Knock yourself out.
Kaiji's current season is poker, though it's also a game of death (kind of), so yeah.
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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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Knock yourself out.
Kaiji's current season is poker, though it's also a game of death (kind of), so yeah.
I can't read.
The anime went on longer than it should have? Damn, that sounds like a lot of shounen adaptations that overstayed their welcome.
hosannainexcelsis
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Show by Rock Short 11
I don't think you're qualified to talk about that line, Rosa.
I don't think you're qualified to talk about that line, Rosa.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Giant Killing and Ginga e Kickoff are probably the best "grounded" sports anime that come to mind that still focus on the sport but where the characters aren't completely obsessed with it to the point where they have no other aspects to their character development.
I would say shows like Ping Pong and Cross Game are good, but they use the sport to develop characters and the sport itself is incidental. Like you could probably substitute the sport with another sport and the character arcs would basically be the same.
Free is in this weird in between because half of it is basically a genderswapped 4 girls moe show and the other half focuses on the sport, but only because it gives them a reason to show the guys in their swim gear.
hosannainexcelsis
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Flying Witch 2
I guess this is still OK. The character art can't really keep up with the photography.
I guess this is still OK. The character art can't really keep up with the photography.
The anime had filler somewhere. I was referring to the series as a whole though. The damage was one or two arcs, the bit after the christmas bowl, so it's not that bad.
In general a lot of series overstay their welcome, it's not exclusive to the shounen demographic. If there's money to be made, milk it.
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
I'd say so. It tends to cycle through fantasy horror to dumb shonnen antics back to fantasy horror. Next few episodes will be dumb(but I still felt enjoyable) shonnen stuff and then it's going to swing hard into that horror again. There are some pretty brutal scenes/deaths later in the show, and there is enough world building sprinkled through out to make this so far generic fantasy realm start to stand out. Overall its been a good show and I've been getting a lot of enjoyment out of it. Also if you don't like Subaru, don't worry he will always get what's coming to him no matter what.
nintendoman58
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Personally I'd say no, it isn't worth the investment. There are lots of other shows out there that you could watch and get a more satisfying and complete experience than Re:Zero.
Still, if you found yourself enjoying these episodes, by all means go ahead. Just be warned with this being a LN adaptation you won't be getting the conclusion to a story, but rather a stopping point.
Admiral Woofington
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worst girl, worst moe blob, and worst kuudere
Kyon-kun denwa 4 life
Kyon-kun denwa 4 life
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Nah, there's enough skill involved (especially at higher levels of play) that RNG-related skills/superpowers doesn't need to be a major factor. Especially if it's focused on tournament play - you can win with good reads and the right moves regardless of the cards you hold.
I haven't played cards in a long while...I should head to a cardroom at some point. And Poker-GAF died a couple years back after the whole Black Friday mess with online poker in the US.
Nah, I'm thinking more professional tour type of poker. Trying to win tournaments with the occasional cash game on the side.
hosannainexcelsis
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Fafner Exodus 4
This episode really drives home how superior Exodus is in storytelling to the original Fafner series. I don't want all my Exodus impressions to be about comparing the two shows, but it really is one of the more unusual quality curves I've seen for an ongoing narrative. At this point the story is stuffed with characters, and it can be hard to keep track of everyone. On the other hand even minor characters, such as the parents of the new generation Fafner pilots focused on in this episode, are given a lot of life by their actions. Pretty much every scene is rich in characterization, and despite the large cast no one feels pulled straight from a book of anime stereotypes. For instance, Leo's father telling him about meeting his wife while studying engineering in Belgium right before the Festum war broke out, and passing on a sword inscribed with the Belgian coat of arms - that's a short scene packed with unique detail. This sort of thing helps build my investment in wherever the story will go from here.
I was also amused with how this episode played with exposition conventions, when Canon was all ready to instruct the newbies in the Fafner basics but was instead embarrassed by the hot-shot genius anticipating all her explanations and talking over her. That turns conventional exposition into a teasing revelation about character dynamics.
This episode really drives home how superior Exodus is in storytelling to the original Fafner series. I don't want all my Exodus impressions to be about comparing the two shows, but it really is one of the more unusual quality curves I've seen for an ongoing narrative. At this point the story is stuffed with characters, and it can be hard to keep track of everyone. On the other hand even minor characters, such as the parents of the new generation Fafner pilots focused on in this episode, are given a lot of life by their actions. Pretty much every scene is rich in characterization, and despite the large cast no one feels pulled straight from a book of anime stereotypes. For instance, Leo's father telling him about meeting his wife while studying engineering in Belgium right before the Festum war broke out, and passing on a sword inscribed with the Belgian coat of arms - that's a short scene packed with unique detail. This sort of thing helps build my investment in wherever the story will go from here.
I was also amused with how this episode played with exposition conventions, when Canon was all ready to instruct the newbies in the Fafner basics but was instead embarrassed by the hot-shot genius anticipating all her explanations and talking over her. That turns conventional exposition into a teasing revelation about character dynamics.
Cornbread78
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Lol, pretty good summary. The show is definately it's own experience and well worth it in my opinion.
Re:Zero 4 - 7
I am both impressed and bewildered by the decisions that Generic Protag #392 commits himself to. Still, this show has managed not to descend too deeply into the valley of shounen-trash.
