Twin Tails
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Yeah, I don't plan on watching it.
These things are so stupid, way better than the actual show.
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Yeah, I don't plan on watching it.
These things are so stupid, way better than the actual show.
Or he can shove nails into his eyes and spare himself the time and pain!
High School Star Musical - Anime Japan 2015 PV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcRNfuDgA0
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Parasyte 24 END
Yeah. Ok. It's over. Kind of didn't even give a shit about it being the last episode since I had problems with the manga ending but whatever. It was a good adaptation I guess.
Yeah. Ok. It's over. Kind of didn't even give a shit about it being the last episode since I had problems with the manga ending but whatever. It was a good adaptation I guess.
curlyfriski
Banned
Super predictable when the preview from last episode was a still image. The second coming of Jiggly Jiggly Heaven.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Last two times it was on Crunchy's end, it aired in Japan fine.
curlyfriski
Banned
But couldn't that be due to late delivery in Japan?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Not sure. Probably something like that if it's happened twice before.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Would you perhaps be implying that AnimeGAF is a hivemind ?
Masterfully well executed show about cray, cray, seriously crazy people. But it's a bit of a Berserk like situation, where (judging by the last episode) anime is sort of a prologue and the rest of the story must be sought in the manga.
Will watch. Thanks. I don't know if its due to the animation style but I remember watching a but and it reminds me of a drama but in anime form.....if that makes sense.
I want to forget about KLK as soon as possible.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
TAROOOOOOOOOOO!
Yuri Kuma Arashi 11
High school bully are scary.
Love is sexy, cool, and beautiful.
Lulu is a good bear.
I mean sure but the plot hook of Sakura's feelings for Nozaki is there and the show isn't above using it in a Nise like bait and switch.
And after so many chapters, one should get used to just what Nisekoi is and isn't.
Strike Witches 10-11
Glorious Jouji Nakata voice and more than 5 lines of dialogue.
Also, a shocking development - Witch with a skirt. Too bad she took off after one episode.
On the other hand, in a development that shocked no one, Yamato jobs and is up to the Witches to finish the fight, probably with a E̶x̶c̶a̶l̶i̶b̶u̶r̶ Shin Reppuzan if my precognitive abilities are to be trusted.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Death Parade 11
Amazing animation. Ice skating segment is really emotional. The visual, the music....
Amazing animation. Ice skating segment is really emotional. The visual, the music....
Theonik
Member
There are also witches with pants!Strike Witches 10-11
Glorious Jouji Nakata voice and more than 5 lines of dialogue.
Also, a shocking development a Witch with a skirt. Too bad she took off after one episode.
On the other hand, in a development that shocked no one, Yamato jobs and is up to the Witches to finish the fight, rpobably with a E̶x̶c̶a̶l̶i̶b̶u̶r̶ Shin Reppuzan if my precognitive abilities are to be trusted.
I like that when they say he's back they just show some curtains.
I honestly wished it was curtains for him.
I honestly wished it was curtains for him.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Here my last 7 Parasyte Episode Impressions, respectively written during and/or after each episode: (Obligatory Spoiler Warning)
Parasyte 18
Interesting engagement from the police. Gunfire sounded like absolute crap though and for how many officers there were the low frequency of shots and other factors made this feel rather awkward.
Ryouko, who thought a lot about the meaning of her life or the ones of parasytes and humans in general chooses to relinquish her life, handing over the baby to Shinichi. All that apparently helps him to overcome some of his anguish concerning his mother and Kana as well as showing more emotions again.
Tarou ('s voice actor) makes a guest appearance in Parasyte! And he promptly rubs one off :| He can also sniff out parasites it seems.
So this episode provides us with the end of Ryouko, one of the better characters in this show. After plenty introspection, which is a rather human thing to do, she didn't seem too interested in continuing her life, perhaps in large parts because she saw herself unable to escape Gotou, who's some kind of experiment of hers and "fragile' yet 'invincible'. Curious what exactly that's about. I can't say the conclusion to Ryouko is entirely comprehensive but I can live with it.
Satomi's reaction to the situation should've been much more bewilderment though, instead of shedding some tears and asking him whether he's back to his usual self. Like what the fuck girl, there's a corpse riddled with holes next to him and he's holding a crying baby; yet that's what your mind comes up with first?
