Jex
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I don't think the world wants Lupin III to have a really complicated backstory, childhood issues and divorced parents.
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I don't think the world wants Lupin III to have a really complicated backstory, childhood issues and divorced parents.
Thing is, with your atrocious spelling of anime titles Jexhius I can't tell if you're joking or have just misunderstood him
GankUtsuou, anyway
Welp! I was only judging from the OP and how I portrayed the first episode, how the heck is that going to work!?
But... but twin tailed loli hair powers!
No there's a small flash short called Gakkatsu for this season.
Ultimadrago
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Jex is already double posting to try to catch up to Cajunator.
Allow his powers to flourish, Envelope!
Was 'bout to say! I already had my metal bat ready!
BlazingDarkness
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Well, I don't necessarily need a complicated backstory. I just want a little more than what Lupin gives me. I mean, the characters in Birdy's first season aren't particularly complex, but there's enough motivation and conflict there to get me interested.
Medaka box wasn't doing well in the rankings, so Nisio switched it to his idea of a battle shonen. The series doesn't improve at all, though there are some decent battles here and there.
chickdigger802
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Indeed. The only mystery we need is how Fujiko stores the boxing glove thingy in her vagina.
Is there any particular reason you're rocking a Kurenai avatar now?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Dat sexy polar bear.
Nope, was planning on having an avatar relevant to this season, but I'm really liking the head tilt.
Kegel exercises.
I feel like I need a new avatar too but this one fits me so well.
Medaka Tits 01
Y'know it might be because you guys here have lowered my expectations of the show but... I actually kind of enjoyed this.
I haven't read the manga so that may/may not have to do with my thoughts on it.
Seems like a pretty fun show that doesn't seem like it will be anywhere beyond just that. Fun. Though I can't say for sure how long i'll keep up with this show. For now it just seems like one of those anime where I'll watch every now and then to see how the characters fare
And it also feels like one of those shows where I can find myself dropping it pretty easily.
With that said, I'll keep watching it until I get bored of it.
Y'know it might be because you guys here have lowered my expectations of the show but... I actually kind of enjoyed this.
I haven't read the manga so that may/may not have to do with my thoughts on it.
Seems like a pretty fun show that doesn't seem like it will be anywhere beyond just that. Fun. Though I can't say for sure how long i'll keep up with this show. For now it just seems like one of those anime where I'll watch every now and then to see how the characters fare
and a part of me is curious to see how/if they handle the romance between the two main characters. It's pretty obvious she's got the hots for the guy judging by the first episode
With that said, I'll keep watching it until I get bored of it.
That's a panda.
I didn't even remember there being one in the show.
Ultimadrago
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If you were not Nichijou brohood...I would not respect this reaction!
lol Firehawk's so boss, he can switch animal names and have them change legally!
The romance is handled in 100% shitty NisioIsin style. In the Manga, they have just gotten together after 140ish chapters.
You say that, but they have the perfect writer on staff to handle such storylines!
chickdigger802
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so Zombies s2 1
Is it just me or something about the art seems off... they try to cajun... but they miss?
Is it just me or something about the art seems off... they try to cajun... but they miss?
This phenomenon is known as "hammer-space".
That is how my friends and fellow club members always referred to where anime characters store large objects.
I'm not really familiar with his works unfortunately (fortunately? lol) outside some of the Monogatari series so I'm gonna assume that's pretty bad.
Crash Station
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... wait a minute, you make it sound like it shifts into battle shounen... then what the heck was it before that? Sket Dance? Gintama Odd jobs?
I semi want to research this via the manga now.
That and he's too damn good at what he does, and wants something to kill his boredom, enter Fujiko.
I'm surprised you don't know the direction Medaka goes in as a manga thread regular, even if you don't follow it. It goes from generic Baka Test clone with awful Nisioshit dialogue to a trolling, meta battle shounen deconstruction with one of the best characters in fiction.
Baka and Test is an enjoyable show, so a clone of it might not be bad. Especially if it turns into a "battle shonen deconstruction". Sounds fun to me.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's not really as bad as it sounds.
Medaka Box - 1
Maybe I should finish Sket Dance first.
Here's hoping for
Maybe I should finish Sket Dance first.
Yet.
Here's hoping for
an Okada love triangle.
Jex
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Something something Metal Gear screencap.
I still like that lady pulling a bazooka from her chest area.
That is some of the most amazing imagery ever put on film.
Jex
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Your ability to distinguish between various members of the Ursidae family is rather poor. As to be expected.
