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Summer 2011 Anime Thread of Idols, Penguins, and IKUHARA'S RETURN.
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Hellsing321
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I don't know where their hideout is but I know their leader is Jman. Catch him and the rest will fall.Jexhius said:
Current wall of shame:
Cajunator blew his early lead. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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Jexhius 282
cajunator 263
Izayoi 244
Miri 194
Unknown Soldier 172
Branduil 118
Uchip 112
tiff 106
trejo 105
Dresden 97
Jintor 96
Instro 95
Articalys 93
weeaboo 90
Steroyd 87
Hellsing321 84
cosmicblizzard 80
firehawk12 71
jman2050 71
Lafiel 69Cajunator blew his early lead. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
A Black Falcon
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Branduil said:
I don't see anything there to disagree with, really. It was very well drawn, interesting, has a potentially high-concept plot if it executes as well as the first episode went (given that this is anime my hopes aren't high for it keeping that up, but it could!), and more. One of my top concerns beyond wondering if it'll keep up t he quality though is wondering whether it'll have a good ending... given that it is based off of something long, if they have to make it into a short anime will they manage to end it well, particularly with how slow paced it starts out? We'll see. But it's got a good start certainly. Looking at this episode alone (that is, aside from worries about how they'll get through the story at this pace), I have no problem with the slow pace. I thought the episode was interesting and well thought out for the most part.
I agree, Yuru Yuri doesn't have any loli panderbait, so far anyway.Geneijin said:
firehawk12
Subete no aware
UtaPrince 2: Clearly, this is the superior idol show of the season. Ahem.
On the scale of stupid plots, the idea that a girl would want to be a famous composer without realizing that she
is just dumb. I'm all for pretty boys being fabulous, but you don't have to ostracize the heroine in such an asinine way. Making her poor should be enough.
On the scale of stupid plots, the idea that a girl would want to be a famous composer without realizing that she
needs to learn how to read music
lazybones18
Banned
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 53
Decided not to wait until Part 5 was available on video. This goddamn episode man. And to have the episode end the way that it did. Really glad I didn't bother waiting, cause the wait for episode 54 is much shorter
Decided not to wait until Part 5 was available on video. This goddamn episode man. And to have the episode end the way that it did. Really glad I didn't bother waiting, cause the wait for episode 54 is much shorter
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yup. She's a small defenceless girl who is helped by the fabulous men around her, but of course she's also special in her own unique and unappreciated way. Shoujo 101.zeroshiki said:
Dedication Through Light
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Uta no Prince Sama ep 2
Aw they removed the epic opening and placed it as the ending and made it minimized. I was kind of disappointed when it wasnt the start of it. Oh well, all the songs in this are nice. Ittoki Otoya's song had me moving, it actually turned out pretty amazing, but putting him at the front means that he will take a back seat in the next episode. I wish she wasnt so absorbed on Hayato. I did think it was lind of funny that one that doesnt know how to write music and one who doesnt know how to write lyrics were paired together though produced a great response.
Aw they removed the epic opening and placed it as the ending and made it minimized. I was kind of disappointed when it wasnt the start of it. Oh well, all the songs in this are nice. Ittoki Otoya's song had me moving, it actually turned out pretty amazing, but putting him at the front means that he will take a back seat in the next episode. I wish she wasnt so absorbed on Hayato. I did think it was lind of funny that one that doesnt know how to write music and one who doesnt know how to write lyrics were paired together though produced a great response.
hosannainexcelsis
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Sket Dance 14
And I'm crying again. This show knows how to hit me where it hurts. That's the sort of person I'd like to be.
Switch totally deserves Mr. Popular. Still the best character.
Poor Bossun. His shaded face at the end may not match Nichijou's faces, but it was still pretty amusing.
And I'm crying again. This show knows how to hit me where it hurts. That's the sort of person I'd like to be.
Switch totally deserves Mr. Popular. Still the best character.
Poor Bossun. His shaded face at the end may not match Nichijou's faces, but it was still pretty amusing.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Nichijou 15: So, they basically wrote a whole episode based on reaction shot gags and ended up with a joke about manufactured reaction shot gags. Outstanding!
Jex
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Tiger and Bunny 15: The Sky's The Limit
So the long-awaited (by me, anyway) Sky High centric episode has finally arrived and, if possible, it over-delivers in every area. This is easily my favourite episode of the show yet.
Without spoiling the plot I'll say that it makes sense why we got to the Sky High episode this late in the shows run because I had been wondering why they didn't get it out of the way earlier.
