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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -4| It's not my fault!
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I'll take one order of Wakamoto Circulation.
maoyuu maou yuusha - 01
I wish the author understood just how ruinous the cost of war was, back in the day. I'm just reminded of how horribly annoyed I get when I read the manga, and the other reminder, that if people expect the hero & demon queen's relationship to get any better, resembling the deliberate casting echoes of Kolo and Lawrence, it'll never happen. This is as far as it gets. The characters remain ciphers bound to their RPG roles. The story will never get more convincing.
No point in commenting on some of the more questionable decisions re: production, it's been beaten into the ground already. I didn't mind the more LN-conscious designs - here's a comparison chart if you were curious.
The best parts of the episode all featured the female Sawashiro knight. In some better world MMY features not some stilted conversations about misguided applications of forum economy on medieval history, but instead, is about the entertaining adventures of a hot blond female knight and her bros, traveling the world, fighting monsters.
I wish the author understood just how ruinous the cost of war was, back in the day. I'm just reminded of how horribly annoyed I get when I read the manga, and the other reminder, that if people expect the hero & demon queen's relationship to get any better, resembling the deliberate casting echoes of Kolo and Lawrence, it'll never happen. This is as far as it gets. The characters remain ciphers bound to their RPG roles. The story will never get more convincing.
No point in commenting on some of the more questionable decisions re: production, it's been beaten into the ground already. I didn't mind the more LN-conscious designs - here's a comparison chart if you were curious.
The best parts of the episode all featured the female Sawashiro knight. In some better world MMY features not some stilted conversations about misguided applications of forum economy on medieval history, but instead, is about the entertaining adventures of a hot blond female knight and her bros, traveling the world, fighting monsters.
is that any reason to call someone a "total dumbfuck" ?
I mean shit, I wouldn't even call people I dislike that
First two columns are easily the best
Hell yes. Best version. Legendary.
maoyuu maou yuusha - 01
I wish the author understood just how ruinous the cost of war was, back in the day. I'm just reminded of how horribly annoyed I get when I read the manga, and the other reminder, that if people expect the hero & demon queen's relationship to get any better, resembling the deliberate casting echoes of Kolo and Lawrence, it'll never happen. This is as far as it gets. The characters remain ciphers bound to their RPG roles. The story will never get more convincing.
No point in commenting on some of the more questionable decisions re: production, it's been beaten into the ground already. I didn't mind the more LN-conscious designs - here's a comparison chart if you were curious.
The best parts of the episode all featured the female Sawashiro knight. In some better world MMY features not some stilted conversations about misguided applications of forum economy on medieval history, but instead, is about the entertaining adventures of a hot blond female knight and her bros, traveling the world, fighting monsters.
Second group looks the best.
dakkumauji
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Didn't know that the other designs look a lot better than the anime's for the two main characters.
Definitely like the first two designs, with the last two designs before the anime's after that.
Dedication Through Light
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theres six adaptations? The otherstory you mention sounds way more intriguing than the anime
2nd and 5th column are good.
middle or bust imoThe biggest fuck up of the character designs is this
The biggest fuck up of the character designs is this
(anime, Comp Ace manga, LN)
MIDDLE
Shin Seikai Yori 14
Direction-wise this felt pretty standard even with Yamauchi story-boarding it, guess this is what happens when he doesn't handle the direction too. Some of the revelations and plot developments had me awe-struck though, everything seems to be coming together really well, and I'm eager to see what they have coming next.
I do have a small concern about the future direction of the series, judging from the preview it looks like things are going get
here's hoping they don't screw it up from a editing and direction perspective like they did with 5-7.
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun / My Little Monsters (13 - FINALE)
I enjoyed the finale, but it's strange like most of the series it was relatively entertaining but it had this feeling of emptiness by the time you are finished with it. A bit of a shame, because the show at it's best had the perfect mix of tone, direction and art style for a shoujo romcom like this, the biggest problem with it all is it lacked any form of emotional resonance for any of the characters, even after 13 episodes I found it hard to get invested in any of the characters on a personal emotional level, despite the fact I greatly enjoyed their humorous interactions on a daily basis, this is definitely something that last years Ano Natsu de Matteru did far better than this. Which as it stands is still the best animu romcom of last-year!
Direction-wise this felt pretty standard even with Yamauchi story-boarding it, guess this is what happens when he doesn't handle the direction too. Some of the revelations and plot developments had me awe-struck though, everything seems to be coming together really well, and I'm eager to see what they have coming next.
what was up with that last shot of maria?
