Admiral Woofington
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Why do I feel a couple of Square Enix hired thugs are going to roll into my neighborhood and kick my ass?
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Winter 2014 Anime |OT2| Waiting for Sakamoto
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Articalys mentioned a few days ago that the Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha anime website was having a vote to see what the official shorthand/abbreviation for the title should be. The vote is now over and it looks like the result is InaKon with 7141 votes.
http://inarikonkon.jp/result/
http://inarikonkon.jp/result/
Quoting because so much truth cannot be contained on a single page.
I'm not actually sure if there are improvements or changes to the Valkyrie Profile Ultimate Hits version but barring that, the NTSC-U PSone version is the best way to play, though all versions have flaws. The PSP version is playable but just generally inferior. I encourage everyone to try the PSone version first. It's simply the best way to play the game.
Mad Bull 34 1
So let's take the BRIEFEST of moments to just comment on all that is bad in this piece. It is ultimately the same manner of racist, sexist, super violent, glorifying of violent men male power fantasy that all 80s gritty cop OVAs are. The villain is a stereotypical giant black man, somehow even larger and stronger than Mad Bull himself. Women are almost universally portrayed as whores, and the ones who aren't exist solely for the sake of Mad Bull to fuck. Moreover, the episode ends with Mad Bull being excused and commended for his violence, because police brutality is excusable under these circumstances, and a cop owning all the whores in town is okay if he's using the whores to fund charitable programs. So if you're looking for a piece of fiction that is in any way not offensive, you've got the wrong show once again.
Where Mad Bull succeeds and all other similar entries on the List have thus far failed is that Mad Bull is actually entertaining. There is something worth watching going on besides the heads exploding and the tits flashing. At its heart, Mad Bull is a Buddy Cop comedy, and that basis actually grounds the anime in a way that no other entry of a similar nature on the List has. Mad Bull succeeds in portraying a dystopia by actually setting it in one: New York City. There's no need for sexdroids and tongueborgs on a rampage, because regular criminals are crazy enough on their own. In addition to comedy and what I guess is a message about not judging a guy based on narrow morals or initial impressions, there's also a fair amount of actual tension involved in Mad Bull's showdowns, especially with Curtis. And I say this bearing in mind that Mad Bull and Daizaboro face down rapists and murderers while in drag. And that while in Drag, Mad Bull rests his hand on his thrust out hip.
It's off-beat. It's racist. It's sexist. It's violent. It's stupid. But Mad Bull is actually funny, the characters are charming in their propensity to be so silly in spite of the gritty 80s OVA they inhabit. The terrible New York accents mitigate the bad voice acting by orders of magnitude. It's enjoyable.
I really cannot believe it, but where even the CRAZIEST of other 80s OVA cop dramas have shown me clones fucking their mothers with psychic powers while they fled from metal dog drowns and used their eyeball super computer to combat midgets on naked dog motorcycle women who breathed lasers, of all things, Mad Bull emerges the hairy cream of this unsightly crop.
So let's take the BRIEFEST of moments to just comment on all that is bad in this piece. It is ultimately the same manner of racist, sexist, super violent, glorifying of violent men male power fantasy that all 80s gritty cop OVAs are. The villain is a stereotypical giant black man, somehow even larger and stronger than Mad Bull himself. Women are almost universally portrayed as whores, and the ones who aren't exist solely for the sake of Mad Bull to fuck. Moreover, the episode ends with Mad Bull being excused and commended for his violence, because police brutality is excusable under these circumstances, and a cop owning all the whores in town is okay if he's using the whores to fund charitable programs. So if you're looking for a piece of fiction that is in any way not offensive, you've got the wrong show once again.
Where Mad Bull succeeds and all other similar entries on the List have thus far failed is that Mad Bull is actually entertaining. There is something worth watching going on besides the heads exploding and the tits flashing. At its heart, Mad Bull is a Buddy Cop comedy, and that basis actually grounds the anime in a way that no other entry of a similar nature on the List has. Mad Bull succeeds in portraying a dystopia by actually setting it in one: New York City. There's no need for sexdroids and tongueborgs on a rampage, because regular criminals are crazy enough on their own. In addition to comedy and what I guess is a message about not judging a guy based on narrow morals or initial impressions, there's also a fair amount of actual tension involved in Mad Bull's showdowns, especially with Curtis. And I say this bearing in mind that Mad Bull and Daizaboro face down rapists and murderers while in drag. And that while in Drag, Mad Bull rests his hand on his thrust out hip.