Parasyte 19
Instead of doing a physical examination of Shinichi, which would reveal his scar and raise a lot of questions, the police used Tarou's psychic powers (which are really common in this anime) to evaluate Shinichi. Why? For plot reasons, otherwise there's no logical explanation as to why you wouldn't examine him properly. It's not even like Shinichi could argue against that, giving his involvement with Ryouko. So that's kinda dumb.
Now there's an anti-parasite task-force that intends to terminate the parasites. Am kinda surprised such a task-force is assembled only now but okay. Oh and this task-force has a camera or scanner that's capable of identifying parasites...
Satomi is together with Shinichi again and you know what, all this is stupidly dealt with and makes little sense. Satomi feels less like a real character than she did in the first couple episodes. Congratulations writers.
Also yuck at the CGI crowds. They hardly even move, so what's the point ._.
Parasyte 20
Thoroughly incompetent authorities, one of my least favorite tropes :/
Looks like they forgot about the hairpulling technique too, though that's admittedly not the most reliable way.
Gotou proves that he really does wreck face and can withstanding shotgun rounds easily. We'll probably learn how he does that later on.
Parasyte 21
So the guy running for major, Hirokawa, was actually a human and before getting killed he calls human the real parasites and proclaims that they need a culling, as they're polluting the earth, only caring for their own existence. It sounds a bit as if the Parasytes are basically there for this purpose, perhaps even some kind of human--made, bio-engineered live form? Or maybe the guy just thought the Parasytes fit that role in his kind of view on humanity and earth. There may be more revelations.
Shinichi finally gets some attention again this episode and this is were it gets more interesting for me too. Migi's reaction to the possibly 'loss' of the parasites is interesting. His priority is probably still simply staying alive, which means avoiding Gouto as well as the human authorities.
Most parasites appear to have died in the task-forces operation though it's unclear how many are still around, especially world wide? I'm not quite clear if they're trying to convey that other than Shinichi, Mamoru and Gotou there's none of them left. BTW. if I'm not mistaken it was never pointed out where they got the information about these parasites' location. Oh well...
Gotou spares Shinichi for now because he's tired (feels like a weak argument honestly) and he's allowed to go home, without further investigation/examination of his. The next morning Shinichi gets paranoid about Gotou possibly attacking him when MIgi's asleep. That was a nice sequence. The episode ends with Satomi inviting him for some sexy time and it just doesn't really work well. Satomi is too shallow of a character and the relation between the two too nonsensical at this point. Also, no remark on the fucking massive scar on his chest and back? Okay...
Parasyte 22
The encounter between Shinichi and Gotou occurs and despite coming up with a strategy Shinichi and Migi fail to decapitate Gotou properly and Migi (who separated himself from Shinichi's Torso) tells Shinichi to run for it. We get to hear Migi's 'last' thoughts which give the impression that he actually did gain some humanity. While a bit cliche at first sigh I do wonder if even this parasite organism wouldn't eventually develop in that way. After all, better understanding is part of a path that leads to empathy. On the other hand I really liked how logical Migi remained and the driving force was the will to survive/live. I'll have to do some more thinking on all that but it's too late for that right now.
Either way not only does it appear as if the Migi bits still remaining within Shinichi may be capable of forming a conscience, but the way it was shot I'm pretty sure that Gotou would absord Migi or whatever exactly is going to happen. It's just pretty unlikely that was the last of him (or it rather).
This old granny character seems entirely unnecessary though. Can't you work with the side characters that are already there, like Satomi? Why do we introduce a new, completely generic 'sensei'-type character to offer some wisdom and hospitality. Would've been much more interesting to see Satomi's thoughts on the events. Though going by her reaction to Shinichi's gigantic scars...she'd hardly even notice his missing arm.
There was also some foreshadowing about something weird going on at the place Shinichi's currently at. The whole dumping of garbage and weird events... I'm sure that'll play a role.
I'll watch the remaining 2 episodes tomorrow.
Parasyte 23
Shinichi engages Gotou and though it appears hopeless at first Shinichi manages to drive some metal stick from the trash heap deep into Gotou's body which, due to the toxins on it, renders Gotou unstable. The parasites within him become restless and to little surprise, Migi who really has been absorbed returns to Shinichi. Due to his instability and Migi's expert cutting Gotou explodes into a thousand pieces. After some smalltalk Migi and Shinichi return to his corpse as the pieces are about to reassemble themselves. Migi does not want to land another finishing blow as it would now constitute to murder in his mind and tells Shinichi to do so in his stead. Then Shinichi has his own doubts and the two philosophize about life, earth and its inhabitants. Shinichi ultimately does decide to finish off Gotou after all and god damn, that was the only correct choice. Letting Gotou live would've been just about the stupidest decision of all humanity.
