Was it Kanon (2002)?
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Was it Kanon (2002)?
phoenix296
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Thankfully no. This might be a good idea for Mike's current watchbet though...
Are you sure of that? Some of the imagery in HS could match what is seen in the Madoka witch labyrinths.
MikeHattsu
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MikeHattsu
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I'd rather watch something like Blood-C
phoenix296
Member
Well that would end the loop but it's not equivalent cour length wise. He'll have to find another one and I don't know if I can handle two terrible animes one right after the other.
Hrm... I dunno...
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hanayamata
Wouldn't you want to find one of these under your desk?
Tackle-hugs too:
I decided to check the show out and I'm glad I did. Take Kiniro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka, Yama no Susume and a touch of Tamayura (and perhaps even Aria) and you've got this show. Super genki foreigner girl obsessed with Japan making friends with an extremely shy Japanese girl who wants to discover her own identity and find her place in the world through the art of yasakoi dance.
Yes, the hand holding is obvious, but the faint thread that connects the two girls is a very nice touch. I mean, on the one hand it's similar Kawaisou from last season, but remove the complication of a crappy romance and suddenly it becomes a simple story without any of those complications.
Even the jealous friend gimmick in the second episode is resolved pretty quickly.
If Sabagebu is the black comedic take on the all-girl homosocial friendship, then Hanayamata is the sugary-sweet irony-free version of that particular kind of story. Yes, it's something that I've seen many times. And sure, it's pandering to me in a very specific way that hits my specific peccadillo, but I'm more than happy to have another one of these shows to watch. I guess I'll never really get tired of characters who find wonder in everyday things and using that to improve their lives. Funny, sweet, happy, this is a show that's really made to make you feel good about the characters finding their own happiness.
Wouldn't you want to find one of these under your desk?
Tackle-hugs too:
I decided to check the show out and I'm glad I did. Take Kiniro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka, Yama no Susume and a touch of Tamayura (and perhaps even Aria) and you've got this show. Super genki foreigner girl obsessed with Japan making friends with an extremely shy Japanese girl who wants to discover her own identity and find her place in the world through the art of yasakoi dance.
Yes, the hand holding is obvious, but the faint thread that connects the two girls is a very nice touch. I mean, on the one hand it's similar Kawaisou from last season, but remove the complication of a crappy romance and suddenly it becomes a simple story without any of those complications.
Even the jealous friend gimmick in the second episode is resolved pretty quickly.
If Sabagebu is the black comedic take on the all-girl homosocial friendship, then Hanayamata is the sugary-sweet irony-free version of that particular kind of story. Yes, it's something that I've seen many times. And sure, it's pandering to me in a very specific way that hits my specific peccadillo, but I'm more than happy to have another one of these shows to watch. I guess I'll never really get tired of characters who find wonder in everyday things and using that to improve their lives. Funny, sweet, happy, this is a show that's really made to make you feel good about the characters finding their own happiness.
SliceSabre
Banned
But the people in HS don't notice that so its ok.
School Days should be savoured like a good meal. You take your time with each mouthful and appreciate each one and assess them carefully. If you're gonna gulp down anime like a Big Mac watch something throw away like
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I couldn't stop tho
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Now a question:
Are you OK with the female on male violence exhibited by most generic tsundere characters? Because this is at that level.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
In that Takamura is a butt genius. Bless that man.
Not really, always thought it was an over-response and honestly that is some of the shit that truly ruined Love Hina. Also, the gag is so standard I find it boring and indeed it got old quick here as well. Then there was that turn for the genuinely creepy.
That bit with Kashima expressing with affection that Hori is the only one who hits on her is a moment I genuinely hate
I saw these today and thought of you, AnimeGAF
Blood-C end spoils:
I'm n-not that
The two key cuts during the sailing scene (both about 15 seconds long) were animated by Shinya Ohira. He's a super animator also directed the Ping Pong opening sequence and the first Asura's Wrath animated DLC, among other godly things.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well she
says that he hits her, not hit on her. Kind of a difference there.
Also honestly it's a pretty standard tsundere parody.
The two key cuts during the sailing scene (both about 15 seconds long) were animated by Shinya Ohira. He's a super animator also directed the Ping Pong opening sequence and the first Asura's Wrath animated DLC, among other godly things.
