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[Chariot]

LOL yes thats what I meant

10% changing his avatar to stare at others

I don't even want to know what the real life equivalent of this would be

Tokyo ESP 1

Well that was interesting, Some of the outfits the espers were wearing are really funny. They could even be in Zoolander. This show seems like it's going to be alright. There were a lot of problems, but it's not worth going over. Also I just want to say how stupid the news reporters are.

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Lets just broadcast live that the government is coming to drop troops off. Thanks for revealing the plan to the espers so they can die. I mean I know they had a lookout already, but still stupid reporters.

Also the regular government people really are incompetent like always.

It's been a while, but there was the Munich Massacre '72

At 4:30 pm, a small squad of German police was dispatched to the Olympic Village. Dressed in Olympic sweatsuits and carrying sub-machine guns, they were members of the German border-police. Their plan was to crawl down from the ventilation shafts and kill the terrorists. The police took up positions awaiting the codeword "Sunshine", which upon hearing, they were to begin the assault. In the meantime, camera crews filmed the actions of the officers from the German apartments, and broadcast the images live on television. Thus, the terrorists were able to watch the police prepare to attack. Footage shows one of the kidnappers peering from the balcony door while one of the police officers stood in the roof less than 20 ft (6.1 m) away from him. In the end, after Issa threatened to kill two of the hostages, the police retreated from the premises.

 

[PshycoNinja]

Hyouka 21

Damn you Fukube. That's no good reason to do that.

I can feel the show drawing to its close.

 

[ASSauLTxMasTER]

I'm just waiting for someone, anyone to license it. And as long as it makes my Funimation subscription continue to feel like it's being used for something.

If the only non-simulcast things I'm left with are the merch-heavy kids' shows, I'm okay with that. No need to jump to other options when these are available.

CR still has a few more slots open, so maybe they're aiming for Rurumo. And maybe Francesca/Himegoto, if they can get those.

Well that page is saying that they added Jinsei to their show list. So, expect an announcement for the license at some point. Technically, this is a leak, right?

 

[Clov]

The company who holds international rights does not always equal the company who releases it on disc. Air, Kanon, Clannad, After Story, and the first season of K-On! were produced by TBS for their anime block (originally on BS-i, but later on TBS proper with later showings on other TBS stations including BS-i). Thus TBS holds the international rights because they were the chief funder in making the show. Similarly, other series hold true like Hidamari and Sasami-san. However, this is not always a firm rule for this situation; publishers of print material may hold rights instead like Media Factory (Infinite Stratos). The utterly weird case this season is Locodol, who has rights held by Fuji TV yet is airing in the TBS late night slot (don't ask how that happened).

Hyouka is published by Kadokawa Shoten. Due to past Kadokawa shows having rights held by Kadokawa, we have a good guess that they hold the rights to it as well. The key word here is "Kadokawa Shoten." Lots of people assume that since Kadokawa owns the publishing firm that publishes a light novel, they own the rights (LOL, NOPE). Only shows that have video published by Kadokawa Shoten (Video division) have rights held by Kadokawa Shoten.

With the move towards self-created/published works, KyoAni had to have someone to distribute their shows digitally and internationally, thus they worked with TBS to do so via past relationships. This meant that TBS actually never broadcast Chuunibyou, Tamako, or Kyoukai despite owning the digital and international rights to those shows. Free! is different. That show was developed with Asahi Broadcasting in Osaka on board in ABC's Waterday lineup (pun maybe intended). ABC holds the international rights to Free! (which is why it wasn't licensed immediately by Sentai Filmworks, who has a close relationship with TBS) and ABC airs it every Wednesday night (they also aired Kyoukai, but did not fund it).

With past relationships in mind, we can guess pretty easily who has international rights to a show (and Crunchyroll's "publisher" tells who has them). It's all a matter of doing research. Also, it's utterly rare for Pony to hold rights for a show.

That's some seriously interesting stuff! I ought to look more deeply into things like this. I wonder why it's rare for Pony to have rights, though. Is it because they're primarily a music company?

