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I played MGQ for the plot.
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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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I played MGQ for the plot.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
(Today, 12:13 AM)
Buddy Complex 1-3
Sunrise wasn't mincing words when they advertised this as "orthodox robot action". It's extremely basic in premise and execution, and I probably wouldn't watch more if I wasn't just the slightest bit invested in knowing how the
situation plays out. It's stuck in that drab ghetto between real robot and super robot where "real" mecha are sexed up with the same old supercharged glowy bits and psychic connections; a homogenized distillation of once-intriguing and well-implemented concepts from long-ago mecha series that have converged into a standardized techno-mush that a mostly-dead genre feeds upon because it is either out of good ideas or unwilling to gamble on them.
Combat is as uninspiring as the mecha themselves, with no decent choreography, too many quick cuts, indistinct allies and enemies, tons of barfy shaky cam, and a combination of bad bitrate during action scenes, mandatory dimming during bright scenes, and ugly-looking "heat wave" filter around the propulsion jets that muddies everything happening on screen. It's also slapped with the colorful cheap plastic color palette that's been the standard for Sunrise since Gundam AGE. Aoba is a "typical high school male" viewer insert doofus, and the supporting cast is equally mold-cast and perfunctory. Like, none of it is actively bad or anything, but if you've seen any mecha anime, you've already seen most of Buddy Complex.
Sunrise wasn't mincing words when they advertised this as "orthodox robot action". It's extremely basic in premise and execution, and I probably wouldn't watch more if I wasn't just the slightest bit invested in knowing how the
time paradox
Combat is as uninspiring as the mecha themselves, with no decent choreography, too many quick cuts, indistinct allies and enemies, tons of barfy shaky cam, and a combination of bad bitrate during action scenes, mandatory dimming during bright scenes, and ugly-looking "heat wave" filter around the propulsion jets that muddies everything happening on screen. It's also slapped with the colorful cheap plastic color palette that's been the standard for Sunrise since Gundam AGE. Aoba is a "typical high school male" viewer insert doofus, and the supporting cast is equally mold-cast and perfunctory. Like, none of it is actively bad or anything, but if you've seen any mecha anime, you've already seen most of Buddy Complex.
Admiral Woofington
Member
It's not that Strike Witches was bad per se.
It's that it was so not good that it gave me cancer. And I had to quit my job as a teacher and become a meth cooker. But I didn't know how to distribute so I had to join up with a previous student of mine. And then we- wait I feel like my situation may have happened before to someone else.
It's that it was so not good that it gave me cancer. And I had to quit my job as a teacher and become a meth cooker. But I didn't know how to distribute so I had to join up with a previous student of mine. And then we- wait I feel like my situation may have happened before to someone else.
Curious to see if she becomes 2014's Renge-chan.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Some people have disliked her since episode 1 so that's not happening.
They have? I must not be paying attention. Guess they prefer ther serial molester instead.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
For some laughs, I found out that The Geekbox forums really hated our 2012 AOTY list:
http://forums.geekbox.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=679&start=2880
lol
http://forums.geekbox.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=679&start=2880
lol
Obviously you've heard the wrong things, then! Tessa improves considerably after the end of the anime because
Sousuke tells her he does not love her the way he does Kaname, causing Tessa to cut the string that was holding her back and become one badass sea captain hellbent on beating the shit out of her brother's army.
I resent this comment! Mecha's not dead, it's just been infected with bullshit CGI mecha and trapped between people desperately trying to recreate Gundam and EVA. Rinne was solid, and Build Fighters, in spite of being a show DEDICATED TO APING GUNDAM is a refreshing premise filled with some of the best animation the genre has seen in ages.
For every five horrible shitty mecha shows that come out these days we still get at least one solid one a year. Mecha might be unwell, but it's hardly dying.
Full Metal Panic! 16
A bunch of backstory for Sousuke, as well as some about Zaied, and the parallels that come with it.
Grace offers to let Sousuke join her team, but if you know this arc doesn't exist in the books, you can already guess how that turns out!
Also we get to see what it's like for Tessa, stuck sitting in her office waiting impatiently to hear if her soldier makes it out of a hell hole or not. I'm definitely appreciating Tessa a lot more this go around.
F-Fate/Bullshit? ;_;
I was agreeing with them till someone suggested Tari Tari.
Nobody has good taste anymore.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I'd say this specific problem gets better as the show goes on. I didn't notice it much later on.
Urk. I love it... Especially when it comes in early.
I'm sorry you can't appreciate this art.
In fairness I gotta say that what I've seen so far has yet to lead me to understand Anime GAF's love for it.
Yeah! The way they fade it in is really unsettling. And yeah, the rotoscoping definitely gets a bit better. Although I will say that I kind of like the ugliness of it, as I feel like it makes everything feel more uncomfortable.
Don't lump me in with those people D:
I don't understand the slash fanbase for that show, the main lead is unattractive as hell.
dakkumauji
Member
Saki 09
Huh, didn't expect the finals already. I kinda expected more rounds with no-named schools again.
Huh, didn't expect the finals already. I kinda expected more rounds with no-named schools again.
I seriously, seriously, seriously despise that meme. It's enormously disrespectful to anyone who's ever actually seen it happen to someone.
Boo this man.
Everytime I step out of the animegaf bubble I remember how awful other anime communities are.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The show itself constantly drops Sherlock references, even invoking the genre and Doyle's text itself several times.
You have obviously heard the wrong things and should check out Full Metal Panic! Sigma.
Full Metal Panic! 17
We interrupt this brutal
slaughter of Sousuke's team
firehawk12
Subete no aware
They only do it because of Sawa-chan's band.
(Also, if KyoAni really is desperate, they should just do a K-On prequel with Sawako and her metal band).
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
r/Anime can be okay at times when it's not getting bombarded with fan art.
Admiral Woofington
Member
for some reason the link isnt working for me. They should be happy if Yamato wins 2013 AOTY though. And it should
Just because you use Sherlock references doesn't make you a Sherlock show.
Well I would say I prefer Nyarko over Loveru. But really blowing up over a 1 point difference...
Also comparing Hyouka to Sherlock is just bizarre.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
I've been wanting this since I first laid eyes on Sawa-chan, anime of the forever etc etc.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's about an anti-social self-obsessed genius and his hopeless lackey.
Although, probably the only difference between Hyouka and other recent Sherlock adaptations is that
Oreki is actually sympathetic to other people, as we see when he almost beats down Satoshi for screwing around with Mayaka
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Best ED.
And that's pretty much the only thing it has in common. The tone, setting, types of mysteries, set up and even the character flaws are different. Their reasons for being antisocial are completely different for example. Sherlock was definitely an influence but that's as far as it goes.
Definitely what sold me on the series. When it first starts playing in the first episode, so good.
Noting wrong with that! I really enjoy dissonant stuff, especially when it fits a certain tone.
TestMonkey
Member
Oh man. Keep going. It gets weird and the more that's explained the weirder it gets.
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