[Haar]

I've used Mazinkaiser SKL for a couple of AMVs and I've seen a few on YouTube of "varying quality."


Also, if you like Mazinkaiser SKL, you might want to check out Shin Mazinger Shougeki Z-Hen.

[Memnoch]

I may have seen it in multiple amv's but normally when I start watching them I tend to watch several of them back to back so my memory for what anime was in which amv tends to be screwy.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Since we last met:
Finished Ika Musume. Fun! and hooray they grow back! (Is there a season 2?)
Finished OOKamisan and her Seven Companions. Loved it! Needs another season!

Started: The Familiar of Zero. Meh, not my usual fare. but I'll try a few more Eps. I was told it's really good.
Started: Welcome to the NHK. Funny. Awkward. I'll keep going with it.

[abyssion1337]

felt the need to check out the dub, just to see what direction they went with some things
／人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人＼

[jinzo64]

I finished watching Strike Witches 2 and have moved on to Kami-Chu.

[thedarkmessenger]

I'm still working on Strike Witches 2 :P

[jinzo64]

I thought it was realy good a lot better than the first season and the ending was wonderful.
What do you think of the series so far?

[thedarkmessenger]

I thought it was realy good a lot better than the first season and the ending was wonderful.
What do you think of the series so far?

It's good, but there are a lot of boring parts.

[jinzo64]

Boring parts?
I didn't see any boring parts I liked all of it.

[thedarkmessenger]

because of the panty shots? :P

[jinzo64]

oh I get you but nearly all of them only wear panties a couple wear tights but I think I see your point I didn't think they were boring they just weren't needed.

[thedarkmessenger]

I meant did you enjoy the boring parts because of the panty shots? :P

[jinzo64]

Oh I get you now I hadn't realy thought about it,I'm not sure,maybe but I personaly didn't anything in strike witches 2 boring.

[thedarkmessenger]

I found episode 2 and 3 of season 2 to be mostly boring :|

also, chatbox :P

[Haar]

Panty shots help people pay attention to an anime? What happened to plots keeping you interested?

[thedarkmessenger]

What happened to plots keeping you interested?

When did that EVER happen? In general, I mean.

[jinzo64]

I liked the plot in strike witches 2.

But why chat box we're on topic we are disscussing an anime you are watching and that I've Watched.

Also last time I was on the chat box wasn't working on my end.

[thedarkmessenger]

chatbox because I want to chat with you there :o

[Haar]

When did that EVER happen? In general, I mean.

Anime based on manga - Largely never

Anime based on novels - Some time in the 1980s, though with exceptions, so I get what you're saying.

[jinzo64]

animes that I don't watch for the plot - bleach,DBZ,Naruto,Lucky Star and Pani Poni Dash.

[thedarkmessenger]

animes that I don't watch for the plot - ????????

[Haar]

Anime I watch for enjoying the plot - Most of the ones I watch that aren't in the two proceeding categories.

Anime I watch to laugh at the plot - Basically any hentai OVA

Anime I watch to relive my childhood and see how awkward it was - Rockman.exe, Speed Racer, and Yugioh. Well, 5D's and Season 0, at least. Haven't seen too much of Duel Monsters, GX, or Zexal, as of late.

[jinzo64]

animes that I don't watch for the plot - ????????

They have simple plots or next to no plot which means you can watch an episode and leave it and go back when ever you feel like or you can have it and not to concentrate on it to much.
like background noise.

[thedarkmessenger]

Even Lucky Star I watched for what little plot it had xP

[Haar]

Oh, I forgot a category.

Anime I watch for the kindergarten battle tactics - Gundam 00, Tytania, Gundam Wing,

The concept of a Z-axis is practically foreign to the pilots on those shows. Sure, they draw the battle maps in Tytania in 3-D, but they still just had laser mosh pits half of the time.

[jinzo64]

I find it makes nice background noise,I guess each episdoe has it's own plot which intertwines with the other episodes to some degree.
My mates watching K.On season on line I'm waiting for the DVD launch in the U.K. not Jealous honest:rolleyes:

[Haar]

Can't you buy it from an American retailer? Or do you lack a region free player?

[jinzo64]

I'm not sure it's out in the u.s on dvd yet but I can buy region 1 dvds but I could do with a new multi region dvd player the motor on the disc s making weird noises and takes several tries to open it.

[Haar]

Yeah, it's out. (http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/54g7oKh=CHwLl7U9qW/browse/item/94726/4/648/0)

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Marathon'd the last 6 eps of Welcome to the NHK and finished it.
I liked it a lot, although it's overall really dark. and there were a lot of very depressing things in those last episodes.
I admit I was tearing up, and actually said "Get off the ****ing rail, Misaki" out loud.
Not sure what I will do next, but definitely need something a bit lighter after that.

[Gleeman]

Started Robotics;Notes.

First episode opinion: Meh, kinda generic.

But from posts around here it's supposed to get better later, correct?

[Backmask]

Started Robotics;Notes.

First episode opinion: Meh, kinda generic.

But from posts around here it's supposed to get better later, correct?

Depends. MC gets better when you see that he is willing to help out in his own way, and if you've watched Star Driver and Mobile Suit Gundam, then you'll probably enjoy episode 3's antagonist. As a neat little tid bit of information, the person that the main girl is quoting is usually Char Azanable. I'm probably setting my hopes up to high, but I'm watching for the possibility of it being October Skies: Mecha Edition (despite the fact that The Committee of 300 has been foreshadowed already, so get ready for some **** to hit a fan)

[Haar]

Out of boredom, I watched the first episodes of Ergo Proxy and Rainbow today.

Regarding the former, I have mixed feelings. I really can't tell if I like this show just yet, but I'll keep watching regardless. For now, anyway.

Regarding the latter, I totally foresaw at least one scene involving anuses occurring in a show about 7 guys in prison

Not sure if this picture counts as NSFW, really, but I wouldn't want any co-workers/classmates seeing this, personally.
http://i.imgur.com/3H5eO.png

[Guthix]

Depends. MC gets better when you see that he is willing to help out in his own way, and if you've watched Star Driver and Mobile Suit Gundam, then you'll probably enjoy episode 3's antagonist. As a neat little tid bit of information, the person that the main girl is quoting is usually Char Azanable. I'm probably setting my hopes up to high, but I'm watching for the possibility of it being October Skies: Mecha Edition (despite the fact that The Committee of 300 has been foreshadowed already, so get ready for some **** to hit a fan)

hes prolly the only reason i find interest in that anime

[Backmask]

hes prolly the only reason i find interest in that anime

The MC or episode 3's antagonist?

[Guthix]

The MC or episode 3's antagonist?

mc , wait... i thought ep 3 antagonist was female

[Backmask]

mc , wait... i thought ep 3 antagonist was female

Nope.
http://i.imgur.com/HlY4s.jpg

[Guthix]

i thought you were talking about the creator of that ballad game

that character is either bonkers or retarded i cant realy tell which

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Started 2 new series:
Happy to say that there is a 2nd season of Ika Musume
It's subbed so I didn't find it before. More of what we've seen before.

Kobato. A Clamp anime. Kobato is a lot like Misaki from Angelic Layer
I just watched the first episode (It's also subbed) but looks like a good choice.

In both cases, I found some lighter fare to follow up the darkness of NHK

[glory of llama]

watching Btooom. I didn't know about Ika Musume season 2, so I'll definitely start watching that.


Man i wish they'd eng-dub the rest of Kodocha. I'll watch the undubbed part, but dammit I got used to the eng :( (totally random tangent there, I haven't even thought about the show in years...)

[Backmask]

So about that Horizon dub. It was... unacceptable, to say the least.

[Arock]

So about that Horizon dub. It was... unacceptable, to say the least.

that doesnt really surprise me, ill have to check it out here soon

[Fordi]

Burned through Kaze no Stigma. Couldn't get through HS of the Dead. Or a full episode of Needless or Baka and Test.

[Gleeman]

Watched first couple eps of My Little Monster with the S.O.

Pleasantly surprised; don't usually get into the shojo stuff, but this one is different than the rest and high quality so far.


Isn't fan service the only thing Horizon has going for it, whether subbed or dubbed?

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Burned through Kaze no Stigma. Couldn't get through HS of the Dead. Or a full episode of Needless or Baka and Test.
Unless you're really zombie hard-core, HOTD pretty much runs in course in the first 2 episodes. Did 1st ep of Baka to Test...i agree there too: meh.

[Backmask]

Isn't fan service the only thing Horizon has going for it, whether subbed or dubbed?

Couldn't be farther from the truth. Horizon, or rather Horizon's author Kawakami, is notorious for having phonebook sized novels that must be divided into volumes such as volume 4-A, 4-B, and 4-C. It should also be mentioned that the writing is so complex that the fansubbers had to wait on CrunchyRolls' subs (Which still left things to be desired, by the way.), while the translation group completely collapsed due to the writings aforementioned complexity. Is there fanservice? Indeed, but it's only a small, small portion of Horizon. The series has a large focus on economical struggles, difficulties between governing bodies, and debates of all kinds (Kawakami's previous LN series was all about debates, actually). The action is there, but it isn't always how they solve their issues (Historical Reenactments are were most of the action in the Horizonverse takes place.). Not only that but the series is very, "Gray is Gray," as opposed to the usual, "Black is White." As a bonus, the series has so much fantastic world building that blows that of Nasu's out of the water. Everything from the most complex (How automated dolls work, for example) to the most simplistic (Why they can jump so high and generally defy physics)is explained to the reader. In terms of light novles and anime adapted from light novels, Horizon is among one of the most unique and the richest.

[Gleeman]

OK, I wasn't familiar with the series. Saw the promo artwork for the anime and assumed it was just another Queen's Blade/Ikki Tousen type show, what I usually do when most of the female cast have breasts bigger than their heads...:rolleyes:

[Arock]

phonebook sized novels

http://i.imgur.com/Q7zF1.jpg

[Priotess]

Jin'Roh: Wolf Brigade. It's boring as ass but its decent to watch. To be honest i think im gonna turn it off and watch somthing else. It's kinda depressing to watch lol.

[Backmask]

Jin'Roh: Wolf Brigade. It's boring as ass but its decent to watch. To be honest i think im gonna turn it off and watch somthing else. It's kinda depressing to watch lol.

"boring"
"decent"

I don't like your tone, fatass.

[Haar]

"boring"
"decent"

I don't like your tone, fatass.

Son, what are you expecting from Naruto fans? This is like expecting a guy who watched Code Geass to like Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

EDIT: Let me rephrase that. taking a little page from good 'ol 2chan: This is like expecting Type B fans to like Type A shows. (http://www.japanator.com/what-kind-of-otaku-are-you--13120.phtml)

[Guthix]

"boring"
"decent"

I don't like your tone, fatass.

a missfire? or do you know him?

[Distict5-9]

Let me rephrase that. taking a little page from good 'ol 2chan: This is like expecting Type B fans to like Type A shows. (http://www.japanator.com/what-kind-of-otaku-are-you--13120.phtml)

Funny how there's almost no such a thing as a pure Type A fan, but browse through any anime-related forum and you'll find at least 15 proud type B fans in less than 15 minutes...

[Haar]

Funny how there's almost no such a thing as a pure Type A fan, but browse through any anime-related forum and you'll find at least 15 proud type B fans in less than 15 minutes...

Well, that's sort of expected. Type B shows are much more prevalent than Type A, and purely serious business people are hard to find in the first place, let alone on forums revolving around cartoons.

[thedarkmessenger]

What the hell is all this "type a type b" stuff? :O

[Haar]

Click on the link I posted earlier to get the idea. Sans the slightly incorrect usage of the word otaku, the article was fairly spot-on.

[Priotess]

"boring"
"decent"

I don't like your tone, fatass.