 

[Jex]

Terror in Tokyo 1

I have to say this has to be one of the best 1st episode of the season for me besides Barakamon's. I enjoyed everything about it so far.

It really seems like the opening heist was way to easy to pull off, and I assume we shall be getting more messages like this. I always find it kind of dumb to leave a calling card, but I get that they are trying draw attention it seems. The animation of the show is certainly top notch especially the little details. Not the best I've seen, but definitely really good.

I've read a lot of comments like these which I find puzzling. Of course the heist appeared easy to pull off because any extensively planned, thoroughly trained for operation should appear easy to pull off because you've worked for a long time on it.

There's also no point pretending that you action sequence has weight and resonance with audience when it's literally the first scene in the show so they just focused on making it look cool.

 

[ultimatemegax]

That's some seriously interesting stuff! I ought to look more deeply into things like this. I wonder why it's rare for Pony to have rights, though. Is it because they're primarily a music company?

Doubtful. They just seem to partner with companies who want to hold those rights instead. The big ones are TV stations (TV Tokyo- YuruYuri, Ace of the Diamond, Saki, TBS-aforementioned titles) publishers (Kodansha), or Showgate (PA Works titles and other publishers who don't hold international rights). What will be interesting will be to see if they decide to hold rights to titles adapted from their light novel division or pass those to a company like Showgate. Only time will tell on that.

 

[BGBW]

Though honestly, I'd think a nuclear facility would have a stronger gate than the one they had though.

And a moat.

And a drawbridge.

 

[Mokoi]

It's been a while, but there was the Munich Massacre '72

Uhhh I'm just at a lost with how stupid those camera crews/reporters are. I mean shit reading this pissed me off so much. Thanks for mentioning this I had no idea this happened before.

 

[Syrinx]

Ranma 1/2 22

Kaori is probably the least interesting girl after Ranma so far in this series. Nothing really set her apart. Her stoic nature outside of the fight was mysterious at first but just ended up being weird since there didn't really seem to be a reason she was acting that way.

Story of how she and Ranma became engaged was entertaining though. Also the end revealing that Ranma's dad traded him (probably for food again) a second time was funny.

 

[TUSR]

Ranma 1/2 22

Kaori is probably the least interesting girl after Ranma so far in this series. Nothing really set her apart. Her stoic nature outside of the fight was mysterious at first but just ended up being weird since there didn't really seem to be a reason she was acting that way.

Story of how she and Ranma became engaged was entertaining though. Also the end revealing that Ranma's dad traded him (probably for food again) a second time was funny.

I forgot she even existed...

 

[cajunator]

I wonder when they'll do a slice of life show where all of the episodes it's the main character sitting in front of a computer or tv screen.

I dunno but Id watch that!

You're all a bunch of Narcissists.

Spoiler

My #1 anime is Welcome to the NHK

Thats a really great series. Ive marathoned it several times. Misaki is a super cutie. Heard shes a lot more unhinged in the manga.

The other one being FMP. Better than Second Raid. Come at me, bro.

I really like Shangri La and Saikano.

What anime series is closest to depicting your life then?

hmmm... Servant x service? XD

 

[Jex]

LOGH5
So now we have the intro out of the way, I guess we can see why these guys are awesome. I know people hate Tytania, but this reminds me of how that show started except the situations were reversed - here Sieg has to break the blockade instead of defend against a fleet like Tytania guy.

I think I'm still... confused? Put off? I'm not sure what word I would use to describe it, but I find the designs odd.
Like was the whole Roman gimmick that they used:

Only to set up the Caesar thing?

Because otherwise the universe is pretty nonsensical in terms of the designs. But I guess Tytania was like that as well, where it felt very deliberately mishmashy.

Also, the scale is still stupid.

When 2000 and 3000 ship fleets are considered small, I really don't understand the numbers.

Two things:

- Most of the design work in the show is more uniform, but it's never going to make sense in a serious science fiction kind of a way. The empire always has this faux-Prussian thing going for it while the Alliance look more utilitarian and modern. The Roman thing is a one-off.

