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Fall 2011 Anime Thread |OT2| The Tampire is Coming
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The purest kind of love.
Unknown Soldier
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I watched Koi Kaze on Wikipedia and I have to admit, I am intrigued. I'll have to look into this one.
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Romanes Eunt Domus
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...Oh.
Low blow
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I haven't gotten around to watching that Yosuga no Sora one yet, but I'm going to venture that Koi Kaze is a far better take on the subject.
Though I still think they kind of cheat by making the male lead an virtual ogre (the guy is a foot taller than everyone else and twice as wide) and the female lead look younger than her age.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Sailor Moon 07:
So it's been a while since I wrote up one of these posts. I celebrate with a hand stand.
Not much to say about this episode. After the greatness that was six, with Ikuhara's debut in the series AND Norio Wakamoto playing a role that totally does not jibe with traditional roles of his, this was going to obviously be lackluster.
Couple of things stuck out to me about this episode. Umino must have been freaking loaded, a laptop computer back in 1992 must have been really expensive. The two girls are perhaps the worlds worst duo ever. Jadeite with glasses is still so fabulous and Tuxedo Kamen is still the worlds biggest jerk.
But overall it was a lackluster filler episode. Show needs to start getting the new girls involved and moving the story along
So it's been a while since I wrote up one of these posts. I celebrate with a hand stand.
Not much to say about this episode. After the greatness that was six, with Ikuhara's debut in the series AND Norio Wakamoto playing a role that totally does not jibe with traditional roles of his, this was going to obviously be lackluster.
Couple of things stuck out to me about this episode. Umino must have been freaking loaded, a laptop computer back in 1992 must have been really expensive. The two girls are perhaps the worlds worst duo ever. Jadeite with glasses is still so fabulous and Tuxedo Kamen is still the worlds biggest jerk.
But overall it was a lackluster filler episode. Show needs to start getting the new girls involved and moving the story along
I just don't understand it. 4 hour lines for something that really isn't high quality or limited.
Dedication Through Light
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well the music was decentBrave 10 seems to have come out boring in this PV. Perhaps they just need less talking and more fighting. Dont know if I will watch as it seems like a played out concept for some reason.
DxD pv didnt get the plot across, or at least the anime synopsis doesnt match what I just saw and it has Seikon no Qwaser II level censoring...yuck.
cosmicblizzard
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Freezing 3
Is every female in this school a bullying psychopath? Gotta love Im Dal Young.
Is every female in this school a bullying psychopath? Gotta love Im Dal Young.
o-m-g
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Sailor Moon 08
Ain’t that the truth.
Finally! Usagi is no longer forever alone. Best part of this episode, with
it meant no run-in hacks by Mr. Jerk Face.
is great although her
I feel like the the Luna and Usagi combo literally got dumbed down some more for this episode which is fairly impressive given the status of the two characters for the first 7 episodes.
Who said anime was never concerned about gravity?
Ain’t that the truth.
Finally! Usagi is no longer forever alone. Best part of this episode, with
Ami joining the crew
Ami
level 1 attack was pretty lackluster. I guess she’s the support character so Sailor Moon can deliever finishing blows or something.
I feel like the the Luna and Usagi combo literally got dumbed down some more for this episode which is fairly impressive given the status of the two characters for the first 7 episodes.
Who said anime was never concerned about gravity?
I was under the impression that the fanmade comics do have a small print run and it is chance to meet the aspiring artists. Then there are the actual companies who throw in comiket extra to people who buy the product there.
I need this in my belly. Harem upgrade.
Those lines weren't bad. The truly insane ones were for the larger companies. Like absolutely fucking insane.
Jex
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Hey now, they're just a group of friends who all happen to be women. No need to cast aspersions!
Well, I would watch it because it's good. I know that's a rather nebulous term, but it pretty much sums up why I watch most things. If you appreciate the characters, the story, the writing and the direction, or if they entertain you, or move you, or interest you, I suppose you should carry on.
See how classy it is?
Remember there is one last episode before waiting for it:
アニメ「シュタインズ・ゲート」Blu-ray&DVD Vol.9 特典PV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlfg_UDW2pM
Yeah, the translation is complete and they've been, and continue to be (as Reading Steiner confirmed a few hours ago), in the editing process.
No Usagi Drop? Or any number of Ghibli movies I suppose.
