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Weekly update: Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu is short and not full length. Rainbow Days is short and not full length. Ketsuekigata-kun! 4 is a new short show. Tabimachi Late Show is a new short show. Tamayura: Sotsugyou Shashin Part 4 - Ashita is a new movie. New PV: Koukaku no Pandora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn2ZB9v22U4 New PV: Rainbow Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWkFNSt9ZyY ...and a few small things.
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I'm glad that I'm still not in the op, op
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Dec 19, 2015 20:01
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Namtab posted:I'm glad that I'm still not in the op, op 
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Dec 19, 2015 20:39
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Lucy Heartfilia posted:Rainbow Days is short and not full length. Boo.  At least there's Snow White for my shoujo shows.
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Dec 19, 2015 21:18
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Nondevor posted:Boo.
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Dec 19, 2015 23:39
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Donnerberg posted:I binged through Code Geass while I was ravaged by flu and fever, and now I'm sad it's over. I think I accidentally inceptioned myself to need anime. If you'd like to see cool looking robots duking out while throwing Galaxies at each other maybe Gurren Lagan?  It's a different beast than Code Geass, but it's regarded as one of the best shows in the genre.
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Dec 20, 2015 00:10
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Speaking of Geass, I'm like 80% of the way through Valvrave and I still see no shame in saying that I really like Valvrave. Like I just don't understand the coolanimeguy persona that hates these types of shows. They just rule.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:26
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Valvrave was a lot of fun for the first season, but then the rape. And then the second season was much more boring than the first.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:28
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Also the design for the neon robots was bad.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:28
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:Also the design for the neon robots was bad. The red and green ones were alright, but the rest were lame.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:29
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kater posted:Speaking of Geass, I'm like 80% of the way through Valvrave and I still see no shame in saying that I really like Valvrave. Like I just don't understand the coolanimeguy persona that hates these types of shows. They just rule. Don't know where trying to be a "cool guy" comes into it, I just found it to be pretty poor. When it comes to mecha from that year, Majestic Prince struck more of a cord with me.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:36
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:Valvrave was a lot of fun for the first season, but then the rape. And then the second season was much more boring than the first. I was actually going to say except for the rape because what the gently caress, but the show brushed past it swiftly and kiiiiiiiiiiiinda incorporated it... kiiiiiiiiiinda. Like it's just loving stupid, but it was novel to see it actually have meaning for that character. The fact they've done absolutely nothing with her after that bothered me more really. Also I like the purple robot. The yellow and green ones are the real turds. Liked the bizarre enemy designs in the first season too, when they graduate to mecha they lose their charm though.
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Dec 20, 2015 08:38
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Valvrave was underwhelming at best and bordering on offensive at worst. I don't hate it like loving Guilty Crown, no, but I won't recommend it either. Both Gargantia and Majestic Prince were ultimately better options for a 2013 mecha series even with their own sets of issues. More people should watch stuff like Gun X Sword that is similar to Geass in the right ways, rather than the shows that try and fail to be apparent copycats. Which is why Active Raid is probably going to be pretty fun too, and it doesn't need to have a remotely similar concept or premise to evoke that.
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Dec 20, 2015 09:55
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Well after finishing it the second half felt completely and totally disconnected from the first. Like even the existential crisis of turning into a rape-vampire got converted wholesale. It was still pretty entertaining though. I think next I'm going to watch Arpeggio of Blue Steel. Which, from what I remembered, has the same premise as that show with the personified loli ww2 battleships.
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Dec 20, 2015 10:16
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wielder posted:Valvrave was underwhelming at best and bordering on offensive at worst. I don't hate it like loving Guilty Crown, no, but I won't recommend it either. Both Gargantia and Majestic Prince were ultimately better options for a 2013 mecha series even with their own sets of issues. That season was so strange, as the mostly generic Majestic Prince (loaded with Hirai-face!) ended up being much better than both Gargantia and Valvrave. MP was pretty goddamn dumb, but it stuck to its guns and told a coherent story which is more than I can say for the other two.
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Dec 20, 2015 10:20
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i liked valvrave for being the most insane bullshit ever there was some stupid plot twist literally every episode, which was fun the second season wasn't as good as the first but the enemy becoming the alien vampire illuminati was still pretty fun. i liked it
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Dec 20, 2015 12:02
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All I remember is my friends called it "Valve Ralve" and there was a musical episode which they were very jazzed about. Oh and there's a guy named L-Elf. Whatta name.
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Dec 20, 2015 12:40
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Serious Frolicking posted:That season was so strange, as the mostly generic Majestic Prince (loaded with Hirai-face!) ended up being much better than both Gargantia and Valvrave. MP was pretty goddamn dumb, but it stuck to its guns and told a coherent story which is more than I can say for the other two. In addition, MJP had the best use of 3DCG and the most elaborate combat sequences thanks to Studio Orange, which also helps. I would say that Gargantia arguably had the best concept and a couple of memorable characters, but some weird execution dragged it down. I suppose Urobuchi should have directly written more episodes in order to smooth things. The 3D wasn't too great either.
