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Autumn Anime 2016 |OT| The seasons change, but we're still Falling for Euri
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Do make sure to keep it that way.
Euphonium S2 Specials 01
Into my veins.
Orange 10-13 END
A decent enough denoument for a show that I can't quite articulate why I dislike outside of the mediocre technical side. I guess Naho & Kakeru never grew up in my eyes to be interesting characters and a lot of their interactions smacked of some awkward shoujo ? Something like that.
Like, do you guys understand the real benefit of AOTY after their respective years are over? It's to have a convenient repository of shows to look back on and recommend to others. The actual prestige involved is a minor concern, except for cracking jokes about how X series was robbed.
Jex
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That's true, unless Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt wins.
I recommend Panty and Stocking for Transformer jokes.
Currently my list looks like this:
1.Thunderbolt fantasy
2.Concret revolutio
3.Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
4.Boku no Hero Academia
5.Ushio to Tora
6.Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
7.Mob Psycho 100
8.Re:Zero
9.Amanchu!
10.Uchuu Patrol Luluco
It still a work in progress and I still need to watch a few shows as well as catching up with Twin Star Exorcists and March comes in like a lion.
1.Thunderbolt fantasy
2.Concret revolutio
3.Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
4.Boku no Hero Academia
5.Ushio to Tora
6.Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
7.Mob Psycho 100
8.Re:Zero
9.Amanchu!
10.Uchuu Patrol Luluco
It still a work in progress and I still need to watch a few shows as well as catching up with Twin Star Exorcists and March comes in like a lion.
Dedication Through Light
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There's a vote for Concrete Revolution!!!
Angel Beats on that list is possibly the greater crime.
Cornbread78
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hosannainexcelsis
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Certainly. It's a pretty questionable list overall. 2010 wasn't the greatest year for anime but it wasn't that bad.
Agreed! Just the infuse of personality from the eclectic talent involved for each crazy segment gave it enough prestige.
Having said that, the recency of the final episode when airing so close to the end of the year, coupled with the sudden (and obviously kind of playful) closure it had definitely helped the series achieve that rank on the poll... "ruining Christmas" sure has its perks when you left viewers so in shock it makes them retain a memory of the show so fresh! :-D
MetroidPrimeRib
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Katanagatari got robbed
Dedication Through Light
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I guess I only watched 7 shows or felt like voting only 7 shows that year. Still stand by my list, we need more cooking anime like Yumeiro Patissierre SP and more things like Bakuman and Angel Beats (rewatch it annually), and Seikon no Qwaser is still one of the best in the genre, even if S2 was a bit too lewd.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Season 2 of Ookiku Furikabutte being 28th is an even greater crime.
Hellwarden
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Anthem of the Heart
Now on one hand, I have to commend the film for making the four main leads pretty good characters in their own right. They all act and emote in ways that consistently believable, and they rarely fall too heavily into an archetypal role. (The voice actress for Naruse did a particularly good job in my opinion.) At the time, I can't escape the feeling the film is pretty flat. I don't feel the film builds upon its quiet drama terribly well, and it just kind of ends. Maybe that's because the film in its efforts to avoid over the top drama also keeps a lot in the background? I didn't quite get a good feel for what Takumi's struggles were exactly.
Now on one hand, I have to commend the film for making the four main leads pretty good characters in their own right. They all act and emote in ways that consistently believable, and they rarely fall too heavily into an archetypal role. (The voice actress for Naruse did a particularly good job in my opinion.) At the time, I can't escape the feeling the film is pretty flat. I don't feel the film builds upon its quiet drama terribly well, and it just kind of ends. Maybe that's because the film in its efforts to avoid over the top drama also keeps a lot in the background? I didn't quite get a good feel for what Takumi's struggles were exactly.
hosannainexcelsis
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I felt almost the opposite, in that I felt like the film toyed a little too much with over the top drama, particularly at the climax in the abandoned hotel - though considering it came from the Ano Hana team it was still admirably restrained. I found the musical performance itself, particularly the dual-melody song, rather moving and a good way to sum up the film. I'm not sure what you're looking for from Takumi; he didn't have particularly big trauma, just a problem with not expressing himself when doing so would have made things better for his relationships with others.
There's a vote for Concrete Revolution!!!
