T3h Animes: stuff I've watched

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by Arhra

Episode 25 is a bonus included with the DVD/Bluray release.

Ah. I thought that the series "felt complete" without it, so I was surprised that it existed.

I think it's a fine addition, but I don't know that it's necessary. Still, not a bad thing to have present.

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I just finished No Game, No Life, and it was... okay, I guess?

The problems include the excessive fan service (and I do mean excessive... blech, and really creepy, by the way) and slight feeling of "Mary-Sue-ness" of the main duo... buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut the last part is actually deeply undercut by their very genuine and consistent flaws.

They are extreme geniuses, but they are flawed geniuses with deep-seated phobias, irrational urges, failings that cause them real trouble, which, amusingly, "saves" them as characters in the show and makes them interesting.

Beyond that, it's an exercise in watching them win in creative ways when faced with "impossible" situations.

The biggest problem (aside from the creepy fan service*: seriously, ew) is the ending - it's sudden and comes out of nowhere.

Everything else is top-notch and extremely well done. I just wanted the series to finish the story it started telling.

In terms of much better (not-exactly-) anime** I've seen lately, is There She Is!!, which is simply fantastic. Starts out derpy-slapstick (along the lines of Peppy LePew), goes to a little anvilicious in the "morals" department, and ends wonderfully. The set on NewGrounds has a bunch of Easter Eggs - I dunno, maybe the YouTube one does? I haven't checked it. Anyway, it's ~24 minutes you won't mind having spent, I think!

* Not all the fan service is creepy. All of it is entirely needless, but not all of it is creepy. The whole mind-control, and the whole child thing, though? Ugh.

** Yes, I know. It's Korean. Yes. I know the difference. It's still worth watching.

[tacticslion]

Partial re-post from another forum.

So, I just finished watching BAKUMATSU GIJINDEN ROMAN. It... is much better than I anticipated. Point in fact, when I first started it, I allowed it to play while doing other things, and only catching every once in a while to know the gist of what's happening. ... aaaaaaaaand then I actually sat down to watch the end of, what, episode three? And then I saw four (filler episode), and then five (character introduction), and then by six I was thoroughly hooked. Dang it.

Definitely recommended, and more than I initially would have thought. The animation is smooth and pretty, the characterizations are great, and there's even a pretty-decent in-story reason for the nutty cast of characters that has gathered around the protagonist (though it takes until episode nine to have it all spelled out).

I have mixed feelings about the villain (though from a Japanese perspective, he certainly would be), and I'm left wondering if he's supposed to be the historical figure or not - they were, I think, purposefully ambiguous, even in the way they portrayed him, and his appearance doesn't mesh with the timeline at all, even within the show; this was probably done for socially sensitive reasons. Upon re-watching the last episode, it's pretty clear he's not the same guy. Anyway: it's good, either way.

[tacticslion]

MINE IS A DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!

[Arhra]

I take it you're tenging your toppings?

Nia's dad is a pretty cool guy. He beats up robots and clearly is having a great time doing it.

[batgirl]

I haven't watched any new stuff honestly, but I always find myself coming back to my anime loves:

Outlaw Star: Space pirates...magic...humor. What more could you want?

Read Or Die OVA/TV: Book obsessed women who are also detectives, who also can control paper. Amazing.

[tacticslion]

Originally Posted by Arhra

I take it you're tenging your toppings?

Nia's dad is a pretty cool guy. He beats up robots and clearly is having a great time doing it.

Episode 23 has recently been finished. It had an entirely worth-while teeth-gritting.

Originally Posted by batgirl

I haven't watched any new stuff honestly, but I always find myself coming back to my anime loves:

Outlaw Star: Space pirates...magic...humor. What more could you want?

Read Or Die OVA/TV: Book obsessed women who are also detectives, who also can control paper. Amazing.

Yes.

[Gregness]

I've been watching the Log Horizon dub, and people kind of went squint-eyed at pimp-voice Nyanta at first, but there's a line in one of the episodes that made it do a complete 180 to fucking brilliant for me. It's something along the lines of "Hey man, all cats are supposed to talk this way, ya dig? If you see a cat that don't I'll set 'em straight." And just, he's right. Go back and watch basically any animated western cat film (Aristocrats for just a starter) and they all talk that way.