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Spring Anime 2012 | Welcome Home, Space Cowboy

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wonzo

Banned
HeartCatch PreCure! 4

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Holy shit, the dual transformation sequence and combined move fucking OWNED!!!

Jexhius said:
If you must have your yuri just watch Cream Lemon: Pop Chaser!
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... *adds to list*
 
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Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
Branduil said:
This is what happens when you watch shows designed for young children.
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Hey, I dropped the first show years back after a couple episodes and I wanted to give it another chance like I did for Heartcatch and see if it would work out. To some extent, it did... kinda... sorta...

...but not for the second show.
 
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Branduil

Member
Hitokage said:
Hey, I dropped the first show years back after a couple episodes and I wanted to give it another chance like I did for Heartcatch and see if it would work out. To some extent, it did... kinda... sorta...

...but not for the second show.
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I'm not saying all kids' shows are bad obviously, but if you watch enough of them, you're going to be hit with that sooner or later.
 
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Instro

Member
Hitokage said:
That reminds me.

Futari wa Precure 1-49

Much like Heartcatch Precure, I started out hating this series then it gradually got better on me. Annoying mascots pushed to the background and the main characters, Nagisa and Honoka, were brought more to the forefront and used better. Monsters were all kinda dumb, but the generals were good enough and episodic stories provided enough Nagisa/Honoka to be amusing.

This series is really two stories under the same title, and the start of the second story plunged the show into hateful territory pretty hard. Once again, though, it worked its way back up and managed to continue providing the same fare that made the show watchable even if it wasn't anywhere near enthralling.

One thing that became clear to me, though, was that the success of this franchise is largely due to the extensive and pervasive product placement throughout the show. This facet goes above and beyond the usual method of simply selling the brand alone and then making products that can be attached to it. Anything the main duo use is in the form of something that can be sold. Mascot plush toys. Mascot flip phone replicas. Cosplay dresses. Power up bracelets. Piece to hold magic gems. It goes on and on. One episode even revolved around a precure brand love meter. In stores now, kids. Tell your parents.
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The early stages of the 2nd half were probably the worst. They introduce that 3rd mascot, who takes up a ton of screen time, and also do a number of mascot centric episodes which are hard to care about when they are not real characters.

So what Precure are you watching next?
 
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SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
zeroshiki said:
Yeah Touko doesn't get any less annoying until very far into the series. If you can watch until then, you will officially become a Marimite-bro. The rosary ceremony will have to come after that though.
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I'll hang in there. I know I'll be able to complete the 3rd season (the OVAs) tomorrow, maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to cram the 4th season in there as well. I'll want my custom tag to be Rosa Foetida when I'm done with this (generous enough to let Firehawk have Gigantea). lmao

<---- Secretly a Rei fan
 
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zeroshiki

Member
SDBurton said:
I'll hang in there. I know I'll be able to complete the 3rd season (the OVAs) tomorrow, maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to cram the 4th season in there as well. I'll want my custom tag to be Rosa Foetida when I'm done with this (generous enough to let Firehawk have Gigantea). lmao

<---- Secretly a Rei fan
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That works out great since I get to keep Chinensis (Sachiko-sama) to myself.

We don't get tags in the Marimite-broship however. Considering, its just me and firehawk :lol
 
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SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
wonzo said:
Strawberry Panic 6

This is starting to get pretty damn boring.
They're gonna pull something stupid and overly melodramatic like Shizume having some kind of terminal illness aren't they?
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You're making me wanting to back out now... :(

zeroshiki said:
That works out great since I get to keep Chinensis (Sachiko-sama) to myself.

We don't get tags in the Marimite-broship however. Considering, its just me and firehawk :lol
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Oh yeah it does! :lol

We just need to convert more people to warrant tags.
 
K

kiryogi

Banned
iammeiam said:
Mirai Nikki 25-26 (The End
... OR IS IT???
)

What the fuck just happened? So many plot elements in the last few episodes lacked impact since they seemed to just be making them up on the spot.

Also Yukkii is apparently the worst God ever. Like 10,000 years later everything in his timeline is just gone. It's just him moping over Yuno,in the void, growing out his hair, while Murmur rereads manga. He and Yuno should have just shacked up in World 3 off the grid, like Minene wound up doing, since the whole point of one of them winning was saving their world.

