It's only the first seven episodes, going by wiki, he can drop it after that.
One day ...
One day we will get to witness the glory of Regulus in an animated form.
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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
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It's only the first seven episodes, going by wiki, he can drop it after that.
One day ...
One day we will get to witness the glory of Regulus in an animated form.
Dedication Through Light
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Herobank 44
Two back to back herobutt episodes was a good thing. Really laugh at Kaito being back to normal.
The twist was pretty predictable, just something about it and the way they hid their faces made it pretty obvious. Though I thought it was touching. Im glad waterworks were avoided though.
Two back to back herobutt episodes was a good thing. Really laugh at Kaito being back to normal.
The twist was pretty predictable, just something about it and the way they hid their faces made it pretty obvious. Though I thought it was touching. Im glad waterworks were avoided though.
CheapJuice
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Gotta love Zavvi and their codes, I saved a good chunk on these. I guess the downside is that some of the disc holder pins break in the mail, it isn't the first time it has happened.
Was pleasantly surprised by the klk box, 9 episodes, art book and fancy cover for 27£.
Was pleasantly surprised by the klk box, 9 episodes, art book and fancy cover for 27£.
Officially their first work as a newly formed studio! Well, aside from cooperation tasks like this one their first own animated production was the PV for the 420 Renpai Girl LN (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHZQuTCw1p0).
Most amusing thing (around that time) is how it seemed like Mr. Yoshinari didn't get the memo soon enough to bail out earlier of GAiNAX; because of his brief contribution to The Mystic Archives of Dantalian and the following disappearance. Later, his supposedly non-credited cuts on THE IDOLM@STER while being employed by Production I.G for such a short time was the most puzzling part... kind of scary situation it was for the fans all in all! Then shortly after re-uniting with the GEEKS at TRIGGER Inc., was a sure relief in comparison.
But don't worry too much about GAiNAX future (or even present), guys... after we have recently known that Takami Akai's famous game series Princess Maker is returning with an all-new instalment in March (http://yonago-gainax.co.jp/game/megami/index.html) now I'm sure from where they'll obtain sufficient funds to survive until the Uru in Blue release! :-D
gashikunFLCL
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No need to hurry with PBC, you know I would like Doremi impressions more.
I just rushed through the weekend but now is the time I slow down because classes are starting again.
After reading firehawk12 post and this I saw how I was seeing the things Akari said as things impossible to do instead of the possibility of things being prohibited, since she never said it was one or the other.
R_thanatos
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A new princess maker ??? so Bought
Razgriz-Specter
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It was great, slow start though.
Yep! More details about it coming in just two days. Meanwhile, a certain English translation for the fifth entry has been stuck at 90% complete for months...
Jex
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It's that classic business model: fund new versions of old anime with new versions of old videogames.
MikeHattsu
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Cool. Bought lots of my stuff from Zavvi as well.
R_thanatos
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Still better than being stuck at 33% for 2 years
Princess Maker; keeping GAiNAX alive since 1991:
http://www.evamonkey.com/inside_gainax.htm[inside] GAINAX - (From Newtype USA said:
When it seems to be so close it hurts more!
strangedopamine
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Aria: The Animation - Episode 1 [Watchbet]
Seeing as Mr.Jeff has already started watching Doremi, I figured I'd start on my side of the watchbet too.
So far I can say this is a very chilled and beautiful show. Ended up losing all sense of time while watching it, admiring the great setting of Neo-Venezia and listening to the great soundtrack in the background.
Surprised I didn't watch this sooner really. It's right up my alley!
Seeing as Mr.Jeff has already started watching Doremi, I figured I'd start on my side of the watchbet too.
So far I can say this is a very chilled and beautiful show. Ended up losing all sense of time while watching it, admiring the great setting of Neo-Venezia and listening to the great soundtrack in the background.
Surprised I didn't watch this sooner really. It's right up my alley!
Yuri Kuma Arashi Episode 6:
So this week we get some insight into the now deceased Sumika Izumino and her relationship with Kuhera. Seems like she knew she was going to die, but not from a bear attack, she was a member of the exclusion committee and had become the next target of this Invisible Storm which seeks ultimate conformity. Also, somebody also decided to be straight forward about the situation for once as Lulu clues Kuhera about Ginko's feelings for her.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou - 10
So far among the best Coming-of-age Romcom dramas I've seen. When I was asking about anime that deal with a couple's relationship properly, this is pretty much exactly what I was hoping for and more. Art design, sound design and directing is impeccable and I've really gotten a bunch more respect for Anno. Sad to know he apparently quit at episode 18...but that's still 8 episodes at least.
