A New Year of Anime Begins: Winter Anime 2012 thread

[phil_]

Because it's not Fall anymore.

Old Business:

Chihaya Furu has, inexplicably, lasted into its second cour without becoming stupid or sappy. It's still about slapping cards, I'm still the only one watching it, and I'm still judging you all for watching Bleach instead.

Guilty Crown is still stupid and I can't wait for tomorrow's episode. Way to end the last season on an awesome action sequence followed by an out-of-nowhere cliffhanger. Like, you'd think killing everyone would be enough, but you'd be wrong.

Last Exile: Fam of the Silver Wing also started back up again with a flashback. Bad things happen. The last season ended with a huge case of the first season's "Where did all these mooks come from?" syndrome, but other than that this show is in many ways better than the previous show, if not as unique in its mood.

We don't talk about Persona 4.

New Business:

Bodacious Space Pirates has, like, animation and backgrounds and directing and stuff. Also, it has gangster cyborg muscle men drinking tea in a maid cafe. But what did it for me was using the Captain Harlock theme song as a password. Watch it. It's gonna be good, I can feel it. Oh, and Chiaki Omigawa (Maka from Soul Eater) plays our captain's very good friend, so there's that, too.

A Randsell is a backpack. A recorder is a children's instrument. Recorder to Randoseru is a show about a fifth-grade boy who will grow to despise the police. It's only three minutes long, so it's even shorter than Nyanpire (which you all should have watched).

Kill Me Baby is based on a four panel comic that was pretty fun to read. It is a perfect adaptation of the source material, which kinda makes it a crummy cartoon. I'm not gonna judge you if you don't like this. It's about a high-school assassin and her stupid friend being stupid. It might get better as it goes on, I dunno.

Everyday Lives of Highschool Boys is a comedy based on a webcomic I think? I'll get back to you tonight when I've watched it and I'm all Kraken'd up. Papa no Iukoto Kikinasai is awful, awful garbage that I am going to watch and I am going to enjoy. Edit: Apparently I will be watching this tonight, too. I'll be sure to tell you all about it.

Sequel Business:

Milky Holmes Act 2: It's more Milky Holmes, but there is no but it's more Milky Holmes and it's approach to a second season seems to be "Just start running really fast before you hit the ground; it'll work." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDq42VIYVnc) You want stupid girls doing stupid things and assorted nonsense and references? You want Milky Holmes.

Nisemonogatari is the sequel to Bakemonogatari and seems to be more of the same, which is good if you liked Bakemonogatari. The best description I've seen of the first episode is "You know what it's like when you're talking about something, then you go on a tangent and forget what you were talking about? It's like that."

No One Cares nor Should They Business:

I am so hyped for Smile Precure you don't even know.

Everything else is automatically awful because I'm not watching it. Discuss.

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9167/1325616641239.jpg

[Fifthfiend]

DxD could be acceptably mediocre.

Symphogear looks vaguely Scryedish so that could be good-esque.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I can't even begin to count the ways you should not fucking watch Zero No Tsukaima.

Also, hell yeah Carnival Phantasm!

[phil_]

So, Highschool Boys. It got better as it went on. Like, deliberately so, I think. Then there's that last skit and I'm like, holy shit, that was sorta a creative joke which I don't think often about anime. You should watch this.

Papakiki was exactly what I expected except with more upperclassman girl. You shouldn't watch this. I'm going to, though.

Oh, yeah, and Carnival Phantasm. Now that my computer can play cartoons without bothering Mike, I'm totally gonna watch that. I do love me some Type Moon crap. Wait, no, I like stuff that makes fun of Type Moon crap.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

mouretsu pirates, Senhime Zesshou Symphogear, and Sacrad Nights look pretty... neat. I might check them out... maybe...

Zero no Tsukaima is ending now? Well I guess now's a good time to start watching it. It seemed like a nice comedy but the harsh jokes and the whipping (surprisingly) and the loliness turned me off (even though Lusiuse(sp?) is like 17-18 in the show).

I'm happy infinte Stratos is getting an OVA. It's not season 2 but it's something. Right now it's the closing thing I'm going to find to an Anime version of MMO game "Cosmic Break" (love that game so much X3).

[Fifthfiend]

I can't even begin to count the ways you should not fucking watch Zero No Tsukaima.

The number would probably be pretty close to the number of times Zero and guy whose name IDGAF about have actually officially in-story gotten together and then with like no explanation gone back immediately to not being together and bein' all LOLCOCKPUNCHESLOL

[phil_]

mouretsu pirates, Senhime Zesshou Symphogear, and Sacrad Nights look pretty... neat. I might check them out... maybe...

Zero no Tsukaima is ending now? Well I guess now's a good time to start watching it. It seemed like a nice comedy but the harsh jokes and the whipping (surprisingly) and the loliness turned me off (even though Lusiuse(sp?) is like 17-18 in the show).

I'm happy infinte Stratos is getting an OVA. It's not season 2 but it's something. Right now it's the closing thing I'm going to find to an Anime version of MMO game "Cosmic Break" (love that game so much X3).Watch Moretsu. Don't watch Zero no Tsukaima. If you insist on watching Fantasy cartoons where the "Fan" in "Fantasy" stands for "Fanservice," watch The Sacred Blacksmith. It's shorter and I personally like it, which makes it better.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

That show with space Pirates? It does look pretty neat. I'll give it shot when the subs are out.

Or if hit gets dubbed, what ever happens first.

[phil_]

That show with space Pirates? It does look pretty neat. I'll give it shot when the subs are out.

Or if hit gets dubbed, what ever happens first.There are subs. Do you think I'm smart enough to watch shows in Japanese without subs? I'm not. Or do you want legal subs? 'Cause that'll happen in February, I think. No, wait, it's on Crunchyroll now. Crunchy are awful people, though, so you may want to wait for Sentai Filmworks' release. They seem to have licensed it for digital/DVD/Blu-ray release. Maybe they'll dub it; it seems built for an English dub.

I dunno how to do this legally, is what I'm getting at.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I understand what you are saying Phil.

By the way, anyone know about that new season for Eureka Seven.

Starring the kid who's totally not Eureka and Renton's son. /sarcasm

[Ramary]

Besides stuff from last season and the Amagami sequel (which I watch cause I enjoy HATING it) nothing really seems to interest me this season, maybe once we get halfway though and something turns out to be good. Until then I think I am gonna re-watch some of my favorite anime of the last 3 or so years, starting with Star Driver.

