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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism
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Jex
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Why would you do that. Why.
gashikunFLCL
Member
Ojamajo Doremi - 19
The one about Hazuki
Policeman Doremi was hilarious.
The Queen is really benevolent.
The one about Hazuki
being kidnaped by the worst kidnappers in history, since she still can't use magic Doremi and Aiko go save her.
The Queen is really benevolent.
Delusibeta
Banned
I had a look. Welp. Sound the NSFW alarm.
Scientific proof that StrikerS is awesome. Suck it, haters.
Awful Falafel
Banned
Battlefields can be colorful.
Posting the sweet fanart wallpaper because almost all the in game shots are spoilers. Here's a cropped 16:9 version since most people have like a 1080P monitor.
What happened to mitsudomoe was a blessing. Show definitely benefited from less repetition of their formula.
I actually liked the music.
Maou sama ending
Valvrave ending
Devil Survivor ending
Galgantia ending on sunday
Nyaruko ending on sunday
Chihayafuru 2 ending on saturday
Next week will be souless for me
Valvrave is coming back though!
Dedication Through Light
Member
Looks dull and uninteresting.
fucking Moyashimon
Completely expected with the character design change. First words out of my mouth watching season 2 were "What the fuck happened?" Though it fit in well, as the quality of the show dropped pretty much across the board. Only made it halfway through before dropping it and I loved the first season. :/
hosannainexcelsis
Member
It should be noted that there's no indication what relationship, if any, the drama CDs most of that article talks about have to the upcoming anime.
Edit: What we do know about this from an earlier newspaper article:
Ok then, think I'll check it out soon.
But it would also lead to a decreased amount of critical interaction as people are less likely to go into threads for shows they don't like.
Proof that youtube is the cancer killing society.
gashikunFLCL
Member
Ojamajo Doremi - 20
Majo Rika no baka.
There's a new witch in town, and she's Majo Rika rival, Majo Ruka.
Doremi and the others, goes on a mission undercover,
MAHOdou on the road.
Majo Rika no baka.
She was doing so good at the beginning, but alas overconfidence.
Doremi and the others, goes on a mission undercover,
using magic to turn into boys.
To take back the original MAHOdou the girls build a new one.
Ahhhhh, if only this club had female members, there would be megane goodness for everyone.
(The character designs really do look pretty nice. But why they all gotta be guys, huh?)
Gankutsuu #9
Kinda funny that they can traveler though space but they can't make a simple phone call in case of emergency.
I get weird vibes from Valentine and her grandpa, also
Looks awful.
Kinda funny that they can traveler though space but they can't make a simple phone call in case of emergency.
I get weird vibes from Valentine and her grandpa, also
Franz is totally in love with Albert, right?
Looks awful.
you mean the person on the left is not a girl?!?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Those are not the anime character designs!
Oh what the fuck. Last episode was alraedy bad enoguh.
Lavalamp1138
Member
For some reason the character design gives me a really strong Blast of Tempest vibe. And that isn't a bad thing.
It's not like they can dramatically improve these bad designs anyway
Chet Rippo
Member
Where would boobs fit into this?
Jex
Member
[Area 88] - OVA 1
There are three ways to leave Area 88:
1. Serve for three years.
2. Pay a penalty of $1,500,000.
3. Desert.
Area 88 is the location of a mercenary airforce who are engaged in a Middle Eastern war. Anyone who works for this mercenary unit has to sign a very strict contract whereby they are bound to serve at Area 88 until they fulfil one of conditions listed above, or, of course, until they perish. Our hero, Shin Kazama, is tricked into signing up to become part of Area 88 and the story revolves around how he deals with his entrapment and the actions he's forced to perform if he wants to survive and see his loved ones again.
