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Title: Anime & Manga 5: HISSATSU OUGI!
Post by: Kuroimaken on November 07, 2014, 08:38:24 AM
And light novels, visual novels, whatever.

Because the last one reached 50 pages and I wanted to name the new thread.

So, I'm still watching 80's anime. Particularly City Hunter. I get chills whenever Footsteps in the Night starts playing.  :p
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Post by: littha on November 07, 2014, 09:02:28 AM
Just rewatched the first nanoha movie... I forgot how big the bang from starlight breaker was, it totals most of a city by the looks of things...
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Post by: Raineh Daze on November 07, 2014, 09:29:41 AM
Just rewatched the first nanoha movie... I forgot how big the bang from starlight breaker was, it totals most of a city by the looks of things...

I have embarrassingly not watched the movies. I have, however, watched the Vita and Reinforce fights from the second one repeatedly. XD
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Post by: SorO_Lost on November 07, 2014, 10:19:14 AM
I'm 24 going on 25 now, and the truth is Shounen simply doesn't have the same appeal for me now as it did back in 06'. I stopped following Naruto back on 600~ or so, whatever chapter the Ninja War started, and i had stopped following the anime even earlier.
That is just an illusion you know, take the brony idiots for example (through most I think do it for the cred).

Overall it really was a good story, little hasty towards the end and Sucks was handled with oven mitts, but it handled Naruto's development quite well when it wasn't trying to world fill. It even ended on the exact note we all thought it would which is a satisfactory ending that gives us the conclusion we want rather than a cliffhanger to bitch about just to sell the follow up.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on November 07, 2014, 12:12:46 PM
It takes a special kind of shounen to affect my feels these days.

But then again, I'm a close-hearted bastard.
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Post by: Risada on November 13, 2014, 10:23:54 AM
It takes a special kind of shounen to affect my feels these days.

But then again, I'm a close-hearted bastard.

This.

I don't even remember the last time I fel my heart tighten... Let alone that random tear appear in my eyes. Maybe at the end of Code Geass Season 1, with Lelouch and Euphemia? That is quite a while ago...
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Post by: SorO_Lost on November 13, 2014, 01:37:50 PM
Code Geass is just plain amazing. Everyone on earth needs to see it twice, because you won't really catch some of the things until later viewings & discussions.
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Post by: brujon on November 13, 2014, 03:19:00 PM
Code Geass is just plain amazing. Everyone on earth needs to see it twice, because you won't really catch some of the things until later viewings & discussions.

I concur.

On another note... Why doesn't the update for this thread show up for me? I thought i had already posted here... Oh well.
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Post by: oslecamo on December 04, 2014, 04:46:18 PM
Anyone else seeing Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu? It's kinda of a lighter-hearted Kill la Kill. The heroines and villains have special suits that allow them to draw power from "moe" atributes, like twin tails hairstyle and girly dolls. There's also gender bender and aliens mixed in. From the first episode.

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Post by: dna1 on December 22, 2014, 02:30:31 AM
Just came back to the wonderful world of having internet and saw in the old thread here that Naruto is ending? About time.. but sad to see it go. Whats the replacement going to be?

The wife and I are looking for some new Anime's to get into. Anyone have any suggestions? We have watched way to many to list... I heard there is a new season of SAO and FATE out. Guess I will check into those. Any other suggestions?
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Post by: littha on December 22, 2014, 06:07:51 AM
I know its not anime as such but I just saw the last episode of Legend of Korra and I have to say I couldn't be happier with how it ended.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on December 22, 2014, 10:54:48 PM
Heh, the inevitable fanfics await.
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Post by: Arz on December 23, 2014, 07:13:57 PM
Just came back to the wonderful world of having internet and saw in the old thread here that Naruto is ending? About time.. but sad to see it go. Whats the replacement going to be?

The wife and I are looking for some new Anime's to get into. Anyone have any suggestions? We have watched way to many to list... I heard there is a new season of SAO and FATE out. Guess I will check into those. Any other suggestions?
SAO is skippable, as its the filler arcs from the LN. FSN has the many faces of Rin in between pretty/fast battles.

Going by prefs, try a look-back at Katanagatari.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on January 10, 2015, 05:02:33 PM
Next Death Battle: Gaara (naruto) vs Toph (the last air bender)

True to DB's rules no Tailed Beast, and true to DB's research Shipuuden doesn't exist outside of proving Gaara can manipulate Sand without Shukaku. So who do you think would win?
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Post by: Kuroimaken on January 10, 2015, 05:24:19 PM
Taking a trip down memory lane and watching Gatchaman.

It has a kinda juvenile feel to it now (the villains like to say "curse you, Science Ninja Team!" a little too much) but it does, at the same time, remind me of the good old time where bad guys were bad guys and Proud of It. Even if the premise is... slightly crazy (what the FUCK does an international scientific research organization need NINJAS for? Why do they dress like birds, for that matter?), it's beautiful, colorful fun that both takes itself seriously and reminds itself it's supposed to be a fun show. It also harkens back to a time where you could have a transgender villain with definite shout-outs to Satan and no one would give a flying fuck.

Too bad Gatchaman Crowds has absolutely nothing in common with the series it takes its name from.
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Post by: Libertad on March 22, 2015, 03:18:10 AM
I promised a friend I'd watch Black Butler.  Am I in for a wild ride?
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Post by: Kuroimaken on March 22, 2015, 11:02:36 AM
Well, the manga is pretty amusing. There's hints of a yaoi vibe here and there, but nothing overt. And the artwork is pretty gorgeous.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on April 18, 2015, 02:50:53 PM
DBZ's new film was released today (well time zones, so yesterday) with a new super form and DB is doing a revisit so they can screw up. And so, I'm doing a revisit too.

Common Goku v Superman debates
So I figured I'd cover a few commonly discussed goalposts in a given debate and show you how Goku wins them.

The Core Ideal Argument
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The Canon Argument
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The Continuity Argument
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Depicted vs Dialog
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Don't make me use Prime!
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Goku Prime
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Some Goku Calculations
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Post by: brujon on April 18, 2015, 08:02:07 PM
Still loses to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann literally using galaxies as shuriken.
Title: Re: Anime & Manga 5: HISSATSU OUGI!
Post by: SorO_Lost on April 18, 2015, 08:52:05 PM
Give Akira Toriyama another 2~3 movies. *sigh*
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Post by: Libertad on May 06, 2015, 01:06:39 AM
Right now I'm watching Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, and I'm approaching the infamous Island Arc.

Currently I finished Episode 18, and I'm averaging about 3-5 episodes per day.  That said, Episodes 23-34 are noted for Hideo Anno's absence and a resulting dive in quality across the board.  I've seen folks on anime message boards advising viewers to skip all but one or two episodes (30 and 31 notably) and restart at 35.

So far I'm really, really liking this show.  I just love the plot, the characters, the music, and even the animation is remarkable for its time (1990) and feels more "alive" than some series today.  That said, I stopped watching the West Wing on Season 4, knowing that post-Sorkin it becomes a different show entirely and wanted to keep my memories of it positive.

I heard that the island arc is nearly all "filler" and doesn't advance the plot in any noticeable way (much like all filler) save for a few short scenes scattered about.

To my fellow Nadia fans on Min-Max, what should I do?  Skip the Island and Africa arcs entirely?  Only watch a few?  Watch as many as I can until I get sick of it and skip right to Episode 35?  Or some other course of action?
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Post by: brujon on May 06, 2015, 11:44:07 AM
I don't know this anime specifically, but wheneve there's filler, what i normally do is watch it all until i get sick of it and can't take it anymore. At least i can say i have firsthand knowledge on whether the filler is really as bad as everyone says it is or not.
Title: Re: Anime & Manga 5: HISSATSU OUGI!
Post by: Libertad on May 15, 2015, 08:34:24 PM
Finished watching this show the other day.  It was really good, enough that I wrote up a review of it on my blog.

Also, I'm multi-tasking with a Vampire the Masquerade IRC game as I'm typing this.  Can you dig that?
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Post by: oslecamo on May 17, 2015, 05:44:49 PM
So remember how originally in Fate/Stay Night Saber wanted to get the grail not for a wish but simply because it was her life's main quest?

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Post by: Libertad on May 18, 2015, 01:04:44 AM
Heh, in my 1 on 1 Old School D&D game with Raineh Daze her paladin PC's character design is pretty much a dark and sinister-looking Saber:

(http://i.imgur.com/iX0bjpa.png?1)
Title: Re: Anime & Manga 5: HISSATSU OUGI!
Post by: oslecamo on May 18, 2015, 04:38:30 AM
Dark Saber is original canon from the final Fate/Stay Night route.