[phil_]

By the way, anyone know about that new season for Eureka Seven.It has the potential to be really good or disappointingly unrelated to the first series. I'm basing this off of one known plot element, namely that Ao and Naru grew up in Okinawa. So, there's the possibility of time-travel shenanigans or maybe the Scub Coral reteaching humanity its history or something. Alternatively, whoever wrote this saw the nifty setting of the first show and said, "Naw, I'd rather write something set in Japan."

Still has gallo44 on the character designs, though the lead character animator is the dude from Heroman, who is also the lead character dude for OreImo. I'm not sure how the music stands.

Anyway, yeah, I'm totally watching it. It can't be worse than Pocket Full of Rainbows.

[Mr.Bookworm]

I can't even begin to count the ways you should not fucking watch Zero No Tsukaima.

Also, hell yeah Carnival Phantasm!

I have never actually encountered someone, online or off, that has actually liked the ZnT anime (I know several fans of the books, but they universally detest the show too), so it makes wonder who watches it.

But anyway, Berserk, fuck yeah.

[Fifthfiend]

I have never actually encountered someone, online or off, that has actually liked the ZnT anime (I know several fans of the books, but they universally detest the show too), so it makes wonder why watches it.

It's good for a few episodes but then it just DOESN'T STOP

watch The Sacred Blacksmith

NYEEP NYEEP NYEEP terrible ideas alert, do not listen to this terrible idea

[Donomni]

I'm hearing good things about the Highschool Boys show and that Space Pirates one, but I think I'll just wait and see if we see any of that stuff in chat.

For some reason, I expect Kill Me Baby to be the same type of silly comedy as Nichijou. That would be cool.

[Aldurin]

When I look at that chart, the sheer wall of japanese brings my brain to a total halt.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

It's good for a few episodes but then it just DOESN'T STOP

That's basically it right there. You've got a decent setup, some characters that would be interesting with some fleshing out, potential for good battles and fuck even optional political intrigue I guess.

But then
no
we're not doing that
what even made you think we're doing that
Was it the four episodes where we acted like we would do that?
Too bad, have a pile of domestic violence.


Watch Moretsu. Don't watch Zero no Tsukaima. If you insist on watching Fantasy cartoons where the "Fan" in "Fantasy" stands for "Fanservice," watch The Sacred Blacksmith. It's shorter and I personally like it, which makes it better.

One of my friends almost convinced me that I should give The Sacred Blacksmith a watch.
Then I saw this:
http://localhostr.com/file/Bg7nohE/1255908388208.jpg

That is a katana slicing through another sword.
Dropped before it even began.

[phil_]

Hey, Moretsu Pirates has some neat zero-G scenes then HACKING BATTLE HACKING BATTLE! It's still shaping up pretty good.

Nisemonogatari is still sex jokes, and not, like, innocent sex jokes, but "This dude has a little girl after him and he knows it," sex jokes. It's unique.

And Guilty Crown makes more sense now that there's incest everywhere, so that's special.

And and Kill Me Baby is getting more comfortable in the same ditch as the comic, so that's good.

[obligatory Smile Precure hype] [/hype]

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Nisemonogatari is still sex jokes, and not, like, innocent sex jokes, but "This dude has a little girl after him and he knows it," sex jokes. It's unique.


Some of the sequences are a bit dull so far but Kanbaru and Araragi are just plain fucking hilarious when they're together in a room.
Also;
http://localhostr.com/file/XyQh1jx/HorribleSubs%20Nisemonogatari%20-%2002%20720p.mkv_snapshot_21.30_2012.01.16_01.31.0 2.jpg

[Bells]

Can i try to sell you on some Gundam Age?

I just watched Episode 14, and it's just about the turning point between season 1 and 2.

My advice is... give season 1 a go. 14 episodes, you can do it. If you like it you WILL watch season 2, i assure you.

It started as being hauled as a kiddy show... then it actually starts and stuff starts to happen. The plot itself takes a bit to gain momentum (right up to about Episode 7 i would say...) So, it's half the season... in a show that HAS to be fast paced because there are only 15 episodes before changing the whole damn cast and time-skipping 15 years.

But, even though is Kiddie-Coated, this is not a silly show. It's gundam in all the good ways. There are moments of awesome, stupid science, a cool soundtrack, very nice characters, honorable deaths... and let me just say that holy fuck, by Episode 14 you WILL want to see some people dead.

The entire Gundam Thematic of "The Price of War" is in here, right up to a scarred youth. Seriously, almost every single grown up is tied to the sidelines, too hooked up in their own faults and pasts to move forward, while the kids move ahead, take the lead, and lead the future and warfare... if you like subtle symbolism, it's there.

Just give this one a go. It's a light adventure with some seriously well done undertone. And season 2 seems to be more of the same, more Shounen clichês, more gundam cliches, and more of the good stuff from season 1.

ALSO This:

http://i44.tinypic.com/24y4eoo.jpg

The Gundam Titus. It's awesome.

[phil_]

One of my friends almost convinced me that I should give The Sacred Blacksmith a watch.
Then I saw this:
http://localhostr.com/file/Bg7nohE/1255908388208.jpg

That is a katana slicing through another sword.
Dropped before it even began.I think you and Fifth are missing a very important premise of my argument for watching and enjoying The Sacred Blacksmith. Namely, "Premise: You are Kyanbu the Legend."

Oh, and it's a magic sword cutting through that broadsword, gosh!

Additionally, for your amusement:

http://i.imgur.com/qOWoW.gif

[Fifthfiend]

SB looked like it was gonna be about some girl fighting bad guys with swords and then I watched it and it was about some girl being superhumanly pathetic and getting her ass kicked and then this dude shows up and does the actual fighting and saves her ass.

I skipped to the end to see if she got any less awful and from what I could tell she was still pretty terrible so I was like WELP done wit dis.

[phil_]

Cecily does pretty much lose three-quarters of the fights she gets into, yeah. Her plot armor does not extend to protecting her dignity as it does for most protagonists. But she's gotta go out there and keep fighting the monsters 'cause that's what she's paid for. Also pride and stuff, but whatever. That's part of what makes it fun, is that she knows she's a screw-up but keeps at it anyway 'cause she's a knight, darn it. She saves the day occasionally.

But mostly I recommended it because of swords and boobs, two things Kyanbu's an unabashed fan of.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

But mostly I recommended it because of swords and boobs, two things Kyanbu's an unabashed fan of.

Eh, It depends on the quality of the show as a whole too.

Like, Queen's Blade has both those things but I cannot sit through it. Just can't be done for me. The fanservice is just too annoying.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Strike Witches has boobs, guns and World War 2 historical references.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Strike Witches seems pretty decent from what I've read. Might check it out.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Strike Witches seems pretty decent from what I've read. Might check it out.

