No.20454
>>20453Nice joke, faggot.
No.20562
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Remake trailer. While watching this video, please be very drunk or you might end up killing yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXEm5aaWHgI No.20563
>>20562Jesus how did they fuck up the character design so bad? I'm not even sure what my problem is with it but it just looks so totally wrong.
No.20565
>>20563They gave Kirchies straight hair and removed Yang's eye bags.
No.20623
>>20622
There is also a 720p version of the BDs as well. The subs are the same so it shouldn't matter. Just make sure you are getting the remastared version, I guess.
No.20651
Saizen is taking forever to sub Be-Bop Highschool, glad they're doing it but they're sure taking their time.
No.20725
>>20718I pretty much forgot about this anime around the 10th episode while it was still airing. Can I just skip to the final fight, and call it a day?
No.20726
>>20725I'm honestly I'm not sure I'd call the final fight good, it is extremly silly but I did get caught up in the hot-bloodedness of it all so I guess your enjoyment of it will depend on how cynical you're feeling.
Also I don't know if the finalists had even been introduced by ep 10, but whatever, you really won't have missed too much by skipping it.
You'll want episode 24 for the final fight, episode 25 was just a silly epilogue that brings everyone back together which I found fun, but I'm not sure you'd care for since you wouldn't recognize half the characters.
No.20728
>>20726I think I've seen up to 15-16, but I haven't noted it down anywhere, so I may have seen some of the characters. Thanks, I may check 24 and 25 out one of these days.
No.20925
>>20923>Fuck me the first half was a struggle, the contrast with how grimdark it was compared to how relatively well the good runthrough went was absurd.Indeed; I expected such a thing to happen, but I didn't want it to take so long, or to happen so fast. Considering Rem is gtfo'd, I'm not particularly eager for a second season, though. What I wanted next is a slice of life arc with only politics and no life-threatening situations, just so that the stakes settle down a little. Instead, the author does the exact opposite.
No.21578
>>21574It's not like I played the games myself, but I remember Yahtzee was praising Shadow of Mordor exactly for that: for building the orc society nicely on the same principle. And, like, the orcs that do non-fighting roles in the society are constantly trying to convince themselves that "this is just like fighting, right?" At least according to Yahtzee, but he seems to be a trustworthy guy.
No.21845
I watched the first 27 episodes of the TV-series in advance, which started out great but didn't really hold up in my opinion, but the movie was beautiful. I especially enjoyed the lonely atmosphere when Hikaru and Hayase were wandering on earth. I don't think an inferior version would have done it justice, so I'm glad I could easily find the G_P release.
I was considering watching the rest of the TV-series, but after reading
>>21574 I think I'm just gonna stop here.
No.21870
>>21845I thought the TV series was a lot better than the movie's execution, but it's been long enough that I couldn't tell you why.
No.21900
>>21899Holy shit I haven't thougt about this show in decades.
Time for a rewatch I guess.
No.21903
I've been looking through what manga I've read can be attributed to female mangakas and the list is pretty impressive, with Fullmetal Alchemist and Dorohedoro, my two favorite mangos, topping the list.
Also why do people enjoy seasonal anime in >year
It's always
>16 shows with different situation (BASKETUBALL)
>everything shown is roughly the same plot-wise with indecent amounts of pandering and maybe a slight deviation from the core formula
>repeat ad infinitum
No.21905
I keep torturing myself rewatching KSnH and then reading the LNs. Same with Hataraku Maou. I torture myself and the pain of a sequel season never never fades. It's horrible. Well made sequels of good anime, esp. ones that sell well, should be somehow forcibly encouraged. It's not even a case of 'oh wow the nips had shit taste', KSnH and Hatamaou sold like hotcakes and there's…just no sequel? What the hell?
>>21903The thing about seasonal anime is that most anime were "seasonal" (if not literal seasons) at one point. Also sometimes you just watch anime for the, for lack of a better term, 'comfy'. Yeah it's brainless, but it lets you relax and unwind. Girl's Last Journey I think is a prime example of that this season.
No.21907
>>21903Who are you quoting?
No.21914
>>21909>>21903What are you even doing here?
No.21916
>>21915Use the quotation functions properly and don't write like a retard. It might be hard at first, but you will get used to being a human again.
If you don't want to then leave on your own.
No.21917
>>21916Are you legit fucking autistic? Kill yourself.
(BEHAVE OR LEAVE) No.21919
>>21917>(BEHAVE OR LEAVE)fuck off faggot
(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) No.21922
>>21905KSnH? Kyoukaisen-jou no Horizon? Yeah, that's a damn shame. I'm not that miffled about Hataraku Maou-sama, though. Huge part of the charm of the anime came from the director being a Chihofag, thus redelegating the Hero to the oh-so-beloved-by-me bro role. I'm a sucker for any male-female bro-tier duo.
No.21929
In many ways it was oversold back in its heyday on 4chan.
Animation ranges from average to amazing, the show isn't afraid to experiment with different styles and directing (such as episode 9's insect-hunting episode), the voice acting is great, and there's lots of finer details in animation that make it flow.
Unfortunately, the pacing is all over the place, and that becomes grating after a while.
The show lacks structure, many episodes are disjointed, and as the show reaches some sort of tension, it might blow it all off by focusing on an almost mundane slice of life episode or introducing some side characters that we won't see until the end.
The end itself feels rushed, with the sudden, literally last 2 episodes, introduction of a main villain, and his defeat through deus ex machina magic…or something? It's very murky, because context is hard to translate from a light novel
And I think that's the issue. While everything else carried over perfectly, the anime tried too hard to adopt a novel-like pacing and suffered because of it.
No.21931
>>21929Yeah I don't like how sometimes anime decides it needs to follow the novel to the word and adapt it as if it were literally just an animated novel
I liked Hatamaou a lot for that, it took full advantage of its medium and made good use of things like background events, simultaneous speech, and so on that doesn't happen in a novel because it can't.
>>21922Ah I see
I didn't really like Chiho and honestly wish she stopped being a thing in the LNs actually, Lailah and Emi are way funnier. Heck even Gabriel is funnier.
No.21938
>>21929I think the lack of framing and the very episodic nature make it a better watch spread out over the whole season rather than back-to-back. But, considering that Huey is one of my top ten favourite male characters ever, and Flamberge is in my top ten female characters. if the anime had handled the things you noted better, it would have been in my top ten anime series too.
Also, you've lost all that delicious grain. You should have opted for a BD remux. At least nowadays I'm not the only one seeding it.
By the way, anybody remember what brand was pic related? I was a poorfag student when it aired, so I've been remembering lately that I wanted to buy this.
>>21931Chiho had a role in the anime that didn't really require her to be funny. Most probably that role was *created* by the Chihofag director, and she really is a pointless character in the novels, but I'd say this only made the anime better.
No.21956
>>21938>By the way, anybody remember what brand was pic related? I… remembered…
They have gone under back in 2012. Five fucking years ago. I feel fucking old. And now I need to be hunting a fucking lighter just because an anime didn't manage to save its company ;_;
No.21957
I have been experiencing this problem. My playlist randomly plays a Macross Delta song. The song is a bomb so I get excited. I start remembering of how fucking good Macross Delta was. And then I remember. I remember that it never got good. And I get absolutely fucking devastated.
I rarely use this phrase, but Delta was truly fucking wasted potential. It could have easily been one of the best series this decade, but it fucking wasn't. It could have been so much fucking fun. But it fucking wasn't. God fucking damn it.
https://my.mixtape.moe/rylzhw.mp3https://my.mixtape.moe/bkxebp.mp3 No.21960
>>21957I suppose It was a bit disappointing on an absolute scale, but going in I wasn't expecting much other than good music and cute girls and space battles and it had that, so I was satisfied enough. People complained about Macross F too. The whole Macross universe doesn't really make sense in the first place, so it's hard for me to get too tied up in plot holes and sloppy writing.
