Kaye

Finished both SAO and SAO2 these past days. Had started both before but never got around to finishing them. These seasons would have been way better if they'd split them in single cour shows than shoving different arcs in a two cour one. Really pulled me out of the story when they did that.

Overall not too great but I didn't expect much anyway.

On a sidenote: don't watch Shokugeki no Soma right before finishing SAO2 because Soma and Kirito will become one.

The unicode pages have been a thing for at least 6 years, since they were a thing when I joined last.fm in 2009.

They've been a thing for as long as I remember and I've been there since 2006. It's nothing recent. And while I understand why people do it, I still find it ridiculous. Then again, they should have found a solution to that already rather than doing things no one needs to be done.

Stuff I'm watching this season...

 

Gangsta - Best show this season and most mature anime I've seen in years. Nearly the entire cast is adults making this a shining light amongst all these polluted shows based on school/VN. I've been dying for another show like Gungrave.

Snow White with the Red Hair - 2nd best this season. Shojo fantasy is always a welcome addition in my list. I'm already liking Shirayuki's character. I know the manga is still ongoing so seeing this listed as 12 eps total got me a little worried.

Gate - I'm a little disappointed the anime toned down the mature content that was presented in the manga. The plot is basically Stargate minus the sci-fi-ness, so it's more of a modern times meets fantasy. I really like the fact that the main hero is a 33 year old man.

God Eater - I've never played the games but based on the few eps so far, it seems like another Attack on Titan anime. The visuals are really interesting. It looks like water color style cell shades kinda mixed in with CG. Considering it's only planned for 12 eps, at the rate it's going, I don't the think show is going to end well.

Durarara!!x2 Ten - It feels like this show has lost its magic from the first one. As with the previous season, it's more of a passive watch than anything.

 

 

Still watching...

 

The Heroic Legend of Arslan - Loving the story and the themes, however the animation budget is all over the place.

Blood Blockade Battlefront - Where the fuck is this last episode? Does Bones even know? At least put it up for streaming!

Akagami will be split cour. Second part airing in winter season.

For Kekkai Sensen the problem's that they messed up their editing (probably pacing too) so they had to postpone the episode a week. Because that episode is longer than a regular episode, it didn't fit in the regular block so now they're waiting for a moment where they can actually schedule in the full final episode.

I find it amusing that fans will be upset when American movie makers discuss about casting a Westerner to an anime character because they aren't Japanese, but it's okay for the live action SNK/AoT because what again? I thought the location was based on Germany?

They changed the setting for the movie to Japan, to make it more Japanese and to somewhat justify there only being Japanese actors. I find it very ridiculous tbh.

Shingeki no Kyojin received much more credit than it deserved. The series was already hyped to its utmost extent before it even began airing on television and it seems it still hasn't died down with all the attention around the upcoming live-action movie. I started watching it because it of how ir was proposed into the media but to be honest it didn't live up to my expectations at all. In the entire season, basically nothing happened after the first three episodes and it was just waiting and anticipating for something to actually occur.

SNK is PR done right with just enough bait for different types of readers/watchers to stick. While the idea itself is rather typical, (I mean, how many "society threatened by other world creatures" things are there) it could always be done in a refreshing way. I don't mind Eren. I'm actually kind of okay with the main kids being a trio of childhood friends too. The only character I ever really cared for was Levi, and I'm actually kind of sad he wasn't the lead of the anime. Even just the ova with him for a main is a dozen times more interesting than the actual anime will ever be able to be.

From the moment they revealed they were planning to make a live action I've basically taken it as a big elaborate joke. Then the actors were revealed + the new characters and the ones that were axed from the story. After learning earlier this week how much they changed about the characters, I'm 100% sure it will be a joke. Yeah sure, it'll be impressive to see if the CG's done well, but the story as a whole lost a lot of its already thin worth. I guess the joke's on me though, because one of my fave actors got cast in it. He would have been the perfect Levi if they'd actually bothered writing Levi in the script (but no, their actual reason for him not being in it is "his name is not Japanese so it would be off in the Japanese setting of the movie" because I'm sure Armin, Eren, Hans, etc are all Japanese...)

