KuwabaraTheMan
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Should have never doubted the master. Now you'll be the next target of the exclusionary committee.
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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
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Should have never doubted the master. Now you'll be the next target of the exclusionary committee.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
mods pls ban
Save 'N Quit
Banned
So got around to watching The Book of Life.
Thought it was decent.
Laughed hard when I heard the Radiohead song.
And I liked how the best friend never turned into the usual villain.
La Muerte though.
I don't think I've seen such an attractive dead woman since watching Corpse Bride.
Thought it was decent.
Laughed hard when I heard the Radiohead song.
And I liked how the best friend never turned into the usual villain.
La Muerte though.
I don't think I've seen such an attractive dead woman since watching Corpse Bride.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
"We hated you from the beginning, and we loved you from the beginning, too" sounds very ample for gundam fans
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I hated the first Gundam show I watched, so yeah, it actually works pretty well.
Unforgivable, but, it can't be helped.
Hit percentage is about the same too.
Mobile Suit Gundam-san
Episode 6: Dr. Sayla's Consultation Room
This episode reminds viewers that Sayla was actually a medical student to start with in the original series before everything happens. She makes a pretty cute one too.
Anyway, with the current conversation of Gundam,slapping, and whether or not one enjoys punishment, this episode features the not so privately disguised Captain Bright confessing to Sayla that he slapped one of his subordinates (not so secretly censored Amuro) for stepping out of line. He then found himself doing it again and saying that he thinks he might actually be enjoying it and seeks her advice.
This then triggers Sayla to recognize she too has been slapping others and really enjoying it. Apparently really enjoying it...
She then acknowledges she knows it's him, leading him to question why there's a privacy screen in the first place. What was with the pose anyway?
Really though. Who doesn't enjoy a good slapkuga? ;p
Episode 6: Dr. Sayla's Consultation Room
This episode reminds viewers that Sayla was actually a medical student to start with in the original series before everything happens. She makes a pretty cute one too.
Anyway, with the current conversation of Gundam,slapping, and whether or not one enjoys punishment, this episode features the not so privately disguised Captain Bright confessing to Sayla that he slapped one of his subordinates (not so secretly censored Amuro) for stepping out of line. He then found himself doing it again and saying that he thinks he might actually be enjoying it and seeks her advice.
This then triggers Sayla to recognize she too has been slapping others and really enjoying it. Apparently really enjoying it...
She then acknowledges she knows it's him, leading him to question why there's a privacy screen in the first place. What was with the pose anyway?
Really though. Who doesn't enjoy a good slapkuga? ;p
AquaWateria
Member
I guess it has to do with the fact it's a movie which means you have to wait a couple months after it airs in the theaters before it's released on Blu-Ray.
There's 5 Persona 3 Movies in total, so it's definitely gonna be a long wait.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I just wish the lag for disc release wasnt so long.
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I hope p5 gets such treatment in 2016, I need animated Ryuuji now.
AquaWateria
Member
I just wish the lag for disc release wasnt so long.
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I hope p5 gets such treatment in 2016, I need animated Ryuuji now.
It's probably gonna end up as an anime series. I doubt it's gonna be Movies, though I could be mistaken.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
RIP Ishigaki.
Be happy knowing your death was on par with Naruko and Arakita.
SliceSabre
Banned
Not best girl, best character.
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Yuri Kuma-6
I feel like I'm watching two separate shows, one with the bear antics and one with the students and I don't think they mesh all that well. The human side just isn't as interesting as the bears. We'll see how the narrative ends but it also feels like it's taken way too long to get to this point, like this should have happened around episode 3 or 4.
The other thing I'm not overly fond of is the heavy usage of flashbacks for dead characters. Yatterman is doing it this season as well and I wish they would tone it back there too.
Oh and the teacher is totally the final boss. Edit: Well unless it's Sumika. For Kuma Shock.
This is still not working for me. At all. I enjoyed 4 and 5 a lot but the human drama in this is just too on the nose to really get me involved emotionally.
Well about that...
I mean we had someone literally turning on a grill at the end. I just started laughing my head off.
The other thing I'm not overly fond of is the heavy usage of flashbacks for dead characters. Yatterman is doing it this season as well and I wish they would tone it back there too.
Oh and the teacher is totally the final boss. Edit: Well unless it's Sumika. For Kuma Shock.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You've never seen Polar Bear Cafe???!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I assume Earth is a utopia, but that rather than try to protect world heritage sites or whatever, they just decided to move all that stuff to Mars. Heck, maybe they decided to move London to Venus and there's another girl training to be a black cab driver at the same time.
SliceSabre
Banned
Buh?
SliceSabre
Banned
That's for the invisible storm to decide.
Shirobako 16-17
Why did no one warn me about angel calisthenics?
I usually don't write much about this show because I get around to it pretty late, but this show has been getting better and better each episode. Very impressed.
Why did no one warn me about angel calisthenics?
I usually don't write much about this show because I get around to it pretty late, but this show has been getting better and better each episode. Very impressed.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Bears and Humans don't mesh to begin with.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road 17
Team Midousuji. Please bring us more braces-kun.
Why these omake be better than the whole episodes. So many of these are the best moments of Yowapeda.
Team Midousuji. Please bring us more braces-kun.
Why these omake be better than the whole episodes. So many of these are the best moments of Yowapeda.
What if they're Christopher Robin?
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Laced honey
Yuri Kuma Arashi - 06 (aka LESBIAN BEAR STORM)
Wanna give a shoutout to Lulu for being wing-girl MVP of the year, looking out for her girl Ginko and
This episode pretty much laid everything out on the table regarding the class, their politics, and most importantly
Can't wait for next week as to see how the trio are going to deal with this.
