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Chariot

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First they came for Kill la Kill, and I didn't say anything because there was Daisuki. Then they came for Chuu2 and a bunch of other shows, and I didn't say anything because they were crap. Now they've come for Magi, and there's no one left to say anything because everyone dropped it in the previous season.

T_T
Ha, jokes on you. I didn't drop it, I just wait until it's finished to watch it in one go, like I did with the first.
 
Sazae-san - Episodes 7,059 + 7,060 + 7,071

So I manged to catch the latest episodes of this today and they were pretty good! Episode 7,059 had Katsuo get some new shoes. 7,060 had a cow escape a farm and onto a busy road and almost getting run over which then got reported on the local news, the cow got saved and was returned to the farm. 7,071 had Sazae making weird faces in front of a mirror.
 
Kuroko Basketball S2 17

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Will this match ever end? Jesus...
The Zone looked pretty cool.

Creyed hard for Kuroko. With how long this match is lasting, Im shocked fans are really taking the side that itd be years before the series woukd get an season 3.
 
First they came for Kill la Kill, and I didn't say anything because there was Daisuki. Then they came for Chuu2 and a bunch of other shows, and I didn't say anything because they were crap. Now they've come for Magi, and there's no one left to say anything because everyone dropped it in the previous season.

T_T

Darn worst news posted thus far, even got up at 5am for it, wish I knew last night :(
 
Phi Brain (S3) 67

My only question about this is:
why did Orpheus include Gammon and not, say, Melancholy? Yeah, he's probably the best bet, but he never wore an Orpheus ring so he's not even relatively close to being a Phi Brain. And we even got confirmation Melancholy saw the vision too. It's just... odd.
I do like seeing Gammon solving puzzles though.

The twist with Orpheus really, really, REALLY is giving me 999/VLR vibes though.

Kill la Kill 16


Okay, that super hyper condensed clipshow fake-out in the beginning was funny, I'll admit.That bath scene was very... um... disturbing.

But that aside, we finally learned things! (
And Mako continues to be the best thing in existence. No wonder Ira fell in love with her.
)


Gintama 07


"A big shot? Does that mean he has a big schlong?"
"A beastly one."

With this and the super meta opening commentary, I'm dying.
 

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
Black Rock Shooter 01

I'm going to try and be as articulate as I possibly can. That was a prime level of disturbing and WTF. And it was only episode 1. I'm actually legitimately curious how the relatively... dramatic love story that is Kuroi and Yomi turns into a fight in nightmare fuel funland.



Disturrrrrrrrrrrbing. I don't even know who she is and I already thoroughly both hate and am afraid of her.



I WILL SEE THIS IN MY NIGHTMARES.



Oh hey, I remember you!

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See, the thing is? I know I'm responsible for this
because KB and I know each other outside of GAF and I totally bugged him to watch this shit for weeks
, but all I can feel is...giddy. Eeeeeeeeeee can't wait for more impressions. :D
 
See, the thing is? I know I'm responsible for this
because KB and I know each other outside of GAF and I totally bugged him to watch this shit for weeks
, but all I can feel is...giddy. Eeeeeeeeeee can't wait for more impressions. :D

See, right now the only thing that ep did was leave me confused. So I'm not into SEETHING ANGER territory yet. Hopefully I won't hit that with this.
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
Utena 26-

This seemed somewhat forced and I'm getting tired of them going through the same rotation of characters.
Utena is largely about exploring and developing a set cast of characters as it touches on specific themes. That they are rotating through the same ones is entirely the point, as they are each installments of their respective character arcs.

Now, what you have not done is make the entirely legitimate complaint that they are reusing fight choreography from the first arc.
 

Thoraxes

Member
Utena is largely about exploring and developing a set cast of characters as it touches on specific themes. That they are rotating through the same ones is entirely the point.

Now, what you have not done is make the entirely legitimate complaint that they are reusing fight choreography from the first arc.

This.
 

Jarmel

Banned
Utena is largely about exploring and developing a set cast of characters as it touches on specific themes. That they are rotating through the same ones is entirely the point.

