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OH WOW. xfd;
Kuno: Your owl girl is sucking UPN's bandwidth dry! Talon: *gulp* moo: Talon: o.o; That is pretty nuts. I wonder if you get the same result when you sign out of your Google account though. (Or, even more ideally, do the search as an anonymous searcher from an IP address that isn't one you regularly use to check UPN.) I ask because I remember a year or two ago Google rolled out some sneaky changes to how search results are returned now for each of us. Rather than the old fashioned way (where Google presents before you the most highly linked-to pages on the Internet in descending order), modern Google tries to offer an intelligent, user-catered search where it will return to you those sites which it thinks, based on your prior browsing history and whatnot, you are most likely to have wanted to find. So like, theoretically, this could explain why UPN turns up high for those of us who use UPN all the time. It's quite possible that it doesn't turn up that high in Google searches for other Internet users. Then again, it's also possible that it does ... in which case, dayum. ^_^; Kuno: Quit leading spambots to our doorstep with your animu posts, Talon. Talon:
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I tried non-personal global results and they were all the same. I also tried it in an incognito window where I wasn't signed in - the same results there, too. I also tried from my phone not signed in - exact same results. I rarely visit UPN on my phone. Haven't tried from another IP though, could try a proxy I guess.
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Talon, have you considered making Talon's Photobucket Adventures its own thread? ^-^;;
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Ironically I just realized the uncanny connection of "Moeko's Owl" and "Meina's Owl" last night. XP
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07-17-2013, 05:32 PM | #5306 |
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Watamote 2:
I enjoyed it. It's a really awkward show to watch, but Tomoko is a pretty likable character for how inept and awful at social skills she is. I actually wouldn't mind watching her journey into becoming... what she isn't right now. I think I'll stick with it for now. I wasn't gut crushed the same way Talon was, but it's definitely hard to watch at times, especially when it draws comparisons to your own past... but I think, in a way, that's actually charming. Everyone has a little Tomoko in them. Her anxiety, reclusive behavior, and even bits of depression are really relatable on a personal level. |
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That gun scene still turns me off something major. That and the fact that I don't appreciate or even understand why they keep trying to shoehorn in all of these sequels and prequels and What Ifs and sidestories. It's like ... the original told a contained tale with beginning, middle, and end. What is this new stuff bringing to the table that is so worth fucking with the canon of the original?
But then again, I wasn't one of Madoka's "OMFG 11/10!" fanatical fans so I guess that right there is all the reason I need to see why this film isn't for me.
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I agree that it's being milked, but since this movie is actually supposed to be the direct continuation, and considering the last few minutes of the final episode left it just barely open enough to having a continuation if they wanted to, I think it will work. That's of course not to say that they even should have made a sequel in the first place, even after the movie is out and I see it I'll probably feel like it's not something that needed to happen and would have been fine with the ending as it was. But I don't think it's one of those situations where they just should not have made a sequel at all because it doesn't fit or doesn't make sense... because it sort of could.
We'll see how they manage it once it's out. I agree with you on the gun scene though. It actually sort of sickens me a bit, though I imagine they keep teasing it because they're going to pull a fast one on us during the film. What do they call that? Creative editing or something? Making the viewer think one thing when it's actually another? Yeah. Maybe. |
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Gin no Saji
Crunchyroll apparently picked this up and in English it is known as simply Silver Spoon. The title is explained in the first 5-10 minutes, no need to worry about that. Gin no Saji is a fish out of water story: an urban teenager goes to an agricultural high school (EDIT: the school is in Hokkaido, the MC is from Sapporo, and I see people finding it weird) and stuff happens. The first episode is spent repeating a single gag that I wasn't aware could exist at all - this particular bit of info is taught to every single kid in Finland, so to me being shocked for the tenth time at the same thing was stretching it too thin. Aside from that, this show has a certain charm to it, and if nothing else will tempt you then all the delicious shots of food will. I blame this show for making me want to try Japanese rice mixed with soy sauce and a raw egg. The school/program the MC goes to is centered around livestock, which separates this anime from Moyashimon (which was agriculture college kids making booze). Judging from the OP we'll be seeing a lot of food-stuff, especially with meats, dairy and eggs. It's not a spectacular show really, but it's a relaxing show that sneakily teaches you stuff about agriculture. Speaking of which: is there a shortage of farmers in Japan, or is farming just an exotic thing to use in anime? Gin no Saji kinda reminds me of Finnish documentary/reality shows about life as [a police officer/nurse/doctor/fireman] that are trying to make kids want to get on those career paths. I'll keep watching this show, and for some odd reason MAL claims this show already has a confirmed second season coming up. And this is the second week the first season's been on air! Is it a joke or just a very well ahead planned project we're looking at?
