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[Kurita]

Gintama 37

JUMP is serious business.
Oh wait, it's just the Akamaru.

Gintama 38

 

[cajunator]

Betterman 01:

Okay, so.....uhh..........Seraphis, if you want to mutually dissolve our agreement, I'm cool with that, because this was just.......man, I don't even know where to begin.

I suppose it was a bad sign already when the OP was a live action video of a coral reef under the ocean with translucent stills of the characters slowly panning across the screen to some kind of slow, warbling song. It was uncomfortably Arjuna-esque. I mean, any mecha series from the years immediately following Evangelion should be assumed by default to be pretentious garbage full of DEEP THEMES, but this show basically trumpets it from the hilltops within a minute of starting.

I think that what struck me the most in the first few minutes was just how much the art design in the show embodies the absolute worst of the 90s. The insufferably-loudmouthed wiener of a protagonist has an endless repertoire of fugly faces, and virtually every other character is afflicted with some severe curves in their facial profiles, cheek zigzags, goo-goo-googly eyes, really sharp hair, and other unfortunate features common in shows of the era. I mean, this is just a taste:



good lord.

Apart from the character design, it's a visually bland show. While this may have been partially attributable to the subterranean locale in which most of the episode took place, the color palette feels dark, dull, and muddy. There is no impressive animation of note, and while it's always tempting to describe 2D mecha animation as being good by default, Betterman's mecha are entirely average for a work of its time. There was no fluidity, complexity, or dynamism to the combat in the episode; the mecha essentially stands in place, makes simple punches, beam attacks, and so on. There are really only two visual aspects of the episode of note: first, the show seems to have been produced in widescreen, which is unusual for the time. It's sometimes clear that the staff has no idea how to frame scenes correctly because the tops of characters' heads are often awkwardly cropped off, so if this was a thoughtless choice to make the show appear more "serious", it's laughable.

Second, and perhaps most oddly, it's quite noticeable that whenever a scene has any sort of digital effects e.g. displays on computer monitors, the entire scene is inked digitally and the show freely switches between ink and digital animation at will. It's blatantly obvious:



I'm not even going to speak about the narrative because it's the same boy-meets-mecha and same absolute mess of technobabble that every Evangelion ripoff that ever was and ever will be has had as a first episode. Except Betterman is worse than the average ripoff because even serious scenes are laced with ill-fitting and atrocious manic "comedy", usually courtesy the protagonist. Imagine a version of Evangelion where, at the moment that Gendou orders Rei to be bought out on her gurney after Shinji refuses to pilot Eva-01, that Rei's IV bag pole falls over and hits Shinji in the balls with a loud clanging sound effect. That's the essence of Betterman comedy.

I'm unsure as to whether or not I'll stick with this as I have far better shows that I want to use my time to catch up on, but it's unquestionably bad.

Damn I love 90's character design. Probably some of the best in anime history.

From the Frontier Works booth at ACE. Neptunia anime related:

Director is apparently Masahiro Mukai. He's said to be a fan of Nepgear and Uni, which spells nothing but unmitigated disaster. On the plus side, he's also reported as saying that he doesn't want to show a male character in the anime.

When is this supposed to come out??

 

[Seraphis Cain]

I'm starting to think that one scene from Kotoura-san (you know the one) did more to damage GAF's view of anime as a whole than just about anything ever.

Seriously, that fucking scene, man.

 

[Narag]

I'm starting to think that one scene from Kotoura-san (you know the one) did more to damage GAF's view of anime as a whole than just about anything ever.

Seriously, that fucking scene, man.

blood on my hands

 

[DiGiKerot]

There was a movie?

It's some kind of recap thing from the point of view of Night or whatever his name was, with at least some new content. I've got the BD lying around, but I've to watch it, and no-one bothered subbing it.

 

[wonzo]

HeartCatch PreCure! 21

The fight scene had some pretty awesome sakuga and all but FUCK YEAH BAN-KUN

 

[cajunator]

I'm starting to think that one scene from Kotoura-san (you know the one) did more to damage GAF's view of anime as a whole than just about anything ever.

Seriously, that fucking scene, man.

Not really. It just added fuel to an already raging forest fire.

 

[jgminto]

I'm starting to think that one scene from Kotoura-san (you know the one) did more to damage GAF's view of anime as a whole than just about anything ever.