I do have a small concern about the future direction of the series, judging from the preview it looks like things are going get
action-packed
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun / My Little Monsters (13 - FINALE)
I enjoyed the finale, but it's strange like most of the series it was relatively entertaining but it had this feeling of emptiness by the time you are finished with it. A bit of a shame, because the show at it's best had the perfect mix of tone, direction and art style for a shoujo romcom like this, the biggest problem with it all is it lacked any form of emotional resonance for any of the characters, even after 13 episodes I found it hard to get invested in any of the characters on a personal emotional level, despite the fact I greatly enjoyed their humorous interactions on a daily basis, this is definitely something that last years Ano Natsu de Matteru did far better than this. Which as it stands is still the best animu romcom of last-year!
The biggest fuck up of the character designs is this
(anime, Comp Ace manga, LN)
I actually was fine with the other anime designs (even Demon Queen) except for this. The manga design was definitely my favorite out of those.
You ever get real hungry and then get yourself a big dinner, scarf it down to quickly and feel like crap afterward? I got that right now.
Probably gonna focus on anime the rest of the night. I feel pretty comfortable leaving the Vikings-Packers game aside, seeing as how Joe Webb has set his sights on putting up the most laughably bad performance ever.
Probably gonna focus on anime the rest of the night. I feel pretty comfortable leaving the Vikings-Packers game aside, seeing as how Joe Webb has set his sights on putting up the most laughably bad performance ever.
Middle knight girl is the best.
Sailor Moon 31 aka Luna's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Luna strays into bad cat territory and gets cornered. Tuxedo mas- errr...some fat cat named Rhett Butler throws a fishbone in their path distracting them (this was awesome by the way) and escapes with Luna. Meanwhile Zoicite thinks he has found the next crystal in the
. He corners her in an alleyway
. The senshi try to stop Zoicite, but foolishly try to use their powers in narrow confines. That cant be a great idea.
. Sailor Mars arrives and later Sailor Mercury and Sailor moon join her to finish the job and return
to normal.
I don't really know if I should bother spoiler tagging some of that. how important is it really? But just to be safe I guess.
Luna strays into bad cat territory and gets cornered. Tuxedo mas- errr...some fat cat named Rhett Butler throws a fishbone in their path distracting them (this was awesome by the way) and escapes with Luna. Meanwhile Zoicite thinks he has found the next crystal in the
little girl who owns the cat
but the cat escapes, and Zoicite realizes the girl isnt the one with the crystal, Rhett Butler is
Rhett and Luna escape down a manhole cover into the sewer. Zioicite follows but is soon surrounded by rats. The pack of rats chases Zoicite, Rhett and Luna out of the sewer. Zoicite uses this opportunity to turn Rhett into a youma, but Tuxedo Kamen (the real one) steals the crystal away
Rhett
I don't really know if I should bother spoiler tagging some of that. how important is it really? But just to be safe I guess.
Dedication Through Light
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Little Busters! 13
Lovely flashback for Riki and co, otherwise almost got emotional.
Lovely flashback for Riki and co, otherwise almost got emotional.
I thought nishizono san was gonna go off herself in the ocean or something talking about shes wishes she met them earlier, already had decided, dont never forget her, and going to the end, even more when the no shadows was introduced. If these people are gone and leae Riki and us sad breaking up Little Busters
Anime/Game Studio Gonzo Posts Higher Earnings, Profit
Animation studio Gonzo (Full Metal Panic!, Black Cat) announced on Wednesday that it earned 431 million yen (about US$4,947,000) in the April-September 2012 period. It also noted that these earnings are 17% higher than its earnings from the same period a year ago. Its preliminary projection for net profit is 72 million yen (US$820,000), compared to a net loss of 42 million yen (US$550,000) in the same period the year before.
Gonzo has not only been producing anime, but they have also been doing practical business with properties they already own. These efforts have been focusing on the Internet, with the company licensing its properties for online streaming, video games, and toys. Gonzo also established a subsidiary of the company in Okinawa in 2012. The company is currently focusing on more business overseas in other parts of Asia, particularly in China.
Source: animeanime.biz
Animation studio Gonzo (Full Metal Panic!, Black Cat) announced on Wednesday that it earned 431 million yen (about US$4,947,000) in the April-September 2012 period. It also noted that these earnings are 17% higher than its earnings from the same period a year ago. Its preliminary projection for net profit is 72 million yen (US$820,000), compared to a net loss of 42 million yen (US$550,000) in the same period the year before.
