I'm sure that's scribbled down somewhere already.
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I'm sure that's scribbled down somewhere already.
AquaWateria
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Shit I meant it's been pretty good, wrote it to fast.
I don't feel he's really been struggling. Well beyond solving the problem he had with the abandoned time jump.
You kids would have loved to be around for the process of the Hobbit and then Lord of the Rings.
SliceSabre
Banned
Yup! His attention was just on the one girl rather than us watching a bunch of girls fight over him.
Rihiko a best. Nishishi a close second.
Have there been any manga authors who disappeared after one huge milked franchise? All the ones I'm thinking off right now seemed to have found some reasonable success after.
Basileus777
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Nonsense. He had to scrap the structure of his entire series, and then spent 11 years to write two mediocre books and even said of ADWD in the forward that “this one was three bitches and a bastard” to write. It's some bizarre revisionism to say that he hasn't been struggling with his writing.
Admiral Woofington
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GRRM hasn't been struggling he just has horrible writing practices. Steven Erikson wrote the Malazan: Book of the Fallen series practically on a yearly fashion and those novels are just as intricate with its geography, character numbers, history and mythos (if not more for the latter).
AmethystEnd
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I'm partial to Sexhair and Skinnydipper myself.
Well I disagree. I've enjoyed all the books, and finally started getting into Dany's story which for so long seemed like an interruption to what I wanted to read about. That said I haven't liked where he has taken a character that was a favourite of mine at the start.
Im pretty sure individual parodies of these things have existed in some high school comedies now and then but not an entire show composed of it. Yet. Seems like an idea worth pursuing as a reaction to an abundance of these.
Even that Shaft building looks tiny. Like a little caricature of a building lol. Its so cute!
I liked Kare Kano because it pretty much focused on a school couple and some REALLY crazy stuff that goes on between them.
It's also really funny. Shame about the ending tho.
SliceSabre
Banned
These are also eacceptable answers.
All of the girls are acceptable answers.
You didn't see the second season then.
They fixed that and she is in the Love zone like the other girls now.
astrogamer
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Himegoto 2
2 more cross dressers. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire cast was actually guys
2 more cross dressers. I wouldn't be surprised if the entire cast was actually guys
Admiral Woofington
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Right?!
It's like holy shit where has this Korra been this whole time. I'd post the breakdancing airbender or the tentacle waterbender or any of the cool fights again, but people just need to catch up and watch it.
I can't say I cared. That was the arc I was least interested in.
AmethystEnd
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I've been mad at Childhood Friends (tm) since True Tears. Also "incest".
Hard to catch up when they don't put it up on their site, like they did with the last two seasons.
Of course. Liked it and Nidaime. Just that he had a much better friend in Kaoru.
All of these are interesting. that seems morel ike it when I think of a building. That looks workable. the Shaft one is farcically small, at least from the outside. It may be spacious depending on how the interior is.
That doesnt make for good drama, though a show once in a while that just focused on that might be of some value. I wouldnt want a bunch of them though.
This is an ambiguous response.
I agree that Inami was a bit overdone. She could have had other dimensions to her but they rolled too much with the man phobia. Other than her there was soooooo much to love about working. Yamada for example makes it all worth it.
Ive liked Nozaki-kun, Sabagebu, and Hanayamata so far. Some would say Barakamon but I havent watched it yet.
Well, there was this scene in Genshiken where the members got jealous at protagonist-kun for having a childhood friend. Or was it a sister? Ssshhhhiiiiiiii, I can't remember. Don't tell me they're into incest...
Sailor Moon 19-20
19 was a nice little moment for both Naru and Max Power Stanton, which I have no doubt inspired a thousand fanfics. I was more interested in the bizarrely aquamarine lion and the knowledge that being Tuxedo Mask is like having a dapper Incredible Hulk inside of you. Episode 20... was odd. No connection to the Dark Kingdom at all. It was creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, altogether ooky, and also somehow a beach episode. Rei had the best swimsuit. 19 was more plot related, and 20 is a better beach episode than one I've heard of that appears down the line. But I'll get there when Viz gets there... but that'll take some time.
19 was a nice little moment for both Naru and Max Power Stanton, which I have no doubt inspired a thousand fanfics. I was more interested in the bizarrely aquamarine lion and the knowledge that being Tuxedo Mask is like having a dapper Incredible Hulk inside of you. Episode 20... was odd. No connection to the Dark Kingdom at all. It was creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, altogether ooky, and also somehow a beach episode. Rei had the best swimsuit. 19 was more plot related, and 20 is a better beach episode than one I've heard of that appears down the line. But I'll get there when Viz gets there... but that'll take some time.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah I find that weird, Nick should be taking advantage of this to drive up traffic to their site. I think they announce on FB when the episodes will be up for streaming on Nick.com or on other official sites. I'd just keep checking.