Even Akira Bores me at times. My ass isn't fat btw.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Finished both Infinite Stratos and Demon King Daimo...

Infinite Stratos started off alright then fell into the usual Harem cliches, but I guess I got enough laughs out of it and the action scenes were okay.

Demon King...I don't really know what to think, animation got bad many times, some episode got really bad, nudity for the sake of nudity and every episode basically ends going lightning pace, with characters explaining non-stop what's going on exactly...while not explaining what's going on at the same time, with characters showing up doing stuff then vanishing again.

Example, explaining bad guys abilities non-stop and that he needs the one girl non-stop, without explaining how the girl will do anything and off-handly mentioning the antagonist is from the future...who's been there since 100 years in the past...

It feels like a show I have to watch again to understand what the hell the plot was...but I don't want to. >_<

[mattroks101]

I'm not watching any anime right now. Because anime sucks.

[Haar]

^10% of it doesn't. Good luck finding that 10%, though.

[Nick 30075]

Lurker that registered upon seeing good things about Horizon. It's been on my list of things to watch, I just haven't gotten around to it. I have yet to meet anyone who has liked it, but at the same time, I'm primarily one of those Type A guys, so it seems like it'd be awesome.

[Haar]

I question why anyone would lurk this site. What redeeming qualities do you see in it? Or do you merely lurk it to laugh at the silliness?

[Nick 30075]

Yeah, kind of.

[Haar]

To be honest, that's about 70% of my motivation for staying here.

[Ruby150]

I'm rewatching Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari... only difference is I'm watching it with my old man

[Nick 30075]

I get enough random silliness from other forums but sometimes seeing it applied to anime rather than video games is enjoyable. So I guess that's why I started lurking here, though only occasionally.

[Haar]

I'm rewatching Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari... only difference is I'm watching it with my old man
Last anime I watched with my family was Guin Saga. I need to watch that again.


Oh, and I guess watched a few minutes of Space Pirate Sara with my mother. Shockingly enough, she couldn't tell it was a hentai. Her only reaction was "Son, why did they just kick that girl in the titties?" upon viewing a brief segment of the second episode.


I get enough random silliness from other forums but sometimes seeing it applied to anime rather than video games is enjoyable. So I guess that's why I started lurking here, though only occasionally.
I get most of my video game silliness from /v/, though I know a few guys that use GameFAQs for that.

[Nick 30075]

My video game hilarity is mostly from Symthic.com. Basically just a collection of 50-ish people who like reading the files for video games and talking about what they mean. The off-topic section is rather glorious, though.

on-topic
Currently watching RahXephon. Because it's by Bones and I haven't seen it yet. Excellent.

[Ruby150]

Last anime I watched with my family was Guin Saga. I need to watch that again.


Oh, and I guess watched a few minutes of Space Pirate with my mother. Shockingly enough, she couldn't tell it was a hentai. Her only reaction was "Son, why did they just kick that girl in the titties?" upon viewing a brief segment of the second episode.


... You watched hentai with your mom?

[Sir Fluffykins]

Here, when we had Sci-Fi channel, the anime was always late night, so I had to record it and watch the next morning, you have no idea how many times I was sitting there, trying to watch shows I knew nothing about, with my parents next to me dropping comments.

Bubblegum Crisis "I'm going to f**k you, then I'm going to kill you"

Mom: "God!"
Dad: "Jesus Christ (aimed at my mom) It's just a cartoon, calm down"
Me: "..."

Somehow my parents were spared seeing anything really bad, like the horror of Genocyber...

[Distict5-9]

Oh, and I guess watched a few minutes of Space Pirate Sara with my mother. Shockingly enough, she couldn't tell it was a hentai. Her only reaction was "Son, why did they just kick that girl in the titties?" upon viewing a brief segment of the second episode.


I don't think I'd ever grow enough balls to be able to pull off a stunt like that. But why were you watching hentai with your mom in the first place...?

[Haar]

So, who else is looking forward to the BD release of Gothicmade?


... You watched hentai with your mom?

Yes. Given how perverted looking the average anime is nowadays, she couldn't tell the difference at first glance anyway.
http://www.imgnook.com/cbFVSo.gif


I don't think I'd ever grow enough balls to be able to pull off a stunt like that. But why were you watching hentai with your mom in the first place...?

The same reason I watch any anime with anyone, for the most part: Boredom. This is also why I played Lightning Warrior Raidy in front of her. That, and she was only halfway paying attention anyway.


Somehow my parents were spared seeing anything really bad, like the horror of Genocyber...
I still think you should watch Violence Jack.

Also, did you ever get to watching Armor Hunter Mellowlink or The Five Star Stories?

[Nick 30075]

I had to watch an episode of anime with my parents before they'd let me watch anime in general. I made sure to pick something violent so my parents would get bored and leave and leave me to watch whatever.

It lasted until my mom decided to try and watch High School of the Dead with my little brother...he had the uncensored version and was on the bath episode when she watched it with him... . Most awkward phone call my mom ever made to me.

[Haar]

I had to watch an episode of anime with my parents before they'd let me watch anime in general. I made sure to pick something violent so my parents would get bored and leave and leave me to watch whatever.
Dragon Ball Z?


It lasted until my mom decided to try and watch High School of the Dead with my little brother...he had the uncensored version and was on the bath episode when she watched it with him... . Most awkward phone call my mom ever made to me.
Was there lots of yelling and crying involved?

[Nick 30075]

I'm not sure what it was for sure. Definitely not as violent as Elfen Lied, but it was definitely violent.

There was screaming, and that's it. More of the "how would you let your little brother be corrupted by something like that" variety. He was 17 at the time... .

[Gleeman]

To get back OT (like that's going to happen around here ;) ) we watched A Cat in Paris on Netflix today. Nice retro/weird art style, decent story and as a bonus Steven Blum voicing the main character in the dub.

*Not technically an anime, depending how you define the word, but recommended for animation fans in general..

[Haar]

^Probably just wishful thinking, but you may cause a definition war with talk like that. I'll contribute to it, regardless.

Personally, my definition of anime is something like "a cartoon primarily drawn, overseen/directed, and written by Japanese folks for the Japanese audience." So, despite Transformers G1, Jem and the Holograms, and G,I. Joe being drawn by the Japanese, they were done for Americans as contract work for Toei and the writing was also done by Americans, for the most part, so those don't count, in my book. It would be like calling Family Guy a Korean cartoon just because Seth MacFarlane has that show's animation done by them.

Feel free to question that opinion at any time, people.




Anyway, back to the illustrious topic that is much like Atlantis, in the sense that we don't really know whether or not it's possible for it to have ever existed, I'm reading the original Ghost in the Shell manga. I'm only a few pages in, so, I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. Yes, I know I'm far behind on this stuff.


There was screaming, and that's it. More of the "how would you let your little brother be corrupted by something like that" variety. He was 17 at the time... .
I let my 12 year old cousin watch some of Fist of the North Star, Highschool of the Dead and Violence Jack, yet nothing bad ever happened. Well, nothing besides him referring to Saeko as his waifu...

[Gleeman]

^Probably just wishful thinking, but you may cause a definition war with talk like that. I'll contribute to it, regardless.

Personally, my definition of anime is something like "a cartoon primarily drawn, overseen/directed, and written by Japanese folks for the Japanese audience." So, despite Transformers G1, Jem and the Holograms, and G,I. Joe being drawn by the Japanese, they were done for Americans as contract work for Toei and the writing was also done by Americans, for the most part, so those don't count, in my book. It would be like calling Family Guy a Korean cartoon just because Seth MacFarlane has that show's animation done by them.

Feel free to question that opinion at any time, people.

That's not a bad definition from the US point of view. I was thinking more along the lines of the literal definition, which is plain 'animation' to the Japanese. Anime is just the French word for animation with the è changed to romanized.

In any case the Cat movie is animated in France, who have a pretty good animation industry of their own.

[Haar]

That's not a bad definition from the US point of view. I was thinking more along the lines of the literal definition, which is plain 'animation' to the Japanese. Anime is just the French word for animation with the è changed to romanized.
I think I read that somewhere before, so I get what you're saying.


In any case the Cat movie is animated in France, who have a pretty good animation industry of their own.
I've been meaning to watch that. Pretty sure the last French cartoon that I saw and really liked was Martin Mystery. That's the last one that comes to mind, at least.

[Distict5-9]

In any case the Cat movie is animated in France, who have a pretty good animation industry of their own.

Right about that... Also, they seem to have a more open mentality towards animation and comics in general than a lot of other European countries, and it's probably one of the places where it's easiest to find anime DVD box sets in Europe. (I generally get most of mine there...)

[Arock]

well got around to checking out the Horizon dub, it was god awful.
here a link if you want to see how bad it is http://www.watchcartoononline.com/horizon-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-episode-1-english-dubbed

[jinzo64]

not sure if I mentioned it but I'm watching Kami Chu.
It's rather a nice anime only seen 3 episodes so far but I'm enjoying it.

[Priotess]

^10% of it doesn't. Good luck finding that 10%, though.

90% of anime is good :P although some are worth watching for their animation alone.

[Backmask]

New Yumekui Merry chapter. **** was great.
http://i.imgur.com/BPGGT.png



So, who else is looking forward to the BD release of Gothicmade?

I want to believe that it will be great... but that trailer was just so bland.


90% of anime is good :P

Pffft. Over-statement of the year of all years?

[Haar]

I want to believe that it will be great... but that trailer was just so bland.
Yeah, I know what you mean... I'm still going to wait until the release to fully criticize it, though. Maybe if it's bad enough. Nagano will get off his high horse and work with others again.



90% of anime is good :P although some are worth watching for their animation alone.
Think of it this way: Anime has been around for a century. Out of all those shows, do you think that you're going to enjoy most of them? I sure don't. Besides, 90% of everything is at least partial ****, depending on how you look at it: Music, AMVs, video games, mods/romhacks, YouTube videos (though the 95% **** rule may apply to YouTube), et cetera. Anime is certainly no exception. Once you've seen enough of a certain thing, you'll start noticing what you like and hate, and I can safely say that only 15% of the anime in existence really interests me, and there's a good chance that 5% of that will disappoint me.

[Priotess]

New Yumekui Merry chapter. **** was great.
http://i.imgur.com/BPGGT.png




I want to believe that it will be great... but that trailer was just so bland.



Pffft. Over-statement of the year of all years?

I never said you had to agree with my logic :P

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

I'm still working on Ika Musume 2 (http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/shinryaku-ika-musume-2-online)
I'll be doing Ep 6 tonite and maybe (probably) more.
It doesn't look like it's out on DVD even subbed at this point. (I checked ebay)

I'm really liking it. There's been a tiny bit of character development and the stories seem to be a bit more developed as well.

[Priotess]

I wanted to watch sailor moon. But its too expensive to buy :(

[Haar]

Just download it.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Finished Squid Girl season 2. and a 1 episode OVA.
GRRRR! Now what?
I think I may try Toradora next.

[Haar]

I think I should get back to watching Detonator Orgun. Maybe tonight.

[Backmask]

Picked Linebarrels of Iron's manga back up after completely forgetting about its existence some time ago, and I decided to reread (Fourth time reading this really) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4: Diamond is not Crash. Yoshikage Kira is a perfect antagonist.
http://i.imgur.com/EIQFc.jpg


I think I should get back to watching Detonator Orgun. Maybe tonight.

Funny. Detonator Orgun was my gateway anime.

[Nick 30075]

I finally cracked and started Chu-2. I don't understand the hype, I don't find it as amusing as everyone says that it is.

[Sir Fluffykins]

I got a few "Aria The Scarlet Ammo" episodes a while back and started watching, first 2 episodes were rather dull to me, but episode 3 and 4 got my interest after the girl stopped being a b**ch and the guy stopped being a whiny twit.

