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In Training posted:AOTY is gonna be a bloodbath this year.... I hope Sharkey remembers to make the aoty thread that will have discussions, instead of the typical pyf thread old adtrw would have, where debate is not allowed I wanna see blood!
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In Training posted:AOTY is gonna be a bloodbath this year.... Yes it will. Because Shirobako is going to slaughter everything else.
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Sep 24, 2015 16:07
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"Snafu Season Poo" <-- sneak preview of some of the flames I'll be laying down in the AOTY thread
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Sep 24, 2015 16:10
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I liked SNAFU when they were laying down own on those other school retards, but that wasn't enough of it for me to give it a good review, yeah.
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Sep 24, 2015 16:12
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don't reply to in training as he is a retarded troll that needs to work on the quality of his burns
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Sep 24, 2015 16:32
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In Training is gonna vote for Haruhi but dammit that doesn't count!
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Sep 24, 2015 16:34
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Sorry for trolling. Snafu is actually on my to watch list.
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Sep 24, 2015 16:36
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In Training posted:Sorry for trolling. Snafu is actually on my to watch list. ahh the ol' in training "it's on my watch list" troll
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Sep 24, 2015 16:37
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*glances over at unopened 100 GB folder titled "-Gataris" on my hard drive* Mad? 
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Sep 24, 2015 16:41
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Davincie posted:my love story isn't the anime of the season (working)or of the year (shirobako or snafu S2). nor is is it the best series by that author (koukou debut) or by that studio (chihayafuru). also i prefer the manga
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Sep 24, 2015 17:20
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Shimoneta might well get my vote. It's not as objectively good as other shows that I watched this year, but I will be damned if I didn't look forward to watching it every week in a way that I didn't get with the others. I experienced it with Oregairu to some degree but part of that was that my IRC buddy was watching it at the same time and I had to watch it as soon as Commie released it to keep up.
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Sep 24, 2015 17:32
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i feel i've made a mistake in having watched neither shirobako, shimoneta, nor euphonium
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Sep 24, 2015 18:12
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Gyra_Solune posted:i feel i've made a mistake in having watched neither shirobako, shimoneta, nor euphonium Sound Euphonium is one of those things that I'm kind of getting around to watching eventually, but what I've seen so far is quality.
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Sep 24, 2015 18:14
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Euphonium is pretty but boring.
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Sep 24, 2015 18:19
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Euphonium is a great bit of understated drama, and it's pretty as gently caress. In almost any other year, it'd be a strong contender, but Shirobako.
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Sep 24, 2015 18:25
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Gyra_Solune posted:i feel i've made a mistake in having watched neither shirobako, shimoneta, nor euphonium Rectify that, fool
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Sep 24, 2015 18:46
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After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it?
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Sep 24, 2015 22:16
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I stopped watching death parade about halfway through. I dunno why, it wasn't bad I just didn't feel drawn to keep watching
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Sep 24, 2015 22:18
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I liked what I saw of it but after a few episodes I decided to wait until it finished, and then became really busy. I wanna go back to it, sometime. 2015 has been an incredible year for anime overall, especially when counting stuff from 2014 that ended in 2015.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:18
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JordanKai posted:After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it? I was excited and then disappointed at the clumsy world-building and never got past episode 3 or 4. Great OP tho.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:19
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JordanKai posted:After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it? It's really pretty from an animation standpoint, and it raises a lot of grand concepts, then abandons them to tell a much more contained/personal story. This creates a kind of weird effect where if it had just been solely focused on the small stuff it would have been a better show, and if it had managed to totally integrate the grand stuff and the personal stuff it would have been a great show, but instead they a) it didn't integrate them very well and b) the grand story is left totally open, a sequel hook to a show which feels like it has no prospect of a sequel.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:24
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JordanKai posted:After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it? Death Parade had a lotta wasted potential but the stuff that was there was rad as hell, especially the last judgement and amnesia girl's backstory. The ice-skating scene was a really beautiful way to handle a flashback.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:33
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JordanKai posted:After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it? I need to see a list of all available shows but I think it would make my top 5. But we should all save our posting power for the end of the year thread where we can talk about our favorite shows.
