SPRING 2013 ANIME THREAD:"GET A PENNY EVERY TIME SOMEONE MENTIONS/IS HYPING UP SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN AND PROCEED TO BUY A TOP GRADE PENTHOUSE IN MALIBU" EDITION
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What will you guys watch?
I'll be watching:
-Date A Live
-Yahari
-Devil Survivor 2
-Yuyushiki
-Hataraku Maou-sama
-Nyaruko S2
-Gargantia
-HenNeko
-Crime Edge
-Shingeki no Kyojin
Might watch:
-Red Data Girl
-Majestic Prince
-Valvrave
-Aiura
-Mushibugyou
-Shingeki no Kyojin
On my list :
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HYPE.HYPE.TITANIC HYPE FOR THE TITANS.
…so, what is this WIT Studio like, is the director any good?
Gargantia, Shingeki No Kyojin and devil survivor 2, are so far the titles I'm definetely gonna watch. Haven't informed myself about the other shows yet.
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…so, what is this WIT Studio like, is the director any good?
He directed Death Note, HOTD, and Guilty Crown if those are any indication.
I'll be watching Devil Survivor 2, Valvrave, Galgantia, and of course I'll be continuing with Uchuu Kyodai.
I was thinking of Majestic Prince, but as soon as I saw Hisashi Hirai's name I went "nope".
Will be ironcally watching Fairy Tale Classic. That's the only thing that catches my eye.
I'm also looking forward to watching the Little Witch Acedemia movie!
It's Studio Trigger's first animated movie!
And it's made by the a whole chuck on the talent(and some new ones) that left Gianax.
This movie is a big fucking deal for me.
So they're remaking Gundam Seed Destiny. My reaction:
Why? Do people really want that? Just, why?
So they're remaking Gundam Seed Destiny. My reaction:
Why? Do people really want that? Just, why?
It's not really a remake,more of an HD edition.
As to why people would want more GSD…black magic.I have trouble thinking what else could be responsible.
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I'm also looking forward to watching the Little Witch Acedemia movie!
It's Studio Trigger's first animated movie!
And it's made by the a whole chuck on the talent(and some new ones) that left Gianax.
This movie is a big fucking deal for me.
Oh,you mean that little side project they had been working on besides their major big budget project,Inferno Cop?
! Yeah,I'm looking forward to it as well.
Random posibly off topic question, when does Kuroko come back?
HOW COME LUFFY NEVER KILLS AN ENEMY?
ODA:ITS BECAUSE IN THAT ERA EVERYONE USES THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS. FOR AN ENEMY WHEN THEIR DREAM HAS BEEN SHATTERED,IT IS AS PAINFUL AS DEATH,I BELIEVE FOR A PIRATE NOT TO KILL AN ENEMY , IT'S GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS.
Suisei no Gargantia has this stylish, post apocalyptic setting that gives me good Nausicaa vibes. And it is written by Urobuchi Gen, so of course I will be watching it.
Out of the other long series, I will watch Shingeki no Kyojin because Isayama Hajime is that good. What concerns short films, Studio Trigger's Not Inferno Cop is a must see. It might be not Inferno Cop, but it certainly looks like Harry Potter done without evrything that makes Harry Potter awful.. Looks like a short but sweet season.
Oh,you mean that little side project they had been working on besides their major big budget project,Inferno Cop?
! Yeah,I'm looking forward to it as well.
Yup. I wasn't paying very much attention to Not Inferno Cop. The promos looked a little bizarre and I didn't really get what it was exactly.
Also, I just realised Little Witch was listed under OVAs. So it's not quite a movie?
Either way, I really want to see it. I like the simple character designs and animation looks really fluid.
And the concept art looked really promising. It might not strike very hard on the story, but I can be surprised.
I see this more as a showcase of what the studio can do in the future, so I'm really rooting for them (if it also means getting a Season 2/spiritual successor of Panty and Stocking… if only)
Releasing possibly the worst Gundam series ever in HD… Sunrise, why couldn't you just invest in another Gundam series altogether... or put that money into expediting the production of the last GU film?!
On another note, have the production studios moved on from Moe shit to Space shit? There seem to be a lot of shitty Space-related anime now (excluding Yamato 2199 which is fucking amazing and is on the top of my list to watch).
