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[Apath]

Just finished Monster episode 49 and I was just wondering if at any point so far in this series have we

Spoiler

seen Yohan and Anna in the same room together/at the same time and someone acknowledges both of them separately?

I watch this in bursts so it's difficult to remember. Just started watching again today.

 

[nynt9]

Not really related to current anime but might as well: I've been meaning to watch Initial D. Do I just start from the very beginning? If not where? And is it legally streamable anywhere?

 

[R_thanatos]

Vanadis - 10

So i guess it's time for me to watch the rest of this show in anime. I guess i was really busy .

Like the only sequence that they probably don't need to change for this scene , the rest ....

So this episode 10 is quite good.
The action wasn't bad , the plot was ok , there was still the rivality between elen & mira . But the flow of the episode worked very well.
There is however a problem , the scene in the middle of the battlefield was shamefull , what's w<ith that background ?
They need to correct this mistake in the BD.

hey not-so-persian general , you're up against the main character, youknow ..it's not going to be that easy

This was honnestly a good episode aside from this... the motivations for every character were clear , the strategy was explained and easy to follow , top the point that it doesn't feel like a "trick" or a deus ex machina , this turn of events was the result of things that were showed in the previous episode so it's alright.

Good episode.

 

[CorvoSol]

Selector Spread Wixoss 5

I would like to tell you, if I may, exactly what kind of show Selector Spread Wixoss is.

But I won't get to because Mari Okada thinks she's fucking smart with this fucking shitty loli character who keeps telling you for me.

IF YOU KNOW IT'S ALL TERRIBLE, TRITE AND CLICHE WHY DO YOU KEEP WRITING IT OKADA

 

[fertygo]

Not really related to current anime but might as well: I've been meaning to watch Initial D. Do I just start from the very beginning? If not where? And is it legally streamable anywhere?

Don't think so. Yeah if you watching Initial D, you watch it from the very beginning.

 

[Narag]

Not really related to current anime but might as well: I've been meaning to watch Initial D. Do I just start from the very beginning? If not where? And is it legally streamable anywhere?

https://www.youtube.com/show/initialdfirststage

 

[The Silver]

So I just noticed I haven't watched really any sports anime.

The only one I did watch was One Outs(loved it btw), which I only watched because I heard it was similar to Kaiji/Akagi. So what's some other good sports anime that can leave you on the edge of your seat like One Outs.

 

[ShinRPGamer]

Not really related to current anime but might as well: I've been meaning to watch Initial D. Do I just start from the very beginning? If not where? And is it legally streamable anywhere?

It is available on Funimation's website, no subscription required. Here's a link. It would probably be best to watch from the beginning, like most shows.

 

[phoenix296]

So I just noticed I haven't watched really any sports anime.

The only one I did watch was One Outs(loved it btw), which I only watched because I heard it was similar to Kaiji/Akagi. So what's some other good sports anime that can leave you on the edge of your seat like One Outs.

Girls Und Panzer

 

[jgminto]

So I just noticed I haven't watched really any sports anime.

The only one I did watch was One Outs(loved it btw), which I only watched because I heard it was similar to Kaiji/Akagi. So what's some other good sports anime that can leave you on the edge of your seat like One Outs.

Yowamushi Pedal.

 

[Kave_Man]

PRAISE ONII-SAMA!!!

edit: Oh my god and he's Silver as well? I'm dying right now :lol

 

[fertygo]

So I just noticed I haven't watched really any sports anime.

The only one I did watch was One Outs(loved it btw), which I only watched because I heard it was similar to Kaiji/Akagi. So what's some other good sports anime that can leave you on the edge of your seat like One Outs.

2014 was great year for Sport show

Ping Pong
Yowamushi Pedal
Haikyuu

All's great

Outside of that you can try older classic such like Hajime no Ippo and Ookiku Fuurikabute.