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But MAL's bound to be confident a second season's coming out: because this is the second work by Fullmetal Alchemist's creator. So it seems pretty unlikely that it'd be terminated after only 13 episodes. There are quite a few volumes already out in Japan (nine, I think? too lazy to check right now), enough that there's no reason to even bother with a television adaptation if you're only going to animate the first two or three tankoubons and then call it a wrap.
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I guess I forgot that post because of all the Photobucket Adventures! *shot*
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Did you not notice that some of the characters bear resemblances to several FMA characters? If not, that's fine, you weren't looking for it like I was. Go back and watch for it. The one that was the most obvious was the instructor who looks a lot like Alex Louis Armstrong and even did something to show off his muscular upper body. The animation studio for Gin no Saji, whether at the behest of the author or not I do not know, seems to have mildly distanced the anime's look from the author's characteristic character designs, but I think you can see faint whispers of Maes Hughes or Roy Mustang in the protagonist. (Faint whispers!) And I think the Equestrian Club girl he's got the crush on bears some resemblance to that one female rookie officer in FMA (the one with the really short black hair).
Arakawa Hiromu. I was wrong before when I said that this was her second work since FMA. It's more like her fourth or fifth. But this has been her only work she's both started or been caught working on since the year work on FMA wrapped up (2010). She started Gin no Saji in 2011, it looks like, and has been working exclusively on it ever since. Quote:
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Gin no Saji: Watched Episode 02. I enjoyed this one more than the previous episode. Perhaps because my expectations were now so much lower? ^^; Perhaps because it was just genuinely better? Perhaps because hooray Holstein Club? I'm not really sure, but what I can say is, Gin no Saji still hasn't grabbed me like Fullmetal Alchemist did but it's also something that I wouldn't consider dropping right now. A lot of other shows to drop before I'd drop this one. So that's good, at least.
Spoiler: show I wish the show were funnier, more powerful, or both. It hasn't been either one yet, but it's also still just two episodes in. A lot can happen between now and the end of the season. Looking forward to Episode 03.
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07-20-2013, 06:48 PM | #5315 |
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Minna Daisuki Kozukuri Banchou
This has got to be the most indecent VN I've ever played. Heck, it is so dirty, I don't think there's an H-manga or hentai I've ever seen that parlays this much depravity into a 22 hour session. It's absolutely hilarious, but insidiously immoral and self-righteous about it. A big part of the comedy stems from how outrageous and chauvinistic the male lead is, and both the writing staff and the antagonists seem to acknowledge this. To its credit, the production values are amazing. The art is top-tier, and so is the animation (even if the technique itself is not that impressive), and the HCGs are among the best I've ever seen in anything barring only the upper echelon of black-and-white doujins. The music is below average, but the voice acting is solidly excellent. Comedy-wise, it's around Sengoku Rance, but since there's no rape that removes a key component of what made Rance funny. The main guy is perverted as heck, but he's relatively vanilla, his actions speak louder than his personality. The characters were fun, although un-even in depth. The little sister Natsumi was easily the best character, as she had actual development and was among the most entertaining. Her active enthusiasm for her brother's impregnation campaign, and the riches it would bring, was comically self-centred. The conniving maternity goddess Ishtar was likewise amusing. Of the side characters, I liked the samurai girl, the noble girl, the mage and the robot. Pretty much expected as I like proper, good girls like them. They were more or less caricatures but didn't drive me nuts. BBB gave this game a 6, but I'll give it a 7. Art/animation alone puts it in hallowed territory only trumped by the movie-tier VNs like Muv-Luv Alternative and ef, the voice acting, comedy and fun factor excuse the frame story and overall poor development. It's a raunchy H-game, it isn't meant to be emotionally fulfilling.
