Eureka Seven was terrible on its own merits.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Winter-Spring 2014 Anime |OT3| People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time
- Thread starter Narag
- Start date
- Status
Eureka Seven was terrible on its own merits.
You are so adorable. But E7 does have its flaws, namely those kids. Ask Corvy how much he just loves those kids.
Not even joking, I really did hate Eureka Seven and I gave it two complete watches.
you mean you enjoyed it enough to watch through 50+ episodes twice
I-it's not like he liked it or anything
Basileus777
Member
you mean you enjoyed it enough to watch through 50+ episodes twice
But that's normal animegaf behavior.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Eureka Seven was one of the finest mecha anime of the past 20 years.
gashikunFLCL
Member
I'm not saying Baby Steps is shit, actually I liked the first episode, just wanted to point out that many points of praises I read are things that are in Touch, but I didn't have the time to be more elaborate, can't post longer posts at work with mobile, I can't even see the webm revolution.
touch is like, ancient, baby steps is recent, one is currently running in a magazine and has a current anime adaption, one doesn't, it's really not that hard to figure out
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
you mean you enjoyed it enough to watch through 50+ episodes twice
God I forgot which anime the scene is from but this reminded me of a scene where an old man who wasn't even hungry kept eating the food of some girl indignantly and kept commenting on how terrible the cooking was but wouldn't stop eating.
I think the reality of it is that we tend to be more exaggerated with our opinions on the internet to be more expressive leaving very little gradient to them. I think if we searched honestly (which I and most others, many times. can't be bothered to do), we'd find that there's many things we like in things we claimed we hated but it then becomes a lot of work to have to defend those views to the zeitgeist which is the ultimate form of baked-in generalized over exposed viewpoints.
Got dang!
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I really need to watch this series. It just past me by for some reason but I remember seeing a clip that resonated with me for the squid girl vomiting into a pile of pasta and people lapping it up with joy
Harsh truth from Corvy
I really need to watch this series. It just past me by for some reason but I remember seeing a clip that resonated with me for the squid girl vomiting into a pile of pasta and people lapping it up with joy
Yeah its pure concentrated Cuteness degeso.
Passion excites both ourselves and our "audience". It's far easier to channel that passion into inventive invective or gushing praise than reasoned critique (which is why some posts which take the time to explain their viewpoints and back them up with evidence are so wonderful!).
Perhaps you''re right; maybe if I revisited Kannazuki no Milo now, 10 years later (is that right? Has it really been ten years since that show aired?) I'd find it less loathsome. At the time, though, piling on the vitriol was much more entertaining than watching it.
I need to remember those heady days every time I start rolling my eyes at the endless SAO/MAHOUKA IS SHIT posts - been there, done that...
I really need to watch this series. It just past me by for some reason but I remember seeing a clip that resonated with me for the squid girl vomiting into a pile of pasta and people lapping it up with joy
It's really enjoyable for a bit of an off-kilter slice-of-life show.
No problems on PC on my end.
Perfection
--------------------------------------
Squid Girl Season 2: 04
Oh my goodness, the english! So wrong and so right at the same time. Surprisingly good pronunciation for the most part, too.
Red Pencil
Member
So here's what I was able to watch so far of the new season:
Mushishi S2 - 1
Satisfied any expectations I had for the second season. The overall feeling I got while watching the first season came back and I like the OP. The roof scene is exactly what I mean when I say I like the atmosphere and the world of Mushishi. This show will be a great way to unwind near the end of the week each week.
Haikyuu!! - 1
Watching this show on behalf of a friend and it seems fun enough. I'll be sticking with it. I like the setup they did for this episode as they're being pretty upfront with origin story and I can understand Hinata's motivations for playing volleyball.
Captain Earth - 1
I honestly don't know why I watched this. Let's see how long I go before it ends up dropped or on hold. Unless something ends up hooking me, this will probably end up on some sort of backlog.
Kamigami no Asobi - 1
I'm liking Yui so far as a protagonist. We'll see how this ranks compared to other otomes I've tried watching. Curious to see how similar the personalities of the gods compare to the mythology as the show continues. I won't judge that quite yet since the interactions with most of them were quick just to get them introduced.
