There were a few scenes that hint to something more serious but they were but a drop in the ocean. Especially if you count #03 and #04 too.
This reminds me I never managed to write something about Steins;Gate's ending. ;o
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There were a few scenes that hint to something more serious but they were but a drop in the ocean. Especially if you count #03 and #04 too.
This reminds me I never managed to write something about Steins;Gate's ending. ;o
KharmaPolice
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Rokka is up on Crunchyroll in an hour. God eater makes a pause and continues next Sunday.
Shimoneta 08
Dickhead is a dickhead, shocking. It's neat so see that MC has already transferred his feeling from Anna to Kajo and is rather open about it. Hopefully Anna never hears about that. The new girl seems rather stupid if she thinks toilet paper is lewd and be easily talked down about pretty much anything.
Dickhead is a dickhead, shocking. It's neat so see that MC has already transferred his feeling from Anna to Kajo and is rather open about it. Hopefully Anna never hears about that. The new girl seems rather stupid if she thinks toilet paper is lewd and be easily talked down about pretty much anything.
Hellwarden
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Arslan Senki Episode 20
Huh, this episode was.....good? Some of you probably know, this series soured for me around half way through, but it still has something that stops me from dropping it.
This episode however, finally just knuckled down and gave us a straight character focused episode. One of my biggest complaints of this series is the heroes are less defined than the villains. The majority of the cast has the depth of a kiddy pool. (The worst of the bunch is the females of the group, whose characters can be summed up by whether or not they're in love.)
Here however, it quickly became apparent that although our heroes want to do the right thing, to actually reclaim power they might be working with some straight racist dicks, who may or may not actually adhere to the whole freeing the slaves bit of Arslan's rule. It actually almost comes to blood at one point, and it hints that this may not be the last time Arslan and the gang have to deal with these idiots.
It's also worth mentioning that this was the first episode that actually had artistic talent put into it in a while.Characters actually moved and emoted believably, and it wasn't just Narsus and Daryun walking down the same boring hallway like it's been done so many times in this series. The scenes that took place in nature, away from the group were especially nice looking. This show can look nice, even beautiful at times, when the lovely character designs are actually shown well.
Huh, this episode was.....good? Some of you probably know, this series soured for me around half way through, but it still has something that stops me from dropping it.
This episode however, finally just knuckled down and gave us a straight character focused episode. One of my biggest complaints of this series is the heroes are less defined than the villains. The majority of the cast has the depth of a kiddy pool. (The worst of the bunch is the females of the group, whose characters can be summed up by whether or not they're in love.)
Here however, it quickly became apparent that although our heroes want to do the right thing, to actually reclaim power they might be working with some straight racist dicks, who may or may not actually adhere to the whole freeing the slaves bit of Arslan's rule. It actually almost comes to blood at one point, and it hints that this may not be the last time Arslan and the gang have to deal with these idiots.
It's also worth mentioning that this was the first episode that actually had artistic talent put into it in a while.Characters actually moved and emoted believably, and it wasn't just Narsus and Daryun walking down the same boring hallway like it's been done so many times in this series. The scenes that took place in nature, away from the group were especially nice looking. This show can look nice, even beautiful at times, when the lovely character designs are actually shown well.
BassForever
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So is Gatchaman Crowds Insight on break this week?
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Channel was running 24 hour of... something. So everything got pushed back.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That's good you liked it, because Benizakura is probably the weakest serious arc, lol.
Dragon Ball Super 007
This episode also looked fine, so I guess just 5 was off. Hope people don't complain about fights being punch/dodge spamming because that was 90% of the DB fights since forever.
They really are kind of dragging this out but the episode was Beerus beating everyone up so that was good
Wakakozake 08
Spam sucks!!!
NaDannMaGoGo
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Diebuster
Heh, saw that ending coming when they mentioned the
in episode 4.
So this was one hell of a special effects and scale porn with some of the best looking beams and explosions I've seen.
However, that's sort of it for me. These 'power of friendship' type of series and films just aren't particularly engaging thematically. I could be more on board if the writing surrounding these shows was actually substantial but at best you get some decent world building. The plot always degenerates into "xyz happens...just because!" with the excuse that a particularly coherent and thorough plot progression and adherence to some logic simply isn't the point.
I might like it some better than Gunbuster at least because the visuals overall and during combat where magnificent and there was a lot of that. Gunbuster had lots of that, too, but not quite as much if I recall. Also I wasn't as annoyed by some of the characters and story bits as I was in Gunbuster.
6/10.
