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Parpy posted:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11nsip_watamote-op_shortfilms#.UdsO3flwpAI This show... this is going to be The show this season, isn't it?
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Great Rumbler posted:Hey, if I can stand to watch those dreadful 3-minute shows that look like they were animated in Flash by someone who barely knew what they were doing, I can stand to watch pretty much anything. gdgd Fairies AND Watamote are beter than most of what's airing this season 
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I just caught the raw episode. It looks like this show will be awesome. Also  The show now airs at 1:05 eastern on Crunchyroll.
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I kept waiting for someone to shout "WHAT UP PEOPLE" but, much to my disappointment, it did not happen. That OP is amazing.
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:This show... this is going to be The show this season, isn't it? I think it's a bit early to call that, but it certainly does have The Opening for this season.
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Nipponophile posted:I think it's a bit early to call that, but it certainly does have The Opening for this season. Fair enough. After reading the manga I have high hopes still. I know anything is possible but 
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After episode 1: This is everything I ever wanted out of a Watamote anime, and then some. Tomoko's voice is pretty much perfect. Super Jay Mann fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Killer Queen posted:The OP is glorious and far beyond my expectations. But it's a shame Shin Oonuma and Silver Link hosed everything else up I'm glad that this post lowered my expectations going in because wow, you are basically the wrongest. Yes, all the budget was spent on faces, but that's okay because the faces complement the terrific voice acting. And yea, the excessive lens flairs and angular light casting are actually a pretty clever solution for making cheap backgrounds with visual interest, and they do adequately set the mood. And as great as the OP is, I've loved the ending song since we got it in the PV, and the actual ED was really cute and clever IMHO.
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I came into this show knowing exactly what to expect. The effect pushed it over the top to enhance the creepiness of Tomoko, but I still can't stop pausing every so often due to how awkward (as a character) she is.
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That was the best internet research scene in anything ever. I'm looking forward to some promising gifs in the near future.
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Man, I'm already getting Maou withdraw as McDonald seems incomplete without him appearing there. Nice Death Note tribute though.
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That was both engaging and really hard to watch, poor Kuroki I liked both the ED and OP, they both seemed very apropos to the show, the OP seemed like how Kuroki sees herself while the ED is more accurate. How come the brother also has dark circles under his eyes?
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Raenir Salazar posted:That was both engaging and really hard to watch, poor Kuroki Wouldn't you have dark circles under your eyes, if you had to deal with a sibling like Tomoko every day?
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Raenir Salazar posted:That was both engaging and really hard to watch, poor Kuroki Yeah, some parts of that were downright painful to watch. I mean, I'm pretty awkward myself but this poor girl is rejoicing over whispering one word to an attractive store clerk.  I think the dark circles under the eyes is some sort of family trait, at least that's the only thing I can think of.
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Raenir Salazar posted:That was both engaging and really hard to watch, poor Kuroki An accurate representation of a teenage boy who plays a lot of video games, I guess
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The conflicting voices of Tomoko in the OP is what really sold it for me. Also, is chains featuring in OPs going to become a thing? Tomoko's internal monologue and music accompanying the awkward moments  .E: Is it weird that I think of Hidenori and Motoharu from Daily Lives of High School Boys when I hear the brother speak? Khagan fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 10:32
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This show is gonna be loving rough to get through. I certainly have some mild social anxiety, so seeing the very extreme end of it in this show is disturbing. Its reminding me a lot of "Young Adult" actually. Also, its so odd to watch an anime where they go out of their way to make the main character hideous at points.
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Painful social awkwardness is every bit as hilarious as I'd hoped.
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Konomi Suzuki and Kiba of Akiba did the OP track. Konomi being the female voacals, Kiba being the rest.