Ah ok, I definitely noticed similarities to the Ping Pong OP.
Well shesays that he hits her, not hit on her. Kind of a difference there.
Also honestly it's a pretty standard tsundere parody.
Yea, I found it far more glib and disturbing then they were intending.
You should check this out if you like the animation style he uses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcKRRULh-9M
I really hope Yuasa continues to come up with cool stuff for Ohira to animate though. Ping Pong and this episode of Dandy are some of his best work.
Problem is that you have to prove the verbal contract took place...
I actually did too, a bit, but not because of the violence (it's clearly loony-toons level if anything) but more because it's not really someone would actually say and thus broke the joke for me a little
SliceSabre
Banned
I normally dislike over the top tsundere violence too, but not so much when I see one character power bombing or doing a german suplex on another because at that point its just absurd.
I still need to play the Asura's Wrath dlc. Game was so good.
Like if Hori had just straight up decked her it would've been unacceptable, but that move where he was spinning in place and then tossed her down the hall was gut-bustlingly hilarious
SliceSabre
Banned
Yup! That's just the scene I was thinking of too.
Eheheheheee. More things will be revealed soon!
Cant wait!
Hidamari Sketch is wonderful and pure. Season one is a bit rough but season two is basically perfection.
Eiken! Orrrr Apocalypse Zero
Hanayamata
Wouldn't you want to find one of these under your desk?
Tackle-hugs too:
I decided to check the show out and I'm glad I did. Take Kiniro Mosaic, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka, Yama no Susume and a touch of Tamayura (and perhaps even Aria) and you've got this show. Super genki foreigner girl obsessed with Japan making friends with an extremely shy Japanese girl who wants to discover her own identity and find her place in the world through the art of yasakoi dance.
Yes, the hand holding is obvious, but the faint thread that connects the two girls is a very nice touch. I mean, on the one hand it's similar Kawaisou from last season, but remove the complication of a crappy romance and suddenly it becomes a simple story without any of those complications.
Even the jealous friend gimmick in the second episode is resolved pretty quickly.
If Sabagebu is the black comedic take on the all-girl homosocial friendship, then Hanayamata is the sugary-sweet irony-free version of that particular kind of story. Yes, it's something that I've seen many times. And sure, it's pandering to me in a very specific way that hits my specific peccadillo, but I'm more than happy to have another one of these shows to watch. I guess I'll never really get tired of characters who find wonder in everyday things and using that to improve their lives. Funny, sweet, happy, this is a show that's really made to make you feel good about the characters finding their own happiness.
I also really enjoyed the first episode. Looking forward to watching more soon!
It does interest me, although the show sadly seems not so popular with the rest of animegaf.
That isn't the moment I am talking about, the violence was questionable but I got the joke, in fact, I had a bigger problem with them continuing the joke long past it being funny. I am talking about the third parody
The I Hope My Sempai Notices Me send up
Yes the third movie is a new story. the first two are just the series told in movie form.
I saw these today and thought of you, AnimeGAF
Where do you live that these are available?
At least I can get macarons here.
Yea, not a dealbreaker but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth, which is a shame beause the table read was one of the better bits of the series thus far.
Exactly. And Jintor knows his stuff.
With a little bit of Charles Bronson sprinkled on top!
He was (and is) very, very busy with Mushishi... to the point they had a very rough schedule for it, so I don't think he could show up on anything else.
Yeah, some people acknowledged this the moment Mr. Miyazaki decided to use a middle-age man instead of the usual anthropomorphic male pig as a protagonist (and because of this being his farewell too). The vicious critic of Mr. Miyazaki's work (and practically the work of anyone, really) that is Mamoru Oshii surprisingly celebrated this as an accomplishment of someone finally releasing his own desires, an actual liberation from previous needs of creating patronizing messages aimed at others, while using this protagonist as a vehicle:
/a/ - Animu & Mango » Thread #88814283
http://archive.foolz.us/a/thread/88814283/
NaDannMaGoGo
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Akame ga Kill - 03
Okay what the fuck... is this show actually serious? I'm not even joking when I say that I may never see anything this edgy again in my life. The constant tonal shifts from slapstick comedy to extreme violence are so insanely jarring it's not even funny. That this anime tries to be actually serious about the grimdark moments is ludicrous.
