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Winter Anime 2016 |OT| Celebrating the New Year and PSO2's release in the west!
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Dedication Through Light
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Tsukishima Kei ftw, highest ranking Haikyuu.
Dedication Through Light
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC V Episode 91
2nd best dragon in the series. Too bad Yuuri had to end up with one of the worst dragons. I got scared.
I hope we keep on going with this with all Yuu's present.
2nd best dragon in the series. Too bad Yuuri had to end up with one of the worst dragons. I got scared.
I hope we keep on going with this with all Yuu's present.
Some stuff I don't see on your list:
- Moryou no Hako (mystery with some cool Japanese cultural elements)
- Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (starts like a generic cutesy SoL, but then turns into an appealing mystery thriller)
- Perfect Insider (a more recent mystery series, but it has received some mixed reactions)
- Black Lagoon (really good action series)
- Paranoia Agent (amazing supernatural/psychological thriller by the late Satoshi Kon)
- Psycho Pass (season 1 rocks, but S2 and the movie are decidedly weaker)
Dedication Through Light
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Me too, me too:
Looks like my mean score is relatively low, then again I rate almost every show I watched regardless of status.
Have you considered watching Star Driver or Punchline?
MikeHattsu
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Me too, me too:
Looks like my mean score is relatively low, then again I rate almost every show I watched regardless of status.
666? Well, that is mean ;p
MetroidPrimeRib
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Maki is good but no Hotaru
Yeah this format really sucks. Its only held up by the characters being there and when you are focusing on Karen (zzzzzzzz) you can't even do that right.
Yeah, I tend to give things a 6 when they are really a 5 or a 4. I just don't care enough about shows I dropped after two episodes.
wtf is with fujos and Ichimatsu
Aria the Natural 23
This was a beautiful episode. Everyone help out an old man try to make his wife's dream come true. Dramatic as it sounds, remember, embarrassing remarks are not allowed. I love how self conscious it is about its mushy moments and dialogues.
"I love Neo Venezia so I want others to love it too" - Akari
It's a simple reason but still a good enough for her to help the old man out. This was also a result of the world building over the course of 22 episodes of the show.
The show had very little going on in each scene but that didn't bother me at all. It was as though it was simply enjoying every moment to the fullest. It had simple sequences of almost nothing going on in terms of animation: they just show the characters smiling or the scenery. It's all very easy to take in and it really helps me put my mind at ease on a rough day.
This was a beautiful episode. Everyone help out an old man try to make his wife's dream come true. Dramatic as it sounds, remember, embarrassing remarks are not allowed. I love how self conscious it is about its mushy moments and dialogues.
"I love Neo Venezia so I want others to love it too" - Akari
It's a simple reason but still a good enough for her to help the old man out. This was also a result of the world building over the course of 22 episodes of the show.
The show had very little going on in each scene but that didn't bother me at all. It was as though it was simply enjoying every moment to the fullest. It had simple sequences of almost nothing going on in terms of animation: they just show the characters smiling or the scenery. It's all very easy to take in and it really helps me put my mind at ease on a rough day.
Dedication Through Light
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Do you guys actually finish below-5-rated anime?
Of course, anime like Panty & Stocking, Nichijou, and Welcome to the NHK had some decently enjoyable moments at times.
Maximilian Kolbe
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You're right in most part, other than it's actually Toho are the one keep pushing the band, not Aniplex.
There's a MAL thread talked about this: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1481645
names2hard4you
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Guilty Cown was ok af. Nothing more, nothing less. Just okay. Could have been great though.
Sure.
You can still get something out of consuming media and having a negative reaction to the whole.
Dedication Through Light
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No more insert songs after episode 7? what?
two guys kissing = too much, wanna drop show
show encouraging casual molestation and misogyny = could have been great
Maximilian Kolbe
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Well according to the thread's info there are 4 insert songs, and 3 already used(episode 2,3,4), so looks like last one will be in next episode.
PdotMichael
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Not having any insert songs anymore is a good thing but the entire OST is quite weak.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Guilty Crown was this?
I thought people liked it because of the OST before it became prevalent.
I usally start dropping shows once they reach 5-6, but I still rate them regardless.
Dedication Through Light
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Crow's poses alone makes this awesome, but also Kai and Riku yes.
Basileus777
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Are we doing this?
I give a lot of 5s. I probably don't use the very bottom of the scale enough, but I sometimes just drop things quite that terrible and not score them.
I give a lot of 5s. I probably don't use the very bottom of the scale enough, but I sometimes just drop things quite that terrible and not score them.
