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Welcome to rock n' roll night! Welcome to rock n' roll fight!
I'm just a rock n' roll man! We're just a rock n' roll band!
You should stop reading articles about the guy before finishin Utena, especially on TVTropes.
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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -5| This is stupid, kayos90 sucks!
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I'm just a rock n' roll man! We're just a rock n' roll band!
Duly noted. I didn't read much beyond that.
chickdigger802
Banned
make it stop
Little Busters! 19
Racism and misunderstood genius is nothing to Wafuu about.
someone should just make a wafu compilation already (if they haven't already).
R_thanatos
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lol i have n't seen doki dki yet , but this season scream "toys" just like the first ones
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[Space Brothers] 44
Also, best anime of the decade, I cried buckets, yadda yadda.
Are those lines supposed to represent red eyes without actually making the eyes red or something? Weird.
Also, best anime of the decade, I cried buckets, yadda yadda.
Clairvoyance
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Jojo 19
Stupid cats. The ravine scene was hilarious.
Stupid cats. The ravine scene was hilarious.
"I'm falling down for like a minute, but it takes the length of a few icicles to reach me!"
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Even Fresh's transformations are funner to look at, and those are pretty boring in themselves.*
Cure Passion's is right up there with Sailor Venus in PGSM.
lazybones18
Banned
Blood-C 9-12
FUCK
THIS
RETARDED
SHOW!
Where's a good table flip gif when I need one dammit!?
Quite possibly the biggest load of bullshit I've ever seen from an anime
FUCK
THIS
RETARDED
SHOW!
Where's a good table flip gif when I need one dammit!?
Quite possibly the biggest load of bullshit I've ever seen from an anime
dakkumauji
Member
Smile Precure! 30
This was a really fun episode. Get sent to a different world, have to play all sorts of games to escape. Definitely fun just to see all the different games and the use of their powers to win.
This was a really fun episode. Get sent to a different world, have to play all sorts of games to escape. Definitely fun just to see all the different games and the use of their powers to win.
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Now you can wait for the movie with the rest of us!
What was the previous offender to Blood-C?
Clairvoyance
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Bakuman 19
This episode was pretty meh. It dragged because of it's focus on completely uninteresting/unimportant characters, but the idea itself was nice.
This episode was pretty meh. It dragged because of it's focus on completely uninteresting/unimportant characters, but the idea itself was nice.
Joe Molotov
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IMAGINE!!!
I feel like I understand the ending of Utena the movie after seeing that.
Clairvoyance
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Is Blood-C really that bad?
Here's the thing, I don't know. It somehow manages to be both legitimately good and legitimately bad at the same time.
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Wait until we have penguins fighting giant bear spaceships in Penguinbear.
Joe Molotov
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Surely the most accurately titled anime of the year can't be that bad.
It's great.
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Blood-C is the best comedy of the decade.
Clairvoyance
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Hmm, I guess I'll check it out soon then. I like comedy.
The plastic shit in Doki Doki is probably the worst I've ever seen, and this is in a franchise with a long, looooong record of ugly plastic shit. Those transformation devices seriously look like something you'd get in a Happy Meal and immediately throw away.
At least Doki Doki's actually have some level of budget behind them while everything in Fresh (sans Passion, once again) looks like it was drawn in MS Paint.
Still interested in simul-watching the rest? I think we have eight episodes + the movie left.
Yessir, preferably when my schedule slows down some though. Dead tired lately.
No rush, just didn't want you to think I'd forgotten. We still have Element Hunters and Inuyasha, too!
Just smile with Mirai Orange!
Digimon: Born of Koromon and Digimon Adventure 21
These early directorial efforts from Mamoru Hosoda feature a lot of elements that con be considered trademarks of his today: great framing of shots with interesting and meaningful character blocking, fantastic use of naturalistic lighting, simple and expressive character designs, along with believable and interesting animation, significant use of classical music, emotional climaxes, and a great understanding of editing.
One thing that really stands out, watching these, is just how well every scene flows. There are no awkward cuts or languidly lingering shots; every shot is exactly as long as it needs to be, it moves the narrative forward, and it's composed in an interesting manner. I think one thing that can be easy to miss sometimes is how the sound design contributes to good editing; Hosoda uses music really well here to tie each cut together, and even has the animation in some scenes moving in rhythm with the soundtrack. It's a really powerful tool when used correctly. I think Hosoda's greatest strength may be that he makes directing look much easier than it actually is.
When you consider that this was a kid's show meant to sell toys, some of things Hosoda does here are really crazy and far beyond the effort you would expect. The use of heat waves and fisheye lenses to depict Taichi's disorientation and existential crisis is quite beyond the bland visual design you expect from a show like this, not to mention the beautiful background art and realistic, high-contrast lighting. It's easy to understand, watching these, how his directing skills would catch the eye of the big names in the anime industry.
These early directorial efforts from Mamoru Hosoda feature a lot of elements that con be considered trademarks of his today: great framing of shots with interesting and meaningful character blocking, fantastic use of naturalistic lighting, simple and expressive character designs, along with believable and interesting animation, significant use of classical music, emotional climaxes, and a great understanding of editing.