It's incredibly decent for a show that has no sense of decency.

[Ryong]

I liked Sacred Blacksmith but I must be honest and say the thing I liked the most were the sword slicing things - the fact that they had an awesome sound effect helped.

And to explain: The normal swords aren't tempered or anything, they're just a chunk of iron sharpened, while the katana is the result of actual swordsmithing. Granted, that doesn't mean it can do that, but it's anime land, y'know.

Also: The manga's fanservice levels are on the level of Queen's Blade.

[Bells]

It's incredibly decent for a show that has no sense of decency.

It is quite japanese

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l92/Ebonskaith1/Anime/StrikeWitches/MIYAFUJI01.gif

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Oh wow it's not even sutle with that little moment. XD

I may give it a shot so long as the fanservice doesn't highjack the show.

You know, so long the fanservice doesn't get HSotD/Queen's Blade bad.

[phil_]

Daily Lives of Highschool Boys. Were you a boy in highschool at some point? Do you know someone who was? Watch it. It has jokes that are actually witty sometimes. The rest of the time, it's boys being stupid in the particular flavor only boys can produce.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Oh wow it's not even sutle with that little moment. XD

I may give it a shot so long as the fanservice doesn't highjack the show.

You know, so long the fanservice doesn't get HSotD/Queen's Blade bad.

It sounds a bit ridiculous but the fan-service is basically constant. So much so that after like one episode you just stop noticing it.

[phil_]

And why haven't I told you people to watch Romae Thermae? It's like... it's like a public bath and Sealab 2021 had a cartoon baby. You have until Thursday to catch up. It will only air for three weeks, I think.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

It sounds a bit ridiculous but the fan-service is basically constant. So much so that after like one episode you just stop noticing it.

So it's that special kind of fanservice that's so present it's normal by episode 10 right?

Cause I sat through Magical Pokaan, and UFO Princess Valkirye. And those may have been close to what you discribed in terms of fanservice.

Though I did stop watching UFO after season 3 because the gags became stale. Even the Weaponized Personal Army Catgirl Maids shinanigans got old by season 4. Not to be that guy but coming from me that's really saying something.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

So it's that special kind of fanservice that's so present it's normal by episode 10 right?


Pretty much, yeah.
The standard position is pantslessness. With almost no exception, every female character is running around blatantly flaunting what some shows would take episodes to set up showing. It's pretty demented at first, but then suddenly it just... kinda stops mattering.

[phil_]

So, Last Exile Z finally explores the whole "These slow-moving, enormous airships are sitting ducks against a decent ground-to-air artillery battery" thing. It also brings poorly-spoken Russian and old men to the party, just for you! I'm also digging that The Bad Guys aren't pure evil assholes being evil because they're evil like the guild kinda ended up in the first series.

Nothing has happened in Moretsu Pirates. I'll let you know when stuff happens, then you can catch up.

Nisemonogatari continues to be the best pretty lights and colors, though episode three is that in a more "Red and black and striking" kind of way and less of a "Girls! Girls! Girls!" type of way. Not that there aren't girls, but spooky vampire dude's sequence really was more the focus of my enjoyment.

[phil_]

Hey guys, hey, Black Rock Shooter's gonna get subbed in English on Nico Nico channel starting next Friday. You're all going to watch this garbage with me. You have no excuse.

Also, I'm still judging you for not watching Chihaya Furu.

No one wants to talk about animays with me edit: So, like I said, you can watch Black Rock Shooter legally, for free, with subs in your country's language here, (http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/blackrockshooter) but the episodes are only up for a week. It's not as bad a I hoped, but not that great, either. The fighting, as it is, looks neat, and the world where our emotions are physically harmed but not killed is as weird as ever.

That aside, Smile Precure is everything I hoped it would be. You guys have fun with your good taste, I'll have fun watching a fluffy fairy run away from home to prove that her Sunday morning cartoons are real.

[Ryong]

Been watching Fate/Zero, it's pretty great.

Meanwhile: A friend told me to watch Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere. Anyone seen it? Good? Bad?

I mean I like the To Aru anime, don't consider Sacred Blacksmith bad, The World God Only Knows is pretty great, Mawaru Penguindrum was nice even without explaining stuff and Fate/Zero I just mentioned. Eureka Seven and Macross Frontier were good but not great, too. Fuck, I read Naruto and Bleach.

[Kim]

Horizon is dumb and also absurdly racist.

[Ryong]

That's...Succinct.

[phil_]

I'm your friend, Ryong. Watch Chihaya Furu. It's sports anime but instead of being hot-blooded, it's emotionally relatable to anyone who has ever done a competitive team anything.

It also has pretty pictures, really subtle gags, and really unsubtle gags; gags coming in both the visual and and situational varieties. And sometimes it gets trippy, both in the standard "This is based on a shoujo manga thus we must simulate screentones" way and in the more unique to anime "She's talking about poetry and I'm trippin' balls" way. The characters are likable and introduced fairly quickly once the main story begins, including the standard jerk love interest. He's not even that much of a jerk, either! Probably has to do with being voiced by Mamoru Miyano, who cannot voice an unlikable character.

Like, I'm making an attempt at standard English and actually explaining things, here. I am trying to sell you on this show because it's really good. It's not an experience like Gurren Lagann or Penguin Drum, but I would almost tell grown adults who don't watch cartoons that it's worth watching. "Almost" because it gets pretty Japanese sometimes, being a show about a Japanese poetry card game and all.

[Ryong]

I read the first three chapters of that just now!

What I have to say: Hey this trio of characters will be interesti- CARD GAMES.

Maaan.

[Fifthfiend]

Horizon is dumb and also absurdly racist.

From wiki:

In the far future, humans abandon a devastated Earth and traveled to outer space. However, due to unknown phenomenon that prevents them from traveling into space, humanity returns to Earth only to find it inhospitable except for Japan. To accommodate the entire human population, pocket dimensions are created around Japan to house in the populace. In order to find a way to return to outer space, the humans began reenacting human history according to the Holy Book Testament. But in the year 1413 of the Testament Era, the nations of the pocket dimensions invade and conquer Japan, dividing the territory into feudal fiefdoms and forcing the original inhabitants of Japan to leave. It is now the year 1648 of the Testament Era, the refugees of Japan now live in the city ship Musashi, where it constantly travels around Japan while being watched by the Testament Union, the authority that runs the re-enactment of history. However, rumors of an apocalypse and war begins to spread when the Testament stops revealing what happens next after 1648. Taking advantage of this situation, Tori Aoi, head of Musashi Ariadust Academy's Supreme Federation and President of the student council, leads his fellow classmates to use this opportunity to regain their homeland.

