huh I would have thought this would have been posted here already
A Certain Magical Index's Kazuma Kamachi Teases Big Project in 2017
A Certain Magical Index's Kazuma Kamachi Teases Big Project in 2017
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Winter Anime 2017 |OT| John Wick cleaning up KyoAni's mess
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NaDannMaGoGo
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Nobunaga no SHinobi - 15
This short is too short.
This short is too short.
Paltheos
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Glad you like it! Part of the appeal to me, of the game at least, is how straight it is and how quickly the game goes about establishing a sense of scale of the journey ahead. The game mucks about it in the mountain at the start a bit much, I think, and the context isn't really established as well as in the show (episode 0), but once you leave, you get a gorgeous, animated shot of the world, followed by a big overworld with exciting adventure music you're dropped into, and a clear objective. The unabashed use of the Arthurian legend together with how naturally Sorey takes onto his role without washing over the implications sold me on it. Its own twists are really fun too. A magical spirit (the lady of the lake) who fights with fire and paper!? The battle in the church after you pull the sword and first fight with Lailah is one of my favorite in the game - It really feels like a momentous occasion, the birth of the Shepherd Sorey. And Lailah's flowing combat style is gorgeous (at 60 fps!).
I think a lesser Tales game would have compromised on some of these elements, but Zestiria commits fully to them and knocks it out of the park. There's allot of things it gets wrong, but the first act as a whole is not one of them.
PshycoNinja
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Heh.
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Man I have not started anything this season yet. Just waiting for Konosuba...
Edit: I think this will be my catch up season.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Somewhere out there Kurapika is crying.
I want Uvogin to kill this chain user.
I want Uvogin to kill this chain user.
Oh you!
petran79
Banned
Decided to watch Princess Maker...eh..Princess Yucie
That show is to magical girl/shojo what Gurren Lagan is to mecha/shonen. Though it is also very underrated, despite being produced much earlier. That kind of crazy and expressful animation and characters does not work in all genres it seems.
But some episodes, especially the ones animated by Gainax, had very good quality and animation for a TV production. That character Glenda is kinda a precursor to her more adult version of Scanty and Kneesocks, in Panty and Stocking.
Character interactions are some of the best for the age group the series targets.
If you have played the Princess Maker games, you'll find the parodies and references even funnier. Though without the more kinky and adult stuff.
With Little Witch Academia finally starting, this show was the best introduction.
That show is to magical girl/shojo what Gurren Lagan is to mecha/shonen. Though it is also very underrated, despite being produced much earlier. That kind of crazy and expressful animation and characters does not work in all genres it seems.
But some episodes, especially the ones animated by Gainax, had very good quality and animation for a TV production. That character Glenda is kinda a precursor to her more adult version of Scanty and Kneesocks, in Panty and Stocking.
Character interactions are some of the best for the age group the series targets.
If you have played the Princess Maker games, you'll find the parodies and references even funnier. Though without the more kinky and adult stuff.
With Little Witch Academia finally starting, this show was the best introduction.
There really needs to be more shows with adult cast of characters.
KuwabaraTheMan
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I believe that is an accurate summation of the logic on display here.
The ACCA premiere is pretty boring and mostly setup. Not much to discuss.
You're too... slow on the highest speed setting?
AnimeGAF has changed in modern times. Sad!
*Adds to plan to watch list*
Well, I never read the plot synopsis, so I wouldn't know.
Basileus777
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Like this would have been any different in any era of animegaf. Mocking GoHands here is as old as GoHands itself.
This is like the worst example possible to try to demonstrate that.
SliceSabre
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Satanichia best girl.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
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*Starts Kemono Friends*
Wait...this isn't a short but 24 minutes, sorry Narag but I ain't doing this!
Wait...this isn't a short but 24 minutes, sorry Narag but I ain't doing this!
Joe Molotov
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Hopefully all the budget is going to Seitokai Yakuindomo: The Movie.
MikeHattsu
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I hate to say this but Sharisharu looks way better than Seval and the entire Savanna.
I thought this was an 8 minute short too. Narag lied, people died.
hosannainexcelsis
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It's not like mass shock at Hand Shakers' existence is exclusive to GAF.
Dedication Through Light
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I hope it will be something that actually gets released outside of JPN
Uh... that'll become clear shortly and it's probably not the reason you think it is. (Ha.)
mrpallyguy
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Sad that konosuba is going to have only 10 episodes T.T
ACCA
This is the first show (besides Rakugo) I've added to my queue this season. I didn't realize just how political it was.
The setting is basically a fake United States administered like late Tokugawa-era Japan (or is it closer to imperial China? The bureaucracy seems to be based on national exams). Thirteen territories were unified long ago, and are now governed relatively autonomously beneath a larger national bureaucracy. Each state has its own sort of character (the capital looks aesthetically like New York City; the protagonist Jean also goes to inspect a large agricultural state evoking the American Midwest). The primary conflict of this episode is centered on the Inspection Bureau where Jean works. Founded to stop dissent before it starts in the outer regions, it faces potential elimination in an era of seeming eternal peace.
