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Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
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Jack Remington
Banned
veloxStrix
Banned
Got my Blu-Ray copy of Paranoia Agent in today and binge watched the whole thing. This is what anime should strive to be. Complex characters, strong themes, stunning visuals that aren't afraid to draw from other mediums, and a fresh and unique story. Hands down better than anything that's came out in the last two or three years (Your Lie in April would almost be better if it didn't make such flailing attempts at humor..). If any single person on this planet told me they could guess what was going to happen in Paranoia Agent from watching the first 2 episodes, I'd happily watch as their pants ignited before my judging eyes.
Satoshi Kon left this world 50 years too soon. :l
Satoshi Kon left this world 50 years too soon. :l
KenjiGlove
Banned
Million Doll 06
Oh my god this new opening, this show slays me.
Pillow Boys 06
Probably the edgiest boy at this point, 7/10
Non Non Biyori 07
I really liked this episode, it's the perfect example of why this show is so great, awesome!
Renge's sister is also a really great character, I love everyone in Renge's family.
Oh my god this new opening, this show slays me.
Pillow Boys 06
Probably the edgiest boy at this point, 7/10
Non Non Biyori 07
I really liked this episode, it's the perfect example of why this show is so great, awesome!
Renge's sister is also a really great character, I love everyone in Renge's family.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Oh i like this one. This one is great!
MikeHattsu
Member
Maximilian Kolbe
Member
A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet PV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svVuXiVnNh8
Coming this fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svVuXiVnNh8
Coming this fall
Well, i'll be in for E7 AO finally. Also about time with Danganronpa.
jediyoshi
Member
those tangents :|
names2hard4you
Member
Had this on my Fall list, trailer looks cool. Surprised she isn't a teenager high schooler that the protagonist falls for, like usual. Also that "you ain't shit" looking grin on the girl's face on the poster makes her look awesome lol.
Cornbread78
Member
Spice and Wolf ep. 4-6
OK, that sequence of events was awesome. Some of the best material yet and finally solidifies a relationship between Lawrence and Holo beyond "traveling merchants/ partners." I loved the plot twist in there
The bird lady truly is a savior and how funny is that comment he made about asking for info in fables about humans mating with pagan gods. The series is awesome, I just hate how I'm going to be pissed at the end since there is still a huge unanimated portion of the story.
Speaking of which, I see the light novels are really cheap online, but where does the anime leave off; which chapter/book?
OK, that sequence of events was awesome. Some of the best material yet and finally solidifies a relationship between Lawrence and Holo beyond "traveling merchants/ partners." I loved the plot twist in there
with Holo
. I also found it hilaroious that Holo overheard that entire conversation with Deanna and was the other buyer.
supporting Lawrence in the shadows even though she wasn't by his side; the young poor lad got hosed in the end
Speaking of which, I see the light novels are really cheap online, but where does the anime leave off; which chapter/book?
It's Black Lagoon with vaguely described superhumans. The plots interesting enough so far and the characters and action are fun so far.
names2hard4you
Member
Yeah Gangsta is good. They do this interesting thing in which the show is pretty much showing you the events from now, and the events from Worick's and Nico's past. These flashbacks give you a sense of who these people are, and why they are the way they are. It deals with some interesting stuff, like PTSD and it's effect on the mind. Also you have accurate usage and portrayal of JSL sign language, which I dont think a lot of shows have done. At least I can't think of any. Then you have the flashy underworld fights, the drug world, and all that jazz.
The poster manages to show everything but the two items mentioned in the title.
Wow, this is beautiful, tell me she's the protagonist, and not that boy.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Overpowered Mc. There's also some light novel style humor with the love interests.
But everything is forgiven since MC is Mr. Skeltal
Cornbread78
Member
Amagami SS ep. 25-END
EP.25: Risa arc
OK, so this is the arc with the super creepy psycho chick, she was cute and it all ended well in the end, but damn was she a nut job in the name of LOVE, lol. Probably the least cute of the bunch as well.
EP. 26: Miya arc
This was pretty much a summary episode with snippits of all the girls based on imouto following her big bro around thinking he might be gay because he is on good terms with so many girls, but in the end it was a little innocent bro/sis “love” episode nothing Oriemo like, that is for sure…
OVA1-2
More short arcs with each of the girls. Sae-chan’s photo album of herself was awesome.
Overall Season 1 was awesome and I really enjoyed the short arc format for each of the girls. Does SS+ continue this same format, or does it move into a more formal story mode?
EP.25: Risa arc
OK, so this is the arc with the super creepy psycho chick, she was cute and it all ended well in the end, but damn was she a nut job in the name of LOVE, lol. Probably the least cute of the bunch as well.
