Admiral Woofington
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Yeah. There's a decent amount of good shows, they just all seem to be packed to the weekend. Maybe 4 days in a row (assuming terror in tokyo is thursdays), then 3 of nothing.
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Dedication Through Light
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Free! Eternal Summer Episode 2
Momotarou Mikoshiba is a great addition. Perfect comedy moments all around with Rin and Nitori
This seasons focus on Samezuka and at least offering a chance to see Rin develop the team into its own thing is a good chance of pace to the freestyle nature of Iwatobi Swim Club. I think theyre probably done adding new names and faces to the Samezuka side as the four should be good characters to focus on.
Sousuke water scene was great.
Momotarou Mikoshiba is a great addition. Perfect comedy moments all around with Rin and Nitori
and then that senpai scene, perfect
Sousuke embodying the dark forces of sorts to challenge Haru should gt Haru to realize things and maybe display emotions we havent seen from him before. Since he truly cares for Rin then I expect tons of friction on the Haru Sosuke front more than the vending machine scene this time. Though I wonder how far it goes, RinHaru already had a serious race, so maybe Haru Sousuke will conclude with their own thing.
Sousuke water scene was great.
Yeah man, the fight scenes and animation were so great on the first episode.
If it looks this great already, I can't wait to see it later on!!
I'm actually only watching one thing this season. I might pick up more shows later on based on gaf reviews.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Naw it's not Fall just yet
Illya 2wei! ep. 1: The first half of this episode was gross, pure pedo-fuel.
How are the first two seasons? I'm not really interested in the franchise but I am interested in a IG action series that both have a Sawano ost.
How are the first two seasons? I'm not really interested in the franchise but I am interested in a IG action series that both have a Sawano ost.
Dominican Power
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How's aldonah zero? It's only 12 episodes?
Well I assume thats the reason. They seem to by default get all the Funimation shows. I'm not sure what the relationship is. And I assume reselling to madman is the reason for funimation to get Australian rights given they don't allow Australian access to Funimation streams.
Femmeworth
Banned
Finding this will likely be a needle in a haystack situation without more to go on. The most striking thing about it is the style of shading.Contest:
The image above is part of the master background for an anime. If one of you can tell me where it's from, I'll get you tagged in a good way.
To be clear, I don't know where it's from. A friend who works for Heritage found it listed as "anime background." He's trying to mail it down to make it available for auction.
I figured if anyone could come up with an answer, it would be you guys. If you already have a tag, I'll owe you one.
BassForever
Member
I forgot about Psycho Pass reedit, never seen it so this seems like the perfect way to get caught up for season 2
Aldnoah you mean?
They were pretty good, but the games are way better.
i've already forgotten the name of their new streaming service
It's so far the best action series this season, and it's going to be a split-cour because its time slot is being used for Fate/Stay Night in the Fall. The second half will air in Winter.
Admiral Woofington
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Terror in Tokyo. It didn't start last week but either this week or next.
Gundam Build Fighters 05-08
Mao was a nice kind of rivalry. Different from Tatsuya's. More friendly. And it led to a beach/hot springs episode, or at least as much as one of those could be considering the time slot and nature of the show. Rinko did look pretty amazing, though. It was an enjoyable mini-arc. The China subplot is also pretty good. Rinko's encouraging the shipping in a way about as wink-wink-nudge-nudge as she can get with these kids, but that whole "She's not a Gunpla" scene shows there's some more work to be done.
Episode 8 was an unexpected change of pace. Sei and Reiji only had one or two scenes at best, the rest of the time being spent around the world. It's hard to avoid knowing at least some of what happens with Aila, given that I have episode titles for the entire series laid out at this point. It's a very Saori Hayami-ish role, good casting on that part. The American color commentators and the Astray were also pretty neat. The only Gundam I remotely recognized that doesn't bear the title of a series was the Devil Gundam, which makes me thankful this is still a world where the pilots are as important as the machines... even if pilots can't get merchandise. At least, not the kind of merchandise this show is trying to sell.
She's not a Gunpla.
And one thing I forgot from the first batch of episodes. Reiji stomping everybody with Ball was hilarious because I only know of Ball from the Game Grumps Gundam video. Which gives me certain expectations going ahead.
Mao was a nice kind of rivalry. Different from Tatsuya's. More friendly. And it led to a beach/hot springs episode, or at least as much as one of those could be considering the time slot and nature of the show. Rinko did look pretty amazing, though. It was an enjoyable mini-arc. The China subplot is also pretty good. Rinko's encouraging the shipping in a way about as wink-wink-nudge-nudge as she can get with these kids, but that whole "She's not a Gunpla" scene shows there's some more work to be done.
