Seriously. It seems to have been made with such great care as that kind of thing doesn't happen on accident. Not a moment wasted!
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics
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Seriously. It seems to have been made with such great care as that kind of thing doesn't happen on accident. Not a moment wasted!
Bakemonogatari didn't do much for me unfortunately; dropped it after 5 eps I think.
Madoka I have yet to see, but I plan to get to it. The only Shaft show I've ever liked is Popotan, so I'm not too hopeful (can't stand the visual presentation in Bake; also don't like stuff by that other director: Dusk Maiden, ef, Natsu no Arashi), but the character design is appealing enough and the story content sounds like something I might like (been spoiled to hell and back) so we'll see how it goes.
I rented this when I was a kid and WTFed pretty hard.
When I was in college I rented it again to show all my friends.
I love it! Better than anything I can do~
Unknown Soldier
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Ironic plane.gif here?
Dedication Through Light
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Nice. Please share more drawings.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I think Horizon and Queen's Blade are on my pretend backlog so that I can still say that I'll watch anything with her in it but not actually do it. lol
Alternatively, just watch One Off to watch her pretend to be a blonde :chet girl from Australia, complete with "gaijin-Japanese"!
Yeah, they were surprised at that as well. Kibe suggested that it was because Nintendo wanted to promote the fact that there are various locals in the game.
Chet Rippo
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To Love-ru 24
Just a few more episodes left!
In space there's a flu that instead of make you vomit it completely changes your personality. Lala catches this reversal flu and goes through the many female trope personalities, ranging from overly shy, to tsundere, to lastly an ambitious dictator. The whole crisis at the end is averted with the power of love.
Just a few more episodes left!
How does she keep getting into these messes?
Saint Seiya Omega Episode 20
* All Images used, courtesy of Wonzo's impressions post *
I'm one of the one's who has been keeping up with Saint Seiya Omega and this episode was a really good one. It certainly has the staff listing to back it up too. As duckroll had mentioned earlier this episode was written by Reiko Yoshida. For the first time since episode one,series director Morio Hatano storyboarded this episode and Yoshihiko Umakoshi was both animation director and worked on key animation for the first time since the first episode.
Right as the episode begins it seems to have a different style compared to the last few episodes the way it freeze frames like a cloured sketchbook as it zooms in on the apples in the rain.
There were many great shots or scenes such as the star filled sky with the milky way and later the aurora borealis effect, the way the fields of flowers bloomed, looking at the tower of babel from the room Sonya was in.
I couldn't help but notice too that the way lighting was used in this episode the characters really gave off that watery, reflective, glassy eyed type look. It was also interesting to see Mars depicted in a different style again as shown here.
There was a nice new look at Sonya this week captured here. It was great to get at least a little bit more back-story with her and Eden, even though it wasn't much. At least of the female characters she's my favorite, so I looked up her Seiyuu this episode and was surprised to find out it was Aya Hisakawa.
I haven't recognized her voice at all and she's done some pretty iconic roles that I'm a fan of such as Ami/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon and Miki in Utena. Naturally she's done much more but I'm probably not familiar with them yet.
Naturally this episode had some pretty great animation but one scene confused me with it's scaling. I'm talking about when Eden uses a beam type attack here
It seemed to create such a large explosion and the next shot with the crater, to me, looked quite sizable as well. Aria calls to Kouga and it seemed strange that she wasn't phased by the attack despite being in such close proximity to the two combatants. When Kouga digs himself out of the ground though, the damage radius, while still large enough, didn't seem anywhere near as big as it initially came across.
Another attack that had really great animation and effects I thought was the one pictured here
As Instro mentioned, Toshihiko Sahashi's music this episode is really great. There was quite a few memorable pieces throughout the episode for me.
-Thanks to those who read all the way through my impressions written here.
* All Images used, courtesy of Wonzo's impressions post *
I'm one of the one's who has been keeping up with Saint Seiya Omega and this episode was a really good one. It certainly has the staff listing to back it up too. As duckroll had mentioned earlier this episode was written by Reiko Yoshida. For the first time since episode one,series director Morio Hatano storyboarded this episode and Yoshihiko Umakoshi was both animation director and worked on key animation for the first time since the first episode.
Right as the episode begins it seems to have a different style compared to the last few episodes the way it freeze frames like a cloured sketchbook as it zooms in on the apples in the rain.
There were many great shots or scenes such as the star filled sky with the milky way and later the aurora borealis effect, the way the fields of flowers bloomed, looking at the tower of babel from the room Sonya was in.
