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[Ice Lightning]

now for the next question. did any of you actually buy the Nyoron Churuya san DVD?

Holding out on the slim chance the manga will be licensed. It is only one volume if I remember correctly and I currently own all of the available Haruhi-chan manga volumes.

 

[SDBurton]

Less crying, and more watching the last eight episodes of Heartcatch and the movie. Now.

Will do right now! ._.7

 

[Saprol]

Tamako Market 04

http://i.imgur.com/0QrDBrh.gif

Tamako Market 04:

Is she the new Azusa? Travelling dimensions.

 

[dakkumauji]

I looked it up on Amazon and was shocked. Assuming there are only two parts it's only £20 for the pair. Reasonably priced anime. Why I never.

Considering it's basically 12 5 minutes youtube flash clips, it's amazing they aren't trying to sell it any higher.

 

[jgminto]

[Robotics;Notes]

Lots of stupid stuff though.

(for example:

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should we be so deliriously optimistic as to actually expect a compelling explanation for the various arbitrary tasks one is supposed to go through in order to unlock the Kimijima-Reports-that-detail-how-a-shadowy-organization-intends-to-murder-billions-of-people-no-biggie, or are we simply not supposed to be thinking about that?

)

Maybe he just likes fucking with people? I never really concern myself with semantics of the trivial. You could probably find a reasonable explanation, like trying to discourage those who aren't really that interested but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Syrinx]

The iDOLM@STER 11

I think I understand now why people don't like Yayoi. She and Yukiho really tend to have major bouts of self-pity, which really magnifies the disparity between them and the rest. Good on Takane for going up to Yukiho and telling her to stop feeling bad for herself and get some resolve. And good on Haruka for increasing the whole group's morale. She was kinda behind as well, but her optimism and resolve makes her an asset, not a liability.

I think I'm gonna take a break from this show for a bit.

 

[cajunator]

Considering it's basically 12 5 minutes youtube flash clips, it's amazing they aren't trying to sell it any higher.

It comes with a bunch of episodes of Haruhi-chan too.
Its not standalone.

 

[RurouniZel]

Yep. I bought the first volume a good while ago.

http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=item,c=right-stuf,v=right-stuf,i=av20854

Neat! I'll have to pick that one up!

Is she the new Azusa? Travelling dimensions.

Yes

 

[dakkumauji]

It comes with a bunch of episodes of Haruhi-chan too.
Its not standalone.

Ah right, those were worth it.

 

[Kazzy]

Ah right, those were worth it.

Indeed.

 

[Theonik]

I just liked it because it had more Erika and Tsubomi. [/shrugs]

Can never have too much of that. I blame Envelope for hyping it too. >.>

 

[Regulus Tera]

Can never have too much of that. I blame Envelope for hyping it too. >.>

I think you are being too harsh on it. The movie is just like another episode of the show featuring a filler character, except with the sakuga to back it up.

 

[cajunator]

Neat! I'll have to pick that one up!



Yes

Anko is way better than Azucat.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Is she the new Azusa? Travelling dimensions.

It's Azusa from the past.

 

[Vox-Pop]

Anko is <3.

It's Azusa before she decided to be Mio Jr and lame.

 

[Narag]

[IG]http://i1230.photobucket.com/albums/ee499/RurouniZel/Kayooos_zps5ae12b11.jpg[/IMG]

Amazing.

 

[cajunator]

Anko is <3.

It's Azusa before decided to be Mio Jr and lame.

You know what? I agree.

 

[Narag]

If kayos is our mascot, shouldn't he have a verbal tic by now? I propose he be forced to end all of his sentences with ~kayo.

Make fun of him now and you'll never get a chance to be Cure Pierrot once his power is unveiled.

 

[madp]

I think you are being too harsh on it. It feels like another episode of the show featuring a filler character, except with the sakuga to back it up.

And awesome Parisian-themed Studio Pablo backgrounds *swoon*

I thought it was a pure joy to watch. It's one of the few installments in the time-tested "annual film to milk a lucrative and long-running Toei franchise" genre that isn't braindead and formulaic.

 

[Thoraxes]

Maybe he just likes fucking with people? I never really concern myself with semantics of the trivial. You could probably find a reasonable explanation, like trying to discourage those who aren't really that interested but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

I always assumed it was their way of trying to show how much of

Spoiler

a life he had. I have a feeling they'll explain more between Aki's nee-san and store lady once we get closer to the end. Those two are pretty major hanging threads right now.

 

[Saprol]

Anko is way better than Azucat.

Anko is <3.

Sounds promising.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Anko is <3.

It's Azusa before she decided to be Mio Jr and lame.

 

[Thoraxes]

Anko is way better than Azucat.

All she needs is a tan and I can agree with you.

 

[Regulus Tera]

And awesome Parisian-themed Studio Pablo backgrounds *swoon*

Studio Pablo, David Production. What's next, Daniel Pictures? Carlos Animation?

