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[Midonin]

Marimite S3 04

Lots of things going on in this episode. Victory through defeat. Yumi and Sachiko meeting each others' parents. And the conclusion of the Kanako subplot, which wrapped up pretty nicely for all involved. She's definitely not going to be Yumi's little sister, but she can be a friend, and that's just as important. My favorite part of the episode was the cheering competition. Seeing the styles that each of the groups put on was a lot of fun. Shimako didn't have a huge role, though I still enjoyed the way the Purple Team used her as a barrier in the competitions. It's that White Rose power, I tell ya. Yoshino remains my favorite. Even if she can't be as athletic as Rei, she has the spirit of sportsmanship.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Gosick 12

So tsundere.

It's the summer and there's no mysteries to be solved. Victorique gets stuck in a tree and we get to know some of Kujo's backstory instead.

I learnt that with

Spoiler

Danganronpa. But in that case it was upside-down

That makes more sense than backwards though!

 

[Mature]

Are people going to start watching Un-Go next? =/

 

[Maintenance]

Just started Log Horizon, my friends told me it was a better SAO with less over the top stuff and more strategy. I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Jex]

Space Dandy Rankings - I'm going to use a 1 to 5 ranking system.

1 - 1
2 - 2
3 - 2
4 - 3
5 - 3
6 - 1
7 - 3
8 - 3
9 - 4
10 - 2
11 - 3
12 - 2
13 - 4
14 - 2
15 - 3
16 - 5
17 - 3
18 - 3
19 - 2
20 - 3
21 - 5

 

[Clov]

Are people going to start watching Un-Go next? =/

Eh, I thought Gosick was at least better than that. Nothing amazing, but I enjoyed it. Un-Go was just boring.

 

[Jex]

Are people going to start watching Un-Go next? =/

As long as they only watch the OP and the ED!

Just started Log Horizon, my friends told me it was a better SAO with less over the top stuff and more strategy. I'm looking forward to it.

I hope by 'friends' you also mean your trustworthy contacts in AnimeGAF!

 

[Shard]

I am too lazy to do individual rankings, but I do think this season has been filled with mostly hits while season 1 was far more mixed.

 

[R_thanatos]

Eh, I thought Gosick was at least better than that. Nothing amazing, but I enjoyed it. Un-Go was just boring.

Un-go had a great ED song ..
And some characters that were "ok"

 

[Maintenance]

I hope by 'friends' you also mean your trustworthy contacts in AnimeGAF!

Haha, yeah. I heard a bit about it here too, so I guess that if two sources were claiming that, I should give it a try.


Off topic, but the amount of glass pushing in the first episode of LH is already huge.

 

[Heysoos]

Glasslip 09

Hiro is like the only likeable character. Sacchan is such a massive asshole though.

 

[zulux21]

Are people going to start watching Un-Go next? =/

no need to watch un-go for me... I already watched it and for the most part enjoyed it (not a great show but I enjoyed it well enough that it's on my list to buy someday.... or... I might already own it because I found it for decently cheap..... I really need to make a list of what I own ><)

 

[Jex]

So, I was thinking yesterday that these threads could really do with putting some useful content into the OP's besides content that solely relates to this seasons shows. What I mean is, links to other useful resources. It could appear in a separate post below the OT. It would save a lot of time for people with generic questions e.g. what anime should I check out.

For example, a section on Sakuga that links to that youtube panel, posts about how much an anime costs to make, links to stories about how anime are made, useful blogs, books to check out, podcasts, academic material, reviews (from gaffers) to read, previous Anime of the Year threads, Gaffers recommended titles, etc etc.

I'll start putting together a list of such material but if you have any specific material to include just shoot me a PM. I'm aiming for something fairly comprehensive.

 

[Femmeworth]

One of the big advantages anime has over other mediums is that you can set it anywhere for the same 'price' as setting it in the real world, something you can't do in live action. I can see why Oshii would have a problem with how conservative the industry is.

That's not completely true though. Especially with television budgets there are limitations.

 

[Jex]

That's not completely true though. Especially with television budgets there are limitations.

Studio Pablo can put the same effort into a classroom as a fantastical setting so why not have something more interesting?

 

[Haly]

It takes more time to create a "setting" from scratch than it does to reference photography. I get your general point but there is definitely a difference in mental/creative power expended.

 

[Jex]

It takes more time to create a "setting" from scratch than it does to reference photography. I get your general point but there is definitely a difference in mental/creative power expended.

I'll certainly buy that argument. It's probably a great deal more work, just on a different order of magnitude to live action. I didn't mean to imply that it was a piece of cake.

 

[Maintenance]

All these MMO animes are making me itch to play a MMO, but then I remember that almost everything is F2P these days and just give up.

