A New Year of Anime Begins: Winter Anime 2012 thread

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

Originally Posted by phil_

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.

Originally Posted by Liz

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]

Originally Posted by phil_

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 break all semblance of sanity . They are simply fun to watch (except maybe nekomimi modo, that's just stupid).

The best OP this season is Lagrange's anyway. 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

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

Kid Icarus

When 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

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Regulus Tera

Too safe and pedestrian. SHAFT OPs are the best when they break all semblance of sanity . They are simply fun to watch (except maybe nekomimi modo, that's just stupid).

The best OP this season is Lagrange's anyway. 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:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nisemonogatari. Palutena is so fucking moé you have no fucking idea. Definitely the best of the shorts they have been doing.

edit:

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
WHAAAAAAAAAAGH that 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.

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oh god i'm only halfway through what the shit
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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

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/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

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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.