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Winter-Spring 2014 Anime |OT3| People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time
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Because it's one thing to say that an anime that began in Winter 2013 was AOTY 2014. It's another thing to say a show that began in, I dunno, 1998 was AOTY 2014.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Toradora Episode 13
Toradora Episode 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogqv6CtBfbE
in the end tho it all worked out and everyone got some good feels.
Toradora Episode 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogqv6CtBfbE
in the end tho it all worked out and everyone got some good feels.
More or less.
Basileus777
Member
Why? If you are only judging by episodes that aired in that year, there is no difference. Honestly shows that started the previous Winter are far more troublesome when it comes to voting.
KirbYuuYuu
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Puchimas!! S2 1-4
RIP Producer.
Having a Puchima could be pretty cool honestly.
RIP Producer.
Having a Puchima could be pretty cool honestly.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
lol
I wish some secret anime pops up, if only because we're one season and there really hasn't been anything particularly outstanding so far. Maybe Otona Joshi no Anime Time will happen again this year and people will finally watch it!
Oh boy.
It was already AOTC!
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy TV 4
P.E. Girl wasn't as entertaining as Comic Girl from last episode. Like how she tried to crush Sammy with her vault horse leg only to remember that they're hollow, though. Anyway, Misa continues to be awesome. Thought she'd go in a little harder on that one bitch girl than she did though.
Also a tad disappointed that I didn't see Ramia's punishment for Rumiya. I've come to look forward to those.
P.E. Girl wasn't as entertaining as Comic Girl from last episode. Like how she tried to crush Sammy with her vault horse leg only to remember that they're hollow, though. Anyway, Misa continues to be awesome. Thought she'd go in a little harder on that one bitch girl than she did though.
Also a tad disappointed that I didn't see Ramia's punishment for Rumiya. I've come to look forward to those.
Admiral Woofington
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Not until I'm #1 in the hall of shame.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
But we've already had Mushishi.
You're already there in our collective heart.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
You're on several w/halls of shame already!
PshycoNinja
Member
Quite the lofty goal.
dakkumauji
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ZX IGNITION 12
Well not SMT ends by not being anything like SMT anymore.
Well not SMT ends by not being anything like SMT anymore.
Hisha is so best <3
Hellsing321
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If the AnimeGAF cabal doesn't make Mushishi number one I will be sorely disappointed.
noragami - 10
it was alright, some wonky art, picked up as it went, okay stuff
thing to take away is how lousy the situation is for regalias
noragami - 11
Really good. From the intro to the action to the interwoven exposition/revelations, leading all the way to the bitter end. This is one of the best episodes of animu I've seen all year.
it was alright, some wonky art, picked up as it went, okay stuff
thing to take away is how lousy the situation is for regalias
noragami - 11
Really good. From the intro to the action to the interwoven exposition/revelations, leading all the way to the bitter end. This is one of the best episodes of animu I've seen all year.
AquaWateria
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Is Mushishi really that great, been hearing great things about it.
Admiral Woofington
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is Happiness good, or is this some post ironic magical girl hipsterism??
If it's licensed, it's too mainstream? lol
MikeHattsu
Member
I was afraid I wasn't gonna make the wall of shame since this was supposed to be a short thread.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Which one?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Remember when Jex and I competed for #1? It's called a shame wall for a reason.
AquaWateria
Member
Wait what's the wall of shame?
I just watched the first season in a few days so yeah.
Admiral Woofington
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The one in your heart baby
KirbYuuYuu
Member
shameful display for starters.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I suppose it wouldn't be fair to just have Detective Conan win every year.
But it would be completely deserved if it did.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
It's very episodic (I dunno if you're one of those types that want strong, connected narratives) and can range anywhere from somber/cheerful to sad/scary but I feel its the type of anime most people would enjoy. Great show. Basically about the escapades of a dude who tries to help others with their problems/encounters with the supernatural and encounters with mystical creatures.
# of posts people have in a thread or specifcally, after a thread is complete, we go over the post totals per person and post the top (first 20) of the standings. If you make the wall, you're probably watching too much anime and should go outside #Kappa
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Onee-chan ga Kita 12
I think I keep saying this but Ichika really is best sister.
I think I keep saying this but Ichika really is best sister.