Actually, even the music for Delta is a bit weird. Most of the songs have the bass mixed some variant of "way down". Hear the Universe sounds strained, like they ran short on studio time tracking the vocals and had to go with a rough draft. I'm a bit blown away at the fact that the music is *still* as good as it is despite stuff like this.
I mean, yeah. It absolutely could have been a masterpiece, and it wasn't. Let's hope the next Macross gets closer to its potential.
https://my.mixtape.moe/rpvxga.mp3https://my.mixtape.moe/xoacwj.mp3 No.22640
>>22627Focusing on legs, you mean.
The backgrounds in Aiura reminded me of the backgrounds in Hanasaku Iroha, they're nice to look at.
No.22671
>>22669Not to mention it's like 6MB for a just a few seconds. Now I'm so used to webm it amazes me whenever I see a gif how shitty they are.
No.22683
>>22673If I have ever seen a waste of money in anime form, it would have to be Ousama game.
No.22684
Ao is absolutely perfect for breeding. How did a literal toy commercial become so good?
>>22683That would be Apocshit or Re:Tards.
No.22694
>>22684It's not a literal toy commercial, because it isn't a commercial and because isn't promoting toys.
No.22695
>>22694>it isn't a commercialOh come off it, it's an anime that's clearly meant to promote the FAGs.
>[it] isn't promoting toysWhat the heck are FAGs then if not toys? I mean okay they're more like models or figures than toys but let's be real, the Buzz Lightyear action figures still count as toys.
No.22697
>>22695You said it's literally a commercial, and it isn't. FAGs aren't toys. If you want to post 4chan-tier drivel then maybe you should do it on 4chan.
No.22742
They probably rotoscoped it because the lead actresses are way too told to reprise their roles otherwise. I watched the original movie too once upon a time, but I don't remember anything about it anymore.
No.22766
>>22742I figured the same thing when I found out both were by the same director and main cast.
Incidentally, I liked this so much that I just went ahead and watched the original live-action movie and, god help me, I loved it too.
No.22793
I watched Hyakko. It's alright and has some cute girls, like Minato who is very tall and looks like a gyaru but is actually timid and childish. It also has the most repulsive character I've ever encountered: Torako's brother. He is so bad that I started skipping any and all scenes he is in including most of episode 12 which is the most story and drama heavy episode. It was a small price to pay for not having to look at or listen to that fucking piece of shit.
>>22787Just as planned.
No.23317
>>23316Season one is all around fucking great. But I really don't like the rest. It is like the people that make it became too aware of what they did with this anime so it just started feeling forced after that. Still, S1 is pretty great fun stuff.
No.23320
>>23317S1 is only good if you ignore the absolutely retarded trainwreck of an ending. I'll never understand how the series became so popular.
No.23327
>>23317>>23320I pretty much agree that only season one is any good but I didn't think the ending ruined it, because it's not really that intelligent of a series in the first place. The series is a fun time, but despite enjoying it I really didn't think the second season was good. Everything since then has been pretty uninteresting to me and I'm not actually sure how many seasons it has anymore.
I know plenty of people who will hype Symphogear to hell and back, so I guess all you can do is watch it and see if you enjoy it.
No.23329
>>23328Don't bother, S2 is significantly worse than S1 and the ending is absolute rubbish.
No.23330
>>23329This unfortunately, I'd say it's probably better to pretend there isn't a S2.
Red a best.
No.23345
>>23344Chaika > Chaika
Sorry, but this is fact.
No.23348
>>23343You better watch the movie as well.
No.23349
>>23343>The tank scenes were just ridiculous enough to be good fun to watch without pulling me right out of my suspension of disbelief, which is the sweetest spot to be in.The movie's tank action is very over the top. Very fun, but far from the relatively realistic action of the series.
No.23368
>>23344it's just a rehash of scrapped princess for the 2010s
No.23376
>>23371Does a movie that has just been released (and subbed) belong in the older anime thread though?
No.23378
>>23376Well it is not ongoing, is it now? And maybe he didn't feel like there was a need to make a new thread anyway. I see no problem with it.
Gee, some of our new friends are being very grumpy.
No.23412
>>23376Mahouka of all things absolutely does not deserve its own thread, it might be appropriate to have a general "movies" thread though
>>23371What really is shocking is that you made it all the way to the movie without dropping that shitshow, I watched the first arc of the anime and I was done with it
No.23443
>>23412It's alright if you turn your brain off. It's not offensively bad except for Miyuki, after all.
No.23498
>>23496Half the backgrounds of the show look like they're from a VN.
No.23507
I laughed for a minute here.
>>23498Lol, really.
No.23514
There was an almost prepared banner.
Alt. version:
https://i.imgur.com/SE1BJsl.png No.23604
>>23594Just so you know, the first cour of Fanfer had a different director. That's why the second part is more active with having a proper theme.
That said I don't think Fafner was ever trying to be too deep, just well developed.
It has been a while since I have watched it, so I don't remember any of the finer details, but yes, eventually the characters came to try make the fetstums understand humans and the other way around. But at the same time even humans were not properly understanding each other. I remember there was some very good scene with the loli and something she said, but I don't remember it. But basically the idea of the anime goes a little beyond the typical anime understanding and it showcases in an interesting matter how hard that can really be. Well, I don't remember properly, so I can't even sell it properly, but it just felt more human and basing its philosophy not on idealism, but the reality in front of the characters.
No.23605
>>23604I think my confusion is the result of the clumsy dialogue which might or might have been because of the translation and editing. I understand your point, and I agree with it; however, the reasons why some things happened in the show still remain nebulous to me. The loli, Tsubaki, is a good example of this: she talks of the two choices given to both humans and festum, how the festum are trying to understand humans and vice-versa, and the disconnect that occurs from the latter and former. How she chooses to explain these concepts don't 100% permeate my brain.
With that said, the show still did a great job of exemplifying its core concept by using many parallel situations: the inter-festum disputes, Kazuki and Soushi, the neo-UN and Alvis, losing your identity to be a fighting machine == being figuratively assimilated, the "cores" like Tsubaki, etc.
No.23612
>>23605There were definitely some subtitles problems with the first season. Don't remember which one was considered the good version and which the bad, though.
Also it should be mentioned that the music is pretty good, especially all of the angela songs. Get ready more of her in Exodus.
But before the second season watch the Right of Left OVA and then the Heaven and Earth movie. Oh and the first episode of Exodus has a 35 minute version.
https://my.mixtape.moe/jujplt.mp3https://my.mixtape.moe/lnigsu.mp3 No.23615
>>23612>There were definitely some subtitles problems with the first season. Don't remember which one was considered the good version and which the bad, though.I'm downloading ACX's release, and I'm going to rewatch the entire first season. I don't want my experience to be tainted because of shit subs.
>But before the second season watch the Right of Left OVAI finished the OVA yesterday, and it was very good. It not only made me care for the new characters despite the duration being only an hour, but it gave the first season more meaning and impact.
>Get ready more of her in Exodus.Pic related
No.23620
>>23351And now I've watched the movie. It was certainly more ridiculous than the TV series, but it was still entertaining in its own way. The quality blew me away though, the TV series was already great but the movie's animation, sound design, backgrounds, and soundtrack all blew me away. And it's also amazing how they have such a huge cast but manage to have so many characters still be recognisable and memorable and likeable at the same time. Hopefully the finale series won't take too long to come out.
PS. Anzu is strangely sexy.
No.23621
>>23619>if we notice this, we can better understand each otherMaybe I am wrong, but I believe the anime rarely made any concrete "this is how you do it". Just a lot of struggling and trying.
And here she talking about the universe having existed as a single hive mind, but then things starting splitting apart and forming different groups and different individualities within the groups. Being scattered, but within them remained the longing of being one. And this desire is what leads beings to trying to understand each other.
