So, uh, what did they do to her boobs? And when did this happen?
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Winter 2012 Anime Thread 2.22: You Can (Not) Outpost Cajunator
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I don't remember her boobs being so... like that, but that's surely a nice upgrade.
Yes, that's from episode 22
Hellsing321
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Why would you wish that on your favorite girl?
You missed this season's best OP.
firehawk12
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Son of a bitch.
Wait, where did you get that impression?
Inu x Boku SS - 11
Ma Hnng, wer da fuk did it go!?
That was yet another boring episode, more boring than the last one if you comprehend that being possible.
Don't know when that happened, but her boobs have been doing that in the mecha's she's piloted since episode 1.
MotionBlue
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I don't understand that pic.
False advertising.
firehawk12
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You don't want to. Leave while you still can.I don't understand that pic.
Both the Paris and New York troupes got OVAs
HNNGGGGGGGGGGG x10 i want that set so bad!
Jex
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That's not really hard though, is it?
Jex
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Well it's not really that expensive.
Oh, god, what am I saying? Ridiculous anime pricing has clearly skewed my sense of what's a 'good price' so badly that I think paying that much money for just one movie isn't that bad.
It's actually pretty expensive.
Fuck yeah, guns.
In this case, totally amazing ones.
Love the gun designs in Space Pirates for some reason.
Jex
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Not really. More like dirt cheap other territory prices have skewed your sense of what's a good price. It's no coincidence that Japan has top notch packaging along with their prices.
cosmicblizzard
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I do like episodes that give us more insight on Bossun and Himeko's relationship.
I do like episodes that give us more insight on Bossun and Himeko's relationship.
Jex
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That seems like a backwards way of looking at it.
A good price, presumably, is a reflection of what must people are willing to pay for their entertainment.
The dirt cheap pricing is a reflection of how much normal consumers are willing to pay for the entertainment they possess e.g. not a lot. Companies in the West have responded to his buy lowering their prices time and time again because that's how the market works.
I certainly can't currently come up with a situation where I'd spend that much on a single release because there's far more important things that I could be doing what the money.
So is Japan somehow exempt from this rule?
Seems like you really don't want it that bad then.
I think I just wrecked myself.
Jex
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Clearly, yes, because their pricing for movies and games is fucking terrible. As consumers, they've clearly been screwed. I mean, they can't even rent games.
Isn't that precisely the point, though? Like, I would certainly like to purchase that set quite badly but I'd never purchase it at that price, even though I have the disposable income to do so.
Therefore I consider that to be too expensive.
Seems to work out fine. The "official import" model for Aniplex USA also seems to be working fine, too. Dirt cheap prices are a bad thing, and I welcome the switch to a premium market.
You aren't a true fan.
I think that has significantly more to do with your level of income than the price!
firehawk12
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By slow you mean it properly develops mood and tone over a good amount of episodes!Kimi Ni Todoke 1-5 - Giving this show a another chance, and it's really growing on me somewhat, it's SLOW as fuck, but the sense of mood it gives out is interesting.. I can see myself getting really hooked on the series from now on.
37 episodes...
Seems to work out fine. The "official import" model for Aniplex USA also seems to be working fine, too. Dirt cheap prices are a bad thing, and I welcome the switch to a premium market.
You aren't a true fan.
Dirt cheap pricing leaves absolutely no overhead for the seller. I would be ok with, at bare minimum, a move back to the 30$ per volume release price point if that would help us companies to afford to keep their lights on. If I must pay a bit more to help the industry out, then so be it. Granted I think the aniplex price model isn't very viable for the US market. It works differently here than it does in Japan.
My main problem with the volume releasing is that it takes too long. I'd be good with ~$100+ premium-packaging boxes for things.
Kimi Ni Todoke 1-5 - Giving this show a another chance, and it's really growing on me somewhat, it's SLOW as fuck, but the sense of mood it gives out is interesting.. I can see myself getting really hooked on the series from now on.
I affectionately call it Kimi ni Slowdoke.
Jex
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I absolutely cannot endorse this. Without a cheap, 'barebones's edition of some of movies and shows I will never, ever own them.
Broadly speaking, I agree that the devaluation of entertainment products is a bad thing in the long run. However, it has already happened. 99cent games, music tracks, incredibly effective Steam Sales and so on have successfully driven down the prices of what the average consumer is willing to shell out for anything. This doesn't seem sustainable in the long run.
Still, only catering to the super-hard core seems problematic. If the industry doesn't have releases for 'casual fans' then the industry is dooming itself by targeting the limited niche audience. Of course, this is why streaming exists, but that business model isn't really finalized yet.
High price, boutique anime releases didn't work out for everyone, either. Just look at Honneamise and their gorgeous editions of the Patlabor movies. I purchased them - at a quarter of the price they retailed at. As they never sold and just sat in warehouses forever the prices eventually had to come down to a price when they would actually sell.
That's because Honneamise ran their business poorly and suffered the consequences. A few of Aniplex USA's releases have completely sold out.
There are few casual fans in anime, tbh. The people who actually buy anime will likely pay whatever price.
Jex
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Kimi Ni Todoke 1-5 - Giving this show a another chance, and it's really growing on me somewhat, it's SLOW as fuck, but the sense of mood it gives out is interesting.. I can see myself getting really hooked on the series from now on.
Kimi Ni Todoke is pretty much the poster child for a Slowjou anime series but that didn't bother me too much in the first season. It became a big problem for me later on, but there's still plenty to enjoy in the first season.
dakkumauji
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I agree with that. the wait was the bad part about it. Do you know how unbearable it was waiting for each release of Last Exile or Kiddy Grade?
(yes I'm a big fan of both of these shows)
Sometimes I would wait for several volumes to release before snatching them up. I was actually pretty excited when they started releasing complete sets. World of Narue seems to have been one of the first to adopt the model and I quickly bought it. But the current pricing model just doesnt seem to make much sense from a company standpoint.
I enjoyed what I watched of KnT (admittedly not very much), Sawako is pretty damn moe.
The first season sustains itself because there are some other things besides romance involved, and it's just unrealistically slow, as opposed to the second season where things are actively sabotaged by unbelievable and infuriating misunderstandings.
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