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Anime |OT| Fall 2018 - Puppets Ain't Ever Going Off Model
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Gridman-9
Whoever was the episode director is way too good to be working on this show. The plot is just clearly spinning its wheels but whoever was responsible for stuff like the storyboards and layouts this week went next level. This was by far the best looking and directed episode of the show. Parts were up to Anno standards and other parts were Shinbo derived such as the coloring.
Whoever was the episode director is way too good to be working on this show. The plot is just clearly spinning its wheels but whoever was responsible for stuff like the storyboards and layouts this week went next level. This was by far the best looking and directed episode of the show. Parts were up to Anno standards and other parts were Shinbo derived such as the coloring.
This was the storyboarding debut of Kai Ikarashi, a talented young animator who started out as an in-betweener at Trigger.
Tokyo Ghoul :re 20
I refuse to believe last Berserk got to those levels of bad, surely; surely we're sailing through uncharted territory here. We have to be.
I refuse to believe last Berserk got to those levels of bad, surely; surely we're sailing through uncharted territory here. We have to be.
Gridman 09
Very good looking episode but I can't muster a shit for any story or character moments, so worse then that one good episode of Franxx
Very good looking episode but I can't muster a shit for any story or character moments, so worse then that one good episode of Franxx
It wasn't just the storyboarding but some of the color decisions as well.
A storyboard could have coloring instructions. At any rate, the episode director for #9 was Yoshiyuki Kaneko, who is assistant director for the show and was also episode director for #5.
Radiant 9
So next week's episode is also filler. All in all more than half the series will have been filler by that point, it's mind blowing.
Today's episode was also pretty simplistic and kinda spelled everything out for you 'look there are good and bad people in the inquisition!', in case you're too dense to figure it out by yourself during the next arc.
On the other hand it's starting to set things up for that next arc, we're starting to hear about the town and some of the issues there. My dude Grimm showed up towards the end as well. Voiced by Takehito Koyasu (DIO) haha
I think they could have perfectly transitioned from the end of this episode to the next arc given all of that, but instead we're getting a broom race next week.
So next week's episode is also filler. All in all more than half the series will have been filler by that point, it's mind blowing.
Today's episode was also pretty simplistic and kinda spelled everything out for you 'look there are good and bad people in the inquisition!', in case you're too dense to figure it out by yourself during the next arc.
On the other hand it's starting to set things up for that next arc, we're starting to hear about the town and some of the issues there. My dude Grimm showed up towards the end as well. Voiced by Takehito Koyasu (DIO) haha
I think they could have perfectly transitioned from the end of this episode to the next arc given all of that, but instead we're getting a broom race next week.
I forgot about it... yeah, idk now. lol
Nah, it's in my top 5 but I like it less than Zombieland and gridman
Another character who looks nothing like their age is that the prince of tennis protag is 12 somehow
Zombieland and Gridman are both just alright in my opinion.
I don't think either show uses its cast of characters effectively.
I don't think either show uses its cast of characters effectively.
You know the series also has a teacher that looks 7 years old. Ages in that series have always been bullshit.
Cool thanks.
giant robots without a banging jpop - or jrock, depending - soundtrack/dance routine to accompany them will just never be as good imo
So Gridman apparently sucks. Add it to the list I guess.
My super-robot loving soul was already beaten to a pulp, but after that soulless first episode hearing this is just them digging up the grave and beating it even further.
My super-robot loving soul was already beaten to a pulp, but after that soulless first episode hearing this is just them digging up the grave and beating it even further.
I'm dreading reaching that point in life where I enjoy complaining about robot anime more than watching robot anime.
Honestly, I hope I never get there.
I'm not really sure how you got to that conclusion. Does it suck because it tries to imitate Anno's direction?
Latest episode was good and while I think the pacing has been kind of abysmal so far, the show has been doing a decent job on the mystery aspect at the very least. Honestly, it feels far from Franxx, where the things to dislike far outweighed anything decent about it.
