The princess doesn't even need to be a child. Hell, make her an adult with real character and diplomatic experience. In fact, this is her 4th peace mission in 2 years, and she has caused tensions to come way down between earth and Vers. In DOUBLE fact, she is savvy and canny and despite numerous ploys by the Orbital Knights to make her look bad, or to fuck up negotiations, Princess Asseylum has almost succeeded in getting Vers to open official migration, trade, etc with earth. Aldnoah-made items (no drives, obviously, to keep the edge) in return for all kids of natural resources, water, terraforming materials, etc in the upcoming trade agreement.
The Orbital Knights (Saazbaum in particular, who owns a lot of the Martian military industrial complex) realize that their last chance for war with earth is slipping away, and nothing short of a major diplomatic incident will bring about war; even if the negotations stalled or there was a gaff, things have gotten too chummy. They throw together a last-minute plot (if they had been planning to do this for 15 years, surely it would have succeeded) to kill the princess and make it look like terrans. They seem to succeed, but fail in actuality.
The Princess and her bodyguard, Edelrittuo (who is of course this massive musclebound woman who wears a wife beater and jeans and carries all kinds of guns and shit) manage to escape, since the princess was actually in one of the black cars, not the white one. Edelrittuo is so paranoid she makes Alastor Moody look sloppy, you see. Princess is stunned but Edelrittuo activates her camo and drags her to safety with 3 or 4 armed bodyguards.
They meet up quickly with UE forces, in this case the children, and eventually with Marito's platoon. Marito in this case is Platoon Leader, since the depths of his PTSD are unknown (he hides his drinking well). Edelrittuo looks him in the eye and decides this man wasn't in on it, and reveals the secret. Of course, the 4 bodyguards are also ALSO wearing the hardlight camo and all ALSO look like mid-20's women. Edelrittuo doesn't specify which of them is the princess. She has decided she can't fuck around. Marito buys it, and his platoon decides to escort Princess to the docks, when Nikoleras intercepts them after killing the assassins. Marito finds his PTSD resurges and his entire platoon is wiped out before he gets a grip and manages to escape Nikoleras while protecting the truck carrying Princess, taking shelter in the school he teaches at (where he finds some cadets and live-fire training rounds...)
Also, we'll keep Slaine as a youth in this case, to make his infatuation with the Princess that much worse. He can still be part of her inspiration to journey into international politics as a diplomat, but before she met him, she was a capable businesswoman and politician, and only hearing about earth from him did she realize how much more she could be if she turned her mind towards the earth. Slaine naturally fell in love with her cause he's a little donger but yeah there you go.
Oh yeah and at some point, Edel tries to kill Marito because she is convinced he's an assassin. Her paranoia is her strenght, but also her weakness. They have an awesome bare-knuckle fistfight and they get all sweaty and then realize they totally are hot for each other, but neither of them trust each other, and it's even worse after the fight, which is only broken up because of a kataphract attack. Edel keeps on asking for permission to sortie in a Aerion KG-7 Kat, but due to security reasons, Marito turns her down every time (despite lack of pilots) until things get seriously bad (maybe against Ashura).
The princess, of course, is married (which makes Slain's infatuation even WORSE which is awesome) and isn't interested in any of that BS. However, she finds that her world where just being smart and clever and knowing what people want, isn't the same as the world of combat. She works as part tactician, but realizes that the rules she's grown up with aren't the same as the rules on the battlefield. Yes, she's brilliant, but there are limits. She's not trained in the ways of war. Of course, she knows many weaknesses of enemy mechs, but the Earth Kats are just so shitty it's really tough.
Just saying, PTSD-San has the potential for so much more character development than Inko, Yuki, Calm, or even Inaho (though those last 70 seconds, man, they got me right in the heart), and by making the Princess and Edel awesome instead of shit tier levels of character development.
Studio Ghibli I have a blog titled the wind rises and right now I am all obsessed with raging at enron and confusing them with Bernie Madoff so HIJOLE CHUPAZI
Yea, sword art online aincrad arc was good. It throws us into a semi realistic scenario of when VR is misused (like how akihiko traps 10,000 players) and shows the brutal reality of life itself. I rewatched it twice and read all the novels. I still feel the sense of wanting to rewatch simply because of how it represented all walks of life, trapped in a VR hell hole. Children who played the game with their family were forced to relocate to a church, owned by a kind person who takes them in, because of reasons such as being a burden in their travels or having their parents dead. Teenagers and adults, the main 'clearers' of the game, focused on the objective of clearing floors with as little casualty possible to return home. However, after 3 years of rushing ahead, a large portion of these players retired and decided to settle down. Old folks were seen being useless overall to the advancement of the game, retreating to their own peaceful corners of the game. Also, the different perspective on how this 3 years of hiatus would do to their real life really impacted me. Teenagers/kids in school were forced out of school and had to take special classes to integrate them back to society. Adults had the least impact. Old folks, such as the net security officer, would most likely be kicked out of their jobs for being old and being unable to catch up with society. Meanwhile, the struggle of different players, whom view this time in aincrad differently, is seen. Some players succumb to despair, committing suicide or hiding in the starter town, afraid to die. Some players recklessly die to mobs (black cats). Some decide to fight and help in advancement teams to clear floors. The distinction between beta players and new players were also quickly drawn early on. Beta players had a significant headstart and were able to quickly build up equipment, while new players despise them for these. Also, how human nature works differently in games. For example, the thieving guild that hired bad players to do dirty work, while guilds like laughing coffin aimed to kill people to take their loot. the many forms of how a normal mmo could be integrated into a lifestyle is very intriguing. BUT ALO WAS GARBAGE.
Yea, sword art online aincrad arc was good. It throws us into a semi realistic scenario of when VR is misused (like how akihiko traps 10,000 players) and shows the brutal reality of life itself. I rewatched it twice and read all the novels. I still feel the sense of wanting to rewatch simply because of how it represented all walks of life, trapped in a VR hell hole. Children who played the game with their family were forced to relocate to a church, owned by a kind person who takes them in, because of reasons such as being a burden in their travels or having their parents dead. Teenagers and adults, the main 'clearers' of the game, focused on the objective of clearing floors with as little casualty possible to return home. However, after 3 years of rushing ahead, a large portion of these players retired and decided to settle down. Old folks were seen being useless overall to the advancement of the game, retreating to their own peaceful corners of the game. Also, the different perspective on how this 3 years of hiatus would do to their real life really impacted me. Teenagers/kids in school were forced out of school and had to take special classes to integrate them back to society. Adults had the least impact. Old folks, such as the net security officer, would most likely be kicked out of their jobs for being old and being unable to catch up with society. Meanwhile, the struggle of different players, whom view this time in aincrad differently, is seen. Some players succumb to despair, committing suicide or hiding in the starter town, afraid to die. Some players recklessly die to mobs (black cats). Some decide to fight and help in advancement teams to clear floors. The distinction between beta players and new players were also quickly drawn early on. Beta players had a significant headstart and were able to quickly build up equipment, while new players despise them for these. Also, how human nature works differently in games. For example, the thieving guild that hired bad players to do dirty work, while guilds like laughing coffin aimed to kill people to take their loot. the many forms of how a normal mmo could be integrated into a lifestyle is very intriguing. BUT ALO WAS GARBAGE.
I liked ALO but I was already heavily invested in the characters. Sword Art II is ok as well.
On September 23 2014 16:58 HaruRH wrote: Imo slaine should have died instead of inaho. Princess and slaine can die together and get a 'thanks for saving me now ima die with you' moment.
but how could my Slaine/Rayet ship possibly sail with Slaine dead?
I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Annarasumanara, Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
On September 23 2014 16:58 HaruRH wrote: Imo slaine should have died instead of inaho. Princess and slaine can die together and get a 'thanks for saving me now ima die with you' moment.
but how could my Slaine/Rayet ship possibly sail with Slaine dead?
That sweaty boat ain't sailing.
Slaine dies, inaho survives, one of his friend on the deck dies, capt survives, ptsdsan gets rid of ptsd and becomes as good as inaho, both wreck knights, knights blame death on inaho/earth, inaho tells the truth but its too late, mars and earth goes into full scale war, the emperor himself comes to destroy earth, inaho, his sis and ptsdsan 3man fights emperor but is about to lose, inaho sis dies with ptsd, inaho suicides with emperor.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Tokyo ghoul anime. Watch it and get the feels as main character bankais and turn into white hair. Best feel 2014.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Yea i also read the latest liar game chapters and watched all movies, including the genius child movie. Also at the latest chapters with tower of god, at the hell train.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Yea i also read the latest liar game chapters and watched all movies, including the genius child movie. Also at the latest chapters with tower of god, at the hell train.
I didn't read the manga but I watched all the liar game live action show and it was pretty good.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Tokyo ghoul anime. Watch it and get the feels as main character bankais and turn into white hair. Best feel 2014.
I don't think I would have minded that ending nearly as much if Inaho and the Princess were more fully developed characters. Especially Inaho - in the last 90 seconds, I think he displays his first emotions of the entire series and then promptly gets shot because "NO EMOTIONS FOR YOU."
It feels like the writers went for the "OH SNAP" ending as opposed to one that would have any emotional impact. Like I was surprised by the ending, but I feel so little attachment to our dearly departed that it didn't have much of a lingering effect.
Speaking of which, Slaine is the biggest screwup oh god. I haven't hated a character this much in quite a while.
On September 23 2014 14:57 DarthPunk wrote: I will fight anyone who says sword art online was bad
...
My elitism is undefeated in combat.
