It's pretty great actually.
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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
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It's pretty great actually.
Basileus777
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The show is quite clearly intentionally trying to be ridiculous and campy, though a lot of the humor is just laughing at how stupid it is.
phoenix296
Member
Non Non Biyori 02
Not sure if I understand senpai worship humor. However, the main gag of this episode was executed extremely well. The way they dressed to subvert senpai/kohai roles, the camera angles used to give Hotaru an intimidating presence and the act of buying the shaved ice with large yen notes. Komari's anxiousness contrasted with Hotaru's jubilation was hilarious.
Not sure if I understand senpai worship humor. However, the main gag of this episode was executed extremely well. The way they dressed to subvert senpai/kohai roles, the camera angles used to give Hotaru an intimidating presence and the act of buying the shaved ice with large yen notes. Komari's anxiousness contrasted with Hotaru's jubilation was hilarious.
hosannainexcelsis
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I was just amused that it went to the lengths of stripping both men and women to show how much they were overpowered by Soma's dish. It's as if the food was raping them. I guess a porn artist can't resist.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Oh well, Phantasy Star Online 2 TV anime announced, coming 2016
http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
The show really plays up the 'twist' aspect but it's almost irrelevant to the story. In the manga it was more of an aspect to the character introduction, but the anime makes it seem like the tone-switching is 'the point' when it's not. It's just a zombie series, except replace the action with psychological angst.
BassForever
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Oh well, Phantasy Star Online 2 TV anime announced, coming 2016
http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
So we'll get the anime with official English subs before we get the game? Excellent
Oh well, Phantasy Star Online 2 TV anime announced, coming 2016
http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
huh... random
but will be hype if it means more Hanazawa voiced Lisa
Here's hoping it wont end up like the Valkyria Chronicles anime.Oh well, Phantasy Star Online 2 TV anime announced, coming 2016
http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
phoenix296
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Non Non Biyori 03
Renge has the best lines. Komari and Natsumi's faces during the ghost scare were hilarious. The fight with their mother reminds me of a Lucky Star episode. While I think I prefer how it was resolved in Lucky Star, Non Non Biyori gives some character backstory for Natsumi's rebellious nature which I really appreciate.
Renge has the best lines. Komari and Natsumi's faces during the ghost scare were hilarious. The fight with their mother reminds me of a Lucky Star episode. While I think I prefer how it was resolved in Lucky Star, Non Non Biyori gives some character backstory for Natsumi's rebellious nature which I really appreciate.
mrpallyguy
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Yeah the actress also voiced Hata from SYD if you ever seen it.
KirbYuuYuu
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Reminds me I need to start Disc 2 soon.
Granted right now I'm just mowing through Visual Novels, and finished 999.
Priorities...
Yeah the interactions between the boy and the monster is what makes the show. Perfect comedic timing. Especially when Tora gets out of line and Ushi has to remind him who has the scary demon stabby spear.
LOL just saw this. YAMAAADAAA!!!
Ohhh shit I didnt notice earlier!
Shokugeki no Soma's ending theme is so comfy
It's enough reason to keep watching it, even if I already read quite a bit of the manga.
It is one of my favorite recent ED's but the whole show is like comfort food.
Its just incredibly fun to watch. But never on an empty stomach!
well thats disappointing!
Also why doest DAL like to show Natsume much?
You know, her.
I would be fully ok if anime went the direction of these shows. As long as they give effort to making it still animate well and look more like traditional animation.
Mushishi 11
Hey this show might actually be g̶o̶o̶d̶ great. Who knew ?
I mean, I certainly could see why it is held in such a high regard but earlier on, sthe stories themselves with one or two exceptions never managed to fully grab me. Until now. Maybe I finally managed to ascend to the good taste club. Or it's just my tragedy boner speaking.
Probably the most visually striking episode so far. The introduction of the "Master"(don't remember this showing up before) concept was a bit rushed and jarring but other than that it was another stellar outing of the series. Loved the new additions to the OST too.
Hey this show might actually be g̶o̶o̶d̶ great. Who knew ?
I mean, I certainly could see why it is held in such a high regard but earlier on, sthe stories themselves with one or two exceptions never managed to fully grab me. Until now. Maybe I finally managed to ascend to the good taste club. Or it's just my tragedy boner speaking.