Here a short, fun webm.
Gotta make a lot more when I'm done with the series.
So far among the best Coming-of-age Romcom dramas I've seen. When I was asking about anime that deal with a couple's relationship properly, this is pretty much exactly what I was hoping for and more. Art design, sound design and directing is impeccable and I've really gotten a bunch more respect for Anno. Sad to know he apparently quit at episode 18...but that's still 8 episodes at least.
Here a short, fun webm.
Gotta make a lot more when I'm done with the series.
MikeHattsu
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Sailor Moon R 33
Poor Artemis.
I'm not sure how running away and starting fighting enemies on his own is a way to prove that he's not careless though...
Poor Artemis.
I'm not sure how running away and starting fighting enemies on his own is a way to prove that he's not careless though...
phoenix296
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The Idol Master 19
The way they try to introduce drama into this show is bad. It would be better if it was about clashing personalities or managing school and idol life. (They go to school right? Most of them are school aged...)
The Idol Master 20
I really liked this episode. Sure it was a bit melodramatic but it got to me. Haruka really stepped up to help Chihiya. Again, the circumstances that Chihiya's past got out were lame but the plot of the episode itself was well done.
The way they try to introduce drama into this show is bad. It would be better if it was about clashing personalities or managing school and idol life. (They go to school right? Most of them are school aged...)
The Idol Master 20
I really liked this episode. Sure it was a bit melodramatic but it got to me. Haruka really stepped up to help Chihiya. Again, the circumstances that Chihiya's past got out were lame but the plot of the episode itself was well done.
But passing the torch to Mr. Imaishi for episode 19 delivered an amazing result in the end! How can someone not like the cut-outs playfulness escapes my comprehension...
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Yurikuma Arashi 6:
That final scene (prior to the credits) was amazing.
This whole episode was pretty fantastic. The flashbacks with Sumika really fleshed out her character a lot, taking her from kind of a flat character who mostly existed for Kureha's angst, into being a pretty interesting character, and now i feel like we can really understand the relationship between Kureha and Sumika. The storybook scene was also downright incredible. The drawings were very nice, the story got right back into Ikuhara's wheelhouse, and it answers a lot of questions in regards to some of the repeated story elements we've seen so far.
This show keeps getting better as far as I'm concerned. The opening episodes were a bit rushed, but after that it seems like Ikuhara managed to bear down and get to heart of the matter. The pacing has been pretty much spot on over the previous three episodes, and the main characters are being fleshed out in some interesting ways.
That final scene (prior to the credits) was amazing.
Seeing Ginko leaping into the fire to save the letter Sumika wrote, and then Kureha accepting her as a friend was just a very beautiful moment. It was very reminiscent of the scene in Utena where Utena rescues Anthy at the dance.
This whole episode was pretty fantastic. The flashbacks with Sumika really fleshed out her character a lot, taking her from kind of a flat character who mostly existed for Kureha's angst, into being a pretty interesting character, and now i feel like we can really understand the relationship between Kureha and Sumika. The storybook scene was also downright incredible. The drawings were very nice, the story got right back into Ikuhara's wheelhouse, and it answers a lot of questions in regards to some of the repeated story elements we've seen so far.
Finding out that Sumika had been a part of the exclusionary committee was a surprise, but it explains the reasons that lead up to her death and her decision. It also gives her character more of an arc, although I'm not sure why she trusted Harishima so much. Was it just desperation? I'm assuming right now that the unseen person Harishima was talking to was the teacher. She seems like the only person who could have possibly supplied her with the information that Ginko and Lulu were bears.
This show keeps getting better as far as I'm concerned. The opening episodes were a bit rushed, but after that it seems like Ikuhara managed to bear down and get to heart of the matter. The pacing has been pretty much spot on over the previous three episodes, and the main characters are being fleshed out in some interesting ways.
Psycho_Mantis
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Well you've pretty exhausted a lot of the well known shounen. Might as well watch Bleach as well. First few arcs are brilliant.
nintendoman58
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Shin Mazinger Z - 18
Holy crap this episode was intense!
Next episode looks like it's going to get even more intense with the reveals too. Oh man, this show is such an awesome ride!
Holy crap this episode was intense!
From the heroic, manly sacrifices of Tsubasa's crew, and the teaming up of Zeus and Kouji against Hades, it was just crazy all around.
