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glory of llama

08-22-2013, 01:51 AM

Chihayafuru season 2

a REALLY well-made anime. don't let its super-pretty moe characters fool you, they do a lot of neat things with the story and I feel like they pay serious attention to all the minute true details of the game being played, making it a really interesting show. Of course it's a shoujo anime, so naturally there's a love triangle involved, but what really blows me away is they that aspect of the story is actually in the BACKGROUND! it's not really something that gets a lot of screen time. The primary focus of every episode is the card game Karuta, and the character's development in becoming excellent players. There is a lot of development of the interpersonal relationships, but it's just astounding to me in a shoujo anime that they don't indulge too much in the love triangle or have too many pointlessly emotional instances apart from all the crying that just about every single character does in regards to winning/losing matches.

In short, it's a REALLY good sports romcom with the sport being the primary focus of the narrative rather than romance which is a welcome change.

LawRayLiet

08-22-2013, 03:16 AM

Chihayafuru is an easy watch. I especially like all the inner dialogue(which makes up about 70% of the show). I'm slowly but surely finishing S2, I'm about halfway through.

glory of llama

08-22-2013, 03:27 AM

law, I really appreciate your sig. too true. too true.

I also have the first disc of Nadia at home frmo netflix ready to try that series out.

Arock

08-22-2013, 04:13 AM

Finally pushed myself and caught up with Watamote from episode 5 onwards, Gonna watch episode 6 and 7 of Free! tomorrow I think.
In the meantime I finally got around watching this masterpiece.

http://i.imgur.com/SykRarZ.jpg?1

One of my favorite movies, been thinking about rewatching it soon

Shuiia

08-22-2013, 12:53 PM

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8459/uxvg.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6766/l6ty.png

regnier

08-22-2013, 01:42 PM

Backmask

08-22-2013, 02:09 PM

what was it from again i just cant remember

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade.

regnier

08-22-2013, 06:25 PM

thx bro.
i have dl almost over 30 anime and i still haven't start watching one. i dont know where to start lol

thedarkmessenger

08-28-2013, 08:33 AM

SarcotarascusN

08-28-2013, 03:44 PM

No, if you look closely you'll notice that it's mostly the redshirts who die, though one main character does have a return that is explained well (aka no magic).

I'd say stick with it. As far as I've seen (17 episodes so far) there's been no nonsense of the sort you're worried about.

Backmask

08-28-2013, 08:36 PM

Picked up Attack on Titan. Not sure what the point of this series is other than "everyone dies" And with everyone dieing so early in the series, I really don't see how it's supposed to be 20+ episodes long.

*edit* ok seriously, I just finished ep. 7 and it looks like everyone else is gonna die by ep. 9, if not 8. What EXACTLY is the point in watching the rest of the series? Does it go back in the past to before everyone died? Does everyone magically7 come back to life? Do the generic characters become main characters and then die? Is it gonna end with "lol! it was all just a dream!" or some BS like that?

The thing is, the story is driven by the ****ton of questions that surround the world; however, due to how the author is a complete amateur, nothing is balanced out. More questions are being brought up, old questions aren't being answered, characters are still flat, uninteresting, and forgettable and the pacing is absolutely terrible. Bersek-tier, in fact. Although, at the very least, Berserk has fantastic art - unlike Attack on Titan which has some high school level ****.
What I'm essentially saying is, right now, there isn't a point in watching it or reading it. Everything about the series is drawn out and we don't even know if it'll all be worth it in the end.
Another thing that bugs me is when a monthly publication has art that is worse than weekly publications and even 4koma.

though one main character does have a return that is explained well (aka no magic).
A+ Bull****.

thedarkmessenger

08-28-2013, 08:50 PM

No, if you look closely you'll notice that it's mostly the redshirts who die

redshirts? what redshirts? They're all wearing the same color...

*edit* and I agree with pretty much everything Back said. I like the soundtrack, but I can download that separate from the anime itself. I think I'll drop the series and just read what happens on wikipedia or wherever xP.

glory of llama

09-05-2013, 12:41 AM

finally finished Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, super awesome series, ended very well i felt

watched Arata the Legend

up-to-date with Chihayafuru, I have to believe theywill make another season or two because I'm addicted to the damn thing now... just the other day I watched a random episode again just because. literally random. and I loved it again!

now watching Sunday Without God, which is ridiculous and self-contradicting but still interesting

also still watching Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

nearing the end of Welcome to the NHK

Gleeman

09-05-2013, 04:48 AM

also still watching Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

Tip: Skip episodes 23-29, 32-34. (But do watch 30-31)

They were hacked together by the network using a different director, just to help pad the series out to two seasons. Animation quality is awful and nothing moves the plot along AT ALL. Most Nadia fans don't consider them canon.

Backmask

09-06-2013, 12:21 PM

Someone posted spoilers for the next chapter of Shin Mazinger Zero

Mazinger Z goes out of control forcing General of Darkness and his men to retreat, Great Mazinger tires to stop it, but only makes him even angrier.

Mazin Power explained further, if Koji loses control of the Mazinger Z it will reach the highest level of Mazin power instantly, making the machine take control of the universe, it can change time, events, summon other Mazinger from other universes, absorb any life or energy in the universe, it can bend reality to it's will, it can also reverse Cause and effect, for example if the machine is destroyed it will shift time and reverse it and find the best way to survive a deadly attack. Mazin power also grand mazinger 0% chance of losing ANY battle, General of Darkness is not the final boss, but an ultimate being that can also manipulate reality known as Hades no Tei-Oh.
Shin Mazinger's true meaning, ZERO is that there's Zero chance of losing, but at a great cost, The fate of the world and the universe. Shin Mazinger will take to space to fight the final villain army, and be joined by a familiar face from another planet who has a Machine similar to Mazinger Z

Personally, I hate this. It's taking "With Mazinger, you can be a God or Devil" too literally and everything just feels like some tryhard bull****. Hell, I think they might have retconned Photon Power with this.
http://i.imgur.com/crET138.jpg

Kaiju

09-06-2013, 12:31 PM

Just finished the Read or Die OVA, rather enjoyed it. Might start the anime series next.

glory of llama

09-06-2013, 07:24 PM

ROD was neat, I enjoyed it.

Nice tip, gleeman, thanks- I'd read some stuff about that, but I didn't have any hard episode numbers about which were filler.

Also, Episode 14 was a cliched piece of crap, holy ****.

SarcotarascusN

09-06-2013, 07:43 PM

I've worked my way up to episode 65 of Monster, and I'll be sad to not have any more to watch once I've finished it.

glory of llama

09-07-2013, 02:17 AM

Also now watching Servant X Service, now airing. It's basically a new Working!

Gleeman

09-07-2013, 04:20 AM

Still watching WATAMOTE, Dog X Scissors and Railgun S.

ThatsNotMyName_studio

09-07-2013, 04:48 AM

@ Gleeman
WATAMOTE I've been watching too. Glad it finally decided to develop the plot a little bit this week.

Monogatari is on par with Bakemonogatari, so far. And I'd recommend it.
The conclusion to Tsubasa Tiger this week was very good imo.

hosokawa37

09-09-2013, 04:44 PM

my club has picked these 5 anime to watch for the semester:
Danganronpa
Detective Conan
Devil is a Part-timer
Certain Scientific Railgun
Chuunibyou

Haar

09-09-2013, 04:47 PM

Watched Jin-Roh today. Wasn't exactly what I was expecting, but I still liked it, nonetheless. Also, started on Aoi Bungaku. At the moment, I'm not sure what to say about this one.

LawRayLiet

09-09-2013, 04:57 PM

Also, started on Aoi Bungaku. At the moment, I'm not sure what to say about this one.

Just read the novels, because the anime is pretty terrible in comparison.

KiddTheManiac

09-09-2013, 07:10 PM

my club has picked these 5 anime to watch for the semester:
Danganronpa

Just to warn ya, the anime's kind of mediocre compared to the game. Trying to crunch ten-ish hours of story into twelve eps means that things move way too quickly, and a lot of the things you're supposed to mull over and theorize about are resolved in the blink of an eye. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome to see DR animated, but the pacing pretty much kills any sense of dread or mystery.
"Oh, man! That guy was found dead in the basement, I wonder who-"
"Thatonedudediditbecauseofathingthathappened!"
"Oh...alright, then."

The other half convinced me to try out El Cazador de la Bruja. It's pretty nice so far, nothing that really grabs me, but it's a nice watch and the whole conspiracy aspect really intrigues me.

PrinnyCat

09-09-2013, 08:00 PM

I've worked my way up to episode 65 of Monster, and I'll be sad to not have any more to watch once I've finished it.

Im only on episode 43, despite not being very action packed at times, its still really good

Shuiia

09-09-2013, 08:13 PM

Watched Jin-Roh today.

Took ya long enough. Should get back to my backlog as well.

Backmask

09-11-2013, 08:06 PM

Volume 1-A of Horizon has been completely translated: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Kyoukai_Senjou_no_Horizon
Volume 1-B of Owari no Chronicle also got completely translated a few days ago: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Owari_no_Chronicle
Hopefully Js06 helps out with Horizon after he's done with Owari and Color Wars.

regnier

09-12-2013, 06:41 AM

just finish watching evangelion 3.33 and i still wonder what did i just watch. 2.22 was pretty good but in this one i just feel i just got trolled, i only hope 4.44 will be better

Sir Fluffykins

09-12-2013, 09:01 AM

The biggest problem is the "15 years later" thing. All the characters, not just Asuka, look the same. They could have said 15 months later and people would have accepted it, now we've got to believe Shinji destroyed the World, when there's clear signs the Geofront got attacked, like in End of Evangelion, AFTER Shinji f----d up. Also we've supposed to accept that Kaworu(sp?), after making it clear to the viewer he knows stuff and that human life is stuck on repeat, with only technology moving forward, that he waited 15 years just to end up the same way as in the series.

If the 4th/Final movie doesn't explain a little bit (you don't have to explain everything or spoon feed) it'll be very dissappointing. Also XENOGEARS PLOT

Spoiler in case of hotlink

If this is what the Japanese think...
http://t.fakku.net/images/manga/k/[Matsumoto_Drill_Kenkyuujo,_naganoon]_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_-_Kuronami-san_nimo_Pokapoka_****e_Moraitai/images/002.jpg

Shuiia

09-12-2013, 10:11 AM

The biggest problem is the "15 years later" thing. All the characters, not just Asuka, look the same.

They explained this as far as the pilots are concerned. The other characters look somewhat older but you could blame that on the fact that the Japanese do not age untill they hit 50.

now we've got to believe Shinji destroyed the World

Well this does make a bit of sense because he did **** things up pretty badly at the end of 2.22.

Also we've supposed to accept that Kaworu(sp?), after making it clear to the viewer he knows stuff and that human life is stuck on repeat, with only technology moving forward, that he waited 15 years just to end up the same way as in the series.

Well things are different than the previous renditions of Eva and isn't Kaworu supposed to be a motivational factor for Shinji in order to further progress the instrumentality project?

If the 4th/Final movie doesn't explain a little bit (you don't have to explain everything or spoon feed) it'll be very dissappointing. Also XENOGEARS PLOT

I think you could be more dissapointed about the ridiculous amount of CG and the Xenogears point is pretty spot on.

Gleeman

09-13-2013, 12:25 AM

Watched Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing over the last couple of days. Not quite as good as the first season, but pretty decent.

Backmask

09-13-2013, 02:39 AM

Stumbled upon D.Y.N. Freaks, today, which is written by a certain writer that I thoroughly enjoy. In the first, and only scanlated, chapter, the main character reminisces about everything she saw on a certain night, such as a "horror story, romance story, an urban legend, a faceless serial killer, the evil spirit of an abandoned hospital, and..."
THAT ARM http://i.imgur.com/gwPyDqW.png
EDIT: After looking through the RAWs, it looks like it DOES take place in the same Demonbane megaverse:
http://i.imgur.com/15zbh0D.jpg

thedarkmessenger

09-21-2013, 01:06 AM

Gleeman

09-21-2013, 09:45 PM

Put Attack on Titan on hold for now. Probably will outright drop it later. I'm mostly watching it for the music, and in that case why not just dl the soundtrack? Right now I'm waiting for the final ep. of Watamote. In the meantime I'm focusing on Darker than Black and watching Digimon Adventure 02 on the weekends.

Love me some Darker than Black. Probably have watched the first season at least 3 or 4 times through. Second season is decent too. Even has a good dub.

Also looking forward to the last episode of Watamote. Probably finish Dog X Scissors at some point for the LULZ if nothing else.

Mad Cow

09-22-2013, 04:08 AM

Watching Mawaru Penguindrum. You guys have gotten me to watch some wierd stuff.

ThatsNotMyName_studio

09-22-2013, 07:22 PM

Watched first ep of Soranowoto Holy K-On! joins the army, Batman!

I really liked the art that I saw. The backgrounds are really vibrant
and overall is a pleasure to look at. The story did not particularly grab at
me just yet, but Im willing to give it the benefit for now.

Sir Fluffykins

09-22-2013, 07:41 PM

Watching Mawaru Penguindrum. You guys have gotten me to watch some wierd stuff.