Release the Spyce 8
Maybe this is just me, but I found this episode to feel off for some reason. Between the editing feeling sub-par and the point the various stories are at the moment, this just felt like something out of a worse show. Ever since they've introduced this girl from Hatsune's past, I feel Release the Spyce has been misfiring whenever its the focus, and this feels like it was kind of the breaking point for me. What should've come off as a charming pastiche of ninja cliches, viking jokes, and some good ol' espionage action, I was left unmoved and bored by it. I know I'm close to the end and I should just finish it, but my enthusiasm has just plummeted off a cliff for this show, and I feel that's a real shame because there's a lot its still doing right, but it feels like its lost its way. It's bad when watching it that I find my mind wandering thinking about Yuki Yuna is a Hero and how much better both seasons of that are than this.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:Golden Wind Vento Aureo 9
Boy, that felt like a somewhat clunky wrap-up to the Polpo's fortune arc, but if it gets us into an arc that presents us with a set up that more directly puts the team in conflict with a bunch of Stand members, I'll take the somewhat awkward first-half pivot. That said, I really like Trish's design and personality; Araki seems to have a penchant for creating striking female designs as rare as they are in JoJo. The second half was a nice escalation to seeing Narancia finally get pushed far enough to lose his cool, and it displays Araki's trademark "give the idiot a clearly OP Stand." Aerosmith looks great, particularly because of the excellent shading that makes the CG look much more in line with the show's visual style. I have to wonder how many members there are of this team of hitmen, because that will probably create a clear picture of how long this particular arc is due to last.
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family 12
A fun little Christmas episode, one punctuated by a silly action sequence and Berserker making a flashy entrance. The food seemed to take a bit more of backseat than I would've like this time around, but I think that's fine given that this took the time to showcase some stuff the show hasn't done before. I do wonder if this was indeed the finale, because it didn't feel like it. My guess is there might be one more coming during the annual end of year Fate stream, but I've no proof of that at the moment.
Maybe this is just me, but I found this episode to feel off for some reason. Between the editing feeling sub-par and the point the various stories are at the moment, this just felt like something out of a worse show. Ever since they've introduced this girl from Hatsune's past, I feel Release the Spyce has been misfiring whenever its the focus, and this feels like it was kind of the breaking point for me. What should've come off as a charming pastiche of ninja cliches, viking jokes, and some good ol' espionage action, I was left unmoved and bored by it. I know I'm close to the end and I should just finish it, but my enthusiasm has just plummeted off a cliff for this show, and I feel that's a real shame because there's a lot its still doing right, but it feels like its lost its way. It's bad when watching it that I find my mind wandering thinking about Yuki Yuna is a Hero and how much better both seasons of that are than this.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:
Boy, that felt like a somewhat clunky wrap-up to the Polpo's fortune arc, but if it gets us into an arc that presents us with a set up that more directly puts the team in conflict with a bunch of Stand members, I'll take the somewhat awkward first-half pivot. That said, I really like Trish's design and personality; Araki seems to have a penchant for creating striking female designs as rare as they are in JoJo. The second half was a nice escalation to seeing Narancia finally get pushed far enough to lose his cool, and it displays Araki's trademark "give the idiot a clearly OP Stand." Aerosmith looks great, particularly because of the excellent shading that makes the CG look much more in line with the show's visual style. I have to wonder how many members there are of this team of hitmen, because that will probably create a clear picture of how long this particular arc is due to last.
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family 12
A fun little Christmas episode, one punctuated by a silly action sequence and Berserker making a flashy entrance. The food seemed to take a bit more of backseat than I would've like this time around, but I think that's fine given that this took the time to showcase some stuff the show hasn't done before. I do wonder if this was indeed the finale, because it didn't feel like it. My guess is there might be one more coming during the annual end of year Fate stream, but I've no proof of that at the moment.
So far I'm not feeling JoJo part 5, I kinda like the cast, but I don't care that much for them, isn't like part 4 where everyone was so charming that even though the plot was not an epic story about saving the world, you still wanted to watch it weekly, but here the "monster of the week" formula isn't at all. At least in part 3 there was still the feeling of an epic adventure that justified the appearence of the 1 episode villian
If zombie idols seems to work for people I don't see why robot idols shouldn't.
