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09-09-2013, 06:20 PM | #5502 |
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On Index. Honestly, it has been years since I watched it. My memory is fairly fuzzy on it, and it might just be my vague memories making it better than it is. I do remember being genuinely interested in it and wishing for a second season though. I couldn't say that for Railgun when I watched it. Actually I was kind of disgusted that it was more popular than Index in Japan.
Has anyone watched Kantai Collection? I heard it was a braindead show like Strike Witches, and I don't really intend on watching it myself, but good god DAMN there's a character from it that looks great. While the show might be awful, they designed an excellent looking character. Her C84 doujins have been most excellent! Also I plan on starting Aikatsu. I have no expectations from it, but it's something to check out I guess. I mostly noticed it because of all the art of a character who looks like Regina from Doki Doki Precure (sometimes confusing me). It's a kid's show, so it shouldn't go in braindead otaku pandering territory, so hopefully it won't be terrible. It seems some kind soul is working on an English patch for the Air VN. There have been two complete beta patches released, but I plan on waiting for it to be complete before playing it. This is good news for me, because Air is the only non-spinoff Key VN I haven't read. Will it be better than the anime? It would be nice if it was! |
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09-09-2013, 06:42 PM | #5504 |
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Index: Never watched any of it (save maybe parts of Episode 01, years ago, when checking it out to see if it was for me). It didn't seem like a show for me. Seemed like a generic B-grade science fiction harem series. If that's not what it was, fine, but at this point, the Index franchise has ballooned to such complex heights that I'm not sure it's worth the trouble to start it up now.
Kantai Collection: Never heard of it. Sorry. Aikatsu: Likewise, never heard of this either. Air: Yeah, I won't be playing the VN, I'm pretty sure. ^^; I disliked too much about the anime (which I assume was faithfully enough adapted from the game) for me to want to give the game a go. Kanon: Your talk of the Air VN though makes me wonder if we have any hope for a Kanon Remastered, i.e. the Kanon visual novel but with a remastered soundtrack and artwork. I would like that. And if it had the eroge aspects stripped out too, then I would definitely consider playing it.
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09-09-2013, 07:50 PM | #5505 |
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I've seen both Index and Aikatsu!. I think BBB will drop Aikatsu! because it's mind numbingly boring. It's hard to describe just how painfully dull the slice-of-life was in that show, and the dancing isn't up to PreCure standards.
Index season one was excellent. It deviated from the source materials some and was actually quite refreshing. I'm going to drop a spoiler - the main character loses his memories in the second/third episode, permanently. It causes him to have a bit of a personality change and approach the world in an interesting way. This leads him to do some creative, insightful, cunning things that's easy to appreciate. On top of solid action, character development and mystery plots, Index season 1 was a memorable show. The milking of it, though...hasn't nearly been as entertaining. First off, the memory impairment has more or less gone away in Season 2+. The characters who aren't in focus degraded into stereotypes, and they're annoying. The plots got dumber and the new characters less memorable. It also got way more harem-ish. I haven't seen any of Railgun but I've heard it's just moe, fanservice and violence. I...was not aware there's a new Monogatari series. I thought everyone was talking about Bake. How is it related to Bakemonogatari (sequel to Nise?) I'm still waiting on Koyomi Vamp myself...and that one where Mayoi doesn't die and becomes an adult, but everyone's a vampire, or something.
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Nekomonogatari also aired a while ago, which seems fairly necessary as a precursor for the second series so far - if at least to understand the events of Golden Week. (Although there are still some random characters who show up that have yet to be introduced in the animé.)
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Spoiler: show > Doppel The new series is the sequel to Nise. Koyomi Vamp is Kizumonogatari, yes? And Mayoi Jiang-Shi has literally just finished (I assume). The new series is more like Bakemonogatari in the sense that its more focused on the stories than the amazing dialogue, but rather than being quite mind-numbing like the were in Bake, the stories are REALLY good. |
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I think Index later on turns into a Christianity vs Science war...atleast that's what my memory of the crappy season 2 tells me it was turning into. I'm not sure how appealing that sounds to others. I'm not willing to watch through Touma walk in on girls while they're changing to get throttled 1000 fucking times to get to it.
