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On April 18 2011 16:37 bearbuddy wrote:
I was afraid that no one would mention! Yes, Gintama is back, and in wide screen. Very appropriate first arc for its return, too.
I'm kind of bothered by the fact that Gintama is a really overlooked series. It excels in nearly every possible aspect and despite its lengthy presence, it remains under the radar for most anime fans. I kind of don't get it. =/
On April 18 2011 18:07 OutlaW- wrote:
Watch Bakemonogatari for the best girl ever
On April 19 2011 00:14 Ecael wrote:
Was there really who can contest Gahara-san's position? Not even Nadeko with the full force of moe could make a dent on her.
+1.
Hitagi was one of the most entertaining anime characters to ever watch. I never got bored when she was on screen, she really is one of the most well-made/well-executed characters ever, personally.
Not to undermine the rest of the Monogatari cast, but Hitagi just towers so tall it's hard for any of them to really get out from under her overwhelming shadow.
On April 19 2011 00:49 Ecael wrote:
IS gets worse, somehow.
No offense to IS advocates but wasn't IS inherently subpar to begin with?
I kind of don't get why the series is remotely likable, it's a pretty flat series personally.
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It's not remotely likeable. 4chan and 2ch just bought the BDs so they could set record preorders for the lulz.
Edit: BTW if you ever want ragefuel just look at the MAL threads for IS. 
Edit 2: WAKE UP! IT'S TWGOK DAY! :D
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The somehow part is just pointing to how pathetically below the par IS was that I didn't think that it could get worse.
oh and to answer question from last page, yeah vol 7 is out. I haven't seen any scans though. However, it is a retardedly easy series to translate if people actually bother.
I think the thing that speaks the most about Gahara-san is that she actually only appears in less than half of the books and still remains my favorite character in the series.
Gintama is under the radar? Really? Weird for a series of such caliber. Maybe people just dismiss it because of the sheer amount of dirty jokes it has.
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OreTsuba 3 raws are out for any of you dumb Japanese speakers 
Hopefully the subs are out before Friday this time >.>
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On April 18 2011 19:28 Aphasie wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2011 18:44 MichaelEU wrote:On April 18 2011 16:42 Aphasie wrote:
Im looking for anime recommendations, here are some criteria:
1. The show must have high spirited and/or incredibly stupid jokes and sillyness, like Naruto, Luffy, R. Zorro, Sousuke Segara (from Full Metal Panic) and Kamina (of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - a great recommendation i saw somewhere else on this forum). This criterion is absolutely essential.
2. The story should wrap up in any reasonable number of episodes. (max 50) But if it goes on and har high quality through out i dont mind it going on that much
3. I prefer animes that are historical/magic based/etc. over high tech/mech/etc.
4. Should be available to view online
To give you a pointer, these are the animes i like and dont like:
Like: One Piece, Naruto, Hunter X Hunter, (early) Full Metal Panic, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Cowboy Bebop, Great Teacher Onizuka
Dislike/Didnt find interesting/Mediocre: Bleach (after their first visit to Soul Society), Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note (even though i saw em all, it was pretty boring), The dark medival assassin guy that everybody seems to love - cant remember his name, but after 10 ep. it still didnt catch on, Elfen Lied, Soul Eater (after 10th episode), Hajime no Ippo (after around 40th episode) If you want recommendations, please don't say animes. Do you want to say Chineses? Anyway, as far as wacky stuff goes: Detroit Metal City is pretty wacky. It's also rather short so you can get it done in a snap and leave you craving for more.  It doesn't take itself serious and it's just good fun overall. Yakitate Japan is a definite recommendation. It is a solid shounen comedy about baking bread. Yeah, that's what I thought. You're probably thinkinig it's either very boring or incredibly awesome. It's the latter. High on energy, super high on burning spirit. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a weird crazy comedy with a lot of energy, but the style is very... peculiar. There're a lot of visual gags and entire episodes based on puns. You might think it's really boring. But I encourage you to watch the first two episodes to check out if you like it. If you do there're a few more comedies that are in the same style. A show I think you'll really like is Baccano!. It has a lot of characters and it just very cool and slick overall. It dances around the genres and shows you seem to like. Thanks for the great recommendation of animes ;P Seems like good suggestions, and i will check them out. I will henceforth also treat the word anime with the Respek that it behooves. Rabidch: Yes, wacky and perhaps somewhat energetic.
