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Command Ant posted:Aside from Phoenix Wright, I'm going into this season pretty blind. I'm just going to watch whatever this thread tells me to so I can agree with everyone for their approval. There's been a couple of people saying that now. Is it significantly less creepy than the premise suggests, then? Because 'orphaned elementary-schooler gets adopted by his uncle as a live-in maid (complete with costume)' is tripping all my alarm bells.
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Darth Walrus posted:There's been a couple of people saying that now. Is it significantly less creepy than the premise suggests, then? Because 'orphaned elementary-schooler gets adopted by his uncle as a live-in maid (complete with costume)' is tripping all my alarm bells. Skimming through the manga again, the best comparison I can make is that it's like Ouran Host Club, in that it's very light fujoshi fare. The 'maid' outfit is just normal clothes with a frilly apron and headdress, so it's not like he's running around in a revealing dress or anything. It's all really innocent stuff.
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Darth Walrus posted:tripping all my alarm bells. surprise
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Sakurazuka posted:surprise a sublet in the alarm bell factory was a bad idea, in retrospect
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Command Ant posted:Skimming through the manga again, the best comparison I can make is that it's like Ouran Host Club, in that it's very light fujoshi fare. The 'maid' outfit is just normal clothes with a frilly apron and headdress, so it's not like he's running around in a revealing dress or anything. It's all really innocent stuff. I was thinking more that the main pairing seem to be an elementary-schooler and his uncle/adoptive parent/employer. Which is a bit sketchier than Ouran ever went into. I'd be happy to be wrong, but the first chapter (which I had a bit of a look through) does have this kind of uncomfortable predatory vibe.
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weird I read the first chapter too and that's totally not what I took from it
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poo poo it's almost like you interpret things differently based on your own preconceptions Weird
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Everything Burrito posted:weird I read the first chapter too and that's totally not what I took from it It's not super-blatant, but the uncle getting right up in the protagonist's personal space during their first meeting and requiring him to wear a maid outfit for his cleaning job because 'it's cute' doesn't exactly seem like how someone should be behaving to the elementary-schooler they're adopting, especially after reminding them they have nowhere else to go. Maybe it gets less weird, but that wasn't a vibe I was especially keen on. Darth Walrus fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Mar 1, 2016 |
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Mar 1, 2016 19:00
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The preconception where two people talking means theyre gonna gently caress
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Mar 1, 2016 19:00
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The bedrock of 90% of pairings and fan fiction.
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i wouldn't trust DarthWalrus wrt anything "creepy" but yeah i was really glad to see the pv and hear people talk up the manga, because it really seems to be going for adorable SoL more than anything else.
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Oh cool, Wagakki Band is doing the OP for Twin Star Exorcists. I thought Twin Star Exorcists had a decent enough premise for the battle shonen that it is. It's also by the creator of Binbougami-ga so I tend to give it some good will due to that.
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Allarion posted:Oh cool, Wagakki Band is doing the OP for Twin Star Exorcists. I thought Twin Star Exorcists had a decent enough premise for the battle shonen that it is. It's also by the creator of Binbougami-ga so I tend to give it some good will due to that. I'd be more hyped for it, but Pierrot isn't known for quality, and the director and series composer don't have terribly impressive resumes - Tomohisa Taguchi in particular only directed one full series before this, and that was Persona 4: The Golden.
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Allarion posted:Oh cool, Wagakki Band is doing the OP for Twin Star Exorcists. I thought Twin Star Exorcists had a decent enough premise for the battle shonen that it is. It's also by the creator of Binbougami-ga so I tend to give it some good will due to that. I intended to just read a chapter or two to see if I might be interested but got hooked on it and read everything translated. I liked the quick pace, and although the characters' motives and backstory went heavy-handed with the tragedy I thought Rokuro's survivor's guilt in particular was pretty wrenching and understandable. Seemed like there was a lot of stuff (characters especially) that kinda came out of nowhere but I could see that somewhat as a consequence of the pace moving along pretty quickly. I dunno that I'll actually watch the whole thing now that I've read a good chunk of it, I may watch a few episodes to see everything in motion then just keep reading it.
