Jex
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I concur, except without the 'YMMV' part, or else I'd be adding that to a rider for all my posts.
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Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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I concur, except without the 'YMMV' part, or else I'd be adding that to a rider for all my posts.
I was referring to the show overall, not the appearance.
I pretty much strung two thoughts together as usual.
Shit I need to go out and get food before the tornadoes move into the area.
My "key hate" is just a quick moniker for the fact that I really don't like how they write their stories at all, that's it. They have their fans, if they like that sort of thing, whatever.
However, for Angel beats specifically, I think it's just straight up bad, KEY associations notwithstanding. I'm not sure how much of it is Maeda's fault and how much is PA Works, but everyone dropped the ball there.
Jex
Member
So you don't hate it because its KEY, you hate it because its badly written because its KEY.
Jex
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[Chihayafuru 16]
That about sums it up. I mean, there's a few minutes of gag footage inter-cut with the recap, and while it is amusing it doesn't make up for the lack of an episode!
hosannainexcelsis
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Looks great.
Jex
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I'd say it gets better (which it does) and that it gets worse (which it does) - what I'm trying to say is that it's inconsistent overall, but I found the first episode to be one of the worst.
If the central conflict wasn't taken from Matrix Reloaded and slapped in so incongruously, maybe I'd agree too, but sorry, I hated this show. It's not a good thing when Shu's wasteful, aggressive style of kendo serves as a metaphor for the show itself.
Well, I win this matchup. Maybe the show should tier whore some more.
Well thankfully I've blocked most of the Matrix sequels from my mind, so I never noticed any similarities.
What? This came before Matrix Reloaded.
Yeah that sounds about right.
Hellsing321
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Well not way before. The first matrix came out the same year as NTHT. Not that I think either of them ripped off each other.
Thats why I edited. didnt realize NTHT was that recent. But it certainly came before the sequels.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Matrix Reloaded was cool though. Revolutions on the other hand was crap.
Femmeworth
Banned
But those magical powers adhere to a set of internal rules. That's OK! Fiction authors are perfectly free to define their own physics and laws of the universe, whether that allows for extreme stunts, magic, warp drives, time travel, or whatever. It's when they make it clear they don't even give a fuck about their own rules that me as a viewer becomes disinterested in the story. Why should I care when Shu gets beaten when he's just going to hack the matrix anyway?
In other words, you can ask an audience to believe the impossible, but not the improbable.
I'm actually trying to think of the worst anime I've ever seen now. I can certainly say the ones I've enjoyed the least of what I've watched (Hanaukyou Maid Tai La Verité and Blassreiter). Then there are the truly terrible anime that are just inept in almost every way (Kissdum, Saint Beast, Musashi Gun-doh). None of these are my most hated anime, though.
That honour goes to Kannazuki no Miko, with its magical combination of shit-tastic characterisation and
romanticised lesbian flute rape
Soukyuu no Fafner: Right of Left:
Xebec's other mecha about protecting a beachside community! Dynedom recommended that I watch the prequel OVA first before marathoning the series, so I did.
It was the basic shell of a mecha series condensed into 50 minutes. The entirety of what occurred could have probably been explained by a five minute flashback in the actual series, but apparently this prequel was produced after the series. This makes its purpose slightly mystifying as a lot of it felt like it could be reused infodump from the series, so it doesn't exactly expand on the Fafner universe save for
Maybe the main draw was the (pretty standard) mecha action?
The theme of the OVA:
I mean, the second that it was revealed that
With this, I'm ready to marathon Soukyuu no Fafner. Crazy Hirai faces and tons of angst, here I come!
The FYE in my mall is like that. Hilariously high prices and tons of stuff from when the Suncoast in the mall went out.
I've had some rare volumes driving me up the wall trying to find them, but I'm trying to slow down the anime purchasing.
Even if I don't share your perspective on NTHT, this is reasonable and understandable. The strangest and most mundane things can break my suspension of disbelief in series with even very outlandish premises.
Xebec's other mecha about protecting a beachside community! Dynedom recommended that I watch the prequel OVA first before marathoning the series, so I did.
It was the basic shell of a mecha series condensed into 50 minutes. The entirety of what occurred could have probably been explained by a five minute flashback in the actual series, but apparently this prequel was produced after the series. This makes its purpose slightly mystifying as a lot of it felt like it could be reused infodump from the series, so it doesn't exactly expand on the Fafner universe save for
all the characters they introduce, then immediately kill off.
The theme of the OVA:
coming back alive, or more accurately, completely failing to do so. Even the freaking dog died.
the kids turn to crystal from using the Fafners too much there was no way that the end result would be anything other than tragic, but I was at least pulling for Ryou. He got a decent amount of characterization and I liked the idea of a protagonist who battled disease in his everyday life and found piloting a mech to be freedom rather than a burden, but it wasn't meant to be. Looks like the actual series will feature long hair guy and glasses girl.
With this, I'm ready to marathon Soukyuu no Fafner. Crazy Hirai faces and tons of angst, here I come!
The FYE in my mall is like that. Hilariously high prices and tons of stuff from when the Suncoast in the mall went out.
I've had some rare volumes driving me up the wall trying to find them, but I'm trying to slow down the anime purchasing.
