ZachDeKoromaru
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I sort of want to see Corvo's reaction to the last few episodes of Utawarerumono.
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Winter 2014 Anime |OT| I've got to find a dandy guy who killed my dad in the space
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dakkumauji
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You can't stop the idol train!
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
I know I've rec'd you a few things in the past, so I'll avoid re-rec'ing things like Golden Boy, but...
Romeo x Juliet, perhaps? It's very, very loosely based on it's Shakespearean source material (definitely not in the same way that Gankutsuou stays close) but I feel still contains the soul of its parent. It's visually interesting, the dub is pretty darn good (and probably even suggested, imo. They jump in and out of 'Shakespearean'-ish English, which can be jarring, but a nice touch to the dub process), the world is pretty interesting, has nice batch of characters for the most part (i.e., Tybalt's character is fucking just wankery cut out of the worst fanfictions but William is a joy to watch every time), and it still holds some elements of the original play.
You know if I watched this show, Hito would never, ever stop heckling me to watch the other Magical Girl shows. And I would have no grounds to oppose.
This would be disappointing.
Sure you would: Princess Tutu is 26 episodes, all those other shows are like a bajillion episodes.
Easy peasy.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
She has the same seiyuu as Hanekawa so it might actually happen!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Idols are life.
Why you do this to me, Enron? I must have seen one good show once.
Admiral Woofington
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If he likes the corny episodes of Sword Art Online of Kirito and Asuna just acting mushi, he'll LOVE this show.
All jokes aside it was very entertaining. Especially the japanese "you raise me up so i can touch the mountaaaaaaaaain"
KirbYuuYuu
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Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is like 26 episodes plus 3 OVAs. Not too shabby.
I wouldn't go so far as to say I liked those episodes.
FelixOrion
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I actually forgot about that. Being a cover song/adaption aside, I actually liked it as an OP.
I stopped spoiling myself like a year ago but it seems like a steady escalation of insanity which is all I could ask for at this point.
I also honestly super liked how the Fullbring arc was handled in the anime; even Kubo's dumbassery can be adequately salvaged with good pacing, higher production values, and active, strong direction. Ideally something similar happens with this arc and Jump/Pierrot is insisting on the manga wrapping up before producing new seasons so that they can blow through the rest without shit pacing and six-month-long filler arcs.
Corvy needs convincing. also its all way out of context so to someone who hasnt seen the show its all nonsensical imagery.
Too afraid you might actually like it and want more, eh?
If you're going to recommend Pretty Sammy, just recommend the first two Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki OVA series. Corvo, I think you'd really like them.
scytheavatar
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http://myanimelist.net/anime/14813/Yahari_Ore_no_Seishun_Love_Comedy_wa_Machigatteiru.
Watch this, if you are looking for something character driven and dialogue heavy similar to Monogatari. It starts off a bit slow but gets a lot better after a few episodes.
chickdigger802
Banned
anime trailer for that new senran kagura vita cooking smut game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=72miGajfJec
its.... probably nsfw?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=72miGajfJec
its.... probably nsfw?
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I either need an S2 or a localization announcement because that hotty with the short white hair is getting me hot and bothered.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
i can't remember if Corvo has seen Clannad or not.
I don't really have anything against Magical Girl series other than that I don't want to watch Magical Girl series.
Not Mecha and not List.
dakkumauji
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Nodame Cantabile Finale 03
Paris and all their strikes. :|
Nodame can really relate to people she just met.
Paris and all their strikes. :|
Nodame can really relate to people she just met.
Bleach scratched a particular itch that I didn't even know I had at the time - Though, it was entertaining despite itself at times, as you say. I honestly lost all semblance of interest around the Arrancar arc, which considering what precedes that (in the anime), is probably unfortunate.
I just think at that point, I fully accepted that it was never going to be what it had initially promised, or at least showed glimmers of during the opening arcs.
It was my first genuine shounen though, so it'll always have that, I suppose.
I hesitate to recommend it cause you have to go through 20-somethingish+ episodes of mediocre sorta-decent KEYshit trappings to get to the awesome gooey center only to end up with a little nugget of feces at the very end and wow this metaphor is really going in the wrong direction isn't it.
Nah, but I'll write it down for later.
Except for K-On. I'm not watching K-On. I have a bad reputation to protect.
FelixOrion
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I think we've had this argument before (maybe? idk) and again I disagree with your assessment of the end and value the first have a bit more than 'mediocre' but largely agree. The last chunk is really, really good though.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Oh shit, well then. Let's just say the ending can piss people off. It will probably piss you off. I liked it; it's hinted at heavily if you pay attention. There's also a lot of filler at times but Clannad and Clannad: After Story (especially the tail end of After Story) is some of the saddest, soul-crushing stuff out there.
yeah I stopped caring somewhere mid-Arrancar arc but a combination of my habitual inability to overcome the sunk cost fallacy and the fact that I will watch pretty much anything to completion if I am sufficiently invested in even a single narrative thread meant that I stayed with it 200 episodes past its expiration date. When you realize you've been watching something every week for several years, it just sort of becomes tradition irrespective of enjoyment.
read: how I made it through DokiDoki Precure
firehawk12
Subete no aware
K-On is better than Hyouka. Dealwithit.gif
I'm probably underselling the first season a bit. I mean, I did like the School Life portion of the VN overall despite some very big issues, I just didn't like how the anime approached it based on what I've seen so I'm not being entirely fair I admit.
FelixOrion
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How far are you?
I watched the entirety of Clannad last month and then got distracted before I started After Story. I'll start it up once I finish the 2013 stuff I still want to watch (From the New World and Rozen Maiden).
I can deal with this. There is still no reason to watch K-On!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Both are better than your favourite anime!
Hyouka girls>K-on girls
I'd second Toradora, if you haven't watched that. I was tooling around making a gif yesterday and I was reminded of how much I like that damn show.
Man first Corvo rebuffs Princess Tutu, then I have to hold back my nausea from having to legitimately recommend a KEY work I actually liked, and now I read this post!
All I'm missing is one of those #TeamAmi losers showing up.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
only Misaki. Possibly.
There a little bit of that for me too, though it had succumbed so badly to traditional shounen creep, that I had to just cut my losses.
If I had to pin-point that exact moment (of clarity), it was when Ichigo was fighting through goons (anime-only, obviously) and I was being bombarded with the awful comedy/drama, courtesy of those awful sidekicks. It was just such a jarring mismatch of elements, that the episodes had almost zero structure to them. It was obvious stalling was going on, but to be confronted by it like that? Well, I couldn't tolerate such a blatant holding-pattern anymore.
FelixOrion
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Well, if anything, they give Fuko's arc a long time right at the beginning and that is really the first hint and what is truly in-store, in many ways.
The first third of After Story is a bit more par for the course, but as you approach the end of that early third, shit really hits the afterburners.
In addition to Romeo x Juliet and Clannad/Clannad: After Story, I also want to +1 Toradora!.
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