I'm also watching this, good god, it seemed like such a fun cute title to watch, but the end of the first episode should of told me weird sh*t was going to go down. I'm not sure how to describe it, it's not violent but as things get more weird certain scenes become downright horrifying.

ijp92

09-23-2013, 06:25 AM

Watching Black God and OHSHC in anime club.

Black God is absolutely RIPE for AMV Hell clips though. To bad I don't even know where to start because I have lots of ideas so far.

Mad Cow

09-24-2013, 02:00 AM

I'm also watching this, good god, it seemed like such a fun cute title to watch, but the end of the first episode should of told me weird sh*t was going to go down. I'm not sure how to describe it, it's not violent but as things get more weird certain scenes become downright horrifying.

I confess I am more put-off by the 16 year old child in such a skimpy outfit and even nude at times. This sort of thing just has gotten me away from anime over time.

Backmask

09-24-2013, 08:46 PM

This ****ing OP. I don't like jumping the gun, but it's going to be hard to top this for OP of the Season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=urIxQQLQ3WE

Shuiia

09-24-2013, 09:22 PM

I confess I am more put-off by the 16 year old child in such a skimpy outfit and even nude at times.

You'll ****ing hate Dance in the Vampire Bund then

regnier

09-24-2013, 09:34 PM

mmm dance in the vampire bund
http://tastyislandhawaii.com/images13/general/homer_simpson_drooling.gif

jinzo64

09-24-2013, 09:39 PM

Digimon Tamers.

Ultima

09-25-2013, 03:04 AM

Rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho and watching Nisemonogatari.

Gleeman

09-25-2013, 05:39 AM

This ****ing OP. I don't like jumping the gun, but it's going to be hard to top this for OP of the Season.

*Space Dandy OP*

Neat, but a 5 minute long OP? :confused:

You'll ****ing hate Dance in the Vampire Bund then

I've got nothing against a little loli fun, but DitVB made me feel dirty all over. And not in the good way.

OT:
Railgun S ep. 22 & 23
WATAMOTE final Ep. (countdown to 2nd season in 3...2..??)

thedarkmessenger

09-25-2013, 06:27 AM

Finished Watamote, replaced it with Mirai Nikki (The Future Diary) Still working on Darker than Black and Digimon Adventure 02, as well.

Sir Fluffykins

09-25-2013, 07:03 AM

Watching "Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends", love the jokes, including a Pinky & the Brain reference and a Gundam and EVA 02 sex-battle.

BakaLyte39K

09-25-2013, 11:03 AM

Just finished IdolM@ster and [K]. Liked [K]. I don't know why everyone was saying it's bad.

Going to Start UN-GO and finish Busou Shinki next.

Backmask

09-25-2013, 12:29 PM

[K]. Liked [K]. I don't know why everyone was saying it's bad.

-Blowing the budget on the trailer, first episode, and using the rest to rotoscope a skateboarder (That's some ****ing JC Staff ****, right there)
-Incredibly large cast of characters, yet only three of 'em were of importance. Everybody else did ****all and acted like a prick because "muh gang pride."
-Bad pacing.
-Flat characters
-Story hardly utilized everything that the world had to offer.
-Most character's jobbed like a mother****er
-Main antagonist was really underwhelming and need a whole lot more explaining

It wasn't outright ****, but it wasn't good.

Gleeman

09-25-2013, 02:49 PM

Watching "Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends", love the jokes, including a Pinky & the Brain reference and a Gundam and EVA 02 sex-battle.

LOLWUT? Might have to check that one out.

zemoo

09-26-2013, 04:04 AM

15 episodes into Clannad; the feels.

Gleeman

09-26-2013, 04:01 PM

Continuing Monotagari with the Mayoi Jiangshi arc. Nice job breaking it, Koyomi. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NiceJobBreakingItHero)

ThatsNotMyName_studio

09-26-2013, 11:34 PM

I liked the Hachikuji op.
and an interesting thing Shinobu said....

Finished Watamote and Sunday without God.
Wouldn't mind another season of Watamote.

Feel a little cheated about the end of SWG.
They reuse a sentimental play, with some rather absurd plot twists.
(well, if you're into things like Shoedinger's Cat, it makes sense...i guess)
Overall it was watchable, and enjoyable in some places. But a little pushy with
emotionalism.

Backmask

09-27-2013, 11:35 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-26/kantai-collection-moe-card-battle-game-gets-anime-new-manga
Well ****, I thought that an anime would only come around after a few more years, but **** that was a fast train to an anime adaptation.

Gleeman

09-28-2013, 12:03 AM

thedarkmessenger

10-01-2013, 09:36 AM

Okay, who's the idiot who comes up with the episode titles for Digimon Adventure 02? Every single one so far has spoiled the rest of the episode >_< Seriously, I could probably get almost the whole story just by going to a wiki and reading what all the episodes are named.

Backmask

10-02-2013, 10:12 PM

Finished watching the RAWs for Pokemon: The Origin a while ago. That was pretty bitchin'.
I'm also glad that somebody uploaded this scene. **** was fairly hard to listen to, yo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAdGv89e0sE

ThatsNotMyName_studio

10-04-2013, 03:28 AM

I'm kinda Jones-ing for the new season to start.
I only have Monogatari to tide me over. (last episode...whooops!)

So tried Miss Monochrome, the animation.
Well, If you liked Ookami-san and her 7 companions - this is for you.
I liked it. She is a most damn gorgeous android, i do say...

Looking forward to Fall anime to start. I will be watching:
Kill la Kill
Samurai Flamenco
Yowapeda.
Plus the above mentioned Monogatari and Miss Monochrome.

EDIT: First episode of Kill la Kill came out. Animation is reminiscent of
90's American animation (in places). Lots of First Episode fan service, but does look like a semi-serious
storyline may take root from here.

Backmask

10-10-2013, 11:37 PM

New Yumekui Merry chapter finally got released. **** just got more intense, more interesting, even a bit scary, and all sorts of other happenings.

http://i.imgur.com/us9iycb.png

Gleeman

10-11-2013, 12:05 AM

Watched the last episode of Railgun:S. (Liberal Arts City is next season) Might try Attack on Titan or a random fall anime next...

Distict5-9

10-13-2013, 05:40 PM

Decided to give the first episode Blazblue: Alter Memory a spin...

Overall, it's pretty low-tier, to be honest... The animation makes Jin's attacks look so weak that I'm pretty sure that every single one of those ice projectiles should be accompanied by a wet fart sound whenever they appear on screen...

http://oi41.tinypic.com/29w321z.jpg

PrinnyCat

10-13-2013, 06:26 PM

Halfway through Jormungand at the moment. I'm so slow when comes to anime that is recent/came out last year, have still to watch Sword Art Online. Finished Zetman few days ago, wasn't too bad, will read the manga though, as it's still ongoing. Haven't bothered with Attack on Titan as I read the manga and looks like the anime follows it pretty well so not sure if should really watch it or not.

Shuiia

10-14-2013, 11:12 AM

Haven't watched any anime in the past month or so due to vidya and college but I'm gonna try and watch some stuff now since there are a bunch of shows already airing.
First up I've gotta finish Watamote and Free! so I can start watching Coppelion.
Then if time permits I'll start some other shows like Gundam Build Fighters, Pupa, Yowamushi pedal, diamond no ace and Kill la Kill.
Blazblue I'll first wait and see if things are gonna be looking up because so far...
It's ****e

Sir Fluffykins

10-14-2013, 11:28 AM

Watched the Railgun dub and now on the Magical Index dub. Familiar voice actors all around, but I still enjoy both shows, however.

From what I understand, Index which is the first/original show covers events that only appear in the recent Railgun S. So I guess I was right to watch Railgun, before Index, then after Index it'd make sense to watch Railgun S before Index 2 (but those haven't been dubbed).

hosokawa37

10-14-2013, 12:18 PM

along with the anime im watching in club, i picked up index (appropriate since we are watching railgun in club), and season 2 of K-ON

from this season, i'm also watching:
Kill la Kill
Golden Time
Noukome
Strike the Blood
Kikou shoujo

Arock

10-15-2013, 02:45 AM

Been really behind on anime lately, barely watched stuff from this season but have a few dl'ed

BlazBlue Alter Memory
Captain Harlock (1978)
Kill la Kill
Kyoukai no Kanata
Little Busters! Refrain
Log horizon
Magi S2
Unbreakable Machine Doll
Tokyo Ravens
Twelve Kingdoms
Toaru Majutsu no Index Movie

And i recently finished Mardock Scramble, easily one of my favorite series ive watched, despite some of the weird ass **** in it

Gleeman

10-15-2013, 04:08 AM

Started Nagi no Asukara.

http://www.troll.me/images/business-cat-needs/wtf-did-i-just-watch.jpg

The wife already calls it 'The Little Mermaid - The Anime'. :p

Backmask

10-15-2013, 02:31 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-14/inferno-cop-sequel-seems-to-be-announced

AWWW **** THE SECOND COMING CONFIRMED

Shuiia

10-15-2013, 02:53 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-14/inferno-cop-sequel-seems-to-be-announced

awww **** the second coming confirmed

****.
Yes.

ThatsNotMyName_studio

10-15-2013, 08:37 PM

So a few posts ago, I was whining about end-of-the-season-post-partum-depression, well.
I set a new personal record of NINE currently watching titles. Seven of which are currently airing.

Kill la Kill.
Miss Monochrome - The Animation.
Outbreak Company.
Monogatari.
I Couldn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Got A Job.
Soro No Woto.
Samurai Flamenco.
Yowamushi Pedal.
Another.

thedarkmessenger

10-18-2013, 08:03 AM

zemoo

10-18-2013, 09:11 AM

Finally finished Digimon Adventure 02. The fact that the third season is called "Tamers" and not "Adventure 03" makes sense now. The way Adventure 02 ended, it was basically a be all end all, with little room for continuation. It did leave one major question unanswered question, though: WTF happened with Demon? The way he talked while being sent to the Dark World, it sounded like he was coming back, yet he never came back. Did the writers forget about him? Was he secretly a part of BelialVamdemon?

If you mean that cthulu looking thing that kari saw/ was supposed to be betrothed to, yeah they dropped that with no explaination. The writer for that episode didn't write any other episodes in 02, but went on to be the lead for tamers I believe.

thedarkmessenger

10-18-2013, 10:22 AM

If you mean that cthulu looking thing that kari saw/ was supposed to be betrothed to, yeah they dropped that with no explaination. The writer for that episode didn't write any other episodes in 02, but went on to be the lead for tamers I believe.

Actually, that was Dagomon....or something like that.

....come to think on it, WTF happened with Dagomon?

Kaiju

10-18-2013, 07:14 PM

If you mean that cthulu looking thing that kari saw/ was supposed to be betrothed to, yeah they dropped that with no explaination. The writer for that episode didn't write any other episodes in 02, but went on to be the lead for tamers I believe.

Chiaki Konaka wrote both the Dagomon episode AND the Daemon Corps. Episodes, which would damn good episodes if the ****ton of other writers did anything with it. 02 was a total utter cluster**** of incompetency, if I recall it had like seven, ten or twelve lead writers all clashing with one another. Konaka did go on to write Tamers I.E. my favorite digimon season and one of my favorite anime, period.

Sir Fluffykins

10-18-2013, 07:55 PM

Tamers was the best one! I can't really stand the voices now, lol, but that season had a special spark/feeling/tone that was missing from the others, for me at least.

thedarkmessenger

10-18-2013, 08:31 PM

02 was a total utter cluster**** of incompetency, if I recall it had like seven, ten or twelve lead writers all clashing with one another

all that filler makes a lot of sense now....

SarcotarascusN

10-18-2013, 11:43 PM

Chiaki Konaka wrote both the Dagomon episode AND the Daemon Corps. Episodes, which would damn good episodes if the ****ton of other writers did anything with it. 02 was a total utter cluster**** of incompetency, if I recall it had like seven, ten or twelve lead writers all clashing with one another. Konaka did go on to write Tamers I.E. my favorite digimon season and one of my favorite anime, period.

Same guy who wrote the script for Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Armitage III, Ghost Hound, Princess Tutu and RahXephon. Funny he went and did work on Digimon of all things, but maybe it's just the "work is work" principle rearing its head.

Gleeman

10-19-2013, 12:00 AM

Same guy who wrote the script for Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Armitage III, Ghost Hound, Princess Tutu and RahXephon. Funny he went and did work on Digimon of all things, but maybe it's just the "work is work" principle rearing its head.

I know plenty of people who would think it was trolling to put Princess Tutu in that list. They would be the ones I haven't convinced to watch it yet, of course.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/Mizuiro/1196486200150.jpg

thedarkmessenger

10-19-2013, 02:01 PM

watched the first episode of I couldn't become a hero so I reluctantly decided to get a job. as well as My mental choices are completely interfering with my school romantic comedy.

