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Phobophilia posted:Shimoneta is not as clever as it thinks it is. The show is part of the otaku reaction against getting called out for their hosed up porn tastes, and so sets up an idiotic strawman. Ehhh, I gotta disagree somewhat. The raciest parts of it are the pin-up cards tossed out at the crowds in all of two or three short moments, and even then they're all clearly just adult women (the context being that everyone's become so upstanding and moral they don't even know how to process looking at them without going "what is this doing to me?!  "). If it was going to be a "gently caress you, Dad" series they'd probably have gone a whole lot creepier and underage. It could go right down the toilet a few episodes in and escalate badly, but the first episode's pretty good about knowing where to keep things so they stay funny without going  .
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Xelkelvos posted:Someone found it too. I'm glad they changed Kougyoku's design so she's actually wearing clothes. Not sure why they changed Urobuchi's character to a woman.
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Silver2195 posted:Not sure why they changed Urobuchi's character to a woman. Boob windows are better than Vincent Valentine
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Xelkelvos posted:Not to sound apologist for it, because I agree it was bad, the Transcript starts way after this episode apparently (from 4chan): That seems WAY more interesting, and a lot less High Fantasy Guilty Crown/Valverave.
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Jul 7, 2015 06:26
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I guess Aoharu x Machinegun is some sort of natural child of Ouran HS Host Club and either Sabagebu or C3-bu? Weird. The first episode was entertaining in a predictable sort of way. I'll probably give it another episode or two to prove it's the child of Sabagebu rather than the rather dull C3-bu.
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Rokka no Yuusha has a good first episode. If the other six heroes are also fun, the setting remains interesting, and the animation doesn't nosedive... well, it'll continue to be good.
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Jul 7, 2015 07:14
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Actually I Am manga fans seem to be underwhelmed by the anime adaptation. I haven't read it and so far my impression is good enough for a three episode test.
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Wow, Charlotte's MC is a real rear end in a top hat. e: ah, I knew his voice was familiar; he's Kanye West! ee: kind of a dumb show. We don't even get to know who the gently caress Charlotte is. I could see it going interesting places, or not. 3-ep test. Yes_Cantaloupe fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Jul 7, 2015 |
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Jul 7, 2015 07:45
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I read a fair number of Ushio and Tora chapters. The artist is good at drawing monsters (excepting Tora, whose design I loathe) and shonen level gore . The main problem is it's really slow for a battle manga.
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Jul 7, 2015 09:39
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Red-headed Snow White was pretty enjoyable. I found some of the dialogue and exposition a bit awkward. You had characters make statements to flesh out the wider world, but here it didn't feel natural. Like "ooh! This herb is good for fevers!" Or "Oh, too bad your Dead Grandparents aren't here to see you now!" A shame, other Bones shows like Darker than Black could make that kind of dialogue work.
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Jul 7, 2015 11:15
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Phobophilia posted:Red-headed Snow White was pretty enjoyable. I found some of the dialogue and exposition a bit awkward. You had characters make statements to flesh out the wider world, but here it didn't feel natural. Like "ooh! This herb is good for fevers!" Or "Oh, too bad your Dead Grandparents aren't here to see you now!" A shame, other Bones shows like Darker than Black could make that kind of dialogue work. You mention Darker than Black, but you forget they also made season 2 of DtB.
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Jul 7, 2015 11:49
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They made a second season of Darker than Black?
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Phobophilia posted:They made a second season of Darker than Black? You're happier not looking it up.
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Jul 7, 2015 12:17
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I kid. DtB has an elaborate superpower system, and it was presented extremely well in bits of dropped dialogue and explored through individual episode arcs. I felt like comparing the two because they were both handled by the same studio (even if it doesn't actually mean anything, Akagami really has nothing to do with DtB). I guess I shouldn't have bought up DtB at all. I just felt that some of Shirayuki's early dialogue and monologues were awkward. Other bits were great, Raj chewed up the scenery, and Zen is charming as gently caress.
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Relin posted:I read a fair number of Ushio and Tora chapters. The artist is good at drawing monsters (excepting Tora, whose design I loathe) and shonen level gore . The main problem is it's really slow for a battle manga. The anime seems like it's gonna fix this problem by excising a lot of extraneous fights.