If this is was a Mamoru Oshii flick we probably wouldn't see much conflict at all and instead we'd focus more closely on what effect this situation has on the main character. However, as it's an OVA from 1985 which was created with the help of some real plane fanatics it's hardly surprising that a great deal of time is spent focusing on how cool it is to fly a jet plane and blow people up. How cool is it? Pretty damn cool, judging by the lavish attention on display during every action scene which is shot in a manner to make the action really exciting:
As such there's a bit of conflict between the theme of the story and what we actually see on screen. We're told, by the main character no less, that this is about a man trapped in a place that many characters describe as hell, a man who is slowly being consumed by his terrible actions, a person who is losing their basic humanity. However, when we get to the actual scenes they're really a lot of fun to watch and I don't get any sense of dread or pain watching them, they're clearly meant to be pretty sweet. Violent conflict, deadly conflict is really the highlight of the OVA where as most of the character stuff is fairly flat and standard.
I don't want to focus exclusively upon this problem because I actually really enjoy this OVA for what it is, all the aspects of the work which speak to the time in which it was made and the culture from which it comes from. The ridiculous and awesome 80's hair, the melodramatic scenes of men throwing themselves to the ground:
the fetishisation of planes, the pop music that plays during combat - it all works for me because there's something charmingly authentic about it all. The director takes the work very seriously and there's no winking at the camera, no light hearted escape from the grim reality of the mercenary life. What we may now see as ridiculous, such as moments like this:
are clearly meant to be heartfelt and so if you can let yourself be brought into that kind of storytelling then there's plenty to like. I say that the problem with the story in this first OVA is that it's not so much a movie with a beginning, middle and end but rather a series of short stories that happen to all be in a single OVA. You can really tell where that it's a collection of manga chapters rather than a complete story.
One thing which I enjoy is that even though most of the characters are rather simplistic and predictable very few people are completely villainous. The person in charge of Area 88, Saki, doesn't have a personal vendetta against Shin, even though he does have long hair and a cool scar he's just doing his job and that means keeping Shin trapped there. The supplies manager is trying to fleece all the pilots because that's how he makes his living and so on. Hang on a second, speaking of Saki and his cool scar, isn't that actually the scar that appears all over Infenro Cop? Wut?
Anyway, by far the worst and most unacceptable part of the whole story is when true 'villains' do emerge onto the screen:
That's right, scary black people. These guys have no apparent character to speak of, all they do is turn up and menace everyone with their aggressive postures. Everyone kinds of stands back from them and watches them as if they were animals in zoo and why they're treated with such hostility is never explained. Heck, when they get out of the plane they even play the 'bad guy' music that lets you know that these folks are up to no good! Later on it's revealed that they are actual bad guys of a sort, which is even worse because no one in the entire OVA is treated with as much hostility as these characters. Really, really bizarre.
Moving away from that hugely uncomfortable moment lets look at something I can lavish with near universal praise: the production. I don't really mean the actual quality of the direction, which is actually rather average, what I mean is the quality of the character designs, the background art, the mechanical design, the shading. the choreography of the action scenes and the actual mechanical animation therein. It's all really gorgeous stuff. I hope you wont mind if I indulge myself a little by putting some of the art on display.
Now you may be thinking - shading? What's he going on about? I know, five tone shading is kind of a punchline these days but you can't deny that excessive shading looks pretty damn great (even if our main character is doing his best to rip-off Luke Skywalker)
I can imagine that the character designs aren't to everyone's tastes, but I like them well enough:
Those looking for both great exterior and interior plane porn wont be disappointed:
I like the design of the interior of the barracks. The prison cell motif is fairly obvious with the heavy brickwork and blue lighting but I think it's effective nevertheless:
So, in closing I would recommend this OVA to others but only if they can accept a fairly standard (and fairly 80's) action story wrapped up in some really incredible production values.
There are three ways to leave Area 88:
1. Serve for three years.
2. Pay a penalty of $1,500,000.
3. Desert.
Area 88 is the location of a mercenary airforce who are engaged in a Middle Eastern war. Anyone who works for this mercenary unit has to sign a very strict contract whereby they are bound to serve at Area 88 until they fulfil one of conditions listed above, or, of course, until they perish. Our hero, Shin Kazama, is tricked into signing up to become part of Area 88 and the story revolves around how he deals with his entrapment and the actions he's forced to perform if he wants to survive and see his loved ones again.