 

[ThatChairMan]

Zeta Gundam 50 End

That ended up pretty good. Despite his constant mood swings, I ended up liking Kamille a lot as a main character, as well as most of the cast. The three factions were also fairly interesting, although some of the Newtype magic started getting a bit too crazy near the end. That ending too,

Spoiler

poor Kamille

. Guess I'll watch something else before starting ZZ.

Yumeiro Patissiere 1

Cute.

 

[nintendoman58]

HEROMAN - 18

This episode turns out to be a two-parter episode with a beach involved. Please tell me this has something to do with what went down in episode 17.

It's Accel World all over again, though with not as big of a cliffhanger.

Ending of episode 17 of both shows: "Oh man! I wonder what happens next!"

Episode 18: *Episode involving a beach that continues onto the next episode that seems to have nothing to do with what went down in the last episode.*

 

[javac]

Well I added Inferno Cop for a little something different because I'm sure people are tired of me mentioning the same titles all the time, but yes, it is free to watch on YouTube. And I'm pretty sure the answer to Mitsudomoe is that sales projections for the UK are one copy bought by me.

To be fair, I've seen shows release here that I see as a lost cause to release but apparently people buy them! Watamote being a recent example. Would a show like that really sell to a wide audience in the UK? I know it was/is popular but still...doesn't seem like the type of show one would buy on a format like Blu-ray, meanwhile the same distributor releases a show like Michiko & Hatchin only on DVD? Strange decision. Michiko & Hatchin was also released on Blu-ray in the US and from what I heard, both the picture and sound quality was pretty decent on it and the US copy was region A/B (maybe that's why?)

I find it strange I guess. The UK Anime distributors always lament the sales of Anime Blu-ray being a lot less than DVD sales (unless your Ghibli).

Speaking of sales, I thought that it would be fun to post some sales data for Anime Blu-ray and DVD's in the UK. It's a lot of info so sorry about that in advance, and if the formatting is weird let me know! It's the first time I've posted something like this. Anyways, if you look at these figures from the end of 2012 for example, these are the top 10 sales for the whole of 2012 in the UK:

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#|	TITLE |		 UNITS|		DISTRIBUTOR|
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1|	 ARRIETTY |				>40,000 |	CANAL UK
2|	 ORIGIN – SPIRITS OF THE PAST	|	>25,000 |	MANGA UK
3|	 THE GIRL WHO LEAPT |			>15,000 |	MANGA UK
4|	 MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO  |		>10,000 |	CANAL UK
5|	 SPIRITED AWAY |			>10,000 |	CANAL UK
6|	 HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE  |		>10,000 |	CANAL UK
7|	 PONYO	 |				>5,000 |	CANAL UK
8|	 DEVIL MAY CRY	 |			>5,000 |	MANGA UK
9|	 GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 |		>5,000 |	MANGA UK
10|	 AKIRA |				>5,000 |	MANGA UK

As for things that were released during 2012:

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#|	TITLE |	                         UNITS |	DISTRIBUTOR
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1|	ARRIETTY| 	                 >40,000|	CANAL UK
2|	POKEMON – DESTINY DEOXYS| 	 >5,000|	CANAL UK
3|	TEKKEN – BLOOD VENGEANGE|	 >5,000|	KAZE
4|	DRAGON BALL Z – SEASON 1|	 >2,500|	MANGA
5|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 8| 	 >2,500|	MANGA
6|	DRAGON BALL Z – SEASON 2|	 >2,500|	MANGA
7|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 9|	 >2,500|	MANGA
8|	DRAGON BALL Z – SEASON 3|	 >2,500|	MANGA
9|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 10| 	 >2,500|	MANGA
10	BLEACH THE MOVIE 3|	         >2,000|	KAZE

If you look at monthly 2013 sales:
Sales for January 2013:

