The Bore Anime & Manga Thread

[MCD]

reading wolf guy and not seeing what's the fuss all about.

[Jansen]

seen the first 3 eps of baccano. now this i like!

any other anime like it?

[Great Rumbler]

any other anime like it?

Black Lagoon or Canaan maybe.

[tiesto]

Watched Naucissa over break, holy shit that was a great movie. I especially loved the 80's synth soundtrack to it, and the world/premise was very cool. I need to get back into watching more animu.

[Mr. Gundam]

Watched Naucissa over break, holy shit that was a great movie. I especially loved the 80's synth soundtrack to it, and the world/premise was very cool. I need to get back into watching more animu.

Check out the manga, it's reeaaallly good.

[Bebpo]

any other anime like it?

Black Lagoon or Canaan maybe.

  nooooooooo

Baccano is good because of the plot.  You just named two shows with no plot and gun action violence.   

[Great Rumbler]

any other anime like it?

Black Lagoon or Canaan maybe.

  nooooooooo

Baccano is good because of the plot.  You just named two shows with no plot and gun action violence.   

That's why my post ended with "maybe". I was going to say Cowboy Bebop, but I think that's pretty much a given.

On another note, I watched the first episode of winter anime Chu-Bra. It's bad. Real bad. Some of you might be tempted to ask, "Sure, but is it worse than Ladies vs. Butlers?" and there's really only one response that I can have to that: Would you rather have AIDS or syphilis? That's really what it boils down to.

Although, in Chu-Bra's defense, it does actually have a point, even if that point is really quite horrifying.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

reading wolf guy and not seeing what's the fuss all about.

I really like the way he draws lips. And one of the latest chapters had full frontal

[MCD]

i can read a hentai manga for that or heck, just reread gantz which is much better anyway.

[Vizzys]

read zetman

it has braces

[Purple Filth]

reading wolf guy and not seeing what's the fuss all about.

I really like the way he draws lips. And one of the latest chapters had full frontal

I just love it due to the art.

Full frontal, female masturbation and even a school shooting is coming up, its like Gantz

[bork]

On another note, I watched the first episode of winter anime Chu-Bra. It's bad. Real bad. Some of you might be tempted to ask, "Sure, but is it worse than Ladies vs. Butlers?" and there's really only one response that I can have to that: Would you rather have AIDS or syphilis? That's really what it boils down to.

Although, in Chu-Bra's defense, it does actually have a point, even if that point is really quite horrifying.

Another winner to watch!

[Purple Filth]

On another note, I watched the first episode of winter anime Chu-Bra. It's bad. Real bad. Some of you might be tempted to ask, "Sure, but is it worse than Ladies vs. Butlers?" and there's really only one response that I can have to that: Would you rather have AIDS or syphilis? That's really what it boils down to.

Although, in Chu-Bra's defense, it does actually have a point, even if that point is really quite horrifying.

Another winner to watch!

Excellent 

and with a name like Chu-Bra some expectation had to have been defined about its quality

[Great Rumbler]

Also, as you're watching Chu-Bra, please bear in mind that the characters are in the seventh grade. As in, 12-13 years old.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

reading wolf guy and not seeing what's the fuss all about.

I really like the way he draws lips. And one of the latest chapters had full frontal

I just love it due to the art.

Full frontal, female masturbation and even a school shooting is coming up, its like Gantz

Yup

Also, as you're watching Chu-Bra, please bear in mind that the characters are in the seventh grade. As in, 12-13 years old.

I think it's funny that the creator is a woman. Oh and Ladies vs Butlers wasnt that bad.

and lol Viz no one wants to read Zetman.

[Vizzys]

[Great Rumbler]

Oh and Ladies vs Butlers wasnt that bad.

Yes it was. 

[MCD]

i'd read zetman, viz

just need more love that's all

that's all

that's all

[Purple Filth]

i'd read zetman, viz

just need more love that's all

that's all

that's all

[bork]

I think it's funny that the creator is a woman.

Yes, a woman created it.  Women even put out perverse and even hentai comics.   

EDIT: Ah, okay...this is the Yumi Nakata manga.  I read one of her other comics in Japan called "Madonna Shokudou," about a widow who runs a restaurant and her perverted customers.  Nothing sexual, just perverted.  It's really fucked up that she chose to make a comic about underwear centered around MIDDLE SCHOOLERS though. 

