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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!

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BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
Kotoura-san 10
I have a prediction of what the conclusion could be. Wonder if they will play that predictable card.

PSYCHO-PASS 21
If they had just let the TNT explode where it was it would have done nothing. He had no time to chuck it so the radius of the explosion didn't change due to his action and sonny boy was harmed at all.

Chihayafuru S2 10
Watch the conflict raised at the end be nothing and resolved within the first minute of next week's episode.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 23
Never before has a
decapitated head
looked so fabulous.

Except for The Head from Art Attack.

Space Brothers 49
So I'm guessing he dropped his phone and is going back to pick it up. That's why you always double check the contents of your pockets every 30 seconds.

AKB0048 24
NOW THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT!

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madp

The Light of El Cantare
Dokidoki 7:

So, I've finally realized a way in which Mana Sue's personality actually enhances the believability of a basic aspect of Precure plot. Her compulsive need to help those in need regardless of the circumstances actually makes it believable that she'd take on a life of combat in the defense of an other-dimensional kingdom that she's never heard of and, until this episode, had no real proof actually exists, just because someone asked her to do it. This kind of internal motivation is fairly unique among lead Cures, who unquestioningly accept the mascot explanation for all the shit that's happening but really just fight out of having to deal with the fact that they're now a lightning rod for monster attacks. Mana is still way too perfect, but at least it's beginning to be used for good effect like
being so on top of shit that she actually laughs in the face of the villain at the logical inconsistency in his scheme
. I mean, I was genuinely shocked because the second that the
broken mirror
thing happened and everyone was freaking out about
never being able to return home
, my first thought was
"uhhhhh Bel can teleport in and out at will so just make him do it somehow"
and then IT HAPPENED.

Y'know, I've always hated how the mascot dimensions in Precure are almost always monarchies living in a perfect utopian golden age and how every Queen character is the very fucking same in personality and design. It's no different here, but I guess I can deal with
DokiDoki's queen wearing a suit of armor and fucking up monsters with a glowing polearm
. That's as cool as terribly, terribly boring Queen characters get.

Man, I can't believe that Bel already went down. He's still a damned cool villain, but I was also hoping he'd be the one that appears less frequently but makes everyone go OHSHIT when he does, a la Joker, Dark Precure, Bloody, Baldez, etc. Nice TEAMWORK guys.

The true Demon's Souls begins next week.

I might die if I try to begin my Splash Star marathon today so I think I'm going to catch up on Jojo.
 

FUCK SAO!

Lamest shit my eyes have ever witnessed. How they can afford even semi-decent animation is beyond me.

Oh kirito-kun...oh Asuna-chan lets get married (its a fucking game), lets have a kid ( its a fucking game), sheeet kids got super powers yay and never mind the ridiculous age difference between the parents and "kid". Hey your my little sister oh wait your not, cool. What a coincidence that your on love with me herp derp. My name is Kiririririrto and I'm a badass cuz I iz an leet beta tester haxxxx.

The whole show takes itself way too seriously and pretends that people actually give a fuck when all that the audience wants is a is asuna getting tentacle raped.

Now you tell me theres going to be another season.....

FUCK dat shit. Seriously FUCK DAT SHIT .Japan I have never been so disappointed in you.

When I go on my computer browsing through history and see this shit:
SAO episode 2
SAO episode 3
SAO episode 4
SAO episode 5
SAO episode 6
SAO episode 7
SAO episode 8
SAO episode 9
SAO episode 10
SAO episode 11
SAO episode its fucking game

I die a little inside. I refuse to be related to someone who watches this shit. Calling it shit is actually an insult to shit. Shit actually has substance, matter even though its shit. SAO wishes it had substance that was as shitty as shit.

Just listening to the conversations makes my stomach cringe with such intensity that I am sure my intestines have been imploded.

I hope this shit dies soon. I want no demand a berserk type ending except instead of guts surviving I want Kiriririrt0-kun to die.

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Narag

Member
FUCK SAO!

Just listening to the conversations makes my stomach cringe with such intensity that I am sure my intestines have been imploded.

I hope this shit dies soon. I want no demand a berserk type ending except instead of guts surviving I want Kiriririrt0-kun to die.]

You should check out firehawk's dissertation of SAO.
 

Shergal

Member
FUCK SAO!

Lamest shit my eyes have ever witnessed. How they can afford even semi-decent animation is beyond me.

