Regulus Tera
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Reading Fatalpulse is not something I would boast about with that kind of gifs!
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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -4| It's not my fault!
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Backlog season ahoy!
Hataraki Man 1
Watching this made me understand why so few Japanese shows want to set themselves in the modern day outside of school. Because while I can't object to how anything is handled specifically in this episode, it seems a pretty depressing existence.
The protagonist, our Hataraki Man, is a woman. Matsukata Hiroko is a reporter/editor for a weekly magazine. She's damn good at her job, she has a work ethic that would make Hayao Miyazaki proud, and it's completely destructive to any life she could have outside of the office. She has a boyfriend, but they're both so busy with work that they never can spend time together. When she comes home (if she isn't pulling all-nighters finishing work in the office), she can barely get in the door before collapsing into bed.
So why is she called Hataraki Man? The show's explanation should tell you all you need to know!
Wonderful!
WITNESS: The 45 year old Chief Editor's casual harassment of his female employees!
MARVEL AT: The way the other female editors joke about our protagonist's mannish demeanor!
BEHOLD: The rookie male editor who does inferior work to our protagonist and keeps sane hours, who everyone secretly resents without confronting him!
DID YOU KNOW: Sambomaster's "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze!" (featured in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! 2 and Densha Otoko) plays in the background when the characters go out drinking after work.
Despite the occasional dramatic flourish, this episode's portrayal of Japanese office life rings remarkably true, which makes it both interesting and weirdly uncomfortable. I'm interested to see how they develop the themes of work-life balance raised here. Matsukata is fulfilled when she does her job well, but she's miserable outside the office. Is that a problem to be addressed, or an unrealistic luxury?
It's definitely an interesting start to the "season", and I'm curious to see what other people think.
Hataraki Man 1
Watching this made me understand why so few Japanese shows want to set themselves in the modern day outside of school. Because while I can't object to how anything is handled specifically in this episode, it seems a pretty depressing existence.
Our heroine first appears telling someone she doesn't have time for their bullshit. Her no-nonsense attitude makes her easy to root for, even when she's not completely in the right (as she is in her initial desire to)defend (and expose) her source following her initial expose.
The protagonist, our Hataraki Man, is a woman. Matsukata Hiroko is a reporter/editor for a weekly magazine. She's damn good at her job, she has a work ethic that would make Hayao Miyazaki proud, and it's completely destructive to any life she could have outside of the office. She has a boyfriend, but they're both so busy with work that they never can spend time together. When she comes home (if she isn't pulling all-nighters finishing work in the office), she can barely get in the door before collapsing into bed.
So why is she called Hataraki Man? The show's explanation should tell you all you need to know!
Her metaphorical transformation to Hataraki Man is indicated by her thinking "Work Mode: On! Man Switch: Engage!"
Wonderful!
WITNESS: The 45 year old Chief Editor's casual harassment of his female employees!
MARVEL AT: The way the other female editors joke about our protagonist's mannish demeanor!
BEHOLD: The rookie male editor who does inferior work to our protagonist and keeps sane hours, who everyone secretly resents without confronting him!
DID YOU KNOW: Sambomaster's "Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobundaze!" (featured in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! 2 and Densha Otoko) plays in the background when the characters go out drinking after work.
Despite the occasional dramatic flourish, this episode's portrayal of Japanese office life rings remarkably true, which makes it both interesting and weirdly uncomfortable. I'm interested to see how they develop the themes of work-life balance raised here. Matsukata is fulfilled when she does her job well, but she's miserable outside the office. Is that a problem to be addressed, or an unrealistic luxury?
It's definitely an interesting start to the "season", and I'm curious to see what other people think.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Ban this sick filth!
R_thanatos
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That funny because even in context the picture is still funny00 Gundam taught me this...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Words to live by.
Join us in backlog season! It will be glorious!
Watching awesome old shows once a week together!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Harem show for show of the season!