And wtf, a kpop anime? If Korea is going to invest in anime, make fucking Tower of God!!!!
Yup. I wasn't paying very much attention to Not Inferno Cop. The promos looked a little bizarre and I didn't really get what it was exactly.
It's basically this ultra low budget,ultra low effort series of "animated" shorts,that seemingly intentionally stives for the "so bad it's good" thing(and,as many others will probably agree, succeeds),but what really makes it cool is the batshit insane plot development that seemingly runs on them making crazy shit up as they go.
Easily something they made for shits and giggles,and boy did it give me shits and giggles.
I'd recommend checking it out actually,it's finished and the whole series' cumulitive running time is probably just a little over that of your average anime episode(if even that),so,if nothing else,giving it a try won't involve wasting much time.First episode is something I personally found to be sorta not that funny,but once the crazy shit sets in,it's gold.
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Releasing possibly the worst Gundam series ever in HD…
I heard people say that AGE has since claimed that title,but I can;t bother to check for myself.
It's basically this ultra low budget,ultra low effort series of "animated" shorts,that seemingly intentionally stives for the "so bad it's good" thing(and,as many others will probably agree, succeeds),but what really makes it cool is the batshit insane plot development that seemingly runs on them making crazy shit up as they go.
Easily something they made for shits and giggles,and boy did it give me shits and giggles.
I'd recommend checking it out actually,it's finished and the whole series' cumulitive running time is probably just a little over that of your average anime episode(if even that),so,if nothing else,giving it a try won't involve wasting much time.First episode is something I personally found to be sorta not that funny,but once the crazy shit sets in,it's gold.
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I heard people say that AGE has since claimed that title,but I can;t bother to check for myself.
Age had problems, but Destiny was definitely worse in my opinion. At the very least, AGE didn't have any characters as insufferable and horribly done as shin
I heard people say that AGE has since claimed that title,but I can;t bother to check for myself.
AGE was bad, but Destiny is by far much worse.
AGE was on of those "x anniversary special Gundam" animes. It was meant to be kiddy shit.
Destiny was a large production that just imploded on it's own suckyness. Where SEED did an ok 21st century adaption of Mobile Suit Gundam, Destiny was a fucking disgrace to Gundam Zeta. They couldn't pick a main character after episode 16, everyone was fucking emo, 3 Super powered Gundams destroyed pretty much every single fucking thing, the villains were shit, and it ended in the biggest "who gives a shit?" ever (they literally re-did the ending 2-3 times via the specials but it was still shit).
If Destiny were a person, it would've been charge with crimes against humanity for the systematic rape of Gundam Zeta and the franchise as a whole. Thank fucking god they didn't make a movie after that utter disgrace.
I'd personally say it's main issue was that it got taken over by a couple of glittering Mary Sue perfections with all the personality of a traffic cone,which also fucked over an already irritating character's potential development.
I think the ending of Destiny, the final shot in particular, was the only moment in my life so far that a TV series or movie made me feel offended.
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Shingeki no Kyojin
Iron Man got an anime movie? Huh, I'll have to check that out.
Otherwise nothing really catching my fancy.
Only one I'm FOR SURE watching is Karneval. It looks like deliciously cute borderline shonen ai.
Shingeki no Kyojin and Gargantia.
I'll be weeping silently as I await more JoJo.
All Fiction, I'm diggin' your siganture.
Plan to watch:
These are the ones I could spot on the chart but there could be more. As always the first episode- maybe the second too- will determine the show's quality for me and whether or not it's worth the time.
I'll be watching the first episode of this series and then will choose an average of two series for day(In Bold are the ones I'm most Hype up for):
April 3 - RDG: Red Data Girl
April 4 - Devil Survivor 2: The animation
April 5 - Date a Live
April 6 - Shingeki no Kyojin
April 7 - Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199
April 8 - Mushibugyo
April 9 - Yuyushiki
April 11 - Katanagatari(Never watched, so I will take advantage of this rerun :))
April 13 - Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko
April 28 - Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto
April 30 - Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku
May 10 - Asian Risshiden no Shima Kousaku
Have a penny. Hell have a hundred pennies.
