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#1 Jul 07 2014 at 7:59 PM Rating: Good
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The list.

Space Dandy Season II was amazingly well done, Sailor Moon was okay, except for a little weirdness with the CGI, and Sword Art Online II was essentially a recap episode. Haven't watched anything else.
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#2 Jul 07 2014 at 9:39 PM Rating: Good
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Sailor Moon - Pretty decent. There are some oddities with the CG, especially during the transformation sequence, but in general I really like the new art style.

Sword Art - Can't really judge this yet because absolutely nothing happened in the first episode.

I'm still waiting for Tokyo ESP next week but I'm not that interested in anything else this season.
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#3 Jul 07 2014 at 9:58 PM Rating: Good
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I'll need to check out tomorrow morning which of these is on Crunchyroll. Still haven't finished most of Spring's animes yet.
#4 Jul 08 2014 at 8:07 AM Rating: Good
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I'm still waiting for Tokyo ESP next week but I'm not that interested in anything else this season.
I read that up to the time skip and it was okay. It did remind me about Tokyo Ghoul, which I thought would be about zombies when I first started reading. It kind of is, but not the shambling undead type. I'm kind of curious about it animated, but not curious enough to check on it myself.

Sailor Moon is apparently once every other week, which already makes me feel like dropping it.
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#5 Jul 08 2014 at 9:05 AM Rating: Good
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Can't be worse than the Pupa format.
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-Tokyo Ghoul is trying very hard to not accidentally say the word "vampires." Other than that it's a decent but mundane grim dark action series. The anime has markedly improved art, pacing, and narrative style over the manga in its favor.
-Space Dandy looks to be more of the same dice roll of episodes, starting off on a high note.
-Black Butler is still the same passable fujoshibait with victorian airs. I never tire of that cheesy line "I'm oen hell of a butler."
-Sword Art is impressive really. The author seems to honestly know so very little about games, economics, technology, tropes, or anything he has written about. I've had part of the ending spoiled for me by a friend and it's pretty hilarious how it makes absolutely all the events in the show entirely pointless. It might as well been a dream all along.

-Ceoncoroll 2 should be coming out soon. I look forward to it.

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#7 Jul 18 2014 at 3:45 PM Rating: Good
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So I'm bored and I feel like watching some anime, any stand out series in the last year and a half or so that I should watch?

I know, not the right thread and all but this isn't worth making a new thread for.
#8 Jul 18 2014 at 5:29 PM Rating: Good
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JoJo is still going strong.
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#9 Jul 18 2014 at 5:39 PM Rating: Good
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Which is? Never heard it before and googling doesn't do anything.
#10 Jul 18 2014 at 5:48 PM Rating: Good
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Sorry, JoJo's Bizzare Adventure.
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#11 Jul 19 2014 at 1:37 PM Rating: Good
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Googling that the visual style looks, euh, bad. That's making me not want to watch it.


Also, I downloaded Kill La Kill. I'm not sure whether it's mocking all the terrible anime cliches and I like it or if it's just really ******* stupid and it hasn't sunk in yet.
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Googling that the visual style looks, euh, bad. That's making me not want to watch it.


The original manga was drawn in the 80's, and the creator refused to allow the anime to be created unless it was extremely faithful to the manga. It's a really good series, and if you do decide to watch it from Season One it the action gets going from episode 3 and on. Episode 1 and 2 are backstory for the main characters.
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#13 Jul 19 2014 at 9:51 PM Rating: Good
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Sword Art. Three episodes in and still absolutely nothing has happened.
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Sword Art. Three episodes in and still absolutely nothing has happened.


Haven't read the light novels, but I'm guessing that Shino's friend Asakawa is Death Gun.
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#15 Jul 20 2014 at 4:05 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Googling that the visual style looks, euh, bad. That's making me not want to watch it.
The original manga was drawn in the 80's, and the creator refused to allow the anime to be created unless it was extremely faithful to the manga.
Ah, well, nevermind that then. The visual style is too important for me and it would bother me to no end.
#16 Jul 20 2014 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Also, I downloaded Kill La Kill. I'm not sure whether it's mocking all the terrible anime cliches and I like it or if it's just really @#%^ing stupid and it hasn't sunk in yet.


KLK is a very well done and trope aware show.
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#17 Jul 20 2014 at 2:03 PM Rating: Excellent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Googling that the visual style looks, euh, bad. That's making me not want to watch it.
The original manga was drawn in the 80's, and the creator refused to allow the anime to be created unless it was extremely faithful to the manga.
Ah, well, nevermind that then. The visual style is too important for me and it would bother me to no end.


Smiley: mad

Well then, how bout this?

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#18 Jul 20 2014 at 4:33 PM Rating: Good
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Smiley: mad

Well then, how bout this?