Once work calms down a bit, I'm hoping to finally finish catching up on JoJo so I can watch the newest season. I still have quite a few shows from last summer I just never had the chance to finish as well. My backlog is shamefully long and I keep adding to it. I honestly wasn't planning on watching too many shows for Spring season so I could chip away at my backlog, but seeing how many shows I started already, I doubt I'll be able to keep that promise to myself.
Mushishi S2 - 1
Satisfied any expectations I had for the second season. The overall feeling I got while watching the first season came back and I like the OP. The roof scene is exactly what I mean when I say I like the atmosphere and the world of Mushishi. This show will be a great way to unwind near the end of the week each week.
Haikyuu!! - 1
Watching this show on behalf of a friend and it seems fun enough. I'll be sticking with it. I like the setup they did for this episode as they're being pretty upfront with origin story and I can understand Hinata's motivations for playing volleyball.
Captain Earth - 1
I honestly don't know why I watched this. Let's see how long I go before it ends up dropped or on hold. Unless something ends up hooking me, this will probably end up on some sort of backlog.
Kamigami no Asobi - 1
I'm liking Yui so far as a protagonist. We'll see how this ranks compared to other otomes I've tried watching. Curious to see how similar the personalities of the gods compare to the mythology as the show continues. I won't judge that quite yet since the interactions with most of them were quick just to get them introduced.
Once work calms down a bit, I'm hoping to finally finish catching up on JoJo so I can watch the newest season. I still have quite a few shows from last summer I just never had the chance to finish as well. My backlog is shamefully long and I keep adding to it. I honestly wasn't planning on watching too many shows for Spring season so I could chip away at my backlog, but seeing how many shows I started already, I doubt I'll be able to keep that promise to myself.
It plays fine on my Pc but my Ps3 isnt playing anything. It doesnt work when I select an episode.
I watched this old Knights of Sidonia trailer so many times over the past couple of days and I think I'm changing my mind about it. I'm ready to fully embrace the CG future cause I like this action scene a lot. I just wish that Nihei has learned how to write a sci-fi story by now.
Sure, it looked good, but it was one of the worst pieces of shit I've ever seen overall. The story makes no fucking sense whatsoever and the MC in particular is the personification of all that's wrong with anime.
You know, on the other hand, you have to be a bit of an optimist to be anime fan. You have to hope that whatever show you're starting is going to turn out OK in the end, or that you were unnecessarily hard on it in the past. It's when this hope is betrayed that you get upset about it.
That rarely happens to me. not because of lax standards, but more because I know exactly what is likely to entertain me or make me squee. Just about everything I watch I will enjoy.
Oh wow, well done.
My brother, we welcome you into our church.
Basileus777
Member
I mostly feel betrayed when I feel something wasted my time. Something being bad in itself is rarely something to get angry over. Though of course there are exceptions.
Maybe Sony doesn't like your favorite anime.
I don't have enough of an attachment to most anime any more to think like this. Having gone through my CONSUME EVERYTHING phase many years ago, I now find myself treating anime like I treat a lot of live action telly - I'll watch it if I'm in the mood, but it's no great shakes if I stop watching for some reason. If a show stops engaging me enough then I just don't carry on - so there's none of the pressure to finish what I've started which avoids most of the disappointment.
The last time I watched something to completion that I didn't really enjoy that much was probably Star Driver, but then I barely "watched" that, I mostly just had it playing in the background when I did other things except for the occasional enjoyable episode.
Of course whenever I watch a first episode I hope the show's going to be good (or at least as bad as I'm expecting it to be, in certain cases!). That's what gets us to watch any TV, or read any book, surely - being a fan of anything usually involves hoping some new part of that will be good, whether a sports team winning a game or a new stamp having a particularly good design (or something!). While I don't think there's a greater or worse likelihood of new anime being better or worse than most other "New" things (depending on your tolerance of moeshit, perhaps?
