Winter 2014 Anime Season Thread

[Vaspinne]

Almost skipped my workout today before I saw that beautiful scene

I caught the episode after my workout this morning lol

[Cream Soda]

[BerenTebogo]

Did anyone else think Wizard Barristers 11 felt really rushed? Also how it was animated was ULTRA confusing to me.

Spoiler: show

Long still of skyline / faces / cityscapes while massive plot is happening being described by words?

Felt a little bit like OG Eva with the running out of money or something.

[Deadgye]

Witch Craft Works was granted an anime original "ending" by JC Staff, completely ruining all character and plot progression. Sasuga JC Staff, lol. Looks like I'll probably pick up the manga and pretend the anime stopped a few minutes earlier.

[Gulkeeva]

Yeah they put a lot of... something into wizard barristers 11 O_o needed to be more like 2-3 episodes with more action, and more clothes coming off

[Vaspinne]

YowaPedal 24 was so fucking ridiculous. This anime (and manga for that matter) is fucking awesome. I can't wait for the upcoming episodes. Seems like a long series too, considering how many chapters there are and the fact that the Interhigh is 3 days long and we've barely touched the first day being 24 episodes in already.

[gaogaostegosaurus]

Yeah they put a lot of... something into wizard barristers 11 O_o needed to be more like 2-3 episodes with more action, and more clothes coming off

Think they ran out of budget... lol

What a train wreck

[Cream Soda]

YowaPedal 24 was so fucking ridiculous. This anime (and manga for that matter) is fucking awesome. I can't wait for the upcoming episodes. Seems like a long series too, considering how many chapters there are and the fact that the Interhigh is 3 days long and we've barely touched the first day being 24 episodes in already.

HABU HABU HABU HABU!

Frank too? IMPOSSIBLE

[Ker]

YowaPedal 24 was so fucking ridiculous.

http://abload.de/img/1395681556666myjt8.gif

[Ker]

Gundam Build Fighters ep 25(End)
Whoa. That was a fucking good finale. Action packed. Thrilling. Great animation. And yet it never forgets what the show has been about.



^

[Kang]

I just finished up watching all the available episodes of Yowapeda and I love this show. I'm a huge road cycling fan and this show plays off of that so well. The drama and suspense in this show is amazing.

[Vaspinne]

It only gets better. I got impatient and just skimmed through the raws (it's pretty easy to follow what's happening, especially in athletic themed mangas) and I can assure everyone who is a fan that the best is yet to come for the interhighs

[Cream Soda]

I got impatient and went to the manga; but haven't read past what's been translated

[Kang]

This is an anime that doesn't have any real antagonists (other than the freaky dude). Most of the "antagonism" is just based on pure competitiveness between the various cyclists. I like how all characters, even the cyclists from other teams, have good backstories. You can't help but root for everyone (except the freaky dude lol).

[Petitssk]

Looks like winter really is over, most of the shows I've been watching have ended, though the one I'm going to miss the most is, by far, Nagi no Asukara. It was wonderful right from the beginning, stunning visuals and, above all, an incredibly touching story. I don't think I've ever watched an Anime that consistently made me cry to this great an extent.

[Kurstone]

What, no kanon, clannad, ano hana? Indeed tho, was delicious right from start to finish, very sad that it's over

[Petitssk]

What, no kanon, clannad, ano hana? Indeed tho, was delicious right from start to finish, very sad that it's over

Okay, I did watch Clannad and Kanon and those two were great as well, though it's been too long to accurately rank them up now. What I do know is that the second season of Clannad did have the saddest scene I've ever seen.

Spoiler: show

I felt bad for an entire week after Nagisa died while in labour, that whole episode did everything right you can do about showing the wrong things. Nonetheless, I did feel that the ending took away a little from what Tomoya had accomplished. He recovers from his depressions, reconciles with his father, becomes a great one himself and learns to deal with all the bad stuff, suddenly Ushio becomes mortally ill and then he gets a supernatural rollback where everything goes right. I don't think Tomoya did not earn his happy ending, I really wanted him to have it, but the focus of the message that was conveyed suddenly became so radically different; it was a bit of a waste.

Though Anime by Key in general seem to have a slight tendency to do that, sometimes it just works better than on other occasions. If the supernatural power is the focus of the (sub)-story, like in Kanon, then they make it work really well, but there are also cases, not only Clannad's ending, where a wonderfully crafted story that is believable is ditched in favour of a supernatural last-minute save that totally comes out of the blue and sometimes isn't even necessary.

Granted, I'm fairly sure that some of that can also be blamed on the convertion from Visual Novel to Anime, but I'm really not saying that the shows are bad - I loved them.

[Scythiroth]

Oh god, Clannad, Kanon, and Ano Hana, I have a friend that wants to watch all these with me and I just can't watch them again. So good, but cannot handle that much crying again lol.

[Elcura]

Nagi no Asukara didn't make me feelz like some other anime, but it was beautiful to look at, scenery and animation were fantastic.

[Vaspinne]

Nagi no Asukara didn't make me feelz like some other anime, but it was beautiful to look at, scenery and animation were fantastic.

I'm in the same boat. I actually stopped around 14 or so episodes in. It just didn't draw me in. I didn't like the characters like I did other series.