There's also
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Type-Moon seems to love to reuse their characters more than even CLAMP, wonder why that is...
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Post by: Jackinthegreen on May 19, 2015, 02:15:25 AM
61 straight episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  *sleepy log*  Might choose another cartoon or anime to "reset" my biological clock.
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Post by: linklord231 on July 04, 2015, 05:30:28 AM
I really enjoyed Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon.  The last 2ish episodes of the season were kind of random (in a "suddenly BOSS BATTLE" kind of way), but the early-mid episodes were fantastic.  Might be a bit fan-servicey to some peoples' tastes. 

Food Wars is hilarious.  It was highly recommended by 2 of my favorite YouTube personalities (Jesse Cox and Dodger, in case anyone is curious), so I had to give it a shot.  The way they pitched it was "Aspiring chef makes food so good, people's clothes explode off.  Created by a guy who used to draw hentai porn." 

Also been re-watching Last Airbender.  I never realized how often they re-used the same voice actors. 
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Post by: Kuroimaken on July 04, 2015, 10:44:45 AM
Linklord, don't suppose you could PM me where you found Food Wars later?  :flirt
Title: Re: Anime & Manga 5: HISSATSU OUGI!
Post by: brujon on July 04, 2015, 01:03:34 PM
Linklord, don't suppose you could PM me where you found Food Wars later?  :flirt

anidb.net is pretty good for that (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10901).

You can enter the site, search for the anime, it will give you its rating, which i blindly trust, since i can't even recall an instance where i watched an anime and disagreed with its rating, and it also gives you a list of fansubs that have or are translating it, as well as how far into translating it they are. MOST fansubs also have a userpage with a list of all the animes they have translated, as well as some more information about where you can go about downloading said animes from.

I always go there, if i can't find an anime on nyaa.eu or fansubber.com.br. Of course, being Brazilian i'll prefer portuguese subtitles, if i know i can get them on acceptable quality, but if it's not possible, then... eh, i read & write so much in english there's not that much difference anymore.

Another useful tip, if the anime is relatively popular and it's on crunchyroll/funimation, then horriblesubs.info will have it available with english subs. But checking on anidb first will always tell you who has it and how far they've gotten.



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Post by: linklord231 on July 04, 2015, 02:52:34 PM
Food Wars is conveniently on Crunchyroll.
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Post by: oslecamo on July 24, 2015, 05:17:33 PM
So, Overlord seemed like a SAO/Log Horizon clone at first sight, but I decided to give it a go and it's turning out quite interesting.

Basic story is that there was this super popular MMO that lasted for 12 years and is closing down, but a diehard player chooses to stay logged in to the end in the super guild base they had built, only the guardian NPCs his guild had created to keep him company as the other players had all moved on to other stuff. Seems like they were max level and had all the top gear, to the point nobody had managed to successfully storm their guild base, their top guard NPCs having never seen any action.

Then when the hour of shutdown comes all computer menus disappear and the NPCs suddenly become sentient. The player can also now feel stuff he couldn't before like smell and touch.

And the world around the guild base is competely different than it was before.

Since he had no friends nor family in RL, the protagonist decides he may as well stay around there and conquer everything.

Oh, and his character is basically a lich and most of his harem guardian NPCs are monstrous humanoids of some kind since that was the theme the guild was was running with. Basically he's playing leader of team evil.

And he's also kinda of a D&D caster in the sense that he seems to have a bazillion different spells.



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Post by: brujon on July 25, 2015, 04:59:13 AM
Damn! Looks insanely interesting, i might have to check it out ASAP.
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Post by: Jackinthegreen on July 25, 2015, 06:22:27 AM
So yeah...  Naruto marathon on Hulu.  Now I see why it has the following it does.
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Post by: brujon on July 25, 2015, 06:31:28 AM
Oslecamo...

Now i have to wait for Episode 4, damn that Anime is shaping up to be an AMAZING anime. Really looking forward to the next episode now!
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 09, 2015, 02:18:37 PM
Finished Future Dairy today (subtitled) and I think redial should have been made as the 27th episode but w/e. It was sort of addictive and they differently kept things interesting, but I suppose that's the nature of the story. *wink*

Good series, I suggest checking it out.

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Post by: brujon on August 09, 2015, 06:02:38 PM
Finished Future Dairy today (subtitled) and I think redial should have been made as the 27th episode but w/e. It was sort of addictive and they differently kept things interesting, but I suppose that's the nature of the story. *wink*

Good series, I suggest checking it out.

Mirai Nikki is pretty awesome, Yuno is the quintessential psychotic Yandere. Whenever someone asks me to explain what Yandere means, i refer them to this anime. Pretty much the best example of the stereotype there is.
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Post by: Libertad on August 09, 2015, 06:10:14 PM
Touhou Hijack occurs on a sports show at the 3:06 mark. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIq9f3kW1cA)
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Post by: Libertad on August 12, 2015, 07:33:16 PM
So, has anybody seen DBZ: the Revival of Frieza yet?  What did people think of it?

I'm probably going to see it myself when I get the opportunity.  I've been on a hiatus from the show for years, although this has motivated me to come back into the fold.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 12, 2015, 10:34:31 PM
It's supposedly rather meh.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 12, 2015, 10:43:27 PM
So, has anybody seen DBZ: the Revival of Frieza yet?  What did people think of it?
Of course. It's honestly up there as far as DB animation goes. Probably the best way to think of things is Hollywood Sequalitis. More characters, more fighting, less plot. Just turn off your brain and enjoy.

Goku as you probably know unlocked a new Super Cyan mode. DB:S is just a anima-filler+commercial version of the films, at least for the first two of the three arcs. Oh, and the GT fans have linked DB:S into the GT timeline much to the dismay of the GT haters.

Edit - So DB:S's quality went to the dogs.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 16, 2015, 05:46:55 PM
Anyone here watch Familiar of Zero?

I watched a bit on Youtube and *sigh*
I need a good protagonist-is-competent show. Instead of dealing with a 14 year old kid handed the keys to the universe and a dozen girls panties but all he can do is blush and fail at life. Kind of something where someone who knows what the heck they are doing, but maybe not so far as the only plot element is how badassed the hero can appear (ie no Guts-like shows).
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Post by: Libertad on August 16, 2015, 06:07:49 PM
I heard that the plot took a dive into fanservice at the expense of everything else post Season-1.  I did watch the first season; it was an alright show with some neat ideas.  I did like the whole modern guy getting summoned into a fantasy world, plus a magic-using nobility and the hints of other modern folk having been teleported there.

Anyway, Space Dandy expires from Hulu in 4 days; it's by the same creators of Cowboy Bebop, but more of a comedy show.  It's quite funny, with some heartwarming moments like Episode 5.

Also, I'm on Ep 14 of Kill La Kill.  This show is awesome and dumb in equal measures.  Don't Lose Your Way makes for fantastic music to listen to while writing.

Edit: 3,000th post!  Hell yeah!
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 16, 2015, 07:41:11 PM
SPOILER ALERT: The awesome escalates past the dumb quite sharply past a certain point of the plot.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 16, 2015, 07:42:05 PM
Edit: 3,000th post!  Hell yeah!
Grats, now you only have 1x10^65536 more posts to catch up to Prime.

SPOILER ALERT: The awesome escalates past the dumb quite sharply past a certain point of the plot.
Which one?
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 16, 2015, 08:04:54 PM
That'd be Kill La Kill, SorO.
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Post by: brujon on August 16, 2015, 09:48:11 PM
I didn't get all the HYPE behind Kill La Kill, to be honest. Yes, it's a good anime. Not stellar, not AMAZING, but good. It has its awesome moments, yes, but some episodes i was just... Uh, why am i watching this anyway? Then something incredible or incredibly stupid happened, and i was like "WOW!" or laughed, then it'd go meh again... Normally when i really like an Anime i binge watch the shit out of it, but it took me nearly two weeks to get through Kill la Kill because sometimes i couldn't watch more than two episodes in a row without thinking i could be doing something better with my time. It wasn't bad enough that i didn't want to know what happened afterwards, but it wasn't good enough either, that i wanted to know what happened afterwards RIGHT NOW.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 17, 2015, 01:22:58 AM
Like any Gainax anime worth its salt, Kill la Kill is something you either love or hate - or you hate the hype behind it.  :p
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Post by: Libertad on August 18, 2015, 09:51:41 PM
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Post by: Risada on August 18, 2015, 10:09:18 PM
Anyone here watch Familiar of Zero?

I watched a bit on Youtube and *sigh*
I need a good protagonist-is-competent show. Instead of dealing with a 14 year old kid handed the keys to the universe and a dozen girls panties but all he can do is blush and fail at life. Kind of something where someone who knows what the heck they are doing, but maybe not so far as the only plot element is how badassed the hero can appear (ie no Guts-like shows).

