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Summer 2014 Anime |OT2| Or, where Jexhius finally watches more Doremi for Hito.
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HeartCatch Precure 14
Man, I have soft spot for people respecting the dead. It's even worse when children talk about how they miss their parents.
On a lighter note, it's funny to see Sasorina take her anger out on the town because of Cobraja's narcissism.
Man, I have soft spot for people respecting the dead. It's even worse when children talk about how they miss their parents.
On a lighter note, it's funny to see Sasorina take her anger out on the town because of Cobraja's narcissism.
Bleh. It's just frustrating to see them at the most make her go on defense and then suddenly eye has victory. I'd rather her just beat them outright.
Seeing through flaws doesn't mean you can't still enjoy something though.
And really liking something doesn't mean you are blind to a works flaws.
phoenix296
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Seeing through flaws doesn't mean you can't still enjoy something though.
There has been too many flaws for me to enjoy it at this point. I don't mind the CGI but the mech fights haven't even been that interesting as of late due to poor direction. I was hoping for some evangelion/madoka mech goodness when I heard Urobuchi was behind it but sadly that is not what I got.
Jex
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How dare you try to add depth and insight!
I guess it's a case of mismatched expectations. I always knew that Urobuchi was kinda hands-off on this, and that it was mostly a "Gundam killer" product that Aniplex has been trying to get off the ground for years now. I expected it to be fairly formulaic, with a layer of glossy stylistic visuals thanks to the director Ei Aoki. The writing and development of the show is definitely disappointing to me, but the rest of the production so far is about what I expected.
Basileus777
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The first few episodes let me believe than Aldnoah could be better than this, but it's still entertaining me. At least it's not snooze inducing like Argevollen.
phoenix296
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I'm still relatively new to the anime scene and the only writers I know by name are Urobuchi and Anno. You could definitely see the Urobuchi style in the first episode but I didn't know he was taking the back seat for Aldnoah. I also haven't seen any mecha besides Evangelion and TTGL. If the mecha genre is closer to Aldnoah than it is the two mentioned previously I doubt it's worth my time.
Basileus777
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We need more anime about the struggles of salarymen.
Admiral Woofington
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Jex
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I fundamentally agree but it's fairly well known that your work has to feature characters that resemble your target demographic (or at least what appeals to said demographic), so anime will forever be stuck in it's teens.
An industry that survives by exploiting its workforce creating works depicting the exploitation of the workforce would be too meta. Entire industry would immediately be sucked into a tear in space-time.
phoenix296
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Isn't there an anime about making anime next season? Still starring teenaged girls mind you.
I thought anime's biggest spenders (Japan-wise) were male workers?
I can't imagine teens having enough cheddar to afford $70, 2-episode volumes on a regular basis.
Unless this isn't the main way anime makes money (i.e. it relies more on merchandising and such)?
Admiral Woofington
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Until I get my anime about a widow dad who rediscovers a passion for music and starts playing jazz where he slowly becomes big around the country and jazz scene around the world and eventually finds love again in a divorced business woman with 2 teenage kids who hate their father, I won't be truly satisfied. And if they want to keep it anime, they can introduce a talking animal I guess.
Well that or KyoAni dropping all the bullshit, and making my Harry Potter anime with sweet magic battles.
Well that or KyoAni dropping all the bullshit, and making my Harry Potter anime with sweet magic battles.
HeartCatch Precure 15
Oh hey, an entire episode focused on Itsuki again. Look, there's even major character development too. Is it time for a new party member, because it seems about that time. What? It's not time yet? Oh, alright. I can wait a bit more.
Oh hey, an entire episode focused on Itsuki again. Look, there's even major character development too. Is it time for a new party member, because it seems about that time. What? It's not time yet? Oh, alright. I can wait a bit more.
That time will never come barring Precure Moonlight which will probably be at the end of the series? Oh... Okay...
As much as I loved Heaven's Memo Pad, putting it in the top ten feels off.
Basileus777
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It's sad because there is some great storytelling potential there.