Parasyte 24
After everything that's happened the parasites still alive are living a much more low profile life, no longer munching on humans much.
Migi decides to kind of withdraw from Shinichi in order to do some research or explore the world (or whatever kind of alternative world he really sees). While he doesn't really leave Shinichi he has no longer an outer active shell and returns the right arm to Shinichi. He tells him all that within one of those dream sequences we had before and I gotta say, it was really nice actually.
What follows is another date of Shinichi and Satomi, the latter helping him study as he failed his college entry exams. We get some more introspection from Shinichi and at this point the show could've concluded in an acceptable manner.
Instead we the Tarou-Killer to force some unnecessary drama that brings forth some more terrible dialog of Satomi, who primarily talks about Shinich being or not being Shinichi to begin with. Migi does help out again by grabbing Satomi who'd otherwise fall to death, so it's clear he's still capable of aiding in some form. The show ends with Shinich and Satomi feeling relieved...while there's also another poor murdered couple on the roof next to them.
What a fucking unnecessary second half. I also cannot believe how Satomi didn't actually really get to know about Migi in the entire show (even this last section doesn't make it entirely clear). They could've gone and use her character for something interesting that way but instead she was a cheap human-o-meter for Shinichi. Blergh.
Overall Thoughts
The core story was really interesting to me, though it got weaker towards the end, and along with the relatively fast pacing meant that I was hardly ever bored. Exploring Shinichi's and Migi's relationship was actually done relatively well and Ryouko's development was fun to follow too.
Everything else though...oh boy.
I'm certainly massively disappointed considering my expectations after the first couple episodes. It'll get a 6/10 from me.
Parasyte 18
Interesting engagement from the police. Gunfire sounded like absolute crap though and for how many officers there were the low frequency of shots and other factors made this feel rather awkward.
Ryouko, who thought a lot about the meaning of her life or the ones of parasytes and humans in general chooses to relinquish her life, handing over the baby to Shinichi. All that apparently helps him to overcome some of his anguish concerning his mother and Kana as well as showing more emotions again.
Tarou ('s voice actor) makes a guest appearance in Parasyte! And he promptly rubs one off :| He can also sniff out parasites it seems.
So this episode provides us with the end of Ryouko, one of the better characters in this show. After plenty introspection, which is a rather human thing to do, she didn't seem too interested in continuing her life, perhaps in large parts because she saw herself unable to escape Gotou, who's some kind of experiment of hers and "fragile' yet 'invincible'. Curious what exactly that's about. I can't say the conclusion to Ryouko is entirely comprehensive but I can live with it.
Satomi's reaction to the situation should've been much more bewilderment though, instead of shedding some tears and asking him whether he's back to his usual self. Like what the fuck girl, there's a corpse riddled with holes next to him and he's holding a crying baby; yet that's what your mind comes up with first?
Parasyte 19
Instead of doing a physical examination of Shinichi, which would reveal his scar and raise a lot of questions, the police used Tarou's psychic powers (which are really common in this anime) to evaluate Shinichi. Why? For plot reasons, otherwise there's no logical explanation as to why you wouldn't examine him properly. It's not even like Shinichi could argue against that, giving his involvement with Ryouko. So that's kinda dumb.
Now there's an anti-parasite task-force that intends to terminate the parasites. Am kinda surprised such a task-force is assembled only now but okay. Oh and this task-force has a camera or scanner that's capable of identifying parasites...
Satomi is together with Shinichi again and you know what, all this is stupidly dealt with and makes little sense. Satomi feels less like a real character than she did in the first couple episodes. Congratulations writers.
Also yuck at the CGI crowds. They hardly even move, so what's the point ._.
Parasyte 20
Thoroughly incompetent authorities, one of my least favorite tropes :/
Looks like they forgot about the hairpulling technique too, though that's admittedly not the most reliable way.
Gotou proves that he really does wreck face and can withstanding shotgun rounds easily. We'll probably learn how he does that later on.