......are the super long titles supposed to somehow compensate for the amount of **** in the anime itself?

abyssion1337

10-19-2013, 05:33 PM

Tamers was the best ****ing season of digimon ever. It's also sometimes called Lain for Kids

Shuiia

10-19-2013, 05:38 PM

PrinnyCat

10-19-2013, 07:21 PM

Finished both seasons of Jormungand. Were both really good, just I wish there could have been a third season, since it did end on a cliffhanger. And thus begins my time trying to juggle watching some of the new anime from this season:

Kyoukai no Kanata
Coppelion
Gingitsune
Diabolik Lovers
Outbreak Company
I couldn't become a hero, so I reluctantly decided to get a job
Blazblue: Alter Memory
Pupa (when it actually decides to air)

Haar

10-20-2013, 12:21 AM

Tonight, I watched Perfect Blue. Still not sure how I felt about it...

vejtornado

10-20-2013, 12:26 AM

So far watching:
Valvrave Part 2
Freezing Vibration
I.S. Season 2
Yuushibu
Little Busters! Refrain
Blaz Blue
Tokyo Ravens
Kill La Kill
Golden Time
Log Horizon
Yūsha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shūshoku o Ketsui Shima****a.
Phi Brain Season 3
Gundam Build Fighters
Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

SuperLoliSentai

10-20-2013, 12:38 AM

Watching:
Kill la Kill
BlazBlue
and Samurai Flamenco

All of which are very droppable

Kaiju

10-20-2013, 12:41 AM

Same guy who wrote the script for Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, Armitage III, Ghost Hound, Princess Tutu and RahXephon. Funny he went and did work on Digimon of all things, but maybe it's just the "work is work" principle rearing its head.

Funny how Konaka really WANTED to write Tamers, hell its practically his "baby" of all things. The amount of notes and work he put into every single design, from a sort of "for adults" prequel dealing with the creation of artificial life amongst a few other intriguing things that put it above and beyond just another "job".
How Tamers was a one season wonder and the **** fest that is Xros Wars/Fusion getting THREE ****ING SEASONS AND COUNTING, is beyond me.

thedarkmessenger

10-20-2013, 12:44 AM

Watching:
Kill la Kill
BlazBlue
and Samurai Flamenco

All of which are very droppable

so drop them. Why suffer when you can have joy?

Kaiju

10-20-2013, 12:45 AM

so drop them. Why suffer when you can have joy?

Loli needs to have seen them if he plans on/being forced to make Tennis clips with them :V

SuperLoliSentai

10-20-2013, 01:06 AM

so drop them. Why suffer when you can have joy?

Because there is always hope that they surprise me and turn into something grand! That and I have a hard time dropping **** I start. AAAAAANNNNNNNDDDDDDD I might get some clip ideas

Haar

10-20-2013, 01:17 AM

Thinking about reading Battle Angel Alita. Do any of you have a formal opinion on that series?

How Tamers was a one season wonder and the **** fest that is Xros Wars/Fusion getting THREE ****ING SEASONS AND COUNTING, is beyond me.
The magic of puberty.
http://i.imgur.com/b0ji1It.gif

thedarkmessenger

10-20-2013, 01:22 AM

Thinking about reading Battle Angel Aelita. Do any of you have a formal opinion on that series?

The magic of puberty.
http://i.imgur.com/b0ji1It.gif

is that.....a digimon? O_O

Haar

10-20-2013, 01:27 AM

is that.....a digimon? O_O

Yes. (http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Lilithmon#Laylamon)

SuperLoliSentai

10-20-2013, 02:36 AM

Thinking about reading Battle Angel Aelita. Do any of you have a formal opinion on that series?

Why not Berserk instead? :)

Haar

10-20-2013, 03:06 AM

Why not Berserk instead? :)

Battle Angel Aelita is only 4 volumes.... not counting the 20 volume ongoing sequel.

Sir Fluffykins

10-20-2013, 05:26 AM

So after finishing Railgun season 1 and Magical Index season (both 24 episodes) I decided to have a look at the story summary on wiki and W-T-F, it's massive.

Going from where Season 1 ends (there's still season 2 of both shows) the guy goes on adventures around the world, some more events with Last Order and Accelerator, WORLD WAR F**KING 3, more sh*t with Angels and in the end I stopped reading THE SUMMARY, so hell, if they're planning to do the whole story we're talking a lot more seasons, which I highly doubt because every story is almost "Highly convoluted plan in action, Toma/friends figures it out, confront bad person, bad person rants about it being the right way, Toma punches them in the face, Toma gains new friend/love interest".

They even joke the guy has a massive harem of girls yet there's no "harem antics", so there's no idea if he actually returns the feelings of any of the girls -__-

Also the guy who did the LN's has killed off the hero twice cause couldn't think of any way to end the series, which looks like it's still going... -_-

Shuiia

10-20-2013, 11:51 AM

Tonight, I watched Perfect Blue. Still not sure how I felt about it...

Basically Black Swan only way better.

Thinking about reading Battle Angel Aelita. Do any of you have a formal opinion on that series?

Still on my to watch list. It's bretty gud in my opinion.

thedarkmessenger

10-20-2013, 12:26 PM

Still on my to watch list. It's bretty gud in my opinion.

then how do you know it's good?

Shuiia

10-20-2013, 03:40 PM

then how do you know it's good?

Years of experience will tell you when something's got potential.

Backmask

10-20-2013, 04:12 PM

Glorious Syd Mead SUMO losing to disgusting Okawara SEED ****? **** this show. **** it hard.
http://i.imgur.com/iy2pwZM.jpg

urahara1001

10-20-2013, 07:52 PM

I just picked up Galaxy Railways at Disc Replay this weekend, so I'll be going through that eventually. Galaxy Express 999 was my very first anime (which I saw years and years ago), and I loved that, so I've got high hopes for this one.

thedarkmessenger

10-20-2013, 08:26 PM

Years of experience will tell you when something's got potential.

"got potential" and "good" are two VERY different things.

Shuiia

10-20-2013, 08:41 PM

"got potential" and "good" are two VERY different things.

It is pretty much rare that things that have potential end up being ****. But maybe I should have rephrased my statement.
Years of experience will tell you when something's good.

thedarkmessenger

10-20-2013, 09:23 PM

It is pretty much rare that things that have potential end up being ****. But maybe I should have rephrased my statement.
Years of experience will tell you when something's good.

no, actually watching the damn thing will tell you when something's good. "Years of experience" is just an excuse to "judge a book by its cover"

Shuiia

10-20-2013, 09:48 PM

no, actually watching the damn thing will tell you when something's good. "Years of experience" is just an excuse to "judge a book by its cover"

This would be the case if things weren't predictable.

Haar

10-20-2013, 09:50 PM

no, actually watching the damn thing will tell you when something's good. "Years of experience" is just an excuse to "judge a book by its cover"

Hurry up and watch Jojo since you're apparently unbiased.

Backmask

10-20-2013, 09:53 PM

It is pretty much rare that things that have potential end up being ****.

Tons of ****ty anime and manga had potential. Hell, most ****ty adaptations had potential.

Shuiia

10-20-2013, 10:18 PM

Tons of ****ty anime and manga had potential. Hell, most ****ty adaptations had potential.

I meant potential potential. Not as in this might be good but as in this is gonna be good.

urahara1001

10-21-2013, 12:52 AM

I meant potential potential. Not as in this might be good but as in this is gonna be good.

http://img.pandawhale.com/78387-Dis-gon-b-gud-gif--This-is-gon-sWM8.gif

thedarkmessenger

10-21-2013, 01:56 AM

Hurry up and watch Jojo since you're apparently unbiased.

I actually did watch some of it....and hated it :|

Haar

10-21-2013, 02:04 AM

I actually did watch some of it....and hated it :|

When was this and why are you only telling me now?

Shuiia

10-21-2013, 07:27 AM

http://img.pandawhale.com/78387-Dis-gon-b-gud-gif--This-is-gon-sWM8.gif

^pretty much this

humnut

10-21-2013, 12:04 PM

gonna start on Little Busters: Refrain and Strawberry Panic soon, once I get in the mood for some anime.

Thetruecrow

10-21-2013, 06:06 PM

Watching Gundam 0079 now, and Hunter X Hunter

False, actually i'm human, though i plan on ruling the world.
TNP is too lazy to post in this thread.

True.
The next poster has seen tengen toppa gurren lagann... Wait does this break the game?

glory of llama

10-21-2013, 07:03 PM

Of course I've seen ttgl, loved it.

watching bamboo blade, henneko, and spice and wolf. henneko is hilarious, bamboo blade is fun, and spice and wolf is very cool.

Kaiju

10-21-2013, 10:08 PM

I'm on Spice and Wolf S2 right now, but I haven't seen the last two eps yet, which I've been procrastinating something fierce.
However, I do like the series though I feel it tries a bit too hard in its emotional bits with little pay off and I really wish they expand upon the mythos of the setting a bit more. You have giant animal gods who can take the shape of humans as well as other types of magic trying to survive amongst a rapidly escalating pre/during renaissance European civilization? Thats very interesting! Hell you had a giant moon bear destroy a village of giant wolves in the past! GIANT MOON BEAR. Do SOMETHING with all this premise! Merely skimming the surface of this potential setting is like giving me an appetizer and teasing a much bigger and maybe tastier plate of food and never coming up with it.

Now with that said, Spice and Wolf do make up for it with its character cast from main characters to the episodic/arcly side-cast as well as different situations and resolutions you'd come to expect of a setting/story like this. I just desire, a bit more exploration into the setting is all as it feels like a side-story to a much larger verse. Unsure if the LN's continue where the anime leaves off, but good I hope so.

Gleeman

10-22-2013, 04:42 AM

Continuing Kill La Kill, Nagi no Asukura, Gingitsume and Appreggio of Blue Steel.

Gleeman

10-24-2013, 12:56 PM

We Without Wings ep. 1...

http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/0a4122046b61cfcf158c1a68aa5214a5/http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g476/iiShadowfoxz/Funny%20Pictures/181907-reaction-faces.jpg

regnier

10-24-2013, 08:40 PM

start watching jojo. it alot more violent than i tough, and gay

Backmask

10-27-2013, 01:36 AM

This kills printed localisations (http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-26/crunchyroll-to-simultaneously-offer-kodansha-manga-in-170-countries)

SuperLoliSentai

10-27-2013, 01:41 AM

This kills printed localisations (http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-26/crunchyroll-to-simultaneously-offer-kodansha-manga-in-170-countries)

Who needs printed versions when you read off your computer screen? **** Crunchyroll and the people that sub to it

Haar

10-27-2013, 02:30 AM

Hey, this will keep the poor kids out of our sekrit klub, amirite?

FORDboy357

10-27-2013, 02:46 AM

Just downloaded Robot Carnival after having not seen it in 20 years. Couldn't remember the name.

Gleeman

10-27-2013, 08:47 PM

This kills printed localisations (http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-10-26/crunchyroll-to-simultaneously-offer-kodansha-manga-in-170-countries)

Just like streaming was going to kill Blu-Ray sales (http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11848)? Or e-readers were going to kill Barnes and Noble (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/07/29/130729ta_talk_surowiecki)?

Who needs printed versions when you read off your computer screen? **** Crunchyroll and the people that sub to it

Why are you against the creators at least getting some money off subs?

Shuiia

10-27-2013, 09:10 PM

Who needs printed versions when you read off your computer screen?

I for one never ever got the appeal of reading in a digital format apart from being a "trendy" and "hip" kid who is too cool4books and will read books on an e-reader in the train.
Ok it'll save paper and space you might require for a good collection and it is a lot more portable than carrying a 400+ pages hardcover but honestly I prefer printed medium to read. It just feels more real to me and in the ongoing debate of analogue vs. digital I'm inclined to go for analogue on a bunch of things.

To keep on topic I recently resumed watching Shinsekai Yori and might I say it's pretty damn neat. Definitely in the top of late 2012 shows as expected.

Backmask

10-27-2013, 09:19 PM

Just like streaming was going to kill Blu-Ray sales (http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=11848)? Or e-readers were going to kill Barnes and Noble (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/07/29/130729ta_talk_surowiecki)?

There's an incredible difference in quality between streaming and BDs to the point in which bringing such a thing up is complete ignorance. And comparing BDs, a thriving and growing market, vs. streaming to licensed manga, a dangerously niche medium within in another niche medium that has been in decline for a while now, vs. streaming is probably the largest level of quantifiable ignorance one could reach. 1080p or 720p for streaming - no mater the site - is leagues below 1080p or 720p for BDs. Streaming wasn't going to kill much in the first place. Not to mention that BDs were never dying out - unlike licensed manga, which has been in decline for a while. There's also the fact that the worst quality that comes from online manga is overleveling or poor lettering, as compared to streamings' Artifact Land Galore.
Physical copies of manga won't die out completely because of this, but it'll certainly be hurt.

Why are you against the creators at least getting some money off subs?

Because they make jack **** off of Crunchyroll? Every studio is a flop away from going bankrupt,(Like, two or three are two flops away from bankruptcy) and giving a hobo a penny doesn't do **** for that hobo.
There's also the fact that it gives people the delusion that they "are helping the anime they love," when in reality they aren't even apart of the considered market.

Gleeman

10-27-2013, 10:16 PM

Because they make jack **** off of Crunchyroll? Every studio is a flop away from going bankrupt,(Like, two or three are two flops away from bankruptcy) and giving a hobo a penny doesn't do **** for that hobo.
There's also the fact that it gives people the delusion that they "are helping the anime they love," when in reality they aren't even apart of the considered market.

As opposed to making $0 or even -$ off of fan subs? America is a secondary market for anime/manga in any case though. Anime as a whole in Japan sells annually around 90-100 billion Yen (hard media, not including ad revenues) opposed to around 17 billion Yen for the entire export market, from the most recent data I can find. Pretty sure the studios will survive or go under no matter what goes on over here, but at least they get a few extra Yen off of CR/Funi/AN/etc.