If this is was a Mamoru Oshii flick we probably wouldn't see much conflict at all and instead we'd focus more closely on what effect this situation has on the main character. However, as it's an OVA from 1985 which was created with the help of some real plane fanatics it's hardly surprising that a great deal of time is spent focusing on how cool it is to fly a jet plane and blow people up. How cool is it? Pretty damn cool, judging by the lavish attention on display during every action scene which is shot in a manner to make the action really exciting:
As such there's a bit of conflict between the theme of the story and what we actually see on screen. We're told, by the main character no less, that this is about a man trapped in a place that many characters describe as hell, a man who is slowly being consumed by his terrible actions, a person who is losing their basic humanity. However, when we get to the actual scenes they're really a lot of fun to watch and I don't get any sense of dread or pain watching them, they're clearly meant to be pretty sweet. Violent conflict, deadly conflict is really the highlight of the OVA where as most of the character stuff is fairly flat and standard.
I don't want to focus exclusively upon this problem because I actually really enjoy this OVA for what it is, all the aspects of the work which speak to the time in which it was made and the culture from which it comes from. The ridiculous and awesome 80's hair, the melodramatic scenes of men throwing themselves to the ground:
the fetishisation of planes, the pop music that plays during combat - it all works for me because there's something charmingly authentic about it all. The director takes the work very seriously and there's no winking at the camera, no light hearted escape from the grim reality of the mercenary life. What we may now see as ridiculous, such as moments like this:
are clearly meant to be heartfelt and so if you can let yourself be brought into that kind of storytelling then there's plenty to like. I say that the problem with the story in this first OVA is that it's not so much a movie with a beginning, middle and end but rather a series of short stories that happen to all be in a single OVA. You can really tell where that it's a collection of manga chapters rather than a complete story.
One thing which I enjoy is that even though most of the characters are rather simplistic and predictable very few people are completely villainous. The person in charge of Area 88, Saki, doesn't have a personal vendetta against Shin, even though he does have long hair and a cool scar he's just doing his job and that means keeping Shin trapped there. The supplies manager is trying to fleece all the pilots because that's how he makes his living and so on. Hang on a second, speaking of Saki and his cool scar, isn't that actually the scar that appears all over Infenro Cop? Wut?
Anyway, by far the worst and most unacceptable part of the whole story is when true 'villains' do emerge onto the screen:
That's right, scary black people. These guys have no apparent character to speak of, all they do is turn up and menace everyone with their aggressive postures. Everyone kinds of stands back from them and watches them as if they were animals in zoo and why they're treated with such hostility is never explained. Heck, when they get out of the plane they even play the 'bad guy' music that lets you know that these folks are up to no good! Later on it's revealed that they are actual bad guys of a sort, which is even worse because no one in the entire OVA is treated with as much hostility as these characters. Really, really bizarre.
Moving away from that hugely uncomfortable moment lets look at something I can lavish with near universal praise: the production. I don't really mean the actual quality of the direction, which is actually rather average, what I mean is the quality of the character designs, the background art, the mechanical design, the shading. the choreography of the action scenes and the actual mechanical animation therein. It's all really gorgeous stuff. I hope you wont mind if I indulge myself a little by putting some of the art on display.
Now you may be thinking - shading? What's he going on about? I know, five tone shading is kind of a punchline these days but you can't deny that excessive shading looks pretty damn great (even if our main character is doing his best to rip-off Luke Skywalker)
I can imagine that the character designs aren't to everyone's tastes, but I like them well enough:
Those looking for both great exterior and interior plane porn wont be disappointed:
I like the design of the interior of the barracks. The prison cell motif is fairly obvious with the heavy brickwork and blue lighting but I think it's effective nevertheless:
So, in closing I would recommend this OVA to others but only if they can accept a fairly standard (and fairly 80's) action story wrapped up in some really incredible production values.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
There's no indication that the anime will share any characters with the drama CDs at all! As far as we know, the two products have nothing to do with each other aside from sharing a name.