- For your information a standard fleet size is 20,000 ships. That's a mix of carriers, attack vessels, and capital ships along with the occasional specialist vessel.

- They're sailing a sea of stars!

 

[santeesioux]

So do any of the Funimation simulcasts seem like future Toonami shows? I'm too lazy to watch any of them now outside of maybe that Barack Obama show.

 

[mankoto]

Sakura Trick 1

Since Love Stage is my first yaoi, I decided to check out the other side as well. Made a list and threw a dart. This wasn't as pure as the synopsis made it sound though but that's okay.

Overall I guess the show is alright. I get that it's a comedy although I didn't laugh all that much. It's only episode one so maybe it gets better.

 

[Jex]

Though honestly, I'd think a nuclear facility would have a stronger gate than the one they had though.

And a moat.

And a drawbridge.

I remember reading a report that suggests many facilities were not adequately secure, actually.

Oh look here's an article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_of_nuclear_plants_to_attack

The IAEA Illicit Nuclear Trafficking Database notes 1,266 incidents reported by 99 countries over the last 12 years, including 18 incidents involving HEU or plutonium trafficking.

Jesus, that's fairly worrying. So there's actually 18 recorded incidents of theft, in just over a decade.

 

[BGBW]

I remember reading a report that suggests many facilities were not adequately secure, actually.

Oh look here's an article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnera...ants_to_attack

To think our ancient castles are more secure than our modern facilities.

 

[Jex]

To think our ancient castles are more secure than our modern facilities.

If only they'd studied the English methods.

 

[Syrinx]

I forgot she even existed...

Well that doesn't go well toward her chances of getting better. Or even coming back.

 

[Chariot]

Though honestly, I'd think a nuclear facility would have a stronger gate than the one they had though.

And a moat.

And a drawbridge.

Government of the whole world are losing alarmingly much weapon-grade uranium. Be it the United Kingdom or the United States. And not even the material alone. The US lost 11 atomic bombs offically while Green Peace states that the russians lost 50 nuclear bombs [german source].

To think our ancient castles are more secure than our modern facilities.

I don't think it would be safer to get that nuclear stuff into old english castles - we could try tho.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

To think our ancient castles are more secure than our modern facilities.

To be fair I'm sure that statistically castles were attacked more regularly than a nuclear plant.

 

[Clov]

Man, the opening and ending themes for Terror in Resonance have really grown on me. I liked them before, but I like them even more now. Might be my favorite opening and ending of the year so far.

 

[Jex]

Terror 1
I liked the directing. Very cinematic and atmospheric, with standout lighting of the scenes that felt more in line with live action lighting than animation. The OP looked like a 1.30 Tumblr gif though.

Despite how mysterious they wanted to be about everything, what was presented in the episode was fairly straightforward and direct, there's not much to say about it. I didn't expect it to be so shoujo!

Creators have certainly been trying to blend a popular "male" genre with shoujo tropes for quite some time e.g. Escaflowne and I suppose they're still trying to pull the same idea here. Except this feels more like Eden of the East in terms of blending a modern thriller with a dash of shoujo.

I don't know if this really obvious attempt to appeal to too different demographics at once has ever really worked though. I mean various Gundam shows and Tiger and Bunny have had large female audiences without actually inserting shoujo tropes into their shows.

 

[Caesnd]

I liked the opening scene of Terror In Resonance. It demonstrated just how competent Twelve and Nine actually are. Extremely thorough and perfectly synced to each other.

If they had struggled with the execution of their plan then their expertise wouldn't have been demonstrated as succinctly as it was. Especially since the scene was limited to an opening of a 20 odd minute episode.

 

[BGBW]

If only they'd studied the English methods.

Well the Japanese castle are pretty secure as well with their moats, tall walls and funnelling entrances. But I think this may be my worst case of armchair analysing since I'm discussing national security here even in a jokey tone.