I couldn't help but notice too that the way lighting was used in this episode the characters really gave off that watery, reflective, glassy eyed type look. It was also interesting to see Mars depicted in a different style again as shown here.
There was a nice new look at Sonya this week captured here. It was great to get at least a little bit more back-story with her and Eden, even though it wasn't much. At least of the female characters she's my favorite, so I looked up her Seiyuu this episode and was surprised to find out it was Aya Hisakawa.
I haven't recognized her voice at all and she's done some pretty iconic roles that I'm a fan of such as Ami/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon and Miki in Utena. Naturally she's done much more but I'm probably not familiar with them yet.
Naturally this episode had some pretty great animation but one scene confused me with it's scaling. I'm talking about when Eden uses a beam type attack here
It seemed to create such a large explosion and the next shot with the crater, to me, looked quite sizable as well. Aria calls to Kouga and it seemed strange that she wasn't phased by the attack despite being in such close proximity to the two combatants. When Kouga digs himself out of the ground though, the damage radius, while still large enough, didn't seem anywhere near as big as it initially came across.
Another attack that had really great animation and effects I thought was the one pictured here
As Instro mentioned, Toshihiko Sahashi's music this episode is really great. There was quite a few memorable pieces throughout the episode for me.
-Thanks to those who read all the way through my impressions written here.
Dedication Through Light
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I thought his blasts were responsible for forming that crater for the lake anyway, though, Though I imagine he just used a really flashy attack that managed to have great accuracy for the AOE.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
What about the Dinosaurs sitcom with the giant puppets?
Fire Tripper
Curiosity led me to this as I finally need to get around to checking out the Rumic World OVAs. This is a 1985 adaption of a Rumiko Takahashi manga story about a schoolgirl named Suzuko ends up in the Sengoku period after being thrown back into time due to a natural gas explosion along with the child named Shu she was escorting. She's found by a group of bandits and promptly saved by a man named Shukumaru. There's a period of adjustment for Suzuko as she learns to live in the time and deal with the perils therein as she searches for Shu while feeling rather guilty for involving a child in this incident.. She shares a strange bond with Shukumaro's sister Suzu as they each possess a similar bell. It's about here the show's main gimmick becomes apparent.
Overall, it's not bad. It's like an overlong TV episode to a show that didn't exist and not particularly strong on its own merit past the big twist or two which, admittedly, works much better than I had described it.
Curiosity led me to this as I finally need to get around to checking out the Rumic World OVAs. This is a 1985 adaption of a Rumiko Takahashi manga story about a schoolgirl named Suzuko ends up in the Sengoku period after being thrown back into time due to a natural gas explosion along with the child named Shu she was escorting. She's found by a group of bandits and promptly saved by a man named Shukumaru. There's a period of adjustment for Suzuko as she learns to live in the time and deal with the perils therein as she searches for Shu while feeling rather guilty for involving a child in this incident.. She shares a strange bond with Shukumaro's sister Suzu as they each possess a similar bell. It's about here the show's main gimmick becomes apparent.
The OVA opens with Shukumaru trying to save his sister from a fire and watching her disappear before his eyes. She lands in the modern era and is adopted by the couple who finds her. There's an eventual realization that Suzuko wasn't blown back into time but actually returned to her original time due to her strange power of time travel that only seems to work under times of extreme duress involving fire. To further complicate things, the boy named Shu that she had escorted initially fell from her grasp during transit and landed ten years prior to when she did. He, of course, grows up as Shukumaru and is the one that saves her all these years later. Later, Suzuko and Shukumaru revisit the site of the initial explosion after they had both traveled back to the modern age and came to the decision to return to the Sengoku era together.
Overall, it's not bad. It's like an overlong TV episode to a show that didn't exist and not particularly strong on its own merit past the big twist or two which, admittedly, works much better than I had described it.
Ultimadrago
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What about Dinosaur Office?
Unknown Soldier
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I actually liked that show. Too bad it didn't live very long.
Watched Fate/Zero and while good it's fucking depressing, Kariya 
. One issue though is that I didn't realize that this was season 2. Luckily season 2 is a prequel so It's not a big deal so yay. SO GAF is the ending of season 1 as depressing or does it leave off a somewhat of a happy note? ...............At least for some of them. If it's on some Wolf's Rain BS then please tell me so I could avoid it.