The light novel (http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/?title=Zero_no_Tsukaima) is much better. It takes a while for Saito to grow balls, though.

Sad thing is Noboru Yamaguchi (the author) died in 2013...
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Post by: Unbeliever on August 19, 2015, 10:06:13 AM
Anyone here watch Familiar of Zero?

I watched a bit on Youtube and *sigh*
I need a good protagonist-is-competent show. Instead of dealing with a 14 year old kid handed the keys to the universe and a dozen girls panties but all he can do is blush and fail at life. Kind of something where someone who knows what the heck they are doing, but maybe not so far as the only plot element is how badassed the hero can appear (ie no Guts-like shows).
The protagonist in Aldnoah Zero is competent, despite being like 14.  You've probably already seen Code Geass, but that's got a competent protagonist, too.  Both take a bit of a dive after the first season, but still decent.
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Post by: Libertad on August 21, 2015, 11:35:59 PM
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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 22, 2015, 04:46:41 PM
I tried Kill La Kill (it's on netflix btw) but not so much. Thanks for the suggestion through.

Seen, read, attempted to get an IV drip of, Code Geass. Amazing show. And yeah I've seen Death Note and such too. Aldnoah Zero is new, Wikipedia says the guys that worked on Fate/Zero (the only one I've read, then watched) did it too so I'll check that out here in a bit.
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Post by: Unbeliever on August 24, 2015, 12:01:51 AM
Let me know what you think.  If you liked Fate/Zero, Fate/Stay Night (Unlimited Blade Works) is probably even a little better.

But, man, do I fucking hate that series' titling convention. 
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 24, 2015, 11:13:03 AM
So I just finished reading Franken Fran.

It's a great ride (in a morbid curiosity sort of way) but it's a shame it's so freakin' short. I find myself wanting to read more of it, or more of its like, and I just can't find it.  :bigeyes
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Post by: Gazzien on August 25, 2015, 12:22:01 AM
Caught up to Overlord, and have to say - enjoying it greatly. I could do with less fanservice, but it's not ridiculous levels, so I'm fine with it.
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Post by: Libertad on August 25, 2015, 12:30:01 AM
Finished watching Kill La Kill today.  It was a fun ride.
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Post by: Raineh Daze on August 25, 2015, 12:53:33 AM
Finished watching Kill La Kill today.  It was a fun ride.

Just a year late. Good job. :P

Now go watch Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann if you want something by the exact same people but a different genre. :lmao
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 25, 2015, 02:13:43 PM
If Kill la Kill was done by the Gurren Lagann team as a fanservice anime, and Gurren Lagann was done as a mecha anime...

...I wonder what they'do do as a martial arts anime.

Or, Cthulhu forbid, A SPORTS ANIME.
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Post by: brujon on August 25, 2015, 04:27:47 PM
MURDER BALL: Super-sayan-strength soccer players who go on barren planets to play their matches because every kick is so strong it causes localized nuclear explosions where the player's feet meet the soccer ball (which is made of a super-dense-super-strong material only found on stellar cores of neutron stars). The lead is bringing the sport to a whole new level, where entire solar systems and eventually even galaxies need to be evacuated for the matches to occur.

MARTIAL ARTS ANIME: PUNCHES SO HARD IT GOES BACK IN TIME AND KILLS THE BAD GUY WHILE HE'S STILL IN HIS MOTHER'S UTERUS ERASING HIS ENTIRE EXISTANCE! BLACK HOLES ARE CREATED AND ANNIHILATED, ULTIMATE BLOW RESETS THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE SAVING IT FROM EXTINCTION FROM AN EVIL GOD.

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Post by: SorO_Lost on August 25, 2015, 05:26:18 PM
Both of which pause half-way through for a filler on other characters getting new training/powers that'll never get spoken of again.
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Post by: oslecamo on August 25, 2015, 06:53:32 PM
If Kill la Kill was done by the Gurren Lagann team as a fanservice anime, and Gurren Lagann was done as a mecha anime...

...I wonder what they'do do as a martial arts anime.
Wait, you're implying that Gurren Lagann wasn't already a martial arts anime? 

Because all the arcs end with both main character and main villain going "screw those clunky machines, we shall decide the fate of the world/universe with our fists/tiny melee weapons!" :P

Or, Cthulhu forbid, A SPORTS ANIME.
That would be complicated to say the least, since the whole concept of sports is about both parties following a set of rules.

Or you could go the Yu-Gi-Ho route and have a sport where the players don't know the rules, enforcement being performed by some mysterious automatic entity that only warns you when you're performing an illegal action but will never tell you what's allowed, and the show is all about people gambling how ahead they can get. :p

...

Oh, yes, I've got campaigns to update. Just been a very busy week. And weekend will be too. And September. Gah....
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Post by: Libertad on August 25, 2015, 07:39:55 PM
Now to get back on watching Dirty Pair (80s version)...
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 26, 2015, 09:38:46 AM
If Kill la Kill was done by the Gurren Lagann team as a fanservice anime, and Gurren Lagann was done as a mecha anime...

...I wonder what they'do do as a martial arts anime.
Wait, you're implying that Gurren Lagann wasn't already a martial arts anime? 

Because all the arcs end with both main character and main villain going "screw those clunky machines, we shall decide the fate of the world/universe with our fists/tiny melee weapons!" :P

Or, Cthulhu forbid, A SPORTS ANIME.
That would be complicated to say the least, since the whole concept of sports is about both parties following a set of rules.

Or you could go the Yu-Gi-Ho route and have a sport where the players don't know the rules, enforcement being performed by some mysterious automatic entity that only warns you when you're performing an illegal action but will never tell you what's allowed, and the show is all about people gambling how ahead they can get. :p

...

Oh, yes, I've got campaigns to update. Just been a very busy week. And weekend will be too. And September. Gah....


Nonononono. Gurren Lagann was clearly mecha-focused. As in "let's see how big we can make this bastard". (You'd think it was all a setup for a penis enlargement product.)

And not necessarily. The rules need only be vague enough to make it work. "Two teams. One ball. Two designated scoring areas. LET THE BLOODBATH BEGIN!"
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Post by: littha on August 27, 2015, 05:24:30 AM
Or, Cthulhu forbid, A SPORTS ANIME.

To be fair quite a lot of the early part of Kill la Kill revolves around various sports matches.

Boxing, tennis, Kendo....

I can imagine a whole series consisting of that becoming tiring.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 27, 2015, 10:19:26 AM
Nah, Kill la Kill is a slice of life anime for them.  :P
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Post by: Libertad on August 31, 2015, 12:19:19 AM
I can't find out what anime this girl is from, and it's driving me nuts!

(http://i.imgur.com/oJzOj0w.png)
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Post by: ketaro on August 31, 2015, 05:06:28 AM
If that is your only image with nothing else to go on, you're either screwed or you last ditch effort over at /a/ >.>

It's also likely not from an anime as that certainly looks 'sprite-ey'.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on August 31, 2015, 07:06:12 AM
That particular style looks very 90's, to boot. I'd say she's from either a PS1 or SNES-era game, but that doesn't narrow it down very much - more likely the former than the latter.
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Post by: brujon on September 03, 2015, 09:02:22 AM
Re-read One Punch Man (Both original & manga), since the Anime will be released next month.

I first read it several years ago, and it's nice to see how much the series has grown. I have to say, from what i saw on the anime PV's, i'm STOKED for this Anime, more so than i have been in years, in fact. The fights seem like they're going to be absolutely STUNNINGLY animated, and the voice acting cast seems to be on the spot. One minor nitpick i have is that they chose a very masculine VA for Speed of Sound Sonic...

I'm also about to start watching Parasyte, which seemed to gather high praise, so i'm checking it out. Overlord is, so far, best anime of 2015 for me, so lets see what this series will bring to the table.

Speaking of Overlord...

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Post by: SorO_Lost on September 03, 2015, 09:27:18 AM
Bleach
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Post by: brujon on September 03, 2015, 09:53:14 AM
When and if they make another stab at a Bleach anime, i might watch it. I still am of the firm opinion that after Aizen the series should've gone straight towards its conclusion, and that everything after Aizen is pretty meh. I tried to read the Manga but i just... can't. Still waiting on the Naruto anime conclusion to see if maybe THEN i pick it up from where i stopped. My sister is watching from the start, so i'll probably just watch it with her after the battle with Pain, which is roughly where i stopped. I even stopped watching One Piece and Fairy Tail as well. The only long series i keep up with nowadays is Gintama. Nowadays i'm just way too impatient, long unresolved plot points and a series that seems like its dragging on are major cons for me.