It's off-beat. It's racist. It's sexist. It's violent. It's stupid. But Mad Bull is actually funny, the characters are charming in their propensity to be so silly in spite of the gritty 80s OVA they inhabit. The terrible New York accents mitigate the bad voice acting by orders of magnitude. It's enjoyable.
I really cannot believe it, but where even the CRAZIEST of other 80s OVA cop dramas have shown me clones fucking their mothers with psychic powers while they fled from metal dog drowns and used their eyeball super computer to combat midgets on naked dog motorcycle women who breathed lasers, of all things, Mad Bull emerges the hairy cream of this unsightly crop.
Your life sounds empty. Sit down and play FF6 and Chrono. Then play some P4 and TWEWY.
The only one of those I've played was 10, and I thought people normally
unreasonably
Oh, good. I was getting tired of typing out the full name.
Now I have to go look and see if anybody has belts on in that game, cuz I don't remember many.
Quoting because so much blasphemy cannot be contained on a single page.
I can't be sure, but I think Neku and Neku alone out of the main characters has a belt.
The point is Calling is an amazing track and TWEWY is probably the best JRPG Square's made in years.
The point is Calling is an amazing track and TWEWY is probably the best JRPG Square's made in years.
So that's where that incoherent string of letters comes from. I've been seeing it everywhere.
nintendoman58
Member
GaoGaiGar Final - 7
New OP version get! Aaaaand it's honestly not as good as the first one. Ah well, the GGG OP makes up for it though.
But in any case, the REAL final battle of this anime is finally here. This has been one hell of a ride. The Final is already LEAGUES better than the original series so far. Now it just has to have a good, satisfying conclusion.
New OP version get! Aaaaand it's honestly not as good as the first one. Ah well, the GGG OP makes up for it though.
So while all our favourite autobots and GGG members come back and are prepared for a good old fashioned ass kicking (but why no Big Volfogg? 
), Soldat-J and Renee are still suffering horribly by the kind of villains that will go on my list of "Most Despised Anime Villains" consisting of Nui Harime, Q-Vier, and many others.
), Soldat-J and Renee are still suffering horribly by the kind of villains that will go on my list of "Most Despised Anime Villains" consisting of Nui Harime, Q-Vier, and many others.But in any case, the REAL final battle of this anime is finally here. This has been one hell of a ride. The Final is already LEAGUES better than the original series so far. Now it just has to have a good, satisfying conclusion.
In honesty it doesn't even make sense in context. It's just this noise Edea makes.
But the real best character I've met so far in BD is Ominas Crow because he is the fabled fourth Meiser brother.
Revolving Youth Utena Fin
Honestly it felt like three episodes could have been cut from the last 6 without really changing anything, also no more jazzy
but it was a reasonably satisfactory ending,
My world has now been revolutionized
The Adolescence of Utena
That was a lot of fun, i think I enjoyed it more than the TV serie's ending, but most importantly
oh my god that art direction was sublime ;___;
How many buckets of red paint did they use
it was worth it
I'd post screens but it'd practically be the whole movie
Honestly it felt like three episodes could have been cut from the last 6 without really changing anything, also no more jazzy
akio car theme
Anthy pimpslapping Akio and walking out at the end made it all worth it
My world has now been revolutionized
The Adolescence of Utena
That was a lot of fun, i think I enjoyed it more than the TV serie's ending, but most importantly
oh my god that art direction was sublime ;___;
How many buckets of red paint did they use
it was worth it
I'd post screens but it'd practically be the whole movie
And all this time I thought MGRGR was something related to Metal Gear Rising.
dakkumauji
Member
I never finished any of them so *high five*
KirbYuuYuu
Member
*highfive*
Sword Art Online Extra Edition
So I have a policy that I can't drop shows. And sadly enough, that extends to movies of those shows. I just found out this exist.
So I have a policy that I can't drop shows. And sadly enough, that extends to movies of those shows. I just found out this exist.
So, before I go make some food and then dive headfirst into this pit of despair, is this movie any good? At all?
Thanks for reminding me that this fucker exists by implication of there being a third Miser Brother.
yowamushi pedal - 19
Not a good episode - poorly produced and directed - with an annoying focus on Onoda's insecurities. But then, he does end up getting over them, and Manami is coming up next so hype.
when shaft had good openings
rip
Not a good episode - poorly produced and directed - with an annoying focus on Onoda's insecurities. But then, he does end up getting over them, and Manami is coming up next so hype.
when shaft had good openings
rip
Chet Rippo
Member
Mrgrgr!
gurgle burgle.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
It sounds like you need a new policy.
Hey man Nadeko Medusa and Hitagi End were both just this past year.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
I'm done with part 1 of JoJo's. I ended up just skipping around the 8th episode and read a summary of episode 9, I just wanted to get Part 1 over it.
