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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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cosmicblizzard
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icarus-daedelus said:
lol, I was thinking the same thing.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Is that from a time when Japanese people didn't give a shit about violating copyrights or whatever?
Oh wait, it's sponsored by Coooooke?
Oh wait, it's sponsored by Coooooke?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
People keep eating "Pochy" and use "Macindows" computers.Jexhius said:
Ah, awesome.Dresden said:
Nowadays, only Pizza Hut cares about animu.
A Black Falcon
Member
At least when Sakura was lured off a cliff by the Illusion card making her see her mother, she didn't know it wasn't real... I mean, she probably SHOULD have, it was kind of stupid that she didn't, but she didn't. That's even stupider.Steroyd said:
Probably not, no, I wouldn't bet on it.
But yeah, CCS relationships... for another one, Syaoran is clearly mostly just tsundere for Sakura. He likes Yukito too, but he's tsundere for Sakura.
(Of course though, I have watched a few episodes of Tsubasa Chronicles, I know who Sakura ends up with.
I wasn't entirely unfamiliar, I just couldn't help but react like that...jman2050 said:
It does remind me of how much I disliked Chobits in part because of the messed up relationship between the main character and his robot girl lover, though... but the other parts of CCS are good enough that that doesn't make me want to abandon it just because of that. We'll see though.
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Seriously, yeah, you're both right. The guy hits on, marries, and impregnates a highschool girl (all before she graduates, almost certainly), and he's considered the absolute most awesome paragon of fatherhood? What...Halcyon said:
I know, he's nice, he cooks, cleans, he really loved her, etc, but seriously, that doesn't make up for it. Clamp-world is a weird place.
Clamp apparently thinks little girls need more good role models like Sakura's mother...Steroyd said:
Really? Huh.Halycon said:
Yes, we know, you dislike Kanon '02... sorry, that won't make me like it any less.icarus-daedelus said:
You haven't watched Kanon? Or did you not dislike it?mAcOdIn said:
But lots of stuff was going on, having recaps helps when you've got a complex show with a lot going on... sure, sometimes they might be a little annoying, but not always. I don't remember having a problem with them in Last Exile.
At least the last one of the three runs well enough for me to be able to use the internet on it, but other than that, yeah, it's not fun.Geneijin said:
Yeah, considering what it is, competently written and directed IS would have just been painfully, unwatchably bad, probably. So it's kind of good it ended up as it did...
What kind of harem show is it? Anything worth watching about it at all?
I thought that Senjogahara is supposed to be considered a classic example of a tsundere... but yeah, I guess she isn't entirely typical for that character type, is she.Halcyon said:
But other than that, I do need to comment on how pathetically easy it is to identify anime character types...
4 am? It doesn't completely die down for a while after that, I'd say...
Halycon said:
That is true isn't it...
cosmicblizzard said:
Graduation and Beheading Ceremony.
That's interesting, so there's a difference in the definition between regions... I didn't know that.duckroll said:
hosannainexcelsis
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firehawk12 said:
Don't forget WcDonald's!
cosmicblizzard
Banned
A Black Falcon said:
Oh wait, that's the one I meant. Got them mixed up.
A Black Falcon
Member
That makes sense, that one's much funnier than the other Gotoh one you mentioned.cosmicblizzard said:
Completely messed up, but funny also...
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
A Black Falcon said:
The student/teacher thing may seem creepy, but pretty much everything we see of Fujitaka indicates that he really is the perfect father, and not the type of person who would take advantage of such a relationship. I think they're just trying to make a point that if two people love each other, why should it matter what society thinks of that relatonship? Yeah, not allowing students and teachers to date (or marry) is logical, and I'm not going to argue it should be different, but I get the point they're trying to make.
Jex
Member
How the mighty Japan has fallen.hosannainexcelsis said:
Oh, there are lots of reasons. It's so bad that I had trouble surviving the first half. I really kept wanting to just turn it off.trejo said:
It's rare for a show to ask you to swallow such a large amount of bullshit all at once.
This is like that thing with Nanami, isn't it. Where a few of you are convinced that silly antics somehow redeems the LACK OF PLOT RELEVANCE AND MOVEMENT.Jexhius said:
The manga was okay up until the part where...