In other news, off to read new Berserk and Drifters. The two series that torture me and make me want to murder the creators. What's up with all those hiatuses? Berserk in particular... I feel like at this point its like two new chapters per year? Ugh... and i still need to catch up with Vinland Saga as well.

I need to stop picking up long manga, like i stopped picking up long anime. Feel like i'm reading so much at the same time...
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Post by: Unbeliever on September 03, 2015, 10:30:45 AM
When and if they make another stab at a Bleach anime, i might watch it. I still am of the firm opinion that after Aizen the series should've gone straight towards its conclusion, and that everything after Aizen is pretty meh. I tried to read the Manga but i just... can't. Still waiting on the Naruto anime conclusion to see if maybe THEN i pick it up from where i stopped. My sister is watching from the start, so i'll probably just watch it with her after the battle with Pain, which is roughly where i stopped.
These are both the right places to stop.  Naruto jumps a fuck ton of sharks shortly after this.  Bleach is in the process of committing ritual suicide before all of us. 

In other news, off to read new Berserk and Drifters. The two series that torture me and make me want to murder the creators. What's up with all those hiatuses? Berserk in particular... I feel like at this point its like two new chapters per year? Ugh... and i still need to catch up with Vinland Saga as well.
Berserk is just frustrating.  It started off interesting, if somewhat flawed, and then veered off into a place where it lost its identity and just turned into a series of Mary Sue moments for its villain.  And, now it's just ground to a boring halt.  At least that's where it last was when I checked a few months ago, and I suspect it hasn't made much progress since then. 

It seems like creators need better exit strategies.  Otherwise they get bored with their work and sabotage it.  I'm looking at you GRRM.
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Post by: KellKheraptis on September 10, 2015, 10:42:11 AM
So, has anybody seen DBZ: the Revival of Frieza yet?  What did people think of it?

I'm probably going to see it myself when I get the opportunity.  I've been on a hiatus from the show for years, although this has motivated me to come back into the fold.

Biggest complaint : they stole Vegeta's moment of glory - again...as usual.
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Post by: trappedslider on September 19, 2015, 10:13:42 PM
So,I'm finally watching High school of the dead fan service all over the place....but getting beyond that, I'm liking the music cues (note i've only seen two episodes so far)
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Post by: oslecamo on September 20, 2015, 05:47:20 AM
In other news, off to read new Berserk and Drifters. The two series that torture me and make me want to murder the creators. What's up with all those hiatuses? Berserk in particular... I feel like at this point its like two new chapters per year? Ugh... and i still need to catch up with Vinland Saga as well.
Berserk is just frustrating.  It started off interesting, if somewhat flawed, and then veered off into a place where it lost its identity and just turned into a series of Mary Sue moments for its villain.  And, now it's just ground to a boring halt.  At least that's where it last was when I checked a few months ago, and I suspect it hasn't made much progress since then. 

It seems like creators need better exit strategies.  Otherwise they get bored with their work and sabotage it.  I'm looking at you GRRM.

Well, Drifters is being written by the same author as Hellsing. And although the Hellsing manga took its sweet time to end, it was quite a satisfying ending if you ask me. So I have hope for Drifters. Like in Hellsing, we're seeing a bunch of badass characters rising their personal armies and converging for a super FFA carnage.
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Post by: brujon on September 20, 2015, 06:34:22 AM
Finished Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis. Have to say, pretty awesome. Now i'm watching Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru, which from what i read is pretty much Puella Magi Madoka Magica. So far, i'm liking it. If nothing else, up to episode 4 i'd rate it a solid 7, which is OK i guess. Still stoked for One Punch Man, though. Also on the queue is the second season for Durarara!!
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Post by: littha on September 21, 2015, 03:59:15 AM
Just watched the first couple episodes of Nanoha VIVID.

Its awesome.

 :D
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Post by: brujon on September 21, 2015, 04:51:27 PM
Holy shit, i actually WEPT at the end of Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru.

Incredibly powerful. Hit me right in the feels, full power no-stop. Can't recommend it enough if you want to be hit in the feels.

The anime itself is a bit slow at first, picks up traction around the middle, and then it takes you through the ride of your life. I won't lie, by episode 5 i was beggining to get bored, but then i got hooked again. You need to be a bit patient with this one, but it's only 12 episodes long, so it's not THAT hard to get through the boring parts, especially since by then you'll be almost halfway through already.

At episode 4 i had rated it a 7/10, now i'd change my rating to a 9/10. It could've been a bit better with a little bit better pacing and a bit more world-building. We only ever really get to see the main cast, which is a bit of a shame.
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Post by: brujon on October 01, 2015, 12:38:38 PM
Overlord finished this week, and i went up and read the Light Novels. Although i was accompanying the Reddit discussion weekly threads where everyone would compare the LN and the Anime, when i actually went and read it, it was even better than i expected.

The anime beautifully adapts the source material. As an adaptation, its undoubtedly 10/10. Almost everything they cut is reasonable, and the things they added that weren't in the LN are completely in agreement with the source material. Everything, from the Voice Actors, to the design of the characters, to the way the scenes described in the LN are depicted, it's all perfect.

If it had been 2 cours, then they would have definitely had to go further than the 3rd Volume, otherwise it would've become too dragged out. I have to say, i'm waiting eagerly for a second season that i know will most likely not come.

In the meantime, i'll continue to read the novels. I can't recommend them enough, its beautifully written. I'd definitely play such a campaign, or perhaps even DM one.

EDIT:

So i finished the last Overlord LN that was translated and... damn. I'm craving for more. Seriously guys, after reading the last of the translated LN's, i now know the Anime hasn't even scratched the surface of the plot that unfolds. It's nothing more than an introduction. Nazarick starts to get serious after Volume 3 (where the Anime ended), and serious shit starts to go down around Volume 6. The Volume 7 cliffhanger is incredible, and i'm now waiting for the Volume 8 like a man dying from thirst wants a bottle of cold water.
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Post by: Nunkuruji on October 06, 2015, 05:19:35 PM
Picked up Crunchyroll over the summer, after a several year hiatus from anime due to busy life. CR on my phone lets me enjoy in the random 5 minute chunks I have to enjoy, so quite nice. I rarely hunt down the manga, nor am I worth a shit as a critic. In any case...

From most recent to previously watched this year...

Akame ga Kill - current enjoying
Gate - enjoyed, wouldn't mind seeing more
Parasyte - great, really enjoyed it
Attack on Titan - next season please, dammit
No Game No Life - cerebral like death note, but not so sinister, much enjoyed. The over-saturated colors look neat.
Demon King Daimao - things escalated quickly, amusing enough for 12 eps
Yona of the Dawn - if only 24 eps are produced, gonna be pissed, hate when series end up quitting at the point this one does
Kill la Kill - loved the pace. equal opportunity fan service was lol.
Bleach - finally finished the last 1/4 of the episodes, minus fillers. Really wish I had quit before the god awful fullbringer arc.
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Post by: oslecamo on October 16, 2015, 09:04:17 AM
Meanwhile in One Piece, Luffy is kinda the most self-contradicing protagonist ever.


Luffy: I want to be a pirate king!
Actual Pirates: Haaarrr, alrighty matey, let's kill and pillage!
Luffy: Sorry, I'm not into that kind of thing.
Admirers: Lord Luffy, we wish to pledge our alliance to your cause, becoming your loyal subjects! Command us and we shall obey our king!
Luffy: Nope, I'm also not in that whole "giving orders" or "ruling" thingies.

So he wants to be a pirate who doesn't kill/pillage and a king who doesn't have subjects nor to give orders. :psyduck

Although I guess it's that kind of sillyness that keeps the series interesting. :P
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Post by: Nunkuruji on October 16, 2015, 02:22:51 PM
Finished Akame ga Kill, pretty happy with the body count reflecting the reality of war.

Started watching Fairy Tail, then found out CR doesn't have eps 13-48, and in looking as to why... yeah, fucking pissed.
I'll find somewhere else to saltily watch the episode gap, but I won't forget this transgression when I next consider watching something from that producer...
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Post by: Libertad on October 16, 2015, 02:46:51 PM
Luffy's the kind of guy who wants the big shiny title yet none of the responsibilities that come with it.
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Post by: ketaro on October 16, 2015, 09:09:21 PM
Finished Akame ga Kill, pretty happy with the body count reflecting the reality of war.

Started watching Fairy Tail, then found out CR doesn't have eps 13-48, and in looking as to why... yeah, fucking pissed.
I'll find somewhere else to saltily watch the episode gap, but I won't forget this transgression when I next consider watching something from that producer...