Are you an.... Anime hipster? The third worst kind of hipster.
Nah. I don't hate on things that are popular just because they're popular. Truth be told, I don't watch much anime because it takes too much time. Tend to read more manga/manhwa, and watch the popular/critically-acclaimed stuff.
SAO had it's moments for sure. But the ending and the main villain... well you know.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Tokyo ghoul anime. Watch it and get the feels as main character bankais and turn into white hair. Best feel 2014.
I don't think I would have minded that ending nearly as much if Inaho and the Princess were more fully developed characters. Especially Inaho - in the last 90 seconds, I think he displays his first emotions of the entire series and then promptly gets shot because "NO EMOTIONS FOR YOU."
It feels like the writers went for the "OH SNAP" ending as opposed to one that would have any emotional impact. Like I was surprised by the ending, but I feel so little attachment to our dearly departed that it didn't have much of a lingering effect.
Speaking of which, Slaine is the biggest screwup oh god. I haven't hated a character this much in quite a while.
On September 23 2014 14:57 DarthPunk wrote: I will fight anyone who says sword art online was bad
...
My elitism is undefeated in combat.
Are you an.... Anime hipster? The third worst kind of hipster.
Nah. I don't hate on things that are popular just because they're popular. Truth be told, I don't watch much anime because it takes too much time. Tend to read more manga/manhwa, and watch the popular/critically-acclaimed stuff.
SAO had it's moments for sure. But the ending and the main villain... well you know.
Yea i hate slaine for being bad. I am pissed that s2 will most likely be about slaine, while i will also be pissed of the main character revive. Its a lose-lose situation
Whos the main villain of sao? Laughing coffin? Akihiko? Other than the part where kirito gets dual wield for a bullshit reason, everything else was fair game.
I don't think I would have minded that ending nearly as much if Inaho and the Princess were more fully developed characters. Especially Inaho - in the last 90 seconds, I think he displays his first emotions of the entire series and then promptly gets shot because "NO EMOTIONS FOR YOU."
It feels like the writers went for the "OH SNAP" ending as opposed to one that would have any emotional impact. Like I was surprised by the ending, but I feel so little attachment to our dearly departed that it didn't have much of a lingering effect.
Speaking of which, Slaine is the biggest screwup oh god. I haven't hated a character this much in quite a while.
On September 23 2014 14:57 DarthPunk wrote: I will fight anyone who says sword art online was bad
...
My elitism is undefeated in combat.
Are you an.... Anime hipster? The third worst kind of hipster.
Nah. I don't hate on things that are popular just because they're popular. Truth be told, I don't watch much anime because it takes too much time. Tend to read more manga/manhwa, and watch the popular/critically-acclaimed stuff.
SAO had it's moments for sure. But the ending and the main villain... well you know.
I don't think I would have minded that ending nearly as much if Inaho and the Princess were more fully developed characters. Especially Inaho - in the last 90 seconds, I think he displays his first emotions of the entire series and then promptly gets shot because "NO EMOTIONS FOR YOU."
It feels like the writers went for the "OH SNAP" ending as opposed to one that would have any emotional impact. Like I was surprised by the ending, but I feel so little attachment to our dearly departed that it didn't have much of a lingering effect.
Speaking of which, Slaine is the biggest screwup oh god. I haven't hated a character this much in quite a while.
On September 23 2014 15:02 DarthPunk wrote:
On September 23 2014 14:59 Hapahauli wrote:
On September 23 2014 14:57 DarthPunk wrote: I will fight anyone who says sword art online was bad
...
My elitism is undefeated in combat.
Are you an.... Anime hipster? The third worst kind of hipster.
Nah. I don't hate on things that are popular just because they're popular. Truth be told, I don't watch much anime because it takes too much time. Tend to read more manga/manhwa, and watch the popular/critically-acclaimed stuff.
SAO had it's moments for sure. But the ending and the main villain... well you know.
Yea i hate slaine for being bad. I am pissed that s2 will most likely be about slaine, while i will also be pissed of the main character revive. Its a lose-lose situation
Whos the main villain of sao? Laughing coffin? Akihiko? Other than the part where kirito gets dual wield for a bullshit reason, everything else was fair game.
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Yea i also read the latest liar game chapters and watched all movies, including the genius child movie. Also at the latest chapters with tower of god, at the hell train.
I actually ended up reading liar game because of TLMafia (the game that Ver/Incognito ran) lol. I really wanted to make a mafia game based around the pandemic round, but I couldn't come up with any balanced ideas.
I don't think I would have minded that ending nearly as much if Inaho and the Princess were more fully developed characters. Especially Inaho - in the last 90 seconds, I think he displays his first emotions of the entire series and then promptly gets shot because "NO EMOTIONS FOR YOU."
It feels like the writers went for the "OH SNAP" ending as opposed to one that would have any emotional impact. Like I was surprised by the ending, but I feel so little attachment to our dearly departed that it didn't have much of a lingering effect.
Speaking of which, Slaine is the biggest screwup oh god. I haven't hated a character this much in quite a while.
On September 23 2014 15:02 DarthPunk wrote:
On September 23 2014 14:59 Hapahauli wrote:
On September 23 2014 14:57 DarthPunk wrote: I will fight anyone who says sword art online was bad
...
My elitism is undefeated in combat.
Are you an.... Anime hipster? The third worst kind of hipster.
Nah. I don't hate on things that are popular just because they're popular. Truth be told, I don't watch much anime because it takes too much time. Tend to read more manga/manhwa, and watch the popular/critically-acclaimed stuff.
SAO had it's moments for sure. But the ending and the main villain... well you know.
Yea i hate slaine for being bad. I am pissed that s2 will most likely be about slaine, while i will also be pissed of the main character revive. Its a lose-lose situation
Pick your poison. I suppose Slaine could become a reasonable MC, but I don't have high hopes given his antics so far.
Whos the main villain of sao? Laughing coffin? Akihiko?
On September 23 2014 17:04 HiroPro wrote: I watched some of sword art, but I didn't find the main plotline to be very interesting (only the side-bits). The 2nd half was just garbage so I ended up reading a summary. It's a shame because there are a lot of virtual reality related novels that I've liked and I was hoping to see something good. Stuff I've liked:
Movies: Paprika, Redline, Spirited Away
TV Series: Death Note, Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex), Karas, Kurozuka, Monster, Samurai Champloo
Manga/Manhwa: Kubera, Liar Game, Nana, Tokyo Ghoul, Tower of God
Anyone watch/read any of those?
Yea i also read the latest liar game chapters and watched all movies, including the genius child movie. Also at the latest chapters with tower of god, at the hell train.
I actually ended up reading liar game because of TLMafia (the game that Ver/Incognito ran) lol. I really wanted to make a mafia game based around the pandemic round, but I couldn't come up with any balanced ideas.
i could probably come up with balanced ideas with pandemic round and musical chair. Let me think.
Actually, a mafia based on the musical chair seems fun.
At day 1, everyone is granted 1 chair with a number on it. You're not allowed to sit on the same chair twice a day. You can only give chairs to people. Once the person have a chair, he is not eligible to receive another chair until he gives his away. Every start of day, a random chair will be removed from the game. The player without a chair, or with the same chair as the previous day will be killed. At night, mafia kills 1 person and his chair will die with him. At all times, chair = players in game - 1.
I liked Mushishi a lot, it felt just right before bed. Haruhi and Honey and Clover both had first episodes I didn't really care for, then had a series I really liked, then sort of tapered off into unenjoyable stuff.
For Sword Art Online, I don't know... it was interesting, but I don't really felt like it left me with many interesting thoughts afterward. + Show Spoiler +
I felt like the story was supposed to be an allegory (for instance, beta testers = people born rich or with natural talent) but a lot of the story made me lose interest (mind control / fairy baby / etc) and the sister relationship felt out of place. I felt like the coolest character was Asuna and she just became a trapped damsel with weird rape stuff in the second part, and that change felt pretty frustrating. I thought maybe being trapped in an MMO could be compared to a war (losing out on some of the population for a few years, some dying, coming back changed, etc., then working to reintegrate them into society) but it felt like the show touched on those points only as an afterthought so I didn't find it too compelling.
I don't say this to bash the show, I think it does some things quite well, I guess I just sorta wanted to take more away from the show. I haven't seen any of the second season, not sure if I will watch that...
On September 24 2014 02:11 Amiko wrote: I liked Mushishi a lot, it felt just right before bed. Haruhi and Honey and Clover both had first episodes I didn't really care for, then had a series I really liked, then sort of tapered off into unenjoyable stuff.
For Sword Art Online, I don't know... it was interesting, but I don't really felt like it left me with many interesting thoughts afterward. + Show Spoiler +
I felt like the story was supposed to be an allegory (for instance, beta testers = people born rich or with natural talent) but a lot of the story made me lose interest (mind control / fairy baby / etc) and the sister relationship felt out of place. I felt like the coolest character was Asuna and she just became a trapped damsel with weird rape stuff in the second part, and that change felt pretty frustrating. I thought maybe being trapped in an MMO could be compared to a war (losing out on some of the population for a few years, some dying, coming back changed, etc., then working to reintegrate them into society) but it felt like the show touched on those points only as an afterthought so I didn't find it too compelling.
I don't say this to bash the show, I think it does some things quite well, I guess I just sorta wanted to take more away from the show. I haven't seen any of the second season, not sure if I will watch that...
mushishi is indeed good :D season 3 is coming next week/next 2 weeks.
haruhi is well... a mixed bag.
sao's novels are really good. It covers everything.
sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
you gave Elfen Lied an 8 i now think less of you as a person.
