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[Conan-san]

In 20 years, Aku no Hana will be regarded as the greatest achievement of our time.

In five years, all that will be left of this mistake is a far too expensive boxset that sells below even the shockingly poor expectations that japan normally has for it's product.

And, really, it doesn't even deserve that.

 

[Risette]

In five years, all that will be left of this mistake is a far too expensive boxset that sells below even the shockingly poor expectations that japan normally has for it's product.

And, really, it doesn't even deserve that.

The outrage is so delectable.

 

[Conan-san]

The outrage is so delectable.

Actually it's less that than astute observations on Japan's market which has set everything up to fail because "Ganbare" and "Gomenasai".

 

[Noirulus]

I also watched Tatami Galaxy 1 - 6 a few days before Moyashimon 1 - 6.

Spoiler

I can't tell yet whether the episodic rewinding is due to supernatural attributes or some abstract philosophical/psychological fluff. My current hypothesis is that it's due to him being unable to win the female lead's love.

Will continue watching, etc

Edit: Also, I realize I'm late to mention this but Brazil has done a fantastic job with the OP. I tip my mini top-hat to you, sir.

 

[Risette]

Actually it's less that than astute observations on Japan's market which has set everything up to fail because "Ganbare" and "Gomenasai".

japanese cultural expert #2

 

[jgminto]

Time to retire the cop. )':

 

[Metrotab]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer

Ribbons getting hit with a chair is one of the most satisfying scenes in Gundam 00. Saji really put two seasons of bullshit into that throw.

 

[Jex]

What the hell has been going on in here?

 

[Tomat]

Crime Edge - 01

I was pretty much dumbfounded throughout the entire episode. It's... I don't want to say "hard", but I can't think of the proper word so... it is "hard" to watch something that takes a very strange (dumb, even) concept so seriously. You keep thinking "Are they serious? Is this really what this show is about?" Yeah, that's what this show is about. A guy with a hair fetish fantasizing about cutting some girl's hair, and some random people who watch over her who have "Killing Goods" and threaten to fuck this dude up if he gives her a trim.

Even typing that out feels weird. I am convinced that this has the potential to end up being the animeGAF hit of the season that nobody expected.

 

[Branduil]

So is Spring the season of loving "ugly" character design?!

The season of stockholm syndrome.

Today we find out if I will also be a victim.

 

[Regulus Tera]

What the hell has been going on in here?

Rotoscoping killed what Yoh Yoshinari had saved.

 

[Branduil]

Death Billiards

Okay, I have to comment on this. Am I the only one who found that stupid hair stripe distracting?

 

[Theonik]

Okay, I have to comment on this. Am I the only one who found that stupid hair stripe distracting?

Nah it looked pretty stupid. But I guess they wanted to make it look "interesting".

 

[Kurita]

Jojo 26

Show the motherfucking century!!!!!!!! Not kidding.
That teaser at the end, fuck, SO MUCH HYPE!!!!!!!
Hearing Sono Chi No Sadame during the fight, I said "Oh shit!!!" out loud.

THANK YOU BASED DAVID PRODUCTION!!!!!

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure end

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I agree. That was me during the whole episode.

 

[Noirulus]

Crime Edge - 01

I was pretty much dumbfounded throughout the entire episode. It's... I don't want to say "hard", but I can't think of the proper word so... it is "hard" to watch something that takes a very strange (dumb, even) concept so seriously. You keep thinking "Are they serious? Is this really what this show is about?" Yeah, that's what this show is about. A guy with a hair fetish fantasizing about cutting some girl's hair, and some random people who watch over her who have "Killing Goods" and threaten to fuck this dude up if he gives her a trim.

Even typing that out feels weird. I am convinced that this has the potential to end up being the animeGAF hit of the season that nobody expected.

Hmmm. All of that certainly sounds inexcusable, but can I at least expect sex hair?

 

[Jex]

I don't think we should aim to annoy or insult other fellow human beings in this thread over what isn't even excellent anime! Things will surely get heated from time to time but I'd hope we can all keep things in perspective and remember that participation in any kind of civilised discussion requires us to respect that statements in here do come from actual people and we should be considerate of that no matter how much we may disagree with them.

