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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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Wolf Children Ame and Yuki
Well, I saw the end coming but
Well, I saw the end coming but
I think Ame is kind of a dick to his mother at end. Way to respond dude. He doesn't even talk that much in the movie. I thought the mother had died in the fall, but Ame saves her, so I guess he's not that bad, but he should have said something to her at the end.
dakkumauji
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Looks like they ran a recap episode today for whatever reason.
PorcellainThrill
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Trading Card Games are expensive but usually fundable.
At high level tournaments players will not be influenced in their deck choice by the cost of the cards.
Most of the time the travel expenses will outweigh the cost of the deck you are playing.
I assume it is not very different for yugioh as anything else would be frustrating in competitive play.
Infinite Justice
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The dub was legendary.
Kotoura-san episode 9
I really wish
Vividred Operation episode 9
My HEART!
Seriously, Wakaba/Himawari are very cute couple. Squeee!
I really wish
her mother would get rid of the "I'm going to rip your face off" face. Poor Moritani, couldn't save the girl--who is the girl that was in the class I think.
Vividred Operation episode 9
My HEART!
You're Himawari's bitch now, Wakaba!
Ah, okay thanks. I suppose I maybe should have added the disclaimer in case it wasn't clear that I haven't really played any TCG. I tried Magic out quite a few years ago as it was so popular but only played a few games or matches and didn't stick with it.
I guess there's things like needing magic or whatever to summon your monsters or their special moves right? Balance makes sense then as you don't want a bunch of monsters and no magic to summon them/use their powers or have a bunch of magic with no monsters.
Having specific decks could be like having a main in a fighting game or something and maybe knowing your opponent and what kind of cards they use could allow you to pick a kind of counterdeck you made up for their general type of strategy. Okay.
A card's rarity (and, therefore, its secondary market value) is usually based primarily on its power. TCGs aren't always prohibitively expensive (I was a tournament-level Pokemon TCG player when I was a kid even though I was broke as fuck), but when I played Yu-Gi-Oh years ago it was definitely called a rich man's game. I stopped playing Yu-Gi-Oh with real cards years ago, but during my high school days, cards that could singlehandedly fuck up your opponent's entire strategy like Raigeki, Mirror Force, etc. went for far more than your average high school player could swing. I actually had a rich friend who PAID me to order him a Mirror Force off of ebay for some insane cost.
Of course, all TCGs have an element of luck, but decks that are designed so meticulously that any card can synergistically benefit from any other card in some manner are usually able to negate the influence of luck to an extent, essentially making battles about the quality of deck construction. The Yu-Gi-Oh TCG seems to strongly encourage highly-specialized deck construction these days with entire booster sets devoted to cards that all fall under a certain theme like Elemental Heroes, Gladiator Beasts, Lightsworn, Six Samurai, Ancient Gears, etc. and there are always powerful cards for each of these "themes" that are rare, expensive, and necessary for a deck based around that theme to be competitive.
I think that the thing that made me stop playing Yu-Gi-Oh once and for all was that in my freshman year in college, I spent a shitton of money making a Cyber Dragon deck which was immediately followed by a friend creating a deck whose sole purpose was to shut down my entire strategy. I should really sell all of my cards, I haven't touched them in like seven years :lol
Hyouka 11 (Rewatch)
This episode was really great on all levels. It seems like most efforts go into the closers for each arc, since so far 5 and 11 have been the two best episodes in my book.
There's so many stuff worth talking about this time.
This episode makes me really appreciate Chitanda. For example, both Satoshi and Mayaka just came in, beat on Oreki and went away (especially Satoshi, damn you!). Later, when Oreki hurries Chitanda to do the honors of crushing him again, she seems to get what was going on with him and instead asks him for a walk. That's a pretty nice detail, and of course her take on the mystery is the most important of all because it addresses the true problem. It's what ticks Oreki off for realizing he had been played, rather than just thinking he went full retarded and got it wrong.
The little faux interplay they had at the end was pretty neat as well. They do have a lot of chemistry together.
The "puppets" part was just wonderful. The decision to use those puppets for depicting how pitiful Oreki was feeling about himself is commendable.
As for the second half, it focuses mostly on Oreki and Irisu. There was some really good storyboarding going on too, gotta praise Eisaku Kawanami for directing the episode.
The final scene of Irisu was pretty nice as well. We don't see her eyes, and thus we miss the expressions she was making, but the focus on her body (and lower face) convey her feelings perfectly. A stone-cold character like her probably doesn't make very expressive faces at these times, and derailing our attention to more telling tidbits of character was a good call. She probably felt a bit like an asshole after that comment from Hongou and how easily Oreki's sister figured out her true motives (which she probably wasn't comfortable with because he obscured them from her at first).