. One issue though is that I didn't realize that this was season 2. Luckily season 2 is a prequel so It's not a big deal so yay. SO GAF is the ending of season 1 as depressing or does it leave off a somewhat of a happy note? ...............At least for some of them. If it's on some Wolf's Rain BS then please tell me so I could avoid it.Watched Fate/Zero and while good it's fucking depressing, Kariya
s2? do you mean you watched starting from ep13 or so?
The first half of the shows sets up the latter half, so it's not going to be as depressing as the conclusion of those events, so there's that. Either way if you liked the way it ended you'll probably like how it started as well.
Watched Fate/Zero and while good it's fucking depressing, Kariya
Uh... did you just watch this show freaking backwards?
Pizzaroll's one-word dismissals are bad enough without other people posting them.
Unknown Soldier
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Citation Needed
Unknown Soldier
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Yuru Yuri ♪♪ 2:
The first two portions of this episode were hilarious, and there was plenty of China-chan~ throughout!
The last portion of this episode bored me to tears. Was there suddenly a requirement for all shows on Japanese TV to have cold-prevention tips to reduce the incidence of colds this year or something? Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot.
China-chan is still the best Yuru Yuri. She would make an excellent idoru!
The first two portions of this episode were hilarious, and there was plenty of China-chan~ throughout!
The last portion of this episode bored me to tears. Was there suddenly a requirement for all shows on Japanese TV to have cold-prevention tips to reduce the incidence of colds this year or something? Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot.
China-chan is still the best Yuru Yuri. She would make an excellent idoru!
Fate/Stay Night is best avoided. It's nowhere near the quality of Fate/Zero.
Fate Zero comes first and then Fate Stay Night. There is also Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works which is the movie based on a different arc of Fate Stay Night.
it's a prequel but not the same series or anything, wouldn't call them linked in any save for existing within the same framework of a franchise
and no, F/SN isn't worth watching, not because of "wolf's rain bs" but because it just sucks.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yep!
What about Jurassic Park?
Teehee.
"Not enough basset hounds."
-icarus, neogaf.com.
i call it being pizzarolled
- Branduil, neogaf.com (2011)
See, at least there's some unpredictability there. You don't know what .gif it's going to be. There's no entertainment value to be had in "no" posts.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Does the live-action Super Mario Bros movie count as dinosaur-centric? If so, that gets my vote for greatest of all time.
Utena 7
I thought this scene was really neat on a technical level. Not to say that the entire freaking show isn't relentlessly impressive in the visual department, but this really stood out to me for one reason or another.
Anthy gets slapped, again. Am I supposed to feel bad for her? Because I don't. She was totally trolling Juri by offering her the same flower that Juri's crush offered her in her flashback. "But KO, how could Anthy possibly know about that?" Because she's a bag of dicks, that's how.
BluWacky's reference to this as one of his all-time favorite episodes is intriguing. Assuming it's not a retrospective appreciation that hinges on spoilers from further in the show, it'd be a pleasure to read those thoughts. My viewing of the show isn't quite as vapid as my impressions probably suggest, but I know I'm still not on much of animeGAF's level when it comes to appreciating these things.
Utena 7
I thought this scene was really neat on a technical level. Not to say that the entire freaking show isn't relentlessly impressive in the visual department, but this really stood out to me for one reason or another.
Anthy gets slapped, again. Am I supposed to feel bad for her? Because I don't. She was totally trolling Juri by offering her the same flower that Juri's crush offered her in her flashback. "But KO, how could Anthy possibly know about that?" Because she's a bag of dicks, that's how.
BluWacky's reference to this as one of his all-time favorite episodes is intriguing. Assuming it's not a retrospective appreciation that hinges on spoilers from further in the show, it'd be a pleasure to read those thoughts. My viewing of the show isn't quite as vapid as my impressions probably suggest, but I know I'm still not on much of animeGAF's level when it comes to appreciating these things.
Unknown Soldier
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Chet Rippo
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The Lost World?
Ultimadrago
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What about We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story?
Well maybe if your idea of a happy conclusion is
that kid Kiritsugu saved in the last episode
make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop make it stop
Ultimadrago
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Really? I was just listing random films/clips regarding dinosaurs.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
KO Traveling Hobo
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But...but John Goodman!
Chet Rippo
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Hellsing321
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Boukun Tyrano-san > *
KuwabaraTheMan
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But We're Back is good.
At least, it was when I was a kid. I haven't seen that movie in more than a decade.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Sounds good, man.
Jex
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I hope you enjoy it!
I hate the word "fate."
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