Probably the most visually striking episode so far. The introduction of the "Master"(don't remember this showing up before) concept was a bit rushed and jarring but other than that it was another stellar outing of the series. Loved the new additions to the OST too.
I like it when several companies are representing a season. If any one company ever goes bust it doesnt take half the licenses with it. Funimation has its quirks but honestly I dont mind them too much. Especially not the bluray releases.
Rail Wars: So bad I'd rather watch Cross Ange.
It was a shame that show was terrible because the redhead is a cutie!
BtB/KnK is pretty average for KyoAni but its still better than most stuff. I liked it enough to order the CE, because it does have some charming moments in it. Ultimately its major problem I think was that you can pretty much forget about it after its over. It has no lasting impression on you. Its just a little diversion and then when its over it fades away. Except for Mirai because goddamn she is precious.
Aishiteruze Baby ep. 1-6:
I wasn't sure what I expected going into this one, but damn, does it have heart and emotion behind it. I mean, some things feel forced, but l literally, felt myself getting mad at one point when the little girl, Yuzuyu was being picked on. Other moments make your heart melt from the cute and sweet things going on, but you also feel sad along with her too. That part I wasn't really expecting at all.. This is definitely more of a "chick flick" but I have to say the first 6 episodes have all been pretty good so far.
Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ONOJ7CFEs
So youve never seen Yakitate Japan or Gourmet Girl Graffiti before this? They are both excellent
Honestly I did too at first. Especially when people were abbreviating both as LL or "Rabu Raibu"
Ahahahaaha. This episode infuriated me so much I dropped the show completely and refused to continue it until season 2.
Pretty much the same old same old even in the third season now. Though I'm still enjoying it I guess.
CheapJuice
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Shimoneta - 02
This is so ridiculous I can't help but want to watch more. I lost it when "the pool" got destroyed. I'm always amused when the main character impersonates Blue Snow and uses his girly voice.
OP begins with OHOHOH, and now we're getting a Satomi voiced character
what good deed have I done to deserve this
This is so ridiculous I can't help but want to watch more. I lost it when "the pool" got destroyed. I'm always amused when the main character impersonates Blue Snow and uses his girly voice.
OP begins with OHOHOH, and now we're getting a Satomi voiced character
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yep, although I didn't notice at first since it's a slightly more reserved version of that voice.
PdotMichael
Banned
Jesus didn't deserve such treatment.
Charlotte - 02
I really like this, felt like interesting take of X-Men/mutant.. more in sci-fi side than extreme chuuni usual KEY
Also direction seem like in good hand, the backstory at 2nd half can be grating (some people will still felt it that way, the content rather XTREME/2edgy afterall) but I felt the director can keep it to not being not exaggerated, minimal use of dramatic music and acting from both protagonist is really fresh to me because usually they gonna hamming it up at moment like that.
Great start so far.
I really like this, felt like interesting take of X-Men/mutant.. more in sci-fi side than extreme chuuni usual KEY
Also direction seem like in good hand, the backstory at 2nd half can be grating (some people will still felt it that way, the content rather XTREME/2edgy afterall) but I felt the director can keep it to not being not exaggerated, minimal use of dramatic music and acting from both protagonist is really fresh to me because usually they gonna hamming it up at moment like that.
Great start so far.
CheapJuice
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Jesus grinded for my sins to post panty screencaps
Jex
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Aquarion Logos 2
The spirit of Kawamori lives on. What could be more sinful than words?
Basileus777
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But the protagonists just don't get it.
names2hard4you
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God Eater today? :3
CheapJuice
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Aquarion Logos - 01
I had absolutely no idea what the fuck was going on in the first half of this, apparently there are two prequels but I read you don't have to watch them for this, however I'm starting to think otherwise.
The ridiculous fighting was great though. Transforming mechas and silly stuff like fist punches circling around the planet.
Second half was more grounded but didn't make more sense to me. Some dude is using kanji and making it turn into a monster.
An undercover anime cafe then turns into some special operation force, they fight this kanji scroll monster in another dimension with their crafts?? I guess this is some kind of reincarnation of characters from the first half?
I'm so confused, but it was entertaining. The "save the world" main character seems to be OP in a fun way (I think this dude snapped his wrists to escape handcuffs?). I'm very curious to see what is in store.
I had absolutely no idea what the fuck was going on in the first half of this, apparently there are two prequels but I read you don't have to watch them for this, however I'm starting to think otherwise.