Parasyte 21
So the guy running for major, Hirokawa, was actually a human and before getting killed he calls human the real parasites and proclaims that they need a culling, as they're polluting the earth, only caring for their own existence. It sounds a bit as if the Parasytes are basically there for this purpose, perhaps even some kind of human--made, bio-engineered live form? Or maybe the guy just thought the Parasytes fit that role in his kind of view on humanity and earth. There may be more revelations.
Shinichi finally gets some attention again this episode and this is were it gets more interesting for me too. Migi's reaction to the possibly 'loss' of the parasites is interesting. His priority is probably still simply staying alive, which means avoiding Gouto as well as the human authorities.
Most parasites appear to have died in the task-forces operation though it's unclear how many are still around, especially world wide? I'm not quite clear if they're trying to convey that other than Shinichi, Mamoru and Gotou there's none of them left. BTW. if I'm not mistaken it was never pointed out where they got the information about these parasites' location. Oh well...
Gotou spares Shinichi for now because he's tired (feels like a weak argument honestly) and he's allowed to go home, without further investigation/examination of his. The next morning Shinichi gets paranoid about Gotou possibly attacking him when MIgi's asleep. That was a nice sequence. The episode ends with Satomi inviting him for some sexy time and it just doesn't really work well. Satomi is too shallow of a character and the relation between the two too nonsensical at this point. Also, no remark on the fucking massive scar on his chest and back? Okay...
Parasyte 22
The encounter between Shinichi and Gotou occurs and despite coming up with a strategy Shinichi and Migi fail to decapitate Gotou properly and Migi (who separated himself from Shinichi's Torso) tells Shinichi to run for it. We get to hear Migi's 'last' thoughts which give the impression that he actually did gain some humanity. While a bit cliche at first sigh I do wonder if even this parasite organism wouldn't eventually develop in that way. After all, better understanding is part of a path that leads to empathy. On the other hand I really liked how logical Migi remained and the driving force was the will to survive/live. I'll have to do some more thinking on all that but it's too late for that right now.
Either way not only does it appear as if the Migi bits still remaining within Shinichi may be capable of forming a conscience, but the way it was shot I'm pretty sure that Gotou would absord Migi or whatever exactly is going to happen. It's just pretty unlikely that was the last of him (or it rather).
This old granny character seems entirely unnecessary though. Can't you work with the side characters that are already there, like Satomi? Why do we introduce a new, completely generic 'sensei'-type character to offer some wisdom and hospitality. Would've been much more interesting to see Satomi's thoughts on the events. Though going by her reaction to Shinichi's gigantic scars...she'd hardly even notice his missing arm.
There was also some foreshadowing about something weird going on at the place Shinichi's currently at. The whole dumping of garbage and weird events... I'm sure that'll play a role.
I'll watch the remaining 2 episodes tomorrow.
Parasyte 23
Shinichi engages Gotou and though it appears hopeless at first Shinichi manages to drive some metal stick from the trash heap deep into Gotou's body which, due to the toxins on it, renders Gotou unstable. The parasites within him become restless and to little surprise, Migi who really has been absorbed returns to Shinichi. Due to his instability and Migi's expert cutting Gotou explodes into a thousand pieces. After some smalltalk Migi and Shinichi return to his corpse as the pieces are about to reassemble themselves. Migi does not want to land another finishing blow as it would now constitute to murder in his mind and tells Shinichi to do so in his stead. Then Shinichi has his own doubts and the two philosophize about life, earth and its inhabitants. Shinichi ultimately does decide to finish off Gotou after all and god damn, that was the only correct choice. Letting Gotou live would've been just about the stupidest decision of all humanity.
Parasyte 24
After everything that's happened the parasites still alive are living a much more low profile life, no longer munching on humans much.
Migi decides to kind of withdraw from Shinichi in order to do some research or explore the world (or whatever kind of alternative world he really sees). While he doesn't really leave Shinichi he has no longer an outer active shell and returns the right arm to Shinichi. He tells him all that within one of those dream sequences we had before and I gotta say, it was really nice actually.
What follows is another date of Shinichi and Satomi, the latter helping him study as he failed his college entry exams. We get some more introspection from Shinichi and at this point the show could've concluded in an acceptable manner.
