foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I thought you were an African American gentleman, not an anime character?!?
Every black male is actually a anime character, take me for instance.
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Winter 2014 Anime |OT2| Waiting for Sakamoto
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Every black male is actually a anime character, take me for instance.
astrogamer
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Super Sonico 5
I have no idea why I keep watching this.
I have no idea why I keep watching this.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Well they are getting some Figma at least so that covers them for me.
Wonderfest just needs some Log Horizon and Blue Steel figure announcements and I will be excited.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
You don't.
You just skim for relevant impressions, community chatter and scroll past the general nonsense.
santeesioux
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We're Gamefaqs and Steam bros, i'd never do that to a bro.
santeesioux
Member
Every black male is actually a anime character, take me for instance.
I'm a Native American male, not sure what anime character i'd be.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Oh good! Alrighty then!
I already watched Rozen Maiden, and I'd only make you watch something worse.
I thought that the whole point of this was that you were so desperate to spread the word of Rozen Maiden that you'd watch literally anything in exchange for someone watching it.
I already watched it!
The point is to spread it, but I'd prefer it if the watchbet required me to watch something good rather than punishing me for no reason.
It helps if you ignore pages of the past.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I watched rozen maiden 2013 and liked it for what its worth.
I post very often, read everything, and generally rarely leave this thread.
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - 01-04
So, seeing how this won AOTY with little to no effort whatsoever, I decided to check it out. For some reason I had this sense of deja-vu when I was looking at the character designs and the spaceships. After doing a little research (aka dat google-fu) I found out why. The creator, Matsumoto Leiji was also the man behind Interstella 5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. Interstella is without a doubt one of my all time favorites (I originally first came across it when the did little snippets on MTV at like 2 am over decade ago). Not only because of the eye catching visuals and awesome animation, but because of its awe-inspiring ability to portray emotion and draw feelings through music. Aside from the lyrics accompanying select tracks, there is no dialogue whatsoever. From start to finish you're being sent through a journey of emotions courtesy of Daft Punk and their amazing album Discovery. You'll dance when you're listening to One More Time, you'll swoon when you get to Digital Love, and if you're like me, you'll bawl like a baby once you reach Something About Us. To be able to summon those kind of emotions within someone by just music and animation, I cannot imagine how I'll fare with Yamato when you incorporate dialogue to add to dramatic scenes. Been very pleased with what I've seen so far, looking forward to how things go from here.
So, seeing how this won AOTY with little to no effort whatsoever, I decided to check it out. For some reason I had this sense of deja-vu when I was looking at the character designs and the spaceships. After doing a little research (aka dat google-fu) I found out why. The creator, Matsumoto Leiji was also the man behind Interstella 5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. Interstella is without a doubt one of my all time favorites (I originally first came across it when the did little snippets on MTV at like 2 am over decade ago). Not only because of the eye catching visuals and awesome animation, but because of its awe-inspiring ability to portray emotion and draw feelings through music. Aside from the lyrics accompanying select tracks, there is no dialogue whatsoever. From start to finish you're being sent through a journey of emotions courtesy of Daft Punk and their amazing album Discovery. You'll dance when you're listening to One More Time, you'll swoon when you get to Digital Love, and if you're like me, you'll bawl like a baby once you reach Something About Us. To be able to summon those kind of emotions within someone by just music and animation, I cannot imagine how I'll fare with Yamato when you incorporate dialogue to add to dramatic scenes. Been very pleased with what I've seen so far, looking forward to how things go from here.
nintendoman58
Member
GaoGaiGar - 3
Is the repeatedly flashing lights during the villain scheming scenes going to be a thing? Like, it's completely unnecessary and makes it hard to watch. Is someone in the villain's lair constantly flicking the lights on and off? Do they think their evil lair is more evil with constantly flickering lights?
Other than that, I liked this episode. The main kid character isn't annoying, and I want to go along to see what the deal is with him. Though I think anyone would want to know what the hell is up with a little boy that turns into freaking anime Tinker-Bell. Hopefully we'll get some information as to why that happens soon.
Guy is a pretty fragile creature isn't he? For two episodes so far after piloting GaoGaiGar he's been on a hospital bed (or lab table, being a cyborg and all) being taken care of by Dr. Light only to be restored by our magical fairy child here.
But plot points aside, the real highlight of this episode was the theme song playing during GaoGaiGar's finishing Hell and Heaven! Man I love it when shows do that!