This is priceless. Really sucks for a guy who just wants something fun and is pretty casual about picking stuff up hoping something sticks. Then again, I did get to experience Katanagatari from it all.
The British holiday TV schedule will make me hate everything, eventually.
You've just thrown down the (filthy) gauntlet. May God have mercy on our souls.
She has the eyes of the Devil!
I prefer this one.
Dedication Through Light
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Amnesia will be second or third best show of the season, along with cuticle detective inaba, hakkenden, and the unlimited.
KyoAni will be forever providing excellent gifs for internet use.
Oh don't worry, this show will be defiled quite satisfyingly.
Gonna have to see what all the fuss is about with this show.
I felt the urge to randomly post this gif.
Smile Precure - 45
Why don't I ever learn, knowing Toei it's most likely not out of context, but no matter how hyped I am at the end of an episode does not justify taking a peek at the next episode preview.
Episode on a whole was fairly standard stuff I expect from the genre, the end though, bring on next week.
Thanks to these things called timezones, this is a first thing in the morning for me. T_T
Damn thats so adorable.
oh you.
If you guysl ike this sort of random comedy, I wonder if you would enjoy Galaxy angel? they did after all make about 6 seasons of it as well as a ton of videogames and music CDs so it was fairly successful.
OH SHIT. Long haired Senjou? Please be true.
Whats the deal with that movie? Is the director working on other things? Why is this particular show having hangups while other monoagatari adaptations get made and released?
think of a cour as just a season run. It doesn't have a set amount of episodes, just whatever airs in one season.
I, for one, love being beaten by my SHAFT studio overlords.
I watched it for Tsukasa's cellphone.
I wish this were true...
I wake up at 4 am to go fishing in the spring. Its super easy. Usually by 7 AM Im eating breakfast just before putting the boat in.
I know that feeling. This stuff is so expensive to support.
STOP SEXUALIZING PRECURES. Yayoi is pure. don't defile her!
As long as there is cute moe, there is life.
They have to do actual animation.
I see. Well good luck with that then I suppose.
Awwww, no... I refuse!
Like... QUZILAX level of filth?
Now THAT is depressing! Some here probably know what work I'm talking about, I don't even want to mention it!
I can attest that... in fact I shall be your prophet on this Earth, My Lord, to spread your teachings!
You cut me deep with this now, pal. One Seiya Numata cut has more character than many whole episodes of other series can possibly achieve (http://aninomiyako.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/gurren-lagann-4.jpg)!
Now that's better...
Fake or not, the 2 'cours' part was already officially confirmed, some time ago.
For a low-profile publisher and light novel, this kind of works go past unnoticed by the general public, reaching only for a specific target market, as it happens with countless 'mili-ota' destined publications and more products... isn't the type of fetishism for the JSDF in display on this work frowned upon in general on that country? I don't see a production company trying to push for this specific property on bigger audiences, but I don't know enough to be sure! Some kind of OVAs would be cool...
At the same time, Hyouka is also labelled as a "Mystery", which while that's true it's as prominent as Music is in K-ON!
You sir, are unnecessarily adding stuff to my backlog.
amishpriest99
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I don't hate her, but she's probably my least favorite of the main cast. Felt like was better in S2 than in S1.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Just means we need more SAO. =3
It was nice and tender.
I think I skipped over that post, damn it.
YES! Glad to see you enjoyed it. You're going to love season 2.
Oh my god. :lol
I have.
It's only natural for people to have different favorites. I just wish there wasn't so much Chinatsu hate.
Chinatsu is one of my favorites, for obvious reasons.
It is our duty to teach kayos90 the deliciousness that is the Christmas Cake. This wrongness shall be righted!
Oh man, I can't wait to see your response.
Fall 2013, believe.
Typical FATALPULSE stuff, wished he continued his monster series.
