Only the best alien technology could create a being as pure as Erio.
Hoooly shit.
You bought SAO didnt you?
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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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Only the best alien technology could create a being as pure as Erio.
Hoooly shit.
You bought SAO didnt you?
Well clearly we need to fix this. G Gundam is the best Gundam show ever made. Unlike other Gundam shows, that sink into the filth and dross of angsty, melodramatic, fauxlitical plots, G Gundam is about punching the shit out of the Devil and how being a true man is all about true love and punching the shit out of people.
G Gundam is a man's man's Gundam. Puts hair on your chest and heroism in your heart. Dorothy didn't need to see the Wizard. She and her pals could've solved all their probbums if they'd just watched G Gundam.
Neat. The guy being tucked away in some corner is kind of funny.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Witch Craft Works - 3
Pretty fun episode, watching Takamiya attempt to be slightly competent is pretty funny.
I also tried my hand at this fancy pants gif making.
Pretty fun episode, watching Takamiya attempt to be slightly competent is pretty funny.
I also tried my hand at this fancy pants gif making.
Seeing Kagari going super witch was pretty interesting. I'm surprised Takamiya hid the candy from her as well, will probably come up later at a pivotal point.
TastyOreoFriend
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Admiral Woofington
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Hunter x Hunter 79
Holy shit, whoever said that nobody can argue this show can get dark was right. Not only did
. The internal struggle between
and the rest is amazing.
Jesus. I did not expect this. I mean in Fate Zero it was seinen to begin with so when they
then it didn't surprise me. But in this?
Holy shit, whoever said that nobody can argue this show can get dark was right. Not only did
they eat children but they're also murdering left and right
the ant leader that came from the big bro
Jesus. I did not expect this. I mean in Fate Zero it was seinen to begin with so when they
murdered hundreds of children
Ice Lightning
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Assuming your region is not affected, the entire series is up on YouTube and Hulu. Apparently someone thinks some of the episodes are for mature audiences, which is quite rude to the series' calming nature, so keep that in mind if you watch through YouTube and do not have an associated account. Pretty sure the only slightly mature thing in the show is the cat, President Aria's, occasional X-shaped bottom showing when dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NraaWUZxWZw&list=PLrrh84y760v9xnuf6f-Rzu-ndJ2D1uIXg
http://www.hulu.com/aria-the-animation
http://www.hulu.com/aria-the-natural
http://www.hulu.com/aria-the-origination
dakkumauji
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Hamatora 03
Oh hey, there's a plot!
Kinda of a slow episode actually. Lots of talking and panning around but I guess it's to develop the plot at least.
Oh hey, there's a plot!
Kinda of a slow episode actually. Lots of talking and panning around but I guess it's to develop the plot at least.
Admiral Woofington
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Hunter x Hunter 80
Jesus.
BTW should I eventually watch One Piece? I always see it has a huge following but what is AnimeGAF's opinion? It's pretty overwhelming but I'm willing to watch it throughout the years if it's recommended.
Jesus.
dat gruesome death scene. Panzu didn't deserve that. RIP
BTW should I eventually watch One Piece? I always see it has a huge following but what is AnimeGAF's opinion? It's pretty overwhelming but I'm willing to watch it throughout the years if it's recommended.
R_thanatos
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Chuu2 ren - 03
Yet again a total waste of fantasy animation
but hey it was fun to watch .
Yet again a total waste of fantasy animation
but hey it was fun to watch .
It's been a while since I last watched it, but I remember the beginning being a pretty decent adaptation. After a certain point though it gets kind of bleh. It gets padded with filler arcs, the pacing can feel really slow, and the animation/artwork becomes rather... ugly. If you haven't read the manga, it might not feel as bad? Even so, I recommend at least up to the point where they reach the grand line, and maybe a few arcs after that.
watch the good movies, call it a day.
The problem with the One Piece anime is that it ISN'T padded with filler arcs, which leaves you with a painful 1 episode per chapter pace. Read the manga to catch up instead.
Witch Craft Works - Episode 3
This show is so weird. I like how there really isn't much of a plot because the plot is pretty bad. The Mizushima humor is good, the weird quirky shit is good, the art is pretty nice, and the characters are all crazy. Could probably do without the terrible 3DCG background animations for the flying scenes which look right out of Attack on Titan though. Lol.
