Anime Thread. [Prob not 56k safe]

[Kaylia]

I can't say I'm interested in a slife of life, but at least, it won't hurt the current story. Unless they went for a new story loosely connected to this one, a new series wouldnt be able to accomplish the same emotional impact.

[Man0warr]

Lotte no Omocha!
I may get some hate for this but it's the same people who did Ika Musume, and the summary seemed to be getting at it not being about the whole 'consume semen to survive' plot line. I imagine it'll be an equally adorable series as Ika Musume was, at least that's what I hope and why I am going to pick it up.

Yeah the manga doesn't really follow that whole tagline so far, her mom I guess does it but they don't show it or anything.

Plus, it probably has the best voice cast of all the shows this season.

[Zilong]

Fuck Akiyuki Shinbo, if he wants to use Ume's design for slice of life, just make more Hidamari Sketch anime and keep this shit out of Madoka.

Is he the reason Madoka is so awesome? i.e. Mami decapitation, dark understones, etc.? Count me in, I'll switch it to 'Watching' status on MAL if that's the case.

Actually, I may have been wrong and it's just a nitro+ game, not actually by Urobuchi.

But I'd imagine the dark theme would probably still be there.

[Deadgye]

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I guess most people prefer happy ending , but I always found sad ending more powerful (except in School Day, that was just hilariously bad).

Either way, I'm still fine with the true ending (especially considering the source material needed one), but it made the difference between a 8 and a 9 for the second season.

And I agree with you, it was very nice to see the "afterstory" for once. It's relatively common in romance (honey and clover, nodame, Itzura,etc), but there is still so many series that forget that characters can hook up in the middle of the story.

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I guess it really is all just personal taste lol. I was ready to literally rage for weeks and attack things if I didn't get a good end after all that sad. I also loved the ending for school days and thought it was awesome.

Chaos;Head was interesting.. it kept me confused enough that I had to keep watching until the end because I had absolutely no idea what was actually going on.

And fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu at madoka. I was really looking forward to starting and marathoning through it sometime soon. Going to suck if I have to wait for steams/dvds to watch it/converse about it.

[Maguspk]

Pretty funny videos related to Madoka




I'm glad witches are born. Shall I take more grief seeds?

Mami'd

[Silenka]

....wow... just... wow... there are no words...

[Taube]

Fuck Akiyuki Shinbo, if he wants to use Ume's design for slice of life, just make more Hidamari Sketch anime and keep this shit out of Madoka.

If the slice of life episodes focused on people not afflicted with QB and gave little hints on shit hitting the fan at team Madoka, I'd imagine it'd be good. So it would still tie in with the main story.

In other news:
Now I've seen HoTD and am left yearning for more.
Is there any rumors/news about more episodes?

[Avvesione]

Is there any rumors/news about more episodes?

OVA is coming out April 26th (fanservice). Otherwise, the manga is the best route to go for now.

[Maguspk]

How often does the manga come out, last chapter I read was 29 I think. Feels like they come out twice a year or something equally ridiculous.

[Man0warr]

Very sporadic. No new chapters came out for like a year and then once it got picked up for anime they released a few more chapters. Chapter 29 came out recently though.

[Ker]

Star Driver Ep 23

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[Maguspk]

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[Taube]

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Come the fuck on, this is getting rather silly now...

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Just missing a ritual decapitation of QB there

[Silenka]

I want a wooden QB.... damn that guy is awesomely skilled XD

[Xanthe]

Finished up the rest of Clannad (game) and there were certainly a few significant plot differences in the main (Nagisa) story, mostly the sequence in which some things happen. Game was definitely better overall, as nice as it was to have a coherent timeline in the anime. Observations (definitely don't read if you haven't seen the Clannad and After Story anime):

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- Tomoya and Nagisa start dating before the drama club is reinstated and has its performance, not after.
- Tomoya and Nagisa move in together shortly after Nagisa starts her 3rd year for the 3rd time, not after she graduates and they get married.
- Kotomi and Yukine don't show up at all when following Nagisa's story since most of the choices that take you to them keep you away from other major plot points.
- Kouko and Yusuke don't get married until after Fuko wakes up.
- No one actually retained any memories during the "time rewind" (most likely the case in both game and anime). The scene that seemed to imply Tomoya and Nagisa retained their memories wasn't the actual event at the bottom of the hill, but a reliving of the memory for Tomoya. In the final scene in the Illusionary World the girl clearly stated that the junk doll (Tomoya) wouldn't remember anything after returning to "the most important day". I think that addresses Kaylia's main gripe with the Illusionary World.
- Fuko and Tomoyo are much more amusing/interesting in the game. Fuko pranks, Fuko Master and Tomoyo arc, 'nuff said. It was also neat to see how well the "achievements" lined up between the game and anime.
- I won't elaborate any more on my thoughts since not many here seem to have played the game, but I see the existence of the Illusionary World in a somewhat different light after playing through it.
- Regarding the game in particular, just a mild spoiler explaining some mechanics:

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- If you complete the After Story portion (playing through to Ushio's death) without obtaining everyone's lights the girl asks you to save someone else's happiness and then the credits roll and spit you out at the title screen. It's not possible to get them all in one After Story play through.
- When playing through After Story after obtaining all 13 lights you automatically enter the "true end" after reaching Ushio's birth.

Spoiled story short, the game is definitely worth playing if you enjoyed the anime, and probably will give you a better understanding/appreciation of it.

[Dantrag]

Star Driver Ep 23

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Exactly, wtf....

[Scythiroth]

Star Driver Ep 23

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I kind of figured it might eventually lead to this point, since he seems to notice that Wako doesn't actually love him. Did not expect him to end up with the girl that was raping him though, that was kind of weird. >.> At least it seems that way from the preview for next week. Looks like Takuto's dad is going to be fighting next week too, that should be interesting.

[Zilong]

Was kinda foreshadowed for a while now, I just love how fabulous his outfit looked though.

[Akiyama]

Zilong.. fabulous doesn't begin to describe.

[Odesseiron]

Where the eff is Hellsing OVA 8? It's been months since they teasted it, last fall I think? Come on already Fuck, just read on wiki (not sure how accurate this is) June 22nd.