AquaWateria
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See? Betting with duckroll is win-win!
Mobile games isn't exactly a win though even if I'm excited Noragami is airing in the fall.
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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
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Mobile games isn't exactly a win though even if I'm excited Noragami is airing in the fall.
Baroquemantic
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It can't be stated enough, but the art on display in this show is stunning.
Bakemonogatari 9
These drawings, reaction faces and expressions are killing me. Kanbaru's ol' pervy ass is awesome.
Bakemonogatari 10
Jesus Christ, Araragi
for the sake of others. It's really great that he cares so much about helping people, but man, he's pretty much just a
at this point.
"Don't be mistaken with whom you're supposed to save!" is a pretty powerful line, I think. It's something Araragi needed to hear, but at the same time, I understand
others. It's kind of a "between a rock and a hard place" position, but it shows how good a person Ara is.
Also, the whole
was intense as hell.
Edit:
Bakemonogatari 9
These drawings, reaction faces and expressions are killing me. Kanbaru's ol' pervy ass is awesome.
Bakemonogatari 10
Jesus Christ, Araragi
stay getting his ass beat
paranormal punching bag
"Don't be mistaken with whom you're supposed to save!" is a pretty powerful line, I think. It's something Araragi needed to hear, but at the same time, I understand
why he wants to prevent these oddities from hurting anyone else; even those who brought about these things because they wanted to hurt or spite
Also, the whole
"exorcising" section of this episode, and the fight with snake
I'm glad the childhood friend made out okay.
Edit:
Haha, I could definitely see how that sounds like Berserk now. It didn't even cross my mind how similar that description was.
Awesome! I'm gonna try and watch it sometime soon.
The
snake fight
swung around by his intestines
snake fight
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls 14
Uhhh, I didn't really expect an episode about ghost stalkers as the first episode of the new season but sure why not. More Ranko and Anastasia though, so it's good
Poser Rock idoru gets blown the fuck out by actual Rock Idoru so that was good. Are they going to beat the producer lady with the power of songs about glass slippers?
Uhhh, I didn't really expect an episode about ghost stalkers as the first episode of the new season but sure why not. More Ranko and Anastasia though, so it's good
Poser Rock idoru gets blown the fuck out by actual Rock Idoru so that was good. Are they going to beat the producer lady with the power of songs about glass slippers?
Baroquemantic
Member
Oh yeah,
that fight with the intestinal helicopter
snake fight
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I'd almost suggest watching the SatoJun travelogues first but that's because I just think travel shows are cool. lol
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Prison School is this odd combination of ugly sex comedy and a kind of perverted extreme feminism that only exists in an MRA dystopia. After two episodes, I still don't get it.
If you're watching Bake on CR, there are a couple episodes missing at the end.
Cornbread78
Member
Welcome to NHK 9 (NHK ni Youkoso!) ep.8-15:
Man, some pretty powerful moments built into this series. The whole cliff scene and afterwords was damn intense stuff. Why would you go with the flow initially, then buy-in and go for it? Now he's trying to make some loot selling items in online gaming... damn WoW parody, lol. The show is moving in a different direction with this this arc though...
Man, some pretty powerful moments built into this series. The whole cliff scene and afterwords was damn intense stuff. Why would you go with the flow initially, then buy-in and go for it? Now he's trying to make some loot selling items in online gaming... damn WoW parody, lol. The show is moving in a different direction with this this arc though...
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It's ok, sometimes it takes a while to understand and appreciate art of this caliber
Baroquemantic
Member
Thanks for the heads up!
SolidSnakeUS
Member
GATE has been really good.
Turin Turambar
Member
Come on, that's the standard harem/ecchi trope, girls making advances and somehow the MC refusing and preserving his purity because... uh... dunno.
Though in this case at least he isn't a virgin.
Prison School 02
I said the pace was fine in the first ep, here I started to notice that well, yeah, it's a bit too fast. Not by a lot, but there were a pair of scenes that they would been funnier just putting a few seconds of still silence (like when the president and the chairman meet in the hallway) or more tense just increasing their length by a few seconds (the final scene).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think it just feels awkward because the women are basically cartoon feminazis that MRA people like to make fun of. It's like womynism exaggerated past the parody line.
