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

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madp

The Light of El Cantare
The morning after that happened I was surprised to wake up and find out I had not been banned/tagged. I was so sure that night I was getting banned/tagged.

We just need to take things into our own hands and ask for a special arrangement with a mod where we can submit tags for automatic approval with enough votes from people in this thread. AnimeGAF is a semi-autonomous region within GAF territory and deserves some say over its own affairs!
 

CorvoSol

Member
Well, you're the one who suggested that I keep using purple anthro avs, and so I did for a time.

I suggested you use purple avatars because it makes it easier to identify posters with colors. You are purple, ronito is orange cat, and so on. Although the purple wolf/fox things were better than the purple horse-bird you had. Dang thing had a serious beak.

We just need to take things into our own hands and ask for a special arrangement with a mod where we can submit tags for automatic approval with enough votes from people in this thread. AnimeGAF is a semi-autonomous region within GAF territory and deserves some say over its own affairs!

When you run for president of the newly semi-autonomous AnimeGAF and we all start filling our heads with youthful hubris, I just want you to know that Cajunator is probably gonna get Valvrave'd by someone. You'll win at the cost of Cajun.
 

cnet128

Banned
Chuuni Depth of Field 1-7 END

Well, that was fun.

I was spoiled on the "twist" before checking these out, sadly (can it really be called a twist when it's
exactly what happens all the time in the series proper
?) but this was an enjoyable set of shorts nonetheless. I particularly enjoyed the final "extra" installment where
the in-universe "fourth wall" broke down and mech-mode Rikka and Dekomori let their imaginations go wild coming up with new story ideas
.

Now to watch Episode 13!
 

Conan-san

Member
All the SAO in the thread now...
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Hurry up and start, Summer season!

Oh yeah, cuz Free is totay going to save you from whatever SAO was doing.

Yeah totally, go Kyo Ani (Off a cliff and into the sun, somehow)
 

Necrovex

Member
Utena 14/15

The second arc of Utena begins! Episode 14 was a god damn plot dump as I was being tossed all of this information at once. I almost decided to rewatch that episode to absorb all of the information. But I decided I would understand it as I continue on with the series.

These two episodes taught me that family members have a fucked up connection with each other: Nanami X Touga, Himemiya X Her brother, Miki X Kozue. I really hope we don't see any of Utena's family members.

This show's tone also seems to be darker than it was during the first arc. I see some broken-ass people, manipulation, and possibly people being tossed into a fiery furnace. Everyone somehow connected to Utena or Himemiya is becoming a duelist, so I am waiting for Wakaba to become a duelist. This arc also revamped the Yami song, and I quite like it. And if I'm not mistaken, every duel tend to have a different song.

I feel like this show might turn me insane, but in a very good fashion. It's getting better and better!
 

madp

The Light of El Cantare
Oh yeah, cuz Free is totay going to save you from whatever SAO was doing.

Yeah totally, go Kyo Ani (Off a cliff and into the sun, somehow)

Is this one of those "damn them for not making something for my demographic" things or do you have another reason for saying this?

When you run for president of the newly semi-autonomous AnimeGAF and we all start filling our heads with youthful hubris, I just want you to know that Cajunator is probably gonna get Valvrave'd by someone. You'll win at the cost of Cajun.

We'll need an established order of succession, because everybody gets Valvrave'd eventually. Everybody.
 

Dynedom

Member
Gundam Unicorn 1

Can't decide if I like Banagher or not yet, but that's okay, 'cuz it took me awhile to warm up to Kamille, too. Audrey is sort of meh to me so far, although I did like her flat out "I don't need you." Also, not a huge fan of the Unicorn Gundam so far, but maybe that's cuz it doesn't look much like a Gundam. However, the music and animation are top notch, and even if I dislike CG mechs as a rule, that odd 4 winged Qubeley-type was a pretty nifty machine. Also: Teehee, Full Frontal.

