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Aug 28, 2015 00:51
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya trip report. Binged the first 5 episodes according to the broadcast order. Yeah, this looks good. I'm not going to spoil anything for anyone who is as ignorant as me, but a certain moment in episode 00 tipped me off to this being a wild ride and each episode after only confirmed it further. Gonna be fun seeing this to its end.
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In Training posted:Project make himemeya look weird by putting snails in her pencil case is a go. Nanami owns
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Aug 28, 2015 01:18
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Man I can only hope every Nanami episode ends up this fun.  She is also a master of stealth, able to bug a person in plain sight.  Shadows, you aren't even trying to be thematically relevant this episode!  A good episode. 
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Aug 28, 2015 01:31
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I've just finished Hyouka, and while I'm confident saying it's one of the best shows I've ever seen, there's also bits of it I found really frustrating. The good: as mentioned a million times, it's loving gorgeous. The characters are great, the humour consistently made me laugh out loud, and the mysteries managed to be presented in a way that made them interesting and suspenseful. The sound design is also really good, something I'd noticed in the K-On film. I also love how messy Satoshi and Mayaka's relationship is (which ended up feeling particularly realistic) and how innocent Houtarou and Chitanda are, plus the differences between their upbringing which pop up frequently. The bad: there's a serious lack of emotional payoff in the resolution for all these cases, which really bugged me. This is a pure personal preference obviously, but stuff like Chitanda's uncle never being found, and the funeral being reduced to a one-line mention a full cours down the line or Kudryavka's Order never actually being made really annoyed me, because it felt like the show just dropped those plotlines instead of fully resolving them, which was oddly out of line with how the actual plot points (Chitanda's love for her uncle, Tanabe's desperate attempt at getting Muneyoshi to draw) were presented. And yeah, I wanted a saccharine, feel-good resolution to everything, because that's why I watch highschool anime. More than anything else, though, I hated that it ended.  I'd watch another 200 episodes of them just hanging out and interacting, especially to undo that horribly bittersweet ending.
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Aug 28, 2015 02:01
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AnoHito posted:Just finished Escaflowne. I really liked it, but toward the end the plot kind of went a bit out of control in ways I'm not sure if I like. At least the main character got better, though. You must do Daily Lives of High School Boys For my second list, I am doing a theme, which will be romance visual novels turned into bad anime. Mashiroiro Symphony White Album 2 Fortune Arterial Little Busters! Amagami SS Do your worst, VEGETA!
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Aug 28, 2015 02:02
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Allarion posted:Man I can only hope every Nanami episode ends up this fun. The scene where Touga punches the kangaroo is probably the best scene in the entire series. Every Nanami episode is good tho Radio Spiricom fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Sep 4, 2015 |
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Aug 28, 2015 02:04
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I've just finished Hyouka, and while I'm confident saying it's one of the best shows I've ever seen, there's also bits of it I found really frustrating. you can chalk much of that up to the fact that it's adapted from a series of novels and that they never actually adapted all of them. many sacrifices were made, among which was a definite end i watched episode 3 of tatami galaxy. now this one, i can connect with. had to stop my running 'career' because my body couldn't keep up any more. though obviously, i never gained the mc's incredible muscles
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Aug 28, 2015 02:08
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Second episode of Gatcha. That was a lot of Hajime being Hajime and....not really a whole lot else. Looks like the plot might start rearing its head soon, though. Edit: Also, there was only half as much ♫Gatchamaaaaaaaan~♫ and that won't do. Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Aug 28, 2015 |
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Aug 28, 2015 02:11
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Juri is less fun.  I will say I do enjoy the shadow girls, just because sometimes they provide some insight, and other times they go off on a conplete non sequitur which I would have to think very hard about whether it connects to the episode at all.
