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Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This
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Lafiel delivering a solid performance.
I didn't think they could top Ano Hana, but noitaminA... finds a way.
Neither could I, lol. Regardless, no rest for the wicked...and foolish.
Beautiful Dreamer
Having no prior knowledge of Urusei Yatsura outside knowing who Lum is didn't make this movie any less fucking amazing. When Mendou
Holy fucking shit Oshii. Didn't see any basset hounds though. 
How's the 200+ episode TV series compared to this?
Having no prior knowledge of Urusei Yatsura outside knowing who Lum is didn't make this movie any less fucking amazing. When Mendou
came to the realisation that it was all Lum's dream thanks to Lum using the broken water tap. The dream being exactly what Lum wished for at the beginning of the movie completely and utterly blew my fucking mind.
How's the 200+ episode TV series compared to this?
Oh shit, sorry dudeWell, there goes episode 2 for me.
Congratulations Lafiel!
It's been on my list for ages now so I'll get around to it one of these days... maybe.
I'm the true winner; I should instantly get thread creation rights.
Basileus777
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I'd say the character designs are plenty ugly.
I thought Oniisama e had prepared me, guess not.
supposedly it's Oshiitastic for like when he's directing and like something something for the other episodes.
Been on my backlog for ages too.
Jex
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They're really not that bad, but this is one of those things that is generally subjective.
I say generally, because I think we can all agree that, scientifically, Kannon has awful character designs.
So this competition was for who was going to make the Spring thread?
I'm sure you guys could have just asked.
I haven't seen Episode 2 but Episode 1 was plenty ugly for the non dream world parts.
That would be a great troll, Miri might kill someone.
Jex
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It's probably because Oniisama e... was never this, er, terrible.
hosannainexcelsis
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200+ is an exaggeration; it's actually 195.
Jex
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Beautiful Dreamer
Having no prior knowledge of Urusei Yatsura outside knowing who Lum is [...]
How's the 200+ episode TV series compared to this?
It's pretty great and you should give it a try. Does it sound less daunting if I say you only have to watch the first 106 Mamoru Oshii episodes? That's like, only half the whole show!
Colorful Macaroon Shooter - 02
There sure were plenty of macaroons to be had here, even more than in episode one! Otherwise this show just keeps delivering the bad and tries and ultimately succeeds in making me want to drop this show asap.
The only question remaining in my heart is: How long will I be able to stand this?
There sure were plenty of macaroons to be had here, even more than in episode one! Otherwise this show just keeps delivering the bad and tries and ultimately succeeds in making me want to drop this show asap.
The only question remaining in my heart is: How long will I be able to stand this?
Basileus777
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Somehow even Hinoue Itaru has her fans.
Where is the fun in that?
hosannainexcelsis
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Cosmic had claimed the rights already.
Jex
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That's right, it's shorter than Gintama! That makes it easily digestible.
Well, not really, but as it's an episodic show it's not particularly hard to watch the show, as you don't have to remember overarching plots of anything of the sort. It's a completely different experience from watching, say, Legend of the Galactic Heroes in terms of how much energy it demands from you as a viewer.
I still think that the
green (Fucking colors) decapitation scene was the worst looking thing in the episode.
Jex
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I think it remains to be seen if they can top Ano Hana - that temple scene still lives on in my heart.
Beautiful Dreamer
Having no prior knowledge of Urusei Yatsura outside knowing who Lum is didn't make this movie any less fucking amazing. When Mendoucame to the realisation that it was all Lum's dream thanks to Lum using the broken water tap. The dream being exactly what Lum wished for at the beginning of the movie completely and utterly blew my fucking mind.
Dat imagery. Almost as good as in BRS TV.
Good lads. Imagine if in the season with Apollon, Tsuritama and Hyouka, cosmicblizzard was gonna get to make the thread. People would have set themselves on fire.
Dang, those actually look pretty delicious. I'm going to have to find a place that sells macaroons now.
hosannainexcelsis
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Medaka Box was going to get top billing.
Even though I really liked BD, I don't feel a strong desire to watch the show. I don't think I could take over 100 episodes of Ataru and Lum.
Basileus777
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Cosmic's post from earlier makes me want to watch Air Gear. How bad is it? What's wrong with me?
Its pretty crappy and looks nothing like Eureka Seven. Avoid.
Hyouka, u mean.
And I was looking forward to a shonentastic OP.
And you guys thought Lafiel's thread got alot of complaints. If this happened, that would have seemed like a love-in compared to this.