Now, I might be incorrect, but this is around the time when the theme of people and festum understanding each other really starts. So basically the realization of this principle of understanding and the new possibilities - trying to relate to the festum. That's all. I think.
No.23624
>>23621This makes much more sense, especially with the successive scene where Kazuki declines to be assimilated.
Thanks for elucidating to a retard, anon.
No.23625
>>23624I was actually going to say this, but I didn't want to risk being wrong, because I don't remember enough. Festum's assimilation is basically that after all, a way to go back to being one. It is different, but also somewhat similar to the BETAs in MuvLuv.
No.23656
Heaven and Earth was amazing. I really liked how it focused on developing the festum, the battles felt impactful, and it did well with further exploring the series' themes. Also long-haired Kanon is best Kanon.
>>23625In the movie, I thought Kazuki was assimilated, but he suddenly came back near the end? Was it explained, or did I miss something? In fact, how the fuck did Soushi come back too?
Somehow I'm awful at watching this.
No.23657
I forgot the mention how fucking glorious the ending song was. Her voice never ceases to instill emotion, and those drums were awesome.
No.23661
>>23656I don't remember, but Kurusu or/and Kouyou helped Kazuki to not get assimilated or something.
I don't remember this plot point properly either, which just goes to show how shitty my memory is, but Soushi is basically not human anymore or maybe was just tried to communicate with the festums at their base. I don't remember properly any more.But basically both Kurusu and Kouyou are important figures.
Damn, I should sit down and rewatch this myself some day.
No.23663
>>23661I have to re-watch some scenes myself; because I shouldn't have to ask these questions. My mind is awful.
Regardless, I found it interesting that a Mir is considered a god-like deity in the Festum's ethos. Since Kurusu was born from a fragment of "his" Mir, then he might be considered a "child" of a god. Further, how does one steal the Island's Mir if it dissolved into the air? In the movie, Kurusu attempted to steal the infant core. Or perhaps the assault upon the Island in the movie was killing the Mir, and they just wanted to kill the core.
I know you don't remember much, but maybe I can help you scintillate your memory. I also want to talk about it with someone.
No.23665
>>23663I had completely forgotten about Mir. It is cheating, but here
http://alvis.towerofmist.net/index.php?title=Mir No.23731
>>23730The manga is longer and different. I would recommend checking it out.
No.23743
>>23665Thanks! This clarified some things.
Going by that link and what I know from watching, non-Mir festum are somewhat like angels.
No.24220
>>23496>Is this AD 2014?No, it's Shaft 2007 the 2014 version. I remember joking that it's the most Shaft show of its season.
No.24241
>>23496>>24220Yeah the director worked on hidamari and a couple other things so he went full tryhard on the shaft-esque shit.
Except he didn't actually have any of the technical ability to make it work.
No.24355
>>24277Suffering and tears are what sustain mangaka.
No.24364
>>24352There really are not enough anime based on RTS games
No.24473
>>24328Yeah, it was nice. Definitely worth the time you lose watching it (which is not much).
I'm already prepared to give it as a present to whoever of my friends first turns 30, tho. No.25342
>>25341I enjoyed it too, good sir. Also I thought the implantation of the MC's power was very interesting.
No.25353
>>25341>It's like the anime equivalent of a generic MMORPG; which is awesome because I've become so lazy that I don't play them anymore.Good that I dropped it then. I dislike generic MMORPGs, especially when the narrative decides to overfocus on making your character seem heroic, instead of making them "just another adventurer in the world".
No.25490
>>25486I feel like it would be even more painful to wait until the end to watch all of them.
No.25534
Aikawa Jun, Humanity's Strongest, was Best Girl and best character.
Well.
More like, she was the only one with any character. The rest pretty much formed such an amorphous mass that dialogues between them felt like monologues. It feels kind of fitting for the dialogues with the ded girl, but a conversation between the gf and the cat girl felt the same way as a conversation between the bf and the villain. I'd have actually preferred the girl who could erase stuff to be a stereotypical tsundere, even that would have made her more interesting. The author of this has severe deficiencies in writing human, so I must wonder why did Aikawa Jun even exist? As from time to time it felt like he was trying to copy nisioisin in his writing, or even Tanigawa at one or two occasions, was Aikawa Jun just an inferior representation by the author of Aikawa Jun indeed? And Humanity's Strongest just by sheer force of will breathed some life in her own copy?
Anyway, there was some definitive improvement over the course of the series. The first two episodes were complete trash fire, proactively repulsive to watch. Everything after them until the resurrection seemed like filler, but no longer repulsive: just exhibiting numerous problems with the writing. And the rest, when the story kicked in, no longer felt like filler, retaining only the overarching problems. Won't comment much on animation and sound, they were average for such a low-budget production. Writing was the main problem. Not the story as major plot points, specifically the writing.
I think I'll go ahead and follow the example of
>>25527 . I still haven't seen that anime, and it is just the right thing at the present moment to soothe my tired soul.
No.25544
Why do people like Tokyo Ghoul: Re and hate on Root A? (If they neglect the animation issues.)
Just watched both and, except for the finale of Re, Root A was better in every respect.
Touka's cafe might as well have not existed. They hyped up the masked trip into the ghoul's world and it was literally 15 seconds of dialogue. And half the cour was filled with garbage trying to turn the Gourmet from comic relief into a serious character.
Root A wasn't "manga canon" but damn at least it actually explored the main premise of the IP somewhat.
TG as a whole just seems unable to actually take on the issue of making us sympathize with two sides at the same time. It's been playing with that premise for years but always puts it aside to focus on just 1 group or some big mindless "mission"/fight.
I read the manga years ago but haven't kept up with it weekly since the anime started coming out. Absolutely loved the premise of it but there hasn't been enough payoff at all.
And afaik the manga just got the Bakuman "3 chapter ending" treatment, which means it's probably unsatisfying as hell.
Sigh. Maybe in 3+ more years the next sequel series will actually be what I've been waiting for.
No.25548
>>25544I watched the first season and thought it was enjoyable, but almost killed myself watching Root A because it was so stupid and boring.
I have not bothered with the series since then.
No.25552
>>25544Take that \n easier friend.
No.25562
>>25552More \n? You have some weird tastes.
No.25582
/r/n for life!
No.25600
>>25591>I like weird stories about weird peopleZaregoto is actually a cruel story about cruel people. Go read the second novel, it's definitely better. I mean, if you can enjoy cruelty for the sake of cruelty. Grisaia was a story about cruelty too, but it didn't go all the way like Zaregoto.
Anyway, I liked the OVA, the animation directoring was superb.
No.25601
>>25600Disclaimer: Zaregoto is a pretty funny series, too. It's nonsense talk mostly, after all.
No.25608
>>25600So is there any kind of overarching story that develops throughout the series? Though as far as I'm aware only the first 5 or so are translated.
Also, despite saying that you liked it did you also find the adaptation to be somewhat sloppily done? Do you think that an adaptation of the second book would fare better?
No.25631
>>25608As far as I know, there exists an overarching plot, there just isn't much of it in the first two-three books. Which makes me unable to judge it, as volumes 4 and 5 are named Psycho Logical 1 and 2.
I wouldn't use the word "sloppy". Maybe somebody who likes the first volume more can name how it could have been adapted better, but I personally am happy with the eyecandy.
However, the second volume would need to be adapted in a radically different manner. I believe Shaft has more than enough talent to make it happen, and it has been probably the only studio to not shy from stylistic shifts, but who knows. That's the easiest pitfall to stumble into: to make the second season the same as the first.
If you'd allow me to elaborate a little more, Kubikiri depended on an artistically pleasant atmosphere, with a cooler gamma and sense of space. Kubishime has to be practically the exact opposite: more down-to-earth, more personal, smaller spaces, warmer gamma. I'd even prefer Shaft's trademark corner-cutting to Kubikiri's gorgeousness. It needs to lure you into a false sense of security, in a way.
