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Summer Anime 2017 |OT| More streaming services than shows to watch

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Don't worry I watched it !

And dropped it 2/3 eps in.

Well I'm glad you had the courtesy not to say anything about it.

Uh, but that's a good arc? As far as I remember the complaints were mostly against the botched art in the anime compared to the manga. And probably some flashback overuse in the anime.

The complaints mostly stem from the fact that, at its core, the villain invasion arc is about a bunch of villains jobbing against unprepared children and All Might just saving the day.

Manga spoilers:

Though the people with those complaints that decided to stick around are going to get a good surprise when they reach the training camp arc.
 

Kickz

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Haikyuu!! Ep 17
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This episode seemed to be a background-characters-getting-screen-time special.
 

He used a bad (and unfair) example, but it's true there is this notion out there that the current art style in lots of amie is too flat and they want the good ol' times of shaded characters back.

It isn't totally false, they refer to this modern style:
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Of course most of the times their examples are from OVAs/films and not series, and/or there is some cherry picking involved even if they use the same category.
 

Honestly we really ought to just ignore those threads completely.

I take it you haven't seen the classic Otaking screed on five-tone shading. There's a tradition of people believing that modern anime got bad when animators got cheap and lazy and abandoned intricate shading.

Didn't that guy admit he was screwing around and purposely overreacting?
 
Ballroom e Youkoso

I feel like reflection as allegory was made for this show and I am glad to see the director is getting good use out of it. The moment in the beginning of the OP where Tatara sees himself fading away in the school window compared to the finale of the OP where we finally see Tatara in a mirror as a dancer, no longer concerned with himself but lost in dance, gave me chills. Before I even got into the meat of the episode. By far my most looked forward to so far.
 

Principate

Saint Titanfall
Uh, but that's a good arc? As far as I remember the complaints were mostly against the botched art in the anime compared to the manga. And probably some flashback overuse in the anime.
Like,

Eh it was pretty mediocre and i didn't even watch the anime. I mean the usual character development for the heroes were alright but the villains weren't compelling for me which sucked dry all the tension.
 

Taruranto

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Hitorijime My Hero 1

I usually don't watch BL because 100% of the stuff that gets adapted looks awful and is awful, but this one had a... not terrible character design (too bad the colors look a bit too washed out) and seemed passable, so I figured I would give it a go.

Then while watching it, I remembered slice of life/pure romance anime bore the shiet out of me. I'll give it a couple of more episodes because this season doesn't look too busy (Even if everything that interests me comes out on Friday and Saturday) to see if the story goes somewhere, but I'm not holding out much hope.
 

JulianImp

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CR's seasonal shows have let me down so far... guess I'll be trying to finish watching Seirei no Moribito and taking recommendations for other older shows I should be watching.

Now, if only Owari was a regular weekly show...
 
bad exposition is bothering me more and more. It's taking me out of shows whenever it happens vs just being a nuisance. Why do writers feel the need to have a character walking in and tell me his life story on a regular fucking day of work.
 

Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
bad exposition is bothering me more and more. It's taking me out of shows whenever it happens vs just being a nuisance. Why do writers feel the need to have a character walking in and tell me his life story on a regular fucking day of work.

One of us, one of us.
 

Just T

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Little Witch Academia: 9

That situation went better than expected, the headmistress could have been way harder on them. The last scene was pretty sweet and the leaves forming the couple was neat.
 

Taruranto

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The legend of Mahmut #1



Woah, what happened here. It has the same issue as Vatican, it goes too fast, scenes happen one after another, it barely gives the setting/characters time to breath. This feels like the 6th episode, not the first one. Actually it feels like the 6h, 7th and 8th episodes all in one! In one scene, he ponders if there is a conspiracy going on, in the scene after, he immediately found out the truth.

Event the animation is seriously underwhelming, if not outright bad at times.

http://webm.land/media/C1wO.webm
 

KraytarJ

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Made in Abyss 1
New favourite premiere. Great world, pretty cool characters, and beautiful animation. Really interested to see where this ends up going.
 

Jarmel

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Castlevania-

I'm not sure what I'm more disappointed about, that there isn't a full cour of this right now or that nobody did this before.
 

Just T

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Little Witch Academia: 10

Akko is lowkey getting better with her magic, had a nice little speech at the fountain too. Kinda glad buddy stuck around for Lotte otherwise that moment would have been sad as fuck. And Sucy got all the amusement she wanted.
 

Narag

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Castlevania-

I'm not sure what I'm more disappointed about, that there isn't a full cour of this right now or that nobody did this before.

Honestly it probably came out in the right place at the right time since everyone involved wanted to make something great. Ellis' old blog doesn't install confidence in regard to the visuals:

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Cornbread78

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Konbini Kareshi ep.1
I'm mot sure what was going on in tjis episode because the flow of the show was so weird, but I'll give it a few episodes to see where the shipping goes. Kinda weird the show only vets a SoL tag and no "romance" tag from that first episode though...
 

JulianImp

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I don't think it does, but if you want to watch that one show about a little fox girl that's engaged to a generic lazy pervert guy with lots of spiritual power, then CR's got you covered.

Seriously, CR's seasonal line-up is the worst I remember since I subscribed over two years ago. They'd better be getting Owari part 2, or else...
 

