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[nintendoman58]

Tales of Zestiria X coming 2016 summer.
Let's see Ufotable will make the story better or will make Japanese even more mad lol.

If this is an adaptation, I hope Ufotable presents the story better than how it's presented in the game!

As much as I love Tales games, I can't say I'm too excited for this one, as I wasn't a big fan of Zestiria. I'd have preferred a Graces or Xillia adaptation.

The former would especially be fun.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Uhhh, what. That was not what I was expecting, at all. I'd always see the show on Netflix and never thought of checking it out just because (if I'm being honest) the name of the show, the character designs, and the synopsis made me think it'd be the kind of show I wouldn't enjoy. My niece was over and thought it looked interesting so I put it on expecting it to be kid friendly (she's almost 5) but goddamn, the show is savage.

Honestly the title of the show and the character designs (plus the colours) made me think it was just going to be your average cheery kids show about witches. I wasn't even paying any attention to it while it was playing, but the second the fight music started playing and I saw the design of the witches and what was actually happening on screen I was like nope. Turned it off straight away. I'll be watching the rest of it myself though because it seems quite interesting.

Going into Madoka Magica blissfully unaware is the best way to watch it, but yeesh, at least check the rating before putting an anime on if there's a child in the room! Thank goodness you stopped where you did!

Nevertheless, Madoka Magica is a fantastic show and is one of my all time favorites. You should definitely watch the whole thing through to the end, it's quite a ride.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I love the new utapri arts we get for stuff, really like this ittoki otoya.

 

[Lalalandia]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Uhhh, what. That was not what I was expecting, at all. I'd always see the show on Netflix and never thought of checking it out just because (if I'm being honest) the name of the show, the character designs, and the synopsis made me think it'd be the kind of show I wouldn't enjoy. My niece was over and thought it looked interesting so I put it on expecting it to be kid friendly (she's almost 5) but goddamn, the show is savage.

Yup you got out while the getting was good for your niece, head back in for yourself though that show goes places and then some. I was also scratching my head for the first while, 'sure the animation is ridiculously imaginative but is that it?', but then it started going and I wound up staying up till 4am to watch it through because I was that hooked. You have been warned

 

[jonjonaug]

Seeing people still get suckered by Madoka five years after it aired brings warmth to my heart.

 

[Aaronrules380]

It's not like Berserk is that big of a deal in Japan is it ? I'm looking at the last released volume sales and it probably barely crosses 300k mark in the first 4 weeks if even that. (277 k sales after first three weeks, doesn't rank in the fourth where the last ranked position sold 23,728 ) So it has good, very good sales but ones that however pale in comparison to titles at the peak of the charts.

Spoiler

Or Bleach.

Does Bleach still sell over 300k volumes? Because I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Though bleach also hasn't had an anime in a while so...

 

[Cornbread78]

Your Lie in April - Ep. 5
Kaori is pretty much dead already isn't she?
This is going to suck really hard, because she is a pretty amazing character.

Baby steps, that is the best way to go through this series, as there is a lot more to watch along the way.

Nah, I turned it off before then once I actually saw what was happening. Just the first ep and a bit of the second.

Nice save

Yup you got out while the getting was good for your niece, head back in for yourself though that show goes places and then some. I was also scratching my head for the first while, 'sure the animation is ridiculously imaginative but is that it?', but then it started going and I wound up staying up till 4am to watch it through because I was that hooked. You have been warned

It was one of the first shows I ever watched because these bastards here made we watch it right after TTGL and School Days (ahhh the memories of a year ago) Having said that, yeah, the show definitely goes places once you hit ep.3, lol. Neither Madoka or Yuki Yuna are innocent "Magical Girl" animes, lol.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Does Bleach still sell over 300k volumes? Because I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Though bleach also hasn't had an anime in a while so...

Its volumes still reach over 500K http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2015/.95915

 

[Aaronrules380]

Its volumes still reach over 500K http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2015/.95915

Over the course of a year (and it's been getting continuously lower since then) compared to a month

 

[T-Rex.]

Going into Madoka Magica blissfully unaware is the best way to watch it, but yeesh, at least check the rating before putting an anime on if there's a child in the room! Thank goodness you stopped where you did!

Nevertheless, Madoka Magica is a fantastic show and is one of my all time favorites. You should definitely watch the whole thing through to the end, it's quite a ride.

Yup you got out while the getting was good for your niece, head back in for yourself though that show goes places and then some. I was also scratching my head for the first while, 'sure the animation is ridiculously imaginative but is that it?', but then it started going and I wound up staying up till 4am to watch it through because I was that hooked. You have been warned

I definitely should have done more research on it beforehand which was my bad. Judging from what others have said in this thread it looks like it gets even darker as it goes on so I lucked out otherwise I'd be getting chokeslammed straight to hell by my sister in law. The positive is my niece wasn't upset by what she saw, I think she didn't really realise what was going on and also I'll now be checking out an anime I wouldn't have otherwise - and what looks to be a very good one at that.

