[Takashi]

That's provably me. It's... nice to see it back!
Unsure about what they're pulling from the storyline. More videogame-ish humor, less "fanservice girl is broken and needy" please.
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I finally finished watching Persona Trinity Soul today (not the lack of interest which took me so long to finish but the time), and I quite liked it. I even shed tears in some episodes. It was slow to pick up, but there was something which kept me watching it. So, I'd say the anime didn't fail on that point. I usually drop watching animes which bore me, so! Also, I found the music in the anime was pretty nice too. Downloaded the OST already. :)

[psiga]

Ah, I didn't mention like a week ago... I continued watching Kurozuka up to like episode 9, just because it was available on YouTube in widescreen with &fmt=18 stereo and higher video quality. Then I got to the end of what had been uploaded up to that point, and couldn't bring myself to download the remaining episodes.

It's a weird series. I can't call it good or bad. It's just...

...

That's about it. I guess it's worth watching on YouTube because it's so immediately accessible that way, but the thought of bothering to download it just leaves me going "..."
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[psiga]

It'd be inconvenient to grab them, under current circumstances. I will finish it some day, upon passingly checking YouTube and seeing that, hey, somebody uploaded the other three or four episodes. If, for some reason, the world or the internet ends before then, I will have no regrets.
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[Takashi]

Hm, so.. Rideback.

What do you get when you cross a Kawazaki, a Segway and a 1:10 scale model of the arms of an EVA:02? A RideBack.


Now this is pretty weird. This is MADHOUSE latest, and the RideBacks are easily one of the ugliest "mobile armours" I ever seen. But... for some reason... they kinda work. The fact they're just a jumble of parts, and have some sort of recognizable mechanics... It's endearing. It moves in kinda impossible way, sadly, jumping and prancing a bit too much for a 600Kg brick.

The show also has a bizarre giraffesq character design together with 3D CGI for the mechabikes that doesn't really help the cause. And the first episode doesn't tell much, except that the protagonist is a ballerina having a life crisis. Oh yeah, and that the world is fucked.

It might pay off later on, but worth seeing the first ep for the bizarre mecha and the detailed instructions about making it run.
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[A New Duck]

So, this Rideback. It looks like something I need to see. Its director is Atsushi Takahashi, who while not the director of any of these projects, was involved in Kemonozume, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and Paranoia Agent, which are three of the most awesome things that happened in anime in the last 10 years.

Also, I will watch things from Madhouse. And I'm kind of a sucker for near-future stories.

[DonMarco]

[Takashi]

Okay, 1:30 then, they're around 1 meter and a half tall.

Second note, Maria+Holic. This show is by the same people that do Zetsubou Sensei, so you'll get alot of this:



It's... a half-parody anime about shoujo gauken anime that focus on girl-girl relationships (ie, Maria-sama ga **** ) that will make 4chan very happy (lesbians! traps! abusive maid! nekomimi loli god!). Also, someone left the dramatic moments switch set to "Utena".



Erm, yeah.
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[idle]

I loved SZS, so I'm watching it.

I'm not too keen on the return to occasional SD moments - it's one of the things that ruined Pani Poni Dash for me (aside from it not actually being funny) - but other than that it seems promising so far.

The OP sequence (debuts in the second episode) is stellar, as is SHAFT tradition. It features Maria using his maid as a guitar.

[DonMarco]

I, too, shall "check it out".
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[Gironika]

hopefully good enough to span the time left till they release the third OVA of goku szs, lets see whether I'll like this. Thanks for the heads up!
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[remote]

Can anyone one tell me about Michiko to Hatchin and whether it's fully subbed by now or what? I hate grabbing shows episode by episode and prefer to grab them all in one big torrent, so if there are any out there...

I'm also grabbing Shikabane-hime: Aka and Elfen Lied.

Give me some recommendations. I know I'm not going to find another Gurren Lagann or Kaiba, but I want something good.
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[Gironika]

Shikabane Hime Aka - okay, but Elfen Lied ... hm, hm. Any special reason why you check this out? This series sounds better in theory than it actually is, but if you don't expect too much it might work.
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[remote]

Eh, it seems to be pretty lauded and the premise sounds mildly interesting.

