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Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 671	Posted - 2014.05.22 03:49:00 - [1] - Quote Oh wow ... didn't realize this thread existed. I'm pleasantly surprised at the amount of people watching on-going stuff too Currently Watching : Ping Pong - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSuAhbtIFg Definitely the highlight of the season for me. The unconventional art and animation style definitely pulled me in from the outset but the show does a phenomenal job on the character development front as well. It really feels more like a character drama in which Ping Pong acts as the backdrop more than a traditional sports anime. Don't miss out on this one. No Game No Life - This one came out of nowhere for me and easily propelled itself as one of the shows I'm most looking forward to each week. The fanservice is going to be divisive for some but the entire concept of the world they inhabit and the games they play as well as the antics of the main characters have kept me thoroughly entertained through each episode. War and conquest through bouts of Tic Tac Toe! Mushishi Season 2 - They were able to perfectly capture the tone of the first season while expanding and exploring more about the world and the mysterious Mushi creatures that inhabit it. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders - It's Jojo, obligatory. Though admittedly I have to say that I greatly prefer Joseph as a protagonist than Jotaro. Mahouka - (Guilty pleasure) I keep saying Chaika pop up in a lot of people's recommendation lists for this season, the protagonist's stupid hair style and the girl's talking style turned me off from the first episode though. Looks like I may have to give it a little more love.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 672	Posted - 2014.05.27 20:16:00 - [2] - Quote Solar Qoio wrote: My list of Favorites/Enjoyables so far are: Clannad Kill La Kill Another Death Note Angel Beats Danganronpa Mirai Nikki (The Future Diaries) Zero no Tsukaima (The Familiar of Zero) Shakugan no Shana No Game no Life Currently Ongoing Nisekoi (False Love) Currently Ongoing One Piece (I know some may dislike me being a fan of this one but I enjoy it ) Not many people will dislike you for enjoying One Piece, it's probably the best out of the Big 3. In terms of long running shounen I've thoroughly enjoyed Hunter x Hunter though. I'd recommend it for sure, its new anime series has been going on since 2011 and there hasn't been a single filler arc yet! If you ended up liking Kill la Kill you should check out the director's other notable works, Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking. The former is an extremely high energy mecha show that dares you to do the impossible and the latter is like a twisted adult Powerpuff Girls with fallen angels that are tasked with protecting a city. Fun stuff all around.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 672	Posted - 2014.05.30 19:20:00 - [3] - Quote Ghost Kaisar wrote: Holy F'n Sht. Everyone, STOP what you are doing right now. Read what I am saying! Follow these instructions TO THE LETTER 1.) Leave the Dust514 Forums 2.) Go to your favorite streaming site for anime 3.) WATCH NO GAME NO LIFE It's ANIME OF THE SEASON. NOW CLOSE THIS BROWSER AND WATCH THE SHOW b-but I'm already watching it. I'll give you anime of the season on the condition that Ping Pong The Animation is elevated to Anime of the Year. Ghost Kaisar wrote: Just made my first anime purchase. Trigun: Collectors Box Set for $20 and the OST for another $18 So worth it. The OST is fantastic with 20 songs for $18, and the Box Set is 4 CD's with extra content. I really wanna buy Angel Beats next, but that's like $40 for 13 episodes Congratulations! My first anime purchase is probably going to be Samurai Champloo or something ... Heimdallr69 wrote: Ghost Kaisar wrote: soulreaper73 wrote: demon king daimao Only if you love harems to death hataraku maou-sama Hehe lucifer is awesome always pictured him being a game nerd Good Ol' "Devil is a Part-Timer". Wasn't the pinnacle of comedy shows for me but I ended up enjoying it all the same.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 674	Posted - 2014.06.02 18:25:00 - [4] - Quote I haven't seen SAO so the comparison between it and Log Horizon is a bit lost on me. I'm slowly making my way through Log Horizon now though and I'm finding it enjoyable enough so far. I like the whole lack of permadeath that permeates the whole "trapped in videogame" trope, it relieves a lot of the tension that comes about with having your real self suddenly blow up as a result of your avatar dying but a lot of the urgency that comes about with confronting a conflict loses its edge a bit as well. A friend of mine likened the show to a "Slice of Life MMO Anime" and at this point I can sort of sympathize with that point of view as a lot of the focus so far is in how the players are going about living in this world instead of trying to stop some unspeakable evil. It's clear a lot of attention was put on building up the world and the game's mechanics which I can certainly appreciate as well. On the surface actually it sorta reminds me of a Ragnarok online or something. I'm not feeling like it's an earth-shattering or genre defining show as of yet but it's entertaining enough to keep me interested.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 684	Posted - 2014.07.30 15:10:00 - [5] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: Just watched season 1 of no game no life. My first anime..... unless dbz counts? Man, I really wouldn't recommend No Game No Life as someone's first exposure to anime because of all of the fanserv- Immortal John Ripper wrote: I really enjoyed the panties and sexual innuendo. Oh. Well then, carry on. -- Anyway, felt obligated to finish up my Spring shows after my June "break" from the internet. Ping Pong the Animation still comes off as the highlight of the season for me and given how the show started that fact doesn't surprise me in the least. From the outset the show brought an inspired art and animation style to the table and was able to back itself up with an engrossing character drama as well. Despite the name of the show I felt throughout the series that Ping Pong was more a tale of its characters and I found myself connecting in one way or another to antagonist and protagonist alike and it made the actual matches, the "contests of will" between 2 opposing forces, that much more interesting as a result. The "enemies" in this are less tools for the protagonist to move forward and more actual people within the story who have their own set of dreams, motivations, and worldviews that they bring to the table. Ping Pong was the stage for the author to be able to tell these stories rather than the actual focus. Don't miss out on this one, Funimation has it up on their youtube channel as well. Hitsugi no Chaika is one that I'm also not seeing a ton of attention being given to so I went out of my way to finish just recently as well and I was actually impressed with the themes the show was presenting throughout, this sort of focus on the role of the soldier in a post war environment. Sure it's still a story with magic and dragons and other fantastic figures but its done in an extremely competent way and it continues what is a promising trend in the series Bones has put out this year. Noragami, Hitsugi no Chaika, and Space Dandy (hit and miss) have all been extremely entertaining. The only black sheep in all of this seems to be Captain Earth ... -- As for Summer shows the only thing I'm watching right now is Zankyou no Terror (and Legend of Korra if you count that) and while I'm hesitant to give recommendations for the show with it being only 3 episodes in I have come away REALLY impressed with the way its handled itself so far. If there's anything you guys need to make sure you're watching it's Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance)/ Still need to try out Tokyo Ghoul, Akame ga Kill, Space Dandy S2, Fate/Kaleid and Aldnoah Zero though ... any other shows I should be keeping an eye on? Don't recommend me Sword Art Online ...
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 684	Posted - 2014.07.30 22:11:00 - [6] - Quote gbghg wrote: i started off liking chaika but slowly lost engagement with it as it progressed, that may have been due to the fact it was comparing with no game no life, chaika went along at a steady pace whil NGNL just kept increasing the stakes and drama... Yeah I don't think Chaika is going to be considered a ground breaking technical / story telling achievement but what it chooses to do it does well, and that much was something I appreciated. It's non-offensive enough that I have no trouble saying that I'm looking forward to seeing how the show progresses in Season 2 once it airs in the fall. And man oh man is fall looking packed in terms of the amount of quality looking shows on the table. Chaika S2 Gundam Build Fighters 2 Fate/Stay Night UBW (HNNGGH Ufotable!) Log Horizon S2 Parasyte Mushishi S2 Part 2 Terra Formars (Obligatory "dumb show") ... and that's just a list of things I'm expecting to be good, no telling what'll surprise me. Heimdallr69 wrote: Alright my list Seirei Tsukai no Blade dance - Rokujouma no Shinryakusha? - PoP SoTa wrote: My recommendation this season: http://www.crunchyroll.com/monthly-girls-nozaki-kun C-can't tell if serious.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 687	Posted - 2014.08.02 08:49:00 - [7] - Quote Fairy Tail is bad and you should all feel bad. Reign Omega wrote: SAO is back. HXH is still the best show running, even more so now that the Chimera arc is over (way too drawn out) Shippuuden is finally starting to roll Any good shows you all recommend? Ones that preferably do NOT have Ecchi Pantsu anything to do with high school But DO have action more action guns, knives, swords, superhumans,undead, ninjas or robots I'm just not very lenient on anime these days but I'm always down for suggestions "SAO is back. Shippuuden is finally starting to roll ... ... I'm just not very lenient on anime these days" Within the last few years - Baccano Fate/Zero Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Katanagatari Hellsing Ultimate Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Toonami classics ... Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo FLCL Currently Airing - Zankyou no Terror Aldnoah Zero
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 687	Posted - 2014.08.02 22:31:00 - [8] - Quote Reign Omega wrote: "not very lenient" as in, I like what I like. rarely when people are excited about shows do I end up enjoying them. All the so called "big shows" end up being not my style. I have however seen pretty much any and all mainstream shows and tons of off the radar as well. I have been watching anime for 25 years give or take. Thanks for the reccomendations Ill check them out. Although the only ones I havent seen are the currently airing. It's hard to really gauge people's experience with anime on boards like this because it can vary pretty wildly and I'm always hesitant to recommend certain shows to people who are newer to the medium. If you're looking for material that's a bit more diverse (not necessarily violent however) then I'd probably recommend shows like ... Mushishi - Traveling medicine man goes from place to place dealing with the trouble that the spirit creatures in the world create. Gloomy, slower paced, and a bit more methodical in its story telling. Episodic. Ping Pong the Animation - I've written a lot about this show recently and as its just wrapped up it's probably prime viewing material. A character drama that uses Ping Pong as the stage to tell its stories. Animation is stellar but the art style is divisive, you'll either love it or hate it. Definitely the stand out series of the Spring imo. Planetes - Following the tale of what are essentially "Space Garbage Men" as they clean up low Earth orbit of debris. Truly one of the very few shows to depict realistic null-G movement in an anime and a delightful tale beyond that. Aku no Hana (Flower of Evil) - The highschool anime made by people who hate highschool anime. It takes every common trope from Japan's fixation on the highschool experience and turns it on its head - it's an ugly, corrupted, and decaying environment that makes up an all together human experience. Another divisive art style. Detroit Metal City - Comedy about a dude who loves soft and "fluffy" music that finds himself leading a heavy metal band. I'm not exaggerating when I say it's probably one of the funniest shows i've ever seen in any medium in my entire life. Time of Eve - Focusing on the interaction between Human and Human-Like Robots. Very Asimov in its world building (based on his 3 laws of Robotics) and an extremely pleasant experience throughout. None of these shows have any of the ecchi, pantsu, or fanservice you were complaining about but they also aren't very action oriented either. Feel free to take your pick out of the lot though as they're all highlights (imo) of the medium in one respect or another. More action stuff that you've probably seen - Steins;Gate (less action more mystery but whatev) Durarara (from the people who did Baccano) Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (new series, not the OVAs from decades ago) Read or Die Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (has ecchi but its so fantastically over the top that I think people should check it out regardless) Oh and +1 recommendation for Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. It's dark as **** and the production values on the series are noticeably higher than the majority of what comes out.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 688	Posted - 2014.08.03 21:23:00 - [9] - Quote Last couple episodes of Aldnoah Zero have been pretty disappointing to me. Main character went from being an observant dude who found himself in a situation where he was able to deal with threat A by having the right amount of luck / planning to execute a certain plan and then shifting to being shown to be the only competent pilot the earth forces have when threat B comes rolling on in. The series showed a lot of promise with the way it handled the action at first only to hunker down the protagonist with plot armor and nerfing everyone else to make him look good in comparison. Might drop it. Oh and I didn't realize that I had actually read the Akame ga Kill manga about 2 years ago ... I was not impressed. What I've seen of Space Dandy season 2 on the other hand has been pretty stellar. Hoping it doesn't have the same consistency problems as season 1. Still need to check out ... Bakumatsu Rock (because it looks absurd) Fate/Kaleid S2 (guilty pleasure) Tokyo ESP .. and a couple shoujo I was recommended .. and at least a couple episodes of the stuff you guys recommended me as well
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 688	Posted - 2014.08.03 22:28:00 - [10] - Quote Reign Omega wrote: I had heard some good things about Aldnoah, Also Tokyo Ghoul.... Will have to see. I got sidetracked in the middle of Madoka (which is juuust weird enough to make me forgive its high school setting) by Sengoku Basara: Judge End, because I have a soft spot for the Sengoku cast, whether it be games or movies. I will be driving cross country so I will be restricted to Wi Fi hotspots and all the Manga I can download in the next 24 hours, Gimme some names! I don't read much manga but ... Uzumaki (horror) One Punch Man (Action/Comedy) Kiseijuu (also known as Parasyte)

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 688	Posted - 2014.08.03 22:45:00 - [11] - Quote gbghg wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: Reign Omega wrote: I had heard some good things about Aldnoah, Also Tokyo Ghoul.... Will have to see. I got sidetracked in the middle of Madoka (which is juuust weird enough to make me forgive its high school setting) by Sengoku Basara: Judge End, because I have a soft spot for the Sengoku cast, whether it be games or movies. I will be driving cross country so I will be restricted to Wi Fi hotspots and all the Manga I can download in the next 24 hours, Gimme some names! I don't read much manga but ... Uzumaki (horror) One Punch Man (Action/Comedy) Kiseijuu (also known as Parasyte) Beserk (if you haven't read it already) seriously that'll probably take the entire trip to read. Oh wow, not sure how could I have forgotten Berserk. Fantastic read. On top of that we may as well add Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's pretty much a classic in manga.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 690	Posted - 2014.08.08 19:16:00 - [12] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: is one piece an anime? Made in Japan? Animated? Then yes. It's anime.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 691	Posted - 2014.08.09 23:47:00 - [13] - Quote Aldnoah Zero 6 continues to more or less disappoint. Random dude who keeps having PTSD everytime he gets into a cockpit continues to get PTSD and be useless when he's needed most, Inoha still seemingly the only useful pilot the earth forces have available to them, and the enemy designs are still super underwhelming after the original threat. At least we have Slain. Sigh sigh. PoP SoTa wrote: My recommendation this season: http://www.crunchyroll.com/monthly-girls-nozaki-kun This is a show that I've continually kept hearing about around other anime sites but it's only until now that I buckled down and checked out the first episode. I came away pleasantly surprised too! I think this is probably my first shoujo that I've seen but the comedy and general layout of the first episode were totally on point for me. I tend to stray away from slice of life type shows but this is one I'm going to make sure to keep on top of. Anyone see Barakamon? I often hear that coupled with Nozaki-kun as one of the must sees of the season.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 694	Posted - 2014.08.11 20:53:00 - [14] - Quote Heimdallr69 wrote: soulreaper73 wrote: I-Shayz-I wrote: Anyone else judge an anime by its intro song? I often find that a good intro song means a good anime, but I have never watched an anime that had a great intro but was a crap show. I never thought of that. I will have to pay more attention to that in the future. Fairy Tale always has good ones. Pretty solid proof for why you shouldn't judge a show based on its OP. I end up skipping them 9 times out of 10 anyway so I'm not sure why I'd ever judge the quality of a show on its OP.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 695	Posted - 2014.08.11 23:44:00 - [15] - Quote PoP SoTa wrote: I-Shayz-I wrote: Anyone else judge an anime by its intro song? I often find that a good intro song means a good anime, but I have never watched an anime that had a great intro but was a crap show. Best anime intros: Air Gear (By far) Black Lagoon X'amd Lost Memories Guilty Crown Freezing and the original Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, opening. There's a distinct lack of ... Cowboy Bebop Baccano Steins;Gate Eden of the East and Samurai Champloo ... in that list.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 695	Posted - 2014.08.12 05:15:00 - [16] - Quote Thanatos 716 wrote: Haven't been in this thread in a while. Came to recommend Netflix exclusive, Knights of Sidonia. So good. So, so very gooood. Watch it. I tried watching the first episode of Knights of Sidonia but the animation style was a bit ... http://i.imgur.com/OStBkEJ.gif ... yeah.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 698	Posted - 2014.08.15 22:08:00 - [17] - Quote Trailer for the Parasyte anime is out : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHXtiIm6ug The animation is totally fantastic, Madhouse went above and beyond for this one. Now just hope that the censors don't kill it ...
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 699	Posted - 2014.08.15 23:58:00 - [18] - Quote The proper way to go through Muv-Luv is through the visual novels.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 699	Posted - 2014.08.17 05:50:00 - [19] - Quote Cass Caul wrote: Aldnoah.Zero on the other hand was a slow start but it got me hooked. MC has a detached attitude and he's got an counter-point that's emotionally drive. i'm getting a earth fed/zeon vibe from those two. probably more like Hiiro/Zekusu thing going on there. Anyone else watching A.Z? thoughts on that? Episode 1 was pretty exposition heavy but the latter half of that episode was enough to get me interested to keep watching more Episodes 2-3 were fantastic and the progression between finding out about the threat and finding a way to counter it remains as one of the highlight moments for me in the season. But ... Episode 4-6 Literally a complete 180 for the series. We go from super interesting mech designs and a well layed out and logical progression of events to the martian empire being ruled by a moron and the Earth forces being so royally incompetent that the thought of dodging or moving while up against an opponent that uses a goddamn sword is unthinkable. Our main protagonist goes from being a smart and observant kid to literally the only competent pilot our entire planet has at their disposal and the show creators insist on throwing Mr.PTSD in a cockpit just so he can get scared and do nothing for 3-4 episodes straight. Character growth? Non-existent. Episode 7 was pretty good though. I enjoyed it. But the show has shown itself to be so inconsistent at this point that I may as well flip a coin to see if the rest of the series is going to be anything special or not. I'm along for the ride regardless.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 705	Posted - 2014.08.23 10:34:00 - [20] - Quote Don't throw out spoilers in the thread guys, I shouldn't have to remind you all that there are people here that haven't seen X or Y series and half the enjoyment comes from seeing their reactions to things that they genuinely didn't expect. Don't be a ****. We could easily discuss Korra spoilers while having proper spoiler warnings or by avoiding significant plot points.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 707	Posted - 2014.08.26 08:07:00 - [21] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: The main character is named Goku and his grandpa is dead. I get that you're trying to be clever but there's a difference between discussing a show in a way that might be spoilery to someone not introduced to the series and just throwing out a haphazard sequence of important events in a show. One promotes discussion and the other is a laundry list of items that says nothing about the quality of the series. The former should be something we strive to push in this thread rather than something that allows you to raise your hand and say "I saw this thing too!". So let's talk about Korra. *POTENTIAL SPOILERS POTENTIAL SPOILERS POTENTIAL SPOILERS POTENTIAL SPOILERS POTENTIAL SPOILERS* Book 3 did a fantastic job of retroactively going back and fixing everything thats been bugging me since the introduction of the series. We finally get some backstory on Bolin and Mako that characterizes them in ways that take them beyond "Generic Comic Relief" and "Generic Potential Love interest". We finally get some episodes that explore more than just the overarching plot and allow you to experience the characters and the world they inhabit, it's the first time that we've come close to the original ATLA's style of just thoroughly exploring the setting and with less interest on shoving a badly written story in a single season we get the opportunity to let the characters breathe. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER And finally Korra isn't retroactively saved by the world due to the plot armor attributes of being the Avatar and all powerful. I liked the decision back in Book 2 to cut her off from her past lives (though that season was riddled with other problems that sincerely effected my enjoyment of it) but I think the ending of Book 3 really is more directly contrasting with Book 1's ending. She was crippled in a similarly significant way but unlike Book 1 she has to actually deal with the consequences, and how she does so has me sincerely looking forward to Book 4.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 708	Posted - 2014.08.26 19:48:00 - [22] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: I disliked the korra book 3 ending. In The legend of ang. it is already stated that the Avatar State is the accumulation of all the skill and experiences of all the previous and past avatars. If she lost her connection to them then how is avatar state even possible? Also due to the shows time constraints.. They have left many things out. Who is Zaheer? where did he come from? How did he become an airbending master at day one? How did he accomplish an air bending grand master move only days after getting air bender powers? I am talking about his ability to fly. only one air bender in history has ever done that. Sure we got some mako and bolin back story but they also left alot of holes. Sure Zaheer is red lotus but that is about all we know. He must have some kind of connection to ang to have to be taught all of this air bender history and his grasp of the moves but that is just speculation. It seems to me that the writers are now trying to pull off extremes to keep user attention. Like moths to a flame, they are just lighting flames to keep you wondering wtf? Which is not bad... unless you have very few episodes to tie up those flames. Are they copying or honoring the last air bender with the zaheer fight scene and dinoras ceremony to get her tatoos and shaving her head to make her look like ang?I think they should have had a different setting for the fight.. make it a little more original instead of flying around those rock pillars again. The dinora scene was fine, it was bound to happen eventually. Definitely some valid complaints here. My understanding with respect to the Avatar state's power post Book 2 is that it's not only the experience of all the past lives but interaction with the base Avatar spirit, Raava, as well. With this at the very least I think the power boost is at least somewhat explained. Compare also Aang's battle with Ozai vs. Korra's battle with Zaheer and I think one could make the argument that her bending prowess while in the avatar state is probably lower than it was without her past lives (no super duper ball of all 4 elements this time around). Zaheer's bending prowess was definitely never explained though. I don't think he has any connection with Aang but if they had shown maybe his journey into the other air temples or a spirit journey into the library then I think it would have created a more believable explanation for him being so good literally right out of the gate. I figure air bending history is probably available to people that search hard enough even if the airbenders themselves are obviously not super common. At the very least I think the show makes it clear that as an airbender in a 1v1 situation he definitely doesn't measure up to Tenzin who had direct tutelage under Aang. Flight I explain internally with just being one of the only air nomads who truly cuts himself off, for the most part I reckon most Airbenders up until that point werevery connected to eachother on a familial or friendly level because they all lived together in their temples. To reinforce that notion though they're REALLY going to have to not give flight to anyone else. If it's a super rare and super duper ability that comes out of releasing one self from physical bounds then keep it that way, don't pull a lightning bending on me Book 4.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 717	Posted - 2014.08.29 23:35:00 - [23] - Quote Enkidu Camuel wrote: soulreaper73 wrote: No one can compete with Sokka: http://youtu.be/K7-2_gUuWK4 Those were good times indeed, hope we can finally see Sokka in the last book of Legend of Korra, he deserves to reappear at least once. Pretty sure he's dead.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 735	Posted - 2014.09.08 03:01:00 - [24] - Quote Reign Omega wrote: Thanatos 716 wrote: Starting episode 1 of Tokyo Ghoul, it looks like it's going to be good. Any thoughts? Tokyo Ghoul is very unique and the action is always visceral. I like it. What does this even mean within the context of anime? How is the show unique and what is it specifically that you like about the action?
