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

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cajunator

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Futari Wa Precure Max Heart 05

Hikari becomes Shiny Luminous!
She is rather cute as a precure.
Now Porun has a match.
As the episode ends, the three Precures face the main villain. I guess this is a way to keep people watching. Futari Wa Precure never left off with cliffhangers in the middle of a battle. It always got resolved fairly quickly in one episode.
 
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Extollere

Sucks at poetry
Articalys said:
The second season of High School DxD will simply be called High School DxD NEW. The logo is... well, see for yourself.

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New members joining the cast include Risa Taneda, Haruko Yamazaki, and Maaya Uchida.
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Pair of boobs, butt, or really round vagina?

Chet Rippo said:
It would probably work if Jun and Ui weren't better than Azucat, but everyone knows she's the low man on the totem pole.
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:/

I know people like to fall in love with side characters because we see less of them, but in this case Azusa was masterfully crafted with care for all of us to enjoy. So just accept that she's the best in K-ON! under Sawako on the totem pole.
 
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BluWacky

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_Keiichi_ said:
How do you spoil Gilrs und Panzer?
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I dunno, for a show about tank battles and funny moments between the girls you can spoil visual gags and cool moments in the battle sequences with a JPEG. Besides, aren't the final two episodes all about the final battle? If I watched the show I wouldn't want anything about the outcome spoilt for me.
 
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remz

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Articalys said:
The second season of High School DxD will simply be called High School DxD NEW. The logo is... well, see for yourself.

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New members joining the cast include Risa Taneda, Haruko Yamazaki, and Maaya Uchida.
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Well at least they're being upfront about the appeal
 
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Kazzy

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_Keiichi_ said:
How do you spoil Gilrs und Panzer?
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Quite easily.

Since it has already been answered:

BluWacky said:
I dunno, for a show about tank battles and funny moments between the girls you can spoil visual gags and cool moments in the battle sequences with a JPEG. Besides, aren't the final two episodes all about the final battle? If I watched the show I wouldn't want anything about the outcome spoilt for me.
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Crash Station

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Arthea said:
so, it happens that I've already seen first episode of Tsuritama, rather struggled through it, and never came back.
Humanity Has Declined after watching 1 episode, also gets no go from me.
Both has no blood and violence in epic proportions. No, seriously sci-fi without action or even conflict of galactic proportions is always fail. Well, may be not fail, but boring. There is an exception though - level E was awesome. OTOH... it has epic conflict (><)
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There's Psycho Pass and Ghost in the Shell, but neither extend beyond Earth to my knowledge.
 
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cajunator

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Futari Wa Precure Max Heart 06

Hikari has to go shopping for Akane's takiyaki store.
Seeing as she is largely useless on her own, Nagisa and Honoka accompany her. There is a new villain that just showed up at the evil mansion out of nowhere too.
This weeks monster if a giant octobeast!
The new villain corners hikari and notices that she is different from Nagisa and Honoka.
One thing I do like with a third Precure is now there is quite a bit more variety of attacks and possible combinations. That part is a bit more fun to watch. Still derpy though.
With that little minor distraction out the way, the group returns to Akanes store with the groceries. Yay!
 
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fertygo

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Robotic; Notes 17-18

Wah.. these are actually good episode, I can see the trainwreck's coming though. I always like the little thing in this show with building robot and slice-of-life VN feel, the PLOT PLOT PLOT stuff can go to hell because they're not in my interest. The showoff at expo make me smile, great stuff.. I can see that happening to me if witnessing good stuff like that at expo.

At least this confirm I'll like the game much more.
 
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Chet Rippo

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Extollere said:
:/

I know people like to fall in love with side characters because we see less of them, but in this case Azusa was masterfully crafted with care for all of us to enjoy. So just accept that she's the best in K-ON! under Sawako on the totem pole.
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Ui is the better sister, and Jun steals the spot light in every scene she's in. I don't hate Azusa, but she's outclassed by all the other characters.
_Keiichi_ said:
How do you spoil Gilrs und Panzer?
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Like any other show. Don't be daft.
 
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BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
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CornBurrito

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Steins;Gate episode 9

This is getting really good. I got a terrible sense of dread by the end of the episode, and I can only imagine things will only get worse in-universe.
 
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jbug617

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I spent my weekend in a Prince of Tennis vortex. I know some people didn't like the unrealistic aspect of Kuroko no Basket but Prince of Tennis is on another level when it comes to that.
 
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Kurita

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jbug617 said:
I spent my weekend in a Prince of Tennis vortex. I know some people didn't like the unrealistic aspect of Kuroko no Basket but Prince of Tennis is on another level when it comes to that.
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The problem with Kuroko is that the "unrealistic" aspect is boring. The players' techniques are not exciting at all.
In Prince Of Tennis and Eyeshield 21, everything is over-the-top and that's awesome (I don't like PoT that much but still).
Kuroko doesn't know if it wants to be realistic or silly, thus it's just uninteresting.

Having shitty and non-likeable characters doesn't help either. And focusing on a main duo in every team is terrible.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Futari Wa Precure Max Heart 07

Nagisa's mother has to go to a Class reunion.
She leaves her alone with her little brother to take care of the house. This also means helping him with his homework. Naturally Nagisa is too dumb to do elementary school homework. she also has to cook something for dinner, so she sneaks out to go meet Honoka and address these issues. Because Honoka is, after all, superior in every way.
Honoka suggests she try to cook it herself and another heartiel appears. I will call this one SHOUNEN HAATO. Anyway as they walk home, a Zakenna forms from the baseball field nearby because the dark kingdom is full of assholes. Hikari shows up as the Precures are trapped, and unleashes yet another new attack. This show has more attacks in 7 episodes than all of futari Wa Precure combined.
So then when that it over Nagisa learns to cook. somewhat. Its still awful and Honoka is still superior. the end!
 