Agree about streaming quality overall, but for a TV shy of 50"+ (everyone I know at least) most people can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, even when at the correct distance, which most people aren't. I have a 42" in the living room and have to get really close to the screen to notice differences between the same movie on Netflix or Blu-Ray. Don't have a 5.1/7.1 system though, that would probably make a big difference.

Yes manga will probably take a hit but it won't completely disappear. You've been able to buy manga on Kindle and Nook for years since they came out with color models for about half the price of a hard copy, and the manga section at B&N seems to be doing OK. They actually expanded it recently at my local store.

Shuiia

10-27-2013, 10:57 PM

Agree about streaming quality overall, but for a TV shy of 50"+ (everyone I know at least) most people can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p, even when at the correct distance, which most people aren't.

Actually the size of your screen won't matter much for noticing a difference between 720p and 1080p. Those are simply values for picture resolution e.g. 1280x720 and 1920x1080 with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The difference lies in pixel size and as such how much detail can be seen on a screen and whilst the fine tech and math of it all is indeed a bit too much for the average joe to notice it will have a noticeable effect on picture quality for the "trained" eye in the form of a sharper picture and, depending on the quality of your screen, a broader contrast.
http://i.imgur.com/RKWWrTI.jpg?1

I have a 42" in the living room and have to get really close to the screen to notice differences between the same movie on Netflix or Blu-Ray. Don't have a 5.1/7.1 system though, that would probably make a big difference.

I don't know about the streaming quality of Netflix but if that is the case they either have their **** really taken care of or you'd have to download the movie beforehand(or buffer it whilst you're viewing it). The thing is though with a Blu-Ray you have all the necessary data in all it's completeness on a single disc with no need to load or otherwise stream the data through several other channels which will guarentee a minimal or no loss of data. With streaming on the other hand you'd have to consider a couple of things.
-It takes a lot of bandwidth to stream an entire movie in 1080p even without the sound data
-with streaming you'd have to jump through several "data-hoops" which will end up, in the worst case scenario, severely damaging your data and therefore quality
-With streaming you could end up being screwed whenever your connection kicks it.

Finally a 5.1 or 7.1 system won't do anything as far as I know as to improve or deteriorate picture quality, those are simply sound systems for sound data that has been programmed to work with said sound systems to produce "surround-sound".

Keep in mind this is how I think this kind of **** works based on deducing, quickly researching a couple of aspects of the subject matter and personal knowledge of the subject matter. Even so, there's still a bit of an ongoing debate on these kinds of things.

thedarkmessenger

10-27-2013, 11:26 PM

I just go with 1080p whenever possible because I don't like doing a bunch of research on each particular show on whether or not it's worth the extra space. Plus, I may not be rich, but I still have money to buy more HDD space if I need it.

LawRayLiet

10-28-2013, 12:38 AM

Actually the size of your screen won't matter much for noticing a difference between 720p and 1080p. Those are simply values for picture resolution e.g. 1280x720 and 1920x1080 with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The difference lies in pixel size and as such how much detail can be seen on a screen and whilst the fine tech and math of it all is indeed a bit too much for the average joe to notice it will have a noticeable effect on picture quality for the "trained" eye in the form of a sharper picture and, depending on the quality of your screen, a broader contrast.
What I believe he means, is that as you get further away from your tv, the detail you are able to perceive is obviously decreased.
Meaning that "extra" fine detail of the 1080p would be lost, depending on your viewing distance. Which is correct.
http://i.imgur.com/lft4TFA.png

I just go with 1080p whenever possible because I don't like doing a bunch of research on each particular show on whether or not it's worth the extra space. Plus, I may not be rich, but I still have money to buy more HDD space if I need it.
Trust me, in the case of anime, half of the time there's no extra detail to be gotten from it, even if you have the perfect setup.
Just save the space and go for the 720p.

thedarkmessenger

10-28-2013, 01:04 AM

Trust me, in the case of anime, half of the time there's no extra detail to be gotten from it, even if you have the perfect setup.
Just save the space and go for the 720p.

what about the other half? Also, space is NOT an issue. I currently have a total of 5TB of space, and use less than 1TB currently. I don't plan on downloading literally every anime in existence, either.

Haar

10-28-2013, 01:10 AM

what about the other half? .

Those are movies and you don't watch those.

thedarkmessenger

10-28-2013, 01:11 AM

Those are movies and you don't watch those.

Actually, yes I do. It's NON-anime movies your thinking of :P

Gleeman

10-28-2013, 02:39 AM

Finally a 5.1 or 7.1 system won't do anything as far as I know as to improve or deteriorate picture quality, those are simply sound systems for sound data that has been programmed to work with said sound systems to produce "surround-sound".

Meant that the addition of the superior sound quality would be an advantage over streaming (I believe they are all plain 2.0 stereo?)

And speaking of Blu-Ray sound quality, does anyone else have issues with BDs on the PS3 playing with relatively low volume? I play mine through a sound bar and have to crank it way up compared to TV/Netflix, even with the sound setting for the Blu-Ray all the way up.

In any case arguing over resolutions/quality is one of those never ending arguments, like whether mp3 bitrates above 160kbps are distinguishable from loss-less. (ducks and covers) I would like to see if a 120hz TV makes a noticeable difference, though.

thedarkmessenger

10-28-2013, 04:30 AM

Meant that the addition of the superior sound quality would be an advantage over streaming (I believe they are all plain 2.0 stereo?)

And speaking of Blu-Ray sound quality, does anyone else have issues with BDs on the PS3 playing with relatively low volume? I play mine through a sound bar and have to crank it way up compared to TV/Netflix, even with the sound setting for the Blu-Ray all the way up.

In any case arguing over resolutions/quality is one of those never ending arguments, like whether mp3 bitrates above 160kbps are distinguishable from loss-less. (ducks and covers) I would like to see if a 120hz TV makes a noticeable difference, though.

I personally notice a difference between 60hz and 120hz. I don't notice a difference on anything higher than 120hz, though. Could just be the TV's I looked at, though...

Haar

10-28-2013, 05:32 AM

Actually, yes I do. It's NON-anime movies your thinking of :P

Yeah, I never understood that.

And speaking of Blu-Ray sound quality, does anyone else have issues with BDs on the PS3 playing with relatively low volume? I play mine through a sound bar and have to crank it way up compared to TV/Netflix, even with the sound setting for the Blu-Ray all the way up.

I use my television's native (crappy) speakers and the volume doesn't seem very low. Of course, I watch blu-rays alone and when the neighbors are asleep, so I haven't really put things to the proper test.

LawRayLiet

10-28-2013, 06:03 AM

Meant that the addition of the superior sound quality would be an advantage over streaming (I believe they are all plain 2.0 stereo?)

And speaking of Blu-Ray sound quality, does anyone else have issues with BDs on the PS3 playing with relatively low volume? I play mine through a sound bar and have to crank it way up compared to TV/Netflix, even with the sound setting for the Blu-Ray all the way up.

In any case arguing over resolutions/quality is one of those never ending arguments, like whether mp3 bitrates above 160kbps are distinguishable from loss-less. (ducks and covers) I would like to see if a 120hz TV makes a noticeable difference, though.
I know Netflix actually does support dolby 5.1 surround sound though.

As for the low Blu Ray volume on PS3, if you don't have a 5.1 set up, then make sure you have "Only" 2.0 Linear PCM options checked. Also try switching the Dynamic Range Control to off.
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/bdsettings.html#3241

And yeah, 120hz is definitely noticeable on my tv. But then again my tv supports High Motionflow to go along with it.

BladeGraffiti

10-28-2013, 07:24 AM

I'm watching bible black lagoon, always.

Haar

10-28-2013, 07:25 AM

I have gotten back to watching Rio: Rainbow Gate for the 4th time. Currently on the 5th episode....

Sir Fluffykins

10-28-2013, 07:38 AM

I'm watching bible black lagoon, always.

Now lets try figure out what he meant to type and what he actually is watching. :P

BladeGraffiti

10-28-2013, 07:55 AM

oh that's exactly what i meant to type, make no mistake about it.

SuperLoliSentai

10-28-2013, 07:59 AM

Watching Shoujo Kakumei Utena and so far it is Lesbian, rose, lesbian, rose, lesbian rose, lesbian, rose... CAR!

Kaiju

10-28-2013, 08:08 AM

Watching Shoujo Kakumei Utena and so far it is Lesbian, rose, lesbian, rose, lesbian rose, lesbian, rose... CAR!

Movie or Anime? The Movie is kind of...well...that.
The Anime I hear is a symbolistic masterpiece. From what I hear.

SuperLoliSentai

10-28-2013, 08:12 AM

Movie or Anime? The Movie is kind of...well...that.
The Anime I hear is a symbolistic masterpiece. From what I hear.
I am watching the movie. I was going to watch the show but then realized that would take more time... I will watch the show eventually.

thedarkmessenger

10-28-2013, 12:19 PM

Yeah, I never understood that.

what's not understandable about that? movies suck :|

Backmask

10-28-2013, 12:46 PM

what's not understandable about that? movies suck :|

I have no words for this bull****.

thedarkmessenger

10-28-2013, 01:21 PM

I have no words for this bull****.

hey, I'm not the one who makes that crap. I just choose not to subject myself to **** just because everyone else does.

Haar

10-28-2013, 03:19 PM

What makes anime films so special?

mattroks101

10-28-2013, 04:31 PM

I am watching the movie. I was going to watch the show but then realized that would take more time... I will watch the show eventually.

I hear, and read, that the anime series is much much better than the movie, but that is merely what they say around the water cooler.

Backmask

10-28-2013, 06:59 PM

hey, I'm not the one who makes that crap. I just choose not to subject myself to **** just because everyone else does.

It's like "weeaboo" and "hipster" ****ed and had a baby.

But joking aside, what don't you like about Western movies - out of curiosity? Is it just a preference to the visuals found within the animated format?

Shuiia

10-28-2013, 08:02 PM

It's like "weeaboo" and "hipster" ****ed and had a baby.

But joking aside, what don't you like about Western movies - out of curiosity? Is it just a preference to the visuals found within the animated format?

Hang on this ****** never saw:
Blade Runner
Holy Motors
The Untouchables
Spy Game
The Crow
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Renaissance
Moon
District 9
Jacobs Ladder
Heat
Gandhi
Close encounters of the third kind
Alien
Aliens
11:14
Eastern Promises
Drive

and several other brilliant movies from around the globe that I won't bother naming for the time being?

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 02:29 AM

Backmask

10-29-2013, 03:11 AM

actually I saw a lot of those movies.....and they sucked :|

Now you're just being edgy

But what is it that makes Japanimation so much better in your eyes than our inferior Western cinema?

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 03:49 AM

Hang on this ****** never saw:
Blade Runner
Holy Motors
The Untouchables
Spy Game
The Crow
The Silence of the Lambs
Hannibal
Renaissance
Moon
District 9
Jacobs Ladder
Heat
Gandhi
Close encounters of the third kind
Alien
Aliens
11:14
Eastern Promises
Drive

and several other brilliant movies from around the globe that I won't bother naming for the time being?

Ah, Many of my favorites are on this list.
I'd also throw in:
Gojira (1954)
King Kong (1933)
Citizen Kane
2001: A Space Odyssey
Schindler's List
Amongst others. All pieces of art in their own way.

actually I saw a lot of those movies.....and they sucked :|

Get Out. Get. The ****. Out.

Haar

10-29-2013, 03:50 AM

Do we just post our arguments of varying factuality now? We already know that Dark isn't going to give us any answers that actually make sense, so are we even bothering?

SuperLoliSentai

10-29-2013, 03:51 AM

I hate Obama and onions!

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 03:51 AM

Do we just post our baseless arguments for things on here now?

I thought every thread was due for baseless arguments?

Haar

10-29-2013, 04:02 AM

I hate Obama and onions!
I also hate onions. Looks like we've got some nigga synthesis going on.

I thought every thread was due for baseless arguments?
Hm... we are on the internet, the realm of factual opinions, objective facts, and opinionated objectives, so that sounds about right.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:13 AM

Get Out. Get. The ****. Out.

You're on a site about Anime Music Videos. If you can't handle someone who enjoys anime, YOU should GTFO.

And if I happen to make arguments that don't make sense to you, it's only because you guys are blind idiots. Seriously, what are you guys even doing here? If you can't enjoy anime, and can't stand anyone who enjoys anime, you're on the wrong forums.

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 05:18 AM

You're on a site about Anime Music Videos. If you can't handle someone who enjoys anime, YOU should GTFO.

And if I happen to make arguments that don't make sense to you, it's only because you guys are blind idiots.

