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

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dakkumauji

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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal 51

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Remember when Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D was announced and everyone made fun of it for DUELING ON MOTORBIKES well this show just topped that by DUELING ON ROLLER COASTERS!
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
firehawk12 said:
Dat babbie. :(
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Just think; if it was a 9/10 episode with the babby it would have been at least 14/10 without it. I suppose not everyone is like me and can compartmentalize my hatred for the product placement shit and just enjoy the rest :p

dakkumauji said:
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal 51

Remember when Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D was announced and everyone made fun of it for DUELING ON MOTORBIKES well this show just topped that by DUELING ON ROLLER COASTERS!
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LOL

Normally the fact that ZeXal is apparently consistently finding new ways to be bad would normally only serve to make me more interested, but for once I'm content to just suffer by proxy.
 
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darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
dakkumauji said:
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZeXal 51



Remember when Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D was announced and everyone made fun of it for DUELING ON MOTORBIKES well this show just topped that by DUELING ON ROLLER COASTERS!
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Who made fun of dueling on motorcycles? That was the coolest shit ever.

Dueling on roller coasters just makes me think of that used to be awesome ride at Universal that stopped being awesome once they got rid of the dueling part :(
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Mad Pierrot said:
Just think; if it was a 9/10 episode with the babby it would have been at least 14/10 without it. I suppose not everyone is like me and can compartmentalize my hatred for the product placement shit and just enjoy the rest :p
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Everything they do reminds me of how better the Smiles would have handled the situation. :(
 
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
firehawk12 said:
Everything they do reminds me of how better the Smiles would have handled the situation. :(
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Just watch the episode and if you don't like it, I'll stop talking about it! (until the next above-average episode)

Syrinx said:
Is babby DokiDoki Precure's obligatory mascot character?
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One of five, actually :lol

Babby mascots are generally feared and despised because of their inherent annoyance and the fact that they force the characters into maternal nurturer roles, but Ai's not that bad so far. Just extremely ugly.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Mad Pierrot said:
Just watch the episode and if you don't like it, I'll stop talking about it! (until the next above-average episode)
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I did! I even referenced this!
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(I'm old, so kill me)

It's not that I dislike the episode, but like the series so far, it's been so... I dunno, mechanical or artificial. Even the villain worrying about her skin seemed so trite and manufactured a concern. Like, of course she needs her beauty sleep. She's the pretty busty villain! lol

Also, what the fuck happened to Steve Guttenberg... poor guy!
 
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Branduil

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firehawk12 said:
I did! I even referenced this!
7DErZSo.jpg

(I'm old, so kill me)

It's not that I dislike the episode, but like the series so far, it's been so... I dunno, mechanical or artificial. Even the villain worrying about her skin seemed so trite and manufactured a concern. Like, of course she needs her beauty sleep. She's the pretty busty villain! lol

Also, what the fuck happened to Steve Guttenberg... poor guy!
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DiGiKerot

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Milamber said:
LoveLive! 12

Mother

of

GOD!

Final episode better deliver! Somehow... I hope...
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I'm just excited that my new favourite idol unit, george, managed to climb back into the Love Live qualifying places. I mean, with a unit name like that, you know they've got to be exciting. Go george!
 
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sleepykyo

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Haven't been in this thread in a while.

Articalys said:
They announced Wolf Children as the overall winner of the Tokyo Anime Awards a while ago, but I don't seem to remember seeing it mentioned here. Anyway, they just announced the full list of award winners, so let's see what they are:

TV Animation Award Winners
Sword Art Online and Kuroko's Basketball

Best Original Story (awarded to original creator of an adapted work)
Reki Kawahara (Sword Art Online)
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madp

The Light of El Cantare
firehawk12 said:
I did! I even referenced this!
http://i.imgur.com/7DErZSo.jpg
(I'm old, so kill me)

It's not that I dislike the episode, but like the series so far, it's been so... I dunno, mechanical or artificial. Even the villain worrying about her skin seemed so trite and manufactured a concern. Like, of course she needs her beauty sleep. She's the pretty busty villain! lol

Also, what the fuck happened to Steve Guttenberg... poor guy!
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Somehow I wasn't even aware that you were watching the series!

