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22sa December 5th, 2011 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga (Post 6952673)
I'll respond to you guys tomorrow, for now my brain is mush XD I just marathoned all of Freezing tonight because the final uncensored blu-ray rips finally got subbed, and I want those four hours of my life back so very badly now.

Haha... I understand. I didn't waste as much as 4 hours on censored To Love-Ru anime, but yeah.

Arcanine December 5th, 2011 2:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga (Post 6952673)
I'll respond to you guys tomorrow, for now my brain is mush XD I just marathoned all of Freezing tonight because the final uncensored blu-ray rips finally got subbed, and I want those four hours of my life back so very badly now.

Freezing wasn't "bad" (like a lot of shows it had too much fanservice). But I wouldn't have waited until the blu-rays were out.

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6952967)
Ben-To. Pleeeeeeeeeease let there be a second season. Haven't laughed so hard at a non Gintama comedy in ages.

There's funnier shows out there then Ben-To or Gintama. Not saying they're not funny comedies... But still...

Weeaboo Name December 5th, 2011 3:09 PM

Funnier than Ben-to, loads of things are but I haven't seen one air in a very long time. Gintama is a step above even the "serious" shows laced with humour most of the time though for me. I see you have it on hold at 20, It took more than 130 episodes for me to hold it in such regard so it's not surprising you don't like it as much.

Would like to hear your suggestions for comedy be it straight up or just a sub genre though.

And Freezing was terrible. The manga was better for a while but then
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she jumped in the water to save the person that ****** her up so badly she snaps when people touch her....after a fight with him and his pandora in which she and the main guy got the crap beaten out of them
I lost all respect for the series...not that it had a lot in the first place.

Ryoutarou December 5th, 2011 4:16 PM

What did you think of Gintama before that point? My experience has been that the show is so rooted in Japanese comedy that it can be pretty hit and miss across the scope of things. It hooked me right from the first episode, but it's pretty much one of a handful of Japanese comedy centric shows I actually enjoy. (and then there are the times I watch just because, hey, it's got Elizabeth in it)

Weeaboo Name December 5th, 2011 4:24 PM

I liked it from the off but it certainly got better as the episodes went on. There is a lot of stuff that would have gone over my head but for the annotations but even without that it's still great. People often say it picks up around episode 30, I wouldn't disagree but honestly I think it gets better and better. Yoshiwara in Flames is one of my favourite arcs from any show ever.

Chairman Kaga December 6th, 2011 1:12 AM

Okay, catch-up time.

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Originally Posted by jpp8 (Post 6952517)
My theories on why PreCure isn't popular:
1. PreCure isn't a mature show for mature people such as myself.
2. It's too long to catch up with.
3. t's moe (more like kawaii) enough to be hated by the anti-moes, but not moe (actual moe) enough to be loved by the pro-moes. If that makes any sense.

Right now, I'm guilty of reason 2 with asdf backlog.

1. I can grant some people that without begrudging it, everyone has their own standards of quality and may just not find the show substantial enough to keep them entertained. Though viewing Precure as inherently immature because it's full of bright colors or targeted at girls is another matter entirely.

2. Each season with the exceptions of Max Heart and 5 GoGo are self-contained so that's generally not a problem. Just pick one that's been subbed and get to marathoning :p

3. Precure definitely has a strong otaku base but it really doesn't seem to be the same people that slobber over K-On, Madoka, Touhou, etc. For anyone who visits Danbooru, are any of you familiar with the artist Haruyama? He's done hundreds of Precure arts and specializes in fanarts of obscure series. If you want to talk about people who see Precure as a sort of alternative moe, he's a prime example.* On Pixiv and whatnot I've definitely noticed that Precure fan artists tend not to do a lot of arts for series that pander conventional moe, so I do wonder what sets Precure apart. Is it, perhaps, the fact that the girls are assertive and don't need protecting? That the show doesn't overtly sexualize them?

*
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For his less work-safe images, he even focuses on "alternative" fetishes. Instead of T&A we get a lot of pantyshots, upskirts, waki, etc. in the Precure arts.



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Originally Posted by Ryoutarou (Post 6952579)
Basically, yeah. And I think it's perfectly okay for people not to like it because it's too girly, we can't all be bronies. I just think it's weird for people to chastise it as this irredeemable children's dribble when stuff like One Piece, Bleach, Gundam, and whatnot have always been aimed at children. I dunno, it just bugs the ever loving crap out of me when certain blog sites treat this stuff as if it were leprosy.

