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[Urban Scholar]

Kuroko no Basket 3

As a lover of basketball & some animation, I like how they over exaggerate certain fundamentals of the game. I like how that we now know the misdirection has it's limits given his stamina. Although I do wonder that for a player if her could improve his stamina with training. Maybe it's just a downside to his lack of physical prowess? I don't know I see maybe a training arc of sorts in the way future. The banter between pretty boy and his upper classmate is hilarious. Also that Taiga dunk

 

[NewFresh]

I'm assuming that the Blood-C people received the money before the show began, because after how it preformed I doubt they would be able to pull this off.

Oh well. At least duckroll's happy and I will probably watch regardless.

 

[/XX/]

Who is going to make the official thread for Hyōka? And then... when it will be up?

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Gundam Seed HD 13

"Charge through the darkness, Gundam!"

13th episode was pretty epic even

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tragic with the shocking destruction of the refuge vessel by Yzak. In awe when it happened as I didnt think they would die after coming so close to Earth

. A few of the minor details were thought provoking, the actual look and feel as they were taking off upon the descent and noticing the gravity being even stronger as they were going, mobile suits being unable to escape at that point, ablation gel.

Only thing I dont like is still Flay and now

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trying to make Flay x Kira canon? terrible

. I hope Athrun gets back in the plot.

 

[ponpo]

Cajun looking at any screenshot of any anime.

 

[Jex]

Blood-C is a national treasure.

It sure is a national something.

 

[Brazil]

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2w0m7xvs21qdippyo1_500.gif[img]

Cajun looking at any screenshot of any anime.[/QUOTE]

Including this one.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Kuroko no Basket 3

As a lover of basketball & some animation, I like how they over exaggerate certain fundamentals of the game. I like how that we now know the misdirection has it's limits given his stamina. Although I do wonder that for a player if her could improve his stamina with training. Maybe it's just a downside to his lack of physical prowess? I don't know I see maybe a training arc of sorts in the way future. The banter between pretty boy and his upper classmate is hilarious. Also that Taiga dunk

I liked Kise's dunk too. I think they do need a training arc, team cant only rely on Kuroko and Taiga for the entire duration at least, especially if in just five minutes they are already exhausted. I wonder how intense was the sport when all the best players were playing.

 

[madp]

Nazo no Kanojo X 03:

Nothing like suffocating heat and the smell of burning garbage to set the mood.

One thing that I find I'm liking about Urabe's character is that she isn't necessarily cute-weird, she's just straight up weird a lot of the time. She does things that would be genuinely frustrating to anyone in a relationship like persistently refusing any kind of physical contact, and that's not really a trait that any viewer is going to melt into a pool of uguu~ over. She's illogical, cold, and demands that the relationship be played solely be her rules. If it wasn't for the magical element, I'd wonder if the drool isn't symbolic of the illusion of love that couples who don't really like each other perpetuate out of desperation to remain in a relationship.

The plot of this episode was a bit strange, mostly because I didn't think that we needed an entire episode to establish that

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Urabe's drool bond with Tsubaki is special

, when that's really been taken for granted since the beginning. Furthermore, I'm not really sure why

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Urabe would even entertain the advances of other men

in the first place because

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she stated from the beginning that she was intent on Tsubaki being the first person she has sex with

. The

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nopan

element was fun, but I didn't enjoy this episode as much as the two previous.

Next episode, though:

 

[Ultimadrago]

^Well, I guess I'll be watching a preview for once!

 

[Jex]

How did Blood.C BD/DVD sales fare? I didn't bother to check back then.

Let's just say about 4 people are going to see in the theatre.

I would be one of them, but you know, it's in Japan and all that.

 

[Urban Scholar]

I liked Kise's dunk too. I think they do need a training arc, team cant only rely on Kuroko and Taiga for the entire duration at least, especially if in just five minutes they are already exhausted. I wonder how intense was the sport when all the best players were playing.

The thing is the animation is really covering well what happens to players when they go at it. The rest of the team is solid but a high intense game like that will take it's toll. Kise is also th weakest of the generation of miracles right? Man, what are the games with the more powerful players will be like?

 

[Branduil]

Who is going to make the official thread for Hyōka? And then... when it will be up?

It should be up soon.

 

[Jarmel]

Is it the same composer on AO?

No, AO is being done by Koji Nakamura, the lead singer of Supercar who did Ping Pong in E7.

Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows

why does this exist? how could anyone think this was a good idea? why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

More. I want more details.

