|
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.ggFor currently airing anime, please see Anichart.net |
On March 13 2012 03:08 Blasterion wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2012 03:03 KazeHydra wrote:On March 13 2012 00:40 Ecael wrote: To quote Sir Arthur Clarke, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The distinction between fantasy and sci fi is rather weak in that sense, but to call the inclusion of fake science a criteria for science fiction isn't much better to me. You could argue that there are a lot more fantasy elements included, but that doesn't make the fictional technology in it any less sci fi. What science indeed? They are both bullshit science far as we are concerned. Overall Star Wars still is a lot more fantasy than scifi simply because of how the elements that matter are mostly fantasy in nature, with the technology taking backseat, but that's a whole different point.
Beezlebub is still considered shounen, just focused on a bit different things than more stereotypical shounen like Fairy Tail. Not sure why this argument even came up. Don't really want to get into the whole classification vs magazine publishing work but, seriously, if it is in weekly jump then it is shounen. Let's not make it more complicated than it needs to be. This argument seems to come up every now and then because the intellectuals wish to appropriately categorize everything into a single genre because nothing has overlapping genres or anything. It's not like something can be comedy AND shounen or anything. Nope. Or romance and drama WTF how can people think a show can be both? It's clear that Fairy Tail is the basis of all shounen and anything less shounen is actually shoujo because if guys don't like it, it must be for girls. Of course, it therefore follows that anything more shounen is seinen; but then if it's less seinen than standard but still more shounen, it's josei, very complicated huh? This advanced genre categorization is only for intellectuals though and used by those who realize Death Note and Code Geass are the best anime ever. On March 13 2012 02:41 Ushio wrote: Little Busters!
Kudryavka route WTF, Riki decides to be fucking GOku and teleport stuff across the world. -.-
That was... unexpected LOL Kud route so bad, don't remind me. I suppose all that magic is really just advanced technology though  + Show Spoiler [LB] +I guess how Kyouske created that dream world was with advanced technology too. You should spoiler that. I'm pretty sure Ushio isn't that far yet. But yes, that is clearly the case. And although it may seem I'm poking fun at that quote, I do agree with it and am really making fun of typical KEY magic.
|
+ Show Spoiler [Another - 10] +I swear that Teshigawara is just making cliffhangers on purpose. Between ripping the tape last episode and whatever happened at the end of this episode... The tape didn't really surprise me that they sent the Another back to the dead; however, I was intrigued by how it was merely coincidental that Matsunaga got rid of it, but even more interesting that nobody remembers the Another.
So we learn that Sakakibara isn't one because Mei's sister (formerly cousin) died prior to his arrival. I feel that for some time that this series is trying to make us think Akazawa is the extra student. I'll just stay skeptical because up until this week, I'm sure a lot of people still think Sakakibara and Misaki were still candidates. Whoever it is, they're at the trip.
Next episode looks crazy. Can't wait to see who's gonna die next.
|
I am getting a bit tired of bitching about how bad PA Works ruined Another, but that's about all I can bring myself to do when it comes to this series.
|
On March 13 2012 04:42 Ecael wrote: I am getting a bit tired of bitching about how bad PA Works ruined Another, but that's about all I can bring myself to do when it comes to this series. + Show Spoiler +Does Misaki have the death seeing eye in the novel as well? That seems far too convenient.
|
On March 13 2012 04:57 Kupo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2012 04:42 Ecael wrote: I am getting a bit tired of bitching about how bad PA Works ruined Another, but that's about all I can bring myself to do when it comes to this series. + Show Spoiler +Does Misaki have the death seeing eye in the novel as well? That seems far too convenient. Yes she did, also they hinted at it long ago both in anime and book.
|
Another 10 + Show Spoiler +Honestly, the death of the other Misaki just sounds to me as a good excuse to give a fake family to the current Misaki. I've wondered for quite some time already what are the mechanics behind replacing memory when you also have to replace facts, and not just memory (i.e. you need to give this dead person a home and a family).
Now now, Misaki seems to be quite certain that she's not the dead person. I am still hesitant to trust her on that, so let's play a little guessing game.
Let's suppose it's Akazawa? Does it make for an interesting ending? No. Hence, it's not Akazawa.
Let's suppose it's a useless side character? Does it make for an interesting ending? No. Hence, it's not a useless side character.
Let's suppose it's the main character? Does it make for an interesting ending? Hardly. It could, but seriously? What kind of ending would we get? He would roll over and die and the anime ends on whispers about the curse? We already went through the whole psychological uncertainty of if it was him in the very middle of the anime. I am willing to guess once again that it's not him. In any cases, the arrival timing is likely to innocent him.
Now now, that leaves us Misaki as the only character remaining. A dead person having the power to see dead people sounds reasonable to me. The whole fact replacement mechanism becomes explainable from my first paragraph. Of course, I would need that she can't see that she's dead herself. That's not a problem (in my opinion). Since from the beginning, suspicions were dropped gradually over Misaki (even explaining my problem with the first episode), it would just be another big troll, which is not surprising, definitely fits the facts better than anything else I can think of, and does not introduce any new element that would just appear in episode 11 or 12, screwing my theory over.