For reference, episode 3 was literally the movie "Speed" in anime form...with remote control gun-toting Cars...

Sword Art Online is down to "okay" in my books, it's one of those shows where you enjoy it, but you can't help mock it at the same time. EG: His girlfriend Asuna is getting molested online and offline due to creepy guy trapping her mind online and Asuna's father thinks his daughter actually had a relationship with the creep, so gives his blessing to the soon-to-be-rapist to marry his unconsious daughter.

Does our noble hero call the police? Tell Asuna's father? No, he does the only sensible thing! HE PLAYS ANOTHER MMORPG -which he saw her in. Now he has 6 days including school, eating, sleeping and creepy situations with his sister/cousin to save his girl.

[Haar]

^Did you ever get to watching that stuff I told you about?


Funny. Detonator Orgun was my gateway anime.

I remember you telling me that before. In fact, I think I watched it because I heard you talking about it. Just finished it up a few minutes ago. Thought it was pretty good. Ending slightly disappointed me, but that whole 3rd episode was really cool.


I finally cracked and started Chu-2. I don't understand the hype, I don't find it as amusing as everyone says that it is.

The hentai OVA from 1997? Or are you talking about a different Chu 2?

[Sir Fluffykins]

Watched Five Star Stories and some Legend of Galactic Heroes -which felt like a combo of Robotech and Gundam to me >_<

I remember Detonator Orgun from years back, rather liked it, but I can only recall parts of it.

[Gleeman]

Whole bunch of obscure anime I've never heard of before up in here. (not necessarily a bad thing)

[Haar]

Watched Five Star Stories and some Legend of Galactic Heroes -which felt like a combo of Robotech and Gundam to me >_<
Which one would be which? I can see Five Star Stories having a the aspects of love like Macross/Robotech and robot fightin' kind of like Gundam, but the way you phrased it, I can't tell if you're talking about that show or LoGH.


Whole bunch of obscure anime I've never heard of before up in here. (not necessarily a bad thing)
I'm not too surprised. Several of these came out decades ago and a few aren't available outside of Japan.

[Gleeman]

I'm not too surprised. Several of these came out decades ago and a few aren't available outside of Japan.

I've been watching anime since the 80's (Project A-ko was my first), but certainly haven't seen everything out there. Lots of stuff that was localized I haven't seen yet either.

[Nick 30075]

I was talking about Chuunibyou.

Probably going to start a bunch of the stuff that's been on my watchlist next week. Nothing to do for once (it's break, thank goodness) so I'll be able to get some quality anime time.

[Haar]

I've been watching anime since the 80's (Project A-ko was my first), but certainly haven't seen everything out there. Lots of stuff that was localized I haven't seen yet either.
I started in the 90's as a child. Pokemon was my first. I remember I used to try to watch every anime that came on the Anime Network thing on television, but that's when I realized how picky I was, since hardly any of those shows actually interested me. Before that, I would watch practically anything on Toonami, though. I was amazed when I discovered fansubs, due to all the options I had for what to watch. Needless to say, I have a lot of catching up to do.


Probably going to start a bunch of the stuff that's been on my watchlist next week. Nothing to do for once (it's break, thank goodness) so I'll be able to get some quality anime time.
I've got a lot of stuff on my list, some of it already downloaded, yet I don't feel like watching a bunch of anime right now, for some reason.


On that note, I need to get back to watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

[thedarkmessenger]

anime I'm watching: Strike Witches 2........when I get around to watching more of it.........

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Somehow, I let myself get roped into watching Haruhi a second time through.

I was only going to do the first episode. Just 1. Just 1.
Well, episode 8 is later tonite.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Up to Episode 15 of Fate/Stay Night.

I really like it so far, it's slower than other anime, plus the animation feels a little cheap at times, but they've done the best with what they had and there aren't any common anime-cliches.

[Distict5-9]

Up to Episode 15 of Fate/Stay Night.

I really like it so far, it's slower than other anime, plus the animation feels a little cheap at times, but they've done the best with what they had and there aren't any common anime-cliches.

Somehow, I still have a deep-rooted hatred for the Fate/Stay Night anime, but I'm still being very interested in playing one of the games...

[Backmask]

Up to Episode 15 of Fate/Stay Night.

I really like it so far, it's slower than other anime, plus the animation feels a little cheap at times, but they've done the best with what they had and there aren't any common anime-cliches.

Are... are you watching Fate/ Stay Night?

[N.P.C.C.]

I'm currently marathoning the Ghost in the shell series. People may not share my mentality, but i feel the characters are better utilized in their moments of leisure rather than in the action/mission segments the show has. The latter is just too convoluted for its own good. Don't get me started on the laughing man arc...

[Haar]

Up to Episode 15 of Fate/Stay Night.

I really like it so far, it's slower than other anime, plus the animation feels a little cheap at times, but they've done the best with what they had and there aren't any common anime-cliches.

You're supposed to read the Visual Novel, bro. What you're doing is the equivalent of having a friend tell you about a baseball game while at a kegger, rather than actually being at the game yourself.

[BakaLyte39K]

I've actually fallen behind on my anime viewing. Need to watch the last few episodes of

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Busou Shinki
Joshiraku especially since the last two episodes were actually subbed
Robotics;Note
Chuu2

uh..... I forgot what other shows I'm supposed to be watching. HA. But yeah, I've fallen behind...

[Gleeman]

Are... are you watching Fate/ Stay Night?

Eh...it's not awesome, but there are allot worse VN adaptations out there. And yes, I've played the VN. (Fate route and most of the Heaven's Feel route before I got bored with it...SQUIRREL!)

[Sir Fluffykins]

Yes, already said I'm watching as much as possible, my list has already grown to an impossible size.

Though my positive opinion took a hit with the last episode I watched where...I dunno, did they have a three-way or something? Kinda got a bit weird there, with Rin kissing Shirou, then jumping on Saber then Shirou being all "For king and country".

LOL, I dunno anymore


PS: I didn't like the way the girls all looked stoned in Clannad, so I avoided watching it, then I started yesterday and am already up to episode 9 >_<

[Gleeman]

I thought I'd hate Clannad, but I watched the first couple of episodes to see what all the hype was about and ended up mainlining the first season in a couple of days. Probably wouldn't re-watch it, and haven't seen After Story, but it was oddly entertaining.

[Arock]

someone drop me a phat beat cause im bout to lay some names down, try and keep up

BTOOOM!
Busou Shinki
C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Chunnibyou Demo Kai ga Shintai
Eureka Seven AO
Girls und Panzer
Hellsing Ultimate
Heroman
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Jormungand
Little Busters
Magi
Medaka Box Abnormal
Muv-Luv Alternative-Total Eclipse
Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ni!
Robotics; Notes
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanjo
Shinsekai Yori
Sword Art Online
Zetsuen no Tempest

[Backmask]

Decided to pick up One Punch Man, and I've got to say that this is ****ing awesome. Other shounen, are you even trying?
http://i.imgur.com/ixff9.gif
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/BackmaskJR/1353007069714.gif

[Priotess]

someone drop me a phat beat cause im bout to lay some names down, try and keep up

BTOOOM!
Busou Shinki
C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
Chunnibyou Demo Kai ga Shintai
Eureka Seven AO
Girls und Panzer
Hellsing Ultimate
Heroman
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Jormungand
Little Busters
Magi
Medaka Box Abnormal
Muv-Luv Alternative-Total Eclipse
Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ni!
Robotics; Notes
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanjo
Shinsekai Yori
Sword Art Online
Zetsuen no Tempest

The only one i've heard of is Hellsing lol.

[Haar]

You've never even heard of Jojo? That's a bit surprising.

[Backmask]

You've never even heard of Jojo? That's a bit surprising.

It's this new generation, Haar. They also think that Tobi/ Obito is a good villain.

[Haar]

It's this new generation, Haar. They also think that Tobi/ Obito is a good villain.

New generation? I just turned 18 two months ago, so we may as well say I'm still just a kid, in that respect, and I know about most of this stuff. What is this new generation, exactly?


On topic, I'm still watching Ergo Proxy.

[thedarkmessenger]

It's this new generation, Haar. They also think that Tobi/ Obito is a good villain.

who the hell is Tobi/Obito?

[Haar]

who the hell is Tobi/Obito?

Naruto villain.

[thedarkmessenger]

Naruto villain.

that automatically disqualifies him/her/it as a "good" villain :P

[Gleeman]

On topic, I'm still watching Ergo Proxy.

Been meaning to check that one out, unfortunately my 'To Watch' list is quite large...

Edit: Who even admits to watching Naruto these days? :rolleyes:

[Haar]

that automatically disqualifies him/her/it as a "good" villain :P

Exactly. That's the point Back was trying to convey here.


Been meaning to check that one out, unfortunately my 'To Watch' list is quite large...

So is mine. In fact, mine is getting ridiculous. Somewhere in the hundreds.

So far, I think it's a little boring, but I'm going to keep watching it anyway. Not like a lot of the shows I really like didn't start off as kind of boring anyway.

[Kaiju]

Been meaning to check that one out, unfortunately my 'To Watch' list is quite large...

Edit: Who even admits to watching Naruto these days? :rolleyes:

I read it for ****s and giggles, namely as in my youth I was a Narutard, and as a cynical adult, I just laugh at how bad it's crashing and burning, same with Bleach, but Bleach is actually entertaining me...the fandom butthurt levels on that one are off the charts.

[Haar]

Edit: Who even admits to watching Naruto these days? :rolleyes:
Plenty of people. I used to enjoy it a few years back, but I've just gotten tired of it. I kind of wish they'd actually do some actual ninjustsu more often. That's probably what made me actually enjoy the Land of Waves Saga, which, in hindsight, is by no means perfect, but it managed to be a little entertaining. Full of angst and grimdark, but I still managed to watch it twice when I was in middle school. Make whatever you will of that.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Finished Haruhi for the 2nd time.
Now I'm "watching" End of Evangelion because my AMV Smackdown! entry is based on it.
(I'm not allowing me to watch anything else till I finish this project)

[Guthix]

Been meaning to check that one out, unfortunately my 'To Watch' list is quite large...

Edit: Who even admits to watching Naruto these days? :rolleyes:

i watch it

[Haar]

Just watched Devilman: The Birth. That was pretty cool. I might actually watch the other two Devilman OVAs today.

[thedarkmessenger]

Finished Haruhi for the 2nd time.
Now I'm "watching" End of Evangelion because my AMV Smackdown! entry is based on it.
(I'm not allowing me to watch anything else till I finish this project)
I'm watching Strike Witches 2 and Nichijou mostly for AMV purposes :P. I do sort of enjoy them, though. Nichijou is kinda hard for me to understand, since the "storyline" is so random, but I still like it.

[Haar]

Okay, I finished up all of the Devilman OVAs. The first two were great. Now, that last one left me very disappointed. I mean, there was no confrontation between Akira and Satan or anything. I'm probably going to read the manga for an actual ending, now. Either that, or I'll watch Devil Lady.

[Ruby150]

Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls... I'm getting ready for the second season.

[Haar]

^I tried watching that show and got bored of it a few minutes into the first episode. Also, how do you prepare for a new season of a show? My only preparation method is clearing disk space.

[Ruby150]

^I tried watching that show and got bored of it a few minutes into the first episode. Also, how do you prepare for a new season of a show? My only preparation method is clearing disk space.

Simple: by watching the **** out of the other seasons.

[Haar]

Simple: by watching the **** out of the other seasons.

If I forgot any of the details of a show, I'll just brush up on them via Google.

Also, watched some more Kaiji last night. Still haven't started on Devil Lady like I said I would, but I've got the first episode downloaded.

[thedarkmessenger]

finished Strike Witches 2. Gonna watch the movie at some point, and I'm continuing to watch Nichijou.

