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Summer Anime 2016 |OT| Makes Me Happy When Skies Are Grey
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Admiral Woofington
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91 Days has 13 episodes.
You can't do that shit by accident, 91 is divisible by 13
You can't do that shit by accident, 91 is divisible by 13
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Despair Whatever 11
WHEN THE FUCK DID DR ZERO HAPPEN KODAKA??????????????????? HUH????????
WHEN THE FUCK DID DR ZERO HAPPEN KODAKA??????????????????? HUH????????
I feel like this could certainly happen by accident. I might be missing something.
Sentai da gawd
https://mobile.twitter.com/WTK/status/779036788434141185
Comes out in January
http://www.rightstufanime.com/Infinite-Stratos-2-Premium-Edition-Blu-ray-Box-Set
https://mobile.twitter.com/WTK/status/779036788434141185
Comes out in January
http://www.rightstufanime.com/Infinite-Stratos-2-Premium-Edition-Blu-ray-Box-Set
Between Despair 10 and 11 because fuck you.
Cornbread78
Member
Art Room Problem- END
Very cute episode, but you couldn't help feel bad for Mizaki and her unrequitted love. Uki only likes his 2D waifus, lol. Overall the show was well animated, the coloring was nice, good music and was fun to watch most of the time. Well, when Cokette and Chuuni girl weren't around, lol.
Very cute episode, but you couldn't help feel bad for Mizaki and her unrequitted love. Uki only likes his 2D waifus, lol. Overall the show was well animated, the coloring was nice, good music and was fun to watch most of the time. Well, when Cokette and Chuuni girl weren't around, lol.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Why they gotta go and skip DR Zero its 20x better then Despair arc fuck this. Both of the prequel things don't even acknowledge the other one exists, rofl
How they did an entire episode on the Twilight Syndrome Murder and Ultra Despair Girls but completely ignore Zero is beyond me. You can skip Despair arc and read Zero instead.
Look Kodaka I like MGS2 a lot as well but you will never outhack Kojima. It's impossible.
How they did an entire episode on the Twilight Syndrome Murder and Ultra Despair Girls but completely ignore Zero is beyond me. You can skip Despair arc and read Zero instead.
Look Kodaka I like MGS2 a lot as well but you will never outhack Kojima. It's impossible.
BWONG!
names2hard4you
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Danganronpa 3 Despair Arc - 11
Dissemination through memes. We are done here... or not because "it is to be continued on the future side".
since they met Avilio, which means
have passed. Makes sense that the last 2 episodes will be the finale.
Dissemination through memes. We are done here... or not because "it is to be continued on the future side".
13 weeks = 91 days. The last episode told us it had been around
3 months
90ish days
Danganronpa 3: Despair - 11
... it was nothing. A whole bunch of nothing. Was this part really necessary? Some subjects shouldn't be touched or retconned.
I can't say I didn't enjoy it. It had its moments and some good episodes. But overall, I'm just disappointed, underwhelmed. I'm definitely feeling despair.
... it was nothing. A whole bunch of nothing. Was this part really necessary? Some subjects shouldn't be touched or retconned.
Junko? Change her title to Ultimate Good Luck. And Izuru? He just did Goodbye Despair just to see if hope was harder to predict than despair. Great. And of course, the brainwash thing. Yeah, nope.
I can't say I didn't enjoy it. It had its moments and some good episodes. But overall, I'm just disappointed, underwhelmed. I'm definitely feeling despair.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
m-maybe hope arc will be awesome...yeah, thats it...
Despair arc was just a stepping stone to a greater hope.
m-maybe hope arc will be awesome...yeah, thats it...
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
but the memes jack.
Trojita
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These words have never been spoken before and never will again.
Hellwarden
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Should I play Danganronpa 2 and just stop? The reactions here remind me of how I wished I'd stopped playing the Metal Gear games after 3...
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Thats your prerogative. I dont think Despair really adds anything, but its tied to the hip to Future which is okay... maybe the last episode of Future and Hope will be extremely important or something. Right now I feel like you could skip em both and just fill in the blanks yourself then play V3.
you can certainly make the argument that Despair retroactively makes DR2 worse...and it does, really. It adds nothing while watering down good things.
Basileus777
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Just play the first two games and skip everything else. Future arc is ok, but it's joined at the hip to the awful despair arc.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Why is Sentai doing a premium edition for Infinite Stratos 2 of all things? I can only assume the Japanese licensor was willing to sell for a bargain basement price.
Cornbread78
Member
Code Geass R2 ep.4
Lelouch, you crazy bastard! Nicely thought out plan to get out of that one and save the day! Well, you have your lil' bro Rolo to betray next, lol. Good stuff!
