-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Summer Anime 2015 |OT| SharingMana
- Thread starter TUSR
- Start date
- Status
will take 3 eps of imagawa getting fired over 26 of imashit
LegionAgent
Member
Damnit guys, and here I was thinking I would take I break of a day or two. Well, since I don't have to go to university tomorrow, I guess I'll end Nisemonogatari tonight and jump onto Nekomonogatari right away.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'll genuinely giggle like an idiot if Team America beats Japan in the giant robot battle.
names2hard4you
Member
About that first moment, I've been thinking
Meguu-ne supposedly died on the roof right? And her hair tie is there and all. But then we had this scene in which she seems to be inside the room with the diary. Have we ever seen Yuki go inside the room that she always seems to go to when speaks to the door in her delusions? I was thinking, could she be going there to talk, not to her delusions, but to Meguu-Ne which is still trapped inside in Zombie mode?
Admiral Woofington
Member
TheGreatDirector
Banned
S2 Oregairu 10 - END
Finally got around to finishing this. It was good. Really good. This season actually had a pretty decent overarching plot, and I liked how everything came together by the end (or episode 12, rather), with special mentions going to Hachiman swallowing his pride and asking his fellow club members for help. The growth in his character in S2 has pretty much been the highlight for me. Tons of great moments (my favorite being his talk with sensei) and overall, the cast was a lot better this time around. I went from disliking the main protagonists and really liking the supporting characters to really liking both the main and supporting characters. I didn't really care about the Hachibowl so episode 13 didn't bother me in the least bit (this anime kind of pays lip service to harem genre at best... it's not really about who wins,though it should be obvious to everyone that Hachiman x Yukino is endgame). The wait for the inevitable S3 will be killer though.
So yeah, S2 of Oregairu was damn good. I seriously regret not watching it with you guys.
I actually have no idea who Hachiman is going to end up with. There have been flags for several different characters within the show with even more in the actual light novel. Yeah Yukino seems the obvious choice considering it the whole main conflict started with her and Hikigiya but I almost feel like the might be too cliche for the narrative. Who knows though? We'll all find out years from now. All we have to do is wait. :l
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
This newest Gintama season is weird watching it from the beginning. They're referencing new shit like Assassination Classroom and Attack on Titan!
Discotek Line up
TBD
Arpeggio of Blue Steel Complete TV Series
Release Date: October 27th 2015
Format: DVD
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan TV Special
Release Date: October 27th 2015
Format: DVD
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
Release Date: October 27th 2015
Format: DVD
The Library Wars (Toshokan Sensou) TV & Special
Release Date: November 4th 2015
Format: DVD
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Release Date: November 2015
Format: DVD
Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas Complete Colelction
Release Date: November 2015
Format: DVD
Z/X: Ignition Complete TV Series
Release Date: November 2015
Format: DVD
Yowamushi Pedal Complete TV Series
Release Date: December 2015
Format: DVD
The Venus Wars (Movie)
Release Date: December 2015
Format: BD
Space Adventure Cobra (Movie)
Release Date: December 2015
Format: BD
Wicked City
Release Date: January 2016
Format: DVD
Getter Robo Armageddon
Release Date: 2016
Format: BD / DVD
Kyousougiga
Release Date: 2016
Format: BD / DVD
Beelzebub Complete Series
Release Date: 2016
Format: DVD
TBD
Blue Submarine No. 6 Complete Colelction
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Earl and Fairy (Hakushaku to Yousei)
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Giant Gorg Complete TV Series
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
07-Ghost Complete TV Series
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Dororo (Dororo to Hyakkimaru) Complete TV Series
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Magic Knight Rayearth
Release Date: TBD
Format: BD / DVD
Iria: Zeiram the Animation Complete Set
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Darkstalkers Complete OVA Set
Release Date: TBD
Format: DVD
Admiral Woofington
Member
Not many people had watched it I guess. If they had they would have rated it higher.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Discotek is just licensing anything these days, huh.
These days? That's how they've always operated and I don't want them to change
hosannainexcelsis
Member
These days? That's how they've always operated and I don't want them to change
I used to associate Discotek with respected classic titles from decades past, which of course they are still doing with titles such as Night on the Galactic Railroad, but now they've expanded to licensing even recent titles everyone''s already forgotten about, such as Z/X Ignition. It feels like they don't have a brand anymore.
