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Cake Attack: Mar 26, 2010

Raenir Salazar posted:

So apparently Yuujo Senki, Kemono Friends, and ACCA all have had major upwards drifts in their MAL score from when they first aired. Kemono Friends went from 4 to 6, ACCA from 6.9 to 7.4, and Yuujo Senki went from allegedly 7.3 to breaking 8.

An interesting season in terms of upward reassessment.

kemono friends still too low

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Cake Attack: Mar 26, 2010

but also who cares about MAL scores

# ? Mar 19, 2017 06:33

Command Ant: Aug 9, 2010; I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!

Cake Attack posted:

but also who cares about MAL scores

MAL is the name of the evil computer in Captain Planet. That evil computer was voiced by Tim Curry.

# ? Mar 19, 2017 06:41

dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

ACCA should be an 8+

# ? Mar 19, 2017 08:15

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

Cake Attack posted:

but also who cares about MAL scores

A scoring system that lets people rate a show before it's over, is a bad one

# ? Mar 19, 2017 17:45

Davincie: Jul 7, 2008

im fairly sure they stop counting those ratings once the show is actually done

# ? Mar 19, 2017 17:48

Everything Burrito: Jun 2, 2011; I Failed At Anime 2022

Srice posted:

A scoring system that lets people rate a show before it's over, is a bad one

yeah this seems dumb

# ? Mar 19, 2017 22:22

dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

Srice posted:

A scoring system that lets people rate a show before it's over, is a bad one

counterpoint: if people keep ratings current with the show, you can see trends in public opinion. i don't think MAL displays that data anywhere though.

# ? Mar 19, 2017 23:17

an actual dog: Nov 18, 2014

Almost all MAL scores go up as their seasons go on, because the only people who make it to the end of a season are the folks who like it.

# ? Mar 19, 2017 23:25

Davincie: Jul 7, 2008

dogsicle posted:

counterpoint: if people keep ratings current with the show, you can see trends in public opinion. i don't think MAL displays that data anywhere though.

theres a guy that always compiles the rating changes at the end of each season, i always see his graphs floating around

# ? Mar 20, 2017 00:13

Kytrarewn: Jul 15, 2011; Solving mysteries in
Bb, F and D.

Seiren is continuing to save anime:

# ? Mar 20, 2017 01:30

Delicious sandwich: Nov 6, 2011

Today I saw Ancien and the Magic Tablet, aka Napping Princess, aka that movie that used Daydream Believer in its trailer (it's also played over the credits in the film). It's pretty solid. I liked the way it's vague about the significance of the "dream world" initially (e.g. Kokone believes it affects reality in some way, and there's some evidence for that, but it's easy to come up with other explanations), and the reveal was actually good and sensible. It's got a pretty good message about advancing technology in there too, I suppose.

The only real problem I had was that the climax seemed kind of bizarre. After establishing that the dream world is an allegory for Kokone's mother's life, they proceed to... have a big action scene in the dream world. The audience has no reason to care about the dream world itself at that point, and I at least have no idea what the scene could mean allegorically. Even so it had a few good bits, like the king/grandfather explaining that he recognized Kokone because of her doll. Anyway, it doesn't detract from the rest of the film, but it seemed mostly extraneous.

Also this is the second anime film I've seen featuring a character who is a CMU alumnus (the first being Summer Wars). Go Tartans.

# ? Mar 20, 2017 03:12

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Have they announced anorther season of Ai Mai Mi yet?

# ? Mar 23, 2017 03:13

Lucy Heartfilia: May 31, 2012

Guy Goodbody posted:

Have they announced anorther season of Ai Mai Mi yet?

# ? Mar 23, 2017 22:03

AnoHito: May 8, 2014

Guy Goodbody posted:

Have they announced anorther season of Ai Mai Mi yet?

*throws $50 in the currently empty Ai Mai Mi Continuation Fund*

Good news! There's now enough to fund another season!

# ? Mar 23, 2017 22:09

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

I made a new thread for My Hero Academia season 2.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3814524

Additionally, Crunchyroll will be simulcasting it along with Funimation and adding season 1 to their library shortly before.

# ? Mar 24, 2017 01:15

Kytrarewn: Jul 15, 2011; Solving mysteries in
Bb, F and D.

Man, Fuuka's anime-original confession scene was really great.

"gently caress it all, I love you goddammit!" (liberties taken with the translation).

I realize I said that I didn't care about the character at all two episodes ago, but they did a great job of rehabilitating her this episode, and almost entirely in what felt like 120 seconds of playtime.