Not to defend SAO (Never watched it and don't intend to), but it's not really healthy to be so upset at a fictional series. Especially if it's that bad, it shouldn't deserve such attention.
 

cajunator

Banned
I think a lot of people feel this way. Isn't that why people say negative reviews are more fun to write? I know the same is true for me. Usually, when something is done well, all the mechanisms that make it work are almost transparent to the viewer, while when something sucks, the sore points stick out. Personally, I can talk much more 'intelligently' about why I hate MGS4's story than I can about why I love its early levels, for example.

Writing a review of something remarkable that properly captures its quality without breaking into empty superlatives is an incredibly difficult task. That's why a lot of my series reviews tend to be really short. I never have any idea where to start.



Every time I pick anime by thinking with my dick, I wind up disappointed. So I've given up on that.

You picked Sasami-san by thinking with your dick? wat? I could see that being the reason someone would watch TLR Darkness or Senran Kagura but Sasami?

Dokidoki Precure - 07 End

Though a bit underwhelming for a series finale, this was nonetheless another stellar episode.

More than anything else, I've been consistently impressed by the direct continuity of these episodes. In other series, unspecified days or weeks would pass between monster of the week appearances, but here, every episode picks up directly where the last one left off. Episodes 2 to 4 all took place in one day; after 7, only four days have passed in total, I think. This means that the villains actually attack more than once a day! And in this episode, one of them
actually went personally to fight, since he knew the monsters were unreliable
! It's so refreshing.

The battle scenes have maintained a high level of quality as well. The animation is never too derpy, and interesting tactics are often used. This episode's
two chandeliers being dropped on the bad guys in one episode, in the same room even
, was at once hilarious and effective. I also appreciate that the Cures attempt punches and kicks before resorting to beamspam. It's not quite Futari wa or Heartcatch levels of melee, but after all-spam-Smile, it's pretty darn good.

The characterization was also handled much better than in recent seasons. At this time in most series, we'd have learned one to two quirks or interests of each main character; in Smile, we didn't even find out some of the core relationships (like Beauty and March beng childhood friends) until another thirty episodes in! But in Dokidoki, two of the four (Heart and Sword) are already significantly developed and have backstories and real motivations. Rosetta's intro episode gave a small bit of depth to her as well, so only Diamond remains a bit plain.

But why must all the good series die young? Is it really too much to ask for fifty episodes of this qualty, Toei? ...Don't answer that, I know it is. I'm sure the movie, at least, will give Dokidoki a chance to make our hearts pund once more.

Overall, I give this series a 9/10, on par with Heartcatch. I hope the next will be just as great.

I pray so deeply that I'm wrong, but... The baby thing is finally in the preview... What was shaping up to be the best Precure ever will almost certainly fall into the depths of mediocrity next week... I'll watch anyway, but I'm preemptively mourning the loss.

This post confuses me. Is the series finale thing a joke?

Few screens of the first Neptunia anime footage shown at the Dengeki event:

Also IF and Compa will be appearing!

nao's confirmed as doing the OP, increasing the chances of 5pb showing up by 2.487%. If the OP's on the same level as Kirihirake! Gracie☆Star I'll be happy.

I definitely look forward to this now!

Steins;gate-3

I love this show. It's slow, but, I don't mind as the character interactions are the best part. I like all the characters. Kurisu is already one of my favorite's. I like every character, specially the main.

I thought I would hate it seeing as how I hated Durararara.

Oh man. Let me just say that if you are this into the show after just three episodes its going to be amazing. For one thing, the show hasn't really gotten going yet and will take several more episodes to put on the jets, but you will know the exact moment when it does.

I can only think of Puella Magi Madoka Magica where I had to wait months for the final couple of episodes.

Madoka Magica was a truly special phenomenon. It was heavily fueled by specula and constant arguments over where it would go and that was a big part of the fun. The wait for the final episodes was MADDENNING.

That's Dakota Handwriting, isn't it?

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How do yall do this stuff? What program? What tools? I bow to your greatness with my inferiority. also thank you for the Sawako Chet <3
 

kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
FUCK SAO!

Lamest shit my eyes have ever witnessed. How they can afford even semi-decent animation is beyond me.

Oh kirito-kun...oh Asuna-chan lets get married (its a fucking game), lets have a kid ( its a fucking game), sheeet kids got super powers yay and never mind the ridiculous age difference between the parents and "kid". Hey your my little sister oh wait your not, cool. What a coincidence that your on love with me herp derp. My name is Kiririririrto and I'm a badass cuz I iz an leet beta tester haxxxx.

The whole show takes itself way too seriously and pretends that people actually give a fuck when all that the audience wants is a is asuna getting tentacle raped.