 

[Theonik]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 26 (FIN)

This was great. Still looked cheap but god was it great.
I wanted to post so many more things but this should not be spoiled.
All of my YES.

Spoiler

When Sono Chi no Sodome started playing oh god that hype. or that ending I laughed so fucking hard.

Now to decide if I'm doing the OVAs now or waiting for the series.

 

[Tomat]

Hmmm. All of that certainly sounds inexcusable, but can I at least expect sex hair?

None so far, but I wouldn't count it out.

 

[Conan-san]

japanese cultural expert #2

Not even. Japan's so bad at economics that anything it touches becomes a clusterfuck.

 

[Noirulus]

I don't think we should aim to annoy or insult other fellow human beings in this thread over what isn't even excellent anime! Things will surely get heated from time to time but I'd hope we can all keep things in perspective and remember that participation in any kind of civilised discussion requires us to respect that statements in here do come from actual people and we should be considerate of that no matter how much we may disagree with them.

Well-put. We should even be mindful and treat with respect those who enjoy their anime in forced widescreen aspect ratios.

Spoiler

Poor Hix.

 

[cajunator]

So is Spring the season of loving "ugly" character design?!

you might say that.
The shows are ok but character design took three steps backward.

5 minutes into Crime Edge... what the hell is this shit?

*edit*

Is this some fucking hair fetish massage sakuga?

isn't it positively wonderful? I hnnnged a bunch.

 

[Branduil]

I definitely hope Mad Pierrot comes back.

 

[trejo]

I don't think we should aim to annoy or insult other fellow human beings in this thread over what isn't even excellent anime! Things will surely get heated from time to time but I'd hope we can all keep things in perspective and remember that participation in any kind of civilised discussion requires us to respect that statements in here do come from actual people and we should be considerate of that no matter how much we may disagree with them.

Oh yeah? Come here and say that to my face!

 

[Basileus777]

I definitely hope Mad Pierrot comes back.

Hopefully he's just pulling an Articalys and will be back soon.

 

[Noirulus]

None so far, but I wouldn't count it out.

Scoundrels. They dare insult us with less-than-sex hair animation in a show focused on the subject of hair fetishes. Especially when it's seemingly got nothing else going for it.

 

[Articalys]

So now I'm the butt of a joke. Fantastic.

...well, can't say that I don't deserve it, though.

 

[Tomat]

Scoundrels. They dare insult us with less-than-sex hair animation in a show focused on the subject of hair fetishes. Especially when it's seemingly got nothing else going for it.

Well, I did say there was sakuga for the dude just rubbing her hair. I repeat, they used sakuga for a scene where the guy runs his fingers through the girls hair.

These guys know exactly what they're going for apparently.

 

[Basileus777]

So now I'm the butt of a joke. Fantastic.

...well, can't say that I don't deserve it, though.

It wasn't intended to be mean-spirited, but you did quit AnimeGaf what, 3 times in the past year?

 

[Jintor]

Well, I did say there was sakuga for the dude just rubbing her hair. I repeat, they used sakuga for a scene where the guy runs his fingers through the girls hair.

These guys know exactly what they're going for apparently.

Hair's hot stuff

 

[Articalys]

If I could go back in time and tell myself not to do stupid shit, I'd end up reliving roughly the last seven years of my life. Mercifully, being known as a jackass coward around here is the least of my worries in my new perspective on things. Though I'd like if it could be dropped to fade into the ether of history and I could just move forward, I know that ain't going to happen.

 

[fertygo]

JoJo 26

This such a fantastic adaptation, yeah its lacking production value, but its capture the heart and spirit of the manga till the very end.. Its the best Jojo's anime so far.

I hope part 3 adaptation can capture that too as the old OVA while awesome (especially the 90's one) its lacking that funk.
Bring me my Jotaro already ;____;

 

[Regulus Tera]

I don't think we should aim to annoy or insult other fellow human beings in this thread over what isn't even excellent anime!