 

[PshycoNinja]

Hyouka 22 [END]

That was quite the ending. I will admit I did a little "what the crap" moment at the end there but I think it ended on a nice note. No need for a second season but if they ever did another one I wouldn't mind. The bait and switch at the end there might throw some people off and even make some people upset but as a whole the end did what it needed to do. Oreki is no longer

Spoiler

bound by his own motto "Don't do anything you don't have to and if you have to, do it quickly".

I think that's the point they wanted to get across.

This was a very fun watch and I throughly enjoyed watching every episode. I will do a more full review later but I just wanted to get across that this was a wonderfully animated show with great music and characters.

 

[AquaWateria]

Man, the opening and ending themes for Terror in Resonance have really grown on me. I liked them before, but I like them even more now. Might be my favorite opening and ending of the year so far.

Yeah Terror in Resonance OP and Ending are great, but for me its Barakamon. The artistic visual of the ending is so good.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Yeah Terror in Resonance OP and Ending are great, but for me its Barakamon. The artistic visual of the ending is so good.

I'm going to have to agree. Especially that ending.

 

[Jex]

Am just watching the first Psycho-Pass 'extended edition' episode and man... the fucking exposition is so ridiculous.

Akane, who has obviously been trained well about her fricking job I'd imagine, arrives at the crime scene and Ginoza tells her what Enforcers are and then a bit afterwards Ginoza's father even explains the Dominator again:

"You know how to use a Dominator, right?"

"I-I did receive training on it, more or less..."

Then an explanation follows. Seriously? "More or less?" Apparently so little that one of the Enforcers has to explain the entire concept again? Right...

You can't say you weren't warned!

 

[MikeHattsu]

Another 06

Why does anybody stay there really?

Must be crappy getting to be the chosen one.

 

[Mokoi]

I've read a lot of comments like these which I find puzzling. Of course the heist appeared easy to pull off because any extensively planned, thoroughly trained for operation should appear easy to pull off because you've worked for a long time on it.

There's also no point pretending that you action sequence has weight and resonance with audience when it's literally the first scene in the show so they just focused on making it look cool.

It's not really puzzling that people find the heist really easy to pull off. Yeah I known they heist was extensively planned/prepared for. However, they could have shown more details in how it went down instead of

Spoiler

Just throw a grenade at the fence bust out of the truck with a sweet snowmobile.

Yes I know more things actually took place to place during it, but I like intricate details in my heists dammit!

The opening heist was still great, and if it was done how I wanted it then it would have ended up looking like shit anyways.

 

[PshycoNinja]

I will say though. Hyouka is definitely one of the best things I have seen out of KyoAni. Maybe the second best thing from them.

 

[BGBW]

Honestly I want to see the Ofsted report for the school in Another.

 

[Jex]

Unexpected, certainly unexpected:

N-ノーチラス号 | KOTOBUKIYA
http://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/product/product-0000001429/

KOTOBUYIKA is releasing a 1/1000 scale-kit of the New Nautilus from TV series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water! Up for pre-orders right now, to be delivered on November of this year. It is tempting me for the purpose of finally doing some of the 'The Return of Captain Nemo (on His All-New Adventures Now in Space)' stop-motion films I had planned all along...

That is delicious.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Honestly I want to see the Ofsted report for the school in Another.

One would think people would get out of town if they had already lost somebody and then another family member got to be in that class. Or if you got chosen as a teacher for that class.

 

[Jex]

You know what kills me, when people consider Naru from Barakamon a Loli. Like she's a genuine kid.

Look at this

And add to the fact her voice actor is a child makes her a more believable kid. I feel that calling her a Loli is a disgrace to her character.

I'd actually say she's a genuine beaver, based off her character design.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Beaver?

I barely know her!

 

[Syrinx]

Ranma 1/2 23

These last two episodes haven't had OPs. Is this right or a fuckup on Viz's end?

First I thought that cat that got sent to Ranma was Shampoo after training near those cursed springs herself. But then she didn't want to kill girl Rnama, so I'm not sure anymore. Maybe Shampoo doesn't want to kill girl Ranma anymore though now that she knows that the two are one in the same.