Jex
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Sounds like that goes beyond 'reasonable' melodrama!
cosmicblizzard
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I don't care about that. I just think it's redundant. When the cast consists primarily of psychopaths, they need to do more than extreme bullying. Mirai Nikki is how you do it.
Finally started chipping away at that backlog.
The Borrower Arrietty
Absolutely loved the visuals and music. Wasn't terribly fond of
. Otherwise it was a great film.
The Borrower Arrietty
Absolutely loved the visuals and music. Wasn't terribly fond of
how much the toady maid was a clear "villain" type character for a Ghibli film like this, even if it does roughly match the original book
if theres one thing in ghibli movies that i dislike
its the grannies and evil old people
theres always grannies and they all looks the same
At least they're going (somewhat) straight up trashy this time. May be watchable.
Wait, is Nadeko playing twister.
And is she stripping her clothes off.
So is that strip twister.
Does that make Ararararararagi a pedo. I mean he certainly is a pedo. Possibly a creep as well.
More importantly is that pedo for us? I hope not but sometimes the truth is inevitable and thus must be accepted with a measure of grace.
It's still kinda hot.
As long as I pretend it's someone else.
So I closed my eyes.
And told myself that it's just a cartoon. Also the lack of bangs or hat is a serious fucking downgrade for one who was already the second worst girl in the harem.
Jex
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That has to be the worst use of music that I've heard in anime, or trailer for an anime, in some time.
Just believe in yourself and go with the flow. If nobody else will, I will share this glory with you.
Unknown Soldier
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Hmm, reduced SHAFTardedness, and increased fanservice. All right, I'm sort of interested. I just hope you don't need to watch Bakamono to understand this.
Can Shaft get any worse?
nowhere to go but down after the pinnacle of animation they've reached, comrade.
ah that's good to hear! i wasn't even aware of this.
man that's a whole lotta Kanbara~
i keep forgetting Kizumono is coming out next year too (for a while i kept getting the titles confused and i thought only the movie was coming out)
Jex
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[Darkside Blues 1994]
(At least it has nice art.)
Today I continue my journey of watching random anime tittles that no one else has heard of or, if they have watched them theyve probably forgotten all about them.
Darkside Blues is a sci-fi action drama (possibly) set at some unspecified point in the future. 99% of the Earth is owned by THE CORPORATION, you know, the evil one, where all the heads of the corporation are actually part of the same family, ensuring that succession is essentially ensured. They rule more like kings, or gods, from their giant space station far above the surface. Of course, its huge and ornate and gothic, like pretty much everything else in this movie.
Under normal circumstances, I suppose, this kind of movie would be about our heroes struggling to live in this dystopia, perhaps a team of like minded individuals might come together in an attempt to overthrow the system and give power back the to the people. While this a sub-plot that runs throughout the movie it isnt the main focus (maybe). Instead, this movie starts with a horse drawn carriage flying out of the mirror in the picture above, riding through the wall, and travelling all the way down to Earth. Okay?
So yeah, that just happened and no-one seems to be that bothered about it. The driver of carriage is man of mystery who dubs himself Darkside. He arrives on Earth through an unidentified portal, rescues a passing child, and tries to find a hotel. As you do, when youve just come from the inside of a sealed mirror dimensions. Apparently the fashion there is a little retro? Suffice to say his origins, his technology and his taste in clothes are never explained. Neither is he really the main character. Err, its kind of hard to talk about this movie in anyway that makes sense.
Ive already painted a picture of the opening, but what happens from there on? Whats the focus of the plot? Who are the main characters? What do they want? I dont really know. The movie kind of drifts around between a bunch of different characters, never really settling down with a particular pace or aim in mind. Even though this movie is two hours long it feels like we have far too many main characters. I can't even remember their names.
From the top we have: the head of the evil corporation, his sadistic daughter, his weird son that wears a mask, his psychotic son that travels Africa, his daughter who disappears for no reason never to be mentioned again, his other daughter that lives in an orphanage and harbours revolutionaries, a revolutionaries on the run from the corporation, the women he falls in love with whose parents were revolutionaries, a women thats the head of a teenage gang that does something, her muscle, her other muscle that has knives, a weird kid that rarely speaks, the women who runs the hotel and Darkside himself.
What do all these characters do throughout the film? They chat, often cryptically about things that are never resolved, explained, or developed. Sometimes theres a fight scene. With psychics/enhanced humans.