Sins was a really great show and sort of what got me back into anime after a dry spell of not being interested by much else. I tend to have a much shorter tolerance period with most anime than I do with other shows, if it doesn't hook me in the first two episodes, I'm done with it. Sins just grabbed me right from the get go, heck, from those first few seconds before the opening, and never let go. The character designs were amazingly unique and stylish in that respect. I guess it was one of the reasons I thought it would attract hard core otaku, but it seems like Nana Mizuki's name was more of a draw. (which is a shame because I think Suit is a genuinely better show sans the animation, but I still like the designs of that show quite a lot)

I don't think that the anime community will ever get over the stigma of toyetic/mahou shoujo shows. Shounen shows are deemed perfectly acceptable, I assume, mostly because they make their profits without incorporating the stuff they're trying to sell directly into the show, and so people basically write things like Precure/Bakugan/Cardfight/Pokemon/etc. off as something incapable of having an entertaining plot and characters because the merchandising is more front and center. It's ironic for most Western anime fans who were kids in the 80s or 90s because a lot of the things we watched as kids were just to sell plastic crap and we have tons of nostalgia toward things like He-Man, Power Rangers, Transformers, Thundercats, etc.

Oddly it took me a few episodes to really start falling in love with Sins, but the art and the superb Wada Kaoru music got me through the initial period. I think I wasn't expecting it to be so episodic at first, but once I accepted that it was, everything was great.

Sadly gonna have to disagree with you about Suite being better than Heartcatch, not just because of the animation, but I thought that the Desertrian battles were just generally more meaningful than Negatones. Defeating Desertrians involved resolving whatever personal or emotional conflict that caused the character-of-the-week's Heart Flower to wither, and it could be surprisingly emotional sometimes. With Suite, Note + nearby object = instant Negatone. While Negatones are sometimes created from objects that are relevant to that week's story, there just isn't as much buildup and tension in Suite fights (although the Negatone Jeopardy episode was the best episode of any Precure series EVAR.)

Hibiki and Kanade oddly don't have that much chemistry either even though the whole point of the show is that they're trying to mend their friendship. Hibiki's personality just completely overshadows Kanade's by such a huge amount that I barely notice Kanade until she's transformed into Cure Rhythm, even when she's in the show the whole episode. I don't know that Siren has been integrated into the cast all that well either and Cure Muse joined the team too late in the series, I think.

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6952967)
Of those two I was planning to watch Haganai but then I saw the art work they used for the show, I'm not usually picky about art but the manga just looks better. I might watch it when the manga is a little less fresh in my memory though.


Ben-To. Pleeeeeeeeeease let there be a second season. Haven't laughed so hard at a non Gintama comedy in ages.

Bu...bu....that awesome Denpa Onna style! Haganai is the closest thing we have to a SHAFT anime this season, how could you pass that up?

Ben-To is indeed hilarious, I just wish the emphasis hadn't strayed from the fights in the past few episodes. Sadly I don't think that the show is doing that well, I guess they're changing it into a harem comedy in a last ditch effort to get some blu-ray sales.

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Originally Posted by Arcanine (Post 6954770)
Freezing wasn't "bad" (like a lot of shows it had too much fanservice). But I wouldn't have waited until the blu-rays were out.

There's funnier shows out there then Ben-To or Gintama. Not saying they're not funny comedies... But still...

I'm not going to lie, there's only one reason why I would wait a whole year just for the uncensored blu-rays to all be released. Well, two reasons. Beyond the obvious, I couldn't stand that the show was inexplicably aired in 4:3 and basically just had each side of the image chopped off. But in regard to the...ahem...more obvious reason for watching the blus, it pretty much failed in that regard for me.

I only ever saw the first episode before deciding to wait for the blus, and it really misrepresents what Freezing is about. I was expecting Boobvangelion, but three-quarters of the series is one giant boring arc about a steady stream of girls with sticks up their asses about the fact that Satellizer is stronger than them challenging her to successive duels. Boobvangelion finally kicks in in the last couple of episodes, but it was such a shameless Eva ripoff in plot device (pretty much THE ANGEL IS APPROACHING TERMINAL DOGMA! IT'S TRYING TO REACH LILITH!) that it's ended up being one of the most miserable viewing experiences I've ever had.

Funniest anime I ever watched is probably either Cromartie High School or Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei. The first half or so of Excel Saga is also hilarious.

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6954790)
Funnier than Ben-to, loads of things are but I haven't seen one air in a very long time. Gintama is a step above even the "serious" shows laced with humour most of the time though for me. I see you have it on hold at 20, It took more than 130 episodes for me to hold it in such regard so it's not surprising you don't like it as much.

Would like to hear your suggestions for comedy be it straight up or just a sub genre though.