Last but not least, I can't praise the animation enough this time. Kayo Hikiyama debuted as animation director, and she did a damn great job. She's a promising youngster at Kyoani, this episode was filled with expressive faces, nuanced movement and tension thanks to her and the animators. I really liked the last part between Oreki and Chitanda, animated by Ryouhei Muta. He did a great job with Chitanda's reactions and body language (swing the hair... lol).
Hyouka seems like a show that pays special attention to the finale of the arcs, and the last episode of the show itself is also insane. Incidentally, this is the post I am most satisfied with since the one for episode 5. Maybe I can judge how much I enjoy each episode by the effort I put into writing these posts after watching?
This episode was really great on all levels. It seems like most efforts go into the closers for each arc, since so far 5 and 11 have been the two best episodes in my book.
There's so many stuff worth talking about this time.
For starters, the very noticeable change in the color palette. For the whole episode it's grey and washed out, symbolizing Oreki's downfall pretty adequately. There's a lot of shading in the episode too, especially on Oreki's eyes; it gets progressively more intense until the scene where he's walking on the street with a pitch-black tone clouding his whole upper face. It's interesting that the shading sort of fades away at the end when he is conversing with Chitanda, gives some closure to his arc (and 11.5 will further expand on this).
This episode makes me really appreciate Chitanda. For example, both Satoshi and Mayaka just came in, beat on Oreki and went away (especially Satoshi, damn you!). Later, when Oreki hurries Chitanda to do the honors of crushing him again, she seems to get what was going on with him and instead asks him for a walk. That's a pretty nice detail, and of course her take on the mystery is the most important of all because it addresses the true problem. It's what ticks Oreki off for realizing he had been played, rather than just thinking he went full retarded and got it wrong.
The little faux interplay they had at the end was pretty neat as well. They do have a lot of chemistry together.
The "puppets" part was just wonderful. The decision to use those puppets for depicting how pitiful Oreki was feeling about himself is commendable.
These and some other things (like the stopping of time and ambience just before this part) seem to signal his return to the shell he was in by episode 1, defeated and isolated. It's probably the only truly good thing about this whole arc, seeing him go far down and then back up in 11.5.
I like the contrast between these two. In his mind, depicted by the typical illusions Hyouka has us accustomed to, Oreki is the master detective, he gets the spotlight and solves the case to the backdrop of everyone's applause. But really, who is that "everyone"? The second shot tells us how Oreki was feeling about the reality of the situation at the time. He didn't give a shit about people liking his solution, because that's what not what he signed up for and he doesn't want the script to be his.
As for the second half, it focuses mostly on Oreki and Irisu. There was some really good storyboarding going on too, gotta praise Eisaku Kawanami for directing the episode.
I quite liked their conversation; it was again, framed completely from the outside but this time there was no 180º switch, just build-up for Oreki's disappointment and anger, and the framing built-up in tension accordingly.
This is the shot where Oreki inquires about talent vs hard-work again, obviously speaking about him more than anything else. Considering what the rest of the episode is telling us, I find the low angle and the spotlight deliciously ironic here, and quite similar to the previous scene I mentioned.
The final scene of Irisu was pretty nice as well. We don't see her eyes, and thus we miss the expressions she was making, but the focus on her body (and lower face) convey her feelings perfectly. A stone-cold character like her probably doesn't make very expressive faces at these times, and derailing our attention to more telling tidbits of character was a good call. She probably felt a bit like an asshole after that comment from Hongou and how easily Oreki's sister figured out her true motives (which she probably wasn't comfortable with because he obscured them from her at first).
Last but not least, I can't praise the animation enough this time. Kayo Hikiyama debuted as animation director, and she did a damn great job. She's a promising youngster at Kyoani, this episode was filled with expressive faces, nuanced movement and tension thanks to her and the animators. I really liked the last part between Oreki and Chitanda, animated by Ryouhei Muta. He did a great job with Chitanda's reactions and body language (swing the hair... lol).
Hyouka seems like a show that pays special attention to the finale of the arcs, and the last episode of the show itself is also insane. Incidentally, this is the post I am most satisfied with since the one for episode 5. Maybe I can judge how much I enjoy each episode by the effort I put into writing these posts after watching?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Ah, so you're one of the ones who takes it (relatively) in stride :lol
Theonik
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I really don't know what you guys were expecting.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
*sigh* I guess with everything that had gone down in the show up til that point something like that just wasn't that shocking. Maybe I'm a jaded fuck.
Now, how things are going to go resulting from this...well...maybe then meltdowns will be in order.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Maybe I'm just the Miki to your Kozue!