Okay it was never really okay. I just read it because it tickled the fancies of the 10 year old in my heart.
firehawk12
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For whatever reason, product placements in cartoons always look funny. Meanwhile everyone on every television show ever uses Bing, plays with the Wii and has an iPhone.icarus-daedelus said:Gosenzosama Banbanzai is so fucking weird I bet that no one cared about it enough to actually buy it (it being an OVA), hence the creators having to prostitute the show out to advertisers with the most unsubtle in-show advertisement evars.
But, you know, it just kind of adds to the charm of it.
Nichijou 3: Okay, this show is good. The Professor bits are still strange, but the parts at school are amazing. That and some weird editing choices - those off focus interstitials for one - make this a somewhat trippy experience.
Also, they did a funky musak version of a song I know but I can't quite name after the credits. There's another one of those "we don't want to infringe on copyright" things. :lol
Deadman Wonderland Ep1
Bad show is bad. I could go on and on about what's bad about it... and in fact I think I will because that should be more entertaining than the time I spent watching that piece of crap.
First of all, the designs are really weird. For an animated adaptation of the manga, it looks more like they took the relatively detailed designs of the faces and hair from the manga panels and slapped them on animation frames. The problem being that most of the time there is practically no animation detail on the faces or the hair, yet they look so "detailed" as artwork. It looks like everyone is wearing a mask and a wig, and it makes scenes very uncomfortable to look at.
Then there is the actual story. It's retarded. The manga was retarded, and since this is a 1:1 adaptation of the manga, it is also retarded. The scenario is contrived, the characters are just pawns to present the ridiculous scenario, and nothing that happens make any logical sense. There is never a feeling that anything happening is remotely reasonable in the real world. It's pure nonsense.
The direction feels rather poor, especially in terms of pacing. Scenes either feel too short, or too long. The lack of proper pacing makes the show a bother to watch. I felt like during each scene I was either wondering when it would end, or wondering why it just ended. No development, no focus, poor presentation, lacking engagement. Piss poor effort all round. It would be faster and more engaging to simply read the manga in a case like this, if anyone cared about the awful story in the first place.
The production values in the show aren't bad. There is some good animation. There is definitely money behind the project. Unfortunately it's all wasted because the show just sucks. I don't see myself watching another episode of this crap, and I really don't think it adds anything of value to this season's line-up. I guess there needs to be duds every season, so in that sense, Deadman Wonderland fills a much needed niche. Without shows like this, how can we truly appreciate all the other good stuff?
Lulz.
Bad show is bad. I could go on and on about what's bad about it... and in fact I think I will because that should be more entertaining than the time I spent watching that piece of crap.
First of all, the designs are really weird. For an animated adaptation of the manga, it looks more like they took the relatively detailed designs of the faces and hair from the manga panels and slapped them on animation frames. The problem being that most of the time there is practically no animation detail on the faces or the hair, yet they look so "detailed" as artwork. It looks like everyone is wearing a mask and a wig, and it makes scenes very uncomfortable to look at.
Then there is the actual story. It's retarded. The manga was retarded, and since this is a 1:1 adaptation of the manga, it is also retarded. The scenario is contrived, the characters are just pawns to present the ridiculous scenario, and nothing that happens make any logical sense. There is never a feeling that anything happening is remotely reasonable in the real world. It's pure nonsense.
The direction feels rather poor, especially in terms of pacing. Scenes either feel too short, or too long. The lack of proper pacing makes the show a bother to watch. I felt like during each scene I was either wondering when it would end, or wondering why it just ended. No development, no focus, poor presentation, lacking engagement. Piss poor effort all round. It would be faster and more engaging to simply read the manga in a case like this, if anyone cared about the awful story in the first place.
The production values in the show aren't bad. There is some good animation. There is definitely money behind the project. Unfortunately it's all wasted because the show just sucks. I don't see myself watching another episode of this crap, and I really don't think it adds anything of value to this season's line-up. I guess there needs to be duds every season, so in that sense, Deadman Wonderland fills a much needed niche. Without shows like this, how can we truly appreciate all the other good stuff?