I never got more than a few episodes into Gintama but I do want to try it again. The humor did absolutely nothing for me at all, but everyone says that it gets consistently excellent eventually. Like any remotely long-running shounen show, the setup episodes can be a chore to marathon. One Piece bored me to tears for the first 40 or so episodes, but then the Arlong Park arc happened and it's up there with my favorite anime of all time now, 500+ episodes in. Maybe I'll make Gintama the next thing I marathon after this interminable Sailor Moon marathon I'm currently trying.

Weeaboo Name December 6th, 2011 2:52 AM

You know what, I never saw the Eva similarities, was probably too distracted by all that plot.

Cromartie and Zetsubou-Sensei are both great in fact i scored them 8s and 9s putting them alongside Gintama, Azumanga, Moyashimon and Hidamari.

Marathoning anything that is episodic can be tough, the arcs be they "serious" or comedy do make the show go faster. Quite sad to be up to date now. D=

edit..
So I just got up to date on Penguindrum, gonna need one hell of an ending to tie all of this together.

Ryoutarou December 6th, 2011 1:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga (Post 6955434)
Sadly gonna have to disagree with you about Suite being better than Heartcatch, not just because of the animation, but I thought that the Desertrian battles were just generally more meaningful than Negatones. Defeating Desertrians involved resolving whatever personal or emotional conflict that caused the character-of-the-week's Heart Flower to wither, and it could be surprisingly emotional sometimes. With Suite, Note + nearby object = instant Negatone. While Negatones are sometimes created from objects that are relevant to that week's story, there just isn't as much buildup and tension in Suite fights (although the Negatone Jeopardy episode was the best episode of any Precure series EVAR.)

I think there are basically two kinds of Precure shows, the kind that focus on the superhero aspect and the kind that focus more on the day to day story revolving around the characters, and I think Suite sort of falls into the second category, so that at times does lead to the monsters of the week feeling a little tacked on. This is probably the one aspect I dislike the most about the series, but it's actually not been the biggest bother for me. At times I sort of sigh at how easy it would be to connect a Negatone to the story of the week, basically as early as the third episode where the Negatone was a stringed instrument, I thought it would have had a bit more meaning if it had taken control of the piano. In the long run, though, it doesn't quite bother me as much when I consider what I think the show is trying to do.

I think this is one of the few aspect HeartCatch did better, and that's strange for me because when HeartCatch does focus on that aspect of itself, it becomes less enjoyable. It' at its best when the show is focusing on the things like Tsubomi's lack of self-confidence, Erika's lack of self-awareness, or Itsuki's self-image problems since it hits them all pretty dead on and realistically.

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Hibiki and Kanade oddly don't have that much chemistry either even though the whole point of the show is that they're trying to mend their friendship. Hibiki's personality just completely overshadows Kanade's by such a huge amount that I barely notice Kanade until she's transformed into Cure Rhythm, even when she's in the show the whole episode. I don't know that Siren has been integrated into the cast all that well either and Cure Muse joined the team too late in the series, I think.
In regards to Kanade feeling as if she's there, I see her as having decent chemistry with Hibiki, but at the same time feel like the show's trying to portray how differently matured in their time apart. I think the overshadowing is something that plagues most Precure series, so it's something I've grown used to. And coming off HeartCatch's second half of "HEY GUYS IT'S CURE SUNSHINE SHE'S THE BEST CURE EVER WAIT NO ACTUALLY IT'S CURE MOONLIGHT NOW" I kind of expected the same would happen here because HeartCatch and Suite share the same producer. It's something that is a little more obvious when you start out with a small number of leads, but from the start I always figured Hibiki would be the one getting most of the focus and, admittedly, it is a bit of a flaw, but I don't mind too much because I enjoy her as a character so much. I'm not sure that Siren has integrated with Hibiki and Kanade all that well either, but at the same time I'm not sure if that was the point to her character. I mostly like her because I do enjoy having characters around for a while before they transform so that first transformation feels like the conclusion of their initial story arc and they can then blend into the larger story.

I can't say much about Muse because...I'm not that far yet! I'm not sure I'll dislike it to be totally honest. This mostly comes off me watching Sentai where all the main characters are usually introduced by the first 17 episodes or so, but when a series like say the 2006 series, Gekiranger, introduced its final main character at episode 30, I liked that because it felt like a bit of a shake up to the formula. I sort of think along the same lines with Pretty Cure since they do share a crazy amount of writing staff and what I like in on franchise, I tend to like in the other.

Charizard★ December 6th, 2011 3:22 PM

Ryoutarou, the new Kamen Rider theme I see, it's pretty cool.

Anyways, I'm saving up some money to add on to my manga collection, which I'm trying to restart. Going to Barnes & Nobles to get the manga, does anyone know if they have coupons/membership discounts/etc.?

And anyone have suggestions on what series I should get? I have about $140, and I was thinking about buying Blue Exorcist and CardCaptor Sakura or something.