By the way, as someone who taught at Japanese junior high schools, I can also tell you that girls' skirts are not that long, and they wear their P.E. clothes underneath their uniforms, so nothing at all like animu happens.

...Well, except for the time that I got flashed by a student wearing undergarments that she most definitely should NOT have been.   I realized I couldn't even get her scolded for that, because then everybody would be wondering why I knew a student was wearing panties.   

Oh and Ladies vs Butlers wasnt that bad.

The fuck? 

No, really.  THE FUCK?  You going Nintendosbooger-crazy on us, Junpei?

[Vizzys]

junpei liked kampfer

[MCD]

no hating on my fellow DtB cigarillo now.

even if he is a filthy Misakifag.

[bork]

junpei liked kampfer

Kampfer (well, what I saw of it) is like 100 times better than Ladies Vs. Butlers.

It's kind of weird trying to describe it, but Chu-Bra was like "educational ecchi."     Nowhere near Ladies Vs. Butlers' level of WTF.

[Purple Filth]

no hating on my fellow DtB cigarillo now.

even if he is a filthy Misakifag.

The manga is what a second season should have been.

But i guess it would have taken a while to create.

[Himu]

Is the show by Baccano people good?

[MCD]

no hating on my fellow DtB cigarillo now.

even if he is a filthy Misakifag.

The manga is what a second season should have been.

But i guess it would have taken a while to create.

true but we still have the 4 ovas for that.

and yes himu, it is more than good.

[MCD]

[youtube=560,345]KdcaUMfzXSI[/youtube]

[Great Rumbler]

Is the show by Baccano people good?

It hasn't started airing yet.

[Great Rumbler]

The first episode of Dance in the Vampire Bund came out today and...it was actually pretty good.

[Joe Molotov]

Good good, or loli good?

[Great Rumbler]

Good good, or loli good?

The first episode barely even had any loli. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

That'll probably change pretty soon though.

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[Vizzys]

watched Durarara (gg subbed it)

seems like its a show about bros, and underworld types

weird but good so far, also has a really strange soundtrack that almost seems out of place, its not bad though

[magus]

ehy bore,under viz suggestion i'm watching the big o
let's say i wanted to keep the giant robot streak after that what i should watch?
i've already watched gurren lagan and i don't want to watch anything that's bigger than 26 episode
maybe code geass?

[Great Rumbler]

ehy bore,under viz suggestion i'm watching the big o
let's say i wanted to keep the giant robot streak after that what i should watch?
i've already watched gurren lagan and i don't want to watch anything that's bigger than 26 episode
maybe code geass?

Giant Robo
Gurren Lagann
Macros Plus
Patlabor movies
Escaflowne
Dai-Guard

[bork]

ehy bore,under viz suggestion i'm watching the big o
let's say i wanted to keep the giant robot streak after that what i should watch?
i've already watched gurren lagan and i don't want to watch anything that's bigger than 26 episode
maybe code geass?

Code Geass is 52 episodes (it spans two seasons).

[Mr. Gundam]

ehy bore,under viz suggestion i'm watching the big o
let's say i wanted to keep the giant robot streak after that what i should watch?
i've already watched gurren lagan and i don't want to watch anything that's bigger than 26 episode
maybe code geass?

What have you seen already? First season of Gundam 00 is good.

[Great Rumbler]

Alright, guys and gals, here's the news you've finally been waiting for: The winter 2009 anime season is officially SAVED. That's right, well and truly saved, courtesy of the creators of Bacano!, meaning that I'm talking about Durarara!!.

First episode is mainly setup since there's a ton of characters all moving around and sometimes interacting with each other, much like Bacano. Right now it's a bit difficult to see where it's going, but that's not really a problem right now. Anyway, the first episode was really good. There were a lot of characters, some that look rather interesting, and a bit of mystery added in. The story is about a highschool kid who has never once left his home town and then transfer to Ikebukoro to go to school with a guy that knew several years ago. But that's just the surface, there's a lot going on beneath that and it looks like a good setup for some awesomeness. Here's the kicker: animu is a minimum, fanservice is zilch, and moe-loli is not found here.

Rejoice, my brothers. Rejoice.

[magus]

ehy bore,under viz suggestion i'm watching the big o
let's say i wanted to keep the giant robot streak after that what i should watch?
i've already watched gurren lagan and i don't want to watch anything that's bigger than 26 episode
maybe code geass?

