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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this

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Yeah, I like Hummingbird's rec more...
 
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Pretty depressingly awesome episode and so intense there once the climax came and everything. Keeping Eraser relevant and actually doing things really keeps this anime quite excellent.
To think theyd even have him succesfully take Shunsuke core. Poor guy and for Shunsuke, this failure must be difficult, I wonder if he will go through a depressing type of ordeal characters do. :(
Wait that show has real cars?
 

cajunator

Banned
Humminbird recs vs. MALgraph recs:





yeah, MALgraph easily blows HB out of the water.
lol @ Dragon Crisis in amongst all of the classy/good stuff in my MALgraph recs

Mushishi, Berserk, Fumoffu, 5cm, Lain, Haibane Renmei, Goldenboy, Millennium Actress? what the hell dude, go watch these damned shows! youre missing out on some good stuff!

Why isn't Hyouka licensed yet? :(

Because nobody wants to buy it.
 

Midonin

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Nyarko W 08

Shanta's human form is just too cute. I was also pleasantly surprised to hear Satomi Arai reprise her sarcastic narrator from Ookami-san at the start and close of the episode. One of my favorite roles that she's done, and bringing it back here fits with the nature of the series. I hope the Wakamoto-voiced ShoPhil vacuum can become a regular side character too. These past two episodes have been pretty relaxing, and it appears they were that way for a reason.

Cuune's back. She broke out of her room after the ED credits. Cuuko beware!
 

Jex

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[Gargantia] - 9

I hope you like 12 minutes of exposition.

If you can stomach that, then I'm sure you'll enjoy it quite a bit.
 

Tenumi

Banned
Smile Precure: 37

Well, that was a pretty good Reika focused epsiode. Wonder if this
student council president
stuff will pop up in any future episodes or not.
 
hidamari sketch honeycomb 5

A real waifu must know how to make fried chicken.

*jacknods*


And woah, that plot twist.



How do japanese dictionaries work? Are they similar to chinese ones where it searches by strokes of different parts?
 

darkside31337

Tomodachi wa Mahou
My Hummingbird Recomendations don't seem too bad.

For the first page anyway. The second page had stuff like Guilty Crown and Campione. lol

A lot of great shows on that list (and a couple shitty ones).

Tatami Galaxy, Natsume, Katanagatari and Dennou Coil would be my recs.
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Okay, since everyone else is liking their HB recs, I'm willing to accept the possibility that that first page was a fluke. Let's look at the next three pages; surely they can't possibly be as inaccur--


nope nope nope nope nope
 
With the recent discussion I thought I'd check out what MALgraph recommends for me, and wow.


This is terrible! Bleach? Junjou Romantica? Tsukihime?! I don't think there's a single thing on that list I have the slightest desire to see. Automated suggestions are worthless.
 
Having inputted 337 show so far ( and still missing plenty i haven't seen yet ) , my humming bird recommandations ....

are telling me to watch hajime no ippo and tokyo granfathers ??
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
What's the fun in a recommendation you're absolutely certain to like?

Having inputted 337 show so far ( and still missing plenty i haven't seen yet ) , my humming bird recommandations ....

are telling me to watch hajime no ippo and tokyo granfathers ??
Both solid titles.
 

Chuck

Still without luck
Titan 5

Fuck this show. I'm done.

so he's dead now? i don't care if you spoil the show because my interest in watching is literally now at zero
 

Theonik

Member
well wonderful because that just means it goes off into fucking nonsense.

does he get robot arms and legs?

#fuckthisshit
Real spoilers: (manga but I think all is said on 09 pretty much too)
He gains the ability to go Titan and his limbs regenerate. This is all due to the injection his father gave him.
 
Nyarlko W - 08

Excellent references .Excellent episode

But i'm confused . Wasn't it stated in the first season that shanta was a boy ?

Not that i mind since they say that shanta is a girl now.

CYCLONE
 

Jex

Member
[Gargantia] - 9

Oh yes, I should also mention that this is another show this season with extremely overt Evangelion references. Who'd have thunk it?

Not a subtle reference either, it's a pretty iconic scene.
 

Westlo

Member
Snk 6 - why you so godlike mikasa! Dat past :(
And also the origin of that door closing gif!

Snk 7 - one hand, that's fucking awesome but on the other it's like "oh no they fucking didn't! I'm amazed I didn't get spoiled on that.
 

Pooya

Member
[Gargantia] - 9

Oh yes, I should also mention that this is another show this season with extremely overt Evangelion references. Who'd have thunk it?

yeah, that was totally unexpected. so much that I think spoiler tagging that bit isn't a bad idea actually, dunno.
 

Jex

Member
yeah, that was totally unexpected. so much that I think spoiler tagging that bit isn't a bad idea actually, dunno.

Unless you've seen the episode you wouldn't know what I'm referring too. There's dozens of iconic Evangelion scenes.
 
The Garden of Words

Yeah, this is Shinkai's best film. For once it feels like he's actually directing. Also, unlike 5 Centimeters Per Second, which this bears the most resemblance too out of Shinkai's prior works, this has a satisfying emotional arc.

It's not wildly different from what he's done before, but it's a much refined version of it.
 
Gargantia- 9

HOLY CRAP. What the hell did I just watch?

Okay, from what I could gather, there were two factions on Earth. One supporting some kind of evolution, and another one that was against it. The evolvers basically wanted that thing that Lizardman wanted in the Amazing Spiderman movie, as they wanted to turn humans into those advanced life forms. So basically, the Galactic Alliance is the faction that opposed the evolvers and the evolvers have well "evolved" into their own separate race.

In other words, they've achieved something far beyond human levels and the alliance just can't accept that so they have to wipe them all out.

Now that Ledo knows the truth after his little massacre, the Whalesquid fighting back makes perfect sense. It's probably where the whole curse came from, and it makes sense because they were once humans so they probably still have the human intelligence of revenge and fighting back.

The irony that is to come from this is incredible.

Ledo had a choice on whether to wipe them out or not, but he forced himself to carry on his original task. Now he knows the truth, and if they attack Gargantia...he may not have a choice anymore. Whether he wants to kill them or not.

Anime of the year so far for me. So much for the whole artificial war prediction. The writers took that plot direction possibility and friggin' stomped on it in this episode.

How the hell is this show going to turn out now?
 

That's a compliment! Shinkai was able to match his beautiful visuals to the story he was trying to tell in some really effective ways, when at past those two elements have been at odds with each other. It probably helps that there weren't any science fiction elements.

Some really great editing and use of music.
 
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