Beautiful. Absolutely masterful. The last episode nails everything. From animation, music, placement of music and sound, art and storytelling. Everything. I think writing a full series impression (which I haven't done for a long time on here) is going to be a fun write up. Starting on it right now. Just know that it completely nails the landing. Plus I wanted to show off some of the wonderful art used.
Not surprised that they'd say this at all. Harmony Gold is terrible.
Funimation's panel was really underwhelming. Biggest announcement is that they're on the production committee for an upcoming anime called Dimension W. Trailer looked pretty generic.
Funi FMA LE details from bayoab's liveblog, and I hope you like the feel of leather:
17:01:46 <bay|AX|FUNi> 300 page full color artbook with leather texture cover
17:01:57 <bay|AX|FUNi> alchemy book styled chipboard box with leather texture and gold foil accents
17:02:45 <bay|AX|FUNi> 10 collectible art cards with textured envelope
17:02:18 <bay|AX|FUNi> 3 deluxe 8x10 textured art prints
17:02:10 <bay|AX|FUNi> suitcase packaging with leather texture
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to promote it or anything; I'm also firmly in the camp that the video quality will be messed up in some way. I'm just providing the likely explanation for why it's $250.
This seriously must be the most eclectic and weird anime I have ever watched. I don't think there is a plot at all and the episides change from crazy moe comedy, to romantic dating scenes with cute moe characters, to harem maddness, to rampaging teachers and demons/angels visiting the school. Eno is definitely a Cajun approved character though... (see maid above)
Almost done, but this show is still weird as hell, but fun...
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to promote it or anything; I'm also firmly in the camp that the video quality will be messed up in some way. I'm just providing the explanation for why it's $250.
Of course!
Ah well, I don't know if I should wait on the off chance that Nozomi does a BD of it. I almost would have rather they ignored BD completely so I don't have this uncertainty. lol
Of course!
Ah well, I don't know if I should wait on the off chance that Nozomi does a BD of it. I almost would have rather they ignored BD completely so I don't have this uncertainty. lol
If it makes you feel any better, in light of your half-joking "right after a thousand bucks is removed from my account" comment, the combined price of all three Aria sets on Amazon Japan right now is about 72000 yen, which is only about US$580, or 735 dollars in whatever weird currency you use up in the north.
Tasuku got such a cool powerup from his training and he finally looks so much better. Still, wish it was Death Shido who could have gained a win for once.
The titles they announced from Bandai at Otakon 2013 were titles held by Sunrise (as with Sentai). Both companies are still waiting for materials from Sunrise (who has seemingly prioritized their deal with RightStuf as it's likely more popular). This is a rare instance where the JP company can be blamed for the delay instead of Funi.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Begin the death counter for Funi. (Manga Entertainment, ADV, and Geneon were on committees and uh....)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Begin the death counter for Funi. (Manga Entertainment, ADV, and Geneon were on committees and uh....)
Don't forget Bandai Entertainment! Manga is still alive in UK though. Lol.
Geneon was a real trendsetter back in the day. Not only were they on production committees for a number of shows, I heard they overpaid out of the ass for some licenses too. It was the golden age of American money flowing into the Japanese anime industry, and in the end everyone got burned. RIP Gonzo!
Sword Art Online II "Gun Gale Online" Arc aka Sinon Ass Shots: the Animation
For the love of God, Kawahara. Learn how to write better climaxs to your arcs.
A 15 minute attempted rape scene does not make a good climax. At least Sinon was more worried about Kirito being in danger than herself. :/
Other than shitting the bed during the climax of the arc.... again, I really enjoyed this arc. Sinon still suffers the curse of being a worse character when around Kirito, but it isn't as severe as Asuna's case. Sinon was really cool character with a pretty interesting backstory that I wasn't expecting from a series like this. I don't regret ordering that figure of her months ago now. Hell, this arc even added some characterization for Kirito. It wasn't much, but I appreciated the gesture. There were a lot of callbacks to the more interesting parts of SAO so I appreciate that as well. GGO is also a way more interesting world than ALO so I'm kinda disappointed the rest of the show is going to go back to ALO.
