If you come in here looking for "anime recommendations" then please refer to this chart before posting: Anime Recommendations (as of may 2014). We also have an IRC channel called #tladt where we all hang out. The channel is on Rizon, not QuakeNet! Feel free to check it out. TLADT discord is Discord.gg

For currently airing anime, please see Anichart.net

United States6173 Posts

October 04 2009 09:18 GMT

#2681

What is tsundoro and tsundora?

konadora

Singapore66357 Posts

October 04 2009 09:29 GMT

#2682

On October 04 2009 18:18 PH wrote:
What is tsundoro and tsundora?

On October 04 2009 15:06 Mystlord wrote:

Show nested quote +

Tsundora comes from the seiyuu group Aice5, specifically Chiaki. In essence, it means to like break the atmosphere with a poor joke. I think a more literal translation would be to "freeze" the atmosphere.

Mori600

Japan311 Posts

October 04 2009 22:53 GMT

#2683

Is there any recent action anime out there other than Code Geass or Full Metal Alchemist? The anime world seems to be getting more populated with crappy high school harems and slice of lifes.

United States6173 Posts

October 04 2009 23:08 GMT

#2684

I like slice of life.

United States6173 Posts

October 04 2009 23:08 GMT

#2685

On October 04 2009 18:29 konadora wrote:

Show nested quote +

That seems like such a shallow and thin definition...I still don't understand.

So it's a character whose sole purpose is basically to make things awkward?

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 05 2009 00:11 GMT

#2686

PH, don't even worry about the definition, they are for SUPER minor character genres. Just know that they are both used to describe Hitagi from Bakemonogatari.

Oh, and I didn't explain tsundoro (that doesn't look like from this thread, Mystlord, you pulled that from hongfire?) because it is a spoiler for novel.

Mori, Seiken no Blacksmith and Railgun from this season should count?

Mori600

Japan311 Posts

October 05 2009 00:22 GMT

#2687

On October 05 2009 08:08 PH wrote:
I like slice of life.

I do like shows like Haruhi and Lucky Star but as I watched more, they got pretty old.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 05 2009 00:29 GMT

#2688

Well, the thing about slice of life is that it is versatile (partly due to a broad definition), you can do a lot of different things under that genre. I think I should devote some time to rewatching/rereading Aria for the nth time, haven't done it recently

United States6173 Posts

October 05 2009 00:54 GMT

#2689

Slice of life is relaxing, and real life drama on a relatable (yet obviously exaggerated and melodramatized) level is interesting for me. I think I just have a higher standard for action/scifi in anime, but will let go slice of life, romance and dramas that aren't done perfectly.

Or maybe I'm just a girl. -___-;;

On October 05 2009 09:11 Ecael wrote:
PH, don't even worry about the definition, they are for SUPER minor character genres. Just know that they are both used to describe Hitagi from Bakemonogatari.

Ok. Now it all makes sense to me... -_-

I didn't understand how that could be a "the new tsundere" or whatever the previous person was saying, lol.

Mori600

Japan311 Posts

October 05 2009 00:55 GMT

#2690

Slice of life is somewhat versatile but I noticed that it almost always takes place in a school with some other theme added. Like sports, sci-fi universe, or it goes even in more depth with school life. One very positive thing is in my experience, it does not get as overdramatic like you see in romance or action.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 05 2009 01:15 GMT

#2691

Not necessarily, Aria doesn't take place in a school setting. Growth can be one of the major themes of slice of life, but it doesn't confine a work to that setting. School life is just an easy one to use to create an easily identified-with setting.

PH, it was just a lighthearted joke stemmed from the whole thing where Hitagi claims there is a word that surpasses moe (I fastforwarded through that episode, friend said it wasn't in anime, at least not in detail) as well as repeated reminded from Araragi that Hitagi goes after the popularization of minor character genres, thus it is the next tsundere

Or I need a better sense of humor.

United States6173 Posts

October 05 2009 01:49 GMT

#2692

I wouldn't be surprised if I misunderstood what was going on. There was a flurry of posts talking about stuff I had no idea what was about. I picked the one thing I didn't understand the most and posted a dumb one-liner post.

lol.

So anyway...I've done this for the past two seasons, and will do so for this one as well...what shows that finished over the summer are worth watching?

Obzy

United States525 Posts

October 05 2009 02:16 GMT

#2693

Saki, Requiem for the Phantom, Spice and Wolf II, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0, Hayate the Combat Butler (Season 2), Pandora Hearts, Haruhi (Season 2, sort of), Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (still currently airing).

Ahaha... And I'm going to watch Bakemonogatari and Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei within the next few days.

edit - T_T There was a lot of stuff I liked this summer (perhaps obviously)... What are you looking for, preference-wise? :x my suggestions, I feel, are good - but assume you have about two weeks isolated from society for anime watching >_>;;

Nylan

United States795 Posts

October 05 2009 02:18 GMT

#2694

On October 05 2009 07:53 Mori600 wrote:
Is there any recent action anime out there other than Code Geass or Full Metal Alchemist? The anime world seems to be getting more populated with crappy high school harems and slice of lifes.

I don't know what you consider recent, but there's Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann...maybe Fate/Stay Night

Also, I like slice of life

Not every story needs to be about killin people and blowin up stuff.

Wineandbread

United States2065 Posts

October 05 2009 02:50 GMT

#2695

Slice of life *hi-5*

I actually watched Saki all the way through. It really makes me wanna play Mahjong again. Season 2 gogogo

I'm in the middle of watching TTGL right now. OP is perty cool. Was it just me, or was episode 4 a little... different?

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 05 2009 02:51 GMT

#2696

PH, if we mean absolutely worth watching, I can probably only say Bakemonogatari. We might need to keep in mind that I am completely biased since I love the author now.

If just by it'd be neat to watch, CANAAN, Tears to Tiara, Valkyria Chronicles and probably Yoku wakaru gendai mahou. Can't say anything about Spice and Wolf since I didn't watch this season (vowed to catch up to light novels first, except I am stuck in an endless loop of rereading bakemonogatari series and denpateki na kanojo). With Pandora Hearts one is probably better off reading manga, though it does have Kajiura Yuki music, an element often enough to make it worth watching something.

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

October 05 2009 02:56 GMT

#2697

Mori: Try Darker than Black, both 1 and 2, Asura Cryin' 2, but I would advise caution with that one. Kaamper maybe, Railgun, and maybe Inuyasha as well.

Slice of life is okay. It's just getting old because there's just a ton of just decent slice of life animes out now.

Nylan

United States795 Posts

October 05 2009 02:56 GMT

#2698

On October 05 2009 11:50 Wineandbread wrote:
Slice of life *hi-5*

I actually watched Saki all the way through. It really makes me wanna play Mahjong again. Season 2 gogogo

I'm in the middle of watching TTGL right now. OP is perty cool. Was it just me, or was episode 4 a little... different?

Osamu Kobayashi pretty much did everything for that episode. In other words, the directing, animation directing, and storyboards were all done differently. Nanoha's hot springs episode really grated on me that way, but I think it works ok for TTGL.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

October 05 2009 20:50 GMT

#2699

For anyone that care, Bakemonogatari's first web streamed episode will be aired on the 28th on the official site, looks like it'll be free of much of the hassle of registration and such.