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Winter 2014 Anime |OT| I've got to find a dandy guy who killed my dad in the space
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VVV --> 18
It took me until now to realise that the Karstein agent names were german number related. I guess I was too focused on L-Elf being an elf. Without the ears.
I feel the
plot is starting to take off in a dumb way, which means it will end in a ridiculous and disproportionate manner. Can't wait.
On the other hand, with the
But then again, maybe that's what we're supposed to think about.
It took me until now to realise that the Karstein agent names were german number related. I guess I was too focused on L-Elf being an elf. Without the ears.
I feel the
Evil Society of Vampire Body Snatchers
On the other hand, with the
timeskip and Maria issues I see a bad ending up ahead for Haruto...
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Passive Assassin
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Abenobashi END
Gainax. 10/10.
Gainax. 10/10.
Theonik
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I see, it looks like the ! was of importance.
Turin Turambar
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The Pilot's Love Song
I finally watched the first two episodes, and hey, it's good!. I mean, not really good, but very decent for now, with hopes of being better if it fleshes out the story and characters in a good way.. Pity the production values are cheap.
The characters are directly relatable and have some charm in a mundane way, both the mc and her sister and the secondary pilots that already establish relations of friendship, rivalry, love, etc. And the story seems a decent mix of SoL, adventure, mystery, and some past (and present?) drama in a school/military setting, which is a bit of a stretch to use two typical anime setting tropes but hey, military academies also exist in real world.
Later today I will watch the third one.
I finally watched the first two episodes, and hey, it's good!. I mean, not really good, but very decent for now, with hopes of being better if it fleshes out the story and characters in a good way.. Pity the production values are cheap.
The characters are directly relatable and have some charm in a mundane way, both the mc and her sister and the secondary pilots that already establish relations of friendship, rivalry, love, etc. And the story seems a decent mix of SoL, adventure, mystery, and some past (and present?) drama in a school/military setting, which is a bit of a stretch to use two typical anime setting tropes but hey, military academies also exist in real world.
Later today I will watch the third one.
Dedication Through Light
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Buddy Complex Episode 3: Meeting Again
Seeing the full coupling sequence from beginning to end with a more experienced Aoba offered a great time.
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Mecha fight looked great and such and the blurring stuff with the heat and then the abilities unlocked by coupling, a vanishing drive of sorts.
Seeing the full coupling sequence from beginning to end with a more experienced Aoba offered a great time.
Was shocked that it was Hina, or at least I hadnt even put the pieces together when the other squad kept calling her Hina and then thinking oh its the same Hina that Aoba has always mentioned. Though explanation is needed fast about the present state of Dio and this Hina and how they know the future Aoba character that initiated the sequence at the start of the anime and time travel hi-jinks
Mecha fight looked great and such and the blurring stuff with the heat and then the abilities unlocked by coupling, a vanishing drive of sorts.
Plz tag spoilers
Turin Turambar
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Buddy Complex Episode 3: Meeting Again
Seeing the full coupling sequence from beginning to end with a more experienced Aoba offered a great time.
Lewd.
Was he gentle at least?
Correct team
I dunno. He seemed to actually want to watch STrike witches. I dont think he was scared off.
VVV End
Oddly enough the ending was less...grandiose than I expected. Probably in part due to the couple of
which limited the possible outcomes as the story progressed. My previous suspicion regarding Haruto's fate turned out 100% true. The final mecha design was great apart from the colours palette. The bouquet scene was a nice and funny touch.
On the music side, I can't say any track was memorable but, at the same time, there wasn't any moment where I thought the score was off character
Shame episode 22 marred an otherwise fun adventure.
God tier : L-11
Best guy : a tie between Yamada and Inuzuka
Best girl : Nanami-sensei
Oddly enough the ending was less...grandiose than I expected. Probably in part due to the couple of
timeskips
On the music side, I can't say any track was memorable but, at the same time, there wasn't any moment where I thought the score was off character
Shame episode 22 marred an otherwise fun adventure.
God tier : L-11
Best guy : a tie between Yamada and Inuzuka
Best girl : Nanami-sensei
That's what I'm thinking.
Turin Turambar
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The Pilot's Love Song 3
Yep, one of the best of the season.
Again, a real pity the low budget.
Yep, one of the best of the season.
Not that is very hard.
Again, a real pity the low budget.
BassForever
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I don't think the sub is as funny as the dub as someone who watches both
Thats what I like about it. It just does what it does without pretenses or really giving a shit.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I can already see why too
Nisekoi 2
Yeah that OP makes it quite prevalent with the symbolism. Most obviously that there are
two different keys for the locket.