BlazingDarkness
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Shirokuma Cafe 01 Dumb but very cute. I enjoyed it
Lavalamp1138
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Argh! I really want to watch Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing but I just found out that (quasi first Last Exile spoiler but not really)
I really want to watch this but I'm torn between dealing with the change and waiting for a dub. Even if I wait for a dub, it'll be handled by Funi rather than Geneon so there will undoubtedly be
. Also
Anyone here who's not obsessively preoccupied with this end up biting the bullet and deal with it?
there are a cameos. This wouldn't be a problem at all if I hadn't watched the first series dubbed and now everyone's going to suddenly be talking Japanese instead of English.
recasts
I'm abnormally obsessed with castings in anime.
Ultimadrago
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I haven't seen you preemptively critical about anything. Is this the true power of the mustache?
I actually think they achieve exactly what they aim for.
Crash Station
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It's really nothing like Baka Test post-genre shift which happens relatively early. Will probably be episode 6 or 7.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So... what are the gags like? They act like human beings?Shirokuma Cafe 01 Dumb but very cute. I enjoyed it
Pandas aren't bears and so forth.
Yes, pandas are bears. Red pandas are not bears.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Sure, that's what I meant!
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine 1
Was lukewarm on this until the end when I found myself really liking it, questionable filters and all. Opening sequence with the cult wedding until Lupin involved himself gave me a weird Aeon Flux vibe too which was more pleasant surprise than anything negative.
Was lukewarm on this until the end when I found myself really liking it, questionable filters and all. Opening sequence with the cult wedding until Lupin involved himself gave me a weird Aeon Flux vibe too which was more pleasant surprise than anything negative.
I think it was a solid straight adaptation, but some people know this is going to be irrelevant as all this episode does is make a superficial presentation of the characters and explaining an overlooked later premise without even setting a tone or continuity the show is going to follow for too long. Many will be expectant, mainly on how they will adapt certain moments though. Or getting 'screwed' over it (he, he).
BlazingDarkness
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Yeah pretty much, it's a bit surreal
Just watch it, lol
The VA is good. And they've captured a lot of 'we know this looks cute so we're gonna keep doing it' in the mannerisms and stuff, especially of Panda
I like Polar Bear and his terrible puns too
Jex
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That the fact that I neglected talking about the visuals in Fujiko just goes to show how tired I am tonight. Let me rectify that now.
Short of that very brief segment of Zetman there haven't been very many works which really showcase interesting visuals this year. It's been kind of bland in that department but luckily our saviour has arrived.
Now that Ben has gone out there and made it harder for everyone else to write something original about this show a lot of what I was going to say has been covered by him. There are lots of neat transitions, interesting camera techniques and neat shots that really make the episode feel 'cinematic' (I really dislike this phrase, but everyone understands what I mean by it).
What's really visually appealing about the show is that it doesn't just have 'smooth animation'. It has great character designs, background art, colouring and animation. This is why some people have described it as 'visually arresting'. The show looks sumptuous, it's extremely rich in terms of the amount of interesting things you have to look at in a given shot. It doesn't feel like a 'throwaway shot'.
Even familiar objects, like the human face, become more baroque and complicated under this artstyle.
Great, great stuff.
Short of that very brief segment of Zetman there haven't been very many works which really showcase interesting visuals this year. It's been kind of bland in that department but luckily our saviour has arrived.
Now that Ben has gone out there and made it harder for everyone else to write something original about this show a lot of what I was going to say has been covered by him. There are lots of neat transitions, interesting camera techniques and neat shots that really make the episode feel 'cinematic' (I really dislike this phrase, but everyone understands what I mean by it).
What's really visually appealing about the show is that it doesn't just have 'smooth animation'. It has great character designs, background art, colouring and animation. This is why some people have described it as 'visually arresting'. The show looks sumptuous, it's extremely rich in terms of the amount of interesting things you have to look at in a given shot. It doesn't feel like a 'throwaway shot'.
Even familiar objects, like the human face, become more baroque and complicated under this artstyle.
Great, great stuff.
Jex
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I think you should stop talking about this subject!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Does the Polar Bear do anything that makes him seem "Canadian"? I found it odd that the description pointed his nationality of all things.
But yep, I think I'm looking forward to a easy going gag comedy.
The problem is that the awful characters and dialogue are still present in the battles.
This is true; I've been pointing out all the flaws, but overall, it's just boring, bland, and slightly annoying; perhaps an even worse combination than simply being "bad".
I would agree, in this particular case.
But I think he was just confused by the fact that the unrelated Red Panda ISNT a bear.
although red pandas are cuter and therefore superior. They have greater rights to the panda name and thusly he may be correct in fact that "pandas" are not bears!
But I think he was just confused by the fact that the unrelated Red Panda ISNT a bear.
although red pandas are cuter and therefore superior. They have greater rights to the panda name and thusly he may be correct in fact that "pandas" are not bears!
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