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Endorph posted:chi What he said.
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What does 'Chihayafuru' even mean? Best I can tell it's some Engrish abomination trying to say "Chihaya Full"?dogsicle posted:So I finished episodes 4-6 of Toradora, which just kinda meandered. Taiga blew a chance with Yusaku previously in a totally expected way, then things took a detour to introduce Ami and go through an arc to make her sympathetic. I kinda question the necessity of a third love interest for Ryuuji, but whatever. They each have some quality to like I suppose, even if I'm not ready to welcome Ami yet. Also came across a Yatterman reference in the sub, which makes me worry about missing other stuff by watching the dub. Ami is the best character in the show and balances out the awfulness that is Taiga to make the show watchable in the first place icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 10:20
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icantfindaname posted:What does 'Chihayafuru' even mean? Best I can tell it's some Engrish abomination trying to say "Chihaya Full"? It's the first few vowels of Chihaya's favorite card's poem. I forget the exact translation of the whole poem.
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Feb 8, 2015 10:23
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Oh. Well, that's better, and now I feel like an rear end in a top hat
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Feb 8, 2015 10:24
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icantfindaname posted:Oh. Well, that's better, and now I feel like an rear end in a top hat Well to be fair, you're also right.  It's just named for the poem thing.
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Feb 8, 2015 10:25
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Senerio posted:It's the first few vowels of Chihaya's favorite card's poem. I forget the exact translation of the whole poem. Yes. It's by Ariwara no Narihira, and goes: Chihayaburu/Kamiyo mo kikazu/Tatsuta-gawa/Kara-kurenai ni/Mizu kukuru towa Impassionate gods have never seen the red that is the Tatsuta River.
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Endorph posted:chi Kana spin-off called chichihayafuru when?
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Feb 8, 2015 11:40
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Well that's three for Chihayafuru so Chihayafuru it is.
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Feb 8, 2015 11:52
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Feb 8, 2015 12:11
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Bad Seafood posted:I don't think I've watched a single sports anime unless you count Ping Pong or gambling stuff like Kaiji and Akagi. Akagi, Giant Killing, Major, Whistle!
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Cross Game episode 2 Continuing on! The characters are overall likeable (except for Keiichirou - he's annoying), and I think the series is nicely directed. So far I quite like the series, and I'm not disliking the baseball elements of it yet. I'm not at all sold on the romance, though. IF YOU GET ALONG BADLY BUT DO THE SAME ARM-STRENGTHENING EXERCISES FOR YEARS, ROMANCE IS NIGH! ...Is what I think the series is trying to say. Aoba dislikes Kou so much that I"m not sure how exactly the inevitable romance is going to bloom. Is she really going to get hearts in her eyes if he can bowl a whatsit fast ball? I hope they go the rivalry and grudging respect route. I've got to laugh at Kou being so sore a loser that he's done arm exercises for years to get his arms in shape for a sport he isn't even interested in. (Well, okay, maybe it was Wakaba being a sore loser on Kou's behalf that got him to do it.) I suppose that's just how it's got to be in some types of sports series, when the main character has to have trained in something that makes them good at a particular sport without having seriously played the sport. Speaking of Aoba, is it normal for people to look angry when they're pitching baseballs?
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Feb 8, 2015 13:02
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HiveCommander posted:I'm about a quarter of the way through it now. I'm enjoying it so far, probably because it doesn't seem that sporty of an anime. A lot of the writing perfectly fits the conventional sports anime mold, though in Chihayafuru's case it is executed really well.
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Feb 8, 2015 13:33
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Srice posted:A lot of the writing perfectly fits the conventional sports anime mold, though in Chihayafuru's case it is executed really well. It's not the typical tropes of sport anime that bore me; it's the subject matter itself. Mecha is an example of a genre where I don't like the typical formula, but glorious/fabulous trainwrecks like Aldnoah and Geass are fine.
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Most of the sports anime I enjoy I wind up enjoying because of the strength of the characters involved and not the sport itself. I don't think I could ever bring myself to care about watching competitive ping pong but dang an anime about it was one of the best things I've seen in years because it was carried by a strong, well written cast..
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No one said Haikyu yet? Watch Haikyu. Best sports anime of 2014, mostly because I don't really think of Ping Pong as a typical sports anime, more like a drama that featured a sport. A really good drama. Also, Chihayafuru, because that cannot be said enough. So a bunch of you gave me Captain Taylor, and another bunch gave me Outlaw Star. Between those two, what should I watch first?
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ViggyNash posted:No one said Haikyu yet? Watch Haikyu. Best sports anime of 2014, mostly because I don't really think of Ping Pong as a typical sports anime, more like a drama that featured a sport. A really good drama. It's a weird way to describe things because you can have one baseball anime where the guy's into the sport from the start and then there can be another anime where the main character takes like 30 episodes before he starts playing baseball in any capacity and yet they're both given the exact same label. I think that just shows the weakness of lumping everything with sports in it as a "sports anime". I like to call stuff like Haikyuu a shonen-y sports anime since it's one way of differentiating.it from other such things. Also I'd say Captain Tylor before Outlaw Star, personally. Srice fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 17:57
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Endorph posted:outlaw star is a lot of things but 'low key' isn't one of them. there's an episode where they fight a psychic cactus. I meant it in the sense that it's not like, an epic space opera.