As for the negatives, there rather expected and nitpicky.
I wish we could have at least one male character other than Kirito that wasn't either a loser, shady as hell, villain, or murderer/rapist.
Shit's getting ridiculous at this point. I know this is a harem and no one is watching it for the guys, but it's really makes it hard to get immersed in this world. Well, unless you're self-inserting as Kirito, which is probably the whole point of this series. Also, Kirito being OP as fuck was annoying as usual, but I will say it didn't bother me as much as it did in in Fairy Dance. Also Yui can hack things in the real world now? Okay sure.
All and all, this might be my favorite arc of the series so far (didn't take much to be honest). Sinon being a interesting character and having the best chemistry with Kirito of all the characers so far was fun to watch (though how hard is it to have chemistry with with a bland piece of wood ). Death Gun was probably the best villain so far, well until the climax happened. And even a little bit of character development for Kirito is good, even if it amounts to barely anything at the end. Would rate it higher, but damn that climax was bullshit. Please tell me Kawahara gets better at writing endings to his arcs at some point.
I didn't get that feeling, i mean there is still quite a bit of stuff to cover in the next episode before we even have to think about getting to that arc.
i mean it's not impossible, that arc won't be super important until season two of soma.
They're very clearly skipping the entire arc unless we're supposed to believe that
Jouchirou shows up at Polar Star and just sits around for an entire month. You could very easily split it up so that Jouchirou arrives first and then Soma goes home second, but there's no logical reason to actually do that. Its far more likely, unfortunately, that their plan is to slow roll all of the early material and then rush the fuck through the entire election arc.
This show is like, subverting all the expectations I had for it going in.
Like, I was expecting the dorm to be filled with a bunch of unlikable losers and the dorm itself to be THE WORST DORM IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL.
But actually no! The people there are actually likable characters with enjoyable personalites! The dorm actually had produced good cooks in the past too!
And it turns out one of the students there is the SEVENTH BEST IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL! Okay, so he puts up the facade of a silly guy but is actually gonna be a real scary jerk right?
Actually no! He's pretty fun and likable too! The cast of the main characters is enjoyable without it having to resort to forced drama or anything!
Then that freaking cook-off in episode 7. I knew Soma would win. It was obvious. But man, watching that smug look on that meat girl's face getting wiped off is just so damn satisfying. It helps a lot that Soma isn't a wimpy protagonist with a contrived tragic backstory or anything. He's just a dude who's got a natural talent who just wants to surpass his dad. The show manages to stay interesting the way Soma brings a new concoction to the table every time!
I love this show. Like, I REALLY love this show. It's that kind of positive show that I can just sit down and enjoy. It really is like Gundam Build Fighters in a way. It's just so good
If it makes you feel any better, in light of your half-joking "right after a thousand bucks is removed from my account" comment, the combined price of all three Aria sets on Amazon Japan right now is about 72000 yen, which is only about US$580, or 735 dollars in whatever weird currency you use up in the north.
Don't forget Bandai Entertainment! Manga is still alive in UK though. Lol.
Geneon was a real trendsetter back in the day. Not only were they on production committees for a number of shows, I heard they overpaid out of the ass for some licenses too. It was the golden age of American money flowing into the Japanese anime industry, and in the end everyone got burned. RIP Gonzo!
Companies learned during the bubble not to overpay for licenses in a mad rush for sight unseen in a "gotta get them all" pattern and we're in a better place now.
Oh wait, companies are starting to acquire titles for Fall now and announce them w/simlucast rights, Sentai paid for the most expensive title known around, and Funi's back on committees. LESSONS LEARNED!
AX has kinda shown the companies are hitting another bubble with streaming as titles aren't moving much, if any better, at physical stores. Sigh. I'm glad I went JP only now.