The latter was probably my favourite part of it all. It was like seeing the Link from Wind Waker fighting Ganon alongside the Link from Ocarina of Time.
And man, you gotta feel sympathy for Baron Ashura in this episode. The thing is forced to betray the two people it was in the past in order to keep his loyalty for Dr. Hell in the present. This is like, the only time I've seen Dr. Hell genuinely praise Baron Ashura, when almost everything he did in Mazinkaiser was punish and berate him. That was some really well done stuff in this episode.
The latter was probably my favourite part of it all. It was like seeing the Link from Wind Waker fighting Ganon alongside the Link from Ocarina of Time.
And man, you gotta feel sympathy for Baron Ashura in this episode. The thing is forced to betray the two people it was in the past in order to keep his loyalty for Dr. Hell in the present. This is like, the only time I've seen Dr. Hell genuinely praise Baron Ashura, when almost everything he did in Mazinkaiser was punish and berate him. That was some really well done stuff in this episode.
Next episode looks like it's going to get even more intense with the reveals too. Oh man, this show is such an awesome ride!
MikeHattsu
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Sailor Moon R 34
Such meanness
So, a droid actually comes up with a good plan for once, only to be beaten by the power of friendship and trust. Oh, and Tuxedo Mask gets his ass kicked in this episode too. All while Esmeraude takes a bath.
Such meanness
So, a droid actually comes up with a good plan for once, only to be beaten by the power of friendship and trust. Oh, and Tuxedo Mask gets his ass kicked in this episode too. All while Esmeraude takes a bath.
Its a win either way! Maou-sama is really good too.
Oh shit. I did not know this!!
DiscoShark
Banned
Yuri Kuma Arashi - 6
So was this the invisible storm? Them gathering around to burn down her flowerbed and telling her that they were just pretending to be friends? Given everything else about the series I was expecting it to be a far more dramatic affair but if all this buildup around the exclusion ceremony was just leading to this then I can't help but come away feeling disappointed. How is the overall effect different from before the time the class was just pretending? I was expecting something more akin to like ... being thrust outside of society as a whole and being forced to fend for themselves on the other side of the wall but this ... is just bullying.
Oh well, at least everything is out in the open now. Lulu saying "Dont waste her love" was a pretty great scene in my book
The teacher is totally the final boss.
Oh well, at least everything is out in the open now. Lulu saying "Dont waste her love" was a pretty great scene in my book
The teacher is totally the final boss.
phoenix296
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Me too. There are so many other interesting ways they could have added drama. The whole rival idol group is really uninteresting. It also doesn't make sense that it's an all male idol group messing with a female idol group. They appeal to completely different audiences, why sabotage someone who isn't even competition?
Episode 19 was the tipping point, the Chihaya family stuff was too much.
I just want a series based on those parody showreels they do. Erase everything else.
Twin Tails
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Yuri Kuma 6
oh yeah and stuff happened
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh yeah, what is PBC? That's your side of the watchbet? lol
Besides, we don't know that Akari leaves Earth because it's a hellhole or whatever. We just know that she fell in love with Neo Venezia and wanted to work there!
ThatChairMan
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I thought the actual effects of the drama were good, like having Chihaya facing her past and getting over it, but there could have been a better way of getting to that point instead of "evil rival agency wants to ruin their careers".
ColossalLazy
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Yowamushi Pedal GR 17
Midousuji the best, so based.
I died at the omake lolololol
Midousuji the best, so based.
I died at the omake lolololol
gashikunFLCL
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Twin Tails
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Absolute Duo 6
Some random dudes show up and shoot guns to add to non existent plot
but the end was the best part everyone freaks out
Some random dudes show up and shoot guns to add to non existent plot
but the end was the best part everyone freaks out
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yuri Kuma Arashi 06
So does Ginko care about Lulu at all? It doesn't really seem like it. I liked the episode but I feel like how
A shame Hirishima is such a bitch because her design was made for me in specific. The girl she was talking too who didn't show her face is so totally the teacher, she was quite a bit taller.
This series could be 1,000 episodes long and I would still crack the fuck up at SHOCK! KUMA SHOCK! everytime.
I CAME HERE TO LAUGH AT YOU GAO GAO~
So does Ginko care about Lulu at all? It doesn't really seem like it. I liked the episode but I feel like how
Ginko and Lulu escaped from the trap was a bit of a cop out especially since they went half the episode without showing it
This series could be 1,000 episodes long and I would still crack the fuck up at SHOCK! KUMA SHOCK! everytime.