Every single sentence of that is stupider than the preceding sentence.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

From wiki:



Every single sentence of that is stupider than the preceding sentence.

so they... they can leave but they choose to go back but then they don't know how to leave again so they have to reenact history?

[Aldurin]

Get the names of everyone involved in that on a watchlist so they can't sneak into one of the Squeenix development teams.

[Ryong]

Get the names of everyone involved in that on a watchlist so they can't sneak into one of the Squeenix development teams.

And then we find out that we're actually talking about the same people.

[Gregness]

Since the other anime thread died out can we use this for other anime happenings than the newest stuff? All my anime watchings are limited to what's on Hulu/Netflix so I'm not really seeing much of the bleeding edge stuff.

I bring this up because I just finished watching Claymore and holy shit, it was fantastic.

[phil_]

I just read this month's Claymore and, Jesus, have we been on this fight for a year already? Just die already; no one cares.

[Gregness]

I wouldn't say no one cares. Miria's a gigantic badass and it looks like the fight's going to end with something other than "RAAAAAA MID BATTLE POWERUPS" which is honestly one of my favorite things about Claymore.

[Aldurin]

Claymore is manga, since the anime was ok until it railroaded the story at The War in the North chapter. You rose my hopes for a proper reboot for mentioning claymore in an anime thread, but crushed them when I realized it's just commenting on the current manga.

Also, it seems like claymore is starting to hit the peak of the level of power possible since now the outrageous battle abilities are around abusing the battlefield or their own yoki. Like, how do you outdo Priscilla vs the twin abyssal tower at that point?

[Ramary]

Meanwhile, in future anime....

The new character designer for Eureka Seven AO is the Ore no Imouto guy and the show will have a primarily female cast. Story summary:

The setting is "Earth" in the year 2025 A.D. The story is about Ao and his friends fighting against monsters known as Secret. "Generacion Bull" is a private military company in the business of defeating Secrets, and they have assembled IFO (Intelligence Flying Object) pilots with great skills - all of which are girls since only females can pilot IFOs. Ao is the only male with capable of piloting IFOs and he is the only guy in Generation Bull.

The first new character shown is a 16 year old girl from France called Flair. She's the leader of Team Piped Piper, and sees Ao as a rival. The second new character is a 15 year old girl from America called Elena. She's a geek girl and little bit of a klutz, also a member of Team Piped Piper.

Well this seems to have nothing to do with Eureka 7 at al-

wait....
Wait...
WAIT! OH GOD!
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j426/Ramary/whatisthisiaaaaaaaahhh.gif
THIS IS INFINITE FUCKING STRATOS
WHY
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY WOULD YOU DO THIS BONES?!

So they are doing a ripoff of IS and just slapping E7 on it. Classy.

This is the source link btw, all in moon runes though (http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-7181.html)

[Gregness]

Claymore is manga, since the anime was ok until it railroaded the story at The War in the North chapter. You rose my hopes for a proper reboot for mentioning claymore in an anime thread, but crushed them when I realized it's just commenting on the current manga.

Also, it seems like claymore is starting to hit the peak of the level of power possible since now the outrageous battle abilities are around abusing the battlefield or their own yoki. Like, how do you outdo Priscilla vs the twin abyssal tower at that point?

Well, for the record I was commenting on the anime since I enjoyed the hell out of it (As in, I usually don't go out to read the mangas of the anime I watch). I actually like what they did with the war in the north arc since having the anime end with all of the characters seemingly dead would be a touch out of character I think. It's really the best solution I can think of given that they didn't get a second season. I dunno, I guess we can hope that it eventually gets the FMA: Brotherhood treatment once the manga actually ends?

[phil_]

This is the source link btw, all in moon runes though (http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-7181.html)Oh cripes, it really does say something like that.

...

Still watching it.

[phil_]

Just watched the second episode of Smile Precure. Precure time is the best time of the week again.

Stuff might happen soon in Moretsu Pirates, so now would be a time to catch up. Last Exile was a review episode again, this time covering the first series. Totally worth watching for the last minute. Nisemonogatari is still pretty.

But it's all gravy, because Smile Precure is Ultra Happy Smile Sunny Peace March Beauty Time! Can't wait 'til next week.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Ramary I play Cosmic Break. The new E7 being an IS clone will not phase me. Besides I doubt they could even do much more with E7's story anyway.

[phil_]

Besides I doubt they could even do much more with E7's story anyway.You're right. However, they could have done something with Eureka Seven's world of Hollow Earth Psychic Squid Monsters and the magical winds they move by. Like, doesn't have to be about robots or anything. Write a story about Lifting. Write a story about recolonizing the Earth inside the planet.

Instead, we get harems and boy-Eureka.

[Ramary]

You all betta be watching Daily Lives of High School Boys. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO0aYbrO1Zk&feature=related)

[phil_]

You all betta be watching Daily Lives of High School Boys. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO0aYbrO1Zk&feature=related)I suppose I could have made more noise about this amongst my doting on cartoons which are bad. This cartoon is not bad. It's like the first season of South Park if you removed the adults and supernatural elements, kinda. You know, in that it's about the stupid stuff we did before doing stupid stuff ended with handcuffs.

[Regulus Tera]

I should be watching Nichibros considering how almost everything else this season has been utter crap. On the other hand, the horrible awfulness has given me leeway to start my Utena rewatch.

[Kim]

I'm going to assume you haven't been watching Another because Another is amazing.

[Regulus Tera]

I watched Another until the deaths started happening and I came to the conclusion that maybe I would have continued watching that turd if said happenings had happened like way before. As it is Another's opening act is only beaten in its meandering by Bodacious Space Pirates.

[Kim]

I watched Another until the deaths started happening and I came to the conclusion that maybe I would have continued watching that turd if said happenings had happened like way before. As it is Another's opening act is only beaten in its meandering by Bodacious Space Pirates.

This really loses all sense of meaning when it's coming from the person who convinced me to watch Eureka Seven.

[Regulus Tera]

Hey, hey. Did I really? I don't know, I've been on cryogenesis for like three years.

Also at least Eureka Seven had the radical air-surfing robots. Another just has a ghost girl with an eyepatch.


Well this seems to have nothing to do with Eureka 7 at al-

wait....
Wait...
WAIT! OH GOD!
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j426/Ramary/whatisthisiaaaaaaaahhh.gif
THIS IS INFINITE FUCKING STRATOS
WHY
WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY WOULD YOU DO THIS BONES?!

