spoilerSenakysam said:
Spoilers abound!
Watched 23 eps of anime yesterday. Both series were on my favorite top five so far.
23!!?
That's a lot.
That's a lot.
holy crap you're right, but really...it was Kirito's fault.Tiki said:
sword art online episode 3 was really sad T_T
no seriously, he wouldn't stop! he just wouldn't stop giving them death flags! TOO MANY DEATH FLAGS!
"you won't die, i'll never let you die, i'll protect all of you, the black cats'll get stronger and make it through!"
SO MANY FLAGS OF DEATH!
It's just foreshadowing. Not really the MC's fault for wanting to protect them.
I'm still watching the anime of 2006...
For those of you who have both read and watch Girlfriend X:
I dropped it after 2 eps, but can you tell me how much of the manga it adapted and/or whether it strayed from the manga much (if at all, really). I'm trying to force myself to watch it, so I need to temper my expectations of it. The sole reason why I dropped it is becasue I think the casting choice for Urabe utterly sucked. I just couldn't listen to her. (They used some idol instead of a real seiyuu.)@ecchi - Regarding Code Geass's ending:
I haven't watched the series myself, but keep in mind some series (especially those done by the major big name studios, like Sunrise) are planned out and spread over time for a few reasons.- Production schedules: studios accept jobs for a series for a certain length and slot them where they can fit in both production and airing scheduling. If they accept/get a job for an XX-ep series (S1), but it then gets the green light for YY-ep sequel (S2) halfway through it production, they can't just slot S2 right after the S1. They most likely got other stuff scheduled already.
- Quality Control/Assurance: Some studio will divide a XX-ep series into YY- and ZZ-ep seasons to prevent quality decline. Recent examples include Fate/Zero an Rinne No Langrange. (Both had a 1-cour break between airings.)
- Adaptation material availability: Sometimes a series is adapted from an ongoing series and catches up to the source material quickly. Rather than pull shit out their ass, some studios actually let the series sit. They wait for more official material from the author before deciding to continue witha new season or not. (Contrast with Naruto and Bleach, which have entire season of fluff filler because they didn't want it to be "out of sight, out of mind" to any degree.)
- Unexpected popularity/fan reactions: Sometimes shit just happens that they didn't quite expect. They then mod the series' ending to open the path for a sequel. A series could be say only 26 eps long originally with a conclusive ending. Then, part way through the airing, they realize they have a real hit on their hands. They might go back and mod the ending to set up for a sequel in that case. The gap in airings are for them to plan out the sequel and get it into production since it wasn't originally planned for.
not his fault for trying to protecting them, his fault for saying it so many times in so many cheesy ways.Tiki said:
It's just foreshadowing. Not really the MC's fault for wanting to protect them.
Coming from the same author of Accel World, that kinda expected. The dialogue in Accel World is all kinds of shounen cheese... SAO is a bit better since it's a bit darker and moodier than AW, though that's not really saying much.
Finished watching Sora No Otoshinomo series, the sequel, and movie. One of my favorite anime so far. Can't say it is or isn't my favorite because that is a hard decision to make. I do have a favorite character now from the series, Nymph. Wings or not she is my favorite out of everyone of any anime i have seen, except maybe Adam Blade. To bad she is claimed. I recommend this anime to everyone.
Wow fox you're fast, how many anime have you finished now?
Actually I watched all of SNO's first season yesterday day after finishing the last 9 eps Needless. But i Guess i have because of watching Forte and the movie which is 96 minutes long including credits which means i have watched about 375 minutes of anime today and it is only 6:22pm and i usually stay up till 1am.
Answering the question i think only 11 or 12.
Answering the question i think only 11 or 12.
In all this time I still haven't finished an anime series in one sitting. Think I'll try doing that for an '07 series.
Right now I'm finishing up on Pokemon Best Wishes season 1. From now on the only anime I'll be watching are the ones already on my list. It looks like I'll be able to finish it afterall. Hell, I'm even considering adding some more titles for 2012. Not that there were that many to begin with mind you.
Right now I'm finishing up on Pokemon Best Wishes season 1. From now on the only anime I'll be watching are the ones already on my list. It looks like I'll be able to finish it afterall. Hell, I'm even considering adding some more titles for 2012. Not that there were that many to begin with mind you.
Do you have a suggestion because i got nothing? I might try to watch the Magic/Mystical Girl series we talked about a while ago.
Are you talking about Maho Shoujo Madoka Magica? Or Lyrical Nanoha?
You should try Baccano, it's only 16 episodes and it looks great. Plenty of action, humor and some romance. I'm gonna start it later this week myself. And it's about time I do, I finished Durarara!! over a year ago (same creator).
You should try Baccano, it's only 16 episodes and it looks great. Plenty of action, humor and some romance. I'm gonna start it later this week myself. And it's about time I do, I finished Durarara!! over a year ago (same creator).
Sounds nice, i Liked Durarara. Thanks i might watched that today or tomorrow cause i might play some games on steam.
Yes i mean that, couldn't remember.
Yes i mean that, couldn't remember.
Baccano is like his first work before Durarara. And yes you do mean Lyrical Nanoha, since I'd never really suggest anyone watch Madoka.
What ever you know what i mean. I might spend the rest of the day browsing posts.
I would suggest Baccano, Birdy the Mighty Decode ( 1 and 2 ) and Fairy Tale (currently on going).
