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#27 Jul 22 2014 at 7:35 AM Rating: Good
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Tokyo Ghoul is pretty much currently unwatchable. Dark shadow gore censorship up the ***. Tokyo ESP on the other hand is pretty well animated, and you can tell the author was a fan of the X-Men so it's got that going for it.
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#28 Aug 05 2014 at 10:43 PM Rating: Good
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Finished watching Kill La Kill tonight. Overall worthwhile, even if it falls into several worn cliches (yes, they definitely introduce them all with tongue planted firmly in cheek, but then plow ahead with them anyways). The only one that was consistently funny was the pink light constantly emitting from the resistance leader's taint (and other characters' reactions to it). Give them credit: the series definitely did not suffered from a lack of humor.

I'm a little confused by the choice to animate some episodes, notably the first one, in this over-the-top, silly, faux-manga style (which I really liked), but use "normal" animations for the other 90% of the series. I say "normal" animation because the artwork is... interesting. Specifically the characters' clothing, or lack there of.

I'm tempted to say that this is a very post-feminist series for several reasons: all of the main characters are females; the male characters are basically just walking punchlines; the main theme of the series is "clothing/status is meaningless"; and there's a strong lesbian undercurrent between certain characters (which is more or less confirmed in the last episode). However, some of the events that take place were just downright bizarre and make me question my initial assessment. For example, the Big Bad fondles her daughter (all over the place!) every time they meet, and for no apparent reason. Also, while there's mention early on in the show about the need to accept your body and reject modesty to unlock your true potential/power, it's in the context of extremely revealing super suits which the show goes to great lengths to show off. There are boobs falling out, butt cracks on full display, and the worst camel toe imaginable. Plus none of the women in this alternate universe have nipples, for some reason.

Anywho, all the weird sexual politics aside, it was worth the watch.
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#29 Aug 05 2014 at 10:49 PM Rating: Good
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Plus none of the women in this alternate universe have nipples, for some reason.
That's not all that uncommon in anime.
#30 Aug 06 2014 at 7:26 AM Rating: Good
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Lack of nipples is the tamest of anime censorship.
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#31 Aug 06 2014 at 9:48 AM Rating: Good
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At least it doesn't make the show unwatchable. Freezing was pretty difficult to watch on Hulu due to all the blood and nudity turning the screen black. And, of course, there was Tokyo Ghoul mentioned above.
#32 Aug 06 2014 at 10:32 AM Rating: Good
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Finished watching Kill La Kill tonight. Overall worthwhile, even if it falls into several worn cliches (yes, they definitely introduce them all with tongue planted firmly in cheek, but then plow ahead with them anyways). The only one that was consistently funny was the pink light constantly emitting from the resistance leader's taint (and other characters' reactions to it). Give them credit: the series definitely did not suffered from a lack of humor.

I'm a little confused by the choice to animate some episodes, notably the first one, in this over-the-top, silly, faux-manga style (which I really liked), but use "normal" animations for the other 90% of the series. I say "normal" animation because the artwork is... interesting. Specifically the characters' clothing, or lack there of.

I'm tempted to say that this is a very post-feminist series for several reasons: all of the main characters are females; the male characters are basically just walking punchlines; the main theme of the series is "clothing/status is meaningless"; and there's a strong lesbian undercurrent between certain characters (which is more or less confirmed in the last episode). However, some of the events that take place were just downright bizarre and make me question my initial assessment. For example, the Big Bad fondles her daughter (all over the place!) every time they meet, and for no apparent reason. Also, while there's mention early on in the show about the need to accept your body and reject modesty to unlock your true potential/power, it's in the context of extremely revealing super suits which the show goes to great lengths to show off. There are boobs falling out, butt cracks on full display, and the worst camel toe imaginable. Plus none of the women in this alternate universe have nipples, for some reason.

Anywho, all the weird sexual politics aside, it was worth the watch.


Most of the stuff that didn't make sense was there due to the overarching geo-political allegory that the show was making.
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#33 Aug 06 2014 at 4:36 PM Rating: Good
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Finished Kill La Kill, entertaining but not that great. I get the whole mocking the cliches thing but I agree with Demea in that they then just went on with them anyway and way too predictable.

Also watched Sword Art Online up to Season 2 ep. 5 which has proven to be more entertaining if you ignore the shortcuts taken with the romance. Anything similar in the past few years that I can watch? Preferably something that's finished so I won't have to wait a week for a new episode.


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Haven't read the light novels, but I'm guessing that Shino's friend Asakawa is Death Gun.
Last episode seems to dispel that theory of yours.
#34 Aug 06 2014 at 6:15 PM Rating: Good
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Sword Art - I'm still enjoying it even though nothing is really happening. I have no idea why I'm enjoying it though. It's kind of bugging me.

