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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!

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Andrew J.

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From the New World 25 FINAL

I though about joining #TeamSquealer...then I remembered he brainwashed an infant into a child soldier, and planned to do the same to several more.

Fuck that guy.
 
Little Busters! 24
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There is still a secret in this world. So glad Lennon was back with another request and it led to great moments, One with Nishizono-san nontraditional newlywed's was amazing.
The story prompt with the one with the boy and girl with eight penguins and fuliflling their request made them vanish was so odd for Komari to come up with. Then when Rin had a similar scene that Riki had in the past episode of somehow everyone being gone, my heart sunk. Thankfully it was just a fake moment of sorts.
Cant wait for the next episode, finally some baseball.
 

Branduil

Member
From the New World 25 FINAL

I though about joining #TeamSquealer...then I remembered he brainwashed an infant into a child soldier, and planned to do the same to several more.

Fuck that guy.

You mean
the child who would never even have been allowed to exist if the Psycommies had their way because they were going to murder her father?

I don't know about you but I'd pick
being a respected uber-warrior over nonexistence
any day of the week.
 

JCG

Member
Gundam 00 S2 ep 5
Gundam 00 should be a show about a gunslinger and his goofy robot buddy, his busty tactician girlfriend, and their two-way war against terrorists and an oppressive government, which warped the mind of Bushido, and prevented Soma from having a good life. There's one Gundam, and that's the Dynamis. It's a better mobile suit, maybe the Solar Reactor means it never has to power down, I dunno, but it doesn't go all Trans-American God Mode like the 00. The 00 in the title refers to the fact that Lockon Stratos is a spy of sorts, and that's it.

Nobody is named REVIVE REVIVAL. NOBODY IS NAMED RIBBONS HALLMARK. There is no Areola Schenburg. There is no Pretentious Being. There is no Catheter. There's no Saji CROSSROADS, no split personalities or cyborg androgynous sweatervests. There's certainly no whiny little Shinn Asuka boy moaning about God and Gauron.

Just a man, his Haro, his Gundam, and his busty tactician girlfriend against crazy terrorists and an oppressive government. BOOM. INSTANT BETTER SHOW.

Everything else notwithstanding...yes, I'd definitely watch that show.
 
JoJo 24

It's gotten to the point where I've run out of good things to say. This show is a treat every single week and I'll be sad to see it go (on break for half a year).
 

Syrinx

Member
Princess Tutu 4

Mytho hears a voice calling out to him and he disappears. Duck and Rue go to look for him. Turns out it's one of the shards. It has put itself in the form of a dead maiden who killed herself after she could not be with the one she loved. She represents sorrow. Princess Tutu dances with her and puts her at ease, letting her know that she too is destined to never be with the one she loves (she overhears Rue saying this about Tutu in Drosselmeyer's story in the previous episode). But she doesn't let her sorrow and her other negative emotions take over her and affect her heart or her lively dancing. And she lets the maiden know that she doesn't have to let it do that to her, and that it's time she rested in peace.

As Drosselmeyer points out at the end of the episode, all of the emotions that Tutu has recovered for Mytho are negative emotions. Bitterness, loneliness, sorrow...gonna suck for Mytho if that's all he can feel. But as Tutu points out, these are important emotions that go hand-in-hand with the positive emotions like happiness, love, joy, and other such things. Now she just needs to go about finding them. Strange though. All of the shards of the negative emotions have put themselves inside of tortured souls. Where would a positive emotion place itself? And wouldn't it be cruel to take those away from the person they found?

Interested in seeing Rue develop further. She knows that Mytho has no heart, but she didn't seem aware of all of the fantastical things going on. Wonder how she'll feel going forward.
 

cajunator

Banned
Little Busters! 24
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There is still a secret in this world. So glad Lennon was back with another request and it led to great moments, One with Nishizono-san nontraditional newlywed's was amazing.
The story prompt with the one with the boy and girl with eight penguins and fuliflling their request made them vanish was so odd for Komari to come up with. Then when Rin had a similar scene that Riki had in the past episode of somehow everyone being gone, my heart sunk. Thankfully it was just a fake moment of sorts.
Cant wait for the next episode, finally some baseball.

kahnnnnngaaaaaaahnnnnnnggggggghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
 

Narag

Member
JoJo 24

It's gotten to the point where I've run out of good things to say. This show is a treat every single week and I'll be sad to see it go (on break for half a year).