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1|	ORIGIN – SPIRITS OF THE PAST
2|	DRAGONBALL Z – COMPLETE SEASON 5
3|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
4|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
5|	GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0
6|	ARRIETTY
7|	AKIRA
8|	BLEACH COMPLETE – SERIES 9
9|	HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD
10|	SPIRITED AWAY
[B]Top 10 New Releases (January):[/B]
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#|	TITLE|	                                        LABEL|
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1|	DRAGONBALL Z – COMPLETE SEASON 5 	        MANGA UK
2|	BLEACH COMPLETE – SERIES 9	                KAZE
3|	BLEACH – SERIES 10 – PT 1	                KAZE
4|	JOURNEY TO AGARTHA	                        KAZE
5|	CODE GEASS- LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- S1	KAZE
6|	PERSONA 4 – THE ANIMATION – BOX 1	        KAZE
7|	BERSERK – FILM 1 EGG OF THE KING	        KAZE
8|	SHIKI PT 2	                                MANGA UK 
9|	THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS – SERIES TWO	        MANGA UK
10|	CANAAN – COMPLETE SERIES – EPISODES 1-13	MVM

Also just some additional info on the numbers above:

As you’ll note – there is still a difference between what is actually the top 10 in volume vs what is new in the UK market. To give some background too – while stats are good sometimes on a month to month basis we find it hard to find a metric that works on numbers. To give you a bit of meat to chew on though – for new titles, to make it to #10 for a new title – you just need to sell more than 100 copies…

Sales for February 2013:

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#|	TITLE|
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1|	SPIRITED AWAY
2|	BLEACH THE MOVIE – 4 HELL VERSE	
3|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
4|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
5|	ARRIETTY
6|	ORIGIN – SPIRITS OF THE PAST
7|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
8|	DRAGONBALL Z – COMPLETE SEASON 5	
9|	NINJA SCROLL
10|	TIGER & BUNNY – VOL 1 – EPISODES 1-7
[B]Top 6 New Releases (February):[/B]
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#|	TITLE|
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1|	BLEACH THE MOVIE – 4 HELL VERSE
2|	TIGER & BUNNY – VOL 1 – EPISODES 1-7
3|	BAKA & TEST – SUMMON THE BEASTS 2	
4|	BODACIOUS SPACE PIRATES – PT 1 – EPS 1-8
5|	EDEN OF THE EAST COMPLETE COLLECTION
6|	NEEDLESS – PT 2

Sales for March 2013:

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#|	TITLE|
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1|	DRAGONBALL Z – COMPLETE SEASON 6
2|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 12
3|	SPIRITED AWAY
4|	CODE GEASS – LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- 2
5|	ARRIETTY
6|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO	
7|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
8|	BLEACH THE MOVIE – 4 HELL VERSE
9|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
10|	NINJA SCROLL
[B]Top 6 New Releases (March):[/B]
#|	TITLE|
1|	DRAGONBALL Z – COMPLETE SEASON 6	
2|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 12
3|	CODE GEASS – LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- 2
4|	MARDOCK SCRAMBLE – THE SECOND COMBUSTION
5|	SHANA – SERIES 2 PT 1
6|	DREAM EATER MERRY – COLLECTION
[B](Interesting to note that Code Geass still ranks number 3 despite being a re-release.)[/B]

Sales for April 2013:

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#|	TITLE|
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1|	POKEMON 4EVER
2|	PERSONA 4 – THE ANIMATION – BOX 2
3|	SPIRITED AWAY
4|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO	
5|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
6|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
7|	ARRIETTY
8|	OKAMI-SAN & HER 7 COMPANIONS – COMPLETE
9|	REDAKAI SEASON CONQUER THE KAIRU
10|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 12

• To make this chart you had to sell more than 300 copies.
• HOWEVER to sit at the top of it – you had to sell under 1,050.
• The above range is not out of the ordinary for a regular month.

[B]Top 10 New Releases (April):[/B]
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#|	TITLE|
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1|	PERSONA 4 – THE ANIMATION – BOX 2
2|	OKAMI-SAN & HER 7 COMPANIONS – COMPLETE
3|	KING OF THORN
4|	NURA – RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN – S1 PT 1
5|	FRACTALE – THE COMPLETE SERIES
6|	TIGER & BUNNY – VOL 2 – EPS 8-17
7|	OBLIVION ISLAND
8|	LOUPS GAROUS
9|	SHANA SERIES 2 PT 2
10|	GA-REI-ZERO – COLLECTION

• To make the bottom of this chart you had to sell over 100 copies
• To reach the top of it you had to sell under 800 copies.
• The difference between #10 and Vampire Princess Miyu (which didn’t make the top 10) was very small.
  Bonus: Perfect Blue Sold 55,000 copies on DVD in the UK LTD, which puts it in Manga's top 10 of all time.

