PdotMichael
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Looks more like Pixiv fanart than something like a key visual.
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Winter 2014 Anime |OT2| Waiting for Sakamoto
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Its probably best not to know.
This is not a positive point if you're not talking about Naoki Sato. And that sure ain't Naoki Sato.
Yeah, cute girls and fanservice are the real reason for reading/watching Fairy Tail. I'm pretty sure the author understands this XD
Y'all be crazy, Benio is consistently entertaining and she gives the show a lot of its wonderful manic energy.
I guess the most obvious example in recent memory is Gingitsune (SATORUUUUUU). Come to think of it, with all the parallels between the two shows, I guess I might as well just consider Touka the Satoru of InaKon. For all that I keep complaining about Touka, he's still significantly better than that guy ever was.
The only other examples that come to mind are harem/romcom shows where worst girl steals all the spotlight that other girls deserve - Ichika in NatsuMachi, Masuzu in OreShura and so on. I wouldn't say I hate those characters, but I certainly resent them to some extent.
It's depressing how accurate this is. If anything, that's an insult to Pixiv artists, since a large proportion of them are way better than this.
You know, there was something that felt kind of off to me about a lot of the official Mahouka anime art so far, and I think this might be it.
I have trouble thinking of examples. I imagine it happens lots with side characters but I imagine I continued on because I like the mains more. When it happens with mains I think I drop the show. Certainly my hate for Eren is part of why I dropped AoT after a few episodes.
Who mentioned SAO? I searched that page and the previous and no mention of SAO or Sword Art Online so unless people have suddenly started using its German title without my knowing no one was talking about that show.
I was obviously referring to School Days and 90% of the cast is stupid and I honestly hate stupid characters. It's not a hard concept. Also I actually like the plot and it sets out to what it strives to do well. Still I can easily hate the characters, especially the MC, despite this.
Psycho_Mantis
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Benio should just stop. For the sake of this show. It seems Kobeni has competition for Hakuya. It would make more sense if he went with konoha considering they are the same species but like a dog I predict he will be loyal to his master.
Benio should just stop. For the sake of this show. It seems Kobeni has competition for Hakuya. It would make more sense if he went with konoha considering they are the same species but like a dog I predict he will be loyal to his master.
I blame the production delays.
Theonik
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Dedication Through Light
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Tatsuyas shadow! When will we get a pv 3?
Dedication Through Light
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I thought that is one of the things Okinawa IRL is known for.
I quote from a fan wiki entry on the female lead, Miyuki Shiba, brother of the male lead Tatsuya:
AAAAAAAARGH JAPAN said:
nintendoman58
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How unreliable can this thing get?
How many times is this going to happen? There's only three episodes after this you kno-
Oh lord...There's only three more episodes after this one
.Not counting the unreleased special that's apparently coming out[ on the BD
It's Yasuharu Takanashi. He did the OST for Fresh, Smile, Suite, and Heartcatch, as well as Log Horizon. He is a master of the celtic rock in Fairy Tail and his OST almost steals the entire show.
Given some of the latest chapters of the manga, it's hard not to agree with this lol.
Madoka Rebellion Spoilers
I will forever call
the new Homura "Homulouch" and nothing else. I'll imagine that the next movie or season will involve her doing a lot of evil scheming while laughing like a maniac.
Well it certainly feels like she would do that now.
Well it certainly feels like she would do that now.
Aw yes, one more episode until one of my favourite moments in this show.
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Aikatsu! 71
After so long spent at Dream Academy, having an episode focus on Aoi is a nice change of pace. Her friendship with Ichigo being revisited is one of the show's original strengths. The central question of the episode - for Aoi to figure out how to be like the water - did arrive at a solid conclusion ("Water can do anything"), if a bit silly. The retro-sci-fi feel of Aoi's outfits has always been one of my favorites, and not even the loudness of the Aquarius getup can bring that down.
Looks like this cour is going to wrapup with a multi-parter bringing all the schools together.
Also, Aikatsu is getting a movie. Looks like the show's got enough popularity to stick around for some time.
After so long spent at Dream Academy, having an episode focus on Aoi is a nice change of pace. Her friendship with Ichigo being revisited is one of the show's original strengths. The central question of the episode - for Aoi to figure out how to be like the water - did arrive at a solid conclusion ("Water can do anything"), if a bit silly. The retro-sci-fi feel of Aoi's outfits has always been one of my favorites, and not even the loudness of the Aquarius getup can bring that down.
Looks like this cour is going to wrapup with a multi-parter bringing all the schools together.
Also, Aikatsu is getting a movie. Looks like the show's got enough popularity to stick around for some time.
