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[wonzo]

THIS IS ALL THAT MATTERS! So I'll be watching this.

Well, best of luck with that!

 

[Chet Rippo]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

Irisu > Mayaka

 

[Soma]

Irisu > Mayaka

Oh yes indeed.

 

[Dresden]

I've gotten to the point where I don't bother with Hyouka rankings. I'm fond of all of them. Such is the way of Hyouka.

 

[zeroshiki]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

How about husbando?

Taichi > Arata

 

[ZachDeKoromaru]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

It brings out the worst in some people.

 

[Branduil]

I've gotten to the point where I don't bother with Hyouka rankings. I'm fond of all of them. Such is the way of Hyouka.

So you're saying that Hyouka is the ultimate harem show.

 

[Dresden]

So you're saying that Hyouka is the ultimate harem show.

The best.

 

[Branduil]

How about husbando?

Taichi > Arata

Anything's better than talking about karuta.

 

[Jex]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

Yeah, but people do that for Idolm@ster too.

 

[Branduil]

Yeah, but people do that for Idolm@ster too.

I've at least seen a couple people try to do more than just post lists.

 

[Dresden]

tamako market - 09

It was inevitable they'd get to the subject of Tamako's mother, but it's handled in such a charming way that--despite the tragedy inherent in such a thing--it never feels maudlin or sappy. Fond of how you see the romance take place across three generations of Kitarashikawas at once, with the father's story serving as something of a promise to the two daughters. It's nice to see things laid out early on in the show wrap up later on in such a satisfying fashion, too.

Kanna steals the show, every single time. Choi on the other hand feels more and more extraneous as time goes on. Confident in their ability to loop back into the prince/dera plot before the end, but still.

Kyoani saves Winter.

 

[Jex]

tamako market - 09

Kyoani saves Winter.

Senyuu. already has that covered.

 

[wonzo]

Senyuu. already has that covered.

No that's BAKUMATSU GIJINDEN ROMAN.

 

[Soma]

Senyuu. already has that covered.

So does Yama no Susume.

 

[Shergal]

There's also Yama no Susume.
All those shows and rewatching Hyouka have my winter covered.

 

[Dresden]

joshiraku - OAD - 1/3

Absolutely killed it. So good.

Saving the other two skits for a rainy day. In a better world there will be more Joshiraku.

 

[Instro]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

Branduil is #1 waifu, all others are ugly pig dogs.

 

[Soma]

Jexhius > Dresden > duckroll > Instro = wonzo > Branduil > Novid

discuss

 

[Articalys]

Sasami-san 9

Um...

Spoiler

Goddess Tsurugi looked really nice

. That's about all I can figure out right now, since I'm really tired.

Might give it another go tomorrow, or maybe not.

 

[sonicmj1]

[Windy Tales] - 5 to 9

The difference between Windy Tales and other works which tend to explore these kinds of ideas is that that Windy Tales tends to be a far more nuanced and subtle work. To bring out an example from this backlog season, Hatakari Main (which I am not watching, too my great shame) tells a number of one-off stories that are clearly meant to tell the audience something about a particular area of life but it's a far blunter show which is unfortuante because it leaves the audience with the impression that the show doesn't trust them. After all, if the show trusted the audience surely they wouldn't have to lay it on so thick? Windy Tales never lays it on quite like that, even when the idea being explored in the episode is discussed very explicitly. For example, episode nine is entirely devoted to Nao's father buying and riding a motorcycle. Now, a lesser show would focus exclusively on the conflict between Nao's parents, or it would look at men having a mid-life crisis or the dangers of riding. On the other hand, this episode of Windy Tales seeks to explore everything involved with owning a motorcycle: the good and the bad, the way the world looks when you're cruising on your bike, the danger of getting on one in the first place but it doesn't single out a particular area. It's a cohesive story because it isn't overly concerned with a single element.

This is a good insight, and it took me a few episodes of watching the show to really understand it. I'm so used to being beaten over the head by things that I didn't know what to do when a show stood back and let events speak for themselves. I can't think of anything that rivals Windy Tales' level of understatement. The only other show that I can think of that sometimes approaches it is Cowboy Bebop, and even that isn't really doing the same thing.

It makes the episodes feel a lot more organic, and it ultimately makes the show more rewarding for me.

The 08th MS Team 12

Anyway, in spite of its unnecessary ending, 08th MS Team was pretty good. As long as you can look past the terrible romance and focus instead on the good wartime story being told. And I'd like to state that I'm not in the camp that thinks love can't bloom on a battlefield. Shiro x Aina was just a really, truly dull love story.

Can you guess which episode was the final episode directed by the original director?

 

[Grzi]

I feel like I've gotten to the point where I can just judge a show based on the quality of conversation about it in this thread. For instance, any show where the discussion just instantly devolves to waifu wars is nearly guaranteed to be a bad show.

What about a show where the main topic of conversation in this thread are toilets?

 

[cajunator]

Oh yes indeed.

Misaki > Irisu > Chitanda > random girls > Oreki's faceless sister > manga troll girl > Mayaka's descendants > Mayaka's dog > I forget

 

[AniHawk]

It's that show nobody but I watched, and even I dropped it around episode 5 or something.

episode 5 was the best one for me.

the team that's doing the localization really enjoyed the show and did their best to bring that out in the packaging and the editing.

 

[firehawk12]

But firehawk12-sama, why are you still watching the series if you don't like it?

Completionist!

What war? Everyone knows Sena is superior in every way.