But I really don't like Onodera. I hope she loses and loses bad. I want her sobbing tears of defeat by the end of this show. Chitoge is the best.
So far this is a SHAFT version of My Bride is a Mermaid. I'm digging it but I can already see how this show is going to fall apart. Hope I'm wrong!
Watch yamato 2199 instead :3
Turin Turambar
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Space Dandy - 03
I hope the next one is really great, or it will be dropped.
I hope the next one is really great, or it will be dropped.
ThreePiMatt
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Well, only if you insist. I'll try to make it spoiler-lite, but I'll black it out anyhow.
The Eccentric Family END -
I'll preface this by saying I picked up the show and dropped it after about 10 minutes, only to give it a second chance on the insistence of people here. I will say this, after watching it I was not running back to the AotY thread to change my list, but I think its something that I could easily recommend, particularly to people that may be adverse to anime in general. However, I did take some issue with it. I can accept the the idea that they shapeshift, as that is part of Japanese tanuki mythology, however, the degree to which they shapeshift often comes of as kind of a deus ex machina. Being able to shapeshift into a mountain, train, or an entire shopping district makes you question why man is the dominant race instead of the tanuki who have god-like powers. I also don't think Benten ever got a proper explanation, along with other little things like why the mother would take that form of a prince.
That said, there were some feels, particularly around when everyone learns of the circumstances of the father's death (the presumed circumstances, before the real truth came out) and the brother's guilt.
That said, there were some feels, particularly around when everyone learns of the circumstances of the father's death (the presumed circumstances, before the real truth came out) and the brother's guilt.
ThreePiMatt
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The Pet Girl of Sakurasou 1-24
Absolutely an amazing show. Its funny, It knows how to be serious, It portrays reality amazingly well, Its a great confidence booster and It has some amazing lessons that someone can learn from watching it. The characters are fun, enjoyable and realistic. The story is simple, but they manage to portray it amazingly well. In the end they wrapped up every single loose thread and I was smiling with tears in my eyes.
Just amazing, this show will definitely be going into my short list of responses when people ask "I'm trying to get into anime, what should I watch?"
I just finished this up myself last night. Definitely got the feels during the graduation speech. A little formulaic in the "guy falls for weird girl, totally oblivious to the feelings of the close friend." I was actually kind of surprised it went 24 episodes. I remember watching around episode 10 and expecting everything to wrap up after the Nyappolon show, I didn't expect it to keep going. It was a pleasant surprise though, I enjoyed it.
edit - Whoops, sorry for the double post.
If you into american silly intonation sure.. I don't. Also QT and Meow sounds more natural help a ton to the chemistry.
Theonik
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Dragon Knight Gaiden
Overall this was pretty ok. Mostly tame, especially considering other Elf adaptations like Words Worth. Save for some yuridom. This was pretty short too and I assume it didn't really adapt much of the game.
If you like this sort of thing I guess it's OK I guess but overall it wasn't even as exciting as words worth so I am not sure I can recommend it in the same light. Not that much sakuga either. Fun overall though.
Edit: I should have realised from the title but they also did 2 more adaptations of the games so I guess I need to track those down as well.
As far as the 90s were concerned, there seemed to have been an obsession with fantasy anime. H-anime was no different.
Overall this was pretty ok. Mostly tame, especially considering other Elf adaptations like Words Worth. Save for some yuridom. This was pretty short too and I assume it didn't really adapt much of the game.
If you like this sort of thing I guess it's OK I guess but overall it wasn't even as exciting as words worth so I am not sure I can recommend it in the same light. Not that much sakuga either. Fun overall though.
Edit: I should have realised from the title but they also did 2 more adaptations of the games so I guess I need to track those down as well.
Dedication Through Light
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Toriko Episode 138 Duel! Sunny vs. Tommyrod!
Best fight of this arc, unless Toriko v Starjun can take things up even higher, though Starjun did reach epic levels. First time in awhile that Ive wanted the next episode, the hair acrobatics and such looked so good in the colouring scheme chosen.
Best fight of this arc, unless Toriko v Starjun can take things up even higher, though Starjun did reach epic levels. First time in awhile that Ive wanted the next episode, the hair acrobatics and such looked so good in the colouring scheme chosen.
LOL, sorry!
Turin Turambar
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Jesus what an incredible lack of imagination.
Why aren't tanukis
the dominant race if they have super powers? Well, the same reasons every other story with supernatural beings, more or less:
-There are only a few of them, way less than humans.
