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[magus]

i can believe that but the reason i stopped bothering with gantz anymore is because i was sick of that kind of drama,so really coupled with the hidamari sketch-esque cast i just don't want to bite even if those visual do indeed look kickass

[Great Rumbler]

i can believe that but the reason i stopped bothering with gantz anymore is because i was sick of that kind of drama,so really coupled with the hidamari sketch-esque cast i just don't want to bite even if those visual do indeed look kickass

Madoka's only 12 episodes, so you can get through it fairly quickly, and

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there's no grim-dark ending.

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[magus]

as i said i spoiled myself some of the plot to decide whetever it was worth to watch or not and i accidently spoiled myself the ending too

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it kinda sounds stupid,in a deus ex machina way

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[Great Rumbler]

as i said i spoiled myself some of the plot to decide whetever it was worth to watch or not and i accidently spoiled myself the ending too

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it kinda sounds stupid,in a deus ex machina way

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Except it's not deus ex machina at all. Madoka had already been established as being the source of the most powerful witch in history [which also meant she would be the most powerful magical girl] thanks to Homura's repeated tampering with timelines for Madoka's sake. In the end, Homura finally realized that she would never be able to truly alter the timeline and protect Madoka from becoming a magical girl, which helps Madoka to realize that the only way to stop the destruction from happening was to become a magical girl and make her wish, but make the RIGHT wish. Essentially she had to make the ultimate selfless wish [none of the other wishes in the series ever were actually selfless, as Kyubey points out.

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So, basically, either watch the show because you want to or don't watch it because you don't want to. Arguing with someone who watched the first episode, read a synopsis, and then wasn't impressed and/or interested is, ultimately, kinda pointless.

[magus]

ahahahah yea i realize that but at the same time i couldn't keep my mouth shut,it is true that it is indeed short... maybe i'll give in

[choco parfait]

oh, well nice work there

Do you do any manga/anime tls?  It's always cool to meet other people who do tl.

Thanks. 

I'm not really with any groups in particular... I sorta just freelance random things when I come across something that I like and want to share with others.

Denpa Onna Episode 3

I'm actually very glad that Erio's mom came out like that this episode. It answered a lot of unsettling questions I had for her, and now like you said, I can kinda get the framework of it all now. I'm definitely not convinced she's an alien, and that it's probably all some deep tragic thing, but I guess the main question is how is it all going to play out.

Definitely curious to see if this show is being taken well as Shaft's other works, because it's slowly starting to rise up there for me.

A-Channel Episode 4

I don't know why but I just love the pacing, random insert songs (hooray, I actually get to here this things used in the show! It makes the character CDs so much more compelling when they're released when you know what you're getting into) and the general humor of the show. It does nothing new, but it definitely does things right. Props to Studio Gokumi indeed, especially if they're former Gonzo employees as the rumors have been circulating.

Moshidora - Episode 4

Love the art... and that's about it. Everything else about the show is pretty... boring.

[Great Rumbler]

Love the art... and that's about it. Everything else about the show is pretty... boring.

Yeah, it kind of is, but I still like it.

[magus]

i decided to watch akagi,that has to be some pretty kickass rock/paper/scissor action BUT WHY IT'S TAKING IT SO LONG TO END???

[Bebpo]

Just got back from seeing Redline with a bunch of people.  Everyone loved it.  Some thought it was the best film they'd seen in years.

It was a lot of fun.  Very energetic, very funny, great animation/action.  Would recommend.

[MCD]

http://p-bandai.jp/fashion-net/character/etc-anime/item-1000008640/

You need this, Bebpo.

[Bebpo]

haha, indeed I do!

Actually what I really need is this outfit:


So I can cosplay as ginga bishounen at ax

[iconoclast]

Huh, I was just about to watch Redline the other day since I'm on a bit of a movie kick, but I passed on it because I'm not very into cars/sports. Will watch soon.

i decided to watch akagi,that has to be some pretty kickass rock/paper/scissor action BUT WHY IT'S TAKING IT SO LONG TO END???

I'm assuming you mean Kaiji, but the worst thing about the anime is that it does end! Fiiiiiiiinally we get season 2.

[MCD]

Blond bebpo.

[Great Rumbler]

Just got back from seeing Redline with a bunch of people.  Everyone loved it.  Some thought it was the best film they'd seen in years.

It was a lot of fun.  Very energetic, very funny, great animation/action.  Would recommend.