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 740	Posted - 2014.09.09 00:45:00 - [25] - Quote Guys. Again. Not everyone's seen every series that you have. Please avoid posting spoilers and potentially ruining someone elses enjoyment of a show. This forum seriously needs spoiler tags.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 743	Posted - 2014.09.10 01:26:00 - [26] - Quote soulreaper73 wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: Guys. Again. Not everyone's seen every series that you have. Please avoid posting spoilers and potentially ruining someone elses enjoyment of a show. This forum seriously needs spoiler tags. The pokemon trainers still have not caught them all. Does that count as a spoiler? I don't understand why you guys are taking this so lightly. There's a difference between posting basic descriptions of the world and posting about an event meant to be one of the more shocking moments of a series. You see the difference I hope?
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 743	Posted - 2014.09.10 02:17:00 - [27] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: soulreaper73 wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: Guys. Again. Not everyone's seen every series that you have. Please avoid posting spoilers and potentially ruining someone elses enjoyment of a show. This forum seriously needs spoiler tags. The pokemon trainers still have not caught them all. Does that count as a spoiler? I don't understand why you guys are taking this so lightly. There's a difference between posting basic descriptions of the world and posting about an event meant to be one of the more shocking moments of a series. You see the difference I hope? Welcome to the internet. Bullshit. I don't accept this in the slightest. I've been on forums and interacted with communities that know how to deal with spoilers. We don't have to model ourselves like the Youtube comment system to have a conversation about anime and we should be doing a lot more to self regulate ourselves in terms of spoilers.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 744	Posted - 2014.09.11 21:33:00 - [28] - Quote So Nick just announced the release date for Korra Book 4 - Balance It's coming out ... October 3rd! It's literally less than a month away. http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/digital-short-legend-of-korra-uploader-special-announcement.html?xid=korranation
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 745	Posted - 2014.09.13 12:11:00 - [29] - Quote I'm hoping to pick that up as well. I love Frenchbread's other fighting games, put a lot of time into Melty Blood and now I'm playing Under Night in Birth EXE Late. Dengeki and Guilty Gear Xrd seem like a good way to round out this year's pickings on the fighting game front. You guys don't stand a chance!
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 746	Posted - 2014.09.13 18:49:00 - [30] - Quote You know Aldnoah definitely hit a rough spot in that stretch between episodes 4-7 but I can't deny that the development of the last few episodes has been quite entertaining. Looking forward to seeing how this one wraps up next week. Gotta wait until January for part 2 of the series to air though. Jace Kaisar wrote: SoTa Senpai wrote: I've known about this game for years. I have been so excitingly waiting for it. I am going to master every single character. And be known as a god with Taiga. :3 I am really sad that they don't have Hei from DTB. Oh well, Rentarou it is. EDIT: The supports are hilarious. Freaking Mao from the Devil is a Part Timer is on there I wish those supports had replaced some of their choices for actual playable characters. I would have loved to have used Mao or Holo the Wise Wolf (Spice & Wolf assist) or Celty over generic shounen protagonist #1-3. Dude from Durarara, Basketball loli, Taiga, and the chick from Railgun are all good picks in my book though.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 746	Posted - 2014.09.14 17:45:00 - [31] - Quote Fairy Tail Spoilers Fairy Tail Spoilers Fairy Tail Spoilers Fairy Tail Spoilers Fairy Tail Spoilers Fairy Tail Spoilers See I actually think that Fairy Tail's opening arcs are probably its strongest and that sometime after they met the Metal Dragonslayer (in fact immediately after) the quality of the manga went downhill. How many times did they "power of friendship" their way through the battle with the death dragon thing on that random island? How many times were they beaten down senselessly only to get back up with willpower in a single battle? I think at that point I was seriously considering dropping but I was interested to see where the author was going to take the story after the time skip. And then instead of dealing with the consequences of Fairy Tail being totally outclassed by new guilds they instead throw a DBZ Plot Guru in our way and "unlock the potential" of our heroes and heroines. I noped my way out the door and never looked back.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 748	Posted - 2014.09.15 11:27:00 - [32] - Quote SoTa Senpai wrote: But let's be real - anime stories completely rely on characters rather then plot to build interest and move a story along. I don't accept that we should compromise between having enjoyable characters or having a plot that actually attempts to make sense. Especially when there are so many examples of shows/manga that know how to handle both ends of the spectrum without crippling themselves in the process.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 748	Posted - 2014.09.15 22:12:00 - [33] - Quote SoTa Senpai wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: SoTa Senpai wrote: But let's be real - anime stories completely rely on characters rather then plot to build interest and move a story along. I don't accept that we should compromise between having enjoyable characters or having a plot that actually attempts to make sense. Especially when there are so many examples of shows/manga that know how to handle both ends of the spectrum without crippling themselves in the process. It's not that there's a compromise, more so then this is how these industries have chosen to appeal to there audiences. Hollywood just can't sell a character like anime can, and so anime puts more focus on that character, giving us what we want. Often times this is what leads to directors ultimately changing the plot away from the original manga. Anime simply don't do plots well, if you want a strong plot, read the manga, anime corrupts it to appeal to it's target audience. My problems with Fairy Tail stem entirely from the content of the manga, sorry if I didn't make that clear. The animation of the anime threw me off when it was first airing so I didn't continue down that path. Let me be clear that It's the writing in the source material that I have an issue with here. Given that the anime doesn't seem to be straying too far off that source material I imagine those problems are still present. Outside of filler arcs I think most long running shounens stick to the source material pretty closely, the only exceptions being when they find themselves running up to the content of the manga and need a filler arc to stall for time. And again, this notion that "Anime simply don't do plots well" is something that I thoroughly reject. Like all mediums there's a wide range of things coming out of varying quality. Some shows suck at it and some do them extremely well.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 751	Posted - 2014.09.20 20:27:00 - [34] - Quote That Aldnoah ending was totally garbage. So glad these shows are ending and we get a new batch next week.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 757	Posted - 2014.09.25 23:56:00 - [35] - Quote TheCartDriver put up a pretty good writeup for the upcoming Fall 2014 shows if anyone's interested. http://thecartdriver.com/fall-2014-anime-season-preview/ SoTa Senpai wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: That Aldnoah ending was totally garbage. So glad these shows are ending and we get a new batch next week. Isn't Aldnoah slated for season 2 next year? Unfortunately.
Foundation Seldon molon labe. General Tso's Alliance 763	Posted - 2014.09.30 23:39:00 - [36] - Quote CharacterNameWasTaken wrote: Is there anything more bloody and violent like Deadman Wonderland? Edit: forgot to add twisted and ****** up. Hellsing Ultimate and Berserk will be right up your alley.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 763	Posted - 2014.10.02 04:12:00 - [37] - Quote Joel II X wrote: Index, or Railgun? Neither. Hunter x Hunter
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 763	Posted - 2014.10.02 08:19:00 - [38] - Quote SoTa Senpai wrote: Kaze Eyrou wrote: Joel II X wrote: Index, or Railgun? I liked both. If anything though, Index first. Then Railgun (takes place after Index). Then Index II takes place after or during Railgun. Finally, Railgun II is a prequel, happening during Index 1. (Trying to do this from memory, correct me if I'm wrong.) In my opinion, Railgun and Index are both fantastic watches, both equal in measure. But Index has the advantage of being taken seriously from the beginning. I only got through the first arc of Index before I dropped it but I came away pretty unsatisfied with the experience. Index Arc 1 Spoilers Index Arc 1 Spoilers Index Arc 1 Spoilers Index Arc 1 Spoilers Index Arc 1 Spoilers I mean I guess I can see there being a divide with the magical and "scientific" areas of the world but with how advanced seemingly society as a whole is I have a hard time believing these guys wouldn't be able to access any outside information about the way memory works. Especially since Index's "friends" chased her into a scientific hub of society. A part of me was really willing to accept the contrivance of "too much memory = death" as a reason for needing to wipe it even if that's not the way memory works too. But when the show itself is basically like "No, what? That's ******* stupid" it just totally discredits the competence of Index's frienemies. And seriously what the hell was with that justification for what they were doing, clearly they've been able to catch and restrain Index multiple times in the past so why exactly couldn't they show up a day after a wipe and just explain everything to her afterwards? But from what I've heard the opening arc is probably the series' worst and there's a notable dip in quality compared to the show's other arcs.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 766	Posted - 2014.10.04 22:47:00 - [39] - Quote Log Horizon S2 - 1 Definitely enjoyed this episode. The meat of the episode definitely scratched that Log Horizon itch for me and as a person who's only been exposed to the anime I came away satisfied with the experience. Glad to see that the tone of the series hasn't changed all that much due to the change in studios though other impressions of the show that I've read in other places seem to cite some significant shifts in the way this first episode was handled in the source material. They seem to be hurrying or skipping some elements that were present there. We'll see how this effects things when all is said and done. Fate/Stay Night (2014) 00 - I sincerely enjoyed this. It goes without saying that the Ufotable seal of quality is written all over this series and everything from the quality of the effects, art, and animation style all have their signature look and feel. It legitimately felt like I was watching something with the production values of a movie here. I can't even imagine the amount of money that must be funding this project to get to the quality they're operating at. But as this new adaptation for the series is based on the second route of the VN I'm glad that they went ahead and decided to adapt the prologue arc while they were at it, if for no other reason than to give us a glimpse at the series this could have been had Rin been the main character instead. As an introductory episode though I think I can safely say that it started out stronger than Fate/Zero did in comparison. There was distinctly more things actually "happening" during its course and I think the lack of Urobuchi's heavy handed style of exposition was obvious in the more focused progression of events. Though given that Stay Night doesn't attempt to really focus in on as many different perspectives I guess that's a pretty obvious result. All and all, as a fan of the VN, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one progresses. Next week apparently is another hour long episode.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 766	Posted - 2014.10.08 19:41:00 - [40] - Quote More impressions? More impressions. Shingeki no Bahamut - 01 It's like Pirates of the Caribbean meets the 3 Muskateers accompanied with a distinctly spanish soundtrack in a fantasy setting. That's probably the best way I can generally describe the "atmosphere" of the first episode of the show and its definitely been my most welcome surprise hit of the season. They also went totally ham on the animation budget for the first ep, you guys don't want to miss this. Did I mention the main protagonist has an afro? Gundam Reconguista in G - 01 I have no idea what to make of the first episode of this series. As I'm probably gonna have to rewatch it to really get a handle on anything that actually "happened" here I can only say that a combination of the dialogue ("THE EARTH IS NOT A SQUARE!") and the seemingly completely random events accompanied with techno jargon left me completely confused. Is this the power of Tomino? And I've got the first episodes of Sora no Method, Grisaia no Kajitsu, Garo the Animation, Hitsugi no Chaika, and Parasyte to get through as well ... haha.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 767	Posted - 2014.10.09 07:21:00 - [41] - Quote SoTa Senpai wrote: Foundation Seldon - you always have great posts in here <3 I can't wait to check these shows out myself! There's a number of beautiful, nay, gorgeous shows this season. Anime quality has been skyrocketing each year, and it's become half the fun of each new season to see which shows blow you rmind with visuals. And to think - 3 years ago japan was in a 'crisis of story telling' Apperently, they were in a draught of story telling, but you wouldn't be able to tell from the fantastic plots this years batch of shows have had. They even take uninteresting concepts and make them beautiful to behold. No Game No Life isn't exactly new or refreshing, but DAMN. And the Drama and Romances? They've been competeting with Toradora in both quality in plots, animation, and characters. Every year is a good year to be an anime fan. Stop, you'll make me blush. And yeah this year in particular has had some pretty great stuff on the animation front. Though Space Dandy was hit and miss with regards to actual content I have to commend it for allowing the animators to go crazy and make some truly outstanding scenes. http://sakuga.yshi.org/post/show/7425/animated-effects-liquid-shinya_ohira-space_dandy But yeah, I dunno. This year didn't really resonate with me until Mushishi and Ping Pong came out in the Spring. Both Winter and Summer were pretty dry for me in terms of quality release, with there only being 1 or 2 shows in each season that caught my eye. Summer actually hit me with some pretty notable disappointments. That said Fall seems to be the season to redeem the entire year and it feels like there are as many potential hitters packed into this one season as the rest of the year combined. While we're here though ... Chaika S2 01 - A pretty non-offensive episode, frankly a bit of a lukewarm return of the series given the way season one ended. I'll stick to it but I'm hoping the thing starts ramping up sooner rather than later. Pro tip, don't end your episode on a cliffhanger if you've removed all tension from the situation prior to doing so. Parasyte 01 - Migi is actually kind of adorable! Having already read part of the manga I wasn't surprised by the progression of events here but I thought it was interesting that they decided to mix up the way they showed various parts of the parasite's "origin" with respect to invading our MC. Not a hugely significant change of course. I suppose the bigger one with respect to changes made from the manga would be the design for the MC, but given the OP I'm assuming they'll be going to something resembling the original when the two become more accustomed to each other, it's not a very subtle way I suppose of representing the shift that we'll be seeing later on but I guess it'll get the point across much faster. Shoutouts to modernization too, the original manga came out in the 90s so seeing things like cellphones and tablets within this world shows some pretty interesting updating. And thank god they found someone who knows how to professionally censor a material without haphazardly blacking out the entire screen during said moments (I'm looking at you Tokyo Ghoul, Jojo, and Terraformars). This is definitely a body horror type show so the censors were worrying me going into it but I'm glad to report that I honestly never noticed them while watching the series itself. It's either not there or very subtle. All and all, it's a strong opening to a show that I was very much looking forward to seeing.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 767	Posted - 2014.10.10 08:34:00 - [42] - Quote Shirobako 01 - Another surprise treat! I've never seen a show depict such a frank picture of the anime industry as it exists in its current state. What starts out as a group of girls aspiring to get into the industry while being involved in their school's animation club quickly shifts into the harsh reality of actual anime development with all the deadlines, setbacks, and tension among the team that can seriously effect the overall quality of a finished episode. I think most people are surprised to hear that most of the future episodes of an anime that you see come out week to week are still in development as the show begins to air. If you've ever wanted insight on the anime industry from the perspective of the people who produce them then this show seems to be a pretty good introduction to that process. It's going to be interesting to see how far they delve into the real problems the industry faces as animators in Japan are notoriously overworked and underpayed. And despite that 2D animation remains very expensive and very time consuming. I think people would be surprised to see the actual cost episode to episode of the shows they enjoy. The large cast of characters is definitely a bit overwhelming but it served a narrative purpose. It's easy I think to deconstruct a major work into "Director", "Writer", and maybe notable actors and actresses but they've successfully driven that these productions are a team effort involving dozens of people. Wasn't expecting much going in but they've definitely hooked me, looking forward to more.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 769	Posted - 2014.10.13 11:00:00 - [43] - Quote Why no, I don't believe my watch list is large enough yet. Garo the Animation 1-2 : God, there are so many hits this season and I feel like I've just come away watching yet another really satisfying one. Typically I'm turned off by CG (hated it in Gatchaman Crowds, etc) but lately it feels like studios have been able to find a way to incorporate CG into their shows without losing the "weightiness" comes with their inclusion. There's a certain deliberateness in their movement that feels believable within the setting and I think this is one of the few times in which I think a studio's really nailed it. Given that Mappa's also handling Bahamut it's clear they've got some talented CG dudes at their disposal. Design wise I can't say I was too sold by the look of the Horror in episode 2. Episode 1s dude gave a very "organic" monster feel, immediately giving me flashbacks of some of the dudes in Berserk. But episode 2? lol Monster design aside it's definitely a fun show. If you're looking for a sort of dark fantasy setting with demons and goddamn Power Rangers then this might be the show for you. Fate/Stay Night 01 : I'm definitely being hit with the expected tonal shift between Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night. There's a certain "epicness" to the battle presented in Zero that's just lost in Stay Night due to the focus of highschool aged protagonists fighting for what amounts to be really petty reasons. You don't get the sense that the Holy Grail War has started and that there are multiple conflicting factions of people going at it to achieve their own dreams. Instead what you're presented with in this episode is a very light hearted "Visual Novel-esque" intro sequence where you step into the shoes of boring ass Emiya Shirou and while they nail the introspective parts of his character in the later parts of the episode I found it hard to keep interest in the first 10-15 minutes. Ufotable expectedly destroys every other series this season in terms of the actual fight sequence though, super satisfying. Shoutouts to Illya
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 770	Posted - 2014.10.15 13:35:00 - [44] - Quote Shingeki no Bahamut - 02 I refuse to jinx this show by saying that this is my anime of the season because the Summer disappointed me hugely on that front with me calling Aldnoah and Zankyou just that from the outset. I will say though that they've maintained that high bar they set with the first episode and it's been really refreshing see such a likable cast of characters that ... gasp ... aren't your typical shounen protagonists. Afro is totally a scumbag and I love it, so many protagonists this year have just been self insert blank slates that have nothing in the way of personality that it's great to see someone break so far away from that trend. He's a rogue bounty hunter who looks for any opportunity to make a quick buck and if that includes betraying the people around him then why not? How can anyone not trust this face?! http://i.imgur.com/ksXMAD6.jpg Immortal John Ripper wrote: is there punk rock anime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbNEdIGKurA Beck : Mongolian Chop Squad
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 771	Posted - 2014.10.15 19:40:00 - [45] - Quote gbghg wrote: i don't wanna jinx it either, but its definitely the one i'm enjoying most right now. edit: finally got round to finsishing aldnoah, holy ** slaine, i thought you might do something impressive, or stupid, but i didn't expect you to do both and then inaho... well then, lack of emotion or not, horrifically OP or not. i'm back to preferring earth's only competent fighter over slaine. not gonna lie though, that ending left a bad taste in my mouth, either they stay dead (which while crappy might be interesting) or they get resurrected (which will still be crappy but at least those guys will be alive) for plot reasons. Aldnoah Zero, seriously. -Aldnoah S1 Spoilers- -Aldnoah S1 Spoilers- -Aldnoah S1 Spoilers- Slaine is the absolute worst, really. The dude sits in and has tea with the guy who tells him straight up that he plans to murder the princess. Ignoring Saazbaum's really **** up justification for going to war to begin with (I'm going to get back at those silly martians for starting this pointless war and getting my wife killed by ... instigating another pointless war and fighting for the martians! :D) Slaine KNEW what he would do if given the opportunity and is somehow surprised when the completely predictable situation happens. Not that I believe that the show runners are going to commit to the death of both characters, don't forget that right now the Princess has "died" 3 times during the course of the series, gotta love that cheap brand of drama. What did he honestly expect would happen if he saved Saazbaum during his confrontation with Inaho? Why the hell did Inaho drop his goddamn weapon and decide to straight up fist fight Saaz when he had the upper hand? Aldnoah started out damn fine (episodes 1-3 aka when Butch was writing the series) but after episode 3 (aka when Butch stopped writing for the series) it just totally devolved into disappointing enemy designs and Inaho our one true lord and savior. 0/10 still planning to hatewatch Season 2 to see this trainwreck through to its conclusion.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 775	Posted - 2014.10.17 02:17:00 - [46] - Quote I-Shayz-I wrote: I'm back! You're doing life wrong if Fate/Stay Night (2014) and Shingeki no Bahamut aren't on your list. I-Shayz-I wrote: The Fruit of Grisaia - I didn't know what to think of this one, but the main guy is somewhat of a badass. He also has some secret plan for being at this school (of only girls?) and part of me hopes that he's serious about his motives for possibly killing people. Weird stuff. Don't go into it expecting much from an action point of view, it's primarily a slice of life/character drama type thing.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 775	Posted - 2014.10.20 00:54:00 - [47] - Quote BlazeXYZ wrote: Do anyone know mushishi? I really like that anime. It's one of my all time favorite series. I've been really enjoying season 2 as its been airing too. The first episode of the second part of season 2 aired yesterday too.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 775	Posted - 2014.10.20 05:41:00 - [48] - Quote BlazeXYZ wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: BlazeXYZ wrote: Do anyone know mushishi? I really like that anime. It's one of my all time favorite series. I've been really enjoying season 2 as its been airing too. The first episode of the second part of season 2 aired yesterday too. What channel is it airing on now? It used to be on funimation, but I don't have that channel anymore. Super delayed response woo! Crunchyroll has both the first part of season 2 and the OVA up for free streaming on their website : http://www.crunchyroll.com/mushi-shi The episode that I'm referring to will probably be up next week.