Have you watched Death Billiards yet to stand by such an assertion?

 

[cajunator]

I don't think we should aim to annoy or insult other fellow human beings in this thread over what isn't even excellent anime! Things will surely get heated from time to time but I'd hope we can all keep things in perspective and remember that participation in any kind of civilised discussion requires us to respect that statements in here do come from actual people and we should be considerate of that no matter how much we may disagree with them.

go drink some tea ya silly Brit!

I definitely hope Mad Pierrot comes back.

he will.
let him cool off.
Its difficult to leave animegaf.

 

[Jex]

Have you watched Death Billiards yet to stand by such an assertion?

Look, the only anime worth falling out with other people over is Evangelion, surely we all know this?

 

[Basileus777]

If I could go back in time and tell myself not to do stupid shit, I'd end up reliving roughly the last seven years of my life. Mercifully, being known as a jackass coward around here is the least of my worries in my new perspective on things. Though I'd like if it could be dropped to fade into the ether of history and I could just move forward, I know that ain't going to happen.

Stop being so melodramatic.

he will.
let him cool off.
Its difficult to leave animegaf.

Femmeworth pulled it off.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

he will.
let him cool off.
Its difficult to leave animegaf.

It's really not.

 

[Branduil]

You don't leave animegaf, it leaves you.

 

[Defuser]

I'm guessing the Majestic Prince burger is a success.

 

[Canis lupus]

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer

Here we go folks, grab your popcorn and watch me meltdown.

QUANTUM BRAINWAVES AND SHARED CONSCIOUSNESS. I know I should be used to this kind of explanation, but it's still actually retarded. As in my mental progress steps backward every time I hear it. 00 Quanta looks stupid as hell. Is Dynamis literally the only good looking Gundam in this entire show? It baffles me, as the mook suits, particularly in S1 when we weren't BS Super Robot Innovadater GN RAINBOW mode, were fine. Whycome the Gundams gotta look like crap in this series?

Oh well, it's still better than the godawful mecha designs in Gundam AGE.

Who is this golden dragon douchebag and why do I care? Terrible CG spaceships. What happened to Setsuna's voice? He doesn't sound the same at all. Oh it was a movie. Ooooookay.

UGH SAJI AND LOUISE. OF COURSE. And of course Princess Marina Ismail doing jack all, like always. How did Azadistan get to be a country again? I didn't understand that from the end of the show. And oh look that guy is a strawman evil businessman. Yay. Look at them sexy space suits. Form fitting and functional! Oh man the look on that assassin's face. A lecture from PMI! is definitely torture that should be against the Geneva convention.

Can somebody please explain to me HOW Aeolia Schenberg predicted that humans would grow glowy eyes and psychic powers? It's not just hard to believe, it's unbelievable. Patrick Koulisour has some womanly hips. Oh and the Federation is totally okay with living human computer terminals. No one raised an ethical question about this? Of course not, since nobody thinks like a human in 00. OH HEY LOOK IT'S SEPHIROTH.

And his name is Descartes Shaman. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN. At least I have Patrick. "What can I say? Reading reports ain't my thing!" QUANTUMBRAINWAVESQUANTUMBRAINWAVESQUANTUMBRAINWAVES. Don't worry Patrick, nobody at home understood that either. "Do you believe that blah blah was because Aeolia Schenberg?" "Well, he can predict glowy eyed freaky humans and an alien invasion in the future, so I don't see why we don't attribute this to him, too."

Innovatorinnovadeinnovatorinnovadeinnovatorinnovadeinnovatorinnovadeinnovatorinnovade.

"SO THAT'S THE POWER OF A [INSERT POWER UP SETSUNA WILL USE TO AVOID DOING ANYTHING HIMSELF HERE]!!" Light purple hair and ambiguous frame? Definitely an Innovator. Or Innovade. It's not like the writers are sure anymore, either.