-If there are supernatural beings, there are also supernatural powers. Like the typical priests with charms an exorcisms (you surely have seen a few of times in other animes!) very effective against supernatural beings and spirits.
-Not only there are tanukis and tengus, but gods. Gods that control them at keep them at their current status.
-Tanukis aren't interested in world domination, they are lazy drunk rascals. As per the myths, they are pranksters, not dictators.
-There are only a few of them, way less than humans.
-If there are supernatural beings, there are also supernatural powers. Like the typical priests with charms an exorcisms (you surely have seen a few of times in other animes!) very effective against supernatural beings and spirits.
-Not only there are tanukis and tengus, but gods. Gods that control them at keep them at their current status.
-Tanukis aren't interested in world domination, they are lazy drunk rascals. As per the myths, they are pranksters, not dictators.
Thought the Prince form was to better represent her being both mother and father figure at that point.
Tanuki society seemed really accepting of the status quo per the agreement brought up often enough. Think it's also a case where they're not dominant because each race had people capable of godlike stuff but there were never really any displays of dominant human or tengu power aside from the fan or Benten chasing a whale for kicks.
Didn't really think Benten needed much of an explanation past what we got either. She's the link between the three races but her melancholy/boredom/etc stems from having no actual place among any of them.
Tanuki society seemed really accepting of the status quo per the agreement brought up often enough. Think it's also a case where they're not dominant because each race had people capable of godlike stuff but there were never really any displays of dominant human or tengu power aside from the fan or Benten chasing a whale for kicks.
Didn't really think Benten needed much of an explanation past what we got either. She's the link between the three races but her melancholy/boredom/etc stems from having no actual place among any of them.
Theonik
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Ok, watching Dragon Knight (1991) it's a lot more fun than Dragon Knight Gaiden (1995)
Better faces and more RPG gags. It's also interesting to note that it seems the OVAs have their own canon of sorts where in Gaiden the main character was called "The Hero of Strawberry Fields" which is the story of the first OVA.
Better faces and more RPG gags. It's also interesting to note that it seems the OVAs have their own canon of sorts where in Gaiden the main character was called "The Hero of Strawberry Fields" which is the story of the first OVA.
MikeHattsu
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The Eccentric Family 05
Haha. Poor Yasaburo having to entertain the Friday Fellows.
I see everything is connected in some strange ways too:
Haha. Poor Yasaburo having to entertain the Friday Fellows.
I see everything is connected in some strange ways too:
Samurai Falmenco 7 & 8
I thought something wrong was going to happen during the drug bust, but I did not expect the guy to turn into Guillotine Gorilla. I'm not sure how I feel about these new monsters as I thought they would be fighting more realistic enemies and not some monsters. I can't say if it's good or bad. It's just weird to me and came out of nowhere. I'm still enjoying it, though.
ThreePiMatt
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"Dominant race" was a bad term to use. Just that they're creatures with such power, and their primary threat to their existence is being turned into a stew.
Ice Lightning
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I do not recall a love triangle, as this following show was not as enjoyable as MM! for me, but I would assume you are talking about R-15. Pretty sure this was censored like crazy too. Probably the reason I enjoyed MM! being slightly more tame.
If you want to confirm if this is the show you think it is Crunchyroll has it to stream, that is assuming Canada has streaming rights. http://www.crunchyroll.com/r-15
It's a genuinely funny and cute romcom. But people get upset just because the story is stale.
Admiral Woofington
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If people are like me they're upset because we're tired of harems that had a lot of potential that end up going nowhere. Post IS-syndrome.
Passive Assassin
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best arc.
Dedication Through Light
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Hunter x Hunter 113
Much better and stronger episode than last week, competant and shocking fighting and glorious good style given to Killua. Cant wait to see if end of the arc he is paired with an actual competent opponent as I guess it seems everyone is taken already...Pouf's va is amazing.
Much better and stronger episode than last week, competant and shocking fighting and glorious good style given to Killua. Cant wait to see if end of the arc he is paired with an actual competent opponent as I guess it seems everyone is taken already...Pouf's va is amazing.
KirbYuuYuu
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Hunter x Hunter 113
Much better and stronger episode than last week, competant and shocking fighting and glorious good style given to Killua. Cant wait to see if end of the arc he is paired with an actual competent opponent as I guess it seems everyone is taken already...Pouf's va is amazing.
Quite possibly
Killua's biggest mistake here.
Admiral Woofington
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Remind me which arc is this?
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