EP. 26: Miya arc
This was pretty much a summary episode with snippits of all the girls based on imouto following her big bro around thinking he might be gay because he is on good terms with so many girls, but in the end it was a little innocent bro/sis “love” episode nothing Oriemo like, that is for sure…
OVA1-2
More short arcs with each of the girls. Sae-chan’s photo album of herself was awesome.
Overall Season 1 was awesome and I really enjoyed the short arc format for each of the girls. Does SS+ continue this same format, or does it move into a more formal story mode?
Yes, watch it. It's good.
As with most anime, its pacing and setup for the first couple of episodes are lackluster, but it gets much better.
Basileus777
Member
Same format with less episodes for each arc.
Overpowered MC, shallow love interests, that kind of stuff? lame.
Anyway, I just started catching up on Durarara, I found episode 14 pretty boring, and when I heard that episode 15 was focused on Seiji, Mika and Namie I thought it was going to be terrible.
But holy shit what an episode, Mika totally surprised me, I knew that bitch was crazy but I thought she'd have mellowed out after having an entire year of being with Seiji. But it turns out she wants to EAT the head and become one with it, and she's up to date on all the goings on in the city, including the supernatural shit because she's a master of espionage.
Just.. wow. This turned out to be one of the best Durarara episodes I've seen in a while.
Cornbread78
Member
Is it as good or better than S1?
Not sure if I shoudl move onto something differnt for awhile and come back later so I don't get girl burn-out, lol.
CheapJuice
Member
Non Non Biyori Repeat - 07
Had honestly forgot about the sister who went to Tokyo existed, so cool to have her appear again. Also that river seems too shallow to be able to dive from that height without causing injuries. Looks like baby Renge next episode, so it's automatically gold
I'm not alone! My terror is shared with a 14 year old. Fuck the ocean.
Had honestly forgot about the sister who went to Tokyo existed, so cool to have her appear again. Also that river seems too shallow to be able to dive from that height without causing injuries. Looks like baby Renge next episode, so it's automatically gold
Basileus777
Member
It's been a while, but I remember it being a step down. It's mostly just a collection of short stories following the first season.
From someone who's read the novel translation: It's trash, but not trash in the same way. It has the whole "MC transported to fantasy world as OP character" concept that you see in web novels a lot, but instead of being trash for a poor harem like SAO it's trash for the over the top grimdark edginess of a lot of the material. We're talking torture, ridiculously bloody killing, rape, sexual abuse, attempted genocide, and so on with very little point other than the author being cruel for the sake of being cruel. Also almost every woman is either an abuse victim or some ridiculous fantasy, there's like two or three female characters in the entire series that aren't at least partially defined by their devotion to or infatuation with a male character, despite the series ending up with a very large cast as time goes on.
I've read ahead and the content from volume 3 is going to be hilarious to see animated. It's "90s OVA written by Sho Aikawa" levels of trash. Volume 3/future anime spoilers:
Literally half the volume is the vampire girl going around killing people in absurdly over the top ways and a good chunk it is a single ridiculous fight that drags on forever, is filled with MMORPG slang (both characters constantly talk about "remaining HP"), and goes as far as to have a sharknado in it. If the anime adapts it straight-up then expect lots of censoring for the TV airing.
Anyway it's really bad, but in an entertaining sort of way.
Cornbread78
Member
I'll probably move on for a bit then. I still need to watch more Mirai Nikki and I have about a million things in my backlog anyhow..
CheapJuice
Member
Lakes are pretty much the same, it boils down to that I don't like to be unable to see what is beneath/around me.
I wonder if the production for Genocidal Organ affected Gangsta in any major way. Both worked on by Shukou Murase and Manglobe yet one of them just looks bad.
Speaking of Project Itoh and iffy production, what's up with Harmony and Studio 4°C. I would have thought having Takashi Nakamura/Michael Arias that it would be the most promising of the lot. Yet the PVs for the other two movies by Wit and Manglobe oddly look much better?
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
But isn't browsing AnimeGAF like riding a wooden raft on a deep ocean of shit taste with no horizon in sight?
CheapJuice
Member
Here I can at least ignore the creatures!
Sounds like Akame ga Kill in terms of grimdark for the sake of grimdark.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That's a very interesting title, lol
Is spider chick getting introduced today?
Cornbread78
Member
Yes, she should be making her grand appearance...
Everything's better with Berg-Katze.
I also enjoyed the Seiji episode, since it showed us that Mika still means business. It's really cool that the cast manages to always interact in interesting ways and that most of them are really well-defined. The fact that they're also crazy probably helps, too.
Yes.
As far as I can tell after watching the first episode of the Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan this series is about all the Haruhi characters living fun, normal lives instead of living in that horrific alternate nightmare universe where you get stabbed in the gut by a crazy alien woman or forced to relive the same day 15500+ times.