Yeh we get it, just about every character in this world is evil and interested into raping, torturing and murdering women, children (oh god the two thugs seriously strangled a small child like that ahahahha) and whatever else innocent they can come up with. I'm gonna assume we're going to see a lot animals tortured, too.
The slapstick humor... does anyone actually laugh at this shit? "Haha he saw her in her underwear and then she like.. she almost killed him with this gigantic laser-rifle hahha. Oh god, it's so exaggerated and funny man! Later on she also hit him a lot XDDDD!"
Slapstick in low doses and well executed can work but this overabundance of most generic scenes, what a pain in the ass.
Oh and one of the largest issues for me are the shows 'anime physics' and 'anime combat' (referring to badly done shonen here).
It's impossible for me to tell what character or monster is actually a threat to anyone. I can't know. Because since he first episode we have people do their instant sword slashes, jumping up 10 meters high and use mythical super weapons. I cannot possibly assess an entity's strengths and weaknesses like that.
So the show is pretty much always going to directly tell us who the protagonists should be afraid of.
This kind of extreme shonen 'anime combat' is also super boring to watch and will most likely result in a lot of asspulls. I mean we're already at a Dragon Ball Z stage of 'power levels'. Akame killed 3 guys in an instant. Now every time she's not doing just that against opponents I need a proper reason why. And it ain't gonna be easy to explain why a character that can move and slash with seemingly the speed of light can't do just that against everyone.
Oh and here's a last picture to demonstrate the quality writing of this show. I'll probably drop it after next week. It's in the "so bad it's good" territory but meh, already got SAO for that.
Okay what the fuck... is this show actually serious? I'm not even joking when I say that I may never see anything this edgy again in my life. The constant tonal shifts from slapstick comedy to extreme violence are so insanely jarring it's not even funny. That this anime tries to be actually serious about the grimdark moments is ludicrous.
Yeh we get it, just about every character in this world is evil and interested into raping, torturing and murdering women, children (oh god the two thugs seriously strangled a small child like that ahahahha) and whatever else innocent they can come up with. I'm gonna assume we're going to see a lot animals tortured, too.
The slapstick humor... does anyone actually laugh at this shit? "Haha he saw her in her underwear and then she like.. she almost killed him with this gigantic laser-rifle hahha. Oh god, it's so exaggerated and funny man! Later on she also hit him a lot XDDDD!"
Slapstick in low doses and well executed can work but this overabundance of most generic scenes, what a pain in the ass.
Oh and one of the largest issues for me are the shows 'anime physics' and 'anime combat' (referring to badly done shonen here).
It's impossible for me to tell what character or monster is actually a threat to anyone. I can't know. Because since he first episode we have people do their instant sword slashes, jumping up 10 meters high and use mythical super weapons. I cannot possibly assess an entity's strengths and weaknesses like that.
So the show is pretty much always going to directly tell us who the protagonists should be afraid of.
This kind of extreme shonen 'anime combat' is also super boring to watch and will most likely result in a lot of asspulls. I mean we're already at a Dragon Ball Z stage of 'power levels'. Akame killed 3 guys in an instant. Now every time she's not doing just that against opponents I need a proper reason why. And it ain't gonna be easy to explain why a character that can move and slash with seemingly the speed of light can't do just that against everyone.
Oh and here's a last picture to demonstrate the quality writing of this show. I'll probably drop it after next week. It's in the "so bad it's good" territory but meh, already got SAO for that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's pretty much the schtick of akame ga kill, yes.
Wondering if they'll animate the very special chapter...
Wondering if they'll animate the very special chapter...
It might depend on how deep the censorship goes.
Basileus777
Member
Heavy anime censorship leads to better manga sales?
I could actually see it in the case of Tokyo Ghoul, it has been that bad.
Goddamn this is great lol
Tizoc
Member
So apparently the first 2 episode premiere of the Kingdom manga was done in CGI.
Outdated horrible CGI, talk about a mood killer.
Jeebus Beast Wars and ReBoot during their later seasons look better than this.
I've yet to watch PreCure which I have an interest in, but as a JoJo fan...nah I don't like it nor appreciate it
Outdated horrible CGI, talk about a mood killer.
Jeebus Beast Wars and ReBoot during their later seasons look better than this.
I've yet to watch PreCure which I have an interest in, but as a JoJo fan...nah I don't like it nor appreciate it
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