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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter

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cajunator

Banned
Oh fucking come on, Japan! Louise over Makoto? >_>

Seriously. Failtacular.

*sigh* I suppose. It's just... *ugh*

I'm with you brother.

Gunslinger Girls

HOLY SHIT GAF. How the hell did I not know about this show before? I saw some of the few people here with good taste (aka taste similar to mine lol) talking about it and I figured I might as well. Damn, I feel like I've been robbed by not having noticed it for all this time. It's not perfect but when I compare it to the popular crap that's airing now (I'm looking at you SAO) it feels like manna from heaven sent to reaffirm my faith in anime and to satiate my hunger for shows with that untouchable, unnameable spirit that lifts you up and makes you say "yeah, that was amazing".

Is the second season worth watching? I'm on a crazy high from this show and I don't want a horrible second season to destroy all the goodwill I have towards this show.

Also any other hidden gems? There are quite a few shows I've ignored for whatever reason, is haibane renmei good? If so I'll try that next.

Wow Gunslinger girls - 10/10 atmosphere, great use of music and the psychological aspects was almost meta in the way you yourself have to question the moe behaviour of the girls in the same way the cast does.

Avoid season two. I have it. Its not great. Passable I guess, by my standards, but don't waste your time!
Also Haibane Renmei is an absolutely incredible anime series and you owe it to yourself to watch it.

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The only thing I've ranked as 1 is one of those worthless 80s OVAs, Dog Soldier.

Heres my list of 10's.
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Happy birthday icarus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3xHGtzpPcc

Toriko 72 (funi/hulu numbering)
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I think I would never eat any sort of insect, just seems creepy and disgusting. Anyway emotional episodes but not much else to say about it. Oh I do love Komatsu and Toriko's close friendship.

I love to eat certain insects and critters. Scorpions and crickets in particular are my favorite.

Snazzy-looking bonus item from RightStuf for the first-run buyers of [C]. Too bad the show's not really worth it.

tempting...

Cat Soup

Back when I watched Redline, I commented that if you were going to make something that's all about the visuals and the style, you should

"1) Keep it relatively short (30 minutes max would be ideal).

2) Keep it wordless."

This OVA certainly met both criteria. Its half-hour length did not overstay its welcome, and there is no talking except nonsense sounds and occasional written speech balloons. There is a plot - a young boy gets inadvertently toyed with by supernatural forces as he seeks the missing half of his sister's soul - but the emphasis is squarely on the surreal dream-like imagery. Masaaki Yuasa co-created the scenario with director Tatsuo Sato, storyboarded the piece, and produced the animation - you can certainly see in the human character designs, the distorted perspectives, the scraggly lines, the experimentation with different visual styles (particularly in the section where time is played with), and other aspects elements that would later reappear in Mind Game and Kemonozume.

One thing that can confidently be said about this is that it is disturbing. The designs for the cats are already disquieting, with their large black eyes, but then there is the casual, clinical approach to violence and death - people get chopped up and the world hardly bats an eye.



That pig scene in particular made me squeamish.

emunoz gave me his copy.
Thats why hes awesome <3
Watching Cat Soup is like eating happy mushrooms and glee.

A brand new Chuunibyo Demo Koi ga Shitai video, "Lite Episode 1":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_aZiizefg

This seems to be a mini-story that won't be part of the TV series. Look's like they'll be showing a new one via YouTube every week for an unknown length of time, taking down the previous week's each time a new video gets posted.

Also, two new updates on the site's character page: Yuta and Rikka's teacher Nanase Tsukumo (voiced by Kikuko Inoue), and Rikka's sister Toka Takanashi (voiced by Eri Sendai).

Looks good. That ED is god-tier though.
 

cajunator

Banned
By the way, I finally got to show my friend Puella Magi Madoka Magica and not only did he enjoy it, he proclaimed it one of the greatest animes he has ever seen, and he's seen a LOT.
It is my 5th time marathoning the series to completion and I never really tire of it. The show is still as beautiful, disturbing, refreshing, and adorably messed up as it was the first time. It is truly in my top ten anime of all time and looks to never leave it. I believe it even brought my friend to tears at one point. Absolutely fucking incredible series that deserves all the sales and accolades it got. I truly hope it becomes a staple of peoples collections and favorite lists. Its really one of a kind.
Interestingly enough, I had never watched the dub before, so that was an interesting take on it. I feel they did a pretty good job with it, although the japanese voice acting was better in this case. Madoka had a really cute voice as expected and Sayaka sounded appropriately slightly sarcastic and playful. They did a good job with it.
 

cajunator

Banned
You guys give too many 10's. This is anime not video games.
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For me, a perfect ten means I enjoyed the series to the fullest extent that I possibly could. Yami is actually a horribly produced show with awful writing. but it is so incredibly awful that it is really REALLY fun to watch, so I gave it a 10.
In other cases, Fate Zero and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are well deserving of tens on their own merits, but I also happened to highly enjoy them as well.
Haibane Renmei is a show I consider to be actually perfect as well as the movie Millennium Actress.
 

mAcOdIn

Member
So they put Black Lagoon episodes 1 through 10 on Hulu and I finally bit and I'm feeling kinda mixed towards it.