Tokyo ESP - Pretty fun. The "people with weird powers fight each other" thing is hardly an original concept for an anime but this one at least seems to be having fun with it. The Ghostbusters cameo was hilarious.

Sailor Moon - What can you really say? It's Sailor Moon. I really like the new art style, though the CG in the transformation sequence is really weird.
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#35 Aug 07 2014 at 7:34 AM Rating: Good
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Anything similar in the past few years that I can watch? Preferably something that's finished so I won't have to wait a week for a new episode.
Log Horizon, maybe.
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#36 Aug 07 2014 at 8:04 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Anything similar in the past few years that I can watch? Preferably something that's finished so I won't have to wait a week for a new episode.
Log Horizon, maybe.


Toriko, first season of Black Butler, Hellsing Ultimate.

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#37 Aug 07 2014 at 8:13 AM Rating: Good
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Looks interesting, maybe a bit too similar but we'll see.
#38 Aug 12 2014 at 10:37 AM Rating: Good
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Log Horizon, maybe.
I forgot to comment when you first mentioned it, but since that comes back next season, now's a great time to watch it.

Also, finally checked out the first episode of RWBY season 2(it's on Crunchyroll, so I'm putting this in this thread). Most epic food fight ever. In fact, we finally got around to finishing last season and starting this one last week. All in all, we've found a ton of stuff we've been enjoying. Some of the funniest stuff.
#39 Aug 12 2014 at 12:41 PM Rating: Good
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I started watching Log Horizon but couldn't get into it at all.
#40 Aug 12 2014 at 1:38 PM Rating: Good
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That's because you have no soul. You should find a brunette or blonde avatar. Or maybe a girl with purple hair.
#41 Aug 12 2014 at 1:43 PM Rating: Good
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Redheads are hot, especially if they have tattoos and aren't wearing clothes.


Also, it might be because I just finished watching Sword Art Online but the similarities were a bit much and the main character seemed like an annoying **** so I didn't make it past episode 1.
#42 Aug 12 2014 at 1:47 PM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Redheads are hot, especially if they have tattoos and aren't wearing clothes.


Also, it might be because I just finished watching Sword Art Online but the similarities were a bit much and the main character seemed like an annoying **** so I didn't make it past episode 1.
I didn't say they weren't hot, though I prefer girls without tats.. I said your representation for posting was sapping you of a soul because red-head.

The base similarities are there, but they're actually fairly different shows.
#43 Aug 12 2014 at 1:58 PM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Also, it might be because I just finished watching Sword Art Online but the similarities were a bit much and the main character seemed like an annoying **** so I didn't make it past episode 1.

The "trapped in an MMO" thing is really the only similarity. They're very different shows.
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#44 Aug 12 2014 at 2:15 PM Rating: Good
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It was mostly that I didn't like the main characters enough to keep watching episode 2. It just didn't click for me at all.


I'm watching Yondemasu Yo, Azazel-san now which is kind of funny, 13 minute episodes are kind of weird though. Edit: apparently I was watching that, it ended out of nowhere. Back to looking for something else I guess, anyone got something else to recommend? Smiley: tongue

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#45 Aug 12 2014 at 3:31 PM Rating: Good
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#46 Aug 12 2014 at 3:38 PM Rating: Good
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Is that just a single episode or am I missing something?
#47 Aug 12 2014 at 3:40 PM Rating: Good
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21 - 13 minute episodes of the most hilarious skits you will see in anime.
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#48 Aug 12 2014 at 3:51 PM Rating: Good
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Hm, I only saw 1 on BakaBT.
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It's pretty funny though.
#50 Aug 13 2014 at 11:27 AM Rating: Good
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#51 Aug 13 2014 at 4:21 PM Rating: Excellent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
It was mostly that I didn't like the main characters enough to keep watching episode 2. It just didn't click for me at all.

Let me throw in my hat to also say "Log Horizon." You may want to try it again; it has a slow start, but quickly becomes great. It's the only series that after finishing, I went and found all the Light Novels and read them. THEN went and found the latest fan translations just to get more. My sole concern is that the first season covers most of volumes 1-5, and volume 7 is still being released (the chapters are placed online one at a time by the author). That means season 2 could have a departure from the core series, or it could have filler. The anime is also a bit more light-hearted than the LN, though not to a huge degree.

My impression is that if you took the basic plot of SAO and then made it into Spice and Wolf, you'd have Log Horizon. It's a lot more about intrigue, politics, and learning about the laws of a new world than it is about romance or fight sequences (though there are some of those as well).
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