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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!

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striferser

Huge Nickleback Fan
Talking about Hanamonogatari, i remember Araragi have a reflection when he's cutting Kanbaru hair. So, i guess he manage to solve his vampirism issue?
 
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Thoraxes

Member
Death Parade - 01

Man, I felt pissed off as that whole last scene played out. It was weird because I had a feeling I knew how it was going to all play out from the start anyways.
Happiness and trust to conflict, betrayal, trust issues, etc. Just watching wedges be driven between them.

Then
the masks above the elevator were switched.
Didn't see it coming. That made me smirk. Glad I paid attention in the beginning to see how they turned that around. The payoff felt good.

striferser said:
Talking about Hanamonogatari, i remember Araragi have a reflection when he's cutting Kanbaru hair. So, i guess he manage to solve his vampirism issue?
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Either that or he went full vampire. IIRC, Shinobu mentions that with more of her full power, she could do something as easy as making her reflection appear despite being a vampire.
 
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Deadly

Member
Cross Ange 14
So confused. Time travel? World hopping? I'm guessing this is the world the lies beyond the portal where the dragon chicks appeared before.
 
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SliceSabre

Banned
firehawk12 said:
Apologies for yet another image heavy moderate length post about something that's basically two weeks old, but this is what happens when you stop watching anime. :p

Tsukimonogatari
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Its always great reading your impressions of a show since they're always so well thought out and written. Not to mention you noticed quite a few things I didn't catch.
 
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Serious

Member
UltraGunner said:
Cross Ange 14

Jeez, Ange really is pig-headed. Like really, Libertus is nothing but a good thing to her, why is she so down on it. She could even do it purely for selfish reasons as she is naturally inclined to do. Didn't she want to blow up the Earth anyway.
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She's down on it not because she objects to the ideals and goals of Libertus, but because she resents the idea of becoming Jill's pawn.
 
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MikeHattsu

Member
Narag said:
Aren't you the one that forces Mike to give you terrible shows to watch? Have you ever considered his feelings?
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Finally somebody who understands.

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jbug617 said:
Credit to WTK for the find
https://twitter.com/WTK/status/554148070565638144
http://umanohone.us/bd.html

This will get you episode 1-4 and will cost $71.98
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Oh, wow. There it is then.


And happy birthday to BGBW!
 
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Pooya

Member
Rolling Girls

The plot for this sounds like some fighting game, actually I couldn't make sense of the back story. whatever they just fight and they fights are good. This was really good and fun. Will watch.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Firemind said:
Which anime has NTR? Do you guys even know what it means? :lol
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There was that one show that started with an "N" I cant remember what it was though.

Lady Siara said:
Having finished Shinsekai Yori and adoring it, can anyone recommend anything similar? I loved how rich and fleshed out the world and backstory were. Check it out if you're looking for something unique.
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I have yet to find another recent story that great but have you seen Steins;Gate? Its a pretty good story too.

SDBurton said:
Dog Days - 01



After seeing a number of people getting hype for Dog Days' return I decided to give the first episode a look to see what I've been missing. The male lead seems alright. I'm glad he's not some dumb perverted leech that lacks social skills. Seriously, thank goodness. :lol Will continue watching.

Leonmitchelli has my eye, RIP dog kingdom
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Glad you could join us in the church of Dog Days

SDBurton said:
Haha we'll see!




Seriously!

Dog Days - 02



Maybe... I was wrong about the ears and tails. :O
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Ears and tails are the bestest!
 
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cajunator

Banned
ZachDeKoromaru said:
Don't turn your back on mofus ever again!
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Listen to Zachy! He is wise you know!
Embrace the mofu, for it is good. It is very, very good.

Shard said:
I can already say that the comparisons to Kill La Kill are valid only this Rolling Girls show is already exceeding where that show failed. Like the animation feels stylized and dynamic and interesting without it feeling cheap, hackish or lazy.
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Seeing as I loved the style in Kill La Kill this is encouraging. I went to a coworkers wedding all day yesterday so I am regretfully behind on all the new stuff.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Narag said:
Ok my month of being punished by Sabre is up. Back to Artemis.

Goodbye, Eclair.

... for now.
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I am disappointed.