I am too lazy to change any of the ratings. If i gave elfen lied an 8 for the shock value in the past and i would actually give it 6 now, i won't change it because i would most likely have to change 100+ ratings to match up. Tldr I'm lazy.
On September 25 2014 11:30 Ace wrote: has naruto ended yet? Stopped reading the manga right when Naruto+Sasuke were going to team up on Madara. This was like...7 months ago I think.
I'm a reasonable Attack on Titan fan, but I feel like the second season (or the second half of the first season?) really lagged a lot. Somehow they get the pacing totally awful and what should have been an interesting story was instead no fun at all.
Man, the more I think about aldnoah.zero the more mad I am that Inko and Inaho didn't end up together. Inaho's "romance" with Asseylum is laughably bad, and Inko and he are clearly better together. Arrrrgle blargle
Can someone give me a recommendation (or otherwise) of Zankyou no Terror? I can't tell if it's just something that people like because it's "politically charged" or something that's worth watching.
On September 30 2014 13:00 Hapahauli wrote: Can someone give me a recommendation (or otherwise) of Zankyou no Terror? I can't tell if it's just something that people like because it's "politically charged" or something that's worth watching.
i haven't seen it yet but people have told me its good.
I think Code Geass and No Game No Life are the best anime I've watched. As for manga... I like One Piece, Liar Game and Shingeki no Kyojin the most probably.
Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
Fair enough.
It was REALLY slow at the start.
Monogatari series though dude. Super good.
I actually didn't mind the part where he like dicks around and wanders over to some other city, or even the part where he forms a government (that part is farly cool), but about the time we started following like secondary characters' friends and shit, I really got bored.
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I don't know what genre you like but you can probably find something watch-worthy in my list, most ones have notes next to them saying what they're like..
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I don't know what genre you like but you can probably find something watch-worthy in my list, most ones have notes next to them saying what they're like..
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
I don't know what genre you like but you can probably find something watch-worthy in my list, most ones have notes next to them saying what they're like..
i will say, parasyte has a pretty good soundtrack. I don't think I'd ever have a chance to say this sentence but, that anime really makes good use of dubstep
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
Fair enough.
It was REALLY slow at the start.
Monogatari series though dude. Super good.
I actually didn't mind the part where he like dicks around and wanders over to some other city, or even the part where he forms a government (that part is farly cool), but about the time we started following like secondary characters' friends and shit, I really got bored.
I'll check out Monogatari sometime.
The monogatari series is excellent - one of my favorite shows of the last few years.
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
What type of show are you looking for? Legend of the Galactic Heroes is always my recommendation to people who haven't seen it. Old show, but a masterpiece.
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
Fair enough.
It was REALLY slow at the start.
Monogatari series though dude. Super good.
I actually didn't mind the part where he like dicks around and wanders over to some other city, or even the part where he forms a government (that part is farly cool), but about the time we started following like secondary characters' friends and shit, I really got bored.
I'll check out Monogatari sometime.
The monogatari series is excellent - one of my favorite shows of the last few years.
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
What type of show are you looking for? Legend of the Galactic Heroes is always my recommendation to people who haven't seen it. Old show, but a masterpiece.
I think i saw the first few episodes of that couldn't really get into it. I found a couple things to watch though thanks.
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
Watch log horizon. It starts of slow but get's really good.
If you are looking for something to watch right now. The monogatari series was fucking amazing if you can get used to the kinda weird art style ( art is good just different)
I watched 22 episodes of log horizon, and it's still super slow. It's not awful, it just has such serious pacing issues that i see watching it as kinda a chore
Fair enough.
It was REALLY slow at the start.
Monogatari series though dude. Super good.
I actually didn't mind the part where he like dicks around and wanders over to some other city, or even the part where he forms a government (that part is farly cool), but about the time we started following like secondary characters' friends and shit, I really got bored.
I'll check out Monogatari sometime.
The monogatari series is excellent - one of my favorite shows of the last few years.
On October 16 2014 23:14 iamperfection wrote:
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On September 24 2014 08:24 iamperfection wrote:
On September 24 2014 03:41 HaruRH wrote:
On September 24 2014 02:56 iamperfection wrote:
On September 24 2014 02:30 Holyflare wrote: sword art took the route of awesome anime and turned it into shitty lovey dovey lets not fight cz we so in love route and sword art 2 took the route of babysitting
waste of potential, ended up like eureka 7 which started awesome and took the same unfortunate turn
I felt like the ending was god awful and the cousin lovin storyline was unnecessary and simply put in to provide more "shock" value. I actually thought they had a very good first episode because it held my interest and made me watch it but if felt like a missed opportunity as whole for the series.
I need something new to watch currently though any suggestions.
What type of show are you looking for? Legend of the Galactic Heroes is always my recommendation to people who haven't seen it. Old show, but a masterpiece.
I think i saw the first few episodes of that couldn't really get into it. I found a couple things to watch though thanks.
You really need to watch the first 10 or so to get hooked.
On October 16 2014 14:44 Blazinghand wrote: Taking a look at the lineup this season, Parasyte -the maxim- looks excellent just based off of episode one. Solid animation, good soundtrack, plot and characters look solid so far. I have high hopes. It looks like they may have remastered FSN which would also be excellent. Log Horizon started to drag for me so I never finished the first season, and I never really liked SAO. Anyone have any recommendations?
KyoAni found a way to not suck this season and Amagai Brilliant park is pretty amazing. It has 50 cent (isuzu sento), Kanie West (kanie seiya) and fucking Lina + Show Spoiler [picture] +
Also bikinis in episode 3 instead of the usual midseason around ~8
On October 17 2014 06:46 Toadesstern wrote: WOWOW, Emnjay you're going to like next amaburi episode seeing the pics from raws in irc.
Don't drop that show. Need to watch that once it's out!
[12:15:42] <Elemobear> wtf toad [12:15:43] <Elemobear> where is [12:15:47] <Toad|> ? [12:15:49] <Elemobear> the ice cube option in your cancer poll [12:15:55] <Toad|> who's ice cube [12:16:01] <Toad|> the loli? [12:16:03] <sterlymobile> the aunt [12:16:13] <Toad|> why's the ice cube [12:16:35] <sterlymobile> her name is aisu kyuubu or something [12:16:37] <nagisama> lol http://myanimelist.net/character/114983/Aisu_Kyuubu
About Monogatri because you mentioned it later on... that's a really tough one. It's certainly one of my favorites but it's a show that puts heavy focus on dialogues and wordplays. Those things are really hard to translate and just 2 days ago we had a discussion about how Crunchyroll, Funimation and Horriblesubs completly mistranslated a certain scene. People who already watched it and want to know which scene and what it really was about: click me! If you know japanese you're going to love the show. If you don't... it's going to be really hit or miss and either the most boring thing you'll ever see or you'll love it. It's pretty much a really artsy slideshow from shaft + dialogues nonstop. But well... it's the best selling show ever post-2000 so go figure.
As for other stuff this season
I seem to be the only one that likes Denki-Gai no Honya-san in ADT but for some reason that show makes me grin all the time. It's nowhere near as good as Nozaki-kun from last season, not even close, but yeah it makes me smile like an idiot.
Mushishi Zoku Shou 2 is probably a must watch if you watched the first season.
Gundam Build Fighters Try if you're into gundam
Shingeki no Bahamut Genesis is apparently really good
Check out Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. if you like trashy stuff. Read the description and it's like the most NOPE you'll ever see but it's so incredibly extreme that it's actually funny because of that.
If I may add a random recommendation from a couple seasons ago, watch Hataraku Maou-sama! if you haven't already:
Synopsis Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses—and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation—he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
ridiculously good comedy. The first episode is really slow but it picks up episode 2 and stays really good until the very end.
[13:11:09] <Toad|> LOL [13:11:21] <Toad|> they translated akuma as "it would be like giving hitler a deathray" [13:11:32] <Toad|> god damn it I love commie
1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
On October 27 2014 17:40 Koshi wrote: 1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
On October 27 2014 17:40 Koshi wrote: 1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
There's plenty of good stuff out there, just depends on what you're into. I'd just check out some of the stuff on the far left that's titled as "Mainstream". You probably have to zoom in to actually read it. Keep in mind that the stuff in that column can have stuff that is just popular without actually being good enough to be on any kind of chart (examples would be SAO, Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail and Death Note imo) but all the titles in that column happen to be very famous series' and most of them make for really good gateway/beginner stuff.
Everything starting from the 2nd column and later on is sorted by genre and usually very good for it's genre (there are a couple exceptions...). However, if you're picking some SoL stuff, that doesn't mean that you'll enjoy it if all you want to see is robots fighting each other. On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
Pretty difficult to make a more pinpoint suggestion from what you've seen so far, so yeah I'd say just check out a couple things that are known to be good/decent within their genre at random to see what you're into or just go with Mainstream stuff. Can't really make something wrong with the latter approach but you have a decent chance to end up with mediocre (that means mediocre, not bad) stuff that is overhyped.
On October 27 2014 17:40 Koshi wrote: 1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
based on your list i would say check this one out.
On October 27 2014 17:40 Koshi wrote: 1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
There's plenty of good stuff out there, just depends on what you're into. I'd just check out some of the stuff on the far left that's titled as "Mainstream". You probably have to zoom in to actually read it. Keep in mind that the stuff in that column can have stuff that is just popular without actually being good enough to be on any kind of chart (examples would be SAO, Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail and Death Note imo) but all the titles in that column happen to be very famous series' and most of them make for really good gateway/beginner stuff.