You know, I have to admire the tenacity of the Zeon, if nothing else. They've lost every single war they've ever fought, had all their charismatic leaders utterly destroyed, had more than one of such leaders exposed as frauds of one nature or another, and yet here they are, like almost 30 years later, still trying and still plugging away.

It almost isn't quite a Gundam show if you don't
blow up a colony or wreck a town
in the first episode. Hey wait, is this a show about an ancient conspiracy, too? Oh snap!
Princess? Don't tell me Audrey is actually Mineva Zabi?! I mean the only non-Zabi royalty I remember from UC were Char and Sayla, and I don't think Audrey is young enough to be Zeon Deikun's granddaughter.


HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG GUNDAM IS BACK FAITH RESTORED IN GUNDAM YES YES HWWWWWWWWWWWHOWHWOHOHOWOOOOOOOOO!O!!!!!!

UNICORNS.

Did you watch Char's Counterattack?
 

Theonik

Member
If you flip the avatar upside down it looks like a mustachioed rabbit wearing a luchador mask.
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We just need to take things into our own hands and ask for a special arrangement with a mod where we can submit tags for automatic approval with enough votes from people in this thread. AnimeGAF is a semi-autonomous region within GAF territory and deserves some say over its own affairs!
The special administrative zone of AnimeGAF. Needs to be a thing in the long awaited animeGAF anime.

Thanks haha
 

FelixOrion

Poet Centuriate
We just need to take things into our own hands and ask for a special arrangement with a mod where we can submit tags for automatic approval with enough votes from people in this thread. AnimeGAF is a semi-autonomous region within GAF territory and deserves some say over its own affairs!

So we're like Hong Kong?

The special administrative zone of AnimeGAF. Needs to be a thing in the long awaited animeGAF anime.

Or we can just become numbers, right Corvo? :p
 

CorvoSol

Member
Did you watch Char's Counterattack?

I did. It wasn't bad, the duel between Char and Amuro was pretty good, but the movie suffered immensely from Quess, and I must have blinked and missed
Char and Amuro's death? Because I didn't see it on screen?

We'll need an established order of succession, because everybody gets Valvrave'd eventually. Everybody.

I-I don't want to get Valvrave'd. It looks scary.

So we're like Hong Kong?



Or we can just become numbers, right Corvo? :p

If we were Hong Kong that'd make Duckroll Wong and Ezalc Master Asia.

If we're numbers than I readily await the day that Hito forces Duckroll to
ban us and then himself.
The only survivors will be Cajun and Jehxius. Jex'll try to avenge and slowly lose himself, while Cajun will forever be haunted by a citric scent.
 
If we're numbers than I readily await the day that Hito forces Duckroll to
ban us and then himself.
The only survivors will be Cajun and Jehxius. Jex'll try to avenge and slowly lose himself, while Cajun will forever be haunted by a citric scent.

I have no GAF and I must rant
 

Dynedom

Member
I did. It wasn't bad, the duel between Char and Amuro was pretty good, but the movie suffered immensely from Quess, and I must have blinked and missed
Char and Amuro's death? Because I didn't see it on screen?

This is another one of those
did they really die or not arguments in anime, up there with Spike's fate in Bebop and maybe, to some extent, Lelouch's fate in CG. Suffice to say, I'm sure both of them are at least..."gone". The Nu Gundam caused some sort of reaction (presumably NewType in nature) which deflects Axis from hitting Earth).
.

Also, some of the stuff in the movie is brutal. How about
Kayra being crushed alive
. Also
gj Hathaway. Worst Gundam character since Katz and Sarah

I hope you enjoy Unicorn. You have the benefit of being able to watch the OVA's in quick succession but I might wait till the final one comes out and you can just watch them all in one go.
 

