Anime Discussion Thread - Page 2040

On April 30 2012 04:54 solidbebe wrote:


The purple haired girls + nagisa + the gray haired girl all throwing nasty looks at each other,

On April 30 2012 05:12 mcimba42 wrote:
Do you really watch cartoons for the amazing literary value they're well known to have? .

On April 30 2012 05:00 SheaR619 wrote:
Last I watch......Clannad was harem lvl is no where near School Days harem lvl

On April 30 2012 05:12 mcimba42 wrote:
I don't think I've ever posted in this thread but I occasionally lurk around for a couple of pages and I happened to see the Code Geass discussion above, and I think there are a lot of people who just try to take that show way more seriously than they should.

I see people here watching and enjoying those generic moe moe "cute girls doing cute things" shows that air every season, but then they claim Code Geass is awful for having a bunch of plot holes and a generally pants on head retarded plot. But is that all there is to anime? Do you really watch cartoons for the amazing literary value they're well known to have? I don't think anyone will say they liked Geass because of the deep psychological themes, or the intricate plot, or the interesting and well developed characters. I personally enjoyed it because of stuff like the brilliant military tactics from the brilliant military mastermind that is Lelouch (such as baiting people onto a bridge and making it collapse, baiting people into a building and making it collapse, or baiting people onto a bridge and making a building collapse on top of it), all of the fabulous and the borderline homo, the pretty mechas, the jumbled mess it called plot (like going through the "sword of akasha" and into the "world of c", where he met his deceased mother and did something to God, thus choosing the future instead of the past), the ridiculous chess metaphors (complete with illegal chess moves), the "Haha, I just predicted every word you would have said in a 20 minute long conversation and prepared a video of me replying perfectly with 100% exact timing to fool you. For the second time!", the "who is this guy, hasn't he died twice alrea--LOYALTY!!", the completely bullshit cliffhangers every other episode, the YAMATO DAMASHII NIHON BANZAI, etc, etc. It doesn't deserve any awards, not is it revolutionary (or even good, in terms of "objective" quality), but I found it really fucking enjoyable to watch. Sure, it was a trainwreck, but as any self respecting trainwreck, it's bloody entertaining to watch. It's definitely no masterpiece (in fact, I'd love to try whatever the guy who said that has been smoking recently), but I found it a hell of a lot more entertaining and enjoyable than anything in these last couple of seasons.

On April 30 2012 05:46 SheaR619 wrote:
I though Code Geass was pretty good and I am one of the few that defends code geass in this thread.The beginning was awesome and the ending was great too but how they got the that ending with the last 10-15 episode is kinda meh. Overall still pretty good.

I personally have a deep hatred for K-On and Shana because I think they dont deserve the recognition they have at all because they are poop but that just me.

On April 30 2012 05:12 mcimba42 wrote:
I don't think anyone will say they liked Geass because of the deep psychological themes, or the intricate plot, or the interesting and well developed characters.

Sure, it was a trainwreck, but as any self respecting trainwreck, it's bloody entertaining to watch.

On April 30 2012 05:12 mcimba42 wrote:
I don't think I've ever posted in this thread but I occasionally lurk around for a couple of pages and I happened to see the Code Geass discussion above, and I think there are a lot of people who just try to take that show way more seriously than they should.

I see people here watching and enjoying those generic moe moe "cute girls doing cute things" shows that air every season, but then they claim Code Geass is awful for having a bunch of plot holes and a generally pants on head retarded plot. But is that all there is to anime? Do you really watch cartoons for the amazing literary value they're well known to have? I don't think anyone will say they liked Geass because of the deep psychological themes, or the intricate plot, or the interesting and well developed characters. I personally enjoyed it because of stuff like the brilliant military tactics from the brilliant military mastermind that is Lelouch (such as baiting people onto a bridge and making it collapse, baiting people into a building and making it collapse, or baiting people onto a bridge and making a building collapse on top of it), all of the fabulous and the borderline homo, the pretty mechas, the jumbled mess it called plot (like going through the "sword of akasha" and into the "world of c", where he met his deceased mother and did something to God, thus choosing the future instead of the past), the ridiculous chess metaphors (complete with illegal chess moves), the "Haha, I just predicted every word you would have said in a 20 minute long conversation and prepared a video of me replying perfectly with 100% exact timing to fool you. For the second time!", the "who is this guy, hasn't he died twice alrea--LOYALTY!!", the completely bullshit cliffhangers every other episode, the YAMATO DAMASHII NIHON BANZAI, etc, etc. It doesn't deserve any awards, not is it revolutionary (or even good, in terms of "objective" quality), but I found it really fucking enjoyable to watch. Sure, it was a trainwreck, but as any self respecting trainwreck, it's bloody entertaining to watch. It's definitely no masterpiece (in fact, I'd love to try whatever the guy who said that has been smoking recently), but I found it a hell of a lot more entertaining and enjoyable than anything in these last couple of seasons.

On April 30 2012 05:52 KazeHydra wrote:

Actually, many people have argued this. Someone thinking CG is a masterpiece is nothing new.


so you're agreeing it was a trainwreck? Don't see how you can argue a show is good AND a trainwreck. It was entertaining because it was a trainwreck but it sure wasn't good. also, what does "self respecting trainwreck" even mean?

On April 30 2012 05:52 KazeHydra wrote:

Actually, many people have argued this. Someone thinking CG is a masterpiece is nothing new.

On April 30 2012 05:52 KazeHydra wrote:
so you're agreeing it was a trainwreck? Don't see how you can argue a show is good AND a trainwreck. It was entertaining because it was a trainwreck but it sure wasn't good. also, what does "self respecting trainwreck" even mean?

On April 30 2012 06:07 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
I think the main thing that disappoints me of people not liking Code Geass as much as me is not that they don't like it, but that they seem SO surprised that people like me like it so much.
The majority of its viewers thought it was a master piece, or close to it. Just check its ratings on anime sites, it has one of the highest ratings in all 3500+ or so notable anime works out there.

So really, the people who don't think it's good or didn't like it much are in the minority.

On April 30 2012 06:37 Tabbris wrote:
Naruto is a masterpiece