Rather than explaining the plot, which I cant do because there isnt one, perhaps its best if I just list some of the things that happen in this movie:
- The sadistic daughter tortures a revolutionary by turning her into gold. Inventive, I suppose.
- The weird kid looks into a marble and jumps off a building. I dont know why:
- A cyborg assassin that takes the visage of an small Japanese salary man attacks the teenage gang and gets shot at with rockets:
- The hotel that Darkside stays at is run by a tiny little old lady. Whenever you enter the hotel you are teleported to the room that you wish to go to, unless you dont know where you want to go. This is never explained, or really commented on by anyone.
- Darkside and the psychotic son engage in a vaguely homo-erotic conversation and then psychically attack each other with roses:
- A house eats people:
- A would-be assassin attacks the teenage gang with a rocket launcher disguised as a baby:
So what does the movie do well? It has a really great atmosphere and excellent visual design, with lots of interesting locations and set-pieces. However, with a large cast of undeveloped characters and a story that never develops or goes anywhere in particular, this movie is clearly a complete mess.
(At least it has nice art.)
Today I continue my journey of watching random anime tittles that no one else has heard of or, if they have watched them theyve probably forgotten all about them.
Darkside Blues is a sci-fi action drama (possibly) set at some unspecified point in the future. 99% of the Earth is owned by THE CORPORATION, you know, the evil one, where all the heads of the corporation are actually part of the same family, ensuring that succession is essentially ensured. They rule more like kings, or gods, from their giant space station far above the surface. Of course, its huge and ornate and gothic, like pretty much everything else in this movie.
Under normal circumstances, I suppose, this kind of movie would be about our heroes struggling to live in this dystopia, perhaps a team of like minded individuals might come together in an attempt to overthrow the system and give power back the to the people. While this a sub-plot that runs throughout the movie it isnt the main focus (maybe). Instead, this movie starts with a horse drawn carriage flying out of the mirror in the picture above, riding through the wall, and travelling all the way down to Earth. Okay?
So yeah, that just happened and no-one seems to be that bothered about it. The driver of carriage is man of mystery who dubs himself Darkside. He arrives on Earth through an unidentified portal, rescues a passing child, and tries to find a hotel. As you do, when youve just come from the inside of a sealed mirror dimensions. Apparently the fashion there is a little retro? Suffice to say his origins, his technology and his taste in clothes are never explained. Neither is he really the main character. Err, its kind of hard to talk about this movie in anyway that makes sense.
Ive already painted a picture of the opening, but what happens from there on? Whats the focus of the plot? Who are the main characters? What do they want? I dont really know. The movie kind of drifts around between a bunch of different characters, never really settling down with a particular pace or aim in mind. Even though this movie is two hours long it feels like we have far too many main characters. I can't even remember their names.
From the top we have: the head of the evil corporation, his sadistic daughter, his weird son that wears a mask, his psychotic son that travels Africa, his daughter who disappears for no reason never to be mentioned again, his other daughter that lives in an orphanage and harbours revolutionaries, a revolutionaries on the run from the corporation, the women he falls in love with whose parents were revolutionaries, a women thats the head of a teenage gang that does something, her muscle, her other muscle that has knives, a weird kid that rarely speaks, the women who runs the hotel and Darkside himself.
What do all these characters do throughout the film? They chat, often cryptically about things that are never resolved, explained, or developed. Sometimes theres a fight scene. With psychics/enhanced humans.
Rather than explaining the plot, which I cant do because there isnt one, perhaps its best if I just list some of the things that happen in this movie:
- The sadistic daughter tortures a revolutionary by turning her into gold. Inventive, I suppose.
- The weird kid looks into a marble and jumps off a building. I dont know why:
- A cyborg assassin that takes the visage of an small Japanese salary man attacks the teenage gang and gets shot at with rockets:
- The hotel that Darkside stays at is run by a tiny little old lady. Whenever you enter the hotel you are teleported to the room that you wish to go to, unless you dont know where you want to go. This is never explained, or really commented on by anyone.
- Darkside and the psychotic son engage in a vaguely homo-erotic conversation and then psychically attack each other with roses:
- A house eats people:
- A would-be assassin attacks the teenage gang with a rocket launcher disguised as a baby:
So what does the movie do well? It has a really great atmosphere and excellent visual design, with lots of interesting locations and set-pieces. However, with a large cast of undeveloped characters and a story that never develops or goes anywhere in particular, this movie is clearly a complete mess.