Weeaboo Name December 6th, 2011 3:38 PM

If you can find them I would buy;

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan
Voices of a Distant Star (much better than the film)
Yotsuba&!
Sakura
Beck
Welcome to the NHK
Goth
Azumanga Daioh
Mirai Nikki
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Battle Royale (first one as the second one kinda sucked)
Aria/Aqua
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Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Hidamari Sketch
Black Lagoon
Spice and Wolf

That's from memory so I've probably missed some good ones but oh well. Also I believe all of them are licensed over in the US but i'm not 100%

digi-kun December 6th, 2011 5:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Charizard★ (Post 6956060)
Ryoutarou, the new Kamen Rider theme I see, it's pretty cool.

Anyways, I'm saving up some money to add on to my manga collection, which I'm trying to restart. Going to Barnes & Nobles to get the manga, does anyone know if they have coupons/membership discounts/etc.?

And anyone have suggestions on what series I should get? I have about $140, and I was thinking about buying Blue Exorcist and CardCaptor Sakura or something.

I would actually reccommend Right Stuf if you're in the states. They've started their 12 Days of Savings sale, so you might find something you're looking for there. Also because (my local) B&N has really decreased how much manga they've been holding since Borders shut down. Also how Tokyopop is temporarily dead as far as manga goes right now.

As a reccommendation, get Pluto. It's a retelling of Tezuka's Astro Boy story arc "The Greatest Robot on Earth" by Naoki Urasawa (Author of Monster), and it's really, really good. 8 Volumes at 10-13 each

Weeaboo Name December 8th, 2011 6:50 PM

Edit...wtf was I talking about last night. -___-

Anyway, just downloaded Star Driver in 1080p. Sparkles.

Edit....

Is it bad that I killed Ika?

parallelzero December 16th, 2011 12:53 AM

Guys, this season is ending soon. ;.;

But I've already picked out most of what I'm watching next season. Nisemonogatari, since I finally finished Bakemonogatari this week, Another, Aquarion Evol,and Rinne no Lagrange for sure, but I want to check out Inu x Boku SS, Symphogear and Gokujyo.

Weeaboo Name December 16th, 2011 6:21 AM

I am saddened that I will be losing Beno-To but not so much the other stuff. Another, Daily Lives of High School Boys (gotta replace Kimi to Boku), Kill me Baby, Miniskirt Space Pirates (will be the best show of the season), Nizumono and (unfortunately) ZnTF are my definitly trying. There are a few others that I might like but whatever.

Decent anime series count has been rising again after a poor 2010/

Lawrenсe December 16th, 2011 10:42 AM

I'm as well saddened by the near end of this season. There was a decent collection of anime; especially Guilty Crown which I recently started perpetuating.

As for the next season, I have yet to see the updated list; can anybody provide that list, please?

Zet December 17th, 2011 4:23 PM

Has anyone else see this trailer for the Madoka english dub? http://vimeo.com/33740013

Weeaboo Name December 17th, 2011 4:25 PM

Here's one.

Finished Major S6. I shall miss that show, surprising considering I don't like Baseball.

parallelzero December 17th, 2011 7:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Zet (Post 6970244)
Has anyone else see this trailer for the Madoka english dub? http://vimeo.com/33740013

Ow... that is awful. I feel like I'm expecting too much for a magical girl anime dub, but still... Madoka's voice is horrific.

Chairman Kaga December 17th, 2011 7:54 PM

Worse than any of the voices is the freakishly stilted pronunciation they're using for Madoka.

MADo-ka. MADo-ka. MADo-ka. Trying to sound Japanese when you're speaking English just doesn't work. It's like when Simon was called "SHEE-moan" in the Gurren-Lagann dub in an attempt to be ultra-faithful to the Japanese even though it's only pronounced that way to begin with because of the lack of a "si" sound in the language. Sounding natural to English language/inflection/etc. trumps enforcing total authenticity, IMO.

Come to think of it, most of my favorite dubs are for shows where there are few Japanese names or terms.

Jack O'Neill December 17th, 2011 8:21 PM

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Originally Posted by parallelzero (Post 6970531)
Ow... that is awful. I feel like I'm expecting too much for a magical girl anime dub, but still... Madoka's voice is horrific.

Many female voices in the original Japanese are far worse. This dub's not particularly bad, just lackluster.

Weeaboo Name December 18th, 2011 3:24 AM

English Dubbing of shows which consist solely of highschool girls should stop. The original Madoka cast was hardly memorable though, I can only recall Madoka's voice fitting her annoying character perfectly and QB's being Mayoi Hachikuji.

I wonder how many people that would spend that much on an average series would watch the dub anyway.