Everything starting from the 2nd column and later on is sorted by genre and usually very good for it's genre (there are a couple exceptions...). However, if you're picking some SoL stuff, that doesn't mean that you'll enjoy it if all you want to see is robots fighting each other. On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
Pretty difficult to make a more pinpoint suggestion from what you've seen so far, so yeah I'd say just check out a couple things that are known to be good/decent within their genre at random to see what you're into or just go with Mainstream stuff. Can't really make something wrong with the latter approach but you have a decent chance to end up with mediocre (that means mediocre, not bad) stuff that is overhyped.
When I say "isn't much good stuff out there" I meant that the anime stuff is worse than other not-anime series I could pick up. I am not a fan of drawn stuff, I am a fan of well made stuff. Like Death Note, which has a genius concept and superb characters and an incredible ending. The entire story has it flaws but is on the level of the best seasons of Dexter/Breaking Bad/Prison Break/Heroes etc.
I watch a decent amount of series, I think I "follow" around 15 ongoing series or something. Maybe less, maybe more, I could count that. And I "finished" a shitton more.
I also tried other anime series and saw the list you gave me pass on boards. Tried stuff. Didn't like it. I only listed the series I was able to go +10 episodes on and mostly finish it if it didn't go on endlessly.
I downloaded 1 more anime a while back and I was going to watch it but due to all the previous disappointments I just prefer to start watching a high rated series (from imdb) like "Tyrant" instead of an anime.
Also the video quality from these anime torrents are so terrible. 480p is painful.
I was also planning on watching the swords online thingie at work soonish. Not playing mafia freed up some time.
On October 27 2014 17:40 Koshi wrote: 1) Death Note 2) Code Geass 3) Fullmetal Alchemist 4) Hellsing 5) Can somebody help me on this one? I forgot the name but it had to do with logging into a virtual world and fight in/become a machine and then try to rank up. But the story got fucking terrible after 10 episodes. I watched it till the bitter end though.
Other drawn stuff: Pokemon Dragon Ball Z Captain Bebop Avatar My Little Pony (hahahaha) Always looking for good stuff but there isn't much good stuff out there. The thing BH posted looked somewhat ok-ish. I might check it out.
based on your list i would say check this one out.
You would think that these anime writers would be able to create a better story / characters than the writers from "real people" series. They have the advantage to create their fantasy world bound by 0 rules.
Yet they fail at it. Probably has to do with the budget.
I don't understand why Blizzard hasn't made a 3 hour movie about WoW/Diablo/SCII for example. With the same quality as their promo movies. That shit is so fucking insane. Like the promo movie for the new WoW. I am almost in tears when I see my good orc buddy whos name I can't type be a total boss. Takes me back to the good old wc3 days.
I think it is Hellscream. dnu. Could look it up. cba.
Ah, I just assumed that that's all you watched and that slight affinity for action might as well just be a coincidence because you watched that stuff because it's famous.
Video quality depends on when the thing aired. The image might be something that looks like something else you already saw but it's something from TL so I highly doubt you ACTUALLY saw it somewhere else. We also updated it just recently and keep it up to date, so it's not just the usual list of really old stuff, but instead has its fair share of newer stuff in there. I've got my Bakemonogatari (imdb 8.1) and Madoka (imdb 8.4) both in 1080p, both series I absolutely loved (I'm a sucker for Shaft) and both series that are absolutely not what someone who's new to anime should watch and thus might explain the low imdb rating Most other other stuff I've got is 720p. So yeah, if you're going to pick up stuff like Monster, that's going to be in 480p but there's PLENTY of newer stuff on there. Case in point: The two things I just mentioned, Bakemongatari (2009) and Madoka (2011) are both on there, as well as Darker than Black, the series iamperfection suggested.
The thing is mostly that a lot of stuff does not origin from professional writers. Let's take Sword art Online for an example. It's not bad but it's nothing but average. A show about a bunch of guys being trapped in a video game trying to get out of said video game. Sounds really awesome as an idea and I liked the premise A LOT as I am quite the nerd myself. However, after 2 or 3 episodes that started out really amazing you'll realize that it's nothing but a pseudoharem with a guy dressed in black who behaves like an emo all the time and picks up girls on the way like they're pokemon. That in itself isn't even an issue as long as you don't mind harem shows. The fact that the guy is basicly a cyber-Jesus who's able to 1v1 a 'frickin raidboss from an MMO and explanation for it being "guy is imba" and that's all there is to it in both explanation and character development. Even with that being said, the first arc was genuinly interesting because of the nice setting. The second arc however was just pure bullshit. Long story short: There's a lot of shows that boil down to nothing but wish-fulfillment. A boy who's frickin imba, rescues a bunch of girls and has steamy hot sex with all of them. That's easier to do than to actually do something properly. Those shows aren't anime original that get screwed over by budget or adaptation. That exists as well (attack on titan would be an example for the first, Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? from last season would be an example for an absolute trainwreck of an adaptation) but usually it's just that a wish-fulfillment source, be it manga or novels, is usually selling decent enough to make money out of that, both in bookform and (sometimes) in animeform.
To put it into context, I gave Sword Art Online a 5/10 on my MAL and that's what I thought I described it as. It's average. Not bad, not good either. Certainly enjoyable if you're into that kind of thing. And I'm a guy who actually uses all numbers on MAL to rate the shows, so 5 is actually average for me whereas I do know some people that only rate shows from 7 to 10 and 7 is basicly garbage for them... so keep that in mind. I once had someone yell at me "clearly you just hate all anime" because his average score was something like 8.X or 9.X while my average score is something around 6.7 iirc I rated school days as a 2 for example. Only reason it's not a 1 for me is because I don't want to have to rearrange all my ratings if I happen to find an anime that's actually worse than school days. That anime LITERALLY killed a possible relationship when someone was trolled with that and watched that with his crush... Monogatari 2nd season and Madoka are the only 10's I've given on my MAL so far.
Hot steamy sex doesn't get shown in the anime itself but every girl in the show is craving his dick like you'd crave oxygen in outer space, assuming someone shot you into outer space without a spacesuit. VERY MUCH NSFW: http://lmgtfy.com/?q="sword art online" doujin should get actual results for that
If you're into that, go check out To Love-Ru I guess? You get a lot more boobs and sexual inuendo starting with season 2 and OVAs. It's not porn but it's as close to porn as you'll get without it being porn. Other option would be Highschool DxD but that's pretty much just cowtits.
The thing iamP linked just now ( http://myanimelist.net/anime/8525/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai ) is actually something I'm a big fan of as well. The MC is quite a boss and it's SFW. Also has Hayamin. It's not that well thought of by other people though, especially third season was a trainwreck. Still highfive for iamP for realizing the good shit o/
On October 28 2014 03:31 Koshi wrote: I wonder how he catches them. Would be kinda wrong if he has to paralyze them first.
one of the villains kind of does that with his girlfriend and makes him watch o/ Ever since that happened she's just being referred to as dutch wife because the guy literally planned on keeping her in a coma and have his way with her both in the game and outside
On October 28 2014 04:09 Toadesstern wrote: I rated school days as a 2 for example. Only reason it's not a 1 for me is because I don't want to have to rearrange all my ratings if I happen to find an anime that's actually worse than school days. That anime LITERALLY killed a possible relationship when someone was trolled with that and watched that with his crush...
This is one of the best negative reviews I've ever read.
Just started watching the remastered FSN and it seems ok. I don't like the pacing etc as much now that I'm rewatching it and have seen Fate Zero
On October 28 2014 04:09 Toadesstern wrote: I rated school days as a 2 for example. Only reason it's not a 1 for me is because I don't want to have to rearrange all my ratings if I happen to find an anime that's actually worse than school days. That anime LITERALLY killed a possible relationship when someone was trolled with that and watched that with his crush...
This is one of the best negative reviews I've ever read.
Just started watching the remastered FSN and it seems ok. I don't like the pacing etc as much now that I'm rewatching it and have seen Fate Zero
wasn't even kidding:
On November 20 2011 02:48 Retgery wrote: Angry rant about "School Days" + Show Spoiler +
You guys are assholes. I came here a few days ago and got a recommendation for a drama, and you guys gave me school days. I was watching this on a long car ride across the country when my friend sitting next to me in the car saw that I was watching an anime, and she said that she liked anime and asked if she could watch it with me, not knowing what happen in the end I let her watch. It was going great she like the story she teared up a little at the sad parts, and it was going really well...UNTIL THE LAST EPISODE!!! If I knew that was going to happen I never would of let her watch it. Now she is scared shitless of anime and is mad at me for watching it!
Though that's honestly a bullet dodged right there. A person, a girl in particular, who was perfectly fine with the first 11 or so episodes of that anime is seriously crazy.