Too bad I found tha SnO movie shitty compared to that same arc in the manga. The TV series was reasonable compared to the original manga (the manga's style helped in that regard). They mostly just shuffled events around. CHAOS's arc diverged quite a bit in Forte compared to the manga, but that was them adapting a more than what they had to work with at the time... (idiots...)
Seeing Nymph and chibi Ikaros animated makes up for it (mostly) but I still prefer the manga more.
Seeing Nymph and chibi Ikaros animated makes up for it (mostly) but I still prefer the manga more.
2007's off to a good start with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Yeah that's right, I haven't even seen this anime until just now -3- well anyway since this title will almost certainly get mention in the end of year post all I'll say for now is that it is every bit as awesome as I was led to believe :3
I started School Days too... meh.
I started School Days too... meh.
I haven't even watched TTGL. The tits and ass advertising for it didn't help convinve me to watch it at all. The apparent amount of absurdity I've been led to believe it contains hasn't piqued my interest either. (Something to the effect about a "drill that will pierce the heavens"...)
The ridiculousness of it all is supposed to be half the fun. It's not too weird for me so far but then again, I've always been pretty tolerant of that kind of thing.
TTGL is awesome. i'm very glad i watched it. again and again, might i add.
@Stahn:
i've only seen the first 2 eps of girlfriend x before i put it on hold, but from what i've seen on sankaku its fanservice is apparently as estranged as bake/nise. so i guess if you're into that kinda thing, true adaptation or not it would be watching???
of course, you'd have to get over that VA problem of yours...but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
@Stahn:
i've only seen the first 2 eps of girlfriend x before i put it on hold, but from what i've seen on sankaku its fanservice is apparently as estranged as bake/nise. so i guess if you're into that kinda thing, true adaptation or not it would be watching???
of course, you'd have to get over that VA problem of yours...but everyone's gotta start somewhere, right?
I was fine the premise. I had no problems with it in the manga. Weird gimmick, sure, but hey, it helped drive the story, so it was effective as a plot-device. Now if only the seiyuu for Urabe would actually sound like she was acting instead of simply reciting/reading the script... I could try watching it without sound, I suppose. That would kinda defeat the purpose of watching the adaptation though.
To give you a sense of my issue with Urabe's seiyuu: I tended to skip ahead when she spoke and just sped-read the subtitle in freeze frame. Or just outright skipped her dialogue altogether since I could get the gist of the scene since I was familiar with the original manga.
To give you a sense of my issue with Urabe's seiyuu: I tended to skip ahead when she spoke and just sped-read the subtitle in freeze frame. Or just outright skipped her dialogue altogether since I could get the gist of the scene since I was familiar with the original manga.
For some reason my brain won't let me watch more than 1 ep of Nanoha every hour. I don't think its boring but i watch 1 ep then end up doing something else on steam or youtube. Only on ep 10 but i like it.
S1 was kinda slow on th start, though still faster in pacing than most MS shows. Ep 4 or 5 is where it really picks up (it's really around the time Fate shows up). Ep 10 should be about where the main plot completely takes over.
S2 was the better of the two seasons (as classical MS; StrikerS really stretches it since they're like 19/20 in that setting). Movie 1st took the S1 anime, killed the fluff, streamlines the main plot, added the contents from the supplemental material (i.e. some manga sidestories that take place during the S1 timeline), and expanded backstory quite a bit.
I just skimmed through ep 16 and realized I completely skipped 15. The sad thing: I don't care I skipped an ep by accident and feel like I probably didn't miss much of anything.
S2 was the better of the two seasons (as classical MS; StrikerS really stretches it since they're like 19/20 in that setting). Movie 1st took the S1 anime, killed the fluff, streamlines the main plot, added the contents from the supplemental material (i.e. some manga sidestories that take place during the S1 timeline), and expanded backstory quite a bit.
EDIT
I'm starting to grow tired of Accel World. It's getting dull/generic for me. (More so than it was already.) It's not holding my attention anymore (though not like it held my attention much overall to begin with.)I just skimmed through ep 16 and realized I completely skipped 15. The sad thing: I don't care I skipped an ep by accident and feel like I probably didn't miss much of anything.
Yeah Accel World is weak atm. Ep15 was meh, and ep16 was meh+. But I think next ep will be better again.
In any case, Kokoro Connect is, as of now, one of the best shows I've seen. Emotional rollercoaster! One moment is all serious and dramatic and then suddenly it gets silly (in a good way) and hilarious while still maintaining a degree of seriousness. Simply put: it really hits my nerve and on a side note, Inaba is EXACTLY my type of girl.
In any case, Kokoro Connect is, as of now, one of the best shows I've seen. Emotional rollercoaster! One moment is all serious and dramatic and then suddenly it gets silly (in a good way) and hilarious while still maintaining a degree of seriousness. Simply put: it really hits my nerve and on a side note, Inaba is EXACTLY my type of girl.
I watched KC04 before AW16. I'm loving how KC's plot-device is directly tied to the actual development of the characters. Unlike AW, whose primary plot-device was just a cheap gimmick to facilitate a pure shounen fighting series.
However, I'm kinda worried about how one guy seems to be the main focus of the series now after all his interactions with the 3 main girls so far.
However, I'm kinda worried about how one guy seems to be the main focus of the series now after all his interactions with the 3 main girls so far.
Senakysam
10 months ago