Apparently this is TBS's international flyer for upcoming spring series Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected.) That's one hell of an "official" English title...
(It also confirms the show as one-cour, for what it's worth)
(via @WTK)
(It also confirms the show as one-cour, for what it's worth)
(via @WTK)
dakkumauji
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Apparently this is TBS's international flyer for upcoming spring series Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected.) That's one hell of an "official" English title...
I love it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Now I'm really hungry for some salmon and asparagus sandwiches with boiled eggs...
It's like some weird fusion of the OreImo and Chooney logos.
I also desperately need an "is" between Comedy and SNAFU. That's going to bug the shit out of me!
Yeah I don't really get the freakouts either tbqh.
Not the reaction I was hoping for. :lol
Eh, it reads fine for me if you treat SNAFU as a noun instead of an adjective.
Apparently this is TBS's international flyer for upcoming spring series Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected.) That's one hell of an "official" English title...
(It also confirms the show as one-cour, for what it's worth)
(via @WTK)
I will watch this.
R_thanatos
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Since this is season 2 stuff spoiler , i'll spoiler the answer to your question.
Don't read it's Accel world S2 spoiler ( that is if another season get annonced one day )
The girl is actually ash roller IRL identity. It's complicated stuff but let's just say that she (real person) is a girl (shy personality) and the Player is a boy (ongoing and vulgar personality) the reason for this is know ( at the time of the oav , only sky raker knows about it ) and will be revealed in S2
Rofl this is strangely accurate but it seems your imagination in term of pairings hasn't surpassed the team at marvelous interractive ... they choose even better !!
Revolutionary Girl Utena 34
Hooooooolllllllyyyyyyy shit.
Man, that's it for tonight. But I'm...I can't wait to finish this series. This is something else.
Hooooooolllllllyyyyyyy shit.
Wow. The play by the Shadow Performers left me totally feeling that Anthy was the evil character in this whole thing. I was like "Dude....." Her pleasant smile as her eyes remained closed freaked the fuck out of me while that play was going on.
But then...Utena dreams of the night she met the prince. And everything became clear. Anthy was not evil. In fact, she was even more of a tortured soul and a tragic character than I had known. She was the eternal thing that the prince showed Utena that night. She had been condemned to an eternal life of suffering and anguish as punishment for sealing away the prince who protected all of the girls. Though in reality, she was just covering for him, so he wouldn't have to go and risk his life anymore, for a bunch of people who had taken him for granted and just assumed he would be there and do the dirty work.
When Utena vowed to become a prince, it wasn't because she was so impressed by the prince she met that night. It was because she wanted to be Anthy's prince. To save her from her eternal anguish.
But then...Utena dreams of the night she met the prince. And everything became clear. Anthy was not evil. In fact, she was even more of a tortured soul and a tragic character than I had known. She was the eternal thing that the prince showed Utena that night. She had been condemned to an eternal life of suffering and anguish as punishment for sealing away the prince who protected all of the girls. Though in reality, she was just covering for him, so he wouldn't have to go and risk his life anymore, for a bunch of people who had taken him for granted and just assumed he would be there and do the dirty work.
When Utena vowed to become a prince, it wasn't because she was so impressed by the prince she met that night. It was because she wanted to be Anthy's prince. To save her from her eternal anguish.
Man, that's it for tonight. But I'm...I can't wait to finish this series. This is something else.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You have to watch the movie too!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's true! Sorry!
I just remember Haly being a defender
of the manga
God damn, that short girl looks exactly like the girl on OreShura.
Oh I will.
Since you pointed it out, she totally does look like her.
dakkumauji
Member
From the few chapters of the manga I read, she's 100% better than the one from OreShura (not that it's that hard to be better than most of the people in that show).
Thanks for your reply as well Mad Pierrot.
I've actually got another question pertaining to the latest episode of Tamako Market and it might be more just to jog my memory. While it might not be as aesthetically pleasing to some, I'm going to spoiler my post as a courtesy to any readers who haven't seen the episode yet as some of the details might be considered spoilers.
Okay,
I've actually got another question pertaining to the latest episode of Tamako Market and it might be more just to jog my memory. While it might not be as aesthetically pleasing to some, I'm going to spoiler my post as a courtesy to any readers who haven't seen the episode yet as some of the details might be considered spoilers.
Okay,
I guess I was thinking more on the time frame since Tamako's mother passed away and how the song was revealed seemed a bit strange to me. It's been a plot point that Tamako was wondering about the song for some time as the record shop fellow was trying to help her find out what it was. She was humming it and so was Dera this episode, to which he replied he picked it up because he heard her hum it so many times now.