Think is, Dark. I enjoy good things OF ANY MEDIUM. I don't care if Japanimation, Western Animation, Film, Comic Book, Manga, Manwha, Mythology, Literature, Web Comics, Music, etc. All genres and all mediums have good **** to offer and by completely shafting all of it with a "****" label is no worse than those pretentious hipster douchebags who hate anime because they think its all the same as Pokemon or DBZ or Sailor Moon they saw as a kid, just the opposite side of the fence. Equally draconian, equally ****ing stupid. I like anime, GOOD anime (and some anime which are less than good but still enjoy anyways) but I don't complete disregard everything else.
A Good Story is a Good Story, regardless of its Medium. I'm sorry good films don't pander to the lowest common denonimator of the otaku moedom.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:22 AM

Think is, Dark. I enjoy good things OF ANY MEDIUM. I don't care if Japanimation, Western Animation, Film, Comic Book, Manga, Manwha, Mythology, Literature, Web Comics, Music, etc. All genres and all mediums have good **** to offer and by completely shafting all of it with a "****" label is no worse than those pretentious hipster douchebags who hate anime because they think its all the same as the moe dirt ****. I like anime, GOOD anime (and some anime which are less than good but still enjoy anyways) but I don't complete disregard everything else.
A Good Story is a Good Story, regardless of its Medium. I'm sorry good films don't pander to the lowest common denonimator of the otaku moedom.

I also enjoy good things of any medium. Unfortunately, Americans don't really seem to know how to make good movies :|

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 05:30 AM

I also enjoy good things of any medium. Unfortunately, Americans don't really seem to know how to make good movies :|

Uhhh.... did you not see that list? Those are are all Good ****ing films which are world regarded classics. King Kong was a modern day fairy tale whose symbolism represented the failings of early 20th century imperiaistic tendencies of American expansionism as well as incorporating revolutionary film techniques which everywhere else on earth use to this day. Same with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, If not for things like Snow White and other early Disney films, ANIME WOULD NOT EXIST.

Alien was for its time one of the scariest and well done horror films, EVER. Aliens turned it on its head and turned it into one of the best action or alien war stories of any medium. Have I mentioned all the sci-fi anime it help inspire? I'm SURE you've seen the Video Games with Space marines, and the Table Top Games and the Literature.... those would all not exist today. (okay, for some of the FPS's that may be a good thing admittedly, but then it would just be different bull****.)

Blade Runner did the same thing. Ghost in the Shell, an anime classic and AWESOME movie, would not exist if not for Blade-Runner.
Jacobs Ladder - Inspired SILENT HILL
Silence of the Lambs - Every modern Psychopath in fiction owe their roots to this movie
etc. etc. etc.

Western Films did a lot and DO a lot to set the bar. Film is an impressive medium which can produce works of ART. Completely disregarding an entire library of it just for the country of origin is bull****. (Like saying all Japanese animation is the same **** and is not good at all.) So don't give me that "American's don't know how to make good movies" iits bull**** and you know it, you just don't know where to look.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:33 AM

Uhhh.... did you not see that list? Those are are all Good ****ing films which are world regarded classics. King Kong was a modern day fairy tale whose symbolism represented the failings of early 20th century imperiaistic tendencies of American expansionism as well as incorporating revolutionary film techniques which everywhere else on earth use to this day. Same with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, If not for things like Snow White and other early Disney films, ANIME WOULD NOT EXIST.

Alien was for its time one of the scariest and well done horror films, EVER. Aliens turned it on its head and turned it into one of the best action or alien war stories of any medium. Have I mentioned all the sci-fi anime it help inspire? I'm SURE you've seen the Video Games with Space marines, and the Table Top Games and the Literature.... those would all not exist today. (okay, for some of the FPS's that may be a good thing admittedly, but then it would just be different bull****.)

Blade Runner did the same thing. Ghost in the Shell, an anime classic and AWESOME movie, would not exist if not for Blade-Runner.
Jacobs Ladder - Inspired SILENT HILL
Silence of the Lambs - Every modern Psychopath in fiction owe their roots to this movie
etc. etc. etc.

Western Films did a lot and DO a lot to set the bar. Film is an impressive medium which can produce works of ART. Completely disregarding an entire library of it just for the country of origin is bull****. (Like saying all Japanese animation is the same **** and is not good at all.) So don't give me that "American's don't know how to make good movies" iits bull**** and you know it, you just don't know where to look.
just because everyone else likes it doesn't mean I'm required by law to like it >_<

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 05:35 AM

just because everyone else likes it doesn't mean I'm required by law to like it >_<

You're right.
It just makes you like a tasteless plebeian for not doing so. :P

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:36 AM

You're right.
It just makes you like a tasteless plebeian for not doing so. :P

so not liking **** makes me tasteless? riiiiiiiiiiight....

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 05:40 AM

so not liking **** makes me tasteless? riiiiiiiiiiight....

Not liking GOOD stuff.
That is unless you can give me one 5+ page, MLA and Hamburger formatted, thesis driven essay on why you don't like a particular film for each film you don't like, with references and objective evidence backing up your claims for why its "****" than yes, you would be tasteless.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:42 AM

Not liking GOOD stuff.
That is unless you can give me one 5+ page, MLA and Hamburger formatted, thesis driven essay on why you don't like a particular film for each film you don't like, with references and objective evidence backing up your claims for why its "****" than yes, you would be tasteless.

I do happen to like GOOD stuff. It's the rest of the world that doesn't :|. How the hell do you think Twilight became so popular?

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 05:44 AM

just because everyone else likes it doesn't mean I'm required by law to like it >_<

This is true, but insisting that you don't like things that fall into the exact same purview as other things you do say you like leaves you with a fairly weak position.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:45 AM

This is true, but insisting that you don't like things that fall into the exact same purview as other things you do say you like leaves you with a fairly weak position.

.....what?

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 05:48 AM

.....what?

See Kaiju's list

Uhhh.... did you not see that list? Those are are all Good ****ing films which are world regarded classics. King Kong was a modern day fairy tale whose symbolism represented the failings of early 20th century imperiaistic tendencies of American expansionism as well as incorporating revolutionary film techniques which everywhere else on earth use to this day. Same with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, If not for things like Snow White and other early Disney films, ANIME WOULD NOT EXIST.

Alien was for its time one of the scariest and well done horror films, EVER. Aliens turned it on its head and turned it into one of the best action or alien war stories of any medium. Have I mentioned all the sci-fi anime it help inspire? I'm SURE you've seen the Video Games with Space marines, and the Table Top Games and the Literature.... those would all not exist today. (okay, for some of the FPS's that may be a good thing admittedly, but then it would just be different bull****.)

Blade Runner did the same thing. Ghost in the Shell, an anime classic and AWESOME movie, would not exist if not for Blade-Runner.
Jacobs Ladder - Inspired SILENT HILL
Silence of the Lambs - Every modern Psychopath in fiction owe their roots to this movie
etc. etc. etc.

Western Films did a lot and DO a lot to set the bar. Film is an impressive medium which can produce works of ART. Completely disregarding an entire library of it just for the country of origin is bull****. (Like saying all Japanese animation is the same **** and is not good at all.) So don't give me that "American's don't know how to make good movies" iits bull**** and you know it, you just don't know where to look.

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 05:49 AM

I do happen to like GOOD stuff. It's the rest of the world that doesn't :|. How the hell do you think Twilight became so popular?

So what good things do you like then?
Also Twilight is a bull**** argument as its own actors hate it and its "fanbase" is consisting entirely of tweens, hormonely driven high school students, and sexually frustrated house wifes whose husbands performance and looks aren't as satisfying as it was when she married him. Decent-Sized, but limited, and actually universally LOATHED by anyone with half a brain...

..also I'd point out how your fallacious statement is buuut...

This is true, but insisting that you don't like things that fall into the exact same purview as other things you do say you like leaves you with a fairly weak position.

This guy got it.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:49 AM

See Kaiju's list

so you're saying that just because **** eventually led to the creation of good stuff, I am required to like said ****?

Arock

10-29-2013, 05:49 AM

I do happen to like GOOD stuff. It's the rest of the world that doesn't :|. How the hell do you think Twilight became so popular?

General consensus of most people that are not teenage girls who like to rubs their twats to that ****, is that those movies are truly **** and burn in a fire. Now your saying that all western movies are **** just because they don't cream your twinkie is completely ****. Yes there have been many good western movies that i personally didn't enjoy, but that doesn't mean they're ****. I can still appreciate all the hard work that went into it and see why people think it is a great movie despite not liking it myself.

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 05:52 AM

so you're saying that just because **** eventually led to the creation of good stuff, I am required to like said ****?

I never said you're required to like anything, and in fact I defended that you are entitled to your opinion. However, when the things you claim to not like are the building blocks of things you do like, you've got an uphill battle to defend why.

Of course, you can always say it's just your opinion and that you don't have a defense for it, but then you have to accept the ridicule for having an opinion with no basis.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 05:55 AM

I never said you're required to like anything, and in fact I defended that you are entitled to your opinion. However, when the things you claim to not like are the building blocks of things you do like, you've got an uphill battle to defend why.

Of course, you can always say it's just your opinion and that you don't have a defense for it, but then you have to accept the ridicule for having an opinion with no basis.
everyone has at least one opinion on at least one subject that has no basis. EVERYONE. Quit acting like you guys are gods, 'cause you're not

*edit* and if I'm entitled to my opinion, then why the hell should I have to defend it, anyway?

Sir Fluffykins

10-29-2013, 05:55 AM

Too bad I only saw the Directors cut of Blade Runner, everyone said I was mad not liking Blade Runner, only later did I find out the DC IS considered rubbish and you're supposed to watch the Final Cut to get the "full experience".

Also a lot of those mile-stone movies are "watch once" movies. Aliens is a mile-stone movie but you'll never be as surprised when the aliens bursts out the guys chest as you were the first time.

I don't see how Citizen Kane fits into movie history though, I tried to watch it and became bored after the opening montage of the guys life.

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 05:59 AM

everyone has at least one opinion on at least one subject that has no basis. EVERYONE. Quit acting like you guys are gods, 'cause you're not

*edit* and if I'm entitled to my opinion, then why the hell should I have to defend it, anyway?

Because informed, intelligent people back up their line of logic with reasoning. The burden of evidence falls to the one putting forth the claim. Same thing with religion. You can believe what you want, but if you can't tell anyone why, then don't be surprised when they don't take you seriously.

Arock

10-29-2013, 06:02 AM

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x291/Kenny_AF/argument-pyramid.jpg

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 06:03 AM

Because informed, intelligent people back up their line of logic with reasoning. The burden of evidence falls to the one putting forth the claim. Same thing with religion. You can believe what you want, but if you can't tell anyone why, then don't be surprised when they don't take you seriously.

so......I'm only allowed to have an opinion as long as it agrees with everyone else?

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 06:07 AM

so......I'm only allowed to have an opinion as long as it agrees with everyone else?

No, you are allowed to have an opinion if you can support your claim with clear (preferabbly objective/unrefutable) evidence that supports your thesis.
Those who do neither of that are called the Tea Partiers. :P

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 06:08 AM

No, you are allowed to have an opinion if you can support your claim with clear (preferabbly objective/unrefutable) evidence that supports your thesis.
Those who do neither of that are called the Tea Partiers. :P

like I said earlier, everyone has at least one baseless opinion. EVERYONE. You "gods" are no exception.

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 06:13 AM

so......I'm only allowed to have an opinion as long as it agrees with everyone else?

No, I don't believe you've heard anything I have said. You are allowed to have an opinion regardless. If you want to have an opinion AND have people take it seriously, then you need to be able to support your opinion with logical arguments.

Your argument so far has a contradiction. You like derivative works, but don't like the work it is derived from. It's fine to have that contradiction, if you can say why. As far as I have seen, you've not presented a reason for that contradiction to exist.

like I said earlier, everyone has at least one baseless opinion. EVERYONE. You "gods" are no exception.

No one else is putting forth an argument without giving reasons at this point. And I repeat, you are allowed to do this, but you can't put forth an opinion without any supporting evidence and expect people to take you seriously.

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 06:15 AM

No, I don't believe you've heard anything I have said. You are allowed to have an opinion regardless. If you want to have an opinion AND have people take it seriously, then you need to be able to support your opinion with logical arguments.

Your argument so far has a contradiction. You like derivative works, but don't like the work it is derived from. It's fine to have that contradiction, if you can say why. As far as I have seen, you've not presented a reason for that contradiction to exist.

No one else is putting forth an argument without giving reasons at this point. And I repeat, you are allowed to do this, but you can't put forth an opinion without any supporting evidence and expect people to take you seriously.

Why should I give a **** if you guys take me seriously or not?

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 06:17 AM

Why should I give a **** if you guys take me seriously or not?

And this here speaks volumes.

http://penguinpetes.com/gallery/MyWalls/pigeon_chess.png

Haar

10-29-2013, 06:23 AM

You guys sure are having fun tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/BoXp0b8.png

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 06:24 AM

You guy sure are having fun tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/r0TdgLS.png

of course! We're beeeeeest friends! 8D

Kaiju

10-29-2013, 06:24 AM

Is this over? If it is, PsychoGamers romp in the Video Game Thread was far more lulz producing :/
Good Luck next time!

thedarkmessenger

10-29-2013, 06:27 AM

Is this over? If it is, PsychoGamers romp in the Video Game Thread was far more lulz producing :/
Good Luck next time!

hugz tiem nao?

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 06:33 AM

hugz tiem nao?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuWoTuBzgS5AokCzBPZJ9o_aOo33E5Y wv2VYPw3Jo6VNoKwStVFZqkh8A4

urahara1001

10-29-2013, 06:33 AM

hugz tiem nao?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuWoTuBzgS5AokCzBPZJ9o_aOo33E5Y wv2VYPw3Jo6VNoKwStVFZqkh8A4

SuperLoliSentai

10-29-2013, 03:20 PM

You're right.
It just makes you like a tasteless plebeian for not doing so. :P

I think philistine would have been the better insult here

Man it looks like I went to bed too early yesterday...

zemoo

10-31-2013, 05:09 AM

Gleeman

10-31-2013, 05:25 AM

Arpeggio of Blue Steel ep. 4.

