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Summer 2014 Anime |OT| this thread has been outsourced to Toei Phils
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Theonik
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[Fuxx intensifies]
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Yeah, that one reason why the 1st novel is the best and/or offer good conclusion. If it's success, the publisher will ask the writer to write the continuation of it.
I have always found your rubrics a little suspect. Anyway, the point is this season was more about trash like Black Bullet, Captain Earth, Kawai Complex, Nanana, Mahoka and dozen other shows that probably will be forgotten by most by the time October comes around.
MikeHattsu
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No Rail Wars?
He's not lying. Chaika was decent and NGNL was damned good.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Any idea what it does? I hope its a stability update.
Also bummer that the Wii U (my NNID is darkside31337 - add me!) doesn't have a CR app. What gives.
But what about Gochuumon, Soredemo and Wixoss? (I didn't watch Wixoss, but friends of mine had hight praise for the show)
Chaika is legitimately great, with just about no fanservice of any kind.
NGNL would be amazing if not for it's fanservice.
Let me know how much you remember about them in about 6 months.
Sounds like every season
I still don't understand how this anime could land on rank 18 at MyAnimeList.
Rankings are not to be taken too seriously, but I found MAL's top 30 to be pretty nice until now
The fact that we had a new Yuasa show and a new season of Mushishi in the same season was enough to make me consider the season great. To me, each season usually only has one or two great shows anyway, so personally I loved the Spring season. Nothing else mattered.
Kino's Journey 12
I read a pretty great piece yesterday about the mass torture and murder of political dissidents in Argentina, so I was primed to think about that at first. But this episode actually reads as a metaphor for imperialism or post-WWII politics. The powerful nations fight their smaller proxy battles against the less-powerful "third world" masses. Is this unjust peace really better than a just war?
The sound design in this episode was incredibly good. From the uncanny keening... something that lets you know something's wrong in this town, to the crack of the rifle shots in military drills, to the radio chatter during the war, to the kick of Kino's bike as she leaves, the sounds build and enhance the contrast between the peace this town values and the war it undertakes. Attention to detail in sound design is one of those things that you can't point to in a screenshot, but it can make a good show truly great just as much as strong visual direction can. Kino's Journey excels in both.
What a brutal episode. It's not even kind enough to make one side completely unsympathetic, or completely sympathetic.
I read a pretty great piece yesterday about the mass torture and murder of political dissidents in Argentina, so I was primed to think about that at first. But this episode actually reads as a metaphor for imperialism or post-WWII politics. The powerful nations fight their smaller proxy battles against the less-powerful "third world" masses. Is this unjust peace really better than a just war?
All the windows only start really high up from the ground, which says a lot in and of itself about the town.
The sound design in this episode was incredibly good. From the uncanny keening... something that lets you know something's wrong in this town, to the crack of the rifle shots in military drills, to the radio chatter during the war, to the kick of Kino's bike as she leaves, the sounds build and enhance the contrast between the peace this town values and the war it undertakes. Attention to detail in sound design is one of those things that you can't point to in a screenshot, but it can make a good show truly great just as much as strong visual direction can. Kino's Journey excels in both.
What a brutal episode. It's not even kind enough to make one side completely unsympathetic, or completely sympathetic.
I still don't understand how this anime could land on rank 18 at MyAnimeList.
Rankings are not to be taken too seriously, but I found MAL's top 30 to be pretty nice until now
Well that list has haruhi on there so you shouldn't trust it in the first place.
best OT.
Perfect. And I'm not even emotionally invested in Sailor Moon.
Sword Art Online though... Ganbatte Kirito-kun!
Admiral Woofington
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If you're part of this community you basically have to watch sao2. So we can giggle together.
Kirito doesn't need luck. He's so perfect he can't lose.
You mean vomit together right?
We were talking about Anime Expo, and people from here are confirmed to be there, but concurrently there is the Japan Expo in France too! Anyone is at it right now?
Kitarō Kōsaka's panel there is commencing in a few-minutes time (http://www.japan-expo-paris.com/en/programme/kitaro-kosaka---panel_143.htm), and I want to know his experiences in successfully searching for the last traces of competent mechanical animators (as Takashi Hashimoto also mentioned) to make them work in The Wind Rises. Stressful task for sure!
Kitarō Kōsaka's panel there is commencing in a few-minutes time (http://www.japan-expo-paris.com/en/programme/kitaro-kosaka---panel_143.htm), and I want to know his experiences in successfully searching for the last traces of competent mechanical animators (as Takashi Hashimoto also mentioned) to make them work in The Wind Rises. Stressful task for sure!
I have other communities to engage in that pain.
hosannainexcelsis
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The mediocre/bad outnumbers the good in pretty much every season ever.
This is true, though I tend to think of it as the great, the good, the okay, and then the bad. Every season usually has something great to offer, I think.
Like has been said, Ping pong was the only good thing out of last season. All others are meh tier.
Nahh more of a passersby. Won't be watching this Sao2 you be speaking of.
Haruhi gets more and more mediocre with each rewatch. Why did I buy the DVDs?
I can hardly remember my breakfast, this is just unfair.
MikeHattsu
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Hehe
You poor soul.
hosannainexcelsis
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I agree. Many anime viewers are too obsessed with watching everything, which leads to them getting upset when everything doesn't deliver.
Mushishi, man. (And other stuff but mostly Mushishi.)
At least I didn't get the blurays. There are maybe a handful of anime series I want blurays of.
Still waiting for Nodame Cantabile DVDs, guys!
Yeah, why do people forget Mushishi...
Yowamushi Pedal was great, too, although technically, it's not part of the Spring Season (best part aired in Spring Season though).
I should of specified, Mushishi is excluded from meh tier because I have yet to watch season 2.
The prices for anime blu-ray are ridiculous. That said, I only have a few shows that I'd consider buying on blu-ray as well. Two of them are on sale on amazon right now and I'm really tempted.
Which two?
Serial Experiments Lain and Strike Witches
Yeah, when I was new to anime and watched this it was awesome and I'd rewatch it quite a bit. Gave it another rewatch earlier this year and it's not quite as thrilling as I remember it. Not saying it is bad but probably not as good as I remember it. That scene when it's literally just a static camera looking down on Nagato reading for about five minutes... yeah...
Also I just recently finished the light novels and the lack of pay off is rather disappointing to say the least.
Admiral Woofington
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Haruhi is only worth it because of Sugita. And kyon kun answering phones.
I only watched Haruhi once a few years ago. Both seasons were okay, but nothing really special. I found the movie to be great, but I don't really remember what made it great^^
Dedication Through Light
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mushishi, ping pong and JoJo. plus probably something else that I didn't watch.
not a bad season after all.
not a bad season after all.
MikeHattsu
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