When Tamako's father heard her he told her to be quite which she was confused over. Did he never really hear her hum the song before? She seemed to be open enough about it, so you think he would have told her to stop other times he had heard her sing it and it would have come across as more of a song he appeared to not like. Maybe it happened before and I've simply forgotten.
The whole Mochi day events reminded the Dad of Tamako's mother and he started to sing the song. He never sang it again until all these years later until he heard Tamako? Again, it seemed like he would have heard her before and she would have had a chance to then hear him and find out about the song. I don't know, that part just came across as kind of strange to me with how it was done but maybe I'm forgetting something that was mentioned in an earlier episode.
CielTynave
Member
Okay, so I've watched about 3 1/2 episodes of Shana II and this is awful so far. I'm pretty sure that I read that this first half is just JC Staff filler garbage, so could I just skip over this shit to get right to the good stuff again and what episode does it go back to the main story?
GTO 13
OH MY GOSH IT'S A SPIRALING VORTEX OF CREEPY.
Okay, so, creepy slasher stalker guy who is totally planning on date raping Ms. Fuyutsuki tutors the daughter of some like, politician or something, and she makes him lick her foot. CREEPY. This is the weirdest, creepiest arc ever, man. Like, are people in Japan really this, I dunno, messed up?
OH MY GOSH IT'S A SPIRALING VORTEX OF CREEPY.
Okay, so, creepy slasher stalker guy who is totally planning on date raping Ms. Fuyutsuki tutors the daughter of some like, politician or something, and she makes him lick her foot. CREEPY. This is the weirdest, creepiest arc ever, man. Like, are people in Japan really this, I dunno, messed up?
PorcellainThrill
Member
Yeah 34 was a great episode.
34 has so many great scenes and lines.
http://i.imgur.com/mf4fGHr.jpg
(Syrinx do not open this)
in 38 (?) is also one my favorite scenes.
http://i.imgur.com/mf4fGHr.jpg
(Syrinx do not open this)
Anthy's attempt suicide
It was worth a shot! If I come across anything like you described, I'll pass it along.
Chet Rippo
Member
That's why Kaiba was so good. Yugi probably just stole his grandpa's cards.
Oho, so that upcoming Maken-Ki OAD is going to have a a bit of a staff shakeup from the TV series. Some of the new replacements are Hiraku Kaneko (Seikon no Qwaser, Manyuu Hikenchou) as director, and Akio Takami (Upotte, Ladies vs. Butlers, Kanokon) as character designer. Oh, and the new studio is Xebec. I guess that explains why they're promoting this as having more sex appeal and fanservice than the TV series (well, besides the fact that they can get away with more on a direct-to-video thing anyway)...
Futari wa Precure Max Heart 11:
I watched this so that everything else I watch tonight will feel vastly more entertaining by comparison.
Just once I wish that the show would have one fucking lacrosse game that doesn't play out as a metaphor for whatever conflict is occurring in that episode of the show. This one was basically babby's first teamwork moral. I also don't think I've ever mentioned how amused I am at the fact that the animators are too lazy to animate the goalkeepers at all, so whenever someone scores a goal, the ball just whizzes past the immobile keeper into the net, who then looks shocked as if Goku had thrown it into the net at the speed or light or something.
This episode also made me realize that Sato's great score actually ends up working against the show more often than not because there's such a glaring disparity between the sort of profundity that the music tries to impart to events and how horribly inane and stupid said events are that it only serves to ratchet up the absurdity. If ever there was a Precure that was perfect for Takanashi, it would have been this one.
Now for this episode in TOEI QUALITY:
I watched this so that everything else I watch tonight will feel vastly more entertaining by comparison.
Just once I wish that the show would have one fucking lacrosse game that doesn't play out as a metaphor for whatever conflict is occurring in that episode of the show. This one was basically babby's first teamwork moral. I also don't think I've ever mentioned how amused I am at the fact that the animators are too lazy to animate the goalkeepers at all, so whenever someone scores a goal, the ball just whizzes past the immobile keeper into the net, who then looks shocked as if Goku had thrown it into the net at the speed or light or something.
This episode also made me realize that Sato's great score actually ends up working against the show more often than not because there's such a glaring disparity between the sort of profundity that the music tries to impart to events and how horribly inane and stupid said events are that it only serves to ratchet up the absurdity. If ever there was a Precure that was perfect for Takanashi, it would have been this one.
Now for this episode in TOEI QUALITY:
Apparently this is TBS's international flyer for upcoming spring series Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected.) That's one hell of an "official" English title...
(It also confirms the show as one-cour, for what it's worth)
(via @WTK)
Oh boy, I can't wait
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