There is literally nothing I want to watch other than Shingeki no Kyojin.
And will be eagerly awaiting Steins;gate movie to come on BD.
But like any season, if I hear a hype of reaction about a certain anime, I'll go pick up what I missed.
I must be the only one looking forward to muromi san…i mean...yay for obscure fish jokes.
Summer Season please hurry up. My favorite Shaft production show waits…
So much hope for ShingekiNoKuyogin here!
Have a penny. Hell have a hundred pennies.
There is literally nothing I want to watch other than Shingeki no Kyojin.
And will be eagerly awaiting Steins;gate movie to come on BD.But like any season, if I hear a hype of reaction about a certain anime, I'll go pick up what I missed.
Is the series any good, I see its a manga adaptation if its any good I'll probably read the manga.
As for me like I said in another topic, I usaully don't care about 90% of the anime nowadays unless its a theme I like, I have no interest in bland shonen, schools girls filled animes, lolis, etc.
Basicly I'm interested in seeing Azazel, I liked the first series, little gory and graphic but fun and actually made me laugh, I'll watch Devil Survivor also and Shingeko no Kyojin if its any good but I migth get into the manga and just ignore the anime, like I did with Magi and Codebreaker(even though I dropped CodeBreaker manga).
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Is the series any good, I see its a manga adaptation if its any good I'll probably read the manga.
As for me like I said in another topic, I usaully don't care about 90% of the anime nowadays unless its a theme I like, I have no interest in bland shonen, schools girls filled animes, lolis, etc.
Basicly I'm interested in seeing Azazel, I liked the first series, little gory and graphic but fun and actually made me laugh, I'll watch Devil Survivor also and Shingeko no Kyojin if its any good but I migth get into the manga and just ignore the anime, like I did with Magi and Codebreaker(even though I dropped CodeBreaker manga).
Yep, the manga is really good, and is not about lolis or school girls! Shingeki no Kyojin is a monthly dark shonen with a really mysterious story and a lot of gore(not free gore, but a lot more than is recommended, just like Berserk). The anime trailers were great, the music and the animation all top-notch, if the anime keeps the story of the manga(and if diverge, diverge to something good) and keeps the animation and sound quality of the trailer then it will certainly be the best anime of the year. You Should certainly give it a chance!
Saw Little Witch Academia. I recommend watching it if you like witches, dungeon crawl RPGs, or just a showcase of fluid/cartoony animation.
I really enjoyed it, despite how simple it was. The fight scenes with the minotaur and "big guy" was also really fun to watch.
Here's my short mini review for those that are interested.
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Little Witch Acedemia was really content filled for something that was 26 minutes. I’m curious to see if Trigger can one day make it an ongoing series, or maybe even a full length movie. Because it has all the qualities to do so, despite how wrapped up the underlying story was. The characters were really likable, the setting was interesting, and the animation style had a really great blend of fluid movements and cartoony expressions/body gestures(it sort of reminded me of Soul Eater at times). There were also some neat references to dungeon crawl role-playing games, so if you do like this stuff as much as I do, then I recommend giving it go.
It was a really well done and well directed OVA. I’m looking forward to see what other great works Trigger’s former Gianax members and their slew of new young talent can create in the future. If this and Inferno Cop says anything, they are really in to be one of the more unique animation studios in Japan.
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I did not watch it online as I figured it was better to torrent it at high res. Beautiful showcase! Will watch it again with my sister this week.
I really liked the Little Witch Academia mini movie. The most important in this kind of movies(made by young animators) is to see the kind of animation they are capable of and I loved the animation so I guess future Trigger works gonna be promising. Now the only thing that is missing is the sub version of Ryo from Gonzo, Death Billiards from Madhouse and Arve Rezzle from ZEXCS to complete the 2012(made in 2012 showed in 2013)Anime Mirai project.
Man, you better be FMA tier Shingeki no Kyojin. First new show that I'll watch in a year or so.
RDG - RED DATA GIRL (First episode Impression)
Impressions Resume: RDG or the longest name RED DATA GIRL is for what I've seen a shojo slice of life anime about a timid girl that want to live a normal live, but have mysterious powers that need to be protected.