 

[Branduil]

Haha, see, it's funny because she doesn't have large breasts.

Man Kakifly really owes KyoAni a fortune.

 

[jgminto]

I always assumed it was their way of trying to show how much of

Spoiler

a life he had. I have a feeling they'll explain more between Aki's nee-san and store lady once we get closer to the end. Those two are pretty major hanging threads right now.

Interesting theory. There's certainly still a lot of questions unanswered in this crazy show.

 

[cajunator]

All she needs is a tan and I can agree with you.

Now that I know you are a composer, I have like...an even huger respect for you than I did before. I feel like you are on some higher plane of existence than myself.

Its like

AWESOMEBEAR...





























me

 

[Ultimadrago]

All she needs is a tan and I can agree with you.

Tan people introduced.

Invite Tamako and Anko to homeland.

Get tanned.

"Believe." - NeoGAF 2013

 

[Maedhros]

Because Hyouka is good.

Heh

 

[trejo]

Awesome!

I'll be supremely disappointed if this pic doesn't show up the next time one of those threads pop up.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Haha, see, it's funny because she doesn't have large breasts.

Man Kakifly really owes KyoAni a fortune.

Spoiler

It's not done by Kakifly

 

[cajunator]

Awesome!

I'll be supremely disappointed if this pic doesn't show up the next time one of those threads pop up.

I doubt many would understand the joke or even where that comic is from.

 

[OceanBlue]

Have at it, people, and do try to act surprised:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=510801

AWW YEAH K-ON!! Honestly, I was worried it wouldn't make it, but it pulled through after all. I thought notAnimeGAF would've taken it off but it has fans outside of AnimeGAF too. I'm so happy! ;_;

In other news, animated bunny girls make for good novel sales.

So that's 100k+ sales per volume? If I remember light novel sales correctly (I don't), that's pretty amazing.

Apparently there was a comparison on 2ch made about this. Ultimatemegax posted the info on the Mania forums (It's weird that I keep quoting him all the time, but I follow him on Twitter, so...).

With this week's novel sales data coming out from Oricon, Mondaiji-tachi got a pretty good boost in sales after the first anime episode. How does it compare to some earlier LN adaptations? Someone on 2ch compiled a list of sales after only the first episode aired of recent LN adaptations and I calculated the percent increase we can attribute to the first episode. This list is sorted in ascending sales post episode 1.

First week sales   Total sales after week 1    Title        Percent increase
*6292                   *23788                 Durarara!!       35.96250572
*7324                   *35222                 Mondaiji         26.25277798
*5430                   *49169                 Horizon          12.41454994
*9031                   *62167                 Nyaruko          16.99601024
11378                   *63609                 IS               21.78399801
*7402                   *74245                 Korezom          11.07371004
*6396                   *76362                 Gosick           *9.14158306
*8210                   *77604                 Hyouka           11.83099403
*6018                   *79153                 Papakoto         *8.22861831
17224                   *85794                 BakaTest         25.11885664
*6562                   *98192                 Aria             *7.16141002
*5205                   112234                 DenpaOnna        *4.86316793
*4962                   122571                 Accel World      *4.21906487
*7201                   172982                 OreImo           *4.34368233
*7957                   215363                 SAO              *3.83643675
*8067                   250086                 Haganai          *3.33320938

Durarara!! definitely takes the cake for increased sales (and rode it to over 100,000 for the first volume, but surprisingly Mondaiji-tachi is second, even besting the amazing increases for BakaTest and Hyouka. Given that it's a Kadokawa title, meaning high prices and likely to get a quick BD-Box release in the minds of fans, BD/DVD sales might not be high. This could be the way fans support the series. LN v8 will also come with an OVA this July so that'll also be interesting to track.
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=2013446&postcount=323

It's interesting to think about some of the data on this chart. The Oreimo, SAO, and Haganai results aren't too surprising considering that their franchises were popular before the anime. In comparison, shows like Hyouka, Mondaiji, and IS have seen larger boosts from their anime because they weren't as popular before the anime aired. I don't know what happened with Durarara though, lol. I thought it was popular before, so I have no idea what to make of that.

To be honest, I don't really know how to interpret the data too well. The "First Week Sales" column goes against my common sense.

Never forget:

I actually know people like this! They're cool people though.

 

[RurouniZel]

It's Azusa from the past.

Think about it.

Azu-nyan.

Azu. Nyan.

A. N.

An.

BOOM! ;P

 

[Thoraxes]

Interesting theory. There's certainly still a lot of questions unanswered in this crazy show.

And the only reason I have that theory is just because of some of the

Spoiler

requirements. To me anyways, it seems like a series of love letters to someone's past, where they could reminisce about all the good ol' times. We had the rocks on the beach with the cave, go karting, and even running a fast lap at high school.

