So, Anime You Like Lately

Pixels · Post by **Pixels** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:37 pm

If you pretend it is some teenager's self-insert fanfic, Mahouka is much more amusing. "Everybody underestimates him but he's really super-strong and a super-secret super-soldier and he's the best at everything and a genius inventor who invents super-sweet magic and gets all the girls! He's a rounded character because he has to protect his sister, who wants to bone him hard. OH BABY THIS SHIT IS FUCKING SHAKESPEARE YEAH."

TOZ · Post by **TOZ** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 5:40 am

Stahlseele wrote:Such as?

Fuck, I dunno. I picked back up on Akame Ga Kill, and find it to have Higurashi-level facial contortions, but not so much on tension...

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:32 pm

So there's a new Fate/stay night anime this season. Now at first I was like

"Meh, the last one was pretty bad what with the CGI dragons"

then I found out it was by Ufotable(the Fate/Zero anime guys) and they were adapting the Unlimited Blade Works route and I was like

"Fuck yeah, my body is made of hype!"

and then I watched the first episode and I was not disappointed.

I wonder if anyone is actually going to be surprised to find out that Shirou is the redman.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:11 am

Someone explain the appeal of No Game No Life to me in a way that doesn't make me want to carve out my own spleen.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:21 am

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Someone explain the appeal of No Game No Life to me in a way that doesn't make me want to carve out my own spleen.

This might help.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:44 am

Lord Mistborn wrote:So there's a new Fate/stay night anime this season. Now at first I was like

"Meh, the last one was pretty bad what with the CGI dragons"

then I found out it was by Ufotable(the Fate/Zero anime guys) and they were adapting the Unlimited Blade Works route and I was like

"Fuck yeah, my body is made of hype!"

and then I watched the first episode and I was not disappointed.

I wonder if anyone is actually going to be surprised to find out that Shirou is the redman.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:19 am

So, AMVHell 7 is out. This can be a handy way of going "Huh, that show looks pretty neat, I'll check it out". Even if it can be misleading (Death Note is not as lighthearted as AMVHell4-5 made it out to be, though less serious than the title and grim looking cover makes it out to be).

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:58 pm

Lord Mistborn wrote:So there's a new Fate/stay night anime this season. Now at first I was like

"Meh, the last one was pretty bad what with the CGI dragons"

then I found out it was by Ufotable(the Fate/Zero anime guys) and they were adapting the Unlimited Blade Works route and I was like

"Fuck yeah, my body is made of hype!"

and then I watched the first episode and I was not disappointed.

I wonder if anyone is actually going to be surprised to find out that Shirou is the redman.

The look on Archer's face after being forced to clean the room has already made the anime worth it.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:09 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Someone explain the appeal of No Game No Life to me in a way that doesn't make me want to carve out my own spleen.

It's mostly about watching Blank pull off increasingly elaborate and clever plans with style.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:22 pm

Lago PARANOIA wrote:Someone explain the appeal of No Game No Life to me in a way that doesn't make me want to carve out my own spleen.

I enjoyed it while I was watching it, but in hindsight it's kinda shit, them winning the last game is completely impossible, and the sister's crush on the brother is kinda creepy.

IMHO, "Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?" is a better implementation of the similar concept. Teenagers with superpowers get transported into the magical world where everything is decided by competitions.

Akiosama · Post by **Akiosama** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:12 pm

Longes wrote:
Lord Mistborn wrote:So there's a new Fate/stay night anime this season. Now at first I was like

"Meh, the last one was pretty bad what with the CGI dragons"

then I found out it was by Ufotable(the Fate/Zero anime guys) and they were adapting the Unlimited Blade Works route and I was like

"Fuck yeah, my body is made of hype!"

and then I watched the first episode and I was not disappointed.

I wonder if anyone is actually going to be surprised to find out that Shirou is the redman.

The look on Archer's face after being forced to clean the room has already made the anime worth it.

Interestingly enough, it's not the Heaven's Feel version that people thought it was going to be, but Unlimited Blade Works, which has already been done in film form, as I understand it. It's going to be Rin's story, and focus primarily on her and Archer.