Heh, saw that ending coming when they mentioned the
10.000 year gap
So this was one hell of a special effects and scale porn with some of the best looking beams and explosions I've seen.
However, that's sort of it for me. These 'power of friendship' type of series and films just aren't particularly engaging thematically. I could be more on board if the writing surrounding these shows was actually substantial but at best you get some decent world building. The plot always degenerates into "xyz happens...just because!" with the excuse that a particularly coherent and thorough plot progression and adherence to some logic simply isn't the point.
I might like it some better than Gunbuster at least because the visuals overall and during combat where magnificent and there was a lot of that. Gunbuster had lots of that, too, but not quite as much if I recall. Also I wasn't as annoyed by some of the characters and story bits as I was in Gunbuster.
6/10.
For real? I wasn't huge on The Butcher, but seeing Gin fight and teaming up with Katsura was pretty good.
Technically, wasn't it the first time he used a real sword? Aside from cutting Hijikata's in half early on in season 1.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Rokka no Yuusha 08
Highly recommend don't eat anything while watching this episode.
Highly recommend don't eat anything while watching this episode.
If you liked it, you should check out the first movie too. Covers the same events but it's slightly expanded here or there.
I saw that before I went to bed, I was looking up the name of the arc and Google auto completed my search to "Gintama Benizakura Movie"
How's the animation quality?
Cornbread78
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Is this the replacement for I Don't Understand what my Husband is Saying?
MetroidPrimeRib
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Yeah the serious arcs get better as they go along. Gintoki hardly ever uses a real sword so probably.
Sure, why not
IIRC it's mostly the tv animation. Lots of new stuff in that last fight though.
Dedication Through Light
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Rokka Episode 8
Finally we can move beyond this point of the mystery, though why you have to say that Hans, Adlet looks so dissapointed.
Finally we can move beyond this point of the mystery, though why you have to say that Hans, Adlet looks so dissapointed.
still think its either Chamot, or Maura thats the fake brave. All the characters I caare about are have been confirmed by plot now to not be it thankfully, Hans, Adlet, and Flamie
Rokka 08
Chamot once again confirms why she's a vile character. Who the hell attacks people by
Just disgusting. Glad to see that Hans is a bro character once you earn his trust. I can wait to see how they convince Chamot to stop being so psychotic.
Chamot once again confirms why she's a vile character. Who the hell attacks people by
vomiting and attacking with puke monsters?
Rokka 08
They seriously made powers based on... puke?
They seriously made powers based on... puke?
Well, I'm betting on Chamot or Goldov being the seventh. Chamot with some excuse like "I'm powerful as shit, why wasn't I chosen?" and Goldov because Nachetanya. Flamie, Adlet and Hans have been cleared on my book, and Nachetanya... well, let's just say I don't feel it. That leaves Maura, but she's the one that told Hans about the petals disappearing once a Brave dies... she wouldn't be able to kill the seventh without outing herself.
I just want it to be Chamot so we can rid ourselves of that annoying brat.
I just want it to be Chamot so we can rid ourselves of that annoying brat.
Smile Precure 01
That was pretty alright. Madoka has forever tainted my view of magical girls although now I can see first hand the tropes and conventions it subverts. I wasn't expecting it to look as good as it does, but it does run for more than 40 episodes, so it'll be interesting to see just how long that lasts. Also, the CG in the ending animation is actually really good - although I can't shake the feeling that it was made in MMD or something. This show certainly has potential when the first baddie we see is an anthropomorphic wolf who summons an evil house monster to chase down the protagonist.
That was pretty alright. Madoka has forever tainted my view of magical girls although now I can see first hand the tropes and conventions it subverts. I wasn't expecting it to look as good as it does, but it does run for more than 40 episodes, so it'll be interesting to see just how long that lasts. Also, the CG in the ending animation is actually really good - although I can't shake the feeling that it was made in MMD or something. This show certainly has potential when the first baddie we see is an anthropomorphic wolf who summons an evil house monster to chase down the protagonist.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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Rokka 8
My current thoughts on who the fake is and the chances of them being the fake.
My current thoughts on who the fake is and the chances of them being the fake.
Suspect
Mora: 60% (Everything shown this episode raises my doubts of her over Nashe)
Nashetana 30% (Lowered thanks to Mora's actions, but still seems like a strong possibility)
Goldof 9% (The fact that he met with various saints (one who could have used their power to cause this) while on his journey makes him still a possibility.)
Just probably a Psychopath not a fake.