Lulz.
Jex
Member
Hyouge Mono 1
Well this isn't exactly a beautiful show and it's quality as an "adaptation" is unknown to me, but as the first episode in an anime series I found it to be rather good, actually. I look forward to following it, perhaps extremely slowly.
It's a pity Manglobe are working on two bad shows this season.
Well this isn't exactly a beautiful show and it's quality as an "adaptation" is unknown to me, but as the first episode in an anime series I found it to be rather good, actually. I look forward to following it, perhaps extremely slowly.
I think you're being too lenient. The story needs to be discussed and ridiculed further.duckroll said:
It's a pity Manglobe are working on two bad shows this season.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
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Hmmm, what's the best way to exit after telling the guy I may or may not have a crush on to never speak to me again? Oh I know, I'll fall backwards off of a broken bridge while summoning my Pokemon thing instead of just running past him! That'll show him!
I also like how getting kissed in your sleep is equivalent to lesbian rape. Oh Japan.
Hmmm, what's the best way to exit after telling the guy I may or may not have a crush on to never speak to me again? Oh I know, I'll fall backwards off of a broken bridge while summoning my Pokemon thing instead of just running past him! That'll show him!
I also like how getting kissed in your sleep is equivalent to lesbian rape. Oh Japan.
Jexhius said:
I've read the manga, so I knew what to expect. I'm just disappointed they didn't get a director who actually agreed the source material was garbage. If this was adapted like Death Note, with a strong self-awareness of the dumbness int he source material, with everything dialed up several degrees and played like a self-parody comedy, it could have been sooo much better.
DrForester
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cosmicblizzard said:
Can't wait to hear the last episode reaction.
Heh, it might just be guilt. I mean, imagine you were some aloof self-righteous young teacher, and a high school girl falls for you. Cool story bro! You hit that? Hi-fives everywhere! What's this? she wants to marry? Eh, seems sorta clingy, but hey, maybe this way I won't get fired if people find out! Also, free poon! And then... Shit, she died? And now you have two kids? Rough time bro, now I sorta feel bad convincing you to tap dat...KuwabaraTheMan said:
Basically, I think it's a sort of interesting reading to frame Fujitaka as a man who is driven by guilt to be the perfect father, that his late wife's death drove him to be the man that she "saw" and as thus, Sakura sees with the best of her memory and Toya being too young to really understand. The narrative that Sakura hears is a romanticism of what happened between them. Technically "true" in most respects, but from a point of view that wouldn't be utterly traumatizing to a normal 10yo girl. By all respects, Fujitaka is that perfect father to Sakura, but he hasn't remarried nor dated nor done anything to try and put a positive female role model in his children's life. This isn't the behavior of the "perfect widower father", this is the behavior of a man wracked with guilt, but knows better than to show it to his children!
Or am I reading to much into this?
Jex
Member
Perhaps you're right. The utter seriousness with which the show presents the story just further drives home how painfully stupid and contrived it is.duckroll said:I've read the manga, so I knew what to expect. I'm just disappointed they didn't get a director who actually agreed the source material was garbage. If this was adapted like Death Note, with a strong self-awareness of the dumbness int he source material, with everything dialed up several degrees and played like a self-parody comedy, it could have been sooo much better.
In which case Tetsuro Araki would have been the obvious choice, as he clearly knows how to turn silly manga into gloriously silly anime, as his work on Death Note and High School of the Dead demonstrates.
Until you and Trejo started posting it looked like I was only in my displeasure with this show, now I look like less of a crazy outcast.
I feel sick.Aigis said:
Everyone loves moe aunts, of course.Joe Molotov said:
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I thought Deadman Wonderland was fine. Some scenes were handled well like the amusement park's explanation with the crazy guard bitch and Shiro's introduction. Only real complaint is how dark the classroom was after the massacre. Hope that's just censoring and it won't be like that on the DVDs.
Hyouge Mono:
Sasuke is an amazing protagonist. I have a soft spot for flawed heroes, and as pompous and petty as he comes across in this episode there's something charming about him as well, along with the hilarity that this obsession with possessions and positions in life engenders.