Jex
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Actually now I really want to know what that thread would have looked like.
Jex
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How will you know unless you try? There are certainly times when the show is a bit formulaic, but Oshii is perfectly happy to break away from the source material and do his own thing, there's even a whole episode where Lum and Ataru aren't present! It gets more Oshii-tastic as it goes on.
Whoops.
Well I liked the movie more when it focused on Mendou and Sakura. They were pretty boss.
But the real problem is my backlog is already too big to commit to that right now. Watching BD by itself wasn't a big commitment.
Jex
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I'm more interested in finding somewhere that would sell a weaponized version.
I feel that it is our civic duty to at least inform people if there are good shows coming out. The troll OPs, while funny for people "in the know", does a disservice to the casual GAF user.
A Black Falcon
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Catching up a bit...
Given how often the places they leave explode behind them, though (even planets, sometimes...), one seriously wonders why they are ever sent out on assignments... yes, I know "and then it blew up" at the end is a running joke of sorts in the series, but seriously, even if they're generally not directly responsible, they usually have at least some responsibility, and lots of people surely die because of it...
I know, it's supposed to not be taken seriously, but I can't just entirely ignore it and just call it a joke.
Apart from that though, what I've seen of the original Dirty Pair was pretty good, yeah. It is better than the later Dirty Pair Flash 6-ep series, I would say; though that was okay, the original is better.
Particles coming off of the beam on the sides hit the ship, I assume... it could happen, though yeah, it certainly should be less than it would be with a sub. I don't think it's too much of a problem though, and it's not entirely implausible.
Yeah, the Saki Achiga-hen anime is the upcoming anime I'm looking forward to the most, for sure.
You definitely should, Texhnolyze is among the greatest of apocalyptic animes. It's just a fantastic series, despite its bleakness and tragedy...
Of course, I'm somewhat predisposed to like it because it was made by some key staff behind Serial Experiments Lain (except substantially more depressing this time than that one), and Lain is my favorite anime series, but yeah, it's good. It is slow paced, sometimes in ways that are reminiscent of parts of Lain, but in both cases I think it works perfectly and does help to set the tone.
Given how often the places they leave explode behind them, though (even planets, sometimes...), one seriously wonders why they are ever sent out on assignments... yes, I know "and then it blew up" at the end is a running joke of sorts in the series, but seriously, even if they're generally not directly responsible, they usually have at least some responsibility, and lots of people surely die because of it...
I know, it's supposed to not be taken seriously, but I can't just entirely ignore it and just call it a joke.
Apart from that though, what I've seen of the original Dirty Pair was pretty good, yeah. It is better than the later Dirty Pair Flash 6-ep series, I would say; though that was okay, the original is better.
Yeah, she's pretty moe.Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 5
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Elly <333
I don't know where that picture's from, but it certainly is an appropriate comparison (Star Trek and Space Pirates), sure! The two are certainly different -- Star Trek, for instance, would have some kind of character drama overlapping with the space battle arc from the last few episodes -- but there are similarities for sure as well.
Particles coming off of the beam on the sides hit the ship, I assume... it could happen, though yeah, it certainly should be less than it would be with a sub. I don't think it's too much of a problem though, and it's not entirely implausible.
It's... not exactly as popular as the first one, or the TV series. For good reason, I think. I mean, it is an okay movie, I haven't seen it in years but remember liking it more than, say, The Sky Crawlers or Patlabor 2, but it's certainly not nearly as good as the first one or SAC.
It's kind of boring compared to the first one... like many of Oshii's movies are.
Seems like dropping this was the right thing to do.
I have the Wii Sky Crawlers game. It's okay, but flawed... I hate the motion controls, it just doesn't control well at all that way (and I don't hate motion controls in general). Fortunately it supports the Gamecube controller too... of note though is that the game has a reversible cover. I like the reverse better than the default cover, myself -- better art on that side.
Yeah, the Saki Achiga-hen anime is the upcoming anime I'm looking forward to the most, for sure.
You definitely should, Texhnolyze is among the greatest of apocalyptic animes. It's just a fantastic series, despite its bleakness and tragedy...
Of course, I'm somewhat predisposed to like it because it was made by some key staff behind Serial Experiments Lain (except substantially more depressing this time than that one), and Lain is my favorite anime series, but yeah, it's good. It is slow paced, sometimes in ways that are reminiscent of parts of Lain, but in both cases I think it works perfectly and does help to set the tone.
I can certainly understand why some people would dislike the series, considering the pacing and subject matter, but yeah, for those who like its style, it can be very very good.
