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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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PdotMichael
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The new White Fox fantasy, fast food show was not that bad, had some nice backgrounds and fast food cooking sakuga.
I guess Titan and this are the only shows I will watch this season.
I guess Titan and this are the only shows I will watch this season.
Jex
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I don't think I can really get "hype" for such a project. It doesn't seem to be the kind of work which would inspire such a reaction.
I'm sure it will be competent, based on the earlier OVA.
Jex
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Okay! It just looked super clean to me, and possibly re-drawn.
Why was anyone expecting otherwise?
Theonik
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Why was anyone expecting otherwise?
Photo Kano - Episode 1
That was plain, cheap, and honestly just boring. It's exactly the sort of show you would expect from the premise of a late night anime adapted from a voyeuristic girl-game about photography. Yokoyama's visual contribution to the show seems to be mostly limited to a few select scenes which the budget allows for animation, while the majority of the show is filled with boring scenes and stills. It's also pretty lewd with a conscious and active focus on the use of the camera to fulfill perverted thoughts which highschool boys might have. Pretty insulting to the actual hobby.
tl;dr - There's nothing interesting here, it's a bad lewd show which perverts might enjoy but it's low budget and boring. Dropped.
That was plain, cheap, and honestly just boring. It's exactly the sort of show you would expect from the premise of a late night anime adapted from a voyeuristic girl-game about photography. Yokoyama's visual contribution to the show seems to be mostly limited to a few select scenes which the budget allows for animation, while the majority of the show is filled with boring scenes and stills. It's also pretty lewd with a conscious and active focus on the use of the camera to fulfill perverted thoughts which highschool boys might have. Pretty insulting to the actual hobby.
tl;dr - There's nothing interesting here, it's a bad lewd show which perverts might enjoy but it's low budget and boring. Dropped.
PdotMichael
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Theonik
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Ask 7th. His hype train and all!
cosmicblizzard
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Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge 1
Now I remember what attracted me to this series in the first place. That nagging sense of something being "off" to go along with the bipolar tone of both light-hearted romance and oppressive darkness.
Also, next week it becomes a battle seinen. Should be fun.
Now I remember what attracted me to this series in the first place. That nagging sense of something being "off" to go along with the bipolar tone of both light-hearted romance and oppressive darkness.
Also, next week it becomes a battle seinen. Should be fun.
Jex
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You know, the potential of a strong animator to become an interesting overall director. Of course, we all know how often that goes wrong!
I don't know why you'd need to ask anyone, look at who's directing and you'd see why. Not that I think anyone expected much - just a chance that it could be otherwise.
Jex
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You've sold it to roughly half this thread. Stop promoting it!
ZachDeKoromaru
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I love bad shows that perverts like me might enjoy! Is there any of the Miyuki Sawashiro character in the first episode?
PdotMichael
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That , too, is the duckroll hype!
Dedication Through Light
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Yes thats the best part of the anime. Kato is the best.
Is it really half?
Don't know what Squid Girl is or what it's about. That being said...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
remember, remember, the fate of chickdigger
You need to rectify that immediately.
Majestic Prince - Episode 1
That was a good but rather safe and predictable start to the show. It's very much what I expected from it, maybe a bit too by the books in some ways but it's a fairly standard opening episode which introduces the setting, lays out the basics and characters, and includes a major action sequence to show what the show has to offer.
Right off the bat I will say one thing which I know some people will probably disagree strongly with - Hirai's character designs absolutely work on the show. They're not cool designs nor are they good art, but he does have the ability to turn out a huge number of characters who look distinct and can be visually identified by the audience by their quirks. This is important because the show has a pretty large cast, and it helps to be able to make that connection early on. The other thing is that it's a pretty goofy show, so the characters all looking kinda dumb fits really well with the tone.
The CG action is really well done as we would expect from this being a major project for Orange. I think the action is well composed and uses the CG camera as would be expected for exciting looking action. The only downside is that similar to their work on Akito the Exiled, the CG explosions still look off. That's something they have to work on as they take on more of this sort of work I think, because they stand out from the rest of the visual composition.