Instead we the Tarou-Killer to force some unnecessary drama that brings forth some more terrible dialog of Satomi, who primarily talks about Shinich being or not being Shinichi to begin with. Migi does help out again by grabbing Satomi who'd otherwise fall to death, so it's clear he's still capable of aiding in some form. The show ends with Shinich and Satomi feeling relieved...while there's also another poor murdered couple on the roof next to them.
What a fucking unnecessary second half. I also cannot believe how Satomi didn't actually really get to know about Migi in the entire show (even this last section doesn't make it entirely clear). They could've gone and use her character for something interesting that way but instead she was a cheap human-o-meter for Shinichi. Blergh.
Overall Thoughts
The core story was really interesting to me, though it got weaker towards the end, and along with the relatively fast pacing meant that I was hardly ever bored. Exploring Shinichi's and Migi's relationship was actually done relatively well and Ryouko's development was fun to follow too.
Everything else though...oh boy.
- Subpar direction all around. Apart from maybe the first 1-2 episodes and another few exceptions, the scenes never managed to convey the tension and emotions well.
- Sound direction was poor, too. The OST is underutilized thanks to the bad editing thereof and the sound effects for Migi's transforming were terrible.
- The writing for most side characters is terrible. Satomi is a complete waste of a character. It's incredible how there's just about nothing to her despite the rather large screentime. There's also plenty illogical / unbelievable behavior, for instance when don't react accordingly to spotting a parasite.
- The writing for most side characters is terrible. Satomi is a complete waste of a character. It's incredible how there's just about nothing to her despite the rather large screentime. There's also plenty illogical / unbelievable behavior, for instance when don't react accordingly to spotting a parasite.
I'm certainly massively disappointed considering my expectations after the first couple episodes. It'll get a 6/10 from me.
dat Kurumi
Apparently, last episode has been a rushed production just met barely in time for the scheduled airing on Japanese TV stations (but reason enough for the delay at Crunchyroll), judging by recent 'tweets' from series' producer (at infinite) Takayuki Nagatani and director Mr. Mizushima:
【悲報】アニメ『SHIROBAKO』最終回は納品ギリギリすぎて作画が少し崩れてしまった模様！「すみません。必ず直します」 : オレ的ゲーム速報＠刃
http://jin115.com/archives/52073149.html
Saying both of them things like "chicken run now" or "I'll fix [this episode] without fail" respectively doesn't make it sound promising... :-/
SliceSabre
Banned
Can't wait to watch them with firehawk.
How...appropriate.
There are also witches with pants!
Impossibru !
Yeah, reading about Shirobako's production problems is deliciously ironic. Need to catch up.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
As some were mentioning the terrible MAL rankings... Parasyte on Rank 28.
Oh wait, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso on rank 13? LOLOLOL.
Clannad Afterstory 6.....
Oh boy, I should never look at this monstrosity again.
Oh wait, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso on rank 13? LOLOLOL.
Clannad Afterstory 6.....
Oh boy, I should never look at this monstrosity again.
Basileus777
Member
Their recommendations are the best. Hey, you liked Legend of the Galactic Heroes? Try watching Mahouka. Apparently Reinhard is just like onii-sama.
Theonik
Member
I think I need another episode of Parasyte. I don't think they quite hammered in the lesson one was meant to learn.
Honestly, with it ending I feel I should say something about it but I honestly feel no motivation to. It was kind of drab. I suppose it was entertaining enough on a weekly basis to watch but I honestly wouldn't recommend it.
Honestly, with it ending I feel I should say something about it but I honestly feel no motivation to. It was kind of drab. I suppose it was entertaining enough on a weekly basis to watch but I honestly wouldn't recommend it.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Yeah, it's probably due to late delivery. As long as they can get it done in time for the airing it can air in Japan fine, but late delivery means that Crunchyroll can't get the translation, timing, etc done in time for the typical simulcast time.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
For example: all of them!
Theonik
Member
Good point.
Look 200k people can't be wrong.
nintendoman58
Member
...
You know in hindsight, it might have been a better idea to have recommended you Baccano! instead.
nintendoman58
Member
I agree. These things should be planned out, finished, and then shown on the air.
If that can't be done, then they should at least stick with whatever plan they have for the show and make no changes just to please the fans.
It's stuff like that that ruined Gundam 00 and made Kill la Kill more of a letdown.