Production is ugly but from what I've read of the manga, the detailed (and varied) facial expressions are what really lends it its humor and I think Bee Trainz did a decent job here.
Will watch more.
Sasuke is an amazing protagonist. I have a soft spot for flawed heroes, and as pompous and petty as he comes across in this episode there's something charming about him as well, along with the hilarity that this obsession with possessions and positions in life engenders.
Production is ugly but from what I've read of the manga, the detailed (and varied) facial expressions are what really lends it its humor and I think Bee Trainz did a decent job here.
Will watch more.
Rahxephon91
Banned
So what's anime GAF's opinion on RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne? I've been chugging along with this on Netflix. So far, I can't say I really like it. It's very sleazy and a bit hard to really believe.
Yeah, Deadman Wonderland is a piece of shit. Stuff like A-Channel and Softenni I can forgive because they are panderbait shows and their badness is inherent and inescapable. But this, this is just so fucking insultingly bad on nearly every level. I felt like it was making fun of my intelligence just watching it. I mean, not even the inmature, stupid 13 year-old me would have thought this was any good. It's a damned shame that it seems to have an actual budget because it is utterly wasted on this stupid and ill-conceived excuse of a premise.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Rahxephon91 said:
Only watched the first episode. It was all right. Don't know if I want to commit any more time to it though.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
trejo said:
The premise is awesome. It's an amusement park where convicted criminals work! Even if it's not believable and stupid as hell, it's an interesting idea. I really wish more series took place in a prison even if it's not a realistic one. One of the reasons I loved Jojo part 6 so much.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Dresden said:
Well, I'm happy to know I'm not crazy. But I only have 2 more episodes left, mine as well see how much more softcore porn they can throw at me.cosmicblizzard said:
And the op is pretty funny, with it's engrish and all.
I honestly don't see why, it's just a basic population model as applied to Madoka Magical Girls. It's just someone had too much time on their hands and an ecology book.Jexhius said:
The whole foundation is troll physics anyway, so it's not like it matters or anything.
cosmicblizzard said:
The premise is awesome. It's an amusement park where convicted criminals work! Even if it's not believable and stupid as hell, it's an interesting idea. I really wish more series took place in a prison even if it's not a realistic one. One of the reasons I loved Jojo part 6 so much.
It's not an original premise. It's not an interesting idea anymore (maybe if this was the 80s). It's a horrible show. The entire "condemned criminals forced to take part in reality show deathmatch games" plot element has been beaten to death so much it's not even remotely curious anymore, much less interesting.
Jex
Member
On reflection, I think the best moment occurs in the courthouse (although that scene is packed with great moments). It's when the video pops up of protagonist talking to his defence lawyer about how he killed all those people, which in itself is fairly ridiculous. But what really sells the scene the totally over the top expression he wears while delivering the lines, like some kind of comic book villain celebrating how evil he is. It's these little details that really help sell the scenario.trejo said:
cosmicblizzard
Banned
duckroll said:
I don't even mean the games. I just like the setting and atmosphere that comes with a life of incarceration. It's like a base in a Suikoden game, but everyone is a crazy criminal and you're not allowed to do stuff but you do anyway because the rules of normal prison don't apply.
But hey, I've voiced my opinion. Clearly not gonna change anyone's mind here. I'll continue to enjoy it and eventually pick up where I left off in the manga.
Jexhius said:
You know what would have been an awesome way to adapt DMW? Frame the entire narrative as special news marathon report which is broadcast long after the fact. Make it totally ridiculous and Fox News-like, with the presenters being obviously biased and pushing this ridiculous agenda and scenario as if it were true.
I would watch that.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Nichijou 02: I don't know if it is because I already knew what to expect, but that was fairly enjoyable. I think the last short suffered from not having one specific joke to focus on, but everything else was alright. I have to commend the composer at least; all the music is gorgeous to listen to and fits every scene in a way I haven't heard since, shit, Tom & Jerry?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The music is so classic American cartoon it just evokes pure nostalgia for anyone who grew up with that stuff. OST wants.Regulus Tera said:
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