Admiral Woofington
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Full series? Anime may genuinely be saved now
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Winter Anime 2017 |OT| John Wick cleaning up KyoAni's mess
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Yep, it was a technically not a second season but I wouldn't miss an opportunity to highlight how much that second half stood out from the first.
The second half was essentially how corporate downscaling or restructuring can affect a more artistic work and the people involved in the work. It doesn't necessarily put the suits in a negative light but shows that they just a different perspective towards things, sometimes that's good and other times, not so much. While that was the overarching story, there are many other themes(self-discovery, overcoming personal problems etc) the show touched on relayed through individual stories or as a group. Each of them added layers of depth to the characters unseen in the first half, they've really had a profound impression on me.
Uzuki was depressed the later part of the show since she saw everyone discovered a different side of them over the course of the show, learning how they were unique she feels left out.
Dedication Through Light
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24 episodes.
Cornbread78
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Fuuka ep.10
I am so sick of anime this week, fu(k it all. It's all trash and all needs to just stop. This is seriously the worst week I have encountered in anime since I started watching a couple years ago, it's been nothing but bull$hit NTR's and plot changes.... complete crap.
Oh and from what I've read, this is where the big "Twist" was supposed to happen, but nope, they went anime original with a brand-new bullshit plotline and will end the show on a stupid note, since everything from here forward is anime original, sorry folks, no
he even got NTR'd by this crap....
I am so sick of anime this week, fu(k it all. It's all trash and all needs to just stop. This is seriously the worst week I have encountered in anime since I started watching a couple years ago, it's been nothing but bull$hit NTR's and plot changes.... complete crap.
Oh and from what I've read, this is where the big "Twist" was supposed to happen, but nope, they went anime original with a brand-new bullshit plotline and will end the show on a stupid note, since everything from here forward is anime original, sorry folks, no
"Truck-kun,"
PdotMichael
Banned
So after watching the first bunch of episode of the Idolm@ster anime I must the songs and performances are sure way weaker than in LL - I guess a result of not using CG models for the live shows.
Though I like the character dynamics quite between the girls and between the girls and Producer-san so I can't wait to watch more of the series.
Also the line "Are you ready? I'm a lady!" in the opening cracks me up.
Though I like the character dynamics quite between the girls and between the girls and Producer-san so I can't wait to watch more of the series.
Also the line "Are you ready? I'm a lady!" in the opening cracks me up.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
The fact that there's still 2-3 more episodes left leaves me feeling there's still more romance-shenanigans left. The fact that the episode went out of it's way to point out how "The childhood friend won for once" and Kyouki still gets irrationally jealous of Fuuka leads me to believe her romance with Yu won't be lasting.
MultiJhonny
Banned
Your first mistake was watching anime in the first place.
it is always the worst week of anime
Cornbread78
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Lol, I did laugh to myself when his mom said that. I didn't know it was coming, but when the "twist" happened and they showed the outcome I could tell that something was wrong with the scene. Because they played up the dramatics right before and during it, then, itwasnothing.gif....
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Funny thing is it's not even offensively bad, just really trite lol
I like watching this sort of junk every five years or so and this one at least has pleasant art and hasn't offended me or anything.
Cornbread78
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That was my favorite episode of the show by far!
I may be exaggerating a little with my response, but it's been a frustrating week with all these horrible plot directions and NTR's. This show just skipped it's big "hook/twist" and made it embarrassingly obvious..
Has been a pretty good week for me!
The only thing I've watched so far was Konosuba
GoldCrusader
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Fate/Prototype
SliceSabre was right...this was just one BIG TEASE! I could see where some of the character came from like caster and Lancer, but dammit...This had so little male Saber
That Gilgamesh space spear attack vs Saber's excalibur was pretty amazing though!
So on a scale of never to maybe, what are the chances male Saber appears in anime form again?
Also I find the design of male Saber better in Grand Order. I mean look at this King!
SliceSabre was right...this was just one BIG TEASE! I could see where some of the character came from like caster and Lancer, but dammit...This had so little male Saber
That Gilgamesh space spear attack vs Saber's excalibur was pretty amazing though!
So on a scale of never to maybe, what are the chances male Saber appears in anime form again?
Also I find the design of male Saber better in Grand Order. I mean look at this King!
The performances in Love Live are garbage though. The CG is awful and it looks bad in motion, while the 2D performances in im@s are very well animated (like the ryuuguu komachi one in ep 6 or something). Megumi Kouno da goddess.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
You should watch the Virtual Girlfriend arc from Gintama. I think that should lighten your mood.
