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Summer 2011 Anime Thread of Idols, Penguins, and IKUHARA'S RETURN.

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[Hansaku Iroha 20]

I'm pretty grateful the avoided the traditional 'drama' route that they could have gone with this concluding episode. This solution was far better than falling into that tired plot line.

The only problem with this whole story-arc is how I'm completely sure that someone is adding the "Defrosting Ice Queen" trope to TVTropes Hanasaku Iroha article :(.
 
kiryogi said:
Yeah, been meaning to update the im@s 2 topic with that. In any case though, I'd prefer they release new songs than old songs. Which they've been doing for the last 2 releases.
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I want First Stage, 9:02pm, Aoi Tori, Positive!!, Watashi wa Idol ♥, Furufuru Future☆, Overmaster, and I Want. Seriously, Aoi Tori and I Want piss me off the most. They left Chihaya's super-mega-canonical image song and Harurun's image song from SP out of 2. Fuck you, BamCo!

Cleverly, Colorful Days is in Catalog 6, which just so happens to be one of the catalogs that IM@S 2 PS3 won't include for free. BamCo isn't really being all that subtle about how they want to immediately start raping the wallets of the PS3 version buyers. Well, assuming they they issue the remaining catalogs quickly, I don't know if they will keep the PS3 always 3 months behind the 360 just as a sop to the remaining IM@S 360 owners.
 
Anime convention is over and done with.

Not bad at all. Got a few things signed, bought some stuff on DVD/BR, and got a bunch of SP tags for my 3DS

As for when I'll watch the things I picked up......whenever I feel like it :P
 
Kaiji 24-26

This was fucking beautiful.

Kaiji getting utterly destroyed at the end came out nowhere. My only problem was that it was so obvious that the winning lot was rigged. If I was able to easily tell that from its shape, I'm sure Kaiji would have noticed. And I love the moral lesson of the last episode, praying to win will make you lose.

As for the entire series, Kaiji is probably one of my top anime right now. It just does things so differently from other anime that makes it stand out. No shitty character interactions, no terrible anime cliches/tropes that plague current anime, no bullshit pointless episodes. It's just Kaiji being badass planning out his moves trying to survive.

Now time to get started on season 2 and One Outs.
 
Crakatak187 said:
I'll take the wait and see approach since there are animes that starts out very slow. It's not like I'm going to drop it because of several episodes.
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Sure. I just don't see being episodic and not "going anywhere" with the larger plot as a problem, unless the series promised a larger plot but didn't follow through on it.

In Dantalian's case,
I think the past connection between Huey and the library could form the impetus for a more significant plot to unfold at the end, though I don't think it's necessary for them to follow up on it.
 
Nichijou 20 - Pretty good episode. Is the first time they've had a gag last over the course of the whole episode? Enjoyed that quite a bit. Mai's trolling is good as always.

HanaIro 20 - Wow, that was a pretty good episode. I don't really know what to say, so I'll just echo (I think it was?) Jexhius in that they handled the Tohru situation very well. It's cute to see Minchi struggle to keep up her tsun appearances in the face of true love :3

And Nako has a girlfriend, d'awwwwww :)

Sket Dance 19 - Haircut bit was of a letdown after the last few episodes. Student council part was pretty funny though :D

Hellsing321 said:
Idolmaster 3
Slowpoke I know, but goddam does Yukiho suck. She even had me agreeing with a Kugiloli. Thats how much she sucks. Ruined the entire episode.
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No wonder she's so shy around men, everyone hates her! :(
 
Unknown Soldier said:
She's afraid of men and dogs. I wonder how anyone could survive in a modern society afraid of that combination.
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Well I can sympathize with the fear of dogs since I have it also but it's not as bad as her since I have a pretty fucked up way of knowing whether or not I'm afraid of a dog.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
She's afraid of men and dogs. I wonder how anyone could survive in a modern society afraid of that combination.
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I wonder if they are trying to say something about men by making her afraid of dogs as well. You know men are dogs

You hear that haters, IM@S has depth!!!!!!!
 