I suppose Fairy Tale is a good option
I haven't seen the anime though, but I think it fits your criteria 
Finished up all the arcs in Higuarshi no Naku Koro ni and finished the first arc of Kai
Love every moment of it :>
Although, I'm still a bit confused on the obvious plot differences from the arcs but I don't really mind, it's still incredibly entertaining
VN takes up so much time... D:
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VNs only take up a lot of time if you let every line tick to full with audio, otherwise you can proceed at a pretty smooth pace
You think Higurashi has plot differences? Wait till you see Umineko, Now that'll just freak you out.
On April 19 2011 02:42 Ferrose wrote:OreTsuba 3 raws are out for any of you dumb Japanese speakers Hopefully the subs are out before Friday this time >.>
Cool, didn't realize Nyaa is back up. Tried it earlier today.
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On April 19 2011 03:05 Ecael wrote:VNs only take up a lot of time if you let every line tick to full with audio, otherwise you can proceed at a pretty smooth pace You think Higurashi has plot differences? Wait till you see Umineko, Now that'll just freak you out. Show nested quote +On April 19 2011 02:42 Ferrose wrote:OreTsuba 3 raws are out for any of you dumb Japanese speakers Hopefully the subs are out before Friday this time >.> Cool, didn't realize Nyaa is back up. Tried it earlier today.
Is the Umineko VN good?
I saw the anime and didn't like it too much
and the GFX patches for Higurashi is so good
I can't believe I went through the first 4 arcs without them
Although, creepy Rena is creepier in the original I think
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I mean plot differences as in like the first three arcs are kind of similar
but+ Show Spoiler + the fourth one was with the swamp and poison gas ending
That wasn't mentioned at all or hinted at all in the first two and the fifth arc
Not sure about the rest of Kai as I haven't started them yet
edit:
I think the third arc had that ending if I believe correctly, so I guess the first two are similar and the latter two go together?
Or if I finish all of the answer arcs will it make more sense
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Higurashi will make much more sense once you read through a bit of Kai, Umineko on the other hand won't make much sense even after you read through Chiru (in a way). The two are just fundamentally different in regards to how they approach the mystery elements in the works.
Umineko VN is much, much, much better than the anime. Anime butchered the best moments of the VN and gave us nothing in exchange basically.
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Full Metal Alchemist was huge and everyone loved it, then comes around season 2 and people start hearing that the first season wasn't loyal to the manga and a legion of angry fans start calling it the worst show ever and that it's ending is bad (the part that was improvised, suprise suprise).
Yeah, I definitely understand your frustration with this. I still consider the first season a good show, but in my opinion, it doesn't compare to Brotherhood. As far as direction of the show being ambiguous at times, I can see that, but I felt the overall plot was much better with all the explanations and history behind everything. Plus, I really loved how they ended it. Not in comparison to the other season, but rather compared to 99% other anime endings. Well, I respect your opinion and I'm in no way trying to say I'm right or you're wrong 
Hitagi was one of the most entertaining anime characters to ever watch. I never got bored when she was on screen, she really is one of the most well-made/well-executed characters ever, personally.
Not to undermine the rest of the Monogatari cast, but Hitagi just towers so tall it's hard for any of them to really get out from under her overwhelming shadow.
Yeah she's pretty much one of my favorite characters of all time. I actually just rewatched Bakemonogatari between anime seasons and found I love her even more than before. Like you said, the rest of the cast is entertaining, but Hitagi is simply too amazing and takes the spotlight with every appearance. Still trying to get my friend to watch it; it's on his "to watch list" but it should be on his "watching list"
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On April 19 2011 03:41 Ecael wrote:
Higurashi will make much more sense once you read through a bit of Kai, Umineko on the other hand won't make much sense even after you read through Chiru (in a way). The two are just fundamentally different in regards to how they approach the mystery elements in the works.
