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Summer Anime 2017 |OT| More streaming services than shows to watch
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NaDannMaGoGo
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Valdfellgar
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Why will no one bring over the one anime each season that would be fun to try and review =/
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Well, to be serious for a moment, speaking for Monogatari, the anime is basically if David Mamet and Winding Refn decided to make an anime together. It's deliberate dialog combined with deliberate obtuseness, creating interesting relationship dynamics between the various cast members in order to tell a story that is focused on themes of introspection and interiority.
It's why we we're here though. Keep spinning the wheel of the worst. lol
I wonder if anyone tried to pick it up anyway, in an age when everything gets licensed. lol
Theonik
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petran79
Banned
Except Zegapain, I did another marathon.
Blue Gender was simply one of the best dystopian mecha I've seen. Solid writing and directing, action and violence where it needs be. A seinen series like few. Unforgotten.
Xamd: Lost Memories: Similar to Eureka 7 in a way, but with half the episodes and half the fun. Only animation and that Nausicaa character get a ten.
Southern Cross: Second part of Robotech. Weakest of the three but a good series on its own. Quite fun while it lasted but with an abrupt ending. No wonder Harmony Gold picked that series for their experiments.
Samurai Flamenco: I agree this is one of the last good series produced. Despite the unexpected turn of events after ep6, this did not detract from the topic of the series. An ode to superheroes.
Tried to watch Shirobako but I do not have the patience for meta-moe-rphosis after all these classics.
Blue Gender was simply one of the best dystopian mecha I've seen. Solid writing and directing, action and violence where it needs be. A seinen series like few. Unforgotten.
Xamd: Lost Memories: Similar to Eureka 7 in a way, but with half the episodes and half the fun. Only animation and that Nausicaa character get a ten.
Southern Cross: Second part of Robotech. Weakest of the three but a good series on its own. Quite fun while it lasted but with an abrupt ending. No wonder Harmony Gold picked that series for their experiments.
Samurai Flamenco: I agree this is one of the last good series produced. Despite the unexpected turn of events after ep6, this did not detract from the topic of the series. An ode to superheroes.
Tried to watch Shirobako but I do not have the patience for meta-moe-rphosis after all these classics.
Admiral Woofington
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Valdfellgar
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Interesting. I figured it was very talky but thanks, I think I have a decent idea of what I'd be getting into. Gotta finish my Gundam marathon first though! (On Turn A Gundam)
NaDannMaGoGo
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Merci.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's the only anime that made me wish I could understand Japanese, so that I could listen to the in character audio commentaries.
Yes, this is a show where every episode has at least one, if not two, commentaries where the characters talk about what is happening to them on screen. That's how important the dialog is in the show. lol
Valdfellgar
Banned
That sounds oddly appealing lol
Hellwarden
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Apparently the In This Corner of the World event at Anime Expo was capped 2 hours before it even started. They drastically underestimated how popular it was going to be.
What a well run expo.
What a well run expo.
I watched Kizumonogatari 1+2 at a film festival last year, part 1 was very wordy in the way that I don't like at all, just a lot of nonsense and things that sound really silly when delivered in that tone, Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, hmmm okay. I understand that this is probably part and parcel with the series and its sense of humour which is fine.
The second was more action oriented but I didn't really care for the action itself, it just didn't carry any weight with me, emotional or otherwise and the spectacle aspect of it didn't draw me in either. It overall had a nice presentation and style to it, a sense of gravitas graced every scene, it demands attention from the first frame but as somebody whom had no prerequisite knowledge of the series, it just felt like I was slapped across the face a bunch with a fish. Lots of exposition but nothing that made me care for the characters or the world. It didn't come across as something that cared to introduce new people to its world and instead just strutted its thing which I admire to a degree, its confidence was palpable. If you were a fan of the series going in you probably loved it, the crowd seemed to do so, but I was just left in the dust. I wasn't confused, it wasn't indecipherable, just not friendly to somebody new. It was surface level entertaining for me, but for people in the know and in tune with its mannerisms I'm sure they'd get more out of it.