I totally abandoned Fairy Tail after it got cancelled partway through that tournament arc. Eventually they started again (after replacing Lucy's VA cause yaaaay scandals) but could not be bothered. Was seriously going downhill. Went with the manga for awhile all the way through to the Tartaros Arc with them demons and that was kind of okay but it fell off pretty quickly again after that. It just got kind of.......Eh...
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Post by: Kuroimaken on October 16, 2015, 10:07:59 PM
Finished Akame ga Kill, pretty happy with the body count reflecting the reality of war.

Started watching Fairy Tail, then found out CR doesn't have eps 13-48, and in looking as to why... yeah, fucking pissed.
I'll find somewhere else to saltily watch the episode gap, but I won't forget this transgression when I next consider watching something from that producer...

I totally abandoned Fairy Tail after it got cancelled partway through that tournament arc. Eventually they started again (after replacing Lucy's VA cause yaaaay scandals) but could not be bothered. Was seriously going downhill. Went with the manga for awhile all the way through to the Tartaros Arc with them demons and that was kind of okay but it fell off pretty quickly again after that. It just got kind of.......Eh...

Is this a separate scandal or the old one? I'd heard Hirano got some really bad flak about her sex life a long while ago but I'd heard she'd since returned to singing...
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Post by: ketaro on October 16, 2015, 10:59:05 PM
It was probably that same scandel. She got fired from Fairy Tail's Lucy VA cause of it. Which technically caused the anime to be canceled for awhile.
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Post by: Nunkuruji on October 28, 2015, 01:13:44 PM
Finished watching Coffin Princess Chaika; gun wizards, as opposed to Fairy Tail's muscle wizards. Rather entertained. Silly BBEG wizard failing due to hubris.
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Post by: nijineko on October 30, 2015, 11:53:53 PM
i've been enjoying the manhwa "The Gamer" lately. a light novel in the process of being illustrated into a webcomic. nice mix of silly and serious, with an amusing conceit for the plot.

(for those who may happen to not be familiar, manhwa is korean manga.)
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Post by: Gazzien on October 31, 2015, 12:21:24 AM
i've been enjoying the manhwa "The Gamer" lately. a light novel in the process of being illustrated into a webcomic. nice mix of silly and serious, with an amusing conceit for the plot.

(for those who may happen to not be familiar, manhwa is korean manga.)
I'm enjoying it as well. I keep finding places with more or less of it updated, though; where were you reading it?
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Post by: Lokiyn on October 31, 2015, 01:14:04 PM
Meanwhile in One Piece, Luffy is kinda the most self-contradicing protagonist ever.


Luffy: I want to be a pirate king!
Actual Pirates: Haaarrr, alrighty matey, let's kill and pillage!
Luffy: Sorry, I'm not into that kind of thing.
Admirers: Lord Luffy, we wish to pledge our alliance to your cause, becoming your loyal subjects! Command us and we shall obey our king!
Luffy: Nope, I'm also not in that whole "giving orders" or "ruling" thingies.

So he wants to be a pirate who doesn't kill/pillage and a king who doesn't have subjects nor to give orders. :psyduck

Although I guess it's that kind of sillyness that keeps the series interesting. :P
It's a Man's Romance
It makes sense when you consider that the primary conflict of one piece orients around the divide between the romantic view of pirates, and the cruel reality of pirates. Its Captain Jack Sparrow vs Hector Barbossa; Robin Hood vs the real highwaymen of the time.
Luffy seeks freedom and adventure, while is opponents sacrifice their freedom in the name of greed and power, losing the "romance" of a pirate and becoming a thug with a flag.


That being said does anyone else follow http://www.novelupdates.com/ there's quite a bit of good stuff for inbetween releases for other shows and manga.
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Post by: nijineko on November 02, 2015, 11:05:33 PM
i've been enjoying the manhwa "The Gamer" lately. a light novel in the process of being illustrated into a webcomic. nice mix of silly and serious, with an amusing conceit for the plot.

(for those who may happen to not be familiar, manhwa is korean manga.)
I'm enjoying it as well. I keep finding places with more or less of it updated, though; where were you reading it?

i usually alternate between mangareader and naver to see how far along the story actually is. i'll switch to other sites when that first is slow.
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Post by: oslecamo on November 07, 2015, 04:20:24 AM
Anyone watching Gundam Orphans? I'm getting a lot of TTGL vibes from it:

-Main character is a short kid who grew up in shitty conditions and also's kinda fanatic to an "old non-blood brother"? Check.
-Said "old non-blood brother" is super inspiring to all around him and always keeps up a positive attitude? Check.
-Said "old non-blood brother" character goes to start a revolution to get them away from shitty conditions, starting his personal army? Check.
-They pick up a princess preaching for peace who was discarded by her father? Check.
-Loot and pilot enemy mechas gained as spoils of war right away? Check.

Also let's see if anyone can identify the correct name of the following Gundam series based on the hints I give.

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(I may've watched a bit too much Gundam recently)


Meanwhile in One Piece, Luffy is kinda the most self-contradicing protagonist ever.


Luffy: I want to be a pirate king!
Actual Pirates: Haaarrr, alrighty matey, let's kill and pillage!
Luffy: Sorry, I'm not into that kind of thing.
Admirers: Lord Luffy, we wish to pledge our alliance to your cause, becoming your loyal subjects! Command us and we shall obey our king!
Luffy: Nope, I'm also not in that whole "giving orders" or "ruling" thingies.

So he wants to be a pirate who doesn't kill/pillage and a king who doesn't have subjects nor to give orders. :psyduck

Although I guess it's that kind of sillyness that keeps the series interesting. :P
It's a Man's Romance
It makes sense when you consider that the primary conflict of one piece orients around the divide between the romantic view of pirates, and the cruel reality of pirates. Its Captain Jack Sparrow vs Hector Barbossa; Robin Hood vs the real highwaymen of the time.
Luffy seeks freedom and adventure, while is opponents sacrifice their freedom in the name of greed and power, losing the "romance" of a pirate and becoming a thug with a flag.

But Luffy is a lot closer to being a treasure hunter. Jack Sparrow and Robin Hood at least looted some stuff, but Luffy's all "Ok, I beat you up evil dudes, but I'll let you go away with all your stuff." Wait, he took a flag once from another pirate group. As an organized tournament prize.

Meanwhile plenty of good old "Kill, sail, burn" pirates in One Piece that keep their freedom, it's just the pirate lords with connections with the Navy that have chains attached.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on November 07, 2015, 08:31:59 AM
So, I watched Parasyte lately, and I enjoyed it a great deal. Anybody got any recommendations for good anime like that? For me it was a great mix of drama (without going too far into angst), combat and psychological warfare.
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Post by: brujon on November 08, 2015, 01:30:29 PM
Tokyo Ghoul is kinda like that. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni is a good psychological thriller/horror kind of story. Shiki, i enjoyed, but it's a bit more action focused than Parasyte - but it's nice. Kara no Kyoukai is wonderful, as is Tsukihime. I can recommend some more later if you want me to.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on November 08, 2015, 07:10:24 PM
Out of those, I've heard of Tokyo Ghoul (buying the manga), heard of but not watched Higurashi, and already watched Tsukihime.

And sure, recommendations are always good  :D
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Post by: oslecamo on November 26, 2015, 09:32:55 AM
Iron Orphans Gundam is now an harem anime.

No, wait, that's not exactly correct.

Iron Orphans Gundam is now THE harem anime.

Because there's this guy who has a battleship where the crew/pilots/soldiers are all his wifes. Not only that, he bangs them so much he had to instal a nursery on said battleship just to have a place to put in his new babies between stopping at planets where he drops the new kids at some private school so he can go back to space with his ship filled only with his wifes. And somehow all the women get perfectly well with each other. That dude's the fucking Harem Emperor.

In other news, Heavy Object is kinda of a deconstruction of the mecha genre. Why have legs and arms and head when you can just have a giant mobile ball of armor with lots of guns? Then the main characters are an army engineer and basic soldier who have to find a way to take down said balls of death that can take a nuke to the face and keep going using only their personal gear.
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Post by: oslecamo on January 21, 2016, 11:23:57 PM
So since I've found myself quite enjoying the modern Gundam series, I decided to finally check on the original.

I must say it's quite good, in particular for such an old anime with budget graphics. I can see why it spawned one of the most popular mecha franchises in the world.

What surprised me the most is that motherfucking Bright didn't start as commander of the White Base right away, instead just as newbie support staff. From what I heard of him I always had the idea he was a veteran captain from the start. But Bright still gets shit done even when he's supposed to be taking orders from incompetent federation officer #241 and never goes emo unlike a certain main character.

Also Char is simply fabulous.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on January 22, 2016, 08:53:22 AM
I've been meaning to watch the rest of the UC series. Not sure I can take Z Gundam's ending though...

