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[madp]

Link doesnt work.

cajun's existence has no beginning and no end.

 

[amishpriest99]

http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0049357

It's official now:

It's a downgrade, but I don't really hate it. It's still the Major.

 

[Kurita]

Articalys is back?

 

[amishpriest99]

It makes sense after a couple watches, they just chose to tell the story in a very obtuse way. It likes to name drop philosophers, and lots of people seem to think it pretentious.

You're probably right. I owe it a rewatch as it's been a few years. Haven't watched since I originally bought the Geneon DVD's.

 

[cajunator]

Well, that's the thing - how radically different it is from regular iM@S veers is kind of part of the point. Even the character designs are only very superficially similar to the original game ones.

Have you seen My-HiME, My-ZHiME, Code Geass and/or Gundam Seed (Destiny)?

My-Hime and code Geass, yes. Really enjoyed My-Hime.

Weekly BD/DVD/CD rankings for January 7-13:

Blu-ray
*1, 7,101 *7,101 Tari Tari vol.5
*2, 3,905 *3,905 K vol.4
*3, 3,590 *3,590 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.5
*4, 2,855 *2,855 Minami-ke Blu-ray Box
*5, 2,358 18,713 Girls und Panzer vol.1
*6, 1,332 *1,332 Ixion Saga DT vol.2
*8, *,896 **,896 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Alternative
*9, *,881 28,442 Sword Art Online vol.3 Limited Edition
10, *,862 **,862 Moyashimon Returns vol.5

DVD
*1, 6,534 *,**6,534 Initial D Fifth Stage vol.1
*2, 2,164 *,**2,164 One Piece 15th Season vol.2
*3, 1,814 *,**1,814 Ixion Saga DT vol.2
*4, 1,712 *,**1,712 K vol.4
*5, 1,200 *,**1,200 Naruto: Shippuuden Kyubi Shoaku to Inga naru Kaiko no Sho vol.4
*6, 1,021 1,176,535 My Neighbor Totoro
*7, *,836 *,***,836 Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume NEO vol.3
*8, *,815 1,221,656 Howl's Moving Castle
*9, *,791 *,***,791 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.5
12, *,716 *,***,716 Moyashimon Returns vol.5
15, *,615 *,**8,779 Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Kyurem vs. Seikenshi
16, *,609 *,*61,642 From Up on Poppy Hill
18, *,570 *,497,159 Kiki's Delivery Service
20, *,514 *,*21,085 One Piece Log Collection "Brook"
22, *,508 *,*21,145 One Piece Log Collection "OHZ"
24, *,462 *,**4,335 Kamisama Hajimemashita vol.1
27, *,446 *,**7,510 Sore Ike! Anpanman
30, *,427 *,***,427 Fairy Tail vol.36

Single CD
*3, 41,923 *41,923 Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge "Reason"
*4, 22,176 *22,176 Tanken Driland "Bunbun Nine9'"
*8, 12,606 276,155 Magi "Yubi Boenkyo"
*9, 11,210 *11,210 Ginga e Kickoff!! "Jinsei Wahaha!"
14, *6,158 **6,158 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.2 Chihaya
15, *6,105 **6,105 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.1 Takane
20, *4,014 *52,177 Ao no Exorcist Movie "Reversi"
46, *1,291 *42,112 Ixion Saga DT "DT Suteru" "Let's Go ED"

Tari Tari strong, Initial D outperformed estimates by something like 150%, and Chihaya > Takane confirmed.

Welcome back!
Leave my Takane alone ;_;

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Weekly BD/DVD/CD rankings for January 7-13:

Blu-ray
*2, 3,905 *3,905 K vol.4
*9, *,881 28,442 Sword Art Online vol.3 Limited Edition

DVD
*1, 6,534 *,**6,534 Initial D Fifth Stage vol.1
*2, 2,164 *,**2,164 One Piece 15th Season vol.2
*4, 1,712 *,**1,712 K vol.4
*5, 1,200 *,**1,200 Naruto: Shippuuden Kyubi Shoaku to Inga naru Kaiko no Sho vol.4
30, *,427 *,***,427 Fairy Tail vol.36

Single CD
*3, 41,923 *41,923 Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge "Reason"
*4, 22,176 *22,176 Tanken Driland "Bunbun Nine9'"
*8, 12,606 276,155 Magi "Yubi Boenkyo"
*9, 11,210 *11,210 Ginga e Kickoff!! "Jinsei Wahaha!"