Episode 8 was an unexpected change of pace. Sei and Reiji only had one or two scenes at best, the rest of the time being spent around the world. It's hard to avoid knowing at least some of what happens with Aila, given that I have episode titles for the entire series laid out at this point. It's a very Saori Hayami-ish role, good casting on that part. The American color commentators and the Astray were also pretty neat. The only Gundam I remotely recognized that doesn't bear the title of a series was the Devil Gundam, which makes me thankful this is still a world where the pilots are as important as the machines... even if pilots can't get merchandise. At least, not the kind of merchandise this show is trying to sell.
She's not a Gunpla.
And one thing I forgot from the first batch of episodes. Reiji stomping everybody with Ball was hilarious because I only know of Ball from the Game Grumps Gundam video. Which gives me certain expectations going ahead.
animelab.com
I like what they've done so far. Its a nice interface and chromecast support is nice. I'm just not clear what the goal is. Just a modern screening room, or to move forward with essentially their version of the funimation sub service?
Hopefully the latter imo.
I'm also not clear on what the hanabee service goals are.
SliceSabre
Banned
Seeing that turn out to be a fist fight instead of swords/lances was so great!
had a peek. interface is great. goal is probably just they're australia/nz's biggest anime distributor and want to stay that way so need to grab back the streaming mindshare asap before crunchy devours the lot (to say nothing of piracy)
The thing is essentially sitting on shows that they could be simulcasting just encourages fansub use. Its not like Australians are averse to downloading unofficial versions of shows.
Admiral Woofington
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honestly this whole "I want to keep streaming in my site because crunchyroll scares me" shit pisses me off as a consumer. It just fucks over people having to get multiple services to watch shows.
Why can't we have an anime streaming monopoly? Nothing bad will happen I swear.
Why can't we have an anime streaming monopoly? Nothing bad will happen I swear.
i'm sure they don't want to be sitting on shows, probably some T&C crap or something
Ranma 1/2 14
Girl Ranma in the new OP reminded me a lot of Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho with that pink outfit on.
This is probably the closest thing to a hockey anime I'm going to see. It is kinda fun to watch the two of them if you pretend that all of the 100 guys who's asses they beat are Matt Cooke. Anyhoo, ice-skating martial arts battle. Everything is martial arts. These two seriously need a fucking knock in the head though. Guy's a total tool and creeper and of course Azusa is...yeah. I did laugh when she was trying to get those rice balls from Ranma's dad though.
Girl Ranma in the new OP reminded me a lot of Kurama in Yu Yu Hakusho with that pink outfit on.
This is probably the closest thing to a hockey anime I'm going to see. It is kinda fun to watch the two of them if you pretend that all of the 100 guys who's asses they beat are Matt Cooke. Anyhoo, ice-skating martial arts battle. Everything is martial arts. These two seriously need a fucking knock in the head though. Guy's a total tool and creeper and of course Azusa is...yeah. I did laugh when she was trying to get those rice balls from Ranma's dad though.
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The image above is part of the master background for an anime. If one of you can tell me where it's from, I'll get you tagged in a good way.
To be clear, I don't know where it's from. A friend who works for Heritage found it listed as "anime background." He's trying to mail it down to make it available for auction.
I figured if anyone could come up with an answer, it would be you guys. If you already have a tag, I'll owe you one.
Yeah, if it's from an anime production it'll probably be from one of these. Perhaps it's time to start a good old fashioned anime threadwatch?!
i always knew re4 was missing something
Dedication Through Light
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Samurai Jam-Bakumatsu Rock Episode 2
Soji too good. Plot stuff was a bit forgettable but the music was pretty good. We need more of both on stage. Though it did make me realize why I prefer UtaPri, it just sometimes feels lifeless when theyre on stage as they just stand there essentially stationary, no dance moves or anything, so its hard to get into it.
Soji too good. Plot stuff was a bit forgettable but the music was pretty good. We need more of both on stage. Though it did make me realize why I prefer UtaPri, it just sometimes feels lifeless when theyre on stage as they just stand there essentially stationary, no dance moves or anything, so its hard to get into it.
All of streaming is annoying and problematic. I suppose it beats having to wait longer for bluray releases but it still sucks that its so confusing and unreliable.
MissDeviling
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Yeah, we've been spoiled by IG.
Hamatora Season 2
Is love stage contain yaoi? I need to know before I watch because I'm noisy.