 

[Jex]

Nazo no Kanojo X 03:



One thing that I find I'm liking about Urabe's character is that she isn't necessarily cute-weird, she's just straight up weird a lot of the time. She does things that would be genuinely frustrating to anyone in a relationship like persistently refusing any kind of physical contact, and that's not really a trait that any viewer is going to melt into a pool of uguu~ over. She's illogical, cold, and demands that the relationship be played solely be her rules. If it wasn't for the magical element, I'd wonder if the drool isn't symbolic of the illusion of love that couples who don't really like each other perpetuate out of desperation to remain in a relationship.

The plot of this episode was a bit strange, mostly because I didn't think that we needed an entire episode to establish that

Spoiler

Urabe's drool bond with Tsubaki is special

, when that's really been taken for granted since the beginning. Furthermore, I'm not really sure why

Spoiler

Urabe would even entertain the advances of other men

in the first place because

Spoiler

she stated from the beginning that she was intent on Tsubaki being the first person she has sex with

. The

Spoiler

nopan

element was fun, but I didn't enjoy this episode as much as the two previous.[/IMG]

You might as well just spoiler out the whole paragraph!

I broadly agree with your points, even though I found watching the episode to be an enjoyable experience. It was certainly a run through of topics and ideas we've already covered before and as much as I enjoy the backing music those are the same they used in episodes 1 and 2.

I suppose, perhaps, they wanted to create a bit of tension, or highlight how weird Urabe is but I think we already know. We even covered the

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no panties topic last week when she got naked

.

 

[Brazil]

Ginga e Kickoff!! 2

Erika-chan's such a boss. Too bad she likes

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Cristiano Ronaldo.

As expected, Japan is all about women's football right now, haha.

That one track in the OST with the vocals is amazing.

 

[Jex]

Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows

why does this exist? how could anyone think this was a good idea? why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why why

I don't get it. I've seen a lot of posts like this in relation to the E7 movie but I feel like no-one has told me what, exactly, makes it bad. Could you elaborate?

 

[Ultimadrago]

It should be up soon.

Branduil? It's you?

Huh. I swore zeroshiki would've jumped on it like white on rice.

 

[madp]

Classy like upskirt shots and boobs pressed into the camera inside a tunnel?

I don't necessarily know that a couple of quick glances were enough to revoke Sankarea's classy status. I have to give it a bit of leeway because it's clearly fighting very hard against its source material.

All things considered, Madoka wasn't all that violating aside from ep. 3 which everyone and their mother gets spoiled anyway. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.

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Mami was mai waifu

so I took the whole thing a bit harder than most people, I'd say. Still nothing compared to F/Z!

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Hyouka OP

 

[Brazil]

Hyouka OP

The song's as bland as it gets, but the visuals are a-ok.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Hyouka OP

Thanks, Hosann.

=====
Hmm, not feeling this OP at all.

animations and backgrounds are great.

Yeah, I'm not arguing with those.

 

[Jarmel]

Hyouka OP

So another Kyon-protagonist?

Has anyone read the LNs for this?

 

[Haly]

Hyouka OP

Kyoani not pulling any punches with this.

Although.

And I know I recognize the other two but I just can't name them yet.

 

[PdotMichael]

animations and backgrounds are great.

but not a big fan of the song (or the character design).

 

[Jarmel]

And I know I recognize the other two but I just can't name them yet.

That first guy is the lead from Durarara! I'm not sure what that has to do with anything though.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Hyouka OP

I like the clouds part and the umbrellas part. Two of the characters look cool, but the female designs seem kind of standard and bland. Cant wait to watch. Song is a bit better than most other this season, really, this season hasnt had many stellar OPs.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

The song's as bland as it gets, but the visuals are a-ok.

In both the choice of song and how the visuals highlight the main characters, it reminds me a bit of the director's previous OP for FMP Fumoffu, though Hyouka's is more sophisticated.

 

[Branduil]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=471211

Thread's up, Haly's already ruined the formatting

 

[Haly]

Sorry

 

[survivor]

Chihayafuru 1

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Kid Chihaya is better than high school Chihaya.

Karuta is a weird game. Do they just have to memorize a standard set of poems or do they get mixed up depending on the tournament? The game has way too much memorizations. Not only you gotta memorize all the poems, but you gotta know their locations so you can easily grab it.

 

[Jarmel]

In both the choice of song and how the visuals highlight the main characters, it reminds me a bit of the director's previous OP for FMP Fumoffu, though Hyouka's is more sophisticated.

I thought of that too actually because Gatoh is working on it too.

 

[Westlo]

Hyouka OP

Pretty decent OP, hope the show is good.

 

[Enron]

Im diggin' that OP

 

[survivor]

Hyouka OP

First half of the OP is pretty awesome

 

[Brazil]

Chihayafuru 1

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Kid Chihaya is better than high school Chihaya.