EmmanuelMunoz said:
I wonder if they are trying to say something about men by making her afraid of dogs as well. You know men are dogs

You hear that haters, IM@S has depth!!!!!!!
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Yuhiko is a terrible character, nothing you say will ever change this. The only good thing about her is her singing voice.

EDIT: And that she can play the shovel. Hardest instrument ever.
 
Little Women - Episode 26

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The last episodes were very Beth focussed with a new piano for Beth and the relationship with Laurence.
 
Ezalc said:
Yuhiko is a terrible character, nothing you say will ever change this. The only good thing about her is her singing voice.
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I wasn't defending her, in fact I abhor her character.
Team Ritsuko is the only place for me
 
survivor said:
Kaiji 24-26

This was fucking beautiful.

Kaiji getting utterly destroyed at the end came out nowhere. My only problem was that it was so obvious that the winning lot was rigged. If I was able to easily tell that from its shape, I'm sure Kaiji would have noticed. And I love the moral lesson of the last episode, praying to win will make you lose.

As for the entire series, Kaiji is probably one of my top anime right now. It just does things so differently from other anime that makes it stand out. No shitty character interactions, no terrible anime cliches/tropes that plague current anime, no bullshit pointless episodes. It's just Kaiji being badass planning out his moves trying to survive.

Now time to get started on season 2 and One Outs.
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That is exactly how I felt. Amazing Anime with some clever interludes and plot device. The only negative I can make out is the heavy amount of cliffhunters, and the excessive use of metaphores and smilies (exaggiration to the MAX). Its an amzing piece of show and a greta example that you don't need flashy animation and deep characterisation to make an excellent show.

and welcome the Manhood club. now enjoy One Outs and Kaiji S2 ;)
 
survivor said:
Kaiji 24-26

This was fucking beautiful.

Kaiji getting utterly destroyed at the end came out nowhere. My only problem was that it was so obvious that the winning lot was rigged. If I was able to easily tell that from its shape, I'm sure Kaiji would have noticed. And I love the moral lesson of the last episode, praying to win will make you lose.

As for the entire series, Kaiji is probably one of my top anime right now. It just does things so differently from other anime that makes it stand out. No shitty character interactions, no terrible anime cliches/tropes that plague current anime, no bullshit pointless episodes. It's just Kaiji being badass planning out his moves trying to survive.

Now time to get started on season 2 and One Outs.
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Akagi as well if you want
 
MetalFearSolid said:
Akagi as well if you want
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Actually Akagi is my least favourite out of the 3 (Akagi, Kaiji and One Outs)
You can clearly see that something is missing and its not included in the TV series. Doesn't help the fact there is a whole prequel series called TEN that is the most important bit in his history. The Mahjong bit is just a side story of him saying ''fuck it, I'll exercise some Mahjong for a bit''

I hope they make a TEN Anime, that would be the best thing ever.
 
MetalFearSolid said:
Akagi as well if you want
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Just be aware that "no pointless bullshit episodes" does not apply to Akagi. The pacing is painfully slow, especially in the Washizu arc. And the ending is... unsatisfactory, to say the least. Still enjoyable, but not on the same level as Kaiji.
 
Hm, after thinking a bit about it, I can´t agree. Agaki is probably the BEST of the three anime of this author. I personally prefer Kaiji´s wider range of games, BUT: Akagi managed to have me at the edge of my seat *without* me knowing a single shit about Mahjong. I still don´t really know how it´s played, but I re-watched Agaki like three times. That´s even more surprising when you think about how the main character is never really pictured as the guy who has to fight an uphill battle - HE is the opponent in a way. And still, it is so damn exciting to watch.

I´d call Kaiji the more mainstream-compatible show, but Akagi is the more masterfully executed one.
 