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 776	Posted - 2014.11.11 16:33:00 - [49] - Quote I'm baaaack. RemingtonBeaver wrote: What's a good anime that's on Netflix. Here is my taste. I loved the DevilMan movies. I loved the Vampire Hunter D movies. The original and the reboot. I loved the original Ninja Scroll movie. I loved Ghost in the Shell, just the movie, the series was terrible. I loved Soul Eater. I liked Desert Punk. I liked Fist of the North Star. I've tried watching lots of anime and most of it comes off as non-cohesive garbage, with terrible writing, that I assume is targeted towards people with attention deficit disorders. So....Netflix, anime. Help. Netflix shows worth watching off the top of my head : Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. It's the darkest ***** magical girl show you'll ever see. From the dude who wrote/directed Fate/Zero. Not Netflix but worth watching. http://www.hulu.com/baccano http://www.hulu.com/mushi-shi Cass Caul wrote: I-Shayz-I wrote: Just stop paying for netflix and get a subscription to crunchyroll. Want to try it out for free for a month? Go to crunchyroll.com/sfnerd It's even an app for PS3/4 if that's what you watch on. I then recommend going to the "simulcasts" section or "popular" to see what other people are watching. If you binge, you can probably finish at least a dozen shows before the month is over. Check through a few pages back in this thread to see some older lists if you need to. Or don't be a scrub and drop subscription based services all together. There are dozens of dozens of sites online that have pretty good quality streaming (former crunchyroll user from before they went legit) Or maybe support the industry? I pirate the VAST majority of my anime but I'm not going to steer anyone away from using the legit services and Crunchyroll is definitely looking like a pretty good value these days for what you get. Most airing/ongoing shows and a decent backlog of shows to burn through in your spare time. RemingtonBeaver wrote:** Started watching Gurren Lagann. So far it's really good. Nice mix of action and comedy. Just two episodes in and I think I may have found my current jam. You're in for a wild ride.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 777	Posted - 2014.11.15 07:04:00 - [50] - Quote So let's talk anime. Unmarked Spoilers for these Shingeki no Bahamut episodes so fair warning. I'm not sure if I'd rank this as my top show after catching up on things but it's certainly maintained itself as a thoroughly entertaining watch regardless. Shingeki no Bahamut 3 - Definitely felt like the weakest episode thus far. I get that it served a purpose in fleshing out some of the Knight's and the girl's background but with respect to things happening outside of character development land things fell resoundingly flat. The whole zombie angle they pulled just felt like something thrown in to give Favaro and crew something to fight while the actions of the "villain" of the episode never invoked any sort of emotional response. Production values on this one as a whole looked like they were a couple notches lower. Shingeki no Bahamut 4 - Decidedly more entertaining! Something about the dynamic of a battle at sea just riles me up, and seeing a combination of that and the inherent silliness of the situation that they found themselves in, right in between a battle between fish men and zombies just felt like a return to form after the less interesting happenings in episode 3. And as a welcome surprise I'm glad that they were willing to add zombie girl to the team, hoping they flesh her out when she teams up with Favaro in the next ep. Still a bit disappointed at the dip in the production values though ... Shingeki no Bahamut 5 - Don't know if there's much else I can say other than that I enjoyed it. Can't say I'm too sold on the design of the Cerberus but from a character point of view I've quite enjoyed the transformation that we've seen in Favaro as we've progressed. Shingeki no Bahamut 6 - I love that Favaro is still fundamentally an ***** even after going out of his way to save everyone in the last episode.A slower paced episode overall but I like more attention on the Angel side of things. Michael's battle form in particular is prettyyy *** great and the Hero of humanity looks OP as **.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 777	Posted - 2014.11.16 22:44:00 - [51] - Quote Fate/Stay Hooked into my Veins : Unlimited Budget Works - Thought I'd go ahead and put some thoughts down on the currently airing Fate/Stay Night up until this point. First and foremost Ufotable is ***** absurd with the amount of money they have to be throwing at this series. It is, without question, gorgeous and the extent they go to embellish a lot of the fights is amazing. Like look at this : http://sakuga.yshi.org/post/show/10147/animated-artist_unknown-atsushi_itagaki-effects-fa That ** is amazing. It conveys the inherent ridiculousness of the Servants and their battles in a way that the VN couldn't ever really touch. Choreography is absolute top knotch. But from there I can only feel like Ufotable is just making the best out of a work that's inherently inferior to Fate/Zero. Maybe not so much in the animation and fight department but everything about the character interactions and tone of the series is distinctly ... less serious. You don't get the insight in Fate/Stay Night about the other Master's and their motivations that you get in Fate/Zero, the dynamic between Servant/Master within the scope of achieving their own larger goals is weaker and the few perspectives that we are privy to are just ... not as interesting. Shirou is just more or less fumbling around as he slowly picks things up. Rin is the ultimate Tsundere who can't decide whether she wants to help Shirou or murder him, her motivation for getting involved is just ... to win. While there were certainly examples of this in Fate/Zero (Waiver just wanting to prove himself, Caster's Master just finding a book and wanting to murder people) it was balanced out by the almost objectively more interesting cast of characters whose perspectives you were also exposed to. When half your characters are highschool aged kids who are in it for really superficial or pety reasons it just doesn't convey that feeling that a war for the most powerful wish granting object in the world is really at stake here.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 789	Posted - 2014.11.19 08:31:00 - [52] - Quote Cass Caul wrote: Anyone else like really dry anime? Like the .Hack//Sign or Wolfsrain or a lot of GitS where there is sometimes combat/action/whatnot but the majority of the show is dialogue. Certainly there are a lot of those, but the only ones I can think of right now fall into the "School life" category, and I don't really want that. Sadly, I've probably seen it if it was released in 1988-2007, 2012-2014, but I'd appreciate any suggestions on series that meet are like what I'd trying to describe I think I know where you're coming from with this. When I think of a dry show I think of something inherently more introspective and a piece that knows when and where not to play music and rely more on the actual dialogue or things going on on screen to convey any particular mood. Here's some stuff that comes to mind for me : Serial Experiments Lain - Has school stuff but is never really focus of the show, more as a tool to define the age of the main character. It's really hard to define this one I think ... but luckily Funimation has episode 1 on youtube just waiting to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kYAEyVjEY Witch Hunter Robin - I think at a superficial level it's distinctly GitS-esque since we follow a distinct organization within the government tasked with fulfilling certain objectives. Flower of Evil - It's entirely school life but please don't let that put you off. This is the school life show made by people who hate school life shows. It takes that typical idealization of the highschool environment and rips up the floorboards revealing the filthy underside beneath. It's that ugly untold tale of a distinctly human narrative and one you'd be distinctly sorry for missing out on. Mushi-shi - It's hard really to define this one as "dry" given the inherently lush and vibrant world that it presents itself with. Much of the narrative here takes place in densely packed forests filled with spirit creatures of any given type. But as a show that knows when and where to let the action speak for itself and for a healthy dose of intraspection on the side, it fits the criteria of a "dry" show pretty well. I-Shayz-I wrote: Just started watching "Your Lie In April" as someone suggested it on here. I have to say, it's the first show in a LONG time to have me constantly smiling. Also, I seriously need to look up the soundtrack for this thing. The music is just so beautiful, and I'm not really a big fan of this kind of stuff either. All of the other shows have already been talked about for this season. I guess I could bring up Akame ga Kill Man I have such a hard time starting slice of life shows if they don't bring a non-traditional art style to the table to start with. You Lie in April seems to be a getting a fair amount of praise around my circles as well, gonna have to stick the thing on the backlog with Barakamon to check out before year's end. Zzz. I didn't bother with the Akame ga Kill anime after reading a bit of the manga. Just a bit too silly all around for my taste. Dropped it when Esdeath started going for the MCs ****.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 791	Posted - 2014.11.24 06:12:00 - [53] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: Latest legend of korra episode - spoiler Nothing happened. Absolutely nothing to add to the plot. Major waste of time. The producers thought it would be a good idea to waste their dwindling financial funding to fight back at the bad press by having flash backs at all the fight scenes with a varrick story telling twists added in and one of the last words said in the episode was " relax, it is just a mover show. Don't take it so seriously". Yea I am not going to take it seriously anymore. This is why the show is not aired on tv, this is why their finances are dwindling and why they are losing support. If you can't take the pressure of criticism then quit because everyone else is quitting you guys. You guys left soooo sooo many plotholes and loose ends the last season and every season. It is appalling at how bad these new producers are bad at telling a story and now we have 1 less episode to give us less story and more plotholes. Fillers are for successful franchises so that writers can stay ahead of the anime. Korra has very very limited funding and limited episodes and the producers wasted it being insecure and butthurt. I get their point but it is a point that doesnt need to be said. Nor is it a point worth wasting more $$$ on. If I was in charge, I would have fired and canceled the show by now. Er ... it's BECAUSE they had "very very limited funding" that they were forced to do a flashback episode in the first place. Here's a quote from one of the creators of the series himself : "We got the news from the higher-ups that our Book 4 budget was getting slashed, almost to the tune of an entire episodeGÇÖs budget. We had two options: 1) let go a significant number of crew members several weeks early, or 2) make a clips episode. We never considered the first option. We werenGÇÖt going to do that to our crew, and even if we were callous enough to do so, we never would have been able to finish the season without them." - Bryan Konietzko So lay that blame on Nick.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 792	Posted - 2014.11.24 22:23:00 - [54] - Quote Yeah, let's make baseless assumptions on the guy's character because he had the audacity to make a filler episode. Honestly who does he think he is being a co-creator for the entire Avatar universe? I bet he murders babies in his spare time too. While we're still on the subject I should point out that the actual creators of Avatar the Last Airbender, Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino, were kept on to create Legend of Korra so I'm not sure what you meant in the original post about the "new producers". They're the same guys. --- Anyway, time to talk anime. Parasyte - And now the real story begins! I loved seeing the transformation in the MC from the nerdy glasses dude to the manly man whose seen some ** that we see today. The difference between then and now is pretty stark. We're quickly getting to the point where the anime is about to surpass the point where I stopped reading in the manga so i'm looking forward to seeing how things wrap themselves up in the next ... like 12 weeks. Mushishi S2 14 : This is probably one of the more beautiful stories told in the Mushi universe and actually one of the few times where I think the Mushi themselves acted as an asset to the world around them rather than *** ** up in fun and creative ways. Ginko had very little to do with the goings on of this one but the episode absolutely delivered despite that. -- What are you guys thinking of in terms of Anime of the Year at this point? My list would probably be something like 1. Ping Pong 2. Mushishi 3. Nozaki-kun 4~10 (Pending due to a lot of them being on going but I'm thinking, in no particular order, Shingeki no Bahamut, Barakamon, Parasyte, Shirobako, and Space Dandy are all gonna show up somewhere in there)
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 793	Posted - 2014.11.30 19:08:00 - [55] - Quote So I'm about halfway through Kokoro Connect and it's pretty decidedly mediocre. I was enjoying it well enough up until episode 3 because before that point it was still establishing the nuances of its world and set itself up more as a light hearted comedy rather than anything substantially more than that but then it introduced the drama and everything sort of went to **. Unmarked Spoilers Below~ Unmarked Spoilers Below~ Unmarked Spoilers Below~** 1. The fact that only the female characters in the show have been shown to be carrying any sort of emotional baggage bugs me. 2. The fact that the female character's "backstory" amounts to having some sort of emotional "trauma" that's magically solved within the span of 5 minutes with a pep talk and a kick to the balls before the show passes the buck to the next girl bugged me. 3. The hilarious amount of success our MC, who has had no formal training dealing with these sort of issues, has with dealing with cases in which people were either 1. Almost Raped or 2. Dealing with a history of domestic violence so thoroughly broke my suspension of disbelief that the show hasn't come close to recovering in my eyes since. Like ignoring the extremely heavy handed style of story telling it's employing with packaging both backstory and the "cure" to all of our female character's problem in a single segment I'm also sort of annoyed that they dropped the body switching line at the moment where our character's had started using it in interesting ways. There was enough story telling fuel there with the different ways body switching could have been used to expose the different faces of the various characters in Kokoro without dropping it and switching to a different story telling gimmick at the halfway point in the series. At this point I'm just really ready to finish this series and move on to something that doesn't remind me why I typically avoid highschool dramas.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 793	Posted - 2014.12.01 21:37:00 - [56] - Quote I liked Attack on Titan but the show wasn't even close to being the best release of that year. It's just one of those entry level shows that blows up in popularity. SAO was that a few years back.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 793	Posted - 2014.12.02 09:37:00 - [57] - Quote Kaze Eyrou wrote: Well so far, I've heard the reason Attack on Titan is on hiatus is because they are going with the direction of "let the manga go ahead with it's thing, and then we'll animate it" - instead of the crap they pulled with Bleach and Naruto and trying to do fillers. I haven't heard numbers of viewers or DVD sales on it, but it's pretty close to being "best release of the year". It had two explosive well animated openers via music from Linked Horizon, a blood and gore filled survivalist type setting, pokes mockery at religion, involves violence, discrimination, a political arena, militancy, character growth, and a strong female lead to boot with a side male lead that, according to internet reactions - if he were real, would make the Beatles, Leonardo de Caprio, Brad Pitt, and Justin Bieber fangirling pale in comparison. vomits at mentioning Justin Beiber Anyways, to top it off, Team Four Star and the Fine Bros put out a parody and a reaction video respectively to add to it. Finally, Funimation and Toonami were on top of this so hard, by the time the 1st season was ending on Crunchyroll and in Japan, they were already starting to air the dubbed version in the States already. Get on the ******* hype train already. The show blew up in popularity and a lot of people watched it, I'm not arguing that. I'm also not arguing whether or not the show dominated the charts in Japan and was popular enough over here in the west to prompt Toonami to pick it up (by the way, it started airing in the states 8 months after the final episode aired in Japan). I'll even grant you that it brings a seriously interesting world to the table, 3D maneuver gear is a way to make everyone a practical Spiderman in terms of acrobatics. It's really neat. It's world is really interesting! If it's story telling or overall execution were half as good as its world building then I wouldn't be complaining. Having a show be popular doesn't say anything about that show's inherent quality, and this IS what I'm arguing. That other shows came out in 2013 that were simply better told or better executed stories. For all that Attack on Titan brings to the table with its genuinely interesting concept it aint perfect. The "strong female lead" can't go two seconds without obsessing over the main character. Erin Erin Erin Erin over and over and over. She's completely reliant on him on like a fundamental psychological level which just doesn't strike me as something that'd be inherent to a "strong female lead." The pacing problems come to shine in the Trost arc in which our main character spends two episodes looking at a rock and then two more episodes looking down the barrel of a cannon. Zzz. Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone familiar with the Japanese release of the show though, it was clear that they were just barely getting the episodes out in time for each week's deadline and cheap, time saving measures were employed to help with this. It had serious problems on the production side. Having well animated OPs, or attractive main characters, or a Toonami release, or parody videos released online doesn't mean the show's **** smells good. I had fun with it and enjoyed it ... I just couldn't rightfully call it the best show that came out in 2013.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 794	Posted - 2014.12.03 04:36:00 - [58] - Quote For the record I'd put Flower of Evil, The Eccentric Family, and Space Battleship Yamato 2199 as 2013 shows that were better than Attack on Titan. Opinions etc.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 794	Posted - 2014.12.03 10:03:00 - [59] - Quote Jynx'D wrote: Looks like I need to re-watch Kokoro connect Hearts Connect I remember enjoying it - but thinking if these character had such turmoil emotionally, then the conclusions weren't appealing enough compared to the problems themselves. That's more of a failure of the director then the plot, though. Over-all i remember giving the show 4/5 stars. Unmarked Kokoro Spoilers up to ep. 11 Unmarked Kokoro Spoilers up to ep. 11 Unmarked Kokoro Spoilers up to ep. 11 There's definitely a writing/basic plot problem I feel like, beyond what I talked about in my previous post I feel like the "Unlocking Desires" arc is an especially good example of why Kokoro Connect fails on a fundamental storytelling level. Ignoring that the gimmick in and of itself was a lot less interesting than body switching it went on to have really obviously inconsistent mechanics and drama bait that lead absolutely no where when all was said and done. The biggest issue is that the show establishes that the entire basis for this arc, unlocking desires, can essentially be "turned off" if they really want to avoid doing something. It'd be inconvenient if blondie went around beating the crap out of every male character or if our male characters just started having sex with everything with 2 legs so our author completely washes his hands of the situation. It just felt like a copout instead of exploring the potential storytelling avenues something like this could have had. So what you're left with is a bunch of characters randomly acting in distinctly uncharacteristic ways for no other reason than to create some illusion of conflict. They conveniently ignore that our main characters should be able to "turn off" their constant tendency of invoking emotional pain on eachother and our characters in turn ignore the fact that no one is in completely control of their emotions during this time, acting more sensitive then what should be the case given what they know of the predicament they're in. Nothing happened in that arc that couldn't have happened during the course of a typical highschool drama if the author was willing to write out the scenarios that lead to the specific situations occuring. At best it was lazy and at worst it was a clear example of the author writing himself into a corner with the specifics of "Unlocking Desires" and just throwing his hands up and saying "** it". Even the Inaba line in which Balloon Vine makes the case that she'll burn everything to the ***** ground is completely dropped because our MC falls out of a tree randomly. Weak. I'm enjoying the "everyone has turned into kids" arc but at this point I couldn't justifiably give the show more than a 2/5.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 795	Posted - 2014.12.06 17:14:00 - [60] - Quote Yeah Katanagatari was pretty fun. I enjoyed it. Finished Kokoro Connect and despite 14-16 really impressing me the final episode reminded me why I disliked the series as much as I had. Dude desperately needed an editor to tell him that he didn't need to throw in unnecessary third party influences in order to have a compelling character drama. Oh well. Probably gonna start Dennou Coil next.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 795	Posted - 2014.12.12 00:48:00 - [61] - Quote Never got into AMVs though lately I've been enjoying watching these Sakuga compilations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLclDQ71_JA Great way to expose yourself to the animators behind your favorite anime scenes. :P
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 798	Posted - 2014.12.24 05:17:00 - [62] - Quote If you're not watching Cross-Ange ironically then you're doing it wrong. It's a continuation of a long line of Sunrise series trying and failing to recapture the perfect storm of absurdity that was Code Geass. --- Been watching a bit of Gugure! Kokkuri-san and its been a decidedly fun bit of comedy. Probably not on Nozaki-kun's level but certainly something you can pull enjoyment from.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 798	Posted - 2014.12.24 05:44:00 - [63] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: I just re-watched Maoyu - 10/10 Very few anime have plots this strong, very few. Probably none, actually. And it's from the people who made Spice and Wolf. Godly. On a quick google search the writer of the source material (the light novel) is the same guy who wrote Log Horizon so I'm immediately interested from that fact alone. The director for the anime adaptation for Maoyu is the Spice and Wolf dude. Not sure why I haven't seen this one mentioned more often ... may have to check it out.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 802	Posted - 2014.12.31 23:56:00 - [64] - Quote So what are your guys' anime of the year? For me my list would probably be something like ... Ping Pong Mushishi S2 Parasyte Nozaki-kun Space Dandy
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 802	Posted - 2015.01.03 10:23:00 - [65] - Quote Heimdallr69 wrote: Also http://anichart.net/winter Happy new year Watching tales of zestiria 44m episode will let you guys know if I spot tities I mean a good plot. Well no tities but it has the potential to be a damn good anime. Kissanime.com I still can't get on crunchyroll Alright alright, obligatory watch list Anticipating Tier : Death Parade Durarara S2 Junketsu no Maria "Will give it a shot" : Yuri Kuma Arashi Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! Fall Leftovers : Shirobako Parasyte "Will watch to see Slaine suffer" tier : Aldnoah Zero S2 ~~ Honestly Winter looks to be a bit crap in terms of shows and what's revealed of Spring doesn't look much better so far. I'll solidify that watchlist as we get closer to that time of year but Ninja Slayer and the new Digimon are on the short list for things i'm looking forward to.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 803	Posted - 2015.01.04 01:01:00 - [66] - Quote Heimdallr69 wrote: The point is what's coming out not the others.. Highschool dxd season 3, nisekoi 2, Fate/stay night season 2, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.. These are spring if you have not seen the previous seasons then I recommend that you do. None off these really interest me to be honest with the possible exception of Fate/Stay Night just to see the glorious sakuga. Frankly I've been enjoying F/SN a lot less than Fate/Zero though as every moment that's not a fight is filled with Shirou's profound stupidity.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 803	Posted - 2015.01.04 01:57:00 - [67] - Quote Atiim wrote: Just finished Akame ga Kill! Anyways, what should I watch alright? What sort of show are you looking for and what have you seen?