Shikabane-hime looks pretty interesting, at least. I actually really liked the opening theme, which I can very rarely say. Most of all I'm just curious about how Gainax managed to follow up on something as fucking monumental as Gurren Lagann, you know?
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[Gironika]

[Talbain]

I found Maria+Holic to be rather ostentatious. I'm aware that these types of shows are about that, but I just didn't find many of the things that were supposed to be surprising or funny to be all that funny. Ironically it's the bit characters that get little or no screen time which I found most amusing. Hopefully they'll all be fleshed out more...
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[glossolalia]

yeah first episode of maria+holic sucked

i assume repressed japanese nerds find pointless outbursts of emotion hilarious because it's breaking a taboo or something but goddddd that shit is just annoying

[Faithless]

Maria + Holic is garbage.
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[Takashi]

Yes, I profusely apologise for exposing anyone else to it. Second episode soaks into SD crap I haven't seen since the mid 90's.

Druaga is now officially "generic anime".

Birdy looks weird. It seems like it's being done on a much lower budget than the first season.
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[Gironika]

if it only were about the visuals ... I really dig the Sayonara-style but the uninspired "story"/bs make it not worthwhile enough to care anymore. I'll take a look whether ep03 gets it right but fear that it won't.

I really hope that at least Birdy gets it right, but even that might be too much...
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[Takashi]

Druaga just saved themselves by making a 24 reference and a reenactment of The Great Escape using tentacle creatures.

Rideback is provably the best show this season. Mechas are still ugly as fuck.
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[remote]

holy SHIT i must see this



the balls, they swell with glory
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[remote]

anyway, i've been watching elfen lied, and my, what a haunting and lovely opening theme. one of those that definitely sticks with you. the show itself, though, well... it seems to be a melodramatic harem show featuring lots and lots of perky pink-nippled boobies, mainly those belonging to the scary superhuman waif with catgirl "horns". the vehicle for these indulgences is an extremely brutal, blood-soaked sci-fi story riddled with severed limbs and exploding heads that seems to be a mix of akira and, er... something that involves a nearly extinct race of superhumans. all the nyu nyu nyu is more annoying than it is adorable, but i guess the weird blend of genres is keeping me entertained enough. gonna stick with it for now.
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[dark steve]

antitype put down that creepy fucking show and pick up hajime no ippo already

[psiga]

What's the consensus on the new Ippo so far? I've only heard from one person about it, and supposedly it lacks both Ippo and the fun music of the first.
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[Mr.Stevenson]

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[psiga]

[Mr.Stevenson]

Psiga, you're right about the lack of Ippo. I'm not sure about the other things as I have not watched any of the new series.

Still, I don't know why you're concerned over the lack of Ippo. Unless you don't give a damn about the other characters, and just want the series to be all about Ippo.

I know that Ippo is quite a popular character among female viewers; well, at least to this near-thirty-year-old-lesbian chick that I know.

[psiga]

I'm just working with what I've heard. Kinda don't care in general.
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[Mikey]

Episode 16 of Toradora was great. Every now and then it dips into generic romantic comedy territory but this show has about ten times more heart than anything I've seen in a while.

[Talbain]

[glossolalia]

guys, this Akikan show

it's about soda cans who turn into girls when drank from

also the sexual orientation of every character is announced within two seconds of their appearance

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v17129531QGqQckAw






in its poorly drawn, go-for-broke awfulness, it is better than maria+holic's waste of talent

[remote]

passing the time with xam'd, and three episodes in it seems pretty not bad
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[Talbain]

Episode 24 is really cute. Shit gets real.

Anyone else hate the feeling you get when you don't want to write something because you're afraid it gives away too much of the series? Sort of how I feel about Xamd. It's very much a cumulative series. Akiyuki is almost reminiscent of Shinji, excepting the fact that he's not a pussy.
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[Gin]

Xam'd is Bio-Evangelion+Miyazaki-esque prettiness and general inoffensiveness

fairly entertaining even though it's another one of those shows where you know everything that happens before it happens


I'm finding the rampant unflinching mediocrity is filling up a lot of space this season, I have more free time

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