Ah thanks for the correction, I'll look into it. Art-style looks interesting.
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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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hosannainexcelsis
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No, the best thing Shiotani has done is the Blood+ OP 3.
Tokyo Marble Chocolate is just moderately OK.
Dedication Through Light
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ROUND VERNIAN VIFAM #43 The Preemptive Attack Begins!
Scott was hilarious especially meeting Muhrer. Im glad he got the captain log, I miss his recordings in it.I hope he does pursue being a captain if they ever make it back to Earth.
Clare and Scott manning the buggy will be missed.
Scott was hilarious especially meeting Muhrer. Im glad he got the captain log, I miss his recordings in it.I hope he does pursue being a captain if they ever make it back to Earth.
Clare and Scott manning the buggy will be missed.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Pokemon makes me sad
It's possible...
I think I did 200+ episodes of one pieces when I was younger during spring break in 5 days
It's possible...
I think I did 200+ episodes of one pieces when I was younger during spring break in 5 days
Oh yea forgot he does OPs, you're right (although I'm pretty partial to Psycho-Pass OP 2). I was referring more to shows as a whole. Shiotani does god level OPs.
Admiral Woofington
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[Godzilla poops on a taxi cab]
Taxi cab driver: I didn't realize I was in Brooklyn! EH BADA BING!
[audience laughter]
names2hard4you
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But how young are we talking here. Because when I was a little kid I could watch the 101 Dalmations several times a day every day. Or play Pokémon Blue, beat the league and start a new save just for fun.
Obviously can't do that sort of thing anymore (nor do I want to lol)
Never seen the show myself but Mark Mancina composed and Hans Zimmer produced the soundtrack.
Yona of the Dawn 1-4
I think I didn't like two things though. First, it uses comedy a bit too much for the generally serious atmosphere. It's refreshing and it's mostly used appropriately, but there are still some moments that feel weird because of it. Like some of the initial dialogues with Su Woon or the joke with the son of the Fire Clan general despite the grave situation. The second is something that hasn't appeared yet, so maybe I'm a bit hasty. It seems that many "superhumans" will join the party later. I'm a bit disappointed that this takes such a turn, I hoped it would be more down to earth. And maybe I'll actually like all those guys, but they certainly scream "generic shounen designs".
Anyway, so far so good. I'll keep watching.
Pretty cool show. I really like the setting, the characters are pretty nice so far, the story is interesting and many twists will follow I assume. Yona is still on the typical depression state that follows after a shocking event, but fortunately, she's handling it a lot better than it seemed at the start. And I'm sure that Su Woon is being manipulated for this rebellion, I doubt he's the big antagonist considering someone killed his father.
I think I didn't like two things though. First, it uses comedy a bit too much for the generally serious atmosphere. It's refreshing and it's mostly used appropriately, but there are still some moments that feel weird because of it. Like some of the initial dialogues with Su Woon or the joke with the son of the Fire Clan general despite the grave situation. The second is something that hasn't appeared yet, so maybe I'm a bit hasty. It seems that many "superhumans" will join the party later. I'm a bit disappointed that this takes such a turn, I hoped it would be more down to earth. And maybe I'll actually like all those guys, but they certainly scream "generic shounen designs".
Anyway, so far so good. I'll keep watching.
Angry people #6
Hey new ED out of fucking nowhere!
This is probably the first episode in which I can sympathize with people saying the characters are... dicks. The first half was kinda of a mess.
Reading some of the manga pages here and there, it becomes obvious they are skipping most of the slice-of-lice scenes and Harada smug/funny personality is lost. (It kinda resurfaces in some one-liners, I guess)
Animation is reeeeaaaally bad. And it's not getting better.
Hey new ED out of fucking nowhere!
This is probably the first episode in which I can sympathize with people saying the characters are... dicks. The first half was kinda of a mess.
Reading some of the manga pages here and there, it becomes obvious they are skipping most of the slice-of-lice scenes and Harada smug/funny personality is lost. (It kinda resurfaces in some one-liners, I guess)
Animation is reeeeaaaally bad. And it's not getting better.
Hope it went well!
Dedication Through Light
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Finally got the last P3M and 26th naruto shippuden. Next from Aniplex God Eater and Doukyusei I guess.
Dedication Through Light
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Congrats, I guess now you can start hammering away at the dissertation.
Hey, no-one told me this show had Ryosuke Nakamura ED animations!
Still not going to watch it, though. It's nominally about baseball. (no this is not a good reason).
Hyperactivity
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I was in early high school at that point. Could probably do it so long as you get longer holidays
Battery 6
Harada is weird. Really, everyone in this series is weird. But damn, some people need to chill out. The characters are starting to feel less natural, I think. Kaionji is probably the most relatable so far. I loved the little match at the end though. Some good animation there. This episode was a cut above the previous ones in places, in terms of character art and animation (the baseball moments and the meeting on the field, specifically).
