MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
CLEARLY heads and shoulders above the rest. (Those knee garterbelt thingamajigs are pretty dumb though)
She even goes pantsless, good for the Strike Witches fans too!
The teacher is good too.
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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
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CLEARLY heads and shoulders above the rest. (Those knee garterbelt thingamajigs are pretty dumb though)
She even goes pantsless, good for the Strike Witches fans too!
The teacher is good too.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
CLEARLY heads and shoulders above the rest. (Those knee garterbelt thingamajigs are pretty dumb though)
She even goes pantsless, good for the Strike Witches fans too!
The teacher is good too.
Excel Saga 19
NOOOO PEDRO
NOOO RICH GIRL WHO WAS RELATED TO THE DOGS WHO DIED
NOOO RICH GIRL WHO WAS RELATED TO THE DOGS WHO DIED
"Two bitches at once" HA!
AquaWateria
Member
D-Gray Man Episode 86-90 Spoilers!!!!!!!!
Boy were Lavi's battle against Road and Allen's battle against Tsukki fantastic. Had me hoping out of my chair because of pure excitement.
Lavi's fight with Road was really great. It helped delve deep into his character and his role as Bookman. Seeing him face his own reality and that he shouldn't carry any feelings of friendship. That as a Bookman he should move forward while taking notes on history as it occurrs. The struggle Lavi went through as he cut down all his friends in his mind was really powerful.
I've seen many swords summoned in different ways, but seeing a sword summoned out of a person's arm NO! That was fuckin amazing, shit got me sooo hyped. Fuck just seeing Tsukki's reaction was spectacular. And seeing even Lenalee's and Road's reactions was awesome.Though the sword also resembles a lot like Millennium Earl's sword which is a bit mysterious. Anyways seeing my boy Allen suck out all of the Noah's power from Tsukki with his sword without killing him was nice. At least now Tsukki can enjoy his Human life.
Then we end up seeing Road snap due to losing her family and we end up having a battle between Lavi and Allen. And fuck, Road ends up disintegrated while calling out Allen's name. I really did love her character and her obsession with Allen
Seeing Allen and Lenalee moments are sooooo enjoyable. Sweet Jesus was it great. Aside from that great moment we end up having Choaji getting angry because Allen wants to save Tsukki, while dissing him. And Allen ends up saving his ass from huge tentacles. Fuckin Choaji seriously man. Then we have this bastard show up......
A overpowered Tsukki. This transformation of Tsukki just starts wiping the floor with Lavi and Allen like it's nobody's business. We also have Choaji gain an Innocence ability.
Boy were Lavi's battle against Road and Allen's battle against Tsukki fantastic. Had me hoping out of my chair because of pure excitement.
Lavi's fight with Road was really great. It helped delve deep into his character and his role as Bookman. Seeing him face his own reality and that he shouldn't carry any feelings of friendship. That as a Bookman he should move forward while taking notes on history as it occurrs. The struggle Lavi went through as he cut down all his friends in his mind was really powerful.
Yo this is the moment I've been waiting for!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've seen many swords summoned in different ways, but seeing a sword summoned out of a person's arm NO! That was fuckin amazing, shit got me sooo hyped. Fuck just seeing Tsukki's reaction was spectacular. And seeing even Lenalee's and Road's reactions was awesome.Though the sword also resembles a lot like Millennium Earl's sword which is a bit mysterious. Anyways seeing my boy Allen suck out all of the Noah's power from Tsukki with his sword without killing him was nice. At least now Tsukki can enjoy his Human life.
Then we end up seeing Road snap due to losing her family and we end up having a battle between Lavi and Allen. And fuck, Road ends up disintegrated while calling out Allen's name. I really did love her character and her obsession with Allen
This is what I freakin live for, heck yes!!!!!!!!!!
Seeing Allen and Lenalee moments are sooooo enjoyable. Sweet Jesus was it great. Aside from that great moment we end up having Choaji getting angry because Allen wants to save Tsukki, while dissing him. And Allen ends up saving his ass from huge tentacles. Fuckin Choaji seriously man. Then we have this bastard show up......
