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Quote from: stray on September 11, 2009, 05:17:34 AM

I've not seen it past the 30th ep or so. I liked it, but like all Jump stuff - too long.

Gintama is all about the individual episodes (great ones like http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-510258/gintama-98/) rather than story arcs in my opinion so the
length isn't an issue that much.

seems that ep98 is actually a 2-parter but anyway..

I'm not too impressed with the translations crunchyroll uses, but it's a good site nonetheless.

http://www.ovguide.com/

This site will help you find some of Crunchy's less legit bedfellows, which means more access to more shows. Some are good some aren't so good, also if your looking for the tube pr0n sites you can find a ton of them there too. For anime I can only really vouch for AFtv not being a complete disease ridden corpse of a site. I haven't watched too many shows lately and I much prefer the hd fansubs while they still exist (feels like they are becoming more scarce these days).

Autumn ('Fall') Preview:

Fairy Tale is "One Piece but with wizards". And there's the 'ending' of InuYasha.
And that's about it, unless there's a hidden masterpiece in there somewhere.

E: vv Yeah, and Darker than Black 2. Missed that one.

E2: Whoops! Missed Astro Fighter Sunred S2 as well! embarassed

For those who don't know, it's about the eponymous, vaguely Kamen Rider-esque superhero in his ongoing battles to defend the world against the villainous orginisation Florsheim lead by the evil General Vamp!

...in much the same way that, for example, Venture Bros. is about the heroic Venture Brothers (et al) saving the world from the evil Monarch. awesome, for real

I will probably check out the new "Darker Than Black" instalment. Heart

Is there info available on that? The original was a self contained 20 something episode show from the maker of Cowboy Bebop and although it didn't get rave reviews at the time I really enjoyed it (apparently it didn't live up to the expectations of Cowboy Bebop fans, no idea why). It was a few years ago and I didn't know another instalment was in the works, wonder if it's the same studio/writer?

Quite a few of those look great or pretty original.

edit: The creator of Bebop has only done Samurai Champloo (which was received well.. but maybe not as well as Bebop), as far as other full length series go. Darker than Black was someone else.. I remember trying to watch it, but never lasted long.

After some research it seems the writer of Darker Than Black (Tensai Okamura), while not the writer for Cowboy Bebop, was involved in it's story.

Further inspection shows he's had a hand in a lot of shows/movies I like, quite the impressive catalogue. DRILLING AND MANLINESS

Astro Fighter Sunred S2. Best show of the season already.

Expressing interest in Blue Literature and Yumeiro Patissiere itt.

Edit: Holy crap, an 8eyes sequel. Do not want.

So, still plugging away at Bleach.

Episode 119, the infodump episode for the bald dude, has about three seconds of pure fucking win. Namely, when he enters the alleyway and the innocent looking little girl with pink hair is drawing a picture in chalk of Kenpatchi impaling someone.

Kimi ni Todoke looks like it's going to be this season's Toradora/KareKano/etc. (i.e. the good rom-com). Although Nyan Koi! also had its moments....

E: Sup? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZUTiCAuccw

So.....

Someone clue me in on this new season. What has been good?

I know it's a bit older, but I'm watching Baccano! Good/unique shit.

I haven't watched anything from the new lineup yet, though I did finally watch bakemonagatari from this summer and thought it was pretty damn good with the exception of all the cut scenes.

I'm probably going to go through the first two episodes of Fall to cull out the shit this weekend though.

A friend of mine told me to read the Gantz manga.. pretty cool. Never seen the anime. She said it sucked (?). Anyhow this is the first manga I've ever read. If they're all like this, I could get into it. Especially with some of the series I really like, but are incomplete in their anime versions (Nana, GTO?).

I like Mnaga except when you get to the end of an ongoing series. I tried to follow XXXHolic as it was distributed, but once you realize the pace with which they come out combined with the number of pages used to actually accomplish anything, it's more frustration than anything else.