Tari Tari strong, Initial D outperformed estimates by something like 150%, and Chihaya > Takane confirmed.

The lucky 400 hundred for Fairy Tail.

Jinsei Wahaha is awesome.

 

[BGBW]

He's come to take back his threads!

 

[Narag]

Weekly BD/DVD/CD rankings for January 7-13:

Blu-ray
*1, 7,101 *7,101 Tari Tari vol.5
*2, 3,905 *3,905 K vol.4
*3, 3,590 *3,590 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.5
*4, 2,855 *2,855 Minami-ke Blu-ray Box
*5, 2,358 18,713 Girls und Panzer vol.1
*6, 1,332 *1,332 Ixion Saga DT vol.2
*8, *,896 **,896 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Alternative
*9, *,881 28,442 Sword Art Online vol.3 Limited Edition
10, *,862 **,862 Moyashimon Returns vol.5

DVD
*1, 6,534 *,**6,534 Initial D Fifth Stage vol.1
*2, 2,164 *,**2,164 One Piece 15th Season vol.2
*3, 1,814 *,**1,814 Ixion Saga DT vol.2
*4, 1,712 *,**1,712 K vol.4
*5, 1,200 *,**1,200 Naruto: Shippuuden Kyubi Shoaku to Inga naru Kaiko no Sho vol.4
*6, 1,021 1,176,535 My Neighbor Totoro
*7, *,836 *,***,836 Himitsukessha Taka no Tsume NEO vol.3
*8, *,815 1,221,656 Howl's Moving Castle
*9, *,791 *,***,791 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.5
12, *,716 *,***,716 Moyashimon Returns vol.5
15, *,615 *,**8,779 Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Kyurem vs. Seikenshi
16, *,609 *,*61,642 From Up on Poppy Hill
18, *,570 *,497,159 Kiki's Delivery Service
20, *,514 *,*21,085 One Piece Log Collection "Brook"
22, *,508 *,*21,145 One Piece Log Collection "OHZ"
24, *,462 *,**4,335 Kamisama Hajimemashita vol.1
27, *,446 *,**7,510 Sore Ike! Anpanman
30, *,427 *,***,427 Fairy Tail vol.36

Single CD
*3, 41,923 *41,923 Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge "Reason"
*4, 22,176 *22,176 Tanken Driland "Bunbun Nine9'"
*8, 12,606 276,155 Magi "Yubi Boenkyo"
*9, 11,210 *11,210 Ginga e Kickoff!! "Jinsei Wahaha!"
14, *6,158 **6,158 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.2 Chihaya
15, *6,105 **6,105 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.1 Takane
20, *4,014 *52,177 Ao no Exorcist Movie "Reversi"
46, *1,291 *42,112 Ixion Saga DT "DT Suteru" "Let's Go ED"

Tari Tari strong, Initial D outperformed estimates by something like 150%, and Chihaya > Takane confirmed.

Never leave us again.

 

[DiGiKerot]

My-Hime and code Geass, yes. Really enjoyed My-Hime.

Ah, OK, that puts you in a reasonable position to enjoy Xenoglossia. My-ZHiME/Otome knowledge would have helped for a very specific reason I won't go into, but you'll live.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Sentai seems to be getting everything I like. They have licensed Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East, which is streaming on Crunchyroll with disc release this year.

 

[Noirulus]

Welcome back Articalys. I like your new avatar.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I feel bad, if I had remembered her Bday I'd have prioritized that art.

There's always next year!

 

[cajunator]

Ah, OK, that puts you in a reasonable position to enjoy Xenoglossia. My-ZHiME/Otome knowledge would have helped for a very specific reason I won't go into, but you'll live.

I was considering watching My Otome but for some reason didn't get into it.
I think I was satisfied with My-Hime and a story somehow related but different wasn't an interesting prospect.

 

[Thoraxes]

Confession: I'm re-watching Ergo Proxy, and really enjoying it.

