Ditto. I do not get a lot of the references in Excel Saga. Yet, it is great fun.

Today's (or yesterday's?) episode of Argevollen was nice.

Waiting for the next Aldnoah episode.

Ouran Host Club: Why didn't I start this sooner?! Thanks, Hulu!

sailor moon

the new anime

and against popular belief that it's crap, I EFFING LOVE IT and all its aspects and art, and voice acting and music and the special effects

(been a long term sailor moon fan, I was so excited they decided to re do it )

Last edited by Karuka (02-10-2015 09:56:54 AM)

YamPuff wrote:

Karuka wrote:

sailor moon

the new anime

and against popular belief that it's crap, I EFFING LOVE IT and all its aspects and art, and voice acting and music and the special effects

(been a long term sailor moon fan, I was so excited they decided to re do it )

It is not perfect but then the same could be said of ALL reiterations of the Sailor Moon-verse. I enjoy it very much and look forward it to every other Saturday. I am psyched for the Black Moon Arc, especially Sailor Pluto's design. I always thought she looked really ugly in the original anime, the colors they for her were just too harsh and contrasting.

her design looks great, and her voice acting is so damn badass

YamPuff wrote:

Is there a trailer out where we hear her voice? Same as original Pluto?
TO GOOGLE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q-rU8s9HCY

here you go
not the same as the original pluto

edit:
hilarious fact about the voice actress Maeda Ai who does Puu in this version is that back in 1996 she performed as CHIBUSA in an event and also did a guest in a stars episode

Last edited by Karuka (02-11-2015 06:51:29 AM)

HonorableShadow wrote:

Anyone else watching the magical boy anime? (Its name is so long and I can never remember it..)

Quite a few, there's even a thread here dedicated to it:
http://forums.ohtori.nu/viewtopic.php?id=3862

YamPuff wrote:

I am currently watching:

SKU for the 3rd time
Princess Tutu for the 2nd time
Sailor Moon Crystal
Cute High Earth Defense Club Love
Yuri Kuma Arashi

for the past maybe two years or so I have not even touched an anime and now I have reached full saturation.

I don't blame you. The amount of magical shoujo sparkles in that list is incredible.

And so much pink.

I'm watching second season of Durarara! and it's pretty great so far. I think I like it more than the first because there's no need to beat around the bush with how fucking weird Ikeburo actually is. I'm watching SMC too but it's pretty much a freaking disaster so far with how rushed and contrived it is (I'm sorry dudes, gonna have to agree to disagree you the rest of you on that front).

I'm starting Stein's Gate too, and I'm holding out for it because I hear after episode 12 that shit gets white hot.

Last edited by Syora (02-13-2015 11:25:55 AM)

Syora wrote:

YamPuff wrote:

I am currently watching:

SKU for the 3rd time
Princess Tutu for the 2nd time
Sailor Moon Crystal
Cute High Earth Defense Club Love
Yuri Kuma Arashi

for the past maybe two years or so I have not even touched an anime and now I have reached full saturation.

I don't blame you. The amount of magical shoujo sparkles in that list is incredible.

And so much pink.

As if that weren't enough sparkles I also starting watching Love Stage! It's like...such a strange yaoi/shonen-ai. The manga as well. It seems so generic at first and yet it's strangely funny and loveable. O_O I wouldn't necessarily recommend it but I've binge-watched 7 episodes.

Freelance work gives me too much time for watching anime like OMG I need a 9-5 job again.

So I binge watched Love Stage! which was easy as it's only 10 episodes. I tried Gravitation again but it's complete shit and I'm not that desperate for a gay fix. Yet.

I am contemplating withing Tiger x Bunny but I think perhaps I should wait to finish watching at least one of the series listed above.

I'm losing interest in Sailor Moon Crystal... I was having so much watching it but I am just not enjoying the Black Moon Arc.

I'm glad you're enjoying Terra. I should rewatch it one of these days. [I still get teared up when I think about Shiroe...and poor, poor Matsuka.].

About No.6, as so often happens the manga is much better than the anime. I've only read a bit of it but I got a much darker impression of the world in which the story takes place. And I was glad that for once the subtext is actually more than just that but actual canon. And it's very, very refreshing to see a gay couple in manga/anime in which one of them is not a blubbering mess. It goes much deeper than the usual seme/uke dynamics for which I was exceedingly grateful.
So yes, if you have a chance consider giving the manga the go. I haven't checked out the novels yet but should probably get to them.

I've been on a Saint Seiya binge. I know a lot of fans do not even consider Lost Canvas to be canon but I'm really enjoying it. The whole 'fall into darkness' angle was handled beautifully, the main evil character is very much the villain but in much more nuanced way than in the original Hades chapter. It works so well because unlike the original mere possession in LC there is an actual seduction over 'the dark side' and surprisingly enough it does not revolve around gaining power either. [Or if so only indirectly. Alone truly is a pure hearted boy who is lured into becoming Hades precisely because he cannot bear the suffering of others. From there to 'granting the quiet solace of death' to everyone is logical step once he goes over the moral despair horizon].
It also retains much of the old aesthetics of the original series and cuts out a lot of its cheesiness.

purplepolecat wrote:

I am watching Maria The Virgin Witch, and I highly recommend it.

The MC is a young but fairly powerful witch living in rural France during the 100 years war with England. She uses her powers to disrupt the local skirmishes, using a two-pronged attack of sending her succubus out to seduce soldiers, and summoning huge mythical beasts onto the battlefield. This earns her negative attention from other witches, local mercenaries, the corrupt clergy, and certain divine beings.

I love the art style, and Maria's character design reminds me of 90's heroines like Lina Inverse. The animation is beautiful, and fight scenes show pretty impressive attention to detail regarding weapons and fighting styles. There's plenty of fanservice and lewd humor, but it's different in tone to the usual ecchi anime tropes, and I found it far more amusing than offensive. I can't wait to see where the story goes.

I enjoyed this one much more than I expected. [I was still a bit disappointed with the ending, though. It was something of an anti-climax, after escaping from the Inquisition, saving Joseph in the midst of a battle without the use of magic and fighting an archangel along with the other angels, retiring to live as a normal person feels like a downer even if it makes sense within the narrative. But the actual 'and they lived happily ever after' finale took away some of the realistic tone of the series. It felt as if they were too afraid to carry out their premise of linking virginity to power and in the end did not even kill a single named character.]

And now that Gintama is airing again I feel that my life is complete. That first episode had me giggling like an idiot and judging from the OP there will be Kamui and Takasugi to look forward to.