AND NOW BEHOLD AS CARS DRIVE THEMSELVES AND EXPLODE IN WAYS! CREEEEEPY! AND IT IS MAKING LOUISE uh, uncomfortable. SO HERE LOOK AT SCHOOL GIRLS EXPLODE

OH FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK CAN'T RIBBONS STAY DEAD? UGH. OH WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS NINA ALIVE AND WHY IS SHE ON PONYTAIL SCIENTIST AND HOW DOES HE KNOW HERE WHAT EVEN THE HELL. Now all we need is for them to resurrect Lockon or replace him with an identical Lockon who was still suckier than he was. They'd never do that to us though, would they?

Let's jump to conclusions and suppose the fragments moved on their own! It's ridiculous and therefore completely true. OH I AM NINA AND NOW TOTALLY A SCIENTIST BECAUSE I SAID SUBSTANTIATE. How did Nina become a scientist? The same way Louise became an ace pilot? HOW IS NINA STILL ALIVE?

It's hilarious that the only Gundam not set in an alternate universe is also the least believable. Oh and now Alleluia and Soma are hiking across Europe in their post graduation honeymoon phase. Oh please Louise' ridiculous problems are not PTSD. PTSD doesn't make you an ace fighter pilot.

LOL SAJI JUST TOOK OUT RIBBONS WITH A CHAIR. LOLOLOLOLOLOL Comedy of the year. The constant alien whirring noise is beginning to hurt my ears. This means I can expect to hear it for the remainder of the film nonstop on high volume. QUANTUM BRAINWAVE SWARM.

Gundam Dynamis? Oh no way did they just bring back OG Lockon from the dead? No, jeez, Setsuna AIM FOR THE HEAD HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN ZOMBIES? Way to tell us what we already know, Nina. Oh, so Aeolia's plan is still costing people lives? Lovely.

That's 40 minutes in and I need some sleep. Got a lot to do tomorrow.

One of the worst anime movies ever made lol. The concept of Aliens in Gundams is not a bad idea, but there were so many things wrong with this movie.

 

[Articalys]

Stop being so melodramatic.

Can't; it's in my blood.

 

[cajunator]

If I could go back in time and tell myself not to do stupid shit, I'd end up reliving roughly the last seven years of my life. Mercifully, being known as a jackass coward around here is the least of my worries in my new perspective on things. Though I'd like if it could be dropped to fade into the ether of history and I could just move forward, I know that ain't going to happen.

just dont take what people say so seriously.
unless they have sincere problems of course.
most arguing is shitty petty stuff.

It's really not.

see even you posted again

 

[Noirulus]

Well, I did say there was sakuga for the dude just rubbing her hair. I repeat, they used sakuga for a scene where the guy runs his fingers through the girls hair.

These guys know exactly what they're going for apparently.

You tempt me, Tomat.

But I just saw the character designs and lost all desire to watch the show. ;-;

 

[Branduil]

I'm guessing the Majestic Prince burger is a success.

McDonald's is punching themselves for not thinking of a way to trick otaku into buying cheap plain burgers first.

 

[Hitokage]

What the hell has been going on in here?

Words. How little we learn.

 

[Basileus777]

I'm guessing the Majestic Prince burger is a success.

They must really want that special coaster.

 

[Tomat]

You tempt me, Tomat.

But I just saw the character designs and lost all desire to watch the show. ;-;

Yeah, they're not great. If you're looking for something really strange give it a shot. I'm giving most of the shows this season a try, one episode each. (Keyword: Most, sorry TL shows)

Anyways... just finished Aku no Hana, which I expected to completely dislike based on the reactions here. I didn't dislike it. At least I don't think I did... I'll sleep on it.

 

[wonzo]

Words. How little we learn.

:chris

 

[Branduil]

Words. How little we learn.

We have learned nothing from the mountain.

 

[Defuser]

Yeah, they're not great. If you're looking for something really strange give it a shot. I'm giving most of the shows this season a try, one episode each. (Keyword: Most, sorry TL shows)

Anyways... just finished Aku no Hana, which I expected to completely dislike based on the reactions here. I didn't dislike it. At least I don't think I did... I'll sleep on it.

He's look like Freddy Wong.

 

[Jintor]

He's look like Freddy Wong.

BAHAHAHAHA