WHERE'S MY REDLINE BLURAY

[choco parfait]

So I can cosplay as ginga bishounen at ax

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The suit, it calls for you:

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Maria Holic Alive 03:

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[Bebpo]

Where can you buy that

[choco parfait]

You can click on the picture and it'll take you to the site. 

[Bebpo]

magic

[Great Rumbler]

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san

Today I went from "haven't watched this show yet" to "ZOOOOOOOOOOOMG SO GOOD". It's absolutely hilarious.

[Vizzys]

yall watching steins gate right

cause its pretty cool

[Great Rumbler]

yall watching steins gate right

cause its pretty cool

Yep, watched it up through episode 4. My favorite show of the season.

[Bebpo]

Hack//Quantum OAV3

Yep, this was a totally mediocre OAV outside the nice animation.  .Hack games >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all .Hack anime.

Gosick ep15

This arc was alright.  Now everything is in place for the anime finale arc where I'm sure

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Victorica will get taken away and Kujo will have to go save her

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[magus]

kaiji is cool stuff,it might be too dramatic (heck i think there is a record here for mantears in an anime) and sometimes it draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags in way to make a dragonball z episode blush but it's really engaging,i can't stop watching

[magus]

chaos head... yes or no?

[Vizzys]

no

[Great Rumbler]

Given that you had problems with Gantz and Madoka, stick to Steins;Gate instead.

[Joe Molotov]

chaos head... yes or no?

Steins;Gate is better (so far).

[magus]

i would love to watch steins gate but i hate to watch running series,nothing worse than not being able to know "what happens next!"

besides it's not like i'm totaly drama averse if there is a good mystery behind the plot (which is why chaos head picked my curiosity) of course if it's going to be like umineko where they find the most inplausible excuse so that nothing ever happens that's another thing altogether...

talking about that,what the heck happened to umineko? is there ever going to be a season 2?

[choco parfait]

Chaos;Head the anime adaptation was horrible. It's not about being adverse to the type of drama/suspense it presents, it's just a horrible quality product, period. If the concept interests you enough, I would highly recommend just playing through the ADV then.


As for Umineko, the answer arcs haven't all been finished, as far as I know, so there really isn't any point in doing an anime on them yet, I think.

Plus the sales of Umineko BD/DVDs were so bad, it's probably hard for them to justify animating another season.

[Great Rumbler]

[magus]

okay okay okay let me recap the plot of "legend of koizumi"

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the prime minister of japan is teaming with the pope so he can defeat hitler in space trough a game of mahjong

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THE JAPAWACKY IS REACHING CRITICAL MASS LEVEL!!!

[Mr. Gundam]

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Is that real?!?

[Great Rumbler]

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Is that real?!?

Yeah, it's real. The guy that directed Piranha 3D [and some other stuff] is doing it.

Of all the anime-to-movie conversions in the works, I'd say this has the best chances of turning out good. That's because of how westernized and relatively simplistic Cobra is. The series is a sort of Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon scifi adventure with a more adult twist about some wise cracking dude who hops from planet to planet getting into crazy situations and macking on hot chicks.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yeah, I read an article about it. It's the guy who directed High Tension (French horror film), nice to know he grew up watching the show as a kid.

[iconoclast]

Chaos;Head the anime adaptation was horrible. It's not about being adverse to the type of drama/suspense it presents, it's just a horrible quality product, period. If the concept interests you enough, I would highly recommend just playing through the ADV then.


As for Umineko, the answer arcs haven't all been finished, as far as I know, so there really isn't any point in doing an anime on them yet, I think.

Plus the sales of Umineko BD/DVDs were so bad, it's probably hard for them to justify animating another season.

Has there been any good anime adaptations of an ADV? I'm pretty sure all of the ones I've been interested in have been crap... which is why I'm waiting to see how people react to Steins;Gate.

[Bebpo]

Air, Kanon
Higurashi seems pretty close

[Great Rumbler]

Chaos;Head the anime adaptation was horrible. It's not about being adverse to the type of drama/suspense it presents, it's just a horrible quality product, period. If the concept interests you enough, I would highly recommend just playing through the ADV then.


As for Umineko, the answer arcs haven't all been finished, as far as I know, so there really isn't any point in doing an anime on them yet, I think.

Plus the sales of Umineko BD/DVDs were so bad, it's probably hard for them to justify animating another season.

Has there been any good anime adaptations of an ADV?