SliceSabre
Banned
Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! END
Ended exactly how I predicted. Stupid girl have fun losing him high school to the transfer student girl who catches his attention.
Ended exactly how I predicted. Stupid girl have fun losing him high school to the transfer student girl who catches his attention.
Kimi ni Todoke(live action)
First big bang of cheap TV movie off of this. Something youd be happy to watch on a tv re-run, but god I imagine youd feel duped if you actually went to see this in the cinema. It just doesnt feel or look like a film, it feels like 6 episodes of a tv drama glued together to make up a 2 hour runtime.
Anyways best part is the girl playing Sadako does a tremendous making the character feel real and tangible, a great feat considering it is a pretty outlandishly weird character, I thought she was excellent. The girls playing Ayase and Chizuru were very good too, translated that weird over the top genki/yankee girl attitude pretty well, fuck I thought itd be awful but they made it work.
Overall very rushed here and there but a nice enough flick only for fans of the series really.
Usagi Drop(live-action)
A quality motion picture.
I love Daikichis portrayal in this. Hes why more frantic with his what do I do, what do I do, what I do, makes him seem way more over his head so I wanted to root for him more. His actor can turn on the switch though, like when Rin asks him will he die, fuck the joy of the world drains from his face or when he gets angry at the social service lady I legit thought he would deck her at one point. His scenes with Rin are ultra cute too.
Theres one scene in particular that had me on the verge of tears. Its when Daikichi and his dad just sit down to talk about adoption and his dad turns to him and says son, Im so proud of everything youre doing that really got to me.
There is one bizzaro inclusion they made thats so weird its hilarious. Daikichi has this extended dream sequence where he dances with a fashion model in a magazine-yep that happens.
Overall I think i actually liked it more than the anime.
First big bang of cheap TV movie off of this. Something youd be happy to watch on a tv re-run, but god I imagine youd feel duped if you actually went to see this in the cinema. It just doesnt feel or look like a film, it feels like 6 episodes of a tv drama glued together to make up a 2 hour runtime.
Anyways best part is the girl playing Sadako does a tremendous making the character feel real and tangible, a great feat considering it is a pretty outlandishly weird character, I thought she was excellent. The girls playing Ayase and Chizuru were very good too, translated that weird over the top genki/yankee girl attitude pretty well, fuck I thought itd be awful but they made it work.
Overall very rushed here and there but a nice enough flick only for fans of the series really.
Usagi Drop(live-action)
A quality motion picture.
I love Daikichis portrayal in this. Hes why more frantic with his what do I do, what do I do, what I do, makes him seem way more over his head so I wanted to root for him more. His actor can turn on the switch though, like when Rin asks him will he die, fuck the joy of the world drains from his face or when he gets angry at the social service lady I legit thought he would deck her at one point. His scenes with Rin are ultra cute too.
Theres one scene in particular that had me on the verge of tears. Its when Daikichi and his dad just sit down to talk about adoption and his dad turns to him and says son, Im so proud of everything youre doing that really got to me.
There is one bizzaro inclusion they made thats so weird its hilarious. Daikichi has this extended dream sequence where he dances with a fashion model in a magazine-yep that happens.
Overall I think i actually liked it more than the anime.
Momokuri 17-24
despite liking the initial premise of this show, it gets more and more stale since it puts all its eggs in the "obsessive stalker-like non-yandere girlfriend" idea and never tries to branch out its appeal. And that appeal fades, and hard too. That's not to say I hate watching it now, its perfectly watchable, its just that it feels like a slight slope of decline in enjoyment as you watch more of the show.
:/
Amanchu! 8-11
This show is pretty much what I wish a lot of SoL shows were like: Great lineart/ art style, Likable characters, slight hook or piece of individuality to set it appart, and good character and area design and art. The problem is that Amanchu! kinda goes in ham fisted about what Teko is going through rather than focusing on much of what the first couple of episodes laid down. Most of the later episodes have pretty much nothing to do with diving or the diving club, which kinda sucks because seeing Teko struggle and grow through the club and club activities were good points of the earlier episodes.
Unfortunately, the show does a LOT I like (specifically the line art is gorgeous a lot of the time) but the show itself ends up being boring.
Actually sounds good.
Really wish there was an english dub.
fuck.
despite liking the initial premise of this show, it gets more and more stale since it puts all its eggs in the "obsessive stalker-like non-yandere girlfriend" idea and never tries to branch out its appeal. And that appeal fades, and hard too. That's not to say I hate watching it now, its perfectly watchable, its just that it feels like a slight slope of decline in enjoyment as you watch more of the show.