It looks like Basara is spanking Maria. And Yuki licking another girl's armpit? I know that Maria is bi, but Yuki is too?
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Gurren Lagann Movie 2
It's gorgeous and it's all my favourite scenes and it's got some new stuff (some really hype new stuff I didn't know about at all!) but a cour of TTGL does not survive being crammed into two hours and smacking every surprise into your face at this compressed speed.
God damn is it gorgeous though. God damn!!
It's gorgeous and it's all my favourite scenes and it's got some new stuff (some really hype new stuff I didn't know about at all!) but a cour of TTGL does not survive being crammed into two hours and smacking every surprise into your face at this compressed speed.
God damn is it gorgeous though. God damn!!
I found the movie to be a vast improvement over how awful the pacing was in the 2nd half of TTGL.
Nope (imo). Movie spends (thankfully) less time in Rossiu Hell but you get completely blitzed by every single episode climax point smacking you in the face with less than 3 minutes between them, often less. Problems arise and are smacked down in minutes so nothing ends up mattering really.
In particular I felt it kind of robbed Kittan's Giga Drill Breaker because it doesn't seem like an act of desperation and defiance so much as it does 'well here's the designated solution for this problem so we can move on to the next bit'
Once it gets to the original content then the movie starts to feel like it has pacing and direction of its own, but while it's trying to cram as many episodes in as possible it feels way off.
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Aikatsu! Akari Generation 126
The last episode before Aikatsu changes its time slot, and introduces two new girls for the second half of S3. Another one of those "day off" episodes, with Akari, Hinaki and Sumire doing bonding and having a cute new song at the end. The primary storybook motifs for the new girls are Pinocchio and Alice in Wonderland, so looking forward to seeing what they bring to the cast. Though on this side of the Pacific, it changing to an earlier time slot doesn't affect me in the slightest.
My favorite "cute girls + military" series since Strike Witches. (C3 is really more of a sports show, I think.) A large cast that all got at least some characterization, plenty of important scenes that took place outside of battle, and it was, well, cute. Knowing there's more to come pleases me. I can see the arguments about it being about Japanese imperialism - much in the same way that Hyakkaryouran was - but it's not to Mahouka levels, and as long as things are better than that, I'm fine with it. The show was sort of hinting that the Abyssals are versions of the girls themselves, probably leading to a Neuroi-esque "They're not all mindless beasts" thing in S2, maybe. The CGI for the fight scenes could be better, but it was never distractingly bad. Plus the show gave me Kongou, who is wonderful. Taihou's last second cameo was also a bit of a surprise - wonder who else they'll bring into the fold in S2.
Aikatsu! Akari Generation 126
The last episode before Aikatsu changes its time slot, and introduces two new girls for the second half of S3. Another one of those "day off" episodes, with Akari, Hinaki and Sumire doing bonding and having a cute new song at the end. The primary storybook motifs for the new girls are Pinocchio and Alice in Wonderland, so looking forward to seeing what they bring to the cast. Though on this side of the Pacific, it changing to an earlier time slot doesn't affect me in the slightest.
Still haven't seen the second Lagann film, but I thought that the first film was an improvement over the show...I guess. The characters just aren't interesting enough to spend 27 episodes with, but I can handle 2 hours. I gave Lagann a 6/10 but the first film was a 7, I'm going to watch the next film this week, but I think I'll end up hating that too. Last act of the film was weak, but I liked that it didn't spend too long on the battles, which were weak as fuck in the show and had me falling asleep at moments, especially the final episode. Snooze.
Lol as a megafan of ttgl I wasn't super into movie 2. You might be able to deduce your own projected response from that, haha.
fell asleep in the final battle rabble rabble. Ain't got no spiral power huh, bub?
Maximilian Kolbe
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Shirobako 24
Thank you PA Works, every staff and seiyuus.
It's an amazing half year.
Thank you PA Works, every staff and seiyuus.
It's an amazing half year.
That makes sense. Otakus ard pretty fanatical about this kind of thing.
So I haven't been interested in the Fate series at all, but I see the animation quality is pretty good so I thought I should investigate the anime.
How much of it is there and do you have to play the visual novels too or is it an adaptation of those visual novels?
Fate Zero is great. Very watchable and a joy. Avoid the others. They are more like a harem than the focused magic war story in Zero.