Gonzo has not only been producing anime, but they have also been doing practical business with properties they already own. These efforts have been focusing on the Internet, with the company licensing its properties for online streaming, video games, and toys. Gonzo also established a subsidiary of the company in Okinawa in 2012. The company is currently focusing on more business overseas in other parts of Asia, particularly in China.
Source: animeanime.biz
finally, the glass fleet mmo we've all been waiting for
Always worth preserving a gag for others, I'd think. That ep was something special.
It was pretty awesome I'll admit. Far better than this piece of shit football game that's on.
Yeah, concerning maoyuu maou yuusha, the knight girl's the only good thing about the show and she had like 15 seconds of screen time.
Second coming of Spice and Wolf this is not.
Oh and fucking jormungand! Fucking shit ass ending. All they needed to do just to hit like a 5 out of 10 was show Koko
Second coming of Spice and Wolf this is not.
Oh and fucking jormungand! Fucking shit ass ending. All they needed to do just to hit like a 5 out of 10 was show Koko
pushing the fucking button! That's it! Now, since it ended as she was about to press the button for all we know it may not get activated. Of course we're to assume it did because of how Jonah talks but, seriously, why not just animate another 2 seconds and show her actually pushing the fucking button? Not since Bento have I found skipping a main climax so insulting but this is worse because of the total lack of effort it'd take to show her pushing a fucking button as opposed to drawing an exciting fight.
I turned it off after seeing the magic of Joe Webb. Slept through the Texans game. I thought I was excited for Wild Card Weekend. Guess not!
I spoiler tag everything. Also, Narag's gif is amazing. You'll love Artemis. And watching my brother masturbate would be better than watching Joe Webb playing whatever the fuck he's playing.
Decided to start K-ON!
I posted in there I was gonna go back to watching Sailor Moon. Everyone's like "wut?"
Frankman understands.
YES
be sure to start with the directors cut of episode 1 for all that KAWAMORI SYMBOLISM
You'll be missing out on vital anti-war themes, environmental concerns, and the mystery of center nova if you don't.
@ 0:08: so they took Kaoru parts and Ouji parts and assembled an ugly new bishounen with a really douchey hat. Fresh/Suite hybrid confirmed. Will probably be bad.
Your avatar is a good approximation of the reaction you will likely have.
K-ON! 1
Hmm. Good at least to see Mio has good taste in guitarists and jammed the fuck out to Zeppelin before. And I can definitely appreciate anybody whose hobbies include laying around and rolling around on the floor, so good on you Yui. And I don't know. I thought Mio, Ritsu, and Tsumugi had good chemistry.
I bet any of these girls would play better quarterback than Joe Webb.
Hmm. Good at least to see Mio has good taste in guitarists and jammed the fuck out to Zeppelin before. And I can definitely appreciate anybody whose hobbies include laying around and rolling around on the floor, so good on you Yui. And I don't know. I thought Mio, Ritsu, and Tsumugi had good chemistry.
I bet any of these girls would play better quarterback than Joe Webb.
Excellent choice. K-On is one of the most well animated shows you are likely to find. no exaggerations here. It is really that good. Its entertaining, uplifting, and CUTE AS FUCK. You will love it.
I think Ritsu would be a better QB than Joe Webb. Yui would make better decisions.
You're only on, like, episode 6, right? Or are you on the second season?
Second season, finished episode 6.
So we don't have the full list yet, but here's some of the numbers from the weekly sales rankings for December 24-30. All splits are BD/DVD, and as always, first volumes are bolded:
Sword Art Online vol. 3 -- 25,550 / 6,172
Little Busters! vol. 1 -- 8,358 / 1,757
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb vol. 1 -- 7,306 / 1,610
Hyouka vol. 7 -- 6,969 / 1,045
Accel World vol. 6 -- 6,148 / 1,413
Dog Days' vol. 4 -- 5,227 / 1,833
Aquarion Evol vol. 9 -- 3,992 / 1,206
Kamisama Hajimemashita vol. 1 -- 3,155 DVD
No data yet on Busou Shinki, OniAi, or Sukitte Ii na yo, and note that KamiKiss's total sales might be higher once the extended BD list comes in. Looking at the predictions, they should all get some numbers except for Sukitte, which is definitely going to crater hard.