Dedication Through Light
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Cardfight!! Vanguard 27 - 28 (engDub)
Dinosaur themed decks are always one of my favorites (mages, dragons, dino's and sometimes "droids" or in yugioh terms, vehiroids). Good fight for Aichi, ultimate, A for effort. Hope we see if Kai is capable of playing at nationals level.
Dinosaur themed decks are always one of my favorites (mages, dragons, dino's and sometimes "droids" or in yugioh terms, vehiroids). Good fight for Aichi, ultimate, A for effort. Hope we see if Kai is capable of playing at nationals level.
If it wasn't necessary, you wouldn't have added it.
amishpriest99
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I wish this were true...
It's true in my case. I've tried...waking up before 6 AM is basically impossible. Unless I'm still up from the night before.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Chuunibyou's op is strangely enticing.
It's like I'm attracted to epileptic seizures.
It's like I'm attracted to epileptic seizures.
man. I can bolt upright at 4 am the moment the alarm goes off, jump out of bed, rush to the bathroom, get ready to go and be out the door by 4:30 am. I guess I have extra energy reserves or something.
Shame they butchered it. In some ways I find the "fixed" version more of an eyesore since I'm focusing on two bits of animation playing alternatively in the same area.
amishpriest99
Member
This, I will certainly grant you. Though I don't know of any figures of her in that outfit
.Guess it's ebay/Mandarake time...
Especially if you are watching the first version of it. Most visually distracting OP I can think of. Reminded me for some reason of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail opening credits (the end part).
Damn. It takes me half an hour just to wake up. I like sleep.
amishpriest99
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My roommates are like that, so I know it's technically possible. Just not so much for me, unless I have no other choice. Or, like I said...
Dragonzball peepee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSmhZFbCy0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSmhZFbCy0
This, I will certainly grant you. Though I don't know of any figures of her in that outfit
Guess it's ebay/Mandarake time...
Especially if you are watching the first version of it. Most visually distracting OP I can think of. Reminded me for some reason of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail opening credits (the end part).
Actually, there is a figure of her. I nearly bought it too.
amishpriest99
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Huh, didn't see that on MFC. And it's Alter as well. Gotta really think about this now.
So the nendo and figma versions of Kirito are in Hobby Search's top ten preorders? Crazy.
Joe Molotov
Member
Oh Japanese figures, why must you cost so much of my monies?
Dedication Through Light
Member
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya IV (ep4)
The first half felt like I was watching a different anime or something, it never gave any impression that it would go all crazy with the effects and deliver a spectacular sequence of
.Almost felt like Kyon and thought it was just some really vivid hallucination. Really good.
The first half felt like I was watching a different anime or something, it never gave any impression that it would go all crazy with the effects and deliver a spectacular sequence of
epic action and such of galactic data proportions.
This, I will certainly grant you. Though I don't know of any figures of her in that outfit
Guess it's ebay/Mandarake time...
Especially if you are watching the first version of it. Most visually distracting OP I can think of. Reminded me for some reason of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail opening credits (the end part).
The Ui which you seek.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alter-K-On-UI-HIRASAWA-figure-/110909538733
ey, at least its not Ultimate Madoka money.
That cost me 50 bucks just for shipping on top of the 120 for the figure.
So worth it though. Posted a pic of it several pages back.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I see what you mean.... ep4. 8(
There is also this Ui figure, but its a swimsuit version.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-On-Ui-Hir...332?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ce341574
http://www.ebay.com/itm/K-On-Ui-Hir...332?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ce341574
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I don't see the appeal of figures because I'm in denial and would spend millions on them.
It's better this way. ~fap fap fap~
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I believe they offer the original unfixed version on the BD as an extra.
Lewd. ;P
Ui is adorable.
I already fell down that rabbit hole.
Actually, I havent taken pictures of my Curio since I got a few new figures in. Im gonna borrow my mother's camera today and take some new ones if yall wanna see.
I know someone who collects those and I highly doubt there is.
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