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FragKrag
United States11554 Posts
On December 04 2010 23:06 Sentenal wrote: Speaking of anime that makes you sad, + Show Spoiler [LOGH spoiler] + Kircheis's death made me sad in LOGH. Now what is Space Napoleon supposed to do?  + Show Spoiler [LOGH] + Kircheis death was easily one of the saddest parts of the series, but there are so many sad parts T_______T | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On December 05 2010 04:12 Blobskillz wrote: that's the problem they are impractical and I dont find them cooler either. Sure I watched TTGL, Code Geass and FMP but never because of the robots. I kinda prefer actual humans being cool over some robot. For me it's easier to relate to a human instead of a machine. This is probably my own bias again but in mecha animes I found the most annoying male leads so far. Shinji from Eva Suzaku from Code Geass Simon from TTGL all combined make me not like mecha anime I meant rehash more in a way of never ending story it goes on and on and on, like the bleach manga  I blame my bad english here  Well rather than trying to relate to the tool, why not try and relate to the pilot? Like for example, in Berserk, do you try and relate to Guts' Sword, or Guts? Guts, right? So in Gundam, would you try to relate to the pilot (like Amuro), or his machine? Again, the pilot. But the thing that makes Mecha-fans like Mecha, is that you can not only relate to the pilot, but you can try to relate to the mech as well, since its humanoid. Plus come on, whats not cool about Giant Robots? On December 05 2010 04:22 FragKrag wrote: + Show Spoiler [LOGH] + Kircheis death was easily one of the saddest parts of the series, but there are so many sad parts T_______T + Show Spoiler + As long as nothing happens to Reinhart or Yang. Kircheis' Death was more than enough sadness for me | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
On December 04 2010 22:30 Zergneedsfood wrote: It was pretty dramatic as hell... But dudes....just finished Eureka Seven.....wow. That was pretty mindblowing. A little bit confusing and WTF at times....and Renton annoyed the shit out of me the whole time.... But it was good. And by good, I mean really good. The soundtrack is also worth listening to....so I have it on my iPod now. ^^ Eureka Seven is probably my favorite anime ever, and i'm glad you stuck through till the end. 'Cause i felt the same way after. I posted a while back when 22 came out, and the guy posted it again, so i thought a new episode came out. And tbh Shinn annoyed the fk out of me. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On December 05 2010 05:39 Gao Xi wrote: Eureka Seven is probably my favorite anime ever, and i'm glad you stuck through till the end. 'Cause i felt the same way after. I posted a while back when 22 came out, and the guy posted it again, so i thought a new episode came out. And tbh Shinn annoyed the fk out of me. Good thing Shinn wasn't the main character of SEED Destiny. LOL | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
On December 05 2010 05:47 Sentenal wrote: Good thing Shinn wasn't the main character of SEED Destiny. LOL His attitude was soo annoying, it was almost as bad the Fate/Stay Night main character with orange hair. Then again my favorite character in GSD was no one, i didn't really like anyone, except maybe people on the archangel :x And the whole Minerva crew just pissed me off, esp Shinn and Lunamaria. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
Now that I've finished Eureka Seven....I have almost no intention of watching any Animes save for the ones that are lined up this fall..... New Animes have been ruining my life and my scheduling......but..... I guess I'll do it anyway. Any new recommendations? I was thinking of watching Spice and Wolf....but sorta panzied out after realizing that I sort of didn't like the artwork.... A lot of people are talking about Amagami SS....though I don't know if I should watch that...... I'm also sort of done with mechs for now, and I don't feel like probing into Gundam, but yeah...I'm also thinking of looking into Bones. I know Shauni had recommendations a while back. I didn't respond because I was saving up my 1000th post.... *sigh* Here I go again.. | ||
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Blobskillz
Germany548 Posts