Thus, these are the current known temporal BD+DVD rankings for Fall:
14,458 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
13,550 Girls und Panzer
11,723 Gintama' Enchousen
10,214 To LOVE-Ru Darkness
10,115 Little Busters
*8,916 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
*7,503 K
*5,659 Psycho-Pass
*3,155 Kamisama Hajimemashita
*2,494 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
*2,392 Jormungand Perfect Order
*1,759 Ixion Saga DT
No sales data (numbers too low for weekly lists):
**,*** BTOOOM!
**,*** Shinsekai Yori
**,*** Code:Breaker
**,*** Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You
**,*** Initial D 5th Stage
Sword Art Online vol. 3 -- 25,550 / 6,172
Little Busters! vol. 1 -- 8,358 / 1,757
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb vol. 1 -- 7,306 / 1,610
Hyouka vol. 7 -- 6,969 / 1,045
Accel World vol. 6 -- 6,148 / 1,413
Dog Days' vol. 4 -- 5,227 / 1,833
Aquarion Evol vol. 9 -- 3,992 / 1,206
Kamisama Hajimemashita vol. 1 -- 3,155 DVD
No data yet on Busou Shinki, OniAi, or Sukitte Ii na yo, and note that KamiKiss's total sales might be higher once the extended BD list comes in. Looking at the predictions, they should all get some numbers except for Sukitte, which is definitely going to crater hard.
Thus, these are the current known temporal BD+DVD rankings for Fall:
14,458 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
13,550 Girls und Panzer
11,723 Gintama' Enchousen
10,214 To LOVE-Ru Darkness
10,115 Little Busters
*8,916 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
*7,503 K
*5,659 Psycho-Pass
*3,155 Kamisama Hajimemashita
*2,494 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
*2,392 Jormungand Perfect Order
*1,759 Ixion Saga DT
No sales data (numbers too low for weekly lists):
**,*** BTOOOM!
**,*** Shinsekai Yori
**,*** Code:Breaker
**,*** Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You
**,*** Initial D 5th Stage
little busters! 13
Okay, so the episode starts off with everyone except Naoe forgetting that Mio Nishizono exists. Naoe finds Mio sitting where she always does and she starts to talk about how she's going to go to the beginning of the end and gives Naoe her favourite book. Naoe decides to come along with her to the beach where she meets her twin sister(?) "Midori" who's pretty upbeat and outward going, unlike the quiet and reserved "Mio". It is revealed that Mio carries around a parasol because
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Okay, so the episode starts off with everyone except Naoe forgetting that Mio Nishizono exists. Naoe finds Mio sitting where she always does and she starts to talk about how she's going to go to the beginning of the end and gives Naoe her favourite book. Naoe decides to come along with her to the beach where she meets her twin sister(?) "Midori" who's pretty upbeat and outward going, unlike the quiet and reserved "Mio". It is revealed that Mio carries around a parasol because
she has no shadow. Not long after discovering this, Naoe faints and is brought back to the dorm.
When asked about why he was at the beach, he can't remember. Things continue as normal over the next few days but he feels like he's forgetting someone. It's not until he discovers her book that he suddenly remembers her. He suddenly asks where Nishizono is and eventually finds out that "Mio" hadn't disappeared at all but now has the personality of "Midori". When question the others what happened to "Midori" they have no clue what he's talking about and assure him that "Mio" has always been like this.
Naoe is later confronted by "Midori" at the same tree that "Mio" use to sit and feed birds under. "Midori" tells Naoe that he's the only one that can tell the difference between the two. Naoe demands that "Midori" tell him where "Mio" is and what she did to her. "Midori" tells Naoe that she is "Mio's" missing shadow and reveals that she now doesn't have a shadow either unlike earlier but doesn't care as no-one notices. "Midori" then steals the book and tells Naoe that he'll never remember Mio again without it. She starts to tear the book in half before stopping as she realises that he'll forget about "Mio" regardless and gives him the book back.
When asked about why he was at the beach, he can't remember. Things continue as normal over the next few days but he feels like he's forgetting someone. It's not until he discovers her book that he suddenly remembers her. He suddenly asks where Nishizono is and eventually finds out that "Mio" hadn't disappeared at all but now has the personality of "Midori". When question the others what happened to "Midori" they have no clue what he's talking about and assure him that "Mio" has always been like this.
Naoe is later confronted by "Midori" at the same tree that "Mio" use to sit and feed birds under. "Midori" tells Naoe that he's the only one that can tell the difference between the two. Naoe demands that "Midori" tell him where "Mio" is and what she did to her. "Midori" tells Naoe that she is "Mio's" missing shadow and reveals that she now doesn't have a shadow either unlike earlier but doesn't care as no-one notices. "Midori" then steals the book and tells Naoe that he'll never remember Mio again without it. She starts to tear the book in half before stopping as she realises that he'll forget about "Mio" regardless and gives him the book back.
