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Summer 2014 Anime |OT2| Or, where Jexhius finally watches more Doremi for Hito.
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I completely forgot this was a satire website and for a moment I was asking my roommates if we had a School of Social Media Sciences, complete with reading the first sentence out loud.
Not my brightest moment.
Certainly I've seen this raised seriously. Boggles the mind. then again I also know folks who discount people who don't use their real names online.
I wouldn't be surprised with Berkeley.
These websites are so boring.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2 1
So if I understand how Haruhi's powers work, it will take 16 to 25 years before the earth is revolving around her and/or Earth's rotation starts moving in the opposite direction. I hope the former happens so that I get to hear an explanation of how the physical laws of the universe have changed so that the Earth revolves around Haruhi (I'm thinking physically here; it may be metaphorical but I'm assuming literal based on her other wish) and yet the universe is still a liveable place.
So if I understand how Haruhi's powers work, it will take 16 to 25 years before the earth is revolving around her and/or Earth's rotation starts moving in the opposite direction. I hope the former happens so that I get to hear an explanation of how the physical laws of the universe have changed so that the Earth revolves around Haruhi (I'm thinking physically here; it may be metaphorical but I'm assuming literal based on her other wish) and yet the universe is still a liveable place.
lol I like how you think
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
I know that this is satire, but i'm not so sure anymore, especially in any GAF thread related to avatar profiling.
Hell yeah!
AquaWateria
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But but Persona isn't anime
Persona is bad anime.
Deputy Dangle
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And thank you for reminding me that is out on VOD now. Your praise seems to line up with a good friend of mine who saw it at a film festival many months back. Been looking forward to it all year!
Admiral Woofington
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Agreed. I can see why somebody might enjoy it as anything but a romance film. You don't go from
tsundere'ing each other, to kind of interested, to inspire each other but not really dating, to not see each other for extended period of time, to all of a sudden comes back and they agree to get married
AquaWateria
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That's Persona 4 damnit not my beloved Persona 3.
But but Persona isn't anime
I have to object to that statement
totally an anime.
I would argue the persona 4 anime is better then the first persona 3 anime we got
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I only remembered it because it was mentioned on Slashfilmcast. I'm glad I watched it, although it's probably one of those really divisive films that you'll either love or hate.
Both ruin your memory of the original and make you regret wasting years of your life enjoying the franchise.
Ichizon is basically more haremey and is more of the classic "one room" comedy that a lot of anime seems to like to use.
What's wrong with tampons???
Besides, you should watch Girl's High if that bothers you. lol
That one doesn't even have Kanji.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
When's the Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV anime
tampon jokes to me feel like the bottom of the barrel type jokes. Every once in a while they can be funny but they are typically a sign that a show is running creatively dry... to have them in the first episode is in general a horrible sign... to be fair I didn't stop watching because of the tampon jokes, they were just the final straw... I hated pretty much everything about the anime before that...
Well. I never feel that way. If a terrible sequel/new series/reboot of something I like happens it doesn't impact my liking for the original. It just means I stop paying attention to the new bits.
I don't hate my time spent reading/watching various bits of TMNT just because Bay got his corrupting hands on it for instance.
Would need to get PABLO to do the backgrounds.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The joke was a one off just to point out the fact that all girl's schools aren't the pillow fighting dens of repressed lesbian lust that guys (particularly those watching anime) think they are.
Yakuindomo is one of my favourite shows anyway. Go figure.
I know I stopped being a Trek fan after JJTrek. And AO really does dampen any affection I had for E7.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Guess its time for pseudo anime avatars now.
AquaWateria
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I have to object to that statement
totally an anime.
I would argue the persona 4 anime is better then the first persona 3 anime we got
Persona 4 anime is enjoyable at times and entertaining but otherwise it's mediocre with it's shitty animation. Persona 3 movie adaption on the other hand is clearly superior and there's 4 more coming out too. And the next Movie contains Lotus Juice so yeah P4 anime has nothing on it.
http://youtu.be/19T1EwkqmVk
Lotus juice the bomb.
Basileus777
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You're not missing out on anything unless you really have the desire to be befuddled by how many ways someone can botch comedy.did not realize my ordinary life was nichijou
I still need to sit down and give it another try since I have heard a lot of good... wasn't impressed when I checked out the first ep years ago though.
fair enough, as I said it was just the final straw for me.... If I hate every single character and pretty much every single line that has been shown on screen at the end of episode one it's very unlikely I will ever want to watch episode two. (don't bother asking me why I hated everything... I can't recall... I just recall greatly disliking both of those series... random guess would be there is either a moe or tsundare character involved in the main cast as both of those can sour me on a show quickly)
I tend to get that with most comedies with tsundare/moe characters as the main characters >.>;
To be fair I don't innately hate all tsundare characters... mostly just the violent ones (especially if they are just violent for "comedic effect") and I can deal with moe when it's more about the flustered or just plain adorable type and less about the tripping/clumsy type unfortunately anime now and days seems to love the violent tsundare and has to put some character the trips a lot in there somewhere :/
Tamayura: More Aggressive 2-3
I completely forgot about the meaning of the title of the show and when they were explaining the white spots on the pictures I just remembered that was a part of the show. Finding it harder to go through these episodes, feels like the pacing is worse than the previous seasons, maybe I'm becoming more impatient in general. At least now there is a new cast member, maybe will add some interesting dynamics to the mix as Potte finally has a friend who gives a damn about photography. Also her gimmick better not be repeating words while nervous.