I have yet to rewatch it, but I really liked it the first time through. I can imagine a rewatch would do wonders for the show too.

 

[MrYggdrasil]

There is something that bugs me in the new design of the Major. Maybe it's the excess of blue (eyebrows, eyes and hair are of the same color) but I'm not sure.

 

[amishpriest99]

I adore Xenoglossia. Many, many others do not share my opinion.

Just did a bit of quick Google research...this does look right up my alley. Getting added to the top of the backlog.

 

[cajunator]

I forget if I first made an appearance in the Madoka thread before the all encompassing one.
I shall investigate more.
*digs away

- Wow I only posted one time in the Madoka thread (that it was in my top ten all time)

 

[Ultimadrago]

He's come to take back his threads!

Articalys II: Report Harder

 

[Narag]

He's come to take back his threads!

You can give up your dream of kill me baby as aoty now.

 

[RurouniZel]

There's always next year!

I need to finish it soon though. It compliments your well. ;P

 

[Dresden]

/swoon

I need to watch 11.5 soon.

 

[DiGiKerot]

I was considering watching My Otome but for some reason didn't get into it.
I think I was satisfied with My-Hime and a story somehow related but different wasn't an interesting prospect.

ZHiME is a lot of fun. OOP in the US by this point, mind you, but there is a nice, expensive, dubbed-and-subbed Japanese BD box these days...

 

[Chet Rippo]

I need to finish it soon though. It compliments your well. ;P

I wonder what you could be talking about.

Spoiler

One thing I forgot to mention back then is that you should probably firm up her talents a little bit, if you know what I mean.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

http://i.imgur.com/Gkf5x.gif[/IM]

/swoon

I need to watch 11.5 soon.[/QUOTE]
Nice and in HD.

[img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/71cdaee6ed88efd68af80f73e8fc7abd/tumblr_mgl819WJeJ1qcthzao1_500.gif

Ill probably just watch it again whenever it releases here in the US...assuming it gets it :/

 

[cajunator]

There's always next year!

Mio was so adorable right there.
why did Youtube take down the video of her saying that?

 

[Chet Rippo]

Mio was so adorable right there.
why did Youtube take down the video of her saying that?

Because it's Youtube.

 

[wonzo]

Puchimas! 12

dont fuck with the yayoi

 

[RurouniZel]

I wonder what you could be talking about.

Spoiler

One thing I forgot to mention back then is that you should probably firm up her talents a little bit, if you know what I mean.

Spoiler

Duly noted.

 

[Noirulus]

Yeah, honestly, I don't have any real experience to understand the shift in harem pandering completely. Haruka is probably one of the older ones that I've seen, and it's not really all that old.

The idea of the harem must still be a thing though. SAO's success indicates that there is room in most sadlifes for a bland character that is super powerful and surrounded by hapless women who want to ride him to the chapel and the maternity ward, and it seems every season one of those shows hit it big. Well, by big I mean supra-10k sales. lol

I guess I'm just not educated enough to know if there's an actual change or if it really is a simple case of franchise fatigue. If anything, it seems older anime favoured the love triangle whereas now they seem to be in the minority. But again, that's basically an uneducated guess more than anything based on any real research.

I think it is true that most harems are adaptations though... I don't think I can come up with an original harem off the top of my head. In that respect, they all serve as advertisements more than anything else.

If you think it's a question of interest, why do you think people got bored with Haruka? Or is it a case where the porn is in the tropes, not in the literal "climax" of the series? All you need is just a season of some girl being shy, shouting BAKA, being cold, and being older (lol) and that's enough for most people? I suppose if you're just trope shopping, you don't really care what the author wants anyway.

I don't think this is the case in a lot of the circumstances. It's funny, I was discussing my disdain for SAO on a separate message board, and I got a rather weird response.

(Something to the effect of):

I read your post and I can see why you hate SAO, but I like the show anyway despite the faults you posted. I just enjoy the show and don't really care about the stuff you mentioned.

People can acknowledge the show's faults yet still love it? I mean, even in shows that I "know" are bad, there's some redeeming quality that makes it worthwhile, but this is not the case with SAO. It's just generic pandershit.