 

[phaze]

Thats it! I'll meet you in the highest place in the world in one hour!

Better be there!

---

Does Bleach still sell over 300k volumes? Because I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Though bleach also hasn't had an anime in a while so...

Over the course of a year (and it's been getting continuously lower since then) compared to a month

Manga Sales March March 7-13

*1.　268,293　639,558　Haikyuu!! Vol.20
*2.　236,685　663,890　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.18
*3.　152,092　341,900　Shokugeki no Souma Vol.17
*4.　151,330　151,330　Mahoutsukai no Yome Vol.5
*5.　145,281　343,018　Bleach Vol.71
*6.　132,621　132,621　Chihayafuru Vol.31
*7.　116,787　117,638　Yowamushi Pedal Vol.44
*8.　105,861　202,404　Prison School Vol.20
*9.　102,275　245,209　Gintama Vol.63
10.　101,198　257,631　World Trigger Vol.14

2nd week I think, already past it.

 

[Maximilian Kolbe]

Taboo-Tattoo coming 2016 summer.
http://tabootattoo-anime.com/

EditSynopsis
Seigi, a martial arts trained middle-schooler, often feels driven to protect the weaker people around him. One day, he defends a homeless man against some punks, and the man gives him a strange tattoo on his palm in return. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Serinistan Kingdom.

Seigi finds himself in over his head when a powerful girl, using the same secret weapon, violently pursues him in order to retrieve it. His skill at martial arts may not be enough to keep him alive, but will he be able to learn how to trigger the power of his tattoo in time?

 

[OniBarubary]

It was one of the first shows I ever watched because these bastards here made we watch it right after TTGL and School Days (ahhh the memories of a year ago)

It warms my heart to see anime fans still fucking with each other the same way we used to years ago. Some traditions never die.

Nice boat.

 

[Jarmel]

Taboo-Tattoo coming 2016 summer.
http://tabootattoo-anime.com/

Fucking finally. Jesus Christ, took long enough.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Fucking finally. Jesus Christ, took long enough.

I'm assuming it's good?

 

[Jarmel]

I'm assuming it's good?

It's trashy but also a lot of fun. The mangaka was the mangaka for Fate/Zero and it shows as the main character essentially becomes Kiri over the course of the manga.

 

[Black Republican]

What ever happened to that voice actress caught with cocaine? She still employed elsewhere?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Taboo-Tattoo coming 2016 summer.
http://tabootattoo-anime.com/

Martial arts really? Thats the worst type of fighting style. I hope the tattoo gives him special powers so that we can move beyond simple punches and kicks.

 

[Qurupeke]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Uhhh, what. That was not what I was expecting, at all. I'd always see the show on Netflix and never thought of checking it out just because (if I'm being honest) the name of the show, the character designs, and the synopsis made me think it'd be the kind of show I wouldn't enjoy. My niece was over and thought it looked interesting so I put it on expecting it to be kid friendly (she's almost 5) but goddamn, the show is savage.

Don't forget to watch the 3rd movie. )))))

 

[Jarmel]

Oh and Taboo Tattoo is pretty violent. People lose limbs a lot.

 

[nintendoman58]

Don't forget to watch the 3rd movie. )))))

You're a mean person.

 

[OniBarubary]

Yeah, Taboo Tattoo is pretty baller. It's not like Citizen Kane or anything, it's just straight fun. Bet five bucks at least 3 people call it edgy or tryhard though.

 

[Lalalandia]

It's trashy but also a lot of fun. The mangaka was the mangaka for Fate/Zero and it shows as the main character essentially becomes Kiri over the course of the manga.

Hmmm colour me interested then, a combination of lovely art and long mid battle monologues on the nature of duty and honour are my bag! Of course it means I'm going to have to put up with a few unexpected side dishes of ew but give/take I guess

Edit: Haaa!! OniBarubary fancy picking my lotto numbers this evening?

 

[Jarmel]

I do have some concerns in that it will take awhile before the anime really gets going. I don't know if they're going to speed up the first half a bit. They might do a split cour as there is enough material there and if they end the first cour where I think they will, it serves as a good ender.

I'm also concerned about the staff as Takashi Watanabe isn't a great director. The animation director is going to have to deal with a lot of action and so if the animation director isn't good, this could turn out to be a mess.

 

[Line_HTX]

Taboo-Tattoo coming 2016 summer.
http://tabootattoo-anime.com/

The eyes look like Shana / Aria the Scarlet Ammo type from J.C. Staff.

Premise looks interesting enough, triggering the power of the tattoo, haha

 

[phaze]

For Cornbread

For MPR.

 

[KonradLaw]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ends-tv-anime-gets-season-5-this-fall/.100011

New season of Natsume Yūjin-Chō!!

Best anime news all year.

So damn happy

My favorite anime series of all time.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Prince of Stride Alternative Episode 12 [END] End of Summer and Beyond

Decent closing episode, I would have wished for more of the Stride than some of the stuff at the start of the episode but otherwise it redeemed itself over the course of the episode. You Got To Show Me came on just at the right time and all the feelings and emotions shared bonds and friendship was lovely. Ill definitely buy this once it comes out and will continue my rewatch though of the dub version.