So they are doing a ripoff of IS and just slapping E7 on it. Classy.
Bones has been dead for like half-a-decade now; not sure why you are surprised.

[Kim]

If you can't appreciate a slow buildup capped off with someone getting umbrella'd through the neck then I just don't even know what to say.

[Regulus Tera]

Well sure, if you are in for the shock value, but the first three episodes of Another do nothing to make you care about any of the people who are getting offed. When I say meandering I mean time-wasting in the worst sense. There's a lot of atmosphere-building but very little of characterisation, even for the protagonist. Glasses-girl dying was shocking because of how gruesome it was, not because of any aspects regarding her personality or association to the main cast. She was literally conceptualised to die, and that sort of thing just rubs me the wrong way.

One example I do wanna bring up is how a lot of time is spent on constructing the mystery behind Mei as something scary and incredible and relevant to the town's core. Episode two even ends with a promise to at least clarify some aspect of that intrigue -and is immediately picked up by showing a differently-coloured eye. It's cliché and very tedious, especially with a cartoon that already takes its sweet time to have its characters do anything.

I will admit that I haven't watched anything beyond episode three. As far as I know it may have become the bee's knees, but it did leave a very tiresome first impression on me.

Re: the Eureka Seven thing: I think there's an excuse to make for fifty-episode animu to unravel itself at a slower pace than twelve-episode animu.

[Kim]

I'm just going to say that you completely misunderstand the point of the genre and leave it at that.

[Ramary]

Eh. I think Another is okay, but I picked it up for a silly reason I saw a gif of the 2 leads dancing in class with everyone ignoring them, how could I NOT pick it up after that but so far, what amounts to Final Destination in Japan, but not completely rock stupid is actually alright by me.

Edit: damnit karesh, I was trying NOT to spoil that part.
Edit2: Because it comes the fuck outta nowhere and is hilarious when you don't expect it.
Edit3: I concede, well played good sir.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

I'm just going to say that you completely misunderstand the point of the genre and leave it at that.

Actually no we're not going to leave it at that because it's time to talk about Episode six.
Which is the best episode.
http://i44.tinypic.com/29xb1qf.gif

Edit: Oh spoil what, they dance.
Big whoop.
Edit2: If we went by what you want you'd never have watched the show to begin with because nobody would have posted that gif.
Edit3: Victory Shazbot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM_vaz0D7u0)

[Donomni]

I'm thinking one of the main reasons to watch Another is to be completely surprised at the deaths. While also trying to figure out the when. I have been scarily good at guessing that the past two episodes.

I do like that this show seems very, very aware of horror movie mysteries: To the point where in episode 5 someone decides to be helpful to the protag, says "I will help you", and then immediate dies from a fucking heart attack. From merely saying they will actually be helpful and explain shit. I dunno about you, but that bit was absolutely fantastic.

[Ramary]

I'm thinking one of the main reasons to watch Another is to be completely surprised at the deaths. While also trying to figure out the when. I have been scarily good at guessing that the past two episodes.

I do like that this show seems very, very aware of horror movie mysteries: To the point where in episode 5 someone decides to be helpful to the protag, says "I will help you", and then immediate dies from a fucking heart attack. From merely saying they will actually be helpful and explain shit. I dunno about you, but that bit was absolutely fantastic.

Oh yeah, they are fantastic, but it is starting to come off as a parody whenSomeone immediately dies when he is trying to help, and this someone had only one scene prior to this. It kinda kills any actual suspense/horror/whatever I had, and it just basically becomes a creative 80s slasher flick with a tacked on reason why things are happening.

I still like it though.

[Regulus Tera]

The Knight in the Area 07 was glorious, but you guys wouldn't know because you don't watch sports animu (karuta doesn't count as a real sport).
I'm just going to say that you completely misunderstand the point of the genre and leave it at that.
Maybe you are right. Maybe I should be approaching it as a comedy.

[phil_]

.gifSo, I should be watching Another, then? Usually I would just watch it without posting, but then I'd have no excuse to say, Man, Regulus is back. Awesome.

[Regulus Tera]

You know what you fuckers should have watched while it was airing? Thermae Romae. Fucking flash animu is more entertaining that anything else that debuted this season.

My God I can't wait for the Spring, that shit actually looks worth the bother.

[phil_]

You know what you fuckers should have watched while it was airing? Thermae Romae. Fucking flash animu is more entertaining that anything else that debuted this season.

My God I can't wait for the Spring, that shit actually looks worth the bother.I told'em, man! I got the name mixed up because I was drunk, but I told'em!

Also, are you watching Karuta and Crying? I didn't want to ask after you said everything this season was crap, but now that you've qualified that with a "debuted" I gotta ask.

All the spring anime I'm looking forward to will be awful. Zombies, Mysterious Girlfriends, and more Zombies but less magic. There's probably something decent that I'm not remembering, but those don't count, obviously.

[Regulus Tera]

Chihayafuru doesn't count as Winter anime. Indeed it is pretty noteworthy how it's leagues above everything this season despite the downgrade in animation and editing quality. These past two episodes haven't had the same oomph as the first cour, but they've still been very entertaining. My only real problem with the show is that there's only so many ways you can make karuta interesting for the viewer, so it tends to make up weaknesses for Chihaya depending on the opponent, but that's probably more at fault with the source material than the adaptation.

Spring anime will be pretty awesome though. Besides the Eureka Seven sequel you have a new Shinichiro Watanabe anime, a new Leiji Matsumoto anime, and a new Saint Seiya helmed by the guy behind Heartcatch Precure!

[phil_]

a new Saint Seiya helmed by the guy behind Heartcatch Precure!You should probably call him the character designer for Cashern Sins. These plebes don't watch the little girl cartoons. :smug:

I've heard that Toei upgraded the OP and ED for episode 3 of Smile. I'm looking forward to more sparkles and bloody noses.

[Regulus Tera]

You should probably call him the character designer for Cashern Sins. These plebes don't watch the little girl cartoons. :smug:
Heartcatch Precure transcends silly stuff like gender-roles. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b19yWkHELRM)

Seriously serious Umakoshi's role in the new Saint Seiya goes beyond what he did for Sins and is a lot closer to his actual job at Heartcatch (that is, when he was available to work on Toei's god-awful schedule).

[phil_]

I watched Gyo like I said I would, Liz. It was alright. I'd probably like it more if I was a fan of media for adults. The crazy circus gas was pretty.

