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Fall 2012 Anime |OT| Meet the new world, same as the old world
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Excellent that it remains good. I'm really hyped about this show. I can understand if its not overall as impressive as episode one. DAT HOOK is important.
dakkumauji
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Ebiten - Koritsu Ebisugawa Koukou Tenmon-Bu 01
Hello again show, now in 720p instead of 288p.
First episode is still pretty decent basically being a Saint Seiya parody. I think this show basically parodies stuff which should be fun and the club at this point is basically the SOS expect with more stripping and bondage.
Hello again show, now in 720p instead of 288p.
First episode is still pretty decent basically being a Saint Seiya parody. I think this show basically parodies stuff which should be fun and the club at this point is basically the SOS expect with more stripping and bondage.
Niiiiiice, always enjoy some Yes.
I need this show already. I'm almost done with Part 1 of the manga.
Are you suggesting that Guilty Crown hit rock bottom and started to dig?
Gotta reach hell, man.
It's not. lol. I'm exaggerating now.
Trojita
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Is this to your liking?
I didn't get to see this until now because images weren't loading for me. What do you say GAF?
Make it happen.
Rikkadog is better.
Dedication Through Light
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I thought it would be longer than the 20 or so episodes. Kind of disappointing considering I guess there are over 130 chapters of the manga?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
dakkumauji
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Change is always good.
Yeah School Days must be marathoned for full effect.
Zetsuen No Tempest 1
I don't watch a lot of animes, so maybe I'm easily impressed but... damn, the animation is amazing. The music is great too.
Alright episode, I liked what I saw. Mystery, all that stuff, will watch this season.
Also, I thought Spirit Inspiration was supposed to be the opening, not the ending.
Did I misread ?
Still good to hear some Nothing's Carved In Stone.
I don't watch a lot of animes, so maybe I'm easily impressed but... damn, the animation is amazing. The music is great too.
Alright episode, I liked what I saw. Mystery, all that stuff, will watch this season.
Also, I thought Spirit Inspiration was supposed to be the opening, not the ending.
Did I misread ?
Still good to hear some Nothing's Carved In Stone.
hosannainexcelsis
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Not really. The thing is, Gintama is mostly an episodic comedy, so while you can skip a bunch of episodes without losing the thread of what little overarching plot there is, to do so would be to miss most of the point of the show. There isn't a lot of filler in the sense of anime-original material anyway, but even when there is it can contain some of the most hilarious moments of the show.
You can skip the first two episodes, which tell an anime-original story designed to introduce most of the main characters at once, and start with the third if you'd like.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Eh, that's kinda lame. Song is good though.
Jex
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Nice musical choice by the team there but that's very flat, visually speaking.
Something that happens quite frequently on first episodes of anime is that instead of having both an OP and an ED, they use the minute and a half at the start of the episode for more "episode", and then show the OP at the end instead of the ED. So you're not wrong - they just showed the OP at the end!
Dedication Through Light
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Really good suspenseful mysterious series, I hope the writer through in big twists, like their previous work had.
Hellsing321
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Yeah School Days is just like ripping off a band-aid. Better to do it quick.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I'm okay with boring OPs and EDs as long as the animation budget gets used for an actual episode or something.
Yeah, or like Madoka Magica where they insert the troll ED first then the real one.
I see, thanks for the info.
Jex
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Well, of course in the grand scheme of things OP's and ED's rarely matter at all, unless they're tied into the show in some interesting and unique way. I guess I've bee spoiled by good ED's recently.
I should just let you guys pick out a new avatar for me. This Sinanju is getting pretty old and, frankly, I'm too lazy to find a new one on my own.
Cool. Having just watched the first two episodes, it's good. I find the humor hits way more than it misses. Gin is constantly hilarious and the side characters each are given their own little bits. I'll check out more as I get a chance.
Cool. Having just watched the first two episodes, it's good. I find the humor hits way more than it misses. Gin is constantly hilarious and the side characters each are given their own little bits. I'll check out more as I get a chance.
JoJo's Bizzare Adventure 1
Yup, this is JoJo.
This first episode covered about 5 chapters of the manga, but with one exception, it worked really well. The opening sequence showing how different Jojo's and Dio's lives were was really nice, and the 2 big fight scenes in this episode were well - animated and did a good job of capturing the feel of JoJo.
My only complaint *actual spoilers*
Classiest swimsuit scene ever?
Yup, this is JoJo.
This first episode covered about 5 chapters of the manga, but with one exception, it worked really well. The opening sequence showing how different Jojo's and Dio's lives were was really nice, and the 2 big fight scenes in this episode were well - animated and did a good job of capturing the feel of JoJo.