EDIT: Also, Mirai is like THE best female supporting character ever (I count Sayla as one of the protagonists).
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Post by: littha on January 22, 2016, 09:40:03 AM
I should probably give a go at the original couple gundam series, I enjoyed Wing years ago but never really explored past that

I am a big fan of Gundam: Seed, but that is a completely different continuity.
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Post by: oslecamo on January 24, 2016, 01:00:14 PM
EDIT: Also, Mirai is like THE best female supporting character ever (I count Sayla as one of the protagonists).

Fair enough, she even pilots the main gundam and doesn't die right away.

And since we're talking about it, the first Gundam seems to do a pretty good job of avoiding reducing the female characters to damsels in distress  and HOLY COW FRAW BOW OVERPOWERED THE GUNDAM'S SERVO MOTORS WITH HER BARE HANDS! Maybe she's Master Asia's greatgreatgreat grandmother.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on January 25, 2016, 10:04:38 AM
I like to point out Yoshiyuki Tomino whenever someone says shonen is always sexist or some such disgrace.  :p
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Post by: Shadowhunter on February 11, 2016, 02:24:37 AM
Kubo, you magnificent imbecile. Your manga turned shitty years ago, yet somehow you've turned Bleach into this beautiful train wreck that keeps on delivering.
I didn't expect the sudden indulgence of the neko-fetish, but I shouldn't be surprised.
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Post by: oslecamo on February 28, 2016, 08:16:21 AM
This week in Gundam Harem Iron Orphans, death flags, death flags everywhere. Not even the fact that they were facing the comic relief mini-boss squad could save a named character.

Also I'm starting to get more and more suspicious that Dr. Marion Radom designed all the mechas. There's not a single beam/laser in the whole series. NONE! Pure physical weapons or GTFO.



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Post by: SorO_Lost on March 31, 2016, 05:23:19 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on May 22, 2016, 07:03:22 AM
Gundam Thunderbolt is short but pretty good. Basically the grittiest Gundam of them all.

Where sending kids to fight a war against veteran desesperate soldiers results in a lot of dead kids instead of the other way around.

Plus fantastic animation.
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Post by: oslecamo on June 09, 2016, 08:50:27 AM
We waited years. Decades. Countless fanfictions were written.

The goddesses have finally answered our prayers.

Card
Captor
Sakura
Sequel
Clear
Card
Arc
Is
Out!
(http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-swoon.gif)

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Rumors had started earlier this year. First they said it was just gonna be a one-shot, but turns out it will be a full fledged series. First time CLAMP does a direct sequel to one of their works. Chronicles was nice, but the plot was so insane not even the characters could understand what was going by the end.

Now in one hand the original CCS manga kinda had a perfect ending. On the other hand yay more adventures from Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun! Nostalgia overwhelming! (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-swoon.gif)

Oh, and they're also working on an anime. Still not revealed if it will be a remake of the original or an adaptation of the new manga right away or something different.
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Post by: brujon on June 09, 2016, 12:08:53 PM
My sister is going to have a fit over this, she'll squeal in happiness, i'm sure of it, i half did too!
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Post by: Libertad on July 18, 2016, 11:29:34 PM
Watching One Punch Man on Hulu and KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! on Crunchy Roll.

Megumin is best girl. (http://megum.in/) I'm highly motivated to make a Blaster Caster using her image in a D&D game, even if such a thing is suboptimal. :p
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Post by: nijineko on August 24, 2016, 04:21:03 PM
Finished reading the "Coiling Dragon" light novel (saga) translated from the Chinese. Wuxia fans will like it, as will TO fans. Main Character goes from weakling to martial arts prodigy, to immortal prodigy, to minor god... and on. DB and DBZ has nothing on this. The author also has at least one other story which ties into the "Coiling Dragon". This story is finished - so no waiting. I like to think of this as an alternate universe Kuroimaken.

On the Japanese side, "Hero of the Shield" light novel was an interesting read as well - seems to have made it to manga form too. Starts off with a double whammy: one fairly usual (ordinary kids summoned to another world to be the heroes), the other... not so (one of the four heroes is promptly framed for rape and robbed blind, by the princess, in collusion with her father, the king of the country that summoned them). The light novel version is also finished, so no waiting.

From the Korean, "The Gamer" webcomic continues to irritate and amuse. For a supposed min-maxer the main character sure misses quite a few combos. Overall, still an enjoyable read.
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Post by: Risada on September 02, 2016, 09:34:54 AM
Finished reading the "Coiling Dragon" light novel (saga) translated from the Chinese. Wuxia fans will like it, as will TO fans. Main Character goes from weakling to martial arts prodigy, to immortal prodigy, to minor god... and on. DB and DBZ has nothing on this. The author also has at least one other story which ties into the "Coiling Dragon". This story is finished - so no waiting. I like to think of this as an alternate universe Kuroimaken.

Read both Coiling Dragon and Stellar Transformations... and I have to say that it was quite good.

Although I felt the ending was quite rushed in both of them...
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Post by: nijineko on September 08, 2016, 10:09:28 AM
Finished reading the "Coiling Dragon" light novel (saga) translated from the Chinese. Wuxia fans will like it, as will TO fans. Main Character goes from weakling to martial arts prodigy, to immortal prodigy, to minor god... and on. DB and DBZ has nothing on this. The author also has at least one other story which ties into the "Coiling Dragon". This story is finished - so no waiting. I like to think of this as an alternate universe Kuroimaken.

Read both Coiling Dragon and Stellar Transformations... and I have to say that it was quite good.

Although I felt the ending was quite rushed in both of them...

well, after that lead up... hundreds of chapters??? almost any ending would still feel rushed. But yeah, they kinda did end in one fell swoop. we'll see how the third series goes.
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Post by: oslecamo on September 26, 2016, 12:10:12 AM
Meanwhile Bersek seems to be going through a light hearted fantasy comedy phase with a touch of Inception.
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Clearly right now Gut's party is trapped in a delusional dream where they dream they're going deeper inside dreams.

Also the fairy queen king seems like she would fit into Gensokyo with no problem, being so trollastic. She just needs more bullets. I'll be sorely disappointed if we don't see her unleashing some danmaku before this arc is over.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on October 09, 2016, 02:58:05 PM
I got a good laugh out of Konosuba, it's a typical live in boy thrust into a semi-perverted situations but takes place on a gamer-like world and his starting uber artifact of choice was an incompetent deity. There is only ten episodes out this year but still worth a look.

Dragon Ball Super also appears to be enjoying it's self. Future Trunks appears to go Legendary Super Saiyen against an evil Supreme Kai from Universe 10 who went back in time to steal Goku's body and then back/forwards to meet him self and team up together to eradicate all the gods and mortals of the furtureverse of Universe 7 so unintelligent life could flourish.
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Post by: oslecamo on November 24, 2016, 02:50:23 AM
So the recent Dragon Ball Super chapter makes it cannon that after saving the world/galaxy/universe, Son Goku never kissed anyone, considers kissing yucky, and doesn't see why even married couples would kiss.

Which gives force to the theory the only way Chichi ever got pregnant was by getting him completely drunk. That or Bulma had some gadget to help with that.

Meanwhile Vegeta's having the day of his life. "I get to beat up a Goku without being called an asshole!".

Also love how psycho Goku just's chilling out having coffee in some mountain home after ruining the world. Most villains would've got a fortress or dungeon or something, but that's clearly too much work for psycho Goku.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on November 24, 2016, 08:46:12 AM

Also love how psycho Goku just's chilling out having coffee in some mountain home after ruining the world. Most villains would've got a fortress or dungeon or something, but that's clearly too much work for psycho Goku.

Well of course. Most battles in Dragon Ball since Z take place in wide open spaces with attacks that shatter mountains like they're made of wet tissue paper.

By opting to make his home into a dungeon or fortress, psycho Goku would just be risking people breaking his home for no tactically sound reason.
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Post by: oslecamo on December 14, 2016, 12:00:23 PM
Code Geass (http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/fans-can-rejoice-code-geass-returns-season-3?li_source=LI&li_medium=fandom-rec) getting a third season: Lelouch doesn't die when he's killed of the Resurrection.

Also CCS will be getting a new anime for 2018 by the same company that made the previous one. Fingers crossed for following the anime continuity. Bring back Li Meiling!

Speaking of which
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EDIT: Gundam Iron Orphans Mafia Editon 2nd season pretty awesome.

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Post by: oslecamo on January 14, 2017, 12:42:18 AM
Akame  Ga Kiru the manga finished.

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Post by: nijineko on January 14, 2017, 03:49:45 PM
in the "only from japan" category, i read an amusing light novel where a vending machine maniac (yes, they have those in japan... and if you didn't know, vending machines are a THING in japan) tried to stop a new type of vending machine he'd never seen before from breaking as it fell off a truck with his body.

