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[fertygo]

The naval gazing isn't really that bad in the Steins;Gate VN, it's nothing compared to MLA. A better comparison would be something like Chaos;Head, and well, that adaptation didn't work out so well. Cutting out Extra and Unlimited sounds like an easy solution, but the story doesn't work without them and there's no good way to tack that on as a prologue.

Well they not trying hard for C;H anime tho.

Again I think its just nature of story-telling in VN/LN, for Example Yuuya's cynicism isn't much different than Shirogane and TE's anime actually have a lot of his naval gazing/babbling to himself, but its worked just fine. Some member at here complain cause that make too much talking happen tho lol

Fate/Zero anime also practically cut ALL the monologue and naval gazing from the source.

Yeah, of course its harder to being done than said.. but kinda blend the all three will work better than straight adaptation if someone can pull it, and for adaptation we shouldn't worry too much if its not played just as like the source.. If just the adaptation can bring the best moment to the fullest its already good enough, many adaptation fail to do just that.

 

[Firemind]

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

I'm a bit hesitant to say "this is great" at this stage. Perhaps because, unlike Kami-sama Hajimemashita, this didn't do anything to exceed my expectations or put a new spin on anything. It's an attractive and entertaining show, don't get me wrong, and with a lesser team behind it it wouldn't have been as attractive and entertaining, but there isn't that "spark" of originality that I might have been hoping for. I'll definitely watch more, though, and I think my opinion on the show will improve as the cast expands.

Incidentally this is kind of how I felt about Kimi ni Todoke as well - a solid adaptation, but not an exciting one.

I'm also not entirely sure what to make of Shizuku - her feelings about Haru seem to vacillate from scene to scene without much consistency for dramatic purposes. I will, of course, reserve judgement on her until a few more episodes have passed.

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun and Kimi ni Todoke are nothing alike. I have to politely ask you to stop blemishing this immaculate marvel and respectable name of Brains Base, good sir!

 

[fertygo]

The problem is that RPGs just take so long to play.
On top of all the anime Id like to finish, I just dont have the time with 84 hour work weeks.
On my 7 days off obviously I can put a small dent in my backlog every other week but its still slow going.

That why there's more JRPG for handheld than console now.

 

[Regulus Tera]

The problem is that RPGs just take so long to play.
On top of all the anime Id like to finish, I just dont have the time with 84 hour work weeks.
On my 7 days off obviously I can put a small dent in my backlog every other week but its still slow going.

Chrono Trigger is probably 16 hours tops on a first-run playthrough.

 

[cajunator]

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun and Kimi ni Todoke are nothing alike. I have to politely ask you to stop blemishing this immaculate marvel and respectable name of Brains Base, good sir!

It seems to me more like Kare Kano and Toradora the way the characters behave.

 

[BluWacky]

It seems to me more like Kare Kano and Toradora the way the characters behave.

There's a lot that's reminiscent of KareKano in the storyline, mostly because of the academic competitiveness (although Shizuku is nowhere near as entertaining a main character as Yukino was in KareKano).

I really wasn't talking about the storyline, though, when I said there were similarities - I meant the production values and treatment of the source material.

 

[Dresden]

Tonari no kaibutsu kun - 01

Good art, great vibrant color design, outstanding production overall. The pacing is fast but it works for the most part, even if the way their relationship sped forward felt a bit abrupt at times. It was pretty good; I enjoyed most of it and the part that I didn't like . . . or rather, the character that I didn't like . . .

Most annoying Haru of the year. Tsuritama's Haru had the handicap of having Miyu Irino voicing him but even with that disadvantage, Yoshida Haru takes the lead with his brand of "charming" quirkiness. I guess being an overly violent creeper is fine if you're cute with a heart of gold. That, of course, only the main girl sees at first. Because she just can. She's in love. Even when they're thirty years old with three kids in some Japanese equivalent of a trailer park and he's beating her face in, she will see it. Because it's love.

Shizuku is a fun character otherwise, though.