[abyssion1337]

this right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iGXLAQKSGo&list=FLFJgh4iTzYBuuja-iVJQ5rQ&index=1

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

That was the most awesome 5 minutes ive had in a long time....is this going to be a show, or is it just a commercial for the car?

[abyssion1337]

I think it's just a commercial, because apparently Japan can just have awesome commercials like that.

[redeadlink]

Currently watching Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (which, incidentally, I found out about through AMV Hell) and Clannad (which I also found through AMV Hell).

TVTropes.org provided the location of my other anime sources.

[jinzo64]

watching K-on season 2 then I plan to go on to Madoka Magica

[abyssion1337]

Everyone should watch Madoka Magica

[Haar]

I'll watch it eventually....


Maybe once I'm done with the second season of Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

[Distict5-9]

Felt in the mood for some gratuitous violence, so I just got through the Mezzo Forte OVA. Too bad that now I'm not really sure on what I should watch next... Any ideas?

[Haar]

If you like gratuitous violence, watch that 1987 Devilman OVA I won't shut up about.

[N.P.C.C.]

Ghost stories...ADV...Best....****ing....dub....ever!

[Haar]

Watched Hanappe Bazooka last night. Vulgar, stupid, and largely nonsensical. Needless to say, I thought it was funny. I didn't really get the ending at first, though. If you're familiar with Go Nagai's work, you'll probably find this OVA to be a lot more enjoyable than if you aren't. I also watched the first episode of Hellsing Ultimate. Pretty flashy. Managed to keep my interest. Finally, I got back to watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I question why I keep putting this show on hold, despite liking it.


Ghost stories...ADV...Best....****ing....dub....ever!

What about the Bible Black dub?

[jinzo64]

Well I ran out of K-on to watch so I'm watching Madoka Magica.

[Backmask]

New JoJo OP is really ****ing great. It's even better when you realize that they snuck Hermit Purple into the OP.

http://i.imgur.com/0ox5Z.jpg

[Shuiia]

New JoJo OP is really ****ing great. It's even better when you realize that they snuck Hermit Purple into the OP.

http://i.imgur.com/0ox5Z.jpg

I realy need to catch up on that show.
Hell, I need to catch up on all my shows.

I'm still 1 or 2 episodes behind on Psycho-Pass and Robotics;Notes.
I still need to start Macross Frontier
I still need to continue Gundam SEED
and I downloaded all the episodes up till now of K and Shinsekai Yori yesterday.

and then there are my tv shows I need to catch up on... ;_;




What about the Bible Black dub?

>Bible Black dub
>not the A time to Screw dub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR9vnrlsQ3c

[Arock]

I still need to continue Gundam SEED

No you dont, seed was worse than a week old bag old horse **** covered in cow semen.

[Backmask]

No you dont, seed was worse than a week old bag old horse **** covered in cow semen.

SEED was pretty bad, but it doesn't hold a candle to DESTINY.

[Shuiia]

So far yes,
SEED has been pretty bad and I'm not expecting it to get any better...
but I genuinely wanna see if it is REALY that bad as people point it out to be. That and I've made myself a promise to watch every Gundam show there's been.












except maybe Turn A Gundam

[Sir Fluffykins]

Though the Seed animation was sh*t, I actually got into the plot, which explains why I ended up watching the show on TV.

However, in the end, the "plot" amounted to:

Microwaves making everyone explode into red mist, mass destruction on a cosmic scale, that is down played to being minor (a whole island nation, thousands of giant space ships, thousands of Gundams, everything on the Moon, the Evil Microwave/Nuke station, all destroyed along with millions of people -minor), a bazillion minor cast members dying, the love-interest-slightly-mad-girl dying, then appearing moments later as a ghost to give hero words of advice, a villain who brilliantly set all this up, only to reveal he had no goal, because he was mad at being a clone or some rubbish.

I mean, a whole "race" of "genetically altered people" can't tell they're just a bunch of clones, because actual genetics was too hard? lol.

I never saw the sequel, didn't even care when I found out about it

[Backmask]

So far yes,
SEED has been pretty bad and I'm not expecting it to get any better...
but I genuinely wanna see if it is REALY that bad as people point it out to be. That and I've made myself a promise to watch every Gundam show there's been.











except maybe Turn A Gundam

A lot of the **** that SEED gets is generally because of DESTINY. Not saying that SEED isn't without its massive flaws, but DESTINY is in a league of its own.
Also, Turn A was by far the best Gundam series in terms of everything (mechanical design, plot, characters, pacing, directing, etc. Though Best Gundam Soundtrack might go to Unicorn) Why would you limit yourself?

I would also like to note that the Cosmic Era has a lot of potential that can be seen if you watch Stargazer.

[Shuiia]

A lot of the **** that SEED gets is generally because of DESTINY. Not saying that SEED isn't without its massive flaws, but DESTINY is in a league of its own.
Also, Turn A was by far the best Gundam series in terms of everything (mechanical design, plot, characters, pacing, directing, etc. Though Best Gundam Soundtrack might go to Unicorn) Why would you limit yourself?

I was joking around a bit.
I do have to say that whole "vibe" I get from Turn A Gundam is putting me off somewhat. Which is why I've been reluctant to watch it.
I also know that SEED is largely **** because of Destiny and so far none of the things mentioned about why SEED is **** are holding up for me.
I do gotta say:
the characters look...puffy it just...doesn't look right
Animations are horribad at some points

aaaaand that is about all I've gotta complain up to now

plot is awright
mechanical design is awright
nothing good but then again nothing bad


oh I forgot to mention I've only seen Wing and Endless Waltz up until now and I am in the process of watching Unicorn.
So far Wing and Unicorn are my favourites....



Now to wait for the inevitable ****storm of nay-sayers because of the fact that I like wing...

[Backmask]

I was joking around a bit.
I do have to say that whole "vibe" I get from Turn A Gundam is putting me off somewhat. Which is why I've been reluctant to watch it.
I also know that SEED is largely **** because of Destiny and so far none of the things mentioned about why SEED is **** are holding up for me.
I do gotta say:
the characters look...puffy it just...doesn't look right
Animations are horribad at some points

aaaaand that is about all I've gotta complain up to now

plot is awright
mechanical design is awright
nothing good but then again nothing bad


oh I forgot to mention I've only seen Wing and Endless Waltz up until now and I am in the process of watching Unicorn.
So far Wing and Unicorn are my favourites....



Now to wait for the inevitable ****storm of nay-sayers because of the fact that I like wing...

All I have to say about Wing is that Katoki's redesign's were better than Okawara's wonky ****.

[Arock]

All I have to say about Wing is that Katoki's redesign's were better than Okawara's wonky ****.

katoki's designs are infinitely better than the originals

take epyon for example

original
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/w/oz-13ms.jpg

katoki
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/540/1298771284582.jpg

[Haar]

I'm probably going to watch Kekko Kamen tonight. Probably just to see if that gooch smash technique is as humorous as they say it is.


Now to wait for the inevitable ****storm of nay-sayers because of the fact that I like wing...
How 'bout those nonexistent fleets to launch them mobile suits and them nonexistent Earth soldiers to hold those captured bases?

Seriously though, I enjoyed Wing when I watched it.


Though the Seed animation was sh*t, I actually got into the plot, which explains why I ended up watching the show on TV.

Probably asked you this before, but did you ever get to watching Mellowlink?

[Neomalysys]

Finally got around to watching Kanokon and I can't stop laughing at the crazy perv jokes.

[Haar]

For the past few days, I've started sampling series. Kekko Kamen felt a little too silly, but I'll probably watch the second episode anyway. Cleopatra D.C. sort of bored me and seemed a bit stupid, so I dropped it within 10 minutes of starting. Feel free to try to convince me that it gets better. Watched the first movie in the Gundam Seed trilogy and it seemed to cut out most of the stuff that bored me from the TV series enough to drop it after 2 episodes. I'm expecting the latter two to be train-wrecks, though. That, and I'm already hating Kira, Flay. and to a slightly lesser extent, Lacus, but only because they don't show her as often.

I recently acquired a few more Go Nagai OVAs and The Humanoid, so maybe I'll see something I really like soon that doesn't have Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Votoms, or Kaiji in the title.

[jinzo64]

It's not an anime but I am watching the origional 90's batman cartoon.
This just awsomes.

[Backmask]

Inferno Cop is the most revolutionary anime to come out in the last ten years with its symbolic imagery, deep and thought provoking character interactions, emotional voice acting, and top-notch action sequences. Congratulations Imaishi, other studios are you even trying?

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/BackmaskJR/1356483436555_zps722ab4ce.gif

[Haar]

Just finished up Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. It was a lot better than I expected it to be. Of course, my expectations were already a few meters under the basement of the house known as hope.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/BackmaskJR/1356483436555_zps722ab4ce.gif

So Williams Street does contract work, now?

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

I'm very slowly watching Clannad.

[thedarkmessenger]

Watched the first two episodes of Nyarko-san. I think I won't bother with the rest of it :|

[Gleeman]

Somebody convince me to keep watching Robotics;Notes. Watched the first two episodes, and.....eh....

Heard it's supposed to be good, but just not feeling it so far.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

same series as Stiens;gate isnt it?

course, every time i see stien's;gate title, i think of soul eater

[Backmask]

same series as Stiens;gate isnt it?

course, every time i see stien's;gate title, i think of soul eater

Shared universe with Steins; Gate and Chaos; Head, and, yeah, Robotics; Notes pacing is pretty bleh. Only recently have things started to actually pick up.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

those are somewhere on my extended list of things to do.
I'm still working on Clannad.
Watched ep 9 the other night, which was the end of the Fuki Ibuki arc.
I was kind of an emotional wreck for the rest of the night after that.
at least the Kitomi arc is pretty funny....so far.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Watched the first dubbed Episode of Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere...

...I have no idea what I'm watching...synposis (which says humanity is reliving history while living across mulitple dimensions around japan) gave me cancer reading it and when I watched it, it's full of angels, comical-monsters and demons, plus girls with massive balloon boobs.

Then main character shows up in the last few minutes, gropes the teacher, reveals his erotic game he bought -but then everyone is touched he's going to ask his dead girlfriend out -so he can move on.

Also extremely racist Indian-man-thing used a giant bowl of curry attack...

All in all first episode gave me absolutely nothing to gauge this series on, so...next episode...

[Zendria]

Hajime no Ippo
Fairy tail
D.Greyman
Claymore

If there is something that will fit well with boxing Ippo is the one,
Fairy tail is magic
D.greyman and claymore are demons

[Shuiia]

I think I'm gonna be buried in things to watch:
Just downloaded Angel Beats plus the OVA(no idea why though)
Still need to start K
Still need to start Macross Frontier
Still need to start Shinsekai Yori
and I'm currently watching Robotics;Notes and Psycho-Pass as usual
good thing for the airing break atm, it makes for a good break to assess stuff

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7546/psycopass.png

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4007/psycopass2.png

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2074/psycopass3.png

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4435/psycopass5.png

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9358/psycopass6.png

[Haar]

Still watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's the only thing from this season that's really interesting me. I also feel slightly inclined to finally get to reading more of the manga, particularly Stone Ocean, but at the same time, I don't want to skip over anything important from Diamond is not Crash or Vento Aureo

Also, not an anime, but for some retarded reason, I'm watching The Legend of Korra. 9 episodes in and I think it's actually okay.

Just downloaded Angel Beats plus the OVA(no idea why though)
http://i.imgur.com/BGYhi.png

[thedarkmessenger]

Watching Digimon Adventure 02. Kinda hard to watch it in Japanese after I'm so used to the English version, since they're so different from each other.

[Shuiia]

Still watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's the only thing from this season that's really interesting me.

aaaaand another thing I need to get back to ;_;

[Akyho]

Started The Ambition of Oda Nobuna and half way through episode 7 of 13.