Is there a longer gif where it shows both of their dance moves at normal speed?
MikeHattsu
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Turin Turambar
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I know that somehow P&S won that year, but now that I see the list, that year also saw the release of motherfucking Tatami Galaxy. WTF Gaf.
nintendoman58
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Accel World: Infinite Burst
Can I just get Season 2 already please?
Can I just get Season 2 already please?
Hellwarden
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I feel like the film did a good job of avoiding over the top drama by, generally, doing a good job of showing why people were avoiding each other. As for the climax, while it was one of the more tropey aspect of the film, it also had
Naruse confess her feelings, get gently rebuffed, and had the two characters accept it seemingly without feeling slighted.
It's from the OP and that is pretty much the normal speed.
I forgot to mention the most important part of Concrete Revolutio :
Earth-chan is best girl!
SliceSabre
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Shadow council was installed after that year. Thusly it is the most pure opinion of Gaf's tastes at that period in time.
NaDannMaGoGo
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And Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru didn't even make the top 10.
Not that it can compete with My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute lul
KuwabaraTheMan
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The vote was held halfway through the following year and it was the first time ever.
So it was basically a rookie mistake. 2011 was the first real Anime of the Year vote.
Dedication Through Light
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An adaption of the race at the top of the space elevator is something I need now.
Dedication Through Light
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Best of Earth chan story was Judas.
The lists are filled with landmines, so pushing people towards the results as some kind of reference for what is good is less than useful. It also seems increasingly obvious that smaller or more niche animation projects are just not breaking through on the collective list. Having stuff like Thunderbolt Fantasy on there just contributes to boxing stuff out and it feels especially needless when it doesn't belong on the list to begin with.
MikeHattsu
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Sound Euphonium 2 - 11
Everybody knew something like this would happen, right? Just didn't want to believe they'd do it this way?
Everybody knew something like this would happen, right? Just didn't want to believe they'd do it this way?
Thunderbolt Fantasy is the niche project.
And no one just points to the list and goes "have at it". The way it's done is people usually select from the list and if it ranks high then casual watchers are more likely to check it out. If it was purely a showcase of anime then we wouldn't even have broad appeal shounen shows everyone's already seen/heard of.
GoldCrusader
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Blast of tempest 1-4
So when I watched the first episode I wasn't too sure if I would really like it because the MC's personalities weren't that great and fitting with what I like, but as of episode 4 they have kind of grown on me. So yea, I'm enjoying it! Loving the character designs a bunch and the battles are very cool. No really stand out ost so far though.
I'm also not really fond of the OP, but I really like the ED! The mix of the colours and the music go really well together.
So when I watched the first episode I wasn't too sure if I would really like it because the MC's personalities weren't that great and fitting with what I like, but as of episode 4 they have kind of grown on me. So yea, I'm enjoying it! Loving the character designs a bunch and the battles are very cool. No really stand out ost so far though.
I'm also not really fond of the OP, but I really like the ED! The mix of the colours and the music go really well together.
MetroidPrimeRib
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I mean...niche in the sense that all of these shows are niche I guess. There is definitely stuff that lives in a more obscure place that falls through the cracks like the Animator Expo stuff from last year.
Valdfellgar
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Oh God.
Turin Turambar
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We can take solace in that even if the AOTY list won't be 100% perfect, I'm sure as hell it will be better than this top 5 I just read in a Spanish site:
1. March comes like a Lion
2. Occultic Nine
3. Bungou Stray Dogs
4. Erased
5. Kabaneri
1. March comes like a Lion
2. Occultic Nine
3. Bungou Stray Dogs
4. Erased
5. Kabaneri
Art comes in many forms.
I'm not a fan of putting on going anime on your list, unless it's a series going on for years.
MikeHattsu
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Sound Euphonium 2 - 12-13
It was alright in the end.
Could have used more Kumiko reaction faces/10
It was alright in the end.
Could have used more Kumiko reaction faces/10
Eh, nothing can be worse than Kabaneri being nominated for most of the awards on the Crunchyroll Awards. Normally don't care what others do with their "best of" lists, it's just a list, but it's the only site where I see Kabaneri getting any love at all. Wonder what the panel was thinking with that.
At least it gave us that Reina face:
But yeah, there was a lack of good Kumiko faces compared to S1.
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