 

[BluWacky]

I guess being an overly violent creeper is fine if you're cute with a heart of gold.

Much of it I could accept as wacky shoujo hijinks. I didn't much like the rape joke, though.

 

[cajunator]

Tonari no kaibutsu kun - 01

Good art, great vibrant color design, outstanding production overall. The pacing is fast but it works for the most part, even if the way their relationship sped forward felt a bit abrupt at times. It was pretty good; I enjoyed most of it and the part that I didn't like . . . or rather, the character that I didn't like . . .

Most annoying Haru of the year. Tsuritama's Haru had the handicap of having Miyu Irino voicing him but even with that disadvantage, Yoshida Haru takes the lead with his brand of "charming" quirkiness. I guess being an overly violent creeper is fine if you're cute with a heart of gold. That, of course, only the main girl sees at first. Because she just can. She's in love. Even when they're thirty years old with three kids in some Japanese equivalent of a trailer park and he's beating her face in, she will see it. Because it's love.

Shizuku is a fun character otherwise, though.

I kind of mentioned that. He's a total social failure, but it doesn't excuse the semi-abusive behavior he seems to engage in with regards to Shizuku. Most girls would probably run the fuck away from a guy like that, but there is definitely a protective side to him. I'm not so sure his abusiveness is really that intentional. He's like one of those super strong guys in movies that destroys shit but doesn't mean to. The problem is that means they still destroy shit. how it goes from here will depend on very careful writing and execution. This can be very easy to get wrong.

 

[Thoraxes]

Kotaku Anime Review: Accel World Starts Strong, But Ends Wrong

Final Thoughts
The beginning of Accel World is amazing: the first five episodes might be one of the best world-building introductions in anime history. And it continues strong until the midway point—before spending its remaining time on a story arc that, while not totally irredeemable, pales in comparison to the first half. However, despite its shortcomings, the first thing I did after finishing the series was head out to my local game store to buy the new Accel World PS3 game (with OVA episode)—at eleven o'clock at night. I think that action really speaks for itself.

 

[Maedhros]

Kotaku Anime Review: Accel World Starts Strong, But Ends Wrong

I don't understand... be it games or anime, you guys seems to hate Kotaku. But still quote them whenever you can. WTF!?

 

[BGBW]

I don't understand... be it games or anime, you guys seems to hate Kotaku. But still quote them whenever you can. WTF!?

No one here is labeled as the token tsundere because we are all tsundere.

 

[RurouniZel]

I don't understand... be it games or anime, you guys seems to hate Kotaku. But still quote them whenever you can. WTF!?

We like to remind ourselves that no matter how bad our taste is, there's someone out there with worse taste.

 

[PdotMichael]

just found this on /a/

Crazy Girl Anime

OP Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wZTWwvtk8Yg#t=641s
"Sparkling Daydream" by ZAQ

ED Theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bD-5ZQAJzpw#t=347s
"Inside Identity" by Black Raison d'etre

The special opening and ending songs are better.

 

[Dresden]

just found this on /a/

Crazy Girl Anime



The special opening and ending songs are better.

Beaten by 1,097 posts.

 

[PdotMichael]

Beaten by 1,097 posts.

oh no!

 

[Dresden]

oh no!

The shame is too great; you can only absolve yourself of it by completing a 3x3 logic puzzle.

 

[cajunator]

Kotaku Anime Review: Accel World Starts Strong, But Ends Wrong

The greatest world building?
uhhh...no.
Good world building? Maybe. Great? thats debatable. The show is pretty fun but Kotaku's being a bit too superlative there.

We like to remind ourselves that no matter how bad our taste is, there's someone out there with worse taste.

This is quite true.
Also, did you see the Kuroyukihime picture posted on the last page?

 

[RurouniZel]

This is quite true.
Also, did you see the Kuroyukihime picture posted on the last page?

*looks*

Spoiler

Sqeee~!!

 

[R_thanatos]

Beaten by 1,097 posts.

Well this thread really moves very fast ...

 

[BGBW]

Well this thread really moves very fast ...

