Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hmm, if those are the only quibbles then I can probably deal with it.
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Hmm, if those are the only quibbles then I can probably deal with it.
Super Moon Sailor Moon Mondays: Sailor Moon Episode 28:
Yep, we have certainly arrived at the formula slog, although the romantic portents this time around are actually important to the show since they involve
Also, oh hey, it is a monster design that doesn't suck. Once again a pretty typical episode but this one has a bit more bearing on the overarching plot, so if you do watch one episode today this would be the one.
Yep, we have certainly arrived at the formula slog, although the romantic portents this time around are actually important to the show since they involve
getting Mamoru and Usagi together ever so slowly. Also, the painting seen are actually window into the past with King Endyrmon and Queen Serenity. We also learn that Tuxedo Mask is going to be more of a wild card for the arc, bent on owning the silver crystal for his own devices.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Out of curiosity, is the Doraemon English dub airing on Disney just redubs of old episodes?
Yeah, Kokoro Connect was a lot of angst and bodyswapping and whatnot. Although to be fair, it actually reminds me of that one off show... Summer Miracles? (Eh, might as well Google it: Natsuiro Kiseki) The seeing the future stuff seems to be much lighter and not the primary premise of the show, whereas Kokopops was built entirely on the various awkward situations that the characters were put in because they were being "experimented" on.
I'd say Aria because it's all out, but I think it depends if you're in the mood of light scifi/magic realism or something extremely grounded in real world Japan. Personally, Aria is still my favourite animu that I've seen, so of course I would suggest that first.
At worst it's a grungy SDBurton show.
Why no-one has recommended Usagi Drop is beyond me.
Baroquemantic
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Watched all of Dragon Crisis! recently.
First and foremost, this anime has one the best opening songs ever:
http://youtu.be/-sovoeEVyIo
You're welcome!
As someone who really, really likes anything involving dragons, I just saw the name of this series and decided to watch. It was OK. Not bad, not great. OK.
The story is also just OK, but there are elements I found kinda interesting that I wish were explained more.
This was basically special human has connection with personified creature, or in this case, a dragon. Said personified dragon is in love with protag since the first time she saw him. There's an antagonist dragon, in black of course, who doesn't like/believe that humans and dragons should or can get along/coexist/be together.
There's also these items called Lost Precious, which can be anything from a weapon (what the protag has) to a painting (which in this case is a cursed Lost Precious). There's a bunch of female cast members. It's not really a harem, but a couple of them do end up liking/already like protag, including the worst anime character type ever. The character that's been in love with the main character for a long time, but is too much of a pussy to say anything or let them know their true feelings. They're usually too much of a pushover and are always saying "blah blah-kun". Ugh, I really dislike these kinds of characters.
Anyway, random ish happens, new characters are met, battles are fought; typical anime stuff. The end.
Oh, and did I mention how amazing the opening song is? No? Well here you go:
http://youtu.be/-sovoeEVyIo
The ending song is also nice.
First and foremost, this anime has one the best opening songs ever:
http://youtu.be/-sovoeEVyIo
You're welcome!
As someone who really, really likes anything involving dragons, I just saw the name of this series and decided to watch. It was OK. Not bad, not great. OK.
Honestly, I rarely ever find anything bad. I can find enjoyment in anything. Hell, I don't think the Transformers movie are terrible like most people. They're entertaining, but I digress.
This was basically special human has connection with personified creature, or in this case, a dragon. Said personified dragon is in love with protag since the first time she saw him. There's an antagonist dragon, in black of course, who doesn't like/believe that humans and dragons should or can get along/coexist/be together.
There's also these items called Lost Precious, which can be anything from a weapon (what the protag has) to a painting (which in this case is a cursed Lost Precious). There's a bunch of female cast members. It's not really a harem, but a couple of them do end up liking/already like protag, including the worst anime character type ever. The character that's been in love with the main character for a long time, but is too much of a pussy to say anything or let them know their true feelings. They're usually too much of a pushover and are always saying "blah blah-kun". Ugh, I really dislike these kinds of characters.
Anyway, random ish happens, new characters are met, battles are fought; typical anime stuff. The end.
Oh, and did I mention how amazing the opening song is? No? Well here you go:
http://youtu.be/-sovoeEVyIo
The ending song is also nice.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is this still duckroll's favourite anime?
I'm duckroll and this is my favorite anime in the galaxy
Thats my default way of accessing CR. Works for me, aside from the android stupidity. If I control the CR stream to Chromecast from an android device its lower res than if I do so with an ios client.
Turin Turambar
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It works.
Is anyone still watching Captain Earth? The OT is pretty dead. It's just Andrew in there and I didn't even bother to post impressions for last week's episode.
T_T
Still going to get to it soon.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
I'm still watching CE. Pretty entertaining still, even though I stopped retaining what's going on with the story a while ago.
There's so many anime boobs and butts in this series. It's kind of crazy.
There's so many anime boobs and butts in this series. It's kind of crazy.
What would lead anyone to think Monogatari S2 was well produced? Outside of just watching the OPs.
amishpriest99
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That's too bad. I hadn't got around to watching it but I guess I can push it further into the backlog in favor of other shows.
Admiral Woofington
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Captain Earth had the very missed opportunity of having an anime based on a blue dude who fights evil against our planet.
Is anyone still watching Captain Earth? The OT is pretty dead. It's just Andrew in there and I didn't even bother to post impressions for last week's episode.
T_T
It's actually had some interesting character development in the last few episodes.
Well I didn't think it was poorly produced outside of endless filler episodes due to I guess poor scheduling/planning.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Good to see someone recognising soredemo as one of shaft's best work.
Though for me it would be zetsubou sayonara sensei.
Though for me it would be zetsubou sayonara sensei.