On December 05 2010 06:19 Zergneedsfood wrote: Grrr.....to be honest.... Now that I've finished Eureka Seven....I have almost no intention of watching any Animes save for the ones that are lined up this fall..... New Animes have been ruining my life and my scheduling......but..... I guess I'll do it anyway. Any new recommendations? I was thinking of watching Spice and Wolf....but sorta panzied out after realizing that I sort of didn't like the artwork.... A lot of people are talking about Amagami SS....though I don't know if I should watch that...... I'm also sort of done with mechs for now, and I don't feel like probing into Gundam, but yeah...I'm also thinking of looking into Bones. I know Shauni had recommendations a while back. I didn't respond because I was saving up my 1000th post.... *sigh* Here I go again.. You should give Spice and Wolf a try it's great and by far better then Amagami where only the last arc is decent and Haruka. If you want to look into Bones I think " Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 " was from them too and really good too. | ||
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TimeOut
Germany1277 Posts
On December 05 2010 06:19 Zergneedsfood wrote: Grrr.....to be honest.... Now that I've finished Eureka Seven....I have almost no intention of watching any Animes save for the ones that are lined up this fall..... New Animes have been ruining my life and my scheduling......but..... I guess I'll do it anyway. Any new recommendations? I was thinking of watching Spice and Wolf....but sorta panzied out after realizing that I sort of didn't like the artwork.... A lot of people are talking about Amagami SS....though I don't know if I should watch that...... I'm also sort of done with mechs for now, and I don't feel like probing into Gundam, but yeah...I'm also thinking of looking into Bones. I know Shauni had recommendations a while back. I didn't respond because I was saving up my 1000th post.... *sigh* Here I go again.. What's wrong with Spice and Wolf's artwork? I kinda understand the regular complaints about "economy is boring", "meh, not enough action", "I dislike character x", but you are the first who said something about the artwork. Edit: Disclaimer - I really really like Spice and Wolf. Spice and Wolf anime images: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/m4ctd.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/PFsgG.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/FZUP9.jpg) Amagami SS is nice, standard romantic comedy. 4 episodes per girl, time reset, next girl. So everyone wins in the end, no harem. | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
I think the first few shots were a little bit iffy to me. But I think I'll give it another try. | ||
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CaffeineFree-_-
United States712 Posts
On December 05 2010 05:47 Sentenal wrote: Good thing Shinn wasn't the main character of SEED Destiny. LOL I'm glad towards the end of Destiny Kira stopped being all quiet and shit and got chatty with the whole "MAMORITAI SEKAI GA ARUNDA" etc.. Edit: Also glad SHinn got raped. Destiny is a badass gundam but I was glad to see it wrecked. | ||
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Southlight
United States11768 Posts
On December 05 2010 06:45 Zergneedsfood wrote: Hmm.... I think the first few shots were a little bit iffy to me. But I think I'll give it another try. I dislike Spice and Wolf a fair bit. The premise is interesting enough; a young (male, this becomes important later on) merchant is on his regular trade route when he stops by a village during their wheat harvesting festival - the idea is that they show appreciation to the "ancient wolf" that had blessed their land many years ago. As per usual, the festival is a sort of capitalist bastardization of the events. Come one night he wakes up to find a human/wolf/thing stowed away in his cart - this is his encounter with the wise old wolf, which would set up the journey the two of them make to find and bring her to her "home." However, therein starts to lie some issues. 1) the author's not smart enough (might be different in the books). For a story so heavily laden with economy, merchantry, and financials it was a bit bizarre to see most of the plots revolving around some underhanded merchantry as opposed to direct economics. This is all the more bizarre when you consider that the protagonist is supposed to be relatively veteran when it comes to these things, and yet he makes the most stupid of blunders, and the plot device goes as such: a) MC makes retarded blunder that would throw people into prison for debt b) by fortune, quick wits, and Horo's cunning, he makes it out c) moves to next town d) go back to a this is aggravating, and further is compounded by 2) Horo's cunning tends to be long-winded (never direct, always does these willy-nilly coy BS that overdramaticizes the main character's plight for 5 episodes before being "solved" in some dumb way.) This then underlines 3) Most of the anime series ends up becoming more of a series of flirtation between the two than an actual "wise old sage vs young lad." While it's not too surprising for a Japanese LN (and I say this with an obvious sarcastic, distasteful tone) it really ruins the premise of Horo the character and starts a downspiral of bad. I don't recommend it unless you fall in love with Horo. I'm a staunch believer in that being the one and only reason people actually like the anime. Edit: TL;DR For the series to be good, Horo needed to be like Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari. Instead she ended up being like some random girl from a harem anime of your choice. Good game. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On December 05 2010 07:14 CaffeineFree-_- wrote: I'm glad towards the end of Destiny Kira stopped being all quiet and shit and got chatty with the whole "MAMORITAI SEKAI GA ARUNDA" etc.. Edit: Also glad SHinn got raped. Destiny is a badass gundam but I was glad to see it wrecked. After watching the original Gundam series, they seriously needed to incorporate the amount of slapping into Destiny and Seed. Like every moment Amuro went into the sad puppy I hate my life moments, someone would straight up slap him and tell him to take the dick out of his mouth cause they weren't going to die due to his shitty psyche. That was refreshing. At 40 seconds and the 70 hit combo version: | ||
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AndyBear
Canada132 Posts
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Blobskillz
Germany548 Posts
On December 05 2010 07:35 AndyBear wrote: Hey TL! I call upon your vast wisdom to help me again. I just finished Watching Toradora! and it was an amazing Anime (The ending was a little.. not to my liking, but anyway) It was amazing and I would love to watch more like it. You guys know any similar to it? Thanks in advance! Rock on b(^_-)z before we now list tons of generic tsundere harem animes I'd advise you to watch Ef ~ a tale of memories ~ And Southlight while I basically agree with the basic premise you outlined I have to disagree with the part that the male lead always messes up because of stupidity. Literally none of the economic events in the anime were problems that he himself was responsible for. I have to agree that the anime has an episodic feel to itself which is mostly due to the fact that the Light Novels are build in that way. Until the sixth or so novel it stays this way. The two anime seasons covered the first 4 books of what are now around 15 or so. And really what kind of big buisness stuff did you expect when you saw a traveling merchant? It's not like he has the funding to do anything too big. But yeah the Horo part is probably true, she's great after all | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
On December 05 2010 07:43 Blobskillz wrote: before we now list tons of generic tsundere harem animes I'd advise you to watch Ef ~ a tale of memories ~ I'd like to add to the list by suggesting Clannad, and Welcome to the NHK!, pretty good dramatic/sad anime. [Edit] I almost forgot about REC, you should watch that, though it was short it was definitely good. I don't like Spice and Wolf IIRC it was too slow. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On December 05 2010 07:24 Judicator wrote: After watching the original Gundam series, they seriously needed to incorporate the amount of slapping into Destiny and Seed. Like every moment Amuro went into the sad puppy I hate my life moments, someone would straight up slap him and tell him to take the dick out of his mouth cause they weren't going to die due to his shitty psyche. That was refreshing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtfon4QtA9U At 40 seconds and the 70 hit combo version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYW5_NuvTo&feature=related A good dose of Bright slapping would have made SEED better, and maybe would have made Destiny avoid the train wreck. Too bad the Shinn x Stellar plot had to set Destiny on course for a train wreck. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
The author has it quite easy by having things take place in a medieval setting and consequently would only need to have really simple economic ideas, the problem is that to get a conflict going, Lawrence needs to fail invariably. He would just have to do completely retarded stuff so Horo can save him somehow. That's ok for a few books, but after a while you wonder how he is still incapable of doing the slightest him by himself. While the whole basic setting of the characters don't help as to this, there are still ways that the author can get around it, except that simply never happened. Meh. So yeah Horo is about the only thing keeping anyone interested in S&W I hope. | ||
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Djin
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Blobskillz
Germany548 Posts
I'm reading Mirai Nikki right now and again the male lead is a wimp but fortunately Yuno makes up for it, what a crazy girl :D | ||
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Gao Xi
Hong Kong5178 Posts
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