Chamot 1% (Though she's a psychotic little kid, there is not much evidence left pointing to her as the 7th.)
Cleared
Flamey (Would of been easier to kill Adlet, hid his body and have the other 5 trapped in the fog forever. Also the most obvious suspect is never the answer.)
Hans (Like Flamey didn't kill Adlet, and was by far the most sketchy.)
Adlet (The guy is to stupid/naive to pull something off like this, and he's the MC.)
Mora: 60% (Everything shown this episode raises my doubts of her over Nashe)
Nashetana 30% (Lowered thanks to Mora's actions, but still seems like a strong possibility)
Goldof 9% (The fact that he met with various saints (one who could have used their power to cause this) while on his journey makes him still a possibility.)
Just probably a Psychopath not a fake.
Chamot 1% (Though she's a psychotic little kid, there is not much evidence left pointing to her as the 7th.)
Cleared
Flamey (Would of been easier to kill Adlet, hid his body and have the other 5 trapped in the fog forever. Also the most obvious suspect is never the answer.)
Hans (Like Flamey didn't kill Adlet, and was by far the most sketchy.)
Adlet (The guy is to stupid/naive to pull something off like this, and he's the MC.)
Hellwarden
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Seems like a lot of people are enjoying Rokka. I might pick it up.
That said, I'm worried the show will probably either end the second the traitor is revealed, or it'll get boring.
That said, I'm worried the show will probably either end the second the traitor is revealed, or it'll get boring.
It's following the first novel closely, so it'll end with reveal and aftermath. Crunchyroll has a contest that says it'll end with the reveal and the end of the season.
You managed to piss off both Gun and Die Buster stans. Congratulations.
As for being not engaging thematically - from reading literary efforts of minds brighter than mine, it seems there's plenty of Enokido's usual adolescence, maturity, growing up themes/overtones and it ties directly into Topless and Lal'c's arc from what I recall.
Gokukoku no Brynhildr 11.5
All of my why.
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Dennou's Coil's opening isn't particularly impressive on the visual front but that damn song really caught my ear. I've had it on repeat for few hours now.
Joe Molotov
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Smile started me down a path to Precure Hell, good luck!
Hellwarden
Member
Gokukoku no Brynhildr 11.5
All of my why.
You know phaze...
...you could stop right now.
...you could just stop, and walk away.
So it could still end in a good place. That's good to hear.
Admiral Woofington
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Chamot don't like iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!Rokka The Casbah, Rokka the Casbah 8
So mr kitty isn't so bad after all. Both of them had
and didn't take them which makes them the very best of friends now. Chamot continues to be disgusting, but I'm having a hard time believing that she's
considering that all Adlet has to do is
and that's that. But I guess if the mission is to specifically not kill each other, they'll have to find another way.
Still what an annoying fucking brat. This is what happens when anime gets what it wants. Psychotic kids who speak in third person. Nothing but trash anime.
But in this case outside of her, the episode was great. The princess was all
to the fedora tipping husbando hahahahahaha.
He literally got m'lady'd.
"But princess I'm such a nice guy, if you got to know me!"
Let me confirm your worries that according to book readers, the first volume ends when the
. Aka we don't get to see the demon king or are anywhere near that.
So mr kitty isn't so bad after all. Both of them had
a chance to kill the other
hard to kill
shoot his sword at her
Still what an annoying fucking brat. This is what happens when anime gets what it wants. Psychotic kids who speak in third person. Nothing but trash anime.
But in this case outside of her, the episode was great. The princess was all
stop being such a pissy jealous whiner I don't feel the same way you do
He literally got m'lady'd.
"But princess I'm such a nice guy, if you got to know me!"
Let me confirm your worries that according to book readers, the first volume ends when the
traitor is revealed
Hellwarden
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Eh, anime adaptations sadly stop at unfortunate times, all the time.
At least this one is gonna stop at a point that people can get something out of.
The end to the Benizakura arc is really good but the later serious arcs blow it out of the water. Gintama serious is at its best in the second movie, though. Really looking forward to Rib's impressions of it.
But yeah, I had the biggest grin on my face at "I'm no kid. I'm Katsura."
Actually Rib also as you're nearing the end of the season you're on there's great movie gags after the ED.
Admiral Woofington
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Tried watching Kaiba. I'm sure it's a fantastic anime but I don't know if I can deal with really weird anime right now.
Time to figure out what I wanna watch backlog wise.
Time to figure out what I wanna watch backlog wise.