Zet December 22nd, 2011 9:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Chairman Kaga (Post 6970542)
Worse than any of the voices is the freakishly stilted pronunciation they're using for Madoka.

MADo-ka. MADo-ka. MADo-ka. Trying to sound Japanese when you're speaking English just doesn't work. It's like when Simon was called "SHEE-moan" in the Gurren-Lagann dub in an attempt to be ultra-faithful to the Japanese even though it's only pronounced that way to begin with because of the lack of a "si" sound in the language. Sounding natural to English language/inflection/etc. trumps enforcing total authenticity, IMO.

Come to think of it, most of my favorite dubs are for shows where there are few Japanese names or terms.

MADo-ka was hardly ever mad anyway. It was very silly of them to do this in the english dub.

Last episode of penguindrum was a bit saddening... mainly because it's finished. :(

Weeaboo Name December 22nd, 2011 10:00 PM

Penguindrum, I thought it ended pretty well, wasn't expecting it to be as good as Utena before it started (bet you're all bored of hearing that comparison by now) but it held it's own surprisingly for the most part. Surprisingly didn't hate the
Spoiler:
reset...although it wasn't really a reset but you know what I mean.
Anyway, I enjoyed this deconstruction of the deconstruction genre and hope it doesn't take Ikuhara another 14 years to get another series out.

digi-kun December 23rd, 2011 12:33 AM

It definitely lived up to the expectations coming from Ikuhara as the first anime he's directed since Utena. It was definitely a fun ride from start to finish. Would get on train again.

Zet December 23rd, 2011 1:06 AM

I wonder if the 25th station is for an OVA or something...

jpp8 December 23rd, 2011 7:19 AM

...Am I the only one who didn't use Muh-dough-kuh prior? Seriously, it seems like everyone else uses Muh-dough-kuh when referring to Madoka.

But I digress. Blah blah Madoka dub. Watch subtitles. It's legal now.

Penguindrum, like Star Driver, I feel is one of those shows where you had to be there. All the speculah and just general reactions to last week's episode is what made the experience so great. I can't see many others who may marathon this show really enjoying it.

Weeaboo Name December 23rd, 2011 7:25 AM

Not sure about that, I didn't really pay attention to peoples opinions or any /a/ threads on Pingudrum as I didn't want to have what I get from the series influenced. If I had I probably would have enjoyed the show less.

Madoka pronunciation.... Ma-dough-ka or if i was to pronounce it with a Norfolk accent Ma-doo-ka.

Hagumi December 23rd, 2011 7:38 AM

I was planning to watch Penguindrum when it was finished so I could marathon it. Hopefully I'll enjoy it as much as other people who watched the livestreams, etc have.

Anyways, I recently finished Kaiba. It was a great anime, perhaps a little confusing (though to be fair, I wasn't giving it my full attention when I was watching some episodes) and there were some loose ends that were left unanswered, but overall it was great. I wasn't sure about the ending though... while it was a happy ending I think a bittersweet one would have been better.

But yeah, I thought it was a great anime. The OST is really awesome.

Weeaboo Name December 24th, 2011 10:44 AM

So I finally decided to see what all the fuss with Kannagi was about. Got to the scene which caused the otaku uprising and well, petty people are petty. The proverbial middle finger to the waifufags in the next chapter was glorious though.

O'Keafe December 27th, 2011 8:24 AM

Anyone got any news or a preview on the anime Highschool DxD? The synopsis indicates a totally generic show, but I kind of like this kind of shows, lol. Also, Brave 10 looks decent.

Weeaboo Name December 27th, 2011 8:28 AM



The wonders of youtube.

Seems like a deep anime, I like deep anime so I'll give it a couple of episodes at least.

O'Keafe December 27th, 2011 8:36 AM

Oh, I actually know this preview from MAL, but I wanted another one if there were any. Thanks anyways. I will probably give it a try. There seems to be a decent collection of anime for Winter; I'm especially anticipating Another and Black★Rock Shooter. Probably others but I haven't fully looked through ALL the new anime.

Weeaboo Name December 27th, 2011 8:56 AM

Yeah the quality seems ok, tbh 2011 was pretty decent. I'm really looking forward for Nizumonogatari, Another, Miniskirt Pirates (will be best animu ever), that cute girls doing cute things + giant Nissan mecha show and a few more things.

Charizard★ December 27th, 2011 9:29 AM

Updated my MAL list in god knows how long...

Well, the new season looks promosing with Amagami SS 2 and ZnT so I'll be looking forward to it. Also started KR Fourze as well as KSG so it'll keep me occupied for a while.


digi-kun December 27th, 2011 12:50 PM

Got my CLANNAD complete set in! Thank you rightstuf for getting it to me for only $60 <3

UCHUU KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Charizard★ December 27th, 2011 5:03 PM

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Originally Posted by digi-kun (Post 6984604)
Got my CLANNAD complete set in! Thank you rightstuf for getting it to me for only $60 <3

UCHUU KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I've been wanting to buy that, I have the money, but no credit card or debit. Darn you parents for not buying things online.