Well it was pretty much a completely different character. His old sexy awesome voice wouldn't have really fit.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
When will we get something in anime like this video?
Hopefully never.
dakkumauji
Member
Saki Zenkoku-hen - The Nationals 01
So let's keep this mahjong train going.
More teams I'll have to pay attention to.
And I like the parallel they had with Saki walking past Side A's team.
So let's keep this mahjong train going.
More teams I'll have to pay attention to.
And I like the parallel they had with Saki walking past Side A's team.
nintendoman58
Member
GaoGaiGar Final - 8 END
Since I barely have the energy to write anything right now, let me summarize my thoughts on this final episode with a few images:
I'll write up my overall impressions later. I....I need a moment to recover from this.
Since I barely have the energy to write anything right now, let me summarize my thoughts on this final episode with a few images:
I'll write up my overall impressions later. I....I need a moment to recover from this.
All of our mecha share certain visual similarities to this now, at least.
DXLelouch153
Banned
Samurai Flamenco 17
yep im 99% sure they played Revengeance
im fully expecting some TTGL shit soon cause SPACE
yep im 99% sure they played Revengeance
im fully expecting some TTGL shit soon cause SPACE
If I have to live with the fact that there's a third Miser brother, THEN SO DO YOU ALL.
Higurashi Kai 1
HELL YES AKASAKA IN DA HOUSE. HELL YES OISHI UP IN HURR.
So let's talk.
It's obvious we're still in World 4. The one where Rika murders Uncle Houjou and Rina, where she gets Takano's journal and goes mad from the revelation. Where Keichi realizes they've been trapped in an endless cycle. Originally, I'd assumed we were in World 3 again, where Keichi kills Uncle Houjou, since that was the one where the disaster occurred.
It's now apparent, then, that no matter what Hinamizawa must end that way. Except possibly in World 2, since Shion murders basically the entire Sonozaki family, and thereby possibly prevents the research from reaching the point of catastrophe. Possibly. Meaning Keiichi, Rena, and Satoko survive that reality. Though I don't know if Rika does or not, since death seems to be how she passes from one world to the next.
It's also apparently that in 1978 Akasaka always visits Hinamizawa to rescue the little boy. Which means that Rika always dies in 1983. And that Akasaka's wife dies every single time. Similarly, Satoshi always dies before this. Likewise Takano and Tomitake always die on the 5th Watanagashi night. Except we know that's not true anymore, because Takano Miyo dies before that night and is then seen alive on that night and found dead after it, burned and inside a barrel. Which means that, to whatever extent that Oyashiro-Sama's curse is a real thing, Takano never qualifies as one of its victims, because she always dies before she ever even enters the shrine on the night of the Watanagashi. Or something.
Next order of business, and the chiefest of it. Bear in mind that unless something explicitly changes from world to world I assume it goes down exactly the same way. So no matter the world, Onibaba always tries to strangle Shion, for example, but Shion does not always try to strangle Mion. How much of World 2 overlaps with Worlds 3-4 I don't know, because Worlds 3-4 are very consistent with each other, while World 1 seems largely different from Worlds 2-4, particularly in that we never even meet Shion Sonozaki therein.
But I digress. The chief concern I have at the moment is Furude Rika. Before I address something that nags me about the end of last season and this season's opening, I need to address Rika's involvement with Oyashiro-Sama. In World 2 Shion calls her Oyashiro's reincarnation. Since we know something weird is going on with her, Shion might not have been that far off. But what is most important about Shion's encounter with Deep Rika is that Deep Rika had a syringe with something in it. Now, apparently the syringe we see in World 1 is a fake, and Keichi had just gone mad. However, Rena starts going mad, too, and we know that Rika did have a syringe prepared for her, just as she did for Shion. And we know that Rena, much like Tomitake and the Keichi of World 1 began to claw at her own throat.
So here's where I'm not entirely clear. When does Rika appear to Rena with this syringe? Does she do so prior to the death of Rina and Houjou, or after the battle with Keichi atop the rooftop? Because her unusual statement of "I'm bored with this Hinamizawa" conflicts with her speeches throughout the rest of World 4, where she tells Keichi that they can overcome this evil, and where she taunts the real mastermind that they will survive the Endless June. Is it possible that Rika is both tormentor and victim? That Rika is her own enemy? That the one with the deep voice is foe and the one with high pitched niiipaaaas is the victim? Or the other way around?
If so it would certainly explain the suspicion being cast upon Rika as the one who injects both Keiichi 1 and all Tomitakes with the virus.
