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Fall of Anime 2012 |OT2| O cursed spite, that ever I was born to UUURRRRYYY!!
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Joe Molotov
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Watch some Smile Precure to make yourself feel better. ^_^
Theonik
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The garden is breached.
KuwabaraTheMan
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My Little Monster 1:
Fantastic. That's how you put together a great first episode. Shizuku and Haru are both already set up as really likable characters, a hell of a lot happens, and it's both hilarious and touching. I really loved how this episode was able to go from laugh out loud comedy to moving drama at the drop of a pin. The art style for the show is also very pretty and distinct looking. I love the color.
Definitely looking forward to seeing more of this, especially given how much things changed in some unpredictable ways just in the first episode alone.
Fantastic. That's how you put together a great first episode. Shizuku and Haru are both already set up as really likable characters, a hell of a lot happens, and it's both hilarious and touching. I really loved how this episode was able to go from laugh out loud comedy to moving drama at the drop of a pin. The art style for the show is also very pretty and distinct looking. I love the color.
Definitely looking forward to seeing more of this, especially given how much things changed in some unpredictable ways just in the first episode alone.
That depends on what you think the focus was to begin with, I suppose. When the show started Kamina, Simone and Yoko all had an equal share of the time. Then it became the Simone show. As of episode 12 Yoko at least regained some screen time, so I'm open to the possibility that things work out.
I do like the show, and I don't expect it to get worse
except no Kamina is bugging me
Hahaha, I guess I have terrible taste in anime, then, because Wing is the only Gundam I've ever known and I love it
but I will readily admit that anyone whose name is not Zechs Merquise is a completely flat character in that show
What I already know will make me hate this, though, is that no explanation will ever really satisfy me as to why
Mu is now a bad guy
one more convoluted and never well-explained aspect of Kira and Cagali's childhood
What I do find nifty about Gundam SEED is that the Freedom always winds up up against Gundams that have names contrary to the idea of Freedom. Justice, Providence, and Destiny, namely. It would've been nice if any of the characters piloting those suits, aside from Rau
and by proxy Durandal
Crazy WMG here: Shinn is actually a clone of Durandal. Same complexion, same hair color, similar eye color, one still has a brain . . .
Psycho Pass 07
I was surprised that such a simplistic arc finds itself being dragged out for so long. The last episode might as well not exist for as little it adds to the story. It is pretty simple to identify the weaknesses of an episode like this. This show has no personality, characters wear blank and expressionless faces that tell the viewer nothing in environments that feel flat and nondescript. To complicate things the events occurring are almost a classic victim of telling rather than showing. It is really unfortunate how this series is turning out.
The Chipmunk Detective in its natural CG habitat.
suicide pact
Wow! This is exactly what I needed after the shit I just saw. Both are really good Extollere!
Thanks I'll share the colored up one when it's done. If it pleases you, use it how you like.
Yep. Pretty much what I felt. The first one is actually the second
I'll probably clean up the lines on it anyways.
dakkumauji
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Genshiken 04
And enters the cosplay girl. Not a bad episode. The chase scene was fun as well as the animated anger. Finally noticed that the ED reflects the aftermath of each episode so at least that gives me something to look forward to.
And enters the cosplay girl. Not a bad episode. The chase scene was fun as well as the animated anger. Finally noticed that the ED reflects the aftermath of each episode so at least that gives me something to look forward to.
Just watch the first episode 8 times and you'll be caught up with the rest of us.
Theonik
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Brutally raped, THEN murdered and vice versa?
Welp
It'd be surprising if it wasn't
Looks so fucking good.
Ultimadrago
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Violence Jack: Hell Town
Go Nagai strikes again!
Go Nagai strikes again!
Cannibalism turns men into beasts. Deep.
Theonik
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Only a genius like Go Nagai could think of such subtle commentary on the nature of man!
cosmicblizzard
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Wait until you finish it before you say that.
cosmicblizzard
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Ah, the days when Shounen Jump could be home to a banned series. Times sure have changed.
Edit: Huh, apparently it was Shounen Magazine. Oh well, they still wouldn't get away with Go Nagai shit these days even if they are more lenient than WSJ.
Finally, a way to watch Hidasketch.
Edit: I am too slow with my bad jokes I guess.
Jex
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Yeah, the stuff in Violence Jack was pretty ridiculous. Gets getting brutally killed and shit. Eventually the manga did move to a seinen magazine.
Let me be clear. Wing is not a bad show. It's totally cool to like it. It just doesn't compare to 0079, Vicfory, or especially Turn A and Zeta. I would argue G is better as well, but that's debatable.
Regulus Tera
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Otaku no Video 2
Otaku no Video final thoughts
The disconnect between the imaginary and the tangible is at the forefront here. I found the whole thing to be tremendously sad, what with
Neat experiment nevertheless. Not sure how soon I will revisit it, but there wasn't anything particularly offensive for me to hate it or love it at either side of the spectrum. It's funnies were funny and there was plenty else to enjoy from here. I give this three bunnygirls out of five.
Fucking GAINAX I swear to God. That was trippy as fuck.
Otaku no Video final thoughts
The disconnect between the imaginary and the tangible is at the forefront here. I found the whole thing to be tremendously sad, what with
Kubo and Tanaka's constant longing for "simpler, but bigger". The Portrait of an Otaku segments only highlight the disparity of what nerds want nerds to make out of the world and what the world really is for such nerds. It's a very innocent view of society that reminds me of all those Anno interviews about his views on manchildren.
Idyllic in 2D, and pathetic in 3D. Kubo's determination and entrepreneurship is misleading about the solitude in which most of these people be. It hit me the most when Fukuhara suddenly appeared to save Kubo's enterprise with her amazing drawing skills, especially as it had been preceded by an upsetting segment regarding an otaku's use of video games to relieve his sexual needs. It's damnation through contrast.