Harem gone wrong. It's a show about a horny teenage highschool boy. He spots girl-B and likes her because of her massive... character. Girl A, a longtime childhoodfriend realizes that pretty soon and tries to help him out. Girl-B and MC end up a couple. Girl-B is a little reserved and doesn't want to get down to the steamy part right away. Girl-A offers her help and "practice" once she realizes that because she was the one that brought them together. MC gets annoyed at Girl-B because of that and just ignores her because he's too scared too quit the relationship. Girl-B has a mental breakdown because the love of her life (a guy she's been dating for 3 days) is treating her coldy for the last couple days (day 3 and later on). Girl-A, the childhood friend sees her chance and has sex with him because she actually likes MC as well. Girl-B meanwhile still thinks she's in a relationship with MC. Everyone in the school is bullying girl-B by now because she's a liar. Fast forward: school festival. Girl-B's little sister comes over to MC and basicly tells him that big sis really likes him and that she wants him to come over more often to play with her. MC is like "yeah yeah, all fine, will do sweety", still hasn't broken up with Girl-B. Meanwhile Girl-C gives him a blowjob in a darkroom while Girl-B is standing outside keeping watch to make sure noone enters (keep in mind, Girl-B still thinks they're in a relationship). Girl-D, a long friend of Girl-A figures that out and goes to him and try to convince him that he should be loyal to Girl-A. She can't convince him with words so she has sex with him, twice (at least). Way to go to try and make someone loyal and stop cheating with other girls. Girl-E, Girl-F and Girl-G hear that MC is really good in bed so they meet for a foursome. Meanwhile Girl-B still has a mental breakdown and thinks they're dating btw. Fast forward: Christmas. He got girl-A pregnant. Upon hearing that he ragequits and tells her to just get the fuck out. He sees Girl-B sitting under a tree talking to her mobile phone about how she's going to have a nice day with her lover (that's still MC) while you hear "number not available" sounds. So she's batshit insane at this point. Seeing that he decides that getting in her pants is less complicated than dealing with the kid from girl-A. They're dating again. Girl-A calls him over to talk things over with the baby. Blabla, he wants abortion, she ends up stabbing him. Girl-B sees Girl-A outside his place, goes in and sees him dead. Girl-B texts Girl-A "we need to meet" They meet on the top of the rooftop because why not. Girl-B (crazy girl) says MC always loved her and girl-A just tried to steal him. They have a fight (with words), Girl-B points at her bags and says "just ask him yourself" and in there is his head. She then charges Girl-A and kills her with a saw and proceeds to cut/saw her open to check if she actually was pregnant. Last scene: You see Girl-B on a boat in the ocean holding his head in her arms
alternative in video format:
Seriously... if you watch a show and it's ending (there are multiple variations to it) is someone doing suicide, or someone chopping of someone else's head on a lively street, or someone being pushed in front of a train and all you do is laugh about it because you genuinely believe that to be a HAPPY ending that kind of tells a story.
I don't really like visual novels. I know tons of people are fans, so I gave some a try, but I can't deal with the UI and the sound effects and the like. In theory, you'd think that any sort of multimedia version of a manga, even if it was perfectly linear, would be an objectively better experience. Add in things like music and animation, and hey, maybe it could be excellent! Somehow, though, it doesn't really seem good to me.
Anyone heard of this show? I just found it on youtube - apparently the English dub-team went wild with a bad Japanese script and turned this into comedy gold.
Anyone heard of this show? I just found it on youtube - apparently the English dub-team went wild with a bad Japanese script and turned this into comedy gold.
On October 28 2014 06:45 Blazinghand wrote: I don't really like visual novels. I know tons of people are fans, so I gave some a try, but I can't deal with the UI and the sound effects and the like. In theory, you'd think that any sort of multimedia version of a manga, even if it was perfectly linear, would be an objectively better experience. Add in things like music and animation, and hey, maybe it could be excellent! Somehow, though, it doesn't really seem good to me.
On October 28 2014 06:45 Blazinghand wrote: I don't really like visual novels. I know tons of people are fans, so I gave some a try, but I can't deal with the UI and the sound effects and the like. In theory, you'd think that any sort of multimedia version of a manga, even if it was perfectly linear, would be an objectively better experience. Add in things like music and animation, and hey, maybe it could be excellent! Somehow, though, it doesn't really seem good to me.
Let me guess, Fate/stay night ?
yeah, it was recommended to me. is there another one I should try?
The controversy stems from ADV's dubbed version, which largely re-writes the original script (while still leaving the basic plot structure and storyline intact) in favor of a comedic one written by ADV screenwriter Steven Foster, and lines that the voice actors ad-libbed.
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In the dub, dialog changes from serious to tongue-in-cheek where characters often break the fourth wall, make pop culture references, engage in brief exposition, and use profanity. For example, in the first episode, when Hajime encounters Momoko for the first time, in the Japanese version, he says "She's beautiful"; however, in the ADV dub, he says "Giggity giggity!" (a reference to Glenn Quagmire from the animated sitcom Family Guy). The ADV dub also references various stores, television shows, and products - Wal-Mart, Charmin toilet paper, Lost, and E! True Hollywood Story.
In addition to dialog changes, other elements of the show were re-worked to facilitate the comedic script. The vocation of Momoko was changed from a psychic to that of a fanatical evangelical, Pentecostal Christian, Satsuki's mother is portrayed as a lesbian, and the Miyanoshita name changed to "Manshita" as a pun. Although, Leo's character is a researcher in the supernatural, in the dub he is also Jewish and has an inferiority complex and Satsuki's young brother Keiichirou is depicted as being mentally challenged. Several minor characters' backgrounds are expanded slightly (mostly for comedic purposes), as well.
On October 28 2014 06:45 Blazinghand wrote: I don't really like visual novels. I know tons of people are fans, so I gave some a try, but I can't deal with the UI and the sound effects and the like. In theory, you'd think that any sort of multimedia version of a manga, even if it was perfectly linear, would be an objectively better experience. Add in things like music and animation, and hey, maybe it could be excellent! Somehow, though, it doesn't really seem good to me.
Let me guess, Fate/stay night ?
yeah, it was recommended to me. is there another one I should try?
nah Fate/stay night is actually one of the better ones and it's usually that VN -> Anime adaptions end in a total trainwreck of an anime. So it was pretty obvious which one you were talking about because there really aren't that many (popular) animes that could be considered when you say the VN was bad (as opposed to a possible manga)
Thing about VNs is that novels and Manga's are selling better if you reduce it to story. So VNs are in 95% of the cases *whatever* plus random ero-scenes thrown inbetween that have nothing to do with the story just to sell it. In 4% of the cases it's actual good stuff that has ero-scenes built into them that actually make sense with the story. And maybe 1% of non ero-ones.
Okay, maybe a little exaggerated but the good ones are the middle 4%. If you're not into that you're better of with LNs ([light] novel) or Mangas. LN's have the down-side of being 200-500 pages of + Show Spoiler [picture, SFW] +
per book. Don't mind the orange arrows, I used that pic for something else last week. So if you need them translated... you can find them on http://www.baka-tsuki.org/ but usually only the famous ones because... well 400 pages per vol or something like that.
still best show already. I'm hopefull it doesn't pull a fake-boats ending with girls surfing on torpedos thousand of meters under the sea. Actually, that would probably fit the show and and they'd be able to make it funny instead of that melodramatic shit from fake-boats lol
On October 27 2014 21:37 Toadesstern wrote: On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
oh I see what you did there..
Has anyone here seen-or-read Tokyo Ghoul? How was it? Thinking of picking it up.
Also, as for the SAO shenanigans, I won't lie when I say that SAO was one-of-the-if-not-best novels I have ever read. That might not be saying much because I have not read many novels, but It was the FIRST novel to ever make me sit down and read thousands of pages in literally a week or two. The anime was a disasterous disappointment though. So huge that I am not even watching Gungale online, because I am just disgusted by the fact that both Airncrad and Alfhelm get half a season, while the trash that is Gungale gets a full season.
On October 28 2014 04:09 Toadesstern wrote: The thing iamP linked just now ( http://myanimelist.net/anime/8525/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai ) is actually something I'm a big fan of as well. The MC is quite a boss and it's SFW. Also has Hayamin. It's not that well thought of by other people though, especially third season was a trainwreck. Still highfive for iamP for realizing the good shit o/
QFT, loved the show, couldn't stand to watch the third season.. Elsie is love, Elsie is life.
On October 27 2014 21:37 Toadesstern wrote: On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
oh I see what you did there..
Has anyone here seen-or-read Tokyo Ghoul? How was it? Thinking of picking it up.
I've read Tokyo Ghoul. It's pretty good. Unfortunately the translators who do a quality job are about 30 chapters away from finishing the series, but it's still worth reading (even if you have to settle for mediocre translations). And the sequel just started recently, so now's a good time to catch up.
On October 29 2014 18:52 Koshi wrote: aawwwww I can't connect to the sword art oonline streaming servers for episode 3 at work. Now I need to go to a pirate site and watch it in English
In other news. I downloaded all the anime suggested here and decided to start with sao.
there are plenty of places to download a subbed copy.
On October 29 2014 18:52 Koshi wrote: aawwwww I can't connect to the sword art oonline streaming servers for episode 3 at work. Now I need to go to a pirate site and watch it in English
In other news. I downloaded all the anime suggested here and decided to start with sao.
there are plenty of places to download a subbed copy.
On October 29 2014 18:52 Koshi wrote: aawwwww I can't connect to the sword art oonline streaming servers for episode 3 at work. Now I need to go to a pirate site and watch it in English
In other news. I downloaded all the anime suggested here and decided to start with sao.
there are plenty of places to download a subbed copy.
On October 27 2014 21:37 Toadesstern wrote: On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
oh I see what you did there..
Has anyone here seen-or-read Tokyo Ghoul? How was it? Thinking of picking it up.
Also, as for the SAO shenanigans, I won't lie when I say that SAO was one-of-the-if-not-best novels I have ever read. That might not be saying much because I have not read many novels, but It was the FIRST novel to ever make me sit down and read thousands of pages in literally a week or two. The anime was a disasterous disappointment though. So huge that I am not even watching Gungale online, because I am just disgusted by the fact that both Airncrad and Alfhelm get half a season, while the trash that is Gungale gets a full season.