Karuta is a weird game. Do they just have to memorize a standard set of poems or do they get mixed up depending no the tournament? The game has way too much memorizations. Not only you gotta memorize all the poems, but you gotta know their locations so you can easily grab it.

They have to memorize 100 poems, and they're always the same.

 

[cajunator]

Cajun looking at any screenshot of any anime.

right click. [redacted as]

Hyouka OP

Hmmm. This is kind of dull. Not feeling it at all. The show is hopefully more interesting though.

Chihayafuru 1

Spoiler

Kid Chihaya is better than high school Chihaya.

Karuta is a weird game. Do they just have to memorize a standard set of poems or do they get mixed up depending no the tournament? The game has way too much memorizations. Not only you gotta memorize all the poems, but you gotta know their locations so you can easily grab it.

It seems to be one set of poems by one hundred poets. The players become extremely familiar with the poems used, as you'll see later on, and memorizing the locations quickly is definitely part of the challenge.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Chihayafuru 1

Spoiler

Kid Chihaya is better than high school Chihaya.

Karuta is a weird game. Do they just have to memorize a standard set of poems or do they get mixed up depending no the tournament? The game has way too much memorizations. Not only you gotta memorize all the poems, but you gotta know their locations so you can easily grab it.

Competitive karuta uses a set of 100 poems, only 50 of which are in play in any given match. Players get 15 minutes before each match to memorize the cards and their positions.

 

[Haly]

MGX3: Interesting, the plot is diverging already.

 

[Ultimadrago]

MGX3: Interesting, the plot is diverging already.

In a bad way?

 

[cajunator]

In a bad way?

Nothing about Mysterious Girlfriend X is bad. It is all glorious, all the time. Well the drool thing is a bit strange I guess.

 

[Haly]

In a bad way?

That remains to be seen. The manga is pretty episodic, I assume they did this because they wanted one or two cohesive arcs rather than just dropping off at some random place.

EDIT: Nevermind, this happened in the manga. My memory is just crap.

 

[survivor]

They have to memorize 100 poems, and they're always the same.

It seems to be one set of poems by one hundred poets. The players become extremely familiar with the poems used, as you'll see later on, and memorizing the locations quickly is definitely part of the challenge.

Competitive karuta uses a set of 100 poems, only 50 of which are in play in any given match. Players get 15 minutes before each match to memorize the cards and their positions.

100 poems doesn't seem that bad when they don't change. Memorize them once and all what's left is perfecting your reflexes and memorizing cards layout.

 

[cajunator]

That remains to be seen. The manga is pretty episodic, I assume they did this because they wanted one or two cohesive arcs rather than just dropping off at some random place.

EDIT: Nevermind, this happened in the manga. My memory is just crap.

The show could jump the shark, go off the deep end, make a complete heel face turn, restart from the beginning, and finally arrive at a destination 100 years before or after itself and still make more sense than Yami to Boshi To Hon No Tabibito.

 

[Brazil]

100 poems doesn't seem that bad when they don't change. Memorize them once and all what's left is perfecting your reflexes and memorizing cards layout.

What's left is the hard part, yeah. Memorizing the 100 poems is the bare minimum people expect from karuta players.

 

[Ultimadrago]

The show could jump the shark, go off the deep end, make a complete heel face turn, restart from the beginning, and finally arrive at a destination 100 years before or after itself and still make more sense than Yami to Boshi To Hon No Tabibito.

Speaking of, where are your Yami impressions? D:

 

[Instro]

Hyouka OP

Song is pretty meh, but everything else is ace.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Hunter x Hunter 28

The Nen Ren stuff was confusing but looked cool when Master Wing did it, especially with the paper. Cant wait to see how epic it makes Killua whenever he learns it.

On the preview

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was hoping they would spend more than a half episode on learning nen, rather than doing it fast and then getting past hisoka, which, whoms appearance was a nice surprise. Was he really stalking them?

.

 

[SDBurton]

But Korra x Mako, amirite?

---

Pfft get that crap outta here!

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KorraxLin OTP!

I know. Let's all re-watch Strawberry Panic!

NO.

OTP, duh.

Simoun isn't really a classical yuri show because everyone is born a girl and only later on do thy get the option to grow a penis.

.....Go on.

Ginga e Kickoff!! 2

Erika-chan's such a boss. Too bad she likes

Spoiler

Cristiano Ronaldo.

As expected, Japan is all about women's football right now, haha.

That one track in the OST with the vocals is amazing.

Saw the first episode and really liked it. Will check out the next one soon.

 

[cajunator]

Speaking of, where are your Yami impressions? D:

I just woke up and started watching some of it as a matter of fact. I will post about it shortly.