Link Man said:
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 2

Well, that was quick. Interesting that the magic wand is literally a computer. And it outputs in English.

She's gonna fail her classes if he talks during her lessons. How inconsiderate! Then again, she does doodle and pass notes during cram school.

But anyway, we get a little background on Yuuno-kun. Seems he's a magical archeologist from another world, found sealed evil in a can, broken in 21 pieces, turns things evil.

So basically, InuYasha meets Cardcaptor Sakura.

Battles seem a little repetitive right now. Hope she learns more commands soon.
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The series really picks up in the second half, and then A's is basically god tier from beginning to end, upping the ante to a level you have not even begun to witness yet.

jbug617 said:
Credit to WTK for the find
https://twitter.com/WTK/status/554148070565638144
http://umanohone.us/bd.html

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This will get you episode 1-4 and will cost $71.98

Disc Specs


Bonus Content


Packaging
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Thats pricey for such a simple series but pending a Rightstuf inevitable discount I guess we will see. Its hard to resist the cuteness of that show. I really want it.
 
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Thoraxes

Member
cajunator said:
Thats pricey for such a simple series but pending a Rightstuf inevitable discount I guess we will see. Its hard to resist the cuteness of that show. I really want it.
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The $71.98 appears to be the discounted price.
BGBW said:
Thank you.
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I wanted to be in on the joke with your avatar and not wish you a happy birthday, but Happy Birthday!

Not sure on the booklet quality though. The Amazon one was fine, but nothing really groundbreaking.
 
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cajunator

Banned
FelixOrion said:
Attack on Titan 23

I fucking knew it. That was so fucking obvious, goddamn.

Shirobako 5

they have a jail in their animation studio? this whole scene = fucking lol

fucking Tarou

Ping Pong 5

Man the story lines they can fucking weave. This show is amazing.

Mushishi Zoku Shou 15

Again, a pretty powerful episode. Interesting to actually see Ginko mess up for once.

Parasyte 5

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Blood-C 5

yay no singing

yo serious this cafe dude is a total creep

lol an eyball? just run around her a bunch and get a blue coin!

should've killed with a pair of fingers and nyuk nyuk nyuk

here touch my bloody fucking hand!

fight shit good, school shit bad

the fuck is up with this teacher

if they
kill one twin
in the next episode, tables will be flipped.

Arjuna 5

so what ecofreak message am I gonna get bashed over the head with today?

thought you were gonna quote shakespeare there fur a fucking second

we're gonna go after cars now? oh no just more food bashing

"ARE YOU HAPPY BEING A NON-HIPPY SHITLORD JUNA?"

the fuck are they doing

what with that little fucking tidbit? No Chlorine or NO2 and we're fucking moving on? fucking lol

again with the anitGMO shittalking

fuck this kid

EAT HEALTHY KIDS

dat hamburger face, god bless @animegaf.txt

this hippy bullshit is killing me

is this going fucking anti-medicine on me now too fuck this shit

Hey it's like that one Magic School-bus episode where they go indie the body. Only instead of learning, we get told what fucking horrible people we are and buses are for Nazis-against-nature. You're not a nature nazi, are you animegaf?

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lol this so incredibly heavy handed and idiotic, jesus fucking christ.

THAT'S NOT HOW REUSING UMBILICAL CORDS WORK actually never mind, this is just ecofreak new age mumbo-jumbo bullshit anyways

PRAISE THE SUN!

time for the after episode natural farming hookum

Hey Shōji Kawamori:

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fuck you
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KAWAMORIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Watching Blood C and Arjuna at the same time could do serious harm. Please do be careful. I cant deny I am enjoying this though.

Thoraxes said:
The $71.98 appears to be the discounted price.


I wanted to be in on the joke with your avatar and not wish you a happy birthday, but Happy Birthday!

Not sure on the booklet quality though. The Amazon one was fine, but nothing really groundbreaking.
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I saw it as $81.98 because Im blind.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Branduil said:
Yeah but Rolling Girls has eyecatches and Kill la Kill invented those.
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I dont understand what youre saying here. How did KLK invent eyecatches?