Sales for June 2013:

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1|	HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD – COMPLETE
2|	ONE PIECE – COLLECTION 1
3|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO	
4|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 13
5|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
6|	POKEMON 4EVER
7|	HELLSING – ULTIMATE – VOL 5-8
8|	NINJA SCROLL
9|	SPIRITED AWAY
10|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
[B]Top 10 New Releases (June):[/B]
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#|	Title|
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1|	HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD – COMPLETE
2|	ONE PIECE – COLLECTION 1
3|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 13
4|	BLOOD C – THE COMPLETE SERIES
5|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – COMPLETE SEASON 3
6|	KIDS ON THE SLOPE – COMPLETE COLLECTION
7|	KENICHI – THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE – PT 1
8|	WAITING IN THE SUMMER: SERIES COLLECTION
9|	FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST – BROTHERHOOD – 1	
10|	LAST EXILE – COMPLETE SEASON 1

• The reason One Piece AND High School of the Dead did not show initially is they came out at the end of May and the first few days of June formed the last part of that month. We’ve included them as new releases here now and will follow this pattern in future to be sure no titles are missed out.
• To be the top seller this month for overall, you had to sell over 2,000 copies
• Last Exile sold just under 200 copies to reach the bottom of the chart this month for top 10.
• Bakemonogatari sold just under Last Exile, cutting it from the chart sadly – this is likely due to the disc recalls and is not really a reflection of the sales of the title honestly.
• Shiki also did not rate, on account of selling not as many as even Bakemonogatari sadly!
• There’s a huge gap between the top 3 sellers for new releases and the fourth – easily a drop of almost 600 units!
• Interestingly, One Piece Box 1’s sales for its first month are better than the latest iterations of Bleach – however they are only about 60% of what Dragonball Z Box 1 took in for month 1 and basically comparable with box 13 of Naruto Shippuden.

Sales for July 2013:

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1|	DRAGON BALL Z – SEASON 8
2|	ONE PIECE – COLLECTION 2
3|	KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE
4|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO	
5|	GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES
6|	PERSONA 4 – BOX 3	
7|	STEINS GATE – PT 1	
8|	POKEMON 4EVER
9|	CAT PLANET CUTIES
10|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
[B]Top 10 New Releases (July):[/B]
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#|	TITLE|
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1|	DRAGON BALL Z – SEASON 8
2|	ONE PIECE – COLLECTION 2
3|	PERSONA 4 – BOX 3
4|	STEINS GATE – PT 1
5|	CAT PLANET CUTIES
6|	ARIA THE SCARLET AMMO
7|	FAIRY TAIL – COLLECTION 1
8|	K-ON – SEASON 2 – PT 2
9|	UN-GO – COMPLETE SERIES
10|	IS THIS A ZOMBIE – BOX SET

• Top seller for both charts sold over 1,200 units this month
• Lowest seller for Overall this month sold over 550 units, while for July the lowest in the top 10 was over 250 units.
• Out of chart due to lower numbers was Tiger & Bunny Part 3 (not by much between it and #10), Iria Collection, Bakemonogatari Pt 1 and the Nightwalker Collection.
• There’s a solid 400 unit difference between #2 and #3 for the new releases!