Re: Gantz. First season was fucking win. I was in love with the series. Second season is apparently where they caught up with the manga. Most anime of that nature generally end prematurely or use filler episodes. Gantz instead extended details of the manga excessively. There were literally episodes where people were just spectating while someone gets his ass handed to them, every once and a while shouting "We got to help him!" At some point you start yelling at the screen "Well fucking do it you god damn cockwhore!"

tl;dr Gantz is perhaps the only anime I was absolutely disgusted with, that I felt cheated for having watched it.

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
If you saw To Aru Majutsu no Index, it's pretty much more of the same. This is a side story about the electricity chick. Setting is still Academy city where 80% of the population are students and the technology and research in paranormal phenomena is just another tech.
Potential 3-4 stars out of 5. I'll watch it.

Kampfer
Kampfers are being swho fight each other because kampfers are beings who fight each other. Beyond that, we'll probably find out why as the stroy progresses. Main character is male. Kampfers are female. Main character is a kampfer. Ergo, ranma 1/2. Lots of sexual innuendo, but not completely ecchi so far.
Probably a 3 star. I'll watch it until it gets stupid.

Kobato
Main character is some ditzy chick from supernatural elsewhere. Her comedic sidekick is a yakuza-esqu stuffed dog toy. Shae has a wish to go somewhere. In order to do so she needs to fill a flask with the shards of broken hearts (apparently she gets them when she heals a broken heart.) First she needs a flask and to do so she has to prove she can mingle with humans for an entire day. The stuffed dog is her proctor. There's also some grumpy guy who will apparently be the love interest eventually.
Probably 2-3 stars. Could pick up. I may watch it.

Seitokai no Ichizon
The student council of the school this anime takes place is comprises of 4 elected representatives and a blue chip seat filled by whoever placed highest in the exams the year before. The 4 elected are cute girls. Therefore the lecherous guy worked his ass off. The entire episode takes place in the student council room with lots of wordplay and is actually quite humorous. Main character (lecherous guy) is straighforward and mentions frequently how he's aiming for a harem ending. He ends up doing a lot of work behind the scenes in order to keep the student council meetings a fun experience.
Probably a 4 star. I'll definitely watch.

Tatakaou Shishou
A more serious anime. The church of drowing in his faith or something or other have decided who are human and who aren't. The leaders, of course, are real humans, their followers are considered mock humans (voluntarily disposable it seems) and then there are meats. Fleshbags whose sole purpose is to blow up with the bombs the church implanted in them. Their opposition are the Armed Librarians. Not much beyond that was given for background, but there is decent fighting and explosions here and there and ultimately looks like a twisted story will unfold with some dead chick with a spider sword and visions of her with fire.
Potential 3-4. I'll watch it more because it looks interesting than any inherent value. Still too early.

Nyan Koi
Guy is allergic to cats. Family has a cat, which is a smug son of a bitch. Guy accidentally breaks one of those little shrine statues on the side of the road and is cursed. He can hear and understand cats when the communicate to each other. They tell him he's got to do 100 favors for cats to break the curse or eventually he's going to turn into one (and probably suffocate because he'll be allergic to himself.) Not very inspiring.
Potential 2-3 stars. I may watch it if I have time after cleaning my belly button of lint and illegal immigrants.

More to come when I watch em.

Quote from: Bzalthek on April 26, 2009, 07:17:07 PM

Heh, time to fire up the series again. I can't talk about it too much without watching it again.

I watched it again... I think I change my mind. Or rather, I was in the right frame of mind. It was really is quiet awesome, especially for what it is (shonen). I would say inspirational even.

I guess I can agree about Kamina/overshadowing. In a way though, it's still his schtick carrying on the show. He's a bit like Jesus (of stubborn manliness).

That's some of the absolute best Shounen I've ever seen and I love that stuff and have watched tons of it.

