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Spring Anime 2013 |OT -7| My Giant CG Pony Can't Possibly Read This Much Baudelaire
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Jex
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I swear there was a brief period where it was reasonably priced. A brief.
Code Geass (Re)Watch: 1-4
It's been years since I've actually watched any piece of this show. The only real feeling about it I've really retained over that time is that I hate Lelouch and really didn't enjoy it the first time around. Given how much I've enjoyed how stupid Valvrave is, I felt like it's time to give the show another shot under the mindset of not trying to take it seriously at all.
For these first few episodes, I'm really surprised with how little of the show I remembered. Aside from
, none of the plot lines were at all familiar to me. I only barely remember any of the side characters. There's clearly a lot of false/selective memory going on with this show for me.
The first 2 episodes are so damn self serious. They take a plot that barely holds together, barely makes sense and play it as straight as possible. It wasn't really entertaining to watch for me. It was just super stupid. I mean, take the presentation of Lelouch's arc here. He goes from what seems to be a typical high school student to anti-government, revolutionary strategist in no time flat. The fact that his best friend just so happens to be an ace pilot on the other side is something that is just dropped in. There's no buildup. It's more trite than the usual mecha fair. Oh, and the whole secret underground group of revolutionaries Lulu happens to run into is hilariously dumb. They're so incompetent that I'm surprised they've managed to operate so long without being arrested/killed. It doesn't feel like all they need is Lelouch's "expert" tactical mind to wage a war. It feels like they need a whole new group.
The third episode is where everything goes off the rails, in sort of the best way possible. Everything with Lelouch in High School is so hyper insanely stupid that it almost feels like a parody of high school scenes in anime. All his classmates are absolutely awful. I hate them all. They manage to lighten the tone a bit it a way the show desperately needs to stay a float, so I appreciate that aspect. The scene between Kallen and Lelouch where they both think they've blown their cover is absolutely hilariously done. I'm not sure if I was supposed to be laughing at the scene, but it's just too ridiculous for me to keep a straight face.
Episode 4 is absolute insanity. It makes so many leaps and jumps, it's clear that no one really cared to make a plot that actually makes sense. There are so many characters just being tossed around it's nearly impossible to keep track. The thing I found the craziest? Lelouch comes up with the Zero persona and costume completely off screen. It just comes out of nowhere. All of a sudden, Zero exists with no clear idea of where he came from. It's kind of indicative of how this show deals with Lulu's plans. They keep them deliberately vague so you don't realized just how stupid they are. It makes Lelouch actually seem kind of smart, instead of the selfish idiot he is. I liked seeing his rescue plan develop through this episode, but taking a step back and examining what the plan was and it all sort of falls apart. That kind of stupidity I'm actually finding fun this time around, though. I'm not as bothered by the nonsense of the plot, I just enjoy how hilariously insane it all is.
My main takeaway from these episodes is how much I hate Lelouch and Suzaku. They're awful in completely opposite ways. Each on their own, I can almost not stand them on screen. I find them both super annoying. Together, though, they are hilarious. When they're in the same scene, they're idiocy plays off each other quite well. The scenes of them together have been the best so far. Whether it's intentional or not, it's comedy gold.
One last thing I had forgotten is how long they dragged out the CC mystery. I remembered her as a major part of the show from the beginning. The first few episodes have barely even introduced her at all. It's kind of crazy.
It's been years since I've actually watched any piece of this show. The only real feeling about it I've really retained over that time is that I hate Lelouch and really didn't enjoy it the first time around. Given how much I've enjoyed how stupid Valvrave is, I felt like it's time to give the show another shot under the mindset of not trying to take it seriously at all.
For these first few episodes, I'm really surprised with how little of the show I remembered. Aside from
Clovis's assassination
The first 2 episodes are so damn self serious. They take a plot that barely holds together, barely makes sense and play it as straight as possible. It wasn't really entertaining to watch for me. It was just super stupid. I mean, take the presentation of Lelouch's arc here. He goes from what seems to be a typical high school student to anti-government, revolutionary strategist in no time flat. The fact that his best friend just so happens to be an ace pilot on the other side is something that is just dropped in. There's no buildup. It's more trite than the usual mecha fair. Oh, and the whole secret underground group of revolutionaries Lulu happens to run into is hilariously dumb. They're so incompetent that I'm surprised they've managed to operate so long without being arrested/killed. It doesn't feel like all they need is Lelouch's "expert" tactical mind to wage a war. It feels like they need a whole new group.