CorvoSol

Member
This is another one of those
did they really die or not arguments in anime, up there with Spike's fate in Bebop and maybe, to some extent, Lelouch's fate in CG. Suffice to say, I'm sure both of them are at least..."gone". The Nu Gundam caused some sort of reaction (presumably NewType in nature) which deflects Axis from hitting Earth).
.

Also, some of the stuff in the movie is brutal. How about
Kayra being crushed alive
. Also
gj Hathaway. Worst Gundam character since Katz and Sarah

I hope you enjoy Unicorn. You have the benefit of being able to watch the OVA's in quick succession but I might wait till the final one comes out and you can just watch them all in one go.

Yeah, I was pretty let down by Hathaway. He wasn't AS annoying as Quess, but finding out he was basically
Katz Jr.
was disappointing. It was nice to see the movie that inspired basically all other similar plotlines/finales in Gundam, though.
 

Theonik

Member
Strike Witches 03 *Links may contain butts.
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Dat attention to detail
Quality asside a fun episode about 2 witches trying to find their place in the team among much stronger members by supporting each other and completing their weaknesses.
It also had a loli version of SDChet (and actual :Chet) You know these people are real sneaky about where they hide their buttshots.
I counted ~55 unique buttshots in this episode, so a decent amount of butts I would say.
 

cajunator

Banned
YAAAAY I CAUGHT UP!

People hating Cowboy Bebop in this thread...I just...I can't...breathe...gotta go to my happy place...new Yuyushiki episode today...and...okay...

Your avatar makes your posts that much better. Put yourself in a happy place mr smiley nuke-san.

Whatever it takes for me to not be the biggest villain.

You are no villain Corvy-kun. We loves you!

People paid to go on websites and advocate for products.

Arent those called shills?

Not cool. Not cool.

Penguindrum was an incredible show.



True, but I think it's a show that's at least worthy of seeing through the end of the first arc. Not necessarily for everyone, but I think it's worth not judging solely on the first four or five episodes.

Pengie drum is a totally groovy show!
Speaking of which..


You are crazy, little mascot-kun.

I need to watch Penguindrum. Seems to be quite divisive.

Yes you should! If for no other reason that it is a really fun mindfuck by Ikuhara.
Plus it has penguins! PENGUINS!!!
*squees

All the SAO in the thread now...
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Hurry up and start, Summer season!

Kill it with fire!

Bunch of anti-Semites in here...

Hey, my last name is Jue. People get it confused sometimes :p

The AnimeSongCollabo team is back as usual with TV size cover versions of this season's greatest OP/ED hits, such Valvrave OP Preserved Roses, Gargantia ED Sora to Kimi no Message, and of course Attack on Titan OP Guren no Yumia. You can watch these and many many more at their channel page. Quality varies from song to song, but overall they definitely put in good effort.

I loooooooooove the Gargantia ED! Especially with Amy parasailing. hnnnngh and joy.

So uh, saw a softcore porn video and the song Roundabout started playing. I was half expecting the woman in question start doing some Jojo poses. Didn't know whether to laugh, pose along, or fap. What do I do animegaf?

All three.

Aiura 11

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Moar sexy legs pls.

Why does the sexiest show this season have to be the shortest?

That animation took up probably half the shows run length!

Why hold back?

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This is how I watch Hidamari on my big screen. Its the only way to true nirvana.

hmmm... tried to make my avatar feel like something out of a gba licensed game... not sure it worked out completely :/

It kinda works but regardless its fucking adorable!

It's a stupid idea to release an anime without an Engligh dub, only subs. Cheaper than importing, sure, but it just doesn't make sense....right?
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A lot of dubs are really fun. I grew up listening to them so I have a soft spot for them.
Especially ADV ones.
I love the Utena dub.

NISA treatment for releases makes up for the barebones releases we get from Sentai and Funimation.

This is true! Those artbooks and pretty boxes are the stuff of dreams!

You have yet to give examples. Every piece I've seen from recent show dubs is worse than what we were getting in the era you are even citing.