Admiral Woofington
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I'd probably agree that at the very least those two are in my top three though the season of Zetsubou sensei where it went all abstract was just fucking weird.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You know, zetsubou being fucking weird is exactly why I watch it.
Remember when they switched voice actors every second? That was awesome. Also impossible to follow.
Remember when they switched voice actors every second? That was awesome. Also impossible to follow.
nintendoman58
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RIP.
It's a fun show. Not outstanding or anything, but fun!
Gurren Lagann was also a fun show, but then something happened quite early down the line that suddenly made me really care about all the characters.
I haven't watched Captain Earth, but judging from other people's impressions, it gives me the feeling that it didn't do something like that yet.
I had planned on watching it, but now I'm just waiting for the moment it becomes a must watch. That is, if it ever does become a must watch.
Wasn't it delayed because SHAFT had to animate that Smash Bros. short?
Such a nice collection you are amassing. What will be your next stop?
Every time Mr. Kozaki involves himself on animation projects I still expect him to make a sudden breakthrough as professional animator just once! Not only was he one of the best first proponents of what would later be known as the '.GIF generation', but also helped many contemporary peers in creating tools for said 'web-gen' during his time at TEAM FULLMECHA (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34979460&postcount=105)... I think the potential was probably there, although we can't say that it would have been more lucrative or personal that what he well does nowadays.
Well, consider how long Kizumonogatari has been delayed.
Hellraider
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Yup, soredemo is amazing. Definitely the most underrated Staft work.
SOLD
Shaft has been adapting some strange things again. Sasami-san, Nisekoi, Mekakucity Actors...some sources that dont really capture a large audience.
Previous adaptations have been much bigger in scope, like Monagatari or Madoka Magica and given the star treatment (comparatively)
Perhaps if Shaft stumbles upon a new super popular series they can get back to Shaftian excellence. I put more faith in them getting there than GHM.
As much as I like Suda51, he kind of struck a chord with NMH series and I dont think he has ever or will ever top that in terms of creativity.
Erika da best. But kind of a jerk yeah. A loveable jerk.
This show will sell you things a lot. Little plastic shit things. Thats basically its purpose. However, occasionally they accidentally make a good show in the meantime too!
Angelic Layer is very typical of shows from that time period. Its actually rather simple in layout, with slice of life and training exercises in between tournaments, but the ending is a very good one and will reward you for sticking with it. Personally I love Angelic Layer a whole lot. From what I have read about it, the manga is a step back because its a story that works better in motion (understandably)
I get some major nostalgic feels whenever I hear the music or watch it though. It manages to stay very pure in the vein of Cardcaptor Sakura.
I also appreciate how CLAMP puts past character references into shows as a tribute, like mokona and in this case Hikaru from MAgic Knight Rayearth.
PdotMichael
Banned
No, not really.
There were also only three recaps episodes. Hanamonogatari is 5 episodes long.
I would say it wasn't delayed because of whatever production reasons but for marketing reasons.
If you haven't tried out "Flower, Sun, and Rain" and Killer7, you ought to; personally I think they're way more creative than NMH, as much as I do like the game.
You're right on a couple of those but Nisekoi is as mainstream and orthodox as it gets. It's serialized in Shounen Jump!
AquaWateria
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MekakuCity Actors is a really popular property and has a large audience. It has many fans from it's vocaloid counterpart and seeing that the Ln on average sold about 500K. Shaft could of easily made above 50K. Instead though they half assed it and thought they could make big money. Only the most dedicated bought the BD which was 10K. Yeah most fans though it was shit. Seriously though I really want to know why they were this lazy.
AquaWateria
Member
It's called being lazy. Which is funny because they could make so much money.
nintendoman58
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This. Just this.
I like Vocaloid songs. I like Hatsune Miku.
I'd like her even more if there was some kind of story accompanying her and the other Vocaloid characters.
How is it possible that we have all these idol shows and absolutely none of them have anything to do with Vocaloid?
You know, zetsubou being fucking weird is exactly why I watch it.
Remember when they switched voice actors every second? That was awesome. Also impossible to follow.
You should check out how weird Katte ni Kaizou gets. Now that... was just weird.
KirbYuuYuu
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Probably like how we're two console generations in post Account systems and Nintendo still hasn't gotten it right (and probably won't until the next handheld)
Is anyone still watching Captain Earth? The OT is pretty dead. It's just Andrew in there and I didn't even bother to post impressions for last week's episode.
T_T
I still am. Yeah it's brainless fun but it's still fun.
I mean, it could be worse. It could be comically boring like Aldnoah Zero.
Basileus777
Member
It'd be like that Super Sonico anime but even dumber.
SliceSabre
Banned
Just give me more Hatsune Miku rhythm games, I could do without an anime that will do nothing but make the vast majority of the fanbase angry because I cannot imagine any studio getting it right.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Wouldn't a hatsune miku anime just be another idol anime?
nintendoman58
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The only way you could screw up a Vocaloid anime would be by not making it an idol show.
It's not like Miku and the others especially HAVE personalities from the start that they could ruin.
Clannad AS 11
Ah, the dreaded "use flat colors to differentiate objects to animate from background".
Adult fun? Not sure I like the sound of that.
And now it's Star Wars.
...is Akio replacing Sunohara as lovable idiot?
I'm reminded of Office Space.
Yoshino's a bro. Yoshibro.
Not a whole lot to say about this episode. Work thing seemed a little forced, but it does make sense.
Ah, the dreaded "use flat colors to differentiate objects to animate from background".
Adult fun? Not sure I like the sound of that.
And now it's Star Wars.
...is Akio replacing Sunohara as lovable idiot?
I'm reminded of Office Space.
Yoshino's a bro. Yoshibro.
Not a whole lot to say about this episode. Work thing seemed a little forced, but it does make sense.
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