Everything that was tagged makes me think of someone who cared about their past enough that they wanted to get someone else to love or appreciate the life they lived.

Now that I know you are a composer, I have like...an even huger respect for you than I did before. I feel like you are on some higher plane of existence than myself.

Its like

AWESOMEBEAR...

me

You mean more like:

Us =

Tan people introduced.

Invite Tamako and Anko to homeland.

Get tanned.

"Believe." - NeoGAF 2013

I want to belieeeeeevveeeeee

I actually know people like this! They're cool people though.

Yeah. He's actually a cool dude, I just thought it was really funny that someone I knew would post that on facebook when we were getting into SAO meta-shitting.

 

[cajunator]

And the only reason I have that theory is just because of some of the

Spoiler

requirements. To me anyways, it seems like a series of love letters to someone's past, where they could reminisce about all the good ol' times. We had the rocks on the beach with the cave, go karting, and even running a fast lap at high school.

Everything that was tagged makes me think of someone who cared about their past enough that they wanted to get someone else to love or appreciate the life they lived.

You mean more like:
Us =

I can live with that.

 

[OceanBlue]

Yeah. He's actually a cool dude, I just thought it was really funny that someone I knew would post that on facebook when we were getting into SAO meta-shitting.

Oh yeah, I had the same thing happen to me and it was funny for me too. When they were talking about how epic the last episode was, I kinda just smiled. I didn't watch it so I can't judge myself, but the contrast between AnimeGAF and my friends in that conversation was amusing.

 

[RurouniZel]

Sakurasou 15:

Sorata's old man was the only good aspect of this episode. Everything else continues it's nosedive. *sigh*

 

[Chet Rippo]

I doubt many would understand the joke or even where that comic is from.

Wouldn't that be the point?

 

[SDBurton]

HeartCatch Precure - 40 (Rewatch)

Hooooly shit.

Wait, so

Spoiler

does that mean the Desert Generals, Sasorina, Kumojacky, and Cobraja are just wilted heart flowers that left their real bodies to take forms of their own?

Man, great episode. Like I said before, I really fucking love it when even the villains look out for one another. That sense of comradery even when they're people doing evil shit just gives me the warm fuzzies.

 

[Thoraxes]

Oh yeah, I had the same thing happen to me and it was funny for me too. When they were talking about how epic the last episode was, I kinda just smiled. I didn't watch it so I can't judge myself, but the contrast between AnimeGAF and my friends in that conversation was amusing.

It's why I enjoy talking with my friends about anime, because they don't have such skewed views, don't know studios, staff or animators, or constantly call shows shit, etc. They just like to watch something that is entertains them, and that makes it really easy to talk with them about shows when every conversation isn't an uphill battle of tastes and opinions, and they make me realize not to take things so seriously all the time.

A bunch of them actually came to me last year asking me about Fate/Zero and Darker than Black because they had the kind of action they were interested in. I even found a friend who watched the original Jojo that was surprised they were making a new one and decided to start watching this one.

 

[madp]

Man, great episode. Like I said before, I really fucking love it when even the villains look out for one another. That sense of comradery even when they're people doing evil shit just gives me the warm fuzzies.

I know this doesn't quite accurately describe the Desertrian trio, but punch-clock villains are a trope that I never, ever get tired of. I think it has something to do with watching Venture Bros. as a teenager and finding Henchmen 21 and 24 really endearing.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Vol. 10, Vol. 13 and Goodsmile Hakase Nendoroid.

Finally, she came in! It was quite the delay, but looks really good, so no complaints.

Also The Adventures of Mark Twain because you should watch The Adventures of Mark Twain.

(Seriously, go check it out.)

 

[cajunator]

Wouldn't that be the point?

I suppose you're right.

 

[zeroshiki]

Fate Zero had a 1 season break during the winter season, because the second half was in Spring it was "easier" to consider it a 2012 title because of this.

Not that that's an out and out excuse, but it does happen to shows in winter now and again that had started in the year prior.

Case in point Chihayafuru. I have no doubt it would have made it into the top 10 if it had aired over the summer/fall.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Finally, she came in! It was quite the delay, but looks really good, so no complaints.

So does she have legs under there?

 

[Narag]

Magi 16

can't spell balbadd without bad.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Stop-motion animation is still animation!

Is there any anime made entirely in stop-motion? I can't recall a single one.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Toriko 89 (funiHulu)

I need to start the dub to hear how it sounds but unless they left Itadakimasu untranslated in eng dub then I probably wont say its an awesome dub cause thats my favorite part. For the subs, I find it out that honorifics are translated. Livebearer-sama.

Anyway fun episode even if that creepy moment.

Spoiler

Pudding Mountain being an actual mountain was shocking

 

[Ultimadrago]

So does she have legs under there?

Yes.

Though it says something that I had to open it to check.