R_thanatos
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Winter Anime 2015 |OT| ZA WARUDO is not square!
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Well i have a bad news for you , then..
MikeHattsu
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GA 05
A vacuum cleaner that looks like an UFO? How ridicu... No, wait...
Hm...
Namiko gets some weird birthday presents and a small party and the fine arts club has to clean up the club room where they find lots of missing books and old drinks.
A vacuum cleaner that looks like an UFO? How ridicu... No, wait...
Hm...
Namiko gets some weird birthday presents and a small party and the fine arts club has to clean up the club room where they find lots of missing books and old drinks.
R_thanatos
Member
Considering how her spotlight is thin on the second part, maybe that was forgotten ?
Dedication Through Light
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DENKI-GAI Episode 2 Is Denki-gai Burning?
This anime is incredibly funny at times. I think all of the cast is pretty entertaining (though sommalier could be a bit more full of life, he reminds me of Chad, and zombie girl is creepy) All of the events were pretty hilarious and filled with many great outcomes and surprises. I hope the rest are like this. Much better than episode ones dull second half.
This anime is incredibly funny at times. I think all of the cast is pretty entertaining (though sommalier could be a bit more full of life, he reminds me of Chad, and zombie girl is creepy) All of the events were pretty hilarious and filled with many great outcomes and surprises. I hope the rest are like this. Much better than episode ones dull second half.
CheapJuice
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Parasyte - 18
Finally the police is back in action and we now actually get to see what methods and such they use to prove the Parasytes.
Sad to see her out of the picture, but I guess this was the best way to end her while showing her 'humanity'. Shinichi seeing her sacrifice 'healed' his own heart was a nice touch.
I'd preferred if she just fled the country to Mexico or some shit and just blended in human society completely.
I'd preferred if she just fled the country to Mexico or some shit and just blended in human society completely.
pls no bully the parasytes
NaDannMaGoGo
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Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou - 19-26 [Finale]
Sure, that was a downgrade but nothing so drastic it, in turn, would impede my enjoyment of the episodes before. There's a hell lot of recap, which I just skipped, and overall the budget for or effort put into these later episodes was significantly lower but the main themes and storyline still kept going, albeit at a worse pacing.
The problem is rather that the show just ends abruptly in the middle of this culture festival arc.
So I've read up on the production of this anime and apparently the manga author, Masami Tsuda, was unhappy with the anime as she felt there was too much focus on comedy, too little on romance and so she refused further seasons. Anno then left the project by around ep18.
That kinda sucks I have to say. Now I haven't read the manga (may actually do that as I'm kinda missing out now) but even if there was more comedy in the anime, it worked out fantastically and, for me, did NOT hurt the romance that was there at all. Anno did a great job at juggling the different tones, there wasn't any (negative) mood whiplashing to me.
I don't know if is a faithful adaptation, but it certainly certainly is a strong adaptation. Only 7 out of 21 volumes were adapted for the anime... what a loss :/
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Oh no, gotta be really careful in this thread now where I'm holding out on Parasyte.
Sure, that was a downgrade but nothing so drastic it, in turn, would impede my enjoyment of the episodes before. There's a hell lot of recap, which I just skipped, and overall the budget for or effort put into these later episodes was significantly lower but the main themes and storyline still kept going, albeit at a worse pacing.
The problem is rather that the show just ends abruptly in the middle of this culture festival arc.
So I've read up on the production of this anime and apparently the manga author, Masami Tsuda, was unhappy with the anime as she felt there was too much focus on comedy, too little on romance and so she refused further seasons. Anno then left the project by around ep18.
That kinda sucks I have to say. Now I haven't read the manga (may actually do that as I'm kinda missing out now) but even if there was more comedy in the anime, it worked out fantastically and, for me, did NOT hurt the romance that was there at all. Anno did a great job at juggling the different tones, there wasn't any (negative) mood whiplashing to me.
I don't know if is a faithful adaptation, but it certainly certainly is a strong adaptation. Only 7 out of 21 volumes were adapted for the anime... what a loss :/
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Oh no, gotta be really careful in this thread now where I'm holding out on Parasyte.
MikeHattsu
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Aria 06
Hm... I think I recognize this cat. Didn't somebody here have it as their avatar for a while?
Finally get to meet the last water fairy and she's quite clumsy, got an ahoge and is a good singer. She's smarter than she first seems though, so Alice learns a lesson. And Alice's last name is Carroll, eh?
Hm... I think I recognize this cat. Didn't somebody here have it as their avatar for a while?
Finally get to meet the last water fairy and she's quite clumsy, got an ahoge and is a good singer. She's smarter than she first seems though, so Alice learns a lesson. And Alice's last name is Carroll, eh?
phoenix296
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Parasyte 18
The sound direction in this is awful. You'd think a baby would start crying after the sound of 1 gun shot
The sound direction in this is awful. You'd think a baby would start crying after the sound of 1 gun shot
never mind 10 guys unloading directly at you.