Is the repeatedly flashing lights during the villain scheming scenes going to be a thing? Like, it's completely unnecessary and makes it hard to watch. Is someone in the villain's lair constantly flicking the lights on and off? Do they think their evil lair is more evil with constantly flickering lights?
Other than that, I liked this episode. The main kid character isn't annoying, and I want to go along to see what the deal is with him. Though I think anyone would want to know what the hell is up with a little boy that turns into freaking anime Tinker-Bell. Hopefully we'll get some information as to why that happens soon.
Guy is a pretty fragile creature isn't he? For two episodes so far after piloting GaoGaiGar he's been on a hospital bed (or lab table, being a cyborg and all) being taken care of by Dr. Light only to be restored by our magical fairy child here.
But plot points aside, the real highlight of this episode was the theme song playing during GaoGaiGar's finishing Hell and Heaven! Man I love it when shows do that!
R_thanatos
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I plan to watch rozen maiden already ( in my backlog ) and i like strike witches
so.....
Show me a true evangelist who didn't suffer for his faith.
I recently failed a Strike Witches watchbet so I may understand your own hesitation better than even you.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
At least one of us got something out of it!
You watched all of Max Heart and you couldnt even make it through a fun Show like Strike witches? For shame.
Leiji (Reiji?) Matsumoto was behind the original Yamato series, but I don't think he has any direct involvement with 2199, which seems to mess with the original's plotting and characters pretty heavily.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Archer is better than a lot of anime.
Boredom is an impediment but hate is fuel.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Oh man the new season has been amazing and it's only 3 episodes in. I need more Archer in me.
Crash Station
Member
Symphogear season 1.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Honoka was fuel for Max Heart until you realize she has less screentime than both Nagisa and the deer. Then it was just hype fuel from FW burning through Max Heart.
Best OVA series ever. Its worth it to power through the entire RK series just to get the payoff of this OVA.
I would watch Rozen in exchange for Non Non Biyori
I'd be willing to do both of these.
KnightBuster
Member
SPEAKING OF...
Dog & Scissors 08
The fact Kazu finds
Natsuno and his sister getting it on hot
I watched a bit of it. Appreciated the direction and production, but the plot and setting did absolutely nothing for me. Character designs too, though that's less of a damning factor.
One of the best OVAs out there. Enjoy it.
Edit: What zeroshiki said.
Higurashi 8
Fuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I swear to God, if we Code Geass R2 AGAIN in episode 9, I'm gonna be PISSED. They'd better be going somewhere with this, or I'm going to lose interest real fast. 2nd arc wasn't anywhere near as creepy as the first, and too much of it was spent retreading the same shit as the last. I REALLY do not want to watch 26 episodes of "variations on the exact same fucking plot".
Fuuuuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I swear to God, if we Code Geass R2 AGAIN in episode 9, I'm gonna be PISSED. They'd better be going somewhere with this, or I'm going to lose interest real fast. 2nd arc wasn't anywhere near as creepy as the first, and too much of it was spent retreading the same shit as the last. I REALLY do not want to watch 26 episodes of "variations on the exact same fucking plot".
Admiral Woofington
Member
Oh man fuck that arc's ending. Such manipulation of man tears
Correct, I was referring to the original as the more recent 2199 has some similarities to it, which then prompted me to make the connection to Interstella.
Mouryou no Hako
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
dakkumauji
Member
Nisekoi 04
Reaction faces, art style gags, just all craziness everywhere.
Completely loved this episode.
Reaction faces, art style gags, just all craziness everywhere.
Completely loved this episode.
Ok. It's a deal.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I don't want to watch the next episode. God damnit...
That's not even the most touchey feeling arc imho. There are some pretty great ones later on.
This just in via WTK: Manga Entertainment has uploaded the Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena movie to YouTube. Dunno if any regional restrictions are in place.
The catch for many of you, of course, is that this is the dub version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doymSUCC1FA
The catch for many of you, of course, is that this is the dub version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doymSUCC1FA
You haven't watched Rozen Maiden 2013 yet? Well, Mouryou no Hako is on my backlog anyway so I might as well take this one too.
That'll probably be it, I think 3 watchbets at once is enough.
They will go somewhere with this...eventually, so your endurance and/or interest is definitely a factor.
Likewise, it's inevitable that a few things will repeat, but I'd say there are enough differences to make some arcs better than others.
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