Steins;Gate

[iconoclast]

Air, Kanon
Higurashi seems pretty close

Yeah, the Key stuff seems good, but I'm not really interested in any of those so eh. I tried watching Higurashi a while ago, but I had to stop after a few episodes because I couldn't stand the art. Oh well. I hope Steins;Gate turns out well, but I don't watch anything while it's airing (with rare exceptions, like Kaiji S2). I prefer to just marathon shows.

and on a side note, I'm surprised Redline hasn't been released on DVD/BR yet, seeing as it's a movie from 2009. I thought I saw a torrent for it a while ago, but I must have imagined it. Weird. I guess I'll watch Mind Game instead.

[Mr. Gundam]

and on a side note, I'm surprised Redline hasn't been released on DVD/BR yet, seeing as it's a movie from 2009. I thought I saw a torrent for it a while ago, but I must have imagined it. Weird. I guess I'll watch Mind Game instead.

Comes out in Japan on August 10th.

[Great Rumbler]

Sket Dance Episode 2 and 3

First episode was okay, nothing really that great, but the second and third episode were much better. 2nd episode was a lot funnier and had better situations for the group to get in and the 3rd episode presented a nice bit of drama to give the characters a bit more...ahem...character. Nothing really mind-blowing, but both episodes were enough to elevate it a little bit in my mind. I was close to dropping it, but I'm willing to watch some more to see how things go.

Enma-kun Episode 2-4

One of the two demons-doing-funny-stuff shows this season. It's not as good as Azazel-san, but still has some pretty funny moments in it, and some decent action scenes. If you know anything about Go Nagai, you know pretty much what to expect content-wise. In that respect, Enma-kun certainly doesn't disappoint. There's plenty of disturbingly sexual scenes, scantily glad girls and women, and tons of sexual humor. Somehow, though, it manages to not quite cross the line from "funny sexual" to "creepy, off-putting sexual", but that line is incredibly narrow and Enma-kun often rides very, very close to the line.

[magus]

kaiji season 1 ending is pretty surprising,it was ballsy for the author to do that...

so i've made some research and discovered that part 2 isn't how kaiji ends and that there is a part 3... is the season 2 of the anime just part 2?

[Great Rumbler]

I think I mentioned it once before, but Spring 2011 has been one of the absolute best seasons of anime in years. There's a huge amount of variety and lots of quality writing/directing that make this a great time to jump back into regular anime watching.

Here's my watching list/ranking:

1. Steins;Gate [technobabble-laden conspiracy theories, love it]
2. Tiger & Bunny [bromance action, can't go wrong with that]
3. C [noitaminA doesn't disappoint often and this looks to continue that trend]
4. Ano Hi Mita [see above]
5. Azazel-san [almost passed this one up, but the first 4 episodes were hysterical]
6. Deadman Wonderland [Fun, but kind of annoying at times, will see how it goes in next few episodes]
7. A-Channel [huge guilty pleasure, wouldn't really recommend it to others]
8. Denpa Onna [Shaft+Shinbo is always a good combination]
9. Hanasaku Iroha [kind of wavering on this one, it might drop depending on next few episodes]
10. Enma-kun [not as good as Azazel-san but still funny, also almost missed this one]
11. Moshidora [Kind of boring/generic, but I like seeing how Drucker's techniques are applied to baseball]
12. SKET Dance [almost dropped after 1st episode, but 2 and 3 brought me back]

That's a dozen shows that I am watching this season and even the show at the bottom of my list is still a pretty good watch. There have been some recent seasons where I've only watched 2-3 shows.

[choco parfait]

Totally agree, this is the most amount of shows I've followed since, I don't remember. 

Hidan no Aria 04: The show like, suddenly, out of nowhere kicked it into high gear. And I love it.

Denpa Onna 04: Erio looks so much cuter outside of the futon than inside. And the aunt always makes me giggle with how silly she is.

[Vizzys]

try http://www.mangaupdates.com/

[Great Rumbler]

Anybody watching Blue Exorcist? I like Tensai Okamura's work and I thought the first episode was okay, but I've been hesitant to jump back in because it just doesn't seem like it's going in a direction that appeals to me.

[bork]

Any of you dudes know when the latest Highschool of the Dead or Deadman Wonderland chapters will be out? I don't know where'd I'd find that info so I figured I'd ask here.

I think High School Of The Dead is on hiatus.  The author has released some other comics and may have lost interest or something.

