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Summer 2013 Anime Thread Zero: grown men playing with dolls/who but WB Masochism

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duckroll

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Hello, human.

Uchouten Kazoku 01-02

Hey, this show is pretty great. I had no expectations and it's piqued my interest quite a bit. I'd discuss this more but I'm tired.

Dat Benten though.

[Uchouten Kazoku] - 2

So this episode is pretty darn good too, making this show two for two. That's promising, especially for a a show which I casually disregarded during the pre-season show discussion. As this is a show set in the present with a heavy focus on the supernatural I'm sure people want to do the obvious and compare it to Natsume Yūjin-chō but that would be an error. Natsume is a series about how a loner learns to make friends, whether it be with supernatural entities or other regular humans - the focus is on how his normal life compares to the abnormal world that he sees around him. Uchoten Kazoku is quite different because it's not grounded by a boring, human cast member. All the major players are supernatural in nature which allows for a very different kind of storytelling to something like Natsume.

Did you get all that?
 

sonicmj1

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Uchouten Kazoku 1

Fucking garbage show that nobody should watch. Dropped.

This was pretty good and I'm going to keep watching it. I like the way the flat shading of the characters pops against the backgrounds, and there's something about the dialogue so far that makes the world feel very... complete? Like there's a larger order and history to things that the viewer doesn't know, but it informs the way the characters act in a consistent way.
 

sonicmj1

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Duly noted. Thanks for the warning.

No problem.

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CorvoSol

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Majestic Prince 14

GOD DAMMIT IZURU ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT TEAM LEADER? Quit being a wet mop, and ORDER this person to train with your team! I cannot believe they're dragging out this "Ambiguous Ange" or "Androgynous Ange" joke. But that's par for the course in Majestic Prince.

Yes,
showing someone pornography is a normal way to establish their gender.
I don't even. Is Tamaki like, even wearing a bra? Her breasts have like, THPS moon physics enabled or something. She must hail from the world of Go Dannar, where the bra was never invented.

"I will protect you, cliched anime trope."

So okay, like I said, the writing in this show is utter shit. Like, not even the "Oh if I were younger I'd be cool with this" kind. It's really that awful.

However, even I have to confess that that was a damn good fight. I may hate CG robots from the bottom of my tiny, crusty heart, but that was a good fight. If this show continues to have fights that are THAT kind and THAT quality, I'll stick with it. Then it'll be a show with shit writing, interesting ideas, and kick ass fights held back only by their use of terrible CG. Heck the Red V fully activated mode or whatever even looked cool which is a first for any unit in this show.

LOL Genes can't boil what are you even saying.
 
Free! 3

Rin meets Gou? Rin meets other people? This blows the Rin is a ghost theory out of the water. It does however bolster the Rin is a zombie theory!

Seriously though, it's really nice how pleasant this show is. Between the fan wanking over the CM, the jokes about such, and the shamelessness of the opening episode, this is a nice surprise.

I still like my Rin is an astral projection theory.
 

Joe Molotov

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Majestic Prince 14

GOD DAMMIT IZURU ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT TEAM LEADER? Quit being a wet mop, and ORDER this person to train with your team! I cannot believe they're dragging out this "Ambiguous Ange" or "Androgynous Ange" joke. But that's par for the course in Majestic Prince.

Yes,
showing someone pornography is a normal way to establish their gender.
I don't even. Is Tamaki like, even wearing a bra? Her breasts have like, THPS moon physics enabled or something. She must hail from the world of Go Dannar, where the bra was never invented.

"I will protect you, cliched anime trope."

So okay, like I said, the writing in this show is utter shit. Like, not even the "Oh if I were younger I'd be cool with this" kind. It's really that awful.

However, even I have to confess that that was a damn good fight. I may hate CG robots from the bottom of my tiny, crusty heart, but that was a good fight. If this show continues to have fights that are THAT kind and THAT quality, I'll stick with it. Then it'll be a show with shit writing, interesting ideas, and kick ass fights held back only by their use of terrible CG. Heck the Red V fully activated mode or whatever even looked cool which is a first for any unit in this show.

LOL Genes can't boil what are you even saying.

Sounds pretty awesome, I'm gonna have to get back into this show.
 

CorvoSol

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Sounds pretty awesome, I'm gonna have to get back into this show.

The fight scene was pretty good, and there was some decently animated stuff at the beginning of the episode. Either they blew the whole budget on this episode, or they hired some more people and this is a good sign.
 
Fantasista Doll 2

Well I wasn't expecting THAT to be the ending of the episode. The battle itself was very fun kind of reminded me of Valkyria Chronicles but with magic cards. I'm kind of hoping the cards themselves get a bit more rules to them to establish how they work.
 
Yes! Precure 5 - 05

Episode 5 means Precure number...oh wait, maybe not. Guess we'll have to wait until episode 6 for that. Thanks, by the way, episode preview, for leaving no doubt in that matter. Actually I was pretty sure Karen wasn't going to transform this time right from the start of the episode, because the episode title wasn't all OMG YOU GUYS FIFTH PRECURE GET. Thanks Toei you're so spoilery even your lack of spoilers is spoiling me now.

