Admiral Woofington
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Summer 2014 Anime |OT2| Or, where Jexhius finally watches more Doremi for Hito.
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Hyouka 2 - "Im a bit curious."
Enough with the Sinon butt shots. Lets talk about Hyouka.
Oreki is something else isn't he? Im not too sure what to expect from the guy. I feel like there is going to be some larger-at-hand mysterious arc to the show, or eternal letdown. Probably related to what Chitanda was referencing towards the end of the episode.
This show is gorgeous, I know i've only shown close ups and eyes. The background art is really well done too.
Now everyone is
hyouka is a well executed series but I strongly feel that its characterizations would have been more involving with better writing of certain episodes. Just wasnt very intellectually stimulating sometimes.
Joe Molotov
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I'd always heard that tattoos were mainly a Yakuza thing in Japan, but I don't know how true that is.
Tattoos are normally associated with crime syndicates i.e. Yakuza so people are very wary of tattoo'd people ---
(I'm not an expert on the subject, it's just what I learned from relatives living there)
Rail Wars 06
It's a combination of the "not a date" episode and plenty of misunderstandings, but more importantly, this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for last week. A Haruka episode. Like OBC's Minori, she's someone who's part of the main group, but doesn't get as much focus as some of the other heroines. Even Nana gets more than her. (I wonder if her tendencies are like Wagon's...) So this episode was welcome, and Naoto's enthusiasm about the Transportation Museum was kinda charming.
It's a combination of the "not a date" episode and plenty of misunderstandings, but more importantly, this is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for last week. A Haruka episode. Like OBC's Minori, she's someone who's part of the main group, but doesn't get as much focus as some of the other heroines. Even Nana gets more than her. (I wonder if her tendencies are like Wagon's...) So this episode was welcome, and Naoto's enthusiasm about the Transportation Museum was kinda charming.
My favorite KyoAni production will probably always be Lucky Star. One of the most relaxing and laid back series I've seen. Loved every moment of it!
My other favorites would be Hyouka, Nichijou, Fumoffu, K-ON, Disappearance, and Free! Not necessarily in that order. Though I've enjoyed most of their output to some extent.
My other favorites would be Hyouka, Nichijou, Fumoffu, K-ON, Disappearance, and Free! Not necessarily in that order. Though I've enjoyed most of their output to some extent.
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AquaWateria
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Yeah that makes sense as most crime syndicates have tattoos.
phoenix296
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You, we can be friends. I think Fumoffu is one of the few KyotoAni series I haven't seen yet. So much to watch.
Fumoffu is really funny. My favorite part of the whole FMP franchise. Definitely watch it when you get the chance!
Lol how did I miss that. I thought it was way before then. Oh well.
Lucky Star was weird. The parts where they just talk about stuff for minutes at a time were I dunno. Like how they eat bread thing or when they randomly started talking about periods...
AquaWateria
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Have you seen Full Metal Panic?
astrogamer
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Mahouka 19
Instead of living a simple life, batman-nii-sama gets tangled once again in international struggles, this time with the Chinese. Batman-nii-sama is totally going to figure out the secret to the magatama as well write his thesis by the next episode too.
Instead of living a simple life, batman-nii-sama gets tangled once again in international struggles, this time with the Chinese. Batman-nii-sama is totally going to figure out the secret to the magatama as well write his thesis by the next episode too.
phoenix296
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I should clarify, I haven't seen any of FMP.
EDIT:
Have you seen Kanon?
You should have seen them before. KyoAni probably did about as well as they could without completely redoing the character designs.
Femmeworth
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Angelic Layer Ep. 1
I was looking up adaptations of CLAMP's stuff and thought I would give this a shot. The creative staff gave me concerns but it was an early BONES series so I thought it couldn't be too bad. In terms of narrative this is pretty standard stuff for this type of series with some odd comedy, like the professor guy getting arrested on suspicions of trying to abduct the protagonist. As for the visuals and animation, yikes. I guess this was BONES' first digital production because it shows. Some shots are blurrier than others, the background art is not very good, and the character art has plenty of quality. The animation for the first battle wasn't even that good. Even if the narrative ends up being compelling I don't know how long I can put up with the visuals.