[Regulus Tera]

Yo guys there's a new season of anime coming up. (http://i.minus.com/iIrw2JgoAX24G.jpg) Watching:

Ozuma for the Leiji Matsumoto recycles
Saint Seiya Omega for the hot Umakoshi action (also nostalgia)
Uchuu Kyoudai for the hope that it isn't shit
Ginga e Kickoff!! because GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Sengoku Collection because Brains Base kind of deserves some credit after Penguindrum
Nadia of the Blue Water because GAINAX was once cool
Eureka Seven AO because lol Bones
Hyouka because Kyoto Animation are objectively the best studio nowadays
Medaka Box because I wanna see GAINAX's corpse now that Imaishi has left
Sakamichi no Apollon because it's a fucking Shinichiro Watanabe cartoon with music by Yoko Kanno; what the fuck else you want? It even has boy love undertones for those who like it
Accel World because the trailer looked fun and actiony and crap.
Nazo no Kanojo X because I don't know I need to balance the awesome crap with trashy shit
And that Kenshin OVA which is gonna suck because lol Deen

Overall a much stronger season than Winter.

[stefan]

Nazo no Kanojo X because I don't know I need to balance the awesome crap with trashy shit

wait, they're doing a Mysterious Girlfriend X anime? That could either be very good or very terrible.

[Kim]

Just watched the Gyo OVA. Some unnecessary stuff, but that sort of stuff makes up a VERY small part of the experience, and it's incredibly true to the original. There's also a lot of cool stuff that's been done visually that I was rather fond of.

[Kim]

Was reading up on some of what's airing next season, and for a sec I was hopeful about Sakamichi no Apollon. Then I found out it's not a gay romance series, so fuck it. I'm not watching it out of spite for getting my hopes up.

[Gregness]

Yo guys there's a new season of anime coming up. (http://i.minus.com/iIrw2JgoAX24G.jpg) Watching:
*snip*

Overall a much stronger season than Winter.

I'm honestly much more stoked for that Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA.

[Regulus Tera]

Persona Cuatro: La Animación Veintiuno:http://i.imgur.com/adweR.png
Charlie is a true oniichan. Pedoraragi would have already brushed Nanako's teeth.

Kudos to the director for not actually fucking up. No intrusive music when none was needed, no stupid comedy that breaks the atmosphere and etcetera. The best example of that is probably Dojima's incredulity at Charlie's confession of Personae and Shadows; you can feel his exasperation at Charlie's extraordinary confession, as well as Charlie's despair when his uncle doesn't believe him. I have been eager to call out on this cartoon's failings at handling serious moments, but I gotta give it credit where it is due.

lol dat cgi car chase

[Bells]

Saint Seiya Omega?

DAFUQ is that?!

http://www.radiobranime.com/2010/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Saint-Seiya-Omega.jpg

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Persona Cuatro: La Animación Veintiuno:
Charlie is a true oniichan. Pedoraragi would have already brushed Nanako's teeth.

Maybe Charlie just doesn't love Nanako enough to brush her teeth.

http://localhostr.com/file/ww0HKkE/ViggE.gif

[Regulus Tera]

Saint Seiya Omega?

DAFUQ is that?!

http://www.radiobranime.com/2010/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Saint-Seiya-Omega.jpg
dat Umakoshi <3

Alternatively: Heartcatch Precure for boys.
Maybe Charlie just doesn't love Nanako enough to brush her teeth.

http://localhostr.com/file/ww0HKkE/ViggE.gif
Pedoraragi is a true pedo.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Pedoraragi is a true pedo.

http://localhostr.com/file/CPrq5wp/49bc9e7482209ceb6d0838f25e4d3544.gif

[phil_]

So, how 'bout that Platinum Discotheque? It's probably my favorite opening this season.

[Kim]

i just finished watching no. 6 and why

but i

how do i

why

why why why

i cant deal with this

help

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

So, how 'bout that Platinum Discotheque? It's probably my favorite opening this season.
If you mean what I think you mean it gave me one of my favorite new gifs.

http://localhostr.com/file/Q8Vixy4/1330980645277.gif


i just finished watching no. 6 and why

but i

how do i

why

why why why

i cant deal with this

help

Wait wait. No. 6 of what?
or is that the name of something?

[Kim]

No. 6 is a series.

[Regulus Tera]

So, how 'bout that Platinum Discotheque? It's probably my favorite opening this season.
Too safe and pedestrian. SHAFT OPs are the best when they (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30c0O7MLltk) break (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVouQfZ5WJE) all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=731GbxfxpxU) semblance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHwVZc6QYY) of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfOjZJ_Rzlo) sanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8ODecbuhA) . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rC8BdxmP4) They are simply fun to watch (except maybe nekomimi modo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWr_Jlx6p0), that's just stupid).

The best OP this season is Lagrange's anyway. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCuHZwP1DB0) Funky music, fun visuals, and RAVE TIME LIGHTS OONTZ

EDIT: Speaking of SHAFT, Shinbo himself is directing one of the Kid Icarus shorts:
https://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/b8oat.jpg
dat headtilt will never go away

[phil_]

Kid IcarusWhen Nintendo says these will be available worldwide with Kid Icarus' release, they better not mean "available on the 3DS store." I would be sad if that was what they meant.

Also, a break from crazy is nice sometimes. It's all about the hair.

And I might start watching Lagrange. I saw some gifs the other day; looked silly in a socially awkward, ignoring-the-robots-or-whatever way.

Oh, and it appears Liz and maybe Token are watching Tiger and Bunny now. That's good; it's a fun show.

[Kim]

Watched the first episode of Ozma.

Pros: Leiji Matsumoto character designs fill me with a special kind of joy. The cast is varied and interesting. The setting has a lot of potential. The plot moving at a pretty good pace. Two characters are blatant homages to Harlock and Emeraldas.

Cons: The voice acting isn't as good as I'd have hoped, especially in the chef's case. I may be slightly biased since it's clearly modern anime voice acting and I guess I was hoping for something more classic? That the ships are CG bugs me. The show loses something for using CG for the ships, especially as it's a Leiji Matsumoto series.

Overall, very solid first impression and I will keep watching to see where it goes.

EDIT for Not-Harlock

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m11vdjNChk1qa6wswo1_500.jpg

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Too safe and pedestrian. SHAFT OPs are the best when they (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30c0O7MLltk) break (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVouQfZ5WJE) all (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=731GbxfxpxU) semblance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHwVZc6QYY) of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfOjZJ_Rzlo) sanity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8ODecbuhA) . (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rC8BdxmP4) They are simply fun to watch (except maybe nekomimi modo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWr_Jlx6p0), that's just stupid).