The one thing holding me back is that it's a giant download, 40gb or so if I remember correctly. Still not that big a deal I guess so maybe I should try it.
#19 Jul 20 2014 at 4:35 PM Rating: Good
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#20 Jul 20 2014 at 8:29 PM Rating: Good
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Just finished watching Knights of Sidonia. It's exclusive to Netflix for the moment, and there's only 10 or so episodes so far, but it's very well done. Interesting setting and story, very good animation, and they don't bog down any one episode with too much exposition/backstory. Plus, most of the anime cliches--giant robots vs. giant monsters, random awkward teenager is "the chosen one", random awkward teenage inexplicably has several cute girls fighting over him, etc.--don't feel too terribly worn-out (they are a bit - it was only cute when Aquarion did it because that show was so over-the-top cheesy).

Overall very pleased with it, and apparently the second "season" is in development right now. My only concern is that the plot of said second season seems pretty obvious based on the last episode. Long story short, the stereotypical entitled, arrogant rich kid wants to watch the world burn, but will invariably be dissuaded from destroying everything by the overwhelming kindness of the friendly protagonist. Stop me if you've heard that one before.
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#21 Jul 20 2014 at 9:08 PM Rating: Good
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I'm thinking of waiting for the Sidonia manga to finish and then read it.

I like the artist/author behind Sidonia, and if you liked Sidonia you might consider checking out his other works. There is an ova adaption of Blame!, but due to his art and story style I'm not certain how well it is conveyed in a different medium.

Sidonia is apparently Nisei's attempt at a lighthearted, upbeat story.
#22 Jul 20 2014 at 9:43 PM Rating: Excellent
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Just finished watching Knights of Sidonia. It's exclusive to Netflix for the moment, and there's only 10 or so episodes so far, but it's very well done. Interesting setting and story, very good animation, and they don't bog down any one episode with too much exposition/backstory. Plus, most of the anime cliches--giant robots vs. giant monsters, random awkward teenager is "the chosen one", random awkward teenage inexplicably has several cute girls fighting over him, etc.--don't feel too terribly worn-out (they are a bit - it was only cute when Aquarion did it because that show was so over-the-top cheesy).

Overall very pleased with it, and apparently the second "season" is in development right now. My only concern is that the plot of said second season seems pretty obvious based on the last episode. Long story short, the stereotypical entitled, arrogant rich kid wants to watch the world burn, but will invariably be dissuaded from destroying everything by the overwhelming kindness of the friendly protagonist. Stop me if you've heard that one before.
I marathoned the full twelve episodes on Saturday night. I more or less agree with most of what was written here, though I think they managed to handle the whole "random awkward teenage inexplicably has several cute girls fighting over him" thing better than most series. It was more logical since he fairly quickly became a celebrity thanks to the captain's constant interventions making him stand out.

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Sidonia is apparently Nisei's attempt at a lighthearted, upbeat story.
I have no words. Let me ask Nathan Explosion what he has to say about that.
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Thank you, Nathan. But seriously, while I wouldn't go and call this show dark, it racks up quite a body count, the ruling council is totally messed up and one of the main characters even dies. Calling this "lighthearted" is like Gen Urobuchi saying Madoka would be "a heartwarming, happy story".

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#23 Jul 20 2014 at 11:35 PM Rating: Good
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Nah, just impatient.
#24 Jul 21 2014 at 8:12 AM Rating: Good
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I HAVE A THICK. MEATY. ******.

*dry heaving sounds*
I haven't stopped laughing.

Quack.
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The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
... though I think they managed to handle the whole "random awkward teenage inexplicably has several cute girls fighting over him" thing better than most series. It was more logical since he fairly quickly became a celebrity thanks to the captain's constant interventions making him stand out.
Fair enough. The whole "stranger in a strange land" aspect makes it more believable, but it's still pretty cliche.

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Sidonia is apparently Nisei's attempt at a lighthearted, upbeat story.
I have no words. Let me ask Nathan Explosion what he has to say about that.
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Thank you, Nathan. But seriously, while I wouldn't go and call this show dark, it racks up quite a body count, the ruling council is totally messed up and one of the main characters even dies. Calling this "lighthearted" is like Gen Urobuchi saying Madoka would be "a heartwarming, happy story".
The whole ruling council thing is pretty standard allegory for the Japanese patriarchy, yet another fairly common theme in anime. I wouldn't say it's brutal (it's not Attack on Titan cruel to it's supporting characters), but it does give the show and the character believable emotional investment. I'm always pleased to find anime that isn't allergic to adult emotions like guilt, loss, or despair (so long as they're not just there to drive the single episode life lesson, straight Sesame Street style).
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#26 Jul 21 2014 at 9:42 PM Rating: Good
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I'm not necessarily calling the show itself brutal. I'm saying that the fact that this is an attempt at a lighthearted, upbeat story is brutal.
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