Does the manga at all explain why
Deus can skip the Survival Game and keep on living in World 3?
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Yes it does, TV was either cut abruptly and they'll explain in home release or thats it. In the manga, The murmur of the first and third world, and Yuno of the third world end up creating a passageway into the third world. (the cracking that we see at the end in TV) and thanks to the first world murmor, third world Yuno has all the memories of first world Yuno. To answer your question though, Deus ends up not doing a diary game in the third world and makes both Yuki/Yuno his heirs.

So yeeeah, TV viewers got a little fucked there.

SDBurton said:
I'll hang in there. I know I'll be able to complete the 3rd season (the OVAs) tomorrow, maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to cram the 4th season in there as well. I'll want my custom tag to be Rosa Foetida when I'm done with this (generous enough to let Firehawk have Gigantea). lmao

<---- Secretly a Rei fan
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Chinesis is best family!

zeroshiki said:
That works out great since I get to keep Chinensis (Sachiko-sama) to myself.

We don't get tags in the Marimite-broship however. Considering, its just me and firehawk :lol
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Not just you! I was there for Marimite day one, and have all 4 box sets. Even have my name in the credits for the first two domestic releases! I also have all 3 phone straps representing each family.
 
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Regulus Tera

Romanes Eunt Domus
Mirai Nikki
kiryogi said:
Yes it does, TV was either cut abruptly and they'll explain in home release or thats it. In the manga, The murmur of the first and third world, and Yuno of the third world end up creating a passageway into the third world. (the cracking that we see at the end in TV) and thanks to the first world murmor, third world Yuno has all the memories of first world Yuno. To answer your question though, Deus ends up not doing a diary game in the third world and makes both Yuki/Yuno his heirs.

So yeeeah, TV viewers got a little fucked there.
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My head hurts.
 
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Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
Instro said:
The early stages of the 2nd half were probably the worst. They introduce that 3rd mascot, who takes up a ton of screen time, and also do a number of mascot centric episodes which are hard to care about when they are not real characters.
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I wanted to take a sledgehammer to Porun.
 
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jp_zer0

Banned
Branduil said:
I guess, but I still don't see how resistance to photoshop filters is relevant in any way. If you want to argue a show looks bad, use the actual imagery of the show. Bringing in outside example which have no connection with what you are talking about just makes your argument appear weak.
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I used both to compare it to the show

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This picture uses sharp outlines and soft brushes to shade. Apollon does the same thing.

The effect of using soft brushes for both highlights and shading makes it look like a bevel, because that is basically what Photoshop bevel is, a soft brush for highlights and shadows. In my comparison there is an extra highlight in some places... because the show itself spared dramatic highlights. However, some parts of the show look like a beveled image, like the kid's hair.

I was a little unfair to the artist of the Yugioh "balloon" fanart. Their work isn't as quite as wrong as Apollon's shading. The Yugioh artist kept the contrast of the soft shading low, so it doesnt bring out the grainy sanded effect. Because the contrast is high in apollon, it makes the sandy mud look more apparent. I turned up the contrast in the image to show you what I mean.

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Again, the Yugioh painting is just an example of this technique.

Here is Apollon, one slide (the top) with the original contrast, and one (the bottom) with a more light and less contrast. The bottom one looks better because the soft brush is less obtrusive, and doesn't make the characters look like sandy mud.

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Lain

Member
Dance In My Blood said:
Zetman 03
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This girl has a face like a manatee. Creeps me out, especially when all the old man faces are so rich with detail. Info dump episode (mostly of stuff I already assumed/knew) with a fight mixed in. Didn't really do a lot for me and I don't really know if I'll stick to this show. This show is just hitting the story beats way too fast and it's kind of just out of control at this point. Even the sloggy info dump couldn't really reset the emotional bearings.
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That's Konoha?! Man, talk about fucking the beautiful original art.
From this
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to that? Damn.
 
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Branduil

Member
jp_zer0 said:
I used both to compare it to the show

VYuDj.jpg

This picture uses sharp outlines and soft brushes to shade. Apollon does the same thing.