Sennorin said:
Hm, after thinking a bit about it, I can´t agree. Agaki is probably the BEST of the three anime of this author. I personally prefer Kaiji´s wider range of games, BUT: Akagi managed to have me at the edge of my seat *without* me knowing a single shit about Mahjong. I still don´t really know how it´s played, but I re-watched Agaki like three times. That´s even more surprising when you think about how the main character is never really pictured as the guy who has to fight an uphill battle - HE is the opponent in a way. And still, it is so damn exciting to watch.

I´d call Kaiji the more mainstream-compatible show, but Akagi is the more masterfully executed one.
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One outs was actually by a different mangaka.
 
Sennorin said:
Hm, after thinking a bit about it, I can´t agree. Agaki is probably the BEST of the three anime of this author. I personally prefer Kaiji´s wider range of games, BUT: Akagi managed to have me at the edge of my seat *without* me knowing a single shit about Mahjong. I still don´t really know how it´s played, but I re-watched Agaki like three times. That´s even more surprising when you think about how the main character is never really pictured as the guy who has to fight an uphill battle - HE is the opponent in a way. And still, it is so damn exciting to watch.

I´d call Kaiji the more mainstream-compatible show, but Akagi is the more masterfully executed one.
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In a sense, I agree with you. However, I thought the arcs just felt like... arcs with no connection whatsoever. At least in Kaiji, ther is an overarching element to all of his games which might affect him in the greater run. But in Akagi it felt, yeah, this game is challanging, but it has no bearing on the next game and so on and so fourth.

Maybe its me liking some sort of continuety or something, but yeah, it structre wise, I like the other two.
flawfuls said:
One outs was actually by a different mangaka.
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I know, but they all had the same director and the studio in the Anime version. Hence the comparrisons.
 
Well, the plot in Akagi is a bit more complicated and subtle, that is true. But it´s pretty interesting nonetheless, with Akagi not caring about dying and thus seeking the most difficult challenges. In a way, Akagi is what Kaiji (speaking about the characters) should turn into at some point. A fearless gambler who puts his everything on the line, just so he can flee from this otherwise meaningless existence.
 
Sennorin said:
Hm, after thinking a bit about it, I can´t agree. Agaki is probably the BEST of the three anime of this author. I personally prefer Kaiji´s wider range of games, BUT: Akagi managed to have me at the edge of my seat *without* me knowing a single shit about Mahjong. I still don´t really know how it´s played, but I re-watched Agaki like three times. That´s even more surprising when you think about how the main character is never really pictured as the guy who has to fight an uphill battle - HE is the opponent in a way. And still, it is so damn exciting to watch.

I´d call Kaiji the more mainstream-compatible show, but Akagi is the more masterfully executed one.
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Akagi is exciting, sure, but due to the poor pacing and over-analysis of every tiny move in the Washizu arc, not to mention the
bullshit "Oops! We ran out of manga!" non-ending
, it is objectively the poorest executed of the three seasons of Fukumoto anime adaptations.
 
Glad a lot of people like Kaiji in here as it really is one of the best animes released in the past 5 years. I really need to watch the 2nd season.

Is Akagi worth a watch even if I dont understand Mahjong? Does the show explain it?
What about One Outs, is it by the same mangaka and is it any good?
 
Geneijin said:
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Her arc is a total shoujo parody. Besides, like Book Girl, the only thing they could do is make the backgrounds visually interesting while the characters just stand around looking at each other.
 
shahkur said:
Is Akagi worth a watch even if I dont understand Mahjong? Does the show explain it?
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Yes and no. But trust me, not knowing how Mahjong works doesn´t make it any less fun to watch.

What about One Outs, is it by the same mangaka and is it any good?
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In direct comparison, it´s clearly worse than Kaiji and Akagi, BUT it is still very good. It´s just that the other two shows are so much better.
 