 

[Mr.Jeff]

LOGH5
So now we have the intro out of the way, I guess we can see why these guys are awesome. I know people hate Tytania, but this reminds me of how that show started except the situations were reversed - here Sieg has to break the blockade instead of defend against a fleet like Tytania guy.

Because otherwise the universe is pretty nonsensical in terms of the designs. But I guess Tytania was like that as well, where it felt very deliberately mishmashy.

Compared to Tytania's terrible plot point of

Spoiler

pampered corrupt noble who keeps an exotic pet monster who tragically kills Not-Yang Wenli's girlfriend

, I'll take the occasional scene of conflicting eras like LotGH's

 

[Jex]

I can think of at least three shows that had better first episodes. Sabagebu, Barakamon and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. Though it is certainly the best first drama(tical)/thriller/serious anime episode. Much better then the likes of Tokyo Ghoul, Aldnoah.Zero and Akame ga Kill.

I can't speak for the others, but I can see the argument Barakamon had a better first episode and that's because it was trying to do something very different from Terror. Barakamon was actually meant to be a satisfying and affirming mini-story that leaves you feeling good where as Terror is just setting up a a whole host of stuff for later on in the show.

 

[AquaWateria]

I'd actually say she's a genuine beaver, based off her character design.

Beaver you don't say. Oh yeah you should add energetic right beside beaver.

 

[Acosta]

Zankyou no Terror 1

Woah, this looks great! I can't add much but it looks great in all the areas, animation, style, way to introduce itself and even the characters are intriguing. That ex-detective design looks great for example.

Cool way to introduce myself in the new season!

 

[InfiniteNine]

Ai Mai Mi: Mousou Catastrophe 1


Welp, this is like… way more mentally deranged than I remember it being.

…

AND IT FUCKINS OWNS

I need this.

 

[BGBW]

I'd actually say she's a genuine beaver, based off her character design.

If she's a Beaver, where's her neckerchief?

 

[Jex]

Beaver you don't say. Oh yeah you should add energetic right beside beaver.

The design for her is actually great in that there are some really subtle but noticeable details. By beaver I mean her big ol tooth:

And lets not forget that she has a "tail" of sorts:

 

[Joe Molotov]

Bladedance of the Elementalers for dumbest title of the year?

 

[Chariot]

I don't know, not really feeling the beaver, she reminds me more of a tanuki.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

The design for her is actually great in that there are some really subtle but noticeable details. By beaver I mean her big ol tooth:


And lets not forget that she has a "tail" of sorts:

I see a plot twist coming

 

[BGBW]

I see a plot twist coming

She was the old man all along!

 

[Caesnd]

I can't speak for the others, but I can see the argument Barakamon had a better first episode and that's because it was trying to do something very different from Terror. Barakamon was actually meant to be a satisfying and affirming mini-story that leaves you feeling good where as Terror is just setting up a a whole host of stuff for later on in the show.

If anything, I personally felt that the introducing scene of Barakamon was weaker than the one in Terror in Resonance. The build up just wasn't there to justify Seishuus actions. I also think that they could have done a better way to portray just how embarrassing the situation was rather than showing the man getting hit in slow motion three times over in a close up.

Build up the anticipation of his attending and his pride more before crushing it, and make the actual punch more shocking rather than awkward (it felt like a cut where the animator just wanted to show off technically, rather than weave it into the flow of the narrative).

 

[Chariot]

I can't speak for the others, but I can see the argument Barakamon had a better first episode and that's because it was trying to do something very different from Terror. Barakamon was actually meant to be a satisfying and affirming mini-story that leaves you feeling good where as Terror is just setting up a a whole host of stuff for later on in the show.

I too thought of Terror as the stronger first episode. I am very intrigued by the characters and what may happens next. With Barakamon I have the feeling that I roughly know where it's going and what to expect.

But of course it's difficult to judge these two animes against each other, since they're attempting different things.