Has the adaptation been pretty good in your opinion? Not so much the production values but the story and pacing.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
:roymustang


Gaiman probably wrote this after watching Wolf Children.
:roymustang lol

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Little Busters
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Man, that :key storytelling.

Either this thing is more than two-cours or they're going to do another season or something. Still, perhaps by virtue of episode count and actual pacing and character development, at least this is better than Angel Beats.

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Also, penguinbears.
 

cajunator

Banned
:roymustang lol

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Little Busters
ihe1FESl.jpg

Man, that :key storytelling.

Either this thing is more than two-cours or they're going to do another season or something. Still, perhaps by virtue of episode count and actual pacing and character development, at least this is better than Angel Beats.

NG9HkZgl.jpg

Also, penguinbears.

holy shit.
Its a sign!
 
Has the adaptation been pretty good in your opinion? Not so much the production values but the story and pacing.

Honestly, I'm too engaged by it to even notice the shoddy animation most of the time. It went far beyond my expectations. It's very clear the people involved are JoJo fans and they're making the best use of their resources possible. Making Phantom Blood (a relatively meh part in the manga) super enjoyable is a VERY big achievement. Battle Tendency, which was always good, has been elevated even higher. Adapting complete parts gives them the means to be incredibly fast-paced, which is perfect for a series like this.

Really, the stellar presentation is making the almost 2 decade wait for a TV anime (though I've obviously been waiting a bit less) worth it. I would be ecstatic if they continued into part 3 and beyond even if there is a better animated alternative for that one.
 

Syrinx

Member
Princess Tutu 5

Affection. Interesting. A positive emotion has returned to Mytho. And it was with some lonely ghost lady who felt hurt by losing the relationships with those she illuminated. So positive emotions still hide themselves within tortured souls. Ending was interesting as well; Rue looked actually scared of Mytho when she saw he had kindness and feeling in his eyes. Why? Why do she and Fakir not want Mytho to regain his emotions? What do they know? And why is Fakir in particular such a prick?

Duck is adorable. Almost reminds me of a magical girl Tohru Honda. Clumsy, airheaded, and a bit nervous to boot, and yet also very good-hearted, capable, and fights her battles not with powers or fists, but with kindness and wisdom. The comparison is probably dumb, and only because I've been thinkin' bout Fruits Basket lately, but still. Maybe it's why I like Duck so much.
 

SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
Love Live - 08

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We in there.

Finally, finally, FINALLY
Eri stopped putting up that front, broke weak, and joined the group along with my boob fondling girl Nozomi.

Today, is a great day.
 

Lain

Member
From The New World 25

A nice ending, I could say, that answered some questions
(though I would have wanted a detailed explanation about Maria's demise)
but left me with the impression that Saki was one of weaker main characters lately.
Throughout the show -and highlighted by the ending- there has been this sentiment that Saki is amazing, Saki is great, Saki is somehow special but she never struck me as such based on her behaviour in the show.
By the end of the show it felt to me as if she was (amazing) because everyone said it, not because she actually was and that made me not like her as much as I wanted to, as I was always waiting to see her surprise me, showing something only her was capable of.
Someone might argue that
remembering Shu for example
is an amazing feat, but things like that felt forced to me.
In the end, it left in me with the idea that she was amazing because
"even though we keep brainwashing you, you still haven't gone crazy"
.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
So they finally started caring about the other characters on Space Brothers. I was wondering if they were ever going to bother with anyone who isn't part of the main three.
 
Aqua Lion EVOL 13


Since Jin was "introduced", every episode has been wonderful, especially the school antics. Insert songs still shine in this show along with the completely ridiculous Aquarion battles and characters.

I wish Jin didn't have to go. He died trying to protect his loli waifu, so he truly is the greatest man of all time. RIP my lolicon friend ;_;
 

CorvoSol

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Everything else notwithstanding...yes, I'd definitely watch that show.

Of course you would. A show about a gunslinger, his Haro, Gundam, and busty tactician girlfriend on the run from the law would be the best damn Gundam show EVER.

Sunrise would find a way to ruin it though. I have faith.
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
So they finally started caring about the other characters on Space Brothers. I was wondering if they were ever going to bother with anyone who isn't part of the main three.
I don't really understand. Who are the main three even? Space Bros. has been super erratic for a long time. Sometimes I wonder if Mutta even still exists because the story consistently veers off to focus on whoever it feels like.

