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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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GoldCrusader
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I would say skip all the seasons until My Hero Academia season 2 but Haikyu! is in fall so it's way too important to skip.
This time I will take your words for it. It's just that, ever since Lucky star was brought up, it is the first time I really hear anything negative about it.
This time I will take your words for it. It's just that, ever since Lucky star was brought up, it is the first time I really hear anything negative about it.
I'm actually enjoying this season way more than a lot of seasons in recent memory. :X
Binan, 91Days, Battery, 2 DR anime, Handa, Arslan... scratch that, I'm enjoying this season a lot!
SliceSabre
Banned
Brave Witches
Bubuki Buranki Hoshi no Kyojin
Keijo!!!!!!!!
SHOW BY ROCK!! 2
ViVid Strike!
Fall gon b gud
Bubuki Buranki Hoshi no Kyojin
Keijo!!!!!!!!
SHOW BY ROCK!! 2
ViVid Strike!
Fall gon b gud
PdotMichael
Banned
Too bad one of these shows is forbidden on animegaf.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I admire Nichijou for being very experimental in its approach to comedy, even if that made it a controversial show.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Atrocious MC - eeehhh since recent episodes
video game fantasy world for no reason - eeeehhhhh
the whole this is a realy world where MC is a random shithead to the powerful people was done pretty well
MC is sole important male - yeah, probably true, so far at least
Female cast that's into him - 1, maybe 2
scantily clad villains - only first few episodes iirc
fan service moments - yeah. At least it's not as bad as some other crap out there, but it's still there
Wish fulfillment character - yeah
Redo on death hurts deaths - mostly. Seeing some support characters die tends to generate more shock for the scene itself than significance now, but the changing save points has potential to screw with this. They already
put a savepoint past one of his fuck-ups
Also,
MC getting affected by repeated death sorta dealt with that. It was done pretty well (some stuff I was more eh about, mindbreaking your protag isn't an immediate wow for me, although it's still decently interesting)
Overall, Re: Zero's been pretty fun to watch. Generally when you're in the middle of a show, you're going to have more extreme reactions out of it, but I can say I enjoyed it. Say maybe a few hours ago and I might've been singing its praises to the heavens and all, but most shows are like that.
Also, total newcomer to anime GAF, but main reason I hadn't really joined before is because I tend to binge shows, which are often older, and rarely keep up with stuff in a season format. Although I really like the feeling of putting first reactions out and discussing it, so I think I might want to keep up more
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
The two most famous "jokes" in Lucky Star are
- agonizingly long section about the proper way to eat a cornet
- Timotei
Lucky Star sucks so much.
- agonizingly long section about the proper way to eat a cornet
- Timotei
Lucky Star sucks so much.
PshycoNinja
Member
KIZNAIVER 1 & 2
Premise is very VLR but characters are very much Trigger. It's holding my interest. We'll see how it goes.
Beyond the Boundary 1
I can get behind this. It has an interesting premise that started off really weird. By the end of the episode though I was following and was able to get pulled into it much like KIZNAIVER. Though for this it didn't take two episodes for me to get behind the premise.
Premise is very VLR but characters are very much Trigger. It's holding my interest. We'll see how it goes.
Beyond the Boundary 1
I can get behind this. It has an interesting premise that started off really weird. By the end of the episode though I was following and was able to get pulled into it much like KIZNAIVER. Though for this it didn't take two episodes for me to get behind the premise.
For anyone still interested, that Dungeon OVA will be out on 12/7. Less Hestia and more Hephaestus and Freya please.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
im caught up on the show and he's mostly right. its not nearly as egregious as in SAO or Mahouka but its still a LN
yep, it was quite a sight to watch unfortunately the humor barely ever resonated with me
I loved the more laid back and casual nature of Lucky Star despite being vastly inferior from a creative point of view
Hyperactivity
Banned
Might just be because I binged it all in 2 sitting, but one area I've been disappointed with Re:Zero was with the animation
Having trouble remembering specific standout moments
Having trouble remembering specific standout moments
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
MC is sole important male? He is the protagonist but like 5 male characters already upstage him. Hell the girls do too.
SliceSabre
Banned
I'm not sure which one that would be.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I watched all of Valkyrie Drive and Nisemonogatari and I'm still here.
Lalalandia
Member
I am defo interested, I quite enjoyed this as nonsense done right
Made it through Ilya but 3rei isn't finished yet so cart before the horse and all that
I was pretty hyped to watch Lucky Star after my friend recommended it but the first episode didn't illicit a single positive response form me and the comedy fell flat everytime. I might give the second episode a watch at some point but I've got enough shows to finish off before I pick up another one.
It was controversial?