My only complaint *actual spoilers*
is that they cut a lot of the danny sequence out. It cuts directly from the caretaker realizing there's something inside the incinerator to showing Danny's grave.
Classiest swimsuit scene ever?
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Going by early impressions, I don't think Jojo has much of an animation budget but apparently the direction and general visual style makes up for that.
If you like the first two episodes, you'll love the show as a whole.
There's quite a few stills used, but the animation is really good when it counts, the fights and a few dramatic moments.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Same here. Though I plan to start reading it next year.
Shounen/seinen action show.
The best kind.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Manly anime of the likes we haven't had in a while.
KillerMan91
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Damn I hope so.I will never get enough of SEED. Yes, I even liked Destiny. It's pretty damn bad when you look at it with critical eye but somehow I just enjoyed it so much. Of course original SEED was still tons better as it was actually ''good'' series. As a side note this thread also moves damn fast lol
Sure, but that's ignoring everything that makes JoJo special.
hosannainexcelsis
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Not trying to be insulting, but have you seen any classic gundam shows? Like pre-Wing era? I once thought SEED was a "good" show, but then I watched Zeta, Turn A, the original MSG, etc. It's cool if SEED's your thing, but I can't even really call the original "good" anymore after seeing some of those other shows. It's on the same level as Wing to me. It's watchable, but not great.
As for doing something new in SEED, as long as we continue getting Gundam stuff I like, I don't mind. If we do get another SEED movie/show, I hope we have the Gundam the Origin anime/ova running at the same time. Even better if we got an adaptation of Crossbone or Sentinel. If a new SEED thing is all that's running at the time, I'll be a very sad Gundam fan.
Trojita
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Is this to your liking?
Thanks moonspeak!
I'm slightly suspicious that you guys wanted me to switch avatars because don't want to see Kirino anymore
Thanks moonspeak!
I'm slightly suspicious that you guys wanted me to switch avatars because don't want to see Kirino anymore
I prefer your Kirino avatar.
It goes on breaks so there is no filler, and when it is filler they're usually bitching about how the episode is filler, or there's budget cuts or how their timeslot has been moved.
Ebiten - 01
I have no idea what to think of what I just watched, it's basically your typical school club room with a 100% female ratio, there's a fujioshi drooling over BL doujin that gets her clothes taken off and bondaged, and it did a Saint Seiya parody that went on for the whole second half of the episode.
Wow, I have no opinion of what I just watched, can't remember if that's happened to me before.
Trojita
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I prefer your Kirino avatar.
Now I'm conflicted.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventures - Episode 1
I really enjoyed this. They went through the early material of Phantom Blood really quickly, but not in a bad way. There are some really nice transitions in the direction, and a good sense of pacing the runtime around the contrast of Dio and Jonathan instead of covering every single event or detail. It's clear that David Production is not some top-tier animation studio with superstar animators or a huge budget, but with what they had they really made it work. Scenes which matters had good animation, lots of creative visual usage to create tone and shift the focus of the presentation. The best part is how exaggerated the setting and the art is, intentionally make a very dated feeling anime production which fits the period setting of the story.
Yeah, I think this is really going to work out.
I really enjoyed this. They went through the early material of Phantom Blood really quickly, but not in a bad way. There are some really nice transitions in the direction, and a good sense of pacing the runtime around the contrast of Dio and Jonathan instead of covering every single event or detail. It's clear that David Production is not some top-tier animation studio with superstar animators or a huge budget, but with what they had they really made it work. Scenes which matters had good animation, lots of creative visual usage to create tone and shift the focus of the presentation. The best part is how exaggerated the setting and the art is, intentionally make a very dated feeling anime production which fits the period setting of the story.
Yeah, I think this is really going to work out.
Thanks moonspeak!
I'm slightly suspicious that you guys wanted me to switch avatars because don't want to see Kirino anymore
Oh boy, eyepatch dog creeps me out a bit. You might scare me every time you post now, haha.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventures - Episode 1
I really enjoyed this. They went through the early material of Phantom Blood really quickly, but not in a bad way. There are some really nice transitions in the direction, and a good sense of pacing the runtime around the contrast of Dio and Jonathan instead of covering every single event or detail. It's clear that David Production is not some top-tier animation studio with superstar animators or a huge budget, but with what they had they really made it work. Scenes which matters had good animation, lots of creative visual usage to create tone and shift the focus of the presentation. The best part is how exaggerated the setting and the art is, intentionally make a very dated feeling anime production which fits the period setting of the story.
Yeah, I think this is really going to work out.
Yeah, I really liked the atmosphere they managed to produce - it has just the right amount of drama without taking itself too seriously, which really fits JoJo.
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