Also they should just give the third volume to Masaaki Yuasa, or change the drugs of the Shaft staff. Psycho Logical back to "normal" Shaft, preferably with a more horror aesthetic.
No.25956
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No.25963
>>25962Gamers is shit, though.
No.25996
>>25964Now that I think about it, Wasn't Seizon's second season shit too? I have only season 1 saved on my computer. There must be a good reason for that.
No.26393
>>26390In larger scale space combat it excelled way over MJP, in my opinion. MJP's strongest suit was in mecha 1v1. But, animation aside, it had some pretty nice moments, even if it was overall quite average in quality. I remember it fondly. But I agree with your last sentence.
No.26548
I've had some small desire to watch MajiKoi ever since it aired, and I finally got around to it. The quality of the anime nonwithstanding, it made me realize what an amazing person Gotou Yuuko is. I've always liked her voice, but her role in MajiKoi is simply unbelievable. Truly great voice acting. A level above everybody else. We really need her back.
No.26594
>>26548She still kept voicing Yukie in the A games, so I didn't think she'd left voice acting for good. Or has she not done anything aside from that?
No.27604
>>26594Dunno. Haven't seen her in anime lately. Speaking of which, I really hope we finally get an episode about her character in Nande Koko ni Sensei ga?, it's her first role in like an year.
No.27610
>>27600I thought Rapeman translated it? Hence the name.
No.27619
>>27612Uchouten Kazoku is fantastic, but I found the first season to be much better than the second. I have this problem where if I watch an anime too fast then my opinion of the early parts transfers to later parts, so I first thought that all of it was 10/10. In retrospect though, the antagonists in the second season were just lamer and it detracted from my enjoyment, especially Soun returning after it seemed that his story was finished at the end of season one. Visiting Hell and getting more of Kaisei were highlights of the second season, however, as well as that cute loli who Yajirou meets on his trip near the end.
What in your opinion makes it unlike any other anime you've seen?
The youngest brother is the cutest. No.27621
>>27619The first season had much better framing, and worked better as a self-contained thing. The second season actually left more threads unresolved. I think there are more novels? I'm not sure.
I really need to rewatch it, it was great yet I don't remember much from it. Definitely one of the best series of the decade, alongside stuff like KonoSuba and Madoka.
No.27631
>>27619>>27621The second season certainly was more scattered, as opposed to the straightforward focus of the first season. However I think a large part of its strength is the fact that it doesn't try to explain everything. For example, it's not necessarily a bad thing that we never learned more about Tenmaya. But it might have been nice to learn more about what Soun was up to.
What makes it stand out for me is the combination of grandiosity and subtlety. There are a lot of moving parts in the story but nothing is ever shoved in the viewer's face. Nothing in particular seems to be more important than anything else, which gives it a very realistic feeling. Plus the attention to detail (visual detail and otherwise) is great, and every character has an authentic personality. I don't think that there are a lot of anime that accomplish the feeling of being a part of a wide world without being obnoxious.
There's a third book currently being written, which will likely get an anime adaptation down the road.
No.27873
So, because this season is kind of bad, and because I skipped the whole Winter 2018 season for *reasons*, I've been watching random shows from then.
Dame x Prince: the only series I watched back in 2018. It was nice, but nothing more.
Death March Kara: workable fantasy. The death march thing doesn't manage to count as even a gimmick, but I quite enjoyed the more familial dynamics; including MC going to prostitutes while keeping his harem of slave daughterus. In short, the plot was shit, but the slice of life was nice.
Hakumei to Mikochi: honestly, one of the best SoL shows of the decade. That's exactly what I've always wanted.
Takagi-san: from what I hear about the manga, it's a brilliant adaptation. They somehow managed to have some sense of progression, from frankly annoying bullying to almost-relationship situation. TL;DR: 6/10
Miira no Kaikata: would be significantly better if the titular character did not exist. The rest are cute, esp the humans.
Mitsuboshi Colors: It was nice, but nothing more.
Pop Team Epic: best opening for 2018. AMV Hell did this shtick better, though. It's still worth it even if just to hear all these seiyuus, of course.
I'm mad at myself. I haven't even started the second season of Dagashi Kashi, Yuru Camp, and so on. That has been probably the best season for slice of life anime EVER.
No.27874
>>27873It's funny that you'd say all that while not even mentioning Slow Start. Comic Girls quickly overshadowed it, but when it aired it was a well above-average cute-girl SoL.
No.27879
>>27874It's in "and so on". I'll eventually get to it. I'm still finishing up Miira.
No.27880
>>27873>Hakumei to Mikochi: honestly, one of the best SoL shows of the decade. That's exactly what I've always wanted.Make sure to watch the OVA, anon.
No.27946
>>27874So… I'm at the eight episode, and this is confusing me.
It's yuribait. But the author has worked the yuribait so diligently and extensively and in detail that it no longer feels like yuribait. In my opinion yuribait needs to be more… fuwa fuwa. Unrealistic. Wish-fulfillment for yurifags. This… this has circled back into normal daily lives of a group of friends. And this group of friends just happens to have a clam-licker, a loli with codependency issues, a really thirsty otaku, and an introvert that truly cares about her friends.
So, like… I am confused… why the comparison with Comic Girls? Wasn't it overshadowed by all the other cute girls anime in Winter 2018? Did the yurifags hate it? Did nobody watch it? It seems like the yurifags would hate it. The clam-licker was trying to get sensei to rape her, and she makes the impression that she's quite wishy-washy, prefering to date lots of girls while keeping the loli happy - they even joke about it. Overall the girls are quite not-pure. They already make every situation sound as lewd as possible, so I can't even overplay it here. I just can't win against the nipple mark on the loli's cheek, or the lampshading that the loli didn't put the ring on the clam-licker's ring finger, or… whatever else. The whole series is like this. It SEEMS like a yuribait that has upped the yuri glasses, but doesn't this ruin its yuribait status? I don't know.
P.S. Hanaretamae best ship of 2018
The two grandmothers of Tama don't count as a ship. I just wonder how they procreated to result in Tama's parent.
P.P.S. Onee-sama > Tama-chan > Hana-chan > Sensei > neighbour > loli > cousin.
The loli and the cousin are the least worked-on characters for now. I'm sure the author will fix this mistake eventually?
P.P.P.S. Feel free to spoil, I'll probably be done with the remaining episodes today or tomorrow anyway.
No.27949
>>27946I didn't mention Comic Girls to directly compare the two, but merely to place Slow Start in its fair historical context. I believe Comic Girls was good enough that it set the bar higher for the genre. It didn't specifically overshadow Slow Start because of some similarity - it made a lot of anime suddenly look worse, and maybe it hit Slow Start harder simply because they aired one after the other. But by pre-CG standards, Slow Start was well above average.
As for your main point, we don't judge this kind of work in the same terms, but I think we agree. Gayness isn't a dealbreaker for me, but if it's there I want it to feel like the author really wanted to write about gay girls, and not like it was shoehorned in at a producer's suggestion. To me Slow Start is a pretty well-rounded work, with interesting characters and interactions, and where nothing feels out of place (unintendedly, that is - characters weirder than they look and the occasional cruel joke are part of its charm).
No.27955
>>27949I dropped Comic Girls as it was quite bad, and I haven't seen anything to suggest it gets better. You are the first to hold it in any kind of high regard - but, because this is fufufu, maybe one terminal of the hivemind is enough, and I need to give it one more try now.
Still, Slow Start is by far better written as a SoL.
I think the authors of yuribait also really want to write about gay girls, but they just keep to "pure" interactions, because mere suggestion is more appealing to the purityfags in Japan. Slow Start definitely goes over mere suggestion. /u/ seems to think there is actual yuri between the lesbian and the sensei… but that's /u/. It's probably just one-sided crush in the manga too.
By the way, I finished Dagashi Kashi S2 too. S2 was better than S1; I honestly didn't expect so much development to take place. And gay Sugita and his sister were quite nice too.