Honestly, except for the Akazawa anomaly, I do not remember anything that could jeopardize my guess.
My guess for this week : It's still Misaki, and someone is going to die in fire eventually (probably next episode).
I hope you had a great laugh, Ecael, because you will only get one more from me.
|
Thanks for the weekly laughs Thratur, they are about all I can look forward to from Another.
It'll be pretty fun when I need to dig back on you guys' posts when I want to bitch at the end of it all.
On March 13 2012 07:17 Skilledblob wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2012 04:42 Ecael wrote: I am getting a bit tired of bitching about how bad PA Works ruined Another, but that's about all I can bring myself to do when it comes to this series. maybe I missed it but I never saw you bitching about Another here. You said they changed stuff but never said what they changed I wanted to avoid spoilers, when it ends I'll make a more detailed bitching post.
|
On March 13 2012 04:42 Ecael wrote: I am getting a bit tired of bitching about how bad PA Works ruined Another, but that's about all I can bring myself to do when it comes to this series.
maybe I missed it but I never saw you bitching about Another here. You said they changed stuff but never said what they changed
|
3030 Posts
|
On March 13 2012 03:16 KazeHydra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2012 03:08 Blasterion wrote:On March 13 2012 03:03 KazeHydra wrote:On March 13 2012 00:40 Ecael wrote: To quote Sir Arthur Clarke, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The distinction between fantasy and sci fi is rather weak in that sense, but to call the inclusion of fake science a criteria for science fiction isn't much better to me. You could argue that there are a lot more fantasy elements included, but that doesn't make the fictional technology in it any less sci fi. What science indeed? They are both bullshit science far as we are concerned. Overall Star Wars still is a lot more fantasy than scifi simply because of how the elements that matter are mostly fantasy in nature, with the technology taking backseat, but that's a whole different point.
Beezlebub is still considered shounen, just focused on a bit different things than more stereotypical shounen like Fairy Tail. Not sure why this argument even came up. Don't really want to get into the whole classification vs magazine publishing work but, seriously, if it is in weekly jump then it is shounen. Let's not make it more complicated than it needs to be. This argument seems to come up every now and then because the intellectuals wish to appropriately categorize everything into a single genre because nothing has overlapping genres or anything. It's not like something can be comedy AND shounen or anything. Nope. Or romance and drama WTF how can people think a show can be both? It's clear that Fairy Tail is the basis of all shounen and anything less shounen is actually shoujo because if guys don't like it, it must be for girls. Of course, it therefore follows that anything more shounen is seinen; but then if it's less seinen than standard but still more shounen, it's josei, very complicated huh? This advanced genre categorization is only for intellectuals though and used by those who realize Death Note and Code Geass are the best anime ever. On March 13 2012 02:41 Ushio wrote: Little Busters!
Kudryavka route WTF, Riki decides to be fucking GOku and teleport stuff across the world. -.-
That was... unexpected LOL Kud route so bad, don't remind me. I suppose all that magic is really just advanced technology though  + Show Spoiler [LB] +I guess how Kyouske created that dream world was with advanced technology too. You should spoiler that. I'm pretty sure Ushio isn't that far yet. But yes, that is clearly the case. And although it may seem I'm poking fun at that quote, I do agree with it and am really making fun of typical KEY magic.
Thanks for your consideration Kaze, but ive already seen it before it was put into a spoiler T_T
FORGET FORGET BRAIN! Done rin1, kud, and komari route, on haruka atm
|
|
Canada4481 Posts
Ano Natsu 10 + Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JC3CC.jpg) LOLOLOLOLOLOL Lemon!!! OMG too hilarious. More glasses clicking  so cute.
|
On March 13 2012 07:47 Ushio wrote:Show nested quote +On March 13 2012 03:16 KazeHydra wrote:On March 13 2012 03:08 Blasterion wrote:On March 13 2012 03:03 KazeHydra wrote:On March 13 2012 00:40 Ecael wrote: To quote Sir Arthur Clarke, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The distinction between fantasy and sci fi is rather weak in that sense, but to call the inclusion of fake science a criteria for science fiction isn't much better to me. You could argue that there are a lot more fantasy elements included, but that doesn't make the fictional technology in it any less sci fi. What science indeed? They are both bullshit science far as we are concerned. Overall Star Wars still is a lot more fantasy than scifi simply because of how the elements that matter are mostly fantasy in nature, with the technology taking backseat, but that's a whole different point.