This show is so weird. I like how there really isn't much of a plot because the plot is pretty bad. The Mizushima humor is good, the weird quirky shit is good, the art is pretty nice, and the characters are all crazy. Could probably do without the terrible 3DCG background animations for the flying scenes which look right out of Attack on Titan though. Lol.
By the by.
Nourin has the best ending of the season.
Because not only do you have a Yukari Tamura and Kana Hanazawa duet.
But you also have chibi Sensei.
Sorry, but chibi Mashiro (plus various other chibi characters) > chibi Sensei, plus Mikakunin has the better song regardless of seiyuu power.
If you can handle the anime's unfortunate pacing in the latter parts of the series, then absolutely yes, it's a pretty amazing series of epic adventure, quirky characters, and generally the best pure shonen-ing out there.
If you can't handle the anime's unfortunate pacing in the latter parts of the series, then still yes, just watch the anime up to around the midway point (I'd recommend perhaps after the Enies Lobby arc at 316 or after the Thriller Bark arc at 381, but your mileage may vary) and then switch to the manga if and when you feel it's starting to drag. (Enlisting the aid of AnimeGAF/the internet to avoid filler arcs is a valid tactic).
amishpriest99
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Hunter x Hunter 80
Jesus.dat gruesome death scene. Panzu didn't deserve that. RIP
BTW should I eventually watch One Piece? I always see it has a huge following but what is AnimeGAF's opinion? It's pretty overwhelming but I'm willing to watch it throughout the years if it's recommended.
After watching the first few episodes, I decided to go with the manga for my One Piece experience. May jump into the anime again once I've finished that.
Crash Station
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One Piece is a damn good series when taken as a whole, but it's tough to recommend based on individual episodes. The anime is also pretty poorly paced, which gets worse even later on.
However, the payoff in many arcs is among the best the genre has to offer, and I'd go as far to say its highs trump even Hunter x Hunter. It's also a bit easier to consume than you would think at first, since a lot of episodes have super long recaps at the beginning that you can just skip. With that in mind, getting caught up now, would probably take around 130 hours or so, which is like the length of Dragon Quest 7 or something. Possibly much less if you look into the fanmade Paced One Piece, which edits down the later episodes significantly by cutting out filler and other stuff. You could think of it as playing a long JRPG that would only cost you around a week of your life in cumulative time.
If you're a manga reader, it may be better to go that route, but the anime is watchable thanks to the strength of the source material. Just know that it's merely fun at first and not amazing until around the 30s.
R_thanatos
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One piece anime has a rought start in term of pacing and they regulary take entire fillers arc that also started bad " argh lapis ".
The movies are quite awesome and recommanded , EXCEPT the 3rd one because it's bad imo ... all the other are watchable
i must admit that the first one piece movie hasn't aged very well.
Admiral Woofington
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I AM a manga reader, but if the quality of the anime is as good as the transition from Hunter x Hunter to the 2011 anime I wouldn't mind bad pacing. I mean it didn't bother me with AoT. Though with 200+ episode I wouldn't know what to say.
No, just read the manga and just watch some of the movies & specials.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It should be cheaper now that they moved to liteboxes. They also come with loads of bonus interview stuff if you're into production, including two trips to Venice.
Also, now you can watch YKK and Sora no Woto! lol
Yep, it's all streaming now, so it's super easy to watch.
They should just replace the station names with names with those cardboard cutouts, like they did with that station from Hanasaku Iroha.
amishpriest99
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Honestly, going through the manga now simply seems more palatable to me, especially when compared to the number of episodes in the anime. I will definitely keep the movies in mind though.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's not.
[Hunter x Hunter]
Makes you wonder bout the sheer diversity of the NGL fauna, too.
It's not, unfortunately.
It's not really fair to compare any long-running shonen anime to Hunter x Hunter's 2011 adaptation.
That said, I am a really big fan of the One Piece anime, and though this could just be nostalgia talking to an extent, I feel that the soundtrack, VAs and so forth are classic and timeless enough to make the anime the better way of getting into the series, and definitively superior to the manga as an experience for at least the first couple hundred episodes.
amishpriest99
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.Crash Station
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What you could do is read the manga and watch the scenes you like animated. There are many that are damn good, like a lot of arc conclusions.