Steins Gate 1
I caved. I've got the time, and I need something marathon-able to scratch that itch. The game'll just get played later.
As for the show itself, that wasn't even as bad a first ep as I remember it being initially. It's a plodding convoluted in its plotting, as deliberate as it may be, but there's already something fun about the future gadget crew that I really want to see expanded upon.
I caved. I've got the time, and I need something marathon-able to scratch that itch. The game'll just get played later.
As for the show itself, that wasn't even as bad a first ep as I remember it being initially. It's a plodding convoluted in its plotting, as deliberate as it may be, but there's already something fun about the future gadget crew that I really want to see expanded upon.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
ClariS is God Tier. Augh. Don't force me to watch Nisemono.
Jex
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Princess Tutu 05:
This is sad man. Everyone is fucked up.Fuck you Rue. Fuck you.
The potential for :firehawk in this cartoon is huge. Actually, that spirit was pretty fucking :firehawk.
By the way, Rue's voice actress is really cute.
Come on now, firehawks are things that Americans make. They can't have any mono no aware.
Lets reserve super-fast talking for Excel in Excel Saga, no-one else really lives up to that.
Man I'm starting to get hyped for this; especially since I did genuinely like bakemonogatari.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Slam Dunk 49: Basketball no aware.
Slam Dunk 50: Pretty tight episode. Very little action, but it did a great job at setting up the Kainan High School players. It's all about creating an atmosphere for the upcoming match. Also lol @ Sakuragi finding his match.
Slam Dunk 51: Sakuragi playing well for once...
Slam Dunk 52: ...until he messes up. One thing I have to commend this cartoon on is how likable it makes Sakuragi despite his permanent jerkness. Making him an underdog with a heart of gold while still a brute in the physical sense of the word was a stroke of genius (and totally unlike the vast majority of animu protagonists today).
Slam Dunk 50: Pretty tight episode. Very little action, but it did a great job at setting up the Kainan High School players. It's all about creating an atmosphere for the upcoming match. Also lol @ Sakuragi finding his match.
Slam Dunk 51: Sakuragi playing well for once...
Slam Dunk 52: ...until he messes up. One thing I have to commend this cartoon on is how likable it makes Sakuragi despite his permanent jerkness. Making him an underdog with a heart of gold while still a brute in the physical sense of the word was a stroke of genius (and totally unlike the vast majority of animu protagonists today).
I'm fed up with this anti-Gaijin agenda of yours, Jexhius.
So like a Transformers movie.
Yeah, the first episode was a bad start to a really good series. I can't wait for the finished VN translation.
Jex
Member
Hey, at least in a Transformers movie you know there's a good guy and a bad guy and the movie will end when the good guy triumphs over the bad guy. Moreover, you'll know they have an actual ending, rather than just randomly stopping without the plot reaching a conclusion.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You know I liked how back in the day animus ended when they reached the last episode. Sure, they sometimes got a movie or an OAV, but those were like reimaginations or rebootals or whatever they call 'em and not necessary to see the actual ending. Fuck this trend of "oh here's one more episode you missed and here's the real ending" like six months after it aired. By that time I already forgot about the cartoon dammit.
It's like the DLC of animu.
Were they about that? All I remember are the robots. I fell asleep when people talked to other people.
dragonballjoseph
Member
Princess Tutu 10-13
So I finished the first season of it, and I still don't really see it as anything too amazing. I mean, I was really into the story and really loved the characters (the cat is like, the best character of all time), but... I don't know. Let's just see if the 2nd season does it for me.
Also, I'm super hype for Nisemonogatari in a few weeks. That PV was so <3.
So I finished the first season of it, and I still don't really see it as anything too amazing. I mean, I was really into the story and really loved the characters (the cat is like, the best character of all time), but... I don't know. Let's just see if the 2nd season does it for me.
Also, I'm super hype for Nisemonogatari in a few weeks. That PV was so <3.
I hear you on that. The second ep was much better.
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Steins; Gate 2
That is one moe man, lol. The show's VN heritage shines through brightly, with all of the female cast members, and one, basically wanting to jump Okarin's bones from the get go. Thing is, the narrative's oddly aware of that; Daru stays never catching a break, lol.
It goes into full on magical girl batshit insanity a little bit later. The cat teacher is pretty awesome threatening to marry little girls who disobey. That should scare anybody into line.
Jex
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I'm surprised cat-catchers never came to take him away for harassing students. That seems like the kind of thing that could get you sent to court.
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