So, a bit of information about the Nazo no Kanojo X OVA -- the two new characters that show up are in fact cameoing from Riichi Ueshiba's first manga series, Discommunication, all the way from 1991, and they're voiced by two old-school seiyuu to boot (Hiro Yuuki and Megumi Hayashibara). Quite the nice little bonus for this bonus episode.
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Summer 2012 Anime |OT3| Where All the Waifus Are Made Up and the Points Don't Matter
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dakkumauji
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Accel World 21
You can do better. Much better.
Like those two beach episodes, the episode wasn't bad when it's not actually dealing with the terrible arc. It's a training episode, a pretty boring training episode though.
You can do better. Much better.
Like those two beach episodes, the episode wasn't bad when it's not actually dealing with the terrible arc. It's a training episode, a pretty boring training episode though.
[Robotics;Notes]
From what I've read, we should definitely keep our expectations in check for that one...
Regarding the lack of clearance sale prices for anime disks at UK retailers - I'd imagine the main reason why you don't see this is because the UK distributors have a habit of keeping a hold of their excess stock themselves. They tend to sell older stuff at clearance-type prices directly at events like MCM Expo where there's a critical mass of potential customers rather than trying to push it out via traditional retailers. I'd presume it's more profitable for them that way, rather than having to deal with middle-men as well.
Bibliotheca Mystica de Dantalian OVA
Hey, if you were expecting something like the fantastic episode 9 (which can and should be watched on its own) then you can forget about this OVA which was nothing more but another lackluster, boring and ultimately predictable episode of this mediocre GAINAX series.
Hey, if you were expecting something like the fantastic episode 9 (which can and should be watched on its own) then you can forget about this OVA which was nothing more but another lackluster, boring and ultimately predictable episode of this mediocre GAINAX series.
I figured they were a cameo from one the manga author's other work. Discommunication sounds interesting but hardly any of it's been translated.
Well, it has the production value, at least.
He's right, though. White Fox is a cheap studio.
Just in case you still don't have enough anime-related credit cards in your wallet, here comes a Fate/Zero credit card from Jaccs. The design hasn't been unveiled yet, so it looks like we'll have to wait a few weeks to see what it looks like, though it seems like there will be three variations, one each for Saber, Archer, and Rider. Or maybe they'll be on the design together; I'm not sure which it is.
I would think that Archer would have the ultimate credit line.
Want.
Jex
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Thanks for the anti-hype. No, seriously, it's good to keep everything in check because I hadn't heard anything about the source material.
PdotMichael
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Crazy Girl Anime (Chū-2 Byō Demo Koi ga Shitai!)
Can't wait to see the first episode of the anime.
Can't wait to see the first episode of the anime.
Razgriz-Specter
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glad I wasn't expecting something that similar to Steins;Gate.
Might be about time for a rewatch pretty soon.
Ultimadrago
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SoGOOOOOOD.gif + JackNicholsonyes.gif
Thanks again, Extollere for completing this work!
Canis lupus
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Wow anime related credit cards.
Canis lupus
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Aww that card is cute.
PdotMichael
Banned
I think the Madoka credit card is the best. I mean Kyubey can sell everything.
It certainly doesn't hurt that they offered actual tangible goods for signing up for this card.
Also, I love the hilarity of the sample card using Madoka's father's name.
Canis lupus
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I dont think they do custom cc's where I live, but I have a custom made bankcard with Che Guevara
PdotMichael
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I dont think they do custom cc's where I live, but I have a custom made bankcard with Che Guevara
Che Guevera?
Unknown Soldier
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Rukako's JP voice was perfect. There isn't any reason to try and improve on perfection!
Animu credit card already have an untoppable high point: A couple years ago, in addition to the Gundam credit card, the Char Custom Credit Card was rolled out.
You probably didn't need to highlight this to know it earned rewards points 3x faster.
This is why you don't buy the blurays, people.
I just hope people don't try to say White Fox should have done it.
Are there any English-language reviews of the game around? I've flicked through Mk2 but the nuance is beyond my poor Japanese and there are so few reviews it's hard to say if there's any consensus. People don't seem to like the ending that much or the Twitter stuff in the game (but that presumably won't be in the anime in the same way), and there's a few people complaining it's not like Chaos Head or Steins Gate - which is only a bonus to me! - but it's hard to separate out the valid criticisms from the butthurt.