How did Nice survive a point blank gunshot to the back of the head after complete exhaustion? I loved this episode as Hajime spoke. We need more cat girl. What happened to eye patch dude's eye? I could sworn it wasn't covered last season.
Is love stage contain yaoi? I need to know before I watch because I'm noisy.
Its not that. Its purely the allure of service getting exclusive content as a competitive advantage. Same reason it happens with mainstream video services and video games. And for content creators an exclusive comes with more money.
I wish it didn't happen. I wish all the services carried all the shows. Services can differentiate themselves in ways other than exclusive content, such as in Funimations case its dubs.
Maybe. Or maybe the reason is things still being negotiated with Funimation. Or they are purely hanging onto these things till they start charging for animelab. Certainly whilst its purely free it doesn't make much sense to give everything away. As it is, simulcasting Space Dandy 2 and Tokyo Ghoul 2 for free and ad free (along with all the older stuff on animelab) is costing them.
Makes me wonder how stream deals go. A set price per stream delivered? Or a fixed price like say $100k to stream it for a year?
nintendoman58
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All right, what's the general AnimeGAF opinion on the Magi series, both Labyrinth and Kingdom? I've heard duckroll post several quips about it sometime in the pas but haven't bothered to read those at the time.
Is it good? Is it great? Is it bad? Is it horrendous? Does it have decent production values? Is it a good show for those who are itching for another fantasy show with a gripping sense of adventure?
Is it good? Is it great? Is it bad? Is it horrendous? Does it have decent production values? Is it a good show for those who are itching for another fantasy show with a gripping sense of adventure?
From what I have heard/seen its decent storywise but production wise its a trainwreck. In some cases REALLY bad.
It did bring us the wonderful Morgiana and because of that I have a lovely figurine on my computer tower.
I really enjoyed it but I watched it all at once and I'm not familiar w/ the manga.
SliceSabre
Banned
I enjoyed Magi in the beginning, but as the series went on I became less and less interested as at certain points the story made absolutely no sense and the characters actions to situations didn't seem right and according to the manga readers the anime skipped or entirely changed a lot just in the first season alone. Not to mention it is full of just BAD production values. I finished the first season and entirely skipped the second.
Tried to watch Momo Kyun Sword #1, despite warnings from others. I figured hey, I don't mind fan servicey shows. Almost stopped it during the opening credits. Did stop it around 10 minutes or so in. A combination of her costume and intelligence caused my brain to try to throttle itself.
Femmeworth
Banned
No of those are the right time period.
SliceSabre
Banned
Naru and that spot on voice of her's are pretty damn adorable and that is not a word I use lightly.
Dedication Through Light
Member
This is musashi gondoh tier, and my god the animation..
Just ignore this like plague, they pulling total retcon job to follow the game story anyway, just play the game if you curious with the story.. the third game are the one that got localized properly.
Crash Station
Member
Momo Kyun Sword 1
Trashy retelling of an iconic folklore? What took so long!?
Yeah, dropped.
Trashy retelling of an iconic folklore? What took so long!?
Yeah, dropped.
nintendoman58
Member
I've heard that it was very popular, which is mainly why I'm interested in it.
I see, well I'll give it a shot anyway. It's popular and both seasons are 25 episodes, which is just the right amount of episodes for me when it comes to anime.
A show being 12 or so episodes can keep its entire focus on it's story yes (for the most part, I'm looking at you Vividred >_<) but those typically leave a lot to be desired even though most of them are good.
A show being 50 episodes always strikes fear into me. I can't handle watching so many of those at once. Because I can just see the story being one giant long story arc and having sooooo many episodes where nothing happens. When I get through them I feel some sense of accomplishment yes, but the motivation to continue them is really difficult. I've put the Gundam shows I've been watching on hold and am currently just sticking with Eureka Seven right now.
When a show is 25 or so episodes, I feel that's the perfect length. Just enough to have cooldown episodes and just enough to have a good story with good pacing.
Someone else can post gifs but there are some terrible animations in it. Theres also awesome scenes like morgiana kicking the tiger in the face. I shall not forget that one.
nintendoman58
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But then again, SAO is popular and I don't even need to go into the subject of that show any more -_-.
astrogamer
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Fate/Kaleid 2wei 1
The return the loli yuri magical girls. The transformation scene was hilarious with Rin and Luvia drowning. The backgrounds and scenery look pretty nice and have some CG in them.
The return the loli yuri magical girls. The transformation scene was hilarious with Rin and Luvia drowning. The backgrounds and scenery look pretty nice and have some CG in them.
AquaWateria
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Summer season seems good or even great and some people thought it would be shit.
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