Are we doing this?
I give a lot of 5s. I probably don't use the very bottom of the scale enough, but I sometimes just drop things quite that terrible and not score them.
Is that a 4-digit number?! Wow.
I thought Patema Inverted was alright. No more than that.
someone had a lot of free time
Are we doing this?
I give a lot of 5s. I probably don't use the very bottom of the scale enough, but I sometimes just drop things quite that terrible and not score them.
someone had a lot of free time
Basileus777
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It includes a lot of specials and OVAs and such, it's not all TV series or films. It also includes dropped things, so shows I watched one episode of and rated are in there. The raw number is inflated.
Joe Molotov
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I only watch dimes, like Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, and Monster Musume.
Cornbread78
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I use "7" as my average score since I just tend to stop watching things
My average score is 7.91, so I guess I'm too nice and not jaded enough to give everything crappy scores yet. Give me another year or so, then I can start being a hardcore scoring demon and I'll rescore my entire list.
My average score is 7.91, so I guess I'm too nice and not jaded enough to give everything crappy scores yet. Give me another year or so, then I can start being a hardcore scoring demon and I'll rescore my entire list.
It had some nice backgrounds but it was pretty mediocre alright.
Do you guys actually finish below-5-rated anime?[/QUOTE]
Very rarely. Never understood how people can watch stuff they actively dislike.
Edit: Messed up quote.
MikeHattsu
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The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan 02
Hmm... They saved the club with just 3 members? Didn't they need 5?
Hmm... They saved the club with just 3 members? Didn't they need 5?
I forgot to recommend Kekkai Sensen, but since I haven't written much about it I guess I'll do a review now:
Kekkai Sensen #1-12
While the ending wasn't entirely what I had expected, I kind of liked most of it. It had some nice action and passable comedy, but it was kind of sad how little screen time was devoted to most of the cast, which were kind of one-note and got hardly any development outside of Leo, Klauss (gotta love his VA), and then Black and White (even though it happened kind of late for these two). I've got to thank the show for doing weekly cases without framing all of them as Libra's target of the week (the one with the mushroom guy in it was nice, for example), and the setting of a strange zone in NY that gets overlain with a parallel world and has humans and weird monsters together was fairly novel and executed fairly well.
I've got to say that I wasn't entirely happy with the way the show turned out after a bit, since I really liked things such as the way Leo and White's relationship progressed at first, but while it didn't meet my expectations by the end it still managed to do okay.
SNAFU up to #10
I used to be socially awkward back in high school, so it's kind of interesting to see two stylized representations of people like that in Hachiman and Yukino. The cast has nice chemistry for the most part, even though I'm kind of reluctant to accept characters such as Yuigahama since her scenes so far remind me too much of Nisekoi's Onodera, and I'm kind of tired of these pure characters that always get too awkward around the guy they like to actually confess to him, resulting in a stalemate that doesn't help develop either character.
The supporting cast all appear to be kind of one-note with characters such as the ikemen that's a really nice guy, the nerdy fujoshi, the sort-of bratty social girl (good thing she isn't actually an asshole for the most part, though), the boy that could pass off for a girl (with the MC constantly swooning over him as a running gag) and the cutesy little sister that constantly sets situations up for the MC and the two main girls that turn out to be dates in all but name. Still, it feels like the show knows not to abuse them to the point they make the show boring and repetitive.
This culture festival arc is obviously the catalyst that will help Hachiman and Yukino open up a bit more, but it's nice to see that they still do things their own way rather than suddenly acting out-of-character for the sake of moving the plot forward. I really like seeing how Hachiman gets to take jabs at the sham festival president that make her look really bad, but then he diverts attention to himself by making it seem like he's a selfish asshole because he doesn't mind people seeing him that way.
I'm kind of salty that these last handful of episodes are all part of a larger arc, since I had to stop at ep10 but really want the closure of seeing how the arc ends (most likely in ep12).
Kekkai Sensen #1-12
While the ending wasn't entirely what I had expected, I kind of liked most of it. It had some nice action and passable comedy, but it was kind of sad how little screen time was devoted to most of the cast, which were kind of one-note and got hardly any development outside of Leo, Klauss (gotta love his VA), and then Black and White (even though it happened kind of late for these two). I've got to thank the show for doing weekly cases without framing all of them as Libra's target of the week (the one with the mushroom guy in it was nice, for example), and the setting of a strange zone in NY that gets overlain with a parallel world and has humans and weird monsters together was fairly novel and executed fairly well.