A Pixy December 27th, 2011 6:19 PM

CLANNAD is a pretty cool show.

I just wish the first half of After Story was like the second half. :U

Weeaboo Name December 27th, 2011 10:27 PM

So why didn't you guys tell me about Hellsing Ultimate? Alucard is like Roberta from Lagoon which is awesome.

parallelzero December 28th, 2011 12:05 AM

Out of all of the shows of next season (not counting Thermae Romae, since it's not televised), I think that pirate anime is the only one that seems overly ridiculous to me, and not in a good way. The trailer was meh at best. That said, it could be great if you're into space pirates... I guess? Probably the only thing for Winter I wouldn't give a shot though.

A lot of 2-cour stuff coming up, oddly.

Zet December 28th, 2011 4:35 AM

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6984354)


The wonders of youtube.

Seems like a deep anime, I like deep anime so I'll give it a couple of episodes at least.

I've read 3 chapters of the manga, it's pretty interesting imo.

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6985258)
So why didn't you guys tell me about Hellsing Ultimate? Alucard is like Roberta from Lagoon which is awesome.

How can you not know about Hellsing Ultimate? The english dub for it is pretty decent unlike a lot of other stuff lately.

Weeaboo Name December 28th, 2011 6:58 AM

Well I knew of the series but nobody told me it was so awesome.

New Nisemonogatari trailer is out, certainly looks like more of the same. Looking forward for it.

parallelzero December 28th, 2011 8:17 AM

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6985630)
New Nisemonogatari trailer is out, certainly looks like more of the same. Looking forward for it.

More of the same, but the animation looks so much better for some reason. I just finished Bakemonogatari like a month ago so maybe it's just more noticeable to me, but it is sexy.

We finally have our first Symphogear PV too. Looks like it has potential, but I guess we'll see.


Weeaboo Name December 28th, 2011 8:32 AM

Nana Mizuki voicing the blue haired chick and doing insert songs. Looks like I'll be watching another cute girls doing cute things + saving the world show this winter. Rinne no Lagrange's CGI looks a hell of a lot better though.

As for the animation, doubt it will be a lot better. I remember Bakemonogatari, like most of his Shaft shows was very well animated in places but well mostly powerpoint, still images withj just the flaps moving. Hopefully there will be more smooth animation but I doubt it.

Saitou December 28th, 2011 8:39 AM

Another looks especially interesting:



Ano Natsu De Matteru also looks interesting and reminds me of Toradora! for some reason; maybe the similarity of Yamano and Taiga. IDK.



A short preview but says a lot about the general feeling of the anime. Also, the new Amagami SS + looks like something I will watch; I always felt that the arcs in the prequel were left hanging and a proper ending wasn't established.

Weeaboo Name December 28th, 2011 8:47 AM

Another looks cool even if they did ruin the main guys character design.

I've said it before but Miniskirt space pirate whatever is going to be the best show of all time.

Saitou December 28th, 2011 8:54 AM

Oh, Bodacious Space Pirates (English title)? Yeah, that looks like something that would interest me as well, lol. I've never really encountered a show about space pirates. The only show I can remotely relate to that theme is Cowboy Bebop.


Chairman Kaga December 30th, 2011 10:25 AM

I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! (for a day or two, at least)

I'm behind on a few fall series, but I've managed to complete the ones that matter. I don't even know where to begin on The End of Penguindrumvangelion. I know that I witnessed something beautiful, I'm just trying to decipher what exactly I saw. I have a working grasp on the symbolism, it's going to take a second watch to fully decipher, though.

Because the internet has taught me that everything can (and must) eventually be placed in a top ten list, here are my ten favorite anime of the year:

Spoiler:

1.) Mawaru Penguindrum
2.) Steins;Gate
3.) Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
4.) Ben-To
5.) Fate/Zero
6.) Level-E
7.) Hanasaku Iroha
8.) Tiger & Bunny
9.) Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
10.) Kamisama Dolls

Hyouge Mono would have been in this list somewhere IF SOMEONE HAD JUST FREAKING SUBBED IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHDKSGFLHJKDGHFLD.

And now the bonus list for top five disappointments:

1.) Fractale
2.) Guilty Crown
3.) C
4.) AnoHana
5.) Persona 4

Four out of five of these have something in common, HMMMMMMMMMMMM WHAT COULD IT BE? (rip noitaminA ;_; )


I'm giving a surprising amount of stuff a chance in Winter '12. Of course, I'm freaking out over Nisemonogatari, but on top of that I'm going to at least watch the first episode of Amagami SS+, Ano Natsu, Another, BRS, Gokujou, Mouretsu Pirates, Recorder to Randoseru (for the lulz), Lagrange, and Symphogear. I'm sure at least some of these will end up watchable.

Weeaboo Name December 30th, 2011 11:16 AM

Lists, lists are cool.

Top (only including things that I've finished.....mostly)

1 - Gintama'
2 - Ben-To
3 - Usagi Drop
4 - Penguindrum
5 - Nichijou
6 - Squiddy 2
7 - Madoka
8 - Mardock Scramble
9 - Kimi to Boku/YuruYuri/A Channel
12 - Steins;Gate

Disappointments

1 - Blood-C
2 - AnoHerpa
3 - Denpa
4 - Gosick
5 - Hen Zemi TV (The OVA was awesome)
6 - No.6 (Should have expected the Bones ending)
7 - Shana (wasn't expecting much but wasn't expecting worse than series 2)

Deadman Wonderland, Guilty Crown, Loli in France, F/Z, Hyouge Mono, Kamisama Dolls, Level E, Wandering Son and a few other things that could have made it onto either list I haven't seen yet.

noitaminA's lineup for next season is a show about baths, Romans V Japanese, who likes them more....and Black Rock Shooter. If they turned it into a full blown yuri with Nanoha style fights It would probably be one of the best shows ever.

Chairman Kaga December 31st, 2011 2:29 PM

As my fellow Shaftbro, what disappointed you about Denpa Onna? I know the usual reasons people end up not liking it, just want to hear yours :p

Your list reminded me that you can definitely add Deadman Wonderland to my list of biggest disappointments, and...uhh...was Infinite Stratos this year? Somehow I went into it expecting a mecha instead of an otakubait harem, I didn't even last through the first episode. Japan ate it up, I suppose that means it was good for what it was.

Oh yeah, we're getting Thermae Romae. Shame it's only three episodes, I'm totally watching that though. Three weeks of old-style noitaminA is more than I got last year (but only because I didn't watch Wandering Son or Usagi Drop, lol). BRS is only what, eight episodes? I hope Romae is filling the other three weeks of that cour instead of running concurrently. I have no particular love for the BRS franchise so I'm pretty much in it for the same reasons you are. Insane battles, chance for yuri. Seeing the huge amounts of CG in the trailers has killed my hype significantly, but it's still a must-watch.

One final note in this rambling post, I marathoned most of [email protected] over the past couple of days after losing track a few episodes in when I was watching it week to week. It was basically cute girls doing cute things, but it had great, colorful animation and the girls were undeniably really adorable and endearing. The second half became kind of crappy when they shoehorned in a villain, but the show redeemed itself toward the end. The Azusa and Ritsuko episodes were probably my favorites, Takane and Makoto are the best girls though :p

I'll admit to hoping it gets a second series even though it would have to go in a really different direction because of the ending of the first series, it was still enjoyable even if it wasn't constantly kicking me in the nutbladder with HNNNNNNGH-levels of charm like I thought it was going to when I first started it. I think I've learned that I need to lower my standards in regard to watching things that are lacking in substance but are cute and feel-good, it was kind of nice to turn my brain off and just let the moe wash over me.

Weeaboo Name December 31st, 2011 3:23 PM

Infinite Stratos was good even if it was only for the amusing threads on /a/. I started it a bit late so I knew exactly what I was in for so there wasn't any shokku there. I remember some guy on here complaining about how in hands of a decent writer that show could have been amazing....amusing considering he had a Lelouch Lamperouge set at the time.

As for Denpa I had a few problems. The protagonist, I just couldn't stand him. I'm usually ok with the "Kyon" type mc but he really sucked....I couldn't care less if that was worth 2 youth points or whatever, I can't even remember his name. As for the rest of the characters I'd only go as far as saying I like one of them, cosplay girl was cool. Artwork is my next problem, just not for me I guess. It stopped me from starting Haganai in autumn, I expect it will get used again, bad news. Finally the biggest problem, there was next to no back story or explanations to why the characters were like they were, If we had this I probably wouldn't have disliked it so much. ANd you thought your post was ramble.

digi-kun December 31st, 2011 4:11 PM

I dunno, I kind of saw Denpa more as a slice of life from the beginning, and thus didn't really care for an explanation beyond "She was abducted by aliens." I also personally felt that some charm of the show was that some characters DID have an aura of mystery around them.

btw has anyone looked at the music selection next season? AKINO, supercell + Claris, Yanagi Nagi (nagi/Gazelle), it's gonna be great.