I was looking up adaptations of CLAMP's stuff and thought I would give this a shot. The creative staff gave me concerns but it was an early BONES series so I thought it couldn't be too bad. In terms of narrative this is pretty standard stuff for this type of series with some odd comedy, like the professor guy getting arrested on suspicions of trying to abduct the protagonist. As for the visuals and animation, yikes. I guess this was BONES' first digital production because it shows. Some shots are blurrier than others, the background art is not very good, and the character art has plenty of quality. The animation for the first battle wasn't even that good. Even if the narrative ends up being compelling I don't know how long I can put up with the visuals.
AquaWateria
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You should watch the whole series, though I myself haven't finished watching all of it yet.
Thank you for this. Really lovely
AquaWateria
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Better watch your back, pshyconinja may come.
didn't see anything before that, let me just try to googl-
is this even real
that's probably the best shot of him (her?) that you get in the whole series isn't it. I didn't arrive that far anyway.
Pretty sure the one on the left is Kamichama Karin. Don't think KyoAni did that one.
no idea, I just google'd "Kanon kyoani" and that's the 4th pic.
edit/ nvm, that pic's link is dead apparently.
firehawk12
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This is the future of Persona.
No, but this is.
That's a visual novel shot, though.
...and don't be dissing my Nagisa!
Dangit Branduil, your avatar is too dark. It's really bugging me. Here's a fixed version in case you want it.
That's how it looked in the show! Although you might be right. Thanks for the effort, but I think yours might go a little too far in the other direction.
This is the future of Persona.
Who the hell is that even supposed to be?!
I believe there are others, but then again the character designs are an acquired taste. Not many can really look past it, I'm pretty sure I didn't like it the first time I saw it but I eventually got used to it.
MikeHattsu
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Eh, I'm mostly enjoying the new stuff I'm watching from this season all equally. If I had to pick the three I look forward to most each week, I guess that would be Terror in Resonance, SAO II, and Hanayamata, with Nozaki-kun, Aldnoah, and Yama no Susume just behind them. For continuing stuff it's still Haikyuu first, then Captain Earth, then Baby Steps.
Them balls.
AquaWateria
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Have you been watching Barakamon?
Is there a law that visual novels have to look awful?
Yes, and it's nice but the last episode was a bit weaker for me compared to the others. Haven't seen today's episode yet. Overall it's probably just behind the six I already listed.
It does have one of the best OP/ED pairs of the season though.
MetroidPrimeRib
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ONII-SAMA the Animation 19
The hell was up with the sword guys voice acting/audio in the beginning?
And that English lmao what was the point of that
Oh wow how convenient Onii-sama is researching something to store magic sequences then some new lady comes in and tells him there is an object that can do just that! And they need his help to replicate it of course!
And I guess he is also Wolverine now? Did I miss something?
Christ she was on a roll this episode
The hell was up with the sword guys voice acting/audio in the beginning?
And that English lmao what was the point of that
Oh wow how convenient Onii-sama is researching something to store magic sequences then some new lady comes in and tells him there is an object that can do just that! And they need his help to replicate it of course!
And I guess he is also Wolverine now? Did I miss something?
Aria: The Natural 16
Bit more of a somber episode where Akari goes on one final nostalgia tour with her gondola before she has to exchange it for a new one due to it being worn out. Didn't connect to me as much as other episodes since I'm not one to get overly sentimental for physical, inanimate objects.
Akari had a bit of a mysterious dream toward the end with an old man getting into her gondola and requesting a ride, saying it was probably fate that they came together. And when he got where he wanted to go, he wanted to stay a bit longer. I suppose he was a personal manifestation of the gondola for Akari. A companion she ended up with by fate, and who she wishes she had more time with. But he's old, and he needs to step away from this business.
Bit more of a somber episode where Akari goes on one final nostalgia tour with her gondola before she has to exchange it for a new one due to it being worn out. Didn't connect to me as much as other episodes since I'm not one to get overly sentimental for physical, inanimate objects.
Akari had a bit of a mysterious dream toward the end with an old man getting into her gondola and requesting a ride, saying it was probably fate that they came together. And when he got where he wanted to go, he wanted to stay a bit longer. I suppose he was a personal manifestation of the gondola for Akari. A companion she ended up with by fate, and who she wishes she had more time with. But he's old, and he needs to step away from this business.
Admiral Woofington
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No, but this is.
As terrible as this is, seeing it in motion is so much worse. Those gelatinous eyes, man.
Well visually its not the best. Probably not the highest budget series, but it is quite well written and directed. Stick with it, i think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
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