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Summer Anime 2017 |OT| More streaming services than shows to watch
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SliceSabre
Banned
Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project 01
Generic af battle magical girls. nothing at all was interesting about this but my taste is awful so I'll keep watching.
Symphogear AXZ 01
I couldn't stop smiling between the anti-aircraft stations being destroyed by a spinning motorcycle blade, Hibiki punching tank shots and giga drilling through a flying airship or Chris just being all round best. Yup this is more Symphogear and exactly what I wanted from an opening episode.
Generic af battle magical girls. nothing at all was interesting about this but my taste is awful so I'll keep watching.
Symphogear AXZ 01
I couldn't stop smiling between the anti-aircraft stations being destroyed by a spinning motorcycle blade, Hibiki punching tank shots and giga drilling through a flying airship or Chris just being all round best. Yup this is more Symphogear and exactly what I wanted from an opening episode.
I may be proven wrong, but Kakegurui doesn't really give me the impression that its main asset is the mind games. The first episode, at least, was very nonchalant about that. If anything, its faces and the crazy, over the top way everyone acts is the reason to watch that.
Cornbread78
Member
TUSR,
Can you please add to the OP:
Fate/Apocrypha |OT|
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1400401
Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler |OT|
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1399554
Can you please add to the OP:
Fate/Apocrypha |OT|
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1400401
Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler |OT|
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1399554
Symphogear AXZ -Ep. 1
Yup, that was Symphogear at it's best.
They did a great job at setting up the new villains, which apperently were secretly the main antagonist of the series the whole time.
Looks like Chris is going to get more develpoment fairly soon, so that should be interesting.
I watch a few other shows as well, but gave up on them before the first episode was over.
And Symphogear continues to completely over the top.
Dedication Through Light
Member
DIVE is still not in the OP 
Surprised Made in Abyss made it,
Surprised Made in Abyss made it,
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
I actually just switched over thanks to your mention of it. I like how Anilist offers far more customization with the way you score and even giving you the option of switching to the English Translations of the titles.
First few episodes of the season:
Fox Spirit whatever
Nope, dropped the first episode shortly after part B began, and I don't think I'll be picking it up again. The humor's cheap, the MC's awful, and there's it feels like the animation's pretty odd, with lots of very fast cuts that look like they're there to cut corners and made action scenes a bit confusing.
Katsugeki
"We've got it rough compared to the bad guys, because we can't send more than two people back in time at once"
*their leader then shows up and summons three of his allies a couple minutes later*
...Seriously, show? Sorry, but I'm not going to keep watching this. Generic cast, generic plot, and random time travel rules that can apparently get bypassed on a whim make for a show that isn't quite my cup of tea. I might pick it back up if it gets better later on, but I'm passing up on it for now.
Fox Spirit whatever
Nope, dropped the first episode shortly after part B began, and I don't think I'll be picking it up again. The humor's cheap, the MC's awful, and there's it feels like the animation's pretty odd, with lots of very fast cuts that look like they're there to cut corners and made action scenes a bit confusing.
Katsugeki
"We've got it rough compared to the bad guys, because we can't send more than two people back in time at once"
*their leader then shows up and summons three of his allies a couple minutes later*
...Seriously, show? Sorry, but I'm not going to keep watching this. Generic cast, generic plot, and random time travel rules that can apparently get bypassed on a whim make for a show that isn't quite my cup of tea. I might pick it back up if it gets better later on, but I'm passing up on it for now.
Yeah im updating Simulcast times right now, good timing.
Cornbread78
Member
TatteredHat
Member
Look at the clusterfuck of anime streaming services this season and tell me this doesn't drive people back to pirating, I dare you.
Maybe wait a week or two.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Honestly I'm at the point where if a show isn't on Crunchyroll I just don't even care. I've become more casual in terms of anime I'm watching and I'm definitely not willing to pay $20+ a month to watch a season as it airs.
TheGamingBox
Banned
anime boxsets on amazon usuallly have a pretty big discount from the list price
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Tiger Mask W VI
The idol twins trolling those wrestling fangirls were funny.
The idol twins trolling those wrestling fangirls were funny.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
For some reason there's no real discount for Hyouka part1 in Canada (It's 55 dollars atm), which is why I thought it was worth mentioning.
Pretty sure a few of them are going to die soon.
The current state doesn't seem sustainable at all.
I think if you used MAL before, it even lets you important your data.
TheGamingBox
Banned
hyouka part 1 was $50 when it first went up
My Little Harem Can't Possibly Be This Meta* 09
This shows suddenly went from SoL - super powered antics to every girl (the chibi-kindergarten-loli too) realizing she wants the chuuni. I mean there were small scenes here and there but now everybody is pulling out the knives. And his friend is suddenly the final boss/harem affictionado ?!