Joe Molotov
Member
KITCHEN SINK SMUT 12-13 END
look at dis eva wannabe
Well, if you like loli's getting tortured and pedorifdic nudity censored with hilariously awful light beams then you'll love these two episodes I guess. Thinking back on this series, I can't help but be amazed at just how shamelessly stupid and perverted the whole thing is to the point where it could've carried the entire show if none of the surprisingly excellent animation and scene composition was there.
The ending had one of those dumb collection of quick cuts of stuff from the manga while the credits were running so it's pretty clear that nothing else is gonna get adapted of this series so ~rip hair smut~
RIP Secret Best Show of Spring 2013
But Valvrave comes back in October, and you hate Devil Survivor even though you're still watching it, right? So it's not all doom and gloom.
PorcellainThrill
Member
dakkumauji
Member
Overload of megane. Will wait till we actually see more news to form an opinion.
Shame, those design actually great and interest me.
Speaking of Crime Edge, full BD list is out, and it cratered hard:
So the updated temporal chart is:
New series debuts bolded.
So the updated temporal chart is:
However, bear in mind that a couple of these are being boosted by event tickets and the like, so final series averages for stuff like Karneval and DeSu2 will probably be lower. For example, Karneval is over 8k on the v1 temporal list but v2 only sold 3,257.
Basileus777
Member
346, damn Crime Edge
hosannainexcelsis
Member
That facial structure reminds me of Leiji Matsumoto.
PdotMichael
Banned
Even the ahegao cover couldn't save Crime Edge.
The audience for a seasonal thread and a generalized anime thread is exactly the same. We already have a problem where people don't really post in the individual anime threads or just crosspost their reviews here (or vice versa), another anime thread would just exacerbate that issue.
For a seasonal thread and a generalized thread to work, there must be a strict rule that all posts in the seasonal thread are related to the current or upcoming seasons, and the generalized thread can only talk about stuff that is older than the current season. This would be a cumbersome and defeat the point of community threads on GAF, which are basically sub forums mooching off of the NeoGAF servers.
Or we can return to the days of 3-4 page seasonal threads. That's always an option, but I wonder where all the effort that usually goes into the OPs for these threads would go afterwards.
For a seasonal thread and a generalized thread to work, there must be a strict rule that all posts in the seasonal thread are related to the current or upcoming seasons, and the generalized thread can only talk about stuff that is older than the current season. This would be a cumbersome and defeat the point of community threads on GAF, which are basically sub forums mooching off of the NeoGAF servers.
Or we can return to the days of 3-4 page seasonal threads. That's always an option, but I wonder where all the effort that usually goes into the OPs for these threads would go afterwards.
Maou sama ending
Valvrave ending
Devil Survivor ending
Galgantia ending on sunday
Nyaruko ending on sunday
Chihayafuru 2 ending on saturday
Next week will be souless for me
Tell me about it.
Without Chiahayfuru and Hatarkou Maou-sama, I don't know If I can go on living. Damn it this us depressing.
gashikunFLCL
Member
Ojamajo Doremi - 21
The one where Majo Ruka
Is Pop the fourth PrecureOjamajo, she's close to discovering Majo Rika.
The one where Majo Ruka
's goods show their side-effects, because if they didn't have side-effects she wouldn't be selling then.
Remember when we wen through like 10000 posts in a week. Then slowed down like a boss.
Chet Rippo
Member
The funny thing about this is that the more we debate over this, the more posts we keep filling up.
Theonik
Member
Area 88 OVA 01
. Action is pretty gorgeous and the protagonist's backstory, while not that original is not bad. It seems competent as a whole, though the constant leaping back and forth can be distracting at times.
Character designs are also pretty pleasant I feel overall. Worth a watch, if not just for the sakuga.
Pretty :80s though no-one appears to be raped yet though I do foresee
Stills don't do it justice but jexhius missed these
Pink haired sweetheart being raped by traitor friend or something of that sort
Character designs are also pretty pleasant I feel overall. Worth a watch, if not just for the sakuga.
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