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[Regulus Tera]

Then you also have stuff like Fate/Zero 01 though which is hated for the talking, but is actually very very well done and actually interesting.
/rant

This is the same episode that has one of its characters walking in circles just for the sake of giving the scene any modicum of energy. Not even Legend of the Galactic Heroes went to such ridiculousness.

 

[R_thanatos]

Talking is good. I don't get anime fans and their hate of talking. It's like most fans have the attention span of Yui from K-ON. Now what's important when you do go down that path though is to try and keep the dialogue interesting from both a presentation and writting standpoint which a lot of anime fall flat on their face in doing. Then you also have stuff like Fate/Zero 01 though which is hated for the talking, but is actually very very well done and actually interesting.
/rant

i love talking too ...but there comes a time where your ennemy is in front of you and you must act.
In the lastest episode of smile precure , the main heroine (while fighting) is asking the final boss what he is !

Seriously ??

Talking is sometimes necessary ..sometimes it's not. In the other seasons they did the talking way before the final encounter. it's not talking that is the problem it's talking when it's necessary. You don't start talking to the final boss during the final fight asking questions ..at this point the only talks i want to hear is the final moves, or " this it it " , "take this [insert awesome move name here ] " and so on.

 

[Steroyd]

Sakuraso - 15

Well what a shocker, it solved the issue I had with the previous 2 episodes, we go to visit Sorata's family, and they're a fun bunch to be with, the character interactions are as entertaining as ever, and I'll leave DTL to post a disturbing pic of Sorata and the dad talking about tight assholes in the bath.

Now then did I think that was a good episode?

HELL. NO!

WHAT. THE. FLYING. FUCK!?

Now I've read Fairy Tail from chapter 1, I've seen many an asspull in many a shounen, but to asspull drama like that, for what was already shakey and shitty reasons, no, just, no, how in this god's green earth can

Spoiler

Misaki and Jin who actually told each other they loved each other at the end of the previous episode

somehow miraculously create drama from that in the following minute that lasted throughout this whole episode, I felt like punching a wall and it dragged down me enjoying this episode immensely despite everything that I just mentioned in the first paragraph just because of the sheer stupidity of it and how it was looming over the whole episode for stupid reasons.

Ugh...

 

[Maedhros]

Pokemon Donamyte! Don George is a great chap, making all these tournaments and giving great prizes!

So many great fights!

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Sword Art Online 1-25

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Mochi

Kinda want to try that Marumochi right about now

 

[Ultimadrago]

Sword Art Online 1-25

 

[Theonik]

anime/animation implies things being animated
if there is shitloads of dialogue with minimal animation then I expect the dialogue to be amazing

Having lots of talking doesn't necessarily imply a lack of animation!

walkingincircles.gif

This is the same episode that has one of its characters walking in circles just for the sake of giving the scene any modicum of energy. Not even Legend of the Galactic Heroes went to such ridiculousness.

See? It was animated!

i love talking too ...but there comes a time where your ennemy is in front of you and you must act.
In the lastest episode of smile precure , the main heroine (while fighting) is asking the final boss what he is !

Seriously ??

Talking is sometimes necessary ..sometimes it's not. In the other seasons they did the talking way before the final encounter. it's not talking that is the problem it's talking when it's necessary. You don't start talking to the final boss during the final fight asking question ..at this point the only talk i want to hear is the final moves, or " this it it " , "take this [insert awesome move name here ] " and so on.

This sounds like standard issue anime-ism to me and yeah in those cases talking can be hit and miss. It can either break pacing or give a much needed "hype" for the fight that is to follow. Not far enough on Smile to know. (am on EP08 and don't exactly feel motivated to watch more.)

 

[BriseFlots]

So this is SAO, huh? Disturbing....

 

[cajunator]

Noir 8-9

This was the first really good episode(s) since the first. Lots of Mireille backstory, along with lots of Kirika continuing being a badass. It also seems like the central plot of the whole show is coming together, which I hope will be as good or greater than these past episodes.

Yea it should start to make sense plotwise near there. Still a couple more episodes before it really gets going but you're nearly there.

Everyone needs to do better then dammit.

How so?

Slightly on a tangent but I was wondering if anyone would be willing to recommend any decent soundtracks I can add to my mp3 player? I realise there is a thread for such things but I was kind of hoping for a few handpicked gems without an abundance of youtube links to prove points.

I seem to have a tragic void of soundtracks with only Aria, Baccano, Cowboy Bebop and Macross Plus kicking around.

Noir, Chihayafuru, Space Bros, Sora no Woto, Princess mononoke all have excellent soundtracks.

Oh yeah... I still need to watch Jinrui.

Yes you do. Do it for the faeries!