Anyway, I'm still figuring out how I personally feel about the series, but I don't find it to be lifeless or through-the-motions. The too-perfect cast would definitely give it that feeling if they hadn't already become caricatures of themselves, but they're all so in-your-face with the hyper-unrealism at this point that I've come full circle to finding it entertaining again. It's an oddball show and it's subverting franchise tropes at a shocking rate and I'm just sort of fascinated at this point because the execution exudes confidence in spite of there being no discernible direction at this point. We've just ended what were essentially eight episodes of setup.

Wait, you're bothered by the "beauty sleep" thing because it's too typical for Mammo's character archetype? That's not entirely wrong, but it was perfect for the sort of mundane villainy that the franchise does so well and Dokidoki's villains are supposed to represent selfishness anyway so it was fine for what it was.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Mad Pierrot said:
Somehow I wasn't even aware that you were watching the series!

Anyway, I'm still figuring out how I personally feel about the series, but I don't find it to be lifeless or through-the-motions. The too-perfect cast would definitely give it that feeling if they hadn't already become caricatures of themselves, but they're all so in-your-face with the hyper-unrealism at this point that I've come full circle to finding it entertaining again. It's an oddball show and it's subverting franchise tropes at a shocking rate and I'm just sort of fascinated at this point because the execution exudes confidence in spite of there being no discernible direction at this point. We've just ended what were essentially eight episodes of setup.

Wait, you're bothered by the "beauty sleep" thing because it's too typical for Mammo's character archetype? That's not entirely wrong, but it was perfect for the sort of mundane villainy that the franchise does so well and Dokidoki's villains are supposed to represent selfishness anyway so it was fine for what it was.
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I hated the very first episode. Not quite SAO levels, but I felt that it was despicable because it was trotting out tropes to an unsuspecting audience that just doesn't know any better.
(They're on a school trip, but all the sports teams have their equipment with them? She's able to run up a giant tower faster than the elevator? etc.)

That probably set the tone for my dislike or at best indifference to the rest of the series anyway.

I mean, it's not like Smile had the best or most original stories, but at least they all felt genuine. Even when it would go into wacky-time like in the movie and they were literally recreating folktales, it still worked for me.

But maybe kids just appreciate the simplistic nature of tropes, because they're easily identifiable and relatable. But that makes everything lack depth to me. Technically I know less about Marchenland and all that useless mythology in Smile, but I really don't have an opinion either way about Cure Sword's tragedy-porn past.

And hell, Majorlina's weekly gag of losing one of her inventions and talking to the police officer felt more real than Mammo's pimple gag. lol

Branduil said:
Link : Image
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Remember when old things were good!?
 
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Branduil

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Regulus Tera said:
[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise]

This was a film I've been meaning to watch for a long time, but for some reason or another I could never get around actually doing it. The Blue Uru announcement finally game me the extra oomph I needed to, and I can say this easily jumped to the top of my favourite things ever made. It's just so freaking beautiful. GAINAX broke the bank with this one. It makes one almost willing to forgive their crass otaku commercialism afterwards because there's no fucking way this didn't leave them at the brink of bankruptcy.

The story of Shirotsugh and his transformation from loser freeloader in life to becoming the first astronaut ever is nothing short of a spectacle. The film is a bit on the long side at 120 minutes of run time, but the meandering attitude of the protagonist demands the rather drawn-out pacing. The meticulousness at which the movie rolls also makes the mood almost melancholy at times, aiding in bringing out the more spiritual aspects of the narrative. Adding to that, the lack of any real narration around the protagonist's personality also works very well in giving him flesh. A lot of the movie's mood is told exclusively through its visuals and music, and this helps in making Shiro a more empathetic character without making his introspection annoying.

I don't think I've ever seen any animated film as lavishly crafted as this one. The character and mechanical animation* are beyond magnificent, adding to an already rich visual experience thanks to the gorgeous background art. GAINAX could have done without a lot of this detail, but the dedication they put in it is nonetheless to be applauded and marveled at. Their work at making the world of Honneamise a believable one borders on the obsessive, with stuff like characters in the background or just some props at the edge of the screen given animation of some sort. Even simple things like the shape of a fork or how the people of Honneamise read their books gives a lot of life to the setting of the film. It gives the movie the impression that, for all the historical relevance of what Shiro and crew are trying to achieve here, it's all but just a small part of the history of their fictional universe.