Maybe I'm just missing something because I'm like three behind now. I don't really want to finish the show but I feel sort of obligated to after being so deep in it.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
I don't really understand. Who are the main three even? Space Bros. has been super erratic for a long time. Sometimes I wonder if Mutta even still exists because the story consistently veers off to focus on whoever it feels like.

Maybe I'm just missing something because I'm like three behind now. I don't really want to finish the show but I feel sort of obligated to after being so deep in it.

I feel like it's always been Mutta, Serika, and Kenji right from the beginning. I mean, there's a second female astronaut candidate and other than having a large family and lots of brothers, I don't think we know anything about her. And that stuff just happened to kick off this new arc.
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
I feel like it's always been Mutta, Serika, and Kenji right from the beginning. I mean, there's a second female astronaut candidate and other than having a large family and lots of brothers, I don't think we know anything about her. And that stuff just happened to kick off this new arc.
Oh. I kind of feel like it's generous to even consider Serika a character. I thought maybe you meant Mutta, Hibito, Apo.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Splash Star 11:

Just because Hito would find this marginally interesting, Zoicite:


Tons and tons of expressions this episode. I think I've come to realize that expressiveness is one of my most valued traits in the anime I watch (mostly thanks to Sailor Moon and Doremi--SatoJun should really just direct everything that has comedy elements) and it's an underappreciated aspect of good animation. It's most of the reason why I've stuck with, for example, Love Live for more than five minutes :lol
 

cajunator

Banned

BEST GIRL

Princess Tutu 5

Affection. Interesting. A positive emotion has returned to Mytho. And it was with some lonely ghost lady who felt hurt by losing the relationships with those she illuminated. So positive emotions still hide themselves within tortured souls. Ending was interesting as well; Rue looked actually scared of Mytho when she saw he had kindness and feeling in his eyes. Why? Why do she and Fakir not want Mytho to regain his emotions? What do they know? And why is Fakir in particular such a prick?

Duck is adorable. Almost reminds me of a magical girl Tohru Honda. Clumsy, airheaded, and a bit nervous to boot, and yet also very good-hearted, capable, and fights her battles not with powers or fists, but with kindness and wisdom. The comparison is probably dumb, and only because I've been thinkin' bout Fruits Basket lately, but still. Maybe it's why I like Duck so much.

yeah. A magical girl Tohru Honda is a decent description of Duck.
she is a total sweetheart and adorablely awkward.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
And another GAF community gets its own podcast. Not that I'm implying that we need one or anything!
I bet Mangaf gets a podcast before we do. lol

Oh. I kind of feel like it's generous to even consider Serika a character. I thought maybe you meant Mutta, Hibito, Apo.
Apo. lol

I feel like the astronaut selection arc set up those three anyway. But yeah, both Kenji and Serika have sort of disappeared for the most part. Serika is basically boiled down to a Chie-esque character quirk. She might as well scream STEAKIE every five minutes.
 

SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
And another GAF community gets its own podcast. Not that I'm implying that we need one or anything!

The fact that we still don't have one is a good thing to be honest. :lol

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Love Live - 09

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Love is in the air~

Glad Kotori finally got her much needed attention, just disappointed it took so long for it to happen as it really made her a much more appreciated and intriguing character. If it wasn't for the fact that her story was tied
to Akiba and her task to write the song for their performance
this would've been a fun early episode.
 

cajunator

Banned
I best Mangaf gets a podcast before we do. lol


Apo. lol

I feel like the astronaut selection arc set up those three anyway. But yeah, both Kenji and Serika have sort of disappeared for the most part. Serika is basically boiled down to a Chie-esque character quirk. She might as well scream STEAKIE every five minutes.

Let us look backwards longingly at how the show was before.
A sakura blossom landed in my hair.
and what the fuck is with the sad violins?
 

wonzo

Banned
Little Busters! 21-23

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I could slowly feel my brain rotting away while watching this and yet I know this is nothing compared to what's coming next. :maeda
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
So I assume this is just an hour of arguing whether male or female protag in 3 is better and best girls of all the games.

And then SMT-GAF will make a rival podcast that just talks about how terrible Persona is every episode.
 
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