Cornbread78
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Tomorrow I start Steins Gate and I really hope it doesn't shit the bed like Eva just did.
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Crash Station
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Who thought Kokkuri-san was anything but painfully average the entire way through? Unless we're talking about two different Kokkuri-sans.
Eureka Seven AO is great as long as you ignore 79% of the show.
One day I will beat Kyoda at his own game and do an edit of E7AO which makes it good.
Steins Gate is incredible, hope you enjoy it.
I was just thinking of rewatching Steins; Gate. I like how it's structured and thought it ended quite well.
First ep set unreasonably high standards.
Touching single parent story -> bring on the pedo jokes
hosannainexcelsis
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Is the other one Glasslip? Same director.
Yea, I agree, the first episode set very high standards but I think a lot of comedy anime do that, not saying that's alright. I had expected it to fall down on its standards later on. Still, it was enjoyable to an extent.
Amazed you didn't watch it yet. Very good show.
Eva ending reactions never get old.
Recommend watching this and reading this
The video breaks it down really well and the article analyzes it further.
Edit: Oh yea, you've gotta watch End of Evangelion as well.
Edit2: Also, going through previous posts, I'm going to hold on to my opinion on Erased for the moment or until it concludes. It went a different direction this episode but I found it reasonable albeit it is admittedly a bit sloppy here and there as mentioned by others.
Crash Station
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Wasn't the first episode just "hey, here's this emotionless girl and a fox god and they're totally gonna get into wacky hijinx together!"? There wasn't anything indicating it would be a youkai version of Usagi Drop. Pretty sure there were pedo jokes in that ep as well. It was pretty much the same as all the other episodes, just with less characters. It didn't shift tones or anything outside of maybe the first few minutes that did indicate a somewhat sobering show.
Basileus777
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Valvrave had already lost steam before the end of the first season, the 2nd half being so dull wasn't really that much of a shock.
TheGreatDirector
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I just finished Welcome to the NHK a little while ago. A fairly nice show that had a fairly mediocre ending. The resolution definitely felt in line with the characterization and I get that in many ways we aren't supposed to see a huge change but it still felt fairly flat. There were probably better ways to execute this more realistic slice of life story but I still enjoyed it.
Haha, okay, listen, I do not like Eva, but there's something you should understand about it. That ending is a result of them running out of money. Once they recuperated some funds, they went back and revisited the series with End of Evangelion.
It doesn't seem like the type of anime you'd like, either way, based on what I've seen of your tastes, but if you want a real ending... go watch that.
Steins;Gate, however! That's good. Even if it's not perfect, it's real good.
it was... funny nevertheless?
Ichimatsu's cute stoic personality and complete indifference went well with Kokkuri-san's own normal/mature personality. Moreover, their positions were the opposite, you'd expect a human to act normal/mature while a ghost/spirit to be stoic/indifferent. It's amusing/funny to see the personalities switch places (even if this amusement lasted for just one episode).
Cornbread78
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Good because I need to wash the shit taste out of my mouth, lol.
I mean c'mon, Eva even had
tanks full of soulless human vessels (even nipples) used as replacement body parts for Rei? I mean, seriously, wtf was that?
OK time to move on.
Crash Station
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But that didn't change. There was nothing different about the direction, type of jokes or character interactions throughout the whole season. It was all in line with episode 1.
You know the movie is a different ending of sorts, right?
I look forward to the day Digibro gets to the ending of Eva.
Yea, the rest of the show falls short of the impression the first episode gave. I don't disagree with that. Point is that the first episode was funny.
firehawk12
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Was the other one Glasslip? lol
cosmicblizzard is saying that the entire season of kokkuri san was like episode 1, and he doesn't get why people act like it became bad.
Cornbread78
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Yeah, I'll try to find the movie somewhere to see if it helps ease the pain, lol.
Crash Station
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I'm just not seeing the comparison to Sankarea, which had a very noticeable difference in direction and tone post-episode 3, or Rolling Girls which seemed to almost shift genres after episode 2. Even if you think the quality dropped after episode 1 (which I don't agree with), episode 1 was still a pretty good indication of what the rest of the show would be like in tone and consistency, whereas I don't think anyone would say the same about those other 2.
Phantom world 5
this was alright. I assumed the whole show would be that limbo scene from episode one (which looking back is the most outrageous scene involving boob physics since the bullet dodge in Highschool of the Dead) but this episode was basically a battle shonen character intro with some nice action.
this was alright. I assumed the whole show would be that limbo scene from episode one (which looking back is the most outrageous scene involving boob physics since the bullet dodge in Highschool of the Dead) but this episode was basically a battle shonen character intro with some nice action.