A overpowered Tsukki. This transformation of Tsukki just starts wiping the floor with Lavi and Allen like it's nobody's business. We also have Choaji gain an Innocence ability.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
CLEARLY heads and shoulders above the rest. (Those knee garterbelt thingamajigs are pretty dumb though)
She even goes pantsless, good for the Strike Witches fans too!
The teacher is good too.
I don't know where you got that information but she's even more best now.
SliceSabre
Banned
Woah woah. Don't insult a fellow dog like that.
You're also on my good list.
~wan wan
CheapJuice
Member
Absolute Duo - 01
Hmm.. well it started interesting with the ultimatum. Oh god MC is named Thor (Tooru?), how dare you smut my ancestors god, ja ja. And stare-chan is Scandinavian ja ja.
Worst part is that (most likely) best girl left halfway through the episode. A quote from the.. young principal reflects my current beginning of season watching;
"It is a struggle for survival based on one simple rule, defeat others to stay alive." Which means I probably won't be watching this for long.
Stare-chan and hyper maid-bunny-professor 'Bunbun' in action.
Hmm.. well it started interesting with the ultimatum. Oh god MC is named Thor (Tooru?), how dare you smut my ancestors god, ja ja. And stare-chan is Scandinavian ja ja.
Worst part is that (most likely) best girl left halfway through the episode. A quote from the.. young principal reflects my current beginning of season watching;
"It is a struggle for survival based on one simple rule, defeat others to stay alive." Which means I probably won't be watching this for long.
Stare-chan and hyper maid-bunny-professor 'Bunbun' in action.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
CheapJuice
Member
Short blue haired reminds me of Prince from Nozaki so naturally I'm going to compare brown sidetail to Seo. This comparison makes the correct answer that much more obvious.I can't decide.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
One on the right is totally tomboy-ish, your comparison is forfeit!
Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei Nine Schools Competition 1 - 8
Praise Onii-sama he's so cool! Everything he touches turns to gold. I notice the discrimination that he does not help any of the boys though. But now he has been forced to join the competition.
I don't know guys, he's Superman Jesus but frankly I don't see any way he could beat the Crimson Prince and...George...
Impossible, I'm looking forward to this loss as a big turning point in Onii-sama's character development. I continue on.
Praise Onii-sama he's so cool! Everything he touches turns to gold. I notice the discrimination that he does not help any of the boys though. But now he has been forced to join the competition.
I don't know guys, he's Superman Jesus but frankly I don't see any way he could beat the Crimson Prince and...George...
Impossible, I'm looking forward to this loss as a big turning point in Onii-sama's character development. I continue on.
SliceSabre
Banned
It's entertaining, rather trashy but I liked it.
I really quite liked it. I'd really consider it an anime Harry Potter, and really the best anime wizard school thing I've seen.
I think some of the politics is rushed a bit though.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Excel Saga 21
Because fuck giving me recaps. Even if it was pedro's story
There was a lot of visual imagry revolving around stroking and weaving, but that was probably the only thing that stood hard rather long
Because fuck giving me recaps. Even if it was pedro's story
There was a lot of visual imagry revolving around stroking and weaving, but that was probably the only thing that stood hard rather long
How does one develop when they are already perfect?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
R_thanatos
Member
Very enjoyable ..
Problem is that the opening arc isn't the best the show can offer ( even if it does introduce us several plots that were needed for the rest of the show )
and some episodes are only average.
But aside from that it's enjoyable.
Kon best shikigami
Has Crunchyroll confirmed they are streaming the next season of Jojo's? It's only a few days away.
I continue to have no idea what this show is about but the visuals and animation continue to impress. Just the sort of cartoony influx anime could use more of. Plus I think I saw an ORAORAORAORAORA in there too Plz don't suck :/
I continue to have no idea what this show is about but the visuals and animation continue to impress. Just the sort of cartoony influx anime could use more of. Plus I think I saw an ORAORAORAORAORA in there too
Plz don't suck :/Now and Then, Here and There Full Series
Personaly, I felt like the writers had a message they reeaaaally wanted to deliver, so they built everything around that message. As a result the story really comes out as artificious and forced. There isn't really a natural flow of the events.