Anyways I'm enjoying this more than the Disappearance movie because that felt like a 90 minute movie unncesarily stretched out to 160 minutes with how glacially slow it was. Also because it's only Haruhi content I've consumed in years because Tanigawa hasn't written a novel in 4 years.
Anyways I'm enjoying this more than the Disappearance movie because that felt like a 90 minute movie unncesarily stretched out to 160 minutes with how glacially slow it was. Also because it's only Haruhi content I've consumed in years because Tanigawa hasn't written a novel in 4 years.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Overlord 7
omg this cant be happening.
The Wise King of the forest reveal was great, especially Ains commentary.
omg this cant be happening.
please dont let the kids and the old man die, their guild is too good!!!!. I home Ains can reach them before things get deadly and that things get on Neph
The Wise King of the forest reveal was great, especially Ains commentary.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I agree that I'd like to see more anime have the kind of artistic ambition Paranoia Agent has. Though I disagree that there hasn't been anything better released in the past several years - I'd place things like Wolf Children, Eccentric Family, Ping Pong, Mushishi Zoku Sho, and When Marnie Was There above it. If you were talking about Millennium Actress or Tokyo Godfathers, it would be different, but the ending of Paranoia Agent is what started the loss of control over his storytelling that Kon exhibited to a greater degree in Paprika. His love of dreams and illusions grew to the point where it overwhelmed his good sense (and in Paranoia Agent, partially undermined its anti-escapism message). Dreaming Machine looks like it would have only continued that process - though of course we'll never know now. If he had made the jump into full surrealism instead of being awkwardly placed between that and traditional narratives, it could have been successful in a way different from his previous works.
I was just talking about this with duckroll. He suggested that it might be a deliberate artistic decision to use clean, sterile art to reflect the nature of Harmony's world - though even if that were the case, I think there would have been a way to do that without looking so bland. The art design, the character art, the layouts - it all looks to be on the level of a mediocre TV show instead of a cinematic production. The last time I remember seeing a film so bland-looking was Aura, and that featured a much weaker production team than Nakamura/Arias/4C. Plus the release dates of the Project Itoh films has been reshuffled - originally they were going to come out in order of original novel release, but now Empire of Corpses has been pulled to the top so that Harmony will be the last released, possibly indicating some production problems going on at Studio 4C. I do think Harmony will ultimately end up being successful in a storytelling sense, but the whole situation is baffling.
Mikado was our normal guy in a sea of crazies. We don't even have that anymore. ;_;
darkblade77
Member
I gotta agree there. I don't hate 2011 but yeah.
It's like Soma and Umaru had a burned-out daughter
this is the best thing ever.
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Fafner: The Complete Series & Movie - S.A.V.E.
Release Date: 11/3/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: English 2.0 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English Stereo / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 745 min
Region: A|B|1|2|4
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BD (4 Discs) ($22.49) (RRP:$29.98)
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Fairy Tail: Collection Five
Release Date: 11/3/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: English 5.1 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English 5.1 Surround / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 600 min
Region: A|B|1|2|4
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BD/DVD (4 BD, 4 DVD) ($41.24) (RRP:$54.98)
Danganronpa: The Complete Series
Release Date: 11/10/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: English 2.0 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English Stereo / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 335 min
Region: A|1
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BD/DVD Limited Edition ($52.49) (RRP:$69.98)
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One Piece: Collection 14 Premium Edition
Release Date: 11/10/2015
Audio: English 5.1 Surround / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 600 min
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DVD ($26.24) (RRP:$34.98)
Buddy Complex: The Complete Series
Release Date: 11/17/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 375 min
Region: A|1
Format:
BD/DVD (BD 2, DVD 3) ($41.24) (RRP:$54.98)
Dragonar: The Complete Series
Release Date: 11/24/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: English 5.1 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English 5.1 Surround / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 300 min
Region: A|B|1|2|4
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Eureka Seven AO: The Complete Series - S.A.V.E.
Release Date: 11/24/2015
Audio: Dolby TrueHD: English 2.0 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English Stereo / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 320 min
Region: A|B|1
Format:
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DVD ($22.49) (RRP:$29.98)
Good Luck Girl: The Complete Series
Release Date: 11/24/2015
Audioolby TrueHD: English 5.1 / Dolby TrueHD: Japanese 2.0 / English 2.0 / Japanese Stereo
Subtitles: English
Run Time: 325 min
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Noein: The Complete Series
Release Date: 11/24/2015
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Subtitles: English
Run Time: 600 min
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Sir Blaming
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Lol, they didn't even bother dubbing Buddy Complex.
It's still weird that Danganronpa didn't bother getting the game actors for its dub.
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