Admiral Woofington
Member
still no hyouka doe
names2hard4you
Member
Remember how I said I don't buy BDs/DVDs? I'd definitely buy Hyouka lol.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Bureau of Proto Society (Animator Expo)
I liked this quite a bit. It wasn't the best of the Expos but it was pretty entertaining. It's short but the plot is a bunch of councilmen looking through past archives to determine what destroyed the world. Their archives are fictional however, which leads them to believe that fictional events led to mankind's downfall. Looks like Trigger is best on one-off little projects.
I liked this quite a bit. It wasn't the best of the Expos but it was pretty entertaining. It's short but the plot is a bunch of councilmen looking through past archives to determine what destroyed the world. Their archives are fictional however, which leads them to believe that fictional events led to mankind's downfall. Looks like Trigger is best on one-off little projects.
Cornbread78
Member
Akikan ep.1
Ok, so I'm sure all of you have just selected a random anime at some point to watch just because and I did that here... Well, let's just say it's about a chick who is a soda can and takes human form when he drinks her. The juice is her life blood and can be refilled with the same juice. This being in a HS setting, of course there is a childhood friend that will be jealous along the way at some point, lol. This should be, umm, interesting...
Ok, so I'm sure all of you have just selected a random anime at some point to watch just because and I did that here... Well, let's just say it's about a chick who is a soda can and takes human form when he drinks her. The juice is her life blood and can be refilled with the same juice. This being in a HS setting, of course there is a childhood friend that will be jealous along the way at some point, lol. This should be, umm, interesting...
victreeb3l
Member
S2 Oregairu 10 - END
Finally got around to finishing this. It was good. Really good. This season actually had a pretty decent overarching plot, and I liked how everything came together by the end (or episode 12, rather), with special mentions going to Hachiman swallowing his pride and asking his fellow club members for help. The growth in his character in S2 has pretty much been the highlight for me. Tons of great moments (my favorite being his talk with sensei) and overall, the cast was a lot better this time around. I went from disliking the main protagonists and really liking the supporting characters to really liking both the main and supporting characters. I didn't really care about the Hachibowl so episode 13 didn't bother me in the least bit (this anime kind of pays lip service to harem genre at best... it's not really about who wins,though it should be obvious to everyone that Hachiman x Yukino is endgame). The wait for the inevitable S3 will be killer though.
So yeah, S2 of Oregairu was damn good. I seriously regret not watching it with you guys.
I think its good that you didn't watch it while it was airing since there were LN spoilers everywhere. I'd have loved to just binge this entire season. Well, that was the plan but it was too good to not watch weekly.
ShinRPGamer
Member
Discotek is certainly getting all of the licenses others have forgotten about, whether it be past or present.
From that list, the Lupin Vs. Conan releases are what I'm most interested in. For those who have watched it, how'd you find them?
Watched KyousouGiga recently, it was okay I guess. It had a very nice style but nothing about it really had me hooked. Story was interesting but the thing is that it had the same issues as Rolling Girls that aired this year. The experience of the action sequences cancel out the experience of the SoL bits leaving a hollow feeling. I don't know if anyone else felt the same.
S2 Oregairu 10 - END
Finally got around to finishing this. It was good. Really good. This season actually had a pretty decent overarching plot, and I liked how everything came together by the end (or episode 12, rather), with special mentions going to Hachiman swallowing his pride and asking his fellow club members for help. The growth in his character in S2 has pretty much been the highlight for me. Tons of great moments (my favorite being his talk with sensei) and overall, the cast was a lot better this time around. I went from disliking the main protagonists and really liking the supporting characters to really liking both the main and supporting characters. I didn't really care about the Hachibowl so episode 13 didn't bother me in the least bit (this anime kind of pays lip service to harem genre at best... it's not really about who wins,though it should be obvious to everyone that Hachiman x Yukino is endgame). The wait for the inevitable S3 will be killer though.
So yeah, S2 of Oregairu was damn good. I seriously regret not watching it with you guys.
Yes, the show really treated them like human beings than plot devices for giving a cynical view of the world and making witty comments on others. Hachiman might have been through a lot but at the end of the day he's a human, he can't remain anti-social forever, he breaks at some point.