It was like "THIS MUST HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT MAKES SENSE OR NOT, BUT IT REALLY DRIVES THE POINT HOME!".
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yuri Kuma Arashi
Before I even get into it, I found it hilarious that I immediately recognized the Silver Link backgrounds. It felt like they were ripped out of an Oonuma show and it makes me wonder if they are using the same people or just have the same catalog of objects that they use to make backgrounds over at the studio.
As for the show itself, this is really a thing that defies the recap, episode by episode review culture that exists for most television since it felt like nothing really happened in those 20 minutes. I recently watched Unbroken and it pained me because it was the dullest movie that I've seen in ages (and making a movie about torture boring is a special kind of skill) so at the very least the anime manages to surpass that really low bar.
But I know Penguindrum went nowhere, and right now, other than a lot of repeating motifs, I just don't know what this show is even supposed to be about. Penguindrum had the "benefit" of light novel adaptations to explain things, and maybe this show does too, but I shouldn't have to do homework to try to make sense of what is presumably the primary text of the franchise. I'm sure someone will say that show will reveal itself slowly, and this is just the world-building premise pilot. But for all I know about this world about magic bears who eat human beings, I actually have no idea who any of these characters are. Or hell, why this show isn't about pretty boys sucking each other's "stems" instead of moe girls licking each other's "stamens".
I'll admit some kind of bias here, since I was willing to sit through the dense Japanese mythology that informed a show like Sasami-san, but maybe I just still feel burned by Penguindrum to the point where I feel I still need to be suspicious about the nature of the show.
Before I even get into it, I found it hilarious that I immediately recognized the Silver Link backgrounds. It felt like they were ripped out of an Oonuma show and it makes me wonder if they are using the same people or just have the same catalog of objects that they use to make backgrounds over at the studio.
As for the show itself, this is really a thing that defies the recap, episode by episode review culture that exists for most television since it felt like nothing really happened in those 20 minutes. I recently watched Unbroken and it pained me because it was the dullest movie that I've seen in ages (and making a movie about torture boring is a special kind of skill) so at the very least the anime manages to surpass that really low bar.
But I know Penguindrum went nowhere, and right now, other than a lot of repeating motifs, I just don't know what this show is even supposed to be about. Penguindrum had the "benefit" of light novel adaptations to explain things, and maybe this show does too, but I shouldn't have to do homework to try to make sense of what is presumably the primary text of the franchise. I'm sure someone will say that show will reveal itself slowly, and this is just the world-building premise pilot. But for all I know about this world about magic bears who eat human beings, I actually have no idea who any of these characters are. Or hell, why this show isn't about pretty boys sucking each other's "stems" instead of moe girls licking each other's "stamens".
I'll admit some kind of bias here, since I was willing to sit through the dense Japanese mythology that informed a show like Sasami-san, but maybe I just still feel burned by Penguindrum to the point where I feel I still need to be suspicious about the nature of the show.
Twin Tails
Member
Onii-sama over comes all, do not doubt him.
R_thanatos
Member
Absolute duo - 01
>Well the anime get a nice praise with the "meeting at the opening ceremony" scene that was followed with a sudden twist .. I like the idea that "she" is totally gone..
However , as soon as this event is done the show fall down in some classic generic setup that would be quite at ease within a Light novel.
NOt much to say , here , the her is an irregular , the perfect escuse to explain the sudden power-up and he even has some moves that are too dangerous for normal students.
The heroine is some kuu-dere white haire loli from scandinavia , nothing else need to be said
A 5/10 , the best this show could do is to not be bad..
>Well the anime get a nice praise with the "meeting at the opening ceremony" scene that was followed with a sudden twist .. I like the idea that "she" is totally gone..
However , as soon as this event is done the show fall down in some classic generic setup that would be quite at ease within a Light novel.
NOt much to say , here , the her is an irregular , the perfect escuse to explain the sudden power-up and he even has some moves that are too dangerous for normal students.
