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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.
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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)
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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.
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Okay, catch-up time.
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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? * Spoiler:
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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. Quote:
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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. Quote:
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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. |
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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. |
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. |
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 ---- 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% |
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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 |
Edit...wtf was I talking about last night. -___-
Anyway, just downloaded Star Driver in 1080p. Sparkles. Edit.... Is it bad that I killed Ika? |
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. |
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/ |
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? |
Has anyone else see this trailer for the Madoka english dub? http://vimeo.com/33740013
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Here's one.
Finished Major S6. I shall miss that show, surprising considering I don't like Baseball. |
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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. |
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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.
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Last episode of penguindrum was a bit saddening... mainly because it's finished. :( |
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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.
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...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. |
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. |
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. |
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.
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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.
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The wonders of youtube. Seems like a deep anime, I like deep anime so I'll give it a couple of episodes at least. |
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.
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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.
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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. |
Got my CLANNAD complete set in! Thank you rightstuf for getting it to me for only $60 <3
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CLANNAD is a pretty cool show.
I just wish the first half of After Story was like the second half. :U |
So why didn't you guys tell me about Hellsing Ultimate? Alucard is like Roberta from Lagoon which is awesome.
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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.
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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. |
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We finally have our first Symphogear PV too. Looks like it has potential, but I guess we'll see. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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.
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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:
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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.
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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. |
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. |
Most of the pretty characters last year were dudes, no totally homo.
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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 |
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
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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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