You guessed it, squishy death...




only to be reincarnated...




as a vending machine...




in a dungeon...




of a fantasy world....






yep, only from japan.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on January 14, 2017, 04:14:04 PM
Code Geass (http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/fans-can-rejoice-code-geass-returns-season-3?li_source=LI&li_medium=fandom-rec) getting a third season: Lelouch doesn't die when he's killed of the Resurrection.
Everyone already knew he didn't die. The Director cut the last two seconds of the anime showing him alive but kept CC's comments to him to generate fan theories for popularity. But even with the content cut out, CC has no ability to speak with the dead. Oh and umm... spoiler alert.

Konosub season 2 has started up, episode 1 is out now and it airs Tuesdays I think.
Highschool DxD season 4 comes out in the middle of this year.
Same with One-Punch Man and many sites claim will split from the manga (it only updates like once a month anyway).
After four years after it's a fleeting moment in the spotlight, Attack on Titan finally gets a second season this spring.
Dragonball Super is moving into a universal arc soon, can it do well enough to sell more seasons?
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Post by: oslecamo on February 14, 2017, 06:59:53 PM
Hey remember how in the UC Gundam timeline, the Gundam is supposed to be part of the first generation of mecha for the Earth Federation and how mobile suits were supposed to be a brand new weapon that caught the Earth Federation completely by surprise? How earth troops had nothing besides regular tanks/jets and personal weapons to face Zeon's Zaku rush? How most of Zeon's supporters laughed at the idea of the Earth Federation being able to deploy mobile suits of their own at all before being completely curb-stomped? How the Earth Federation's space ships had to be jury rigged to carry the first generations of GMs at all?

Well Gundam the Origin pretty much goes "HAHAHAHA!" and retcons everything as the Earth Federation already being mass-producing guntanks by the time Casval Char was ten years old.

At least it explains how Casval Char was able to climb through the Zeon ranks while keeping his true identity secret. Also that he was already a "I just had a great idea, let's get a lot of people killed on all sides to advance my personal agenda" guy since a kid.

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Post by: oslecamo on March 13, 2017, 08:19:51 AM
Gundam Boss: Ok, we tried to take on the main enemy force while heavily outnumbered and outgunned and got our shit wrecked for it. Didn't even manage to kill a single named foe. Now we can't count on any kind of reinforcements or support. The enemy leader just said he won't accept a surrender of any kind and wants all of our heads. Anybody has any ideas?
Gundam Princess: Eeerrr, call it quits, move to another planet, buy new IDs and discretly start a new life in a less risky line of work?
Gundam Boss: Genius!

Really liking Irob Blooded Orphans.
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Post by: oslecamo on April 02, 2017, 09:26:35 AM
So Iron Orphans is over.

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Post by: brujon on May 09, 2017, 05:18:53 AM
Anime was getting a bit boring for me, but i found a breath of fresh air from the most unexpected of places:

CHINA

King's Avatar has been surprising me. I'm on the third episode, and i'm absolutely hooked. I find myself wanting more but can't get it until more are translated. Apparently, the sixth out of twelve episodes has been aired, but no english subs are available as of yet.

Animation quality is a solid 10/10, easily on par with AAA anime titles coming from Japan, really outstanding animation quality.

The story, so far, is pretty good. An MMO pro who kept out of the spotlight and refused to surrender to the commercialization of his persona is forced to retire from the game, due to the contract with his pro team and his age, and to give up his max level account to his younger replacement. But his deep knowledge of the game and impressive talent will not go to waste, as he is not done with the game yet.

The characterization is way more mature than you commonly see in animes of the type made in Japan, and it manages to avoid, so far, most of the tropes we have come to associate with this kind of flashy, action-scene oriented anime. It's "shounen" with mature characters and a more mature story, which so far, is a pretty good combination.

Better than Sword Art Online so far. Remains to be seen if it will continue to be so.

One thing is for sure: I will be looking forward for more Chinese Anime.

Also, it feels so strange watching anime in Chinese. But also really awesome. After getting used to hearing a lot of Japanese, it kind of takes me waaaaay back, to when i first started watching Anime and couldnt understand a damn thing they were saying, and the language felt so absolutely alien to me. Good nostalgia.
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Post by: ketaro on May 09, 2017, 06:58:18 AM
To be fair, sword art online is pretty bad...Not that I don't believe you about how great that show may be :)
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Post by: oslecamo on May 09, 2017, 06:58:41 AM
Anime was getting a bit boring for me, but i found a breath of fresh air from the most unexpected of places:

CHINA

That's really not unexpected when you consider that anime/manga has become pretty popular in China. Japan is right at the side and they do share a good chunk of their written characters after all. Lots of chinese artists have been starting their own stuff over recent years and it's only natural some gems starts to surface. Although for now they mostly remain in China because why bother exporting when your potential national market is already over 1 billion strong? :P

Anyway King's Avatar looks quite interesting so thanks for the recommendation!

EDIT: As an example, u17 (http://www.u17.com/) is a chinese site crammed full of chinese manga (manwha). From what I understand the authors actually post directly to the site and there's some type of subscription system for extras.
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Post by: oslecamo on February 09, 2018, 02:41:48 AM
So finally managed to get around to start watching the Sakura Clear Card anime and extra cute animation is extra cute.

But even better is that although sticking closer to the manga this time, they seem to be adding the anime continuity too, like 52 sakura cards and mentioning Li Meiling. Meaning we may yet see Li Meiling. Do it madhouse!
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Post by: Kuroimaken on February 10, 2018, 08:33:42 AM
So finally managed to get around to start watching the Sakura Clear Card anime and extra cute animation is extra cute.

But even better is that although sticking closer to the manga this time, they seem to be adding the anime continuity too, like 52 sakura cards and mentioning Li Meiling. Meaning we may yet see Li Meiling. Do it madhouse!

My only fear is that madhouse is infamous for not following up for second seasons when they make gorgeous anime.
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Post by: oslecamo on February 14, 2018, 02:34:11 AM
Well I'm hopeful since they kept with the first CCS for a second and third seasons.

And Meiling finally shows up and promises to join the action later on, yay! Really missed her smugness, makes for a nice contrast with Sakura and friends over-sweetness.

Starting to diverge from the manga quite a bit besides new cards too, changing the order as well.

Plus Syaoran was secretly a piano player all along? Sure why not. Just let him shoot some lighting again or something one of these days Madhouse. Shouldn't be too long now.
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Post by: trappedslider on February 16, 2018, 09:22:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asTxh9kuEvE

Awesome effects..but otherwise not sure how I feel
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Post by: TC X0 Lt 0X on February 16, 2018, 11:28:33 PM
Well, it doesn't appear like it is straying too far away from the source material which is nice, but live action adaptions are not anything I would be interested in. The way Alphonse looks really irks me though.
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Post by: Vladeshi on February 16, 2018, 11:36:18 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asTxh9kuEvE

Awesome effects..but otherwise not sure how I feel

I.... I am so conflicted right now.
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Post by: Kuroimaken on February 17, 2018, 09:02:58 AM
Just watch the damn thing.

Yes, generally live-action adaptations of manga get pretty hammy, but that's part of their charm.
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Post by: Vladeshi on February 17, 2018, 09:54:25 AM
Just watch the damn thing.

Yes, generally live-action adaptations of manga get pretty hammy, but that's part of their charm.

Oh, I definitely will. I just always feel uneasy about adaptions of things I have serious nostalgia for, like the Kenshin movies(turned out great and I love them), or the new Star Wars(congratulations Disney, you lost a customer(Yes, I know, Disney don't care, they made their money without me)).
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Post by: Kuroimaken on February 18, 2018, 10:44:38 AM
Just watch the damn thing.

Yes, generally live-action adaptations of manga get pretty hammy, but that's part of their charm.

Oh, I definitely will. I just always feel uneasy about adaptions of things I have serious nostalgia for, like the Kenshin movies(turned out great and I love them), or the new Star Wars(congratulations Disney, you lost a customer(Yes, I know, Disney don't care, they made their money without me)).

Yeah, adapting the whole Kyoto arc in less than three movies was a gamble, but they did reasonably well, considering their time constraints.
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Post by: SorO_Lost on March 27, 2018, 12:14:53 AM
Just a reminder the second Code Geass recut comes out today. If you don't know what I'm talking about, they plan to add a third season and prior to that they are publishing the original two seasons in a three part film series. As part of the crunch several character arcs were dropped such as Jeremiah pretty much being dropped and Diethard shoots Cornelia instead of Shirley. But some of the fight scenes were reanimated and look better than before.