I liked this first episode and it looked a solid anime. Nothing impressed me that much, but nothing was bad. If it keeps this quality I think it will be a medium level anime and for a season it will be a good watch. My mind keeps me alerting that the first episode should try to captivate the attention of the viewers and so should try to show some real strengths of the anime, I didn't found strength in this episode and so I question if this anime don't have strengths at all or it have, but they weren't already shown.
Storytelling (rating: 60 of 100)
Story/Premise: I only seen the first episode so the only thing that I watch isn't really all the story, but only the premise. I have to say that the premise is not to extravagant, but for what I've seen of shojo slice of life, honestly I don't watched that many, is original(Timid girl with powers needs to be protected, but at the same time she wants to live a normal live. ah, and the boys mistreat her because she is timid). Fortunately for me is not a reverse harem,(I don't like harems, because until now all of them seems rather forced and don't provide nothing good to the story) at least for now.
Plot: Being the plot the way the story is told and because I only watched the premise, I will be talking of how this premise was told/showed. It was well made in a simple and effective way, it could have put more emphasis in some things, for example the fact that she have mysterious powers that she can control nor understand. But overall it was well made, I believe if the premise was a lot more interesting this plot would solidify even more that premise.
Acting (80 of 100)
Characterization: The acting was good for the most part, but it had at least two situations where characters reaction were a little over the top and not normal. One of them are Izumiku(timid girl) teacher reaction when Sagara(A friend of Izumiku's father) talked and look at her(I know that it was to show that he was pretty and that she was embarrassed when she talked to her, but it was a little over the top).
Voice Acting: I will divide the Voice Acting in the Acting part(this has more to do with how the voice show the feelings of the characters in each situation) and in the Sound part(this has more to do with the mapping of voices and characters). The acting seemed well made for all the characters and showed well what the character was expressing in that moment.
Sound (70 of 100)
Opening and Closing Music: Appropriate for the mood of the anime and good. I don't know how but I really liked the ending music, it seemed different(is it traditional Japanese music?), soft and calming.
Background Music/Sounds: The Background sounds are indispensable parts of any anime and normally are done very well and this anime is not an exception(I believe if an anime don't have good Background sound then I will almost automatically stop seeing it). The Background music is really beautiful and I liked it a lot, but most of the time was so deep in the background that it was almost impossible to hear and so it atmospheric quality was almost completely nullified.
Voice Acting: All the characters that appeared in this episode had a voice that really fused well with him.
Visual (80 of 100)
Static: The quality of the drawing were good, I have seen better, but I have seen a lot, but a lot worse. Unfortunately the cars were made in a horrible 3D, but they rarely appear.
Dynamic: The character movement and reactions where well made and I can't remember of any thing bad to say about them, it was a consistent and solid.
Overall (72.5 of 100) A Good anime thus far, but I only recommended to anyone if the person I did that were to watch many anime this season.
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Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge (First episode review)
Impressions Resume: This anime was a super surprise for me, with the wacky and crazy premise I was expecting a bad or normal(at best) anime, but it was in fact nothing short of amazing. The premise is still wacky and crazy: A guy that is crazy for hair and of cutting it, psycho crazy, that meets a girl that nobody can't cut her hair and that is protected(or imprisoned) by an assassin organization. Later he finds that he have a Scissor that can cut the girl hair, and cut it starting a deadly game(game I believe it consist of trying to kill him and get the Scissor); but the way that it's(the premise) executed is incredible.
Storytelling (85 of 100)
Story/Premise: Really crazy, it seems the person that made it was only interested in the shock value and made it over the top. By my own experience(not that I have that much) I have been noticing that when an author is most interested in the shock value that it will provide to his audience, he/she will not put effort, or not enough of it, in the other aspects of his work turning his work OK at best, and normally bad. Everything has his exceptions and this is the exception to that rule(at least for now. It was placed so much effort in everything in this first episode, I hope that this trend continues throughout this series).
Plot: The content was shown in a simple manner. Simple it consisted of the various visits the boy does to the girl he met with the hair that can't be cut, and his various times thinking of her in his room(of course it have more than this, but basically it was this). More often than not simple means better and the decision to not complicate certainly helped to give more impact to the not so diverse settings.