I am really surprised I like it, as the concept is an alternate world were the main figures of the Sengoku period are girls and we follow a high school student that has traveled back in time/dimension and has became the Hideyoshi Toyotomi of this world while romancing the Female Nobunaga, Nobuna.

Its pretty stupid, yet it dosnt ruin itself by being absolutely silly or being pure fan service, like what I see High School of the Dead as. Actually pretty minimal fan service, despite loli up the wahzooo.

It could have easily turned into Sengoku Rance really.

PS its a joint Anime with Mad house if that wins points with people.

[Backmask]

...I have no idea what I'm watching...synposis (which says humanity is reliving history while living across mulitple dimensions around japan) gave me cancer reading it and when I watched it, it's full of angels, comical-monsters and demons, plus girls with massive balloon boobs.

That's wrong. What happened was that humanity, in the past, had evolved to the point where they were able to live in the "heavens" (This part is left vague, though I assume that it is probably the place in which the series' Gods live); however, they were forcefully removed from said heavens due to humanity's constant wars with one another. Unfortunately, when humanity finally made it back to Earth, most of it was uninhabitable, save for Japan - now called the Divine States. Because of this, they built a reactor or sorts to create an alternate dimension - otherwise called the Harmonic Realm, which was really just a bunch of floating islands above the Divine States. In the Harmonic Realm, the aforementioned "islands" are called the Harmonic Divine States, each "island" was generally a country (Tres Espana, which is Spain; K.P.A. Italia, which is Italy; M.H.R.R., which is the Holy Roman Empire; P.A. ODA, which is the Ottoman Empire; England, which is England of course; Sviet Rus, which is Russia; Hexagone Francaise, which is France; and Qing Takeda, which is China). Keep in mind that most of humanity lives in the Harmonic Divine States, while the standard Japanese live in the Divine States. Naturally, humanity wants to "rise" back into "the heavens," and to do so, they retrace their steps on a historical level. Unfortunately, they lost a lot of information and were only able to be guided by an object called the Testament. The Testament contains information from 10,000 BC to 1 BC - which is called the Old World-while the New World starts at 1 AD and is predicted to stop at 1648, despite the fact that the Testament is supposed to update every 100 years. Unfortunately, during the recreation of, if I recall correctly, the Nanboku-cho Period, the reactor/ machinery that allowed the Harmonic Divine States to float as they do received massive amounts of damage, and because of that, a the Harmonic Realm collided, and later fused, with the Divine States. Because of this, The Harmonic Divine States (Which consists of all of the previously listed countries) blamed the occurrence on the Divine States and started to populate the Divine States without haste. Due to this, the Divine States and the Harmonic Divine States went to war with one another, which ended with the Divine States being curb-stomped by the Harmonic Divine States. After said war, the Harmonic Divine States split the Divine States with one another, and gave a small, left-over scrap of land to the Divine States - which is now referred to as the Far East. Shortly thereafter, the Testament Union, who are around to help regulate the Historical Recreation - specifically armed conflicts, placed the Far East under their provisional rule. One of the punishments that the Far East was given was that members of their Academy, the Musashi Ariadust Academy, ( By the way, Academy's are what regulate the military and political affairs of the country, so this is kind of a big deal)must graduate - which pretty much means that they have to retire - after they reach the age of 18.

By the way, this is just scraping the barrel of the Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere's world, which is filled with so much glorious exposition. A lot of the world can be seen from the characters' interactions, such as Malga not fighting as much in season 2 due to her weapon being so costly to fix or Shirojiro's talk of money due to the Far East being in a piss-poor economic state (Just about the only thing Far East exports are H-doujins written and illustrated by Malga). Unfortunately, Horizon is actually a sequel to Owari no Chronicle, which contains a lot of world building information that Sunrise skipped on, such as when they explained that metal has a sort of life and some gravity defying properties. This can be seen in Horizon (Those metallic looking things on their shoulders and hips allow them to jump really high and run fast while carrying heavy equipment due to their gravity defying properties). The reason why Sunrise skipped on Owari no Chronicle is because it focuses much more on debates, and not as much action - although Horizon still has a healthy amount of economic discussions and debates. Recently, a 700 page encyclopedia for the series has been released, so we are probably going to be getting more information on many topics in the Horizon's world.

[Arock]

Watched the first dubbed Episode of Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere...

why the hell are you watching the god awful sentai dub?


That's wrong. What happened was that humanity, in the past, had evolved to the point where they were able to live in the "heavens" (This part is left vague, though I assume that it is probably the place in which the series' Gods live); however, they were forcefully removed from said heavens due to humanity's constant wars with one another. Unfortunately, when humanity finally made it back to Earth, most of it was uninhabitable, save for Japan - now called the Divine States. Because of this, they built a reactor or sorts to create an alternate dimension - otherwise called the Harmonic Realm, which was really just a bunch of floating islands above the Divine States. In the Harmonic Realm, the aforementioned "islands" are called the Harmonic Divine States, each "island" was generally a country (Tres Espana, which is Spain; K.P.A. Italia, which is Italy; M.H.R.R., which is the Holy Roman Empire; P.A. ODA, which is the Ottoman Empire; England, which is England of course; Sviet Rus, which is Russia; Hexagone Francaise, which is France; and Qing Takeda, which is China). Keep in mind that most of humanity lives in the Harmonic Divine States, while the standard Japanese live in the Divine States. Naturally, humanity wants to "rise" back into "the heavens," and to do so, they retrace their steps on a historical level. Unfortunately, they lost a lot of information and were only able to be guided by an object called the Testament. The Testament contains information from 10,000 BC to 1 BC - which is called the Old World-while the New World starts at 1 AD and is predicted to stop at 1648, despite the fact that the Testament is supposed to update every 100 years. Unfortunately, during the recreation of, if I recall correctly, the Nanboku-cho Period, the reactor/ machinery that allowed the Harmonic Divine States to float as they do received massive amounts of damage, and because of that, a the Harmonic Realm collided, and later fused, with the Divine States. Because of this, The Harmonic Divine States (Which consists of all of the previously listed countries) blamed the occurrence on the Divine States and started to populate the Divine States without haste. Due to this, the Divine States and the Harmonic Divine States went to war with one another, which ended with the Divine States being curb-stomped by the Harmonic Divine States. After said war, the Harmonic Divine States split the Divine States with one another, and gave a small, left-over scrap of land to the Divine States - which is now referred to as the Far East. Shortly thereafter, the Testament Union, who are around to help regulate the Historical Recreation - specifically armed conflicts, placed the Far East under their provisional rule. One of the punishments that the Far East was given was that members of their Academy, the Musashi Ariadust Academy, ( By the way, Academy's are what regulate the military and political affairs of the country, so this is kind of a big deal)must graduate - which pretty much means that they have to retire - after they reach the age of 18.

By the way, this is just scraping the barrel of the Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere's world, which is filled with so much glorious exposition. A lot of the world can be seen from the characters' interactions, such as Malga not fighting as much in season 2 due to her weapon being so costly to fix or Shirojiro's talk of money due to the Far East being in a piss-poor economic state (Just about the only thing Far East exports are H-doujins written and illustrated by Malga). Unfortunately, Horizon is actually a sequel to Owari no Chronicle, which contains a lot of world building information that Sunrise skipped on, such as when they explained that metal has a sort of life and some gravity defying properties. This can be seen in Horizon (Those metallic looking things on their shoulders and hips allow them to jump really high and run fast while carrying heavy equipment due to their gravity defying properties). The reason why Sunrise skipped on Owari no Chronicle is because it focuses much more on debates, and not as much action - although Horizon still has a healthy amount of economic discussions and debates. Recently, a 700 page encyclopedia for the series has been released, so we are probably going to be getting more information on many topics in the Horizon's world.

speaking of Malga, do you know what her fathers standing is because in season two i remember them mentioning him and Margot has an odd reaction.

[Backmask]

speaking of Malga, do you know what her fathers standing is because in season two i remember them mentioning him and Margot has an odd reaction.

I don't remember Malga's father being mentioned ever, do you know which episode? If I had to guess, though, then I'd say that it has something to do with the fact that Malga and Margot (And the rest of Musashi's witches) are from M.H.R.R. and were forced to flee due to Techno-Hexens being persecuted and labelled as heretics in M.H.R.R. Malga's father is probably still in M.H.R.R. and fully aware of Malga's Technomagic affiliation.

[Arock]

I don't remember Malga's father being mentioned ever, do you know which episode? If I had to guess, though, then I'd say that it has something to do with the fact that Malga and Margot (And the rest of Musashi's witches) are from M.H.R.R. and were forced to flee due to Techno-Hexens being persecuted and labelled as heretics in M.H.R.R. Malga's father is probably still in M.H.R.R. and fully aware of Malga's Technomagic affiliation.

It was episode 9 around 4:40 in when Malga is upset about Margot not letting her fight and says "is it because of my father". I was wondering about this because they didnt give too much back story about them in the anime.

[Gleeman]

Been watching Oran High School Host Club with the S.O. (got her the set for Xmas) Reaction:

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/250x250/32903170.jpg

[Distict5-9]

Whelp, just started out on the first episode of Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon after seeing Sir Fluffykins' reaction to it and... Yeah, it's pretty much just as he said it was...

My biggest problem with the series so far was that, even after a (very) close inspection of the first episode, I’m not really sure that I still have a good grasp of what going on with the plot yet; something about reenacting history, there not being enough space for humanity to live in and some region being suppressed or something...

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7996/screenshot20130106at162.png

Of course, nothing tickles my urge to understand what’s the current political situation within a fictional world like a giant pair of spherical knockers (Baloobs, for short) located hi~gh above the subs…

Also, for some strange reason, there’s a Slime, a blatantly stereotypical Indian (heck, he even fights using goddammed curry) and something that looks like a junkless male succubus... Their presence within the show, or the reason as to why they have more than 5 seconds of screen time, is yet to be explained.

http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g399/Pants-Man/Screenshot2013-01-06at163837_zpsb5bdd0bc.png

Anyway, the interesting setting and my personal curiosity as to what's gonna happen, combined with my lust for good old geometrically-alien breasts, are enough to encourage me into keep watching this series.
Wish me luck…

EDIT: Also, just noticed Backmask's response regarding the plot, and I gotta say that actually helped clear things up a bit for me regarding the plot... Now if only I could get my hands on a translation of Owari no Chronicle before going on with Horizon...

[Backmask]

It was episode 9 around 4:40 in when Malga is upset about Margot not letting her fight and says "is it because of my father". I was wondering about this because they didnt give too much back story about them in the anime.

I asked around, and, apparently, that scene was foreshadowing events that get covered in volume 4.

[Arock]

I asked around, and, apparently, that scene was foreshadowing events that get covered in volume 4.

Well thats for sorta clearing that up, but god damn they have a lot of foreshadowing.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Been watching Oran High School Host Club with the S.O. (got her the set for Xmas)

I bought the complete manga set for my daughter for Christmas (on sale @ Amazon for $70). According to her, it does actually say that
Kaoru is , yes, gay.

[Veran]

Girls und panzer

It is one of the more ridiculous things I've seen.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Up to episode 4 and neither drawn in or put off by Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere. First show, where after 4 episodes I'm still completely indifferent to both the story and the characters. They've gone into the political/world situation some more, we've been introducted to a girl who had a forced sex-change-

(or half a sex change as she only mentions she lost her boobs -explaining why she/he/it doesn't have giant round breasts like most of the other females)

-who in turn gets told about who Horizon was and why the other characters seem to be supporting the biggest loser in their group (the main character).

Usually when shows use tropes like boob groping I get put off, but as I said, completely indifferent at the moment...