If not you could always record the episodes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I suppose we're moving into romcom now. lol
(Amagami is great. Everyone is happy. lol)
I don't follow manga too much, but after a long run with Aria I have to imagine Amanchu hasn't hit as big. That Amano had to switch to a quarterly schedule doesn't help I suppose.
I guess time will tell if Shimura's post Wandering Son/Sweet Blue Flowers work will go as long/get anime... I'm sure Aoki will get work after Hidamari Sketch, but her non HidaSketch work to date has been largely ignored (here, admittedly).
But I get a lot of the throwaway anime that gets adapted are the last we'll see of the author of the original work. There's just way too much of the stuff out there, not to mention that there are always new people trying to break in. I don't know if there's the same sense of "auteurship" to support mangaka in the long run as there is in the comics industry.
Although, I suppose Gaiman really just gets away with writing the same stuff over and over again... which is about the same as Oda writing the same story for 20 years. lol
Wait, 2? There is a second season? What rock have I been under regarding Korra...
Ive seen all the ways this can play out really. You have your Ai Yori Aoshi where they are basically together at the start and no interference really changes it, your typical Haremshit where all the girls fight and nobody "wins" till like season 3, and your tragic endings like Saikano which is one of the most heartwrenching stories ever (picture a girl as sweet as Fujimiya in O.W.F. turned into a war machine by the govt and losing all her humanity as she struggles just to stay human enough to love her BF). anime explores all of it.
Owww damn. Get better soon buddy! In the meantime watch all the anime you can deal with hehee.
Admiral Woofington
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Yeah. Season 2 starts out very weak, then about halfway it turns pretty decent. Season 3 has been non-stop goodness though.
Joe Molotov
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La la la, just browsing through the anime thread, seeing what's been going on today...
And you haven't even gotten to the best arc yet.
I see what you did there.
Fuuuuuuuuuck this show.
I like you.
Yes they did. The second season is alright.
Everything this season has been leagues better. The writing and animation really took some jumps.
Interesting
Admiral Woofington
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Season 3 Korra is to Seasons 1 and 2 what the original star wars trilogy is to the "now this is podracing" prequels.
I can't really choose what to praise the most. Animation looks better, but to be fair I think they switched studios for season 2 and that's why it looked so off. The writing as well. They decided to drop most if not all of the drama and just go on full adventures team avatar style.
That sounds like a large compliment
Sabagebu ep 1
Goddamn at this humor and fourth wall breaking and the narrator actually predicting my thoughts. This show is awesome.
I love self aware shows like this. IIRC Binbougami Ga was this self aware too.
Genshiken was enjoyable for the college dynamic. It was similar ideas but the college setting meant a lot less silly drama and a lot more room for just plain silliness and adult humor.
Then Hato showed up and took the show to a whole different level.
Getting back to it right nowbtw, I forget, was this a noitamina show? Just wondering as its 22 eps. I do like how the episodes range from 25 to 27 minutes, longer than your usual show, a little more time to breathe in each ep.
Maybe I should try it then. I liked S1, but never tried S2 because of all the hate it got.
nintendoman58
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Wasn't that the show that came from a visual novel that was essentially a "pick-your-waifu" game that adapted all the routes or something?
yes but S1 was mean to my favorite girl and not even making up for it in S2 could right that wrong.
After Haruka, I could have stopped and been happy. Hell I'd be happy with the whole series just being him and Haruka.
But I like the anthology romance format it used. And about the only other time I've seen it is with Photo Kano, and it suffered with it being one episode stories rather than 3-4 episode arcs.
S2 was pretty awful, but the Beginnings 2 parter was freaking amazing.
Daitarn 3 - 20
A serious business ep? Been a while. I guess there actually is a plot to move forward now and then. :lol Actually concerned one of the two girls is going to get killed off soon and I wouldn't even worry if not for Tomino. Maybe this is where it all started.
dat swag
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Thinking about this episode again, I was inspired to write it up again in greater detail. I love the show quite a bit and I figure I should try to elaborate some more (and I just want to practice, really).
Tamayura ~More Aggressive~ 8.5
This little gem was recently subbed and watching it instantly brought me back to Takehara and the world of Fu-chan and her friends. After what amounts to three seasons of the show (over the last 3-4 years), it’s hard to put into words why I like this show so much, but this episode illustrates what I like about Sato Junichi’s direction.