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Ok, thank you. Different styles of art and having one be CG and the other is 2D are definitely valid complaints. I thought there was something with the motions themselves I was missing.
I would actually get an Archer card if they released this in the USA.
FS/N Archer would be even better. Ultimate Spending Works
Stealing my jokes from the IRC channel are we?
For the UK OT is far more dangerous. Stay out of gypsy threads. Also the language barrier between English and American can lead to some difficulties.
Well that makes sense and I suppose it doesn't help that most anime doesn't appear of the terrestrial (or should I say freeview now?) channels.
Well HMV online bundles BD anime with martial arts. The DVDs in store tend to have their own section with seems to move around in the stores I sometimes check. Not having a BD player myself I don't really look out for the BDs as much.
That may explain the sudden disappearance of Cowboy Bebop from one HMV store. One day they had a big pile of box. The next nothing and I really doubt they sold them all judging from the piles of everything else they had in store. This habit of withdrawing stock seems rather backwards.
Canis lupus
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That was awesome lol.
Dedication Through Light
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Knight in the Area 33
Kaoru must be loaded to have all that equipment in his house. Otherwise, I wonder how the team will be once Araki leaves for a bit?
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Largely the rest was kind of decent though a bit boring since its just watched old footage of balll hunting, goal hunting, and tactics discussion. Hope the tournament has a rematch against Yoin.
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I hope winter has more sports anime, next season is just two soccer ones that have been continuing (Ginga e Kickoff and this Area no Kishi)...
Kaoru must be loaded to have all that equipment in his house. Otherwise, I wonder how the team will be once Araki leaves for a bit?
They couldnt score without him this episode
Largely the rest was kind of decent though a bit boring since its just watched old footage of balll hunting, goal hunting, and tactics discussion. Hope the tournament has a rematch against Yoin.
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I hope winter has more sports anime, next season is just two soccer ones that have been continuing (Ginga e Kickoff and this Area no Kishi)...
Withdraw stock, pay $2 to ship it back and forth plus $1 for the actual disc.
Make a habit of clearancing stock, and good luck ever inducing your fanbase to pay more than $50/series again.
There's an old truism that your product is worth exactly how much people will pay for it. For something like anime where 90%+ of the value is entirely notional, destroying that notion seems to be fatal; the anime market in the west has been trained to value anime, all anime, because it's anime and big eyes are their own little shibboleth. (and is all equally so, barring a few French, American, and Chinese coproductions!)
Since almost all shows are seen as substitute goods for each other, elasticity is extremely high for any given disc. However, due to the presentation as a social importance and the collector/database animal impulse that seems to be widespread among fans, elasticity is extremely LOW for anime as a category; the broader the definition of a good the less elastic the demand is, and for the average fanboy "anime" is defined as broadly as the man in the street would define "TV and movies", if not entertainment altogether. (Outside of an extremely limited core fanbase of perhaps 10,000, there is also almost no elasticity for the mass market, who if interested wants his Adult Swim favorite or sufficiently badass ninja cover art and will brook no substitutions.)
In layman's terms, there's effectively a set amount of money available to buy anime. Cutting prices comes at the expense of a genre competitor rather than increasing the size of the market.
And the final kicker, why it's suicidal now in a way that it isn't in most other fields:
There's perhaps three or four major record shops still in business. Fewer major anime DVD publishers. If you are one of them, rather than attracting more spending, firesale mode just means you have to mark down the rest of your products to compete with your own bomba until you're shipping little Johnny Weebo four discs per lawn mowed rather than one, at four times the overhead cost.
Hosoda takes another victim.I'm back. Wolf Children was really good. I'll post an in-depth review later!
Razgriz-Specter
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Gundam Seed 1-12
This show is full of annoying characters.
La Flaga is the only one I like so far.
This show is full of annoying characters.
La Flaga is the only one I like so far.
Dedication Through Light
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Not even Natarle? Kira/Athrun?
darkblade77
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This man knows what's up
Why do you guys hate White Fox so much? At least they make good shows.
Did we watch the same video?
I'm back. Wolf Children was really good. I'll post an in-depth review later!
Toldju
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
That argument was so epic! XD I love how Mio finds a way to troll despite not really being involved in it at all.- Status