 

[Haly]

It's probably a great deal more work, just on a different order of magnitude to live action.

Oh yes that's for sure.

 

[zulux21]

All these MMO animes are making me itch to play a MMO, but then I remember that almost everything is F2P these days and just give up.

F2P is the only type of MMO I will do (though I plan to get guild wars 2 at some point) I lack enough focus to play games with monthly fees, and I would rather play games that emulate MMOs where they simulate that I loose a player due to pregnancy (+1 ecreed to anyone that can actually tell me what video game I am referrencing lol) with better level curves then play actual MMOs

 

[Jex]

I've just realised that pulling this list of resources together is going to take far longer than I had envisioned. In other words

> I immediately regret my decision

 

[TUSR]

I've just realised that pulling this list of resources together is going to take far longer than I had envisioned. In other words

> I immediately regret my decision

> Well Played!
> Well Played!
> Well Played!
> Game is Hard
> Well Played!

 

[Haly]

I've just realised that pulling this list of resources together is going to take far longer than I had envisioned. In other words

> I immediately regret my decision

> Game is hard

 

[Turin Turambar]

The Congress.

Thanks for the recommendation from the other day, unknown GAF-user. I liked the film, pretty good. Though my favorite parts where the live-action ones .

Somehow it all makes a bit more sense at the end in the credits. I just said "ahh! that explains it" when I read it was based on a Stanis&#322;aw Lem story.

Spoiler

Yep, it's that type of story, that seems to have been written in the age of LSD-fueled scifi writers, and that in fact because mind-altering drugs were a new technology when it was written, sometimes the drugs themselves appeared as an important part in the plot, or the idea that future society would be regulated or controlled with hallucinogens, allowing the typical from utopia to dystopia.

The end also lets you with the typical question of.. was that real or a dream? I'm talking of the real life part at the end. It's very coincidental that in the future they use a frigging giant red comet to lift up to the zeppelins, just like the red comet of the son that appears lots of times in all the movie.

Overall it has very strong scenes, in both live action and animation (mainly near the final part) as the movie develops properly and emotionally speaking it reaches a good crescendo.

 

[Branduil]

Fantasy or sci-fi anime can take more work, but mainly in the pre-production department; once you get to actual production, it's not really any harder than a "realistic" anime, which is the big difference from live-action.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

LN "Overlord" is getting anime,MC is a skeleton

Finally, getting some skeleton respect.

Since it's an LN, will he have a harem of girls to bone?

 

[Maintenance]

F2P is the only type of MMO I will do (though I plan to get guild wars 2 at some point) I lack enough focus to play games with monthly fees, and I would rather play games that emulate MMOs where they simulate that I loose a player due to pregnancy (+1 ecreed to anyone that can actually tell me what video game I am referrencing lol) with better level curves then play actual MMOs

I thought about getting GW2, but I know almost nobody that plays it anymore and two things that I heard (a long, long time ago, so I will probably be wrong) about it made me think twice. Those things were that the PVE endgame is not that great and the economy is not very good (I like to "play" the Auction House).

 

[sonicmj1]

I've just realised that pulling this list of resources together is going to take far longer than I had envisioned. In other words

> I immediately regret my decision

> Relax, you're doing fine

 

[zulux21]

I thought about getting GW2, but I know almost nobody that plays it anymore and two things that I heard (a long, long time ago, so I will probably be wrong) about it made me think twice. Those things were that the PVE endgame is not that great and the economy is not very good (I like to "play" the Auction House).

it makes sense that the PVE end game wasn't well regarded a while back... as they constantly are adding more and more content to it
as for the economy I don't know about that (I just have a friend who plays I haven't played myself as I need it to drop low enough that I won't feel forced to play when I buy two copies ><)

I've just realised that pulling this list of resources together is going to take far longer than I had envisioned. In other words

> I immediately regret my decision

If I didn't have to go to work in 10 minutes I would help you out. Best I can do quickly is link you this image someone in this thread (perhaps even you) linked previously lol and this article from animenewsnetwork about adv licenses as those are the only things I have quick access to right now.

 

[striferser]

Are people going to start watching Un-Go next? =/

Ungo got problem with it's execution, but i think they nail the setting. I am interested in the world where Un-go happen, so much potential!

 

[MikeHattsu]

Gosick 13

Avril is good at opening doors.

It's back to another mystery, and a character that's been lurking around in the background finally seem to join the story proper. New ED too.

 

[Narag]

The Congress.

Thanks for the recommendation from the other day, unknown GAF-user.