Now you tell me theres going to be another season.....

FUCK dat shit. Seriously FUCK DAT SHIT .Japan I have never been so disappointed in you.

When I go on my computer browsing through history and see this shit:
SAO episode 2
SAO episode 3
SAO episode 4
SAO episode 5
SAO episode 6
SAO episode 7
SAO episode 8
SAO episode 9
SAO episode 10
SAO episode 11
SAO episode its fucking game

I die a little inside. I refuse to be related to someone who watches this shit. Calling it shit is actually an insult to shit. Shit actually has substance, matter even though its shit. SAO wishes it had substance that was as shitty as shit.

Just listening to the conversations makes my stomach cringe with such intensity that I am sure my intestines have been imploded.

I hope this shit dies soon. I want no demand a berserk type ending except instead of guts surviving I want Kiriririrt0-kun to die.

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This makes me sad inside. LOL.
 

Narag

Member
Got a link for it? Tried searching but got me nowhere except that I found this funny quote by firehawk

It's spread out over 25 posts covering each individual episode. Were I not lazy, I'd compile a list of post links but they get increasingly educational as you go on. Then there's the podcast.
 

cajunator

Banned
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And yes, Smile movie is out on the 20th.

Come on Amazon, ship my Smile + Nanoha A's movie order early ;_;

I'm going to watch DokiDoki quite a long time from now at this rate, but it seems to be going a lot better than people anticipated. Or is everyone just battle weary at this point of the season and accepting anything?
 
AKB0048 24
NOW THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT!

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Dammit ... You're GOOD.

How can anyone take this show seriously:

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Thats his daughter....oh wait no its not because its a FUCKING GAME and hes like 12.
Adopted daughter.
What an out of context gif , lol

If EDI in ME managed to get a body , why wouldn't Yui do the same??? Not that i'm up to date with the books or anything..or maybe i am ?

I'm going to watch DokiDoki quite a long time from now at this rate, but it seems to be going a lot better than people anticipated. Or is everyone just battle weary at this point of the season and accepting anything?

It's good stuff. Weird start but it got into gear quickly.
 

survivor

Banned
It's spread out over 25 posts covering each individual episode. Were I not lazy, I'd compile a list of post links but they get increasingly educational as you go on. Then there's the podcast.

Wait, firehawk went a podcast or something to complain about SAO?
 

Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
I'm going to watch DokiDoki quite a long time from now at this rate, but it seems to be going a lot better than people anticipated. Or is everyone just battle weary at this point of the season and accepting anything?
Episode four and seven were genuinely good. Not so sure about the rest...
 

Varion

Member
I'm going to watch DokiDoki quite a long time from now at this rate, but it seems to be going a lot better than people anticipated. Or is everyone just battle weary at this point of the season and accepting anything?
No it actually seems to be going really well. I was a bit concerned after the first episode but since then it's improved a lot. They do seem to be going for more of a plot focus over Smile's happy comedy focus though (but there's still comedy in there).

Got to see if they keep it up considering next week's episode might ruin everything though.

(Of course, I'll freely admit part of the reason I watch Precure is it allows me to throw my mental age back about 15 years so I can just enjoy it and can just handwave away a lot of things that would bother me otherwise with 'It's for kids, who cares?')
 

DiGiKerot

Member
Isn't the Smile Precure movie finally coming out this week? Because HYPE

The order I have in at CDJapan has Smile Precure out on BD on the 20th (and Nanoha 2nd A's on the 22th, for those whose magical girl preferences swing more in that direction).

Anyway, I went to see Mai Mai Miracle at the local cinemabobs, since it's part of some touring program of Japanese movies here in Blighty at the moment. It was OK - I can't really think of much to say other than it was kind of meandering and schizophrenic in tone.
 

Narag

Member
Wait, firehawk went a podcast or something to complain about SAO?

Yeah, it was a good rant too. Just need him to make a youtube video series destroying it and possibly an overlarge infographic correlating SAO with world problems like crime and human rights to make it all complete.
 
It's not .. you guys are just way too perverted.
Ps: i spoilered the other sentence for a reason, please don't unspoil it.

Ok looking at it again it may seem to be unintentional. Though does not excuse even a tenth of the shit this anime pulls.


I fucking hate shows that portray rape as anything other than rape, not some virgin's fantasy.
The last episode was the greatest offender, asuna was getting borderline raped but after Kirito used some of his haxx and kills the laughable villain we see him crying on asuna. Yup lets all forget the girl that nearly got raped, everyone hates to be NTR'd not to mention she seems unphased????
 
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