No.27956
>>27955Another terminal of the hivemind here. Cute girls doing cute things is not my first choice of what to watch, though I often would pick up some.
So that said both of the mentioned shows have disappeared from my life until now. But I can say for sure Slow Star I dropped from very start. But I might have been extra grumpy when it was out. Up until now I didn't realize you were even talking about this show, I was thinking it was for some reason that boring one about a shy girl from the countryside that talks to animals and goes to the big city to do theatre at high school with a loli teacher and her newfound friends.
Comic Girl on the other hand I remember. It had some aspects I didn't enjoy, mostly the introduction of some new characters in the later episodes. But it definitely had some mostly fun characters, that developed well. A very energetic show, but with also some hitter moments emotional moments that I can't recall, but I remember it was an important emotion I experienced a few times. By the end I was feeling very nostalgic about leaving the show. Also some good animation if I remember correctly.
I also wanted to post this webm, but well, I had posted it already before, so here
>>24509 No.27957
>>27956So… animation quality, not being overshadowed by all the other good shows in the same season, and not being too much of a SoL.
I would have probably given it more chance if I had noticed it's serialized in Kirara Max. But, frankly, back then I thought it's gonna be a yuribait version of Bakuman. Maybe I was wrong, and it's actually a manga-related version of Stella no Mahou.
No.27972
>>27957I love Comic Girls, it was my favorite slice of life anime last year.
I also found myself relating a bit too much to the main character.
No.27973
Why are you watching shows for the yuri? I just watch shows for the cute girls. Though I must admit the lesbian from Slow Start was actually pretty good.
If you want pure yuri, I recommend Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san.
No.27974
>>27973If you somehow didn't understand, I watched Slow Start for the slice of life only, despite the anime seeming like it's meant to be watched for the yuri. Or you mean that Comic Girls is worth watching only for the yuri?
No.28716
>>28715From what I remember, the second season of Concrete Revolutio was more fun.
No.28848
>>28846My soul Brother. Season one was amazing, but everything after the first season is trash. The first season was the project of a bunch of newbies - unintentionally hilarious and somewhat intentionally and unintetionally cool. From there on that became a formula, not just the culmination of random causes. Therefore it lost its soul and it became bland and boring, not really surprising the viewer with much of anything and exciting the viewer only if he is the kind of guy that would get excited at Marvel-tier shit, even if he spits on Marvel itself.
No.28849
>>28846Depends on what you didn't like in G.
It addressed a lot of stuff that was worth addressing… but actually addressed so much stuff that it neither managed to do it justice, nor it left anything for the next seasons, not truly. It was a complete mess (and I love it for that). In these terms, XV is on par with the first season, but GX and AXZ have other problems. They were really fast-paced like G, but weren't even a mess, as they didn't really have much to say. Even though they tried to. XV keeps the pace, but actually spends enough time on the things it's trying to say. I still have 4 eps tho.
In terms of narrative G switches from the very gruesome life-or-death of the first season to the underdog villains. GX and AXZ actually keep with the underdog villains theme, kind of - but the plot in GX
actually requires the villains to simply act as underdogs. That's bad btw because it was never properly foreshadowed, and you're just left wondering wtf is going on. AXZ was just bad. XV tho? It's a return of the gruesome life-or-death. Nobody believes main characters will be killed off anymore, but there's still plenty of tension and blood.
In terms of villains, Fine is the best, but then Sugita is the second best. Don't expect a better villain than Sugita.
In terms of Bikkie, I was all for the human-relic hybrid plot of G. That's no longer a thing, which maybe is good in your books? I count it as bad. Human-relic hybrid can grow an arm, so it would have no trouble growing a dick for the purpose of loving consensual procreation.
In terms of animation and songs, XV is miles ahead of all other seasons.
But, you know, I think what Symphogear benefits the most from is a definitive end. The first season had that, and people tell me XV also has that? So it's most probably a question of whether XV is worth sitting through GX and AXZ. I'm not sure if I can say yes. If you had already seen GX, I'd gladly tell you to suffer through AXZ, but like this I'm not sure.
No.28850
>>28848G's formula has nothing to do with the first season. On the other hand, GX doesn't really follow a formula - it's more of a product of desperation to do ANYTHING after the first two seasons covered everything. AXZ is the only that seemed formulaic, which is weird, because it's supposed to have been written together with XV. And G is the one most fitting of the description "culmination of random causes". Obviously when they started writing G, they just gathered a bunch of the staff (most probably including Nana) and started throwing in random ideas. And didn't stop in time. Everybody in the production team had his own cause for the second season, and the mess that ensued somehow managed to cover all of them. So yeah, you're just plain wrong. I think the actual reason you're bothered by the sequels is the lack of a definitive end, and not something else.
No.28851
>>28850Nah, sorry. G is corporatism through and through. It is just trying to replicate the general atmosphere of the first season, but in a very boring and see-through manner.
No.28852
>>28849>>28846>I feel like disliking G is an unpopular opinionAs a side note, I also dislike G, but for meta-narrative reasons. Take *monogatari for example: Bake was written as a complete work, exactly like Symphogear S1 was. However, Nise somehow manages to set up the whole worldbuilding and the whole plot of the entire series afterwards. With enough wiggle-room for Nisio to change things afterwards, even. All of this WHILE doing its own thing and being unashamed in its fanservice. In comparison, what did G do? Much less than setting up the worldbuilding and the plotlines needed for an entire series… it actually did the opposite: wrapping up the remaining questions and plotlines of S1, and finishing up the remaining parts of the established worldbuilding, without any hints for the whole God thing and Moon thing. And it didn't even have a definitive end. It starts with the Moon thing and the God thing literally hanging above the heads of the protagonists, and ends on the same note. If I could have my way, G would have been 24 episodes, ending with the complete destruction of the Moon. What we got instead forced the creators to think up alchemists out of nowhere in order to have more worldbuilding and more plot for GX and AXZ. XV finally deals with the God thing and the Moon thing, btw.
No.28853
>>28851>Nah, sorry. G is corporatism through and through.How the fuck is throwing random ideas in "corporatism"? If they had tried to make an even bigger threat than Fine, making the protagonists underdogs again, pulling bullshit twists in order to make it seem like they can lose like in S1… then it'd be corporatism and following a formula. However, G was nothing like that. You're just mad that it didn't have a definitive end. That's why you call it corporatist.
No.28854
>>28853What makes you think it was random ideas? The first seasons was a huge success, at least CD-wise. There is no reason to leave the second season to the chance after that and it is very obvious for everyone that is not blinded by muh cute girls singing and fighting. Admittedly I don't remember much of the details from G, but I do remember the baddies were a big threat for the world. It is not that they are not as big of a threat as Fine. They were just more cute girls and with boring dramas at that. They were boring villains. And yes, it is was twists, I am Hibiki and I am cool, and other shenanigans. They very much were trying to replicate the first season, but with more bait. And of course replicating it was not something that they could do intentionally.
It is very presumptions of you to scream that I must not like this one specific thing that you decided on. I mean holy shit, you were going on about how G wraps ups the series instead of expanding it, but tell me I didn't like it because it had a more definitive ending.
No.28855
>>28854>the baddies were a big threat for the worldNo, they weren't. The Moon was a big threat to the world. The baddies literally pissed themselves from fear at the sight of the protagonists the very first episode of G.
>It is not that they are not as big of a threat as Fine.So you don't remember anything of G. Fine was literally regarded as a bigger threat than them when she turned up in G. That's, you know, what we are shown DURING G, not from a meta perspective.
>They were just more cute girls and with boring dramas at that. They were boring villains.Thinking Sugita is boring should be a punishable offense. Still, he's obviously nowhere near Fine.
>And yes, it is was twists, Bikkie getting her arm bitten off and getting it back the next minute. Sure. That's comparable to the "deaths" of Chris and Tsubasa in S1.
>I am Hibiki and I am coolHibiki was quite uncool, being on the edge of breaking for most of the season.