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 804	Posted - 2015.01.06 15:10:00 - [68] - Quote Two trailers for two upcoming Winter season shows~ Rolling Girls Death Parade These two came out of total left field for me and Rolling Girls in particular seems like something that's just oozing with style. Can't wait!
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 806	Posted - 2015.01.08 07:40:00 - [69] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: At least in Dust there's PC - and FF14 has a cool PvP mode. WF's PvP would be the best of them all by MILES if they just put a bit more attention into it - but they never do. Playing Destiny highlighted how garbage our overall gungame is and how technically weak it is in comparison. I'd play it but unfortunately everything Destiny does outside of the gungame is ***** terrible too. So I play Counter-Strike these days instead. Really can't enjoy Dust as much in its (barely and on a good day) 30FPS incarnation. Hoping Legion improves it but theres been some worrying signs on the F2P front for Dust that Im probably not gonna bother with that either. Heimdallr69 wrote:** Also watched the first episode of yuri kuma arashi last night... Dafuq is this? Kinda different I've watched cute high earth defense club love.. Now that's an awesome anime. These are the two shows that I've seen so far as well. I actually loved Yuri Kuma's overall style, a lot of Madoka-isms in its choice of music and background art and, though the premise in itself is absurd as an outside looking in, the characters are deadly serious about the implications of that world on their everyday lives. The drama works. Apparently the director of the series, Ikuhara, had his previous works (Revolutionary Girl Utena) hugely inspire the development of Shaft and Madoka to begin with so I suppose it makes sense that so much of this first episode gave me that feeling. Hoping the characters and mechanics of the world get fleshed out a bit more in the coming episodes. Contrast that with Earth Defense Club and lol. The first few moments that episode were pretty dry for me admittedly but I really enjoyed pretty much every moment that Blondie was on screen, dude's just so high energy and fun. It's a neat twist to the magical girl genre by taking a bunch of random dudes and sticking them in skirts and telling them to fight with the power of love. Hoping the comedy stays on point for the later episodes. Parasyte - 13 was ... kind of crap actually. -spoiler warning- -spoiler warning- -spoiler warning- Like the absurdity of some of the scenes presented in this episode were really distracting. First you have Murano reflecting on how unusually calm and collected Shinichi is despite what he's gone through and flashes back to the point where he's jumping out of a goddamn 2 story window and jumping over a huge fence as if that were the only strange part about that moment. Not that he'd become superman or anything. Then you have the entire interaction with the Detective in which, in their first meeting, Shinichi can't hear him sneaking up on him despite the show establishing like 2 minutes later how much his senses have improved. Then in their second meeting after they've established what a danger he is due to how much he's seen and potentially heard about him Shinichi lets the guy hobble away from the street right in front of his goddamn house instead of jumping down and clearing the air. Just a really strange progression of events.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 807	Posted - 2015.01.10 22:32:00 - [70] - Quote Death Parade - 1 I had some pretty fundamental problems with this episode, I don't think they fleshed out the characters enough to really justify the ultimate decision when things reached the conclusion of the episode. And the dissent from scared couple working together to get out of the situation they were in to, frankly, madness is seriously jarring. I had high hopes for this one but it ended up disappointing on the first ep. Log Horizon S2 - 14 Pretty ***** great. The writer is an absolute master on the world building front and the amount of revelations coming down the pipe for this one was a joy. Despite the lack of the main crew this is probably one of the best episodes of the show this season. Aldnoah Zero - 13** The return of Aldnoah Zero. After seeing this all I can say is wow. That is not a good wow.

Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 808	Posted - 2015.01.10 23:07:00 - [71] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Any recommendations for I should watch this season, preferably something on crunchyroll? I plan on checking out KanColle, because why not, and Saekano, because it looks like it could be a good romance anime, but aside from that there doesn't appear to be much else. Also just started watching Nagi no Asakura from winter 2014, and wow that is amazing so far. Much, much better than Glasslip. A combination of Funimation picking up some of the really interesting stuff this season and the season having just literally started means I can't say that I'm comfortable recommending anything but of what I've seen and what I'm anticipating will be at least worth giving a shot ... Seen - Death Parade* Yuri Kuma Arashi Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! (Magical boys!) Anticipating - Rolling Girls* Durarara S2 Maria the Virgin Witch * = Funimation has the rights to stream it, rip. But like I said, we've just started here. Even Terror in Resonance and Aldnoah Zero were good for their first few episodes. Judging a show by, at best, its FIRST episode is pretty dangerous territory so take all of this with an appropriate grain of salt. Also hi.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 808	Posted - 2015.01.10 23:55:00 - [72] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Hi! Long time no see. While we are at it I have a list of shows I am planning in watching. Could you, or anyone else, tell me which of these I shouldn't even bother with, so I don't end up wasting my time diving into a completely ** show. K-on Vocaloid Idolmaster Noragami Tokyo Ravens Clannad (And Clannad After Story) Nisekoi Haikyu Any and all opinions appreciated. Also if you say a show is , please explain why, without spoiling anything. ** your list I do what I want. Baccano - The non-linear style of storytelling means you won't know what the hell is going on until the halfway point of the series but its backed by a tremendous cast of likable characters and a tale of Immortals, 1920s era gangsters, and a story that spans hundreds of years. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - If you want to watch a painfully generic and forgettable shounen about Alchemists you'll watch Tokyo Ravens. If you want to watch the show that Tokyo Ravens is trying to be you'll watch Fullmetal Alchemist. Flower of Evil - I'm gonna keep bringing this one up whenever I can. It's the anti-highschool drama anime. In an environment in which most anime idealize the highschool environment Flower of Evil comes in and shows that ugly, depressing, yet all together human side of the equation. A very raw and uncomfortable experience but one in which the characters feel real and genuine in a way that's rarely seen in most shows. Your protagonist is not your generic self insert power fantasy character surrounded by a harem of fawning girls but a real person facing a downward spiral of corruption after having been blackmailed by a fellow student. An extremely well executed 'fall from grace' story. Time of Eve - Very Very Asimov. Based on a lot of his writings. It deals with that interaction between human and non-human intelligences in a world in which Robots have become a commonplace of society. The story is focused around a cafe in which robot and humans alike can come and interact with eachother without having the "labels" that come with being one or the other imposed on them. It's neat. Madoka Rebellion - We've talked about this one. From your list - K-on - Extremely popular, haven't seen it myself. Huge following that spawned a bunch of shows trying to be the new K-ON. Vocaloid - Never seen it Idolmaster - Never seen it Noragami - Probably one of the better Bones series they've put out lately. One of the arcs drags for a bit but it was good fun. Tokyo Ravens - Read above, bootleg FMA. Clannad (And Clannad After Story) - Never seen it Nisekoi - Never seen it Haikyu - Heard some really good things, on my watchlist but haven't seen it.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 809	Posted - 2015.01.11 00:06:00 - [73] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Stuff More Stuff Just a heads up to you Glantix, after going through this thread and posting for a few months while talking with you, I can say that this guy's tastes align pretty closely with yours.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 811	Posted - 2015.01.11 00:53:00 - [74] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: I'm a Romance and Slice of Life lover, setting to me doesn't matter, just the content of the feelings and experiences characters go through. Oh, one show on CR I forgot to mention and should be on the TOP of your list - Madoka Magica. A magical girl anime that will leave you both **** and humbled. It's genres are mind ** a nd magic with yuri. And this is where we differ! For me the mechanics of the world and its characters are fundamentally tied. In the best cases the characters become a reflection of the world and the conditions in which they've developed and this makes up for a lot of the enjoyment I get out of a piece of media. Sure, there are exceptions, I loved Nozaki-kun and more light hearted comedies. But for a show that has ambitions beyond the comedy (like Kokoro Connect) I find it extremely important that the mechanics of the world and its character flow together seamlessly. It's a lot of the reason why I couldn't enjoy Kokoro as much as most people. On the flipside shows that dedicate a lot of their time to just exploring the people and places around them within the framework of what they've created I appreciate all that much more. Mushishi will forever be one of my favorite shows and I have a soft spot for the more episodic or Science Fiction leaning shows that either create a far off goal to create an excuse to have adventures or are more dedicated to creating a mechanically sound experience. Basically what I'm saying is to watch Planetes.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 813	Posted - 2015.01.16 02:41:00 - [75] - Quote More anime impressions woooo Maria the Virgin Witch - 01 Oh man, I seriously enjoyed this one. It's set in that Medieval/Feudalistic time period is really able to successfully capture the 'feeling' of that world. Lush forested environments leading to cottages in the woods complimented with a vaguely Irish/Celtic score and punctuated with good ol' fashion knights in full suits of armor. I liked that it explored the 'draft' of that time period as poor farmer types are handed a spear and thrust into battle as well, really exposed the human element of these large scale battles. Maria definitely stole the show though, a seriously like-able main character. From the way she initially tried to make herself out to be the stereotypical notion of an old withered and wise witch to the way she ended up reacting to having her hand kissed was just the cutest thing. The banter between Artemis and Maria never failed to put a smile on my face either. At this point this is my favorite first episode of the newly airing shows of the season. LESBIAN BEAR STORM - 02 I have no idea what direction this show is going to go in but I'm still completely enchanted by everything this show is doing from a style department and this episode lays down some pretty interesting plot twists from the outset. Parasyte - 14 Yessss. This is the Parasyte I know and love, amazing how much better the show is when it ignores the female love interests. ** your contrived romance subplots, show me how the Parasytes are further melding into human society. Still need to watch : Rolling Girls ep 1 Yoru no Yatterman ep 1 Maoyuu Dennou Coil Crest of the Stars Vordred Knight wrote: after watching irregular at magic high school 3 times already (it's just too good m8) I need something else to watch any suggestions? http://i.imgur.com/wMfe3Kp.gif I'll never understand what people see in that show. gbghg wrote:** i'm still gonna watch it, much like you watch a train wreck, in the vain hope that something good might emerge from the wreckage surrounding it. The only thing that drives me is the inevitable suffering of Slaine.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 814	Posted - 2015.01.17 05:25:00 - [76] - Quote Yoru no Yatterman - 01 Seriously how did Funimation get their hands on pretty much every good show this season? This one was definitely another hit. Yatterman is one of Tatsunoko's super old franchises and to see it re-imagined like this was pretty damn sweet. They've been pretty keen on taking their old stuff and revamping it for a new audience for a while now. Before it was Gatchaman Crowds and before Gatchaman there was the super depressing Casshern Sins. I'm expecting big things from this one.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 814	Posted - 2015.01.19 16:36:00 - [77] - Quote soulreaper73 Kancolle is a nice show sota. Rolling Girls however, was a disappointment. [/quote wrote: This comment hurts my soul. [quote=gbghg]i found out the other day that there's a subreddit called r/fuckyouslaine ,the fact it exists pleases me immensely. It's a shame too because I thought Aldnoah episode 14 -spoilers ahead weee- ... was actually a really good episode that, if somehow existing in an alternate universe where the show had a completely different writing team up until this point, would have entertained me immensely. But it doesn't. And you have to take the context of everything else that's happened up until this point into consideration. The emperor is a profound idiot. The princess' servant seems to have devolved into a non-character that no longer gives a ** about what happens on Earth. The second princess is one hilarious plot device over another encapsulated within a framework that makes 0 sense. There's still no real justification for the war having continued up until this point and furthermore there's no real justification for how Earth's survived against the clearly superior martian forces until now either. The individual SciFi-y moments in which Inaho-bot does some crazy ** have been so interesting too but even they fall under the weight of taking 2 seconds to think things through. Mars wants Earth for its natural resources despite the fact that they're capable of inter-planetary travel and could just as easily bombard Mars with water rich asteroids and aldnoah magical bullshit to terraform it as well. Oooooh well. Junketsu no Maria / Maria the Virgin Witch continues to genuinely entertain and I'm looking forward to watching some Yuri Kuma Arashi later today.
Foundation Seldon Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 815	Posted - 2015.01.21 08:55:00 - [78] - Quote Tonight was the first night i jumped into the Anime Empire chat and squadded up, had an absolute blast. Thanks for the heads up on the chat and the invite Sota, hoping to join up with you guys again in the future.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 817	Posted - 2015.01.27 06:28:00 - [79] - Quote Why is Haikyuu so good? How do I find myself genuinely caring for the progression and development of these characters? Both Ping Pong and Haikyuu are shows that have actively made me reassess my general bias against sports anime but the thing I like about Haikyuu is the focus on the dynamic of the team vs. the individual. Ping Pong focused on the 1v1 side of the sport so there was more overall focus on the internal struggle of the individual characters as they went about playing the match. Haikyuu adds that extra layer of having not only the internal struggle as the main characters deal with the events in their lives leading up into the match but the additional layer of having different personalities having to rely on eachother during the course of a team sport. And the way they've incorporated how the actual positions of the character reflect their respective personalities (the "setter" being the core of the offense of a team for example and needing to be able to know where his spikers are at any given point in a match) has made me appreciate volleyball as a sport in a much more tangible way which is not a thing I was expecting going in. I've never gravitated to sports anime but 2014 was killing it on this front. Both Ping Pong and Haikyuu are must watches. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: I admit the ending wasn't perfect, but they tied off everything well for a romance anime. I would put it up there with Kokoro Connect. And yes, fuck you Foundation(I know you are reading this), Kokoro Connect was great. Also, Sayu for the win. You're goddamn right I'm reading it. Putting it up there with Kokoro Connect is pretty much the biggest "stay away from this show" sign you could have ever thrown at me. But the show had its moments ... Kokoro - 16 Impressions http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=141735367&postcount=18480 Kokoro - 17 Impressions http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=141976834&postcount=18701 I ended up writing a little thing in this thread for each of the episodes but these two pretty much represent my high and low.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 817	Posted - 2015.01.27 08:09:00 - [80] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: You always have to try to find logic in character's actions, don't you? I don't see you ever being able to appreciate romance or emotional drama/stress the way I do. But hey, to each their own. Also, I was comparing the endings Kokoro Connect and Nagi no Asakura as romance anime. As a show Nagi was miles(kilometers) better than Kokoro, but their endings left me with similar feelings of satisfaction, and both shows tied up the romances perfectly. It's not that I can't appreciate romance or emotional drama it's that I think I have a much lower tolerance for inserted or contrived melodrama in a narrative, especially when I've seen shows nail aspects of drama or romance without falling into these traps. My problem was probably having my first dedicated high school slice of life/romance be Flowers of Evil. The high moments in Kokoro, the moments where the internal struggle between the characters were balanced perfectly with the external forces exposing the raw and unfiltered human within, reminded me of the feeling Flowers of Evil was able to consistently exude throughout the entirety of its series. Everything else just feels like a step down in comparison.

Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 817	Posted - 2015.01.28 21:43:00 - [81] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Have you seen Bakemonotagari? Im not sure if i can handle the toothbrushing, Sota. :P
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 824	Posted - 2015.01.29 05:41:00 - [82] - Quote So Haikyuu is pretty fantastic. Its instantly shot itself up to one of my favorite shows of 2014. The author seriously needs to be commended for being able to juggle this many distinct characters and being able to provide meaningful development for nearly everyone up until this point. Episode 17 in particular is just like a microcosm of everything that I've enjoyed about this series to date. It highlights not only how far each of the characters have come on their individual paths but also how much further each of them have left to grow. Peppered in between we have the match analysis itself, the strategy involved, the why and how they're using their team's strengths differently this time. Withholding information in order to best use their tricks in the most opportune moments. I didn't expect going in to this show to become interested in the ins and outs behind Volleyball of all things but here I am surfing through episode after episode waiting to see more of what the show has to offer. Seriously guys, do not miss out on this show. I dislike sports anime but Haikyuu (and Ping Pong, why am I the only one who's seen Ping Pong) should definitely be on your watch lists.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 826	Posted - 2015.02.01 19:52:00 - [83] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Today marks the end of the 4th week of Winter 2015, which means I have seen the first three episodes of every show I am watching(I watch on a free Cruchyroll account, so I am a week behind). I thought I would post a quick review of everything I have seen, including Fall 2014 leftovers, going from worst to best. #8 - Log Horizon: Honestly, this show has been disappointingly boring. Ever since Akatsuki's arc ended the show has been on a downward spiral for me, and this new arc following the young members is simply the worst yet. Every week I have to force my self to sit through an episode of this and every time it feels like a wasted effort. #4 - Parasyte: For those of you who have seen this, you know I do not have to justify this. For those of you who haven't seen this, what the fuck were you doing last season? So yah, that is my list for this season. I am glad to be watching only 8 shows, as the last season watching 15 shows almost burned me out. I would love to hear some people opinions, as it would be nice to start an actual discussion on here again. Not having access to the Funimation hitters would kill this season for me. Maria the Virgin Witch, Yatterman of the Night, Rolling Girls, and Death Parade? Only thing Crunchyroll has that comes close is Lesbian Bear Storm. It's a show I'm still thoroughly enjoying by the way, especially now that they've finally got around to doing some backstory on the 2 female bear persons. Am I the only one that's noting the pretty distinct drop in quality on the Parasyte front? Not so much in an animation perspective or anything (though the show has never reached the heights on that front since the first couple eps) but more on the overall writing front. It's one thing to fumble pretty much all of the interactions between Shinichi and the female characters (you don't want to get me started on how the scenes where Female Protag 1 is recalling all the "weird" things going on with Shinichi while ignoring his sudden ability to jump out of two story windows) but the writing as a whole has just sort of taken a pretty stark drop in quality. I just can't get over how the initial handling of the detective character was handled. Last couple episodes have been a bit more interesting as the focus has shifted into how the Parasyte faction is organizing itself but man, please step it up. This show went from a legit Top 5 AOTY contender for me to just dropping off my radar on that front entirely. And yeah, with the exception of the episode with Kanami's introduction Log Horizon's been pretty middling as well. S1 was definitely more entertaining. In other news I just finished watching Hunter x Hunter. It's pretty much the best long running shounen I've seen, now to wait 5+ years for the author to come up with enough new material to justify a continuation of the TV series. It ended off at a pretty good point though.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 827	Posted - 2015.02.02 03:48:00 - [84] - Quote I may just be posting this list to keep bullying people into watching Ping Pong. I'm not the only one that likes it! It got anime of the year on GAF! D: My personal list was ... Haikyuu (maybe a little tactically motivated to push support for it because Ping Pong was totally eclipsing it) Ping Pong Mushishi Nozak-kun Space Dandy ... and having finished HxH just this weekend I'd have probably have put it up there too.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 850	Posted - 2015.02.06 18:21:00 - [85] - Quote Dennou Coil 1-2 So this ended up being a bit more playfully exaggerated than I originally expected. Its introduced a world where Augmented Reality eyewear is common place and everything from one's ability to call people to the street light displays to one's virtual pets are tied into the overarching interface of the world. It flirts a line between what a distinctly SciFi future reality where AR is everywhere would like with what seems like a more light hearted fantasy adventure. Virtual dogs, floating keyboards, and gesture based phone calls exist in the same space where people are combining the external personification of a "bug" in the system and creating hacking/magic cards. I can accept that the cards could be programs and the overall "effect" (shooting lasers, creating literal walls) are more likely the AR just trying to personify the workings of the program into the real world but the SciFi fan in me wants me to try to break down the individual elements into what is "actually" happening behind the scenes of any given event (What are the roles of the AI pets in the grand scheme of things and in what sense do they 'exist'? At first I was thinking that the pet was just an avatar meant to interface with protagonist's glasses but it seems that only the pet in and of itself was effected when the virus latched on. Where is the pet being 'stored' in all of this and what exactly was infected? Things like that.) But I'm absolutely enjoying the show so far, cant wait to see what direction they're gonna take it. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Last but not least a note to Foundation: Kokoro Connect is still the greatest. Fuck you. http://i.imgur.com/PQkOqUE.gif
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 852	Posted - 2015.02.07 15:53:00 - [86] - Quote Ghost Kaisar wrote: SoTa, find a way to get Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code on your Mac. Awesome 2D fighter game. Got netplay working so I can play online as well :3 I have Melty Blood AACC on PC and my Laptop fan just started inexplicably working again. I may have to upgrade my version of Caster since its been a while but I'm down for matches whenever. Are you in the Melty Blood IRC?