Aikatsu I watched two episodes of this. It's umm....okay. It's a cute show that could turn into something interesting, but the first episode was rushed. The events could have made 5 episodes, but instead we get a "Ichigo instantly learns how to sing and dance!". Also there's CGI dancing, but OH GOD IT'S UGLY! The models are first gen IM@S bad (before moving to console). Will I drop it? Maybe. |
09-09-2013, 08:43 PM | #5510 |
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I'm so prescient before I look at myself in a mirror, I already know I look good.
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So I marathoned Guilty Crown and as much as The World God Only Knows 3 as has been released.
Guilty Crown is essentially a fusion of Code Geass and Madoka, with a bit of Mirai Nikki mixed in for good measure. It's utterly fantastic. The World Only God Knows is just as shippy and full of glorious fluff as always, but now it's even better because things are happening. And by 'things are happening', I mean that characters are starting to feel the effects of sustained missions. I have a '#MY SHIPPER HEART' gif, but it's utterly unsuited for this situation. Just keep the love coming, my pretties. Just keep it coming... |
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> Guilty Crown
I'll hold back my ranting about the series for now. I'll just say that the only thing going for it was the animation and artwork (and the music, to an extent). Everything else was mostly tot. In other news, I've picked up something new. Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin is actually fucking excellent after just 3 episodes. It sort of reminds me of a less sci-fi, less action oriented Attack on Titan. The art is very similar, and its written in the same way in the sense that nothing good ever really happens. The difference is that Rainbow is VERY well written, and underneath all the suffering there's the hope that the inmates all have in their friendship. Its very very depressing, but its also heartwarming at the same time. Also, whilst this show has a lot less gore and violence than in, say, Elfen Lied, I think its a lot more effective because the things that happen are just SO real. You could easily expect these things to happen in post-war Japan, and it makes it all the more heart-wrenching when they do. Love it so far. Last edited by Midgeorge; 09-10-2013 at 06:48 AM. |
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I haven't heard many positive things about Guilty Crown. It was widely regarded as having some of the worst writing in any major anime the year it came out. I couldn't get past the third or so episode. Yes, it's Geass-like...but all the charm and uniqueness of Geass was lost on it.
It's supposedly a lot like Valvrave, but less campy. That's a bad thing, because Valvrave is ridiculous.
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It looks fantastic, I'll give it that. Its just the writers took little bits of every single kind of generic archetype of story you can have (mecha, strange virus, power to use people's hearts as weapons) and it all sort of amalgamated into one giant mess of things. And then the second half got shittier, and the ending was also fairly shitty. Literally the only thing it had was fantastic visuals and an above average soundtrack, which some people might be okay with, but I certainly was not.
It does have its good points... not very many, but at least it has them. Last edited by Midgeorge; 09-10-2013 at 11:21 AM. |
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I watched Guilty Crown from the beginning to the end.
The only good thing I can think of is the first OP. That's it. GC is also the reason why I have an extremely hard time taking Yuki Kaji (Shu's voice actor) seriously. HenNeko is the only anime I can remember watching after Guilty Crown where his voice did not immediately make me feel like punching the character right in the face. "So in this episode, a Kaji Yuuki character lectures others about standing up to the challenge despite being weak and feeble, and courageously steps into the fray when an unbeatable enemy shows itself. Im not sure I was ready for this." Yeah, someone summed up my feelings about Yuki Kaji playing a part that's not whiny, emo and/or just plain awful - the character I mean, not the voice acting itself. Power of association! PS. Bonus points if you can tell which character the quote is referring to! Spoiler: show
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I think Guilty Crown's creators' hope was that we'd all be suckered in by their CC. ("Hey! It worked for Geass ! ") That year was particularly bad for stuff like this: as I recall, this was the same year they did Deadman Wonderland, another series that makes you curious to know more about it just because of its main female character.
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*Quietly hugs knees and cries*
W-well, it's not my fault that I'm a sucker for The Power of Friendship and True Selves and stuff! ;___; I mean, sure the plot didn't do anything unique, but I thought the inter-character relations were very well done and realistic, once we got past the web of lies in place at the beginning. Is that... Only me? |
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Then get to watching Persona 4 the Animation if you haven't already. :3 It has all of those things but it's way better than Guilty Crown!
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Its like when I thought Mirai Nikki was the best anime I'd seen about a year and a half ago.