I've got to say that I wasn't entirely happy with the way the show turned out after a bit, since I really liked things such as the way Leo and White's relationship progressed at first, but while it didn't meet my expectations by the end it still managed to do okay.
SNAFU up to #10
I used to be socially awkward back in high school, so it's kind of interesting to see two stylized representations of people like that in Hachiman and Yukino. The cast has nice chemistry for the most part, even though I'm kind of reluctant to accept characters such as Yuigahama since her scenes so far remind me too much of Nisekoi's Onodera, and I'm kind of tired of these pure characters that always get too awkward around the guy they like to actually confess to him, resulting in a stalemate that doesn't help develop either character.
The supporting cast all appear to be kind of one-note with characters such as the ikemen that's a really nice guy, the nerdy fujoshi, the sort-of bratty social girl (good thing she isn't actually an asshole for the most part, though), the boy that could pass off for a girl (with the MC constantly swooning over him as a running gag) and the cutesy little sister that constantly sets situations up for the MC and the two main girls that turn out to be dates in all but name. Still, it feels like the show knows not to abuse them to the point they make the show boring and repetitive.
This culture festival arc is obviously the catalyst that will help Hachiman and Yukino open up a bit more, but it's nice to see that they still do things their own way rather than suddenly acting out-of-character for the sake of moving the plot forward. I really like seeing how Hachiman gets to take jabs at the sham festival president that make her look really bad, but then he diverts attention to himself by making it seem like he's a selfish asshole because he doesn't mind people seeing him that way.
I'm kind of salty that these last handful of episodes are all part of a larger arc, since I had to stop at ep10 but really want the closure of seeing how the arc ends (most likely in ep12).
lol, my average is 8.27, I pick shows I'm most likely to like anyways.
AFAIK it is 4
I adore Kekkai Sensen for its world. The characters are pretty interesting too but it's the universe that sold the show to me. Ending is something I liked too, glad that they took more than 30 minutes.
You are in for a ride in SNAFU S2. It'll offer a lot in terms of the character development and personality depth.
I think of ratings as a one dimensional look at creative works but in reality they are a multidimensional phenomenon which is why text based reviews/impressions hold stronger value. I still endorse ratings because it does in some way, however abstract reflects something about me and it's simply convenient. That being said, it's important to take them with a grain of salt as they don't entirely represent everything I have to say.
I feel you fam
ShinRPGamer
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I can be a critical individual.
OniBarubary
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Guilty Crown had potential but was pretty awful.
That being said, the OST was by Egoist and the first OP was the best OP that has ever existed in the history of anime since the beginning of time, so it's pretty much worth watching for the music alone. It's that fucking good, take it from someone who skips OPs every time.
Hoo hoo boy, are you in for a pleasant surprise in Season 2. Blondie McEverybodylovesme has already revealed a hint of what's to come.
Dedication Through Light
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How is doing something that takes only a few seconds* a waste of time?
*the largest portion of time taken is when one first makes a profile
Apparently my mean score is 7.68, but there's also a number of shows I haven't rated.
Recently I've also stopped rating most of the things I watch. I realized I don't even know or care about the MAL ratings of the shows I watch, so rating things myself has started to feel like a waste of time.
Recently I've also stopped rating most of the things I watch. I realized I don't even know or care about the MAL ratings of the shows I watch, so rating things myself has started to feel like a waste of time.
"I'm you-u-u-uuuurs..." gets me everytime.
Dedication Through Light
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It was all so good, but I loved The Everlasting Guilty Crown a bit more than My Dearest.
And the ED themes were so good, I still get emotional whenever I play Departures. Ouma Shu
MikeHattsu
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Dedication Through Light
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Why people keep linking to Sony Music Japan music, we in America can never see those links videos, lol.
But yes Bios is one of the best songs on the Guilty Crown OST. Listen to it daily.
But yes Bios is one of the best songs on the Guilty Crown OST. Listen to it daily.
Yeah, it was just infinitely more appealing to me than most anime worlds I've seen as of late because of how novel it was. That doesn't mean I hate shows set in Japan, high schools or RPG-ish parallel worlds, but seeing a different kind of world was nice for a change and it seemed like it was fairly well thought out with how humans and otherworldly creatures coexisted within Hellsalem's Lot.
That episode where Klauss fought some creature in a chess-like game was really interesting because it subverted my expectations of "fights all the time" while still managing to cement Klauss as an A-tier badass (he has both brains and brawn!).
I'm glad to hear that SNAFU keeps up the pace come S2, since character-based stories are really my favorite kind of show and this one definitely counts as a good one in my book.
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