I agree with the first part, to an extent, but disagree with the second. The animation is far from bad, especially in this episode. In fact, I find myself pleasantly surprised every time they play baseball, as Harada's pitching animation is on-point and crisp every single time, in every episode so far..
Harada is weird. Really, everyone in this series is weird. But damn, some people need to chill out. The characters are starting to feel less natural, I think. Kaionji is probably the most relatable so far. I loved the little match at the end though. Some good animation there. This episode was a cut above the previous ones in places, in terms of character art and animation (the baseball moments and the meeting on the field, specifically).
I agree with the first part, to an extent, but disagree with the second. The animation is far from bad, especially in this episode. In fact, I find myself pleasantly surprised every time they play baseball, as Harada's pitching animation is on-point and crisp every single time, in every episode so far..
hosannainexcelsis
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He's the antagonist for Yona, but... it's complicated. You'll see as things go on that the situation is far from black and white.
I hear you about the comedy; probably my biggest complaint about the show is how it relies on manga-style visual comedy which can feel out of place with the rest of the show. That's a common pitfall, of course, but thankfully Yona of the Dawn keeps it out of the important emotional sequences for the most part, and I do appreciate the directorial creativity displayed in the comedy, even if I like the direction for more serious moments better. As for your second point, this is fantasy, and there are supernatural powers of various kinds. I wouldn't consider it generic shounen though. Most of the anime will be about unraveling the backstories and characters of the Four Dragons (well, two of them in particular), and it handles them quite well. You should hopefully enjoy it.
That's not a name I expected to see on an anime OST.
Metal Gears Chisa #6
I know this is supposed to be sad, but I really can't get over Chiaki character. She's so ridiculously pander-y. I didn't like her much in DR2, but then they pulled a YOUR WAIFU IS NOT REAAAALLLL, which somewhat redeemed her (and the plot-line) in my eyes.
But now, it turns out Chiaki was based on a real girl, who obviously is going to die. It really just feels incredibly manipulative.
On other hand I kinda feel sad from Mukuro. It really just seems she doesn't know any better.
As for Junko, I'm not really sure how this really fits, continuity-wise. She's not exactly been stealthy, she murdered a bunch of people in daylight last episode too, it just... doesn't feel right.
Oh yeah, it looks like Juzo is in love with Chisa... meh. Wasn't a fan of that development, and it didn't look like it was the case based how quickly he got over her death in the future arc. (If anything it looked like he was into Munakata more than anything, lol).
I know this is supposed to be sad, but I really can't get over Chiaki character. She's so ridiculously pander-y. I didn't like her much in DR2, but then they pulled a YOUR WAIFU IS NOT REAAAALLLL, which somewhat redeemed her (and the plot-line) in my eyes.
But now, it turns out Chiaki was based on a real girl, who obviously is going to die. It really just feels incredibly manipulative.
On other hand I kinda feel sad from Mukuro. It really just seems she doesn't know any better.
As for Junko, I'm not really sure how this really fits, continuity-wise. She's not exactly been stealthy, she murdered a bunch of people in daylight last episode too, it just... doesn't feel right.
Oh yeah, it looks like Juzo is in love with Chisa... meh. Wasn't a fan of that development, and it didn't look like it was the case based how quickly he got over her death in the future arc. (If anything it looked like he was into Munakata more than anything, lol).
Cornbread78
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Art Club Problem ep.7
First half of the episode about the art contest was pretty funny and we know she's thirsty and all, but she's gotta put them panties away, lol. 2nd skit was dumb becsusexI don't really care for either featured character, lol.
First half of the episode about the art contest was pretty funny and we know she's thirsty and all, but she's gotta put them panties away, lol. 2nd skit was dumb becsusexI don't really care for either featured character, lol.
Overlord episode 2
WTF am I watching?
The best show. I need Novel 2 like right now.
Yona is great. I started reading the manga, but I am far from catching up. But the whole political situation is really interesting. It's one of those shows that give me the vibes to play Crusader Kings II (or Fire Emblem when we come to the main cast).
John Blade
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http://www.diarioextra.com/Noticia/detalle/304162/quinceanero-se-suicida-por-novia-imaginaria
AnimeGaf....plz don't kill yourself for your waifu.
What country is that newspaper? And wow, what the hell at that person.
No way in hell will I kill myself, John Blade. There's too many things I want to watch and look forward to every season, lol
Something something your backlog and waifu are Scheisse.
;P
No way in hell will I kill myself, John Blade. There's too many things I want to watch and look forward to every season, lol
Sölf;214166964 said:
Something something your backlog and waifu are Scheisse.