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CornBurrito

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cajunator said:
DO NOT do that!
Oh my god. Do not spoil anything from Steins;Gate. It is so much fun to follow completely blind of anything that happens.
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Trust me I know better!

Steins;Gate 10 first couple minutes

Well... that's really awkward. And is this just the show, or does Japan in general have like no concept of transsexualism?
 
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Moonlight

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CornBurrito said:
It is taking every ounce of willpower I have to not go crazy and spoil the whole series for myself on TVtropes.
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It absolutely is not worth it.

There are some things you need to go into completely blind, and Steins;Gate is absolutely one of them.

I await the look on your face in the next few episodes.
 
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cajunator

Banned
CornBurrito said:
Trust me I know better!

Steins;Gate 10 first couple minutes

Well... that's really awkward. And is this just the show, or does Japan in general have like no concept of transsexualism?
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Cute is cute.
Also, there are several shows that have transsexual characters that I can think of. Shangri-La seems to treat it the most seriously of the ones I am aware of (although the character is still playful about their sexuality).
 
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CornBurrito

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cajunator said:
Cute is cute.
Also, there are several shows that have transsexual characters that I can think of. Shangri-La seems to treat it the most seriously of the ones I am aware of (although the character is still playful about their sexuality).
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I know there's one by the people that did Nana, with fashion shows or something. I forget the name.
 
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Awful Falafel

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BluWacky said:
Most films don't have OPs and I'd like it if more did. Obviously the Bond films do, and the incredible Girl With The Dragon Tattoo opening is one of the best sequences I've seen in years, but most films don't devote full sequences to credits any more.

Let's face it, most live action television doesn't anymore, either. I know they're a waste of time for some narratives when they can tell a story instead but I love the impact of a great credit sequence, they really get me in the mood - it's the same with anime. Although admittedly I think From The New World's lack of a credit sequence works well.
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Here, have all the title sequence porn you'll ever need. It won't change the growing lack of them but it should tie ya over until more come along.

I feel the same way about good OP but I've come to dislike how in anime they're mostly used to sell people hit singles. I understand that money from those singles help keep anime alive but it doesn't mean I have to like how pervasive it is. That said I love how it lets studios flex their animation muscles. Funny enough though my favorite intro doesn't even do that, the flashes of text and the escalating noises in Bakemonogatari got me more excited for the show than the actual OP ever did. I guess I shouldn't complain since any OP is better than the death of them but I just want some variety from a parade of character shots set to catchy music.

CornBurrito said:
It is taking every ounce of willpower I have to not go crazy and spoil the whole series for myself on TVtropes.
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Wait, why would the hype make you do that instead of wanting to watch more of the show as soon as possible or even marathoning it? I've only spoiled myself on a show or movie's wiki plot summary when I didn't care enough to actually watch the thing so the opposite seems kind of backwards to me.
 
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Moonlight

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Arthea said:
so, it happens that I've already seen first episode of Tsuritama, rather struggled through it, and never came back.
Humanity Has Declined after watching 1 episode, also gets no go from me.
Both has no blood and violence in epic proportions. No, seriously sci-fi without action or even conflict of galactic proportions is always fail. Well, may be not fail, but boring. There is an exception though - level E was awesome. OTOH... it has epic conflict (><)
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It's rather a shame that those two series didn't click for you, as they count among my favourites of the last year, but in the unlikely event you haven't seen it, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann sounds rather up your alley.
 
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BluWacky

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cajunator said:
Also, there are several shows that have transsexual characters that I can think of. Shangri-La seems to treat it the most seriously of the ones I am aware of (although the character is still playful about their sexuality).
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I can't think of anything in Shangri-La that takes its transsexual characters seriously - obviously we'll have to disagree but I thought Momoko was a ridiculous stereotype. But you've seen the whole series whereas I only watched a few episodes so it's possible the overall treatment of the transsexual characters was less "played for laughs" than the stuff I thought was irritating campery in the early episodes.

CornBurrito said:
I know there's one by the people that did Nana, with fashion shows or something. I forget the name.
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Paradise Kiss. You're thinking of Isabella/Daisuke.
 
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BluWacky

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Sorry for double-posting, I got too excited about opening credits...

Awful Falafel said:
Here, have all the title sequence porn you'll ever need. It won't change the growing lack of them but it should tie ya over until more come along.
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Oh my god... I was going to go to the theatre tonight but may just go home and watch all of these instead... *drools* thanks for the link!

AH THEY HAVE THE RUBICON OPENING CREDITS ON THERE ;_;

I feel the same way about good OP but I've come to dislike how in anime they're mostly used to sell people hit singles. I understand that money from those singles help keep anime alive but it doesn't mean I have to like how pervasive it is.
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In some ways this can backfire. I will cheerfully admit to really liking the band Galileo Galilei, who did the AnoHana OP. I heard their single "Asu E", which was the first OP for Gundam AGE, completely independently of the show and loved it. But with the OP animation it's awful, it doesn't suit the show at all. Given how few people watched Gundam AGE I guess it wasn't a very good sales tactic anyway!

I guess I shouldn't complain since any OP is better than the death of them but I just want some variety from a parade of character shots set to catchy music.
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For neither of those things, try Sci-Fi Harry's OP. Or for something more amusing, maybe Moyashimon? The microbes aren't really the characters in the show :p
 
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