:/
Amanchu! 8-11
This show is pretty much what I wish a lot of SoL shows were like: Great lineart/ art style, Likable characters, slight hook or piece of individuality to set it appart, and good character and area design and art. The problem is that Amanchu! kinda goes in ham fisted about what Teko is going through rather than focusing on much of what the first couple of episodes laid down. Most of the later episodes have pretty much nothing to do with diving or the diving club, which kinda sucks because seeing Teko struggle and grow through the club and club activities were good points of the earlier episodes.
Unfortunately, the show does a LOT I like (specifically the line art is gorgeous a lot of the time) but the show itself ends up being boring.
Actually sounds good.
Really wish there was an english dub.
fuck.
So I decided to read the manga for Knight's and Magic. It's an utterly generic and mundane work. Everything about this feels like I've read this before. The magic system is similar to ReZero with the whole drawing mana from the atmosphere. The magical circuit stuff is obviously from Fate/Stay Night. The isekai elements can be found in dozens of other anime. God knows how many times I've seen the feudal magic setting. However it's not just that though, the characters are atrociously dull. The main character is obviously a Gary Stu and has no discernible character flaws besides being a mecha otaku. The side characters essentially serve a primary purpose of sucking his dick. Half their dialogue when talking with the main character seems to be only showering him with praise. Not only that but at least up through the first volume, the main character doesn't even pilot a robot as he has to build one himself.
It made me appreciate how much more interesting Youjo Senki is as a work despite being extremely similar in setup. The main character there is legit crazy. The setting isn't just the typical fantasy garbage. The magic system runs off drugs. It's just a notably more intriguing work.
I decided to read the first volume of the light novel to make sure I was giving the work a fair shake and I near wanted to kill myself at the end of the book. For fuck's sake if you're doing an isekai concept, please don't put the characters in god damn school.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
i coulda told you all that from the cover and synopsis!
I don't know if this is an issue with the translation or the source material but I have read teenage Young Adult fiction novels with better dialogue and overall writing. There's no catch to this.
I heard a while back that the original Infinite Stratos actually did quite well for them, though I haven't verified that at all. Another possibility is that with Sentai's pool of titles steadily shrinking thanks to Crunchyroll getting into the physical release business, they may be opting for less releases but more premium titles.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I have a weird fetish for bad Gary stu Manga/anime. Will add to list.
nintendoman58
Member
Even if it's trash, it's at least trash made specifically for me.
I can't hate an anime with a MC that has such a beautiful, burning passion for giant robots!
He may be a Gary Stu but he's MY GARY STU!
I can't hate an anime with a MC that has such a beautiful, burning passion for giant robots!
He may be a Gary Stu but he's MY GARY STU!
and yet you won't watch Patlabor
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I don't expect the original Japanese work has particularly interesting writing, but if you're reading an unofficial translation of an LN the most you can hope for is somewhat comprehensible English.
nintendoman58
Member
Who said I wasn't watching Patlabor? I was too going to watch Patlabor!
In fact I may just get started on that tonight! Where do I start? OVAs or TV series?
Admiral Woofington
Member
names2hard4you
Member
I know what you mean. Mahouka brothers unite.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Lmao I thought the person in the cover was a waifu in the Manga, it's the main dude
Cornbread78
Member
Code Geass R2 ep.5
Oh Suzuku, nice play at the end... I wonder if Lelouch can hold back and play it off.... That stings... I wonder who they are goi g to ship with Lelouch by the end of this thing... Shirley, C.C, or Kallen.. Wait, don't tell me they go the Oriemo route....?!?
nintendoman58
Member
I see. How do they compare to the TV series?
I know how you feel. I'll eat up bad writing if it amuses me very much, lol
Admiral Woofington
Member
The edgier the Anime the better.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Re:Zero - 1-6
Wow this is really good! I had held off on it cause I thought it was gonna be some lousy fan-serviced harem. Liking the concept and plot twists so far.
Characters are all really likeable, especially the MC. Solid animation though many instances of them hiding the mouth of characters speaking.
Wow this is really good! I had held off on it cause I thought it was gonna be some lousy fan-serviced harem. Liking the concept and plot twists so far.
Characters are all really likeable, especially the MC. Solid animation though many instances of them hiding the mouth of characters speaking.
Isn't there a third movie? Where does that fit in?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I haven't seen Patlabor WXIII. I believe it's set after the second movie, but it's a years after the fact sequel with a largely different creative team that isn't highly regarded.
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