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I don't doubt that it might be the raunchiest or most indecent thing you've ever seen, but that sure isn't saying much, Mr. Choir Boy. ^^;; If I showed you the manga I read just this morning, given what you've just said I think it'd knock the wind out of you. Also, I couldn't help but to laugh at how bad the art looks for an eroge. You're giving this game an overall score of 7 and accrediting the bulk of the effort to the game's art? Really? I feel like I'm being baited to namedrop some of the eroge I've played. Ź_Ź; I'll avoid the trap for now and settle for a simple "Nuh uh! " / "You must not have played very many eroge then!" childish retort instead. But seriously ... really, Doppel? ^^; They don't even look human in some of these pictures ...
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In at least three of the cases, they aren't.
My high marks for the art isn't for the character design, specifically (although I did like some of the designs and have to disagree for some of them!), but for how the genitalia is presented. Perhaps I should say the censorship is creative, because what I saw was un-characteristically vivid for an H-game, enough so that I could discern detail that I haven't seen in most of my other titles. In saying this to you, I probably come across as an altar boy saying he knows more about God than the local bishop, but in the narrow spectrum of experience I have beyond my castle of sanctity, this is pretty extreme. To perhaps illustrate this point, I normally take oodles of screen-shots from games I like, because I see a funny line, an ironic quote, or an image I just like. I try to avoid anything H because that can't be uploaded or shared, and that's a big component of taking the picture. I've taken a grand total of two for MDKB, and both of those were for the sake of having taken a picture. All of the CGs showed skin in some form, and while the game was funny, the animated bits weren't enough to get me to snap a screen, so despite really liking the game I don't have a lot to show for it. The depravity is more along the lines of social rather than sexual. For a guy who doesn't rape, hurt, or humiliate women, it's pretty tough for him to be sexually offensive. The social dynamics of what he's trying to do is far more upsetting, and his non-chalant attitude and perhaps delusion at how self-righteous yet painfully self-serving his mission is all the more creepy.
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Genshiken Nidaime: Just finished Episode 03. The series is, I think, my #2 anime of the summer season (right behind Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen). This episode caught up to where I was in the manga (first half of the episode) and then lapped me (second half of the episode). Not sure whether I should go seek out the manga and catch up or whether I should stay put and enjoy being surprised each week. Probably will do the latter, as I usually do do, but we'll see.
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Admittedly, the premise was really funny though. It was so god damn depraved and immoral, yet everyone, even the girls who were clearly being wronged, were acting self-righteous about it. Actually I still think the whole "I'm going to impregnate a bunch of girls and get money from the government!" is really funny. Actually I'm surprised you didn't hate the sister. I mean, she's one of the girls the main guy impregnated, and she had that whole "onii-chan complex" thing going for her. Maybe you're finally coming to terms with your weakness?! |
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Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Ilya: just watched Episode 02. Wow. I had so expected to hate this series, but ... I'm really enjoying it! o.o; Looking forward to "next week's" already! (Resisting the temptation to watch the NND version right now; will continue to wait for UTW's one-week-delayed releases.)
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New show!
Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka Cł-bu At first it tried to trick you into thinking it's a generic slice of life high school show, but don't let it pull the wool over your eyes. While it definitely is a SoL, it's not a typical one. You might call it "slice of life/action", I'm not sure. The show is about a young girl's first day at her new academy. When she arrives at her room, she discovers guns everywhere, only to soon realize they are all airsoft guns. Without giving too much away, she finds out her roommate is part of an airsoft club (C3 - Command, Control, and Communication Club). I have to say, I was quite surprised. I felt pretty meh at the beginning but as the show continued on I found myself really enjoying it by the end of the episode. It's funny and while it might have just a tad too much moe to it, I still really liked it. Oh, and the soundtrack is straight up Jazz music which, in my opinion, is a HUGE plus (love Jazz). There was one scene in particular towards the end that the music just worked fantastically with. I'm talking 1950's Jazz, the kind that makes you want to get up, snap your fingers, and do the Charlie Brown. I'm going to pick this up I think. I can't see much changing from the first episode, but if it gets worse and I wind up wanting to drop it, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. |
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Servant x Service: Watched Episodes 02 and 03. They were fine, as is this series. I feel like the series is a pretty average anime, but at the same time I was more entertained by Episodes 02 and 03 than I was by Episode 01. Perhaps not that surprising though when I reflect on what the highlights of the two episodes were. ^^;;
Spoiler: show I feel like the show is dealing with a somewhat boring subject matter but is doing its best to try and "moe-fy" it or to turn it into a stereotypical comedy anime. I'd be quite surprised to meet anyone who is like any of the three newbies working as a civil servant in the real world and having done so for 10+ years. Maybe (maybe) some civil servants really do show up as new hires looking like Lucy or Miyoshi or Hasebe, but give it ten years and they all turn into ihatemylifeandiwanttodie "NEEEEEEEEEEEEXT!" types. [/stereotype] I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I shouldn't confuse the BMV with the government's information center for health care & insurance programs. Maybe Japan is just different from the USA in this regard. Anyway, the point is that even if I don't feel like this is a very honest or realistic depiction of life as a civil servant, I do feel like it's the moe-fied version. And the moe-fied version is admittedly a decent enough pleasure to watch. Not really sure what the tease is with Lucy x Hasebe. This guy keeps hitting on her, and the way she keeps turning him down is like textbook Princess Leia Syndrome where she's eventually going to want to Spoiler: show I'd like to see the characters better developed than they have been so far. I'm sort of getting Doujin Work vibes from this. Here's hoping things do develop beyond what we've seen in Episodes 01 thru 03 thus far. I've had the OP stuck in my head all day. It's by no means what I'd call a great song, or even my kind of music in general, but I've had the main bit (heard at the very start and at the very end) stuck in my head all day long. ^^; Although it looks like Soundcloud's working on that problem. Thanks for linking me to this other catchy OP, Soundcloud!
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Started watching some new shows.
Gin no Saji: Watched episode 01 and 02. It's fairly pleasant so far, though the main character's tendency to judge by appearance is rather annoying. OP is kinda catchy, if a bit out of place. The ED is great though. <3 Servant x Service: Up through episode 03, and loving it. Sure, it's probably unrealistic and seems to have little to do with actual civil service, but goshdurn if this isn't so ridiculously cute. ^^; I find myself really enjoying the light slice-of-life humor, and all the characters are quite likeable. Favorite of the season so far. Also once again the OP is surprisingly catchy, and the ED is nice and relaxing to listen to as well. (Also, both these shows strike a personal chord with me at certain points, so I'm curious to see where that leads.) Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Ilya: Well, this is... Interesting, I suppose. It's a bit hard for me to get past the removal from FSN's plot and the artstyle. Definitely looks like a doujin. But it is kinda funny when it's parodying the magical girl genre. Just don't see the need to use characters who I know are supposed to have more tragic stories. =/
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Watamote 03
has really jumped the gun in terms of awkwardness. I actually only made it about ten minutes in before I had to pause and break from it. You know when you watch a show sometimes and you're just like "NO STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING NO NO NO"? This show was MADE to give the people who do that hell. I mean this is just the worst case of awkwardness and embarrassment I've seen. I like when the show does it and it's not terribly bad because it can be played off as funny, but it's progressively getting worse and worse each time, as if somehow Tomoko is becoming MORE inept and socially retarded. Some of it's just not funny and instead feels like I'm watching a slow motion train wreck. If this keeps up, I might have to drop the show, not because it's bad, but because I just cannot handle watching something so... demeaning. I went back and finished it, and without spoiling anything, it got better, but my earlier point still stands. There's way too much awkward and uncomfortable humor, and there were quite a few things that happened in the episode that just made me feel sad as hell. One scene in particular just broke my spirit because of how relatable it was. So yeah. I don't know. I WANT to like this show. But it's so hard to watch. |
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