Sales for August 2013:

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#|	TITLE|
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1|	COWBOY BEBOP – BOX 1
2|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO	
3|	POKEMON 4EVER
4|	AKIRA
5|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – THE WILL OF FIRE
6|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
7|	SPIRITED AWAY
8|	SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
9|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
10|	FAIRY TAIL – COLLECTION 1
[B]Top 10 New Releases (August):[/B]
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#|	TITLE|
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1|	COWBOY BEBOP – BOX 1
2|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – WILL OF FIRE
3|	SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO
4|	HORIZON ON THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE – S1
5|	HELLSING ULTIMATE PT 1-4 COLLECTION
6|	KENICHI – THE MIGHTIEST DISCIPLE – 2
7|	CLANNAD – COMPLETE SERIES COLLECTION
8|	INU X BOKU COLLECTION
9|	BAKEMONOGATARI PT 2
10|	HELLSING – THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES

• To at the top of the top sellers and all titles list for the month, you had to sell just over 1,500 units.
• To be at the bottom of the top sellers for the month, you had to sell just over 520 units.
• To be at the bottom of the new titles list, you just had to sell over 135 units.
• Between #1 and #2 of new titles for this month there’s over 500 units difference,
• Meanwhile there’s only just over 200 units difference between #1 and #2 of all catalog titles.

Sales for September 2013:

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#|	TITLE|
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1|	FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
2|	BLEACH – COMPLETE SERIES 11
3|	SPIRITED AWAY
4|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 14
5|	HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE
6|	MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
7|	AKIRA
8|	THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
9|	PONYO
10|	FAIRY TAIL – COLLECTION TWO
[B]Top 10 New Releases (September):[/B]
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#|	Title|
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1|	FROM UP ON POPPY HILL
2|	BLEACH – COMPLETE SERIES 11
3|	NARUTO SHIPPUDEN – BOX SET 14
4|	FAIRY TAIL – COLLECTION TWO
5|	ONE PIECE – COLLECTION 3
6|	DEADMAN WONDERLAND – THE COMPLETE SERIES
7|	BERSERK MOVIE 2 – BATTLE FOR DOLDREY
8|	LUPIN THE THIRD 3RD – THE WOMEN CALLED
9|	TIGER & BUNNY – PT 4
10|	CLANNAD AFTER STORY – COMPLETE SERIES

• To be in the top sellers this month you had to do over 400 units in the top sellers, 200 in the new releases.
• To be at #1 in each you had to sell over 7,500
• Interestingly, Poppy Hill did just about half the week 1 sales that Spirited away did.
• One Piece Collection 3 sold under half of what the latest Bleach set sold.

Hopefully this is of use and is appreciated, again sorry about the info dump, and let me know of the formatting is weird

 

[Valkerionseven]

Zeta Gundam 50 End

That ended up pretty good. Despite his constant mood swings, I ended up liking Kamille a lot as a main character, as well as most of the cast. The three factions were also fairly interesting, although some of the Newtype magic started getting a bit too crazy near the end. That ending too,

Spoiler

poor Kamille

. Guess I'll watch something else before starting ZZ.

I recommend that last part. The first quarter of ZZ is a tough pill to swallow but it eventually gets somewhat interesting.

 

[wonzo]

ITS FINALLY HERE &#65399;&#65408;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;(&#65439;&#8704;&#65439&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473;&#9473; !!!!!

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

I like symphogear myself but don't be misleading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLm-jeFj3tk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TXTpik5wf4

I don't see how I'm being misleading. I've acknowledged quality issues in previous posts. I don't see how it makes any sense to recommend a show then immediately follow it with "hey, here's some examples of QUALITY" which can be found in most anime, but do not define shows themselves unless it's stuff like Twintails 11 except all the time every episode. When people are recommended something, they usually want to see why you've recommended it or why you think it's good which is why I posted those webms as examples.

 

[CorvoSol]

I recommend that last part. The first quarter of ZZ is a tough pill to swallow but it eventually gets somewhat interesting.

Speaking as someone who loves ZZ Gundam, I'd go with this and also add the extremely important footnote of DO NOT WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE. ZZ Gundam's first episode is just a shitty clip episode to catch people up. Really not that important unless you're some kind of diehard Gundam fanatic.