Admiral Woofington
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As somebody who has read some of Mahouka, I don't think many of you are ready on the levels of Gary Stu the whole show will be.
Like everybody from the main cast is dick riding the protagonist. None more than the little sister who wants to jump in his pants at any moment. The guy's flaws are ridiculously hilarious and look like gary stu 101 "Write a meh flaw so your stu isnt perfect". It's like playing d&d and somebody choosing "womanizer" as their character's flaw.
Protag is like unbeatable, the smartest guy in the universe, and a total badass in military-like shit. Even the country wants him to do it. You'll forget about Kirito-kun soon enough Japan, when Mahouka comes.
The thing is I'm really enjoying it because the writing is so cheesy on everything that revolves around protagonist. The way characters are introduced (exposition: the character) and the writing in general looks like amateur work, but the self-inserting fantasy and incesty/harem vibes of Mahouka have probably hit the guilty pleasure of most fans which is why it's probably popular. I love how cheesy it is, gary stus all the way
Like everybody from the main cast is dick riding the protagonist. None more than the little sister who wants to jump in his pants at any moment. The guy's flaws are ridiculously hilarious and look like gary stu 101 "Write a meh flaw so your stu isnt perfect". It's like playing d&d and somebody choosing "womanizer" as their character's flaw.
Protag is like unbeatable, the smartest guy in the universe, and a total badass in military-like shit. Even the country wants him to do it. You'll forget about Kirito-kun soon enough Japan, when Mahouka comes.
The thing is I'm really enjoying it because the writing is so cheesy on everything that revolves around protagonist. The way characters are introduced (exposition: the character) and the writing in general looks like amateur work, but the self-inserting fantasy and incesty/harem vibes of Mahouka have probably hit the guilty pleasure of most fans which is why it's probably popular. I love how cheesy it is, gary stus all the way
Pain tells us we're alive.
Gundam SEED Destiny. Crazy, I know, because the plot itself sucked, but whatcha gonna do. Also Eureka Seven. I LOATHE Eureka's kids, but love the rest.
strangedopamine
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Ojamajo Doremi Dokkan! - Episode 1
So I was wrong at the end of the last series. They're still not witches, despite being given the OK by the entirity of the Elder Witches, it's still not enough.
Anyway Hana, tired of being 3 years old, uses magic to become roughly 10 years older and in the process loses her magical spheres meaning she's no longer a witch. It's up to Doremi and the rest to make Hana a witch again and then they too will become witches.
12/13 year old Hana is cute as a button and is basically has a hyperactive version of all the personalities of her mothers (mostly Doremi's except replace steak with pudding). I also like how she says a spell even though she doesn't need to because if you don't say your spell it's too boring.
The greatest casualty of the series so far is that Doremi's transformation sequence now lacks her doing the chicken dance (It's a crime to have removed that). The new transformation sequence seems to be the same for everyone apart from Pop (who still uses her one from the first series) and Hana's which is completely different. I don't really like it too much especially compared to Motto's ones. In fact I'd say the only good one would be Hana's one, mostly because it's different to everyone else's.
Anyway, great start to the series!
So I was wrong at the end of the last series. They're still not witches, despite being given the OK by the entirity of the Elder Witches, it's still not enough.
Anyway Hana, tired of being 3 years old, uses magic to become roughly 10 years older and in the process loses her magical spheres meaning she's no longer a witch. It's up to Doremi and the rest to make Hana a witch again and then they too will become witches.
12/13 year old Hana is cute as a button and is basically has a hyperactive version of all the personalities of her mothers (mostly Doremi's except replace steak with pudding). I also like how she says a spell even though she doesn't need to because if you don't say your spell it's too boring.
The greatest casualty of the series so far is that Doremi's transformation sequence now lacks her doing the chicken dance (It's a crime to have removed that). The new transformation sequence seems to be the same for everyone apart from Pop (who still uses her one from the first series) and Hana's which is completely different. I don't really like it too much especially compared to Motto's ones. In fact I'd say the only good one would be Hana's one, mostly because it's different to everyone else's.
Anyway, great start to the series!
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It's misunderstandings piled on top of more misunderstandings. Unfortunately, what happened at the end doesn't seem to be a misunderstanding at all. Kobeni continues to let the season of chubbiness go strong. Also liked the gag about the rooftop having unsuitable conditions for a showdown. Not even the snowman looked like he wanted to be up there.
It's misunderstandings piled on top of more misunderstandings. Unfortunately, what happened at the end doesn't seem to be a misunderstanding at all. Kobeni continues to let the season of chubbiness go strong. Also liked the gag about the rooftop having unsuitable conditions for a showdown. Not even the snowman looked like he wanted to be up there.
