Spring 2012 Anime thread: Welcome home, Space Cowboy

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Originally Posted by Bells

Not sure if want...

I'm pretty sure this is a thing I want. I hope you come to a decision soon, given that the show has already aired.

Edit: Watched it. I enjoyed it.

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all dat umakoshi <3 It's fucking Heartcatch Precure for boys.

Also crunchyroll licenced Saint Seiya Omega but they haven't put it up yet. >

ALSO ALSO, crazy first week of spring anime. Here's the lineup for the next 7 days:

April 1 - Saint Seiya Omega, Space Bros, Hiiro no Kakera

April 2 - Gon, Kimi to Boku 2, Zetman

April 3 - Queens Blade Rebellion, Rock Lee

April 4 - Kore wa Zombie desu ka? OF THE DEAD, Lupin the Third ~Fujiko 0wnz J00~, Medaka Box

April 5 - Recorder to Randoseru Season 2, Sengoku Collection, Sankarea, Natsuiro Kiseki

April 6 - Accel World

April 7 - Upotte, Fate/Zero 2nd Season, Mysterious Girlfriend X, Kuroko's Basketball

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Meh what the hell, why not. I'll watch the new Queens Blade.

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Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto Hen Part 1

Pros:

• It's more Kenshin.
• Misao is fucking moé, man.
• The choreography is awesome.
• They used music from the original show.

Cons:

• This material has been covered before.
• You cannot just expect to cram who knows how many volumes of the manga in forty-five minutes and expect it to work.
• Where's my fucking Jinchuu arc?

The funniez:

• People complaining about the cloth designs in Saint Seiya Omega should look at all the popped-collar trenchcoats in Kenshin; Nobuhiro Watsuki's fashion sense was very anachronistic. The nineties?

Space Bros 01

As a big brother this hit me very hard. Also, who would have thought Zidane's headbutt would continue to have repercussions in 2025?

Mirai Nikki 24

It was stupid before, now they are just trying too hard. The script is honestly laughable at this point.

Saint Seiya Omega 01

Went in expecting the worst after all the pacing complaints, but came out pleasantly surprised. I ended up liking Kouga a lot despite all the flags signaling all the tropes he's gonna cover by the end of the show. He's just a much more empathetic character than Seiya ever was, and it even gave some leeway for some obligatory world-building exposition.

Animation-wise it was superb, as per Umakoshi. It hasn't blown my expectations yet, but it was thoroughly entertaining.

Basically: Heartcatch Precure 01 for boys.

fake edit: I am very relieved that the level of violence hasn't been toned down for the airtime, gore amount aside.

[Bells]

Holy crap the new Rurouni Kenshin is released already?! I missed!!

As for Omega, there are a few problems with the animation (right at the start, they forget to draw Seiya's wings during one scene...) but other than that is very nicely done. Being a big fan of the whole Series (still waiting for the third part of Lost Canvas) i'm interested to see where they go with this... Omega is clearly the "Tenkai Hen" that never got made, it's a direct sequel of the original saga!

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Originally Posted by Bells

As for Omega, there are a few problems with the animation (right at the start, they forget to draw Seiya's wings during one scene...)

Well, it is Toei. Their budgets are minuscule considering they get almost all their funding solely through toy sales.

On the other hand, they are not above spending one episode's worth of dough on a minute-long animation sequence.

[Ramary]

Tera. Trust me as someone who read the Mirai Nikki manga.

You can not comprehend how bad it fucking gets from this point on.

ANYWAY. Short first impressions

Space Bros: Looks really good so far, good balance of funny and drama.

Lupin: Clearly this is more based on manga Lupin then the older shows, so I hope to see just how much "Lupin is a total bastard in the manga" shows up in this. The art and animation is really good. Also TITS EVERYWHERE.

Medaka Box: Cause Karesh always ALWAYS talks about the manga I picked it up. It seems Medaka herself is the worst part of it so far, but I am told that is exactly how it works.

Also picked up Moretsu Pirates from last season, it has both hilarious bad/stupid parts and genuinely good bits which is a good mix for me, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FIX YOUR PACING SHOW.

Also gonna pick up F/Z's 2nd half, Mysterious Girlfriend X (liked the manga, even if it had it's shitty arcs) and Eurkea Seven AO even though it will, chances are, be shit.

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Originally Posted by Ramary

Tera. Trust me as someone who read the Mirai Nikki manga.

You can not comprehend how bad it fucking gets from this point on.

Oh, I'm still enjoying it. It's just that I cannot care for any of the fuckers anymore because this shit has never tried to have any semblance of seriousness so instead of being wowed I'm laughing at the trash.

Polar Bear Café 01: Very relaxing if slightly dull. I will keep watching it for the animal hijinx (FUCK YOU I'M AN ANTEATER), but I can see the humour becoming tiring after a while.

Lupin the Third: ( o ) ( o ) 01: Move over Umakoshi, this is good animation with a not-barebones script and direction. Also tons of boobs. It reminds me of all the 007 movies I never watched mixed with a bit of Cowboy Bebop. Warning: you really shouldn't watch it with other people at home.

Medaka Box 01: Poor GAINAX. They even have to zombify Kamina in order to try to elevate this tripe. It was awful. GAINAX is dead and has been dead for years, people.

Sankarea 01: Zombie moé? Zombie moé. The first episode raised a lot of flags that it might become another wacky harem hijinx show with an undead theme, but at the same time it kept an otherwordly ambient reminiscent of SHAFT shows (not surprising considering the director). I will watch it until it offends my sensibilities.

Accel World 01+02: The protagonist is a complete twat and the premise seems to be the ultimate in male-gamer nerd fantasies with vengeance plots against bullies and an ojousama that falls in love with you because of your gaming 5|< ! ll z. Show of the season? no

[Locke cole]

Originally Posted by Bells

Not sure if want...

The preview image made me think "Magical Girl Leeron". The fact that that doesn't exist and probably never will is going to bring down my mood for the rest of the day.

edit: That, and the fact that the thread's title made me think there was some Cowboy Bebop-related announcement.

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Originally Posted by Locke cole

edit: That, and the fact that the thread's title made me think there was some Cowboy Bebop-related announcement.

There was. It's just not about Bebop itself.