For those that don't know, Fate/Stay Night was a visual novel game, and there are multiple paths to finishing the game, with different endings. Fate/Stay Night (original anime by Studio Deen), Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (the film and this season's anime by ufotable) and at least one other story (Heaven's Feel) all start in the same way and then diverge as choices were made within the game.

Apparently, ufotable will be working on a Fate/Stay Night - Heaven's Feel film, as well, according to Wiki.

But the Prologue episode for Unlimited Blade Works was pretty good. Unfortunately, it does assume you've seen Fate/Stay Night (original) or played the game, as it's going explanation light about the background of the story.

My 2 yen,

Akiosama

Akiosama · Post by **Akiosama** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:21 pm

name_here wrote:
Lord Mistborn wrote:
name_here wrote:Aldnoah Zero has just finished its first season.

That, uh, was a hell of a thing.
Honestly I'm irritated that the left things of on that kind of cliffhanger.

either the characters we actually care about are dead and they've squandered the audiences goodwill for a cheep gut punch, which is super unlikely. Or protagonists aren't dead and they're just yanking our chain. Either way it's a black mark on what was otherwise a series that I had a lot of good will towards

I'm betting Inaho's dead, Asseylum is alive, because one of them is a magical space princess and the other is not. Also her corpse is missing, though that might be because Slaine retrieved it for burial.

Also, she has a mystery amulet from Professor Science that's supposedly a protective charm. I feel like it might do something.

Unfortunately, however it plays out, it seemed really out of feel with the rest of the series up to that point. It felt like simply a "let's cliffhanger the end of the series, despite how things have played out to date". Slaine's shooting of Inaho seemed somewhat against his personality about respecting the Princess' opinions (given that she was all over him prior to being shot), no explanation of how Slaine got Cruhteo's Kataphrakt to move, and the simplistic nature of how the Vers Emperor handles his intelligence (all of it goes through the Orbital Knights? Really?). It seemed pretty weak compared to series prior - even Inaho's performance that episode seemed sub-par, since usually he was bright enough to handle contingencies.

I was highly disappointed by the ending, but still am looking forward to the next season.

My 2 yen,

Akiosama

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:22 pm

Akiosama wrote:
Longes wrote:
Lord Mistborn wrote:So there's a new Fate/stay night anime this season. Now at first I was like

"Meh, the last one was pretty bad what with the CGI dragons"

then I found out it was by Ufotable(the Fate/Zero anime guys) and they were adapting the Unlimited Blade Works route and I was like

"Fuck yeah, my body is made of hype!"

and then I watched the first episode and I was not disappointed.

I wonder if anyone is actually going to be surprised to find out that Shirou is the redman.

The look on Archer's face after being forced to clean the room has already made the anime worth it.
Interestingly enough, it's not the Heaven's Feel version that people thought it was going to be, but Unlimited Blade Works, which has already been done in film form, as I understand it. It's going to be Rin's story, and focus primarily on her and Archer.

For those that don't know, Fate/Stay Night was a visual novel game, and there are multiple paths to finishing the game, with different endings. Fate/Stay Night (original anime by Studio Deen), Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works (the film and this season's anime by ufotable) and at least one other story (Heaven's Feel) all start in the same way and then diverge as choices were made within the game.

Apparently, ufotable will be working on a Fate/Stay Night - Heaven's Feel film, as well, according to Wiki.

But the Prologue episode for Unlimited Blade Works was pretty good. Unfortunately, it does assume you've seen Fate/Stay Night (original) or played the game, as it's going explanation light about the background of the story.

My 2 yen,

Akiosama

There was indeed UBW movie. Its problem though, is that it's a movie. The novel is absolutely huge, and assumes that you've played through the Fate route already. The movie is mere two hours long. Because of this the plot is completely incomprehensible, unless you've read the novel.