CheapJuice
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Dedication Through Light
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Amagi Brilliant Park Episodes 3 & 4
Kanie is doing a great job at park management. I like how personable he is with the folks and helps to get them to do what he needs but also gives in to what they want. Too bad Sento is too hard and cold for them, but it kind of makes for some funny moments.
In any case, they need some big things to happen if they want to get more than a few hundred a day. The video was a great start (laughed immensely at the reveal).
Kanie is doing a great job at park management. I like how personable he is with the folks and helps to get them to do what he needs but also gives in to what they want. Too bad Sento is too hard and cold for them, but it kind of makes for some funny moments.
In any case, they need some big things to happen if they want to get more than a few hundred a day. The video was a great start (laughed immensely at the reveal).
Can't speak for the anime, but the manga was decent. Sure the premise is dumb but overall it was a good time. Pretty unique.
Beats me.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Parasyte 18
Not sure if using the ED was the best choice for that scene, but it was moving nonetheless.
Excited to see what's coming up animated.
Not sure if using the ED was the best choice for that scene, but it was moving nonetheless.
Excited to see what's coming up animated.
phoenix296
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Thats actually not bad at all! 10K is reaching the higher end of successful anime.
anime is measured in an entirely different number bracket. Its very very very niche saleswise, unless its something massively popular like a Miyazaki film. however, shows like monogatari series and Madoka Magica have broken through 100k sales and are an extreme rarity. SOmetimes the companies just catch lightning in a bottle.
You have just begun a very good journey in my opinion. One of my absolute favorites of the past ten years easily. So many little details and twists and turns, like a good time travel story should have.
*checks Halko Momoi .....37 years old.
Goddess is still pretty young
Thanks for this info. Learned something.
quite so! The first few episodes dont seem to be going anywhere, but pay attention to the set up.
LOL. I remember this. It was pretty amazing. Like Desert storm with cats, rabbits, and other animals.
if it means thats the only way to get a US release, then yes.
I rather a cheap release than no release at all!
MikeHattsu
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Oh, you!
DiscoShark
Banned
Parasyte - 18
What a fucking wash of an episode.
What a fucking wash of an episode.
All emotional significance of the scene with Tamura was totally destroyed by then playing the generic as hell ED over one huge flashback. And then they end it on a cliffhanger. Zzz.
Looks alright. Ive seen so many magical academy shows though. At least half a dozen.
They kind of get old after a while. For some reason I enjoy them though so Ill watch a little of this.
At least it isn't by Shaft
I know. It might suck. Thats what Im afraid of.
Mekakucity was pretty weak but Shaft has a lot more hits than misses.
They are one of the best studios.
They definitely are using the correct masters on this release now
Glad the people who caught it back in July told them about it and it was addressed properly!
Squeeeeeee!
Mine is out for delivery today so I will get it very soon BEAR
Let us bounce with happiness!
Looks fantastic though I wish the character tab had more of the characters. Terrible tease with the visual there but the characters people want to see arent detailed
It does have the characters I wanted to see.
No lie, I thought that was pizza when I saw the picture on mobile.
Did you watch the OVA afterwards? And the movie?
KanColle 6
A show about curry and yet all I saw was slop. And then the one attempt to show what proper curry (English style (which is basically Indian style)) looks like was cut short. Japan, you're not too far from India; go there and learn what curry looks like!
Not even any papadums.
0/100000
A show about curry and yet all I saw was slop. And then the one attempt to show what proper curry (English style (which is basically Indian style)) looks like was cut short. Japan, you're not too far from India; go there and learn what curry looks like!
Not even any papadums.
0/100000
No I haven't seen those yet
Yeah, Mr. Yamaga himself talked about this as a reason for them not following with the author's story adaptation... but what about the motivation for Hideaki Anno to ultimately drop-out from the project altogether abandoning what was already planned and approved to make? Strangely enough Michael S. Johnson from Team Ghiblink (of Nausicaa.net fame) during a visit at GAiNAX and meetings with staffers speculated afterwards that it could have been related to TV Tokyo's excessive caution and meddling on their ongoing animated projects after panicking because of that infamous 'Pokémon Shock' incident (not that previous Japanese PTA complaints towards NGE should have helped their cause either):
http://web.archive.org/web/20031101182610/http://www.nausicaa.net/~michj/tokyo/990203.htmlMike Johnson said:
The straw that broke the camel's back? Who knows?