Utena should be mandatory viewing even if you don't like magical girls.

That goes without saying. Utena isnt a magical girls show anyway. Its....Utena.

Nanoha and Nanoha A's should be watched by everyone.

Nanoha A's should. Can skip Nanoha.

I'm ready to finally watch K-On.

Go for it!

Maoyuu 2-3

Well the economics is still there but Spice and Wolf S3 this is not. There is just no chemistry between Yuusha and Maou. Yuusha is far too dense and Maou is just not playful enough. I'll keep with it but I feel like I was sold a bill of goods.

Agreed. While it has its heart in the right place and is a decent watch, its not quite Spice and Wolf 3 in terms of character interaction. Maou and Yuusha just dont mesh as well as Holo and Lawrence.

the only thing School Days scars is peoples opinion of Animegaf when they recommend it to people

No way. Some have thoroughly enjoyed the pain and thanked AnimeGaf for the experience. It depends on the person. You can usual tell which are masochists.

I initially dropped it after one episode. Picked up again later and found it more enjoyable than I thought I would.



A bit lewd for me, but very well drawn regardless!

Agreed. I dropped Mayo Chiki at first but once I watched more of it, I realized it was just silly and pointless fun and Subaru is cute as fuck.

Oh, that's right...

We get a new Tamako Market in a little over a day!

So have a drawing of Anko:

Hey Anko, this one is your favorite right? So why won't you eat it?? LOL

An~
lol. You're certainly an artist, Extollere.

K-ON!! 11

So it's summer. Which means it's fucking hot out. The girls spend the entire episode trying to figure out how to keep cool or distract themselves from the heat. First Ritsu and Yui pretend they're in the Arctic. Then Ritsu tells a ghost story to scare Mio, even though it was the worst ghost story ever. The twist was worse than the twist to Bender's ghost story in Futurama. The Windows logo is scarier than Sawako teaching a student piano.

Then Mio remembers there was a fan in the closet. Ritsu turns it up too high and breaks it/almost kills everybody. Then came the dumbest part of the episode. Mugi remembers, "Oh yeah, I have a a chest full of fucking ice." How do you forget something like that when you're trying to stay cool? Then Ritsu and Yui ruin everything (surprise, surprise) by spilling it while soaking their feet in it. At least they made it so that nobody would want to use it by putting their feet in it.

Then they practice campaigning for the SC to give them an AC for the music room. Only for Ritsu to ask for one and face no objection. Better to be prepared I guess. Then Yui remembers that she's allergic to AC (is that a real thing?). I was actually thinking about that through the episode. Good to see the show remember that.

What is this, Korea?

 

[R_thanatos]

Well, if you're 100ppp then we'd still be on the same page.

User CP -> Edit Options -> Thread Display Settings somewhere down the page.

Join the superior viewing setting.

The first thing i did when my gaf account was approved was to go "100 posts by page"

Much better to view things

 

[cjkeats]

It took me an entire day to watch Fate/Zero episode one because I kept falling asleep.
I still haven't made it past episode 3.

Welcome to the club!

I'm glad to have finally joined, even if I don't really know what just happened.

 

[wonzo]

jesus christ stop quoting that fucking image

 

[Envelope]

It took me an entire day to watch Fate/Zero episode one because I kept falling asleep.
I still haven't made it past episode 3.



I'm glad to have finally joined, even if I don't really know what just happened.

Just watch some better shows instead.

 

[Ultimadrago]

So this is SAO, huh? Disturbing....

A little more so once you know the context.

 

[Extollere]

Bwahahahaha!!

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

Nanoha A's should. Can skip Nanoha.

Can't watch A's without the other dude. Even the movie shouldn't be watched first since that leaves out so much of Nanoha and Fate's character development.

 

[BriseFlots]

New page is new.

Let's work together for a safer thread.

 

[Chet Rippo]

K-ON!! 11

So it's summer. Which means it's fucking hot out. The girls spend the entire episode trying to figure out how to keep cool or distract themselves from the heat. First Ritsu and Yui pretend they're in the Arctic. Then Ritsu tells a ghost story to scare Mio, even though it was the worst ghost story ever. The twist was worse than the twist to Bender's ghost story in Futurama. The Windows logo is scarier than Sawako teaching a student piano.

Then Mio remembers there was a fan in the closet. Ritsu turns it up too high and breaks it/almost kills everybody. Then came the dumbest part of the episode. Mugi remembers, "Oh yeah, I have a a chest full of fucking ice." How do you forget something like that when you're trying to stay cool? Then Ritsu and Yui ruin everything (surprise, surprise) by spilling it while soaking their feet in it. At least they made it so that nobody would want to use it by putting their feet in it.

