Anime thread Winter 2013

Ryong · 12-30-2012, 10:35 PM

One day ahead but fuck that, why don't we have an anime thread all the time?

I finished watching SAO. If it continues, I won't watch it. While some things were handled well, a lot of it is just baaaad.

Shin Sekai Yori however has been pretty nice. I'm just kind of weirded out how after the timeskip the characters go gay for half an episode and then it kind of stops being a thing.

Gonna watch Eureka Seven AO just because I keep getting flashbacks to Eureka Seven being fantastic and want to see how fucked the new one is.

Ramary · 12-30-2012, 10:59 PM

Well AO is not THAT bad. It is still enjoyable and not in a trainwrecky way. No where near as good as the first one of course but I still came out liking it even after the usual rushed terrible anime ending.

Also SAO's terrible second arc was just awe-inspiring, I hope it keeps going because it is just gonna get worst.

But if you did like SAO before it went belly-up, watch Accel World, it is the same author and it is pretty much reverse SAO, starts off kinda eh, but it is completely awesome by the end of its current run. I really want a season two out of it.

Arcanum · 12-30-2012, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

I finished watching SAO. If it continues, I won't watch it. While some things were handled well, a lot of it is just baaaad.

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Originally Posted by Ramary

Also SAO's terrible second arc was just awe-inspiring, I hope it keeps going because it is just gonna get worsE.

But if you did like SAO before it went belly-up, watch Accel World, it is the same author and it is pretty much reverse SAO, starts off kinda eh, but it is completely awesome by the end of its current run. I really want a season two out of it.

I'm glad to know my decision to not watch SAO's second arc after reading a quick summary of what the novel did with that arc was justified

stefan · 12-31-2012, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramary

Well AO is not THAT bad.

Yes it is.

Ryong · 12-30-2012, 11:25 PM

To be fair, it handled one thing extremely well...Mostly. You know how Suguha likes Kirito? The whole confession bit seemed very well done, because it involved things not being alright. Then it gets forgotten instantly.

I've just watched the first couple of episodes of Eureka Seven AO. It feels familiar, but not quite exactly the same thing. I blame not having Days for an intro song.

phil_ · 12-30-2012, 11:38 PM

Man, there's so much good stuff coming out this season. Also "good" stuff. No one cares about Puchimas, I understand that. But there's more Milky Holmes and Chihayafuru! And Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is directed by the same guy who directed Spice and Wolf and is also about economics but in a different way. And there's other garbage I'm not gonna own up to watching right now.

Man, this week would be easier to wait through if we weren't without Shin Sekai and Jojo. And no Precure, but that's my unshared pain.

Bells · 12-30-2012, 11:43 PM

After Gundam Age ended i just followed Saint Seiya Omega... i might need something with a bit more meat in their bones for 2013....

phil_ · 12-31-2012, 11:38 AM

The ending to AO kinda completely undermines the mythological significance of Eureka Seven's ending, and in a story that throws around The Golden Bough as a motif the parallels to mythology kinda become an important component of said story.

If you want robots and conspiracies, AO delivers both but just barely, and neither were what made Eureka Seven good (and the robots hardly surfboard at all). The only good thing to come out of AO was more music in the same vein as the first show. And maybe Noah, the world's fastest sloth. He was amusing.

Ryong · 12-31-2012, 05:23 PM

Having watched the first 4 episodes of AO:

I keep looking at characters and trying to figure out if they're related to the original cast. This is the weirdest sequel-that-isn't-a-sequel.

And yeah, I'm wondering: Hadn't Nirvash transcended into a completely different thing? Is this something like...A child of Nirvash or some shit?

phil_ · 01-01-2013, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryong

And yeah, I'm wondering: Hadn't Nirvash transcended into a completely different thing? Is this something like...A child of Nirvash or some shit?

I want to say it's a robot built by Renton as a LFO without enslaving Coralians (IFOs have no archetype, in case you forgot that was a thing in an LFO) , but then (and this is really spoilers for AO, even though I'm really just gonna express confusion, but it's REALLY spoilers) two more Nirvashes show up, each in a different form, and then there's a third one with Renton which may-or-may-not be the Nirvash from after the last episode of Eureka Seven (even though the Nirvash in Mode 2 with Eureka is definitely the same person as the Nirvash from the first show), and all-in-all it's just super obtuse and doesn't make much sense beyond "lol Coralian magic."

So yeah, no one knows, certainly not the writers.

12-30-2012, 10:35 PM	#1
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Anime thread Winter 2013 One day ahead but fuck that, why don't we have an anime thread all the time? I finished watching SAO. If it continues, I won't watch it. While some things were handled well, a lot of it is just baaaad. Shin Sekai Yori however has been pretty nice. I'm just kind of weirded out how after the timeskip the characters go gay for half an episode and then it kind of stops being a thing. Gonna watch Eureka Seven AO just because I keep getting flashbacks to Eureka Seven being fantastic and want to see how fucked the new one is.

12-30-2012, 11:38 PM	#6
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Man, there's so much good stuff coming out this season. Also "good" stuff. No one cares about Puchimas, I understand that. But there's more Milky Holmes and Chihayafuru! And Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is directed by the same guy who directed Spice and Wolf and is also about economics but in a different way. And there's other garbage I'm not gonna own up to watching right now. Man, this week would be easier to wait through if we weren't without Shin Sekai and Jojo. And no Precure, but that's my unshared pain. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

12-30-2012, 11:43 PM	#7
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	After Gundam Age ended i just followed Saint Seiya Omega... i might need something with a bit more meat in their bones for 2013.... __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

12-31-2012, 11:38 AM	#8
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	The ending to AO kinda completely undermines the mythological significance of Eureka Seven's ending, and in a story that throws around The Golden Bough as a motif the parallels to mythology kinda become an important component of said story. If you want robots and conspiracies, AO delivers both but just barely, and neither were what made Eureka Seven good (and the robots hardly surfboard at all). The only good thing to come out of AO was more music in the same vein as the first show. And maybe Noah, the world's fastest sloth. He was amusing. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

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12-30-2012, 10:59 PM	#2
Ramary HE OPENS THE DOOR TO HIS DARK PAST Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Some craphole Posts: 770	Well AO is not THAT bad. It is still enjoyable and not in a trainwrecky way. No where near as good as the first one of course but I still came out liking it even after the usual rushed terrible anime ending. Also SAO's terrible second arc was just awe-inspiring, I hope it keeps going because it is just gonna get worst. But if you did like SAO before it went belly-up, watch Accel World, it is the same author and it is pretty much reverse SAO, starts off kinda eh, but it is completely awesome by the end of its current run. I really want a season two out of it.

12-30-2012, 11:25 PM	#5
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	To be fair, it handled one thing extremely well...Mostly. You know how Suguha likes Kirito? The whole confession bit seemed very well done, because it involved things not being alright. Then it gets forgotten instantly. I've just watched the first couple of episodes of Eureka Seven AO. It feels familiar, but not quite exactly the same thing. I blame not having Days for an intro song.

12-31-2012, 05:23 PM	#9
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	Having watched the first 4 episodes of AO: I keep looking at characters and trying to figure out if they're related to the original cast. This is the weirdest sequel-that-isn't-a-sequel. And yeah, I'm wondering: Hadn't Nirvash transcended into a completely different thing? Is this something like...A child of Nirvash or some shit?