Even if I don't share your perspective on NTHT, this is reasonable and understandable. The strangest and most mundane things can break my suspension of disbelief in series with even very outlandish premises.
hosannainexcelsis
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Lupin III 5
This show is so silly and implausible (
), but when it's as cool and stylish as these poses, who cares?
There's a harsher edge and a more explicit sexual component to the show so far than Cagliostro, my only previous exposure to the franchise. It's interesting to see what things were like before Miyazaki got his hands on Lupin.
This show is so silly and implausible (
the villain has a handy hot-air balloon inflated and ready to leap into when he's caught by surprise, the driver of a car on a crowded highway leaps out onto the top of a neighboring car with no apparent effect on the surrounding traffic
There's a harsher edge and a more explicit sexual component to the show so far than Cagliostro, my only previous exposure to the franchise. It's interesting to see what things were like before Miyazaki got his hands on Lupin.
You'll need an umbrella of smiles with you!
(aka the first half of the series has absolutely terrible writing, and it's only redeemed when they apparently fired the scriptwriter and replaced him with the guy who originally came up with the idea)
I like a good redemption story. Even when it's the plot itself and not the characters!
Holy shit, I've been trying to work out the name of the anime that this scene came from. Thanks dude!
Amazing isn't it? Got to love how Souma is too busy with manly screams to turn around and confirm the kill or realize someone that Chikane isn't performing cpr.
RurouniZel
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Zero no Tsukaima F 03:
Holy shit this season's not fucking around! Come on everyone, we've got no time for dilly-dally shilly-shally! We've got a story to move forward and the last two seasons didn't help us in the slightest! Let's move move MOVE!
Holy shit this season's not fucking around! Come on everyone, we've got no time for dilly-dally shilly-shally! We've got a story to move forward and the last two seasons didn't help us in the slightest! Let's move move MOVE!
-Minsc-
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Heh. Will have to disagree as I rather enjoyed NTHT.
I still have a hard time comprehending how people can be so critical of the shows they watch. My mind must be wired differently.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Saint Seiya: Hades Inferno 6-8
Ikki with that pimp slap. Why isn't this guy the main character?
Ikki with that pimp slap. Why isn't this guy the main character?
Fafner 01:
Your standard mecha first episode.
Also, Maya is apparently incapable of feeling guilt.
I eagerly anticipate the show's purported decent into terribleness and subsequent rise to not-as-terribleness.
Your standard mecha first episode.
RIP to the brave fighter pilots who died needlessly in order to underscore how the Fafner is the only thing that can defeat the Festus. Without your sacrifice, we could never have realized what was already plainly obvious.
Also, Maya is apparently incapable of feeling guilt.
An entire family is vaporized in front of her eyes because she won't go in the shelter and she can barely act shocked? I guess that's life on You-Could-Die-At-Any-Moment Island.
I eagerly anticipate the show's purported decent into terribleness and subsequent rise to not-as-terribleness.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Some people here just look for things to complain about. Not saying Hito is one of them, but I don't know if he really went in it with the right mind >_>
Same.
I just kind of set aside nitpicks and just accept the story.
If i dont like something it is usually because of the characters.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The most expensive yaoi scene ever?
If you have ever found an episode weaker to its best episodes or a lame arc in an otherwise good series, it's the same thing. It's not about being too critical at all.
I don't think that's necessarily relevant to this case, because there are critical people who both like and dislike it.
As far as Shu goes, I never had a problem with it because the show established in the first episode that his stick was kind of amazing.
Femmeworth
Banned
The fuck?
Sounds intriguing doesn't it?
K-On!! 4
This got pretty damn mono no aware for a bit towards the end of the ep. Mugi feeding the monkeys was pretty damn cute.
This got pretty damn mono no aware for a bit towards the end of the ep. Mugi feeding the monkeys was pretty damn cute.
For me, it's a tie between Eiken and Mars of Destruction. I doubt that stuff like Yami to Boushi or Kannazuki no Miko can be anywhere near as bad but I guess there's only one way to find out!
DrForester
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I loved that they kept the focus on the characters.
I also think that there were enough hints to infer many things about the world even if never said outright
I really would love to see ABe revisit the world with a new cast, even if it was a bit ambiguous it was one of the best realized anime worlds I've ever seen.
Dedication Through Light
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Brave 10 ep 3
Isanami makes this anime hard to watch. She is so annoying. The most interesting characters get so little screentime (Sasuke) and the hilarious antagonist, lemme guess wont return. I wish he was one of the ten. Saizo has good personality, so Ill keep watching.
Isanami makes this anime hard to watch. She is so annoying. The most interesting characters get so little screentime (Sasuke) and the hilarious antagonist, lemme guess wont return. I wish he was one of the ten. Saizo has good personality, so Ill keep watching.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Naw, Strawberry Panic was trashier, because it applies heteronormative relationship standards to lesbians.
dakkumauji
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Mediocre episode. A lot of talking, the action was kinda dull, they weren't really being ninjas. That was some ear rapage when Saizo fell down.
I guess not every Sengoku period show can be as awesome as Basara.
What's his/her face might return. He is shown in the opening and the ending which I assume is showcasing the Brave 10, though I never bothered counting them to see if that's actually a case or they are showing literally every character in the anime there.
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