Revy seemed cool but when Rock finally stood up to her I think she folded way too easy. I thought she was going to start crying or some shit. But anyways, I'd have shot rock my damn self, it's kind of insulting when someone says they've been sucking up to people their whole lives and all of a sudden are picking you to stop sucking up, how the fuck should a person take that? Revy shoulda' capped his bitch ass.

And the maid shit, damn that shit was BAAD. All in all I'll probably finish it though.

Also, that fucking Campione make out scene was terrible. It was awkward as shit to watch, more so than the usual awkward shit I watch yp make myself fall asleep.

Started Nadesico, Ruri rules.

That is all.
 

cajunator

Banned
So they put Black Lagoon episodes 1 through 10 on Hulu and I finally bit and I'm feeling kinda mixed towards it.

Revy seemed cool but when Rock finally stood up to her I think she folded way too easy. I thought she was going to start crying or some shit. But anyways, I'd have shot rock my damn self, it's kind of insulting when someone says they've been sucking up to people their whole lives and all of a sudden are picking you to stop sucking up, how the fuck should a person take that? Revy shoulda' capped his bitch ass.

And the maid shit, damn that shit was BAAD. All in all I'll probably finish it though.

Also, that fucking Campione make out scene was terrible. It was awkward as shit to watch, more so than the usual awkward shit I watch yp make myself fall asleep.

Started Nadesico, Ruri rules.

That is all.

Nadesico is a total treat. My favorite of the space adventure sci fi shows of the era.
 
You guys give too many 10's. This is anime not video games.
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I have four 10's. based mainly on personal enjoyment.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni & Kai
Steins Gate
Disappearance of Haruhi
Usagi Drop

my lowest rated are
G Gundam 4(will probably rerate after my rewatch)
School Days 3


Have alot more to do though.
 

duckroll

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I probably need to fill in like 45863958643 shows, but it seems impossible to fully update MAL when you're a latecomer. Too many shows. :/
 

BluWacky

Member


I've not rated over half of the anime on my MAL; mostly because I only watched one episode. There are some shows I feel comfortable rating from one episode but many I just don't think it's fair to do so.
 

Narag

Member
Even worse, it says one of my least favorites is SHAFT. Totally wrong.

I think it gets skewed if you watch a lot of stuff by one studio. I thought someone on here last time we did this had the same studio in their most liked/least liked but that might've been genre now that I think about it.
 

duckroll

Member
I think it gets skewed if you watch a lot of stuff by one studio. I thought someone on here last time we did this had the same studio in their most liked/least liked but that might've been genre now that I think about it.

Yeah, I think realistically, if you really like a studio or a genre, you'll tend to watch a lot or everything that falls within that spectrum, but there'll probably be duds along the way.
 

BluWacky

Member
malgraph revealing tough truths

It doesn't REALLY reveal the truth, though.

One of duck's "best" studios according to that list is Asatsu DK. They're not really an anime studio, though, but an advertising and production support agency. The main reason they're on there? For whatever reason, MAL lists them as being production studios on Wolf's Rain and RahXephon - both Bones shows, both of which duck has rated at a 9.

Bones-GAF represent!
 

cajunator

Banned
Its funny because its wrong =p

right? *runs*


Its mostly accurate for me tho, maybe you two just need put more entry.

Probably. I havent listed everything yet. Its a lot of work keeping that site up and I have tendencies to watch the same series over and over and neglect new ones.
 

Narag

Member
One Piece 37

Nami stabbing her tattoo was :lol
Luffy got that look on his face after seeing it though so bring on the ass beatings.
 

sonicmj1

Member
Fuck it, if you're going to be like this, I'll just delete my MAL. :/

Do it! Then you can join me in pretending that you take anime way less seriously than everyone else, which makes you cooler than them by default.

That's also why I try to keep myself off the "wall of shame".

Nerds!
 

Articalys

Member
Sket Dance 77 (end)
And so ends probably the longest series I've watched on a week-to-week basis. They picked a good story for the final episode, along with
finding a way for almost every minor character to show up for a scene or two
, and the
special ending montage with a new Sketchbook song and scenes from all the past opening animations
was really nice.

The quality of the show definitely varied by the episode, but we got to see a lot of the great story arcs brought to life, with some really good stuff in future chapters they didn't get to yet, so overall it's sad that it has to end here. The manga's still going strong in Weekly Shonen Jump, so here's hoping that they'll be able to continue the anime sometime in the future.

And though Crunchyroll didn't show it, passing the torch back to Jump's other flagship comedy series:
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Lucky Star 1-10
Remarkably one note, and most characters have fairly poor range. This really isn't pulling a lot of laughs from me though. I guess I like the dance at the beginning okay? The Lucky Channel stuff wears particularly thin on me each episode.
 
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