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Everything Burrito posted:I intended to just read a chapter or two to see if I might be interested but got hooked on it and read everything translated. I liked the quick pace, and although the characters' motives and backstory went heavy-handed with the tragedy I thought Rokuro's survivor's guilt in particular was pretty wrenching and understandable. Seemed like there was a lot of stuff (characters especially) that kinda came out of nowhere but I could see that somewhat as a consequence of the pace moving along pretty quickly. I dunno that I'll actually watch the whole thing now that I've read a good chunk of it, I may watch a few episodes to see everything in motion then just keep reading it. whats it about
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Sharkopath posted:whats it about Two exorcist kids with special powers end up in an arranged marriage because their future kid is supposed to end the 1000-year war between exorcists and "impurities" i.e. the personification of humanities' collected negative emotions and other bad poo poo. Impurities break into the real world and possess people and generally gently caress stuff up so there's a lot of monster fighting and also the main characters are trying to buck their assigned purpose (they want to get revenge/beat all the monsters/etc. instead of living in safety and eventually making the destiny baby) so they end up having to prove themselves to the exorcist organization so that also results in battles. There's lots of flashy powers and abilities and a fairly large cast that's unfortunately paper-thin for the most part, the usual ambitious protagonist who is cheerful despite having a tragic back story, nobody locks the bathroom door, etc. The guy punches and the girl kicks and they have some combo powers, so the battles are pretty fun. It reminds me a little bit of Kagamigami and now I'm kinda disappointed that one didn't get an anime instead. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Mar 1, 2016 |
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Darth Walrus posted:but Pierrot isn't known for quality studio doesn't matter
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Everything Burrito posted:It reminds me a little bit of Kagamigami and now I'm kinda disappointed that one didn't get an anime instead. i can't decide whether to read it or wait the month until the anime comes out, but having any point of comparison to Kagamigami is a good sell. for that one i suppose it was doomed the second the tournament arc cut itself short, because all the interesting world/power and character stuff was happening then. instead it sprinted to a lackluster finish that would've at least been okay in a series that had given some depth to more of its cast.
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Darth Walrus posted:I'd be more hyped for it, but Pierrot isn't known for quality, and the director and series composer don't have terribly impressive resumes - Tomohisa Taguchi in particular only directed one full series before this, and that was Persona 4: The Golden. persona 4: the golden was fun
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Darth Walrus posted:I'd be more hyped for it, but Pierrot isn't known for quality, and the director and series composer don't have terribly impressive resumes - Tomohisa Taguchi in particular only directed one full series before this, and that was Persona 4: The Golden. pierrot is making osomatsu, idiot
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Davincie posted:pierrot is making osomatsu, idiot somebody else said it n this thread i think, almost all animation is freelance work now so the studio is just the ones giving out the paychecks actual quality is way more dependent on the full complement of staff hired and how much time they have to work
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dogsicle posted:studio doesn't matter Name a good Studio ARMS TV show.
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Darth Walrus posted:Name a good Studio ARMS TV show. Genshiken
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Genshiken.
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Sabagebu! (Credited as Studio Pierrot+[1])
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Darth Walrus posted:Name a good Studio ARMS TV show. Elfen Lied Genshiken Genshiken 2 Sabagebu
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Namtab posted:Sometimes I suspect that darth walrus does not know a lot
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OK, yeah, missed that one on the list. That's still only one of sixteen shows they've done that's good (Sabagebu had its moments, but wasn't great, and gently caress no Elfen Lied is awful in any form). Having that bad a strike rate (and a very obvious house style that well over half their shows fall into) does imply that studio has some impact.
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If someone tries to ruin my joke by pointing out the old movie studio system I'm gonna destroy them
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Darth Walrus posted:OK, yeah, missed that one on the list. That's still only one of sixteen shows they've done that's good (Sabagebu had its moments, but wasn't great, and gently caress no Elfen Lied is awful in any form). Having that bad a strike rate (and a very obvious house style that well over half their shows fall into) does imply that studio has some impact. Actually, you're wrong, and elfen lied and sabagebu are both goodin my opinion
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Darth Walrus posted:Name a good Studio ARMS TV show. Darth Walrus posted:That's still only one
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One show I'm curious about is Sakamoto. How does the manga sustain itself after the initial joke of its lead being ridiculously amazing? Does it do so?
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Compendium posted:Read the manga and find out Eh, I find it's generally fun to experience a manga with motion and sound the first time around if the option's available, and I don't find much rewatch value in pure comedy shows, so I prefer to choose between manga or anime. This one looks like it's got a good comedy director lined up (Gintama, Cute Earth Defense, and Daily Lives of High School Boys? Big yes), so I'd like to know what kind of source material he's got to play with.
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