Now that
Wanna give a shoutout to Lulu for being wing-girl MVP of the year, looking out for her girl Ginko and
telling Kureha to be appreciative of her love.
the individual running the whole show: THE TEACHER!! (I knew it!!)
Now that
Kureha got that reality check regarding Ginko, let the sweet honey love FLOW!!
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Last three episodes have all been fantastic. I highly recommend it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It certainly got better the last three episodes.
More interesting stuff beyond visuals and gobbledygook.
So got around to watching The Book of Life.
Thought it was decent.
Laughed hard when I heard the Radiohead song.
And I liked how the best friend never turned into the usual villain.
La Muerte though.
I don't think I've seen such an attractive dead woman since watching Corpse Bride.
I love that movie so much in spite of its flaws. One of the prettiest animated movie I've seen ~chu.
Seems good then, going to try to watch a couple eps tonight.
nintendoman58
Member
Mushi-shi - 4
What have I gotten myself into.
Like, I knew there'd be some heavy shit in this anime. I mean, it comes with the territory.
But this episode
Like, holy crap. That was some Kino's Journey levels of depressing.
What have I gotten myself into.
Like, I knew there'd be some heavy shit in this anime. I mean, it comes with the territory.
But this episode
was about the story of a man who was forced to watch everyone and everything he loved crumble around him.
And it was all because of the mushi in his pillow. I thought that there'd be at least some sort of glimmer of hope for this guy by the end of this episode. Then it turns out that he never had a dream again and in fact was afraid to sleep, all culminating with him killing himself.
And it was all because of the mushi in his pillow. I thought that there'd be at least some sort of glimmer of hope for this guy by the end of this episode. Then it turns out that he never had a dream again and in fact was afraid to sleep, all culminating with him killing himself.
Like, holy crap. That was some Kino's Journey levels of depressing.
Passive Assassin
Member
nintendoman58
Member
Gaiking Legend of Daiku Maryu - 4
Well, I might as well just accept that they're going to play the theme song at the climax of every episode now. If that's what the show wants to do, fine. But man it would be so much better if it didn't and it saved it for later and much better awesome moments.
In any case though, despite that, this show is still okay. I like that it's moving along at a smooth pace. We've only just now been fully introduced to the main villains and the characters have just now entered into Darius. So that's all right.
Well, I might as well just accept that they're going to play the theme song at the climax of every episode now. If that's what the show wants to do, fine. But man it would be so much better if it didn't and it saved it for later and much better awesome moments.
In any case though, despite that, this show is still okay. I like that it's moving along at a smooth pace. We've only just now been fully introduced to the main villains and the characters have just now entered into Darius. So that's all right.
Frozenprince
Banned
AquaWateria
Member
My body is so fuckin ready for this release. But Sweet Jesus Aigis looks like a Goddess, I'm in love with the cover.
The release looks really great.
Certainly 'bad' animation does not get in the way of my enjoyment. Its mostly characters and story that put me off.
Tsukimonogatari-
The ending of the confrontation is somewhat lukewarm but it does fit into the Monogatari theme of subversion so it's not a big deal. I was hoping though that Arararagi would be pinned down a bit more and really forced into a tough scenario but I'm sure that's coming. Ougi is just playing everyone like a violin and it's a little grating that nobody has really called her out or challenged her. Maybe that's Oshino's role in the future?
On a final note, the soundtrack was horrible. The 2nd half was better but the first half is just complete garbage.
I actually thought this was one of the stronger arcs in the entire franchise despite the first quarter of it being lewd as fuck. I mean goodamn the first 20 minutes is pretty much softcore hentai. One thing about the Monogatari franchise that I've always liked is Arararagi as a character in that while he's a fun protagonist, he also has a clear set of ideals that he really doesn't break. So I enjoyed him being back in the driving seat.
A big trend of the 2nd season of Monogatari was consequence and this arc is a continuation of that. As Ononoki put it, Arararagi kept putting things on the tab and you gotta pay at one point or another. So in a sense this was collection time for Arararagi although he squirmed out of it. The notion that he can't depend on his vampire powers going forward is a very interesting development. I'm sure he's going to be put in to some high tension situations in the future where he is probably just flat out break his vow, just because I can't see him upkeeping it. So the vampire powers aren't a 'Get out of Jail Free' card anymore.
I really enjoyed this conversation and especially in how it pertains to both Arararagi and Ononoki in that Arararagi was imposing his own arbitrary values of humanity on her as a way of making himself feel better about his own predicament. In that if he tried to avoid killing people and maintaing his own moral compass, he would still be human however Ononoki rejects that and makes it clear that a monster is a monster.
The ending of the confrontation is somewhat lukewarm but it does fit into the Monogatari theme of subversion so it's not a big deal. I was hoping though that Arararagi would be pinned down a bit more and really forced into a tough scenario but I'm sure that's coming. Ougi is just playing everyone like a violin and it's a little grating that nobody has really called her out or challenged her. Maybe that's Oshino's role in the future?
On a final note, the soundtrack was horrible. The 2nd half was better but the first half is just complete garbage.
Im not sure how they keep coming up with new ideas but they will certainly keep at it a long time if at all possible. Maybe people are tiring of it though.
Leone is super duper adorable. Like moenuke level. Especially when she does her little panic thing.
Thanks Mikey.
Except it doesnt "end" very well.
Sure why not? I can think of several which are my favorites.
Frozenprince
Banned
I can enjoy a terrible story and characters if the animation is beautiful.
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