More than the appealing art direction and unique cultural stew (everything's in Japanese, but it's all written using English characters), I like the conflicts they're setting up. This pilot raises questions about class conflict, administration, order, and trust. Branches in the bureaucracy wage internal battles, and then must contest the power of other branches. Jean himself sits in an interesting spot, holding a position with a decent amount of power but not a lot of prestige or pay, set apart from his peers because of his family's wealth.
The episode establishes a lot of interesting conflicts, and I'm really curious to see what will set everything in motion.
This is the first show (besides Rakugo) I've added to my queue this season. I didn't realize just how political it was.
The setting is basically a fake United States administered like late Tokugawa-era Japan (or is it closer to imperial China? The bureaucracy seems to be based on national exams). Thirteen territories were unified long ago, and are now governed relatively autonomously beneath a larger national bureaucracy. Each state has its own sort of character (the capital looks aesthetically like New York City; the protagonist Jean also goes to inspect a large agricultural state evoking the American Midwest). The primary conflict of this episode is centered on the Inspection Bureau where Jean works. Founded to stop dissent before it starts in the outer regions, it faces potential elimination in an era of seeming eternal peace.
It doesn't have Concrete Revolutio's technicolor pop, but ACCA still has a bright, inviting feeling to it that reminds me a lot of Bones shows I like.
More than the appealing art direction and unique cultural stew (everything's in Japanese, but it's all written using English characters), I like the conflicts they're setting up. This pilot raises questions about class conflict, administration, order, and trust. Branches in the bureaucracy wage internal battles, and then must contest the power of other branches. Jean himself sits in an interesting spot, holding a position with a decent amount of power but not a lot of prestige or pay, set apart from his peers because of his family's wealth.
The episode establishes a lot of interesting conflicts, and I'm really curious to see what will set everything in motion.
Let's hope there's another OVA episode after Season 2 finishes.
I know people had similar reactions to flowers of evil
that is how many eps the first season had. and if I recall right the light novels aren't super far in front of where another 10 ep season is likely to end. I mean you can burn through everything but then you have huge gaps like attack on titan instead of a quick second season like this.
mrpallyguy
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MikeHattsu
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Hand Shakers is the new :wonzo I guess ;P
Hm.. Where's that gif with a girl running through a forest or something and there were some bushes that were like pasted on.
Hm.. Where's that gif with a girl running through a forest or something and there were some bushes that were like pasted on.
PshycoNinja
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What the crap...!
More just like...someone sees what is being released and they choose to subject themselves to some GoHands garbage they can hand wring over for the "x"th time instead of just watching the new Madhouse show.
Cornbread78
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Damn fu(king right, same for Plastic Memories, Angel Beats, Kanon(2006), Air, Etotama, Your Lie in April, and especially Sword Art Online, lol.
So I was right, Hand Shakers is this season's Taboo Tattoo... However, I tsounds like Taboo was at least viewable...
I need to see how bad it is later.
Hand Shakers Episode 1
Lol, this was something else, didn't manage to finish it. I didn't like the visuals at all, and wtf was with the camera constantly moving in almost every scene, and who thought that was a good idea.
Lol, this was something else, didn't manage to finish it. I didn't like the visuals at all, and wtf was with the camera constantly moving in almost every scene, and who thought that was a good idea.
Basileus777
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There's no relation between the two. Hell I'm watching ACCA, the few minutes I spent looking at that GoHands show didn't use up my whole day. But trying to paint this as some modern animegaf thing as if the old community wouldn't have had hundred of posts about Hand Shakers by now is silly. You're coming off as a real stick in the mud here. "How dare people make fun of bad anime when they can be watching X."
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
No Haruhi S2 Endless Eight?
GoldCrusader
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All that hand shaker discussion has me pretty excited to watch it. I have to test this.
Cornbread78
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Well, here's the thing: Most people actually like and defend that madness here, so it doesn't fit the mold...
There are only a few of us on board with those other ones.
Etotama is actually a bad show though
and I don't recall animegaf disliking you lie in april, I recall people praising it to no end.
Fune wo Amu 3-5
Nishioka and the grandma are A+ tier supporters. Especially Nishioka, I really like him. Despite the recent developments, the show is keeping its optimistic mood and characters like Majime are moving forward.
I think I had heard some bad things about episode 4, but I'm pleased it wasn't terrible or something.
Nishioka and the grandma are A+ tier supporters. Especially Nishioka, I really like him. Despite the recent developments, the show is keeping its optimistic mood and characters like Majime are moving forward.
I think I had heard some bad things about episode 4, but I'm pleased it wasn't terrible or something.
Cornbread78
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Etotama is actually a bad show though
and I don't recall animegaf disliking you lie in april, I recall people praising it to no end.
Awe hell no, that is a GOOD show that's a lot of fun to watch!
Now on YLiA, well....... It's basically been myself and Psycho defending it's honor, lol.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
It was polarizing at least, I remember seeing a bunch of people who both loved it and hated it.
Ah I'm glad I didn't miss something then! I can only wonder what crazy reason she has to be so pissed off by now haha.
ACCA - 1
Nice backgrounds and I do like the character designs but, eh, I wasn't really felling entertained or hooked but about par the course for an episode that's setting up the series. I'll wait on the sidelines and see if people continue to enjoy this before dedicating more time to it.
There really isn't anything for me to watch this season other then Little Witch Academia.
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