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Davincie posted:you can chalk much of that up to the fact that it's adapted from a series of novels and that they never actually adapted all of them. many sacrifices were made, among which was a definite end I'll say this: as much as I absolutely hate it right now and dislike being suckered into caring for these characters, the ending of Hyouka is absolutely perfect. It's completely in tune with Houtarou's overall arc throughout the show and I really don't think they could have "ended" it better. The only thing that bugs me is that it feels like Chitanda's bit about Kamiyama being her place and her deciding to stay there despite the lack of prospects or interesting things to do was tacked on at the last minute. There's aspects of it in the way her and Houtarou's worlds intersect so in retrospect, it doesn't feel like it comes completely out of left-field, but it was still very abrupt (although it's in line with part of the show generally being about growing up). I'm guessing it was a much bigger part of her character in the novels than it ended up being in the show. Anyway, thanks to Mentat Radnor for making me watch Hyouka. It's really good and everyone else should watch it too.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:Anyway, thanks to Mentat Radnor for making me watch Hyouka. It's really good and everyone else should watch it too. I'm super glad that you enjoyed it! I had the same frustrations as you when it ended, but it was drat well worth watching. If you end up posting another list, I hope someone tells you to watch Serial Experiments Lain next.
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I watched my five episodes of Ping Pong. The animation has some neat tricks I don't ever see much of elsewhere. The novelty of it however isn't enough to compensate for the fact that I don't really like any of the characters or feel like there's much forward momentum to the story. I also don't like the art style in general, because I am a huge baby. Funi's subs being out of sync with and over the Japanese subtitles was annoying, but it was kind of fun whenever the Mandarin and Japanese I understood overlapped. Seeing how sentences get translated between three different languages was quite a trip. Also, it's really weird how much product placement is in this show.
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Aug 28, 2015 03:30
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Man that curry is very powerful. Also holy poo poo elephants.  
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Aug 28, 2015 03:38
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:You are to watch Gatchaman CROWDS! You guys Gatchaman Crowds is really, really good. I'm up to episode 6 and I cannot stop please send help.
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Aug 28, 2015 03:49
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Mr. Sunabouzu posted:You guys Gatchaman Crowds is really, really good. I'm up to episode 6 and I cannot stop please send help. Gatcha!
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Shirobako trip report: Only up to episode three so far, after i decided to just start from the beginning again--when it was airing i only got through 1 and a half episodes because i kept procrastinating, even though i really liked those 1.5 episodes! Anyway, it's a lot of fun as well as being pretty stressful. There sure are a lot of people to keep track of, thank god it gives you nameplates for them. I want to see Beyond Jiggly now. Edit: I'm happy to see people enjoying Gatchaman, Hyouka, and Kyousogiga since i love all those series. I'm on episode 6 of my own personal Hyouka re-watch right now and i'm falling in love with it all over again. Also! Kyousogiga is getting a US bluray release 
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Aug 28, 2015 04:01
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I'm two episodes into Otome Youkai Zakuro and it's super fun! The setting is the only unexpected thing about it, but the characters are all so lively and perfectly suited for each other that it's a treat to watch them do anything. I feel like Zakuro is going to steal all the action, which is kind of a bummer...also she looks way better without her bangs, wtf!
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Aug 28, 2015 04:05
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dogsicle posted:I'm two episodes into Otome Youkai Zakuro and it's super fun! The setting is the only unexpected thing about it, but the characters are all so lively and perfectly suited for each other that it's a treat to watch them do anything. I feel like Zakuro is going to steal all the action, which is kind of a bummer...also she looks way better without her bangs, wtf! Don't eat me! 
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Aug 28, 2015 04:10
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I have finished my three episodes of Giant Robo. It's really great! It reminds me of Pluto. They both take a silly old children's robot cartoon and do it in the most respectful, classiest, highest-quality way they can. Three episodes in they've only shown three of the Magnificent Ten, I can't wait to see the last seven. Gunrei's face is too far up on her her face. I'll definitely be continuing Giant Robo. I'll probably finish sometime this weekend, I'll post a new list then.
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I got to episode 3 in Katanagatari and it's good. I can't say there's much to its visual storytelling, but the actual story itself and character designs are neat. I do think the show's style shows more in its flashbacks and action scenes, but some of the character stuff is nice, too. The way Yasuri wraps Togame's hair around him is really cute. Yasuri is definitely a great character, in that his shallow personality and thinking belie something more menacing. Or I'll see, anyway. Also, the story has kind of settled into a formula and I'm interested in how it'll shake things up. Parallax fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Aug 28, 2015 |
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Aug 28, 2015 05:08
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Parallax posted:I got to episode 3 in Katanagatari and it's good. I can't say there's much to its visual storytelling, but the actual story itself and character designs are neat. I do think the show's style shows more in its flashbacks and action scenes, but some of the character stuff is nice, too. The way Yasuri wraps Togame's hair around him is really cute. Yasuri is definitely a great character, in that his shallow personality and thinking belie something more menacing. Or I'll see, anyway. I hope you watched the end of the episode preview like I told you to.