Cornbread78
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Has been a pretty good week for me!
The only thing I've watched so far was Konosuba
Lol, good call...
Fate/Prototype
SliceSabre was right...this was just one BIG TEASE! I could see where some of the character came from like caster and Lancer, but dammit...This had so little male Saber
That Gilgamesh space spear attack vs Saber's excalibur was pretty amazing though!
So on a scale of never to maybe, what are the chances male Saber appears in anime form again?
As much as I would like to see some sort of Fate/Prototype series, I don't really feel like it's that likely. We'd be more likely to get some sort of full series out of Grand Order, given how popular that is. Male Saber could always appear in that.
GoldCrusader
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I hope you are right! Come on Grand Order! Do your thing!
Generally, Love Live treats things like a music video. I don't mean just the performances necessarily either, as it's something which informs a lot of the way the series timed in general, but when it comes to the actual music performances, everything in Love Live very much takes place in a kind of hyper-reality that often doesn't actually make any sense within the context of the actual show. It's fine, but that is its approach - they stuck music PVs, much like the ones they were releasing for the singles prior to the TV anime, into the middle of the show.
That's not really something that iM@S is particularly interested in. Infact, there's not actually that much in the way of actual music performances in it. The business model for the show itself was very different, to a degree - with Love Live (and Sunshine) you could see that they were pretty much under requirement to release a new single every 2-3 episodes. iM@S, on the other hand, was actually mostly just raiding music from the franchises backcatalogue, which is how they could manage to have a unique insert song and ED theme for every single episode of the show.
That being said, if you are judging the quality of the performance animation from Alright* in the shows third episode, that's not really indicative of the overall quality of stage performances in the show. There's a couple which are, from a technical point of view, incredibly impressive, though none of them are the perfectly formed PVs that you see in Love Live.
(If you want to see what an actual animated iM@S music PV would look like, look up the songs from the Shiny Festa games/OAVs. Those are cool)
MultiJhonny
Banned
Cute slice of life anime has taken over my life.
Place to Place and K-On! are delightful. No substance but fun to watch. why am i subjecting myself to this
Place to Place and K-On! are delightful. No substance but fun to watch. why am i subjecting myself to this
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Ancient Magus' Bride OVA 02
Hmmm. Alright episode, but it didn't really have a lot of what I like about the series in it.
Hmmm. Alright episode, but it didn't really have a lot of what I like about the series in it.
MikeHattsu
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hosannainexcelsis
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K-ON!! has plenty of substance. (If you're just watching the first season though, then sure.)
PdotMichael
Banned
Still at episode 5 of Idolmaster but I thought it was pretty lazy how there weren't even attempts of matching songs and visuals but it was often just an overlay to normal anime scenes.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Yep. Seo (the author) says they took it out for whatever reason, which means its pointless to watch.
Given that they actually did the part with the twist in this episode and then not only didn't do it but made it impossible to ever happen despite teasing it reall yhard, the original twist was that
Fuuka gets hit by the truck and dies and it turns out its not a series about Fuuka Akitsuki, its a series about a band named after a singer named Fuuka - 80% of the series mostly features Fuuka Aoi, another character who literally isn't going to be in this unless they somehow shove her in the the next two episodes. He also never went out with Koyuki, he was dating Akitsuki after rejecting Koyuki, and then after she dies Koyuki tries again and gets rejected in favor of Aoi.
The title "Fuuka" mostly refers to the band, which is made out of either Akitsuki or Aoi's names - "Fallen Moon" is Akitsuki, and the band renames itself "Blue Wells" for Aoi.
The title "Fuuka" mostly refers to the band, which is made out of either Akitsuki or Aoi's names - "Fallen Moon" is Akitsuki, and the band renames itself "Blue Wells" for Aoi.
Cornbread78
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Blue Exorcist S2 ep.10
Yup, this was awesome. Everything is going to hell and they are fighting back the best they can! The battles are intense and the characters are all putting in work to defeat the Impure King... Excellent stuff!
The scene was just soo bad. I mean, they played up the traffic lights, the music, the keychain into this big dramatic moment and I said to myself, shit, so THIS is the twist, and then that happened, I was like, WTF? Then I read online about wahat really happened.... uugghh
btw, that true plot is garbage as well. Hopefully, like Yuu's mom said, the childhood friend actually wins for once! I would like a final scene with
However, I can already see the alternate garbage plot that is coming with Fuuka still being involved.... screw her.