On October 28 2014 04:09 Toadesstern wrote: The thing iamP linked just now ( http://myanimelist.net/anime/8525/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai ) is actually something I'm a big fan of as well. The MC is quite a boss and it's SFW. Also has Hayamin. It's not that well thought of by other people though, especially third season was a trainwreck. Still highfive for iamP for realizing the good shit o/
QFT, loved the show, couldn't stand to watch the third season.. Elsie is love, Elsie is life.
K-ON: wasn't even a bash. I really enjoyed the watch. It's just that you'll have a bad time if you go into it expecting anything meaningful. If you want to have senseless moe it's pretty damn good at that actually. Also HOLY CRAP that japanese-english in the Movie was the cutest thing ever. Even better because of the contrast of actual, british english from british VA for the british people like the taxi-driver and whatnot.
Tokyou Ghoul: Haven't watched it myself, it's really not my kind of thing but I heard A LOT of good stuff about the source and everyone was hyping it like crazy. The anime on the other hand was very dissapointing to those people later on. So check out the source for sure if you think it fits your style. Give the animation a chance if you really like it but the original is going to be better.
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Haqua was obviously best.
now if you're able to recognize the VA's voice of that character (assuming you're talking about + Show Spoiler +
Sacchi
) you'll be able to figure out who won't win in *insert every romcom ever produced that has hayamin as a VA*
She's always voicing the ones that suffer
Speaking of Hayamin, if you like SAO you could check out Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei as well. It's pretty much the same, equally famous series/Novel just even more extreme than SAO in the parts that I consider bad. For Mahouka it was actually funny because of that, at least for me. But that's a pretty trashy recommendation just for shitz and giggles. But so is SAO o/
On October 27 2014 21:37 Toadesstern wrote: On the other hand if you've picked texhnolyze as your series to watch and all you want to see is moeblobs drinking tea and eating cake while skipping their bandpractice you might also not have that good a time.
oh I see what you did there..
Has anyone here seen-or-read Tokyo Ghoul? How was it? Thinking of picking it up.
Also, as for the SAO shenanigans, I won't lie when I say that SAO was one-of-the-if-not-best novels I have ever read. That might not be saying much because I have not read many novels, but It was the FIRST novel to ever make me sit down and read thousands of pages in literally a week or two. The anime was a disasterous disappointment though. So huge that I am not even watching Gungale online, because I am just disgusted by the fact that both Airncrad and Alfhelm get half a season, while the trash that is Gungale gets a full season.
On October 28 2014 04:09 Toadesstern wrote: The thing iamP linked just now ( http://myanimelist.net/anime/8525/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai ) is actually something I'm a big fan of as well. The MC is quite a boss and it's SFW. Also has Hayamin. It's not that well thought of by other people though, especially third season was a trainwreck. Still highfive for iamP for realizing the good shit o/
QFT, loved the show, couldn't stand to watch the third season.. Elsie is love, Elsie is life.
K-ON: wasn't even a bash. I really enjoyed the watch. It's just that you'll have a bad time if you go into it expecting anything meaningful. If you want to have senseless moe it's pretty damn good at that actually. Also HOLY CRAP that japanese-english in the Movie was the cutest thing ever. Even better because of the contrast of actual, british english from british VA for the british people like the taxi-driver and whatnot.
Tokyou Ghoul: Haven't watched it myself, it's really not my kind of thing but I heard A LOT of good stuff about the source and everyone was hyping it like crazy. The anime on the other hand was very dissapointing to those people later on. So check out the source for sure if you think it fits your style. Give the animation a chance if you really like it but the original is going to be better.
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Haqua was obviously best.
1) I liked K-on, so yeah. :3
2) guess I'll stick to reading it first, already have it on my phone =D
On October 29 2014 22:15 Toadesstern wrote: now if you're able to recognize the VA's voice of that character (assuming you're talking about + Show Spoiler +
Sacchi
) you'll be able to figure out who won't win in *insert every romcom ever produced that has hayamin as a VA*
She's always voicing the ones that suffer
Speaking of Hayamin, if you like SAO you could check out Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei as well. It's pretty much the same, equally famous series/Novel just even more extreme than SAO in the parts that I consider bad. For Mahouka it was actually funny because of that, at least for me. But that's a pretty trashy recommendation just for shitz and giggles. But so is SAO o/
Oh I actually tried reading Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, but it didn't tickle my fancy enough to keep going. Have you read Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria ? It has a pretty interesting premise and quite a lot of really interesting plot twists. I recommend.
On October 29 2014 22:15 Toadesstern wrote: now if you're able to recognize the VA's voice of that character (assuming you're talking about + Show Spoiler +
Sacchi
) you'll be able to figure out who won't win in *insert every romcom ever produced that has hayamin as a VA*
She's always voicing the ones that suffer
Speaking of Hayamin, if you like SAO you could check out Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei as well. It's pretty much the same, equally famous series/Novel just even more extreme than SAO in the parts that I consider bad. For Mahouka it was actually funny because of that, at least for me. But that's a pretty trashy recommendation just for shitz and giggles. But so is SAO o/
Oh I actually tried reading Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, but it didn't tickle my fancy enough to keep going. Have you read Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria ? It has a pretty interesting premise and quite a lot of really interesting plot twists. I recommend.
That recommendation was mostly for Koshi. I wouldn't dare to recommend that to anyone who actually read a couple of things but anyways:
I'm actually still really bad at japanese.. somewhere around N4 level I'd guess... that would be around a kiddo in 7th grade for english (in Germany) I suppose? So I'm mostly just reading / forcing myself through Monogatari hoping that my reading skills will improve soon enough. Funny sidestory, a friend who's currently abroad in Japan for University showed one of his labmates a random page from Monogatari and the guy, a native japanese, told him he would have to look up about 50% of the Kanji on that page. Should have probably picked something easier o/
So no haven't read it. I can't really read fast enough to pick up a lot of stuff at once. Sometimes I try out the english translations on baka-tsuki for currently airing stuff but they're usually really sketchy unless the series happens to be super famous.
But I did try out Mahouka in english and HOLY CRAP that was so much more extreme than the anime. + Show Spoiler [example] +
/talking about arranged marriages up here/
In reality, she wouldn’t do anything of that nature with any boy save her brother. These were Miyuki’s true feelings. No, the real truth of the matter was that she detested all the other boys except for Tatsuya. It wasn’t a biological issue, so something like dancing was still acceptable. However, in Miyuki’s heart, the only who was allowed to touch her was Tatsuya. The only one who could do as he wished with her was Tatsuya alone. The reflection in the mirror was that of herself clad in her underwear. As she looked upon herself, Miyuki couldn’t help but think. These fingers and this hair, lips, bosom, the secret places that no one was allowed to see, everything was available for Tatsuya to touch if he willed it. If it was Tatsuya, she was willing to do anything. —No matter if it was her body or heart, everything that she was belonged to Onii-sama— This was Miyuki’s truth, a wish that came from the bottom of her heart akin to prayer. Yet, Miyuki also knew that these feelings would never come to pass. That was what she thought.
Can't even put into words how creeped out I was while reading that passage. It's really not a good Novel, but if you can look at it and pretend it's a comedy/parody it's actually quite funny.
Anyways I'll try to squeeze it in this weekend and see what I think about it from however far I get into it. Looks pretty decent actually
Well. I only read stuff from baka-tsuki anyway. Not learning japanese, I can only read hiragana. (though reading and actually knowing what the words mean are two different things).
Haven't really seen anything that would make me cringe yet because of translations..
Back on the anime theme -- Currently watching Barakamon. I think I have finally felt the "calm" awesomeness that anime has to offer. The one that people saw in Aria, but I failed to. Really good stuff. Naru is pretty awesome.
On October 31 2014 21:25 Toadesstern wrote: does that mean you dropped Sinons Ass Online or did you finish it? It even has a second season to it!
I watch SAO at work. Darker than Black/Dark at home. It might get good. First 3 episodes were average though.
PS: SAO is really entertaining btw. And the girls are not as desperate as you described at all. Pretty normal stuff btw. These guys/girls are stuck in a virtual world for months. People get lonely. Kiro is totes strong and handsome. Good catch anyday anytime.
Yeah, I did exaggerate when talking about the girls in SAO but even ended in "but that's not a an issue as long as you don't mind harem anime [...] the first half of it was actually quite interesting and fun to watch" iirc? It's still a little silly how you see in episode 1 that about 95% of the population in there is male and pretty much every "female" gets turned into a male again upon receiving that mirror. And he's walking around with a flock of girls and sometimes that 1 single guy-friend who probably has a guy-crush on kirito as well. But yeah, it's actually fun to watch.
i think what hurts SAO online the most is it just moves way to fast. Like it has this extremely interesting premise and world and it doesn't want to take much time to explore it and just rush to a conclusion.
On October 31 2014 21:25 Toadesstern wrote: does that mean you dropped Sinons Ass Online or did you finish it? It even has a second season to it!
I watch SAO at work. Darker than Black/Dark at home. It might get good. First 3 episodes were average though.
you might not like it then. I thought the first two episode were some of the best introductory episodes in anime. Although i think it helps if you read nothing about the series and have no idea what its about going in like i did. If you have an idea of what its about then i guess the first episodes are kind of bland.
On October 31 2014 21:25 Toadesstern wrote: does that mean you dropped Sinons Ass Online or did you finish it? It even has a second season to it!