Also Highschool DxD's new season starts the 10th of next month and Stein's Gate: 0 which grim retelling of the original story will be releasing soon too.
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Post by: oslecamo on March 31, 2018, 07:13:55 AM
Catching up with Sakura Clear Card
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Post by: Libertad on March 31, 2018, 07:25:36 PM
And I am back from a long absence.

So the D&D and 3.X forums seem slow going, but the Anime thread is still going strong.

Soooooooooooo

I decided to watch a super-trashy anime, In Another World With My Smart Phone. I got 4 episodes in, and somehow it finds new ways to be unexpectedly cliche and generic bog-standard fantasy RPG wish-fulfillment .

OP protagonist? Check.

In-universe justification for harems by making polygamy the social norm? Check.

Token loli? Check.

Token foxgirl who happily mentions "I'm 17! :3" out of the blue? Check.

Protagonist finds a cloak which powers up your elemental affinity at the expense of making you weaker to your opposite, only to find out that he's strong in all elements so this cloak has no downside to equip? Check.

Smartphone has infinite reception and access to our world's Internet, but the protagonist doesn't use it at all in clever or innovative ways* save to teach people ice cream recipes? Check.

*As in making a ringtone sound like a roaring monster to drive away bandits while hiding

And you know what? For some stupid reason I am obsessed with the idea of an Isekai tabletop game.
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Post by: oslecamo on April 13, 2018, 05:19:52 AM
Latest Card Captor Sakura The amazing adventures of normal girl Li Meiling:
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Post by: SorO_Lost on April 13, 2018, 02:12:26 PM
Technically less of a manga and more of a comic, MMPR #26 comes out the 18th but there are confirmed spoilers were released two days ago.

I think I posted about the comic line before, it's the one that started in March 2016 and deals with Tommy being freed from Rita and goes over some of the trust issues before launching it's Black Dragon arc where new villain allied with Rita appears and mild spoiler alert spammed every where as cosplayers go nuts it turns out to be Lord Drakkon. Issue #25 is the start of the "Shattered Grid" story arc and to help kick the arc off they filmed a nice teaser for it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzhXFnhURQ), I highly recommend it even if you think you are too grown up for the show.

Go Go Power Rangers, another currently published comic, is up to issue #8. It serves as it's own story arc but also back filler and starts with the Power Rangers first obtained their powers as well as touching on where some of her minions come from and what is happening in Drakkon's universe.
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Post by: oslecamo on April 18, 2018, 11:50:23 AM
Sakura Clear Card Meiling's Bizarre Adventure
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Post by: Kuroimaken on April 18, 2018, 06:38:19 PM
Sakura Clear Card Meiling's Bizarre Adventure
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Post by: SorO_Lost on April 21, 2018, 12:53:16 PM
Lord Drakkon is going full Blue Mage.
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Post by: oslecamo on April 22, 2018, 06:12:23 AM
Sakura Clear Card Meiling's Bizarre Adventure
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Meiling's Bizarre Adventure: Tomoyo Tendency
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Post by: oslecamo on May 12, 2018, 10:36:50 PM
Meiling's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Breakable.
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Sakura Clear Card 17
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Post by: oslecamo on May 27, 2018, 02:59:41 AM
Gundam Build Divers been growing on me too, also probably because I've been trying to watch all of Gundam Victory and all the Divers sunshine and rainboews definitely helps to compensate for Victory's concentrated death/misery/depression.

Build Divers highlights:
-The basis of the story is this utopic future where anime Bandai created a VR MMO where you scan your gunpla to get it in-game then can hop in into gundam-based adventures. MAKE IT HAPPEN! Plus no mention of plastokvy particles like the other Gundam Builders nor does your gunpla gets actually wrecked. So fun that even football players that didn't even know what gunpla is will get addicted to it with a couple sessions!
-Despite the VR system seemingly being only glasses+hand controller, somehow the characters seem to have full range of senses including being able to touch and taste everything in-game. SCIENCE!
-The "bad guys" are a bunch of hackers that sell cheat codes to buff one's mecha stats to anybody who wants a quick power-up, although it has the side effect of making everything everything around in-game start to bug out and crash. And then they still get wrecked by basically everybody else despite the buffed stats. I guess that's what you get for buying shady stuff.
-Half the production team must be furries because there's a full range of them in the series, from simple cat ears+tail to one of the main secondary characters being a ferret with a military jacket and hat. Not an antropomorphic ferret, a full ferret.
-Another character is a dude that looks like he walked out of some gay porn. 
-There's no visible mods. The players must deal with the cheaters on their own. My suspicion is that the game is running fully automated while being controlled by an AI.
-Patrick is everywhere. Clearly he's the one behind everything and will be the final boss.
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Post by: oslecamo on June 03, 2018, 03:24:16 AM
Centaur's worries manga is back to being translated. For those of you who don't know, it's a story about an alternate reality, instead of humans civilization is composed assorted fantasy races like centaurs, satyrs, angels, merfolk and whatnot but otherwise things look much as the modern world with schools and cars and salary workers and whatnot. The main character is a centaur teenager and for the most part is cute slice of life.

However now and then the comic goes quite dark and gritty like changing the view to warzones, hate crimes and actual fantasy monsters lurking in the darkness (most of the races don't have any special powers, like the angels have wings and halos but they're basically just decorative).


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Post by: TC X0 Lt 0X on June 03, 2018, 08:28:31 PM
Ah that is that manga with the centaurs that used to basically be nazis right?
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Post by: oslecamo on June 03, 2018, 11:44:08 PM
Not all the not-nazis were centaurs, and there's other centaurs all over the world. GI centaurs and not-french centaurs and samurai centaurs for example.

Although the nazi centaurs probably appear more often than any of the others which can be a bit disturbing.
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Post by: trappedslider on June 03, 2018, 11:51:34 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on June 09, 2018, 02:39:36 AM
Sakura Clear Card 21 (and those in between)
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So, the manga and anime stories are pretty much neck to neck, but the manga is not over while seemingly the anime is supposed to only be 22 episodes long, meaning only one more to go, meaning no way they can do a proper ending. So either we're getting more anime episodes or it'll be an open end that'll get conluded in a movie or something. :shakefist
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Post by: oslecamo on June 09, 2018, 08:35:02 PM
So seems like Iron Blooded Orphans is getting a sequel.

And the ensuing speculations led me to discover something quite interesting.

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Post by: Kuroimaken on June 15, 2018, 11:13:52 PM
So I just watched Batman Ninja...

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...I seriously have no words
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Post by: oslecamo on June 17, 2018, 03:32:08 AM
Speaking of no words.

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Post by: oslecamo on July 07, 2018, 07:03:15 AM
Gundam is getting a live action movie!!! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mFRRJNrw78)

Place your bets on which actors will play which characters.

What do you mean there was already G-savior? I have no idea what you're talking about.
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Post by: TC X0 Lt 0X on July 07, 2018, 10:47:27 PM
With the Spring anime season coming to a close, I am wondering if anyone else has seen the travesty called Darling in the Franxx?
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Post by: oslecamo on July 07, 2018, 11:39:03 PM
I did, first for the mecha/monster designs and then stayed to see how the trainwreck would end.

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Post by: Kuroimaken on July 08, 2018, 01:05:47 AM
Well thanks for SPOILING IT THE HELL AWAY, Os, I was kinda looking forward to seeing what the hubbub was about.  :banghead
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Post by: oslecamo on July 08, 2018, 01:59:35 AM
My bad, sorry.  :blush

Still I hardly scratched the tip of the spoiler iceberg, so there's plenty more to look forward to.
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Post by: TC X0 Lt 0X on July 09, 2018, 03:21:53 AM
My suggestion is too watch the first 15 episodes and treat the rest as fan fiction
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Post by: oslecamo on July 21, 2018, 08:57:11 AM
Shin Mazinger is really upping the stakes.

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Post by: oslecamo on January 27, 2019, 01:20:14 PM
So there's this new mecha anime, Egao no Daika.

Opens up with human colony in some distant world, main character is a young princess who just became old enough to become queen although it seems her actual job's more being an idol to inspire the population. Also meet her young royal guard that she grew up together, a hotblooded and talented mecha pilot from a proud lineage of kingdom soldiers with his cutting-edge mecha. Then during a simulation the princess shows she has good battle instincts too and knows how to think outside the box to pull a victory, and has good synergy with hotblooded childhood friend.

Then, let's just say that shit starts getting real. And, well, keeps getting more real.

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Post by: oslecamo on May 28, 2019, 10:15:30 PM
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Post by: oslecamo on July 03, 2019, 10:33:46 AM
So in the Clear Card Manga Sakura runs finds a giant scissors card that loves to attack textiles and then divides itself in two swords.

Seems like CLAMP are fans of Kill la Kill.

Also since every manga card eventually gets used this means we'll soon see Sakura-chan dual wielding!

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