The Fei Yen / Hatsune Miku crossover looks fine.
In fact, robot idols sounds like a win for the idol loving crowd. No underage creepy bullshit, they never get old and it's perfectly normal for them to never date anyone.
SAO Alicization 09
Kawahara's only villain idea, "Make him a huge creep", rears its ugly head here again.
SSSS.Gridman 09
Really good direction this episode. Made me feel some pretty serious feelings.
Kawahara's only villain idea, "Make him a huge creep", rears its ugly head here again.
SSSS.Gridman 09
Really good direction this episode. Made me feel some pretty serious feelings.
Caught up on SAO: Alicization and I'm enjoying it unironically. The goblin fight (lol this season) in episode 4? was amazing.
The funniest thing about SAO is that the bad guys are so over the top evil. Like they're designed to look unmistakenly bad. Creepy perverts with evil eyes and douchey expressions. Every single one of them is like that.
Also, is this going to be a 2 cour series or more? Reddit says it'll be like 50 something episodes which is nuts.
The funniest thing about SAO is that the bad guys are so over the top evil. Like they're designed to look unmistakenly bad. Creepy perverts with evil eyes and douchey expressions. Every single one of them is like that.
Also, is this going to be a 2 cour series or more? Reddit says it'll be like 50 something episodes which is nuts.
4-cour, though I think there will be a break for one season after the 2nd cour.
As far as I know, there is no legal way to stream those movies sadly. It sucks.
Yes, it'll be 50 episodes since the LN arc has 12 volumes to be adapted and even then they still are cutting many things.
I'll always go for idols first sorry.
Actually wait people on my twitter feed are saying Gridman is good.
There's kind of a weird cognitive dissonance here. People on my TL have been super enthusiastic about the show but people here I'm noticing a general sense of apathy.
Huh.
There's kind of a weird cognitive dissonance here. People on my TL have been super enthusiastic about the show but people here I'm noticing a general sense of apathy.
Huh.
Gridman 9
Interesting to see Akane's actual dream for her world as opposed to what it's become. Visually one of the most striking episodes so far. Hopefully the story can at least stick the landing in the home stretch.
Goblin Slayer 9
The final encounter was pretty interesting and an overall smart idea to wrap things up. The twist was wholly unsurprising as it's been telegraphed the entire arc. I also think that while the show can do some good work with showing the effects of PTSD, the scene with the Sword Maiden felt mostly awkward and ham-fisted, especially given Goblin Slayer's past an the Maiden's actions toward him during the arc.
Interesting to see Akane's actual dream for her world as opposed to what it's become. Visually one of the most striking episodes so far. Hopefully the story can at least stick the landing in the home stretch.
Goblin Slayer 9
The final encounter was pretty interesting and an overall smart idea to wrap things up. The twist was wholly unsurprising as it's been telegraphed the entire arc. I also think that while the show can do some good work with showing the effects of PTSD, the scene with the Sword Maiden felt mostly awkward and ham-fisted, especially given Goblin Slayer's past an the Maiden's actions toward him during the arc.
Perhaps this is me being a bit of a pedant, but "cognitive dissonance" as a term refers to when one person simultaneously holds two contradictory beliefs. Since you're referring here to two groups of different people, it wouldn't really apply to this situation (unless you're saying you have cognitive dissonance yourself because you are finding it difficult to reconcile your belief that people here are correct in their assessment of anime with your belief that people on your Twitter feed are correct in their assessment of anime).
Gridman 9
Easily one of if not the best directed episode this season.
Really, this was great.
Easily one of if not the best directed episode this season.
Really, this was great.
Wake me up when there's an anime where idols are used as a tool to fight for independence.
And don't tell me it's a ridiculous idea when Idol Jihen is a thing that existed.
And don't tell me it's a ridiculous idea when Idol Jihen is a thing that existed.
Now I'll have to check this. :(
Is it any good?
Edit: forget it, I don't think I can find a way to watch this, so not worth the effort.
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