I dont know either. She is the best!
da fuck crunchyroll
been paying for a crunchyroll membership for quite some time now. recently decided to cancel since i don't have much free time to watch and there is no anime i'm currently following
stupid survey poppped up when i tried to cancel so i attempted to bypass it
crunchyroll wont let me cancel until i take their fukin survey
Your membership will not be cancelled until you click below.
wtf? never seen any business do this before. i don't feel like taking your fuckin survey right now and i just want to cancel my service.
the actually require you fill out every part of the survey, including section 3 and 4 where you actually have to type a response.
this kinda shit leaves a bad taste in my mouth. fuck off crunchyroll i'm done with you for good.
aight done ventin
Novid was right! We should have listened..
Lolz There is barely a story there to be animated.
Just Pierrot please don't censor that one sequence today, it's all I ask.
I mean... it takes like ten seconds. You don't even need to read the questions or give them a meaningful short answer (I usually type a single character)da fuck crunchyroll
been paying for a crunchyroll membership for quite some time now. recently decided to cancel since i don't have much free time to watch and there is no anime i'm currently following
stupid survey poppped up when i tried to cancel so i attempted to bypass it
crunchyroll wont let me cancel until i take their fukin survey
Your membership will not be cancelled until you click below.
wtf? never seen any business do this before. i don't feel like taking your fuckin survey right now and i just want to cancel my service.
the actually require you fill out every part of the survey, including section 3 and 4 where you actually have to type a response.
this kinda shit leaves a bad taste in my mouth. fuck off crunchyroll i'm done with you for good.
aight done ventin
I agree, its annoying. But its not that annoying.
Cornbread78
Member
The Irregular at Magic High School Episodes 19- fini:
It's done GAF and what a ride is was. In reality, it was only boring for a few episodes at the beginning of the final arc, however, the ending was full of action and helped explain some of the back-story. As you can tell by the final episode, there has to be a second series to tie up a huge number of open ends including:
So many questions left after the end of the first series. I really hope they do make the second series to continue the story. Thak you to whoever recommended this one, I know it is not universally praised, however, the character developement, the sci-fi injection, the good story arcs and high action sequences made this one well woth it. If they can incorporate the budding love relationship that are shown to be developing (not the brother and sister crap) thsi show could get even better in the second series...
Well, off to continue Puella Magi Madoka Magica and see where those acid trippy dungeons lead me down into the depressive abyss.
It's done GAF and what a ride is was. In reality, it was only boring for a few episodes at the beginning of the final arc, however, the ending was full of action and helped explain some of the back-story. As you can tell by the final episode, there has to be a second series to tie up a huge number of open ends including:
Mayumi Saegusa- Why did she leave suddenly? Does she really want to marry Tatsuya to get him status into the 10 great clans? She was an awesome character..
Tatsuya- Is he still even human if he has no human emotions left? Can he go back to his student status? Can he be normal again? How is he viewd by his classmates going forward. Wasn't he "released" from his bond with his little sister?
Miyuki Shiba- Can she correct her feelings towads her brother and move on to a relationship with Masaki Ichijō?
Who are Mayumi and Tatsuya's parents? Who is their aunt, what is the full relationship here with the master magician?
Tatsuya- Is he still even human if he has no human emotions left? Can he go back to his student status? Can he be normal again? How is he viewd by his classmates going forward. Wasn't he "released" from his bond with his little sister?
Miyuki Shiba- Can she correct her feelings towads her brother and move on to a relationship with Masaki Ichijō?
Who are Mayumi and Tatsuya's parents? Who is their aunt, what is the full relationship here with the master magician?
So many questions left after the end of the first series. I really hope they do make the second series to continue the story. Thak you to whoever recommended this one, I know it is not universally praised, however, the character developement, the sci-fi injection, the good story arcs and high action sequences made this one well woth it. If they can incorporate the budding love relationship that are shown to be developing (not the brother and sister crap) thsi show could get even better in the second series...
Well, off to continue Puella Magi Madoka Magica and see where those acid trippy dungeons lead me down into the depressive abyss.
Yup, at least it is for me! The reaction to the announcement on Facebook was touchingly positive too
Robot Carnival is one of my favorite anime films of all time, I own the LD, Japanese DVD and went as far as to buy some cels for it, and I'll definitely import this too. Super excited, I hope people support it and give it a shot and maybe we'll get Memories - Status