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Maken-Ki! (English Dub via Funimation BD) - Episodes 11, 12

EPIC RAGE THERE. :thumb:

Maken-Ki! OVA (English Dub via Funimation BD) - Episodes 1 (On-Hold til Maken-Ki! Two is eventually released on home video with the second OVA)

Oh dear, tentacles. :| But more than average to the least. :)

Maken-Ki! Heart-Throb! Secret Training (Japanese Dub via Funimation BD) - Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

:eek: Well.. isn't this awkward to watch. :lol: I like training 2 the most, cause I like her. :lol:

Like DxD, the specials were not dubbed.
 
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ep 18-25. *complete*
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season ep 1.
Pokemon XY ep 1-2.
Tonari no Seki-kun ep 1. This first episode was brilliant, I know I'll be looking forward to watching this every week.
 
Bakuman Ep.1-3

The sub mistakes only seem to increase with each episode. Seriously, how can a professional company not get this right when fan-subbers can?! Still a great series though.
 
20thCenturyBoy said:
Bakuman Ep.1-3

The sub mistakes only seem to increase with each episode. Seriously, how can a professional company not get this right when fan-subbers can?! Still a great series though.
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This is why I haven't bought it. I refuse to spend my money on a substandard product. Also, buying it will send the message that releases of that standard are acceptable.
 
Space Dandy - ep1

Just chiming in with what's already been said really. The visit to Boobies was a bit cringeworthy, but I really enjoyed the second half. Not sure what I was expecting from the show, but I was surprised at how much it reminded me of Futurama (no bad thing). Nice work on the dub as well. Perhaps a sign of how long it's been since I've watched a dub that I recognise absolutely none of the names in the cast, but the voices all seem a good fit, and I particularly liked R Bruce Elliot as the narrator.
 
Space Dandy Episode 1 - I'll echo all the echos. While the start is a tad cringeworthy, it's funny in places to. The second half is what i'm looking forward to from the show as a whole. It certainly has that random nature and feel for exploration ready to go, and the soundtrack is superb. Will be looking forward to what else Watanabe can think of now he has full control of the direction. I did find Kids on the Slope lackluster because of it's bad pacing, but it still has an absolutely stunning OST.

Nobunaga the Fool Episode 1 - This was interesting. While i'm sure those who keep track are fed up of Sengoku period/Nobunaga based anime series right now, this one has enough of a twist that i got taken in. The history/feudal japan/medieval europe/sci-fi/fantasy/mecha mix sounds like too much, but in watching, it works well. The level of mecha is surprisingly tame as well, and acts more as a limited weapon than anything else. I do love the world idea already, The feel of "Europe" is the West planet, where king arthur rules, and japan and such is the East Planet. Whether or not they will include china, etc as things go on in the world of the east is hard to say, but would be cool. Also, Leonardo Da Vinci has quite the loud character, Jeanne D'arc is fairly quiet so far, Nobunaga is quite confident, etc. It's pretty cool noticing historical figures of old and where they place.

I mutter about the world a lot since it stood out most, but i think it has a lot of promise, my tip to be the dark horse.

Star Driver 1-9 - So i decided i needed to catch up with a few other series and just get as many down each month as i could, so my first target was Star Driver. And while it's repetitive, as all super mecha series tend to be early on, it has promise. It's quite fun, and "fabulous posing mecha" is at least humourous. I do enjoy the characters though enough, and it's fun as well. So i'll probably get through this fairly quickly.
 
Just watched episode 1 of Monogatari after watching all of Nisemonogatari...

Monogatari manages in its first episode to be more entertaining, engaging, likeable, and just downright better than all of Nisemonogatari put together. It reminds me of Bakemonogatari, where they get the balance between the character interactions, story and fan service just right, and speaking of the latter. Senjyogahara in her underwear! Wow!
 
Nobunaga the Fool ep 1. Well, it has my attention but it's too early to tell if this will live up to it's potential. I really should look up Nobunaga on Wikipedia though, I know very little about Japanese history. Or any history really :p

Space Dandy ep 1. Not really sure about this, first half was okay but I was getting bored by the end. It just seemed to be crazy for the sake of being crazy. Reminds me of Redline actually. I'll keep watching, it might grow on me over time.
 
st_owly said:
20thCenturyBoy said:
Bakuman Ep.1-3

The sub mistakes only seem to increase with each episode. Seriously, how can a professional company not get this right when fan-subbers can?! Still a great series though.
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This is why I haven't bought it. I refuse to spend my money on a substandard product. Also, buying it will send the message that releases of that standard are acceptable.
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I had pre-ordered it for when it originally came out (only getting round to watching it now) because I loved the manga so much. So I was disappointed when I seen everyone's initial reaction to the release and even more so that I'm now experiencing it myself :(

Bakuman Ep.4-7

D-Frag Ep.1
This was so funny, really good. Had to do a double take with Long Mountain Nagayama though, I thought he was my wonderful Harima returned from School Rumble.
 
Michiko & Hatchin (English Dub via Funimation BD) - Episodes 1, 2

Awesome OP and a very good dub. I can't wait to watch the rest of this.

Note: Chaos;Head & Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine are probably delayed by the snow in America and rain/wind in West England which is affecting the package travel by guess.
 
Watching oreimo

They make really good points in this series so far I think I'm on ep where they talk about making a anime and to be honest it's difficult to please everyone. And again this series is up there with welcome to the nhk and genshiken.

I can relate to what they was saying about changes in anime, there this series called 11 eyes and it had something going for it an it was getting good but the ending was awful and there was so many other things that was rushed and things that didn't make it in the series which was a shame because I really was getting in to it and the animation and music and story was done brilliantly but it should of been longer for more story and such and it really pissed me off with its rushed ending and conclusions so yeah I under stand what they are talk about
 
The Pilot's Love Song 1

I'm sure every last joke about the main character being called "Kal-El" in a series about flight has been made already, so I won't attempt to make another one.

It's great to be back in the amazing world of The Princess and the Pilot, though this series looks like it's already going to be a very different beast. It certainly wasted no time in throwing us right into things. The beginning reminded me a lot of Last Exile, which isn't a bad thing at all. I'm hoping we get a decent twist on the school setting with the whole "flight school on a floating island divided by class" concept. I adored the interaction between Kal and Claire, it felt really natural and uplifting.

The Princess and the Pilot was a simple story, but something about the emotions in that movie really felt genuine and I found it to be quite moving. I sense that The Pilot's Love Song will feature a similar emotional honesty, even if it's completely unrelated story-wise. I'm looking forward to seeing how the rest unfolds.
 
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