 

[Narag]

I don't see how I'm being misleading. I've acknowledged quality issues in previous posts. I don't see how it makes any sense to recommend a show then immediately follow it with "hey, here's some examples of QUALITY" which can be found in most anime, but do not define shows themselves unless it's stuff like Twintails 11 except all the time every episode. When people are recommended something, they usually want to see why you've recommended it or why you think it's good which is why I posted those webms as examples.

They're not overly representative of the show. Yeah, those QUALITY moments are the worst of the bunch, but it's just best to be upfront about issues so people don't think it's a troll rec. I'll recommend Gifuu Doudou to anyone but I'm going to be very clear about the show's visual shortcomings and how it succeeds in spite of them.

Like I said, I like Symphogear and it's very much one of those shows that gets better as it goes along but man, it starts super rough.

 

[R_thanatos]

Vanadis - 11

Thenardier doing a great job as an antagonist ,as always ... but there are now 2 new people in the mix messing things up

6000 against 2 exhausted characters ? Not taking any chances i see.

This episode was quite good. Too bad they changed some part of regin introduction/discovery i was readyto complain more untill they properly explained the "why" in the following scene . As it stands this episode was more of a "proof of frienship" between the 2 vanadis , as they actually understand what they must do BEFORE the usual harem antics that plague usually those anime. None of that here , as elen doesn't hesitate to help mila and they display quite a nice teamwork to destroy those unexpected ennemies.

It's a shame that the only real problem with this episode is , yet again , with the Cg soldiers. I don't mind the Chess pieces now since they do convey properly the right information on the battle field , but it's still such a shame that the background are still so poor and the Cg soldier so badly done.

But still, it was a nice episode , much entertaining , much enjoyable

 

[Midonin]

Hmm.

A Rolling Girls character song album was announced, but all the songs on it are going to be covers of songs by The Blue Hearts. I'm of mixed opinion about using cover songs as character songs - like when Ookami-san did it - but I'll see how this band's choices fit the tone and themes this show is going for.

 

[Blusby]

So yeah Tokyo Ghoul Root A is taking a completely different turn from the manga as Kaneki

Spoiler

joins Aogiri

.

 

[AquaWateria]

So yeah Tokyo Ghoul Root A is taking a completely different turn from the manga as Kaneki

Spoiler

joins Aogiri

.

You know I'm not even mad because I'm definitely curious on the

Spoiler

outcome of Kaneki joining Aogiri.

Plus we were told it would be adapted from the Author's original script, so there's no point in being mad.

Anyways from what I've heard from the preview of the screening someone said the Opening is really good and that the Ending has the Author's art in it.

 

[R_thanatos]

Vanadis - 12

He is here !!!

A splendid adaptation of the source matérial , with good fights , threatening characters , consequences , good scene direction and ...Well

i have really no complains about this episode.

 

[Blusby]

You know I'm not even mad because I'm definitely curious on the

Spoiler

outcome of Kaneki joining Aogiri.

Plus we were told it would be adapted from the Author's original script, so there's no point in being mad.

Anyways from what I've heard from the preview of the screening someone said the Opening is really good and that the Ending has the Author's art in it.

I'm actually looking forward to it moreso now that it isn't trying to adapt what would be another 70+ chapters.

 

[Dresden]

So yeah Tokyo Ghoul Root A is taking a completely different turn from the manga as Kaneki

Spoiler

joins Aogiri

.

it's time

for Eto to take center stage

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

So yeah Tokyo Ghoul Root A is taking a completely different turn from the manga as Kaneki

Spoiler

joins Aogiri

.

Huh. Will watch then.

 

[Blusby]

it's time

for Eto to take center stage

I'm ready, though it'd be nice if Itori got some love too. What's with Japan's hatred for women of age?

 

[AquaWateria]

I'm ready, though it'd be nice if Itori got some love too. What's with Japan's hatred for women of age?

Well she's a

Spoiler

slut and plus she screwed Kaneki over.

Though I do like her

 

[ThatChairMan]

I recommend that last part. The first quarter of ZZ is a tough pill to swallow but it eventually gets somewhat interesting.