Think it's actually everyone with over a 100 posts. What could people have to talk about!?
MikeHattsu
Member
Yeah. That's what I thought too.
Selector Infected WIXOSS - 01
This was rather boring, surprisingly. Not really interested in the female lead, and her friend is borderline unbearable with her
. Not really sure if I want to put myself through this. Will place it on hold and see what others think of the following episodes.
This was rather boring, surprisingly. Not really interested in the female lead, and her friend is borderline unbearable with her
obvious as hell love for her twin brother
Admiral Woofington
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AquaWateria
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If theirs one anime that mindfucked me it would be SAO, like how the heck did it go from a good first season to a shitty second season like seriously. I guess it's one of life's greatest mysteries.
I'm going to kill myself when I discover there's a proper translation elsewhere, but the only one I could find was only half-done, so...
(I understand that Pioneer used Franglais instead of Engrish, but that would take more effort than this has already taken so I don't think I can face tidying up the translation to match...)
At least, it's something ridiculous like that.
Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru
Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru is the riveting sequel to Erītosukuwaddo, the tale of Senchō Nascimento, who lives in Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Burajiru. This time, Senchō Nascimento, now Taisa Nascimento, is removed from his seat of power in the BOPE and taken off the front lines after a riot in a prison goes horribly out of control. The film follows Taisa Nascimento's rise to power within the Secretariat of Security of the State of Rio De Janeiro and how the system he builds, the war machine he designs to clean the city once and for all, is coopted and turned into a mafia by the Policia Militar.
The movie is notable because Taisa Nascimento is simultaneously almost idealized Burajiruhito hero and a classical anti-hero. The classical Burajiruhito hero is best typified by Martim from Jose Alencar's Iracema: Ceara no Densetsu. Like Martim, Taisa Nascimento is a handsome, intelligent warrior capable of both prowess and moments of surprising sensitivity, as befits the concept of machismo (which, it should be noted, is still inferior to bushido). Taisa Nascimento is almost a hero ripped from an Amerikan action movie. The purpose of this, however, is to subvert the entire concept and really stress that Taisa Nascimento is an anti-hero. His waifu has left him for a bitter foe, his son fears him, his friends have all distanced themselves from him, and his war against the drug lords who rule half the city has consumed every aspect of his life in spite of an increasing lack of meaning.
Where Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru really shines is in its depiction of an issue which is highly relevant to the Burajiruhito populous. Nascimento himself holds a very strict, conservative, and militaristic view of the situation: the drug lords are monsters and the only way to save the city is to put bullets into them. His foil for much of the film, Jōin giin Fraga (the man who stole his waifu), holds the opposing view that criminals can be reformed and that prison and execution are not the only solutions. The audience is left to decide which is truly best for their nation. The issue of firearms, narcotics and human trafficking is one of importance to people across the whole of Minami Amerika and not just Burajiru, and the film takes great pains to show it in an entirely human light. Numerous times the BOPE heishi are depicted in positions of power over the drug lords, and not always in a heroic light. At times the drug lord's minions are no more than hopeless teenagers, and there is no appeal in seeing men in body armor gun down boys in tank tops. No expense is spared in depicting the brutal realities of the situation, as corpses have teeth plucked out, criminals and politicians are beaten into bloody pulps, and soldiers and civilians alike die from gunshot wounds.
Over the course of this delightful cinematic work, Taisa Nascimento's character undergoes several key character developments. Where at the beginning he is somewhat naive and he views the conflict in terms of soldiers and drug dealing monsters, he comes to see that the system itself is flawed and in need of revision. He begins a cold, but violent man, but demonstrates greater warmth and care by the film's end. Though he tells us he loathes Fraga's guts, a sort of mutual respect develops between the two, turning them, if not nakama, then allies in their fight.
To me, the most telling moments of the film are when, at first, Taisa Nascimento tells us that in spite of looking like an Amerikan action flick, the events are very real to him (underlining the concept that the audience is not meant to idolize him, nor romanticize the conflict through which he passes) and at the end, when a panning shot of the Daitōryō kyūden, the seat of the nation's government, is accompanied by Nascimento's scathing: "And now answer me this: who do you think finances all of this?" Sealing the film's central point: that the enemy of peace is not simply criminals, but the system that creates, harbors, and profits from them. The nuanced approaches to these two points and the unflinching dedication to demonstrate that real endings are at best bittersweet is what makes Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru a stellar sequel and a triumph of Burajiruhito cinema.
Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru is the riveting sequel to Erītosukuwaddo, the tale of Senchō Nascimento, who lives in Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Burajiru. This time, Senchō Nascimento, now Taisa Nascimento, is removed from his seat of power in the BOPE and taken off the front lines after a riot in a prison goes horribly out of control. The film follows Taisa Nascimento's rise to power within the Secretariat of Security of the State of Rio De Janeiro and how the system he builds, the war machine he designs to clean the city once and for all, is coopted and turned into a mafia by the Policia Militar.
The movie is notable because Taisa Nascimento is simultaneously almost idealized Burajiruhito hero and a classical anti-hero. The classical Burajiruhito hero is best typified by Martim from Jose Alencar's Iracema: Ceara no Densetsu. Like Martim, Taisa Nascimento is a handsome, intelligent warrior capable of both prowess and moments of surprising sensitivity, as befits the concept of machismo (which, it should be noted, is still inferior to bushido). Taisa Nascimento is almost a hero ripped from an Amerikan action movie. The purpose of this, however, is to subvert the entire concept and really stress that Taisa Nascimento is an anti-hero. His waifu has left him for a bitter foe, his son fears him, his friends have all distanced themselves from him, and his war against the drug lords who rule half the city has consumed every aspect of his life in spite of an increasing lack of meaning.
Where Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru really shines is in its depiction of an issue which is highly relevant to the Burajiruhito populous. Nascimento himself holds a very strict, conservative, and militaristic view of the situation: the drug lords are monsters and the only way to save the city is to put bullets into them. His foil for much of the film, Jōin giin Fraga (the man who stole his waifu), holds the opposing view that criminals can be reformed and that prison and execution are not the only solutions. The audience is left to decide which is truly best for their nation. The issue of firearms, narcotics and human trafficking is one of importance to people across the whole of Minami Amerika and not just Burajiru, and the film takes great pains to show it in an entirely human light. Numerous times the BOPE heishi are depicted in positions of power over the drug lords, and not always in a heroic light. At times the drug lord's minions are no more than hopeless teenagers, and there is no appeal in seeing men in body armor gun down boys in tank tops. No expense is spared in depicting the brutal realities of the situation, as corpses have teeth plucked out, criminals and politicians are beaten into bloody pulps, and soldiers and civilians alike die from gunshot wounds.
Over the course of this delightful cinematic work, Taisa Nascimento's character undergoes several key character developments. Where at the beginning he is somewhat naive and he views the conflict in terms of soldiers and drug dealing monsters, he comes to see that the system itself is flawed and in need of revision. He begins a cold, but violent man, but demonstrates greater warmth and care by the film's end. Though he tells us he loathes Fraga's guts, a sort of mutual respect develops between the two, turning them, if not nakama, then allies in their fight.
To me, the most telling moments of the film are when, at first, Taisa Nascimento tells us that in spite of looking like an Amerikan action flick, the events are very real to him (underlining the concept that the audience is not meant to idolize him, nor romanticize the conflict through which he passes) and at the end, when a panning shot of the Daitōryō kyūden, the seat of the nation's government, is accompanied by Nascimento's scathing: "And now answer me this: who do you think finances all of this?" Sealing the film's central point: that the enemy of peace is not simply criminals, but the system that creates, harbors, and profits from them. The nuanced approaches to these two points and the unflinching dedication to demonstrate that real endings are at best bittersweet is what makes Erītosukuwaddo 2: Teki wa mōhitotsu aru a stellar sequel and a triumph of Burajiruhito cinema.
You're gonna kill yourself anyway...Hito already PM'd me a translation.
Thanks anyway doe.
E: And thank you too Hito.
It's horrifying but not surprising that they have a word for this.
I thought it was out-dated slang that I remembered vaguely from 10 years ago but couldn't find a good way of checking it. Thanks for confirming though - my Nihongo-fu is weak.
Anyway, off to kill myself now as you already had a translation
Might dethrone my favorites if it keeps its current trajectory. It's good.
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