This shows suddenly went from SoL - super powered antics to every girl (the chibi-kindergarten-loli too) realizing she wants the chuuni. I mean there were small scenes here and there but now everybody is pulling out the knives. And his friend is suddenly the final boss/harem affictionado ?!
Dedication Through Light
Member
I highly doubt Amazon or Netflix will die or stop adding anime (especially since AMZN is making the right moves in JPN, and Netflix is committed to all sorts of content), plus its not like all anime fans only watch anime when it airs and not during the many weeks and months once it ends.
Hidive and Funi wont die since its the companies own services and complements their boxed and dubbed products.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
At least in the US there are only three relevant anime streaming platforms: Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Amazon. I can't see any of them giving up anytime soon.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
On the other hand, I find myself really annoyed by the rather lacking database concerning staff, source material and so on.
So for that MAL is better or one has to go to ANN.
It does. But sadly the apps for automatically updating and managing the anime you watch aren't as good as Taiga for MAL yet :/
And I'm too lazy to take care of a list by hand.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I dont think people werent pirating even when CR had mostly everything. People still werent willing to even pay just $7.99 a month.
Mirei was robbed.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
MAL is an awful resource for anime staff. Poorly organized and with very incomplete information. ANN is the only mostly reliable English database for anime staff.
TatteredHat
Member
Well sure you'll always have that, but splitting up a season over 6 different platforms probably doesn't help things.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Windy Tales 4
A weirdly directed episode. It felt disconcertingly disjointed between the non-chronological bits of editing and the periodic interjections of different parts of the same fantasy(?) scene. I also have no idea why it randomly decided to cut out audible dialogue in the middle of one scene in favor of written subtitles. The core story was good though. I appreciated that Jun decided to sacrifice his desire to have a pet in favor of providing a companion for a lonely old woman.
A weirdly directed episode. It felt disconcertingly disjointed between the non-chronological bits of editing and the periodic interjections of different parts of the same fantasy(?) scene. I also have no idea why it randomly decided to cut out audible dialogue in the middle of one scene in favor of written subtitles. The core story was good though. I appreciated that Jun decided to sacrifice his desire to have a pet in favor of providing a companion for a lonely old woman.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Sure and it's why I tend to just google ANN + whatever I'm searching these days.
Yet, MAL is still leagues above Anilist in that regard and users would want their listing sites to have that functionality as well. Takes a while for most users to figure out that MAL's database isn't that good and ANN should be used, too.
Besides, ANN itself doesn't have stellar design either.
This. I'm more likely to keep watching good shows from seasons past rather than spending more money on streaming services just to watch one or two decent shows per season. Heck, CR is even watchable without a sub as long as you're oaky with being a week behind compared to subscribers.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
MAL and Anilist appear to be about equivalent when it comes to staff information? I think Anilist probably straight up imported the staff information MAL had, and it's just as well organized (which is to say, not organized at all). Either way, there's no comparison to the clearly organized ANN Encyclopedia, in which it's easy to look through both the staff of a particular show and the works of a particular staff member and see who did what.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That's still pretty far from the 42 that they're charging for part 2, unless there's some reason why part 2 would be so heavily discounted.
Aaronrules380
Member
yeah fuck Netflix. How hard is it to understand anime fans prefer simulcasts?
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Hmm right. Looks like there's more of an information issue for newer shows, maybe because they no longer import that information or at least don't do it regularly.
AoT S2 MAL offers lots more than AoT S2 AniList. And since I personally am not the best at remembering names, I tend to find little on AniList in regards to recent shows and have to go somewhere else, which sucks since I did switch from MAL to this.
ANN does have a lot of information and it's somewhat structured, but there's still so much room for improvement. Would be nice if we got proper lists we can sort instead of mostly just hyperlinks.
If, for instance, I search for episode directors it would be nice to just go in order, starting from episode 1. Like:
- Person_A (ep1, 3, 10, 14)
- Person_B (ep2, 7)
- Person_C (ep4)
So, about a month after the first cour? If I'm not mistaken Kuromukuro was uploaded with the end of each cour but LWA was on Netflix with the end of the series. They're quite inconsistent....
PshycoNinja
Member
Food Wars also had a weird opening, but slowly developed itself. I am basically expecting that.
Fate/Apocrypha 1
Blah blah setup whatever let's focus on what's really important.
What the fuck is this chess game?
I hope this guy gets destroyed.
Blah blah setup whatever let's focus on what's really important.
What the fuck is this chess game?
Why are they playing on a 7x7 board? Why do they have pawns (friend and foe) on their back rows? Shouldn't those pawns have advanced? And what about that big cu-
Where's the king? Don't pawns take pieces diagonally?
I hope this guy gets destroyed.
They don't care. They just like to be seen to have current anime.
Joe Molotov
Member
Porn porn?
Yeah when it's not current anymore :^)
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