Cornbread78
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Rokka ep.8
Damn, that was a crazy episode. Chamot is a nut job, loli-douche. The part I think pissing me off at this point, from what everyone is saying, is that we will get the "7th reveal" then that's it. Thanks for watching, go read the LN...
Uggh, still a pretty damn good show for what we are getting.
Damn, that was a crazy episode. Chamot is a nut job, loli-douche. The part I think pissing me off at this point, from what everyone is saying, is that we will get the "7th reveal" then that's it. Thanks for watching, go read the LN...
Uggh, still a pretty damn good show for what we are getting.
Yeah Kaiba wasn't for me at all, but like you said it might be a 'it's me not you' deal because like you said, the mood that you're in when watching it will effect your experience. Pains me to say it, but I'd go as far as to say that I hated it overall, and that's not a word I usually use. Hate, strong word.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It was nice touch that
Yamato
NaDannMaGoGo
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You managed to piss off both Gun and Die Buster stans. Congratulations.
As for being not engaging thematically - from reading literary efforts of minds brighter than mine, it seems there's plenty of Enokido's usual adolescence, maturity, growing up themes/overtones and it ties directly into Topless and Lal'c's arc from what I recall.
That stuff may well be in there but due to their nature, a lot of these power of friendship shows fail to impress me in that regard. It tends to follow this pattern of "I now embrace my sexuality/become more reasonable/value my friends and thus totally win the next space battle, demonstrating my growth!" It's an overused metaphor in anime. If the side stories that tell how all this change of character comes to light were great that'd be still alright but...they aren't, imo. It's stereotypical characters going through motions that are supposed to tug at your heartstrings but just fail to do so.
I guess it's not so much that it's necessarily lacking all too much thematically, but rather it doesn't handle any of that very well. I did not feel compelled to think about this anymore on my own. And if I did, I can't imagine I would've looked at this and praised the execution thereof.
Yeh it's real good. I should probably listen to the full song.
Beginning of episode 5 stays with me more than the ending.
I read the spoiler text, but since I've not seen any content from that series I can't say anything really. No idea if that spoils the series but I doubt I'll ever see it.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Yeh that's a kind of pointless way to use spoilertags. I do intend to watch it someday and doubt this matters much but I still prefer knowing as little as possible going in.
Ojamajo Doremi # 25
Y'know, if the Ojamajos are so worried about Hana getting kidnapped if they take her outside Maho-Dou, they could just take her on walks in the witch world. There is a portal there in the Maho-Dou garden, after all. I'm amazed no one's caught on to Akatsuki yet - he's really sketchy! For all her worry for Hana, Majo-Rika sure seemed content with letting Doremi take her for a walk with someone they literally only met the day before...
Y'know, if the Ojamajos are so worried about Hana getting kidnapped if they take her outside Maho-Dou, they could just take her on walks in the witch world. There is a portal there in the Maho-Dou garden, after all. I'm amazed no one's caught on to Akatsuki yet - he's really sketchy! For all her worry for Hana, Majo-Rika sure seemed content with letting Doremi take her for a walk with someone they literally only met the day before...
It's all stuff you'd know well in advance unless you decided to watch the movie before the end of the tv series.
okay...
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Yeh, some weaker CGI here and there aside (can be somewhat excused for the insane amount of stuff they put on screen though), this one was a real looker.
Diebuster had some pretty impressive visuals too but does have this dated look. Can't quite recall that much actually but Diebuster wow-ed me more often.
Turin Turambar
Member
I also was thinking of
Mora
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'd argue that
bunny princess
Unless it was me, DIo.
nintendoman58
Member
It's overused because it's a good metaphor that makes for a compelling story.
Also, what exactly about the characters of Gunbuster were stereotypical? Gunbuster only had people acting like anybody would act given what was going on. If you want stereotypes, you'd go to your standard harem LN anime adaptation. There's nothing inherently wrong with the trope of a weak character becoming a strong character by the end. It all depends on how one goes about it and how its paced. Gunbuster paces Noriko's character arc well, by taking careful consideration in how she reacts to the effects of time travel and space combat.
Honestly, I don't really know what to say if you didn't enjoy Gunbuster or many other Super Robot shows. But really think before you write them off as simple "power of friendship" stories. There's a lot more to it than that.
If you want an unsubstantial "power of friendship" story, you'd watch Fairy Tail.
victreeb3l
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Wagnaria!!3 5-7
I cant handle all this character and plot development!
Congrats Yamada! Congrats Otoo-san!
I cant handle all this character and plot development!
Congrats Yamada! Congrats Otoo-san!
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