SliceSabre said:
Turn A Gundam 10





Ha, I had assumed this switch-a-roo was going to happen at some point after other characters had pointed out how clearly the two looked alike. But I had thought it might be done as sort of some sort of devious plot by the Earth side to gain inner intel for them and not just the two women deciding this would be something fun to do.

BOOOOOOOO
Bring back moe dog girl!

.........and yeah no that word's time in the sun in over my freedom is here and so the cat's downfall begins.
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SliceSabre

Banned
Junketsu no Maria 01


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"HOW SHAMELESS!"
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This certainly didn't turn out to be the lewd, ecchi-fest I was expecting it to turn out to be. Honestly I was gonna skip it. But I decided to as least give it a chance first and what do ya know, I enjoyed it. Yea sure there's the playing around with Maria being a virgin and her ignorance around the matter of sexual relations and Martha her succubus familiar making sexual jokes, but you kinda expect that out of her so none of it ever felt out of place. Production values were certainly top notch though and the fight that took place between the two sides was very nicely done.

All and all great first episode. Will continue with this!


Oh and happy b-day BGBW.
 
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cajunator

Banned
javac said:
Recap and general stuff: ​
I know you all don't care about my silly walls of text, but humor me please :) I just finished the show and I have to say I really enjoyed it, more so than I initially expected if I'm honest with you all. I've had it recommended to me for a long time and I decided that 2015 would be a year in which I clear my backlog and it got to the point that I felt it was the right time to watch the show. In the end, I’m very glad that I did.

10/10
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MY friend swears by thuis series. Its one of his favorites. Back when I first watched it it was being heavily marketed as an answer to Evangelion but never quite met those expectations. Myself I only watched a handful of episodes before moving on, since mecha was really not my thing, but Im willing to give it another go at some point. I have better appreciation for mecha shows now. I think what initially soured me on them was watching Gasaraki and it was one of the most mind numbing experiences I have encountered in anime.

Jarmel said:
Grisaia-13

What this arc has told me is that Makina is indeed the best girl and that Batman is needed for this show to work.

Makina>Michiru>the rest don't matter
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I told yall!
 
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fertygo

Member
Maria the Virgin Witch - 01

This is fun, especially nearing the end.. dat dragon sakuga, the war also looks nice.
Also loving the lewd jokes too, although the usual crowd gonna throw misfit over it.
 
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/XX/

Member
Happy Birthday, BGBW!

Just as I lately tried to avoid looking for information about this out of pure envy, now even people overseas is receiving their On Your Mark special Blu-ray Disc as a bonus to those having purchased The Collected Works of Director Hayao Miyazaki BD-BOX. Screen captures courtesy of nusilver (info via Parotaku):

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Selling it as a standalone product could be an option as well, you know! But well, this solution of having to send first a postcard with your proof of purchase attached to it for those really interested on obtaining the digital disc in exchange is a decent one after all (although it was a disc initially included in the actual BD-BOX!), if we take into account how the 'ASKA incident' nearly made this MV disappear completely from the WDSHE Japan catalogue. Pretty sad how for some such a irrelevant event could ever diminish the value of a work like this by doing a simply reductionist tainted association.
 
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CheapJuice

Member
Junketsu no Maria - 01

I love the setting, middle ages. Witches, war and magic. Most of the jokes worked well, like the succubus saying her jaw hurts due to overuse, and Maria trying to set the impression of classic old and dark Witches.
I don't feel like any character clicked with me so far but that Galfa guy who acted cool with the insecure guys in the army. That's something I also liked, them showing people being scared as hell to go in to war and during battle. The summoning of the dragon from the kettle was neat.
Overall I enjoyed it and I'll give it the usual ~3 episode rule.
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Hattori

Banned
Happy Birthday BGBW!

I'm probably super late on this but nice Akarin~ avatar, I just noticed how it changes with the dark theme xD
 
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strangedopamine

Member
Bit behind on this Winter anime thing. Only watched this gardening show where these bears were pruning some lilies. ;)

Hopefully I'll get round to the rest of it soon!