The third episode is where everything goes off the rails, in sort of the best way possible. Everything with Lelouch in High School is so hyper insanely stupid that it almost feels like a parody of high school scenes in anime. All his classmates are absolutely awful. I hate them all. They manage to lighten the tone a bit it a way the show desperately needs to stay a float, so I appreciate that aspect. The scene between Kallen and Lelouch where they both think they've blown their cover is absolutely hilariously done. I'm not sure if I was supposed to be laughing at the scene, but it's just too ridiculous for me to keep a straight face.
Episode 4 is absolute insanity. It makes so many leaps and jumps, it's clear that no one really cared to make a plot that actually makes sense. There are so many characters just being tossed around it's nearly impossible to keep track. The thing I found the craziest? Lelouch comes up with the Zero persona and costume completely off screen. It just comes out of nowhere. All of a sudden, Zero exists with no clear idea of where he came from. It's kind of indicative of how this show deals with Lulu's plans. They keep them deliberately vague so you don't realized just how stupid they are. It makes Lelouch actually seem kind of smart, instead of the selfish idiot he is. I liked seeing his rescue plan develop through this episode, but taking a step back and examining what the plan was and it all sort of falls apart. That kind of stupidity I'm actually finding fun this time around, though. I'm not as bothered by the nonsense of the plot, I just enjoy how hilariously insane it all is.
My main takeaway from these episodes is how much I hate Lelouch and Suzaku. They're awful in completely opposite ways. Each on their own, I can almost not stand them on screen. I find them both super annoying. Together, though, they are hilarious. When they're in the same scene, they're idiocy plays off each other quite well. The scenes of them together have been the best so far. Whether it's intentional or not, it's comedy gold.
One last thing I had forgotten is how long they dragged out the CC mystery. I remembered her as a major part of the show from the beginning. The first few episodes have barely even introduced her at all. It's kind of crazy.
hosannainexcelsis
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Jex
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Not enough people watching lewd.
And talking of Evangelion: 3.0 spoilers below...
W.A 吉成鋼MAD1 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb0gwY0zsFU
Not always subdued enough for many, sure, but it goes well to showcase better more dramatic character scenes, and their insecure or passionate nuances...
One wonders if the rumors about several work scrapped mid-production and the renovation of the script for this film hold some truth after all, that without mentioning the confirmed delay in reworks Shigeto Koyama commented off-the-record (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42651340&postcount=1342).
W.A 吉成鋼MAD1 - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb0gwY0zsFU
Not always subdued enough for many, sure, but it goes well to showcase better more dramatic character scenes, and their insecure or passionate nuances...
Fair game! Putting #yokoyamaisanasshole is enough as a warning to me... :-D
I know that DTL knows this happened hours ago, so why he didn't post about Sentai licensing Oregairu (Romcom SNAFU) is a mystery. Was it too obvious of a pickup for Sentai?
Also just realized that Garden of Words will have a dub ready by early August? Comix Wave really is internationally friendly. If only everyone else was as well...
edit: you know what, this was a dumb post to make.
Also just realized that Garden of Words will have a dub ready by early August? Comix Wave really is internationally friendly. If only everyone else was as well...
edit: you know what, this was a dumb post to make.
God damn it 7th
Canis lupus
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Nana 6-12
Please tell me this show gets more interesting.
Please tell me this show gets more interesting.
dakkumauji
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I'll rather have Yen Press license the manga.
Ultimadrago
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And that's why you always read the post title.
hosannainexcelsis
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Yuasa isn't that disliked here.
I think we established long ago that people don't read post titles.
Save 'N Quit
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I'm probably the only one here watching this for Houki
Really want to know if the american girl will appear this time.
KuwabaraTheMan
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If you're not enjoying the first 12 episodes, I can't see why you would enjoy the rest of the show. NANA puts its best foot forward, and while I think it does get stronger towards the middle of the show, there's probably not much reason for continuing if you don't find the characters and the situations they're in compelling television.
I know, it's a shame.
Now I know for sure I'm on the true team.
It makes sense to save the budget for the stuff fans haven't seen, but why would any fan want to see this intro content done worse? If they only cared about the fans they could have started it at a point closer to where the stories split.
Jex
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That would certainly make the most amount of sense to me although, I have to wonder, with how much time they've had to conceive this film series I'm a little bit confused as to why it feels like such a rushed jumble of ideas.
The yurigods are pleased, mighty pleased.
During the Christmas sales, it was really cheap. Too bad that UK import taxes sort of took the shine off that particular deal.
Jex
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I wouldn't watch 12 episodes of something I don't like.
Chet Rippo
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Sounds like you volunteered.
Theonik
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Sora no Woto 10
:SDBurton Oh those 2 shots were also great. On the later I wonder what caused these weird looking stones(?)
So much :firehawk. All it was really missing was the sakura though I suppose we got snow instead. That counts for something right?
Good shot
So it seems I was right eh? And I guess Chihaya Rio will now face her responsibilities.