It's possible if it's cut off at the end of episode 12.
THE END
Cut out the weird otaku stuff with Elena, Gazelle and his bros, the Okinawan politics, some random battles, probably the entirety of episode 10, maybe Elena herself, definitely get rid of scenes involving Truth, and probably Naru as well just to be safe. Follow some basic arc involving a boy searching for his mother being employed by a shady multinat with mecha. Could be like an hour of good footage there.
Hellwarden
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I've tried to start and finish Eureka Seven AO like 3 times.
I can't do it. It's impossible.
I can't do it. It's impossible.
Lol only Eva I've watched is the two Rebuild movies.
Studio Colorido Shorts - Shashinkan
Damn. Crying irl now. What a moving piece of art. Aside from the excellent character animation throughout and the great art design, this short is a masterclass in depicting passage of time and emphasizing on emotions without using a single word. It's also a much more "serious" work than most of Takashi Nakamura's usual stuff, but he handles it so damn well. I wish I watched this a little earlier, because there's no question that this would have destroyed everything else on my list of 2015 animated shorts/films.
Damn. Crying irl now. What a moving piece of art. Aside from the excellent character animation throughout and the great art design, this short is a masterclass in depicting passage of time and emphasizing on emotions without using a single word. It's also a much more "serious" work than most of Takashi Nakamura's usual stuff, but he handles it so damn well. I wish I watched this a little earlier, because there's no question that this would have destroyed everything else on my list of 2015 animated shorts/films.
Elena should have been cut and more time given to Fleur. Give one of the background girls Elena's design so that doesn't go to waste though.
I like it when a show gives characters hope and has them grow without trivializing the things they've got to go through to "get better". Despite the various ways Welcome to the NHK stylizes the various issues the cast has, it also makes it obvious how hard it is for each of them to overcome said issues, and how easy it was for Sato to fall back on his lazy and self-loathing self.
NHK was great for me since it was one of those series that tackled an issue anime often uses for comedic purposes in a more serious and dramatic way without going full drama mode. Seeing Sato make some semblance of progress only to relapse into his old ways again and again was interesting, as was how the show managed to mix its dramatic and comedic parts without making them stick out or fell out of place.
Hellwarden
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Okay, you either have to watch Eureka Seven AO, or Darker than Black S2 and the second half of Aldonoah Zero. Whatever choice you make, you have to watch it all in a marathon.
And no you can't put yourself out of your misery.
And no you can't put yourself out of your misery.
Ohh yea, I agree. It wasn't a drop in quality rather, it didn't expand on it. By impression I meant it in terms of the humor, not the show overall.
Also, I didn't exactly watch Kokkuri-san when it aired, I saw it much later so I didn't expect much from it either since it was already established as a light comedy with no development. So it has given a fair impression on me than had I watched it as it aired.
victreeb3l
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lol Yuuuup! Same director? That makes sense. I thought Okada worked on both properties but I was wrong. I also think the True Tears MC was an artist like the Glasslip one too? lol
True Tears had an interesting premise and I was enjoying it at first. Then shit got weird, people crashed bikes, dudes wanted to fuck their sisters and a bunch of other stuff happened.
Glasslip? Well, it gave us bicycle-kun and a scene where a girl just walks around naked for some reason. Good times.
Jex
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See, it wasn't all smoke without fire!
MetroidPrimeRib
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Is this a joke about that girls house being lit on fire
Jex
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Now this I want to see!
Jex
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How can one make around here if people go ahead and explain it!
Hellwarden
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Ah, Glasslip.
I remember that show.
I mean, not watching it. I remember starting at nothing for 13 episodes.
I remember that show.
I mean, not watching it. I remember starting at nothing for 13 episodes.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I imagine when people shit on slice of life shows for being too boring and nothing happens, I think the show they are describing is Glasslip.
Darker than black season 2 is great though. That would be an enjoyable marathon
KazenY2J
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I was looking at MAL, and apparently her name is
Raratina Dustiness Ford
Is Darkness actually her name or a translation thing I don't get?
veloxStrix
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I watched it with my fiance. I told her that if Megumin asked me to walk the path of explosions, I'd walk it right out the door. She told me that it would take a chuuni to think I was worth taking on any path. :l I've never felt more burnt.
I was also wondering this. Her name is actually more ridiculous than the character whose name is a running joke.
victreeb3l
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