Am I the only one who sees a harem of ship avatars for the hero in the future?

Kill La Kill ep. 4

*shrugs*

ThatsNotMyName_studio

11-01-2013, 04:36 AM

Just an update. Still watching or finished these
Here's my thoughts so far..

Kill la Kill. - a bit more ecchi than I care for, although when her suit gets washed, that was pretty funny.
Miss Monochrome - The Animation. The ED is pretty good. It's enjoyable for 4 min long.
Outbreak Company. - Not bad. Harem.
Monogatari.- I Like This
I Couldn't Become A Hero, So I Reluctantly Got A Job. - Ecchi. see episode 3 for all your GIF sourcing
Soro No Woto. Finished. Very Good. It's like K-On!xFMA
Samurai Flamenco. This gets better as it goes on.
Yowamushi Pedal. I'm getting a mini education on Bikes and Biking.
Another. Finished. Shiver me Timbers, but that was good!

Gleeman

11-01-2013, 05:06 PM

We Without Wings ep. 2-6. Look at all the PLOT.

TheLazyGrizzly

11-03-2013, 01:04 AM

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko episode 7

Chewi105

11-03-2013, 01:23 AM

Im in the middle of Kill la Kill, Kyoto no Katana, Gosick, and Angel Beats. Out of all the shows im in right now, Kill la Kill saves the most animes.

Shuiia

11-03-2013, 12:47 PM

Finished Watamote yesterday.
2 things
episode 11 would have been a better end.

and

Why.
The ****.
Is Yuu such a slut?

Sir Fluffykins

11-03-2013, 01:21 PM

Just finished Clannad After story and I'm a little confused about the ending. Would anyone whose seen/played it mind clarifying some things?

seriously don't click the next spoiler if you don't want to know how it ends
So at the end of episode 21 it seems like Ushio dies but the next episode is a flashback sequence where Nagisa didn't die and they seem to live happily ever after. There is also the bit about the world that had ended that seemed to indicate that Ushio was the girl and Okazaki was the automaton, but this contradicts the movie which made Nagisa the Girl. There are a lot of differences between the movie and the Anime, which may be just different possible routes in the VN. I have a few theories/interpretations as to what might have happened.

1. They are two of the possible endings, one good and one bad, from the VN and they didn't want to chose just one for the anime so episode 21 is the bad end for Nagisa dying and episode 22 is the good end of her not dying.

2. Okazaki got a "wish" granted which reset time so that Nagisa never died which changed what happened to everyone.

3. Episode 22 was a dream sequence akin to Eva and your not supposed to know what actually happened or if Ushio ever gets up.

4. Nagisa died when she was 5 and when her dad wished her back to life the girl from the world that had ended became Nagisa. So when Ushio was born Nagisa died so that the girl from the world that ended could become Ushio.

I'll probably do the VN someday and hopefully that will clear it up, but not anytime while the story is still fresh in my head. Maybe it's best I figure out that way?

probably watching FMA Brotherhood next

Here's what happened. First of all, realise all the fairy tale stuff that happens is important, the orbs of light, the town keeping Nagisa alive.

Nagisa and Ushio did both die, the town was keeping Nagisa alive, but as the town got more modern and nature less and less, Nagisa got weaker, when Ushio was born, the town couldn't keep both alive, so Nagisa died and Ushio inherited the "illness". Tomoya had somehow got hold of a orb of light (you see a few through the story and see a bunch in the other world) so when Ushio died he couldn't take it and you see the entire world vanish around him.

Now go to the start of Clannad, every bit with the robot and the girl happens AFTER Ushio dies. The robot is Tomoya and the girl is Ushio, the world they're in is Ushio's, so she can't leave and Tomoya is trying to get her out. Deus Ex stuff happens when Ushio somehow figures out what's happening and sends Tomoya to Nagisa. Trippy choice time, Nagisa and Tomoya both understand what's happening, but Tomoya needs to decide if he'll risk going through ALL that again or make it so he never met Nagisa, you'll notice Nagisa gets sad when he keeps walking. But he still loves her and choses Nagisa, they both happy with the choice and suddenly they're back where Ushio is born, but Nagisa is fine and you see all the white lights, showing that because of all the good deeds they've done Nagisa and the town are no longer linked.

There should be some extra episodes, 1 being a recap by Tomoya and giving a little extra clarity on what he thinks happened, without remembering the whole robot/girl story.

Backmask

11-04-2013, 01:06 AM

Bloody Christ, js06 is blazing through Horizon and Owari, and I just can't keep up.

Haar

11-21-2013, 07:51 AM

Just finished Berserk. It was certainly a bit different than I imagined it would be, which made me enjoy it more than I had already assumed I would. Definitely going to pick up the manga now.

humnut

11-21-2013, 07:59 AM

LawRayLiet

11-21-2013, 08:53 AM

Only 3 episodes in, but I'm really liking Tari Tari so far.
http://i40.tinypic.com/ix8ln7.jpg

Shuiia

11-21-2013, 12:50 PM

http://i40.tinypic.com/ix8ln7.jpg

>Karin
>Persi
heh

at the moment I'm still watching **** all since I'm bored enough to do other stuff but I gotta get back to Free! at some point and continue watching Horizon so Back and I can gush about how good it is.

Gleeman

11-21-2013, 02:45 PM

Finished We Without Wings, it was decent after the story serioused up.

Still currently following Gingitsune, Monotagari and Kill la Kill. Dropped the fish people one.

Might do Black Lagoon next, to get on my list of 'things I still haven't seen yet'.

thedarkmessenger

11-21-2013, 02:46 PM

Dropped the fish people one.

the "fish people one"?

Gleeman

11-21-2013, 03:04 PM

the "fish people one"?

Nagi no Asukura, had to look up the name again. Students who can live and breathe under the sea go to a land people school and get hazed.

Also forgot to add that I'm watching Apreggio of Blue Steel. Don't think I've seen a "mecha" harem before...:rolleyes:

Distict5-9

11-21-2013, 05:54 PM

Started playing Super Robot Wars, next thing I know I'm trying to keep up with +200 episodes of shows ranging from the late '70s - early '90s that I used to watch reruns of back when I was seven...

zemoo

11-21-2013, 10:08 PM

Here's what happened. First of all, realise all the fairy tale stuff that happens is important, the orbs of light, the town keeping Nagisa alive.

Nagisa and Ushio did both die, the town was keeping Nagisa alive, but as the town got more modern and nature less and less, Nagisa got weaker, when Ushio was born, the town couldn't keep both alive, so Nagisa died and Ushio inherited the "illness". Tomoya had somehow got hold of a orb of light (you see a few through the story and see a bunch in the other world) so when Ushio died he couldn't take it and you see the entire world vanish around him.

Now go to the start of Clannad, every bit with the robot and the girl happens AFTER Ushio dies. The robot is Tomoya and the girl is Ushio, the world they're in is Ushio's, so she can't leave and Tomoya is trying to get her out. Deus Ex stuff happens when Ushio somehow figures out what's happening and sends Tomoya to Nagisa. Trippy choice time, Nagisa and Tomoya both understand what's happening, but Tomoya needs to decide if he'll risk going through ALL that again or make it so he never met Nagisa, you'll notice Nagisa gets sad when he keeps walking. But he still loves her and choses Nagisa, they both happy with the choice and suddenly they're back where Ushio is born, but Nagisa is fine and you see all the white lights, showing that because of all the good deeds they've done Nagisa and the town are no longer linked.

There should be some extra episodes, 1 being a recap by Tomoya and giving a little extra clarity on what he thinks happened, without remembering the whole robot/girl story.

This really clears some things up

I sort of assumed Nagisa's dad was an unreliable narrator and never put too much credence in his story, which is where I erred. It seems I'm too pragmatic to believe fiction is sometimes unrealistic. The ending seems at odds with the rest of the fairytailerie in the series though: Dumbass brings his deathly ill daughter out into the cold and the obvious happens. I figured when Ushio kept telling him, "trust me we gotta go to those sunflowers," it would magically work out. I guess the Deus Ex is enough magic to make up for it.

I never would have figured the robot sequence was out-of-order, especially since the movie made it explicitly Okazaki and Nagisa's dream. Alot was different between the movie and series though so I should have chalked it up to that. The movie has only taken away my enjoyment of this series. :(

Ended up watching Sakurasou no pet na kanojo and luckystar instead of FMA

humnut

11-23-2013, 05:40 PM

Started playing Super Robot Wars, next thing I know I'm trying to keep up with +200 episodes of shows ranging from the late '70s - early '90s that I used to watch reruns of back when I was seven...

Tell me about it, I'm still just trying to get through Gundam right now, and after that it'll be Macross, and then to Robotech.

Backmask

11-23-2013, 05:53 PM

****ing Layzner. If only I had known that you were such a good show sooner.

Tell me about it, I'm still just trying to get through Gundam right now, and after that it'll be Macross, and then to Robotech.

Please no. Just avoid it. Especially since you plan to watch SDF Macross before it.

Started playing Super Robot Wars, next thing I know I'm trying to keep up with +200 episodes of shows ranging from the late '70s - early '90s that I used to watch reruns of back when I was seven...

Out of curiosity, which games have you started on?

Ultima

11-23-2013, 08:14 PM

Currently watching Katanagatari.

Distict5-9

11-24-2013, 03:08 AM

Out of curiosity, which games have you started on?

I tried to take the easy route by picking the most available one for me at that moment and ended with J...
As a punishment, I got saddled with Gundam SEED, which I frankly would have gladly passed over for something else... Luckily, Granteed and glorious Mazinger have so far been overpowered enough to allow me not to see too much of their lot...

Backmask

11-24-2013, 03:59 AM

I tried to take the easy route by picking the most available one for me at that moment and ended with J...
As a punishment, I got saddled with Gundam SEED, which I frankly would have gladly passed over for something else... Luckily, Granteed and glorious Mazinger have so far been overpowered enough to allow me not to see too much of their lot...

Just you wait for late game. Game becomes Super Reinforcements Wars.
Thankfully you'll have Zeorymer, Nadesico, Mazinkaiser, and Granteed Dracodeus to play the game for you.

ThatsNotMyName_studio

11-24-2013, 06:46 AM

Just watched Nekomonogatari: kuro.
It's basically a 4 episode retelling of the events of Golden Week
and Tsubasa Hanakawa. Worth the watch if you're a fan of the series.

Haar

11-24-2013, 08:55 AM

Finished Black Lagoon, including Roberta's Blood Trail. That was a fairly entertaining series, but my friends set my expectations a bit too high. Not sure what I'll watch next, but it's a tossup between getting Rio: Rainbow Gate out of the way or finishing up Basquash.

thedarkmessenger

11-24-2013, 01:07 PM

Backmask

11-24-2013, 02:02 PM

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x17kg2j
PV of Kill la Kill's OST is up.

Not sure what I'll watch next, but it's a tossup between getting Rio: Rainbow Gate out of the way or finishing up Basquash.

Christ, it's like being stuck between a rock and an even ****tier rock.
How did you manage to get yourself into this situation.

Sir Fluffykins

11-24-2013, 02:31 PM

This really clears some things up

I sort of assumed Nagisa's dad was an unreliable narrator and never put too much credence in his story, which is where I erred. It seems I'm too pragmatic to believe fiction is sometimes unrealistic. The ending seems at odds with the rest of the fairytailerie in the series though: Dumbass brings his deathly ill daughter out into the cold and the obvious happens. I figured when Ushio kept telling him, "trust me we gotta go to those sunflowers," it would magically work out. I guess the Deus Ex is enough magic to make up for it.

I never would have figured the robot sequence was out-of-order, especially since the movie made it explicitly Okazaki and Nagisa's dream. Alot was different between the movie and series though so I should have chalked it up to that. The movie has only taken away my enjoyment of this series. :(

Ended up watching Sakurasou no pet na kanojo and luckystar instead of FMA

A huge problem with the "final" episode (if you don't watch the AS episode 25 recap later on), is most of the episode is dedicated to Fuuko. The reason is, I think, they wanted to clear up Fuuko's story even though no one (audience included, HA!) could remember it, they also wanted to draw a parallel between Ushio and the otherworld Ushio. Basically the scene in the forest is supposed to clear up three loose plot lines.

A) Fuuko recovering and being like a daughter to Tomoyo and Nagisa (even though she's their age), B) Ushio being alive and well and C) That Ushio and other world Ushio are one and the same (so you know there isn't some extra Ushio stuck in limbo or something).

However for many, myself included it actually makes things more confusing. People needed to know the dream/over-world stuff was over and that Nagisa and Ushio were really okay, instead we get Fuuko acting silly and the most common question on the internet was "Why was Ushio sleeping in the forest by the Hospital" (Recap has their picnic spot in the same area and Ushio and Fuuko now friends)

Haar

11-24-2013, 05:25 PM

Christ, it's like being stuck between a rock and an even ****tier rock.
How did you manage to get yourself into this situation.
It's a pretty weird feeling, but I've felt worse. As for how, I'll give the generic excuse of "I have an amv idea with both of these shows." Also, I thought you liked Basquash. The first half, anyway.

