law in 2009 essentially prohibiting possession of even non-realistic explicit images involving characters that appear to be under 18, so basically all my doujins are illegal there already, a fact which disgusts me. Every further step taken down that road just makes me more angry.
 
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