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property Negative-Feedback 869	Posted - 2015.02.25 21:39:00 - [87] - Quote Hiii anime thread. Actively Watching : Log Horizon S2 aka. Holy crap why does this suck now? Aldnoah S2 aka. When did this show become genuinely entertaining Parasyte aka. Actively fluctuating between hilariously poorly written female protagonists that suck all enjoyment from the show, some really questionable choices from the director, and oh neat super duper alien battles. Still need to catch up on ... Maria the Virgin Witch Death Parade gbghg wrote: i didn't think i'd ever say this, but aldnoah zero might be starting to salvage itself, the writing has picked itself up in the last few episodes. Yup, I've been saying the same things. If the first season was half as good as the second season has been up until this point then I'd have had a lot less to complain about. The battles are way more interesting thanks to the decidedly more SciFi-y mech design (no more mechs being dedicated to rocket punches and "Not one, but TWO swords") and the actual events happening outside of the battles do enough to make me want to tune in week after week. I was expecting to hatewatch it going into S2 but I've been thoroughly entertained regardless. Still have some problems with Earth's over-reliance on Inaho to do everything, his hilariously overpowered robo-eye, the incompetence of Vers government/officers, and there being no reason in the slightest to attack earth for resources with the technology that they have at their disposal but oooooohhhh well. Purple princess is best girl.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 871	Posted - 2015.03.03 10:58:00 - [88] - Quote Seriously though, the best shows airing this season are on the Funimation side. So I've finally found the time to catch up on Death Parade and Maria the Virgin Witch recently and man, I've come away seriously enjoying both. I have some reservations about Maria due mainly to the recent direction of the plot but I'll hold off on those until I've seen how it develops. Death Parade - God, this show is so ***** cool. There's an overall atmosphere to the thing that I feel like is really well done at times, it's able to use its warm color scheme and smooth, mellow soundtrack to capture perfectly the essence of that stereotypical uptown jazz bar feel. This being done particularly well in the bowling episode. But really what's impressed me the most is the author finding so many ways to keep this formula fresh. He's crafted a world and basic premise for the show that flexible enough to avoid stagnation while being able to drop little nuggets of information that imply the progression of a larger overarching plot. But it's that juggling between the scenarios of the different contestants, the methodology of each week's "game", as well as the slight "behind the scenes" looks into the arbiters and their own distinct personalities that has been the real highlight of the show up until this point. I almost feel like the first couple episodes do the show a serious disservice as they imply a much more melodramatic or gruesome tone to a series that's really gone out of its way to dispel those preconceived notions. It's a hell of a lot of fun. It also has the best OP of the season Maria the Virgin Witch - Charming would be the word to describe this one. A thoroughly enjoyable cast of characters lead by the two parts hilariously powerful and painfully naive young witch, Maria, as she tries to end war in her small little corner of the world. I was shakey at its use of some questionable sexual humor in the first few episodes but I'm glad to see that its shed off that side when it started to get into the real meat of the show. And the "meat" here has definitely found a way to hook me, its really done a nice job of exploring the dynamic between a Church that denounces the activities of the witches as blasphemous, the witches who have to deal not only with the church but the consequences of their larger intervention with human affairs, and the denizens of heaven who stand as dutiful watchers of the whole of human suffering. All of this being contained within a fantasy medieval setting that's just, well, seriously charming. Really hoping it doesn't fumble the progression of events in the next few episodes, like I said, I have some reservations about its more recent direction ... Now to catch up on Magical Boys, finish Dennou Coil, and write some words about the painfully under appreciated (here at least) LESBIAN BEAR STORM. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: 4. Parasyte: This show has definitely degraded since it started. However, it is by no means a bad. In fact, I think it is still pretty amazing. The conflict is still good, the main characters are both likeable, and the romance isn't too terrible either*. My only true qualm with this show is that I would like the intro theme to change, but that isn't really a problem. Hahahaha. Man, if there's one thing that I probably hate the most about Parasyte it's its hamfisted "romance" subplot. Every female protagonist in the show has been written to have the intelligence of a bucket of rocks and if they're not rushing head on into their own doom they're a broken record of "You've changed Shinichi!!! :( :( :(". Like man, do not get me started on how main female protag. consistently* ignores the fact that Shinichi is now able to jump out of 3 story windows while carrying another person and just goes on to *** about Shinichi's lack of tears and not being included instead. Christ. Its DEFINITELY degraded since its first half. soulreaper73 wrote:** Earth Defense Force is just a bunch of dudes, so I am not watching that crap Dudes in skirts. Get it right, sir. And it's your loss! Magical Boys for best!
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 871	Posted - 2015.03.03 21:04:00 - [89] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Your thoughts on the female characters are definitely understandable. However, I am still enjoying the romance, and there is a difference between a female character and a romance. It's difficult for me to find anything salvageable about the romance in Parasyte. In the best of cases and during the first half of the show the interaction between Murano and Shinichi represented the dichotomy between the normal life he was leaving behind and the more dangerous adventure awaiting him but the author's done next to nothing since to develop the female characters involved since the incident at the school. Now they're relegated to time sinks, episode padding to break up the moments where Shinichi is actually doing something to progress the overall plot. Broken records spouting the same tropes one after another in order to create additional drama in a show that was doing far better focusing on the threat of the Parasyte's and their continued interactions with human society. Tamura Reiko for best girl. Bromance between Migi & Shinichi > All Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Ummmmm... no! Death Parade's opening is catchy, and it is pretty good, but it is definitely not the best opening this season. Let me list off the better openings of this season. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 884	Posted - 2015.03.07 10:08:00 - [90] - Quote ****. Megaton. One-Punch Man anime greenlit The quality of this is going to depend HUGELY on the studio handling it. Sincerely hope this doesn't suck because the manga with the Murata art is just gorgeous. Also anyone watching Death Parade? Episode 9 was ... not up my alley. Far too melodramatic for my taste.

Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 888	Posted - 2015.03.10 18:28:00 - [91] - Quote I think I want to start highlighting random shows on the Crunchyroll lineup that don't suck and are totally worth watching. So let's start with Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World) At first I was skeptical. The initial presentation of the world is one of an almost fantasy-esque depiction of a time in which Humans inexplicably have telekinetic powers. You follow the lives of a bunch of young kids as they go about their daily lives and slowly start to stumble on some of the odd happenings of the world around them. People disappearing, memories being tinkered with, and a conspiracy of deception woven into the backbone of society itself slowly makes itself clear. You're not given the whole picture of the world in any single exposition laden episode but rather it's something that slowly builds as the characters begin to branch out, mature, and explore. Something clicks along the way and what you're originally lead to believe is that fantasy-esque society actually turns out to be something far more interesting, a very intelligently laid out Science Fiction show that asks and answers a simple question "What happens to a society where individual members gain tremendous power?" It's great. SoTa PoP wrote: now watching Chihayafuru - a show that proves anime can take some really boring subject and make it fun to watch. Joshiraku proved that much to me. Literally a group of girls that hang out in the back of a comedy club and talk about random **, it's great. soulreaper73 wrote:** gintama an oldie but a goodie It's getting a new season in the Spring
Foundation Seldon Heaven's Lost Property 890	Posted - 2015.03.11 17:32:00 - [92] - Quote gbghg wrote: also, i've started wtching cowboy bebop, i should have watched this years ago, its amazing. Bebop's definitely a classic though I'm more a Samurai Champloo guy myself. Also first One-Punch Man key visual released : https://40.media.tumblr.com/976ddd59065eb88bcbf7c81aaaaeff3f/tumblr_nl1zcyGBsb1sqqtwzo1_1280.jpg Also the Monster Musume manga is getting an anime adaptation this July.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 900	Posted - 2015.03.14 06:06:00 - [93] - Quote Not mentioning Kekkai Sensen for the Spring hype train? Disappointing! I'm morally obligated to watch Plastic Memories because the interaction between AI and Human intelligences is one of my favorite SciFi themes.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 901	Posted - 2015.03.15 17:22:00 - [94] - Quote soulreaper73 wrote: Yeah, there is nothing wrong with a little ecchi humor, but this season is just way too over the top. i have found myself having to fast forward through testament of the new sister devil or whatever the heck it is called. that show has kind of dropped the ball lately. most of the new shows so far have been subpar. the only ones i can watch without fast forwarding are kancolle and how to raise a boring girlfriend. maria the virgin witch is a good one too. the rest just kind of blow. Death Parade and Yuri Kuma Arashi are also worth watching this season. The latter starts out a bit ... obtuse but by episode 4 it starts to catch its stride. If you're able to muscle through Kancolle though then it should be fine. Pseudogenesis wrote: Anybody watch the original Berserk anime? I just recently finished up the manga (which is amazing) and I was wondering if the original animation does it any justice. Yeah totally, the TV adaptation is pretty great. Certainly does better at adapting the material than the Golden Age movies.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 901	Posted - 2015.03.15 20:27:00 - [95] - Quote gbghg wrote: and just as aldnoah zero started improving and the writing became some what interesting, they went and pulled one of the most boring and stereotypical plot twists possible, seriously, how much are they going to milk that eye of his? because its just going too far. ~Aldnoah Spoilers~ I can't say I can recall a lot of fiction going the -suddenly robot eye starts controlling personality- route unless you're referring to a different plot twist.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 911	Posted - 2015.03.21 03:36:00 - [96] - Quote Getting more hype for One Punch Man. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAlkrWbU8AE2Zes.jpg:large Trailer should be out soon hnnggh But as for trailers, apparently there was some anime event that happened today and a bunch of trailers got shown for some 2015 shows. Spring : Plastic Memories PV3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fk4va8AqNc I'm probably going to hate this for one reason or another. Summer : Rokka no Yusha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0udZvMp7IVE Gangsta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30nvSlFg3I Autumn : Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da http://a.pomf.se/slmnwv.mp4
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 913	Posted - 2015.03.23 11:21:00 - [97] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: As to emphasis my point about how absolutely perverted this season is, I've started a show called Yurikuma Arashi. It's a very ecchi show about girl on girl ... on eating girl. This show is super random too, lmao. Next I'm going to try this Virgin Maria, but the title already kinda... haha, what a season. And high school DxD comes next season, w00t for more perversion, Heimdllar must be pleased :3 Neither yurikuma or Maria the Virgin Witch are heavy on the ecchi front. The former is just a symbolism laden tale about ... its actually a bit difficult to describe what it's about. I guess you could say it deals with the idea of true friendship through adversity while touching on a society that ostricizes nonconformity. But seriously the first episode is probably the most notably lewd one. Like I've said before the show is a bit obtuse and doesn't catch it's stride until about ep4 but its pretty damn entertaining despite that. And Maria the Virgin Witch is barely lewd at all despite some light sexual humor in the first few EPs. That one focuses entirely on a girl going out of her way to end war in her small corner of the world, touching on the interaction between human and witch society and the role of the gods in doing something to address the suffering of man. Maria and her crew are a seriously enjoyable cast of characters. You've probably picked up some of the best shows airing this season.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 914	Posted - 2015.03.23 17:55:00 - [98] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: My area opened an Otaku Cafe shop with an arcade that plays mostly foreign games... It's like a hookah bar, you sit n chill with other fans while enjoying games in complete japanese and anime playing in the background. They had SAO2 when I was there, and they actually apologized for playing mainstream anime... SAO2 is mainstream? O.O What is Accel World then? Unlike Accel World the fact that SAO was popular enough to prompt Toonami to pick it up is evidence enough that it's mainstream. Couple this with the series having made ridiculous amounts of money in Japan and it's not hard to come to that conclusion. Its introduced (fortunately or unfortunately depending on your perspective) a ton of new people to the medium. So yeah, the franchise is totally mainstream. As is Attack on Titan. As is Kill la Kill. As is (for the slightly older generation) Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Accel World is forgettable in comparison to the SAO juggernaut.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 914	Posted - 2015.03.24 15:08:00 - [99] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: So a friend got me to start watching Unlimited Fafnir. I'm up to date on it now (watching for free on crunchyroll so I'm a week behind technically speaking) so I guess I'll write up a review on it like I usually do when I watch a new anime. So, here goes. It's bad. Review complete. Should've gone with my advice and picked up Shin Sekai Yori instead. :P Fizzer XCIV wrote: So I decided to watch Kill la Kill on mostly a whim. I saw so many absolutely insane gifs from it, and I just had to know why they were so weird. It was weird, and definitely NSFW, but I think I liked it. I was disappointed with Kill la Kill frankly. A show that absolutely oozed style from start to finish yes but one that ultimately left me dissatisfied with everything that could have been. Everything from the intro to the initial introduction of Tsumugu was absolutely sublime but after that point I feel like the show stumbles and is never able to quite pick up the pieces on the writing front. Tsumugu never does anything significant after that point. Nudist Beach, an organization that's implied to have much more significance to the overall arching plot, gets wrecked in a single episode. The "Fiber Bullet" plot point is completely dropped and forgotten about the moment it's brought up. Ryouko has the world bend over backwards to make up for her fuckups (how many times did she "get away" after being pummeled by Satsuki's forces?), the field trip arc was pointless and a waste of time, etc etc etc. It really feels like there was a major re-write during the middle of development where they just veer off into a completely different direction. Pseudogenesis wrote: I just finished Ping Pong. I remember seeing somebody in here a while back begging you guys to watch it. He was right. I kind of wrote it off because of the aesthetic before I knew about it, but I shouldn't have. Ping Pong was a ***** PHENOMENAL show and easily one of the best anime I've ever seen. It was one of those shows with everything in its right place, with the execution of everything nailed from start to finish. Just an absolute joy to watch. Yessss, finally someone listens. Easily my top contender for my Anime of the Year 2014 and, as you said, is probably up there with some of the best shows I've ever seen in the medium. Just a fantastically executed character drama and the overall art direction (though divisive) is one that I wholly appreciated start to finish. Some of the background art in particular is just gorgeous. Though Haikyuu!!** is less ambitious in terms of overall direction I think if you enjoyed Ping Pong you'll similarly enjoy that show as well. It's another extremely well crafted sports show that focuses on volleyball instead. In contrast with Ping Pong, Haikyuu spends a bit more time explaining the ins and outs of the sport itself while using it as a device to tie in the specific development of the characters. Ping Pong felt like a character drama that used Ping Pong as a convenient device to tell its tale where as I feel like the "Sport" in Haikyuu takes more of a spotlight. The author does a really really good job of balancing a large cast of the characters and the added addition of a team element makes for some interesting directions for the story. Hit it up man.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 914	Posted - 2015.03.25 01:03:00 - [100] - Quote Oh yeah, and more PVs ONE-PUNCH MAN aka GET HYPE FOR ... 6 months from now aka there's no way this will live up to the Murata art. Owari no Seraph aka Attack on ~~Titan~~ Vampire Kekkai Sensen aka It's Studio Bones so it's either AOTY material or completely forgettable. Valkyrie Drive aka Wholesome family entertainment.

Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 914	Posted - 2015.03.25 01:28:00 - [101] - Quote gbghg wrote: i liked it, the plot was far from a masterpiece but i think it did alright, it was entertaining and didn't have too many gaping plot holes, and everything else from the style, to the fight scenes, to the music was fantastically done. i wouldn't rate kill la kill as one of the greatest anime's ever, but i would rate it as one of the most entertaining. thats what i think of it at least, i understand its something of a polarizing anime. I liked it too, I just found it disappointing. My thoughts pretty much mirror yours, on an individual moment to moment basis I think Kill la Kill does extremely well. It is, as you said, entertaining. I just wish it was better able to string together the individual moments into something a bit more concrete, everything was there for something truly great. Little Witch Academia remains Trigger's best work thus far.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 914	Posted - 2015.03.25 19:51:00 - [102] - Quote Please tell me you're not watching the dubbed version of Yuri Kuma. It's pretty awful.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 915	Posted - 2015.03.28 22:29:00 - [103] - Quote Aldnoah - End A season 2 that was genuinely more entertaining than S1 ends with a fizzle all the same. Parasyte - End This series nosedived hard after the midway point and never stopped. Finale was a bunch of pretentious garbage that'd sound really deep and profound to a middle schooler. Quality of the source material aside I don't think anyone can deny that the anime adaptation suffered from some ** poor direction. SoTa PoP wrote:** Third season is still in the air, the company who made the second season The show got passed around for a while spoke a bit on it saying they'd love to make a third season - but they need more fan support, which they have TONS of. But they did something else - the person who crafted Spice and Wolf's character and stories did another anime - Maoyu. What? No. The guy who wrote LOG HORIZON did Maoyu. The author of Spice and Wolf is some other dude.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 916	Posted - 2015.03.30 01:42:00 - [104] - Quote English trailer for Ping Pong With as many people as there are checking it out lately I thought I'd go ahead and highlight this. For the most part Im thinking it's sounding pretty good, only really have an issue with the voices of the old people. Gonna be interesting to see who they get to voice Wenge as I think one of my favorite aspects of Ping Pong, and that particular character, was that they had actually gotten a native speaker of mandarin as part of the cast. Crossing my fingers that they're able to retain that for the dub. SoTa PoP wrote: also, I'm starting Ping Pong as of this moment - full review depending on completion or not will be coming afterwords. The more people that jump on the Ping Pong train the better. A show like that comes around once, maybe twice in any given year and it's one of those standout shows in the anime medium that keep me coming back. It's up there in my top 10 for sure. gbghg wrote: on the subject of log horizon the last couple of episodes were good, doesn't redeem the kids arc but its back to standard fare and interesting stuff happening here, here's hoping season 3 will feature as little of toyha and co as possible. Have fun waiting, from what I've heard we've basically caught up to the source material. Don't expect another season of Log Horizon for at least another couple years if at all. Pseudogenesis wrote: I might check it out. I wouldn't normally be interested in a sports anime, I just watched Ping Pong because it got rave reviews. To be honest though I'll probably give it a miss, I don't watch much anime so when I do I try to stick to the "classics". Trust me, as someone who had 0 interest in sports shows until last year both Ping Pong and Haikyuu totally blew me away. Haikyuu probably won't be remembered as a genre defining show that Ping Pong was but it's absolutely fantastic in its own right. What it does it does extremely well.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 916	Posted - 2015.03.30 02:43:00 - [105] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: episode 1-2 Ping Pong The Animation: lol, wtf. This shows animation couldn't be uglier. I'm the type that is grateful for beautiful anime art, shows like Clannad, Spice and Wolf, Tempest, and Bakemonotgari, looking at them is as wonderful as everything else. However, even with the ugly animation the actual movement quality and camera angels are perfect. And the rough look lets the rough character seem all the more natural rather then forced like many other shows that have attempted to introduce a less then perfect looking characters. It's like this show was also made from Shaft - so many subliminal messages in the art itself that tells as much if not more then the words expressed by the characters. This is always a pet peeve of mine. Art =/= Animation. You're more than one welcome to dislike the art style of the show (although it matches the style of the manga perfectly and the background art being employed in the show is nothing short of gorgeous) but that's different from disliking the animation. It's like when people criticize the animation in the infamous Pain v. Naruto fight despite the animation in and of itself being, technically speaking, fantastic. It's the style that fight employed that people had an issue with. Yuasa, the director of the show, is known for his visually eccentric style, he was basically the PERFECT fit for the adaptation of this series. Check out Kaiba and The Tatami Galaxy if you're interested in his other stuff . I've been meaning to watch Kaiba for a while so I may end up doing per episode impressions of it after I wrap up Dennou Coil. Looking forward to reading more of your impressions.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 916	Posted - 2015.03.30 03:37:00 - [106] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: At that point though, the show starts to falter, as the actual theme is so anime cliche that I don't know what to think of it. I'm curious what you meant by this, mind clarifying?