Just T

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I don't think it does, but if you want to watch that one show about a little fox girl that's engaged to a generic lazy pervert guy with lots of spiritual power, then CR's got you covered.

Seriously, CR's seasonal line-up is the worst I remember since I subscribed over two years ago. They'd better be getting Owari part 2, or else...
They've been confirmed to premiere Owari part 2 first.
 

Qurupeke

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Garo [END]

I disliked what led to the ending and how Mendoza was brought back. It was like a recipe for disaster, and I'm surprised things ended quite better than I expected. Generally, I found the writing of the series a bit weak but, to be fair, it still had a lot of good moments. On another note, I'm not sure how to describe it, but I felt that the world of Garo was quite disheartening. If someone turned to a Horror, even if they didn't ask for it, there was no way back and they had to be eliminated. It happened a lot of times, more prominently with Ema's husband. It was weird that the Makai were so eager to slay Horrors that were normal people just a few moments ago. For example, in episode 14, Gaspard transforms into a horror without really desiring anything and while he was a (somewhat) good person. Or earlier, on the episode with the blacksmith. The whole thing is just kind of messed up...

So, the good bits... Garo's strongest point were the fight scenes for me. A nice blend of CG and traditional animation, while the fight choreography was more than simply good. The fight between Alfonso and Leon is the stand out, despite not using the armors. Also, I should mention how much I loved a lot of the Horror designs. Creepy, terrifying and they could very well be out of Dark Souls. Moreover, I think the episodic stuff was good. A few episodes felt really out of place and kind of boring, like the one that the villagers built a robot, but I think I liked the more tragic ones. Garo's world was very grim, so tragedies felt very fitting.

All in all, it was, at the very least, enjoyable. I can't say I was completely impressed, but for a dark fantasy anime, it was pretty good. However, the OPs might really be the best part of it, they were exceptional.
 
I take it you haven't seen the classic Otaking screed on five-tone shading. There's a tradition of people believing that modern anime got bad when animators got cheap and lazy and abandoned intricate shading.

I always thought that meme-image-rant was some kind of parody and not 'serious'. The reason why is that at first it seems to kind of have a point but it then reaches this part:

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Seriously? As examples of "this is how it should be done" you put that ugly as fuck drawings??! The first one seems from one of those 'how to draw manga' which hilariously seems done by amateurs who only have read manga for a pair of days, and the second seems a parody of edginess 'blood and torment'.
 

Jintor

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wait then where the hell am i gonna watch NG+

fuuuuuuuuck i just want to give someone money to watch shows, why is this so hard
 

Jarmel

Banned
Honestly it probably came out in the right place at the right time since everyone involved wanted to make something great. Ellis' old blog doesn't install confidence in regard to the visuals:
I'm just surprised though that we've never really gotten something like this in anime besides Berserk I guess.
 
I'm just surprised though that we've never really gotten something like this in anime besides Berserk I guess.

dark fantasy? There aren't many big dark fantasy properties I guess. The Witcher would have been perfect for an animated show, but it's getting a live action one from Netflix.
 

JCG

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I'm just surprised though that we've never really gotten something like this in anime besides Berserk I guess.

I think it can be argued that Claymore came very close to providing the same sort of feel, regardless of the weird anime original ending involved.
 

Narag

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I always thought that meme-image-rant was some kind of parody and not 'serious'. The reason why is that at first it seems to kind of have a point but it then reaches this part:

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Seriously? As examples of "this is how it should be done" you put that ugly as fuck drawings??! The first one seems from one of those 'how to draw manga' which hilariously seems done by amateurs who only have read manga for a pair of days, and the second seems a parody of edginess 'blood and torment'.

You'd be surprised. His Dr. Who and Tie Fighter fanworks always elicit cries of how this is what anime should be and it's a shame it doesn't look like this anymore.
 

Jarmel

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I think it can be argued that Claymore came very close to providing the same sort of feel, regardless of the weird anime original ending involved.

I don't know, I never got that same feeling from Claymore. Garo is probably closer.
 
I don't even know what other dark fantasy property could be made to cash in on the love. Black Company? I'd love Malazan but that shit would never work as anything but a book, and it's more high fantasy than dark fantasy. Shit, fuck everything make a Dune animated show. It's already essentially a more spicy Space Fantasy novel.
 
I'm happy to see Made in Abyss is getting a good adaption, it should solve one of the few downsides of the manga which is how hard it is to follow the paneling. Should be the surprise of the season for those who haven't read the source material.
 

Narag

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I don't even know what other dark fantasy property could be made to cash in on the love. Black Company? I'd love Malazan but that shit would never work as anything but a book, and it's more high fantasy than dark fantasy. Shit, fuck everything make a Dune animated show. It's already essentially a more spicy Space Fantasy novel.

  1. Black Company live action series is in the works.
  2. Watch Jodorowsky's Dune to see what we missed out on.
 

Kickz

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Made in Abyss 01

Solid opening and setup. Incredible background work, neat animation and lighting.

Yes, this show really hits the spot, production wise and I can't help but take a lot of screens hoping this gets more attention.
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What a damn waste tho, with those gag character designs -__-
 
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