I watch SAO at work. Darker than Black/Dark at home. It might get good. First 3 episodes were average though.
you might not like it then. I thought the first two episode were some of the best introductory episodes in anime. Although i think it helps if you read nothing about the series and have no idea what its about going in like i did. If you have an idea of what its about then i guess the first episodes are kind of bland.
On November 01 2014 00:52 iamperfection wrote: i think what hurts SAO online the most is it just moves way to fast. Like it has this extremely interesting premise and world and it doesn't want to take much time to explore it and just rush to a conclusion.
well it kind of has to. Prime example being LogHorizon, because they do have the same premise while being completly different animes in every single aspect if you look past the general setting.
The fact that SAO is a deathgame would make it silly to have episodes that try to give you nostalgic feelings about MMORPGs like doing dungeons/raiding or quests/leveling simply because it's way too serious of a situation to be put into for anyone to care about that. Their life is on the line after all. Unlike in LogHorizon where they don't die and thus have the ability to actually deliver MMORPG nostalgia by showing all that + exploring the world because the people are actually trying to enjoy their stay in there.
I always thought that this deathgame thing was an attempt to make SAO more "epic" and the author just didn't realize in time how severely that'd limit his possibilities to actually use the premise. The only thing he can really use is romance because like Koshi said, it get's lonely in there (I'd suppose) and it's something people would still care about even in the situation they're thrown into, thus + Show Spoiler +
Sacchi, the super long "filler" when Kirito and Asuna are at that lake for vacation and them having a child for fucks sake... Not to mention that everyone but Kirito's story is about how they fell in love with Kirito.
. Long story short, the premise in SAO thus really is just random background and nothing else LH is an anime about MMORPGs, SAO is an anime that just happens to be "enacted" (?) within an MMORPG but could as well just have whatever else as a setting.
Just watched this week's Amaburi (5th episode?) and that was soooo much better than 4th one. Was afraid KyoAni would go back to their stupid melodrama like Chuunibyou and whatnot... like they did in episode 4 but 5th one really was nothing like that o/
Meh. I will finish it. Like... Obviously there are so many faults but I look over them. The darker than black series has a lot more surrealistic twists than SAO and I am only in episode 5.
On November 05 2014 00:22 Holyflare wrote: I think monster was pretty good too
I mentioned monster especially as something great he can't watch if he wants anime in HD because Monster's only available in 480p, like all those old series
Took some time to rewatch the last few episodes of Fate/Zero and was reminded of how much I liked about the series, especially the Archer/Rider interactions and Kiritsugu's interaction with the grail. I'm on the lookout for another good action anime. Any suggestions? I care a lot about production value and subversion or avoidance of bad anime tropes.
Well I'm not sure what you consider as a bad trope, but for action I would recommend Black Lagoon. Watch it in english - the japanese voices aren't as good and english fits the story/characters better.
There are... I dunno, just like some "things" that happen a lot in anime that bother me. Certain ways of telling stories or having characters express themselves. Things like under or overreactions that would be literally insane IRL, or convoluted plots that end up with characters groping each other by accident or ending up in "harem" situations. Obviously, every medium and genre has its own awful tropes, but for some reason certain ones in anime bother me a lot, maybe because in general I love anime so much.
On August 01 2014 17:05 Blazinghand wrote: The #1 thing that will turn me off to an anime is like, certain awful anime tropes that show up sometimes that break internal consistency or show the people involved are nothing like real humans. Let me share an example with you.
Broken Blade is generally an excellent anime. It ran short, but a lot of anime that are short rather than dragged out are good. Your typical anime/manga writer really only has like 10 episodes of good story in him so better to cut some of the chaff if you can. In any case, Broken Blade follows some tropes and breaks others, but I just really hate it when things straight up pull me out of the anime.
What could be more important than not getting shot?
In this scene, this dude just got a gun pulled on him for no reason. It's silly and like awful. Like, if you're gonna have people randomly pulling guns ok but those are lethal and people should react appropriately. I am amazingly ok with being like "there are super robots fighting" or like "there's magic" but things need to be internally consistent and people's actions have to make sense.
Nothing about the world of Broken Blade tells me it's normal to wave guns, or threaten violence towards each other, or that this is somehow a joke (in-world, that is; this is clearly meant to be humorous to us watching it). Nobody involved is laughing. If I saw an old friend and her first response to seeing me was to threaten me with murder using a gun, I'd be scared to shit and would not be like totally chill with hanging out with her right afterwards. I'd probably try to run as soon as it was clear she wasn't about to kill me. This is a scene that is hilarious to us as viewers, but should be scary and dark to the people involved. This kind of scene happens again later but with the gun aimed at a man's groin, because of course that is hilarious and wouldn't be terrifying as hell in real life???
Broken Blade was actually fairly OK about a lot of this, barring a few exceptions. The superpower of the hero isn't that awful. But man this stuff bothers me, almost as much as it bothers me that people actually like/prefer it this way.
I would note that Broken Blade holds a special place in my heart as the only mecha anime that really justifies the existence of mechas instead of like, tanks.
E: And it's not about realism, it's about consistency of realism level. For example, the reaction scenes in Yakitate Japan and basically everything that happens in that anime is totally ok because it's not like some kind of grimdark universe where breadmaking is the only way to save humanity, it's an over-the-top comedy where everyone reacts in the most hilarious way possible. But people, say, waving guns at each other for comedic affect (and spoilers, that gun isn't loaded but the dude thinks it is and still doesn't freak out) is totally not ok in an anime with the tone of Broken Blade. Fate/Zero does a good job of having consistent levels of tone and realism-- you don't see quick cuts of people hitting each other with hammers. Log Horizon does a good job of having consistent levels of tone and realism-- you see people hitting each other with weapons over minor disputes or transforming and wrestling or licking each other to express over-the-top possessive romantic desire in a "funny" way but this is not unusual given the physics of the world they're in and how they act outside of these over-the-top reactions.
ok yeah I get what you're saying. That stuff annoys me too. tbh, I feel like that also gets exacerbated from anime studios focusing their stories around high schools and teenage protagonists.
But you don't have to worry about most of that with Black Lagoon. I saw it a while back so I don't remember everything. But the characters are generally reasonable and the action's good.
quote from link above: The anime's official website also outlined the story, which is set in a world where humanity has lost control of the seas. The threat that has taken over the seas is the "deep sea fleet." The only ones who can counter this threat are Kan-musume (literally, warship girls), girls who possess the spirit of naval vessels from days gone by.
The base for the fleet arrayed against the "deep sea fleet" is Chinjufu. There, many various Kan-musume have gathered to live together and work hard everyday in training and other matters. One day, a Kan-musume arrives at Chinjufu, She is a special class of destroyer. Her name is Fubuki. "I am Fubuki! Nice to meet you!" Fubuki's story — as well as the Kan-musume's story — begins now.
that moment when there's like 50 ships in there and I recognize every single one of those except for tone DESPITE her wearing a shirt that reads neto.... Even the frickin' brown haired akatsuki's were no problem but Tone...
I watched Darker than Black episode 7. There still isn't a main storyline. The episodes on themselves are somewhat ok-ish. But really not as good as for example the Newsroom or The Blacklist or probably 5 other ongoing series.
There is no main story. I do not feel connected to the Main Character or any character. Not really that funny. Not really that intelligent written. No wauw-factor.
On November 23 2014 07:26 Koshi wrote: I watched Darker than Black episode 7. There still isn't a main storyline. The episodes on themselves are somewhat ok-ish. But really not as good as for example the Newsroom or The Blacklist or probably 5 other ongoing series.
There is no main story. I do not feel connected to the Main Character or any character. Not really that funny. Not really that intelligent written. No wauw-factor.
On November 26 2014 21:07 Koshi wrote: SAO ended on episode 22. So bad. So bad. Never again.
not like I didn't tell you. Funnily enough someone else, about half a year ago, said he dropped SAO halfway in and I responded with "dude, just skip everything in the second arc and only watch last 2 or 3 episodes if you want to know what happened". Funny because just like you, he watched everything except for the last 2 or 3 episodes when he couldn't stand it anymore.
The final fight was somewhat nice to look at. Mostly for boob-related reasons. (Episode 24, ~9:15 and on)
On November 28 2014 21:42 Koshi wrote: I watched Fullmetal. It was nice. I got bored towards the end but that might have been just me. Fine series.
Fullmetal it is.
both are fine. Fate has the advantage of being a bit more up to date as UBW is currently airing and literally everyone seems to fawn over that but if you don't care for that it makes no difference.
On November 28 2014 21:42 Koshi wrote: I watched Fullmetal. It was nice. I got bored towards the end but that might have been just me. Fine series.
Fullmetal it is.
both are fine. Fate has the advantage of being a bit more up to date as UBW is currently airing and literally everyone seems to fawn over that but if you don't care for that it makes no difference.
I actually like the ending of Fate Zero and don't think you need to watch UBW. I'm still watching UBW though.
at the start, at least. I think a couple of the writing decisions weren't the greatest, like the transformation thing, and the pacing really fell apart as the show went on. I still have hopes for the next season though since things seem to be picking up again.
I had tears of joy when the dude died... Literally only Touma from Index is a worse MC than this guy. The show itself was awesome early on but this guy (and all the "attack on budget" or "attack on recap" jokes) just ruined it into "slightly above average". Would have been so much better had he stayed dead...