I'm only ten episodes in but I'm loving it more than it failing to make on impression on me, I assume the segmented nature of the show was what put some people off?
It was controversial?
I'm only ten episodes in but I'm loving it more than it failing to make on impression on me, I assume the segmented nature of the show was what put some people off?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It's all deep and meaningful
Cornbread78
Member
I'm totally at a loss for words at the moment and I have to get on a conference call... Anthem of the Heart is friggen' beautiful man... just damn.
Even the most die hard Lucky Star fan will not defend the cornet segment. Lucky Star starts with episode four(?) for many.
It's been too long since I've seen it to really say whether it held up or not. I just remember that one needed to at least be au fait with some anime culture to get the most out of it. Since it was an early reference show for me I was probably more accepting of it since that was new to me (and I probably felt smart being able to get certain anime things). However, years later I would be very critical of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san for relying far too much on reference humour so I may find that Lucky Star doesn't hold up for me either.
However, back then, I did enjoy it.
At least the MADs will never get old.
GoldCrusader
Member
Ohhh Funimation just uploaded all the Barakamon dubbed episode on their site might start that now.
MikeHattsu
Member
Hmm... Maybe things would have been better if Rezero had it's own thread like other popular shows? ;p
Yeah, the first episode is kinda bad, but the rest is pretty good.
Yeah, the first episode is kinda bad, but the rest is pretty good.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Hyperactivity
Banned
I guess that depends on upstage as meaning outclass him or basic plot relevance.
Mainly 3, maybe stretch to 5 "main character + main supporting cast". Asides from Puck, they are all female.
MC, Rem, Emilia, maybe.... Ram and Puck?
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Yep, its too story essential to skip.
SliceSabre
Banned
Buttface Hell Cat.
Is what I call 8 X 11 Printer Paper's avatar from that show.
Is what I call 8 X 11 Printer Paper's avatar from that show.
Lalalandia
Member
Have to second this too much happens that the other seasons depend on to just skip it. The uncomfortable stuff isn't hard to skip in episode and the infamous
toothbrush
LOL, I never noticed that until now. I just thought it looked like a weird looking Narag.
take it at your own pace but let it be known that the show shines the brightest past it
if not the brightest, it remains more consistently good and definitely worth watching
Its name is Cha and don't you forget it!
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
If you like watching Arararararagi get the shit beaten out of him then watch Nise because man that fight at the end makes Kanbaru look gentle
I will cut anyone talking shit about Lucky Star Channel.
On the meta-community level, I guess I feel like this place has gotten a little... closer to the mean (more positive/less critical, broader taste) over time, and as many major contributors to the community left or significantly cut back their posting. I don't know if that's anyone's fault.
Personally, I post less now than I used to because as I've gotten older, I started to care less about letting everyone know what I think about every episode of what I watch.
On that subject, since I've dropped everything but Mob Psycho, Jojo, and Thunderbolt Fantasy, I went back to:
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless 4-9
This show goes back to its most basic joke a little too often, and basically every major character they've introduced since the first episode has been a girl for some reason (Tanaka's sister veers a little too close to "brocon" for my taste). That being said, I still find this show to be calming and delightful.
As comedies go, I like that it doesn't depend as much on oversized reactions as a lot of anime humor does. Part of that is how it'll sometimes let an awkward moment just sit for a while, instead of feeling the need to force a big response. It's pretty low-key, without quite going full slice-of-life.
It also has its share of nice little touches. Perhaps my favorite are some of the episode-specific between-sketch eyecatches, which are often hilarious and surprising. Or how the episode titles for the preview are always written by Tanaka-kun, and never quite finished. It's not exceptional, but it's a lot of fun, and the characters do more for me than something like New Game.
Personally, I post less now than I used to because as I've gotten older, I started to care less about letting everyone know what I think about every episode of what I watch.
On that subject, since I've dropped everything but Mob Psycho, Jojo, and Thunderbolt Fantasy, I went back to:
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless 4-9
This show goes back to its most basic joke a little too often, and basically every major character they've introduced since the first episode has been a girl for some reason (Tanaka's sister veers a little too close to "brocon" for my taste). That being said, I still find this show to be calming and delightful.
As comedies go, I like that it doesn't depend as much on oversized reactions as a lot of anime humor does. Part of that is how it'll sometimes let an awkward moment just sit for a while, instead of feeling the need to force a big response. It's pretty low-key, without quite going full slice-of-life.
It also has its share of nice little touches. Perhaps my favorite are some of the episode-specific between-sketch eyecatches, which are often hilarious and surprising. Or how the episode titles for the preview are always written by Tanaka-kun, and never quite finished. It's not exceptional, but it's a lot of fun, and the characters do more for me than something like New Game.
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