Seriously, that fucking scene, man.

If those people even knew how mild it really is in the grand scheme of things...every second word would be an accusation of pedophilia.

 

[wonzo]

I can honestly say that Betterman's digital scenes looked better than its cel scenes.

Sounds like something that needs to be seen.

Ufotable's Yoyo and Nene movie looks great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVswez8lzYQ

Yeah this looks pretty awesome.

 

[cajunator]

If those people even knew how mild it really is in the grand scheme of things...every second word would be an accusation of pedophilia.

I remember being accused of being a pedophile by the second day I started to post on GAF.

 

[duckroll]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

 

[cajunator]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

Do you know who the singer/group is? It sounds vaguely like Halko Momoi and Under 17 but thats not her.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

Very reminiscent of an intro for one of the games. Zero IF or Compa except for a background appearance at 0:23 / zero Blanc outside of stills is slightly disappointing. OP is Bitfrost tier. Get hype regardless.

When is this supposed to come out??

Old website said summer 2013 and PV confirms it. Edit: Updated website also confirms it.

Do you know who the singer/group is? It sounds vaguely like Halko Momoi and Under 17 but thats not her.

nao from 5pb. She did the OPs for the games.

 

[duckroll]

nao from 5pb. She did the OPs for the games.

Nao eh? More like Nooo amirite. >_<

 

[cajunator]

Very reminiscent of an intro for one of the games. Zero IF or Compa except for a background appearance at 0:23 / zero Blanc outside of stills is slightly disappointing. OP is Bitfrost tier. Get hype regardless.


Old website said summer 2013 and PV confirms it. Edit: Updated website also confirms it.


nao from 5pb. She did the OPs for the games.

Thanks!
It really does sounds very similar to Under _17

 

[wonzo]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

Good to see they're not wasting their JoJo money on this and are saving it for something worthwhile like more Ben-to...

;_;

 

[cajunator]

Good to see they're not wasting their JoJo money on this and are saving it for something worthwhile like more Ben-to...

;_;

But this is probably going to net them TONS of money so they can work on more failed projects like Ben-to!

 

[Conan-san]

But this is probably going to net them TONS of money so they can work on more failed projects like Ben-to!

Well there's like at least three more seasons of JoJo's to go though so if they could square the money for that though this nonsense than that'd be swell.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Nao eh? More like Nooo amirite. >_<

She's hit or miss to me. I like Kirihirake! Gracie&#9734;Star but nothing else she's done on the Neptunia games really stands out. GO&#8594;Love&Peace (by Ayane, who's also from 5pb) > anything I've heard from nao.

 

[cajunator]

She's hit or miss to me. I like Kirihirake! Gracie&#9734;Star but nothing else she's done on the Neptunia games really stands out. GO&#8594;Love&Peace (by Ayane, who's also from 5pb) > anything I've heard from nao.

This music is so upbeat and catchy its ridiculous. Thank you!

 

[duckroll]

Imaishi/Trigger's new show is $$Aniplex$$: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSo-Tu38oM4

Hopefully it'll have a budget surpassing Gurren Lagann. Lol.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. 1st PV

The only thing that kinda bothers me is the protag's eyes. Looks way different than how the manga does it, but In Brain Base We Trust!

Main character, he looks pretty nice. The song is really good.

 

[BGBW]

I watched the first episode. It was awful.

Not abiding by the three episode rule. Oh deary deary me.

I was under the impression they get run over by a car. Right?

Yes.

This doesnt quite sound right. the songs are not harmonious with each other.

And thus this meme finally comes to an end.

Is Cuticle Detective Inaba worth watching? I only heard of it because of this gif

http://i.imgur.com/a4Zk9Al.gif

I honestly thought this was a DTL post at first.

What's a Turkish delight? I feel like I've heard the name of that before...

And I honestly thought this was a kayos post at first.

month is almost over... maybe a new avatar. maybe a dude this time to mix things up.

Sport an easter avatar for the weekend.

 

[wonzo]

JOJO 25

Ahh this episode was incredibly. I can't believe there's only one more left too.

Oh well *watches Aku no Hana CM over and over again*

 

[Defuser]

COMIN THROUGH COMIN THROUGH COMIN THROUGH NOW!

