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JoJo'siamond is Unbreakable Episode 15
Man, the new OP song looks really cool visually. Still not sold on the song yet (I love CNBT), but I'm sure it'll grow on me. Definitely has this Shonen feel and I think it fits in this arc of Part 4.

The episode itself was great as always. I love Josuke's backstory about his hair so much lol. Love the beatdown on Rohan lol.

Shokugeki no Soma Episodes 21-24 (End of First Season)
Just finished and it was kind of amazing. Watched it from a friend's recommendation and I don't regret it. Was such a really fun ride from start to finish and it was really hard for me to put down. Love the food reactions, looked super nice and the characters were just really charming and fun. Soma's legit one of my favorite Shonen protagonists in a long time and probably my favorite character in the show. Only criticism I have is that Erina was...actually kind of really lame, and I hope she gets better season 2 (which I'll start tomorrow!).

 

[Gvitor]

Taboo Tatoo 01

Oh wow, this is way more violent than I was expecting.

I'll watch episode 2 when it hits, but episode 1 didn't give me much hope for this show...

 

[Geist-]

I think I know why I like Kuromukuro mechs more than other mechs from shows in the Mecha genre: They stick to the ground. It's one of the reasons I like Evangelion battle sequences. The biggest problem I have with most mecha shows like Gundam is at some point, they just start flying everywhere. Why? Why are they flying everywhere? Why not use planes or spaceships? How are they aerodynamic?

Anyway, ya, I'm really liking Kuromukuro so far. Not necessarily groundbreaking, but they do what they do pretty well.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Future card buddyfight: DDD [Triple D] Episode 15

Gao

Pretty funny and awesome episode, especially how the winner was decided. The next tourney is gonna be epic.

 

[ibyea]

Concrete Revolutio: 18
Damn, another incredible episode of Concrete Revolutio. The consequences of the Shinjuku riot weigh very heavily, with prejudice and pervasive fear against superhuman having become normalized. In this kind of environment where the status quo against superhumans is so strong, there is no easy path to knowing what the right thing is, which sets up the conflict between Jirou and Daisetsu at the end. And then there is the story of Wakamura, a widowed father who obtained superpowers, who will do anything to maintain his powers because he has his daughter he wants to make happy, and in a way shows the folly of dividing people as good and evil as some of the stubborn people in the show does. In that aspect, it feels like Jirou has matured somewhat, or at least that is how his conversation with Wakamura felt like.

 

[Just T]

91 Days: 1

Pretty good first episode, intriguing from start to finish.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I think I know why I like Kuromukuro mechs more than other mechs from shows in the Mecha genre: They stick to the ground. It's one of the reasons I like Evangelion battle sequences. The biggest problem I have with most mecha shows like Gundam is at some point, they just start flying everywhere. Why? Why are they flying everywhere? Why not use planes or spaceships? How are they aerodynamic?

Anyway, ya, I'm really liking Kuromukuro so far. Not necessarily groundbreaking, but they do what they do pretty well.

I mean, it's not like human shaped mecha have any kind of practicality in real life anyways, so I don't see the point of griping about Aerodynamics

 

[dickroach]

how do I watch DB Super in the US? kinda forgot it started, and now its on episode 50 :\

 

[Aaronrules380]

how do I watch DB Super in the US? kinda forgot it started, and now its on episode 50 :\

You use streaming sites, since there are no legal fansubs or dubs at the moment for some godforsaken reason (Toei is dumb)

 

[Phatmac]

...what the FUCK am I watching?

 

[Gvitor]

Euphonium 14 - Shipping wars.

I think I liked Hazuki more in this extra episode than in the main series.

 

[Line_HTX]

That needs some Chinese subtitles so I can ask my parents what's going on, lmao

 

[SliceSabre]

Puppets are fucking creepy and I'll have no part of that show.

 

[Geist-]

I mean, it's not like human shaped mecha have any kind of practicality in real life anyways, so I don't see the point of griping about Aerodynamics

I like to think of Mecha as being bigger humans, with all the advantages that the human body offers(more easily traverse hazardous terrain, climb over obstacles, manipulate objects, higher point of view) in a bigger, more durable form factor. Humans can't fly, and flying Mecha don't really offer anything a plane can't.