What have you seen already? First season of Gundam 00 is good.

well duh gurren lagan,and i guess i know evangelion enough to say i've seen it
also here in italy back in the 90 mazinger was super popular,it's like everybody here knows mazinger but nobody remember a licks about it
didn't they made a new one back in 2009?

[MCD]

they did, it's good i guess if you are a die hard mazingerfag.

just too much talking in it.

[Great Rumbler]

Baka to Test to Shokanjou

It's a highschool comedy show about a guy who's an idiot that's in love with a ditzy girl that's actually really smart. By any and all accounts this show should be not unlike many such horrifyingly awful shows that have polluted every anime season for the past decade, only...it's not. Somehow, despite everything against it, it's actually a really funny show that doesn't take itself seriously, isn't predicated on fanservice, and despite leaning on a few cliches still manages to feel far fresher than a lot of other shows out there.

What sets is apart is this: the show is built around all of the students being segregated into different classes based on their test results. The smart kids get a really awesome room with computers and sofas, the dumb kids get a room that's falling apart and have to sit on straw mats. In order for the dumb kids to get a better class room, they have to defeat that higher classes and take their rooms away through a virtual reality program that creates summoned beings based on tests scores.

It's kind of animu, but actually not a bad way!

[bork]

ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SHOW.

I'll check it out, but man...even the ones people are praising (that Vampire show) seem to have the same ol' everything.  I haven't watched it, but checked the quality after I DL'd it, and the first thing I see when I skip to a segment is BIG BOUNCY TITTIES and then LOLI GIRL STANDING ON HIGH PLACE OVER THE CITY.

[Great Rumbler]

ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SHOW.

I'll check it out, but man...even the ones people are praising (that Vampire show) seem to have the same ol' everything.  I haven't watched it, but checked the quality after I DL'd it, and the first thing I see when I skip to a segment is BIG BOUNCY TITTIES and then LOLI GIRL STANDING ON HIGH PLACE OVER THE CITY.

The first episode is actually pretty good, though I figure it's only a matter of time [like, next episode] before it goes full-blown loli. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprise, but I doubt it.

But if you only watch one high school show this season, make sure it's Baka to Test to Shokanjou!

Durarara!!'s the real savior of this season though. It's gonna be good!

[Vizzys]

vampire bund is clearly the cancer in todays animu

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1325998/animations/1262994258657.gif

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[Junpei the Tracer!]

Moe loving bastard.

and DtB video MCD posted was nice.

[Great Rumbler]

spoiler (click to show/hide)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1325998/animations/1262994258657.gif

[close]

Railgun really could be a great show if it tried, but then they go and pull stuff like that.

[Vizzys]

i think its from a filler ep or something, anyway i love kurokos voice

[bork]

ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL SHOW.

I'll check it out, but man...even the ones people are praising (that Vampire show) seem to have the same ol' everything.  I haven't watched it, but checked the quality after I DL'd it, and the first thing I see when I skip to a segment is BIG BOUNCY TITTIES and then LOLI GIRL STANDING ON HIGH PLACE OVER THE CITY.

The first episode is actually pretty good, though I figure it's only a matter of time [like, next episode] before it goes full-blown loli. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprise, but I doubt it.

But if you only watch one high school show this season, make sure it's Baka to Test to Shokanjou!

Durarara!!'s the real savior of this season though. It's gonna be good!

Durarara was pretty good.  Weird, but good.  Dancing with Vampires or whatever went in and out of being interesting/amusing and boring. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I don't get why the vampire dude was a chameleon.  That's uh....weird.

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  The variety show-style they used was original, but just dragged on for too long.  You could easily do a condensed version of the show in five minutes and not miss a single thing.

Will check out Baka to Test to Shokanjou next.

[Great Rumbler]

i think its from a filler ep or something, anyway i love kurokos voice

Yeah, it's the break between story arcs. Still, that's not even the biggest issue. The direction on this show is just so bland and unengaging. Scenes that should be really tense instead come across as lifeless. It has its moments, I'll give it that.

Dancing with Vampires or whatever went in and out of being interesting/amusing and boring.

Yeah, it was pretty uneven but overall it was still fairly interesting. However, it gave me hope that Shaft could turn it into something other than lolibait like the manga was. Maybe that's just false hope though, but we'll know either next week or the week after.

[bork]

Baka to Test to Shokanjou- You've got to be fucking kidding me.  This is like Megaman Battle Network or Pokemon or some shit, where the kids "battle" each other with points based on their grades, to take over the other classes' (better) classrooms.  I like the art style (and there's a few laughs in there), but this is just dumb so far.  Total animu.