Firehawk annihilated

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Shamelessly stolen from the Manga thread, but thought some people here might care.
Find it funny how much of the list is Mikorin x everyone else

 

[Narag]

So, I was thinking yesterday that these threads could really do with putting some useful content into the OP's besides content that solely relates to this seasons shows. What I mean is, links to other useful resources. It could appear in a separate post below the OT. It would save a lot of time for people with generic questions e.g. what anime should I check out.

For example, a section on Sakuga that links to that youtube panel, posts about how much an anime costs to make, links to stories about how anime are made, useful blogs, books to check out, podcasts, academic material, reviews (from gaffers) to read, previous Anime of the Year threads, Gaffers recommended titles, etc etc.

I'll start putting together a list of such material but if you have any specific material to include just shoot me a PM. I'm aiming for something fairly comprehensive.

A link to ben's post about the anime production line would be great but I assume that's probably foremost in your mind

 

[Jarmel]

Studio Pablo can put the same effort into a classroom as a fantastical setting so why not have something more interesting?

Probably the same reason we get stuck with high school all the time.

 

[MikeHattsu]

Firehawk annihilated

This is what happens when one doesn't have an avatar then.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I'll certainly buy that argument. It's probably a great deal more work, just on a different order of magnitude to live action. I didn't mean to imply that it was a piece of cake.

Yeah, it's still a lot easier to pull off in animation, and that makes it one of the strengths of the medium. There are certainly ways in which real world settings are still a lot easier (reference material, ease of work, the fact that pretty much everyone working on the show will be familiar with the setting and constraints already), but it's a lot less so than in live action.

Anime should definitely try to push out strange settings more frequently than they do. Particularly the really, really far out there stuff. There are some settings that could never be done convincingly in live action (which isn't necessarily a problem unless you're one of those weirdos who thinks that something ceases to be good the moment the special effects are unconvincing), but anime can do those settings with around the same budget as having two characters sit in a cafe.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Proof that japan are still S&M freaky for violent tsunderes, metroid.

 

[santeesioux]

All these MMO animes are making me itch to play a MMO, but then I remember that almost everything is F2P these days and just give up.

I think the next MMO i'm going to try is that mediocre Elder Scrolls one when it goes F2P.

 

[Andrew J.]

Argevollen 09

An episode almost entirely from the antagonists' perspective, interesting. I like how down-to-earth and reasonable they seem, especially compared to the monologuing blowhards we get in Aldnoah.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Firehawk annihilated

Lol, so it was him. I couldn't remember who posted it.

 

[Kyuur]

Shamelessly stolen from the Manga thread, but thought some people here might care.
Find it funny how much of the list is Mikorin x everyone else

It's amazing how much that looks like yaoi when it isn't. Glorious.

 

[BluWacky]

Finally, getting some skeleton respect.

Since it's an LN, will he have a harem of girls to bone?

*badumtish*

Even better - it's another MMORPG story!

 

[Jex]

So, remember that Zac said that season 2 of Space Dandy wasn't as good as the first? Well, it gets better when he specifically complains about how cheap the animation was in the musical episode of Space Dandy and how obviously hampered they were by having no budget.

This raises an interesting question: is Zac blind? We're talking about an episode that featured the talents of animators Gosei Oda, Yutaka Nakamura, Ayako Hata, Kenji Hachizaki, Takashi Mukoda, Hironori Tanaka, Chikashi Kubota, Hiroshi Shimizu, Takaaki Wada and Hiroyuki Aoyama.

 

[Kyuur]

Since all the cool kids are doing it, Space Dandy ratings from what I've seen so far, on a 1-5 scale (5 being high):

1: 3
2: 3
3: 3
4: 5
5: 5
6: 2
7: 1
8: 2
9: 4
10: 5
11: 1
12: 2
13: 5
14: 1

 

[Shergal]

People with no real interest in animation tend to develop warped standards for what 'good animation' entails, nothing new.

 

[Shard]

Shamelessly stolen from the Manga thread, but thought some people here might care.
Find it funny how much of the list is Mikorin x everyone else

I contest these results vehemently.

 

[fertygo]

Everytime this guy "Zach" from ANN got mentioned, its just made me unreasonable angry,

 

[MikeHattsu]

Gosick 14

Haha. That reaction.

Victorique, Avril and Kujo quarrel a lot, detective Grevil got insect problems and Victorique is forced to go to class for the first time.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I contest these results vehemently.

Well.
You shouldn't.

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I will also throw my hat into this Dandy ring.

1. Meh
2. Meh
3. Meh
4. Good
5. Good
6. Below Average
7. Good
8. Meh
9. Good
10. Good
11. Meh
12. Great
13. Great

14. Great
15. Good
16. Yuasa
17. Amazing
18. Great
19. Below Average
20. Amazing
21. Amazing, Episode of the Season so far