AquaWateria
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So I'm guessing the Prison School anime is definitely aiming to get to the part where the boys are finally released.
So they aren't gonna slow down for any of the episodes if that's their destination. At least it will be enjoyable for the insane comedy moments.
So they aren't gonna slow down for any of the episodes if that's their destination. At least it will be enjoyable for the insane comedy moments.
So, I Can't Play H! ep2-6:
First off, don't bother with the stream of this; only watch if you have the Blu-Ray version and you really like ecchi stuff. It's maddening when you try to watch a battle scene and half the action is full of black bars and light marks. Seriously, it's not hentai Crunchy...
With that aside, the story has been pretty interesting and the action pretty cool, so there's that as well. The whole pervyness thing is kind of dying down now that he is building a small harem and the plot is progressing in a differnt direction. It's unfortunate that yet again, the childhood friend is the best character but as always she won't win, lol. Oh well, I'll pick back up on this at some point. It was a "close my eyes" and hit play pick yesterday anyway...
Hmmm I was considering watching this show but your description of it has made me think its pretty skippable.
YES
Ufotable has some fun stuff in their history. I first knew about them from the Ova Aoi Umi no Tristia, but they have made occasional other things. Ufotable was never a powerhouse studio to begin with. FZ is their best work to date and they would have to reach a pretty high bar to top that.
Welcome to NHK 9 (NHK ni Youkoso!) ep1-7:
OK, this is a good one. The guy is a total shut-in and is trying to break outta the cycle by getting "counciling" by an amatuer girl. OK, the guys just a weirdo that thiks everything is a conspiracy, and the daydreams/dreams of that are hilarious. The poor guy is also trying to write a script for a game to do something. All these situations are funny and sad at the same time....
NHK is so good. SO GOOD. I literally have to marathon it every time I watch it, which has been at least six times by my count. Its in my top 20 all time for sure. Misaki is EXTREMELY cute, but people tell me she was a druggie and pretty unhinged in the manga. I can see why she would be but I like her more innocent anime persona.
Japan has become the experts of peddling materialistic goods to the masses. I fall for it hook line and squeaker.
My intuition strikes once again!
But really its a simple formula of "gothic lolita > x"
CheapJuice
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Gate - 03
That is a pretty cool hat. Simple yet effective. Not sure how I feel about the ring yet, but I can accept it for now.
I guess I have a thing for over-design as I still slightly prefer the one in bikini warriors, with the plumpness and decoration, as well with the dash of purple on the inside and the theme (crescent moon, stars etc).
The show is alright I guess. Didn't care much for the first two but I did get excited by the giant dragon in this episode.
Like this was an actual dragon, not some wyvern shit (I'm looking at you elder scrolls). This'll do for my fantasy boner for now.
That is a pretty cool hat. Simple yet effective. Not sure how I feel about the ring yet, but I can accept it for now.
I guess I have a thing for over-design as I still slightly prefer the one in bikini warriors, with the plumpness and decoration, as well with the dash of purple on the inside and the theme (crescent moon, stars etc).
The show is alright I guess. Didn't care much for the first two but I did get excited by the giant dragon in this episode.
Like this was an actual dragon, not some wyvern shit (I'm looking at you elder scrolls). This'll do for my fantasy boner for now.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah kind of. The second half is way better at getting past that and turning the three into actual characters. The first half (what this will cover) is more in it to be ridiculous and funny. The second half is also ridiculous and funny but I still haven't come up with a way to explain it in my mind because it's too next level
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, there's this bit where that one girl catches the principal with porn (or not even porn but gravure shots because this is Japan where Maxim is lewd) and it's supposed an example of how men are failures in this universe. But it just sounds like what people who don't understand this thread think feminists must think about sexuality and female bodies. I suppose there's supposed to be some measure of hypocrisy because of all the Kana stuff, but it just makes the already alien premise feel flimsy to me.
names2hard4you
Member
What in the... I don't even... Uh.