Anyone watched Casshern Sins? I'm only just getting into it so I wont make a recommendation until I finish but so far its pretty cool despite the fact that its a hero with amnesia and rediculous power/responsibility story. We'll see though its looking like it might get a whole lot more cliche. I'm really enjoying the dystopia setting and the art is fucking fantastic on every level.

I liked casshern sins especially for the dystopia setting. It reminded me, in a way, of samurai 7 (one of my favorites)

I finished watching the first episode of all the new shows for the fall (except those which are second seasons.) I'll probably make a post later tonight but I have some studying to do beforehand.

starting on valkyria chronicles.. can't say much except it's a pretty show (and cool game, of course)

Seikan no Blacksmith (The Sacred Blacksmith)
Cecily Campbell is an inept knight, who has sworn to protect the people in her town village. Everyone seems to love her but she runs into an ex-knight going on a PTSD ramage, get’s her family sword broken and has to get saved by some mysterious hero. Turns out he’s a blacksmith, has an emo past, and while she asks him to forge her a blade that doesn’t break, he refuses. Oh, and there are demons that attack people.
Possible 2-3 stars. May watch.

Kimi no Todoke (From Me to You)
Romantic comedy. Main character is Sawako Kuronuma. Everybody finds her creepy (they call her Sadako after the chick with long hair in the Ring) One boy, Kazehaya, doesn’t treat her this way. Yada yada love blooms and he helps her open up to people.
Prolly a 3 star and I’ll prolly watch it.

Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Lag Seeing is a Letter Bee which is kinda like a UPS delivery guy but they pick up anything and deliver it to wherever in a dangerous world of perpetual night with lots of crazy shit that wants to eat you. The “letter” he has to pick up this time turns out to be a kid who was either abandoned by his mother or had his mother abducted. It’s a fairly interesting world, and they have guns which essentially use a piece of the user’s life force. They are apparently the only things that will kill the arachnid-esque monsters that lurk in the dark.
Potential 3-4 stars. I’ll watch it.

11 eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shōjo (Sin, Damnation, and the Atonement Girl)
Not a whole lot to say about the first episode. Satsuki Kakeru lost his sister 5 years ago and took a while to adjust with the help of his friends, most notably Minase Yuka. At some point they hold hands and are thrown into Red Night where the world is desolate with the exception of a lot of monsters. Oh, Satsuki’s got an eyepatch. He can’t see out of his right eye and it’s a different color so he wears the patch. If it follows anime cliché 101 he probably go the eye when his sister died or some shit.
Prolly a 3, I will more than likely watch it.

Sora no Othoshimono (What Fell from the Sky)
Tomoki Sakurai is having strange dreams of a woman asking for help; that the sky is holding her captive. His friend, Sohara Mitsuki suggest he talks to Eishirou Sugata who is pretty knowledgeable about strange shit. He’s reluctant because, well, he’s kinda fucking crazy. Somehow he gets conned into going with them to witness a mysterious “hole” which is supposed to pass through their airspace at midnight but the two of them end up unable to attend. So he’s out there alone when some angel android falls on him and “bonds” with him. She can grant his every wish and your typical horror stories of Wish spells from D&D ensue. (i.e. they don’t turn out how he expected them to).
Potential 2-3 stars. I doubt I’ll watch it.

Yumeiro Patissiere (Dream-colored Patissiere)
14 year old Ichigo Amano doesn’t know what she wants to do with herself. She’s a klutz but she’s kind hearted and doesn’t seem all that jealous of her sister who’s having a piano recital. The one thing she’s good at is eating sweets which is probably a hold over from her grandmother plying her with sweets whenever she’s sad. After the recital they go to a pastry tasting event where she encounters a dessert which tastes very much like her grandmother’s. The patissier who made the sweet is impressed she was able to tell and asks her to join the St. Marie Academy, a culinary school for sweets.
Potential 2-3 stars, leaning towards a two. I probably will not watch this.

