[algo448]

Cencoroll: Montruous aliens have started to appear on Japan... and to be fair... nobody seems to care, the military treats it as any other operation and the civilians couldn't be more unfazed, heck the monsters themselves don't seem to do anything either.
However a highschool girl called Yuki doesn's share this apathy and is quite curious about the unknown creatures, a curiosity that will be quenched by her encounter with Tetsu and his companion Cenco, a shapeshifting alien that really likes to eat.

Cencoroll is a short anime film (around 25min) written, designed, directed, and animated by Atsuya Uki, and wow, does this guy have a very clear style.

Talking about such a short work is hard without going full into spoiler territory, but Cencoroll has it's unique charm, most of the humor is derived from the stoic, calm and somewhat apathic behavior everybody has, nobody gets fazed by anything and when you combine that with the bizarre story, it gets you some good chuckles.

The art style is pretty cool, the main cast has very similar designs, short black hair, no crazy eye colors and regular school uniforms, this contrasts heavily with the weird creatures, Cenco and his kind are grotesque abominations, but in a very "cute ugly" kind of way, the background have enough detail and do their work.

The characters as I said are pretty calm and level headed, and due to the short run time are exclusively defined by their interactions, Tetsu's aloof attitude is countered with his somewhat troubled relationship with Cenco and his annoyance at Yuki, and Yuki herself is incredibly charming, her mannerisms doing most of the work, Cenco is a bizarre creature, but you can't help but see a twisted sense of loyalty from him.

The story is interesting, and raises really cool ideas and concepts, but ultimately the "what could have been" is fae more interesting, this is excellent material for a longer show or movie.

As a whole, Cencoroll is a very unique product, but one that is worth the time, both from a production to a writing standpoint it has an unique identity that will leave a print in your memory.

[Dr Kain]

I finished the Freeza saga of Kai. My god this thing took forever even in its shortened form. UGH!!! I'm also at the point of Kai now where Toei changed the music back to the original series' music. Only problem is, it feels like they just put the tracks on random when they added them to the episodes instead of making sure they fully fit.

DBZ THe World's Strongest: This movie is one of the better DBZ movies as it is a lot of fun, has a decent plot to it, and outside of the characters being able to breath out in space, it feels like it could have belonged in the series. Uiro is a decent villain and the movie has a great deal of action to it. Overall, I give it a 7/10.

[WhiteRanger]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I finished the Freeza saga of Kai. My god this thing took forever even in its shortened form. UGH!!! I'm also at the point of Kai now where Toei changed the music back to the original series' music. Only problem is, it feels like they just put the tracks on random when they added them to the episodes instead of making sure they fully fit.

DBZ THe World's Strongest: This movie is one of the better DBZ movies as it is a lot of fun, has a decent plot to it, and outside of the characters being able to breath out in space, it feels like it could have belonged in the series. Uiro is a decent villain and the movie has a great deal of action to it. Overall, I give it a 7/10.

Yea freeza saga is I think the longest arc there is goku fight with him is the longest fight in the manga so it was always going to be long.

[Electric Turahk]

Been trying to enjoy Zankyou no Terror, but you know what's made the last two episodes unbearable (especially today's)?

The English.

It's just so freaking bad... No effort was put into it and zero emotion is conveyed in any lines. And it's being used a good bit too. It just throws you out of the narrative so much... In principle it wouldn't be bad, and actually makes sense within the story for people to be speaking English instead of Japanese, but with how badly done it is, it is just frustrating.

That aside, it is maintaining it's pretty good pace as a top contender this season.

[losondro]

After finishing Oreimo, Oreimo 2, and Maoyuu Maoh Yuusha, I'm watching Little Busters.

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by losondro

After finishing Oreimo, Oreimo 2, and Maoyuu Maoh Yuusha, I'm watching Little Busters.

How uncomfortable is Oreimo's incest undertones/overtones?

[losondro]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

How uncomfortable is Oreimo's incest undertones/overtones?

A little uncomfortable but bearable. The show was alright but the second season just made me a little angry when they destroyed a pairing I liked. >_>

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

How uncomfortable is Oreimo's incest undertones/overtones?

Elaborating on what Losondro said, its only a little uncomfortable until the tail end of season 2. Then its REALLY uncomfortable.

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Originally Posted by losondro

The show was alright but the second season just made me a little angry when they destroyed a pairing I liked. >_>

Kuroneko for life.

[losondro]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Kuroneko for life.

[KR Blade King Form]

Got done with Ao No Exorcist a few days ago, the ending didn't grab me that much. Also I saw a short description about the latest Manga chapter, yep, Manga of Ao No Exorcist is better.