Really good sports anime for 2016. 10/10

GalStan forever.

 

[JulianImp]

Eureka Seven #20-21
Plot's moving forward slowly, but surely now. Eureka's new haircut looks messy, but is to be expected after she was coated in flowstone or something. I kind of liked how Renton kept being unable to understand the adult's real intentions until someone else flat out explained them to him and kept misunderstanding things as a result. It speaks volumes about the characters that it isn't just Renton being bitchy and Holland being a jerk, but rather about both of them being unable to come to terms with something.

Now poor Renton finally realized he was actually fighting and killing people. The berserk state he went into was really brutal, and seeing the enemy pilot's severed arm drop to the ground after the Nirvash ground it to a pulp was both upsetting and provoking. Now Renton's got to come to terms with the fact he and his cool friends had been killing their opponents all this time, which torn his ideal of Gekkostate being a radical group of free (wo)men to shreds and will take him a while to process.

Meanwhile, the enemy forces are still preparing themselves for confronting Holland and co. I've got to say Anemone's sudden change of behavior as soon as the guy dropped Dewy's name into the conversation was also interesting in a twisted way. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer to see what's the deal with these three characters.

Oh, and it was obviously time for them to spring the Chekov's gun they had armed when Holland received that bottle of holy water (or whatever) from that religious woman. What's really going on is still being kept under wraps for now, which makes sense since throwing lots of complicated explanations at Renton at once would be too much.

 

[Cornbread78]

For Cornbread

For MPR.

Holy shit, that dude is hilarious.

 

[e_i]

Yuri on Ice

 

[Line_HTX]

Need more details on Yuri ice skating please, MAPPA.

And it better be good looking and redemption from Punch Line.

 

[jonjonaug]

Need more details on Yuri ice skating please, MAPPA.

And it better be good looking and redemption from Punch Line.

I liked Punchline...

The "-" in the title makes me think the "yuri" there refers to a name rather than the genre.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Need more details on Yuri ice skating please, MAPPA.

And it better be good looking and redemption from Punch Line.

The best MAPPA work this year will be Garo - Divine Flame (or at very least the best looking). I'm counting on it.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Punchline was their best anime, best writing, and character design.

 

[OniBarubary]

Punch Line had Squid Hoodie Dress that made you invisible. Any argument about the quality of Punch Line is invalid in the face of that.

I will pay someone $500 Big Joe American Greenbacks to make that Squoodie for me.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Re:zero for CR

Our first announcement of the day is Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, which will premiere Sunday, April 3rd @ 11:35AM PST with following episodes airing Sundays @ 10:35AM PST and will be available to Crunchyroll Members worldwide excluding Asia.http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-942725/spring-2016-show-announcements

 

[PdotMichael]

Yuri on Ice

Huh, it's called Yuri On Ice for real.

 

[TUSR]

yuri on ice is the closest thing we will get to hockey anime

 

[Hellwarden]

As long as we're talking about Mappa, I completely forgot Garo Divine Flame isn't the only movie they're putting out this year.

To All The Corners Of The World looks really adorable....for a movie set during WW2....on the coast of Hiroshima Prefecture...

 

[Line_HTX]

yuri on ice is the closest thing we will get to hockey anime

Yuri Hockey Storm would be a nice title.

 

[Hellwarden]

Where is my yuri hockey anime with dragon girls?

WHERE IS IT!?

 

[TUSR]

Slayers, dub or sub?

 

[Line_HTX]

I heard it was a good 90s dub.

Where is my yuri hockey anime with dragon girls?

WHERE IS IT!?

Whoa there, Jack Bauer...

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

MAPPA's next show is coming.
Mitsurou Kubo x Sayo Yamamoto x MAPPA

Yuri on ice
More news at Anime Japan.

http://yurionice.com/

I'm in.

Taboo-Tattoo coming 2016 summer.
http://tabootattoo-anime.com/

I thought this was canned.

 

[TUSR]

Where is my yuri hockey anime with dragon girls?

WHERE IS IT!?

1000 year old dragons or dragons?

 

[Russ T]

yuri on ice is the closest thing we will get to hockey anime

damnit i'm gonna have to watch this aren't i

 

[Hellwarden]

Slayers, dub or sub?

Do you like the voice actors from the Pokemon dub?

Because the dub of Slayers has a lot of the same voice actors.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Huh, it's called Yuri On Ice for real.

From the comments...

In katakana it's written with a long "u" instead of a short one, which means that it most likely refers to the Russian guys' name "Yuri". Plus, a lot of Japanese reports about this expressly mention that it's going to be about male figure skaters.

Epic troll if true.

 

[Line_HTX]

Do Svidaniya.

 

[JulianImp]

Slayers, dub or sub?

It's one of the shows I used to watch as a kid, so it'll always be latin dub for me.