Which goes to prove SAO wasn't the problem.

 

[cajunator]

Its been 5 whole days. Of course its a thousand posts back. thats a lot of time.

 

[wonzo]

Kotaku Anime Review: Accel World Starts Strong, But Ends Wrong

Final Thoughts
The beginning of Accel World is amazing: the first five episodes might be one of the best world-building introductions in anime history. And it continues strong until the midway point—before spending its remaining time on a story arc that, while not totally irredeemable, pales in comparison to the first half. However, despite its shortcomings, the first thing I did after finishing the series was head out to my local game store to buy the new Accel World PS3 game (with OVA episode)—at eleven o'clock at night. I think that action really speaks for itself.

It really is as if Kotaku and ANN are competing in some kinda competition in one upping each other by saying some really stupid shit.

 

[Dresden]

Its been 5 whole days. Of course its a thousand posts back. thats a lot of time.

Yesterday, actually. It does move fast!

The real challenge is in seeing whether we can get to OT2 before the noitaminA stuff airs.

 

[duckroll]

Gyrozetter - Episode 1

This is 500% a pure unadulterated kids cartoon. The entire setting and premise is kid-focused. There is new technology in the world which allows children to be trained in driving AI-assisted cars. There's an entire school academy in this city dedicated to that focus! The academy also doubles as a secret defense agency! The main character is a gung-ho kid who loves to show off his driving skillz and loves pro-wrestling! He is selected to pilot the transformable robot-car test machine! There is an evil organization out to cause trouble! There's an ancient prophecy involved in all this secret advanced tech! Loool!

That said, this is surprising enjoyable if you approach it from the kids cartoon angle. It's not super amazing or anything, but there's some charm in how honest it is about what it is. The most disturbing thing about this show is how much CG there is, and how bad most of it is. Much like the horror of Kingdom which wonzo shares with us each week, I would reckon a significant percentage of the show has CG somewhere in the scene. There are many CG backgrounds, all the cars are CG, and this is a show about cars, so there are cars in almost every scene!

Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Weekly Sales Rankings for September 24-30:

Blu-ray
*2, **7,082 **7,082 Hyouka vol.4 Limited Edition
*4, **6,601 **6,601 Accel World vol.3 Limited Edition
*8, **4,567 **4,567 Guilty Crown vol.9 Limited Edition
10, **4,024 **4,024 Aquarion Evol vol.6
13, **3,351 *21,176 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II vol.1 Limited Edition

DVD
*2, *,**3,536 *,**3,536 Hakuouki Reimeiroku vol.1 Limited Edition
*3, *,**3,156 *,*10,810 Kuroko no Basket vol.3
*6, *,**2,228 *,**2,228 Arcana Famiglia vol.1 Limited Edition
*7, *,**2,069 *,**2,069 Bleach Shingami Daiko Shoshitsu Hen vol.2
*8, *,**1,478 *,**1,478 Accel World vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, *,**1,464 *,**1,464 Tsuritama vol.4 Limited Edition
11, *,**1,321 *,**1,321 Guilty Crown vol.9 Limited Edition
13, *,**1,196 *,**1,196 Aquarion Evol vol.6
19, *,**1,007 *,**1,007 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate vol.1 Limited Edition
24, *,***,685 *,***,685 Kimi to Boku. 2 vol.4 Limited Edition

I thought Arcana Famiglia would do less than that, I guess that puts it already more than Hiiro no Kakera.

Surprised Horizon 2 didnt even with an S3 announcement like S1 did.

Gonna watch Welcome to the NHK, what does AnimeGAF think?

Sato and Kaoru have such a great friendship that it is a good part of the anime, the main female character unfortunately ruins it so much and its tone is not really enjoyable, so I thought the anime just wasnt any good at all.

 

[BGBW]

Animated dancing mechs are old hat. I've seen dancing robots in real life.