>They very much were trying to replicate the first seasonLiterally the only thing you can argue for is the inclusion of more Symphogears. Everything else has nothing to do with S1.
>but with more baitWhat? The beginning of S1 was bait. Nothing in S2 is even remotely similar to that.
>I mean holy shit, you were going on about how G wraps ups the series instead of expanding itWraps up secondary plot threads. But the single main one, the God and the Moon, gets literally zero progress. The story is exactly where it was in the end of S1, just with a little bit of an aftermath cleaned up.
>I didn't like it because it had a more definitive ending.Are you going to argue that it DID have a definitive ending? That you did NOT expect Symphogear to have more seasons after G? Because you certainly implied otherwise several times in your posts.
No.28856
>>28855>>28854And, just to top it off,
>What makes you think it was random ideas?If you really don't remember what the joke was back when G started… here you go:
Nana Wills It.
People were literally saying it's a random wish made real by Nana. That Nana just willed it to happen, and that's why the result is so random and all over the place. Notice that Nana is not a corporation. That people weren't saying that a corporation willed it to happen. It was Nana herself that people "blamed". You're alone in thinking G is a corporatist product.
No.28857
>>28856>People were literally saying it's a random wish made real by NanaCause I care what neckbeards on 4chan meme about. The first season was a success. In an unconventional way perhaps, but it was. A continuation was was unavoidable at that point. By then the threads were already cirlejerk supreme.
>Are you going to argue that it DID have a definitive ending?You are really having a field day running circles around your own arguments.
No.28867
>>28848>>28849I probably won't bother then. I did like it, but Symphogear was not exactly my favorite anime in the first place.
The reason I didn't like G was because its mess of ideas and sloppy execution, so if I have to suffer through two even worse seasons I don't think it's worth it.
No.28868
>>28857It certainly seems like you agree with me now. Good.
No.28915
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They kind of ruined the tension several times during Bikkie's and Miku's marriage ceremony. Could have handled that better. If it was me, I'd have the Shem-ha afterimage wed them, crafting rings out of her Carol-transmuted golden horn. The scene in the end can be their honeymoon.
Anyway, I'm in complete awe from the writing of XV overall. They obviously had a huuuge checklist of stuff, yet managed to write a fully coherent story.
No.29628
>>29627Seitokai no Ichizon is fun. Gamers! is boring.
No.29780
watched the first three episodes of Dimension W and I think I have to drop it. Is there any worth in this show at all?
Black Bullet and Owari no Seraph were also both quite bad, but they both had a great soundtrack, good animation and fun characters. But Dimension W is only boring and so cliche there is nothing surprising anymore.
Oh, but I have to admit that Black Bullet is so close to standard story telling that it's more often than not obvious what will exactly happen.
I only wanted to watch some anime with story and cute girls. It seems there is none I didn't watch already.
For the announcement tomorrow I rewatched Angel Beats and Charlotte last weekend and both were quite weak, as I remembered but Charlotte was a more fun rewatch compared to Angel Beats. Better characters and better character design.
No.29782
>>29780>watched the first three episodes of Dimension W and I think I have to drop it. Is there any worth in this show at all?I liked it. But it's not like it gets better after the first three episodes. It just gets a little more plot. It wasn't the most obvious of a plot, but not really in a good way.
I've been rewatching Korean Zombie Desk-car for this same purpose.
No.29786
>>29780Dimension W is extremely disappointing, I regret sticking around until that shit ending. Pretty standard for 3Hz, most of their shows seems promising but flip flop towards the end.
The robot girl was cute though.
No.29798
>>29797Shit only now I realized because I did a madvr resset my screenshots got bloated.
No.29799
>>29788They did explicitly say that was the reason they used JKs as astronauts, didn't they? My memory's fuzzy.
This was one of those shows where I don't know if it's surprisingly light on the fanservice given its premise, or it's just that my threshold for what constitutes fanservice is too high. Sky Girls was another one.
No.29801
>>29799The JSDF guy that worked with them before that tried to escape after they wanted to make him weight 40kg. The whole plot is based on the idea of cheap and light rockets, therefore 153cm tall high school girls that weight less than 40kg have to pilot them.
No.29805
>>29780Finally finished Black Bullet. The premise and serious plot development was rather intriguing, but execution in terms of writing was horrible. Still an acceptable watch.
Now I wanted something stupid, so I chose to watch one of the few Magic School Harem shows I didn't watch yet:
Seireitsukai no Blade Dance.
Up to episode 6 and I like it. The tsundere is well done (since hurting the MC is something she doesn't want to do), the other girls are fun and not too forced. Even when it feels like the author was using a checklist for the tropes, it works out in the end. Production could be better but who cares.
The Ending is brilliant and the extra song on the disc named KN33SOXXX is legendary.
the character design is fine except for that shitty black bar below the eye. I really don't know why but it annoys the hell out of me. btw School days had the biggest bars I ever saw.
No.29807
>>29806This is what Heaven looks like.
No.29813
>>29806Because of these well done compositions, I had some expectations for more loli slice of life moments, but it was dark, had a bunch of plot with much more plotholes and stupid dialogues etc.
It was really stupidly written, no surprise that the author did stop writing the novels. The anime is well done, but the writing is nothing.
>>29812Strike the blood has good girls and they are all likable, but the show lost me during the third season with its plot. Maybe they have too much chuuni things and weird background groups etc., or maybe I forgot the whole plot between S2 and S3.
Blade Dance on the other hand had no meaningful world building yet, but the backstory and character interactions are really fun to watch. Even that old joke of "use a cooking competition to decide something but both are bad at cooking" was funny, because one thought killing (?) the jury was the object.
Will I see that JRPG plot or do I have to read the novels? Did you? Could be interesting since it is fully translated.
Additionally I want to add that I started to rewatch Undefeated Bahamut, since I dropped it when I was a fag and disliked battle harem.
After watching the first two episodes, I can understand that I disliked the battles (who wants "mechs" in the battles? I prefer magic, swords etc. They even carry swords around, but nope); however, the girls are so fucking cute. Personal favorite is Lise, her design is top and I have something for the simple tsundere.
The fanservice in all shows is btw well done. Not too much, and always with nice shots.
No.29816
>>29813Was Bahamut the latest/last Magic School Battle Harem?
No.29833
>>29813I haven't watched StB past the two OVAs. Didn't even know they've made three OVA series since then. I agree with you that the problem of the show is probably the confusing plot. That, or the anime didn't really do a good job of explaining it.
As for Blade Dance, the anime doesn't even cover the actual Blade Dance tournament, only up to the preliminaries. Although the overreaching plot revolves around the magic elements, the novel is actually structured like a VN, and the plot is character-driven.
The girls in Bahamut, without exception, all have ridiculously sexy butts.
Even the main character. No.29986
>>29985Forgot to complain about the subplots that went nowhere. Even if I forget for example the lack of explanation of who the hell was Cougar, what the hell happened with the Commander. He was being build up as basically the being the mastermind of everything and the final boss, but then they removed that plot line. There was some foreshadowing that he was planning an Alter vs normal humans situations, but that just never happened. The he became completely powerless and irrelevant in the second half, fought once to inspire Ryuho and died.
I can't forgive the fact Cougar's final fight was pathetic and then did a switcheroo on his death, kept him alive for god knows how long in-story time and then he just died away from everyone else. What the hell was that. Sure, it was nice that he got to see the main two fighting, but it wasn't done properly, it wasn't cool at all. In fact his whole character got underdeveloped. He was more of a plot moving device at times, and that is. I guess he was literally the tool that speed the plot when it would have been slowed. Had one half-assed fight with Kazuma and then another halfassed mostly offscreen one with both Kazuma and Ryuho.
No.29992
Are there any other xdcc irc channels other than #nibl and #news with unique bots in them? Also too bad #news search site is down. Using the search commands can be a mess.