) the highly serialised nature of anime perhaps makes it more frustrating when things go wrong, as it makes it more difficult for the viewer to dip in and out? Maybe?hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I dunno... sure it looks nice (aside from the look of choppiness which could be caused by a combination of many factors) but its lacking the sense of organic-ness. I'm an old man though
This is pretty much it. Anime is far more serialized than other forms of televised entertainment, and this can be both a good thing and a bad thing. The greater investment allows for more development, but you can't just pick and choose episodes like you could with something like Law & Order. All too often anime shows will start slow but reward the viewer for their time, yet this fails to happen as well.Of course whenever I watch a first episode I hope the show's going to be good (or at least as bad as I'm expecting it to be, in certain cases!). That's what gets us to watch any TV, or read any book, surely - being a fan of anything usually involves hoping some new part of that will be good, whether a sports team winning a game or a new stamp having a particularly good design (or something!). While I don't think there's a greater or worse likelihood of new anime being better or worse than most other "New" things (depending on your tolerance of moeshit, perhaps?
Renton is easily one of the better protagonists in mecha.
I see. Eh, good enough. I can wait.
My ears ouch. I don't know about you but I quite dislike some of those harsh (thrusters?) sound effects, there are so grating and unimaginative to me. Sort of reminds me of something like those tuning sound effects used in last years Yozakura Quartet. Of course you could argue it fits the context but surely they could have come up with something better. lol
As for the CG well obviously it will have it's advantages, but I personally just don't like the look of it all that much, though more so with the characters in it's puppet like movement and robotic modeling. Something about the lighting in all these videos just bugs me. Wasn't super impressed with the action, the storyboarding is fine but I've seen much better mech action, fighting against rather bland tentacles attempting to just knock a mech about briefly doesn't help much I suppose, though it looked like some minor fight, so maybe I'll like the important fights more especially with context. I understand Polygon Pictures did that Tron animated series and that was received well enough, so who knows.
Edit: Speaking of Polygon, will be interesting to see how they handle the co-production with Ghibli on Goro's Ronia the Robber's Daughter lol
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Theonik
Member
So it appears that AnimeLimited are re-authoring the Durarara BDs to fix some issues they got from the Australian release. They intend to replace all disks bought before that is done with fixed copies when this is done.
http://www.alltheanime.com/durarara-re-authoring/
Also I asked them about whether they planned to fix the second episode of Bebop and I was told that they intend to re-issue them around the time the non-collector's edition releases in the summer.
http://www.alltheanime.com/durarara-re-authoring/
Also I asked them about whether they planned to fix the second episode of Bebop and I was told that they intend to re-issue them around the time the non-collector's edition releases in the summer.
Basileus777
Member
Maison Ikkoku 32
This show needs more wacky episodes like this, this one was pretty funny.
One of my old avatars is from that episode.
Basileus777
Member
Now I'm trying to remember it. Well, it's a good episode to choose, one of my favorites so far.
PdotMichael
Banned
Only 3 days to go.
But yeah, a mecha series with some more "realistic" (or at least not completly ignoring the laws of physics) action scenes is a fine thing.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Fate Zero CG Truck died for our sins so anime fans would accept CG.
In the name of the Berserker, the Truck, and the fighter jet. Amen.
It's the pan up shot of Yotsuya as he wakes Godai in bed.
Doesn't sound like you've seen many then.
Of course the story made sense at least to some degree (though going into it would require spoilers), making no sense whatsoever sounds like a load of hyperbole. As for Renton, he's all that is wrong with anime? Oh please.
I was trying to watch One Week Friends
I don't have enough of an attachment to most anime any more to think like this. Having gone through my CONSUME EVERYTHING phase many years ago, I now find myself treating anime like I treat a lot of live action telly - I'll watch it if I'm in the mood, but it's no great shakes if I stop watching for some reason. If a show stops engaging me enough then I just don't carry on - so there's none of the pressure to finish what I've started which avoids most of the disappointment.
The last time I watched something to completion that I didn't really enjoy that much was probably Star Driver, but then I barely "watched" that, I mostly just had it playing in the background when I did other things except for the occasional enjoyable episode.
Of course whenever I watch a first episode I hope the show's going to be good (or at least as bad as I'm expecting it to be, in certain cases!). That's what gets us to watch any TV, or read any book, surely - being a fan of anything usually involves hoping some new part of that will be good, whether a sports team winning a game or a new stamp having a particularly good design (or something!). While I don't think there's a greater or worse likelihood of new anime being better or worse than most other "New" things (depending on your tolerance of moeshit, perhaps?
For me I just watch whenever the mood catches me. Sometimes I go weeks without actually watching anything. Sometimes I will go through a couple series in a few days. Just depends.
- Status