Yup, this was awesome. Everything is going to hell and they are fighting back the best they can! The battles are intense and the characters are all putting in work to defeat the Impure King... Excellent stuff!
The scene was just soo bad. I mean, they played up the traffic lights, the music, the keychain into this big dramatic moment and I said to myself, shit, so THIS is the twist, and then that happened, I was like, WTF? Then I read online about wahat really happened.... uugghh
btw, that true plot is garbage as well. Hopefully, like Yuu's mom said, the childhood friend actually wins for once! I would like a final scene with
Kayomi replacing Fuuka and becoming the lead signer of Fallen Moon
Razgriz-Specter
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Man, the Sword Art movie has me craving AR tech and games now.
Dedication Through Light
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I liked the singing in the mall with all the bells and whistles aspect of AR.
MultiJhonny
Banned
It is pretty great to watch as I can just not think and totally unwind.
Yeah I am still on the first season.
Next up to watch though is Konosuba and rewatch Gundam 00, my fav Gundam series
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, Fuuka didn't do anything particularly unlikable at all in the original material.
She was mostly just plucky and nice. None of this side crap actually happened - she immediately told Koyuki she didn't want Yuu to date her and immediately started dating him.
Razgriz-Specter
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LOL,
The movie actually sold it pretty well because it wasn't just video game stuff(which VR is already pretty cool at)
Particularly after the Pokemon GO craze you can really picture it.
SliceSabre
Banned
I'm framing this.
Cornbread78
Member
Her character depiction has been so weird in this show from the first meeting until now, which is why if they go another NTR route
Taking Yuu away from Kayomi
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Watching the new season of Love, I'm reminded of Scum's Wish, which is probably a good thing for both shows in my mind. The big difference being that since Love is an adult show, a character can actually say she is a sex addict and talk about going to Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous as opposed to just being a shitty person. lol
This came out last year actually before the first of the prequel OVAs, but they hadn't announced a full series at the time. I always wondered if they might considering this video seemed like an ad for the whole thing. Glad it turned out to be the case.
Hellwarden
Member
Yeah that was awful.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Descending Stories 10
That was a really, really heartwarming episode.
That was a really, really heartwarming episode.
UNTIL THE ENDING
Cornbread78
Member
Night and day from the boring start..
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu S2 10:
What an episode. Gorgeous colors, great expressions, and some amazingly tender scenes. I went through the range of almost every emotion you can have in this episode. It was just a sheer master class in anime writing, from the scene outside of the theater at the front as everyone wonders what their place is in the world (with the theater burning down representing the idea of Rakugo dying in a much more overt way), to Yotaro's musing on what the nature of a relationship between master and disciple is, to his scene's with Konatsu, and of course the main attraction of the episode being that extended scene with Konatsu and Yakumo. It was just perfect. It hit all of the staples of their relationship, and advanced things at the same time.
It's in that scene that I think the family drama became at it's strongest.
What an episode. Gorgeous colors, great expressions, and some amazingly tender scenes. I went through the range of almost every emotion you can have in this episode. It was just a sheer master class in anime writing, from the scene outside of the theater at the front as everyone wonders what their place is in the world (with the theater burning down representing the idea of Rakugo dying in a much more overt way), to Yotaro's musing on what the nature of a relationship between master and disciple is, to his scene's with Konatsu, and of course the main attraction of the episode being that extended scene with Konatsu and Yakumo. It was just perfect. It hit all of the staples of their relationship, and advanced things at the same time.
It's in that scene that I think the family drama became at it's strongest.
You can really feel the way in which Yakumo has now fully accepted this family as his true family and can just look at the whole thing with a sense of pride. And that's what makes that cliffhanger all the more tragic and poignant. It feels like Yakumo has finally found a purpose in continuing to live even if he can no longer perform Rakugo.
Really...? Like DiGiKerot already said they're unique songs that are often chosen because they are relevant to the scene/character. To think of it as "lazy" is super weird when the show wears its production strength on its sleeve...
Ghost People #9
Honestly this scene made a better job at conveying he had feelings for her than the whole of S1. Maybe because it didn't look like he was also in love with Sukero
for half of the episode too.
Also woah, I can't believe they packed two kick-ass Rakugo performances in the same episode.
Honestly this scene made a better job at conveying he had feelings for her than the whole of S1. Maybe because it didn't look like he was also in love with Sukero
's rakugo
Also woah, I can't believe they packed two kick-ass Rakugo performances in the same episode.
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