Compare it to your average American television series, and 26 episodes certainly is quite short. And many of those shows are full hour and not nearly universally half hour stuff like anime is (there are a couple of cases of full hour anime series, but it's quite rare of course.).
While some more context at times would be good -- the show doesn't exactly explain everything, and for instance at some later points there are major points which I thought were left largely unexplained -- but even so, the main narrative works, as long as you accept that it doesn't always explain everything in the most easily understood manner. And I think it does tell you enough to keep up the action and suspense... (And yes, I do think it's a suspenseful show throughout, though maybe my feeling of that is heightened because I've seen it before; still, there were some things in these episodes worthy of the term.).Texhnolyze - 01
The lack of dialogue makes this hard for me to stay interested. It would be nice to have some context to why some of these things are happening before they happen. Everything doesn't have to be told at once, but there isn't really any notion of suspense for me when I'm listless from the lack of information.feels diminished because of the reason above. Of course, I'm interested in what's going on, but I'm not a fan of this storytelling.Yeah, I get that the woman was responsible for him being chased at the end, but the impact of the scene like the dude being chased by a gang of people
Is that english a broken sentence, or do I not get the reference?Texhnolyze - 02
Is the world you're seeing Rin a broken or is the world we're seeing broken?
Good question, really, but the answer probably is that
he's the main character, so he can't be allowed to die in the second episode... with the excuse being that presumably someone has to have tied off the wounds, because yeah, he probably should have died of blood loss.
You'd probably have to make that yourself somehow.
I forgot to mention earlier one of my favorite scenes in BRS 2. Yomi leaves Tomato out to dry at the festival, and now when she walks home she has massive sores on her feet. Naturally, Tomato blames the school councilor for telling her that "emotional pain don't hurt" earlier, the implication being that Yomi flaking out caused the injury(???).
Jex
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It's okay, as someone sitting on a fairly large backlog, I too would rather consume movies and shorts than watch a whole series, especially such a lengthy one.
While you're wondering about that let me know what you think of this sample of the upcoming thread. I've already finished a bit, and am pretty proud of it if I do say so myself.
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Now all I have to do is get the listings and pictures for said product and we'll be good to go.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I have two Classic Controllers, so hopefully that'll be useful... assuming I ever play the game.
I hope it means a revival for Mahjong GAF.Yeah, the Saki Achiga-hen anime is the upcoming anime I'm looking forward to the most, for sure.
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A Knight in the Area 6
Somehow the fat dude lost all his weight in a week or however long it was since the last episode took place. Why make him a fat dude in the first place?
To show how lazy all those obese are for not getting in shape in just a week.
hosannainexcelsis
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A Knight in the Area 6
After watching Ueki, I can confidently state that curves like that are the sign of a storyboarder who wants to make the visuals interesting but has no clue how to do so.
A Black Falcon
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The game does support the CC too, yeah. I still haven't bought a CC... I said I'd do it if I got a game which really required it, but I don't have any fighting games for Wii and have managed to get by with just the Wiimote/Nunchuck or, in a few cases, the GC controller. I do have two Wii Zappers, but no Wii Wheels; holding the controller sideways works just fine, I think...
As for the game, it's an okay but not incredible flight combat game.
We'll have to see, I guess. I'm mostly hoping that the show's good...
(Also, I wouldn't mind a Biyori comedy anime at some point, either.
)firehawk12
Subete no aware
The sad fate of shounen artists everywhere?
I don't know if it'll be good... probably "good". lolWe'll have to see, I guess. I'm mostly hoping that the show's good...
(Also, I wouldn't mind a Biyori comedy anime at some point, either.
Elfen Lied END
Well that sucked. I read through some old threads on the show and someone posted that the ending was hopeful. wtf.
How anyone could get emotional when this show is throwing pure fecal matter in your face in the form of awful characters is beyond me.
Well that sucked. I read through some old threads on the show and someone posted that the ending was hopeful. wtf.
The research facility continues to flourish and the whole species of whatever will live on through the CEO and his son's research assistance.
Jex
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I guess (unsurprisingly) GAF isn't the only place where people hold archaic and somewhat offensive views of single mothers and children born out of wedlock (Warning, spoilers for the whole show within) A Feast in Time of Plague: Michiko e Hatchin
It's interesting to see people draw the same false inferences based off a text because of their own preconceived notions about such matters.
It's interesting to see people draw the same false inferences based off a text because of their own preconceived notions about such matters.
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