[Arock]

Up to episode 4 and neither drawn in or put off by Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere. First show, where after 4 episodes I'm still completely indifferent to both the story and the characters. They've gone into the political/world situation some more, we've been introducted to a girl who had a forced sex-change-

(or half a sex change as she only mentions she lost her boobs -explaining why she/he/it doesn't have giant round breasts like most of the other females)

-who in turn gets told about who Horizon was and why the other characters seem to be supporting the biggest loser in their group (the main character).

Usually when shows use tropes like boob groping I get put off, but as I said, completely indifferent at the moment...

The sex change was started but never was finished resulting in the lost of her breasts, so she is still a chick. And how can you not like toori, he is one of the greatest crossdressers.

http://i1.minus.com/iLcciOFonzX7y.jpg

[tanis_lionheart]

So... She's a he, but without a penis? O_o

[Backmask]

So... She's a he, but without a penis? O_o

No (Although, that is a 10/10 idea). The girl who underwent the surgery, Masazumi, had planned on going for a full sex-change operation so she could be the successor to her family's name. Unfortunately for her, after she had underwent a mastectomy, she was not chosen as the successor to her family's name, thus meaning that the future operation to turn her hole to a pole was cancelled. Besides, her cousin has a nice enough pole to make up for it.

She's practically the shining definition of DFC.

[Arock]

No. The girl who underwent the surgery, Masazumi, had planned on going for a full sex-change operation so she could be the successor to her family's name. Unfortunately for her, after she had underwent a mastectomy, she was not chosen as the successor to her family's name, thus meaning that the future operation to turn her hole to a pole was cancelled. Besides, her cousin has a nice enough pole to make up for it.

She's practically the shining definition of DFC.

it is a nice pole

http://i2.minus.com/izR6Xc67JEkaD.jpg

[Backmask]

it is a nice pole

http://i2.minus.com/izR6Xc67JEkaD.jpg

I want to "train" with Futayo.

[Haar]

Finished watching the third Hellsing OVA. The random, nonsensical addition of Fist of the North Star 2's theme song made me laugh, for some stupid reason.

Yes, I came here just to share that with you all.

[!Je$u$!]

Fist of the north star..... all i remember from that is the ATATATATATATATATA scene lol They also made a mod for Doom 1 where you could use that exact melee attack ingame....

[zemoo]

Watching the Shaft version of Negima currently. Liking it better than the other version, which I wasn't really a fan of, so far.

[Gleeman]

Girls und panzer

It is one of the more ridiculous things I've seen.

But they're pretty accurate with the tanks and their capabilities. Weird. Good 'For the Lulz' show.

[Haar]

Still watching Jojo. Slowly approaching the Battle Tendency arc.

Fist of the north star..... all i remember from that is the ATATATATATATATATA scene lol
I had to watch that movie at least twice to really get it. The first time, I wasn't entirely sure what to think about it, but the second time I viewed it, I had already watched the TV series and I had a bit of perspective. FotNS somehow ended up being one of my favorite anime franchises.


They also made a mod for Doom 1 where you could use that exact melee attack ingame....
I think I've seen that one, actually. I never bothered downloading it, though.

[Backmask]

Never thought that death flags meant something to the main character.
http://i.imgur.com/jfwFH.png

[Lizzy]

Yu Yu Hakusho, I used to watch it everyday on cartoon network after school, but now I can watch it anytime I want on youtube ^.^

[Arock]

Never thought that death flags meant something to the main character.
http://i.imgur.com/jfwFH.png

oh **** is he dead as in all the way dead or "dead"

[Backmask]

oh **** is he dead as in all the way dead or "dead"

http://i.imgur.com/AJYT7.png
Either "dead" or Merry is the true main character of the story and Yumeji is just Kamina-tier.

[hosokawa37]

For my anime club, we are watching this semester:
St. Frog
Mononoke
Lupin III
Claymore
Mawaru Penguindrum

Anime I am watching as of now:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
A-Channel
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Chuunibyou demo koi ga ****ai
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei

I'm thinking about adding another 1-3 anime to that list lol

[Backmask]

Welp, finished 3.0 a while back, and I've got to say that Anno dropped the ball hard, although I also felt like the entire movie was build-up for 4.0.

Inferno Cop, on the other hand, is this generation's Evangelion. I mean, look at all this symbolism. I know for a fact that Inferno Cop will be inscribed in the pages of history.
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/BackmaskJR/1357852436809_zps5e2f972b.gif


For my anime club, we are watching this semester:
Lupin III

Movies or series? Not that it matters, seeing as they are all equally awesome (Except for Mine Fujiko).

[hosokawa37]

Welp, finished 3.0 a while back, and I've got to say that Anno dropped the ball hard, although I also felt like the entire movie was build-up for 4.0.

Inferno Cop, on the other hand, is this generation's Evangelion. I mean, look at all this symbolism. I know for a fact that Inferno Cop will be inscribed in the pages of history.
http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i437/BackmaskJR/1357852436809_zps5e2f972b.gif



Movies or series? Not that it matters, seeing as they are all equally awesome (Except for Mine Fujiko).

the series, since we watch an ep or two every week in club lol

[Gleeman]

For my anime club, we are watching this semester:
St. Frog

Made it about 5 minutes into the first episode and started looking for something to slit my wrists with. Good Luck! :sweatdrop:


Finished re-watching Squid Girl season 1 on DVD. Originally saw it simulcast subbed, but the DVD dub wasn't too bad considering the source material's wackiness.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

There is a Season 2 Gleeman. I watched it subbed and I thought that it may be better than S1.
(It even has another chibi episode in it with a very cute pun in it!)
Last episode made me cry tho.

[Gleeman]

There is a Season 2 Gleeman. I watched it subbed and I thought that it may be better than S1.
(It even has another chibi episode in it with a very cute pun in it!)
Last episode made me cry tho.

Seen it subbed, but IIRC the DVDs don't come out until later this year. Only Season 1 so far.

[xIsamuTM]

watching chu2, which is not as bad as i was fearing. next will be .hack//roots (playing g.u. right now.) counting down days til the next Doctor Who ep.

[Haar]

Started watching Magi last night. Looks like it may actually be good, or at the very least, it'll be Japanese Aladdin. Not getting my hopes too high, though.

http://i.imgur.com/SindO.jpg

[Gleeman]

Boogiepop Phantom, Y/N?

[hosokawa37]

I've been hearing good things about Magi, but yet to see it

Boogiepop Phantom, i have no idea about lol

I will add three more to my current list of anime that I'm watching, but atm, those anime are to be determined

[Haar]

Boogiepop Phantom, Y/N?

I've yet to see it myself, but a significant amount of my friends like it. Of course, seeing as how they're my friends, that should be a sign that their opinions are probably nonsensical and potentially invalid.

I've been hearing good things about Magi, but yet to see it

I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that someone brought up the weird-ass Djinns.

http://i.imgur.com/Oj83O.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qFpW8.gif
pretty sure this last one counts as NSFW, yet they still let that on TV at 5 in the afternoon over there.
http://i.imgur.com/Tziid.jpg

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

It's not nsfw...your dirty mind thinks its a nipple...its really just a drain plug =)

[Distict5-9]

The Sink Djinni! =D

And while we're talking about weird-ass Djinnis, I can't say that I exactly agree with the choice of making them all blue; I dunno, I can't see them without imagining them as giant, overpowered Smurf gods...

[Backmask]

Started watching Magi last night. Looks like it may actually be good, or at the very least, it'll be Japanese Aladdin. Not getting my hopes too high, though.

It's ok. In some places, the animation is great, yet in others the animation is horrifically bad with no middle ground. I also wish that they would have continued to explore rather than dealing with some broken examples of ECONOMY and POLITICS, and Sinbad can **** himself. A lot of the characters are uninteresting and two-dimensional as ****, while the ones that are interesting are completely forsaken. At this point, I'm just watching to see delicious Morg.


The Sink Djinni! =D

And while we're talking about weird-ass Djinnis, I can't say that I exactly agree with the choice of making them all blue; I dunno, I can't see them without imagining them as giant, overpowered Smurf gods...

Got something against blue djinns, faggot?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ikuaGJRXmE/UMAIk6livyI/AAAAAAAAYe8/qtDSb6TEqfA/s1600/Aladdin+the+genie+pointing+his+finger.jpg

[Haar]

It's not nsfw...your dirty mind thinks its a nipple...its really just a drain plug =)

Sounds about right, though I imagine pulling it off would be painful and time consuming.

And while we're talking about weird-ass Djinnis, I can't say that I exactly agree with the choice of making them all blue; I dunno, I can't see them without imagining them as giant, overpowered Smurf gods...

You prefer the green kind?
http://i.imgur.com/ZXZOH.png

I also wish that they would have continued to explore rather than dealing with some broken examples of ECONOMY and POLITICS, .

So they just drop the dungeon running concept? They seem to be going in the opposite direction of what I was hoping for in this series.

[Backmask]

So they just drop the dungeon running concept? They seem to be going in the opposite direction of what I was hoping for in this series.

It's been all about Alibaba being stupid and Sinbad being a bland character so far. I wouldn't count on Dungeons being done, though. This is more-or-less a character arc for Alibaba.

[Arock]

Amnesia
Blood +
Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sunkunai Next
Hellsing Ultimate
Inferno Cop
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (stalled out, need to get back to it one of these days, not really sure why i stalled it in the first place)
Little Busters
Magi
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
Mondaijitachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu yo
OreShura
Robotics;Notes
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanoku
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
Shinsekai Yori
Tamako Market
Vividred Operation
Zetsuen no Tempest

[EvilestDeath]

"My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute" also called "Ore no Imōto" or "Oreimo"

It seemed so interesting by the description then I got to the end of episode 1 and found out it was nothing more then Otaku No Video dressed up as a incest story. Bah I say to this show...even though I can't stop watching it.

[Gleeman]

"My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute" also called "Ore no Imōto" or "Oreimo"

It seemed so interesting by the description then I got to the end of episode 1 and found out it was nothing more then Otaku No Video dressed up as a incest story. Bah I say to this show...even though I can't stop watching it.

Eh, it's decent for a brother/sister complex show.

[Backmask]

Eh, it's decent for a brother/sister complex show.

Hardly.

[thedarkmessenger]

Still watching Digimon Adventure 02. Also watching Nichijou here and there. Thinking of maybe starting up on a 3rd anime, since I only watch one or two episodes of Digimon a day, and Nichijou I watch kinda at random.

[Gleeman]

Hardly.

So you know allot about brother/sister complexes? :p

But seriously, it's probably the only one I've seen in that category, so...

[Gleeman]

Watched the first two episodes of Maoyuu. Not impressed, feels like Spice & Wolf Lite so far.

[SuperLoliSentai]

Just finished Legend of the Legendary Heroes and now I am watching Samurai Champloo to wash that taste out of my mouth

[Shibbidah]

What I'm actively watching:

Amnesia
Cuticle Tantei Inaba
GJ-Bu
Haganai
Inu X Boku SS
Kotoura-san
Mangirl
Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Sakurasou no Pet Kanojo
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
Tamako Market
Vividred Operation

Considering starting one of the Fate anime, but not really sure which to watch first.

[SuperLoliSentai]

What I'm actively watching:

Amnesia
Cuticle Tantei Inaba
GJ-Bu
Haganai
Inu X Boku SS
Kotoura-san
Mangirl
Nekomonogatari: Kuro
Sakurasou no Pet Kanojo
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
Tamako Market
Vividred Operation

Considering starting one of the Fate anime, but not really sure which to watch first.

I would suggest fate/zero just because it was the better out of the two and chronologically comes first

[mattroks101]

So, anime is ****ing stupid and I usually don't watch any, but my nerdy anime friends who all watch anime got me to watch Little Busters. And for all it's faults, I'll admit, it's not bad. Even a little heartwarming at times, when the obnoxious tsundere character isn't there to suck any amounts of joy out of the show. Now usually, I don't use the word heartwarming and anime in the same paragraph, but this show has some genuinely good and darest I say it, cute characters. That all seem innocent enough to make you not want to shake your head in disgust. So yeah, I've discovered an anime I don't hate with a passion. That's gotta count for something.