This thread is making me want to revisit Kaiji from where I left off. I had to stop as I kinda had enough of the predictable "new twist, new evil game" without a break. However seeing people enjoying the second season makes me want to give it another chance.
 
Kamisama Dolls 6

Just as I was thinking that the humor was actually working for once, they went and pulled
that double grab on the flying kakushi. For shame.

But other than the out-of-place mildly perverted humor, this has been a surprisingly enjoyable show. Kyouhei is a much more interesting character than the Keiichi Morisato clone I initially took him for. I look forward to getting his long hinted at backstory next week. The action scenes have been well done - I especially liked going from the end of Episode 3 to the beginning of Episode 4, giving the same scenes but more fleshed-out from a different perspective - as well as the interactions between the principal characters. Crazy science girl is probably my favorite.

It's a shame a generally solid action show like this gets ignored here while harem trash like IS and Mayo Chiki gets discussed to death, but I suppose that speaks to the interests of Anime-GAF.
 
THE IDOLM@STER SP:

This game has the most ridiculous random difficulty. I'll fuck up an audition, quit back to the XMB, relaunch the game, re-do the exact same audition, and somehow it magically becomes 9,002 times easier. Seriously, there's no balancing of the game at all, it just randomly decides to be FUCKING CHIHAYA HARD or HILARIOUSLY MIKI EASY. Well, I guess it could be worse, they could have made it impossibly hard all the time. :|

I'm getting ready to start an Iori playthrough but it's funny how her Character is rated nearly zero. Harurun's Character is exactly in the middle, which makes sense since she's the starter (and main) character of the game. I'm not sure why I'm looking forward to getting my tongue-lashings from Rie Kugimiya. Actually, never mind that, I'm actually 100% sure why. >_>

Oh hey, Miki just popped up to say hi. Hi, Miki. I'm not sure what you're doing in my Harurun vs. Hibiki playthrough, but I did see Takane earlier so I guess all 3 rivals do appear just for story purposes even though my main rival is Hibiki.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
It's a shame a generally solid action show like this gets ignored here while harem trash like IS and Mayo Chiki gets discussed to death, but I suppose that speaks to the interests of Anime-GAF.
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Yeah, maybe it's just a matter of taste but I'm enjoying Mayo Chiki a lot more than Kamisama Dolls.
 
hosannainexcelsis said:
It's a shame a generally solid action show like this gets ignored here while harem trash like IS and Mayo Chiki gets discussed to death, but I suppose that speaks to the interests of Anime-GAF.
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I am following Kamidolls but stalled after episode 2. I might resume soon though, just because of LA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA-LA-LA, LA!
 
re: Bungaku Shoujo
firehawk12 said:
KamiMemo has no monsters or action though! It's just people's problems being solved... just like, I assume, Bungaku Shoujo.
I imagine there's a more elegant way to do have characters talk to each other about books though, but that's not for me to try to figure out.

How do the OVAs compare to the film?
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They're more like the novels which are self contained events/mysteries. The movie is more like all the extraneous Miyu related events all over the series merged together into one story culminating in the ending.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
I am following Kamidolls but stalled after episode 2. I might resume soon though, just because of LA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA-LA-LA, LA!
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The tunes that the other dolls sing are pretty awesome as well.
 
Oh has anyone seen Night Raid 1931? I've seen some banners for it and it's only 99 cents an episode to rent. They don't look like a bunch of teens and/or anything that I should feel embarrassed about and looks like a cool action show. Setting vaguely reminds me of Fist of The Blue Sky.
 
zeroshiki said:
re: Bungaku Shoujo

They're more like the novels which are self contained events/mysteries. The movie is more like all the extraneous Miyu related events all over the series merged together into one story culminating in the ending.
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I would imagine that it wouldn't be too hard to hack together a miniseries using the OVAs and the movies to create a series with some more natural pacing. It could be an interesting editing challenge for an aspiring editor anyway.
 
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