Himouto 03-08
Decided to give this another shot, and I don't regret it. Umaru either mellowed out from the first two episodes or I just got used to it, not sure. Regardless, the supporting cast is interesting enough to make this watchable. Favorite character is probably Slyph, which we would see more of her. Same for the big brother. He and his own friends seem interesting and hopefully we see more of them.
Decided to give this another shot, and I don't regret it. Umaru either mellowed out from the first two episodes or I just got used to it, not sure. Regardless, the supporting cast is interesting enough to make this watchable. Favorite character is probably Slyph, which we would see more of her. Same for the big brother. He and his own friends seem interesting and hopefully we see more of them.
Right Stuf published a new survey today (and if you fill it out you can enter for a $50 gift card), typical sort of purchasing habit stuff, but I'd be interested curious to see this thread's responses to the following select question set (slightly modified to make sense out of the survey's context):
Have you watched more or less anime online so far this year compared to 2014?
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
I wonder if I should put together another one of my own surveys for the thread (purely industry-focused this time), since I'm sure the thread makeup has changed a LOT since the last time I did one eons ago.
Have you watched more or less anime online so far this year compared to 2014?
- Watched more
- Watched less
- About the same
- I don't stream anime online
- Purchased more
- Purchased less
- About the same
- I don't buy BD/DVDs
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
- Buy more
- Buy less
- About the same
- To own a physical copy
- To be able to share with friends
- I want to support the industry
- I don't like streaming
- (other reason, please specify)
- Already watched the series
- I didn't like the series I watched
- To save money
- There isn't enough new content on the DVD/Blu-ray, like extra features
- (other reason, please specify)
I wonder if I should put together another one of my own surveys for the thread (purely industry-focused this time), since I'm sure the thread makeup has changed a LOT since the last time I did one eons ago.
Hellwarden
Member
Have you watched more or less anime online so far this year compared to 2014?
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
- About the same
- Purchased less-Less available money this year to actually buy anime.
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
- About the same-It depends. If I watch a series online and really love it, I'll buy. But if I watch a show and it's terrible/average, eh it depends.
Cornbread78
Member
Akikan ep.2
Ok, this show is just bad, but bad in a funny kinda way. MC is a perverted dink to the can girl and her ants her to go to school with him. Also, bad man in glasses wants "Melon" to fight in a battle royal against the "aluminum" can girls (she is a "steel" can) to show if steel cans or aluminum cans will reign supreme and be cherished.. Holy crap, who comes up with this stuff.
Ok, this show is just bad, but bad in a funny kinda way. MC is a perverted dink to the can girl and her ants her to go to school with him. Also, bad man in glasses wants "Melon" to fight in a battle royal against the "aluminum" can girls (she is a "steel" can) to show if steel cans or aluminum cans will reign supreme and be cherished.. Holy crap, who comes up with this stuff.
AquaWateria
Member
Not only is Kyousougiga being released stateside, but Beezlebub is being released as well.
God has truly blessed us. Never would I have thought these 2 series would be released outside Japan.
Animator Expo #29 - Bureau of Proto Society
Pretty good! This was a more concise and self-contained short than Yoshiura's previous one (Power Plant No.33), but also somewhat less ambitious. The aim here wasn't to create an interesting setting or anything though, but rather to have a fun laugh at popular culture and how it might be perceived (incorrectly) by future generations. Lots of nice short scenes paying homage to all sorts of films, games, and anime. Good stuff. The ending had me in stitches.
Pretty good! This was a more concise and self-contained short than Yoshiura's previous one (Power Plant No.33), but also somewhat less ambitious. The aim here wasn't to create an interesting setting or anything though, but rather to have a fun laugh at popular culture and how it might be perceived (incorrectly) by future generations. Lots of nice short scenes paying homage to all sorts of films, games, and anime. Good stuff. The ending had me in stitches.
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: 7-13
Must. Not. Nitpick. Science. (sort of the disadvantage of being a physics/astronomy major watching these kind of shows)
Show is great so far. All these spaceship battles are great in building tension as one wonders how they are going to survive. The stakes are never lowered and each battle feels incredibly dangerous. Oh and it was amusing for them to extend the concept of space=sea by
Oh and one thing I thought was awesome, showing an interrogation where the interrogator builds rapport with the prisoner. That is how actual interrogation is done, not torture!