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Started watching Kanon tonight, and just finished episode 5. I think I have it figured out.
Gonna spoiler tag in case I'm actually right and not just insane.
"Uguu" girl is
.
The interactions between Makoto and Yuuichi are probably the best part of the show so far. Yuuichi is an admirable asshole.
Sword-girl is
Blanket-girl is most likely
Those are my best theories. Please don't tell me if I'm right or wrong though for the sake of spoilers.
Gonna spoiler tag in case I'm actually right and not just insane.
"Uguu" girl is
dead and most likely a ghost. She sprouts angel wings in the OP. That's kind of a give away, and she mentioned how she's the same age but it still piratically a child. She also has some connection to Asuka-wannabe Makoto. I'm betting sister, because of the similar appearance, the way she gets all uneasy around her and "auuu" is just another "uguu"
The interactions between Makoto and Yuuichi are probably the best part of the show so far. Yuuichi is an admirable asshole.
Sword-girl is
the equivalent to the kid in sixth sense, which is why she seems to know something is up with Makoto.
Blanket-girl is most likely
also a dead girl. Although it would be strange to have two ghosts running around, but hey, it's an anime after all.
Those are my best theories. Please don't tell me if I'm right or wrong though for the sake of spoilers.
Since I'm bored-ish now, I'll post impressions on the Bebop episodes I've watched with my brother the last few days.
Cowboy Bebop 7
The Heavy Metal Queen was a pretty cool character, though I would have liked a more significant reveal of what her name was than what was given. I mean, the wife of a dead bounty hunter? Eh, could have handled it better.
Cowboy Bebop 8
Definitely one of my favorite episodes of the show so far. The relationship Spike developed with that pasty dude was pretty cool, and made all the more bittersweet at the end. "Did you see me master? I was fluid as water." Shit. Also, his sister was a cool, sweet gal. Noble reason for the dude to try to steal that stuff. Doesn't make it any less dumb trying, though.
Cowboy Bebop 9
A lonely satellite, eh? Carving animal friends in the Earth's crust. Kinda contrived, but I guess this sorta thing is fairly plausible in this universe. The scene with Jett trying to get information on EDWARD was pretty hilarious. "He's a seven-foot-tall, ex-basketball playing, Hindu, cross-dressing alien". I wish I was this talented a hacker when I was a kid. Hell, I wish I could do that shit now. Scene at the end was great too. "You know Jett, there's three things that I hate. Kids, animals, and girls with attitudes. So tell me, Jett: WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM CONCENTRATED ON OUR SHIP?!" May change my avatar to Ein at some point, cause Ein is rad.
Cowboy Bebop 10
Easily the most emotional episode outside of 5. Scene with Jett visiting his ex at the pub and seeing the way she left him was tough. The scene at the end with him pursuing her boyfriend for his bounty and her pointing the gun at him was intense.
Cowboy Bebop 7
The Heavy Metal Queen was a pretty cool character, though I would have liked a more significant reveal of what her name was than what was given. I mean, the wife of a dead bounty hunter? Eh, could have handled it better.
Cowboy Bebop 8
Definitely one of my favorite episodes of the show so far. The relationship Spike developed with that pasty dude was pretty cool, and made all the more bittersweet at the end. "Did you see me master? I was fluid as water." Shit. Also, his sister was a cool, sweet gal. Noble reason for the dude to try to steal that stuff. Doesn't make it any less dumb trying, though.
Cowboy Bebop 9
A lonely satellite, eh? Carving animal friends in the Earth's crust. Kinda contrived, but I guess this sorta thing is fairly plausible in this universe. The scene with Jett trying to get information on EDWARD was pretty hilarious. "He's a seven-foot-tall, ex-basketball playing, Hindu, cross-dressing alien". I wish I was this talented a hacker when I was a kid. Hell, I wish I could do that shit now. Scene at the end was great too. "You know Jett, there's three things that I hate. Kids, animals, and girls with attitudes. So tell me, Jett: WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THREE OF THEM CONCENTRATED ON OUR SHIP?!" May change my avatar to Ein at some point, cause Ein is rad.
Cowboy Bebop 10
Easily the most emotional episode outside of 5. Scene with Jett visiting his ex at the pub and seeing the way she left him was tough. The scene at the end with him pursuing her boyfriend for his bounty and her pointing the gun at him was intense.
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