PBC is Polar Bear's Cafe. I find it amusing that a series like this has developed a small but "mainstream" following since it's got the same aimless slice of life content as other series but it lacks the "horrific moe character" designs that make people freak out and start calling people pedophiles.
Well if we want to be really specific, in the first chapter or Aqua Akari specifically mentions that "the cities are beautiful and organised. Everything is very orderly." so I doubt that's become a hellhole unless you want to go down the route that she's been conditioned to say things like that by an oppressive, tyrannical regime.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Polar Bear Cafe wholeheartedly recommended by anime expert Jeff Gerstmann
SliceSabre
Banned
Yuri Kuma 06
Yurizono's people eating sounds are the cutest.
Yurizono's people eating sounds are the cutest.
Also I find it interesting that Ginko was present when Sumika was eaten but did nothing to stop it. I guess this is the other side of love maybe?
strangedopamine
Member
He will, as long as I keep my side of the bargain and keep watching Aria!
ASSauLTxMasTER
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Damn. Animator Expo is taking a break. The CG Eva short was the last one for the first season. The second season is coming back on March 9th. This is all Jarmel's fault.
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Absolute Duo 06
I kinda like Lilith, but I'm not that fond of the FPS guys.
Yuri the Pooh and the Honey Tree 06
That story is clearly hinting at what's to come for the rest of the series in some way. Do you give yourself up in order to dedicate yourself to another person? It's a pretty interesting question to pose, actually. The Invisible Storm continues to be the worst example of a clique.
Kamisama ◎ 05
Nanami's handling this a lot better than Tomoe.
Strawberry Marshmallow 00-03
If AzuDai was American-style in its humor, with its barrage of punchlines and occasional trippy moments, Marshmallow is practically British. The reactions aren't exaggerated and even the music is kept to a minimum - there's also a lot of love for Western bands, oddly. Miu is the Tomo of this series, without a doubt, but the closest thing descended from this series seems to be Mitsudomoe - though that's cruder overall.
It appears that this show was the first recorded instance of the phrase "cute girls doing cute things" in Western anime fandom, though I can't find any of that description in the Japanese media - except for the catchphrase "Cute is justice!" The character of Ana is equal parts adorable and interesting, with her Japanophile tendencies that she tries to mask, like an inverse of Sketchbook's Kate. I also read that Nobue was aged up in the anime so that her vices would be legal, but they're still there, making this anime feel less like Lucky Star and more like Lucky Strike, if you know what I mean. I like what I see based on the first few episodes - most of the jokes land.
I kinda like Lilith, but I'm not that fond of the FPS guys.
Yuri the Pooh and the Honey Tree 06
That story is clearly hinting at what's to come for the rest of the series in some way. Do you give yourself up in order to dedicate yourself to another person? It's a pretty interesting question to pose, actually. The Invisible Storm continues to be the worst example of a clique.
Kamisama ◎ 05
Nanami's handling this a lot better than Tomoe.
Strawberry Marshmallow 00-03
If AzuDai was American-style in its humor, with its barrage of punchlines and occasional trippy moments, Marshmallow is practically British. The reactions aren't exaggerated and even the music is kept to a minimum - there's also a lot of love for Western bands, oddly. Miu is the Tomo of this series, without a doubt, but the closest thing descended from this series seems to be Mitsudomoe - though that's cruder overall.
It appears that this show was the first recorded instance of the phrase "cute girls doing cute things" in Western anime fandom, though I can't find any of that description in the Japanese media - except for the catchphrase "Cute is justice!" The character of Ana is equal parts adorable and interesting, with her Japanophile tendencies that she tries to mask, like an inverse of Sketchbook's Kate. I also read that Nobue was aged up in the anime so that her vices would be legal, but they're still there, making this anime feel less like Lucky Star and more like Lucky Strike, if you know what I mean. I like what I see based on the first few episodes - most of the jokes land.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Polar Bear Cafe is the best slice of life anime ever, period.
AquaWateria
Member
After watching this PV I'm so fuckin hyped, my body is so ready for this.😍 Lotus Juice and Yumi are just so amazing with their music. Man making this series into Movies was such a right move because in all honesty the story fits much better in a movie format rather than as a anime. Also seeing my man Makoto (the best protagonist in the whole Persona series) in action is great.
Yeah I know I'm a bit late in watching the PV.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Search your feelings you know that statement to be false
Second movie hasn't even released in blu-ray. What's up with these anime blu-ray speeds.
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