The ridiculous fighting was great though. Transforming mechas and silly stuff like fist punches circling around the planet.
Second half was more grounded but didn't make more sense to me. Some dude is using kanji and making it turn into a monster.
An undercover anime cafe then turns into some special operation force, they fight this kanji scroll monster in another dimension with their crafts?? I guess this is some kind of reincarnation of characters from the first half?
I'm so confused, but it was entertaining. The "save the world" main character seems to be OP in a fun way (I think this dude snapped his wrists to escape handcuffs?). I'm very curious to see what is in store.
Dedication Through Light
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The Heroic Legend of Arslan Episode 14 The Foreign Prince
Nico Touches The Wall gave a nice song and the Elam fighting beside Arslan made it really good, meanwhile Kalafina was Kalafina though I liked the song.
Good plot direction, Seemed like an Arslan thing to do.
Elam was epic this episode.
Nico Touches The Wall gave a nice song and the Elam fighting beside Arslan made it really good, meanwhile Kalafina was Kalafina though I liked the song.
Good plot direction, Seemed like an Arslan thing to do.
Elam was epic this episode.
cardinalmind
Member
I don't know what to feel about that School Live anime.
Working in the mental health field made me encounter persons like that so it hit home really hard.
Sympathy?
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Baby Steps 2 15:
Ide's going to be a tough opponent, especially with such a massive crowd cheering him on. This will definitely be a new type of match for Ei-chan, but winning it should be good practice for him given the conditions. After a couple of episodes mostly focused on romance and character interactions, now we need to shift gears back into seeing a really tense match.
This show is just so good. I find myself loving each episode.
It's nice to get everyone's reactions to Ei-chan and Natsu being a couple. I think Sasaki might have broken mentally at the news. The reactions of everyone at STC were pretty funny. I'm glad they didn't drag this out and just put it all out in the open now.
Ide's going to be a tough opponent, especially with such a massive crowd cheering him on. This will definitely be a new type of match for Ei-chan, but winning it should be good practice for him given the conditions. After a couple of episodes mostly focused on romance and character interactions, now we need to shift gears back into seeing a really tense match.
KharmaPolice
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So the first God Eater episode is actually out on Daisuki. Unfortunately the stream is crapping up on me so I'll have to watch it water. I'm always having a bad experience with Daisuki, too bad God Eater isn't also streaming on Crunchy.
Maximilian Kolbe
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God Eater 01
Seriously, what kind of art style is this
Seriously, what kind of art style is this
in tears
BassForever
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Bawhahaha ufotable put that f/sn money in the bank and gave none of it to God Eater damn
nintendoman58
Member
How low the mighty have fallen.
The kind where you have three weeks to animate an episode.
Is that a game cutscene or some shit?
PshycoNinja
Member
Needlessly? No. The entire premise of the show and why the characters are where they are is that they
were individuals who felt they had unfair lives and in death cursed their fate. The existence they lived in was to teach them that while bad things did happen there's lives were fulfilling or became fulfilled in this in-between existence. It was a way to help them move on and give them peace before doing so.
Sigh...
Jex
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Jokes aside, the first episode of God Eater basically looked fine. It was extremely well directed but deeply generic anime nonsense.
The story of this first episode is focused on Mr P. Taganist, a character whose defining feature was that he really wants to kill the bad monsters. Think of Eren from Attack on Titan, but with far fewer character traits. He spends most of the episode playing around on the holodeck before eventually seeking the thrill of real combat while bad electric autotune music plays in the background.
Oh, a bunch of anime edgelords also turn up in the last scene to demonstrate their ridiculous clothes and smoke cigarettes and reel off terrible dialogue.
Basically, judging from the staff, a lot of people really suffered to make this episode. Was it worth it? Not really.
The story of this first episode is focused on Mr P. Taganist, a character whose defining feature was that he really wants to kill the bad monsters. Think of Eren from Attack on Titan, but with far fewer character traits. He spends most of the episode playing around on the holodeck before eventually seeking the thrill of real combat while bad electric autotune music plays in the background.
Oh, a bunch of anime edgelords also turn up in the last scene to demonstrate their ridiculous clothes and smoke cigarettes and reel off terrible dialogue.
Basically, judging from the staff, a lot of people really suffered to make this episode. Was it worth it? Not really.
This episode was always going to look mostly ok. It's when you get to episode 4 and 5 where things really start to tumble.
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