Idyllic in 2D, and pathetic in 3D. Kubo's determination and entrepreneurship is misleading about the solitude in which most of these people be. It hit me the most when Fukuhara suddenly appeared to save Kubo's enterprise with her amazing drawing skills, especially as it had been preceded by an upsetting segment regarding an otaku's use of video games to relieve his sexual needs. It's damnation through contrast.
Neat experiment nevertheless. Not sure how soon I will revisit it, but there wasn't anything particularly offensive for me to hate it or love it at either side of the spectrum. It's funnies were funny and there was plenty else to enjoy from here. I give this three bunnygirls out of five.
Gurren Lagann was always, from episode one, Simon's story.
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I've never seen this show. But I just watched episode 7.
11/10 I died and went to heaven.
I just splooged all over my pants.
This is always the best idea for a number of reasons.
It would be a bad idea to start the thread before series like From the New World are finished.
Yeah, but...
Jex
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[Violence Jack] - Hell Town
Jack is a mysterious, unexplainable beast. Apparently he spends some part of his time standing inside walls. Why was he there? How did he survive being trapped behind the rubble? Does any of it matter?:
The plot is incredibly simple. Three groups of people are trapped in the rubble of a mall: Group A are a bunch of 'normal men' and a few kids. Group C is a group of women who have barricaded themselves away from the men. Group B is basically an evil biker gang. As this is a 80's apocalypse you have to have your pre-requisite FOTNS punk gang lead by a giant baddie:
All the groups wish to escape the rubble but most of the 'drama' in this OVA resolves around whether or not group C are going to be brutally raped and murdered by the other two groups. It's classy, highbrow stuff. Go Nagai really knows how to write women:
Of course, because this is Violence Jack, in the end everyone gets brutally raped, murdered, or eaten. Or some combination of the above. Even kids:
Excessively gratuitous on pretty much every level I can't really think of any reason to watch this. It has some pretty good animation, I suppose.
Jack is a mysterious, unexplainable beast. Apparently he spends some part of his time standing inside walls. Why was he there? How did he survive being trapped behind the rubble? Does any of it matter?:
The plot is incredibly simple. Three groups of people are trapped in the rubble of a mall: Group A are a bunch of 'normal men' and a few kids. Group C is a group of women who have barricaded themselves away from the men. Group B is basically an evil biker gang. As this is a 80's apocalypse you have to have your pre-requisite FOTNS punk gang lead by a giant baddie:
All the groups wish to escape the rubble but most of the 'drama' in this OVA resolves around whether or not group C are going to be brutally raped and murdered by the other two groups. It's classy, highbrow stuff. Go Nagai really knows how to write women:
Of course, because this is Violence Jack, in the end everyone gets brutally raped, murdered, or eaten. Or some combination of the above. Even kids:
Excessively gratuitous on pretty much every level I can't really think of any reason to watch this. It has some pretty good animation, I suppose.
Too much competition.
2012 wasn't nearly as good as 2011 sadly. I'm still on the Nise train as far as personal taste goes but my other favorites include Fate/Zero, Tonari (so far), with stuff like Joshiraku and Hyouka sprinkled in. Chuu2 is dependent on whether it devolves into shitty drama towards the end for no good reason.
I couldn't say, since Wing and SEED are the only ones I've ever actually watched. Well, and I think maybe a bit of G.
I'm not disagreeing with you on that. At all. And as of episode 13 Simone no longer consumes all the screentime anyway, so my complaint was a brief and moot one. Although the opening intro's definitely misled, what with the guy shown during the "This is the story of a man" bit having Kamina's cape and all. But I still don't disagree. It's definitely Simone's story and he's not hogging all the screentime anymore, so I'm over it.
Nia still sucks though
Anyway Big O 13 has blown my brains out. Clearly it all takes place after End of Evangelion and the Megadeuses (Megadueces?) are just the end result of the Jet Alone project, since
I guess the world ended in a Giant Robot Holocaust?
And if Roger is Batman, Norman is Alfred, Dastan is Gordon, and Schwarzwald is the Joker, is Dorothy Robin? And is her blossoming love just one long joke about how Batman and Robin are gay?
Bringing middling TV production quality to the big screen!
Regulus Tera
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We could always revote for AotY 2011 and wait until 2014 to do 2012's.
Kamina's importance is overstated in most internet discussion, I fear.I'm not disagreeing with you on that. At all. And as of episode 13 Simone no longer consumes all the screentime anyway, so my complaint was a brief and moot one. Although the opening intro's definitely misled, what with the guy shown during the "This is the story of a man" bit having Kamina's cape and all. But I still don't disagree. It's definitely Simone's story and he's not hogging all the screentime anymore, so I'm over it.
Nia still sucks though
That's a treasure and should be treated as such.
Jex
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Pervert.
This list gets worse every time I see it. Colorful, Soredemo, Arrietty, You Are Umasou, and Time of Eve got robbed.
And while I don't think Panty and Stocking deserve thes #1 spot, Durarara deserves the #2 spot even less.
Played against a steins;gate clan in a dota2 tourny today
their tag was [TTR] and they had a chibi mayuri as their avatar
was rather strange
sensei *bow*
their tag was [TTR] and they had a chibi mayuri as their avatar
was rather strange
sensei *bow*
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It's a good show though, overhyped "deconstruction" false hyperbole aside.Spoilers: Madoka will win again
Theonik
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This is a thing of beauty. I'd almost be tempted to buy it.
I need to catch up to them OVAs. Don't really remember where I left them. Perhaps I should start over.
Jex
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It's certainly all been downhill since then.
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