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Dec 20, 2015 13:02
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wielder posted:In addition, MJP had the best use of 3DCG and the most elaborate combat sequences thanks to Studio Orange, which also helps. I would say that Gargantia arguably had the best concept and a couple of memorable characters, but some weird execution dragged it down. I suppose Urobuchi should have directly written more episodes in order to smooth things. The 3D wasn't too great either. See, Gargantia started great but it never lived up to that initial potential. Valvrave was dragged down by the rape and how utterly pointless the second season was. It could never quite decide if it wanted to be an absurd spectacle or a serious space robot show (lol), but it got worse at both as the show continued. Meanwhile, Majestic Prince just kept on trucking with a consistent, moderate level of quality.
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Dec 20, 2015 13:35
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kater posted:Speaking of Geass, I'm like 80% of the way through Valvrave and I still see no shame in saying that I really like Valvrave. Like I just don't understand the coolanimeguy persona that hates these types of shows. They just rule. I'm a coolanimeguy persona that hates "these types" of shows. What would you like to know? It's mostly just probability. Code Geass is a shining exception, but too much else is garbage, and I'd rather just watch something exceptional. Valvrave is not exceptional.
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Dec 20, 2015 19:23
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Vavlrave's first season was completely goddamn terrible and incredible, S2 was an utter snore except for the bit where Eruerufu and whathisface are having a fistfight on the moon while insulting each other's waifus. I wish rather rewatch VRS1 a thousand times than rewatch Gargantia, talk about 13 episodes of nothing (except for Chamber).
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Dec 20, 2015 19:52
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gargantia was stupid
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Dec 20, 2015 19:59
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MJP was also stupid, but in a good way. It also did a lot of things right that I appreciated, like poking fun at the typical idea of the character with anime disease, giving an actual reasonable explanation for how the aliens' shields worked, and really good fight design.
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Dec 20, 2015 20:02
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I've posted the Best of 2015 thread now. Do your thing, Namtab.
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Dec 20, 2015 21:47
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darkgray posted:I've posted the Best of 2015 thread now. Do your thing, Namtab. good
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Dec 20, 2015 21:49
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darkgray posted:I've posted the Best of 2015 thread now. Do your thing, Namtab.
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Dec 20, 2015 21:52
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darkgray posted:I've posted the Best of 2015 thread now. Do your thing, Namtab. Tomorrow
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Dec 20, 2015 21:53
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kater posted:Well after finishing it the second half felt completely and totally disconnected from the first. Like even the existential crisis of turning into a rape-vampire got converted wholesale. It was still pretty entertaining though. I generally agree with what you've said about Valvrave. Not that the first season was any monument to any sort of objective value of good quality, but at least it was entertaining. S2 was mostly just boring and completely removed from the first one. Hell, they even had that flash forward in episode 6(?) and then did basically nothing with it. Sunrise seems to have real issues with second seasons, as a huge number of their significant properties have completely dropped the ball in them - or at least significant portions of them. Geass, SEED, and 00 come to mind immediately, but there are a few other cases I can think of quickly as well. As for Arpeggio, just realize that the manga is far better, and that their mass usage of CG means a number of things looks really janky in more than a few scenes. Ships look fine, characters not so much. Plotwise, while many plot elements and personalities are changed or skipped to begin with, the anime basically completely veers away from the source material around episode 6 and does its own (really weird) thing.
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Dec 21, 2015 01:30
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New 2016 anime announced, Kuromukuro from PA Works and the Darker than Black director: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4cmZ5FnHjQ
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Dec 21, 2015 17:53
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darkgray posted:I've posted the Best of 2015 thread now. Do your thing, Namtab. its here In the end, I did not add the poll for worst mod of 2015
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Dec 21, 2015 19:12
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Namtab posted:In the end, I did not add the poll for worst mod of 2015 it's ralp
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Dec 21, 2015 19:32
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The Devil Tesla posted:it's ralp
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Dec 21, 2015 19:38
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I like the best of threads. Gives me ideas for things to watch. Looks like I should check out parasyte.
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Dec 21, 2015 19:55
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Agronox posted:I like the best of threads. Gives me ideas for things to watch. Looks like I should check out parasyte. I like the manga a lot more, for what it's worth.
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Dec 21, 2015 23:11
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GorfZaplen posted:I like the manga a lot more, for what it's worth.  , i only made it about halfway through the anime because it just didn't give me much over the manga. Aya Hirano is amazing as Migi, though.Iwaaki's art is kinda odd but i still prefer it over the anime. also wasn't a fan of the ill-used ost and some of the modernisation.
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Dec 22, 2015 00:26
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Remember Wake Up, Girls!? You know, the thing that started out trying to be a scathing commentary on idol culture but then just became idol culture? It's back, in short form!
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Dec 22, 2015 03:13
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did the girls wake up?
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Dec 22, 2015 03:14
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Waffleman_ posted:Remember Wake Up, Girls!? You know, the thing that started out trying to be a scathing commentary on idol culture but then just became idol culture?
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Dec 22, 2015 03:49
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Well, I'm just going by second hand comments on the movie and stuff. I can confidently say that it was bad like everything Yamamoto has been involved in.
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Dec 22, 2015 03:56
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Endorph posted:i don't think it was really trying to be scathing commentary on idol culture tbh "Scathing commentary" might be overstating it, but it had an amusingly cynical edge early on that it dropped as it turned into a generic underdog sports story.
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