[Haar]

Still watching Jojo's Homoerotic Adventure.

So, anime is ****ing stupid and I usually don't watch any, but my nerdy anime friends who all watch anime got me to watch Little Busters.

Why did you even listen to them in the first place? Also, whatever happened to you listening to my suggestions of shows that are actually good? Besides Tokyo Tribe 2 and Redline, of course.

[mattroks101]

Well it's not what I would say is the best anime in the world, I wouldn't say anything near that. But like I said previously, it really isn't horrible, and at times, can be semi heartwarming, and make you feel for the characters. At the same time, it has a lot of **** that is ****ing retarded, but if you can look past it's retard moments, then you might be able to enjoy it.

[Haar]

What's it going to take for me to get you to watch Cobra?

[Distict5-9]

^ Did you already try telling him about the magical cigar?

[Haar]

^Not yet, but I did tell him about the MegaBuster. A lot.

[thedarkmessenger]

Decided to pick up Wolf's Rain. So far I kinda like it :o

[Backmask]

I would suggest fate/zero just because it was the better out of the two and chronologically comes first

Read Fate/ Stay Night first, watch Fate/ Zero, then watch Stay Night's adaptations. Everything else is optional.

Indeed, Fate/ Zero was better, but it is written as a sequel. Fate/ Stay Night had a lot of twists and turns that are completely spoiled by Fate/ Zero, which ruins the immersion.

[tanis_lionheart]

Chobits EP06

[SuperLoliSentai]

Read Fate/ Stay Night first, watch Fate/ Zero, then watch Stay Night's adaptations. Everything else is optional.

Indeed, Fate/ Zero was better, but it is written as a sequel. Fate/ Stay Night had a lot of twists and turns that are completely spoiled by Fate/ Zero, which ruins the immersion.

Honestly I disliked fate/ stay night to the point where I would say completely avoid it and just watch fate/ zero.... and the twists that you refer to in stay night are pretty easy to see coming except for one, which you would had to have seen fate/ zero to know. I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night so maybe that is a lot better.

[Backmask]

Honestly I disliked fate/ stay night to the point where I would say completely avoid it and just watch fate/ zero.... and the twists that you refer to in stay night are pretty easy to see coming except for one, which you would had to have seen fate/ zero to know. I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night so maybe that is a lot better.

Did you only watch the Fate/ Stay Night anime or something? When I say "read" Fate/ Stay Night, I'm referring to the infinitely superior visual novel, which had quite a number of twists that were not easy to see coming. Not to mention that Fate/ Stay Night was better in conveying its message to the audience than Zero.

[hosokawa37]

For my anime club, we are watching this semester:
St. Frog
Mononoke
Lupin III
Claymore
Mawaru Penguindrum

Anime I am watching as of now:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next
A-Channel
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
Chuunibyou demo koi ga ****ai
Zan Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei

I'm thinking about adding another 1-3 anime to that list lol

actually, I'm watching ZOKU sayonara zetsubou-sensei, not Zan [that's s3 lol]

In addition to the list:
Kotoura-san
Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka [6 eps left to watch of s1]

[SuperLoliSentai]

Did you only watch the Fate/ Stay Night anime or something? When I say "read" Fate/ Stay Night, I'm referring to the infinitely superior visual novel, which had quite a number of twists that were not easy to see coming. Not to mention that Fate/ Stay Night was better in conveying its message to the audience than Zero.

by "I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night" might mean I only watched the anime :)... and for the whole "infinitely superior visual novel" argument is so old and can work for almost every anime made from a manga because usually animes are limited to 24 episodes while mangas go on for ****ing ever so they can take their time with conveying messages. That argument is as bad as people that argue bleach, one piece or naruto are good because they have great character development but don't mention that it takes hundreds of episodes to get that development. Also, I hope the Fate/ Stay Night you are referring to that "was better in conveying its message to the audience than Zero" is the manga because then I can't argue with that, otherwise I don't know what you are smoking but I need a lot so I can rewatch that show and take in its full potential apparently I missed.

[Backmask]

by "I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night" might mean I only watched the anime :)... and for the whole "infinitely superior visual novel" argument is so old and can work for almost every anime made from a manga because usually animes are limited to 24 episodes while mangas go on for ****ing ever so they can take their time with conveying messages. That argument is as bad as people that argue bleach, one piece or naruto are good because they have great character development but don't mention that it takes hundreds of episodes to get that development. Also, I hope the Fate/ Stay Night you are referring to that "was better in conveying its message to the audience than Zero" is the manga because then I can't argue with that, otherwise I don't know what you are smoking but I need a lot so I can rewatch that show and take in its full potential apparently I missed.

Good lord, am I talking to a human or a chromosomal abnormality personified?


by "I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night" might mean I only watched the anime :)... and for the whole "infinitely superior visual novel" argument is so old and can work for almost every anime made from a manga because usually animes are limited to 24 episodes while mangas go on for ****ing ever so they can take their time with conveying messages.

Is the argument old? Yes, but it is also incredibly applicable because Japan isn't filled to the brim with great directors - especially when it comes to adaptations. For starters, you have to realize that Fate/ Stay Night's visual novel, as a whole, is larger than all of Lord of the Rings combined. Condensing a route into twenty four episodes, while trying to cram as much of every route in as possible, can only lead to negative consequences, which was proven in the adaptation in both the movie and series. You also seem to be oblivious to what a visual novel is as you seem to fancy the idea that it is comparable to a manga. To explain in the most simplistic way possible, it is a Choose Your Own Path book with some anime characters. It isn't a monthly or weekly serialization in a magazine, so saying that Fate/ Stay Night could have taken its time to convey its message is wrong.

Let's also add on that you are implying that whenever an adaptation, it is because the source material is bad. Look at Yumekui Merry, Gyo, Tsukihime, JoJo (OVA and movie) Higurashi, and Umineko, for example.


That argument is as bad as people that argue bleach, one piece or naruto are good because they have great character development but don't mention that it takes hundreds of episodes to get that development.

Stop that. You're twisting words and coming to a conclusion that is hardly related.

[SuperLoliSentai]

Good lord, am I talking to a human or a chromosomal abnormality personified?

Wow making an personal attack hahahaha didn't know I would get that out of you... Next time you should have probably read my reply again before writing anything.


Is the argument old? Yes, but it is also incredibly applicable because Japan isn't filled to the brim with great directors - especially when it comes to adaptations. For starters, you have to realize that Fate/ Stay Night's visual novel, as a whole, is larger than all of Lord of the Rings combined. Condensing a route into twenty four episodes, while trying to cram as much of every route in as possible, can only lead to negative consequences, which was proven in the adaptation in both the movie and series. You also seem to be oblivious to what a visual novel is as you seem to fancy the idea that it is comparable to a manga. To explain in the most simplistic way possible, it is a Choose Your Own Path book with some anime characters. It isn't a monthly or weekly serialization in a magazine, so saying that Fate/ Stay Night could have taken its time to convey its message is wrong.

I am pretty sure that is what I was saying.... I said that argument "can work for almost every anime made from a [visual novels] because usually animes are limited to 24 episodes while [visual novels] go on for ****ing ever so they can take their time with conveying messages." Which is basically saying that it suffers from not being able to fit all of the things the original visual novel had or with the proper pacing like the visual novel. Oh and I didn't mean to offend you or the visual novel in any way by calling it a manga and I am sorry for my slip up in words.


Let's also add on that you are implying that whenever an adaptation, it is because the source material is bad. Look at Yumekui Merry, Gyo, Tsukihime, JoJo (OVA and movie) Higurashi, and Umineko, for example.

I am guessing you were trying to say "whenever an adaptation [is bad?], it is because the source material is bad." If that is the case then I have no idea where you got that from what I said... All I was saying is that the adaptions usually are worse not because of the original source but because of the restriction on the length of the anime. Really whatever you are smoking just send some to me.



Stop that. You're twisting words and coming to a conclusion that is hardly related.

How is that twisting words or hardly related? They both have to do with time restraints and how if there are none, or close to that, then you can develop, pace out and more thoroughly follow through with ideas. I was just stating in your original argument about the visual novel you didn't mention the length compared to the anime and how that might have been the cause of it being able to better develop and portray messages.

[Backmask]

Wow making an personal attack hahahaha didn't know I would get that out of you... Next time you should have probably read my reply again before writing anything.
Yes, it was a personal attack, you special snowflake. I definitely don't use shallow insults during every situation, including friendly Chatbox conversations.




I am pretty sure that is what I was saying.... I said that argument "can work for almost every anime made from a [visual novels] because usually animes are limited to 24 episodes while [visual novels] go on for ****ing ever so they can take their time with conveying messages." Which is basically saying that it suffers from not being able to fit all of the things the original visual novel had or with the proper pacing like the visual novel. Oh and I didn't mean to offend you or the visual novel in any way by calling it a manga and I am sorry for my slip up in words.

You are missing the point, buck-o. You were saying that it was a bad excuse, which it is not. In fact, it is probably one of the most applicable excuses out there.


I am guessing you were trying to say "whenever an adaptation [is bad?], it is because the source material is bad." If that is the case then I have no idea where you got that from what I said... All I was saying is that the adaptions usually are worse not because of the original source but because of the restriction on the length of the anime. Really whatever you are smoking just send some to me.

The length of the adaptation is not an issue. Most of visual novels, light novels, and manga convey their messages from the start, which can be seen through character interactions and the conflicts that they will face, so conveying this is not the issue in the slightest. The issues that adaptations must face are an inadequate staff and a low-budget. Visual novels, though, must face the issue that the company will try to cram multiple routes into a single route for the adaptation. That is where the visual novels suffer. You can adapt a single route just fine, though.



How is that twisting words or hardly related? They both have to do with time restraints and how if there are none, or close to that, then you can develop, pace out and more thoroughly follow through with ideas. I was just stating in your original argument about the visual novel you didn't mention the length compared to the anime and how that might have been the cause of it being able to better develop and portray messages.

You don't understand the production of a novel or a visual novel in the slightest, do you? Visual novels that aren't doujinshi have are not able to take all the time they want. They have a timeline before their release, and must apply the respective literary techniques into question, including pacing. It's the battle shounen that have a selling point of "cool art" and "cool action scenes," that get to do what they want without hesitation.

[thedarkmessenger]

Yes, it was a personal attack, you special snowflake.

This made me LOL for some reason xP

[Haar]

This made me LOL for some reason xP

I have that reaction to pretty much anything Backmask posts. It's as if he's our lethal jester.

[SuperLoliSentai]

Yes, it was a personal attack, you special snowflake. I definitely don't use shallow insults during every situation, including friendly Chatbox conversations.

And I guess I am really bad at conveying sarcasm over the internet.... I thought the "hahahaha" gave it away but next time I will put a :)




You are missing the point, buck-o. You were saying that it was a bad excuse, which it is not. In fact, it is probably one of the most applicable excuses out there.



The length of the adaptation is not an issue. Most of visual novels, light novels, and manga convey their messages from the start, which can be seen through character interactions and the conflicts that they will face, so conveying this is not the issue in the slightest. The issues that adaptations must face are an inadequate staff and a low-budget. Visual novels, though, must face the issue that the company will try to cram multiple routes into a single route for the adaptation. That is where the visual novels suffer. You can adapt a single route just fine, though.

