Anime' - Whatcha Watchin? (Is it good?)

Quitch · 2011-08-31T14:59:46.000Z

Well I’m trying Steins Gate now, need something till the new Tiger & Bunny hits, and wow was that first episode… weird? Intriguing? I find myself drawn to the next one.

Otagan · 2011-08-31T15:22:10.000Z

Quitch:

I find myself drawn to the next one.

As it should be.

Lynxara · 2011-08-31T16:10:32.000Z

Mordrak:

Well, I’m not sure if most anime work this way, but Tiger and Bunny’s matches the thematic shift in the show… so in that case, it’s more an artistic decision.

They don’t. Most anime will try to change to a new OP every 13 to 26 episodes, basically to spike viewer interest in the show and to cross-promote with whatever artist created the new song. Japan takes OP songs fairly seriously and you will get fans of an artist trying out a show purely because the artist did a song for it (and vice versa, with fans of an anime getting into an artist because of an OP or ED single).

Otagan · 2011-08-31T17:59:29.000Z

Naeblis:

Steins Gate 22. I almost cried, i was happy, i was sad, i screamed with the protagonist, and the end after the credits left me like O_O

Just finished it. So good.

KaoFloppy · 2011-08-31T20:51:36.000Z

Steins Gate is finished at 22? Nooooooooooooooo!
I must now search for Kurisu fanfics. Excuse me.

Thrawn · 2011-08-31T21:24:06.000Z

Angie Gallant:

Don’t watch Elfen Lied. It’s shit. Unless you have an amputation fetish, it is not for you.

Elfen Lied wasn’t that bad. It may have been months (Years maybe) since I’ve seen it (Let alone read the first 70+ chapters of the manga), but it was good, violent, bloody, harem-ish perverted fun. With misunderstandings, the usual brain-dead protagonist (It’s been worse) and a great first five minutes of the first episode that is just like the first few seconds of a Higurashi arc. Not the best looking but it was a mishmash of stuff.

How about 22 episodes of Gantz instead? Or 21, whichever one ends the awesome second last arc. Anything was better than the last arc and the ending.

I must say that I’m quite the defendant.

MatthewF · 2011-08-31T21:26:45.000Z

KaoFloppy:

Steins Gate is finished at 22? Nooooooooooooooo!
I must now search for Kurisu fanfics. Excuse me.

You joke me, that’s it?! cue Vader noooooooo soundbite

Murbella · 2011-08-31T22:31:13.000Z

Thrawn:

Elfen Lied wasn’t that bad. It may have been months (Years maybe) since I’ve seen it (Let alone read the first 70+ chapters of the manga), but it was good, violent, bloody, harem-ish perverted fun. With misunderstandings, the usual brain-dead protagonist (It’s been worse) and a great first five minutes of the first episode that is just like the first few seconds of a Higurashi arc. Not the best looking but it was a mishmash of stuff.

How about 22 episodes of Gantz instead? Or 21, whichever one ends the awesome second last arc. Anything was better than the last arc and the ending.

I must say that I’m quite the defendant.

I don’t know, I kind of liked the later part of gantz. For about the first half of the series the main character is extremely distasteful, but after around that point he stopped acting like such an asshole, mostly.

Although the “ending” was kind of… strange. I’ve seen worse though, much worse.

I liked Elfen Lied personally, but it is quite violent (some of the scenes do make me feel bad, but this is nowhere near the level of gore porn you would see watching torture porn like saw XV), so if people are squeamish, it isn’t for them. Just like 07-Ghost isn’t for people who aren’t in to BL.

Mordrak · 2011-08-31T22:35:58.000Z

Lynxara:

They don’t. Most anime will try to change to a new OP every 13 to 26 episodes, basically to spike viewer interest in the show and to cross-promote with whatever artist created the new song. Japan takes OP songs fairly seriously and you will get fans of an artist trying out a show purely because the artist did a song for it (and vice versa, with fans of an anime getting into an artist because of an OP or ED single).

Ahh ok. Thanks. :)

Shieldwolf · 2011-08-31T23:00:53.000Z

Has anyone compiled a list of the animes mentioned in this thread?