Fairy Tail
Blatantly stolen from Wikipedia.
A young sorceress, Lucy Heartfilia, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a teenage boy looking for a dragon named Igneel. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer.
Possible 2-3 stars. I’ll watch this unless it gets worse.

Sasameki Koto (Whispered Words)
Sumika Murasame and Ushio Kazama appear to be the main characters of this Yuri anime. Ushio “likes girls” and gets her heart broken quite frequently. She only like “cute” girls, however, which is probably why Sumika doesn’t want to tell Ushio that she really likes her. It’s not much in the way of substance, but it’s actually pretty well done.
Potential 3-4 stars. I’ll watch it.

Kuuchuu Buranko (Trapeze)
I don’t know. I really don’t. I watch this fucker twice and I still don’t think I understand it. I thought throughout the episode the main character was this trapeze artist who was having problems fitting in with his partners (they don’t catch him or he’s puilling away fro them) and he goes to this shrink who’s a nutball and is at times a kid in a giant humanoid mouse suit or some lanky guy. His nurse is seductress looking too. From what I read on the net though is the nutjob shrink is the central character. I dunno. Animation looks shitty too with the interspersed live action cuts that are shaded over.
Looking like a 2, may end up higher if the story can pull together something meaningful. I’m going to watch this like I’m watching a 6-car pile up on fire.

Aoi Bungaku (Blue Book)
Blatantly stolen from MyAnimeList
An adaptation of six Japanese literary works by famous authors:
No Longer Human (Ningen Shikaku) and Run, Melos! (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen), The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.
Apparently No Longer Human will be 4 of the 12 episodes about a guy dealing with his inner monster and how he tries, and often fails, to hide it. Really interesting so far.
More than likely 4 or 5 stars. I’ll definitely watch it.

Fuyu no Sonata (Winter's Sonata)
I thought I watched the first ep, but I only watched the prequel ep which was beyond fucking boring. I’ll comment when I watch the 1st.

Otherwise I think that's all of the non-sequel series this fall.

Thanks for writing that.. Need to check some out.

Started watching Sasameki Koto. It's both funny and depressing. I haven't seen a good drama in a while and this spin on it kind of hits home for me.

Quote from: stray on November 14, 2009, 02:52:12 PM

Thanks for writing that.. Need to check some out.

+1 appreciate the rundown.

Here's a peek at the upcoming Winter lineup. It's a fairly large image so I spoilered it.

Source: http://chartfag.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/winter-10-v2/

Ookamikakushi is the only thing on there that I'm really looking forward to. Dance in the Vampire Bund I'll probably watch, though not with particularly high expectations; Durarara!! is another maybe. Anyone know if FMA 2.0 is continuing next season?

Wow every so often the desire to watch anime wells up inside of me but boy oh boy does that line up look uninspiring... Vampire Bund and Halo may have to do...

I know, the anime lineup for the last year hasn't been impressive. Though Durarara interests me. Read some of the captions, though. Especially Qwaser of Stigmata and Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu. Both pretty normal and then a WTF right out of left field.

I was reading Qwasar and went from ho-hum to wtf in one word.

Yeah.. reading the Qwaser caption simply reminded me how truly fucked up the Japanese can be. Line-up looks very... bleh to me.

Quote from: Lantyssa on December 16, 2009, 08:32:17 AM

I was reading Qwasar and went from ho-hum to wtf in one word.

Which one specifically?

It is so hard for me to find any anime that I can find even barely watchable anymore.

Quote from: Rendakor on December 16, 2009, 10:53:04 AM

Breast milk.

Exactly.

Quote from: Vash on September 14, 2009, 12:53:57 PM

I will probably check out the new "Darker Than Black" instalment. Heart

Yoko Kanno did the music for both Bebop and Darker Than Black. Could that possibly be the connection you are making?

Baccano! was one of the better anime I've ever seen, so I'll give anything they're doing a chance at least. The plot for Durarara sounds good to me even on its own though.