Beezlebub is still considered shounen, just focused on a bit different things than more stereotypical shounen like Fairy Tail. Not sure why this argument even came up. Don't really want to get into the whole classification vs magazine publishing work but, seriously, if it is in weekly jump then it is shounen. Let's not make it more complicated than it needs to be. This argument seems to come up every now and then because the intellectuals wish to appropriately categorize everything into a single genre because nothing has overlapping genres or anything. It's not like something can be comedy AND shounen or anything. Nope. Or romance and drama WTF how can people think a show can be both? It's clear that Fairy Tail is the basis of all shounen and anything less shounen is actually shoujo because if guys don't like it, it must be for girls. Of course, it therefore follows that anything more shounen is seinen; but then if it's less seinen than standard but still more shounen, it's josei, very complicated huh? This advanced genre categorization is only for intellectuals though and used by those who realize Death Note and Code Geass are the best anime ever. On March 13 2012 02:41 Ushio wrote: Little Busters!
Kudryavka route WTF, Riki decides to be fucking GOku and teleport stuff across the world. -.-
That was... unexpected LOL Kud route so bad, don't remind me. I suppose all that magic is really just advanced technology though  + Show Spoiler [LB] +I guess how Kyouske created that dream world was with advanced technology too. You should spoiler that. I'm pretty sure Ushio isn't that far yet. But yes, that is clearly the case. And although it may seem I'm poking fun at that quote, I do agree with it and am really making fun of typical KEY magic. Thanks for your consideration Kaze, but ive already seen it before it was put into a spoiler T_T FORGET FORGET BRAIN! Done rin1, kud, and komari route, on haruka atm So sorry here's a Little busters picture to make up for it.
+ Show Spoiler [nsfw-ish] +
|
On March 13 2012 13:24 Nagisama wrote:Ano Natsu 10 + Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JC3CC.jpg) LOLOLOLOLOLOL Lemon!!! OMG too hilarious. More glasses clicking  so cute. Here's hoping to an OVA that consists solely of Lemon's filming. Also, + Show Spoiler +sad she only got that one scene. I was expecting her to be filming half of the drama that went down this episode. Well, she probably did film all of it but they just didn't show her.
|
Generation 2 of Gundam AGE is really good.
+ Show Spoiler +Flit showing up in AGE-1 and beasting everything was great. He beat the shit out of Desil even worse than he did at the end of Gen1, and with the normal AGE-1, rather than using the Spallow. And then at the end of the episode, he just looks as Asemu and is like "Son I am disappoint" lolololol
Was also amused by the Black Tristars... Until it turns out there were 5 more of them. They were cooler when only 3 of them were out there.
Aquarion: + Show Spoiler +Apollo2 got his own set of Solar Wings to fight Apollo1's solar wings. Kagura is the best.
|
+ Show Spoiler [Ano Natsu 10] +Ichika in waifu mode is sooooo cute. All dat cuddling and face hugging. Oh god, I could die from diabetes just watching her... >_<
Now everyone really really got their feelings out and confessed. Fucking.. FINALLY. Good thing is that theyre all being unselfish about it, and are still able to function as a happy group of friends.
And Ichika's nee-sama. Oh baby, she be fine as hell, yo, nahm sayn? Yeh buddy! ^_^
|
Figured this is a good place to ask. Thinking of watching Index, but I noticed Railgun has Index characters in it. According to airing dates it goes Index -> Railgun -> Index S2. Is that the order I should be watching the series in?
And I apologize if I'm referring to the series wrong, lol.
|
On March 13 2012 15:18 ThaZenith wrote: Figured this is a good place to ask. Thinking of watching Index, but I noticed Railgun has Index characters in it. According to airing dates it goes Index -> Railgun -> Index S2. Is that the order I should be watching the series in?
And I apologize if I'm referring to the series wrong, lol. Index is Index Railgun is more side story-ish happening around the time that Index is happening, Watch Index series first and then Railgun for extra mileage.
|
Canada4481 Posts
On March 13 2012 15:18 ThaZenith wrote: Figured this is a good place to ask. Thinking of watching Index, but I noticed Railgun has Index characters in it. According to airing dates it goes Index -> Railgun -> Index S2. Is that the order I should be watching the series in?
And I apologize if I'm referring to the series wrong, lol. Railgun is a sidestory to Index based off a manga. For the most part, timeline wise, it occurs before the events of Index 1. I think half way through or so, it catches up to the beginning of Index 1, but it's all from a different character's point of view anyways.
You can watch Railgun in any order, but I guess airing order wouldn't be that bad. People wanted Railgun because they were sick of the MC in Index, and wanted more Misaka. Then Railgun aired, and they wanted more Touma.
|
On March 13 2012 15:18 ThaZenith wrote: Figured this is a good place to ask. Thinking of watching Index, but I noticed Railgun has Index characters in it. According to airing dates it goes Index -> Railgun -> Index S2. Is that the order I should be watching the series in?
And I apologize if I'm referring to the series wrong, lol. As has been said, Railgun is a side story about Misaka. Railgun is very slice-of-life in addition to the other stuff.
Production order is almost always best, so if you wanted to watch that stuff, then go with Index->Railgun->Index 2.
|
|
|
|