I completely forgot about the meaning of the title of the show and when they were explaining the white spots on the pictures I just remembered that was a part of the show. Finding it harder to go through these episodes, feels like the pacing is worse than the previous seasons, maybe I'm becoming more impatient in general. At least now there is a new cast member, maybe will add some interesting dynamics to the mix as Potte finally has a friend who gives a damn about photography. Also her gimmick better not be repeating words while nervous.
Basileus777
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Nichijou fails on a more basic level. It has no sense of how to setup and execute a joke. The writers are aliens that don't understand how human humor works.
Ice Lightning
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Hoping these series get licensed. Missed out a couple months ago when the first season BD-box of Seitokai no Ichizon was only about ￥9,000 at Amazon Japan. Oh well, at least I managed to stream all these series within the past year or so through Crunchyroll.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Im just thinking its because some of their jokes are appealing to their fanbase and not us. Take for example the udons on the slide, i did not get the sliding noodle joke and im sure other western viewers didnt.
to be fair gosick and my ordinary life were both licensed.... (late august 2011)
it was just less than 5 months later(early jan 2012) bandai went under and never released them
to be fair we don't know what the details with the license are (or at the very least I never heard anything about them aside from the releases were cancelled), it's quite possible that bandai actually still has the rights to them until their contract expires... at which time another company (such as NisA for my ordinary life and funimation for gosick) could pick them up :/
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Truth
Well P4 and P4G looks perfectly fine to me and pretty enjoyable as a non game player. Haven't seen the P3 films though.
Ice Lightning
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to be fair gosick and my ordinary life were both licensed.... (late august 2011)
it was just less than 5 months later(early jan 2012) bandai went under and never released them
to be fair we don't know what the details with the license are (or at the very least I never heard anything about them aside from the releases were cancelled), it's quite possible that bandai actually still has the rights to them until their contract expires... at which time another company (such as NisA for my ordinary life and funimation for gosick) could pick them up :/
Yeah, I probably should have stated license rescued for those two series. I too would only assume that Bandai's licenses have not yet expired for those series.
R_thanatos
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That's my guess. Gosick was a pretty solid series and likely could do decent numbers for a company like funimation or sentai. My ordinary life on the other hand likely has more of a cult following and the only people who would really get into it are likely sub title only people anyways so a sub only release would make more sense so a company like NisA or sentai makes more sense.
Either way I would love to add gosick to my collection... despite the garbage bones has put out this year (I am hoping next year they focus more on quality instead of quantity like this year) I am still a big fan of Bones and could always use more Bones in my collection.
nintendoman58
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Okay, never mind Fate/Zero. Freaking Xillia 2 just made me want to add Usagi Drop to my watch list just now.
I need to finish usagi drop, I wasn't minding that one.
still mad about ban-kun
Short Peace
Gave this a watch earlier. Not a bad way to kill an hour at all.
Of the four shorts I ended up liking Gambo the best. To me it felt like it utilized its 10 minute lifespan to the fullest. Pacing felt very brisk with not a significant detail left hanging for too long and not a moment felt wasted. The climactic fight scene was pretty brutal too. The whole short in general was a bit more violent than I was expecting yet every action had a good sense of weight and impact. Very simple tale but it feels expertly told and benefits from a really strong art direction and atmosphere.
http://a.pomf.se/citjra.webm
I also liked Farewell to Arms but I think it's mostly the futuristic military angle that gels with me a lot. Really nice display of tactics and a variety of futuristic weaponry that the team uses to take down their opponent. It's really intense. I kinda appreciated the brief moments of comedy too even if it ended up suffering from a slight mood whiplash by the end of it.
Don't get me wrong though, the other two are no slouches either (even the little introductory short was nice too). The art direction for both of them (well Combustible specifically) are rooted in a very traditional "Ukiyo-e" style that actually reminded me a lot of the Mononoke series while I was watching it. Though maybe it's the CG but I didn't feel like it accomplished that style as much as that show did and ended up being pretty distracting at times. Both of them have relatively simple stories to tell too but of the two, I think I liked the understated romantic tragedy that Combustible told better.
All in all, good stuff. I just wish Otomo would work on things a bit more frequently.
Gave this a watch earlier. Not a bad way to kill an hour at all.
Of the four shorts I ended up liking Gambo the best. To me it felt like it utilized its 10 minute lifespan to the fullest. Pacing felt very brisk with not a significant detail left hanging for too long and not a moment felt wasted. The climactic fight scene was pretty brutal too. The whole short in general was a bit more violent than I was expecting yet every action had a good sense of weight and impact. Very simple tale but it feels expertly told and benefits from a really strong art direction and atmosphere.
http://a.pomf.se/citjra.webm
I also liked Farewell to Arms but I think it's mostly the futuristic military angle that gels with me a lot. Really nice display of tactics and a variety of futuristic weaponry that the team uses to take down their opponent. It's really intense. I kinda appreciated the brief moments of comedy too even if it ended up suffering from a slight mood whiplash by the end of it.
Don't get me wrong though, the other two are no slouches either (even the little introductory short was nice too). The art direction for both of them (well Combustible specifically) are rooted in a very traditional "Ukiyo-e" style that actually reminded me a lot of the Mononoke series while I was watching it. Though maybe it's the CG but I didn't feel like it accomplished that style as much as that show did and ended up being pretty distracting at times. Both of them have relatively simple stories to tell too but of the two, I think I liked the understated romantic tragedy that Combustible told better.
All in all, good stuff. I just wish Otomo would work on things a bit more frequently.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's a shift back to Potte and her personal story, which is a change from the mini-arcs of the previous season. But, SatoJun power is good power!
That's fair. I just like Yakuindomo quite a bit. lol
Kobayashi was the best part of Nichibros!
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