There are definitely nice things about the anime not present in the manga (mostly just the obvious stuff like a soundtrack and stuff, which is pretty good), but it is not on the same level as Hunter x Hunter 2011 as far as adaptations go. That had the advantage of rebooting with nearly 400 chapters of material to work with, while One Piece is always playing a game of chicken with the manga and possibly catching up to it.
Menma wat r u doin. Menma stahp.
So classy. Should be twirling some wine around too.
R_thanatos
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One piece anime does have fantastic finales for their arcs .. it's just a shame that it's so close to the manga that they have such an horrible pacing making it very hard to follow past a certain point if you're watching weekly..
One piece does have a set of must-see episodes , if only for the music and animation
because one piece soundtrack is really , really high quality.
But yeah , manga is better , so much better as a whole package.
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Tokyo ravens - 15
Tokyo ravens still has a very poor opening animation ( it's not done yet ) but the episode itself was again pretty good... i guess tokyo ravens finally hit a nice blend of drama , mystery & action , without abusing too much on the horrible CG.
More important , the group of characters that are the heroes of this anime finally seems like "proper" characters, their relation chart is simple and clear, their strenght and weakness established and we can all work on from there.
MUCH MORE BETTER than the DRAMA
One piece does have a set of must-see episodes , if only for the music and animation
because one piece soundtrack is really , really high quality.
But yeah , manga is better , so much better as a whole package.
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Tokyo ravens - 15
Tokyo ravens still has a very poor opening animation ( it's not done yet ) but the episode itself was again pretty good... i guess tokyo ravens finally hit a nice blend of drama , mystery & action , without abusing too much on the horrible CG.
More important , the group of characters that are the heroes of this anime finally seems like "proper" characters, their relation chart is simple and clear, their strenght and weakness established and we can all work on from there.
MUCH MORE BETTER than the DRAMA
One thing I'm seeing people bring up in conjunction with Akame Ga Kill and White Fox is budget. I thought Shingeki would have taught everybody that it has more to do with a solid production schedule and good animators than anything have to do with throwing large sums of money at a show.
Ice Lightning
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I will definitely get the liteboxes once all are available by sometime in May. Would have preferred the thinpaks, but the first season's thinpak went OOP late last year.
Will try to look into Sora no Woto. I have no idea what YKK could be other than Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, which looks interesting, but I may have to stick to other people's reviews if I cannot find a legal stream.
Admiral Woofington
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As I keep watching Hunter x Hunter the one thing I think it's missing, as cheesy as it is, is
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*spoilered as to not give hints as to what has happened and my speculations.
a near death scene for either Gon or Killua that makes the other go super saiyan
*spoilered as to not give hints as to what has happened and my speculations.
killer rin
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Chunibyou 3
Good Rikka. Seal Yuta down. Dont let her anywhere near him.
Money isn't everything but it helps to cover up alot of flaws. I mean, even Deen produces half decent animation in some of their movie projects.
Movies get more production time usually though, similar to OVAs.
Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan! 12
That conversation between Doremi and Seki-sensei at the beginning might have been my favorite moment of the season so far.
I still miss baby Hana-chan. And does this whole deal with Kotake mean he's going to be showing up more? Bleh. That was a pretty nice gesture he showed making himself slip on the banana though. Still don't like him.
That conversation between Doremi and Seki-sensei at the beginning might have been my favorite moment of the season so far.
I still miss baby Hana-chan. And does this whole deal with Kotake mean he's going to be showing up more? Bleh. That was a pretty nice gesture he showed making himself slip on the banana though. Still don't like him.
He'll simply move onto his next challenge.
Gundam was the correct answer.
.. yup
That's continuing! Everytime I list continuing stuff, I'm told that I should have only posted stuff that just started!
astrogamer
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Oneechan ga Kita 3
That boob slap gotta hurt. Also, that poor younger brother.
That boob slap gotta hurt. Also, that poor younger brother.
Gifu Dodo!! Kanetsugu & Keiji 18
Weird ep. It had extra DEEN magic and was just all over the place. Really think this second cour lost a ton of the charm the first cour had.
Put ya guns on?
Weird ep. It had extra DEEN magic and was just all over the place. Really think this second cour lost a ton of the charm the first cour had.
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