Is there any Sara-senpai romance in the manga? Seems like they did their level best to set her up as a heroine possibility, and then immediately forgot about her.

# ? Mar 26, 2017 18:43

dogsicle: Oct 23, 2012

another reminder to watch Time Bokan 24

https://u.nya.is/fcpvre.mp4

it just ended, so everybody should start watching in preparation for the recently announced s2!

# ? Mar 26, 2017 19:31

AnacondaHL: Feb 15, 2009; I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

Kytrarewn posted:

Man, Fuuka's anime-original confession scene was really great.

"gently caress it all, I love you goddammit!" (liberties taken with the translation).

I realize I said that I didn't care about the character at all two episodes ago, but they did a great job of rehabilitating her this episode, and almost entirely in what felt like 120 seconds of playtime.

Is there any Sara-senpai romance in the manga? Seems like they did their level best to set her up as a heroine possibility, and then immediately forgot about her.

Fuuka's last episode was like watching a semi truck drive full-steam-ahead over a rope bridge. Really shaky, not perfect in any way, could have been a disaster at any time, but somehow managed to stick some semblance of an ending. Props to the editors and storyboarders, this could have been way, way worse.

# ? Mar 26, 2017 19:53

Cake Attack: Mar 26, 2010

So did she ever get hit by a truck or not

# ? Mar 26, 2017 20:01

Allarion: May 16, 2009; がんばルビ！

Cake Attack posted:

So did she ever get hit by a truck or not

No she dodged the truck

# ? Mar 26, 2017 20:13

Armor-Piercing: Sep 22, 2009; Nightly dance
of bleeding swords

At least now I have an easy pick for most disappointing series of the year.

# ? Mar 26, 2017 23:29

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

I wonder if the principal of Minami Kamakura High School is that much of a psycho to the other clubs too.

"Listen up, first years. I'm sure you all joined the Baseball Club because you want to play baseball. But if you don't become lifelong friends and discover the true meaning of baseball in the next two months, the principal will disband the Baseball Club forever. We had to do it, our sempais had to do it, it's just how it works here. We might get an extra week this year, apparently the estranged father of one of the members of the Calligraphy Club is in the hospital, and making sure the other club members get them to reconcile is taking up a lot of her time"

# ? Mar 27, 2017 02:14

xXWehrabooXx: Mar 11, 2014

Kytrarewn posted:

Man, Fuuka's anime-original confession scene was really great.

"gently caress it all, I love you goddammit!" (liberties taken with the translation).

I realize I said that I didn't care about the character at all two episodes ago, but they did a great job of rehabilitating her this episode, and almost entirely in what felt like 120 seconds of playtime.

Is there any Sara-senpai romance in the manga? Seems like they did their level best to set her up as a heroine possibility, and then immediately forgot about her.

Would have been better if Fuuka got trucked right after the ED as they announce the second season

# ? Mar 27, 2017 15:21

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

hot take, but i don't want a teenage girl to get hit by a truck, even in fiction

# ? Mar 27, 2017 16:09

Kytrarewn: Jul 15, 2011; Solving mysteries in
Bb, F and D.

In other news, Masamune-kun no Ribenji becomes interesting in and after the last episode of the show in a way that's reminiscent of Medaka Box Abnormal.

Sadly, there's only 10 extra chapters of the manga translated to date after the close of the season, but they're giving off a lot of signs of tying things up soon in the manga.

You don't normally see a show that's made at that point in the lifecycle of the manga, do you? Either it's finished and can take the manga's conclusion, or it's extremely early and they plan to milk it for additional seasons, right?

# ? Mar 27, 2017 16:25

darkgray: Dec 20, 2005; My best pose facing the morning sun!

Kytrarewn posted:

In other news, Masamune-kun no Ribenji becomes interesting in and after the last episode of the show in a way that's reminiscent of Medaka Box Abnormal.

Sadly, there's only 10 extra chapters of the manga translated to date after the close of the season, but they're giving off a lot of signs of tying things up soon in the manga.

You don't normally see a show that's made at that point in the lifecycle of the manga, do you? Either it's finished and can take the manga's conclusion, or it's extremely early and they plan to milk it for additional seasons, right?

Masamune-kun anime sales are pretty bad, so it's unlikely to get a second season for economical reasons. Reports say the first volume didn't even reach 1000 copies. Still more than the sales of Handshakers and Chaos;Child combined, though!

# ? Mar 27, 2017 16:32