It's now apparent, then, that no matter what Hinamizawa must end that way. Except possibly in World 2, since Shion murders basically the entire Sonozaki family, and thereby possibly prevents the research from reaching the point of catastrophe. Possibly. Meaning Keiichi, Rena, and Satoko survive that reality. Though I don't know if Rika does or not, since death seems to be how she passes from one world to the next.
It's also apparently that in 1978 Akasaka always visits Hinamizawa to rescue the little boy. Which means that Rika always dies in 1983. And that Akasaka's wife dies every single time. Similarly, Satoshi always dies before this. Likewise Takano and Tomitake always die on the 5th Watanagashi night. Except we know that's not true anymore, because Takano Miyo dies before that night and is then seen alive on that night and found dead after it, burned and inside a barrel. Which means that, to whatever extent that Oyashiro-Sama's curse is a real thing, Takano never qualifies as one of its victims, because she always dies before she ever even enters the shrine on the night of the Watanagashi. Or something.
Next order of business, and the chiefest of it. Bear in mind that unless something explicitly changes from world to world I assume it goes down exactly the same way. So no matter the world, Onibaba always tries to strangle Shion, for example, but Shion does not always try to strangle Mion. How much of World 2 overlaps with Worlds 3-4 I don't know, because Worlds 3-4 are very consistent with each other, while World 1 seems largely different from Worlds 2-4, particularly in that we never even meet Shion Sonozaki therein.
But I digress. The chief concern I have at the moment is Furude Rika. Before I address something that nags me about the end of last season and this season's opening, I need to address Rika's involvement with Oyashiro-Sama. In World 2 Shion calls her Oyashiro's reincarnation. Since we know something weird is going on with her, Shion might not have been that far off. But what is most important about Shion's encounter with Deep Rika is that Deep Rika had a syringe with something in it. Now, apparently the syringe we see in World 1 is a fake, and Keichi had just gone mad. However, Rena starts going mad, too, and we know that Rika did have a syringe prepared for her, just as she did for Shion. And we know that Rena, much like Tomitake and the Keichi of World 1 began to claw at her own throat.
So here's where I'm not entirely clear. When does Rika appear to Rena with this syringe? Does she do so prior to the death of Rina and Houjou, or after the battle with Keichi atop the rooftop? Because her unusual statement of "I'm bored with this Hinamizawa" conflicts with her speeches throughout the rest of World 4, where she tells Keichi that they can overcome this evil, and where she taunts the real mastermind that they will survive the Endless June. Is it possible that Rika is both tormentor and victim? That Rika is her own enemy? That the one with the deep voice is foe and the one with high pitched niiipaaaas is the victim? Or the other way around?
If so it would certainly explain the suspicion being cast upon Rika as the one who injects both Keiichi 1 and all Tomitakes with the virus.
Higurashi 26
Huh, when did this turn into a shonen?
And with that, I'm done with the series. I've had my fill, and impressions on the next season seem to be lukewarm at best. My curiosity will be satisfied by Corvo's impressions, should he continue onwards.
Oh, and Corvo, regarding your question,
Huh, when did this turn into a shonen?
And with that, I'm done with the series. I've had my fill, and impressions on the next season seem to be lukewarm at best. My curiosity will be satisfied by Corvo's impressions, should he continue onwards.
Oh, and Corvo, regarding your question,
it's being perpetuated by Keiichi, because he has yet to do his homework.
Mouryou no Hako 5
Now with psychics and more characters whose names I will never be able to remember. There's also like five different subplots going on now that are somehow all connected. I'm still not sure how
even after the lawyer's exposition.
Now with psychics and more characters whose names I will never be able to remember. There's also like five different subplots going on now that are somehow all connected. I'm still not sure how
Kanako is connected with the older-sister-ish actress
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I JUST finished this episode.
Higurashi 26
Huh, when did this turn into a shonen?
And with that, I'm done with the series. I've had my fill, and impressions on the next season seem to be lukewarm at best. My curiosity will be satisfied by Corvo's impressions, should he continue onwards.
Oh, and Corvo, regarding your question,it's being perpetuated by Keiichi, because he has yet to do his homework.
Fucking Keichi. Do your damn homework and stop trying to get it on with women whose breasts are roughly thrice the thickness of their throats. You know that shit's unhealthy.
Also Kai's first episode doesn't seem so bad. I got to see
a grown up Rena.
PshycoNinja
Member
Crisis Core 2007
TWEWY 2007
Persona 4 2008
KH Birth by Sleep 2011
Some of my favorite JRPG's of all time
Aah, Rika and the syringe... I'm gonna give you just one hint:
"Correlation does not imply causation"
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