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 916	Posted - 2015.03.30 04:50:00 - [107] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Finishing up episode 4 - I can tell I'm jumping the gun on a lot of my remarks as the show is expanding on the Ping Pong theme. But i think I have a personal disconnect because.... The more I watch it the more I hate Ping Pong and wonder how it came to be a legit sport with Tennis around, o.0. Is a tennis player in real life Ah, also let me add that old lady to my list of good characters in this show - she's wonderful. Yeah I was getting ready to respond to your expanded thoughts about your saying that the themes/narrative were predictable but you beat me to it. Like I said, this is character drama that uses Ping Pong as a foundation to tell its stories. As for how it's considered a real sport, there's a huge emphasis on technical skill and reaction time? -shrug-
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 921	Posted - 2015.04.02 19:38:00 - [108] - Quote Since everyone's doing it I guess I'll chip in on the Funimation side of things Yuri Kuma Arashi aka LESBIAN BEAR STORM - It's hard to find a premise for any given show more ridiculous than Yuri Kuma Arashi. A bear comet screams across the night sky one day causing the bears of the Earth to rise up and strike out against the humans of the world. A barrier is setup to separate the two worlds and we follow the lives of Kureha, a human, and two bears that have infiltrated the barrier seeking her out. As my first exposure to the works of Ikuhara the only reasonable response to this was a resounding ... wat. But Yuri Kuma kept me interested despite the patently ridiculous concept and ultimately surprised me with the quality of its execution. The worst part of this show is the first 3 episodes. The sheer number of concepts and events that are thrown at you in this span of time leaves you with a sense that the show doesn't seem to be heading towards any sort of defined "direction". Things just "happen" and while the opening is certainly improved due to Ikuhara's distinctive directorial style it suffers due to what feels like a rushed attempt to lay down the concepts and ideas that lay at the core of the show. It asks of you to sympathize with characters and specific tragedies that aren't given enough screentime for the viewer to gain any sort of emotional attachment to and uses these as defining factors for the main character's actions later on in the series. The opening feels rushed. But then something happens with episode 4 and beyond. It slows down a bit, it puts a brake on the speeding freight train that was the line of events happening one after the other and starts to focus on the characterization of the main cast. The seemingly one dimensional protagonists are given enough color in these moments to endear themselves to the viewer. The direction, coupled with a coherent direction for the plot, starts to shine. Contrasting with what I think is the majority of anime at the moment, Yuri Kuma becomes a markedly improved experience with time. It asks of you to sit through and experience the chaos of exposition and hastily constructed concepts thrown at you at the start and rewards you with a tale of lasting friendship through adversity told in a ridiculous yet consistent world. Don't let the premise steer you away from this one, it's one of the best shows of Winter. Cat Merc wrote: Random: http://i.imgur.com/VLL1GRH.gif Acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 922	Posted - 2015.04.03 00:31:00 - [109] - Quote So other than on the good ol' Dust forums, where do you guys typically go to talk about anime? For me i'm primarily on NeoGAF's anime thread. Which, despite being on a forum that talks about games, has a surprisingly mature anime watching community filled with thoughtful discussions on a lot of airing and previously aired shows. soulreaper73 wrote: winter just kind of sucked most of the full anime shows just kind of blew. maria the virgin witch is a good one, but i just could not get into rolling girls. Death Parade Yuri Kuma Arashi Maria the Virgin Witch All good winter shows! But yeah, everything I'd read about Rolling Girls after the first 2 episodes was uh ... not stellar.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 930	Posted - 2015.04.08 02:21:00 - [110] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: The war between Funimation and Crunchyroll rages as Funimation scores the side story to a very big name in anime - Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan. Crunchyroll fires back by getting a show I was looking forward too this season - My Love Story. With Crunchyroll already claiming rights to Plastic Memories, Romance Comedy S2 (Another big one), FSN S2, and now this, it seems Funimation success last season in picking up the majority of interesting titles has been put to an early halt. Crunchyroll is taking this season by storm so far. Everyone seems to forget that Funimation picked up Blood Blockade Battlefront aka Kekkai Sensen. By far the most interesting show thats aired this season.

Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 930	Posted - 2015.04.08 17:20:00 - [111] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: SoTa PoP wrote: The war between Funimation and Crunchyroll rages as Funimation scores the side story to a very big name in anime - Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan. Crunchyroll fires back by getting a show I was looking forward too this season - My Love Story. With Crunchyroll already claiming rights to Plastic Memories, Romance Comedy S2 (Another big one), FSN S2, and now this, it seems Funimation success last season in picking up the majority of interesting titles has been put to an early halt. Crunchyroll is taking this season by storm so far. Everyone seems to forget that Funimation picked up Blood Blockade Battlefront aka Kekkai Sensen. By far the most interesting show thats aired this season. forget? I don't even know what show that is, lol. Plastic Memories or w/e is the only show I heard hype about outside of continuations. I keep posting the PVs of Kekkai ;-; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jIMtTXUfuA Impressions on the first episode is that it's very much an action shounen, beautifully animated, and set in a really cool "Supernatural New York" where people are walking alongside monsters and aliens alike. Hard to say how it's going to ultimately progress (not many people are sold on the source material) but the staff behind this one alone is enough justification for people to check it out. Combination of Studio Bones and the Kyousougiga director make for an extremely pleasing visual experience with some beautiful background art. And the animation in the first episode alone is damn near breathtaking.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 930	Posted - 2015.04.10 05:28:00 - [112] - Quote Plastic Memories - 01 Not quite what I was expecting given the original synopsis. Asimov style Robot novels have conditioned me to think that pretty much any future society in which you deal with near-human intelligent robots will immediately start dealing with things like the line between sentience and non-sentience and the interaction between creator and creation in these worlds. So going in I was surprised at how "person-like" the robots were and how there didn't seem to be any question among those who worked alongside or lived with robots of the inherent worth of the androids they interacted with. They're almost pretty much entirely treated like "people with arbitrarily short life spans" vs. "artificial beings meant to do X, Y, or Z tasks". Given this it actually felt like a bit of an inconsistency in the world to see how uncaringly the catalog treated the distinct personalities of the androids involved when it came to the notion of potential replacements for discounts. Regardless, the emotional well being of both robots and humans are regarded when it comes to the role the company plays in dealing with the androids that have reached their limit. This is a story about death, and the different ways in which people deal with that inevitable fate. First episode sets up a pretty solid foundation for the series in the future, lending itself to a certain amount of episodic flair for the structure of the story, though we'll see if that remains the case. I'm interested in seeing more. Show by Rock - 01 Lol. Probably the only time the introduction of heavy amounts of CG hasn't immediately turned me off but the show as a whole probably isn't for me. I'll probably check out some impressions down the line to see if it holds up but at this point I think I'm going to let this one go. gbghg wrote: the switch at the end felt too abrupt too to me, it happened so fast it felt more awkward than funny. the rest of the episode was handled brilliantly though. Agreed on this one, it was an enjoyable bit in and of itself but the timing at the end of the episode given everything that had preceded it just felt like it trivialized the impact of that scene. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Kekkai Sensen: However, if it is going to continue to be as shit as that first episode, then this show will be nothing but a disappointment. Owari no Seraph: This is how a first episode should be done. http://i.imgur.com/9tonrGy.gif
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 949	Posted - 2015.04.11 22:03:00 - [113] - Quote gbghg wrote: plastic memories is progressing well, haven't really found anything to dislike about it and its a very enjoyable watch though nothing too surprising yet. I disagree! Plastic Memories - 02 There are avenues of story telling here that could be explored and aren't. Given the premise and the foundation laid down in the first episode I was expecting for the series to focus more on a look into how the relationship between the robots and humans had developed during the course of their life span and the specific means in which both person and robot is able to cope with the loss of that forged connection. There's a lot of potential story telling fodder there in just coming at it from that angle alone, but with how distinctly humanlike each robot is you'd also expect to see situations where maybe the robot outright didn't like the person it was assigned to or the tasks it was forced to do while in its care. What of abandoned robots that meet their inevitable ends alone? What's done in a situation where the owners have died before the robot has? There's a lot here to really push that there is simultaneously an uncrossable boundary between the robots and humans that exists as well as pushing how truly alike we are in all the ways that really matter. What we get instead is a show thats bent backwards to become a by the books slice of life. Generic the character protagonists that are utterly forgettable and "humor" that quickly crosses the boundary into grating is what we're treated with and it's sincerely disappointing. No, I'm sorry, there's only so many times that you can make Isla being woefully incompetent at the basics of her job entertaining. The show's gonna need to show me a lot more in the next couple weeks to keep me interested. If episode 2 is any indication of the direction we'll be seeing instead I think I'll be opting out.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 949	Posted - 2015.04.11 22:45:00 - [114] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Plastic Memories is reminding me of another anime that was 6 episodes long and was about the rights of human-like-robots. Time of Eve. It did the everything better.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 950	Posted - 2015.04.12 04:16:00 - [115] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: Plastic is likely going to be a very easy to out guess show from the looks of it, but i haven't seen episode 2 quite yet. Re-watching Fairy Tail for some reason, lol. On another note - IGN launched a pod-cast/group called Anime Club, so I decided to go check it out. I already dislike it, the pod-cast is nothing but girls complaining, and the community doesn't even know the difference between non-fiction and fiction... I see why you have so many pet-peeve concerning anime now, Foundation. People talking non-sense like it's the truth and they know it o.0 Hard to say if the show is predictable given that we're only 2 episodes in. I'm giving it some leeway in its current state because it's the Steins;Gate writer and based on that alone there's potential for some crazy ridiculous plot swerve to put us in a completely different direction. I will say that Episode 2 ends with confirmation of what we all suspected from episode 1, though lol. Spoilers? Maybe. Hard for me to get too emotionally invested given how much I hate everyone in the show at the moment. As for the pet peeves/nitpicky/critical nature of my thoughts on a lot of shows I think I feel like I see other anime, read books, or see tv series that take on a lot of the same themes or similar takes on X or Y concept and just ... do it better. So when I see what is essentially a discounted version of something I really loved or another wholly uninsipired rendition of something i've seen hundreds of times before then I point out the crap that I feel like could be done better or has been done better by other pieces of media. I just have a basis for comparison here.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 951	Posted - 2015.04.13 06:34:00 - [116] - Quote I-Shayz-I wrote: Anyone hear any other news about Digimon? I can't see to find information anywhere. Probably not airing this season.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 951	Posted - 2015.04.13 07:06:00 - [117] - Quote Blood Blockade Battlefront aka Kekkai Sensen - 2 Yeah, this is far and away my show of the season. As I mentioned before the show is set in a "Supernatural New York" where humans live among various monstrous figures. I've been talking recently about "storytelling fodder" and Im glad that they seem to be exploring all the weird ways organized crime and aliens, monsters, and supernatural creatures can interact. Episode 2 feels like a more structured episode in where, since there's no longer a need to lay out tons of exposition, there's more focus on the individual story that they want to tell here. And the result is a wonderfully chaotic, well executed, and super entertaining episode. Soundtrack is awesome too. Theme of Blood Blockade Battlefront http://a.pomf.se/akijoa.mp3 Catch Me If You Can http://a.pomf.se/qdgams.mp3 Snap out http://a.pomf.se/lbjpdm.mp3 Toy Blues http://a.pomf.se/mwmadk.mp3 Footloose http://a.pomf.se/rjiwao.mp3 Need that OST nowww. DEATH THE KlD wrote: http://anichart.net/tba Keep an eye here as of now it's not even announced, but attack on Titan and noragomi season 2 not bad AoT S2 was inevitable and after caving and reading the manga a few days ago I'm actually really looking forward to it. Super excited for more Noragami as well. I-Shayz-I wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: I-Shayz-I wrote: Anyone hear any other news about Digimon? I can't see to find information anywhere. Probably not airing this season. That's what I mean. All of the sources say it is airing this spring, specifically April, but none of then say that it is delayed or where it will be broadcast on. I'd expect to see a confirmation pretty soon that it's pushed back.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 954	Posted - 2015.04.15 08:47:00 - [118] - Quote Turn-A Gundam - 01 I've always found getting into Gundam a bit of an intimidating experience because of the wealth of different series and the amount of variance there seems to be in quality. The only Gundams I can recall having seen in my life were the old Gundam Wing and G Gundam back when they were airing on Toonami. A friend of mine recommended I check out Turn-A so here I am. A low key episode but I like that they didn't feel the need to throw in some cataclysmic event from the outset in order to hook you into the series. Really liked the way they were able to establish little elements of the world without feeling the need to do a super heavy handed exposition sequence either. It's refreshing. Mirai Nikki - 01 This was really dumb!
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.15 16:49:00 - [119] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Ahem. Third favourite. Also, nice using a clip from my favourite anime to attempt to say my favourite anime is ****. Glantix / Ice Total coincidence on that front, I just found it in a thread about reaction gifs.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.16 22:18:00 - [120] - Quote Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Aku no Hana - Episode 2: Why would the main character do something so stupid? What the hell was he thinking? Because he's a creep. It's kind of the point. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: It was a gym uniform. Why is everyone overreacting? Note that : 1. The gym uniforms have name tags on them 2. Only the uniform was removed from the classroom, not the bag the uniform was inside. 3. No one (of the same sex) fessed up to have made a simple mistake. It's unlikely that someone would have picked up the wrong uniform for the day without anyone noting that the name was wrong. The gym bags are kept in the classroom regardless, but even if someone had picked up the bag by accident they would have taken both bag and uniform, that just the uniform was removed implies that someone deliberately went into a bag they knew wasnt theirs and removed the uniform. At best the situation is bullying, which doesn't quite mesh given her almost uniform popularity among her classmates. Knowing this I don't think their reactions are unjustified. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: Did the one chick not notice that the main guy got pushed into her and that he didn't plant his face between her breasts on purpose? Why has everyone in this become so stupid? Because where as in most shows where this would lead to a slapstick situation in which the female counterpart would slap the MC in the face and everyone would have a good laugh about it this actually tries to model a somewhat realistic reaction from a person who has no experience with an overtly sexual situation. Ice Royal Glantix wrote: I will keep my end of the bargain Foundation, but I'm feeling like I have received the short end of the stick on this deal. Get a better taste in anime. Sincerely, Glantix / Ice Lol.

Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.17 10:10:00 - [121] - Quote Mirai Nikki - 03 Blah episode, first half was more or less a throwaway but paper bag man saves the day. Mirai Nikki - 04 I don't understand the motivation behind revealing yourself as a diary owner to people you don't know, but given that this has set itself up as a battle shounen I guess it's something that I'm going to have to accept as coming with the territory. So let's talk about all the ways our MC is an idiot this episode : 1. Turning on the one thing keeping your ass alive. It's one thing to become extremely cautious of a person due to their unhealthy obsession with your everything and their annoying tendency of trying to murder everyone you know but in a game where everyones trying to kill each other you're not really in a position to pick and choose your allies. She's more than demonstrated her interest and ability in keeping you alive. Telling a serial killer that shes insane to her face while ignoring both her clear mental instability and her usefulness in this respect doesn't strike me as a very well thought out decision. 2. The MC's allegiance to a completely new character who hes never interacted with until this point Kind of self explanatory? Why the hell does MC care about keeping another competitor, whose goals are completely unknown to him, alive? Why in the world would he agree to "stay with her for one night" in a scenario where he's on her territory and is in a completely vulnerable position? I'd say that this show was disappointing but this is about what I was expecting from it from the outset. Kinda makes me want to rewatch the rollercoasters of plot twists, hilarity, and ******* awesome monologues that were Death Note and Code Geass though. At least the MCs were more interesting.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.17 18:25:00 - [122] - Quote gbghg wrote: you're trying to apply rationality and reason to a setting and plot devoid of it foundation, the MC is a teenager who just had the fact his imaginary friend is real, a pyschotic stalking murdering girlfriend, and a death game sprung on him in under a day, he (and nearly all of the characters) are all kinds of **** up, as is the setting tbh. that said, he's still a ***** moron. Blah, I know I should be listening to you guys on this front. I just wish that there was something else I could be latching on to here to pull enjoyment from. Even Aldnoah Zero's tendency of throwing out concentrated dumb at the viewer had the Inaho element in at least taking down his enemies in fun ways. I just wish our MC was more Light Yagami, Lelouch, or Harry Potter and less a completely powerless dork whose main weapon (aside from his psychopathic girlfriend) is his ability to throw darts.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.18 00:03:00 - [123] - Quote gbghg wrote: also, i finally got around to watching psycho pass, im up to episode 11 so far, im enjoying it a lot, even if i do find he idea of the sybil system repulsive and highly flawed. From everything that i've read up about the show, the fact that the sybil system is inherently flawed is kind of the message that they're trying to send? I dunno, I stopped watching Psycho Pass around the time they introduced the cyber clown dude. I hear pretty universally bad things about season 2 though.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 956	Posted - 2015.04.18 02:26:00 - [124] - Quote Mirai Nikki - 06-07 Lol. Im going to ignore the situation in which the kid should have been put in the hands of protective custody and left to hang out somewhere completely unrelated to where the MC operates and just talk about how these episodes played themselves out. 6 is pretty much setup for the introduction of the next diary dude and Yuno confirms that she wants that D asap. Fine. Whatever. 7 however is probably the least offensive episode thus far, which basically means it's the only episode to not outright offend me with a combination of MC incompetence or the continuation of gross fanservice. Fun times are had where Yuno and random boy try to out-murder eachother even if MC has to step in and sympathize with the little ** trying to kill everyone in his household. The only constant in this series is his terrible-ness as a character. Tomato weight fun times, creating a power surge in seconds, random envelope somehow filling an entire house up with poisonous gas, not jumping on the railings when little ** tries to electrocute you on the stairs. etc etc etc Mirai Nikki - 08 mfw haha MC so clumsy trips and pulls down the pants of nearest chick who just helped him. http://i.imgur.com/wMfe3Kp.gif "If they found out about this diary ... they might not want to be friends anymore." This show is garbage. Mirai Nikki - 09 Can we make white haired dude the protagonist instead? Hes the only one whose thought to actually experiment with the limitations of MCs diary and come up with a plan to use it to his advantage. Yuno should jump ship to someone who doesn't suck.