The Anime Thread

[stokeriño]

Macross Zero is just like any other piece of the Macross franchise. i.e. a lot of transforming jet/mechas and a curious focus on the power of song (of the variety that may or may not be capable of defeating an entire intergalactic alien empire).

Edited August 2, 2009 by stokeriño

[The Mask of Norro]

Oh, Macross... I need to try and give you another watch. My best friend started Lorina and I on Macross Frontier and we enjoyed the few episodes we watched but just... never started watching it after. They were good, there was an interest, but... I dunno, it's weird, we just don't have enough of a desire to pick it back up right now.

[Robsturgh]

Well, didn't Pandora's Hearts get good in a hurry. Three episodes in and I ....kinda liked it. Episode 6 and I'm full on mancrushing it.

[Ruki]

So, there were two Pandora Hearts cosplayers at the anime con I went to over the weekend, pretty cool....although I still haven't watched anymore. Been watching Claymore, which is a pretty awesome series....and re-watching Code Geass with the dubs.....apparently C.C's name is pronounced C-2.

[stokeriño]

Yup. "Shi-tsu" is how it generally comes out of a Engrish mouth.

[GoGo Yubari]

Man, this week's FMA. I was waiting for them to animate that fight and it didn't disappoint.

[Ruki]

But I've been calling her C-C for months now! It annoys me

Finished Claymore, they could do with a second series, but was good none the less. So, got two more series to watch and then I need to hunt again.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

Re: Queen's Blade. I want my 22 minutes back. I mean, I was hoping it would be one of those 'so bad it's good' type things. But no.... it's just plain bad.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I still need to watch the new FMA episodes.

also, rewatched some Geass, and it kinda annoys me that Xingke's illness or whatever is never resolved. His Knightmare was in the epilogue, so I guess he's alright - but they never really did anything with his illness other than "ohshi look xingke's coughing up blood! Again!"

[stokeriño]

Presumably they felt they had to add a weakness to keep him from just being Too Awesome...but then, short of actually getting him killed, there wasn't much they could have done with it.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I'd rather him be Too Awesome than *ARBITRARY WEAKNESS HEY GUYS HE'S NOT TOO AWESOME AFTER ALL!*

[stokeriño]

Eh, I suppose it added a tiny bit of tension to fight scenes... Like, might he actually keel over and die before he was done decimating everyone.

He never did in retrospect, but it could have happened, and that's what counts. >_>

[Gongsun Zan]

I have fallen in love with Baccano! and now I'm upset that they've only bothered to make the first couple of arcs into an anime.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

After much soul searching, and discussion with my loved ones, I've decided to watch One Piece. From the Begninning. All 400 episodes.

[GoGo Yubari]

After much soul searching, and discussion with my loved ones, I've decided to watch One Piece. From the Begninning. All 400 episodes.

It's worth it. From the Arlong arc onwards, discounting filler (when you get to the arc about the dragon that I think comes after said Arlong arc, SKIP IT. You've got more than enough to catch up on anyway) it's the most consistently great of the long-running shounen series.

I need a new sub group, though; Vegapunk started doing subs again but then has stalled out after episode 377 and I'm sick of waiting on them.

[TKz]

After much soul searching, and discussion with my loved ones, I've decided to watch One Piece. From the Begninning. All 400 episodes.

It's worth it. From the Arlong arc onwards, discounting filler (when you get to the arc about the dragon that I think comes after said Arlong arc, SKIP IT. You've got more than enough to catch up on anyway) it's the most consistently great of the long-running shounen series.

I need a new sub group, though; Vegapunk started doing subs again but then has stalled out after episode 377 and I'm sick of waiting on them.

Oh god, I loved One Piece when I was way into Anime. It's the only Manga I actually enjoy going back to every so often and catching up. The characters all tend to be a bit on the empty side sometimes, but then they come back out of nowhere and you still care about them when bad things happen. Also the newest members of the group are freakin' awesome. Love Franky and the Skeleton guy. It's also one of the few Animes I still find funny.

[GoGo Yubari]

Good god the second season of Haruhi. Episodes four through seven is basically a masterclass in lazy writing.

[Ruki]

That makes me sad

[GoGo Yubari]

I'm apparently two episodes away from finishing this arc, but if episode eight is like the four before it I'd say watch episodes two, three, and then skip to nine because jack shit happens in between those points.

[Fanku Kaibutsu]

It's kinda worth watching the whole of Endless Eight because by episode 4 or 5, you really start to empathize with the characters. Plus, you can say you sat through one of the worst ideas in the history of entertainment.

In regards to One Piece: A goofy main character in a red coat, a woman who hangs out with the main characters but isn't technically associated with them, a swordsman, and a gangster lookin' guy. Why in the hell didn't I realize this show was a Lupin the 3rd knockoff before?