Then they practice campaigning for the SC to give them an AC for the music room. Only for Ritsu to ask for one and face no objection. Better to be prepared I guess. Then Yui remembers that she's allergic to AC (is that a real thing?). I was actually thinking about that through the episode. Good to see the show remember that.

This episode is probably the most 4koma like episode of the bunch. It's not bad, as it's got it's good points, but it's not one of the seasons stronger episodes.

 

[Steroyd]

Sword Art Online 1-25

How did they taste?

 

[Theonik]

Just watch some better shows instead.

Fate/Zero S2 was the best show of 2012.

 

[Envelope]

Fate/Zero S2 was the best show of 2012.

If you only watched one show, sure.

 

[Hellsing321]

Man I'm so glad I dropped SAO at the halfway point.

 

[BriseFlots]

How did they taste?

Salty, from　experience.

 

[darkside31337]

Fate/Zero S2 was the best show of 2012.

Not according to GAF*


*this statement is accurate as of a week ago.

 

[-Minsc-]

Those are the smallest gifs I've seen in this thread for a long time. Not a dig, just that it seems 500 pixel wide has become a standard or something. Gives off a feeling of nostalgia seeing gifs so small.

That's what I get for uploading them to photobucket.

Dropboxed for viewing pleasure.

 

[OceanBlue]

Man I'm so glad I dropped SAO at the halfway point.

I've kinda been interested in finishing it so I could form my own opinion about it after one of the posters here said that it wasn't as bad as AnimeGAF made it out to be, but ZachDeKoromaru's post is scaring me off again.

 

[Theonik]

Not according to GAF*


*this statement is accurate as of a week ago.

GAF is gonna GAF. Can't be helped.

If you only watched one show, sure.

No.

 

[Narag]

the hell happened in here?

 

[Ultimadrago]

Nichijou: Episode 1
Well that was simultaneously the most confusing, and entertaining thing I've ever seen.
Weiner part was my favorite, but good god. This show is nuts. The good kind of nuts.

Good, good!

Man I'm so glad I dropped SAO at the halfway point.

You're missing the laughs, man.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

the hell happened in here?

Extollere happened.

 

[Regulus Tera]

New page is new.

Let's work together for a safer thread.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Theonik]

the hell happened in here?

Mochi

 

[Thoraxes]

Not according to GAF*

*this statement is accurate as of a week ago.

Judging by history, we've never had good taste as a collective.

 

[Hellsing321]

the hell happened in here?

Containment breach in the IRC.

You 're missing the laughs, man.

The first half contained enough laughs for a lifetime.

 

[BriseFlots]

the hell happened in here?

the hell happened in here.

Fixed that for you.

if Big Pony is watching us, we gotta behave. It's way scarier than my original post.

 

[Theonik]

Fixed that for you.

 

[trejo]

Fixed that for you.

Dude we're still not in rush mode status. You're jumping the gun.

 

[Steroyd]

I've kinda been interested in finishing it so I could form my own opinion about it after one of the posters here said that it wasn't as bad as AnimeGAF made it out to be, but ZachDeKoromaru's post is scaring me off again.

I wish I were joking when I say, you're probably better off reading a SAO doujin.

 

[Soma]

Fixed that for you.

You guys couldn't wait another 500 posts could you?

 

[Branduil]

This is much better.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Dude we're still not in rush mode status. You're jumping the gun.

Pohana is always watching.

 

[darkside31337]

Judging by history, we've never had good taste as a collective.

Well theres still time to rectify this.

If you believe in Fate/Zero then give it 10 points and give Hyouka 0 points. It's the only way.

 

[Narag]

Good ol' Kirinopony come to shame you all.

 

[cjkeats]

I just forgot abut my beloved Tsun Tsun as a pony, so thanks for that.
I need to go stab my eyes out with Cheetos.

 

[Syrinx]

Save us based duckroll.

 

[Envelope]

Statistics being what they are, I'd say recency bias has a lot more to do with Hyouka's and Fate/Zero's respective positions than any actual quality.

 

[Hellsing321]

Dude we're still not in rush mode status. You're jumping the gun.

Kiripony has been posted. Its on now.

 

[Theonik]

Well theres still time to rectify this.

If you believe in Fate/Zero then give it 10 points and give Hyouka 0 points. It's the only way.

Already done that.

Spoiler

Only because I haven't seen Hyouka yet. Maybe I should marathon it and Joshiraku before the voting is done to rectify this.

 

[darkside31337]

Statistics being what they are, I'd say recency bias has a lot more to do with Hyouka's and Fate/Zero's respective positions than any actual quality.

Fate/Zero S2 ended more than 6 months ago. I'm not sure what you mean?