Now, what you have not done is make the entirely legitimate complaint that they are reusing fight choreography from the first arc.

Well with Saionji and Mika, there isn't anything new being said. The show retreaded ground already covered. The Juri segment(I'm on ep 29) has been much better than either of their episodes because at least it's doing something different.

The fighting in the show is shit, so I really don't care that much about the choreography. Honestly, the fights are easily the worst aspect of the series.
 
Belldandy sucks!

Aya Hisakawa for life

Rika Fukami has so few roles. :(
What ? belldandy is a godess !!!!

I can sum it up in 1 word, then:

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It's not exactly that ...

It will make sense . i promise

Black Rock Shooter 01

I'm going to try and be as articulate as I possibly can. That was a prime level of disturbing and WTF. And it was only episode 1. I'm actually legitimately curious how the relatively... dramatic love story that is Kuroi and Yomi turns into a fight in nightmare fuel funland.



Disturrrrrrrrrrrbing. I don't even know who she is and I already thoroughly both hate and am afraid of her.



I WILL SEE THIS IN MY NIGHTMARES.



Oh hey, I remember you!

spiderbaby.jpg
This is a story of love and suffering .... oh so much suffering .
It's weird at start , but nobody has seen so much despair in only 8 eps.

World Conquest - Episode 4

I don't even know where to start. I don't know what to say about this show. There's something really appealing about what it's doing, and I find it really interesting and entertaining, but it's also.... totally nonsense. This show is weirder and more random than Space Dandy while also having a continuity and attempts to try and tell some sort of story. Or at least it's pretending to. Or is it. I don't even know anymore. Based Okamura.
I really want to say that they have a plan and it's on purpose.
I want to believe.

Phi Brain (S3) 67

My only question about this is:
why did Orpheus include Gammon and not, say, Melancholy? Yeah, he's probably the best bet, but he never wore an Orpheus ring so he's not even relatively close to being a Phi Brain. And we even got confirmation Melancholy saw the vision too. It's just... odd.
I do like seeing Gammon solving puzzles though.

The twist with Orpheus really, really, REALLY is giving me 999/VLR vibes though.
This is a great question
My guess is that orpehus is trying to force gyamon to act in some way by using jealousy.
Melancholy is clearly more suitable but i'm not sure she could be manipulated based on her feeligns.
Maybe orpheus doesn't want to possess a loli body ?
Or maybe he isn't aware of melancholy because he hasn't met her ?( i doubt that )
 
This is a story of love and suffering .... oh so much suffering .
It's weird at start , but nobody has seen so much despair in only 8 eps.

Oh how lovely. SUFFERING. I'll have to pace myself.


This is a great question
My guess is that orpehus is trying to force gyamon to act in some way by using jealousy.
Melancholy is clearly more suitable but i'm not sure she could be manipulated based on her feeligns.
Maybe orpheus doesn't want to possess a loli body ?
Or maybe he isn't aware of melancholy because he hasn't met her ?( i doubt that )

Honestly, as much as I can figure,
all the Phi Brain children who wore the rings before were all connected in that instance. I doubt Orpheus didn't learn of Melancholy's existence. But here's the thing: Gammon is unnaturally clever. Think back in that 2 vs. 2 match when Kaito was having issues with Freecell in season 2. Gammon was playing against 2 ring-enhanced opponents and held his own fairly well. He complimented Kaito's abilities even better when they actually played for real.

Hell, even in this season, Gammon was the first one to figure out what Kaito was trying to do in that Connection Cube puzzle when Melancholy got them in that mess. Perhaps Orpheus just sees Gammon's potential as superior to Melancholy's.
 

cajunator

Banned
Sazae-san - Episodes 7,059 + 7,060 + 7,071

So I manged to catch the latest episodes of this today and they were pretty good! Episode 7,059 had Katsuo get some new shoes. 7,060 had a cow escape a farm and onto a busy road and almost getting run over which then got reported on the local news, the cow got saved and was returned to the farm. 7,071 had Sazae making weird faces in front of a mirror.