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Srice posted:It's a weird way to describe things because you can have one baseball anime where the guy's into the sport from the start and then there can be another anime where the main character takes like 30 episodes before he starts playing baseball in any capacity and yet they're both given the exact same label. I think that just shows the weakness of lumping everything with sports in it as a "sports anime". I like to call stuff like Haikyuu a shonen-y sports anime since it's one way of differentiating.it from other such things. I have the same issue with sci-fi. I really wish there was a disctinction between "science fiction" wherein the science is meant to be plausible and/or based on current science and technology, and what I like to call "science fantasy" where you have bizarre, fantastical ideas in a futuristic setting. So GitS would be closer to "science fiction" while LoGH or other space operas would fall under "science fantasy". Without that distinction, we run into the issue of figuring out whether the science being unrealistic is a good or bad thing, like in the case of Interstellar. Also, I guess I'm watching Captain Taylor then. e: Oh my god, the Captain Tylor op is the cheesiest thing. ViggyNash fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 18:45
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Senerio posted:It's the first few vowels of Chihaya's favorite card's poem. I forget the exact translation of the whole poem. Also, Chihayafuru is a sports anime. The characters treat it like a sport, it hits all the sports anime tropes, etc. Just because they aren't running and there isn't a ball involved doesn't change that. I'd put it on the same level as Golf, and that's totally a sport. Does a golf anime even exist, actually? ViggyNash posted:e: Oh my god, the Captain Tylor op is the cheesiest thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxnTjyEh9f8 Endorph fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Feb 8, 2015 |
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Feb 8, 2015 19:56
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Endorph posted:Does a golf anime even exist, actually? Far as I can tell, there is exactly one.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Golf_anime_and_manga this gives us 3, counting manga
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So, I'm changing gears from Turn A for a bit, and watched the first 3 eps of Princess Tutu. It's very girly, and definitely not my usual cup of tea, but not bad. I can't quite put my finger on why, but it sorta reminds me of Kaleido Star, which I liked. I'll probably continue with it, especially since I've heard good things about the end, but I hope the lost emotion of the week doesn't get too tiresome.
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unpronounceable posted:So, I'm changing gears from Turn A for a bit, and watched the first 3 eps of Princess Tutu. It's very girly, and definitely not my usual cup of tea, but not bad. I can't quite put my finger on why, but it sorta reminds me of Kaleido Star, which I liked. I'll probably continue with it, especially since I've heard good things about the end, but I hope the lost emotion of the week doesn't get too tiresome. It probably reminds you of Kaleido Star since both shows share the same director.
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Normally I can't stand horror because it scares me too much, but Mononoke is fantastic. I think it's more palatable for me because the series focuses more on psychological horror instead of gore everywhere, which is a nice change. I'm currently on episode 4 right now; after Kayo was introduced in episode 3, I went and watched Ayakashi to catch up on the previous story. The family in Bakeneko were terrible people.  I think the animation was better in Ayakashi's version (especially when it showed the Bakeneko's movement), but it's difficult to compare when there hasn't even been a fight scene in Mononoke yet.e: oh my god is that Wakamoto as a gigantic fishman Nondevor fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 01:34
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Five episodes into K-on! and it's pretty funny + cute. The teacher is the best character. I'd like it better if the girls kissed though.  Me too Mugi, me too.
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Quick thoughts on Ep 3 and 4 of Utena: - Utena just pulled a tablecloth and turned it into a dress. Her exclamations of a being a totally normal girl are becoming increasingly false. - Despite her setup as the bully, I like Nanami so far. Her earnest operations to reveal Anthy as a weird girl were all hilarious when they all backfired because Anthy is indeed a weird girl who keeps a giant octopus balloon in her closet. Also she worked all night to catch that garter snake, and I can't help but feel bad for her. - The shadows gossiping was already pretty neat thematically, but them going off on slightly related tangents was pretty great.
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I have watched more Sally the Witch. It's hard to say a whole lot about individual episodes, but in episode 2 Sally uses magic to turn a written contract into an embarrassing love letter. Witches are scary... Allarion posted:Quick thoughts on Ep 3 and 4 of Utena: Nanami's one of the best characters and all of the episodes that center around her are a delight to watch.
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Feb 10, 2015 11:59
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Sakurazuka posted:Five episodes into K-on! and it's pretty funny + cute. The teacher is the best character. 
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Feb 10, 2015 15:10
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lol Mio fell over and everyone saw her pantsu
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Feb 10, 2015 16:24
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Sakurazuka posted:lol Mio fell over and everyone saw her pantsu you're creepy dude.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:35
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 It's literally a thing that happened that we're supposed to find hilarious.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:51
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Sakurazuka posted:
you keep posting a bunch about how hot you think highschoolers are, gross...
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Feb 10, 2015 17:02
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It's okay, I like Kana for her personality too.
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Feb 10, 2015 17:08
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Feb 10, 2015 17:09
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I am going to watch Chihayafuru. I watch sports anime already, but usually it's manly punching sports or some variety of ball and not some weird language card game.
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Feb 10, 2015 17:36
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hey adtrw, let's chihayafuru ourselves this month
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do not sexualize k-on
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I watched some heidi I like it so far. It's got an Oliver Twist precocious orphan in old timey europe. I looked up the original author and it's some swiss chick who wrote about domestic abuse before moving on the children's literature. My favorite moment has been the break dancing with a herd of goats.
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So I've never watched anything patlabor before, guess i'll start that tonight
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Going to continue my tank watching tonight, so far it is a fun ride. My initial reservations is that things would suddenly feel creepy like Strike Witches or Kancolle but so far it's just girls driving in tanks. Some of them I'm like "what the gently caress are you wearing?" and then the one crew made their tank all pink. I'm not against making war machines pink as that was like the only good thing I remember in Gundam Seed Destiny. But yea, gonna watch a tank battle with the rich girl school 
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