It's all in the execution.
Admiral Woofington
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I wouldn't call her chubby. She just has a body type that is a bit more realistic for somebody who would have assets as big as hers. Curvy would be a better way of describing it.
Fair enough!
Both sound equally appealing, either one needs to happen.
Nakama!
PdotMichael
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20 episodes of Nisekoi confirmed.
Admiral Woofington
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Those poor fans. They'll think that with more episodes there's probably a chance a clear frontrunner will be chosen.
They said the same thing about [insert every other harem]
They said the same thing about [insert every other harem]
awww yiss
That's a slightly odd episode number. Like...one-and-two-thirds cours? (Or two Kadokawa cours =p)
I powered through all of Ranma 1/2 in like a week back in college but that didn't make Happousai not the most annoying character in the history of the medium.
I powered through all of Ranma 1/2 in like a week back in college but that didn't make Happousai not the most annoying character in the history of the medium.
yes ;____;
I still like Ranma 1/2 but Happosei kills my enjoyment every few episodes and i have to take a break for a while before i can resume
Theonik
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That picture tells me the exact opposite story. Explain.
I have both in my head right now.
Sales list for Feb. 17-23 updated with the extended data, down to the 382 BD threshold:
http://www.someanithing.com/?p=907
Mostly just v2+ for a lot of previous season shows, but also Millennium Actress BD sells 1,243.
And two more finishing series:
- Fantasista Doll with an 830 average across 6 volumes.
- Dog & Scissors with a 390 average across 6 volumes. Congratulations Gonzo.
http://www.someanithing.com/?p=907
Mostly just v2+ for a lot of previous season shows, but also Millennium Actress BD sells 1,243.
And two more finishing series:
- Fantasista Doll with an 830 average across 6 volumes.
- Dog & Scissors with a 390 average across 6 volumes. Congratulations Gonzo.
Basileus777
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I doubt that will happen. Nothing is going to upset the status quo.
Admiral Woofington
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Well I wouldn't mind seeing
Hakuya and co. transforming into their respective creatures
At this point I just feel like they made it into a big deal but are too lazy to come up with designs for them so instead they just turned into GRRM
Oh it's happening! The character design reveals are on the way
I like Benio
But Mashiro is the real driving force really. The show could be just about her and would be perfect.
I have to say this art style is appealing yet kind of strange.
When a harem chooses a winner it loses its soul.
Apparently, the Yuri Kuma Arashi manga is about to release, and an image has surfaced:
This is probably not the same art style that Ikuhara will use in the anime, but this is at least some small indication of what the hell this is even going to be.
I like what Im seeing!
If you mean the Kiki Mimiko character who was introduced in the original anime seiyuu announcement, I don't think she's intended to appear in the anime itself, she was introduced as just a promotional vehicle "presenting" the info column about the anime in Jump.
Apparently, the Yuri Kuma Arashi manga is about to release, and an image has surfaced:
This is probably not the same art style that Ikuhara will use in the anime, but this is at least some small indication of what the hell this is even going to be.
it's happeniiiiiiing
Oooh, cheers for the heads-up madp!
Yuri, the magical girl on the right, says something like "I'm Yuri, the one who changes Telos!". Telos or τελος is an Ancient Greek word meaning "end" but can mean "fate" or "destiny". With the verb henkaku in there (the same kaku as in kakumei) that one line of dialogue pretty much sums up Ikuni's work
The girl on the right just says "Yurishiro-san?!?!?!". The yurishiro kanji read as "castle of lilies" but I guess there's probably a play on shiro also meaning white?
(yes I like overanalysing Ikuni works shut up)
That's... stupid.
Oooh, cheers for the heads-up madp!
Yuri, the magical girl on the right, says something like "I'm Yuri, the one who changes Telos!". Telos or τελος is an Ancient Greek word meaning "end" but can mean "fate" or "destiny". With the verb henkaku in there (the same kaku as in kakumei) that one line of dialogue pretty much sums up Ikuni's work
The girl on the right just says "Yurishiro-san?!?!?!". The yurishiro kanji read as "castle of lilies" but I guess there's probably a play on shiro also meaning white?
(yes I like overanalysing Ikuni works shut up)
Sounds pretty :ikuhara
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Manaka's first episode back on the shore. She's as Manaka as ever. Not much on the relationship front, but the show's atmosphere continues to be a pleasant way to start the day. It's also got the return of a character who we haven't seen for a while.
. Next week sounds very relationship heavy, from the preview dialogue.
Manaka's first episode back on the shore. She's as Manaka as ever. Not much on the relationship front, but the show's atmosphere continues to be a pleasant way to start the day. It's also got the return of a character who we haven't seen for a while.