Ranpo Kitan is still really entertaining. Anticipating more on Akechi's background. (Might or might not have fallen in love with his VA all over again)

And Aoharu x Kikanjuu has an awesome female lead BUT I kinda hate the guys and this Ouran High Host Club -premise aka "You broke things, you can't pay for it, so you have to do what I say!" >_>  Not sure whether to drop or continue ...

That part is already out of the plot at the time of the 3rd episode. She's just in it for the games then.

I'm trying to watch Attack on Titan, but I keep falling asleep.

It was really hard to get through that series for some reason

Here's mine if anyone feels like adding me! Kaye@MAL

here's mine http://myanimelist.net/profile/OriginalSaku

 

I'm a long time user of MAL actually, it's just about the most useful site ever for anime if you ask me, also combine it with MALupdater and it becomes even more awesome

Apparently I signed up just 8 days after you did.

It's the opening to "Ranpo Kitan" the anime. Sounds great so far. Anticipating the full song for sure!

After all these months I'm still in love with Last Theater but I have to admit the album was kind of a letdown as a whole. There's good and nice songs but nothing really stuck. I had hoped for there to be something more. Oh well, at least they've grabbed my interest and I'll surely be checking them out with whichever release that comes up next, though I feel they should have waited a little before releasing a full length album.

They sound like an updated version of Ellegarden. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Curious as to what the full album will be like!

Now let's wait and see all those Americans new to them call them ONE "Okay" ROCK.

They have said themselves (multiple times) that both ONE "okay" ROCK and ONE O'KROCK are fine with them. They don't care as long as you listen to the music.

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Can't say I'm surprised though I am a little sad that they're being mixed up with bands like SWS, ATL, etc. But that's only me being a little bitter about their future fans. :/

Ranpo Kitan seems interesting so far. "game" concept already got me.

Gangsta seems good so far as well.

trying to give another chance to Tokyo Ghoul because my friend forced me to. 5 episodes in but it still awful, goddamnit!

If you read manga, read the manga. It's great. You won't enjoy the anime unless you're just watching to see things get animated (and even then :/) + they changed the story and it hardly makes sense.

I do have to admit the last episode of the first season was really nicely done.

What didn't you like about Serpah?

Is this comparatively to the manga or just in general? Bc i'm mostly excited to se where the story is going tbh > < (also I never tire of the bg art like whoa)

 

ohhhh and excited for the next assasination classroom i'll see if I can wait it out til winter lol

I've never read the manga but I'm sure it's a 1000 times better than what they did with the anime. Apart from the backgrounds and the music (I really like Sawano), everything was pretty horrible. The fight scenes (or lack thereof) looked like they animated them 10 years ago. The scripting was so terrible and with that they had this annoying thing where they kept repeating themselves as if they were addressing a crowd with the memory of a goldfish.

I have no issues with the whole typical story of main kid finding someone he thought to be dead, then going batshit upon meeting them again and having all the moral issues messing with his head. What I do find incredibly annoying is that the whole anime is nothing but bait to ship Mika/Yuu because I'm sure hardly anyone could even tell me what else happened during the past season.

In other words, to me the opening to the anime is better than the whole series combined. I went in expecting something and left not even getting half. This could have been so much better.

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In other news, can't wait for the next season of Durarara. It's only going to get better. Ranpo Kitan seems interesting too. Apart from those I'm probably going to check out way too many series again. I'll never learn.

JoJo was gooood also I was slight disappointed with the Assassination Classroom anime ending but for sure gonna read the manga

unsure whether to start owari no seraph manga (bc damn) or wait til the anime has completely finished

Also for anyone who watched an ep of Punch Line and thought nope, I implore you to continue bc it's literally one of my favourites

Assassination Classroom is getting a second season next winter. Story's not finished yet!