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 957	Posted - 2015.04.19 00:53:00 - [125] - Quote I hate Mirai Nikki so let's watch shows that aren't that. Kekkai Sensen - 03 Absolutely adoring this show right now. Seriously I knew from the outset that, given the premise, that there was a ton of storytelling potential in just exploring all the crazy ways a setting like a "supernatural New York" could be exploited. Even with that in mind from I've come away surprised again with the diversity of stories they're able to tell here. I know it wont last, I can see that they're already laying the groundwork for a more focused multi-episode arc, but I'm fully content in staying in this crazy day to day adventure for as long as possible. Plastic Memories - 03 The first half's gag definitely dragged on for longer than it needed to but I can't say that, given the way the ending played itself out, that the episode as a whole was "bad". The scale seems to be tipping further along the "slice of life/comedy/romance" spectrum but it seems to be handling itself competently enough while in that framework. If this episode existed in a vacuum where you replaced "robot" with "random chick with terminal disease" then I think a lot of this would end up making more internal sense. Again I find myself thinking that with the way the first episode played itself out that the show could be doing a LOT more to explore the "bigger picture" of robot and human relationships. They create this stellar plot device that gives them an excuse to mediate the death of artificially created consciousness and have, so far, pushed it aside to focus on the rather dry relationship between Isla and our self insert MC and "humor" which grew old after the first ep. The potential for a turn around is the only thing keeping me invested here. Ninja Slayer - 1 http://i.imgur.com/NJNvZIk.gif Not sure about this one. I enjoyed the hell out of Inferno Cop but that was a show that kept you on the edge of your seat at every moment with insanity happening constantly. It was a perfect storm of just hilariously absurd things going on one after another in short succession. It -used- each 3 minute episode extremely well. Ninja Slayer seems decidedly more tame in comparison, less insanity for insanities sake and more trying to shoehorn a style that doesn't fit the narrative. It's silly sure but I feel it's coming in with a story and setting that could actually be justifiably animated.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 957	Posted - 2015.04.19 08:51:00 - [126] - Quote Mirai Nikki - So it strikes me as odd that we haven't seen a protagonist actively go out of their way to protect their diaries in any sort of meaningful way. A part of me can forgive MC because he's an unapologetic idiot and Yuno because she's crazy but a lot of these guys are hella resourceful dudes. With the majority of the diaries being cell phone based it seems like it'd be obvious to do something like, I dunno, buy a diamond/metal plated cellphone protector? Or **, don't even bother with keeping the cellphone on your person at all. Buy a second cellphone and rig up some videofeed bullshit to constantly stream the real diary's (stored in a safe location) contents whenever you need to check up on something. Another thing bugging me at this point is the MCs lack of motivation for wanting to become god. He should have come to terms with the fact that, at this point, he really can't trust the motives of the other diary owners and that it'd be pretty ** if some of these guys were put in a position of power. His motivation should then be, at the very least, ensuring that whoever becomes god doesn't then destroy the world. If he's going to continue to stay within the nucleus of conflict while doing ** all to actually win then he'd be better served just leaving the city entirely and running away with Yuno. Beyond that we really haven't established any set limitations on the power of god. Like the show's made an effort after the kid arc to lay out the inevitable "either yuno or MC will have to kill the other in the end" but when one or the other becomes god wouldn't they just will the other into existence again? Like there's no sense of tension there. You're god. 10 - First half was cute, I'm assuming that this is the side romance mentioned a while back? Wedding stuff blah and reconfirmation that Yuno is in fact a crazy person 11/12 - I couldn't take this arc seriously the moment the MC is running away with a gun, turns around, randomly shoots into a group of officers with their guns pointed at him, and instead of the officers doing the sensible thing and lighting up both MC and Yuno in a hail of bullets, they take their eyes off the perp with a gun still pointed at them and look down at the wounded officer to make sure he's okay. Then Yuno almost single handedly takes out a team of SWAT-type officers in body armor. I'm actively killing brain cells watching this show.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 957	Posted - 2015.04.19 10:30:00 - [127] - Quote Careful with the F/SN spoilers guys, remember that most people haven't gone through the VNs. Mirai Nikki - 13 Ah, NOW things are starting to get interesting. Now we've put some spotlight on a character actually capable of thinking and we're starting to see the interplay between Gasai and someone the author is setting up as her equal in some respect. Granted, a lot of ** happened this episode that seems to have a lack of explanation. How does Yuno go from one wayward text to confirmation that they were actively being sought out by the detective crew, why was it necessary to bind Yukiteru, are Skulls really comfortable hand rests? Mirai Nikki - 14 Lol, literally Yuno is fed up with Yuki's bullshit and becomes acutely aware that if she doesn't do anything that he was going to get her and himself killed. At least someone's taking the initiative in this story. And they even ran away from the city! I'm great. Yukki looks like he might be growing a pair too. Mirai Nikki - 15 Interesting diaries make for interesting stories and Yukki's mom confirms that she's a horribly irresponsible parent. The jump scare thing they did at the dinner table was pretty spooky, the direction seems to have improved a notch in the second half even as the amount of QUALITY (super low budget ) scenes increased. For as much as I was complimenting silver hair in his ability to think in the last few episodes the fact that he was clearly aware of the vulnerability in his plans with respect to the Yukki and Yuno connection, knows and has experimented with the limitations of Yukki's diary, and still let Yukki in on the details of his plan just reeks of the author bending the plot backwards to get Yuno in a scenario she had no business being a part of. At first I was giving him the benefit of the doubt in him having a secondary plan behind the stated one and was trying to bait Yuno into coming there to have her offed but it's clear that silver still has a ways to go before he's ready to do some Death Note level **. "Let's calmly allow Yukki to untie his psychotic girlfriend" k.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 957	Posted - 2015.04.20 09:50:00 - [128] - Quote Mirai Nikki - ~It should go without saying that there are spoilers below~ 16 - The couple that they introduced in the last episode are actually a pretty enjoyable duo. I can only assume the reason that they're introducing the father is to kill him off in some spectacular fashion later on. I will accept nothing less! Yuno is like distilled plot bullshit "I could tell they were fake from the tiny scratches I could make out from a room length away." 17 - I'm touchy when it comes to the use of rap-e as a plot device, doubly so when it seems like the go-to scenario for garnering sympathy or instilling a "traumatic event" on specifically female characters. Its use in such cases I believe should be something done sparingly (if at all) to retain the necessary impact. That the series has seen fit to use it twice already just strikes me as lazy. 18 - Man what. The thing that ultimately sets Yuno off on to her path of craziness are super strict parents that occasionally locked her away in a cage when she didn't follow the rules? Granted, it's still objectively child abuse, but given how proficient of a fighter she is and the depth of her insanity I was certainly expecting something a bit more extreme. Hoping the mysterious third body serves as a more reasonable trigger. And this "I just want to see the stars!" thing is so ridiculous that I can only assume it's parody. At least Yukki found a reason to be god. I'm finding that playing the show at 2x speed has made it more enjoyable, Yukki's high pitched distorted Mickey Mouse sounding voice matches his character much better and makes getting through this a lot more amusing. 19 - ... what. Who is this MC? Certainly not the same person we've been following in the 18 episodes prior to this. Oh boo, what a tease. Just an act. Here I was getting my hopes up for nothing. ... ahahahahahaha. Okay, that bait and switch with the "alliance" was pretty fun. But the meat of the episode, the revelation at the end ... really didn't do anything for me. Like who cares if it's not the real Yuno? Were we ever under the impression that Yuno wasn't a crazy person? Did Yukki not see the bodies in her house, did he not notice the trail of bodies his girlfriend's left while participating in the game, her blind devotion to his character? Why does the true identity of the person standing beside you matter in the slightest when you're looking to become a god? None of this should have come at any surprise to Yukki nor should it effect his personal feelings for her. Blah. 20 - This villain is fun and new Yukki continues to make me smile. And we didn't even have to put up with a stupid "I still love you Yuno!" arc. 21 - "There are two doors" lol So ignoring how everyone seems to have magically become an ace shot with the ability to effortlessly shoot guns out of people's hands, the fact that Yukki seems to have some moral crisis over the act of killing people after having murdered all of the kids connected to the eighth is just beyond dumb. I had suspected it after the end of 19 but 21 pretty much confirms it. Yuno is a twin right? 22/23 - Lol. Well that explains that. 24/25 - Seriously what has this show turn into. Did like the fight scene though, probably the first time the show's actually had some decent animation. 26 + OVA / Final thoughts This is a show that had a defined starting point/premise and a defined ending point but didn't have a solid grasp on the events that would need to take place to make the ride from start to finish a satisfying one. I don't think I have to go through the laundry list of items I mentioned in all of the writeups up until this point but, suffice to say, the writing here left a lot to be desired. Yukki is a character that takes far too long to develop into something meaningful. He actively works against his own interests most of the time and never takes seriously the gravity of the situation that he's been thrown in until the latter half of the series. So for 13 episodes we have a Yukki that constantly constantly finding or doing the most incomprehensible things at any given time just for the sake of satisfying whatever childish whim that crosses his mind. In a scenario in which he's surrounded by a pack of ravenous dogs he hesitates to use his diary because he's worried that his friends will dislike him afterwards. Given that the decision was made to put the viewer's attention on him rather than any of the objectively more interesting characters or diary owners (Fate/Zero style) these are more than justifiable grounds to say that this show really isn't worth anyone's time. The Yukki / Yuno connection. I kept expecting the show to throw me a bone here and explain what the source of Yuno's obsession with Yuki was. I was expecting something cheesy maybe but at least something tangible or solid that would justify the extent to which Yuno was willing to go to do all that she did. What I got was one off the cuff remark said in passing on a completely random day. There's no buildup there, no sense that Yukki had done anything exceptional to set himself apart from any random schmo that could have been in that exact same situation. It literally, given the way the show portrays it, could have been anyone in Yukki's place and that person would have immediately become the object of Yuno's affection. That's insane. It's the sort of blind wish fulfillment that lays at the core of a lot of shows that release season to season, generic the character self insert finds himself in the middle of a harem because shut up here's some fanservice buy my manga. Like a lot of things in this show, it just strikes me as juvenile. There's no substance here beyond doting badass girlfriend does things. I watched this show so you guys don't have to. Don't follow my example. SoTa PoP wrote: lol, Foundation posts are terribly fun to read <3 Glad you've enjoyed them
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 959	Posted - 2015.04.21 22:35:00 - [129] - Quote B1ack ice wrote: Hey. Can anyone give me any good romance anime suggestions? Some of the ones I've really enjoyed are My Little Monster, Say, I Love You, and Toradora. I've watched Clannad. Anything on Netflix. No access to a computer, crunchroll, or Hulu right now. Eureka Seven is a romance on Netflix, you just have to take it with a side of giant robots fighting eachother on giant surfboards high up in the air. Fun times! Also, hi. Been a while. MINA Longstrike wrote: Everything Dies wrote: Well, it's not really an anime, but...I'm currently playing "Let's Meow Meow." Will soon follow that up with "My Girlfriend is the President." Sengoku rance is quite a fun game if you can get into the mechanics. I ended up preferring Daibanchou over Sengoku Rance personally.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 960	Posted - 2015.04.24 18:50:00 - [130] - Quote Etotama 1-3 Let me preface this with a gif from the show : http://i.imgur.com/H6RfUuU.gif Talk about surprise of the season. What initially gives a viewer the impression of your by the books harem comedy with a deadpan protagonist turns into something decidedly more interesting halfway into the first episode. It's two parts a really fluffy, enjoyable show with a likable cast of characters that you can turn your brain off to and, seemingly out of no where, becomes a really ******* well executed battle anime too. If you have a high tolerance for cute (I'm looking at you, Kancolle fans) and want something with production values that literally come out of no where, don't let this one pass you by. Also Ep. 3 is

Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 991	Posted - 2015.04.30 18:54:00 - [131] - Quote Criteria Shipment wrote: Parasyte the Maxim. 'nuff said. It was okay ... gbghg wrote: got bored half way through episode 4 of plastic memories, someone tell me if its worth finishing, kekkai sensen and UBW are great as ever though. Glad I wasn't the only one who skipped out on Plastic Memories 4 on the halfway point, I'll get around to finishing it eventually but blahhhhhh. MINA Longstrike wrote: I got up to the fifth Kara no Kyoukai movie last night and god those have been entertaining. For anyone not familiar, they're set in the same universe as fate/stay night and fate/zero but they follow a small group of people who investigate paranormal / magical deaths. Most of the stories are told out of order and there's some pretty heavy aspects of psychological strangeness/horror going on within them. One of the main characters Shiki Ryouko possesses an incredibly special set of eyes that basically allow her to kill anything. The Kara no Kyoukai movies are absolutely awesome, as a whole I'd say it's probably the best Type-Moon adaptation that Ufotable's ever done. And all the rain ** oh my god, it's so gorgeous. I-Shayz-I wrote:** Ton of Japanese and anime games on sale right now in the PSN store. And by a ton I mean pretty much all of them. up to 70% off with PS+ Been looking for a Resonance of Fate sale for a loooooong time. Glad it showed up.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 994	Posted - 2015.05.05 19:30:00 - [132] - Quote This thread has gone in an interesting direction but at least we're active? Plastic Memories 4-5 ~spoiler fun times~ Taken on its own I don't think Plastic Memories 4 serves as anything too interesting beyond the setup for episode 5. They introduce the black market dudes who take Giftia for ??? reasons, shed a little more light on what happens to a Giftia when it starts to lose consciousness beyond its expiration date, and lay the foundation down for the relationship between the Giftia of the week and her ungrateful little **. It's interesting that they establish in these episodes that laws exist to protect the "human rights" of Giftia but I can't help but feel that the situation still conflicts pretty fundamentally with how society as a whole operates (why does a human work force exist at all with Giftia being almost literally humans in every important aspect?). At least I can sort of appreciate how the government seems okay with a situation in which a human is put in the care of a robot for the duration of its life span just because they seem to have acknowledged how human like they are ... what happens to the kid after the thing expires though? Does he get a new Giftia assigned to him to act as his caregiver? Hm Hm. 5 though ... what the ** did this show turn into? At a certain point my suspension of disbelief just started to become really really tested here. Giftias, when they go beyond their expiration date, turn into "Wanderers" which you sort of internalize as something resembling a walking toaster, just a mass of walking electrical components without any sort of directed will. What they've actually turned into is a death machine with no inhibitors that are able to achieve completely superhuman feats of insanity. There's no way that they'd be taking this job as casually as they have up until this point with the danger that comes with an expired robot continuing to exist. And there's 0 explanation as to why these Giftias don't just have an internal off switch that goes off the moment they've reached their expiration date while waiting for the collectors to pick them up. Holy crap. Kekkai Sensen - 5 Best episode thus far. There were some legitimate complaints to be leveled at some of the episodes prior to this. A lot of issues with pacing and ** just "happening" one after another without proper buildup or laying of the foundation for the story pillars, episode 4 in particular being guilty of this. But 5 really comes in and I think executes extremely well the show's strengths. It's a break from the overarching vampire plot introduced in the last episode (no complaints from me there as it felt far too rushed to get too invested with when all was said and done) and serves as just another chapter of the craziness of the setting that they've plopped us in. I'm adoring the fact that the show seems more than happy to expand the cast of interesting characters from week to week, and in 5s case we get the psycho obsessive "brat" who has an absolutely magnetic personality (her voice actress was pretty *** amazing too) with the new Libra operative. Craziness of the main story of the week I like that there was a bit of a grounding effect after the insane happenings of the episode, with the show taking some time to develop the relationship between White and Leo when all was said and done. Loved it. Fristname Family name wrote: what arare good music related anime? Slice of Life Beck Mongolian Chop Squad Kids on the Slope Euphonium ... ? (still on-going but it's KyoAni so it's *** gorgeous at least, its gotten pretty good reception so far) Comedy** Detroit Metal City
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 997	Posted - 2015.05.09 11:13:00 - [133] - Quote VAHZZ wrote: I'm disappointed by the lack of older anime, where are the classics guys? Besides LOLH i don't watch much newer anime. Though, the new lineups are looking interesting. Gundam War in the Pocket, Gunbuster, and Patlabor are all on my shortlist of shows I'll be watching next, granted though most of my anime watching is post 2000. Toonami generation etc etc.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 1000	Posted - 2015.05.10 04:50:00 - [134] - Quote SoTa PoP wrote: A reminder - we've a Skype group for Anime Empire. Heim, Cat, and many others are already in there, if you want in just say so with Skype info and i'll add you. o7 Be warned - it's as crazy as the Dust channel :x My skype name is DiscoShark, my avatar is Chain from Kekkai Sensen. Whats your skype info?
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 1001	Posted - 2015.05.10 18:42:00 - [135] - Quote My watch list of shows that I genuinely enjoyed for last season : Yuri Kuma - Death Parade - Maria the Virgin Witch This season : Kekkai Sensen - ...
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 1002	Posted - 2015.05.12 00:26:00 - [136] - Quote You guys realize that you'll be waiting at least another 6+ months after the release of the movie before its released on BD/DVD and subsequently subbed.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 1002	Posted - 2015.05.12 00:46:00 - [137] - Quote Heimdallr69 wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: You guys realize that you'll be waiting at least another 6+ months after the release of the movie before its released on BD/DVD and subsequently subbed. Who needs subs? My point is that you won't even have the RAWs to watch until the movie is out on DVD/Bluray ... which would be like 6+ months after its release in Japanese theaters.
Foundation Seldon Demonite's Legion 1	Posted - 2015.06.15 19:16:00 - [138] - Quote We were better off in a world where shows like K, Cross Ange, and Guilty Crown didn't exist.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.06.29 12:05:00 - [139] - Quote On one hand if you look at Aeon's list and are making recommendations based on that criteria then you guys are doing a pretty good job of giving him shows that he'd probably enjoy. On the other, I really take issue with the notion that having gore or character deaths makes your material geared toward 'adults' or a 'mature' audience. Like half the ** you guys mentioned is definitely aimed at a younger teenage demographic regardless of how edgy it tries to make itself (looking at you Deadman Wonderland, Mirai Nikki, and Akame ga Kill). Not that there's anything inherently wrong with being aimed at younger audiences of course just ... yeah. My recommendations (based on the shows you've enjoyed) - Hellsing Ultimate Monster Baccano Berserk (the TV series, not the movies) Fate/Zero Go crazy. Heimdallr69 wrote:** Gonna start Owari no Seraph tonight if I get around to it..you guys watch it yet? If so dub or no for this one? Some dubs suck =ƒÿö Dub is fine but the show is pretty crushingly generic as a whole.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.06.29 12:54:00 - [140] - Quote Shadowed Cola wrote: Mirai Nikki themes make it almost strictly adult. Everything from **** to torture to serious abuse. So on that one show i'll argue you're wrong. And yet the writing is so ridiculously juvenile that coming to the conclusion that the show is geared towards teenagers is pretty much the only reasonable conclusion anyone could come to. I'd go one step further and say that the specific way in which the violence/gore/abuse is presented makes it even more childish when all is said and done. It's violence often times for violence's sake, it's a gore party headed up by characters that are so ridiculous in their interactions with eachother and with the main characters as to border on self parody. I shouldn't need to remind anyone of the first couple episode's main villain being foiled in part by students chucking books out of the window at a terrorist who rigged a school up with bombs or the flamboyant couple who would go on attempting to save the world through the power of their love! It's almost power rangers in its execution. Shadowed Cola wrote: And Seraph's only generic feature is the Naruto x Saske or however it's spelt plot. Predictable, but it being admits a war of magic between vampires and humans makes it fun to watch :3 Oh, and the main character is basically Natsu. Yeah no, the thing is straight up a derivative work of Attack on Titan with the main character being presented as an almost carbon copy of Erin "Gotta kill all the ~~Titans~~ Vampires" Jaeger. Then throw all the basic shounen tropes at me, power of friendship, super special power ups, blah blah blah. I've seen this show 20 other times with a different twist.

Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.06.29 23:55:00 - [141] - Quote Shadowed Cola wrote: Foundation Seldon wrote: Shadowed Cola wrote: Mirai Nikki themes make it almost strictly adult. Everything from **** to torture to serious abuse. So on that one show i'll argue you're wrong. And yet the writing is so ridiculously juvenile that coming to the conclusion that the show is geared towards teenagers is pretty much the only reasonable conclusion anyone could come to. I'd go one step further and say that the specific way in which the violence/gore/abuse is presented makes it even more childish when all is said and done. It's violence often times for violence's sake, it's a gore party headed up by characters that are so ridiculous in their interactions with eachother and with the main characters as to border on self parody. I shouldn't need to remind anyone of the first couple episode's main villain being foiled in part by students chucking books out of the window at a terrorist who rigged a school up with bombs or the flamboyant couple who would go on attempting to save the world through the power of their love! It's almost power rangers in its execution. Shadowed Cola wrote: And Seraph's only generic feature is the Naruto x Saske or however it's spelt plot. Predictable, but it being admits a war of magic between vampires and humans makes it fun to watch :3 Oh, and the main character is basically Natsu. Yeah no, the thing is straight up a derivative work of Attack on Titan with the main character being presented as an almost carbon copy of Erin "Gotta kill all the ~~Titans~~ Vampires" Jaeger. Then throw all the basic shounen tropes at me, power of friendship, super special power ups, blah blah blah. I've seen this show 20 other times with a different twist. That's a pretty low threshold you have for similarities. I wouldn't relate the two nearly as much, as Erin pretty much stays a whiney ***** constantly with no real bad-assery given to him other then turning titan. His only moments of being cool was taken from him almost as fast as it was given to him. And his dramatic scenes all came from the very same point: His life sucks. Better have someone else fix it for him. He never got closer to his comrades, the story never put any time in fleshing out it's characters. Seraph takes a much better approach. You're given your AoT moments in the first episode, then it goes to a high school life, then switches back to the action. It never beats you over the head with it's themes of Vampires, curses, or the world. AoT did nothing but beat you in the head with how terrible there world and situation constantly was. I don't blame you for relating the two, but AoT has some serious flaws that almost seemed fixed when compared to Seraph. The flaws you point out for AoT are all pretty much the highlights for me compared to Seraph. The whole switch back to happy go lucky highschool life that Seraph throws at you is so jarring compared to the objective bleakness of the world around them. They live in a small bastion of paradise surrounded by a dominant life form that seeks to use them as livestock and the show, 2 episodes in, switches immediately to "Erin, you have to go make friends! :D" Blech. As for the 'never getting closer to his comrades' I really have to disagree, his entire thing in the Annie arc is him learning to (for better or worse) trust in his new comrades and in the military structure that has him being a cog in the wheel for the much bigger plan of dealing with the internal politics of society and eventually retaking the lost territory of the outer walls and cities. He's not a badass, and I respect the show in going out of its way to NOT reward the lone wolf style of shounen hero badassery that would have a single person soloing huge numbers of the enemy front. Attack on Titan makes it very clear early on that even the most elite of the soldiers are not immune to being taken out if the conditions aren't favorable to their success. Because of this and other aspects of the world, I'm much more invested in the AoT world. Seraph feels like a knockoff in comparison.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.06.30 14:56:00 - [142] - Quote Kail Mako wrote: Look at his list though. Those are all almost definitely shounen. Right, which is why I prefaced the entire thing with "On one hand if you look at Aeon's list and are making recommendations based on that criteria then you guys are doing a pretty good job of giving him shows that he'd probably enjoy." I agree with your assessment and think the recommendations (Mirai Nikki, Deadman, etc) are shows that he'd end up liking regardless of the demographic that they're aimed at, I just took issue with calling those shows "adult" or "mature". Call it being nitpicky if you'd like. gbghg wrote: have started watching panty and stocking, i'm amazed they managed to secure funding for this, let alone actually get it made. still, its been pretty hilarious so far. Panty and Stocking is fantastic, I always liken the show to a raunchy "adult" Powerpuff Girls and the soundtrack is still something I listen to to this day. Fun fact, some of the more iconic tracks on that list - Fly Away I Want You - are made by the same dude (Teddyloid) who did the music for the pretty fantastic Mememe short. Link
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.06.30 20:03:00 - [143] - Quote gbghg wrote: i was listening to the OST earlier and there's a 1 minute segment that is basically just panty moaning, sounds like something out of a hentai. It made me glad that i had my headphones on. Yup! I totally forgot about that track because I totes deleted all the tracks that I didn't like from my playlist!!11
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.05 02:38:00 - [144] - Quote Things that make me glad that I'm not watching Owari no Seraph. Edit : Space war? Watch Space Battleship Yamato 2199.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.05 13:55:00 - [145] - Quote ... Anime was a mistake.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.07 02:32:00 - [146] - Quote gbghg wrote: just watched episode 13 of panty and stocking, words fail me. Hahahaha, yeah that certainly happened. Dreis ShadowWeaver wrote: gbghg wrote: just watched episode 13 of panty and stocking, words fail me. I only watched the first episode. How can you even call that anime? Because whether or not something is called 'anime' depends entirely on its country origin and whether or not it's live action or animated. Panty and Stocking is an animated show. Panty and Stocking is made in Japan. Panty and Stocking is anime.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.10 18:15:00 - [147] - Quote Summer fun time first eps gooo! Gakkou Gurashi - 01 Really interesting! Having read the synopsis for the show before seeing the actual first episode I found myself actively looking for clues throughout the first episode that betrayed the reality of their situation. I think the only that stuck out to me from the get go was the random barricade of desks and some misplaced boxes but aside from that the first episode played itself out in a surprisingly straight fashion. If you knew nothing about this going into it it'd be easy to think that it's your typical 'cute girls doing cute things' type of show with surprisingly decent production values (seriously I love how bright and pretty everything is). That said, I think how decidedly 'normal' everything is for 90% of the episode is a bit of a double edged sword. If I didn't know the twist here I'm unsure whether or not there'd have been enough to draw me in and keep me interested during the course of events. Certainly that everything stays bright and pretty amplified the ending scene in which you find how truly warped the main character's view of reality is but it didn't make for a wholly entertaining 30 minutes. There were some funny bits with the dog ignoring the funny girl gag but I think it'd have been nice to have peppered in more decidedly "odd" moments and bits of dialogue that clashed with the main character's world view before getting to that point of tonal shift. If for nothing more than to give a little more credibility to the bleakness of their situation. There's a lot of different avenues a show like this could take and, though the show doesn't really give much inkling into the format for the rest of the series, I'm certainly interested enough so far to see where it's going. Label me as cautiously optimistic. Wish Upon a Pleiades - 01 Because why not pick up a Spring show? I saw some mentions of the show being both pretty good and it having been criminally ignored by the majority of animeGAF and this, coupled with some mentions that the show explores some of the neater side of space, was enough for me to give the first episode a shot. I liked it! While they were far from what I'd call "subtle" about the direction some of the character development is going to take I'm glad that a feel good show about magical girls is going further than just taking on an enemy of the week and being cute and fluffy. My only exposure to the genre being Madoka and Yuki Yuna up until this point that was probably one of my bigger concerns while knowing that there wasn't going to be any grim dark subplot to go along with it. Whether it's able to successfully incorporate the drama without making me hate myself is the real question. There'll always be space ** to fall back on I guess. Things I didn't like though? I guess the obvious one is the really distractingly bad CG. Like it's clear after having watched Show by Rock and Etotama that good CG in anime isn't just a pipe dream so to go into this after having checked out those shows is definitely a jarring experience. That and the fact that their magical broom sticks sound like cars. Bit odd. Gangsta GÇô 01 I think after my first go through my thoughts were that the series was a bit crude in some key scenes, that in an effort to show how nitty gritty and dark the setting was the scenes with prostitution and sexual violence were just a bit much for me. I'm not sure if that initial reaction was justified though, the scenes themselves never took up much screentime, weren't the focus of the episode, nor were they framed in a way that I felt like they were trying to titillate the viewer. They go on to serve a purpose in making the scene in which female protagonist taking the gun to be just that much more impactful. I guess we'll see how the story deals with the subject matter later on but, in and of itself, I don't believe that those scenes were tooo out there (though random blowjob may have been a bit excessive). On a second watch I think I was able to appreciate the other aspects of the show. Tsutchie being on board for the music gives everything that distinctive Champloo flair and it's definitely one of the highlights of the series thus far. The action's on point as well. I like it. Gate GÇô 01 I'll be honest, I'm not thrilled that the MCs defining trait seems to be GÇ£loves anime/manga to the point of becoming a ridiculous on the fly field commander in order to save the con he was attending.GÇ¥ Which is a shame because there's definitely some interesting story telling fodder to be explored with sudden parallel universe coming in contact with normal modern day setting. I'll give it the ol' 3 episode rule on the basis that the second half was decidedly more tolerable than the first half. Chaos Dragon GÇô 01 This was trash. I'll keep watching. Things I still need to check out : Charlotte .. ? Classroom Crisis (because space maybe?) Laplace (probably ) Monster Nichijou (obligatory) Fate/Kaleid S3 (obligatory) Himouto! Umaru-chan Overlord Rokka no Yuusha That-StudioBones-Show Shadowed Cola wrote:** 2 things, Firstly, an apology, lately I've been writing some terrible half assed reviews filled incomplete thoughts and bitter out-look versus shows of obvious higher quality. No need to apologize, your terrible half assed reviews filled with incomplete thoughts and bitter out-looks is still better than the vast majority of things posted in this thread!
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.10 18:42:00 - [148] - Quote Never really noticed how drab the art design is in Manglobe's Gangsta until I saw this comparison pic between it and Manglobe's other work, Mitchio no Hatchin http://abload.de/img/manglobebez16.jpg Yikes.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.12 04:43:00 - [149] - Quote Dreis ShadowWeaver wrote: So I'm about to watch the first episode of Elfen Lied. Assuming that I have no predisposition, is this anime better subbed or dubbed? It's an equally terrible show in both cases.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.14 14:36:00 - [150] - Quote Charlotte is my current anime of the season and more people should be watching it. Charlotte - 01 I went into this with absolutely nothing in the way of expectations and came away with the show shooting itself to the top of my list of currently airing shows. I absolutely love the ridiculousness of the setting presented. The visual gags with the 'teleporter' guy tackling the protagonist at ridiculous speeds, the fact that the powers presented are all hilarious incomplete in one way or another, or the whole thing of building up an overly dramatic main character only to systematically break him down at every step. A surprisingly charming and genuinely funny show! It takes a decidedly "X-men" style setup in which you have teenaged protagonists discovering that they have powers, exploiting this fact in really interesting and decidedly juvenile ways, while eventually dealing with the realization that they're not the only ones in the world who have abilities in the sense that they do. Don't miss out on this. Join me on my journey of highs and lows with the first two episodes of Classroom Crisis! Classroom Crisis - 01 This is fun. The synopsis of this one definitely had me a bit worried, I was concerned that the SciFi space background that the story was set in would ultimately take a backseat to whatever highschool drama they wanted to insert to appeal to whatever demographic they were aiming for. I came away instead with a surprisingly optimistic view of the way it handled that part of the show. Our protagonist, for once, is actually the teacher of the class and I didn't realize how something as subtle as taking the main point of view away from some generic self insert student to a generic self insert authority figure leading the class could feel so refreshing. I can almost forgive the show for the hamfisted style of character development near the beginning where they clearly layed out the protag's hopes, dreams, and overarching goals in a single sequence. Fortunately that was probably the only clear low point in the episode and the second half delivers on what I had picked up the show to begin with for. The ***** space part. The second half has the series delving into the main conflict of the episode as first introduced in the show's opening moments. A mission that has our characters making use of their prototype ship in order to stage a rescue mission. While certainly the show isn't what I'd call a "looker", with a lot of the background art being serviceable at best, I found the moments where you're switching between ground control and the view of the cockpit to actually be quite exciting. While I could certainly criticize the "SciFi" aspect of the execution of the mission (an asteroid belt with that much debris would most certainly land you in a situation where any number of small objects would kill you in moments which directly conflicts with a protag who values "Safety First") I found myself ignoring all that because this show is in space. And space is *** cool. What it solidifies in this moment is something that I really value in shows like this though, that this isn't a one man show. That our protag is going to ultimately be leaning on the strength of others in order to achieve his goals. Also the transfer student is great. Don't go in expecting something on the level of Planetes in terms of attention to detail or competency in its execution though, cus this aint that. Classroom Crisis - 02 A couple of highschool kids got together one day 70 years ago and decided to revolutionize human space travel. Sure, why not? The small amount of time the show spent this episode exploring the fun dynamic of having a transfer student thats simultaneously your boss and the little dash of internal company politics were about the only positive things this thing had going for it. What we're greeted with for the other 90% of the episode is some of the most hamfisted character development I've ever seen. It's 2 parts exposition dump and what feels like someone reading every defining character trait off of a fact sheet for every significant character existing in the show. "Lazy" doesn't quite capture the magic that comes with being bombarded with every detail about the world, its technology, and the internal motivations of all of its players in a single 15-20 minute sequence in what is literally presented as a documentary that other, even less important characters are watching while absolutely nothing goes on anywhere. So yeah, that sucked. SUBspace overvraper wrote:** Also my first anime review though it was on accident. I wasn't a fan of Punchline myself but thanks for the review. Personally I found the show to drag for far too long with the whole random ghost thing for me to really stay invested for very long. It was always flirting with the point of not being actively bad enough for me to drop while doing nothing exceptional to actually get me 'excited' to see each episode. Dropped it the moment the dude gets back into his real body and discovers his mission.

Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.15 04:06:00 - [151] - Quote Shadowed Cola wrote: Drop Whatever You're Doing And Go Watch School-Live NOW~! Make it to the end of episode 1. Then come back here with your reaction. Do not read the premise/summary of the show. Already posted my impressions of Gakkou Gurashi a couple pages back.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.20 01:29:00 - [152] - Quote Dreis ShadowWeaver wrote: Can someone pls recommend me a good romance anime (but not a rom com)? Eureka Seven
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.25 20:16:00 - [153] - Quote Shadowed Cola wrote: SUBspace overvraper wrote: I was thinking of doing a poll to see dust 514 merc's favorite waifu to celebrate the 150th page of List of good animes milestone but it already passed and I haven't done any brain storming with the usual lot in here so I guess it will be for the 200th page. I was thinking of setting up a review game - everyone here makes a small list of shows they want others to review, and we do, lol. On GAF they call this watch betting. It's either a hilarious way to troll another member or a way to expose someone to something really great.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.07.31 23:38:00 - [154] - Quote Oh ****, they're finally bringing back Attack on Titan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm3WBqihF-A Hype!
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.08.02 20:52:00 - [155] - Quote With a caveat that my only exposure to Fairy Tail is the manga I found the thing to be completely forgettable. Truly as run of the mill as you could get while throwing as many "power of friendship"-ex Machinas as they could in every major arc. If you're gonna waste your time on anything, there are far better shows to do that on. I noticed you mentioned Cowboy Bebop earlier on as a potential option for what to watch next. Go with that. A lot of the old Toonami classics are worth jumping into if you haven't seen them yet, FLCL and Samurai Champloo would also be on my list of shows that pretty much everyone should experience at least once.
Foundation Seldon 0.P. 1	Posted - 2015.08.03 00:26:00 - [156] - Quote Shadowed Cola wrote: I have completed FSN:UBW. 8.5/10 Gorgeous is the first word that comes to mind - fight scenes were absolutely stunning. And it's awesome how brutal this show is compared to it's previous counter-part. But the story has a few loose ends - like what ever happens to Sakura during the whole story? It looked like FSZ was set up just so they could make this show stand out from it's background more - but all the pain and suffering Sakura goes through in FSZ apparently amounted to a total of 10 minutes of screen time between 2 seasons. And there explanation of magic was strange - if Rin has magic circuits - why do the majority of her spells require her to use outside sources to empower her spells? She apparently has enough magic to replicate Archers Marble - so that's confusing. . I'll address these as best as I can 1. Remember that F/SN is a visual novel with branching paths. There are 3 main "routes" for which the story is told. Fate route is the Saber focused story, Unlimited Blade Works is the Rin focused one, and the final route is the Sakura focused one - Heaven's Feel, which is getting a movie by Ufotable some time in the future. "What ever happens to Sakura" is addressed in that final route. 2. I don't remember a ton of the details for how and why they have as much magical power as they do and there are certainly some ass pulls there (lol magical semen in the VN) but magician families typically have 2 sources of magic, their own internal one powered by their circuits, and the one granted by their family Crest which is expanded on / passed down each generation. The crest is some bananas **** that allows a magician to pull from a pool of magic much more powerful than they themselves would be able to do internally. This is why Sakura was given up in the first place because only one person in the line can receive the magical crest.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.08.16 13:45:00 - [157] - Quote I like this review format you guys have been adopting lately, it feels like the level of discourse in this thread has definitely improved as a result. Keep it up guys! Don't have much to say on the anime front unfortunately as I haven't been watching much of it lately. Im behind on pretty much all of my shows at the moment coming in from this season ... but here's my impressions from eps 2 and 3 of Charlotte which I don't think I ever got around to posting here. :P Charlotte - 2 The gag with the teleporter getting lunch had me rolling, this show is the absolute best when it's focusing on the comedy. Charlotte - 3 Yeah ... no. I feel like this was the first real misstep for the series. It feels like they were trying to fit a story that should have been told over more episodes into a single one and the result is a bit of a mess as the characters rush through events one after another. The progression from "I literally just met you" to "I'll totally trust in your plan" to Im going to have my non-powered friends do a couple stealth takedowns on your hired goons" to "Im going to have this random character confess his feelings for you" was just, well, a mess. Beyond how nonsensical the plan was I dont feel like they were able to hit the sort of emotional notes given the lightning fast pace and ultimately the amount of time we had to spend with each of the characters. The comedy fell really flat as well. Mina Longstrike wrote: Its a goofy wish fulfillment ecchi and as it happens there are BETTER goofy wish fulfillment ecchi's... that don't involve loli-pandering. As someone who genuinely enjoyed No Game No Life I have to agree on this front, definitely one of the shows more noticeable weak points. Have you seen Shokugeki no Soma yet? Absolute blast with far less emphasis on the fanservice (... after the first few episodes). In non-anime related news I've taken the first step in joining the glorious master race. Bought almost all of my PC components from newegg yesterday, really looking forward to building the thing when all the parts arrive in the next week or so. Still need to decide on a graphics card to go with ...
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.08.17 20:56:00 - [158] - Quote Immortal John Ripper wrote: Is there an anime that exists that is about lesbians living together in a female prison? Lesbian Bear Storm aka Yuri Kuma Arashi I'm not even kidding. And it's pretty good.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.08.24 17:27:00 - [159] - Quote Kail Mako wrote: Oddly enough, after watching the Madoka Magica movies I started to draw parallels between them, and Mirai Nikki of all things. Both are darker than they initially let on. Both have themes of fighting against an unfair fate. Neither have what I consider as someone who is actually evil. And only one is actually worth watching.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.09.03 05:13:00 - [160] - Quote Kail Mako wrote: Fristname Family name wrote: yandere simulator <3 Seconded... So, here's a question for everyone on the thread. When you are checking which anime you want to watch, are there any words that instantly turn you off of a series? For me, if I see the word "harem" show it's face I generally won't watch it. "Highschool"

Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.09.03 15:29:00 - [161] - Quote I-Shayz-I wrote: It's not so much a word, but if the picture has anything to do with sports Up until last year I shared the same view when it comes to sports shows. I think a certain part of me just felt like they'd all essentially be analogous to the old Prince of Tennis in which everything would devolve into a shounen style battle of various sports related super powers. I had an idea there that just wasn't enough there for me in the genre to become emotionally invested to the plot or characters. Having been exposed to Ping Pong the Animation and Haikyuu however my opinion completely 180'd. Ping Pong was a character drama with the actual "sport" being nothing more than the stage to tell its story and Haikyuu was a show that was able to balance out and develop a really impressive number of characters while also seamlessly blending the mechanics of volleyball into each character's trials and tribulations. They're both fantastic and I'd highly recommend them to someone who's squeamish about delving into the genre, they certainly made me a believer. Kail Mako wrote: So..... You stay away from anime then? Funny that with all of those clich+¬ genres you throw yaoi on at the end. There's quite a few shows that don't fall within those categories. Shadowed Cola wrote: I actually really like the high school theme, K-on, White Album, Maid-sama, ItzanoKizz, Kimikiss Rogue, all high school shows, and all great. It's obviously not a catch all "I'll avoid this like the plague" it's just that a show that's set in your traditional highschool has to do more in order for me to become motivated enough to actually try it out. Whether that be a non-traditional art style or rave reviews or an animation budget on par with Unlimited Budget Works. As it stands right now one of my top shows period is set in a highschool. You may have heard of it, "Flowers of Evil" Shadowed Cola wrote: Which leads to my second irk - Animation style, not so much quality over-all. Shows whose character designs are either straight ugly Flower of Evil or just looks half-assed Black Prince and the Wolf Girl I'll defend Flower of Evil to high heaven, it's a show that's ugly in all the right ways, a beautifully executed subversion of the highschool drama that's unsettling, oppressive, and capable of evoking an acute sense of dread that I've yet to experience in any other show. I loved every moment.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.09.08 01:47:00 - [162] - Quote Radiant Pancake3 wrote: School sucks... anyone wanna recommend me some funny but short but not too short animes? Please... Detroit Metal City Humanity has Declined Joshiraku Ghost Stories - NEEDS TO BE THE ENGLISH DUB. There's a story that goes along with the Ghost Stories recommendation. Basically the dudes who licensed out the product did a combination of totally rewriting the japanese script and telling the voice actors to just totally ad lib a lot of different scenes. The result is an absolutely hilarious retelling of what was nothing more than a mediocre horror show before. It's amazing.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.09.23 14:52:00 - [163] - Quote I should start watching anime again. Kail Mako wrote: Does anyone on this thread even play Dust anymore? I myself have massively cut down on playtime to where I'll only play once every few days, and I've never seen any of you in a match. Since building my PC? Na. There's a secondary issue with me using my only spare HDMI cable for the connection between my monitor and my computer that'll be fixed whenever I'm bothered to pick up a new one for like 4 bucks on newegg but I think I've been effectively "done" with Dust for a while. If the game ever makes a transition to PC and on a platform where it can fully realize its vision I'd think about jumping back on but now that I have something with real power backing it I don't think I could ever go back to Dust's 30FPS-on-a-good-day, long/buggy queue times and numerous technical issues. I have options now.
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1	Posted - 2015.12.29 15:56:00 - [164] - Quote Edit : Wait, we have guilty gear players here? Any PC players? IR Scifi wrote: I'm still disappointed at how little non-mecha space opera there is. The last shows I really remember were tytania and the harlock cgi movie and those are four-ish years old. I think I've pretty much seen everything of note from the early nineties onward and it's a pretty short list. Guess I'll just have to hold myself over with another episode of the expanse. You check out Space Battleship Yamato 2199?
Foundation Seldon Sinq Laison Gendarmes Gallente Federation 1049	Posted - 2016.04.18 12:43:00 - [165] - Quote MEGA MAN7 wrote: Hello ! I've been enjoying this forum thread for a long time, since it is the only place where I found actually good Anime recommendations, such as Erased,Clannad,Death Note, Code Geass, Uchuu Kyoudai and Charlotte, which is in my opinion the best anime of 2015 (beside OPM of course ;) So now I'm asking you which Animes do you think are as great as these? Are there even more Anime with good and most importantly meaningful Stories out there? If yes please reply to this comment! Thanks in Advance (n++Gû+n++)n+Å If you enjoyed Space Brothers then definitely check out Planetes. A shotgun list of shows you may also enjoy based on your preferences : Fate/Zero Spice and Wolf Death Parade Baccano Gurren Lagann Madoka Magica Steins;Gate and if you enjoyed the majority of those I'd encourage you to move on to shows like ... Dennou Coil Mushishi Flower of Evil Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Kino's Journey Time of Eve From the New World Ping Pong

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