Chet Rippo
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Usually fake-anime just puts the credit at the end of the episode; like Kannagi's magical girl show or IM@S robot movie. Yokoyama felt the need to interrupt the episode to have a fake announcement for a fake magical girl show directed by Yuasa.
Damn ruseman.
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't think so; it wasn't even animated. Hisashi Mori apparently did draw the stills, though.
From the sound of things, that apparently consists of providing a way to channel your hatred into cynicism. That's the more aggressive side of non-serious rather than the more enjoyable side I tend to favor, but I guess that follows what I had predicted. Hey, if it works for you...then I guess that's fine! Still, it's also not much of a surprise that I'd have to disagree on most of those counts.
Lelouch himself is serious all the time, but he is also quite theatrical and that sets the tone for the unrealistic and larger-than-life events surrounding him. This can also be said of other characters, to a greater or lesser degree. Not to mention the designs and even the music are all exaggerated and over-the-top. The show builds a stage for the performances rather than trying to create a sense of realism, which I believe provides an effective method to the madness. I imagine that since you hate the protagonist -and the rest of the cast- so much that's not going to do any good though.
And yes, he was used to acting like a typical student, long before running across C.C., but it's not like the show doesn't give you more information about his background soon enough to put his earlier behavior into perspective. Speaking of which...I think you're exaggerating a bit about Suzaku's introduction. He doesn't interact much with Lelouch until later, sure, but there is a flashback with the two of them right at the beginning.
Considering how the entire sequence begins and ends, I can safely say it is meant to be funny...albeit perhaps not in the scathing manner that you've found it to be.
Really? The "Zero" persona comes out of applying what he did before to a different situation. I believe there is a throwaway scene where they refer to the costume/mask too.
Awful Falafel
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I'm surprised people watched it under any other mindset after a few episodes, this show is really the most entertaining train wreck ever made. I'm still disappointed that Guilty Crown couldn't reach the levels CG did, it just wasn't bad in the right ways.
The problem was that there were a couple key differences you'll see in some of the early episodes that couldn't just be assumed going from the original series. It's a mostly clean split in the stories but not a completely clean one you see, so omission wasn't a viable route.
Ideally yeah I wish these episodes were done better but in retrospect to the series as a whole it wasn't the wrong call to make IMO because of how the pacing benefited with the later plot arcs.
Put me high atop that list. I can't quit you Yuasa baby (I've only seen Kemonozume).
Porcelainthrill's legacy was teaching is how to do so.
It's gonna be okay. We're gonna get through this together.
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[Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R] 061
to Oniisama E-esque reaction shots in less than ten minutes, goodness gracious. I liked how Usagi's justification for this turn of events is that
, though. Goes well with all the other lewd things in this episode.
Also included: ROLLER-SKATING MONSTERS
This was some real Dezakiesque shit. From
love doves
Mamoru is a pedophile
Also included: ROLLER-SKATING MONSTERS
Ikuhara orz
Chet Rippo
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They're at the top of the post and in bold, how does no one read them?
hosannainexcelsis
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You should place Kaiba and Tatami Galaxy at the top of your priority list.
It's cool man, I'm not hating on you or anything. Like I've said before...if the show gives you entertainment even in that manner, I'm certainly not going to stop you.
The show is very stupid, but the difference is I see charm and a degree of intention in that stupidity, rather than incompetence or randomness. Well, at least for the majority of season one.
I felt the same. I'm not sure what it is that makes me feel this way, but its in my top ten anime list. Its so charming and somehow beautiful and memorable. Plus, you know, Kana.
I feel similar. I think our brains are connected somehow. Possibly through alien means.
FLCL
Im not entirely sure how to verbalize my feelings about what I just watched, but its just plain phenomenal. Oh and the music. Please tell me I can buy this OST.
I need to have a Gainax marathon.
Watch: Magical shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Avoid like the fucking plague: This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (unless you thought Mahoromatic was the cutest stuff ever, which is the pitfall that led me to watch this fucking garbage show because of Hikari/Akari)
I only see Charlotte. My brain has tuned out the rest of it completely. This is thusly a very good video.
Actually, what turns you into a lesbian is explained in Stratos 4.
nobody watches Stratos 4 and thats sad.
Just find Charles clips on youtube. thats literally all you have to see.
Also this song.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Damn you Sentai. You are endearing yourself to me and it feels so wrong.
If it has Yuasa I'm there.
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Did they license Hentai Ouji Neko show of happiness? I don't care about Snafu.
Kaiba weirded me out a bit, to be frank. I could see myself getting back into it though. I tried to watch Tatami subbed and was immediately lost. I think if I'm going to do that one I need to watch it dubbed.
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