EDIT: They take a make-up exam to recover "hit points?!"     I'm done with this.  It's a kids' show for the Pokemon crowd.

[Great Rumbler]

smh, lyte edge, smh

spoiler (click to show/hide)

If anything it's a bit-time parody of those kinds of shows, and sports-type shows where the down-on-its-luck team perserveres and trains in order to defeat the best team in the world. And it's great at what it does.

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[Purple Filth]

Sounds like Durarara will be the one to watch

it and Qwaser 

[Great Rumbler]

Qwaser 

[bork]

smh, lyte edge, smh

spoiler (click to show/hide)

If anything it's a bit-time parody of those kinds of shows, and sports-type shows where the down-on-its-luck team perserveres and trains in order to defeat the best team in the world. And it's great at what it does.

[close]

Dude, if that was a parody, then it failed big time.  None of that battle shit was funny in the slightest.  It was boring.  Totally fell flat.

[bork]

I tried to look for more info and stumbled across this.  I see I'm not in alone on Baka.

http://keikakudoori.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/baka-to-test-to-shoukanjuu-last-dumb-impressions/

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu – Last Dumb Impressions

Please go back and try again

Among the tremendous amount of harems, ecchi shows, and romance come Baka to Test, a most original story about straight F students who enjoys dueling. As intriguing as the idea of watching yet another show about students going to school to learn the arts of the dueling and becoming abusive Pokemon masters, Baka to Test is proving to be more that I thought it would in terms of failing to entertain and and moving on to the realm of I don’t see why they still make shows like this except for the fact that people still like it.

Story? Let’s see. We have the top straight +A girl who is most friendly towards the most incompetent guy on the whole student. Mind you, it should be hard to distinguish who is the biggest failure among the large amount of F students though but let’s flip a coin and pick the guy with the who is the undivided center of attention of this show even though he has have no other redeeming qualities to make Baka to Test any more or less interesting. I’m just assuming he’s the main character because he has the most amount of screen-time and his incompetence should make other F students feel better about themselves. Too bad that in those 25 minutes Baka to Test ran he or the show didn’t manage to make me grin once. You’re failing this course, buddy.



Mind you Mizuki’s l33t writing skills was the only redeeming thing I found

I half expected Mizuki to be the Louise of Baka to Tsukaima but that wasn’t the case, for better or for worse. What I sawinstead was that Mizuki was the Miyuki of Baka to Test for better or for worse.  They should have added a pair of glasses to her design if they were going for that appeal.

Although supposedly Mizuki’s presence is supposed to make this show a bit more interesting, it doesn’t accomplish to make any difference at all. Ok, I’m exaggerating she’s likeable just doesn’t shine enough as the trap of the show. At least they introduced his twin sister who is actually not a guy in the first episode… or is she? The rest of the characters are more plain than vanilla flavor. It was more like, Hi, uh-huh, I’ve seen you before. We could be friends but let’s not. Let’s move on.

Mind you, I never had any real interest in RPG games and I don’t understand what’s so great about them. So this might be a good argument to explain why Baka to Test isn’t appealing to me at all. Maybe is the boring characters and ’stupid” premise of a show, the unfunny jokes and a show whose  only good attribute was its surprisingly great animation. Frankly, I doubt that watching an anime with RPG-like battles is going to make me enjoy it any more. Even less when I didn’t find the first episode to be  any more interesting than the rest of the shows that I already stopped watching, but only less painful. Getting Baka To Test out of the way right now will save me the trouble of dropping it later on.

More shows that actually will  manage to catch my attention are supposed to air this week so I’ll patiently wait for them. Hopefully I won’t have to politely ask anime studios to wake me up when the season is over.

Verdict : Dropped

I liked the "trap" character's transformation joke and the generic pervert's reaction to seeing upskirt.  That was about it.

[Great Rumbler]

With how broad and over-the-top the whole thing is played, how could it not be seen as parody?

Well, whatever, not everyone can be pleased.

[MCD]

Gundam 00 movie "Quanta" is so hot.

[Mr. Gundam]

Fall 2010 release, right?

[Purple Filth]

Nice

This movie should be interesting.

[Mr. Gundam]

Gundams vs. Aliens on Jupiter =

[MCD]

Fall 2010 release, right?

even if it is, the dvd/blu ray release will be like...fall 2011 lol.