Just my opinion though. I mostly see future mechs being more like the Aliens power loader regardless.

 

[Haly]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 1

Holy shitballs this is amazing

 

[Quasar]

Hmm. New Crunchyroll update on iPad is nice. Might just be a visual refresh but it seems much nicer to me.

 

[sonicmj1]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 1

This is total nonsense.

The best total nonsense.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Amanchu 1

It's not quite as obnoxiously optimistic as Aria (although the constant SD characters are obnoxious) and it's better made overall than Aria. Still, I'm not interested in watching more. It feels shallow like cotton candy, as Sato's healing works have a tendency to do, and so I'm not emotionally engaged in any way. Plus, Sato's storyboard for this episode rather annoyed me. I'm being a bit nitpicky here, but I didn't like how often he resorted to Dutch angles and other weirdly framed shots, which introduced a bit of visual tension at odds with the rest of the show. And of course there's the aforementioned SD, which I know is taken from the manga, but which looks so ugly, especially when the "realistic" character designs are so attractive. If the dominant emotion this show makes me feel is ticked off, I know I'm on a totally different wavelength.

I am amused at how the male school uniform is Every Male School Uniform Ever while the female school uniform are these long flowing pink dresses which look like the dress of a 19th century debutante.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Handa kun Episode 1

Best character, though the anime is kind of dumb since Handa seems to think one thing while everyone else (except Juri) is worshipping him. I love how the guys are commenting on all he does and stuff. I hope Juri can become friends with him and ditch that pretty girl, the pretty girl is all mean and awful to her, its so annoying and rude.

 

[jonjonaug]

...what the FUCK am I watching?

It's not the first time Urobuchi's done wuxia, but he hasn't really touched the genre since 2002.

 

[Quasar]

Amanchu 1 - Man...after so many years of minskirts in anime those ankle length uniforms are umm jarring.

 

[Just T]

Alderamin on the Sky: 1

Found this kinda boring tbh.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Thunderbolt Fantasy 1

When anime has a puppet show

Meanwhile in America

I take back any doubt I had over this masterpiece. This might be anime of the forever. Only downside is the fucking Attack on Titan S2 soundtrack sneaking into the show.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

October cant come fast enough

 

[Narag]

Welcome, brothers.

 

[AquaWateria]

Didn't think there would be a puppet anime series.

 

[Hellwarden]

Time Travel Girl 1

I'm learnding! This was actually decent. Nothing amazing. The main female leads are enjoyable in their interactions. Will probably check out the next episode.

It has an opening that I find oddly hilarious.

 

[Narag]

If no one else does it first and assuming there isn't one already, I think I'll toss up a Thunderbolt Fantasy thread in the OT tomorrow so more people check it out.

 

[Kieli]

If no one else does it first and assuming there isn't one already, I think I'll toss up a Thunderbolt Fantasy thread in the OT tomorrow so more people check it out.

Uh, so is Thunderbolt bad good or good good? Don't want to waste 30 minutes to find out.

 

[Erheller]

ANIME

IS

SAVED

But dodos were from Mauritius, not Reunion

 

[Narag]

Uh, so is Thunderbolt bad good or good good? Don't want to waste 30 minutes to find out.

Better than most of the junk we watch!

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

91 Days 01

I'm really into mafioso stuff but this didn't do anything for me. At least it is better then Gangsta or Joker Game.

Thunderbolt Fantasy 01

Holy crap the budget and sakuga are so high it looks real. Someone tell off topic.

This was fuckin' awesome. I'm so into this, even with the Sawano which is somewhat hilarious. The sound effects are extremely goofy, I can't tell if that is on purpose or not. The dude cutting his own head off was some amazing bullshit.

 

[jonjonaug]

Uh, so is Thunderbolt bad good or good good? Don't want to waste 30 minutes to find out.

It's good good.

 

[Beats]

Didn't know about that Thunderbolt show. I might check it out after seeing that webm on the other page lol. Have there been any other puppet/stop motion anime?