It's an exaggerated portrayal of adolescent male attitudes about sex. The boys know they want female contact, but girls are still impossibly unapproachable and mysterious creatures to them. They have to find their outlet in whatever way they can.
The Underground Student Council are less evil straw feminists and more the larger-than-life gatekeepers standing between them and what they want: the merest glimpse of the forbidden fruit.
It's (a certain form of) the teenage male sexual experience taken to the extreme, and all the exaggerated attitudes there are what make it funny.
Her face was plastered over a belly of an already ridiculous mecha design. You can't expect me to take anything seriously after that point. ;p And her sappy backstory was shoved down my throat 30 seconds earlier. Beside that, she lacked screen time to make me care and her relationship with her father is non-existent for the viewer. It really doesn't take much to move me but if that was truly a genuine attempt at it and not a parody then they botched it.
riiiight ...
Hellraider
Member
No anime will ever be as good as welcome to the NHK. Should have kept if for last.
I don't think I get Prison Scool's humor. But then again, I'm not really into comedy. I also thought the panty mask anime thing was boring as shit.
All I experienced from Prison School though were the first episode of the anime and the equivalent manga chapters. It just did nothing for me.
The vice-president looks much better in the manga though. The male leads are fine in the anime, and so is sumo girl.
All I experienced from Prison School though were the first episode of the anime and the equivalent manga chapters. It just did nothing for me.
The vice-president looks much better in the manga though. The male leads are fine in the anime, and so is sumo girl.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The VP slowly turns into that in the manga kind of like Nami in One Piece, in the anime they just went for it from the get go
That's pretty accurate
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I guess I'm wondering if I'm supposed to laugh at the female characters for being extreme or for being "wrong"? Should I even laugh at them since there is at least a kernel of truth in what they believe? Especially when the text they find themselves in emphasizes their physical attractiveness (but also paradoxically a lack of sexuality)? If I as a viewer is supposed to find them titillating, am I proving the point of these characters? Should I be locked up in some strange program that punishes men for expressing sexual desire?
Is it supposed to be funny because of the irony of these women's supposed puritanism is juxtaposed with not only their appearance, but with the physical pleasure that they give the male characters whenever they violently punish them?
I don't know why I can turn my brain off for something crappy like Monster Girls, but perhaps it's a good thing about the show that it's actually making me think about the actual process of watching it.
Justified gif. Heh.
For what it's worth, I mean aesthetically anyway rather than morally.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
If you have drawn a female with breasts so big she should not be able to walk upright, you have made a mistake.
I'd say PS gets really good when the escape plan and trying to carry it out starts up. It's basically Prison Break.
but good.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The way I see it is the VP is similar to Bayonetta where almost every fetish imaginable was crammed onto one character (BDSM, Huge breasts, long legs, short skirt, glasses, beauty mark, high heels) in a way that makes it seem grotesque.
Now in One Piece, Oda must just really like huge breasts and hourglass figures
CheapJuice
Member
Prison School - 02
I didn't laugh nearly as much as I did with the first episode, but I still really enjoy the crazy bizarre situations and reaction faces.
Stache dude looks like he'll be a real bro. So far I like yours truly the best out of the bunch, this dude is a blast.
I didn't laugh nearly as much as I did with the first episode, but I still really enjoy the crazy bizarre situations and reaction faces.
Stache dude looks like he'll be a real bro. So far I like yours truly the best out of the bunch, this dude is a blast.
EDIT: Damn, Soma is out too! Fridays are packed.
Oh, alright, it's not their fault then. Still a shame, she looks much better at the beginning of the manga. And I don't mean it in a BIG BOOBS ARE BAD kind of way, she just looks hotter.
Hana is the complete opposite, though, from what I've seen. She was really improved designwise, and the manga is so well drawn, I'm not sure the anime will have the budget to look nearly as good as the manga does.
Oh, I will, it's worth watching for the reaction faces alone.