We already had Animation Runner Kuromi like 15 years ago. These kind of industry meta-works protect themselves from spacetime breach by glamourizing even the inbetweening gruntwork and such. There's never been one that's been fully honest.
so you say that and I start thinking of things that the japanese would change for harry potter...
first thing I came up with... Hermione
having that one potion that turns her into a catgirl be permanent instead of just a temp set back
Anime's biggest spenders are manchildren with disposable income but very narrow tastes. That's the problem.
Your post in conjunction with Jehxius' is hilarious.
Characters resemble (somewhat) target audience.
Target audience are man(children).
Manchildren are secretly mahou shoujo, confirmed?
According to Jehxius and Duckroll, you're not. You would be much too kawaii.
Admiral Woofington
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It shouldn't come to anybody's surprise if the biggest audience for mahou shojo shows are older men. Probably the same with ponies but I have no evidence to back this up obviously, just speculation.
Interesting hypothesis.
MetroidPrimeRib
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DTL will be happy
Basileus777
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DTL hates salty water?
Salty water contains salt.
Salt consists of Na+ Cl-.
Opposites.
I'd wager DTL would prefer Na2+ (or Cl2-).
I've read that doujin
Dai-Guard was kinda like that, I thought.
Basileus777
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Is it really? A Xebec mecha isn't the place I'd think to look. Is it worth watching?
phoenix296
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Aria: The Animation 04
Much cat butt in this episode.
This episode is straying into sappy fluff. Maybe I'm just bitter.
Much cat butt in this episode.
This episode is straying into sappy fluff. Maybe I'm just bitter.
So, bearing in mind that the visuals aren't the best thing ever, I actually really enjoyed Dai-Guard. The premise is that it's a mecha fighting kaiju, but in reality it's mostly an office comedy/drama series that happens to be about a PR department for a security company using a mecha. It's sort of a nice take on "what would the business side of owning a super robot be like?" They have to compete with the military for defense contracts, fill out paperwork, and the like.
It's sort of hard to explain, but I really enjoyed that there was a large focus on how office gossip sort of prevented the team from seeing the real problems its members were having and such. Like, the main trio all have problems that I found fairly realistic and not wildly overblown. Its that whole "mecha as a vehicle to tell other stories" setup.
I'd recommend it. I mean, it isn't the best mecha anime series of all time, but it is an unexpected, unusual and enjoyable show.
and it has an awesome theme song!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Maximilian Kolbe
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That guy also wrote Ga-Rei Zero though,so i can see the suffer
Femmeworth
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Ep. 1
Watching this, it's hard to believe that Chobits was produced in the same year. Of course, something like this had a way bigger budget and Production I.G.'s technical prowess goes without saying. It does have some of the visual telltale signs of being a digitally produced television production from that time period, though.
Watching this, it's hard to believe that Chobits was produced in the same year. Of course, something like this had a way bigger budget and Production I.G.'s technical prowess goes without saying. It does have some of the visual telltale signs of being a digitally produced television production from that time period, though.
It's also worth noting that while Chobits was just a regular TV series, GitS:SAC was a PPV on demand show with two episodes a month. Very different format.
Femmeworth
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Ah, good to know. I knew it had a less conventional release but not to that extent. That does make it more unfair to compare the two. So it's kind of like a halfway point between an OVA series and a television series.
I don't think it looks that bad. (Aside from the OP.) Are there any television works from that time period you find visually appealing?
Out of interest, which OP is it? Is it the original OP, all CG version, or the OP from the terrestrial TV broadcast? Excuse the quality of these videos...
Looks like it's time to listen to Inner Universe again!
KirbYuuYuu
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As have I. Feels like a childhood past time if I do say so myself.
Ai-Mai-Mi - Mousou Catastrophie 7
the honourable doujin artists has more HEART than kubo will ever know ;-;7
Yami Shibai S2 1-4
Yep, this is more of the same with the neat little horror stories. Kinda glad they're still sticking with the creepy vocaloid ED's. Definitely a must watch for horror fans and sticklers for first rate sound design.
the honourable doujin artists has more HEART than kubo will ever know ;-;7
Yami Shibai S2 1-4
Yep, this is more of the same with the neat little horror stories. Kinda glad they're still sticking with the creepy vocaloid ED's. Definitely a must watch for horror fans and sticklers for first rate sound design.
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