Actually spoiling the plot of this episode
Strangely enough, the animation and fight choreography, direction, editing and so on all seem better this episode than in any point during the series. The animation and action for the fight scenes, in this one-off side story was wayyyy better than in the previous finale with the big-bad, for instance. That's a strange allocation of resources to be sure, considering how inconsequential these fights were to the broader story. Either way, this show needs more action sequences on the level of Sacred Seven, which is what they delivered this week.
So the long-awaited (by me, anyway) Sky High centric episode has finally arrived and, if possible, it over-delivers in every area. This is easily my favourite episode of the show yet.
Without spoiling the plot I'll say that it makes sense why we got to the Sky High episode this late in the shows run because I had been wondering why they didn't get it out of the way earlier.
Actually spoiling the plot of this episode
Sky High, after being defeated by Jake and knocked from the top hero spot my Tiger & Barnaby, is in kind of a funk and he's worried about living up to peoples expectations. This is a more interesting place to examine his character than while he's still the king of heroes. There's some pretty great character development explained in subtle ways, like when we learn that Sky High actually patrols the city at night, looking for crime. None of the other heroes do that, presumably because they have lives to get back too. I guess Sky High does not.
Interestingly, they interrupt what you think the show will be about by inserting an android/romance plot-line that comes out of left-field. While it's totally obvious that she's a robot I don't find it hard to believe that Sky High wouldn't notice, considering he doesn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Anyway, as Androids are want to do, she goes crazy and has to be restrained by Tiger and Barnaby, except they don't have enough power to stop her, especially when she takes off into the air. By this point she no longer looks like a woman and is nothing but a Terminator-style skeleton. At which point, Sky High makes his entrance.
Now, before this scene we've seen Sky High be rather useless all episode. At one point he failed so hard at chasing a criminal that he ran into a wall and got stuck. But for this scene Sky High appears to be a complete bad-ass, using all his powers and generally doing cool shit, easily ripping the android apart. Of course, Sky High didn't know who the android was so this doesn't bother him.
This means we end with a surprisingly poignant selection of scenes where Sky High buys some flowers and goes to meet a girl he likes, who he has unknowingly destroyed the previous night. The way they edit these cuts and especially where they cut on Sky High sitting on the bench, waiting for something that will never happen, really sells the finale scene. If the cut was too long or too short it would have ruined the scene.
Interestingly, they interrupt what you think the show will be about by inserting an android/romance plot-line that comes out of left-field. While it's totally obvious that she's a robot I don't find it hard to believe that Sky High wouldn't notice, considering he doesn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer.
Anyway, as Androids are want to do, she goes crazy and has to be restrained by Tiger and Barnaby, except they don't have enough power to stop her, especially when she takes off into the air. By this point she no longer looks like a woman and is nothing but a Terminator-style skeleton. At which point, Sky High makes his entrance.
Now, before this scene we've seen Sky High be rather useless all episode. At one point he failed so hard at chasing a criminal that he ran into a wall and got stuck. But for this scene Sky High appears to be a complete bad-ass, using all his powers and generally doing cool shit, easily ripping the android apart. Of course, Sky High didn't know who the android was so this doesn't bother him.
This means we end with a surprisingly poignant selection of scenes where Sky High buys some flowers and goes to meet a girl he likes, who he has unknowingly destroyed the previous night. The way they edit these cuts and especially where they cut on Sky High sitting on the bench, waiting for something that will never happen, really sells the finale scene. If the cut was too long or too short it would have ruined the scene.
Strangely enough, the animation and fight choreography, direction, editing and so on all seem better this episode than in any point during the series. The animation and action for the fight scenes, in this one-off side story was wayyyy better than in the previous finale with the big-bad, for instance. That's a strange allocation of resources to be sure, considering how inconsequential these fights were to the broader story. Either way, this show needs more action sequences on the level of Sacred Seven, which is what they delivered this week.
Jerk said:
;_;trejo said:
Nah, I'm going to be checking it out shortly. Put me on that list too.Joule said:
I'm not sure he would be "mistaken for" at all.Instro said:
Yeah. The blush pretty much sealed the deal on that one.tiff said:
A shameless panderbait show with a message. Now that's something I can get behind.firehawk12 said:
Hell yeah, that and the part wheretrejo said:
he ran off with his head
Yes. It's a fantastic starting point, actually.near said:
Come on man, you can't deny that you enjoyed it.Defuser said:
See, tiff gets it.tiff said:
Don't believe the lies, stay the fuck away.Sage00 said:
A work of art.Branduil said:
Oh god when did I get that many posts.Branduil said:
Hellsing321
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Yeah everything about this episode seemed to have better production values than earlier episodes. Maybe sunrise gave them a bigger budget after all.Jexhius said:
Unknown Soldier
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Izayoi said:
Wrong! Sacred Seven is this season's HA HA HA, OH WOW show! I'm watching it until the end!
