Rate the last anime you watched out of 10
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ConanThe3rd
Railgun
The Future Diary - 8.5/10
Japanese Name: Mirai Nikki
Suitable BBFC Rating: 18 - Strong Bloody Violence, Sexual Violence, Nudity, Mild Drug Use and One Yaoi Moment
Good:
+ Story Development
+ Good Pacing with some plot twists
+ Character Development is well done
+ Ura Mirai Nikki (the 2 minute scenes at the end of each episode) was funny, well done and helps support the show
+ Beginning gets right into the action
+ Unexpected Outcome of the show from Episode 18 onwards
+ Opening 1's Music is fantastic
+ Animation and Character design is great
+ The infamous Yuno Gasai (Overly-Attached Girl of Anime) steals the show in various ways
Mixed:
+/- The Characteristics for Yukiteru and Akise are very similar to Shinji and Kaworu from Evangelion, which may turn people on and off in various ways
+/- There are fanservice shown in this show, bare in mind about 4 girls of Yukiteru's age got exposed but at least half of the fanservice isn't that distracting
+/- The ending doesn't provide a complete closure with the manga ending left out, however people have claimed the manga's end was terrible
Bad:
- Opening 2 and Ending 2 are pretty much spoilers if you get the pattern behind it
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Season 1) - 8/10
Japanese Name: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
Suitable BBFC Rating: 15 - Strong Violence, Moderate Nudity, Language
Good:
+ Interesting Back-story and Concept
+ Lelouch is as smart as Light
+ Good Deconstruction of the Mech genre
+ Good Characters
+ Fantastic Opening 1 and 3 songs
+ Plenty of action and suspense
+ Music near the end (around Episode 22-23) reminds me of Macross Plus
+ Minor fanservice
Mixed:
+/- A few WTF moments which didn't feel right
+/- That scene with Nina, she's probably going to give birth to a footstool
+/- Opening 2 and Ending 2 doesn't suit the show but that's based on opinions, Ending 1 was also mixed.
+/- You will need to watch Season 2 (Code Geass R2) to finish the story, but that's another 25 episodes of fun for Geass fans.
Japanese Name: Mirai Nikki
Suitable BBFC Rating: 18 - Strong Bloody Violence, Sexual Violence, Nudity, Mild Drug Use and One Yaoi Moment
Good:
+ Story Development
+ Good Pacing with some plot twists
+ Character Development is well done
+ Ura Mirai Nikki (the 2 minute scenes at the end of each episode) was funny, well done and helps support the show
+ Beginning gets right into the action
+ Unexpected Outcome of the show from Episode 18 onwards
+ Opening 1's Music is fantastic
+ Animation and Character design is great
+ The infamous Yuno Gasai (Overly-Attached Girl of Anime) steals the show in various ways
Mixed:
+/- The Characteristics for Yukiteru and Akise are very similar to Shinji and Kaworu from Evangelion, which may turn people on and off in various ways
+/- There are fanservice shown in this show, bare in mind about 4 girls of Yukiteru's age got exposed but at least half of the fanservice isn't that distracting
+/- The ending doesn't provide a complete closure with the manga ending left out, however people have claimed the manga's end was terrible
Bad:
- Opening 2 and Ending 2 are pretty much spoilers if you get the pattern behind it
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Season 1) - 8/10
Japanese Name: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
Suitable BBFC Rating: 15 - Strong Violence, Moderate Nudity, Language
Good:
+ Interesting Back-story and Concept
+ Lelouch is as smart as Light
+ Good Deconstruction of the Mech genre
+ Good Characters
+ Fantastic Opening 1 and 3 songs
+ Plenty of action and suspense
+ Music near the end (around Episode 22-23) reminds me of Macross Plus
+ Minor fanservice
Mixed:
+/- A few WTF moments which didn't feel right
+/- That scene with Nina, she's probably going to give birth to a footstool
+/- Opening 2 and Ending 2 doesn't suit the show but that's based on opinions, Ending 1 was also mixed.
+/- You will need to watch Season 2 (Code Geass R2) to finish the story, but that's another 25 episodes of fun for Geass fans.
20thCenturyBoy
Thousand Master
The World God Only Knows S2
7/10
Slightly better than the first season I would say. I think it offered something a bit more this time round, the girls were all more interesting than the previous season. And it was just that bit funnier, some of the Miss Nagase stuff and of course the last episode which was absolutely brilliant and probably the best out of the 2 seasons. Just everything from Yokkyun to the dating sim wars was hilarious
I didn't think the OP was anywhere near as good as S1 at first, but it really grew on me and I would say in the end it was probably just as good.
Now I just need to decide whether ot jump in and catch up with S3 or wait until it finishes and watch it all :? ?
7/10
Slightly better than the first season I would say. I think it offered something a bit more this time round, the girls were all more interesting than the previous season. And it was just that bit funnier, some of the Miss Nagase stuff and of course the last episode which was absolutely brilliant and probably the best out of the 2 seasons. Just everything from Yokkyun to the dating sim wars was hilarious
I didn't think the OP was anywhere near as good as S1 at first, but it really grew on me and I would say in the end it was probably just as good.
Now I just need to decide whether ot jump in and catch up with S3 or wait until it finishes and watch it all :? ?
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ayase said:
I'll take it back then.