Jojo Bizzare Adventure ep 25

Goddamn, that was fucking epic! I can't believe Jojo still got ideas to take down cars. Can't wait for next week for the ultimate showdown.

 

[Canis lupus]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira 01

Penalty chapter? More like ecchi chapter lol

nsfw? nsfw

http://www.abload.de/img/higurashi17iyfpb.png
(like Shion said, its against the law to have them that big!)


http://www.abload.de/img/higurashi183zdyw.png
nice cake

Where did she spawn that ak47 lol

hilarious episode.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Blood Lad PV

Wish they had shown Wolf as well, though Staz looks good animated, looks like fun.

 

[fertygo]

Wut, is that mamoru's friend?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

ACE already rocks!

New Valvrave PV: http://www.valvrave.com/
And more Valvrave cast announced!

Jun Fukuyama, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuuki Kaji, Daisuke Ono, Nana Mizuki.

Woooooooow!

Aw he treats him so bad, but at least he seems dedicated to him no matter what. Hopefully a happy end. Fun pv. And Yuuki Kaiji got the best voice for the side characters, perfectly fitting in that one moment and for the character design.

 

[Passive Assassin]

Gundam 0080 1-3

I hate this kid already.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Time for Madoka!

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20471539

PV for the new Madoka movie!

I wish to get excited, but I can't. I blame the SHAFT factor.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

This is Gameindustri. Beings called the Goddesses rule the countries of this unreal world. The four Goddesses govern four states: Planeptune, Lastation, Lowee and Leanbox. For many long years, these countries fought each other for Shares, the source of the Goddesses' power.

However, fearful that the conflict would pointlessly erode their countries' strength, the Goddesses signed a Friendship Treaty forbidding them from taking Shares by force. Under the treaty, the Goddesses and their younger sisters took a new step forward in their relations.

It was the dawn of a new, dynamic era marked by shared laughter, disputes as well as cooperation. What the future does hold in store for Gameindustri?

Friendship... treaty? It'll be similar to the manga then, with the CPUs in a quasi peaceful relationship rather than the Mortal Kombat you see in the early stages of the games.

This music is so upbeat and catchy its ridiculous. Thank you!

np. Incidentally, Tsunako (main artist for the Neptunia games) drew nao for what I believe was one of the soundtrack covers. It turned up in the Mk2 artbook anyway.

 

[R_thanatos]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

NOt bad ..it's neptunia-like they might have nailed the setting properly .. i wonder witch storyline and witch route they will follow ( because there are some terrible routes in the game )

 

[Regulus Tera]

I can almost hear Otaking popping a boner somewhere off in the distance.

I only see two tones. Otaking's boner failure.

 

[PdotMichael]

I wish to get excited, but I can't. I blame the SHAFT factor.

sounds like you can only blame yourself if you can't get excited because of such a childish reason.

 

[OceanBlue]

ACE already rocks!

New Valvrave PV: http://www.valvrave.com/

New Yuyushiki PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qRlnz6FR9GI

And more Valvrave cast announced!

Jun Fukuyama, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yuuki Kaji, Daisuke Ono, Nana Mizuki.

Woooooooow!

The theme is by TM Revolution and Mizuki Nana! Yesssssssss!

Cast looks good. PV looks like a mecha.

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

Lol, this looks pretty low budget. Shame, but I guess Date A Live will be okay.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Ufotable's Yoyo and Nene movie looks great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVswez8lzYQ

It looks a million times more interesting than Madoka 3. SHAFT really do ruin everything.

HeartCatch PreCure! 21

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18780843/anime/heartcatch21.jpg

The fight scene had some pretty awesome sakuga and all but FUCK YEAH BAN-KUN

Poor Ban-kun, getting rejected by the Toei powers that be just because he has a cock.

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

This, on the other hand, looks horrendous. Jojo is getting replaced for this!?

Imaishi/Trigger's new show is $$Aniplex$$: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSo-Tu38oM4

Hopefully it'll have a budget surpassing Gurren Lagann. Lol.

Does this mean the BD Boxset will also cost a bazillion bucks? lololol

Spoiler

sounds like you can only blame yourself if you can't get excited because of such a childish reason.