The effect of using soft brushes for both highlights and shading makes it look like a bevel, because that is basically what Photoshop bevel is, a soft brush for highlights and shadows. In my comparison there is an extra highlight in some places... because the show itself spared dramatic highlights. However, some parts of the show look like a beveled image, like the kid's hair.

I was a little unfair to the artist of the Yugioh "balloon" fanart. Their work isn't as quite as wrong as Apollon's shading. The Yugioh artist kept the contrast of the soft shading low, so it doesnt bring out the grainy sanded effect. Because the contrast is high in apollon, it makes the sandy mud look more apparent. I turned up the contrast in the image to show you what I mean.

zVedo.jpg



Again, the Yugioh painting is just an example of this technique.

Here is Apollon, one slide (the top) with the original contrast, and one (the bottom) with a more light and less contrast. The bottom one looks better because the soft brush is less obtrusive, and doesn't make the characters look like sandy mud.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with soft brushes. The Yugioh pictures are completely irrelevant because the artist who drew it has nothing to do with Apollon. It's fine not to like how the show looks, but don't bring up some random crappy fanart from a different show and try to use that as some kind of definitive proof that soft shading should never be used.
 
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Steroyd

Member
Articalys said:
Need more Asumin comedy fix.
Are both seasons of Working!! recommended or should I just skip straight to the second one?
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You'll either love or hate the first season, and whichever it is, the 2nd season is a vast improvement on it.

Regulus Tera said:
Maybe I would enjoy Nyarlolithep if it were voiced by Kugimiya instead of Kana Asumi. :/
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Why would you wish that!?

Have we even heard of a hyper-active genki Kugiyama?

Knights of the Area - 15

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Get this smut out of here!

And, did Kakeru just...
go into Suguru mode
no no NO NOOOOOOOOOO!!! >_<

I knew it was going to happen eventually, but I'm flipping tables anyway.
 
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Branduil

Member
It's not like Kugimiya could make the show any worse.

Actually it would probably be better since the pathetic male lead would have his physical abuse returned to him.
 
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frostbyte

Member
A Black Falcon said:
As I said in my response to you some time back, it wasn't confusing at all. You seem to have missed the on-screen text label saying when the main timeskip occurred.
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Sorry, I must have missed your response back then since I don't remember this. Hmm, I must have been not looking when the timeskip label appeared or something.

jp_zer0 said:
Kids on the Slope;;Kids on the Dope -snip-
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I can see where you're coming from. The soft shading and the shadows used in Apollon are certainly different from other shows. I'd argue it gives more personality and is especially fitting with Kaoru's social anxiety. The more prominent shadows gives a certain dreary mood when combined with the grey, pallid atmosphere of the school, while in well-lit places like the studio, it subconsciously focuses the eyes to the paler/lighter parts of the body, which are usually the most important action is happening. It's personally slightly jarring at first but grew to be aesthetically pleasing, although that may be due to how novel the shadows seem.

I don't think you came off as strong but the examples you choose are more than a little inflammatory.


Speaking of coming off as strong, did I sound belligerent when I was expressing my dislike for Tsuritama's colour choice and KoikeLupin's shadowing? Sorry if I came off that way.

iammeiam said:
Unsurprisingly, DeviantArt delivers. (Not Safe For Situations In Which Clothed Cheesecake Furry Pics Are Inappropriate)

A moe boy pug in a skirt, no less.
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...Thank you internet, for giving me my daily dose of misanthropy once again.

zeroshiki said:
You know what this means, guys. ANIMEGAFCAST!!
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This has to happen.
 
C

cajunator

Banned
That's true. Its nice to see a protagonist with a backbone sometimes. One who won't just take threats and stuff but actively threatens to STAB YO ASS WITH A FORK if necessary.
 
D

dimb

Bjergsen is the greatest midlane in the world
Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos 01+02
This show is much more entertaining than it has any right to be.
 
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Branduil

Member
She's not Cthulhu or Nyarlathotep or anything. She's just a dumb alien lying and defaming a dead author. When the Elder Gods come, she will be eaten last.
 