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That was pretty much everything I was hoping for with the anime. Not laugh-out-loud funny like the manga, but Tomoko's voice, the portrayal of her inner thoughts, and appearance were all spot-on. I love how they're keeping it similar to the manga in that you can feel sorry for her but you know that she's not necessarily a good person. Really looking forward to the next episode. Also, both the opening and ending were fantastic and fitting. That said, man is it weird to see it animated and in color. I'm so used to black-and-white.
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Jul 9, 2013 14:24
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That was a great first episode, loved every minute of it.
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Jul 9, 2013 14:30
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That was even harder to watch than it was to read. We're in for a top notch anime.
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Jul 9, 2013 16:45
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I seriously CANNOT WAIT for the episodes with her cousin.
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Jul 9, 2013 17:31
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Ok, I made it to the McDonald's scene before I started feeling cringy. Well done, anime, well done 
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Rexides posted:Ok, I made it to the McDonald's scene before I started feeling cringy. Well done, anime, well done Yeah I was pretty much trying to fuse my face with my knees at that point.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:37
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End of the ep really bummed me out.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:42
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The WcDonalds scene in the manga is probably the biggest cringer for me out of the early chapters, seeing it animated was painful. At least Tomoko's voice is perfect and both the ED and OP are amazing in entirely different ways.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:50
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Oh god. I think this show hits a bit too close to home for me to ever enjoy watching it.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:10
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First episode was... really depressing. Does the rest of the anime stay like this? I really cannot see what is so funny about a kid the highlight of whose day is managing some words to a store clerk.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:13
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Fightest posted:First episode was... really depressing. Does the rest of the anime stay like this? I really cannot see what is so funny about a kid the highlight of whose day is managing some words to a store clerk. The jokes are based around her being somewhat disgusting and extremely socially awkward. I imagine that most of the anime will be like this.
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Her behavior is very goofy; it's never a serious depiction of someone with extreme social anxiety. The focus is on Tomoki being bizarre and angsty.
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Fightest posted:First episode was... really depressing. Does the rest of the anime stay like this? I really cannot see what is so funny about a kid the highlight of whose day is managing some words to a store clerk. It's mostly cringe humor, a humorous and exaggerated portrayal of a socially inept person that is still oddly relateable and realistic. I wonder how long I'll last watching this though. Some of these chapters I had to outright stop reading partway through out of second-hand shame.
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UP AND ADAM posted:Her behavior is very goofy; it's never a serious depiction of someone with extreme social anxiety. The focus is on Tomoki being bizarre and angsty. Goofy yes, but man it still manages to tear you up watching it. The show is structured around jokes, but those jokes don't make you laugh as much as want to cry. It's kind of awesome.
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tooooooo bad posted:End of the ep really bummed me out. I was expecting a punchline at the end where her brother offered to walk her home, but no, It just ended there. Of course, the manga (ch. 3) ended the same way, so that's fair. The series is about 50% of Tomoko being horrible out of her own malice, 30% feeling for her because it isn't her fault in that instance (see: the prequel manga and her bike's training wheels), and 20% feeling because she got better as a person.
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That first episode felt like it fit the tone of the manga pretty well; voice acting seemed spot-on. It was all really uncomfortable. 
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Xelkelvos posted:I was expecting a punchline at the end where her brother offered to walk her home, but no, It just ended there. Of course, the manga (ch. 3) ended the same way, so that's fair. It was kind of sweet, and but it also revealed how pathetic the situation is because such a small thing was such a big deal. So yea, it's perfect. devtesla fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Holy poo poo this was incredible. I probably laughed more than I did reading the manga. Way to go Silver Link.
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That metal as all hell OP completely threw me for a loop and I'm presently in love with it. Immediately put me in a good mood. Which was then swiftly destroyed upon actually watching the episode, that frequently proved equal parts hilarious and extremely painful. Definitely sticking with this one for its duration, that first episode left a strong first impression.
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:That metal as all hell OP completely threw me for a loop and I'm presently in love with it. Immediately put me in a good mood. I'm about half way through 1st episode and yeah, that sums it up. The show does its job well. 
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