Speaking as someone who loves ZZ Gundam, I'd go with this and also add the extremely important footnote of DO NOT WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE. ZZ Gundam's first episode is just a shitty clip episode to catch people up. Really not that important unless you're some kind of diehard Gundam fanatic.

Will keep that in mind, thanks.

 

[Dresden]

Heads up to people -

me, sonicmj1, and wonzo are starting a VOTOMS watch and if anyone wants to join, they're welcome to after going through an extensive background check (fee: 345$). We're doing 3 episodes a week for three weeks, and then 4 episodes for the fourth, as the show goes through 13-episode arcs.

So by the 11th of January, you should be up to episode 3, and by the 18th, up to episode 6, etc. Feel free to watch it whenever but talking about it on Sunday is encouraged to drive up noise and to strongarm random moe fans into watching manly mecha shows.

 

[Narag]

Heads up to people -

me, sonicmj1, and wonzo are starting a VOTOMS watch and if anyone wants to join, they're welcome to after going through an extensive background check (fee: 345$). We're doing 3 episodes a week for three weeks, and then 4 episodes for the fourth, as the show goes through 13-episode arcs.

So by the 11th of January, you should be up to episode 3, and by the 18th, up to episode 6, etc. Feel free to watch it whenever but talking about it on Sunday is encouraged to drive up noise and to strongarm random moe fans into watching manly mecha shows.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

God dang, I just started watching Sword Art Online and its my favorite show ever. I've seen 5 episodes so far. Man this shit is good.

 

[javac]

I'm planning to watch Votoms down the line, but solo unfortunately. I find it hard to adhere to schedules.

 

[Narag]

God dang, I just started watching Sword Art Online and its my favorite show ever. I've seen 5 episodes so far. Man this shit is good.

Give it time.

 

[nintendoman58]

God dang, I just started watching Sword Art Online and its my favorite show ever. I've seen 5 episodes so far. Man this shit is good.

Yeah...you might want to watch Accel World or Log Horizon instead.

I've only seen and really enjoyed Accel World, which is from the same writer but a much better show, but I've heard a lot of good things about Log Horizon.

I can't say the same for SAO though.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

God dang, I just started watching Sword Art Online and its my favorite show ever. I've seen 5 episodes so far. Man this shit is good.

You're better off watching Yu Yu Hakusho

 

[ShinRPGamer]

God dang, I just started watching Sword Art Online and its my favorite show ever. I've seen 5 episodes so far. Man this shit is good.

Let me know how you feel about SAO after watching the Fairy Dance Arc.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

I think I might just have bad taste.

 

[Haly]

I think I might just have bad taste.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

I don't really even like Scott Pilgrim I just think the cat is cute.

 

[Narag]

I think I might just have bad taste.

No, it starts off fairly innocuously then takes a turn for the worse before long. I mean, there's no real harm in liking it but it loses its charm when Kirito becomes an actual MC instead of Batman swooping into to fix MMO problems for people.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Heads up to people -

me, sonicmj1, and wonzo are starting a VOTOMS watch and if anyone wants to join, they're welcome to after going through an extensive background check (fee: 345$). We're doing 3 episodes a week for three weeks, and then 4 episodes for the fourth, as the show goes through 13-episode arcs.

So by the 11th of January, you should be up to episode 3, and by the 18th, up to episode 6, etc. Feel free to watch it whenever but talking about it on Sunday is encouraged to drive up noise and to strongarm random moe fans into watching manly mecha shows.

I've been meaning to watch VOTOMS for a while, I'll watch it too. My check is in the mail.

 

[CorvoSol]

Heads up to people -

me, sonicmj1, and wonzo are starting a VOTOMS watch and if anyone wants to join, they're welcome to after going through an extensive background check (fee: 345$). We're doing 3 episodes a week for three weeks, and then 4 episodes for the fourth, as the show goes through 13-episode arcs.

So by the 11th of January, you should be up to episode 3, and by the 18th, up to episode 6, etc. Feel free to watch it whenever but talking about it on Sunday is encouraged to drive up noise and to strongarm random moe fans into watching manly mecha shows.