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Strange Quark posted:I watched my five episodes of Ping Pong. The animation has some neat tricks I don't ever see much of elsewhere. The novelty of it however isn't enough to compensate for the fact that I don't really like any of the characters or feel like there's much forward momentum to the story. I also don't like the art style in general, because I am a huge baby. I hope you keep watching it. It's last two episodes are some of my favourite episodes of any anime ever 
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littleorv posted:I hope you keep watching it. It's last two episodes are some of my favourite episodes of any anime ever I mean it's short enough, I might as well keep putting it in the background.
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And finished episode 10. Well poo poo, a lot of plot happened. Well, I'll continue and hopefully it won't fall on the back-burner again. I still think Touga's a manipulative rear end in a top hat though, even if he does get some funny moments.
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Allarion posted:And finished episode 10. Well poo poo, a lot of plot happened. Well, I'll continue and hopefully it won't fall on the back-burner again. I still think Touga's a manipulative rear end in a top hat though, even if he does get some funny moments. The entire point of Touga's character is at first glance he looks like some kind of gallant knight sort of character, but he's really just a manipulative rear end in a top hat.
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Allarion posted:And finished episode 10. Well poo poo, a lot of plot happened. Well, I'll continue and hopefully it won't fall on the back-burner again. I still think Touga's a manipulative rear end in a top hat though, even if he does get some funny moments. You should at least finish the first season. Only 3 more episodes to go. And yes, Touga is a manipulative rear end in a top hat. He takes second place in that for the series as a whole, though.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:You should at least finish the first season. Only 3 more episodes to go. Aren't they more like arcs than seasons? I've only ever watched after the fact but I thought all 39 episodes aired in one season when it first showed up on TV
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Finished watching my assignment and it was pretty great, if maybe a little too hyperactive for my taste. It's true what they say though, even if 99% of anime is poo poo, you just gotta watch the good stuff like Fooly Cooly.
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In Training posted:Aren't they more like arcs than seasons? I've only ever watched after the fact but I thought all 39 episodes aired in one season when it first showed up on TV Possibly. They were sold as "seasons" over here, which is why I use the term.
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AnoHito posted:Finished the fifth episode of Daily Lives of High School Boys. I thought all this time it was just overrated, but it's been everything I was hoping it would be and more It's only overrated in the sense that some But both Nichis are good shows
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arisu posted:You must do Daily Lives of High School Boys I've literally never heard of any of these and they all look terrible, but Fortune Arterial has the coolest looking uniforms and the dumbest name, so I'm going to tell you to watch that. Enjoy your terrible porn VN anime, I guess.  With Hyouka out of the way: 1. Dennou Coil 2. Serial Experiments Lain 3. Real Dive 4. Terror in Resonance 5. Yozakura Quartet
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Lemon Curdistan posted:I've literally never heard of any of these and they all look terrible, but Fortune Arterial has the coolest looking uniforms and the dumbest name, so I'm going to tell you to watch that. Enjoy your terrible porn VN anime, I guess. Watched Lain by recommendation of my buddy Livingtrope and it's pretty good. Two Season /m/echa. 1.Gun X Sword 3.Overman King Gainer 3.Dai-Guard 4.Martian Sucessor Nadesico 5.Full Metal Panic!!!
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what happened to the guy i told to watch k-on? are you still alive???
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:Watched Lain by recommendation of my buddy Livingtrope and it's pretty good. King! King! King Gainer! 1. Serial Experiments Lain 2. Bodacious Space Pirates 3. Mononoke 4. Bubblegum Crisis 5. RahXephon
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Davincie posted:what happened to the guy i told to watch k-on? are you still alive??? Overloaded by moe. Or taking his sweet time. Or he simply forgot.
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