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dmboogie posted:Death Parade had a lotta wasted potential but the stuff that was there was rad as hell, This is where I stand on the matter as well. Even though Death Parade could've definitely been a lot better I still think the show we ended up with is incredible. Shirobako and My Love Story are also really good though so yeah, it's a good year for anime so far.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:47
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JordanKai posted:After reading all this AOTY talk: Did you guys forget that Death Parade came out this year or were you all just not fans of it? It was simulcasted by Funimation, so no, I didn't watch it yet.
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Sep 24, 2015 22:52
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dmboogie posted:Death Parade had a lotta wasted potential but the stuff that was there was rad as hell, especially the last judgement and amnesia girl's backstory. The ice-skating scene was a really beautiful way to handle a flashback. Pretty much yeah. I liked it a lot, but it didn't quite execute everything as well as it could have.
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JordanKai posted:This is where I stand on the matter as well. Even though Death Parade could've definitely been a lot better I still think the show we ended up with is incredible. I think they were hoping to get a second cour with all the excess stuff they left dangling in the background. Frankly I'm hoping they get one too  .
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Sep 25, 2015 03:11
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sound euph was one of my favorites of the year so far 
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Sep 25, 2015 03:31
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Yasser Arafatwa posted:sound euph was one of my favorites of the year so far  It, Non Non Biyori & Shirobako are a mighty set of animes to have in one year!!
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Sep 25, 2015 03:40
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When Death Parade brought its A game, it was just about sublime.
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I got annoyed by Death Parades weird judgemental morality and didn't make it past like episode 3, people seemed to think that maybe that was the point but I didn't feel like sticking around long enough to find out.
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Sakurazuka posted:I got annoyed by Death Parades weird judgemental morality and didn't make it past like episode 3, people seemed to think that maybe that was the point but I didn't feel like sticking around long enough to find out. Yeah, it ended up being a plot point that his decisions weren't ideal.
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Allarion posted:Yeah, it ended up being a plot point that his decisions weren't ideal. And, indeed, that the framework he was required to make his decisions in was pretty fundamentally flawed and crumbling around the edges.
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It's also kind of funny that after people were clamoring for a sequel for so long Durarara might not even make a lot of people's top 5 given the competition.
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Nate RFB posted:It's also kind of funny that after people were clamoring for a sequel for so long Durarara might not even make a lot of people's top 5 given the competition. I didn't actually realize that X2 had only started this year, albeit in January.
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I wanted Death Parade to just be twilight zone style short films, which lasted for exactly one episode and then it started spooling out all this needless exposition and junk and I stopped watching after 4 episodes or so. Very pretty and a killer OP though.
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Nate RFB posted:It's also kind of funny that after people were clamoring for a sequel for so long Durarara might not even make a lot of people's top 5 given the competition. It's not ending this year tho? But yea it rules.
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Sep 25, 2015 13:49
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Forget the year end discussions, how about the season. I watched Insight, Ore Mono, Working!!! and Wakako-zake and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Any other highlights this season
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Sep 25, 2015 13:52
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Snow White with the Red Hair is the best shojo show since... well probably Kamisama Kiss which was like a few months ago. Still really great. This season had a ridiculous number of good shows though.
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kater posted:This season had a ridiculous number of good shows though. Yeah, I watched a stupid number of shows this season, and even the ones I dropped weren't that bad, particularly. This was probably the best summer season in years. Of course Fall is looking bleak, so... quote:Forget the year end discussions, how about the season. I watched Insight, Ore Mono, Working!!! and Wakako-zake and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Any other highlights this season I would add: Durarara! Non Non Biyori Sore ga Seiyu Prison School Earlier in the season I would have suggested Rokka, but the ending was that bad. Gangsta started out pretty OK and then I lost interest. Gintama is still great if you've watched the backlog of hundreds of episodes or whatever. Arslan is decent but I wish they had waited for the manga to get further ahead because it's basically superior in every respect. Maybe Rinne if you've got a nostalgic Ranma boner or Ushio and Tora if you want to really relive the 90s.
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