Jack O'Neill December 31st, 2011 9:51 PM

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Originally Posted by -Lapras- (Post 6991055)
I remember some guy on here complaining about how in hands of a decent writer that show could have been amazing....amusing considering he had a Lelouch Lamperouge set at the time.

I also remember some other guy on here using the copout "Fiction isn't supposed to be realistic" in an attempt to apologize for that show's failings. What he fails to understand is that believability and consistency are far more important. The difference between Code Geass and Infinite Stratos is that the former actually had some measure of believability and consistency (at least before the nuking of Tokyo), while the latter simply lacked either.

As for Denpa Onna, I was considering putting it on my to-watch list. Then I realized that even having Akiyuki Shinbo as the director couldn't salvage that trainwreck. That, plus the impression that half the main cast appears to suffer from some sort of mental illness.

digi-kun December 31st, 2011 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack O'Neill (Post 6991544)

I also remember some other guy on here using the copout "Fiction isn't supposed to be realistic" in an attempt to apologize for that show's failings. What he fails to understand is that believability and consistency are far more important. The difference between Code Geass and Infinite Stratos is that the former actually had some measure of believability and consistency (at least before the nuking of Tokyo), while the latter simply lacked either.

Think the difference is more along the lines of "more plot, less training" with with that, plus the clamp effect, plus that IS was more harem than mecha. It's also one of the reasons a lot of Nanoha fans didn't like StikerS' first half. It's all fine and dandy if there's supposed to be something going on in the background, but it doesn't mean squat to the viewer if it's not happening in their face.

I don't really care about believability as long as they're consistent with it. Gunbuster's transition from "realistic" to not was amusing so I'll make an exception for it (not every anime you get to see Jupiter turned into a bomb)

Weeaboo Name January 1st, 2012 7:15 AM

I didn't even like the show that much so I don't believe anything I said about the show would be apologizing or trying to salvage respect for it, in actual fact most things I say about that show should be taken with a pinch or two of salt.

Let's not get started on the ever so believable and consistent Code Geass now shall we, lol.

parallelzero January 2nd, 2012 5:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack O'Neill (Post 6991544)

I also remember some other guy on here using the copout "Fiction isn't supposed to be realistic" in an attempt to apologize for that show's failings. What he fails to understand is that believability and consistency are far more important. The difference between Code Geass and Infinite Stratos is that the former actually had some measure of believability and consistency (at least before the nuking of Tokyo), while the latter simply lacked either.

As for Denpa Onna, I was considering putting it on my to-watch list. Then I realized that even having Akiyuki Shinbo as the director couldn't salvage that trainwreck. That, plus the impression that half the main cast appears to suffer from some sort of mental illness.

Mecha series have believability? I think a believable mecha series would be the most boring POS in existence since... none of the mecha would work, quite frankly. Mecha is one of the series I watch most prominently, so I feel I can safely say that the more absurd a series is, as long as it makes enough sense to follow the plot, it can be entertaining. If you're looking at a mecha anime (or any anime series, for that matter) with expectations for believability, realism, or consistency, you're never actually going to enjoy it. You can't be too critical with fiction, regardless of the media.

With Denpa Onna... it had Touwa Erio, and that in itself was enough for me to watch it all the way through. I'm waiting for the final episode to actually be shown, since the earthquake had it pushed onto the BD release instead of being aired.

jpp8 January 2nd, 2012 6:02 PM

Anime is not high class entertainment and has never been. Trying to hold an average 1-2 cour TV series to high standards is silly. Save it for original movies if you must.

I didn't think of Denpa Onna as anything too special. It was a fun little series. Touwa Erio is quite possibly one of the most beautiful female characters of 2011 though. So yeah, it's enough to watch if only for Erio.

Weeaboo Name January 2nd, 2012 6:32 PM

Most of the pretty characters last year were dudes, no totally homo.

As for females I can only think of 2

parallelzero January 2nd, 2012 7:19 PM

Saya? Really? Anything can look good in CLAMP style, I guess, but BLOOD-C was a failure all across the board. The character designs weren't exactly unique or interesting either.

Touwa Erio is so pretty that she sparkles. All the time.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Daiaki711/89aac47ca86eb40a0a9f39d4f8b597bf.gif

Weeaboo Name January 2nd, 2012 7:24 PM

I liked the design and music in Blood-C. I also expect the film will be decent, I mean the show was pretty much an 12 episode advert for it

digi-kun January 2nd, 2012 11:46 PM

I'll just keep my assumption that it's a wafuku fetish for the female side XD

Anyways, as discussed in the reconstruction project, I'll be closing this up. We're gonna be giving the "individual series threads" idea a try and see how that works out. Enjoy the next week or so as i spam all the shows as they come out.


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