 

[wonzo]

Gyrozetter - Episode 1

This is 500% a pure unadulterated kids cartoon. The entire setting and premise is kid-focused. There is new technology in the world which allows children to be trained in driving AI-assisted cars. There's an entire school academy in this city dedicated to that focus! The academy also doubles as a secret defense agency! The main character is a gung-ho kid who loves to show off his driving skillz and loves pro-wrestling! He is selected to pilot the transformable robot-car test machine! There is an evil organization out to cause trouble! There's an ancient prophecy involved in all this secret advanced tech! Loool!

That said, this is surprising enjoyable if you approach it from the kids cartoon angle. It's not super amazing or anything, but there's some charm in how honest it is about what it is. The most disturbing thing about this show is how much CG there is, and how bad most of it is. Much like the horror of Kingdom which wonzo shares with us each week, I would reckon a significant percentage of the show has CG somewhere in the scene. There are many CG backgrounds, all the cars are CG, and this is a show about cars, so there are cars in almost every scene!

Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

i know what i'll be watching this season

 

[cajunator]

Gyrozetter - Episode 1

This is 500% a pure unadulterated kids cartoon. The entire setting and premise is kid-focused. There is new technology in the world which allows children to be trained in driving AI-assisted cars. There's an entire school academy in this city dedicated to that focus! The academy also doubles as a secret defense agency! The main character is a gung-ho kid who loves to show off his driving skillz and loves pro-wrestling! He is selected to pilot the transformable robot-car test machine! There is an evil organization out to cause trouble! There's an ancient prophecy involved in all this secret advanced tech! Loool!

That said, this is surprising enjoyable if you approach it from the kids cartoon angle. It's not super amazing or anything, but there's some charm in how honest it is about what it is. The most disturbing thing about this show is how much CG there is, and how bad most of it is. Much like the horror of Kingdom which wonzo shares with us each week, I would reckon a significant percentage of the show has CG somewhere in the scene. There are many CG backgrounds, all the cars are CG, and this is a show about cars, so there are cars in almost every scene!

Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

I might have to check this out just for the ED.

 

[Uchip]

Sato and Kaoru have such a great friendship that it is a good part of the anime, the main female character unfortunately ruins it so much and its tone is not really enjoyable, so I thought the anime just wasnt any good at all.

not like you listen to this guy
but dont listen to this guy

 

[cajunator]

not like you listen to this guy
but dont listen to this guy

In this case I agree.
DTL has a unique perspective on anime, but the females in this show are not useless. They are quite interesting characters.

 

[darkside31337]

Gyrozetter - Episode 1
Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

Hell yes!

 

[Jex]

Kotaku Anime Review: Accel World Starts Strong, But Ends Wrong

Kotaku might well try but I don't think they'll be able to consistently put out worse reviews than ANN.

 

[duckroll]

Otona Animedia Vol.6 cover:

And something extra for DTL:

 

[Regulus Tera]

why are you people linking to kotaku? :/ You are just giving them hits.

 

[Jex]

Gyrozetter - Episode 1
[...]
Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

Going out to motion capture mecha really shows a commitment to the cause. I can't imagine most mo-cap studios have room for mechas.

 

[Dresden]

Otona Animedia Vol.6 cover:

Puffy MC Hammer pants are going to be the rage soon at anime conventions.

 

[cajunator]

Otona Animedia Vol.6 cover:


And something extra for DTL:

Looking good. Without ricebowls, the art is actually really nice.

 

[Jex]

[...]
Since Akito is a Japanese anime production intended for a Japanese audience, created by Japanese staff, it is not really that surprising that their viewpoint would be extremely Japanese in nature. So even when they are dealing with a story which supposedly takes place in Europe, and the refugees are Japanese, while the country in question are filled with Europeans (which in this case seems to basically be Generic White People), their perspective of how refugees of a different ethnic group would be treated is based on their personal view of how a situation like this would play out in Japan.

I think this makes the most sense. Giving non-Japanese characters Japanese 'tendencies' isn't exactly an unheard of problem with writing in anime.

 

[Maedhros]

why are you people linking to kotaku? :/ You are just giving them hits.