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@kaisap: Well, see, I would watch it, but I have a strict policy of always playing the game first. ;^_^
Toradora! Unlike the last anime featuring a diminutive protagonist I watched because of promises that the main ship was a good one, this one actually worked out. I'm normally not one for slice-of-life, but, well, the characters and issues presented in this one were very... Real. Actually, I'm afraid to give any solid verdict on it, myself, because it might have struck just a little too close to home. Anyway, it's not really a 'pageturner', per se, but I'd definitely say it's worthwhile. |
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It's possible you just have different tastes from some of us, Kind. I was willing to go along with the others' theory that you're still green to anime, but to be honest ToraDora! is for me one of the top 20 (if not one of the top 10) animes that I've seen. I've watched the series at least three times now (maybe four, I've lost count), I own the first of the books (and would like to get the rest), and ... yeah, definitely one of my favorites. Indeed, probably Top 10 (if not higher! ) moments of all time in anime would go to:
Spoiler: show in Episode 24, and hot on its heels is: Spoiler: show in Episode 19. So I mean, yeah, if you enjoyed ToraDora! okay but it wasn't really super awesome or anything, then it may just be because of differences in personal taste. Then again, you do indicate that you really liked it but for the fact that it hit a bit too close to home, so who knows.
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*incoming KagerPro rant*
Found a fan-made rearrangement of the Summertime Record PV with drama dialogue... FEELS ALL THE FEELS *flails* Ah, I wish I could ask for translations but SPOILERS. OTL Still, I understand enough to feel sad about it... The actors did a great job. Kano's voice is really fitting hng. Cannot wait for the animé. <3 Also the instrumental and singing are gorgeous. Listening to the piano on its own, I appreciate the references to other songs in the series. (I thought the middle sounded strangely heavy and out-of-place at first, then I realized it's Outer Science. Plus there's Imagination Forest in the beginning, and at the end...) I just wish it didn't end so abruptly, though it makes sense in the PV. The vocal version is relatively safe to link to as well since the lyrics aren't too specific, but avoid if you don't want any spoilers and can understand Japanese I guess. Finally, some rambling on thoughts and theories about the story's conclusion itself (that no one will/should read at this point but I just have to get it out there somewhere - man, times like this I sorta wish I had a tumblr so I can post random things no one cares about XP)... Spoiler: show *disappears to work on her tribute AMV some more* Yes, another one... Aiming to have it done by this weekend but I'm already getting inspired again. ^^; So much for actually making use of RAWs now that I have a better video editor and disk space... Oh, well. Consider it practice to familiarize myself with the program before tackling the heavy-duty projects I have in mind. XP My goal is to enter the AMV Contest at AB next year and I want to learn as much as I can before then. (Watch me run into some sort of technical problem as I try to save... >.< Already getting stuff to work on my new computer was a hassle. So many roundabout methods I've come up with. ='D But, I will succeed! YOU CAN'T STOP ME MUAHAHA. *shot*) Edit- The YouTube uploader added captions. My life is complete. 8D (Although, some parts seem a little off...) Also this pic I found on tumblr makes me laugh/cry since incidentally I was just thinking how these two characters would probably relate to each other (again, spoiler!): Spoiler: show Edit2- Ahhh, I knew it! Spoiler: show
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It seems Illya has ended, but I haven't really had the drive to watch it or the rest of my shows. I'll watch it and yack on about it when I have the drive to!
Aikatsu I don't think I can watch this anymore. I tried to watch through this, but the CGI dancing segments are so god damn horrible. I'm talking about more than the ugly CGI models too. Each episode has about 3-5 minutes dedicated to CGI dancing and singing, which is all well and good, but half of the time, IT MAKES NO GOD DAMN SENSE! Like during "fashion shows", the girls sing and dance in the same outfit they always wear. I don't think that's a fashion show. Also they sing the same song every fucking time. Like out of 9 CGI segments (with 5 different characters), I've only heard two different songs (all of them with the same vocalist). I would be able to stomach through it if it wasn't so fucking cheap. Sing some different effing songs and make them seem like they have some meaning. Everything else is okay. The show is a bit dull, but I like the cast. Though they could slow things down a little bit with Ichigo's idol development. It reminds me of the Robot Chicken skit where they went through life doing montages. They do a little montage with her training, and she's a master! Well for one positive, I really like the ending. |
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