Those are truly formidable episode counts. No shounen beast has or will ever touch the mighty Sazae-san. It is insurmountable.

See, right now the only thing that ep did was leave me confused. So I'm not into SEETHING ANGER territory yet. Hopefully I won't hit that with this.

Dont worry, you will be very soon!
 
Those are truly formidable episode counts. No shounen beast has or will ever touch the mighty Sazae-san. It is insurmountable.

The only franchise that has enough legs to match this number would be if marvel decides to make a "manga" out of their multiverse.

and i say that while knowing how pathetic the spiderman live action was .
 

Thoraxes

Member
Pet Girl of Sakurasou - 01

Shit guys.

My Kanna sense is tingling. It's never wrong.

This show is going to hurt me for liking
Nanami
, I can feel it.

Fuck.
 

Quasar

Member
One thing I'd like to see with the vote results is raw numbers, both in terms of total valid votes and number of votes for titles. At least for the top 10/20.
 

Dragoshi1

Member
Danball Senki Wars 1-4

So, I picked this series up on a whim. What happened was, while looking for new model kits on HLJ, I came across a model kit set that came with three robots, and one of them was, like, a velociraptor thing.

So, my curiosity piqued, I looked up the series, and saw how similar it was to Gundam Build Fighters in terms of in-world stuff, like virtual video games using the actual toys and stuff.

So, I watched Danball Senki W's first episode, and found out that it was a 2nd season, so I was completely lost.

Fortunately, it turns out that Wars is standalone, so I decided to watch that instead.

And what fun it is! The CG battles are cool, and the game modes/objectives the MCs participate in are cool, even though they've been doing CAPTURE THE POINTS mostly.

The LBX models are all cool looking, and the character designs are certainly "unique".

Also of note, apparently the dudes behind Gundam AGE and Inazuma Eleven made this show!
 
Fuck OlympicsWorld Cup! My classes started earlier because of this. This is Brazil! We don't work/function properly before the Carnival! Where all my time to watch anime has gone? T___T

Magi S2 7


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THE BEST

mor = me
ali = wonzo
fish = magi

Ok ok, I'm going to watch the second season. Happy now?

Maison Ikkoku - 61~70
Even if I don't like Yagami that much, I have to handle that she made these last episodes.
Her first encounter with Kozue-chan in the baseball episode, Yotsuya-sensei(best sensei), making Godai-sensei escape through the window, calling the widow on her attitude(just fuckkiss already!!!)
And Godai's grandma too. That low strike zone(Now I know why Koutaro is playing baseball, and it's a genetic inheritance), I'll have nightmares with her swinsuit image...and how the fuck you get a dog drunk!?
And after all this episodes I still don't get Akemi-san? =/
 

cajunator

Banned
Fuck OlympicsWorld Cup! My classes started earlier because of this. This is Brazil! We don't work/function properly before the Carnival! Where all my time to watch anime has gone? T___T



mor = me
ali = wonzo
fish = magi

Ok ok, I'm going to watch the second season. Happy now?

Maison Ikkoku - 61~70

Even if I don't like Yagami that much, I have to handle that she made these last episodes.
Her first encounter with Kozue-chan in the baseball episode, Yotsuya-sensei(best sensei), making Godai-sensei escape through the window, calling the widow on her attitude(just fuckkiss already!!!)
And Godai's grandma too. That low strike zone(Now I know why Koutaro is playing baseball, and it's a genetic inheritance), I'll have nightmares with her swinsuit image...and how the fuck you get a dog drunk!?
And after all this episodes I still don't get Akemi-san? =/

Same thing here because of Mardi Gras. Everything goes to a standstill Mardi Gras week.
 

Kansoku

Member
Well I finished Girls und Panzer, and man, what a great anime. The thrill, the emotions, the friendship. I didn't eve like tanks before, but now I really like them.

Now, I've heard that Saki and Striker Witches are similar, are they good too?
 