The soundtrack was probably the film's weak side. Most, if not all of it, is entirely synth, and the thing borders on the experimental at times. Particularly, the rock riffs mixed with the electronic sounds at the climax sounded very out of place, for instance, and the film could have used something more traditional in order to build up that moment. Thankfully most of the music is subdued, and indeed there are plenty of scenes where there's only ambient sound to accompany the visuals, making for some of the movie's strongest points.

Nonetheless, I ended up enjoying this more than I thought I would even with my Classic GAINAX fanboyism. Honneamise is one of the richest movies of anything I've ever watched. There's plenty to like about it even if you don't enjoy watching science fiction (is it really science fiction at this point when they are talking about launching a rocket into space?). The film also works as a coming of age story, and the faux historicity of the world also tickled my fancy. GAINAX uses the movie as a vehicle to also dish out some social and religious commentary, and the framework of the rocket launch give us some insights on our own world's problems with elements like bureaucracy and science for the sake of science. I cannot recommend this hard enough. 5/5 and fuck ten-point grading systems

P.S. About the
attempted rape
scene:
It's not that I don't think such a scene is out of place with the rest of the movie. The incident occurs clearly at the trough of Shiro's character arc, right after Dr. Gnomm's has died in what they speculate was a terrorist attempt and Shiro has to deal with the shady side of fame. Shiro's intentions up to this point have not been selfless (the only reason he started to take the Space Force seriously was because he was hoping to bone Riquinni), after all; in fact the story would not work without the scene at all since it's the catalyst that forces Shiro to stop being a cunt. My problem is with Riquinni blaming herself for the event and asking Shiro to forgive her. It's idiotic at its best and misogynistic at its worst. If the intention was to show that Riquinni's kindness is all forgiving because of her spirituality then the script didn't do a good job of explaining this. Almost all instances of religion in the film are damning in nature, and even if this were the case that's not a reason to have her so easily submissive for what was a rather strong female character otherwise.
That sucked.
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I don't think the film is saying that
Riquinni was right to blame herself.
It's just depicting something that can happen when two very flawed humans interact.
 
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Branduil

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Theonik said:
Wasurenagumo
This was pretty good. That ending though...
Poor schoolgirl. Guy didn't even give a damn after she saved his ass repeatedly. What a terrible way to go.
ending wasn't that bad though did feel a bit abrupt however. I suppose it's natural for this sort of 1 off anime.

Pretty decent production values too.
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The ending is what makes the whole thing.

Theonik said:
Oh we're saved! Spidergirl was good! *snap* OH WHATEVER, you just killed that girl let's cuddle.
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Now you know the true meaning of waifu culture.
 
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cajunator

Banned
Articalys said:
Somebody please let me know what the series Freezing is about (beyond the basic premise) since it just got a second season.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-25/freezing-sci-fi-action-anime-gets-2nd-season
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Freezing is concrete proof that sales have no bearing on whether a sequel is made or not.

jgminto said:
You're talking to a guy whose last name is mint with an O attached to the end.


You should watch Baccano! It's brilliant.
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my last name is Jue.
not sure if thats unusual or not.
Its a Chinese name.
 
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Branduil

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WyndhamPrice said:
Hey anime GAF

I suddenly got the urge to watch anime again after not doing so for a few years because nothing I was interested in was coming out. I think the last recent series I watched was either Baccano or FMA: Brotherhood.

What's more recent that you might recommend? I heard Steins;Gate was pretty good. I was mildly interested in Psycho Pass but never got around to it and it seemed to get a mixed response.
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Bunny Drop

The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki

Fate/Zero

Dennou Coil

Time of Eve

The Tatami Galaxy

Hyouka

From the New World

Kids on the Slope

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Hanasaku Iroha

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru

Colorful

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Summer Wars

Birdy the Mighty Decode

Wasurenagumo
 
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