Aside from the battles, there are many moments of complexity that I liked. Episode 7 was a calm episode, but showed all the heartbreaking scenes with people talking to their families back Earth, not knowing whether they are going to survive the voyage. Made me feel like all these crews weren't just red shirts there to be meat shield. Also the show never demonizes the other side of the war even as they are the cause of near human extinction, and addresses the urge for vengeance and dehumanization of enemies in a war. Furthermore there is that bombshell revelation in episode 11 that
which makes things
Must. Not. Nitpick. Science. (sort of the disadvantage of being a physics/astronomy major watching these kind of shows)
Show is great so far. All these spaceship battles are great in building tension as one wonders how they are going to survive. The stakes are never lowered and each battle feels incredibly dangerous. Oh and it was amusing for them to extend the concept of space=sea by
creating a place between dimension that is just like beneath the ocean and a "submarine" even resides there!
Aside from the battles, there are many moments of complexity that I liked. Episode 7 was a calm episode, but showed all the heartbreaking scenes with people talking to their families back Earth, not knowing whether they are going to survive the voyage. Made me feel like all these crews weren't just red shirts there to be meat shield. Also the show never demonizes the other side of the war even as they are the cause of near human extinction, and addresses the urge for vengeance and dehumanization of enemies in a war. Furthermore there is that bombshell revelation in episode 11 that
the humans attacked first and started the war
OniBarubary
Banned
Wicked City is soooooo shit but is literally the building blocks of my childhood airing on Saturday Anime on Sci Fi so I may have to buy that.
Blasted through Overlord 1-8 and really really enjoyed it. I have some small misgivings though but they're mainly just preferences and not actual weaknesses in storytelling or narrative. The fact that he is assuming the attitude of his character being an undead and he recognizes it's unnatural that he feels nothing about the deaths of people is a very interesting and well written premise so far but it makes it kinda hard for me to...relate? Maybe not relate but be fully behind him. I'm trying to find the right word.
I certainly didn't want him to go all REVENGA! when
though I did read what they wanted me to into him saying "This is...rather displeasing" It's hard for me to not get behind a dude in anime who actually GETS SHIT DONE but I wanted him to admit it was a tad more personal for him.
Though now as I'm writing this out, I think the point of nearly everything he was doing was to show that it actually was for him but he didn't want to admit it. His response to Ninya (or however they spell it) about never finding friends like that again and how much he shared about his old friends as well as how emotional he actually got regarding them makes everything he does make much more sense. He has to approach
and his response to it from a distance because he refuses to get invested in any new friendships due to the falling apart of his old ones. But he can't admit that he was actually getting along fine with them and it was nice to be with them so in order to actually follow his emotions without owning up to them he needs to make it about something else. Considering I know what happens in his fight against Clementine and his "handicap" that he gives her, there is no way that you can see it as anything but anger. His reasoning is flawed but it's supposed to be. Hell, his maid calling him out for not doing the smarter tactic in the cemetery shows that he wasn't in his normal state of mind or control. He wanted to get shit done immediately.
Man, writing this up and thinking it through as I did it I am less displeased about his reaction from a personal viewpoint and more displeased because I think that's what they were going with. I don't think we necessarily are supposed to fully support Momonga. I think we're supposed to understand him and what's going on but not like everything he does.
Anyways, I'd probably deal a tad better with his disconnect with his human emotions if they didn't contradict that a bunch with certain things still flustering him (like groping titties). Ignoring for the moment that he's made of bones, how the hell is he going to impregnate anyone.
So yeah this show is really good. Real good use of CG too, looks quite good in motion. I also think the anime is doing a better job than the manga in a lot of things. I was certainly hit a lot harder
. I just wanna see more of him out of his armor and less of the boring maid. They had like 6 maids who looked way cooler than her and chose to go with her as the main one? Blaaaaaaaaaah.