Just please don't watch the OVAs set after the end of the show because they're hateful.

 

[Narag]

Just please don't watch the OVAs set after the end of the show because they're hateful.

You should clarify (I assume anyhow) that doesn't include stuff like The Last Red Shoulder which takes place between Uuodo and Kummen!!

 

[Deleted member 22576]

No, it starts off fairly innocuously then takes a turn for the worse before long. I mean, there's no real harm in liking it but it loses its charm when Kirito becomes an actual MC instead of Batman swooping into to fix MMO problems for people.

I'm just getting a huge kick out of how to true to form it is. I was at work today thinking about it and caught myself calling it a game. Its pretty clever. I'm still kinda just getting into anime/manga so I don't have a ton of reference for quality.

 

[R_thanatos]

Vanadis - 13

No doubt about it , vanadis was ported high by his casting ...

So this is the end for Vanadis ...
Tigre Mastered the first rank of his skill with the bow , Get pushed Twice in the same episode on the right path by elen.
Tita was crying , then pouting ( because jealous ) , and finally happy .
Some light character hindsight here and there..

Stuff happenned , The thenardier and civil war arc is now over with some obvious lingering threads left open for season 2.

Overall this episode was alright ..it should have been better but they did what they could in 24 minutes and we got an happy ending .

Well resolve or not , when you got a cheat code ....

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Series impressions

Madan no Ou to Vanadis could have been better , they should have followed the source material better . Overall i have to admit that most of the changes they made are for the most part : better , but i really dislike all the stuff they cut.
Some of the leftovers was used for vanadi-chu, the chibi anime , but goddamit , so much was left on the road.

-The adaptation
Too many cuts , probably because of the 13 episodes size , they crammed most of the important stuff was there , we just missed :
-The entire Thenardier backstory ( his motivations were multi layered ) , but in the anime it feel like a matter of simple power struggle when his motivations were much higher than that.
-The entire rise to power of tigre during the invasion of brune was cut ( and before ) , we got only the fights , none of the stuff that happenned that was the key for the numerous reinforcement during the last battle , a total shame.
-The demons ( Yes he was there but it didn't attack tigre when he should have so i'm not happy with this change.) , too bad , it's not like they will be the focus of season 2 and that forshadowing them properly wouldn't have been that hard ..but hey.

-The visuals
Chess pieces took a while for me to get into... i don't mind them , they were a good way to cheaply show battlefield changes. If only the anime focused more on them..

Some episodes were spotless in their visuals , others quite laughable. vandis clearly suffered during production in the middle. A real shame because overall the anime is ok .. It just become so lifeless at times. Cg soldiers weren't pretty. many backgrounds for too many scenes need to be redone entirely.

-Music /SFX

I didn't mind it. Nothing that stood up ( it's average ) but there weren't any bad tracks.

-The characters

They trully did their best. the vanadis were the star of the show , the supporting cast was also good. Too bad tita respects tigre so much , she barely takes any actions

Vanadis is a 6.5/10 anime. It doesn't do much wrong , but doesn't break boundaries either. If it had better productions values it would have been another story , but.
If you add Vanadi-chu , the ensemble become a 7/10.

"May the blu-ray correct all those background problems", i might still buy them if so.

 

[nintendoman58]

I'm just getting a huge kick out of how to true to form it is. I was at work today thinking about it and caught myself calling it a game. Its pretty clever. I'm still kinda just getting into anime/manga so I don't have a ton of reference for quality.

Okay here you go.

Amazing shows that you should watch:

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Baccano!
Hunter X Hunter
Eureka Seven
G Gundam
Gundam Build Fighters
Steins;Gate
Fate/Zero

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Thank you!
Right now I'm working my way through the original Sailor Moon series and am completely loving it. I also watched Attack on Titan a few months ago and it was super fun. Trigun is a favorite as well. A friend is trying to get me to watch Space Dandy and she also wants me to read Banana Fish. Those two things don't mean anything to me yet.