The episode opens with Fu narrating the prologue to the episode. She tells us that Fu and her friends went on a school field trip to Okinawa, but one of her friends, Maon-chan, is unable to go with them because she is sick. When they go back to Takehara, they decide to visit Maon at her home to check up on her. As the group check up on her, a girl named Norie finds a book that Maon had prepared in anticipation of their Okinawa trip:
Curious, we see Maon flip open the book to check its contents:
It’s an empty book, and it instantly serves as symbol of the memories that Maon should have had if she was able to go on the school trip with the rest of her friends. It’s blank pages represent that missed opportunity, and the emptiness of those pages reflect the lonliness that Maon must have felt when she was left behind at home. All of this is too much for Norie:
She breaks down and starts crying, because she feels sad for her friend. In this moment, she serves as the audience surrogate, expressing exactly what we should feel at this moment. Yes, it’s a bit of Spielberg-face in that it “tricks” us into feeling sorry for Maon - just in case we don’t already sympathize with her.
Of course, this inspires the group to go on a second field trip on their own in order to give Maon the opportunity to have a fun experience with her friends and fill the pages of her sketchbook. Very often, the show would use photography - the act of capturing a memory - as a way to connect moments in time together. Here, Sato uses the sketchbook to a similar effect and it works beautifully. Maon goes on a trip, has lots of fun and memorable experiences, and fills up her sketchbook entirely.
Sato is really just brilliant at telling small “feel good” stories about the passing of time. Missed opportunities and forgotten memories become possibilities for making new memories, encouraging us to feel sad in the moment but to also be optimistic about the future. It’s something he does better than anyone else and is why I love Tamayura, and what I consider his seminal work, Aria.
I really hope that Sato has a chance to do a final season of Tamayura to wrap the show up. We’ve already seen him do a high school graduation in ~More Aggressive~, with one of the third year characters graduating from the school. But now we have a chance to have him show what Fu and her friends will feel knowing that they are finished with school and have the whole world ahead of them.
tl;dr - Tamayura is still awesome and reminds me of why I watch anime.
Tamayura ~More Aggressive~ 8.5
This little gem was recently subbed and watching it instantly brought me back to Takehara and the world of Fu-chan and her friends. After what amounts to three seasons of the show (over the last 3-4 years), it’s hard to put into words why I like this show so much, but this episode illustrates what I like about Sato Junichi’s direction.
The episode opens with Fu narrating the prologue to the episode. She tells us that Fu and her friends went on a school field trip to Okinawa, but one of her friends, Maon-chan, is unable to go with them because she is sick. When they go back to Takehara, they decide to visit Maon at her home to check up on her. As the group check up on her, a girl named Norie finds a book that Maon had prepared in anticipation of their Okinawa trip:
Curious, we see Maon flip open the book to check its contents:
It’s an empty book, and it instantly serves as symbol of the memories that Maon should have had if she was able to go on the school trip with the rest of her friends. It’s blank pages represent that missed opportunity, and the emptiness of those pages reflect the lonliness that Maon must have felt when she was left behind at home. All of this is too much for Norie:
She breaks down and starts crying, because she feels sad for her friend. In this moment, she serves as the audience surrogate, expressing exactly what we should feel at this moment. Yes, it’s a bit of Spielberg-face in that it “tricks” us into feeling sorry for Maon - just in case we don’t already sympathize with her.
Of course, this inspires the group to go on a second field trip on their own in order to give Maon the opportunity to have a fun experience with her friends and fill the pages of her sketchbook. Very often, the show would use photography - the act of capturing a memory - as a way to connect moments in time together. Here, Sato uses the sketchbook to a similar effect and it works beautifully. Maon goes on a trip, has lots of fun and memorable experiences, and fills up her sketchbook entirely.
Sato is really just brilliant at telling small “feel good” stories about the passing of time. Missed opportunities and forgotten memories become possibilities for making new memories, encouraging us to feel sad in the moment but to also be optimistic about the future. It’s something he does better than anyone else and is why I love Tamayura, and what I consider his seminal work, Aria.
I really hope that Sato has a chance to do a final season of Tamayura to wrap the show up. We’ve already seen him do a high school graduation in ~More Aggressive~, with one of the third year characters graduating from the school. But now we have a chance to have him show what Fu and her friends will feel knowing that they are finished with school and have the whole world ahead of them.
tl;dr - Tamayura is still awesome and reminds me of why I watch anime.
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