Dan
Stand User
The Castle of Cagliostro 8/10 (rematch)
Enjoyed it a lot more than the first time round, fun stuff. Looked amazing on Blu-ray too.
Lupin III - The Fuma Conspiracy 7/10
More fun stuff from the Lupin franchise, just not on the same level as TCOC. To be expected of course. Absolutely loved the big car chase though, brilliant. Kinda reminded me of what i liked about Riding Bean, haha. Didn't like Lupins voice in the dub, it wasn't great at all and why did they keep calling him Rupin?
Enjoyed it a lot more than the first time round, fun stuff. Looked amazing on Blu-ray too.
Lupin III - The Fuma Conspiracy 7/10
More fun stuff from the Lupin franchise, just not on the same level as TCOC. To be expected of course. Absolutely loved the big car chase though, brilliant. Kinda reminded me of what i liked about Riding Bean, haha. Didn't like Lupins voice in the dub, it wasn't great at all and why did they keep calling him Rupin?
ayase
State Alchemist
There have been several legal problems over Lupin's name over the years, as the character was intended to be the grandson of the original Arsene Lupin, a fictional gentleman theif created by Maurice Leblanc back in the 1900's. However, Monkey Punch created Lupin III without the permission of the Leblanc estate and while the original works were still in copyright. This has led to Lupin occasionally having his name changed due to threat of litigation (Rupin, Wolf, and somewhat hilariously Edgar in Leblanc's native France).Dan said:
Now that the original stories are out of copyright and public domain though, there's no longer any problem with calling him Lupin.
robot monkey
Hunter
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trial
Mildly disappointing. Rock is too dam smart in it for his own good now which kind of loses a good part of what made him an interesting character in the first part & Roberta is too impervious to damage plus she is a really one note character & the young master & mini-maid were pretty irritating. Plus Revy was relegated to a support character.
7/10
Mildly disappointing. Rock is too dam smart in it for his own good now which kind of loses a good part of what made him an interesting character in the first part & Roberta is too impervious to damage plus she is a really one note character & the young master & mini-maid were pretty irritating. Plus Revy was relegated to a support character.
7/10
Mangaranga
Za Warudo
I went into Roberta's Blood Trail with high expectations from the TV series, which this 5 episode OVA unfortunately failed to meet. It wasn't bad, I just didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of Black Lagoon. Whilst it was nice to see the characters back as well as some of the smaller ones ("Chinglish" and the mute with the Chainsaw for example), it was disappointing that many of them, and even the "Main" characters like Revy and Dutch were, as you said, relegated to a support characters with little screen time.robot monkey said:
Ga-Rei: Zero - 8/10
Story - Very Good
Characters - Very Good
Music - Excellent
Enjoyment - Very Good
Overall Verdict: Loved the show, excellent start and finish for a 12 episode show. The middle is quite slow and has some 'plot' elements though these are minor issues. The characters are fun to watch and decent development for the main two characters. Doesn't end with an original ending (technically it does since it's a prequel but it will allow a continuation to the original material) so hopefully a new adaptation to the original material will happen in the next few years.
Black Lagoon (Season 1) - 9/10
Story - Very Good
Characters - Excellent
Music - Excellent
Enjoyment - Excellent
Overall Verdict: I have both seasons from the BD/DVD combo pack so I will be watching Season 2 (The Second Barrage). The show is much better than I anticipated and imagined with a good English dub and fun story arcs. The 12th episode wasn't that big and exciting as the Roberta-Terminator Arc but it was a good laugh to the first season (no cliffhanger whatsoever).
Story - Very Good
Characters - Very Good
Music - Excellent
Enjoyment - Very Good
Overall Verdict: Loved the show, excellent start and finish for a 12 episode show. The middle is quite slow and has some 'plot' elements though these are minor issues. The characters are fun to watch and decent development for the main two characters. Doesn't end with an original ending (technically it does since it's a prequel but it will allow a continuation to the original material) so hopefully a new adaptation to the original material will happen in the next few years.
Black Lagoon (Season 1) - 9/10
Story - Very Good
Characters - Excellent
Music - Excellent
Enjoyment - Excellent
Overall Verdict: I have both seasons from the BD/DVD combo pack so I will be watching Season 2 (The Second Barrage). The show is much better than I anticipated and imagined with a good English dub and fun story arcs. The 12th episode wasn't that big and exciting as the Roberta-Terminator Arc but it was a good laugh to the first season (no cliffhanger whatsoever).
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Encentric Family 1 & 2
Oh thank heavens, I was genuinely worried all the non-sequel shows would be flameouts this season but this quaint bit of Not Myazaki was really what I needed after the Godawful nonsense of Crowds and the Linkin Park material that was Daybreak Illusion.
Also, I really want a plush of the Mother Tanuki.
Oh thank heavens, I was genuinely worried all the non-sequel shows would be flameouts this season but this quaint bit of Not Myazaki was really what I needed after the Godawful nonsense of Crowds and the Linkin Park material that was Daybreak Illusion.
Also, I really want a plush of the Mother Tanuki.
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
ConanThe3rd said:
Have you tried Silver Spoon yet?
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Oh yeah, I forgot that was a new one. See Daybreak and Crowds just broke my head that badly.
And yeah, that was completly fine, really supprised how much they got away with all said.
And yeah, that was completly fine, really supprised how much they got away with all said.