About the routes. They don't just have different endings - the stories themself are completely different. Fate is the most straightforward out of them, centered on Shirou and Saber fighting to win the Holy Grail War. UBW develops Shirou's, Rin's and Archer's characters much more, and explains Archer's origins and his relation to Shirou. In Fate Archer doesn't do much, because he is wounded by Saber in the very beginning. In UBW the wound doesn't happen. Finally, Heaven's Feel is centered around Shirou, Rin and Sakura, the reasons for

Grail's taint and an evil plan to use it

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:26 pm

Akiosama wrote:But the Prologue episode for Unlimited Blade Works was pretty good. Unfortunately, it does assume you've seen Fate/Stay Night (original) or played the game, as it's going explanation light about the background of the story.

I don't think they're assuming people have seen the anime or played the game, I think they're just not doubling up on the exposition. We're going to have the scene with Kotomine explaining everything at the church anyway, that should fill everyone new in on stuff.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:07 pm

Koumei wrote:So, AMVHell 7 is out. This can be a handy way of going "Huh, that show looks pretty neat, I'll check it out". Even if it can be misleading (Death Note is not as lighthearted as AMVHell4-5 made it out to be, though less serious than the title and grim looking cover makes it out to be).

Oh god, AMV HELL 7 is still as bad as Parts 1 through 6 x.x

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:26 am

Stahlseele wrote:Oh god, AMV HELL 7 is still as bad as Parts 1 through 6 x.x

I thought some of the skits were funny, but then again putting any music to this scene is instant comedy in my book.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:36 pm

Lord Mistborn wrote:
Stahlseele wrote:Oh god, AMV HELL 7 is still as bad as Parts 1 through 6 x.x
I thought some of the skits were funny, but then again putting any music to this scene is instant comedy in my book.

OK, i did not expect there to be MLP FIM in there.
Nor did i expect Yogscast Sips' "Big Girl" to be used.
And Detroit Metal City / Lordi was a pretty nice idea.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 3:07 am

I was delighted that Bill Bailey's "Insect Nation" and Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" were used.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:30 pm

So SAO II... Apparently, unlike most filler infused anime which tries to pretend it isn't fuck tons of filler, they wanted to show you exactly how much filler it is in the most painful manner possible.

In that they reduced the entire season to a single 30 minute episode, and aired it as episode 14.5. Because... I have no idea why. Literally no new content, and the episode starts with the first episode and ends with the last one.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 9:35 pm

Anime sometimes has a recap episode midseason, because it's the seventies and reruns haven't been invented.

GreatGreyShrike · Post by **GreatGreyShrike** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:50 am

So, I just watched the second episode of Ufotable's Unlimited Blade Works. I played the VN some time ago, so the plot is already familiar to me. That said, the animation and overall quality on display is amazing so far - every time Ufotable has ever had a fight scene it's always blown me away, and this is no exception. This is shaping up to have Kara no Kyoukai level fight scenes and overall animation quality.

I am liking this a lot so far, and think odds are very good I will view the entire thing.

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:17 am

Honestly I feel like ufotable is being a little too faithful to the VN, it feels like this episode could be shorter. But that's a minor quibble because Unlimited Blade works the best route, and if the only problem is that they sticking too close to the VN we're in for an awesome ride.

Also. Rejoice, Joji Nakata's voice will be featured heavily in the next episode.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 3:50 am

Concur, it's pretty fantastic.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:37 am

I had my doubts when I started watching Space Dandy. It looks very 80s/90s, for something made so recently. But it pulls it off well, and is good for a laugh. I mean, if you ignore the discussion about T vs A, or "This is a breastaurant!", it feels like a Western cartoon you'd watch as a kid, but with even more colour.

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 12:26 pm

Lord Mistborn wrote:Honestly I feel like ufotable is being a little too faithful to the VN, it feels like this episode could be shorter. But that's a minor quibble because Unlimited Blade works the best route, and if the only problem is that they sticking too close to the VN we're in for an awesome ride.

Also. Rejoice, Joji Nakata's voice will be featured heavily in the next episode.

They are actually expanding on the novel, including characters from Hollow Ataraxia (the three girls that assault Shirou by the dojou).

EDIT: F/S N is the prime example of the fighter problem. The strongest heroes are the mage (Medea), the DR Infinite guy (Berserker) and two people with infinite magic bling (both Archers). Zero Rider is the sad example of tiny men being worthless, unless used against other tiny men.