Animu/Mango General

ClockworkUniverse · 2012-10-09 13:06:49

^^^^^^^I've seen both several times. In this case, I'm watching it on Netflix, so dub.

vandro · 2012-10-09 13:23:04

Ah, Darker than Black. CHINESE ELECTRIC BATMAN!

ClockworkUniverse · 2012-10-09 13:35:12

Incidentally, my favorite thing about Darker than Black (very minor spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless):

Spoiler:

So, the character trapped in a cat's body is codenamed "Mao." He was given this codename before being trapped in a cats body. The person who led his team at that time was a precognitive.

Thus, at some point, this conversation presumably happened:

"Okay, we'll call you...Mao."

"Why Mao?"

"You'll find out ^_^"

glennmagusharvey · 2012-10-09 15:02:55

Wait, Fresh Precure is set in middle school, not high school?

I figured all of them were high-schoolers.

DYRE · 2012-10-09 15:12:15

Precure is always about middle-schoolers. Except for a couple characters I think. Yuri (/Cure Moonlight) was in high school, I don't know if there were any others not in middle school.

┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´）╯︵ ┻━┻ · 2012-10-09 15:21:39

That reminds me of when I totally forgot Madoka Magica was about middle schoolers after quite a while into the show.

Wooooooooooooooooow. Magi's first episode has impressed me quite a bit. Ali Baba and Aladdin and Morgiana! on the way to earn all Djinn!

They don't do that dungeon clearing thing for djinns much after the first one they clear, just so you know.

Well, unless the anime feels like changing the plot there. It already has changed some things (like Aladdin rubbing his face in a fat slave owner's excess chest fat in joy rather than just asking "Why the hell does this guy have boobs?" oh and well some plot compression) so that doesn't seem all that far-fetched, I guess.

vandro · 2012-10-09 18:16:03

They don't do that dungeon clearing thing for djinns much after the first one they clear, just so you know.

If you care to read, I said: on the way. The way means there's a journey besides the destinations.

┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´）╯︵ ┻━┻ · 2012-10-09 18:44:29

A journey that pretty much goes faraway enough to mostly ignore the initial destinations, I suppose.

and well there's how aladdin hardly has a reason to go to them after Ugo goes away forever

and there's how people with too many dungeon valuables are unable to enter dungeons

Schitzo · 2012-10-10 02:01:33

You guys got me a recommendation?

I'm looking for a fighting series that avoid usage of the following:

- "Fighting to become THE BEST THERE IS."

- Power Levels, or the fall of one badguy simply leading into an even badder bad guy.

fourteenwings · 2012-10-10 02:17:36

Yuri (/Cure Moonlight) was in high school,

I always thought Yuri was an adult...

^ Wait for PsychoPass to start?

JHM · 2012-10-10 03:07:59

So, anyone have an opinion on Noein?

Alkthash · 2012-10-10 10:09:56

JHM - I liked it a lot. Sure, whenever they start talking time travel technobabble it's all nonsense. The animation was lovely though and I liked the characters a lot.

Crimson · 2012-10-10 13:10:59

@Schitzo: Try Teppu, it's about women's MMA where the protagonist is the asshole rival character in every other shonen series. It's actually fairly realistic with almost no stupid fanservice.

fourteenwings · 2012-10-10 13:20:23

Has anybody seen Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere? Is it any good?

glennmagusharvey · 2012-10-10 13:45:50

It was recommended to me when I asked people on TVT to recommend series with a large cast of protagonists (like how Nanoha Strikers has like 10 main characters, and The Idolmaster has like 14 main characters, all of whom contribute greatly to their stories), so that's why it's on my to-watch list.

Schitzo · 2012-10-10 14:04:14

@ Crimson

Sounds interesting

fourteenwings · 2012-10-10 14:17:37

^^ All I've heard about it is the LN series is really long, there's an unneccessary overfocus on boobs, robots and there's a student council of some sort. It seems pretty long and easily to get obsessive over, due to all the info and I like those kinds of series.

Oh, and I remember one of the main characters being a blackface but indian guy (There is a black guy but he looks normal).

DYRE · 2012-10-10 14:21:26

That one girl has enormous hair. Other than that I don't know anything about the series and don't really care to find out more.

Saigyouji · 2012-10-10 15:38:20

Finally started watching Lesbians: The Anime: Season 2 Nanoha A's. 's fun, although there are a couple of weird things. Like why nobody was bothered by a 9 year old with paraplegia living alone. Also seems like there's a lot more Engrish than the last series.

DYRE · 2012-10-10 15:46:49

More Engrish, more spacetime police, more characters who don't do anything, more Arf boobs... overall, A's was a lot less enjoyable than the first season. I'm the only person who thinks that though.

glennmagusharvey · 2012-10-10 16:00:52

I agree, though probably not for the same reasons.

dracosketch · 2012-10-10 19:21:02

Rewatching Yu Yu Hakusho.

Awesome.

┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´）╯︵ ┻━┻ · 2012-10-10 20:03:35

All I've heard about it is the LN series is really long, there's an unneccessary overfocus on boobs, robots and there's a student council of some sort. It seems pretty long and easily to get obsessive over, due to all the info and I like those kinds of series.

Oh, and I remember one of the main characters being a blackface but indian guy (There is a black guy but he looks normal).

The average size of boobs there is probably the reason why they had to use "unfinished sex change" as an excuse for a flat-chested girl character.

People wage wars between schools, which is why student council stuff is important, and everyone else in the country is not allowed to participate in battle. I'm pretty sure the teachers or something are not supposed to be allowed to fight either. I have no idea whatsoever as to why they decided to do that.

Not that many robots around.

Indian curry guy has both too little screentime and extremely little relevance to be considered a main character.

The prologue is 9 episodes long.

Also, it's kind of confusing for a while.

And the main character likes being naked for whatever reason.

fourteenwings · 2012-10-11 09:16:47

"unfinished sex change"

Well, there goes that idea.

So SAO's Aincrad arc (Which should honestly be what the show is anyways) is already over. Now I know why they put the LN sidestories in the beginning, buying time to make it look longer (Main story was only 8 episodes). It wasn't crash and burn bad, just "oh, of course that would happen SAO" bad.

Also, I stop watching this show for 5 episodes and Asuna transforms into a crybaby who can't even stand without Kirito's help (before they get paralyzed). What's that about?

vandro · 2012-10-11 11:10:26

Asuna, to burrow someone's words is a "Thriumph of feminism!" of course!

glennmagusharvey · 2012-10-11 12:13:30

> > "unfinished sex change"

> Well, there goes that idea.

DYRE · 2012-10-11 12:42:30

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-10-11/psycho-pass-chief-director/word-moe-is-banned-among-staff

Motohiro revealed that he prohibited the word "moe" when they were in meetings about the anime. He explained that they intended to counter the current anime trends. As a result, he said with a laugh that this work can only be a "strikeout or a home run," with nothing in between.

Psycho-Pass will be the worst selling anime of 2012.

fourteenwings · 2012-10-11 12:46:37

>Urobuchi Gen

DYRE · 2012-10-11 12:54:12

But nobody bought Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. Madoka was popular because SHAFT and magical girls and lesbians and moe. Fate/Zero would be popular whether he was involved or not since Type-Moon fans will buy absolutely anything.

fourteenwings · 2012-10-11 12:57:12

Wasn't Madoka the thing that made him synonymous with best writer ever or am I misjudging anime fans as caring about the writers/series composers?

Nobody bought Phantom? I mean, it wasn't the best work ever but it was really great...

Funny story, I actually watched that for more Ms. Takagaki, not Gen.

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