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Ushio and Tora is amusing because Tora is like a giant cowardly puppy and Ushio is loving terrifying. Dandelion Town is pretty dumb and uninteresting. It's saving grace is that it has alot of genuine heart and warmth. It's about a big happy family of VIPs, that can successfully overcome the weight of society upon them. No Kardashian-style cruelty and voyeurism. The audience doesn't feel like an intruder, but a natural extension. Unfortunately, the superpower thing is really dumb and completely ruins it. The fact that the family is royalty strains credibility but doesn't ruin it; whereas the superpowers do.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:I guess Aoharu x Machinegun is some sort of natural child of Ouran HS Host Club and either Sabagebu or C3-bu? Weird. The first episode was entertaining in a predictable sort of way. I'll probably give it another episode or two to prove it's the child of Sabagebu rather than the rather dull C3-bu. Why is "cute girls in a gun club" becoming a genre all its own
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Jul 7, 2015 13:13
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I meant to watch Ushio and Tora last night but I watched 6 episodes of Seinfeld instead
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that is my fault, but im fairly sure machinegun is actually cute guys in a gun club
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Jul 7, 2015 13:17
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The female MC of Aoharu is pretty amusing but that's the extent of my interest in the show. I should finish Ouran instead. Also, Chaos Dragon is hilariously awful. The characters are awful, the dialogue is awful, the plot is awful, the animation and character design is awful, the only thing that stood out to me in the pile of poo poo was the 2edgy4u of the MC's magic sword embedding itself into the MC's love interest, Stormbringer style.
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Jul 7, 2015 13:51
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Lucy Heartfilia posted:Actually I Am manga fans seem to be underwhelmed by the anime adaptation. I haven't read it and so far my impression is good enough for a three episode test. As a manga reader, I thought it was decent enough. Just kinda flat by comparison. Its like Nisekoi in that its just a bunch of silly/dumb romcom antics, but unlike Nisekoi the anime isn't quite as expressive and ridiculous as it should be.
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Jul 7, 2015 13:52
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So how's CD on the 'so bad it's good' scale? The premise, staff, and studio offered much possibility for glorious failure, and the premiere is being spoken of in hushed tones across the anime-watching internet. Is its incompetence hilarious, or just dull?
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Chaos Dragon is hilariously bad. Perhaps it's because I've had an extra glass of wine, but I was doubled over laughing at how awful it was.
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I think, CD fits "so bad, it's good": while being comically terrible in almost every way, it takes itself completely serious and is full of genuine enthusiasm. It's also not mean spirited or creepy or anything like that. All and all, you can't help to almost root for it to somehow against all odds miraculously turn out decent.
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Jul 7, 2015 14:20
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For those wondering how Chaos Dragon compares to the sessions it is supposedly based on, there is an ongoing translation of their transcripts. Complete with lots of commentary from the players. http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/3472-Red-Dragon
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I don't know if I'd go so far as to call Chaos Dragon terrible, but it certainly is pretty generic so far. The visuals they sprinkled through the first episode were interesting, but that's about it. Meanwhile, the first episode of Wakako-zake is out. It's just two minutes of a woman having a monologue about pub grub, but her face isn't all that scary once you get used to it.
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Command Ant posted:Meanwhile, the first episode of Wakako-zake is out. It's just two minutes of a woman having a monologue about pub grub, but her face isn't all that scary once you get used to it. AOTY already.
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Phobophilia posted:Chaos Dragon is hilariously bad. Perhaps it's because I've had an extra glass of wine, but I was doubled over laughing at how awful it was. I blame the fact that they're not even into the actual TRPG that they did, but are still in anime original set-up mode. Reading some of the replay, the series has a lot of potential to be good. Instead we get.... Looking at the staff listings, the Director is pretty green and has previously only been directing OPs and EDs via the company, Alice from Japan. I would guess he's to blame for how bad it is.
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Are either of the shows about "sexy" monster ladies supposed to be worth watching or are they both too terrifying to behold
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Wait there are multiple shows about this?
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Jul 7, 2015 22:41
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Well, monmusu is insanely sexy, idk about the other one
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I saw one show that had a vampire lady with other supposed monsters, and another show with some snake lady. I assume these are both monster shows
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Parallax posted:I saw one show that had a vampire lady with other supposed monsters, and another show with some snake lady. I assume these are both monster shows Jitsuwata/Actually I Am/Truthism is expected to be very funny.
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Jul 7, 2015 22:45
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Monmusu is the one with the snake
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Jul 7, 2015 22:46
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the first episode of Jitsu wa was very boring except for the newspaper girl. i suspect manga goons have been hyping me up too much.
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dogsicle posted:the first episode of Jitsu wa was very boring except for the newspaper girl. i suspect manga goons have been hyping me up too much. Apparently it's just one of those mangas you gotta wait for the good stuff to happen. But based on how much people like it I think it's a safe bet to continue watching for now.
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Namtab posted:Monmusu is the one with the snake The official TOHO PV on Youtube has about 600k views. That's a fuckton. 
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Jul 7, 2015 22:49
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its a fairly generic harem manga with a few good jokes they repeat thousands of times with wacky faces the other one of course is insanely hot
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Admoon posted:Apparently it's just one of those mangas you gotta wait for the good stuff to happen. But based on how much people like it I think it's a safe bet to continue watching for now. To be fair a lot of shows of that type tend to improve by leaps and bounds after the character introductions are over. That said, dang that first episode was mostly bland.
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Monster Musume is the most ins anely hot show this summer. Chaos Dragon and Castle Town Dandelion though are trash and should not be watched by anyone.
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