The best OP this season is Lagrange's anyway. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCuHZwP1DB0) Funky music, fun visuals, and RAVE TIME LIGHTS OONTZ

EDIT: Speaking of SHAFT, Shinbo himself is directing one of the Kid Icarus shorts:

dat headtilt will never go away

Must... perfect... dat headtilt. >_<

I'm interested in seeing those Kid Icarus shorts. Though they might be eShop exculsives. >_<

[Regulus Tera]

Kid Icarus: Uprising: Palutena's Revolting Dinner Part 1:
https://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpghttps://p.twimg.com/AnRWkvpCEAEu3ek.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nisemonogatari. Palutena is so fucking moé you have no fucking idea. Definitely the best of the shorts they have been doing.

edit:http://www.abload.de/img/headtiltsqxy54.gif
Magnificent.

[phil_]

I have watched forty-two seconds and I'm considering buying a 3DS. How can I get $300 fast?

Edit: Just watched Ozma. I don't share Liz's concerns. The captain is totally Sam's mom. She is also awesome.

Really, it was kinda like those old OVAs like Space Family Carlvinson, in that it quickly introduces characters you want to know more about, but also has enough happen by the end that you're like, "If that was all there was, it would still be ok. Thank goodness there's more, though." Edit: It's like Cencoroll only there's more next week.

It's definitely more exciting than Moretsu Space Pirates.

[Regulus Tera]

Persona 4: The Cartoon 23

I said back in episode 22 that I was surprised they hadn't fucked up the climax of the game with out-of-place comedy or ambient music. Thank God that trend has kept up, but that might as well speak of the source material. I did, however, not like how sudden Nanako's resurrection was. The game made it clearly obvious that Teddie gave up his terrestrial existence for Nanako's sake, but here it's more muddled.

Most importantly, Charlie Tunoku's character in these past few episodes has been handled extremely well. The way he stopped being a silent character while still acting like a cipher for everyone who played the game is masterful, and might as well make the show worth the bother.

The art and animation is just as awful as in the beginning, but if you have kept on watching by now it should no longer remain a hurdle.

The Knight in the Area 11

(melo)drama, or "how to make a sports animu for dummiez". Add to that barebones animation and you have one of the most generic animus I've seen in years. Such dullness should make it easier to appreciate the "real life" theatrics, but every secondary character is so boring it's hard to care.

At least it doesn't have lolis. :/

Korra no Densetsu 01

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 3D

Very promising start for the show of the season. It's a fish-out-of-water story unlike the first show, where Aang was played as a leftover of a previous generation but didn't really have to cope with the cultural changes that arose from that. Korra being a more upfront character makes for a different type of introductory episode -it establishes the setting of the new world while briefly explaining the basics of the lore. And it helps that she exudes exuberance in everything she does, making it very easy to root for compared to the likes of most protagonists in the Japanese side of things. Tien Zin is so tsundere for Korra.

Ozma 01

In ten words: seventies animu made with twenty-first century techniques and idiosincracies. It goes beyond the character designs: the comedy is decidedly out of another era (see "anime falling"), not to mention everything feels very... "unfetishistic"? Sam is definitely not a post-Evangelion main protagonist, and the rest of the cast is so colourful it reminds me of a jRPG of yore.

It's nothing truly astounding but I'm very much enjoying the change of pace this show brings to the table.#CautiouslyOptimistic

Lagrange 11

I remember hating the battle in episode six? seven? because despite going into space it took no advantage of the added dimension -it was all shooting and flying without any sense of weight or dynamics like in the first three episodes. It was handled much better now, having some fancy moves to spice up the action that had eventually devolved into another law of ninjutsu charade. So here's where Madoka gets all Shinji and shit right?

Zero no Tsukaima F 11

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO ;_;

FUCK
SHIT
WHAAAAAAAAAAGHthat fadeout was sooooo eighties

Mirai Nikki 22

d'awwwww :') Yukiteru X Akise is my OTP

oh my god the massacre is stratospheric :( WHAT THAT'S THE CLIFFHANGER FUCK YOUUUUUUUU

I still don't get why it's okay to show men getting knifed but not women.

Chihayafuru 24

Nobody wishes to see the beautiful cherry blossoms indeed. My dreams, my fantasies, my late night faps... :(

This is definitely not a show I would recommend to marathon. Like all sports shows the interest wanes the longer the show focuses on the competition, and unless you are truly invested into the game you will find little to latch on. Chihayafuru's break from romance antics will exasperate some, especially when there are even episodes of nothing but the protagonists watching other people play karuta. Oh well.

***
oh god i'm only halfway through what the shit
***

Persona 4: The Cartoon 24

The Adachi-rape face is even worse in the cartoon. D:

It's hilarious how they try to incorporate the dungeon-crawling/monster-battling aspects of the game every time one of those appears and they always fail at making it relevant.

...there's only one more episode of this? Are they gonna withhold the true end for the Blu-Rays? That's like, messed up. It's like fucking DLC for anime.

The Knight in the Area 12

The one thing I never see in football animu is forwards missing the goal entirely. It's either an incredible save at the last second by the keeper/a defender or a goalfest that end up in the double digits. Where's the realism man?

Much more entertaining than the previous episode, even if it remains football for dummiez. Get ready to sing some GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLes.

Korra no Densetsu 02

Tien Zin > Bo Lin > Mako for Korra's OTP plz

we do shipping here right? i forgot if we did shipping here

Ozma 02

I liked the first OP more. :(

I'm gonna assume you fuckers hate this because it doesn't have moé and lolis and like it's space battles but not really because they are in the sand. Well screw you jerks, this is manime. Stuff like this is what I envision when I hear the term Star Trek anime, not fucking Boring Space Not Pirates.

Lagrange 12

yo guys remember when you were all like "why can't two girls just be friends why can't it just be nakamaship instead of yuri" and i was like "lol this is anime"? 'cause I remember that. omg dat chihayafuru fanservice that tingles my nerd bone [/hyperventilates]

Lagrange FIN

It's probably a bit disingenuous to judge this show before the second part has even aired. Even so, I am rather eager to assert that it was the most entertaining and most competently-produced show of the Winter, fanservice put aside (or perhaps because of it?). It may not have been perfect, but it was certainly maru. 4/5 Muginami bouncy boobs

Zero no Tsukaima F 12
http://i.imgur.com/Oh0A5l.jpg
I'm sorry, how am I supposed to hate on this? Louise was my first Kugiloli. I cannot possibly get mad at the stupid arse plot that doesn't make any goddamn sense (why the fuck did anyone in the real world let Saito near an F14 and WHY THE FUCK did he know how to pilot one?) or the otaku-baiting or the dumb arse ways they named the spells and the boobs and the dfc look seriously this is anime at its worst and at its best at the same time. I live for shit like this. I was tearing up when Saito asked Louise's hand. That's how much I cared, okay?