 

[Narag]

Didn't know about that Thunderbolt show. I might check it out based on that webm on the other page lol. Have there been any other puppet/stop motion anime?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Dead_(film)

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Uh, so is Thunderbolt bad good or good good? Don't want to waste 30 minutes to find out.

you don't know what life is until you see puppets having battles with Ufotable effects

 

[jonjonaug]

Didn't know about that Thunderbolt show. I might check it out after seeing that webm on the other page lol. Have there been any other puppet/stop motion anime?

This isn't stop motion, it's actual puppetry being recorded in real time. See: here for the company doing it, or just watch the "episode 0" that's publicly available on Crunchyroll for a behind the scenes look.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Handa-kun 1

I love how the show spent like the first half introducing these side characters as the focus and they aren't even in the main plot itself even though they appear in the fucking OP lmao.

Who knew that a show about a calligraphy expert was going to have the most badass metal OP in a while. As to the episode itself once it started, it was pretty damn good. The faces are on point. I'll continue watching, I like the change in dynamic of the main show with the fan club watching the episodes. Like anime's MST3K.

 

[Mailbox]

Thunderbolt Fantasy episode 1

I think the only thing I didn't like was the CG for the skeleton dragon things. Those reminded me way too much of Godzilla (2000). But other than that, It was shockingly entertaining. Everything else had really good looking effects, the fights were super energetic, and the puppetry was handled super well.

Anime might just be saved by puppets and fantastic fighting effects.
(Yeah, I'm aware MAL doesn't consider it an anime, but whatever. This is an anime thread, and we're talking about it. We all decided that MGSV was anime, so why not this? )

 

[Narag]

Thunderbolt Fantasy episode 1

I think the only thing I didn't like was the CG for the skeleton dragon things. Those reminded me way too much of Godzilla (2000). But other than that, It was shockingly entertaining. Everything else had really good looking effects, the fights were super energetic, and the puppetry was handled super well.

Anime might just be saved by puppets and fantastic fighting effects.
(Yeah, I'm aware MAL doesn't consider it an anime, but whatever. This is an anime thread, and we're talking about it. We all decided that MGSV was anime, so why not this? )

 

[dimb]

http://i.imgur.com/VgUdW74.png

gonna use this argument for the next season of rwby

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

People already talk about RWBY in here and people will talk about Samurai Jack in here too

 

[Kieli]

ok, just watched the pre-air special. looks cool

wish me luck gaf, i'm going in dry

 

[Narag]

gonna use this argument for the next season of rwby

If I can't trust labels put in place by marketing, then who can i trust?

 

[Mailbox]

I'm aware that both crunchyroll (Where do you think I watched it?) and anime news network both state this as anime.

Just don't forget that Crunchyroll's podcast is also under "anime"

 

[Quasar]

Clearly I need to write a strongly worded complaint to management.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

91 Days

Maybe I don't have to worry about this show. Nothing screams anime so far, it just seems like a mafia film that happens to be animated. The soundtrack was fantastic throughout especially the minimalistic sound design with background music. The opening shots of the piano/cemetery/stained glass windows were amazing. The ED with the old style text box and the singing girl with the piano. MMMM MMMMM

As others have said, it didn't feel like a particularly American city, so I guess it's fictionalized Little Italy lol. If this keeps up this quality of story telling I can see it being my anime of the season.

edit: I'll also keep shamelessly pimping the 91 Days OT until you assholes go post there.

 

[Cornbread78]

New Game ep.1

Well, that wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. The comedy was good, the characters were all "interesting" and it had a good tonae to it. If thr comedy stays there, I'll stick with it for a bit.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Clearly I need to write a strongly worded complaint to management.

If you call it Rakurai no Kuusou, you can probably slip it by the MAL admin.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I thought they use tons of cg but seeing how large the studio is and the PILI Sand was awesome, and the smoke and lighting. Also how they try to make destroyed stuff look more beautiful was nice.

The doll designs look so much better than the original art

Enjoyed episode one, villain is my fav character, his laugh at the end was epic.