Anime Discussion Thread - Page 3982

On July 15 2014 14:28 Jehct wrote:
Any recommendations for good light dramas? I've had a hunger since Uchouten Kazoku/Chihayafuru stopped running and Usagi Drop has been the only thing to satisfy it (thanks Souma I think?). Seems like the only shows with a sense of humour are shounens lately.

On July 15 2014 14:28 Jehct wrote:
Any recommendations for good light dramas? I've had a hunger since Uchouten Kazoku/Chihayafuru stopped running and Usagi Drop has been the only thing to satisfy it (thanks Souma I think?). Seems like the only shows with a sense of humour are shounens lately.

On July 15 2014 14:09 Slaughter wrote:
Ore no Kanojo was ok, I think I liked it better then what it is because it was one of the 1st anime I watched when I 1st started to watch anime again. I think generally here it had a lukewarm reception at best.

On July 15 2014 14:09 Souma wrote:
Second episode of Hanayamata was just as cringey as the first episode.

BUT I WON'T GIVE UP. I believe that once all this low-tier drama is over, there will be light! I believe once meganekko starts dancing, there will be love! I see dreams. I see stars. I see potential! And thus, I refuse to give up!

COME TO ME, EPISODE THREE. COME TO ME, MEGANEKKO!

On July 15 2014 14:47 BigFan wrote:

ok fair enough. I just didn't remember much negativity towards the anime in general ^^


I read the general summary and decided not to watch it. I feel like I've made the right choice

On July 15 2014 14:28 Jehct wrote:
Any recommendations for good light dramas? I've had a hunger since Uchouten Kazoku/Chihayafuru stopped running and Usagi Drop has been the only thing to satisfy it (thanks Souma I think?). Seems like the only shows with a sense of humour are shounens lately.

On July 15 2014 14:26 Emnjay808 wrote:
OreShura had best Kayano Ai acting.

10/10 would watch again.

On July 15 2014 14:42 Souma wrote:


Do romcoms count?

On July 15 2014 14:32 Emnjay808 wrote:

Space Brothers.

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Yosuga no Sora

On July 15 2014 16:05 killa_robot wrote:


Natsume Yuujinchou should count. Not really a humour based one though.

On July 15 2014 06:10 Sentenal wrote:

Why are you trying to give me a history lesson here? I obviously know who Tomino is by my previous post, I don't need you listing various other anime he directed.

Edit: Now that I'm looking at the Japanese Wiki, it doesn't look like Tomino was credited with the script of even a single episode of Daitarn 3.

On July 15 2014 17:03 Jehct wrote:

Yeah absolutely, anything with a good character dynamic and complete story arc.

Really liked Space Bros, it kinda petered out at the end and I lost interest though.

Is the OVA worth watching for Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun? I really liked the characters of the show but it didn't seem anywhere near closure and I don't want to be left unsatisfied. Rather wait til they restart the show before I watch the OVA.

I haven't watched erotic stuff for years, probably need to be eased in before I try Yosuga no Sora, even if it's hilarious or excellent

On July 15 2014 01:50 Zergneedsfood wrote:
The fluidity of animation in Akame ga Kill's first episode is by far lazier and less inspired than Aldnoah, so I don't even know where you're going with this.

Compare this with Aldnoah Zero where they basically spent a whole shit ton of money animating at least three/four fight explosive scenes with little break in between.

You make it sound like any fan of sci-fi/mecha should automatically find the show distasteful, rote, and uninspired, which obviously isn't the case.

Second of all, you have two episodes to judge this off of, which are basically as expository as it gets. Like literally...nothing has actually happened in this show. The first two episodes are essentially the biggest example of a hook that lures you in with nothing else but good visuals and that's it.

Everything else related to the plot was pretty much as predictable as it gets, sure, but you're saying things like "character development" as if this was supposed to happen by now.

You critique the villains as boring when we've learned nothing about them.

You say that this is a wannabe sci-fi setting when literally no sci-fi material has been remotely been touched on.

Or that Psycho Pass is dumb because it's just a minority report rip off.

You also compared this show's writing to Saya no Uta's for some reason....which I don't get.

On July 15 2014 19:44 ForTehDarkseid wrote:

Visuals =/= only animation. Especially if you are comparing series by looking at my actual complaints about Aldnoah's visuals (mediocre backgrounds, scenery designs and general color palete), I haven't said a single bad thing about actual quality of animators' work.

And this is where creator's scale and achievements come into factor. Akame ga kill is made by White Fox, the studio which produced Steins;gate and two Jormungand, and Akame's visual quality is laaaarge improvement from the past shows and while PA Works stay closer than anyone to their style, they upgrade the arsenal of special effects techniques with almost each series made, it's seen very clearly in Glasslip.

On the contrary, Aldnoah is directed by the chief director of Garden of Sinners, Fate/zero, Ga Rei and Houko Musou, and his new show does pretty poor job in artistic department compared to any of the mentioned series, we expected much more of this guy and he failed us right here.

mediocre backgrounds

scenery designs

general color palete

Except at least 65% of those storyboards come from two years old fate/zero footage, I am not slightly impressed.

You really get that impression? strange. it's poorly written,

doesn't slighlty cater to mecha fans

and remains chief director's worse work to day, I can agree on that, but distasteful and "uninspired in general" are stronger words I don't wish to use to describe my attitude towards it. I had a strong feeling it was moslty inspired by Gundam during the first episode, but the second one mixed up thing differently and went super robo tropes instead.

What kind of mecha show hooks its viewer by not showing titular mech for straight an hour? Bad kind of mecha show.

And there's nothing else to back of to, be it character work, storytelling or general atmosphere (even M3 Dark metal scored on that, lols). I guess people who don't care for mecha at all, doesn't slightly mind though.

Half of presented characters are obvious plot devices (mostly girls as usual), every Maritan guy is a bloody stereotype that can be described in three words max.

You tell me they are trolling viewers for good old half of the show and then magically turn on a deep characterisation and non-trivial interaction button in the end? I don't believe in miracles.

Trust me, there is nothing to be learned at all. Cannon fodder at best.

the whole premise is sci-fi. Hyperspace portal on the Moon leads to the Mars (wow, that's reaaly close) where the remains of powerful ancient civilization were found which in turn gave artifical birth to neo human master race who succesfully blowed said moon to pieces shortly afterwards and decided to wipe out the Earth population 15 years later and the fact that show decides to focus it's precious time on saving cute girls and school students from war machines with highly questionable military purposes suited designs really doesn't do this trainwreck kind of idea any justice.

going by this logic, Gits is just a U.B.I.K / Do androids dream of electric sheep rip off.

Same writer, totally different style - character driven narrative plus unique storytelling experience to boot with strong grip on a script resulting in almost flawless execution overall. Yeah, I guess I am unreasonable to expect anything similar anymore from Gen anymore, but Kamen Rider Gaim is kinda really fun atm, not all hope is lost.