No.30614
>>30612I can never understand why retards get mad about stuff that is obvious from the start.
No.30621
>>30614I can't understand why people get mad about stories going a way they don't like in general.
I just get disappointed. Extremely disappointed in some cases. But never mad.
No.31108
>>31107I think the quality dropped massively after the break. The last case was particularly awful. I'd say fuck everyone but Makoto and Abby. What a bunch of sadistic Robin Hood complex good for nothings.
No.31109
>>31108But we had only one case after the break?
The main problem with that last arc really was the three episodes backstory that completely killed Laurent's likability. Otherwise it was a good story, with about as much material in it as the other stories. Except it was nine episodes instead of five. If they had decided to abridge the first six episodes of that arc into two-three eps only, it would have been the same high quality as the rest.
No.31426
Nanoha Detonation was fun. That's rare for a Nanoha title.
Well, that's cause all of the unfun was in Reflection.
I'm still gonna watch the next title whenever it is.
No.32236
>>32235Don't we all. I was very disappointed that the manga was just an adaptation of the anime.
No.32253
>>32242I will certainly do so, but I am hesitant since the ride will be truly over.
No.32324
Can't make a new thread. Thinks people are bots. Please fix.
No.32327
>>32324Did you try refuting this allegation by typing 'iamnotabot' in the password field?
No.32328
>>32327Fuck, forgot about that stupid shit.
Do we really need it?
No.32473
I am honestly surprised that Full Dive managed to straddle the line between retarded fun and just a shit anime till the very end. I don't regret watching it but certainly I wouldn't go around recommending it.
No.32795
>>32791The art on the manga is very good. It's well worth it.
No.32874
>>32863Wait, why are you using SubsPlease for a show that already has BD release?
No.32959
I know this anime is for kids, but there was no need for this starship to reveal her identity. She could have ran away as instructed, and then transformed to stop the tsunami once she's out of sight. The emotional climax could have focused on Narue and the MC struggling against the ocean's might, but instead, they went for this. The cherry on top was the military erasing the affected populace's memory, Men in Black style, anyway.
I wonder if this is a problem with the anime, or if the manga is like this too. I'll be finding out either way.
>>32946But of course! Starships are known to have great physiques.
>>32957>It is lonely on old shows thread too.Not anymore!
No.33175
>>33173I don't come to anime imageboards only to vent my hot OPINIONS on anime - much of the point for me is to find anime that I might like which have otherwise escaped my radar. From recent posts in this thread alone, I have backlogged Kamichu! and Narue no Sekai, made a mental note to check out Tropical-Rouge, and considered giving the Fafner franchise a fair chance. So don't apologize for posting what you think is good about an anime you like - rather, do it more!
And now to be consistent with myself I suppose I should post some fucking anime, so here goes Love Get Chu. I'm really enjoying it, for largely superficial reasons - I like the voice acting and the character designs (despite the fact that they reach Slayers levels of protruding cheekbones at times), and the OP really does it for me too, so for me this is one of those anime where I'm always hyped up and ready for whatever will come.
The plot is reminiscent of Sore ga Seiyuu!, in that the girls are allowed to succeed so that, by following them, the story can explore different aspects of the industry (rather than always being stuck as small-fry VAs). The romance and drama elements aren't very skillfully done, but they don't seem central to me - this is an almost-episodic anime about a genki bwaka who always prevails and her gang of friends.
No.33178
>>33175I was concerned because this isn't a thread dedicated to Fafner, so by continually posting about that anime, I felt as if the thread were being hijacked. But I'm glad to hear you weren't bothered by my actions.
That said, there's probably only three people who post here, you and I included.
No.33179
Three Kingdoms IN SPACE, aka Rai's story, was kinda meh, with all of the pacing faults of old anime: inconsistent development, pointless episodes, the end is literally in the middle of the fight without them showing anything. The good guys died a lot, but not even one of their deaths accomplished anything - that was reserved for the deaths of the antagonists. Speaking of deaths, Shimon was annoying and the anime actively got better afterwards. Not-Kei was best girl, I was sad to see her gone. The cat princess was close second. These two made the anime for me. Honorable mention for the wife of the cat guy and her ultra silly hats.
In short, HAZEEMU-R-RA'ED HAZEEMU-R-RA'ED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKrTiwvYVZU>>33178The thread is so slow that you can't hijack it even if you try. And yeah, maybe 3-4 people make up the fufufu hivemind.
No.33187
>>33179Dubs should be illegal, this hurts my ears.
No.33188
>>33187You just hate fun. They actually put feeling in this dub. They probably didn't even hire the lowest paid people in the country to do the song. Not everyone is following USA's shining example.
No.33201
>>32904What with 46 episodes being rather daunting, I decided to watch the Tropical-Rouge movie to get a quick taste of it (and of Precure in general, which I'm almost entirely new to). I was most positively impressed. The only bad takeaway for me were the makeup-themed transformation scenes - every single other thing ranged between fine and well above expectations.
From this superficial impression, I agree the cast is good. They're of course the template characters of the genre, but they're well fleshed out. I liked how Asuka, for example, fills the 'cool, aloof girl' slot, yet at the same time is the butt of some jokes.
Speaking of jokes, a few well-placed ones (like the sliding door one) made the plot tread the line between serious and silly quite skillfully, which I'm a big fan of.
The guest appearance by a previous generation of cures, which I take to be a staple of Precure movies, was also excellent, and these bitches that I didn't know either have instantly become my favourite cures. Actually, just Marine.
And now I'm blessedly fucked, because I'll never possibly catch up with Precure unless I'm paid to do it full-time, but at the same time I'll never run out of Precure to watch when I feel like it.
No.33202
>>33201Funnily enough, the movie was subpar when compared to the tv season itself. Good setup but it kinda fell through in the last 10-15 minutes of the movie. I absolutely loved the foreshadowing though, like how the train in pic related has no way of turning back.
As for the TV, the makeup transformation scenes are just as skippable as in the movie, so that bad aspect is shared. But, that being said, it was a pure pleasure to watch, so 46 eps went by in no time. Especially the second half, after all of the Cures are introduced. And this is coming from somebody who finds even 26 eps anime to be kinda dauntingly long.
No.33224
>>33221I've been thinking every now and then during the last seven years whether I should continue watching this anime or not. Is it worth it?
No.33226
>>33224>the last seven yearsSilly anon! As if it could be seven years already since saekano aired! Why, it was the same season as Koufuku Graffiti, Junketsu no Maria, The Rolling Girls, Yurikuma Arashi, and KanColle. Surely that must've been no earlier than 2018? I should know, because it was about the time when I swore to get my shit together and do something with my life, for real this time.
As for your question, the answer is probably no. As I remember, the later seasons had a remarkable amount of plot and even proper closure and development for some characters, but clearly you're not a big enough fan to need that in your life. I don't regret watching them but I could've done without just fine.
No.33227
Baka fight!
>>33224I obviously don't know why you didn't continue in the first place, but I'm only three episodes into the second season, and it really is a continuation of the first. Whether that's good is, of course, up to you.
All I know is that I haven't watch the first season in years, so this isn't as impactful as it could be.
No.33232
>>33231I'm interested in what they blew up.
No.33236
Make way for some incessant posting! I've noticed some of my backlog tick-offs share a common pattern, so I thought it best to discuss them in contrast to each other. And so, today I bring for your consideration two 'phantom thief' anime from the 90's: Kaitou Saint Tail and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne.
The first follows Meimi, AKA Saint Tail, a dashing thief who steals wrongly-obtained objects and gives them back to their rightful owners, using her cunning and her magic tricks. The second follows Maron, AKA Jeanne, the reincarnation of Joan of Arc who destroys, rather than steals, objects which have become possessed by demons, in order to save their owners' souls. Both share the core traits of a 'phantom thief' story: before each heist, the MC delivers a written warning of where and when it'll happen, so that the theft will involve a direct battle of wits and skill against the police - the leader of which, of course, is a close friend of hers!