At this point it's clear they're all horrible human beings, but at least Yozora isn't a pedophile.

yozora > meat all day erry day

And so forth. lol

Who is we?

Everyone watching the show.

It seemed more like people were fans of the manga than the show. I dunno, this season is wearing particularly thin. There is oblivious harem leads and then there is the main guy in Haganai. Nearly every single scene is some girl bluntly telling the main character they want to get together and him brushing it off. It is like he lives in some different world and his interactions with the people around him are simply coincidental.

It's as dickish as Sorata being such a douchebag in Pet Girl to Mashiro over and over again, but from the opposite direction.

All of this could be solved by having a couple of male characters. At least Pet Girl's main conflict is the one sided-love triangle and a couple of other cruddy pseudo-romances orbiting that triangle.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Kotoura-san 9

Man what the fuck. I don't even know what direction this show is going in anymore. It's not bad, just...unexpected.

Spoiler

Kotoura's mother's new boyfriend is the attacker, isn't he?

 

[wonzo]

Aikatsu! 21

Hell yeah, this show's really at its absolute best when it goes so out there from the already crazy premise. The excellent animation definitely sold it for me. This ep also pretty much confirmed that

Spoiler

Miya, the other half of Masquerade is none other than Ichiko's mother (same hair and eye colour). I'm pretty sure this was already hinted at in episode 17 a few times but it's pretty much locked in now.

 

[duckroll]

KIMI NO IRU MACHI staff:

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida
Character Design: Terumi Nishii

Yamauchi and Gonzo deserve each other. After their recent transgressions Nishii and Yoshida probably deserve to be in that team too.

 

[Haly]

This will be the great trainwreck of our time.

 

[Crash Station]

Kotoura 9

HO LEE SHIT

Kotoura-san 9

Man what the fuck. I don't even know what direction this show is going in anymore. It's not bad, just...unexpected.

Spoiler

Kotoura's mother's new boyfriend is the attacker, isn't he?

Spoiler

Didn't you watch the post-credits scene?

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Kotoura 9



HO LEE SHIT

Spoiler

Didn't you watch the post-credits scene?

I did, but...I don't know. Right now I'm thinking we shouldn't take it at face value.

 

[Crash Station]

I did, but...I don't know. Right now I'm thinking we shouldn't take it at face value.

Yeah probably not, but it would be a pretty massive tone shift if we did, drifting in to darker territory than even the first half of episode 1.

 

[OceanBlue]

YES

KIMI NO IRU MACHI

TV ANIME

BY GONZO

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi (Casshern Sins)
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida (K-On, Tamako Market, come on you should know who she is by now)
Character Design: Terumi Nishii (Mawaru Penguindrum)

(src)

WHY YOSHIDA WHY?!

 

[Branduil]

Yamauchi and Gonzo deserve each other. After their recent transgressions Nishii and Yoshida probably deserve to be in that team too.

What did Nishii and Yoshida do to offend you?

 

[dimb]

This is probably not the right place to post this but people should maybe see this.

 

[duckroll]

What did Nishii and Yoshida do to offend you?

Nishii failed to stop Gotoh in Penguindrum. Yoshida enabled Saint Seiya Omega. They must all pay... in blood.

 

[R_thanatos]

Robotics;Notes 20

Really funny episode with a nice touch of suspense

She is trully the best girl.

My eyes are focusing more on Yozora's ZR. Yozora > Sena

A textbook case of "priorities" right there.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal 20

FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC.

Glad to know this hasn't changed at least.

 

[wonzo]

Nishii failed to stop Gotoh in Penguindrum. Yoshida enabled Saint Seiya Omega. They must all pay... in blood.

But Gotoh's ep was so good they left it untouched in the home release for future generations to witness it in all its glory!!!

 

[cajunator]

Yozora has zettai ryouiki?

 

[Branduil]

This is probably not the right place to post this but people should maybe see this.

 

[Defuser]

YES

KIMI NO IRU MACHI

TV ANIME

BY GONZO

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi (Casshern Sins)
Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida (K-On, Tamako Market, come on you should know who she is by now)
Character Design: Terumi Nishii (Mawaru Penguindrum)

(src)

Seo Kouji and Gonzo.....

Anime is dead.

 

[duckroll]

Was talking to Hito about MLP and this came up: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/mylittle-pony/

It looks like they've announced more voices for the Japanese release. Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy are still to be announced, but Princess Celestia and Spike have been cast! Motoko Kumai is playing Spike. She played Syaoran in Cardcaptor Sakura, and Sumomo in Chobits. Princess Celestia will be played by Kikuko Inoue, who is famous for playing half of all the female characters ever in the Metal Gear Solid series in Japan, and Belldandy in Ah My Goddess.

 

[cajunator]

Fluttershy pretty much has to be Kana Hanazawa.

 

[duckroll]

Fluttershy pretty much has to be Kana Hanazawa.

I guess the question for Twilight Sparkle is - Miyuki Sawashiro or Nana Mizuki?

 

[Defuser]

I must've miss it somewhere but why is Chickdigger banned?

 

[cajunator]

i forget, but he needs to be more careful posting.

 

[Dresden]

Got banned for wii u trolling, I think.

 

[cajunator]

I guess the question for Twilight Sparkle is - Miyuki Sawashiro or Nana Mizuki?

Miyukichi of course!

 

[zeroshiki]

Mizuki Nana barely does any shows anymore. I hope to god her 1 role per year isn't MLP >_>

 

[Hitokage]

Mizuki Nana barely does any shows anymore. I hope to god her 1 role per year isn't MLP >_>

Because then you'd be obligated to watch it?