Zero no Tsukaima F FIN

needs more pregnant kugilolis (http://i.imgur.com/yoE0l.jpg)/10 that's like 4/5 in trashy fanservice harem hijinx terms)

Mirai Nikki 23

please tell me i'm not the only one with a hard-on I KNEW THERE WAS TIME TRAVEL INVOLVED

Chihayafuru 25

Who the fuck writes out emoticons irl? Like seriously?

Chihayafuru FIN

A work that manages to overcome the source material's problems (karuta) through skillful direction and intense animation. About the only drawback I can find is that it ends too soon for obvious reasons. I would certainly be up for a second season, but...

This may be Madhouse's swan song, but it surely is a beautiful and fun one. 4/5

***

So when's the Spring thread coming up? Although considering I just watched eight straight hours of anime that may be overkill on my neurons.

[Kim]

I made an Ozma is awesome post what more do you want from me.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

( why the fuck did anyone in the real world let Saito near an F14 and WHY THE FUCK did he know how to pilot one?)

I remember the show explaining this by now so either I'm wrong or you missed it. So, click this next spoiler only if you think you've gone past the point that you should know how it all works.

When Louis summoned Saito he became her familiar, right? Well since she's a special mage she gets a special familiar. The glowing on his hand is part of his whole Void Familiar thing, he's a master at using any weapon he picks up or even touches. Doesn't matter where or when the weapon is from. He knows how to pilot the fighter plane because it's also a weapon.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Yeah Tera, Zero no Tsukaima sometimes was that kind of affect on people.

Also instant weapon mastery is part of what makes Saito so damn awesome.

[phil_]

Ozma 02

I liked the first OP more. :(

I'm gonna assume you fuckers hate this because it doesn't have moé and lolis and like it's space battles but not really because they are in the sand. Well screw you jerks, this is manime. Stuff like this is what I envision when I hear the term Star Trek anime, not fucking Boring Space Not Pirates.That's kinda insulting, dude. Liking sci-fi and cute things aren't mutually exclusive. You'll make Haro cry. Is there anything more pathetic than the simulated electronic tears of a robot ball? I think not.

And Moretsu has a plot, now. It just took an entire season.

Also, I'm glad to hear someone else enjoyed Chihayafuru. It was consistently entertaining every week for half a year. That counts for something.

[Regulus Tera]

I remember the show explaining this by now so either I'm wrong or you missed it. So, click this next spoiler only if you think you've gone past the point that you should know how it all works.

When Louis summoned Saito he became her familiar, right? Well since she's a special mage she gets a special familiar. The glowing on his hand is part of his whole Void Familiar thing, he's a master at using any weapon he picks up or even touches. Doesn't matter where or when the weapon is from. He knows how to pilot the fighter plane because it's also a weapon.
Yeah Tera, Zero no Tsukaima sometimes was that kind of affect on people.

Also instant weapon mastery is part of what makes Saito so damn awesome.
I just watched eight straight hours of animu. I may have deleted some memories in order to not let my brain get fried by all the stupidity. That still doesn't explain why they let Saito anywhere near that plane.
That's kinda insulting, dude. Liking sci-fi and cute things aren't mutually exclusive. You'll make Haro cry. Is there anything more pathetic than the simulated electronic tears of a robot ball? I think not.

And Moretsu has a plot, now. It just took an entire season.

Also, I'm glad to hear someone else enjoyed Chihayafuru. It was consistently entertaining every week for half a year. That counts for something.
Now that Chihayafuru is over I'm stuck watching real life matches. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjZVvMI1gM)

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

That still doesn't explain why they let Saito anywhere near that plane.
Who says they let him near the plane?


And Moretsu has a plot, now. It just took an entire season.

Moretsu is great so far. Even when it didn't really have a plot.

[phil_]

Moretsu is great so far. Even when it didn't really have a plot.Well, yeah, but most people aren't into space cartoons for, like, the everyday operation of a space ship in peace time. Or, if they are, they're looking for something closer to reality than Moretsu. But I thing reducing the "glamorous" profession of piracy to a stage show is funny. I can deal with knowing that the ship isn't going to get trashed because it's well established that everyone would die if that happened. Actually, that's one of the things I like a lot, that it's put out there in the open that space travel, even routine space travel, carries a risk of dying horribly.

But, yeah, no big navel battles or robot fights, which are usually the appeal of space shows, so it's not delivering what most people signed on for. Or, at least most of us who were unfamiliar with the novels.Now that Chihayafuru is over I'm stuck watching real life matches. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjZVvMI1gM)That's much better than the instructional matches that came up in _mike's recommended videos. Sweet.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

But, yeah, no big navel battles or robot fights, which are usually the appeal of space shows, so it's not delivering what most people signed on for. Or, at least most of us who were unfamiliar with the novels.

Yeah but, like, fuck those people.

[Donomni]

I've seen the Ozma episodes with Liz, and holy crap that sandmarine battle was FUCKING AWESOME.

Can't wait to see what else they pull off.

Korra is, of course, fucking KORRA, and now I wish April was here already. :ohdear:

[Kim]

The Bleach anime is over.

We're free.

We're finally free.

[Solid Snake]

Oh!
How did it end?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Badly.

I haven't actually seen it but I can make an educated guess.

[Solid Snake]

But Ichigo and Rukia totally have hawt smexy smextimes, right?

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Nope.
Despite everything the characters have been through their relationships are exactly the same as they were before the Soul Society arc.

[Solid Snake]

...
...I suddenly feel so fortunate to have stopped watching Bleach when I did
It's like all of you suffered for hours upon hours and episodes upon episodes more
And got absolutely NOTHING for your efforts

[Kim]

From what little I can tell they just said the Fullbring arc was the end. It's like cutting the final act out of a play and saying, "Good enough."

For Bleach, it just may be.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

...
...I suddenly feel so fortunate to have stopped watching Bleach when I did
It's like all of you suffered for hours upon hours and episodes upon episodes more
And got absolutely NOTHING for your efforts

Well again I haven't seen it. I haven't watched Bleach since the middle of the Bount arc. Just taking an educated guess.

[Regulus Tera]

shounen-talk? in mai animu thread? preposterous!! [/goes back to watching lolishit]

[Ryong]

Guys I think we need a new anime thread.

And I finished watching Fate/Zero yesterday.

It was fantastic. And sad.

[phil_]

Guys I think we need a new anime thread.

And I finished watching Fate/Zero yesterday.

It was fantastic. And sad.New sign-up/discussion thread here. (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?p=1203082)