;P
Overlord episode 2
WTF am I watching?
Something that doesn't get OK until volume 5 and actually fun and good until volume 8 or 9. The anime covers up to volume 3 and cuts out the one really good scene from that volume.
It's good for hate watching though. Even when it's bad, Overlord at least has the decency to be ridiculously trashy instead of boring.
EDIT: Also Aoi Yuki does a great job as a crazy psycho murderer, that was nice.
EDIT2: Also the author has some weird hangups with women, so get used to lines like that. In the entirety of Overlord there's like one non-one-dimensional female character who isn't insane, a monster, defined by their connection/deep infatuation with a male character, or who dies in a cheap attempt to create a tragic moment. And you've already seen everything she does in the anime so...yeah.
John Blade
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It's from a newspaper in Costa Rica and yes, it's google translate which is really bad but give you an idea of what the news is about.
SliceSabre
Banned
Well yea that goes without saying but I've long given up that dream.
Dedication Through Light
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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Episodes 33 - 35 Noisy New Years
Great way to make a generally good event into one that could have huge implications for Saiki's friendships. I wonder if they will ever truly find out.
Love the Kaidou part with them both with the same chuuni stuff.
Great way to make a generally good event into one that could have huge implications for Saiki's friendships. I wonder if they will ever truly find out.
Love the Kaidou part with them both with the same chuuni stuff.
names2hard4you
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Danganronpa 3 Despair Arc - 06
This had to be the best episode yet of any of the two arcs. I've made my favouritism for this arc known previously, but I re-iterate: this is the best arc. This feels like Danganronpa. Future is interesting and entertaining, but it feels like a different product *cough*onethatisinspiredheavilybyzeroescape*cough*.
If I were to rate both right now, I'd say this one gets an 8, while Future gets only a 6.
This had to be the best episode yet of any of the two arcs. I've made my favouritism for this arc known previously, but I re-iterate: this is the best arc. This feels like Danganronpa. Future is interesting and entertaining, but it feels like a different product *cough*onethatisinspiredheavilybyzeroescape*cough*.
If I were to rate both right now, I'd say this one gets an 8, while Future gets only a 6.
hosannainexcelsis
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Tamako Market 9
This was better than average for Tamako Market, but not as good as I expected it to be from all the praise I heard. Tamako's dad's backstory was sweet, but it was confined to a small segment at the beginning and then another one at the very end. Most of the episode was Anko-centric, which is fine - she's one of the better characters here, after all - but not particularly special. I am still not fond of the comedy either. I think I liked episode 8 better.
Chihayafuru 20 (Rewatch)
It may not be as bad as Ash's 19 years of losing, but I still feel bad for Taichi never being allowed to win, either to advance to Class A in karuta or to capture Chihaya's heart. For a Shigeyasu Yamauchi episode, this was shockingly lacking in close-ups. He still came up with some interesting symbolic visual tricks to get inside the characters' heads.
This was better than average for Tamako Market, but not as good as I expected it to be from all the praise I heard. Tamako's dad's backstory was sweet, but it was confined to a small segment at the beginning and then another one at the very end. Most of the episode was Anko-centric, which is fine - she's one of the better characters here, after all - but not particularly special. I am still not fond of the comedy either. I think I liked episode 8 better.
Chihayafuru 20 (Rewatch)
It may not be as bad as Ash's 19 years of losing, but I still feel bad for Taichi never being allowed to win, either to advance to Class A in karuta or to capture Chihaya's heart. For a Shigeyasu Yamauchi episode, this was shockingly lacking in close-ups. He still came up with some interesting symbolic visual tricks to get inside the characters' heads.
Literally inside their heads, even.
Cornbread78
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A Certain Magical Index ep.20-S1 END
to close out the season.
I guess we'll get more into this guy in S2, but for now, S1 was pretty fun to watch. The final battle was predictinle and drawn out, but still fun to watch. I want more Index magic and less of the loli act, lol. Hopefully, S2 continues yo build the characters and an end-game plot is truly revealed outside of the whole
creation of a heaven using angels like Index just became friends with
NaDannMaGoGo
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I've only seen the movie but if nothing else it was a great source for contrived mochi analogies.
Imagine the contrived mochi analogies and add an annoying, extraneous mascot character like Olaf from Frozen and you get Market.
hosannainexcelsis
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As shopping markets go, it certainly has nothing on And Yet the Town Moves.
ThreePiMatt
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Man, I should watch Chihayafuru but I know if I do I'm just going to get angry that Taichi gets a raw deal and that piece of driftwood that is Arata wins out.