UltraGunner
Banned
Log Horizon S2 10
being a gamer is nothing to get that worked up over, Willy.
being a gamer is nothing to get that worked up over, Willy.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Parasyte 18
Meh. They definitely could've done the big scene better. Last scene was pretty good though.
ughhh SHUT UUUUUUUP
Meh. They definitely could've done the big scene better. Last scene was pretty good though.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Interesting, I was wondering about the exact motivations of his. I was actually wondering about s.th. concerning ep18.
So as I mentioned in an earlier post, Yukino and Souichirou have sex in that episode and that 'scene' seemed way too tame for someone like Anno. The two sit on Souichirous bed, holding and kissing each other, while some soft piano music plays, and it fades out to some white screen, then eventually displays "I think I'll go crazy" and finishes with some metaphor for her orgasm. It's played super safely which I can't help but feel is s.th. TV Tokyo demanded of them.
UltraGunner
Banned
Parasyte the maxim 18
Does this mean the whole Murano subplot is over? If so, best episode of the series right here.
Does this mean the whole Murano subplot is over? If so, best episode of the series right here.
CheapJuice
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Hunter x Hunter - 07
This Killua kid is something else, creating after-images assassin techniques and killing (or whatever "stopping" means) with his demon hand. How old was he again? 12?
People really don't like getting bumped into in this show. That old supervisor man playing 'ball' with them was pretty cool.
This Killua kid is something else, creating after-images assassin techniques and killing (or whatever "stopping" means) with his demon hand. How old was he again? 12?
People really don't like getting bumped into in this show. That old supervisor man playing 'ball' with them was pretty cool.
I'm fairly sure that TV Tokyo had enough of those kind of scenes after NGE's episode 20... in fact, rumours floating around mention that the channel's chief of programming was fired over it! The reports about complaints from Japanese PTAs I posted about earlier and the subsequent more restrictive stance, with a closer supervision coming from the channel that was motivated by such episode actually coincide with the unproven 'kaibunsho' (http://www.evaotaku.com/html/kaibunsho-main.html) side/version of the story too.
Twin Tails
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Shinmai Maou no Testament 6
begging for ppl to buy dem bds
begging for ppl to buy dem bds
ShinRPGamer
Member
Soul Eater 1
Man it's been a while since I watched a straight-up Shonen series. The first episode follows the standard Shonen set-up but does it well and makes it entertaining. Looking forward to the next episode.
Man it's been a while since I watched a straight-up Shonen series. The first episode follows the standard Shonen set-up but does it well and makes it entertaining. Looking forward to the next episode.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Solune reminded me of the Tampire of animegaf:
Fun times. lol
Fun times. lol
CheapJuice
Member
Hunter x Hunter - 09
Paprika showing how it's done, even though it was a poser. Not sure I like the cop out with the candle sequence of just blowing out the opponents flame. Witty, but anticlimactic.
I do like how this obstacle is time consuming since they've spent roughly 2 episodes on this alone. They got the time I suppose, it's 148 episodes after all.
Paprika showing how it's done, even though it was a poser. Not sure I like the cop out with the candle sequence of just blowing out the opponents flame. Witty, but anticlimactic.
I do like how this obstacle is time consuming since they've spent roughly 2 episodes on this alone. They got the time I suppose, it's 148 episodes after all.
SliceSabre
Banned
Kancolle 06
I disliked this episode, but not for anything the episode did. I simply have too many of those fucking loli destroyers in my fleet in the game. MAY THEY ALL SINK!
She's been my flagship since the beginning and I never realized she floated that way.
I disliked this episode, but not for anything the episode did. I simply have too many of those fucking loli destroyers in my fleet in the game. MAY THEY ALL SINK!
It's more surprising now when they reveal a female in an all girl cast show to be straight these days.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Gintama 31-32
Good pair of episodes, is this show developing a continuity now?
Good pair of episodes, is this show developing a continuity now?
Admiral Woofington
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If by continuity you mean that recurring characters keep coming back and there is a progression in the world due to major plots, then yes. Some of the more serious arcs definitely introduce some things...
At the same time the show discards some things they tried to establish at the beginning and never mention it again. You'll notice in like a 100 episode how a major driving point of the show is all but discarded and then they only mention it like "hey didn't this show used to be about X?" lol
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I mean before the only continuity it had was reoccurring characters and "hey remember that one time X happened" but these two episodes and the next one all flow into each other instead of being relatively stand alone.
Admiral Woofington
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Ah. Well like I said there is a bit of a continuity but more in the large sense it's more due to recurring characters and jokes/them recalling something that happened. Arcs over-all are stand-alone outside of how it affects characters and maybe a 'bigger picture' for some of the baddies that get introduced. But it's enough with the characters as the recurring cast basically makes the show.
lol god dammit
lol god dammit
AquaWateria
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Or flying cars.
Turin Turambar
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