No.33237
>>33236Kaitou Saint Tail starts out pretty good, with a cool MC, a high-quality tokimeki scene, and even some subtext for those with the proper eyewear to enjoy. It fails to live up to itself, however - the romance stalls, the characters don't develop, and the plot amounts to episodic villain-of-the-week stories with black-or-white morals. The show's selling point should be the relationship between Meimi and her love interest, the boy who has sworn to catch Saint Tail. Meimi does her part of the job by exploring at length her conflicting feelings, which is good; unfortunately, the other party is devoid of any character or appeal and routinely fails to induce a proper throbbing of the heart when given the chance.
Saint Tail is definitely an anime worth knowing, but I don't think it's worth watching in its entirety. I think even the Ascended who watch Aikatsu and PriMagi would find it hard to finish.
No.33240
>>33239Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, quite on the other hand, looks superficially worse but is overall much better. Being aimed at a teenage audience, it has an undeniable edginess in its aesthetics and themes, but it's kept at a reasonable level. In exchange for that, it buys a modicum of depth for its characters and plot - just the bare minimum to keep your palm away from your face for 25 minutes. For example, Maron is sometimes presented with the undesirable consequences of her actions, and must solve the ensuing dilemma on her own, as if - yeah, almost as if life were complicated and what's right and wrong weren't always obvious.
The show's main driving force is the 'friends by day, enemies by night' dynamic between Maron, her best buddy, and their love interest. It's well-trod ground, but it's done well enough. The tokimeki wasn't all that I hoped for, but I found the characters and the fights pretty cool, especially towards the last third or so, when the show redoubles its efforts to rip off Sailor Moon with a new transformation and powers.
The OP songs were also surprisingly good. You could totally call them progressive rock and listen to them like people do with music.
No.33242
>>33241Jeanne won me over quickly with her unorthodox, rather pragmatic choice of techniques and gadgets. Although, week by week, the fights mostly revolve around her gimmick finishing move and rarely have highlights like this one, I think they're still above average.
And with this I'm done! You can go back to reminiscing about old Shaft now.
No.33243
>>33240You've piqued my interest. I'll check this one out.
>You could totally call them progressive rockThe OPs are good, but I'd hesitate to call them prog rock. AOR, maybe?
No.33259
>>33242>And with this I'm done! You can go back to reminiscing about old Shaft now.I refuse! Instead, I will start reminiscing about DN Angel. It was the first anime I downloaded and watched back in like 2004. Instead of a magical girl phantom thief, it's a boy there that steals and exorcises art pieces exclusively. The exorcism, of course, always involves some story behind why the art piece was possessed in the first place, which stories were of various degree of quality. The overarching plot however is about the phantom thief powers of the boy himself. But while the anime cuts that plot short with an anime original end, the highlight really is the romance story that reaches its climax just after the middle of the show. That again is somewhat changed in the anime: the manga keeps up the tension of who will end up with who
(specifically the phantom thief alter ego has his own separate romantic interests in the manga), while the anime goes in a definitive way about it. So if you want a more "quality tokimeki" phantom thief anime to watch next, this is a fine choice.
I myself will watch Jeanne… one day. 44 eps is a lot.
No.33275
One more thing, I really appreciate that the movie's conflict and the characters' reactions to it weren't obnoxious: It was just enough to emphasize the girl's cuteness and her relationship with the main character.
No.33482
>>33481But fufufu has always been dead.
No.33612
The second season's OP being rather generic compared to the first's is also fitting.
No.33684
One must admire her genki'ness.
>>33661Excellent choice. You've earned yourself a banana.
No.36155
>>36154Definitely the sexiest motherfucker in anime lately. I am currently waiting for my manga volumes to arrive, though as the mangaka is new this might be one of those cases where the anime seriously polishes up the source material. I'll see.
No.36159
The necromancy described herein is given a bit more depth than what's usually ascribed to it, including a horrific tradeoff that gives much weight to the antagonist's acts. His punishment is well deserved.
>>36155Please do post about it in the manga thread.
No.36307
>>36159I've been going over it slowly, and just got to the backstory time. It actually made me appreciate the anime even more: the adaptation is very much 1:1 in many ways, including even for example reproducing the page with the swords witch kiss. But at the same time it doesn't lazy out with just 1:1 shots - for example pic related doesn't happen in the manga, the executioner is just in some ruins on the ground like the rest of the cast. The manga is very cinematic in its structure, so this sort of adaptation is just perfect for it, really - not really adding anything to the plot (like Hidamari's for example), but just making it even more cinematic. Frankly, these guys truly deserved to have a much larger budget, they would have used it up to its utmost for sure.
Do note that me saying I've been going over the manga slowly is mostly due to me deliberately stopping myself. It's a very fast read if you let yourself just go at it… but as a lot of my free time is during my daily commute, missing my station was twice the unintended consequence of getting lost in a volume of this.
No.36325
Finally, starting to tackle some shows on my wishlist. I've been meaning to watch Tatami Galaxy for around 10 years. So far I definitely fucked up by waiting this long.
>Based on a novel by Morimi Tomihiko.Turns out he also wrong the source material for Uchouten Kazoku, which I remember liking when it was airing.
>Directed by Yuasa MasaakiThis makes so much sense. He's directed Eizouken ni wa Te o Dasuna!, Kemonozume, Ping Pong, Kaiba, and Devilman: Crybaby among others.
The show obviously looks amazing, and the dialog was great in episode one. It does get a bit overwhelming sometimes with the amount of dialog. I can keep up with the subs, but I don't want to miss out on the art. It brought me to the point of looking to see if there was a dub.
>>36307Picked this one up, anon. I watched up to episode ten the other day. Still have to go back and finish the last two.
No.36327
>>36325I remember never watching the BD bonus episodes of Tatami. I should rewatch it one of these days.
No.36362
>>36307Thank you for the insightful post; it made me appreciate the anime more.
I'm hesitant to pick up seasonal action anime because the kinetic sequences are usually poorly done, thanks to the lack of time, money, and direction. Majo to Yajuu certainly isn't as bad in this area, but since the material itself is quite good, it does make me pine for more SAKUGA.
I have three episodes left, so I should get to that so I can join in reading the manga. Have a bad habit of not finishing shows I really like.
>It's a very fast read if you let yourself just go at itFug. And it's licensed too, so the TL will be a yearly thing I guess.
No.36479
>>36362>>36159Oh yeah, I forgot that I caught up with the manga.
The vampire arc was absolutely great, I wish for a film adaptation of it - I think it will fit just great in a film runtime. Then afterwards there's a new plot starting to happen, that is more complicated, involving the entire cast from all arcs up to there. Honestly, I think I will judge its quality only after it ends. Which seems it will not be any time soon. I would have kinda wished for some de-escalation and some more episodic arcs between the vampires and this current huge arc but oh well. Let's see where it goes.
No.36492
>>34186Alright, as no volunteers have appeared I decided to start doing this myself. I might post this to /m/ later but thought that ふふふ deserves to see it first.
Here are the subs for Episode 1 of Daitarn 3, fresh out of oven:
https://files.catbox.moe/t5hvga.zip No.36504
>>36492I can't typeset or edit for shit, but if ever the nihongo gives you trouble, post a clip and I'll give you a second opinion.
Have a Meteo as a token of my appreciation.
No.36518
>>36504Thank you, and all input is welcome.
Here, Episode 2 of Daitarn 3:
https://files.catbox.moe/ecs9sy.zip No.36527
>>36518>>36492Here is the secret to typesetting. Find an anime where you like the font and style. Copy it.
Good for you for taking the initiative on something you like!
No.36530
>>36527I forgot the file type, but some fonts are not possible to attach to .ass files. This causes that those who do not have the particular fonts installed can't see them. Adding a separate font folder is silly too, and I can't be assed to attach them to .mkv if I feel like I want to change something later.