Seraph was pretty terrible imo. It lacked a lot.

Punch Line's start was such a mess but then it turned out to be one of my faves of the current season too. Really fun series.

Gunslinger Stratos just finished and it was better than I was expecting tbh

Not sure how many people are watching that...

I finished it a few days ago and while it wasn't anywhere near Seraph bad, it was still pretty bad. It could have been done so much better.

That's one of the few things I actually am excited for when it comes to the FFVII remake, seeing what they change from the original and what improvements they make to the game, but I know a lot of people who doesn't want the game to change whatsoever other than the graphics and I'm just like why? Those are the kind of people I'm mainly fed up with at the moment. Personally I hope they change a lot of different things about the game and improve on it as a whole, while still keeping the nostalgia aspects as well... if that's even possible.

I'm sure they're going to use Crisis Core and Advent Children (maybe even Dirge of Cerberus) in one way or another. I'm all for that too. If you want exactly the same just play the port.

Whether it'll be turn-based or more like XIII or XV doesn't really matter to me either. I'm sure they'll make it fit and keep the flow of the game right for the remake.

Because the new generation wants to play it because of all the hype and they cringe when they see the out dated graphics, it's not nostalgic to them.  I don't understand why everyone has to get all anal about people getting excited about a new gaming experience from an old game.  Ignore them and move on.  I love the original but I wouldn't mind playing it again in HD, just saying.

I agree with you there.

I own the original. It's even my first ever FF and I probably wasn't even 11 when I played it for the first time. I love it and I always have, but apparently I'm wrong for even slightly anticipating this remake. Do I want this remake or do I find it necessary? Nah, not really, but now they're doing it anyway I don't see why I can't be a little hyped. Having that full game in great graphics and characters with actual voices AND getting it with an updated current gen touch? Why the hell not?

What I don't understand though, is that I've seen so many people say they want the exact same game and just want Square to "update the graphics and have the characters talk" but aren't they realizing the gameplay as it was in '97 on PSone won't do for PS4 and our current gaming generation? They're not solely remaking the full game for everyone's childhood sentiments. Nomura even said something about that, telling people who just want the game as it was to download the port when it's coming to PS4. They're not putting in this much money only to please people who grew up with the original. No, they're bringing that original which so many people loved back then to the current times, so that they can have a whole new generation of gamers experience it in current standards.

Love Last Theater but their song for Barakamon was rather boring. Hope this album will surprise me!

Was really hoping we would get a release window for FFXV. Guess not lol

Square revealed earlier through some vid on their youtube that they're planning to start full promos for XV on Gamescom (possibly TGS) but they already said it would be skipping E3.

DIDNEY WORHL

 

 

Is KH3 the last part of the story? I read that the games up until now are only 1 of many story arcs in the works.

KH3 is the last part of "these enemies" or something. It should conclude the fight Sora's been in with heartless and whatnot for the past games. Kingdom Hearts is a series that will continue even after 3's released. Not entirely sure if it'll continue being Sora for a lead though.

I'm crying a little ._. 7 was the first one I've ever played + those graphics. Ah... I'm only wondering what they've done to the fighting system because they can't have left that as it was. (Also gimme that dual audio because I wouldn't mind listening to Sakurai for an entire game)

FFXV

FFVII remake

KH3

Uncharted

The new Tomb Raider one

I'm ready. I'm totally ready.

The first episodes of Punch Line were a mess but after catching up to where they are now I have to admit this show's actually quite fun.

No one told me sportsserieshell has another level. Eijun's the cutest.

Apart from that and Oregairu I'm a little behind on everything but I can't seem to get myself to finish all the episodes in my folder. Meh...

amazarashi - 爆弾の作り方

D'espairsRay for sure.

-OZ- as well. Miss those guys.

One thing I'd like to note is that the current SE is terribly boring... really doesn't do the job compared to say G.D.S or GAUZE -mode of adam-, there's no room for the crowd to get pumped up in any way.

How I'd love to just have one live with GDS.