Umineko VN is much, much, much better than the anime. Anime butchered the best moments of the VN and gave us nothing in exchange basically.
Hm okay that's good to hear, as I was pretty disappointed in the anime
I think having closure/making sense is what I would prefer but I will give it a try :>
After I finish with Higurashi of course
And while I'm at it, any anime to recommend this season/previous season
Haven't watched anything recent other than Madoka lol
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On April 19 2011 02:22 HitoriTomoyo wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2011 16:37 bearbuddy wrote:
I was afraid that no one would mention! Yes, Gintama is back, and in wide screen. Very appropriate first arc for its return, too. I'm kind of bothered by the fact that Gintama is a really overlooked series. It excels in nearly every possible aspect and despite its lengthy presence, it remains under the radar for most anime fans. I kind of don't get it. =/
It styles itself as a parody gag anime, so the target group is more niche than the usual shounen crowd. To understand a lot of the jokes, people would have to be decently knowledgeable of the Meiji restoration period and the historic characters as well as contemporary Japanese pop culture that Gintama parodies. Not to mention that it doesn't go into shounen-mode until important arcs.
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+ Show Spoiler [TWGOK 2-2] +I liked the date more in the anime than in the manga. Didn't really care for the fight since I don't like Kusunoki that much. Keima was epic as always.
NOW GIVE ME MY HAQUA NEXT WEEK.
Between this and Iroha, we're getting all the Itou Kanae we could ever want in a season~
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On April 19 2011 02:22 HitoriTomoyo wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2011 16:37 bearbuddy wrote:
I was afraid that no one would mention! Yes, Gintama is back, and in wide screen. Very appropriate first arc for its return, too. I'm kind of bothered by the fact that Gintama is a really overlooked series. It excels in nearly every possible aspect and despite its lengthy presence, it remains under the radar for most anime fans. I kind of don't get it. =/
Huh? Gintama is probably one of the top 5 most popular shows airing, since it started. It's not so popular in this thread, because it's not really to many of our tastes.
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2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Gintama is not for everyone. It's full of sarcasm, parodies, and such that a lot of people might not understand. And even if they did understand it, it might just not be their cup of tea.
Gintama is one of my favorites, however. Love the series to death. This thread is too moefied though.
MOE SABETSU! /Ichigo Mashimaro
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皆抱きしめた！銀河の荒れまで
not sure I wrote this right.
I've been recently exploring mecha animes series featured in SRW L mainly Dancouga and Macross Frontier. Gaiking included.
Hmmmmm Mecha =P
Macross Frontiers is like a LONG LONG Music Video featuring a Macross-ish story line =P
Dancouga is decent I guess but not much to be explored in 12 eps
Gaiking =D I love Super Robots =P
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On April 19 2011 08:52 Blasterion wrote:
皆抱きしめた！銀河の荒れまで
not sure I wrote this right.
I've been recently exploring mecha animes series featured in SRW L mainly Dancouga and Macross Frontier. Gaiking included.
Hmmmmm Mecha =P
Macross Frontiers is like a LONG LONG Music Video featuring a Macross-ish story line =P
Dancouga is decent I guess but not much to be explored in 12 eps
Gaiking =D I love Super Robots =P
Dancougar or Dancouga Nova? Dancouga Nova was alright, but nothing really stands out. Aoi, the main character, was a good MC, and is one of the Queens of /m/.
Have you never seen Macross Frontier? You should, even if the show does have its faults, its definitely worth a watch.
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On April 19 2011 09:04 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2011 08:52 Blasterion wrote:
皆抱きしめた！銀河の荒れまで
not sure I wrote this right.
I've been recently exploring mecha animes series featured in SRW L mainly Dancouga and Macross Frontier. Gaiking included.