The heroine is some kuu-dere white haire loli from scandinavia , nothing else need to be said
A 5/10 , the best this show could do is to not be bad..
I really like this cover, not what I was expecting
Amazon Link: $24.99
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Format: Blu-ray/DVD
Release Date: 17th February 2015
DETAILS
- Original Japanaese language (Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1)
- English dub (Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1)
- French dub (Blu-ray: DTS 5.1, DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Announcement of the Completion of the Film
- Japanese Trailers and TV Spots
- US Trailers
- Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya (DVD only)
Amazon Link: $24.99
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Excel Saga 22
We just had a Gundam and Yamato 2199 referene. How awesome is that?
And there was a point to the Puchuus!
I seriously hope Pedro doesn't get fucked over in the end.
We just had a Gundam and Yamato 2199 referene. How awesome is that?
And there was a point to the Puchuus!
I seriously hope Pedro doesn't get fucked over in the end.
Femmeworth
Banned
They actually dubbed it??
Kaguya? Of course they did. Studio Ghibli International handles all that work.
I can only speak for myself, but I don't think Penguindrum went nowhere. It was built around themes of family and fate, love and sacrifice, and those themes were developed from the beginning of the show to its end. It's not a smooth development, but it had purpose and intent to what it was doing. I find it tough to argue with the writeup that Jexhius linked to earlier in the thread about it.
After Penguindrum and Utena, I have a lot of faith in Ikuhara's ability to link the symbolic to the characters in his stories. I doubt it'll all reveal itself easily, but neither show required the viewer to look beyond the works and the cultural context they were produced in to understand the key points.
There's not a lot to go on yet, but I'm curious to learn more about Kureha. Just from this episode, it's easy to see how scared she is of losing those she loves, and how tightly she clings to them.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
I really like this cover, not what I was expecting
Perfectly sums up the theme of Kaguya's entrapment that the movie primarily deals with though.
Yeah, G-Kids dubs all their foreign cartoons that they release here.
CLEARLY heads and shoulders above the rest. (Those knee garterbelt thingamajigs are pretty dumb though)
She even goes pantsless, good for the Strike Witches fans too!
The teacher is good too.
Yeah she caught my eye as well as a Makoto lookalike. Hope she survives!
I still haven't seen the film yet unfortunately, but I have been eagerly awaiting it since it was announced. Love the Takahata films. Only Yesterday is probably my favorite Ghibli film, with the only one coming close for me is Whisper of the Heart. I've heard the last act (and the movie in general) is breathtaking animation wise, really can't wait
Femmeworth
Banned
I forgot that more unlikely things like My Neighbors the Yamadas had been dubbed. Not that I'm planning to watch Kaguya dubbed.
R_thanatos
Member
Yuki kuma Arashi - 01
I have no idea what i've just watched.
But it had lilies ...and yuri ..
It was delicious but ...
WHAT ?
I have no idea what i've just watched.
But it had lilies ...and yuri ..
It was delicious but ...
WHAT ?
ThatChairMan
Member
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! 01
They transform by yelling Love Making, fight using their Love Sticks, and their finishing attack is Love Shower. This is literally everything I never knew I wanted from a mahou shounen.
They transform by yelling Love Making, fight using their Love Sticks, and their finishing attack is Love Shower. This is literally everything I never knew I wanted from a mahou shounen.
Still more subtle than Yuri Kuma.
Just typed this into Google images, panty shots everywhere. Why...
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Excel Saga 23
FotNS reference ahoy
FotNS reference ahoy
Oh boy, everything is coming together. The Man is working with Illpalazzo.
And then it ended like that. WELL
And then it ended like that. WELL
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I guess for me, those ideas were present in Penguindrum, but presented in a manner that was at times incoherent. I don't know how much of Utena makes sense because I've basically read about it before hand or if it's just a better constructed series.
And of course I know I say that having not finished the last 13 or so episodes, but what I watched was way more together than Penguindrum ever dreamed of being.
Basileus777
Member
Utena's structure gives it a coherence that Penguindrum sorely lacks.
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