My friend, you're watching an LN adaptation. The S2 doesn't even reach the time skip featured at a certain part of the continuum and the LNs have continued from there. A little cheat sheet told me that the two seasons cover roughly 14 volumes of material and there are a total of 39 volumes of the stuff, still ongoing.
That shows opening is a cover of a Tats Yamashita song! That's...the extent of my knowledge on that show.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Yeh there's some of that feathered lil fucker in the beginning of the movie and I was glad that was all of it.
I still found Tamako Market to be enjoyable fluff. The characters were cute, and it was pleasant enough. Not amazing, but I had fun watching it. I even liked the bird!
On another topic, I'm 23 episodes into Urusei Yatsura so far. It's a little hit or miss, but overall I'm really enjoying it. It's just so... silly. I love how nearly every segment ends with something going horribly wrong. Even the times when you can tell how a segment will end still end up funny (like a propane salesman stopping by the house in an early episode). Ataru's a huge jerk though. It's great seeing him inevitably fail from episode to episode, at least.
It was neat seeing that dream character from Beautiful Dreamer pop up in episode 21! Wasn't expecting him to make an appearance.
On another topic, I'm 23 episodes into Urusei Yatsura so far. It's a little hit or miss, but overall I'm really enjoying it. It's just so... silly. I love how nearly every segment ends with something going horribly wrong. Even the times when you can tell how a segment will end still end up funny (like a propane salesman stopping by the house in an early episode). Ataru's a huge jerk though. It's great seeing him inevitably fail from episode to episode, at least.
It was neat seeing that dream character from Beautiful Dreamer pop up in episode 21! Wasn't expecting him to make an appearance.
Cornbread78
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Battery ep.6
Well, at least we're finally getting to some baseball now. I actually liked this episode and how it flowed together so well, but that ending.... Did
Looks like Go realized it right away.
Well, at least we're finally getting to some baseball now. I actually liked this episode and how it flowed together so well, but that ending.... Did
Takumi hurt himself with the pitch prior?
Hello Despair Student #6
Hinata's transformation makes me wish we got to see him and his apathy from being so awesome and perfect a bit more, since the way the show rushed through that and how it went stright to Enoshima's proposal to join her because of how he was bored to hell. All that focus on Nanami felt like a waste when the show could've built a better foundation for his face-heel turn instead of just further developing Nanami as his star-crossed waifu or something.
It's also funny how nobody working for Hope's Peak appears to even care that apparently no one's doing any psychological screenings for new students to assure they aren't actually murderous psychopaths. I mean, I'd be fine if we learned they were fully aware of the threat their students could pose to the world, but all we've gotten was a very slight nod with how they didn't actually expel Komaeda because they valued his ultimate luck. Or were they stupid enough that they labeled Junko as the ultimate gyaru when she was more along the lines of ultimate mastermind?
I completely forgot that the anime artist was the same guy that shows up in the Future arc, but it'd be kind of funny if she realizes that he isn't the ultimate imposter but the real deal, and ends up pulling back on her attempt to win him over after realizing it. Guess she'll be aware of it all though, and will end up using him flawlessly to further her evil plans of despair (of doom) because of the ridiculous plot armor she appears to have.
My main issue with the series is how Junko appears to have even better luck than freaking Komaeda, on top of having the skill to plan a thousand steps ahead and win everyone over with her wit and charm... actually, she actually feels like a villainous Mary Sue now that I think about it.
Hinata's transformation makes me wish we got to see him and his apathy from being so awesome and perfect a bit more, since the way the show rushed through that and how it went stright to Enoshima's proposal to join her because of how he was bored to hell. All that focus on Nanami felt like a waste when the show could've built a better foundation for his face-heel turn instead of just further developing Nanami as his star-crossed waifu or something.
It's also funny how nobody working for Hope's Peak appears to even care that apparently no one's doing any psychological screenings for new students to assure they aren't actually murderous psychopaths. I mean, I'd be fine if we learned they were fully aware of the threat their students could pose to the world, but all we've gotten was a very slight nod with how they didn't actually expel Komaeda because they valued his ultimate luck. Or were they stupid enough that they labeled Junko as the ultimate gyaru when she was more along the lines of ultimate mastermind?
I completely forgot that the anime artist was the same guy that shows up in the Future arc, but it'd be kind of funny if she realizes that he isn't the ultimate imposter but the real deal, and ends up pulling back on her attempt to win him over after realizing it. Guess she'll be aware of it all though, and will end up using him flawlessly to further her evil plans of despair (of doom) because of the ridiculous plot armor she appears to have.
My main issue with the series is how Junko appears to have even better luck than freaking Komaeda, on top of having the skill to plan a thousand steps ahead and win everyone over with her wit and charm... actually, she actually feels like a villainous Mary Sue now that I think about it.
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