Princess tutu's dub says you;'re wrong. But thats because Luci Christian is in it and shes a goddess.

Speaking of which, ios gaming is pretty... ok.

Well gaming sexism has been addressed.

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This is adorableness. Too bas its ios so Ill never play it.

I tend to prefer dubs. My main reason is I have a hard time enjoying a show if my eyes are glued to the bottom of the screen reading. I feel like I constantly have to fight between reading what's being said and watching what's going on. Are some dubs bad? No doubt, but I don't think that they're all far and away bad, and honestly its more comfortable for me to watch it that way. Subtitles are just a lot of times not conducive for me, but that's of course personal preference.

Yeah dubs are my preference as well when given the option.

LOL, I guess I deserved that. I got through an entire episode of SAO without doing it once, though!



The morning after that happened I was surprised to wake up and find out I had not been banned/tagged. I was so sure that night I was getting banned/tagged.

You have to do something outrageous, like watch Utena dubbed, which is apparently an affront to nature and science.

Is this one of those "damn them for not making something for my demographic" things or do you have another reason for saying this?



We'll need an established order of succession, because everybody gets Valvrave'd eventually. Everybody.

What does getting Valvrave'd mean? I havent seen the show.

Haha, yes!

Happy birthdayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*glomps AWESOMEBEAR

Happy belated birthday to you too Syrinx!
Ad anyone else I might have missed. Im not good with remembering these birthdate things.
 

Thoraxes

Member

cnet128

Banned
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! 13 (Extra)

Ahhhhhh, feels pretty good to be watching new Chuuni after so long. And the Christmassy winter-ness of this episode was almost enough to help me forget how fucking sweltering it is right now in the real world. Fuck Summer (no, not you, Nibutani). But the most satisfying thing about watching this episode was that it used the proper OP, not the boring nerfed version that the TV broadcast switched to after a few episodes. Delicious left-right flashing, I missed you! <3

As for the episode itself, first of all it proved what nobody needed to be told, that Dekomori is best girl. And
filthy rich
, too. That's
basically a full-on mansion she's living in, complete with butler
. And that
crazy party dress
suits her nicely <3

Nibutani, meanwhile, continues to get all the best pairings, as this episode contains healthy quantities of both
MorixMori
and
DogxMori
. It also contains Nibutani in full
fake
Mori Summer getup, which is cute I guess.

Rikka and Yuuta continue to be cute couple, helped along by what would appear to be some
alcohol-laced cakes
.
Drunk Rikka
is best Rikka. Also in this episode, adorable
pinky
handholding.

And to round off our set of girls, Kumin, though she doesn't get a lot to do in this episode, does manage to break friend-of-Yuuta-whose-name-I-can't-remember's mind permanently with her drop-dead gorgeous Santa outfit. Stop that, Kumin, you'll make me doubt my own conviction that Dekomori is best girl. That outfit is a deadly weapon of the highest calibre.

Overall, a fun episode filled with antics and cute. This is the Chuuni I know and love.

EDIT: Oh, and happy birthday, birthday people!
 

Syrinx

Member
I got one "Happy Birthday" outside of Nafe. ONE!

Happy birthday, Thoraxes/R_thanatos.

Edit: make that two, cajun chimed in.

Edit2: and I guess cnet counts. Okay, I'm satisfied. /self-indulgence
 

CorvoSol

Member
What does getting Valvrave'd mean? I havent seen the show.

Getting Valvrave'd is the best way I could think of to refer to episode 10 of Valvrave, where,
during a speech that genki girl Shoko gives about being greedy that gets her elected president of the school/nation, her on/off boyfriend, nice guy Haruto, is possessed by a demon and rapes fame-loving Rukino. So, in short, getting Valvrave'd in this instance would be getting raped while your friends all celebrated greed and lust with thunderous applause.

I really wanted to call it getting
Valvraped
but somehow I don't know if the term
Valvrape
is ingenious or in horrible, horrible taste.
 
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