Kave_Man said:
Dog Days is so bad even I won't watch it...all.
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It's awful but I've forgotten why exactly. Didn't like the MC very much that's for sure.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Gourmet Girl Graffiti 01

As a connoisseur of great cuisine myself, I know exactly how these girls feel when they encounter delicious food. I am fortunate to live in a city and a state that takes food very seriously.
Also SHAFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
 
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javac

Member
cajunator said:
MY friend swears by thuis series. Its one of his favorites. Back when I first watched it it was being heavily marketed as an answer to Evangelion but never quite met those expectations. Myself I only watched a handful of episodes before moving on, since mecha was really not my thing, but Im willing to give it another go at some point. I have better appreciation for mecha shows now. I think what initially soured me on them was watching Gasaraki and it was one of the most mind numbing experiences I have encountered in anime.
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It's less of a mech show and more of a romantic drama. The mecha design is awesome, and it does contain some pivotal moments that surround the mech but like I said in my recap, the highlight is the art, music and characters. The music is really good, the art and everything regrading the visuals are really compelling. That goes for character designs, mech design, mechanical design in general and just the art-style and detail in the environments and such. Finally the way in which the characters interact with each other and their mannerisms and such make for a compelling show that keeps you interested regardless of your feelings towards mecha. It can feel like there's too much mumbo jumbo at first, but it calms down really quickly and just focuses on the characters.

I haven't seen Gasaraki, never heard of it until now but I may give it a go down the line. Calling it mind numbing has me intrigued, I love slow, text heavy shows and hell even text-less shows! Luckily for you RahXephon is neither :) Good mix of everything, genuine laughs, and genuine tears. But like anything of this nature, expect a lot of red herrings and deeper meanings that won't make sense until you finish, with many becoming more clear after repeat viewings.
 
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Yui

Member
Junketsu no Maria - 01

I really liked it.
Nice artstyle, good music and a high production value.
Maria is super adorable and she has a great dynamic with her succubus.
But the cast seems likeable overall. So, as long as the show avoids the obvious rapey themes, I can really see myself enjoying this.
 
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Andrew J.

Member
Cross Ange 14

So if this is the future of "our" world, then that means...something like the Dawn Pillar was built near Tokyo? And humanity genetically engineered itself into dragons?

Ange/mixed harem ending will happen. Believe.
 
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Admiral Woofington

Member
Yui said:
Junketsu no Maria - 01

I really liked it.
Nice artstyle, good music and a high production value.
Maria is super adorable and she has a great dynamic with her succubus.
But the cast seems likeable overall. So, as long as the show avoids the obvious rapey themes, I can really see myself enjoying this.
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Don't you know? Strong female characters in anime are only strong if there's rape vibes in the show somewhere.
 
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striferser

Huge Nickleback Fan
Firemind said:
Which anime has NTR? Do you guys even know what it means? :lol
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I remember Hen Zemi. One of the dude have NTR fetish, so he let his friend bang his girlfriend while he watch...

Thoraxes said:
Death Parade - 01

Man, I felt pissed off as that whole last scene played out. It was weird because I had a feeling I knew how it was going to all play out from the start anyways.
Happiness and trust to conflict, betrayal, trust issues, etc. Just watching wedges be driven between them.

Then
the masks above the elevator were switched.
Didn't see it coming. That made me smirk. Glad I paid attention in the beginning to see how they turned that around. The payoff felt good.



Either that or he went full vampire. IIRC, Shinobu mentions that with more of her full power, she could do something as easy as making her reflection appear despite being a vampire.
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Ah, i guess it will be explained in other arc then.

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Happy Birthday BWGW!


Parasyte the maxim 13
I can see the complain regarding the change in Shinichi. Yeah, it's kinda redundant. Now that he break up with Murano, we can finally focus on more interesting thing, like Ryoko baby.


Saekano 0
I appreciate the meta joke and fanservice. *drool


Kancolle 1
Kongou best ship/girl/whatever. BURNING LOVE!


Zvezda ova
ROBOKO best idol confirmed!
I replay that idol segment too many times!

Kickheart
Nacho Libre: S&M version.
This is Yuasa show alright. All dem color and fluid movement!
 
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Admiral Woofington

Member
SliceSabre said:
But does it really mean anything when its a succubus seducing men? Hell how could it even be rape, a succubus' thing is seducing men not actually forcing them to do anything.
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I'm trying to read what you're saying but I can't quite comprehend the meaning. It's almost like it is missing something... like right at the end.
 
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