Blasted through Overlord 1-8 and really really enjoyed it. I have some small misgivings though but they're mainly just preferences and not actual weaknesses in storytelling or narrative. The fact that he is assuming the attitude of his character being an undead and he recognizes it's unnatural that he feels nothing about the deaths of people is a very interesting and well written premise so far but it makes it kinda hard for me to...relate? Maybe not relate but be fully behind him. I'm trying to find the right word.
I certainly didn't want him to go all REVENGA! when
the adventurer party gets murdered and zombied
Though now as I'm writing this out, I think the point of nearly everything he was doing was to show that it actually was for him but he didn't want to admit it. His response to Ninya (or however they spell it) about never finding friends like that again and how much he shared about his old friends as well as how emotional he actually got regarding them makes everything he does make much more sense. He has to approach
the deaths of the adventurers
Man, writing this up and thinking it through as I did it I am less displeased about his reaction from a personal viewpoint and more displeased because I think that's what they were going with. I don't think we necessarily are supposed to fully support Momonga. I think we're supposed to understand him and what's going on but not like everything he does.
Anyways, I'd probably deal a tad better with his disconnect with his human emotions if they didn't contradict that a bunch with certain things still flustering him (like groping titties). Ignoring for the moment that he's made of bones, how the hell is he going to impregnate anyone.
So yeah this show is really good. Real good use of CG too, looks quite good in motion. I also think the anime is doing a better job than the manga in a lot of things. I was certainly hit a lot harder
regarding the dying adventurers when he sees that Ninya was hiding her gender so her group wouldn't fall apart and have issues
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
School Live 8
Oh man, revelaitons.
Oh man, revelaitons.
but why tell the schools? Seems like everyone should know.
Have you watched more or less anime online so far this year compared to 2014?
About the same
Have you purchased more or less anime so far this year compared to 2014?
About the same (buying more Aniplex sets compared to last year).
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
Buy more
If you said "buy more", which reasons apply?
To own a physical copy
About the same
Have you purchased more or less anime so far this year compared to 2014?
About the same (buying more Aniplex sets compared to last year).
If you stream anime online, does it make you buy more or less anime on DVD or Blu-ray?
Buy more
If you said "buy more", which reasons apply?
To own a physical copy
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun - EPs 1-2
Weird show that I think somebody name-dropped in this thread some time ago (either that or I randomly decided to add it to my queue for whatever reason). It's kind of nice for a romantic-ish comedy that pokes fun at how none of the characters are what they initially seem like, even though it doesn't look like that'll be enough to keep the show afloat for long since that image-personality disconnect appears to be all the characters have going for them. Might keep on watching sometime, but definitely won't marathon-watch several episodes at once.
Oh, and it also has Sawashiro in it. <3
I've only watched the first couple minutes of Kyousugiga so far, but it looks like a crazy over-the-top show that could go places. Still, I don't think I like its graphical style all that much from what I've seen.
Weird show that I think somebody name-dropped in this thread some time ago (either that or I randomly decided to add it to my queue for whatever reason). It's kind of nice for a romantic-ish comedy that pokes fun at how none of the characters are what they initially seem like, even though it doesn't look like that'll be enough to keep the show afloat for long since that image-personality disconnect appears to be all the characters have going for them. Might keep on watching sometime, but definitely won't marathon-watch several episodes at once.
Oh, and it also has Sawashiro in it. <3
I've only watched the first couple minutes of Kyousugiga so far, but it looks like a crazy over-the-top show that could go places. Still, I don't think I like its graphical style all that much from what I've seen.
I do not agree with this.
TheCthultist
Member
Oh god I can't wait for the Lupin III vs Conan stuff to hit. Really thought I had more time than that though... Time to start binging Conan episodes again!
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It's a comedy 4koma, if you are expecting plot developments you will get none. The show manages to keep coming up with new and fun scenarios despite the characters being rather one note.
Not exactly a high mark.
Whoa, what happened to the Jarmel who would take a double mortgage for KLK background art?!
Hellwarden
Member
Kinda surprised we haven't gotten a sequel to Nozaki-Kun. It sold 10,000 units.
It's not like the show cost a lot to produce. It's not like it was like Gurren Lagann when the animators briefly had to resort to cannibalism to finish the first episode.
It's not like the show cost a lot to produce. It's not like it was like Gurren Lagann when the animators briefly had to resort to cannibalism to finish the first episode.
- Status