Theonik

Member
Sekai Seifuku~Boryaku no Звезда~ 04
Наташа is pretty good. Пламя is still the best girl though. Катя is worse girl still despite her occasional air of awesomeness.
So yeah the ranking goes Пламя > Наташа > Катя
I am really liking the ridiculousness of this show. It's just so fun to watch on a weekly basis and some of the lewdness is hilarious like in this shot
The designs as well much as they look silly at first help sell the show ultimately. Even though some of them can be dumb. They just work.
Poor Два though. Such abusive relationships and Пламя is obviously tsun.
 
World Conquest 4
This show is entertaining and ridiculous without being funny. It works, but the lack of comedy keeps it from being more than mildly amusing. Still, this was much much better than the last episode which bored me to tears.
 

cajunator

Banned
Well I finished Girls und Panzer, and man, what a great anime. The thrill, the emotions, the friendship. I didn't eve like tanks before, but now I really like them.

Now, I've heard that Saki and Striker Witches are similar, are they good too?

Dunno about Saki but Strike Witches is pretty easy and fun to watch.
 

cnet128

Banned
Higurashi 2

OH FUCK

FUCK FUCK FUCK

OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK

THAT'S WHEN YOU LEAVE TOWN AND NEVER LOOK BACK, MAN FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

aw man, the second I go to sleep is when all the Higurashi episodes start getting watched.

...at least the AOTY thread didn't go up, lol

CNet what have you done!? I'm never going to sleep after I finish this Higurashi, am I? I don't think my guts have dropped so many times in a single episode!

ahahah, I'd kind of forgotten just how hard the show lays it on with the creepy-shock-scares during the first arc. Yeah, it semi-traumatised me the first time through as well. (And I loved it >.>)

Higurashi 3

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FUCKING HEART ATTACK DAMN NEAR PISSED MYSELF.

sogood

I don't know if I can finish Higurashi. Show is fucking scary, man. Like legit edge of my seat terror here. Holy shit. If this actually remains this tense by the end of the 26th episode I think I will probably develop an ulcer from the fear.

Don't worry, after the first arc the show lets up quite a bit on trying to make you shit yourself. It still has creepiness, but it doesn't lay it on so heavy so I think you'll be all right.

It's also worth pointing out since you specified 26 episodes that you have more than that to get through, since Higurashi comes part and parcel with Kai (the former mostly setting up the mysteries and issues, and the latter providing the solutions). If you include Rei as well (which isn't strictly necessary, but it's only five episodes, includes a pretty cool canon epilogue and some major luls), the series as a whole is 55 episodes long.

(There's also Kira, but we don't speak of that one >.>)

I should get around to watching this sometime. I read some of the manga, but it seems like it'd probably work better in motion.

Is the anime as bloody as the manga?

Oh, there's definitely blood.

Higurashi 4


Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

BAD END GET. Better luck next time, please try again =p

Alright, it's a quarter to 3 in the morning, and I'm getting ready to watch the first episode of Higurashi.

Wish me luck.

Good luck! =D

Higurashi 5

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That's...one way of looking at it.

I would prefer to look at it any way other than that, though, since Higurashi makes the whole "reset button" thing infinitely more interesting than Code Geass ever did.

Higurashi 1

So. Much. Moe.

Isn't it wonderful?

Pet Girl of Sakurasou - 01

Shit guys.

My Kanna sense is tingling. It's never wrong.

This show is going to hurt me for liking
Nanami
, I can feel it.

Fuck.

eheheh eheh
 

Joe Molotov

Member
I was only 50 behind last week! P4 ruined me. I was in the lead one day.


Higurashi 4


Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Corvo, after you watch Higurashi, make sure you watch Umineko.
 
Episode 5 done everything right. What a great episode, unlike the previous one I was sat with full attention to the screen for the whole thing, it was sweet, charming and had just the right amount of sadness to it.

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Adélie is such a darling.
 

cnet128

Banned
It's not a good idea, it's a great idea. The power of Beatrice-sama compels you.

Well, I mean, Umineko is a great series with so much mindfuckery that it would be an utterly perfect Corvo experience in the right form, but I couldn't in good faith ask him to watch a substandard adaptation that only covers half the story =/


Yes! Precure 5 GoGo! 35

lol Bunbee wat r u doing.
 
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