H

hellclerk

Everything is tsundere to me
Branduil said:
She's not Cthulhu or Nyarlathotep or anything. She's just a dumb alien lying and defaming a dead author. When the Elder Gods come, she will be eaten last.
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I'd hate to break it to ya but... the Elder Gods sort of ARE aliens. Trans-dimensional beings I believe is the specific, but yeah, that's Word of God stuff right there...
 
C

cosmicblizzard

Banned
zeroshiki said:
The URUSAI bit only ever happens in Shakugan no Shana and that franchise is deader than Madhouse.
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Also happens in Hayate.

Phi Brain S2 2

That shutter/maze puzzle seems frustrating as hell. All that running back and forth even when you know what route to take. Seems like a pain in the ass.

Really glad this isn't a reset in terms of puzzle scale. I mean both the maze and the mirror puzzles have been along the lines of something you'd see in the later parts of season 1. Hopefully that means they'll keep on escalating.
 
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Articalys

Member
Weekly sales for April 9-15:

Blu-ray
*1, 5,343 *5,343 Mouretsu Pirates vol.2 Limited Edition
*2, 2,735 *2,735 Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! vol.2
*3, 1,309 *1,309 Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars Blu-ray Box
*4, 1,284 *6,472 Mouretsu Pirates vol.1 Limited Edition
*5, *,511 *5,317 Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu-hen
*6, *,375 20,969 Persona 4 The Animation vol.5 Limited Edition

DVD
*1, 2,870 *,**2,870 Detective Conan Bonus File Fantasista no Hana
*2, 1,062 1,131,568 My Neighbor Totoro
*3, *,531 *,*21,844 Prince of Tennis: Eikokushiki Teikyuu Shiro Kessen! Deluxe Edition
*4, *,432 *,188,430 Porco Rosso
*5, *,415 *,**3,081 One Piece 14th Season vol.7
*6, *,413 *,**1,947 Sore Ike! Anpanman Ongakukan
*7, *,403 *,479,044 Kiki's Delivery Service
*8, *,392 *,**2,152 Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi DVD Box vol.7
*9, *,385 *,**3,423 Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu-hen
10, *,379 *,***,379 Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! vol.1
11, *,365 *,**2,067 Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi DVD Box vol.8
12, *,349 *,749,209 Castle in the Sky
13, *,317 *,***,317 Chi-Sui Maru 2nd Season 2nd Season
14, *,307 *,**1,992 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou vol.1 Limited Edition
15, *,304 *,**2,190 Prince of Tennis: Eikokushiki Teikyuu Shiro Kessen! Standard Edition

Single CD
*1, 115,950 115,950 Nintama Rantarou "Kaze wo Kitte"
*7, *13,897 *13,897 Taketatsu Ayana "Sinfonia! Sinfonia!!!"
*9, **9,995 152,860 Doraemon: Nobita and the Miracle Island - Animal Adventure "Ikiteru Ikiteku"
14, **6,879 **6,879 Kotobuki Minako "Kokoro Sky"
30, **2,246 **9,491 Mobile Suit Gundam AGE "sharp#"
38, **1,695 *59,313 Mouretsu Pirates "Mugen no Ai"
39, **1,593 **1,593 Detective Conan "Renaissance Earth"
40, **1,515 *24,494 Smile Precure! "Let's go! Smile Precure!" "Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!"
50, **1,081 *47,350 Guilty Crown "The Everlasting Guilty Crown"

Album CD
*2, 53,909 53,909 ClariS "Birthday"
12, *6,661 *6,661 Aoi Eir "Prayer"
21, *4,384 16,021 Rin & Len "Vocalogemini"


Temporal DVD+BD Sales Rankings for Winter 2012
*1, 14,286 Inu x Boku SS
*2, 10,547 Highschool DxD
*3, 10,345 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
*4, *7,694 Ano Natsu de Matteru
*5, *6,472 Mouretsu Pirates
*6, *5,098 Senki Zesshou Symphogear
*7, *4,973 Brave 10
*8, *4,520 Amagami SS+ plus
*9, *4,391 Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!
10, *3,694 Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
11, *3,089 Rinne no Lagrange
12, *2,573 Another
13, *2,353 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai 2 Maku
14, *1,525 Zero no Tsukaima F (vol.2)
15, **,686 Kill Me Baby
 
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