You're already fallen behind cajunator, while Jex is pulling far ahead! Soon your failure will be complete!
Yeah, I know I'm falling back too.
Crash Station
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Gintama 27
Umm....... wow. Great episode. So sad too. This is the first time I've thought of this show as anything more than "just good". These are the kinds of episodes that really make me love shounen.
Umm....... wow. Great episode. So sad too. This is the first time I've thought of this show as anything more than "just good". These are the kinds of episodes that really make me love shounen.
Mayo Chiki 1
Ok. So, I watched my first episode of an anime TV show in years because of this thread, so I picked Mayo Chiki because it looked interesting.
At first I was super pissed when
. Anyway, it took a turn when
which is kind of stupid too, but the rest was okay except when they pointed out anime cliche's, but maybe they're going to down that "meta" route which could be interesting. I don't know.
It's all right, but I need to watch more anime and at least it and this thread made me interested in watching more.
Ok. So, I watched my first episode of an anime TV show in years because of this thread, so I picked Mayo Chiki because it looked interesting.
At first I was super pissed when
the boy every girl at the school was fawning over looked like a girl because I HATE gender ambiguity in anime
she was actually a girl
It's all right, but I need to watch more anime and at least it and this thread made me interested in watching more.
Crash Station
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ChuckNoLuck said:
That's a.... really weird choice to get back into anime with.
What did you like when you did watch it and maybe we can give some recent recommendations?
hosannainexcelsis
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firehawk12 said:
Nichijou is the king of reaction shots.
I think I liked Takasaki's (the teacher with the crush) the best.
Come on, I just picked the first one that looked somewhat interesting and I watch anime movies a lot and another kind of anime, which I won't speak of, and it wasn't terrible.
And I'm entirely sure what I like. I'll try anything as long as it's not super serious because that's what I like in movies. Paprika is absolutely my favorite anime movie.
And I don't speak Japanese so it'll need to be subbed.
And I'm entirely sure what I like. I'll try anything as long as it's not super serious because that's what I like in movies. Paprika is absolutely my favorite anime movie.
And I don't speak Japanese so it'll need to be subbed.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Izayoi didn't make this thread! Blame Lafiel's terrible skills.ChuckNoLuck said:
Hellsing321
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If you take anything from this thread why would it be this?ChuckNoLuck said:
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Romanes Eunt Domus
Nichijou 14: Oh God Nano HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGG
So nice to hear Hyadain is doing well.
So nice to hear Hyadain is doing well.
Uta-sama - 2
A mostly dull episode. I have nothing else to really say about it except Mamoru Miyano must be the perfect bishounen.
A mostly dull episode. I have nothing else to really say about it except Mamoru Miyano must be the perfect bishounen.
firehawk12 said:Yup. She's a small defenceless girl who is helped by the fabulous men around her, but of course she's also special in her own unique and unappreciated way. Shoujo 101.
She only learned how to read music competently in one day.
Hellsing321
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Dammit, Lafiel! You clearly weren't harsh enough!InfiniteNine said:
Crash Station
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ChuckNoLuck said:
Very few of us speak Japanese, so that isn't really a problem. Nearly everything gets subbed these days (officially or otherwise).
And maybe we can narrow it down a bit further than "everything that isn't super serious"? That's quite a bit of stuff. I can just pick any random series like Tiger & Bunny and say watch it (which you should because it's good).
Edit: Hmmm, so you liked Bleach. Don't know if you still could enjoy that type of show or if you grew out of it, but if you want stuff like that but of much higher quality, check out Toriko.
Unknown Soldier
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Hellsing321 said:
Ahahahahahaha...
...it's true, isn't it?
A Black Falcon
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Indeed. That episode borders on being brain-scarringly horrible, in some ways... The only question is, is it so bad that it ruins the whole show, or can you ignore it, pretend that it never happened, and move on? Without hating the characters for how they acted at the end, I mean.Jarmel said:
I haven't quite succeeded at that, which is probably the main reason I haven't watched an episode since 19.
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