The second was more action oriented but I didn't really care for the action itself, it just didn't carry any weight with me, emotional or otherwise and the spectacle aspect of it didn't draw me in either. It overall had a nice presentation and style to it, a sense of gravitas graced every scene, it demands attention from the first frame but as somebody whom had no prerequisite knowledge of the series, it just felt like I was slapped across the face a bunch with a fish. Lots of exposition but nothing that made me care for the characters or the world. It didn't come across as something that cared to introduce new people to its world and instead just strutted its thing which I admire to a degree, its confidence was palpable. If you were a fan of the series going in you probably loved it, the crowd seemed to do so, but I was just left in the dust. I wasn't confused, it wasn't indecipherable, just not friendly to somebody new. It was surface level entertaining for me, but for people in the know and in tune with its mannerisms I'm sure they'd get more out of it.
hosannainexcelsis
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My Hero Academia 26
Umakoshi sure didn't touch this episode. It looked a lot worse than the previous episode outsourced to Nomad. I can understand why the staff would decide to sacrifice a transition episode like this in which little happens, but it still hurts to watch something so thoroughly mediocre. The scriptwriting was rather awkward as well, relying on a lot of clunky narration from Midoriya to bluntly deliver the story.
Next episode preview didn't look too hot either.
Umakoshi sure didn't touch this episode. It looked a lot worse than the previous episode outsourced to Nomad. I can understand why the staff would decide to sacrifice a transition episode like this in which little happens, but it still hurts to watch something so thoroughly mediocre. The scriptwriting was rather awkward as well, relying on a lot of clunky narration from Midoriya to bluntly deliver the story.
Next episode preview didn't look too hot either.
Not enough in that trailer to make that judgement yet for me.
I'm glad it's most of the same crew working on this.
Valdfellgar
Banned
Holy mother of truncated adaptations!
hosannainexcelsis
Member
It's not.
Hellwarden
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FLCL 2/3 could be good. Could be bad.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
How About No
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Little Witch Academia 01
So this pretty good and funny so far. Even the dub is pretty good, not sure if I want to continue with that or JP
So this pretty good and funny so far. Even the dub is pretty good, not sure if I want to continue with that or JP
Damn you and your facts.
So it's just really the same studio and the Pillows returning?
hosannainexcelsis
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It's not the same studio. I mean, technically Production I.G. co-produced the original FLCL but Gainax was the studio actually spearheading the animation, and Gainax is beyond dead at this point. The only two staff members (besides The Pillows) who have been listed as returning are Tsurumaki and Sadamoto, but Tsurumaki is just a "Supervisor", which means he might not be doing anything but lending his name for promotional purposes, and Sadamoto is just "Original Character Design", which means they're just reusing some of his original FLCL characters because Sadamoto doesn't actually draw anymore.
Basileus777
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Who wasn't asking for a FLCL cinematic universe?
Looks great. Better than I was expecting.
Infinite_Respawn
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Probably because it's from the studio that brought us Flip Flappers (though I really enjoyed Flip Flappers myself). I'm definitely looking forward to Princess Principal!Why did no one tell me Princess Principal looked so good?
Dedication Through Light
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But how many Light Novel chapters was that
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Monogatari is definitely for a specific audience. But if you are in that audience, it's amazing. lol
Valdfellgar
Banned
This apparently: The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases.
Plz. Monogatari is just as shit as Fate except one tries to come off as sophisticated and fanciful when it's not and the other tries to think it's deep and philosophical when it's not. both are shit equally.
i don't know which is which here
Maximilian Kolbe
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So how is Kyoani's Violet Evergarden?
GRIDMAN
Phenomenal. Straight up.
Better than any of KyoAni's shows for a long long time.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Why feels like you're not serious?
Admiral Woofington
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Blood Drive 1-3
I can't believe I have to get my anime fix from SyFy.
I can't believe I have to get my anime fix from SyFy.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Higher my expectation about the story then.
As an ex-Gainax fan what a time to be alive...
hosannainexcelsis
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I'm not interested in Amemiya or Imaishi, but I'm interested in getting more information about Darling.
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