Anime Discussion Thread - Page 2359

On September 22 2012 23:52 DoNotDisturb wrote:
Nisekoi 42.

I'm falling in love more and more with each chapter, so cute <333

On September 24 2012 11:53 killa_robot wrote:


I just marathoned all the chapters and I have to agree, I find it quite good. You know any others like it?

On September 24 2012 10:37 Sentenal wrote:
At long last, Gundam AGE is over. My TL;DR thoughts on it is that it isn't nearly as bad as it seemed like it was going to be when it was first announced, but its also not nearly as good as it could have been. I'll try to keep spoilers to a minimum here, and put big spoilers in tags.

The thing that makes Gundam AGE what it is, is its Generational mechanic. The show starts off with Flit Asuno, and takes about the start of a war with a mysterious enemy. Then like 20 episodes later, there is a time skip, and Flit's son, Asemu takes over as the MC. And then after that, Asemu's son Kio finishes off the series. I can't really think of any anime in existence that does this. This style has both its good and bad parts. The good part is that its really interesting to see Flit go from an idealistic kid, to a + Show Spoiler + old man by the end. Seeing Asemu go through this, to a lesser extent, was good as well. The bad part is that this means that these 3 different stories all have to be fitted into 50~ episodes with each other, so each individually are shorter than what a normal-length Gundam story would be. But overall, I think the Generational part of AGE was a plus.

Now lets talk a bit about the anime in more detail. Lets start with Generation 1, where Flit was the main character. It starts off rather generic, but it isn't really bad. There is one really boring/bad part of Generation 1, but the conclusion of it was good enough. Additionally, Generation 1 designs seems like they were intentionally made bland, in terms of mecha. Only the AGE-1 Titus I really liked. Generation 1 was also fairly annoying in that the Federation of the time were extremely weak, and lacked the means to fight the new mysterious enemy, other than the Gundam. But at the end, they are finally able to counter attack, and its revealed who the enemy actually is.

Generation 2 is widely considered the best part of AGE. This part had some of the best fights, and the best plot to go along with it. Generation 2 really concentrated on Asemu, and his inferiority complex towards his father, Flit. Unlike the majority of other Gundam protagonists, Asemu wasn't an equivalent to a "Newtype" (or X-Rounder in Age). He was an "Oldtype", meaning totally normal, no special abilities. So much of Generation 2 is Asemu trying to overcome this, to try and live up to his father's expectation. There are alot of cool fights in this part, AGE really loved beam sabers during this. Mecha wise, designs had taken a step up from Generation 1, but nothing really great. AGE-2 was pretty good though.

Finally, we get to Generation 3. In my personal opinion, it went off on a good start, but then about halfway through, just started piling on stupid stuff. This arc is about Kio, Asemu's son. Asemu has disappeared, so he is raised by his grandfather, Flit. Eventually, the war comes to earth, and Kio is gets in the AGE-3 to fight them off. Mecha wise, there are lots of designs I liked. Fight wise, there are some pretty cool fights. But plot wise... Well, I'll spoiler tag all this stuff, since I'll essentially be spoilering the end of the show. If you don't want to read it, the unspoiler version is just that after a certain point in Generation 3, things start getting stupid. + Show Spoiler +

AGE had its ups and downs. The combination of which makes me give the show 6/10. If things had gone different towards the end, this score could have been very different, but oh well.

if you come in here looking for "anime recommendations" then please refer to this chart before posting: http://i.imgur.com/fdwm4.jpg

On September 24 2012 17:29 E.L.V.I.S wrote:
I'm sorry i really dont want to read the 2359 pages, I would like to watch some animes, but don't know which ones... I never really watched animes.. please advices!!!! My favourites mangas are : hxh, dorohedoro, naruto

On September 24 2012 17:56 synapse wrote:

The artist for Nisekoi draws the characters with SO MUCH SWEAT. I didn't notice until like ch 30, but every page has a person sweating cats and dogs. It's pretty hilarious.

If you're into jump-style romantic comedy, I guess << Kagami No Kuni No Harisugawa >> and << Ane Doki! >> both fit the bill. Those are pretty short and ended early (probably cancelled hence the abrupt endings), so if you're looking for something more complete maybe << Ichigo 100% >> or << Kimi No Iru Machi >>. Those are the ones I remember at least...

EDIT: just remembered this is anime discussion thread, pls dont ban me for manga talk :<

On September 24 2012 12:25 Requizen wrote:
Just started reading Hana Kimi because some drama is based off of it. Decent so far, does it stay like this sort of slice of life style for a while, or does an overarching plot show up? Anyone read it before?

On September 24 2012 20:06 -Jacob- wrote:
What is a good Anime to start watching if I want to try and get into the Anime scene?

On September 24 2012 20:06 -Jacob- wrote:
What is a good Anime to start watching if I want to try and get into the Anime scene?

On September 24 2012 17:56 synapse wrote:

The artist for Nisekoi draws the characters with SO MUCH SWEAT. I didn't notice until like ch 30, but every page has a person sweating cats and dogs. It's pretty hilarious.

If you're into jump-style romantic comedy, I guess << Kagami No Kuni No Harisugawa >> and << Ane Doki! >> both fit the bill. Those are pretty short and ended early (probably cancelled hence the abrupt endings), so if you're looking for something more complete maybe << Ichigo 100% >> or << Kimi No Iru Machi >>. Those are the ones I remember at least...

EDIT: just remembered this is anime discussion thread, pls dont ban me for manga talk :<

On September 24 2012 20:16 Moxi wrote:


One of my first anime was Clannad, absolutely crazy good experience that I will have forever with me, that I will remember until I die! So yeah, just pick something you look good (like clannad!) and go for it!

On September 24 2012 20:16 Moxi wrote:


One of my first anime was Clannad, absolutely crazy good experience that I will have forever with me, that I will remember until I die! So yeah, just pick something you look good (like clannad!) and go for it!