You're already trying to guess the content of an episode by the title ? this is not cool .your viewing of yes precure will be quite bland then
 
Yeah, I feel that Kaname's character suffers in the series when she's stuck with nothing to do. Mao and Tessa both have combat jobs and take part in a lot of the action, but Kaname doesn't. The flipside is that that's at least partially intentional in universe. During Sigma
Sousuke decides he'd really rather she didn't wind up like him, guns ablazing and stuff.
Yeah I just got to some of that stuff.
I was kinda hoping she would join up with them in some way at the end of the first season.
Though I guess It makes more sense that she didn't.
 
Saint Seiya Omega 64
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The Pallas designs are getting better. I liked him and his various lines (I thought they were cool, just so brutal and fitting for his character).
His bro too making a surprising mid episode appearance was welcome even. They should have done more on the teamwork aspect for them.
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zeroshiki

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Free! - 03

The sooner they make this show more about Gou and not those other girl named losers, the better.

I enjoyed the episode despite alot of overly cliched stuff in getting Rei to join. I think the show is hitting is stride and while not something great, will be something I enjoy watching.
 

Mushibugyo 15


Don't really remember this show being that violent before in the opening. Not that I'm complaining mind you, just midly surprised about it.

Rest of the episode was pretty tame. Jealous Hibiki and Magistrate looked very cute after hearing about the marriage proposal from Jinbei's dad. Nice to see and hear about Jinbei's mom for once, he definitely gets his endless optimism and energy from her. That story about how he and she met and proposed to one another makes alot of sense after seeing their interaction together.

And I thought Oharu was pretty big but Jinbei's mom was no slouch herself.
 

Tenumi

Banned
Doesn't help considering the title gives you everything you need.


Cashew Sins 3



WELL LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE CASSHERN, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T KILL HIM!

Wait that's just me being an asshole. Friender get!

All I remember from watching Casshern Sins when it was on Toonami was that it was Pretty. And boring. Pretty Boring in the beginning/middle. But it was pretty good overall. Pretty.
 
Sain seya Omega 63

yeah i know i'm late.

First things first :

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heavens ? not that the translation is false ..it's actually the right words , but ..Aren't you a pallasite ? where is your heaven , then ?

Not that i dislike this turn of events , One basic rule when you're riding a castle is not to stop your attempts , if you fail once... this turn of events was quite predictable , and somehow sudden and that's also why i was surprised by genbu events in episode 62 ..

But they did it anyway !

Somehow it works i must admit that another theory on omega is welcome but the result not what i expected. i mean Omega is in the title of the anime from the start and we're only Now starting to tak about what omega is ? According to the current theory ( that is believable at least ) , Omega
is the next step after the seven sense , the ultimate step after the ultimate ?

What ? Isn't this happenning because the writter wrote themselves in a corner when you allowed the protagonist to reach that level so easily ? i understand that this was painfully necessary to defeat gold saints but when you look at the previous arc , they didn't defeat that many of them. Honnestly this feels like a retcon.

NOTE TO SELF : When wll they kill subaru ? can he disappear ? I'd rather have poron on screen than subaru. what a horrible character.

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A decision ? a DECISION ? O_O
A decision ? from athena ? Is this the moment where the plot is finally moving ? Is this THE MOMENT to hope ?
 

Step

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Fantasista Doll 2

Well I wasn't expecting THAT to be the ending of the episode. The battle itself was very fun kind of reminded me of Valkyria Chronicles but with magic cards. I'm kind of hoping the cards themselves get a bit more rules to them to establish how they work.

Those dolls reminded me of a NEET police haha



The world still needs to be more convicing but it's getting better and I'm loving the idea inside that device.
 
Toriko Episode 110 Showing His True Ability! a Taste of Komatsu's Honoring the Food!

Good for continuing, was afraid the anime would be meeting an untimely end and not doing yet another arc. Ominous things all around in my opinion
The stock up of food was the most shocking. Why 10 mln lbs, what is going to happen that theyd need that much cup noodles.
 

Shergal

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Free 3
Taichi Ogawa sure loves his jump cuts. Enjoyable, although I'd rather they start with the tourney and amp up the SHONEN HAATO.
 

CorvoSol

Member
Yeah I just got to some of that stuff.
I was kinda hoping she would join up with them in some way at the end of the first season.
Though I guess It makes more sense that she didn't.

The plus side is that, at the very least, the cover of Volume 18 implies that
Kaname will be piloting an Arm Slave of her own, judging from the plug suit.

Cashew Sins 3
WELL LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE CASSHERN, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T KILL HIM!

Wait that's just me being an asshole. Friender get!

Casshern just needs a hug, man. And some pockets. Like legit he's that sad cuz he ain't got any pockets.