Hmmmmm Mecha =P
Macross Frontiers is like a LONG LONG Music Video featuring a Macross-ish story line =P
Dancouga is decent I guess but not much to be explored in 12 eps
Gaiking =D I love Super Robots =P Dancougar or Dancouga Nova? Dancouga Nova was alright, but nothing really stands out. Aoi, the main character, was a good MC, and is one of the Queens of /m/. Have you never seen Macross Frontier? You should, even if the show does have its faults, its definitely worth a watch.
I finished Macross Frontier Testerday with Dancouga Nova
Aoi is cool =P
Also I enjoyed macross F, Favorite character? Ozma Lee man, He's so BADASS.
As far as Gaiking flies Favorite character gotta be Nouza.
He's just so cool
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Need some good action. Give me your top action picks. Any sort of action is fine.
edit - i didn't know Hanasaku Iroha was set for 26eps. That makes me happy.
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On April 19 2011 09:37 Blasterion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2011 09:04 Sentenal wrote:On April 19 2011 08:52 Blasterion wrote:
皆抱きしめた！銀河の荒れまで
not sure I wrote this right.
I've been recently exploring mecha animes series featured in SRW L mainly Dancouga and Macross Frontier. Gaiking included.
Hmmmmm Mecha =P
Macross Frontiers is like a LONG LONG Music Video featuring a Macross-ish story line =P
Dancouga is decent I guess but not much to be explored in 12 eps
Gaiking =D I love Super Robots =P Dancougar or Dancouga Nova? Dancouga Nova was alright, but nothing really stands out. Aoi, the main character, was a good MC, and is one of the Queens of /m/. Have you never seen Macross Frontier? You should, even if the show does have its faults, its definitely worth a watch. I finished Macross Frontier Testerday with Dancouga Nova Aoi is cool =P Also I enjoyed macross F, Favorite character? Ozma Lee man, He's so BADASS. As far as Gaiking flies Favorite character gotta be Nouza. He's just so cool
Yeah, Ozma was definitely the best frontier character! lol, remember that one episode where + Show Spoiler +you thought he was going to die like a million times? First you think hes gonna get killed in the sewers, and then you think hes going to get killed like Mwu, and then you think hes gonna die like Roy Fokker. And then we were trolled!
And Aoi, a Queen of /m/:
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On April 19 2011 10:05 Sentenal wrote:Show nested quote +On April 19 2011 09:37 Blasterion wrote:On April 19 2011 09:04 Sentenal wrote:On April 19 2011 08:52 Blasterion wrote:
皆抱きしめた！銀河の荒れまで
not sure I wrote this right.
I've been recently exploring mecha animes series featured in SRW L mainly Dancouga and Macross Frontier. Gaiking included.
Hmmmmm Mecha =P
Macross Frontiers is like a LONG LONG Music Video featuring a Macross-ish story line =P
Dancouga is decent I guess but not much to be explored in 12 eps
Gaiking =D I love Super Robots =P Dancougar or Dancouga Nova? Dancouga Nova was alright, but nothing really stands out. Aoi, the main character, was a good MC, and is one of the Queens of /m/. Have you never seen Macross Frontier? You should, even if the show does have its faults, its definitely worth a watch. I finished Macross Frontier Testerday with Dancouga Nova Aoi is cool =P Also I enjoyed macross F, Favorite character? Ozma Lee man, He's so BADASS. As far as Gaiking flies Favorite character gotta be Nouza. He's just so cool Yeah, Ozma was definitely the best frontier character! lol, remember that one episode where + Show Spoiler +you thought he was going to die like a million times? First you think hes gonna get killed in the sewers, and then you think hes going to get killed like Mwu, and then you think hes gonna die like Roy Fokker. And then we were trolled! And Aoi, a Queen of /m/:
+ Show Spoiler +I seriously thought he was gonna die during the concert lol I was like Dam Ozma don't you dare go out like that!
Michael =( he was a jackass until became cool
Alto X Ranka/Sheyrl was decent
Michael X Klan was good
Captain X Monica was EH?
Luca had a pairing too but I forgot her name
Ozma X Cathy is like YEAHHHH
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