MatthewF · 2011-08-31T23:06:43.000Z

You just wrote the 2,881st post in the thread. Care to volunteer? :)

Granted, there’s probably a dozen or so pages dedicated just to Claymore, which has its own thread, so you can skip those. Haha.

Shieldwolf · 2011-08-31T23:18:03.000Z

LOL I’ll get to work.
I just started Angel Beats on Netflix. I’m two episodes in and absolutely loving the humor. Not sure if the story is strong enough to keep my interest but we’ll see. I believe that you already mentioned it on page 77 so it looks like I need to play catch up.

MatthewF · 2011-08-31T23:21:29.000Z

Shieldwolf:

LOL I’ll get to work.
I just started Angel Beats on Netflix. I’m two episodes in and absolutely loving the humor. Not sure if the story is strong enough to keep my interest but we’ll see. I believe that you already mentioned it on page 77 so it looks like I need to play catch up.

Stick with it. I don’t want to spoil anything, but there’s a certain episode when everything you thought about the series is shot to hell.

Otagan · 2011-08-31T23:28:09.000Z

MatthewF:

Stick with it.

TurinTur · 2011-08-31T23:51:17.000Z

KaoFloppy:

Steins Gate is finished at 22? Nooooooooooooooo!
I must now search for Kurisu fanfics. Excuse me.

There will be 2 more episodes, i think.

KaoFloppy · 2011-09-01T07:27:23.000Z

Usually seasons are multiples of 12 or 13 (so 24 or 26 or 48 or 52 eps for those without a handy calculator), but I think there was one series that was 22 eps as well, long ago.

No fanfics while I’m at work. grrrr…

Otagan · 2011-09-01T09:03:04.000Z

22 wouldn’t be unheard of (Shiki, which aired in the last year or so, was only 22 episodes), but Steins;Gate should thankfully be 24.

Thrawn · 2011-09-01T09:41:11.000Z

Murbella:

I don’t know, I kind of liked the later part of gantz. For about the first half of the series the main character is extremely distasteful, but after around that point he stopped acting like such an asshole, mostly.

Although the “ending” was kind of… strange. I’ve seen worse though, much worse.

I liked Elfen Lied personally, but it is quite violent (some of the scenes do make me feel bad, but this is nowhere near the level of gore porn you would see watching torture porn like saw XV), so if people are squeamish, it isn’t for them. Just like 07-Ghost isn’t for people who aren’t in to BL.

A piss soaked lump of moldy bread is more appealing than Kei Kurono in his 110% asshole phase, unless that what extremely distasteful means. Fortunately most of the bad endings I see are either “Read the manga fool”, “another season in a few months. Or years”, “You aren’t getting your Spice and Wolf S3 anytime soon punk” or… I’ll think of something else.

Haven’t seen Saw I-XIV, how much plot would I miss if I went straight to the most recent gore-porn flick?

On Angel Beats, first OP is one of the best I’ve heard.

Murbella · 2011-09-02T15:17:53.000Z

Yeah but about 1/3 of the way through the second season of gantz, he becomes a somewhat traditional hero type character.

This reminds me a lot of some decent mech anime where the main character has as similar personality and the season starts with him getting crushes by a mech falling from outer space, driven by some woman. He gets some power and the ability to drive said mech in a world without (easy) access to similar powered technology and then ends up destroying half the city while playing at being a super hero, doing more damage to the city than the “bad guys” he is “protecting” it from. Similar to gantz, he also has a change of heart later on and becomes a semi traditional hero type.

I generally greatly dislike stories where it is impossible to not dislike the main character. Makes me kind of uncomfortable to follow a main character who is clearly being a huge ass.

Quitch · 2011-09-04T04:20:23.000Z

Finished Tiger & Bunny 23 and it’s more of a setup for the big finale than anything else, though who can’t love the tech’s helmet? :)

Is this going to be a one off? There’s going to be so many little loose ends crying out for further development. There’s no way they’re going to tie up everything in one episode.

And, how old is Tiger and how old is Blue Rose?