Dedication Through Light
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Finally have a Sunday anime to watch. Didnt think Crunchyroll would get the three anime that have some mecha in them.
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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Finally have a Sunday anime to watch. Didnt think Crunchyroll would get the three anime that have some mecha in them.
Hellsing321
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Sounds like they nailed everything they were going for.
Aku no Hana - 1
LOL This guy's expressive ability is amazing.
The good:
- I actually like the aesthetic of rotoscoped characters. It's like that Kanye West music video.
- The background art was sublime. I hope they keep it up throughout the show, and show much more of the town. The way the town looked dirty felt real. I feel like if I'd pick a random town in Japan I could expect to see things like they were presented in this show. Maybe.
- The pacing. I like too slow better than too fast. The scene where he walks to school was charming to me because in real life walking to school alone is indeed a slow process.
The bad:
- Too little music and whatever music there was, it wasn't dynamic enough. A show with this atmosphere needs fantastic music to accompany the scenes. Thoughtful little tunes to encadre the silent moments.
- Boring episode, but I'm willing to forgive it for being the first. The basic character set has been introduced.
[- Maybe it's me and my HS experience, but the characters feel very immature for their age. They're more like middle schoolers. Literature is dumb? I expect that from edgy 13-year olds.] EDIT: Complaint dismissed.
- Ugh I hate the ED. The OP was needlessly melodramatic, but the ED was downright annoying. Fuck.
I'm willing to go along on this series' trip. I wanna see where it leads.
LOL This guy's expressive ability is amazing.
The good:
- I actually like the aesthetic of rotoscoped characters. It's like that Kanye West music video.
- The background art was sublime. I hope they keep it up throughout the show, and show much more of the town. The way the town looked dirty felt real. I feel like if I'd pick a random town in Japan I could expect to see things like they were presented in this show. Maybe.
- The pacing. I like too slow better than too fast. The scene where he walks to school was charming to me because in real life walking to school alone is indeed a slow process.
The bad:
- Too little music and whatever music there was, it wasn't dynamic enough. A show with this atmosphere needs fantastic music to accompany the scenes. Thoughtful little tunes to encadre the silent moments.
- Boring episode, but I'm willing to forgive it for being the first. The basic character set has been introduced.
[- Maybe it's me and my HS experience, but the characters feel very immature for their age. They're more like middle schoolers. Literature is dumb? I expect that from edgy 13-year olds.] EDIT: Complaint dismissed.
- Ugh I hate the ED. The OP was needlessly melodramatic, but the ED was downright annoying. Fuck.
I'm willing to go along on this series' trip. I wanna see where it leads.
Screewwwww youuuuuu!
Thanks for the impressions guys! I don't think I'll be touching Flowers of Evil with a ten foot pole any time soon. Those screens look fairly repulsive, backgrounds aside.
I'm pretty sure it would be even better if they pulled a Goldeneye 64 glitch instead.
I'm pretty sure it would be even better if they pulled a Goldeneye 64 glitch instead.
Hellsing321
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They actually are middle schoolers. At least in the Manga. And this is all about edgy 13 year olds discovering nihilism for the first time.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
lol
I would say being a Natsume fan is suffering, but Natsume fans deserve it!
Aku no Hana
I will say, if nothing else, the girls actually look like girls and not the paper-thin waifs we see in traditional anime design.
I didn't either, although I seem to be less ambivalent about it than even you are. Of course, I'm the asshole who thought "wow, this almost feels like it was directed in a real space" when I was watching the episode, only to learn about all this live action stuff when I decided to check the thread today, so maybe that's why I'm okay with how it looks and so forth.
Do I wish it was a jdrama instead of an anime? Maybe. The problem there is that jdrama production values just can't match anime production values, because they can't afford to spend 3-5 million on an episode like the grownups do, let alone spend the time to do all the post-pro to fix an episode after the fact. So maybe this is a decent compromise given the limitation of the Japanese industry.
I wonder if I'll be the only one watching this next week, but I know without a doubt that it's better than any anime I watched yesterday (and I watched all of them
).Oh, was not aware of that. Anime has programmed me to see any schoolgoing character as a 2nd year high schooler.
I'm fully on this show's boat. Piqued my interest.
At the exact moment I thought "that girl has larger thighs than I was expecting in an anime!" in the volleyball sequence, the guys said exactly the same thing!
They are middle schoolers, actually. In the manga, anyway.
(and the actors look way too old, in my opinion)
EDIT: Gah, too late.
I think I was actually thinking of the Genesis 32x sprite glitch.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
ANH
I don't hate rotoscoping, I hate really shitty rotoscoping.
I don't hate rotoscoping, I hate really shitty rotoscoping.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, I thought it was funny when that happened. lol
They do not look like 13 year olds.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
How many thirteen year olds have unibrows?
Hellsing321
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Blame whoever did the casting.
This begs the question: Why make it an anime at all? If they wanted to do live-action, they should have gone that route. Didn't one of the mangaka's other works get adapted to a movie?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I hope people never find my thirteen year old photographs.
Wait. So Crunchyroll has three mecha shows. Lulz.
Well I can't argue with a 13 year old on how a 13 year old should look so I'm taking your word for it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
By having the lines not synchronised with the lip movements.
This is really kind of lame, yet hilarious for some reason. Is Red Data girl even good enough to warrant this type of attention?
(and they used the same animations several times in the same episode)
I have to see this out of sheer morbid curiosity.
Yes, toradora is one of the more competently done romcoms.
I see Cute. It has potential. Especially if gonzo did it.
Awww she's adorable!
I would definitely buy a figurine of Sucy. Just sayin.
Seconded! But the OVA first. TV series not so good.
PdotMichael
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The faces are ugly as hell and don't look very middle school like but that's not really a problem because the first episode had maybe only 4 or 5 scenes where they drew faces and not just the body outlines.
Ouch. What have I done to you recently to deserve this mang?!
In my opinion, what I saw has my interest.
Have you put down Valvrave, Majestic Prince, and Gargantia yet?
You lasted 16:35 more than I did!
You'll probably like Gargantia, not sure about anything else which has aired so far. Attack on Titan should be interesting, but we'll post impressions after it actually airs!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Join me in Backlog Season and let's watch the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVAs!
Dedication Through Light
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I can assure you that Uta no Prince Sama Maji Love 2000% and Karneval are very hot, indeed. Valvrave too.
Hellsing321
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I'm excited to have my eyes violated by Aku no Hana. Too bad Crunchy had to do a delaycast
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Will he fall for your trap?
Do you really need to watch the show to hate the material?
Nothing really, you know I'm just messing.
Hataraku Maou-sama! is super hilarious. Best first ep I've seen in a while. Majestic Prince could be a pretty good show too.
Of course not, I already do. But my hate will be justified.
So I was wondering what controversy could have possibly created six more pages in the short time I was asleep. Of course it was Aku no Hana. OF COURSE.
Hey dammit. K-on is a great show.
Hey dammit. K-on is a great show.
Oh.
That wont ever happen.
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