Backmask

11-24-2013, 05:28 PM

It's a pretty weird feeling, but I've felt worse. As for how, I'll give the generic excuse of "I have an amv idea with both of these shows." Also, I thought you liked Basquash. The first half, anyway.

Indeed I do. When you said, "finishing up Basquash," I assumed that you were well into the ****ty half.

Haar

11-24-2013, 05:30 PM

Indeed I do. When you said, "finishing up Basquash," I assumed that you were well into the ****ty half.

I'm on episode 15, which is probably why I put that show on hold for a year.

regnier

11-25-2013, 04:39 AM

just finish watching strike witch movie, so much plot " droll "

pennyj1988

11-25-2013, 09:49 PM

I've watched death note, excel saga, and lucky star.
Just finished watching Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai ( or simply Oreimo) season 1&2.
Not quite sure what to watch next..

Backmask

11-25-2013, 10:39 PM

Not quite sure what to watch next..

Dougram

SarcotarascusN

11-26-2013, 02:36 AM

Watched Masaaki Yuasa's Kaiba, which is one of the best series I've watched lately. I would watch more anime if he would put another show out.

Backmask

12-10-2013, 08:07 PM

It's done.
Da Garn is finally done, and **** was that a fun ride.

Shuiia

12-10-2013, 09:10 PM

Just got done with Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 2.
Action was pretty nice, story was good and with the logicoma it really felt nostalgic.
However.
philosophy was pretty much non-existent this time around.
Also I like my tech pretty high but the kind of **** displayed here was Star Trek-tier. As if it is set 50-90 years in the future instead of barely over 20. Everyone hacking **** by themselves left right and center didn't really help as well.

All in all still waiting on the one that will truly hit home.

I also caught up on my Gundam Unicorn and resumed watching Free! so I might be able to watch some new **** pretty soon.

Gleeman

12-11-2013, 07:14 AM

Ghost Hunt ep. 1-15.

Best OP EVAR!!11! :p

Gleeman

12-19-2013, 05:55 AM

Monotagari ep. 20.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m142/tomas_204/GorillaSmash.jpg

ThatsNotMyName_studio

12-19-2013, 11:08 AM

@ Gleeman
That ep definitely inspires some reaction.
No surprise I didn't see that coming.......

Marathon-ed My mental choices are..... meh
Started Kyousougiga
Visually looks really good. There's a lot of symbolism in it
that I wish I understood, but it could be a winner.

Out of this whole season, Samurai Flamenco is easily my favorite.

FORDboy357

12-20-2013, 03:00 AM

Rewatching High School of the Dead and then I'm going to rewatch Attack on Titan now that I have new contacts so now I won't miss anything.

Jedew

12-22-2013, 02:20 PM

Needless

Kaiju

12-22-2013, 07:53 PM

Currently watching Kill La Kill...despite all the fanservice and somewhat weak plot...I find it JOYFULLY whacky.

Gleeman

12-23-2013, 02:31 AM

Currently watching Kill La Kill...despite all the fanservice and somewhat weak plot...I find it JOYFULLY whacky.

Felt like a half season show to me, guess they're going to stretch out the PLOT?

PrinnyCat

12-23-2013, 04:23 PM

Now that most of the animes from the fall season I was watching are over (bar Log Horizon and Tokyo Ravens) I can watch more animes I've been meaning to. Namely Nyan Koi!, Buzzer Beater season 2 and everything of Jojo's Bizarre adventure (starting with the old ones up to the newer ones).

Backmask

12-23-2013, 04:38 PM

Felt like a half season show to me, guess they're going to stretch out the PLOT?

Been scheduled as a two-cour show from the beginning.

Gleeman

12-23-2013, 05:56 PM

Been scheduled as a two-cour show from the beginning.

I know, I meant that it felt like the show should have ended already, not sure where they're going to go with it from here.

Gingitsune ep. 12.

Backmask

12-24-2013, 04:03 AM

http://www.mediafire.com/download/lyb54kmq6nu6vrm/KLK+OST+MP3.7z
OST of the year.

Guthix

12-24-2013, 10:04 AM

http://www.mediafire.com/download/lyb54kmq6nu6vrm/KLK+OST+MP3.7z
OST of the year.

http://www.duhaime.org/Portals/duhaime/satisfactionguaranteed.jpg

ThatsNotMyName_studio

12-26-2013, 09:21 AM

Finished:
Outbreak Company - Not Bad
Yu-Sibu - All-A = yum. Enjoyable. (Picard lol)
Miss Monochrome - Cute. Nice Christmas episode end.

Started:
Kyousougiga - 2 eps in ~~
Ace of Diamond - 3 eps in - I like it so far
My Mental Choices.. - I'm up to ep 10. I think ima finish it next.

FORDboy357

12-26-2013, 06:44 PM

regnier

12-26-2013, 06:57 PM

FORDboy357

12-26-2013, 07:05 PM

you watch anime in dub?
http://cdn.alltheragefaces.com/img/faces/large/disgusted-oh-god-l.png

Don't bring your hipster **** in here. I grew up watching dubbed Tenchi Muyo and DBZ and that's the way I prefer the rest of my anime.

Haar

12-26-2013, 07:11 PM

As much as I love Revy's seiyuu's Engrish, Black Lagoon actually had a good dub.

regnier

12-26-2013, 07:28 PM

i only know 2 good dub. dbz and gurren lagann

FORDboy357

12-26-2013, 07:30 PM

As much as I love Revy's seiyuu's Engrish, Black Lagoon actually had a good dub.

The lip synching isn't the best, but the actors do a damn good job I think.

Kaiju

12-26-2013, 08:55 PM

i only know 2 good dub. dbz and gurren lagann

You clearly haven't seen Cowboy Beebop, a dub so good even the creator prefers the english over the Japanese version.
Hellsing Ultimate also has a damn good one as does aforementioned Black Lagoon. Spice and Wolf is the same quality as its sub and its more fitting in with its setting, FMA and FMA Brotherhood has an arguably good one, depending on whether or not you can stand Vic Mignonia's voice work, but you say the DBZ dub is good, which is debatable as a truly good dub, so it should be just fine. Monster is another great one and so does Trigun from what I've seen of it. Persona 4 is also great, namely because Johnny Yong Bosch's delivery as Adachi and Yu Narukami.
Needless to say, Berserk has a pretty beast one even it does take a while for the actors to get into their roles.

You just need to watch more dub-work and quit being such a damn elitist weeaboo.

SuperLoliSentai

12-26-2013, 09:36 PM

I'm right in the middle of Black Lagoon. I love it. No ridiculous supernatural powers, no mindless tits and ass fan service. Just good writing, voice acting (has the girl who voiced Gilda the griffin from MLP), and character development.

It's very Bebop-esque.

Did we watch the same anime? No ridiculous supernatural powers? You got Revy who can never be hit by bullets, the super Colombian french maid, Roberta, who has the ability to preform reality defying feats including running down a speeding car, Ginji, the katana wielding body guard who can cut guns and bullets in half, and twin crazy lolis that can wield a giant axe professionally enough to take down trained soldiers and fire a M1918 BAR, which was meant to be fired from the hip but not by children. While there are no ghosts or super saiyans, there are plenty of out of this world abilities being displayed.
As for the fanservice, have you seen Revy's outfit? Or Eda's casual clothing? How about all those ass shots you get in the gun fights as Revy flips around.
I don't think the writing for Black Lagoon is that special either but I will say that the voice acting was far above average and I am glad Funimation kept the same cast for Roberta's Blood Trail.

You clearly haven't seen Cowboy Beebop, a dub so good even the creator prefers the english over the Japanese version.
Hellsing Ultimate also has a damn good one as does aforementioned Black Lagoon. Spice and Wolf is the same quality as its sub and its more fitting in with its setting, FMA and FMA Brotherhood has an arguably good one, depending on whether or not you can stand Vic Mignonia's voice work, but you say the DBZ dub is good, which is debatable as a truly good dub, so it should be just fine. Monster is another great one and so does Trigun from what I've seen of it. Persona 4 is also great, namely because Johnny Yong Bosch's delivery as Adachi and Yu Narukami.
Needless to say, Berserk has a pretty beast one even it does take a while for the actors to get into their roles.

You just need to watch more dub-work and quit being such a damn elitist weeaboo.

I am just going to add Baccano! to that list, seeing that it acutely went and used the correct accents for the characters.

FORDboy357

12-26-2013, 10:22 PM

You clearly haven't seen Cowboy Beebop, a dub so good even the creator prefers the english over the Japanese version.

If you haven't seen Cowboy Bebop...

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/299905/then-you-can-get-out-o.gif

...then you can git out!

the super Colombian french maid, Roberta, who has the ability to preform reality defying feats including running down a speeding car

I viewed that as more of a nod to Terminator 2. You can't deny the differences. She also used a Spas 12 one-handed just like Arnie in the first movie (although his didn't have an umbrella on the end)

tanis_lionheart

12-26-2013, 10:35 PM

I loved the dub for Black Lagoon, Cowboy Beebop, and Dragon Ball.
-Well, at least most of it.

The dub for DBZ could be really bad at times, and it got even worse with GT.

Lets not even get into the dub for the Vision of Escaflowne movie.

FORDboy357

12-26-2013, 10:52 PM

It's BEBOP

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9500000/cowboy-bebop-cowboy-bebop-9502191-1024-768.jpg

ONE E!

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fry_drooling.gif

tanis_lionheart

12-26-2013, 10:53 PM

Hahaha

SuperLoliSentai

12-27-2013, 12:22 AM

I viewed that as more of a nod to Terminator 2. You can't deny the differences. She also used a Spas 12 one-handed just like Arnie in the first movie (although his didn't have an umbrella on the end)

I can't tell if this was a rebuttal to my claims or you agreeing with me... I am guessing you meant "You can't deny the similarities" and this true. Hell, the characters even point it out! However, this makes the feat no less humanly impossible.

FORDboy357

12-27-2013, 12:34 AM

SuperLoliSentai

12-27-2013, 12:50 AM

Both, I guess. Lol. I wouldn't say the superhuman abilities venture into ridiculous territory, though.

And the fan service isn't mindless. No physics-defying bouncing, vag diving and no unbelievable proportions.

Like I said, there isn't any saiyans to blow planets up but **** still gets pretty ****ing action movie ridiculous.

Is there any other kind of fan service besides mindless fan service? A show doesn't need to be High School of the Dead to have mindless fan service. I remember I told my friend, who likes anime for the most part, to watch Black Lagoon and he saw the cover to the first dvd and called me a perv...

FORDboy357

12-27-2013, 01:06 AM

High school dxd is about as mindless as it gets.

(Truth be told, I'm still waiting on the second seasons of both)

regnier

12-28-2013, 10:41 AM

You clearly haven't seen Cowboy Beebop, a dub so good even the creator prefers the english over the Japanese version.
Hellsing Ultimate also has a damn good one as does aforementioned Black Lagoon. Spice and Wolf is the same quality as its sub and its more fitting in with its setting, FMA and FMA Brotherhood has an arguably good one, depending on whether or not you can stand Vic Mignonia's voice work, but you say the DBZ dub is good, which is debatable as a truly good dub, so it should be just fine. Monster is another great one and so does Trigun from what I've seen of it. Persona 4 is also great, namely because Johnny Yong Bosch's delivery as Adachi and Yu Narukami.
Needless to say, Berserk has a pretty beast one even it does take a while for the actors to get into their roles.

You just need to watch more dub-work and quit being such a damn elitist weeaboo.

i have seen all of them and i prefer the original over dub. we all have our own opinion. just like games, tv show, anime, i prefer the original voice

tanis_lionheart

12-28-2013, 11:34 AM

"The only reason why you like the original, Japanese, voice actors is because you don't speak Japanese and therefore don't realize how ****ty they really are."
-Some Asian

regnier

12-28-2013, 11:51 AM

"The only reason why you like the original, Japanese, voice actors is because you don't speak Japanese and therefore don't realize how ****ty they really are."
-Some Asian

i never say they are all good, it just i prefer the "real feeling" behind it. some games and tv show are better in french then in english

FORDboy357

12-28-2013, 12:36 PM

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7962979072/h9C632320/

regnier

12-28-2013, 01:15 PM

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7962979072/h9C632320/

lol we are not fighting, we just giving our opinions on that matter and we all know how important an opinion is on the internet ;)
if everybody would like the same thing, the world would be an even more boring place

Backmask

12-28-2013, 03:11 PM

i never say they are all good, it just i prefer the "real feeling" behind it. some games and tv show are better in french then in english

The **** is "real feeling" supposed to mean? Is it just your way of saying, " I don't have a developed argument to support my biased and rudimentary opinions?"

Sir Fluffykins

12-28-2013, 03:19 PM

I'm not watching Lucky Luke and Tin Tin in French

regnier

12-28-2013, 04:09 PM

The **** is "real feeling" supposed to mean? Is it just your way of saying, " I don't have a developed argument to support my biased and rudimentary opinions?"
it mean watching something in it original language have something more unique with it. i just prefer watching some with it original language, that it. i dont need to tell why. i like it that way and you like it how you want it. no need to get butthurt with that.