It's more like I can't get excited because the trailer does zilch to get me excited about new Madoka beyond the fact that it's saying "HEY THERE'S NEW MADOKA coming on", except not really because a huge portion of that trailer looks copy-paste'd from the show so we didn't see anything actually new apart from some neat art at the beginning.

 

[Hitokage]

Sharing from the pony thread, because reasons...

Oh Japan (NSFW)

The show hasn't even aired yet.

 

[RurouniZel]

The theme is by TM Revolution and Mizuki Nana! Yesssssssss!

You have my attention.

Sharing from another thread, because reasons...

OH GOD WHY DID I CLICK!?!?

 

[Regulus Tera]

Did... did David Production suddenty add sound effects to the Jojo OP? It sounds like shit!

 

[darkside31337]

From the Frontier Works booth at ACE. Neptunia anime related:

Director is apparently Masahiro Mukai. He's said to be a fan of Nepgear and Uni, which spells nothing but unmitigated disaster. On the plus side, he's also reported as saying that he doesn't want to show a male character in the anime.

This man is a fucking god.

Nepgear x Uni is the OTP. And a world filled with only the garden of yuri.

 

[Theonik]

JoJo 25

onpo

whycan'twe controlourboners.jpg
So goood aaaaaaaaaa
This cliff-hanger and preview are cruel.
I kinda liked the added sound effects on the OP they were hit and miss but the cracker volley one was a good addition at least!

 

[darkside31337]

Neptunia anime PV for darkside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mc4coUqWSkc

Thank you ducky. You are the best.

Friendship... treaty? It'll be similar to the manga then, with the CPUs in a quasi peaceful relationship rather than the Mortal Kombat you see in the early stages of the games.

np. Incidentally, Tsunako (main artist for the Neptunia games) drew nao for what I believe was one of the soundtrack covers. It turned up in the Mk2 artbook anyway.

Thats what they want you to think. They will end with a

Spoiler

conquest

ending. Duh.

 

[Mr.Jeff]

So since the new anime season is approaching I figure I'd try and keep up with the new AnimeGAF thread after falling to wayside some 200+ pages ago in the winter thread.

After finally reaching the end, a combination of the OP and all the following posts have managed to kill any enthusiasm for the new series or catching up on my backlog.

Of course, I could just stop whining and watch something enjoyable like Sketchbook again...

 

[R_thanatos]

Thank you ducky. You are the best.



Thats what they want you to think. They will end with a

Spoiler

conquest

ending. Duh.

unless they plan on silly adventures comedy during the whole anime , there must be a conflict somewhere planned . Did they reveal any potential antagonist from the games yet ?

 

[Metrotab]

That was the episode where I very nearly quit watching the show. And when people say S2 sucked, I wonder if they mean to insinuate that S1 did not, because it most definitely did.

The main difference between S1 and S2 for me was that S1 at least had a modicum of internal universe consistency. It still suffered from 'escalating mecha' syndrome, but nothing compared to S2 (and god forbid, the movie).

 

[OceanBlue]

The Unbreakable Machine Doll PV looks pretty poor. That's a shame, since I was looking forward to it. They should've used the manga designs (as unrealistic as that would be)!

 

[Hitokage]

So since the new anime season is approaching I figure I'd try and keep up with the new AnimeGAF thread after falling to wayside some 200+ pages ago in the winter thread.

After finally reaching the end, a combination of the OP and all the following posts have managed to kill any enthusiasm for the new series or catching up on my backlog.

Of course, I could just stop whining and watch something enjoyable like Sketchbook again...

Why despair? Even if the current season doesn't appeal to you, that's just more time to watch past shows that may appeal to you! Or more time to do other things entirely.

 

[Regulus Tera]

So since the new anime season is approaching I figure I'd try and keep up with the new AnimeGAF thread after falling to wayside some 200+ pages ago in the winter thread.

After finally reaching the end, a combination of the OP and all the following posts have managed to kill any enthusiasm for the new series or catching up on my backlog.

You sound disappointed. You should be happy you're on the verge of being cured!

 

[darkside31337]

unless they plan on silly adventures comedy during the whole anime , there must be a conflict somewhere planned . Did they reveal any potential antagonist from the games yet ?

Dunno but I hope CFW Trick is heavily involved ... for reasons.