Then I sort of realized that these people aren't always "sad" or "self-inserts" or whatever. They simply don't see, or care to see, past the surface of a show. It doesn't bother them that Aincrad was a rushed pile of shit, or that there's little to none character development to be found, and all the other flaws of SAO. They find value in the superficial highs that the show provides and leave it there.

 

[cajunator]

Because it's Youtube.

Youtube are terrible nazi people.

 

[Dresden]

People can acknowledge the show's faults yet still love it? I mean, even in shows that I "know" are bad, there's some redeeming quality that makes it worthwhile, but this is not the case with SAO.

It's the same thing. They just bought into the aspects of the show that you did not.

 

[amishpriest99]

Spoiler

Duly noted.

I greatly look forward to the results .

 

[BGBW]

You can give up your dream of kill me baby as aoty now.

Damn. And I had the whole thread planned out.

 

[dakkumauji]

Shakugan no Shana Final 01

Nothing's better than entering the final season than more woe is me time. Something happened that of course I didn't know about and those two girls will spend all the time moping and telling me about it.

After that, at least it looks like a welcome change to the show. Well at least on the action side. I expect the dramatics will amplify now and mopey girl time will intensify.

 

[sleepykyo]

http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0049357

It's official now:

Is this going to be closer to the movies or the tv series?

 

[Noirulus]

It's the same thing. They just bought into the aspects of the show that you did not.

In retrospect, I think you are correct.

Edit: The point I was trying to get across though is that it's inaccurate to always say that SAO fans are sadlifes/self-inserts, because there's a bit more to it than that.

 

[cajunator]

It's the same thing. They just bought into the aspects of the show that you did not.

There's no shame in liking SAO. I didn't buy into that shit, but I have gone wholesale into some shows you guys find revolting. I understand that some people found the MMO thing to be fun, but it definitely did not resonate with me. Its kind of funny because I find fantasy stories to be kind of intriguing, such as Scrapped Princess (which is really fucking good and everybody should watch by the way) but SAO just felt bland and like a pandering vehicle exclusively.

 

[SDBurton]

Magi - 14

Way to go Alibaba.

Mor was badass as always, and it looks like we have

Spoiler

one more battle to go before this arc wraps up?

.

 

[cajunator]

Magi - 14



Way to go Alibaba.

Mor was badass as always, and it looks like we have

Spoiler

one more battle to go before this arc wraps up?

.

why doesnt Magi show more of Ren? whyyyyyy ;_;
She is so amazing.

 

[wsippel]

It's a downgrade, but I don't really hate it. It's still the Major.

It's not. There's not even a hint of Shirow in this design.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Smile precure! 01

Oh god what have I done.

I read reviews in the thread and decide to give Smile a try... and I like it and don't know why.

Now that I'm on board I want to see Yayoi and Nao in action.

You should have started with Heartcatch.

 

[cajunator]

It's not. There's not even a hint of Shirow in this design.

Its a really generic design. Shirow has that exaggerated limbs bronzed look to his work. Every girl is a brown girl.

 

[SDBurton]

why doesnt Magi show more of Ren? whyyyyyy ;_;
She is so amazing.

Yeah I was going to take a screencap of her but figured everyone else already did. :lol

She's just that awesome.

 

[wsippel]

Its a really generic design. Shirow has that exaggerated limbs bronzed look to his work. Every girl is a brown girl.

That and lots and lots of explicit hardcore hentai. The yuri scene in the original GitS sure was something. Does he even draw anything else these days?

 

[Kincaido]

Kayos is mai waifu huh?

 

[Narag]

Its a really generic design. Shirow has that exaggerated limbs bronzed look to his work. Every girl is a brown girl.

A perfect world.

 

[Branduil]

Kayos is mai waifu huh?

Please take good care of him.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Senyuu 02



Every sidekick is tsundere.

Also, congrats on leveling up.

Wait, that's Zack from FFVII?

 

[cajunator]

That and lots and lots of explicit hardcore hentai. The yuri scene in the original GitS sure was something. Does he even draw anything else these days?

Every man's dream is to create their own fap material.

 

[kayos90]

Kayos is mai waifu huh?

There's no way that gif is from IM@S. right?