LawRayLiet

12-28-2013, 06:13 PM

I'll usually watch my comedies in English, but most anything else in Japanese.
Why? I give out laughs easier than anything else, so the pitfalls of many dubs is a small price to pay for something I'd rather sit back, not to take seriously and have to stare intently at the screen for what's being said.
About 4 years ago I used to watch exclusively dub. But voice actors for US anime dubbing is obviously a MUCH more niche line of work, which in turn means you have a lot fewer VA's who could be considered the "Good" and many of the rest are just plainly bad.
Even the VA's who were some of my favorites, Crispin Freeman, Greg Ayres, Johnny Bosch, Monica Rial, Laura Bailey. Overtime became so common and immediately distinguishable, that it would kill much of the originality of whatever character they voiced.
Obviously it would be ignorant to say all dubs are worse then the originals. There are a ton of great dubs and having watched them exclusively in the past, I know plenty of them.
But the lack of Diversity in the good VA's is what can turn even an admittedly good dub nowadays into something bothersome for me personally.
Since I now watch many shows as they air, I mostly watch subs today. The voices I hear ARE the characters own, and that plays a big part of why when I hear the dub, I just can't agree to anyone else voice coming from their lips.

I do understand there is an argument to made as to personal prefrence of dub vs sub, but I don't belive there to be a very reasonable argument against the fact that there is a more consistent quality across the line of VAs in Japan then there is here in the US.

Sir Fluffykins

12-28-2013, 07:07 PM

http://www.themousetrap.co.za/images/anime/suggest011.jpg

Mass Effect. Weak on the animation, but quite enjoyable and good story overall.

Shuiia

12-30-2013, 02:24 AM

i never say they are all good, it just i prefer the "real feeling" behind it. some games and tv show are better in french then in english
Exactement, Voici un exemple de quelque chose qui est mieux en français
http://i.imgur.com/m8DE0gz.jpg

I'm not watching Lucky Luke and Tin Tin in French
Well the creators are actually Flemish so it'd be ok to watch it in Dutch/Flemish too. But they were mostly written to be French, with Belgium being bilingual and all, especially in Brussels where most of these writers were based.

http://www.themousetrap.co.za/images/anime/suggest011.jpg

Mass Effect. Weak on the animation, but quite enjoyable and good story overall.
They are actually pulling the same **** as they did with Halo and The Matrix?

Backmask

12-30-2013, 02:53 AM

They are actually pulling the same **** as they did with Halo and The Matrix?

Yeah, not sure why they do it, though - not that it's bad marketing or anything. It's probably a safer and cheaper alternative to making a movie or a live-action series (in Halo and Mass Effects case), if I had to guess.

And so long as we can keep on getting stuff like The Babysitter or Shinji Hashimoto and Shinya Ohira's work in Kid's Story, then I won't be complaining.

Gleeman

12-30-2013, 02:59 AM

Dunno, I enjoyed Animatrix.

IRT the dub/sub:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MJLKoDNX2eg/UMG_BfiSZ2I/AAAAAAAAAWk/0Ly-LbdQijU/s1600/1313813623746.png

tanis_lionheart

12-30-2013, 03:11 AM

Animatrix was better the 2nd and 3rd movies.
>_>

Shuiia

12-30-2013, 04:46 PM

Yeah, not sure why they do it, though - not that it's bad marketing or anything. It's probably a safer and cheaper alternative to making a movie or a live-action series (in Halo and Mass Effects case), if I had to guess.

And so long as we can keep on getting stuff like The Babysitter or Shinji Hashimoto and Shinya Ohira's work in Kid's Story, then I won't be complaining.

true dat

Sir Fluffykins

12-30-2013, 06:02 PM

They are actually pulling the same **** as they did with Halo and The Matrix?

AND Batman too

but, no, the Mass Effect movie is on Vega's past (the backstory you already know is going to end badly if you played ME3) but I enjoyed it. Went in thinking it'd be total **** (with the starting animation and cgi making that seem the case) and ended up being far better than ALL the recent live action they-die-off-one-by-one-to-monsters movies, only with an ending the live-action movies should take note of

Shuiia

12-30-2013, 06:21 PM

but, no, the Mass Effect movie is on Vega's past

Vega?
Don't you mean Javik?

Sir Fluffykins

12-30-2013, 06:39 PM

Javik only wakes up in ME3, this is James Vega's backstory, set back when everyone thinks Shepard/Normandy is gone.

There's also a Dragon Age anime movie, but haven't seen it

MasterChiefSnake

01-08-2014, 05:04 PM

I'm done watching whole episodes of Coppelion and Star Driver. I hope that Coppelion will be in 2nd season and I'm planning to watch the movie version of Star Driver. Coppelion is like Fallout games, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, Metro games, well as The Last of Us, I Am Alive, and I Am Legend.

FORDboy357

01-08-2014, 09:47 PM

I was watching Initial D and got to 4th stage but then I discovered I didn't watch any of the last season of Futurama so now I'm doing that

Gleeman

01-11-2014, 04:30 AM

Got Wolf Children on BD for Xmas, finally got around to watching it. Pretty awesome movie, even more if you're a parent.

FORDboy357

01-12-2014, 07:57 PM

I tried to watch Maken-ki but it was just too goddamn stupid. I loved having the voice actress of Stocking in it so it made everything the character say sound funny, but the fiancee made me hate this. She is totally unnecessary and the show would be watchable without her. It's a shame, it's a very good-looking anime.

regnier

01-12-2014, 08:45 PM

just finish watching big O. i really like big O look. there is something i dont understand at the end

Roger is asking to the angel to lets them keep there memories because it what that make that who they are. when every get back to normal, did the angel erase all there memories or they still have it? i think the angel just say **** it and erase everybody memories anyway

Gleeman

01-13-2014, 05:09 AM

I really wish they'd re-release the Big O DVDs. Yeah yeah, other ways to get it, etc...

Finally got around to Little Witch Academia. Good OVA and well animated but I don't get all the fans wetting their pants over it earlier in the year.

Backmask

01-13-2014, 06:26 AM

Finished Bushi Road. It has its flaws, but I liked it a lot.
Most of the issues I have with this can be allotted to the hour and thirty minute length of the movie - though they did a swell enough job with what they had.

The character animation was pretty average with only a couple scenes really standing out, though they were clearly saving much of the budget for the final fight. At the same time, the cinematography was what you would expect from Japan (nothing but static Medium Shots and Master Shots). Only about six or seven scenes really stand out for having good cinematography.
As for the mechanical animation, Studio Orange did the CG for this, and, while it was good, it was underutilized. Most of the CG was used for the Shinobi and the Shields - yet none of them were able to showcase Orange's exceptional skills. Most of the time, the shields were just walking or driving in a straight line. You'd expect more from mechs that, by design, could slide around pull off a lot of interesting maneuvers, while the Shinobi's spindly design lends itself to more robust and active choreography.
The character designs were swell, but nothing more. The outfits they wore were nice enough. The Sengoku period outfits outfitted with some smaller,rough, and more modern garb - such as gloves, holsters, boots, and whatnot - is a really swell asthetic. But outside of the outfits, they were all pretty generic.
The mechanical designs were really cool. The Shields like round, samurai Sco****gs, and their heavier asthetic creates a nice contrast to the lanky, insectoid Shinobi. The Giga Road, however, steals the show for me. ****er's intimidating as all ****. Also has a bitchin' fire cloak.
The world is grand, but unexplored. Much is briefly implied through dialogue in passing, but that's about it. We can infer that humanity is in a post-apocalyptic state. We can infer that this isn't the first time that humanity has done this. We can infer that something has ****ed up the atmosphere. We can infer that most of this was linked to the Giga Road. But at the same time, I can't help but think that this works in the anime's favor. Essentially, we're given a sort of sample of the world. We've seen just enough of the setting to know how that world works, and with that, our minds are left wondering about the other kingdoms and countries. It's almost a feeling of mysticism.
The character's are fine. They never really conform to an archetype, and they all act fairly down to Earth. The only really generic characters are Tsukiyomi and Sanda. It's also worth noting that Tsukiyomi is a ****ing stupid villain. With all that said, we actually don't see much out of those characters, as most of the movie focuses what it can on the interactions and romance between Ame and Suou. And man, that romance was pretty damn cute, which only makes the ending all the more bittersweet.

hosokawa37

01-14-2014, 11:45 PM

for my last semester in college, the club is watching the following:
Midori Days
School Rumble
Hellsing Ultimate
Binbougami-ga
Log Horizon

anime I'm watching now:
seitokai yakuindomo 2
kill la kill
space dandy
golden time
chuunibyou 2
nisekoi
strike the blood
k-on 2

anime that I might or might not pick up:
no-rin
supersonico
sakura trick

Gleeman

01-24-2014, 05:27 AM

Currently watching:

Space Dandy (CN)
Haganai
Good Luck Girl

thedarkmessenger

01-24-2014, 06:24 AM

I now currently have 11 different anime on my "watching" list O_o

The completed ones ("completed" as in "done airing") are kinda also on my "on-hold" list, as I only watch them if I'm caught up on the episodes of the currently airing shows.
Completed series I'm watching are:
Non Non Biyori (only seen the first ep. so far. Seems like it might be alright. Not sure it'll get past "alright", though)

Arpeggio (another one I've only seen the first ep so far, and I may actually rewatch part of the first ep. before moving on to the second)

D. Gray-man (ep. 20/103. Been a long-ass time since I've seen ep. 20, though. Might put this one on the actual "on-hold" list and try to finish Digimon Tamers instead)

Darker than Black

Dog Days (probably will only watch until it gets to the first appearance of the foxgirl [Yukikaze, I believe her name is. Could be wrong]. If the series doesn't get any better by then, I'll drop it. I find this 'war as a fun-filled game' thing pretty damn ridiculous, especially how serious they were about it up until the freakin' obstacle course >_<)

Currently airing animes are as follows:
Hozuki no Reitetsu (OP makes me laugh, and the series itself seems good so far)

Kill la Kill

Sakura Trick (my first-ever yuri anime, I believe. Will watch it a bit longer to see if it gets better, but so far I'm leaning towards dropping it. I'll still try other yuri anime, though.)

Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda (interesting so far. Not sure how I feel about such a young person trying to take over the world at their age [and apparently succeeding in the end], but I'm willing to give it a shot)

Witch Craft Works (the ending is kinda funny, and I'm interested in what, exactly, makes the male character a "princess". Don't really like the bunny things, though.)

Z/X ignition (looking to be pretty ****ing epic. The soundtrack at least is pretty damn good IMO. One thing REALLY bothers me though...."Zillions of Enemy X". really? Really? REALLY? That's the best name the studio could come up with for the monsters? They sure as hell better never say that phrase ever again, 'cause that ****'s ridiculously stupid.)

Ghost

02-02-2014, 08:42 AM

Re-watching Samurai Champloo.

regnier

02-02-2014, 08:58 AM

monster, kill la kill, seitokai, sekai seifuku, space dandy, tokyo ravens, nobunaga the fool, ippo, and other stuff that are not anime like spongebob, metalocalypse, adventure time, futurama and im trying to catch up with some film i have like star trek into darkness

ThatsNotMyName_studio

02-02-2014, 10:17 PM

Well, this week I had to say goodbye to Monogatari.
I loved it. I mean, there was a twenty-something Hachikuji Mayoi in there! (I mean, right nao!)
Kaiki was an awesome new character. Loved him, and his theme music.
He also had the best line in the series:
https://db.tt/lgWbm6r9
9/10

I also finished My Mental Choices......blah,blah,blah
Should've been called something like My Life Is A VN.
Anyway, this was a fun show. Short - only 10 eps.
High school harem rom-com. Seems to be up my alley anyway.
I do have a major issue with how they chose to end this....
OK, oft-times these things end with the protag not hooking-up
with any of his prospects. Leaves room for Season 2...I get that.
But this usually is because all of his choices are fairly evenly matched
with their own pros and cons. In this series, however, there is only one choice.

Furano: She's kinda a cross between Yuki Nagato and Rei Ayanomi.
She's bipolar and multi-personality. Thus, in short: NO.

Ouka: She has a pantsu issue that could be a problem
down the line. PASS.

Which leaves Chocolat. For one thing, she's the only one that falls out of the sky for him.
And secondly, When Kanade runs off to try to warn everybody at the pool, Chocolat is the
only one of the three that chases after him. She confesses, and all he can do is a very lame
"I don't like you in that way" FFS!
Overall I enjoyed it much, and may just marathon through it again.
8/10

FORDboy357

02-04-2014, 01:17 PM

Got hooked on Community but as soon as I get caught up, I'm back to watching Full Metal Alchemist.

PrinnyCat

02-04-2014, 03:48 PM

Currently watching (from this season):
Gin no Saji 2nd season (I never thought farming could be so interesting)
Hamatora the animation
Cool-headed Hoozuki (So good even if I only slightly understand the jokes)
Inari, Konkon Koi Iroha
Nobunagun
Noragami
World Conquest (Normally I don't like comedic animes with a lot of female characters, but the fact it's avoided typical harem status has made it even better)
Space Dandy
Wizard Barristers
Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta

Currently watching in general:
Log Horizon
Tokyo Ravens
Cuticle Detective Inaba
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

I was watching a few others from this season, but ended up dropping them, like Nobunaga the Fool, which had so much promise but turned into yet another harem-type action anime.