[Bebpo]

I finished watching Higurashi no naku koro ni.  To my surprise it was really good!  I dunno why I skipped the second season back when it was airing and left the show unfinished.  The second season was waaaay better than the first season.  The thought of 10-13eps per arc made me think the season would feel slow, but it was actually the exact opposite.  You just blow through the eps and the pacing is pretty much perfect edge of your seat.  The arcs have much better pacing and build up than when they were crammed into 3-6eps in S1. 

But most of all, I'm just kind of surprised that in the world of terrible Japanese storytelling where every mystery novel/game/anime ends up falling apart and being a letdown when explained (cough*cough*20th Century Boys*cough), Higurashi actually came together really well and for the most part it all made sense and didn't seem too far-fetched.  Going into it I wasn't sure if Ryuichi07 was actually a good writer, or if he was just popular for doing catchy stuff.  But yeah, this man is a talented, smart horror mystery writer whose going to have a promising writing career.  Now I'm really looking forward to reading through Umineko.

The end of the 2nd to last arc, minnagoroshi was friggen goooood and the final arc was SO SO GOOD until the very last ep or two where it kind of became a bit ridiculous with some weird tonal swings, but it still came together pretty well.   

Would definitely recommend the series to anyone who hasn't watched it yet.  The mysteries are intriguing and the explanations are smart and good.  The final ending to the series in the last book/aka end of S2 is really satisfying.


Going to watch the OAVs next, but I dunno how much I'll enjoy them since what made the show good was unraveling the mystery piece by piece going forward.  Jumping back will be weird.  Although maybe there's no plot at all for them, the first OAV seems entirely fanservice.

[Bebpo]

Also, watching S2 with Yui Horii as Hanyuu it makes me a little sad that she's fallen off the seiyuu planet as the new kids took over and all the 95-05' seiyuu were pushed into minor roles or retirement.  I really like her acting.  Fruits Basket <3

[Great Rumbler]

Steins;Gate episode 5

Plot's coming into focus now and it is SO GOOD. Can't believe there's still 19 episodes left, because it already feels like the show's starting to ramp up for an arc finale. The only concern is that it burns itself out too quickly and looses focus during the middle stretch of episodes.

[MCD]

You should just marathon it, Rumbler.

The only way to watch animu.

[Great Rumbler]

You should just marathon it, Rumbler.

The only way to watch animu.

Deal with it. 

[Bebpo]

MCD bringing the anime real talk. All the cool kids wait for shows to end before watching them.

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/is just saying that because he's not watching any of the shows airing this season

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[Great Rumbler]

MCD bringing the anime real talk. All the cool kids wait for shows to end before watching them.

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/is just saying that because he's not watching any of the shows airing this season

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lololol

Enjoy cramming 24 episode into a couple days, while I sit back and take it all in over the course of a few months. 

[Bebpo]

I dunno, I think it really depends on the show.

For instance Higurashi is so much better watching all at once because it's a NEED NEXT EP NOWW marathon show.  Otoh, I think Star Driver works a lot better as a weekly show (as do 99% of monster-of-the-week shows) because back to back it feels repetitive, but throwing a week between each fight keeps it ok.


Anyhow in the Higurashi OAV1 Rena keeps calling Keiichi's penis the "furry seal".  I dunno why but I find that really funny.  Penis = seal was a new one to me.

[iconoclast]

Where the fuck do I watch Kaiji season 2 eps

http://www.the-triad.org/

Accept no substitutes. And they just released episode 4 as well.

And yesy fiiiiiinally released Madoka 11 and 12. Got me some animu to watch tonight.

[magus]

ehy icono you didn't answer my question

is season 2 just part 2 which is readily avaiable in scanlated manga format?

[MCD]

Nurarihyon no Mago

You guys need to watch this promising shounen, it's basically Lelouch and his horde of Japanese demon spirits.

Or at least read it but then you won't get to hear dat sexy smug voice.

[iconoclast]

ehy icono you didn't answer my question

is season 2 just part 2 which is readily avaiable in scanlated manga format?

Yeah, the anime is adapted from the manga. I think season 2 picks up at volume 14, but I'm not completely sure. The anime makes Kaiji (and Akagi) infinitely more awesome, so I haven't read too far ahead.

[magus]

actualy i went ahead and readed all of part 2 in manga form... remember when i said i tought that part 1 had horrible pacing? part 2 is worse and that was in easily digestible page form!

[MCD]

Oh fuck me I'm listening to some K-On ending theme.

Reporting myself.