Ok fair enough but I don't get this whole thing why you are trying to argue with me? I already said I wasn't arguing that the graphic novel wasn't better then the anime or hell either animes, fate/ fate night and fate/ zero, I was just saying the show was bad. I even said "I haven't read the manga for fate/ stay night so maybe that is a lot better." and "Also, I hope the Fate/ Stay Night you are referring to that "was better in conveying its message to the audience than Zero" is the [visual novel] because then I can't argue with that." I was just stating the reason in my experience it seems like a lot of animes that are adaptations seem to fail at pacing and fate/ stay night is one of them.


Indeed, Fate/ Zero was better, but it is written as a sequel

You said it yourself :) <---- sarcasm btw


You don't understand the production of a novel or a visual novel in the slightest, do you?

Nope and never said I did.

[Shibbidah]

Read Fate/ Stay Night first, watch Fate/ Zero, then watch Stay Night's adaptations. Everything else is optional.

Indeed, Fate/ Zero was better, but it is written as a sequel. Fate/ Stay Night had a lot of twists and turns that are completely spoiled by Fate/ Zero, which ruins the immersion.

The problem is that I REALLY don't have time to pick up a VN right now. Especially one as long as Fate/Stay Night...I also lack the HDD space.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Is Fate Zero ACTUALLY better, or is it because it starts with little girl Sakura getting ass-raped by Worms? ;)

[thedarkmessenger]

now that I joined MyAnimeList and sorted through all the anime, I have 4 anime I'm officially watching ATM: D. Gray-Man, Digimon Adventure 02, Nichijou, and Wolf's Rain.

[Backmask]

Is Fate Zero ACTUALLY better, or is it because it starts with little girl Sakura getting ass-raped by Worms? ;)

It's generally better due to it actually focusing on the setting - along with having Type Moon's greatest milf and more competent characters. Stay Night used the setting as an excuse to execute a rather improbable Boy Meets Girl scenario (Saber), a Generic Tsundere Love Interest scenario (Tohsaka Rin), and XDsoGRIMDARK scenario (Matou Sakura).


The problem is that I REALLY don't have time to pick up a VN right now. Especially one as long as Fate/Stay Night...I also lack the HDD space.

If that's the case, then it just comes down to weather you want to watch the good one first (Zero adaptation) or the bad one first (Stay Night adaptation).

[Shibbidah]

I guess Fate/Zero it is!

[Haar]

The problem is that I REALLY don't have time to pick up a VN right now. Especially one as long as Fate/Stay Night...I also lack the HDD space.

You lack 2 gigabytes?

[Backmask]

You lack 2 gigabytes?

He also lacks 50+ hours to spend on sexing up King Arthur.

[Haar]

He also lacks 50+ hours to spend on sexing up King Arthur.

I understand that part, actually. It's just the HDD space part that surprised me.

On that note, I'm still reading Fate/stay night, but very, very slowly due to me having the attention span of a mentally handicapped child.

[Backmask]

I understand that part, actually.

That was the joke.

[Shibbidah]

You lack 2 gigabytes?

Oh, I thought it was like 4.

Right now I have about 5 gigs left...and I really don't want to go below that.

[Haar]

Oh, I thought it was like 4.

Right now I have about 5 gigs left...and I really don't want to go below that.

I ran into a similar situation a few months back upon acquiring a metric ****ton of DVDISOs and BDrips. Luckily, I managed to clear it up with a little birthday money magic.

[thedarkmessenger]

Right now I have about 431GB....on my main HDD :D

[Haar]

I'm considering picking up Heroic Age, given the fact that a description I heard of it described this anime as part LoGH and part Godzilla. (Which is probably a gross exaggeration bearing little to no weight, given I heard this on TV Tropes)

Is it actually worth watching?

[tanis_lionheart]

Please Twins EP01

[thedarkmessenger]

I picked up vivired operation. Few seconds in and already a shot of in-between some chicks legs xP I like the sad music that plays, but damn if that shot doesn't ruin the mood :| They could've picked a much better time.

[tanis_lionheart]

Please Twins EP12

[Arock]

watching gyo right now, instant classic

[SquintyMccheese]

I just recently finished Nichijou, as well as watched the entire Cowboy Bebop for the 50th time.....what's next now? hmmmm....

[EtonDetalernu]

By proxy, I just finished watching Nichijou I guess.

[Haar]

watched the entire Cowboy Bebop for the 50th time.....what's next now? hmmmm....

If you like Cowboy Bebop, then you'll also probably like Samurai Champloo or Michiko to Hatchin. The pacing is somewhat similar.

[EtonDetalernu]

Yeah, I can vouch for her there. She's already seen those. Champloo almost as many times as Bebop.

[SquintyMccheese]

Samurai Champloo I watched liiiike 45 times.....aaannd Michiko to Hatchin like 30 times.

[Haar]

I watched the first episode of Witchblade. It was alright. That villain made no sense, though. I mean, a drill monster? What? I'm hoping the next episode will have a better balance of characterization and fighting than this one did.


Samurai Champloo I watched liiiike 45 times.....aaannd Michiko to Hatchin like 30 times.

Then I'll give the generic response of "watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure"

[Sir Fluffykins]

Valkyria Chronicles, Persona 4 and Carnival Phantasm.

I'm rather liking Persona 4, played Persona 2, but still not so clued up on the world - they even bring attention to how the main guy can accept such crazy stuff without even blinking. Animation is also slightly different then most anime.

Valkyria is also good, but even with the tank battles I somehow feel it's a slower show, incidentally, this also has a fairly different art-style than most anime.

I really like Carnival Phantasm, but as most of the humour comes from knowing the shows this show parodies, I'd recommended watching those shows first.

Like having Saber working as a maid and made fun of by Gilgamesh, the King of Kings -only for her to lose it and pull rank that "She's a cute lolita Gothic Maid, SIR!" to which bows down to her XD

[Gleeman]

Steins;Gate ep. 1-6.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l102/eightof9/I-Came.jpg

[Distict5-9]

watching gyo right now, instant classic

Enjoying all that *GASHUNK-GASHUNK* goodness?

[Gleeman]

Boogiepop Phantom 3-7.

http://www.lolclown.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/at-first-i-was-like.jpg

[thedarkmessenger]

currently watching:
D.Gray-man
Digimon Adventure 02
Nichijou
Vividred Operation
Wolf's Rain

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

Basically been spending way too much time with Clannad VN
Considering Heaven's Lost Property perhaps

[Neomalysys]

currently rewatching the Melancholy of Haurhi Suzumiya since I've never seen the 2009 episodes in the 2009 broadcast order

[danphikit]

I'm also rewatchin Haruhi :) but I'm going in chronological order. Also watching season 2 of A Certain Magical Index.

[Neomalysys]

I'm also rewatchin Haruhi :) but I'm going in chronological order. Also watching season 2 of A Certain Magical Index.

The 2009 broadcast order is the series in chronological order with the new episodes that are considered season 2 on the american dvds in their proper place and not as a separate season. It's weird but they just decided to call them season 2 in the U.S. when they were actually extra episodes for the only season made.

[danphikit]

So I'm watching them in the 2009 order then but I'll be skipping Endless Eight.

[Gleeman]

I'll be skipping Endless Eight.

And why is that? ;)

But I was impressed the first time watching Eight that there was almost no reused animation work between them.
(different outfits/camera views/etc.)


The 2009 broadcast order is the series in chronological order with the new episodes that are considered season 2 on the american dvds in their proper place and not as a separate season. It's weird but they just decided to call them season 2 in the U.S. when they were actually extra episodes for the only season made.

But weren't they meant to be watched out of order? Or originally broadcast that way? Maybe I'm thinking of Season 1; I've only watched Haruhi in DVD order. I didn't catch it simulcast, I was into other series back then when I came out.


Chuunibyou ep. 4-8.

[Ginger126]

I've only ever watched it in the chronological order. I feel I'm too conservative to or ocd to watch something out of chronological order. Also: http://tanasinn.info/wiki/Stalking_Haruhi_Suzumiya

[danphikit]

And why is that?

But I was impressed the first time watching Eight that there was almost no reused animation work between them.
(different outfits/camera views/etc.)

The first time I watched the arc I had to go online and check because I thought I had duplicate files. It was nice that it was new animation but there is still more novels to adapt from. If I do decide to watch Endless Eight I think I'll only watch 1,5,8.

[Gleeman]

The first time I watched the arc I had to go online and check because I thought I had duplicate files. It was nice that it was new animation but there is still more novels to adapt from. If I do decide to watch Endless Eight I think I'll only watch 1,5,8.

That's why the wink, it was interesting once but yeah they could have had one Eight episode (IIRC it's one chapter in the books?) and done other things.

[Ginger126]

I watched all of the endless eight and I feel that three episodes would have been optimal to convey everything that was happening. I'm watching bakemonogatari and toradora right now btw

[jinzo64]

going to try Haibene Renmei again and hopfully not distracted by other things.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

I guess they really wanted to get across the anguish of being stuck in the loop.
That said, yes it should've been "The Endless 3 or 4"
I think I heard something about a 3rd season....

Bakemonogatari.
Loved it.
Snail girl is still my favorite 'arc'.
Hated Nisemonogatari

[Neomalysys]

I guess they really wanted to get across the anguish of being stuck in the loop.
That said, yes it should've been "The Endless 3 or 4"
I think I heard something about a 3rd season....

Maybe they will make a new season one day. Technically there's only been one season of Haruhi the new episodes that people called season 2 were intended to be watched as part of season one not as a separate season. I think the movie was intended as an alternative to a new season of the tv show though. Oh and if you've never seen Haruhi in the original order you should try to.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

I'm not sure what the original order is, tbh. I just watched the 20 something episodes of "Melancholy" followed by "Disappearance" .
I didn't do much with the "Haruhi-chan".
I do need to do the whole series again in subs. Aya Hirano does make the perfect Haruhi (I have heard that much first hand)
Aya also sings both Haruhi OPs and is also the voice of Misa Misa Amane in Death Note.

[Sir Fluffykins]

The episodes are numbered for the correct order, it's only the TV broadcast order for the first season that was screwy, apparently as an experiment and so an earlier episode could be the climax.

One thing I like about Haruhi, is they don't forget what they've done and even though they do crazy stuff, there's something realistic in the way they act or waste their time.

Can you imagine if they ever got to the later volumes where they have to deal with alternate versions of themselves (including Haruhi) from different dimensions which they somehow have to fix. I think at some point Kyonn even ends up seeing his own future something like Haruhi and him are together in Colledge.

The movie covered Volume 4, while the first 2 seasons seemed to cover 1-3 with other side plots put in from later volumes.

[Neomalysys]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_episodes

This has the episodes listed for the dvd's, original broadcast, and 2009 is lower on the page. Should help people out with the order of Haruhi episodes.

[ThatsNotMyName_studio]

OK, then based on ^That^ I watched the 2009 version.
Which may explain why I felt so dangling at the end of "Someday in the Rain"
It seemed like they had been through an awful lot to end with a dippy eye-pull...

Anyway, watched Ep1 of Heaven's Lost Property
Um...is this....Chobits...with wings?

[Haar]

Still watching the same stuff I've been watching since the last post I made on this thread. I need to catch up with Inferno Cop, though.

[Shuiia]

Just finished Psycho-Pass ep 17

dat.
mother****ing.
plot development.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2241/1360964629432.png

[hero0901]

just finished Dragon Ball episode 10....

[zemoo]

Great Teacher Onizuka

[tanis_lionheart]

Dragon Ball (Remastered)

[hero0901]

finished Dragon Ball episode 28

[Gleeman]

Boogiepop Phantom ep. 7-9.

http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net/photos/images/newsfeed/000/086/344/carl1.jpg

[Arock]

UTW finally released the second half of the Fate/Zero blurays so im giving it a rewatch

[Backmask]

UTW finally released the second half of the Fate/Zero blurays so im giving it a rewatch

You could have download RUELL's release, which came with the same thing that the Blu-Rays came with. The only issue is that Einzbern's Circlejerk isn't subbed in English.