Acting (85 of 100)
Characterization: All of the characters are crazy and their reactions and behaviors are over the top, but appropriate and well made in the wacky and comical context of the anime(It had a situation that it seemed a little too much, but what they were talking was mysterious so it all gonna depend on that). Kiri(The boy) is a hair cutter psycho, but besides that he is pretty normal, that his shown very well in his acting. Iwai(The hair Girl) is a reserved girl deprived of the outside world and that is too very well shown in her acting.
Voice Acting: In each situation the voice pitch of each character is well made and express well what is happening and what him/her is thinking(specially in the comical situations).
Sound (95 of 100)
Opening and Ending Song: This episode didn't had opening song(it had like 5 seconds of it when they were talking of the sponsors) so I can't say if it gonna be good or not, but the end song is really great and totally appropriate for the an end music(slow, calm and relaxing).
Background Music/Sounds: The most beautiful thing about this episode is definitely the Background music. It was a non stop sound feast that acclimatized and turned each situation into a beautiful acoustic experience. It was placed in the right place at the right moment and it ended, changing to another background sound, in a extraordinary manner, every time.
Voice Acting: The voices were all well chosen, but I think that Iwai voice is a little to much acute/pitched for my taste, but still bearable.
Visual (75 of 100)
Opening and Ending: This episode haven't had neither one of them so I have nothing to say.
Static: The characters and objects drawings are not that impressive, they are average. Unfortunately the cars are made in terrible 3D.
Dynamic: The movement of the characters and object are well made putting the overall static-dynamic animation in a good term. The 3D cars are horrible, but their movement at least is well made.
Overall (85 of 100)
This first episode was really impressive, I really hope that it continues with this great quality and that the story turns to be great, right now is wacky and well executed, but I hope that it turns to be something surprising and great that maintain its wackiness and good execution! I recommend to everyone! But especially to anyone with a good sense of humor and a love with background music(who's the crazy person that prefer silence to a good orgy of acoustic emotions?).
So, just watched the first episode of Devil Survivor 2. I liked the games and I liked the show. I'm wondering how they'll introduce Joe, since in the game he met them before they fought dubhe. It's understandable that they'd handle it the way they did though due to time constraints and pacing for an anime episode, and it seems like the story is being kept intact for the most part. As expected, the characters themselves probably won't fight and will just use demons, unlike the game
Bigivel, can you do a review of Nekomonogatari?
Wow ! The animation in the first episode of Majestic Prince is just amazing.
And I love the mechas design.
I will continue this anime for sure.
Throws in a penny for Shingeki no Kyojin
I'll also watch Nyaruko's sequel, and maybe OreImo 2 (for Kuroneko)…
@Aku no Hana
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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Hang on, let me chug this Pina Colada.
…...
Ok, resuming laughter.
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oh lordy, I wasn't gonig to watch this series anyways, because I found every single one of this guy's manga to be atrociously tasteless and obnoxious, but this? This is almost fittingly ingenious. Hahaha.
Oh, what's that I hear?
Ah, that must be the sound of fanboys screaming in pain, somewhere far, far away. Ahahahahahahahahaha.
Oh God Aku no hana looks dreadful, it's all rotoscoped!
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So, i only wanted to watch 2 animes from this season from the get-go, Shingeki and Aku no Hana but i guess that´s that.
Aku No Hana is god tier comedy.
Okay after watching the first episode of Aku no hana it exceeded my expectations. All the characters look ugly as sin but I can kinda see what they were going for with the rotoscoping thing. The movement of the characters, whilst ugly, does seem to have a nice sort of natural flow to it which was cool. The ending theme also perfectly encapsulated the pretentious and 'edgy' feel of Aku no hana, the opening however was balls. I'm not going to drop it yet but I do wander why they didn't just make this a live action thing.
Devil survivor 2 was pretty cool.
Huh, well, no wonder none of Aku no Hana's promo material seemed to show any of the characters.
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You.
Hey, you.
Yes, you. The one who is reading this post right now. Of course I'm talking to you.
Why oh why aren't you watching Hataraku Maou-sama? No, I don't want to hear your excuses.
Go watch it.
NOW.
Because I absolutely abhor every and all Maoh trope light novels. All of them.