The yelping fish is on Tsumugu now.
http://www.pingpong-anime.tv
They updated the Ping Pong website, and there's a new TVCM, except it's region locked. Thanks Aniplex!
Those character designs look pretty great though.
They updated the Ping Pong website, and there's a new TVCM, except it's region locked. Thanks Aniplex!
Those character designs look pretty great though.
No problem:http://www.pingpong-anime.tv
They updated the Ping Pong website, and there's a new TVCM, except it's region locked. Thanks Aniplex!
Those character designs look pretty great though.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1dlwyb
edit: from official noitaminA channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF-KHYGXh_g
Thanks Arti! Looking exactly like I expected it would.
In other noitaminA news:
- new (?) key visual for Nanana's Buried Treasure:
- in one of those OMG I AM OLD moments, noitaminA is having a party to celebrate its upcoming 10th anniversary as a time slot! I remember watching that first episode of Honey and Clover back in 2005... Anyway, at the event on the 21st March they'll be having a live ranking of all the noitaminA shows to date, a talk event with the VAs for the leads in Ping Pong, and an announcement both of one of the shows airing in July and also of a "completely new film" that will be released in 2015. I assume this must be something based on a noitaminA property - a Psycho Pass film, perhaps?
I was going to respond to this general conversation earlier but got distracted. This post might also bring up some "get out" from wonzo type reactions,haha.
I considered myself to be a fan of anime for years and I had heard about JoJo years ago but honestly have never seen any of it or know anything about it other then it looks like it has a bunch of muscular guys. It was mentioned that there were references in other anime but not having seen the show I would have either missed them completely or I would have just noted that they were from the show and not know the context at all. I've seen quite a bit of DragonBall but if I hadn't, then all I would have gathered from references I've seen was that the show is about spiky haired guys who like to yell a lot and can shoot laser beams out of their hands.
It's not just JoJo but there's a lot of popular shows I haven't seen. I'm aware of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Shamploo but I haven't seen either of them and didn't even know Bepob was about space or the future until reading AnimeGaf. They didn't air on TV for me so I didn't grow up with them like a lot of people here.
There's older works like Gunbuster that I might have heard of before but perhaps not until recently. It seems like with many people here you're assumed to have already seen it. Other works as well like the Akira movie. I realized there was a lot of older stuff I hadn't seen but if I had heard or saw some pictures of these when I was younger it was probably more of a "oh, there's one of those mecha shows" type reaction.
Before reading AnimeGaf threads I don't know if I ever heard of Mr. Satoshi Kon. People seem to assume here that one has already seen Tokyo Grandfathers and the like but the only movie he was involved with I've seen is Magnetic Rose from he short film collection Memories.
I found out about Summer Wars by seeing commercials for it on television. While it's quite possible I would have found out about Mamoru Hosada's other films quickly enough after, it was actually reading AnimeGaf that I can recall finding out about The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and most definitely Wolf Children.
It was by reading AnimeGaf that I even knew works like Attack on Titan or Kill la Kill were coming out. Before coming to the thread I found out about shows like Madoka through their word of mouth. I remember looking it up and thinking "Why is this PreCure looking show so popular with everyone?". I missed all the internet meltdown over things like Code Geass because I didn't even hear about the show until at least a year if not two after it had finished airing. The same goes for other popular works such as Gurren Lagann.
When I first started reading the AnimeGaf threads in Winter 2011 I was pausing quite often to write down and look up all the shows people mentioned. Even in just a simple passing it was often a show I'd never heard of. That's part of why I like the threads. They tell me about shows I would probably never hear of otherwise. That and just the general information to see about what shows are coming up and such. It seems like it's assumed that if you post here one is familiar with a bunch of the different blogs or sites but honestly I think Anime News Network was the only one I was aware of so I like the thread for making me aware of those.
In the end I guess it's just one of those things where it's assumed that if you took the time to wait for membership and post on NeoGaf you're more familiar or "Hardcore" about your hobby when you can actually be pretty casual about it.
Oooh, cheers for the heads-up madp!
Yuri, the magical girl on the right, says something like "I'm Yuri, the one who changes Telos!". Telos or τελος is an Ancient Greek word meaning "end" but can mean "fate" or "destiny". With the verb henkaku in there (the same kaku as in kakumei) that one line of dialogue pretty much sums up Ikuni's work
The girl on the right just says "Yurishiro-san?!?!?!". The yurishiro kanji read as "castle of lilies" but I guess there's probably a play on shiro also meaning white?
(yes I like overanalysing Ikuni works shut up)
Appreciate the insight. Magical girl cuties are where its at.
Cant get enough of them.
Looks great.
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