One thing that really stands out, watching these, is just how well every scene flows. There are no awkward cuts or languidly lingering shots; every shot is exactly as long as it needs to be, it moves the narrative forward, and it's composed in an interesting manner. I think one thing that can be easy to miss sometimes is how the sound design contributes to good editing; Hosoda uses music really well here to tie each cut together, and even has the animation in some scenes moving in rhythm with the soundtrack. It's a really powerful tool when used correctly. I think Hosoda's greatest strength may be that he makes directing look much easier than it actually is.
When you consider that this was a kid's show meant to sell toys, some of things Hosoda does here are really crazy and far beyond the effort you would expect. The use of heat waves and fisheye lenses to depict Taichi's disorientation and existential crisis is quite beyond the bland visual design you expect from a show like this, not to mention the beautiful background art and realistic, high-contrast lighting. It's easy to understand, watching these, how his directing skills would catch the eye of the big names in the anime industry.
What's the new hotness these days? Excluding the major projects, like the Evalgelion and Berserk movies, I really don't have a clue about what's been airing for the past four or so years. Anything of comparable quality and tone to Monster or Planetes?
Actually, more than anything, I kinda miss the crazy discussions that the Gundam Seed series and Code Geass delivered. Those were fun times.
Actually, more than anything, I kinda miss the crazy discussions that the Gundam Seed series and Code Geass delivered. Those were fun times.
lazybones18
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Yes, who couldn't laugh at
All those extras being brutally murdered by those giant whatevers in the final episode. It was so funny cause they deserved it. Seriously, they deserved it
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This episode stood out to me even as a kid due to how different from the rest of the show it was. I was too young to appreciate the things it was attempting back then; I remember being disappointed by the lack of Digimen fighting until very late into the episode, and even then it was very brief. I should give it another try soon now that I'm less singled-minded.
Well, at least ANN seems generally favorable on Mayouu Maou Yuusha.
Folktales from Japan 46
Whoa, originally I was just gonna leave it at some pithy BUDDHA NATURE one liner but the second short was just so visually striking that I just had to post some examples:
And the third one was straight up weird but in a really charming kinda way:
Easily the best collection of shorts in the entire series and the best part is they're all standalone so y'all should definitely check it out!
Are you ready for FFFUUUUMMIIITTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Whoa, originally I was just gonna leave it at some pithy BUDDHA NATURE one liner but the second short was just so visually striking that I just had to post some examples:
And the third one was straight up weird but in a really charming kinda way:
Easily the best collection of shorts in the entire series and the best part is they're all standalone so y'all should definitely check it out!
Are you ready for FFFUUUUMMIIITTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
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I think the weirdest part about this episode is how little it has to do with the rest of the series. Taichi's existential crisis, as you put it, begins and ends here, and even Hikari doesn't acknowledge Taichi's brief return when the kids all come back to the real world for the Myotismon saga. It's like a filler episode without any of the stupidity that surrounds filler episodes.You should.
That final scene
The other two Mamoru Hosoda Digimon projects are pretty great, though!
Digimon episode 21 was probably the first time I'd seen something where a stock-standard anime was trying for something more than power of friendship or fighting determination or whatever
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Space Brothers 45:
Every character in Space Brothers has a completely awesome story.
Nasuda is hilarious. He steals every scene he's in. I also continue to be impressed with just how uplifting this show can get.
It's a great episode.
Of course, it's from a great series, but even compared to the surrounding episodes it stands out as something special.
Every character in Space Brothers has a completely awesome story.
Nasuda is hilarious. He steals every scene he's in. I also continue to be impressed with just how uplifting this show can get.
It's a great episode.
Of course, it's from a great series, but even compared to the surrounding episodes it stands out as something special.
Oboro Muramasa Youtouden needs an anime.
Mine definitely doesn't look like that. I have it configured to look like Neogaf mobile.
Oh, probably a huge percentage. I know I definitely tried to draw hentai very early in the anime fanart drawing stage. It came out fairly well too.
green > pathetic light blue
Mine looks like this.
Chihayafuru defiintely is. Sasami is depending on your tolerance for SHAFT.
At last, a much-deserved continuation to the creepiest heartwarming show of 2012.
No, he is definitely an alien. Its quite obvious.
Now that the transformation music can be heard more clearly in this clip I kind of like it. Its much more understated but its a lovely tune. I don't know how well it flows with the rest of the show, but it works in the clip. Its no Heartcatch, Suite, Futari Wa Precure masterpiece though.
Blood-C 9-12
FUCK
THIS
RETARDED
SHOW!
Where's a good table flip gif when I need one dammit!?
Quite possibly the biggest load of bullshit I've ever seen from an anime
I was just thinking its been a little while since someone truly went nuts over BloodC. Most excellent!
If you have been reading my FWP impressions I joked about buying their toys in several episodes. Its is soooooooooooo obvious that they are just selling plastic gizmos. Might as well put the ads up on the screen during the scenes.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
The first Digimon movie was the first anime installment of the franchise, so it makes sense that it's completely self-contained. Haven't watched ep 21 though.
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