From comments I have seen here and elsewhere, that will not be lasting for very much longer...
Edit: Yikes. Should have finished episode 7 first.
I am both impressed and bewildered by the decisions that Generic Protag #392 commits himself to. Still, this show has managed not to descend too deeply into the valley of shounen-trash.
From comments I have seen here and elsewhere, that will not be lasting for very much longer...
Edit: Yikes. Should have finished episode 7 first.
since you are this far, just try to last to episode 15
best anime episode in a long time.I have some good news for you.
the creator of eyeshield 21 is working on a new manga.
I have some bad news if you are a one punch man fan though.
that means he has a lot less time to work on his version of one punch man
Is this a repeat of that AllTheAnime showing they had last year with four films back to back?
That exploding fad fizzled and died so fast no one even remembers it anymore.
Nah, there's enough skill involved (especially at higher levels of play) that RNG-related skills/superpowers doesn't need to be a major factor. Especially if it's focused on tournament play - you can win with good reads and the right moves regardless of the cards you hold.
I haven't played cards in a long while...I should head to a cardroom at some point. And Poker-GAF died a couple years back after the whole Black Friday mess with online poker in the US.
Nah, I'm thinking more professional tour type of poker. Trying to win tournaments with the occasional cash game on the side.
Intense zoom in on the eyes during good reads and over the top right moves at the river card while doing ridiculous poses.
Cornbread78
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Waifu territory?
names2hard4you
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???
I don't remember anything like that from those episodes. Does the show shove Rem down your throat later on? Heck yeah. But that isn't until later. So idk what you mean here.
SliceSabre
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Marty is mistaking Subaru's playful interactions with Betty and the way he is acting around Rem and Ram(
) and the introduction of the ruler candidates as waifu baiting and they aren't presented in that way they never interact with Subaru in that way except for Rem.
as a means of not dying and discovering why he's dying
NaDannMaGoGo
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Seeing it mentioned I just gotta watch that feel-good OP again. *clap clap*
Zettai waifu ryouki.
It seriously isn't a harem, even though I loathe how the Rem>Subaru>Emilia triangle gets shoved down your throat in the last couple episodes.
Cornbread78
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lololol
I had to Google that and got a good chuckle. I forgot they named stupid crap like that.
Well, if nothing else, I found the perfect image for TUSR on this subject:
Hmm, I should get back on that too, I don't want to completely drop it. "It's okay" fits just perfectly to it as there's nothing that really stands out. Some funny instances and it also had some good background art, but overall I found it hard to like it as much as others.
hosannainexcelsis
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I really dislike the OP, because the green outlines on the characters look ugly. Such a baffling decision.
This. I don't recall any sort of baiting except Rem and for the most part he is only head over heels for Emilia when he's not
struggling to figure out why and when he's dying.
names2hard4you
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I feel like he went into it looking for "something" to hate. Unless it is like Sabre said, I struggle to see how there is any pandering of that sort. Because there are girls and he talks to them?
I treat it as a show to not think much about anything but the rural countryside and the relaxing OST and the acoustic guitar. There's really not much, just go at your own pace type.
Honestly, it's been a long while since I've seen a show that's like this. It's a nice comfy break, haha
hosannainexcelsis
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Kaiji 1 (Rewatch)
We never do encounter Kaiji's mother and sister mentioned here, do we?
We never do encounter Kaiji's mother and sister mentioned here, do we?
lololol
I had to Google that and got a good chuckle. I forgot they named stupid crap like that.
The best part is it means "absolute territory", and AFAIK that's what the AT stands for in Evangelion's in AT fields. How that would come to mean high socks over time is completely beyond me.
the zettai ryoukai is the area between the socks and the skirt.
it's absolute territory because it is DEFINITELY a place you cannot enter without a peace treaty or intense negotiations beforehand
絶対領海に入ってほしいときは了解が必要だね。
NaDannMaGoGo
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Oh that outline certainly is ugly. It's rather that the song grew on me and I like it when the walk cycles sync up so nicely. Clapping is quite alright, too.
But yeh, that green outlining is terribad.
Oh and just gave the full track a listen on youtube which has some awful dubstep crap at around 1:45. What a pity :/
MikeHattsu
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Onsen episode, eh.
Well, if nothing else, I found the perfect image for TUSR on this subject:
what the
Cornbread78
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I hope your not platinum mad, lol
I should have been more clear; Animatsu in the UK said that Crunchyroll had the home video rights, not that Animatsu had the UK video rights. As far as I know, nobody has the UK rights to New Game.
ShinoguTakeruKoeru
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Doesn't get weirder than
pseudo-selfcest?
I think my outright favorite fan-thing related to Haruhi (besides Churuya-san which got canonized by the webshort) is Kandanchi's little webcomic about
Kyon and Haruhi going through college life as a couple
I wish I could bring myself to get the Funimation BD set, but the knowledge that the 2006 episodes are upscales and already owning it all on DVD during the Bandai run already (and Disappearance in Japanese AND North American BD) has made this big box redundant. Got other things to buy with that sorta money.
Like Japanese Persona 5.
hosannainexcelsis
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Yes, Diamond is Unbreakable is doing this. If you buy all the BD volumes you get a Rohan OVA.
yo what that? link me
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