Godannar 1

this is pretty great. super robot action + nonsense story + tits flopping everywhere.

Yep. It's Godannar alright. The best part of the whole series though is
DINO BASE!!!!
 

Pooya

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girls und panzer ovas

1

Uh, uh uh. ehem. So many different designs.
...
yeah Miho is right, this is getting weird
....
shiny

2
It's not a beach but they're in swimsuits anyway... A lecture on army rations, nice. also Yukari tears

3
Now this is more like it, learning more about school ships and sight seeing. very good

4
well, shit.

5
Now this was a lot more fun than Company of Heroes 2....

6
Fun stuff.
 

Defuser

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Free ep 3!

A slight Nagisa x Rei and Rei in a speedo. this episode is written for DTL. I like how Mako is the only tsukkomi to the 3 goofballs members.

Free
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You know, I guess I forgot to ask last week... but is there a reason why they need to have a relay team and why Gou/Kou is a manager instead of a swimmer herself?
Because Kyoani realises Fujoshis pay more to see men in a swimsuit than Gou/Ama in a swimsuit.
 
SAIN SEYA OMEGA 64
or the tale of subaru a pitifull character , void of substance in an otherwise nice serie.

I don't like haruto , i don't like subaru either , so when an episode featuring those 2 character happen , i was expecting the worst.
Thankfully i only got a below average episode.

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That's because , unlike you , he has a role to play in the serie and serve a purpose

I guess that wasting an entire episode seeing haruto being nerfed and unable to fight properly because subaru is there prevent him to do so is something i wasn't expecting ...
I still think haruto is a stain in a otherwise great cast, but i don't mind an episode starring him if they manage to bring a cool fight in the mix. that was supposed to be the case , yet , subaru messed up again.

Subaru , why don't you just die ... Thanks to you the plot goes nowhere , you're managing to kill good premises and prevent some awesome fights from happenning.
WHY

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WTF you're a freaking support character ... your design sucks , your attack sucks , your transformation is a joke. You're like the backround character in a galge trying to take down the overlord from disgaea... you do not even deserve a laugh.

It's like they are doing it on purpose , heck even subaru running animation in the forest was horrible.
It's too bad haruto , you could have a great episode with a chance for you to get some screen time , yet all of it was ruined.

I can't wait to see what character subaru will ruin next
 
Brother's Conflict 1
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Conflicted over Wataru, he has the best voice, but why does Yuki Kaji have to voice the shota...that sometimes looks girly. :( Otherwise, Yusuke is definitely the best one followed by Natsume, Subaru (that scene when he was in the bathroom), Futo (probably 2nd best), and then the twins Tsubaki and Azusa who gave the best scene in a while for the genre
totally thought they were actually seriously confessing, and the scene actually made it quite believable even afterwards. The kiss was the best touch. Twincest bl makes me

I think Chii is started off pretty bad, who would want to be kissed by
that onii-chan, she didnt have to react that way even
 
Senyu 16

Haha I loved the explanation of why Alba is now considered a murder, and aww Ross misses the Hero :3

Also I'm going though my queue in CR and just putting videos I've already seen on my buddy's account on SD muted just to clear them. I know it's mostly aesthetic but it bothers me to not see every series not 100% videos viewed :X
 
BroCon 03

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Finally after meeting all the brothers and lol triplets, I realize there are 13 brothers. It would have been pretty cool if it was like Fruits Basket where each brother was based off a Chinese Zodiac plus the cat and dunno silly hijinks or whatever?

Of course the sensible thinking is that who cares if they are your 'brothers' since you aren't even blood related anyway!
 

Tenumi

Banned
Best part is still episode like 8 or 9. That one gets me every time. EVERY TIME.

Which episode was it with
the singer
? That original episode wasn't the most emotional for me, but when
it kept coming up at the end of the series
, that's when I started the tears.
 
Gintama Episode 9 – Fighting Should Be Done with Fists

First half had the rock paper scissors but otherwise was kind of dull. Second half was exactly what I was looking for
gin and hijikata finally throwing down. Felt so short though :(
 

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Stella c3 02
I don't give two hecks about what is going on but I rate the jazz a nine out of eleven.
 
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Episode 103 (engDub)

Was going to have a paragraph to say but the final few minutes of the episode was stunning.
LIMIT BREAK!! BLASTER BLADE SPIRIT, crush that void Aichi, what a surprise indeed
 

Narag

Member
Watamote 1

This was cute. No one told me about the awesome references going on either. Braiger was a little esoteric though.
 

zeroshiki

Member
Here is your daily Kaze Tachinu impressions from anime directors brought to you by me (with an assist from yaraon).

Nishikiori Hiroshi (Azumanga Daioh, Index, Angelic Layer, etc):

Nishikiori Hiroshi said:
I saw a preview screening of Kaze Tachinu. A wonderful movie that not just delves deep into the dulling (of society? life?) like no other movie before but actually uses it as its theme. Personally, it is now my favorite Ghibli movie.
 
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