Srsly, I have more respect for people who like idiot-MCs like Kirito (SAO) or Ichika (IS) than people who like this guy
Why do you keep watching stuff that's slightly above average at best after being warned about SAO, still watching it and ragequitting in the end :/
I had tears of joy when the dude died... Literally only Touma from Index is a worse MC than this guy. The show itself was awesome early on but this guy (and all the "attack on budget" or "attack on recap" jokes) just ruined it into "slightly above average". Would have been so much better had he stayed dead...
Srsly, I have more respect for people who like idiot-MCs like Kirito (SAO) or Ichika (IS) than people who like this guy
Why do you keep watching stuff that's slightly above average at best after being warned about SAO, still watching it and ragequitting in the end :/
AoT was recommended to me. I also love it.
The mc is a total boss. But the female characters are pretty boss as well. The sister, the food stealer and the blond bitch.
I had tears of joy when the dude died... Literally only Touma from Index is a worse MC than this guy. The show itself was awesome early on but this guy (and all the "attack on budget" or "attack on recap" jokes) just ruined it into "slightly above average". Would have been so much better had he stayed dead...
Srsly, I have more respect for people who like idiot-MCs like Kirito (SAO) or Ichika (IS) than people who like this guy
Why do you keep watching stuff that's slightly above average at best after being warned about SAO, still watching it and ragequitting in the end :/
AoT was recommended to me. I also love it.
The mc is a total boss. But the female characters are pretty boss as well. The sister, the food stealer and the blond bitch.
iirc there's a joke in Japan about Armin being a girl and even the author himself said that he is a girl in an interview, most likely as a reference to that joke. With that being said, I thought you're talking about Armin for a sec.
My wife made me watch fullmetal for the first time last month, I was pleasantly surprised (originanl show) we saw brotherhood on the site we used as well and we watched it afterwards.
While the original is ok, it has a good bit of filler and some things aren't fleshed out well to me and the main baddy is meh, brotherhood is the better of the two and from what i understand follows the manga well and actually makes secondary characters more useful sotheirs that.
Break Blade is the only mecha anime where I feel like the mecha are adequately justified. In most mecha anime the mecha are like tanks (they have guns and are powered by some kind of power source and contain a pilot). There's no real explanation for why they're better than tanks though-- generally you'd expect treads to outperform legs and for a single axial gun to be easier to aim and use than having unnecessary arms and legs that manipulate external tools.
This gets even more ridiculous with space-based mecha, where it's like, ok, maybe you can think of some contrived reason to have arms, sure. but legs? In space? ._.
in Break Blade, it's 100% reasonable for the mecha to exist. Since mecha are basically just armor worn by Sorcerers, with motion powered by their magic, it makes sense they'd have arms and legs. The Sorcerers can probably more intuitively control their motion and weaponry with their intuitive magic when it's analogous to their biological limbs. Break Blade's Golem Armor probably was developed over time as an extension of physically worn armor, where eventually weapons, them arms and legs, became supplemented with magical strength, until they extended beyond the body of the wearer and were controlled entirely by magic and the wearer was fully enclosed (once quartz displays were developed). Break Blade's mecha actually make sense.
On April 25 2015 03:05 Blazinghand wrote: Break Blade is the only mecha anime where I feel like the mecha are adequately justified. In most mecha anime the mecha are like tanks (they have guns and are powered by some kind of power source and contain a pilot). There's no real explanation for why they're better than tanks though-- generally you'd expect treads to outperform legs and for a single axial gun to be easier to aim and use than having unnecessary arms and legs that manipulate external tools.
This gets even more ridiculous with space-based mecha, where it's like, ok, maybe you can think of some contrived reason to have arms, sure. but legs? In space? ._.
in Break Blade, it's 100% reasonable for the mecha to exist. Since mecha are basically just armor worn by Sorcerers, with motion powered by their magic, it makes sense they'd have arms and legs. The Sorcerers can probably more intuitively control their motion and weaponry with their intuitive magic when it's analogous to their biological limbs. Break Blade's Golem Armor probably was developed over time as an extension of physically worn armor, where eventually weapons, them arms and legs, became supplemented with magical strength, until they extended beyond the body of the wearer and were controlled entirely by magic and the wearer was fully enclosed (once quartz displays were developed). Break Blade's mecha actually make sense.
Exactly!... ...ah... This also means mine doesn't make any sense, does it?
On April 25 2015 03:05 Blazinghand wrote: Break Blade is the only mecha anime where I feel like the mecha are adequately justified. In most mecha anime the mecha are like tanks (they have guns and are powered by some kind of power source and contain a pilot). There's no real explanation for why they're better than tanks though-- generally you'd expect treads to outperform legs and for a single axial gun to be easier to aim and use than having unnecessary arms and legs that manipulate external tools.
This gets even more ridiculous with space-based mecha, where it's like, ok, maybe you can think of some contrived reason to have arms, sure. but legs? In space? ._.
in Break Blade, it's 100% reasonable for the mecha to exist. Since mecha are basically just armor worn by Sorcerers, with motion powered by their magic, it makes sense they'd have arms and legs. The Sorcerers can probably more intuitively control their motion and weaponry with their intuitive magic when it's analogous to their biological limbs. Break Blade's Golem Armor probably was developed over time as an extension of physically worn armor, where eventually weapons, them arms and legs, became supplemented with magical strength, until they extended beyond the body of the wearer and were controlled entirely by magic and the wearer was fully enclosed (once quartz displays were developed). Break Blade's mecha actually make sense.
Exactly!... ...ah... This also means mine doesn't make any sense, does it?
yeah, yours doesn't really make sense, but I'm willing to overlook it. plus it's pretty sweet
Also, it has the good feature of having a weakness. If you're gonna give your anime protagonist an OP mech, it should have problems of some sort. Many mecha anime just give the protagonist a mech that's significantly more powerful than the opposition with no drawbacks, which isn't fun.
So, I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and it's possibly the greatest anime in existence. Everything from Knife Hat Attack to using the Belt to grab the foot to Grenade Trick or the debut of Robo-Stroheim has been amazing. How could any other anime even compare?
Okay, finished Jojo's Bizarre Adventure all the way up through the start of Stardust Crusaders. What a ride! No matter how much you prepare for the next thing to be surprisingly over-the-top, the next thing is still surprisingly over-the-top.
Fate/Zero is premium tier anime, probably my favorite ever. The story, the characters, the sense of tragedy, along with the art, music, voice acting, and animation were all good.
FSN was pretty run of the mill by comparison, but the art, music, animation, etc were lovely and I enjoyed watching it.
On August 05 2015 05:34 yamato77 wrote: I've seen Fate/Zero and FSN/UBW but not the original FSN
I consider this an accomplishment
200% an accomplishment m8. I started watching the original FSN but had to stop halfway through the first episode due to a headache that had steadily started to develop.
But yeah, F/Z is very top tier. It's a pity UBW F/N was more based around fan service but I can see why they did it.
On November 09 2015 08:26 Koshi wrote: I thought there would be a second season from Attack on Titan? Am I wrong? I see a movie on torrentz, worth it if you saw the series Season 1?
don't watch the movie. I saw a bit of it and it's worse than Star Wars 4,5,6 animation.
On November 09 2015 08:26 Koshi wrote: I thought there would be a second season from Attack on Titan? Am I wrong? I see a movie on torrentz, worth it if you saw the series Season 1?
I don't watch anime often as I prefer the manga 99% of the time. The two exceptions thus far has been Elfen Lied and Beck. But I'm watching HXH (the new version) with my gf who doesn't want to read the manga and I'm pleasantly surprised. It's pretty good (= Hard to be bad when you follow this amazing manga to the letter I suppose p:
On November 24 2015 01:51 Rels wrote: I don't watch anime often as I prefer the manga 99% of the time. The two exceptions thus far has been Elfen Lied and Beck. But I'm watching HXH (the new version) with my gf who doesn't want to read the manga and I'm pleasantly surprised. It's pretty good (= Hard to be bad when you follow this amazing manga to the letter I suppose p:
The manga isn't over yet, right?
Dude if you like manga (I also prefer), you should try blade of the immortal. It's amazing
On November 24 2015 01:51 Rels wrote: I don't watch anime often as I prefer the manga 99% of the time. The two exceptions thus far has been Elfen Lied and Beck. But I'm watching HXH (the new version) with my gf who doesn't want to read the manga and I'm pleasantly surprised. It's pretty good (= Hard to be bad when you follow this amazing manga to the letter I suppose p:
The manga isn't over yet, right?
Dude if you like manga (I also prefer), you should try blade of the immortal. It's amazing
But nothing beats Rurouni Kenshin on manga IMO
Yep HXH's author likes to write like 10 chapters then stop for fucking YEARS. I'm so mad every time I think about it -_-
Will try blade of the immortal! Seems pretty cool. About Kenshin I read the first chapter a loooong time ago, found the main character boring and never tried it again p: if it's that good I should really read it!
On February 19 2016 11:42 bumatlarge wrote: I don't get to watch a lot of anime but one punch man filled a void in my soul that I did not know was empty.
On February 19 2016 11:42 bumatlarge wrote: I don't get to watch a lot of anime but one punch man filled a void in my soul that I did not know was empty.
On November 26 2015 08:17 Damdred wrote: 2016 is correct for AoT, I believe they said will be about four seasons worth of material by the time they are done.
I think a 2-3 year wait between seasons is probable sadly
Horry sheeeht, you people were watching this stuff even back then
On July 29 2015 03:42 Blazinghand wrote: So, I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and it's possibly the greatest anime in existence. Everything from Knife Hat Attack to using the Belt to grab the foot to Grenade Trick or the debut of Robo-Stroheim has been amazing. How could any other anime even compare?
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