Apparently we are tsundere for them.

Not me though. I'm only tsuntsun.

 

[cajunator]

Kotaku is a really badly designed site to begin with. why do people go there?

 

[BGBW]

Kotaku is a really badly designed site to begin with. why do people go there?

According to the Polygon mockumentry people go there for news fast. Seriously.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Naruto SD 27

Second Skit was hilarious, I want the Leaf Strawman rangers to return, so many funny moments. The new OP is not good. Why would a slow song be chosen to open an anime? The new ED is good, finally can see SD Akatsuki and the song is decent.

 

[cjkeats]

Finished Clannad and After Story this weekend. I'll try and keep it short, as I'm sure this was talked about to death in older threads.

The rest of Clannad was kind of...uneventful? I mean not much happens other than

Spoiler

Tomoya and Nagisa officially making it official

.
Kotomi's arc just kind of happens for the sake of drama happening, and after it she basically becomes background. At least we get some character development from the rest of the gang, but none of that matters either because in After Story and

Spoiler

everyone pretty much disappears

After Story was fantastic, but took forever to really get going.
The first arc with Mei and Youhei was pretty decent, lots of funny parts, and the arc with cat lady seems awfully familiar.

Anyways, it finally picks up when the

Spoiler

proposal

happens. Funny thing about that was that by that point they still haven't even

Spoiler

kissed. It may have happened off camera, but that seems like something they'd make a big deal about isn't it? Considering that next thing you know, she's pregnant

.

Moving on. I could see

Spoiler

her death

coming from a mile away, but that didn't make it any less depressing. The water works never really started for me until episode 18 when

Spoiler

Ushio asks about her mother

.

The ending was satisfying enough for me. I assume the whole

Spoiler

retconing time travel thing was a way to include the bad ending to the VN, much like the episode of Persona 4 where Yu had his illusion of the bad end

.

The "Another World" bonus episodes left a lot to be desired. They were too short to really explore the "what if?" scenarios they created.

 

[amishpriest99]

Oh and here's the best part: The ending is a totally crazy Precure style motion captured full CG ED sequence where all the 5 main mechs are dancing to the beat of the music. No, I'm not kidding. Dancing mechs. Full CG. Motion captured. Lots of moves too. It's nuts. Lol.

Something that surpasses the Overman King Gainer OP? I must watch this.

 

[Hellsing321]

So, that was both what I was and wasn't expecting. It was weird to have run this whole time without the vampire connection, and that wrap-up certainly brought it. I mean, it was clear from the beginning something was up with Saya's character, and that something was kind of obvious having seen both Blood:TLV and Blood+. It's just kind of weird the series amounted to so little. The

Spoiler

government experiment

angle definitely makes other pieces of the series make much more sense.

It's just weird that, in the end, the series wasn't about what we spent 9/12 episodes on. We still received zero explanation of the monsters or even a concrete set of rules for which they worked. I guess there's nothing wrong with that, but very strange. Also, it just sort of ends.

Just for some context: Blood-C was made by people who hate you, your family, your dog, that nice old lady who feeds pigeons at the park, America, Japan, kittens, and everything else in the world. They would like nothing more than to see you die a horrible death just because you dared to exist. Hope that put everything in context.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

The Gyrozetter ED is up on YouTube. It is indeed incredible as advertised.

 

[Necrovex]

Which goes to prove SAO wasn't the problem.

No one should discount SAO's impact on this thread.

 

[SDBurton]

Inu x Boku SS 13

Extra episode? Yuri? Will watch soon.

 

[amishpriest99]

My Little Monster 1

A lot has already been said here, and I certainly agree with the overwhelmingly positive impressions. I really liked the faster pace here...I wonder if that is something that will be sustained over the series' run. Great characters and great art as well. Certainly looking forward to more.

I've also watched through the first 8 episodes of Fantastic Children. I'm going to wait a few more episodes (or possibly the end) to give more detailed impressions, but suffice to say I'm greatly enjoying it. I loooooove the OP and ED themes as well.