Oh, alright, it's not their fault then. Still a shame, she looks much better at the beginning of the manga. And I don't mean it in a BIG BOOBS ARE BAD kind of way, she just looks hotter.
Hana is the complete opposite, though, from what I've seen. She was really improved designwise, and the manga is so well drawn, I'm not sure the anime will have the budget to look nearly as good as the manga does.
Oh, I will, it's worth watching for the reaction faces alone.
LegionAgent
Member
This was great, though the pacing is medium fast, I don't really mind. The comedy moments have retained most of their essence from the manga. Next week comes one of the moments I've been waiting the most since the anime was announced
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Gakuto's sacrifice
Turin Turambar
Member
I suppose you should laugh at the exaggeration of everything: the exaggerated physical violence, the sexual comedy, the exaggerated libido of all the boys (and Hana, too!), the convoluted situations, the exaggerated manner of speech (the chinese history otaku), even the exaggerated faces (Andre).
But you know, when you need to explain a comedy, it means it really wasn't fun. Someone can try to explain it, but then he actively makes it not as fun.
It just means the humor wasn't for you.
Can't really remember, but is next week when
Gakuto shits himself?
That had me crying for like 30 minutes straight
LegionAgent
Member
AnathemicOne
Banned
GATE - 03
Well the three girls finally show themselves, really hope this doesn't fall for the harem trope as the show is going strong thus far (get fucked dragon). Axe girl so far is the only annoying character so far.
Well the three girls finally show themselves, really hope this doesn't fall for the harem trope as the show is going strong thus far (get fucked dragon). Axe girl so far is the only annoying character so far.
YESSSSSSSS
names2hard4you
Member
For me Fridays are easy, Soma and Classroom Crisis only. The latter may be dropped soon, they have to convince me within the next 2 episodes.
My Saturdays however are a fucking chaos:
-Durarara
-Charlotte
-Working!!!
-Rokka no Yuusha
-Shimoneta
Can't remember the last season in which I had so much stuff to watch in one day. I pretty much get home from work, shower, make dinner, watch the stuff and go to bed to go to work the next day.
The new Soma OP is so gooood!
http://youtu.be/AJ6qtSD4OKw
http://youtu.be/AJ6qtSD4OKw
Look at this shit! Summer pls stahp.
Last season I watched everything I was following on Sunday mornings. Now, if I try to do this, I might actually not have enough time to watch everything.
Don't like comedy, slice of life or drama. What do you like?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, I think because it's dealing with gender I instinctively want to see if there's a political position that the show takes or the author is trying to make.
I mean, Melissa Leo won an Emmy a couple of years ago for a role where her character basically rapes Louis CK on his show and it was honestly just as confusing but also wildly amusing. That whole scene was very much a comment on the expectations of gender when it comes to sex, and how men don't consider women as beings with sexual desire, so it was absurd, grotesque, and funny at the same time.
It's not like you absolutely have to watch stuff the same day it comes out.
names2hard4you
Member
Forreal. People complaining about the lack of anime this season, and here I am swimming in it.
Cornbread78
Member
The Blu-Ray would be fun watch for sure, but the light bars are really distracting during the action scenes...
Misaki is really cute, however, she is hated by Sa-to and I still can't figure out why, it's really weird...
Yep I feel like Prison School is in good hands.
It reminds me of last year with Ping Pong, where Mizushima is the perfect director to adapt Akira Hiromoto's well regarded source material as was Yuasa being the perfect director to adapt Taiyou Matsumoto's well regarded source material.
It reminds me of last year with Ping Pong, where Mizushima is the perfect director to adapt Akira Hiromoto's well regarded source material as was Yuasa being the perfect director to adapt Taiyou Matsumoto's well regarded source material.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Soma 15
This new opening not showing or hinting at a certain character gives us a good idea of where this season will be ending. Also did not expect her to be the focus of the new ending....
This new opening not showing or hinting at a certain character gives us a good idea of where this season will be ending. Also did not expect her to be the focus of the new ending....
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