Story-wise there isn't much to talk about at the moment. It's still very early on, but the comedy+action element works for me. The pace is pretty fast, and it doesn't waste time on drawn out stuff. The comedy feels a lot of a stand up stage production to me, where a lot of what makes the dialogue work is from the performance of the voice cast in delivering the lines. It doesn't rely on intant gags so much as setting a constant tone of lulz for most of the characters. We'll see how it progresses, but I like what it's doing.
Overall I'm just glad a show like this is even made at all. We have mecha shows every year, but most of them tend to be serious, and those who aren't tend to be over the top super robot stuff, or filled with perverted lewd jokes. It's nice to see someone actually produce a mecha show which is a mix of more "serious" shounen style action scenes and lighthearted character comedy about goofy characters while not in combat.
tl;dr - This was enjoyable, will keep watching.
That was a good but rather safe and predictable start to the show. It's very much what I expected from it, maybe a bit too by the books in some ways but it's a fairly standard opening episode which introduces the setting, lays out the basics and characters, and includes a major action sequence to show what the show has to offer.
Right off the bat I will say one thing which I know some people will probably disagree strongly with - Hirai's character designs absolutely work on the show. They're not cool designs nor are they good art, but he does have the ability to turn out a huge number of characters who look distinct and can be visually identified by the audience by their quirks. This is important because the show has a pretty large cast, and it helps to be able to make that connection early on. The other thing is that it's a pretty goofy show, so the characters all looking kinda dumb fits really well with the tone.
The CG action is really well done as we would expect from this being a major project for Orange. I think the action is well composed and uses the CG camera as would be expected for exciting looking action. The only downside is that similar to their work on Akito the Exiled, the CG explosions still look off. That's something they have to work on as they take on more of this sort of work I think, because they stand out from the rest of the visual composition.
Story-wise there isn't much to talk about at the moment. It's still very early on, but the comedy+action element works for me. The pace is pretty fast, and it doesn't waste time on drawn out stuff. The comedy feels a lot of a stand up stage production to me, where a lot of what makes the dialogue work is from the performance of the voice cast in delivering the lines. It doesn't rely on intant gags so much as setting a constant tone of lulz for most of the characters. We'll see how it progresses, but I like what it's doing.
Overall I'm just glad a show like this is even made at all. We have mecha shows every year, but most of them tend to be serious, and those who aren't tend to be over the top super robot stuff, or filled with perverted lewd jokes. It's nice to see someone actually produce a mecha show which is a mix of more "serious" shounen style action scenes and lighthearted character comedy about goofy characters while not in combat.
tl;dr - This was enjoyable, will keep watching.
Trojita
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What happened?
Dedication Through Light
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Am hyped to watch it in a few hours, cant wait! Good OP/ED?
I'm officially hyped.
Eh, I think I've seen numerous people in here say it's garbage. It's certainly not very high on my to-do list, if it's even on it.
No OP/ED in ep1. I think they used the OP as the ED song, but there wasn't any special animation for it yet. It was kinda catchy, not great.
Perma-juniored.
Why?
mugurumakensei
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Devil Survivor 2 - Episode 1
Nice to see the trademark DS physics are in tact. It was a good start. I also really like the ending.
Nice to see the trademark DS physics are in tact. It was a good start. I also really like the ending.
What's BFI?
It's at 8:20, isn't it? Bit longer than that...
I'm surprised you can even get to GAF from inside that place - I've always found it to be a 3G black hole...
British Film Institute - in this case, he's referring to their cinema at Londons Southbank, where 009 RE:Cyborg is playing this evening.
BGBW's Fun Igloo
Well I'm not too far from the outside which is probably why I'm still getting 3G.
You're right. I've got a bit longer to wait.
Theonik
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Shh quiet, toonami-GAF will hear you.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
They have too much good taste to hear animegaf.
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