The "What anime are you watching" thread

Dr Kain · 11-30-2014, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheXrosLoaderGen

Enjoy DBZ then! You're in for an awesome ride.

Yish. I've seen the series a million times before, but this is the first time I'm watching it post-Kai's release and honestly, I'm starting to miss Kai's pacing. Hell, I absolutely prefer the Kai introduction of the Ginyu Force with the Ginyu Force Rules song.

algo448 · 12-01-2014, 11:44 PM

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st: Girl meets talking ferret, talking ferret gives girl a magic wand, girl and ferret collect magical thingies and fight whimsical monsters, all for funsies.
And then a rival appears in the form of a dark and troubled magical girl and things get epic very fast.

The Movie 1st is a retelling of the original season and in that regard it's a pretty amazing redo, the story flows very well in movie format, nothing feels left out, all the characters get enough development and it never feels boring or drags out, granted this is in big part because the original story was simple enough, introduce Nanoha, introduce Fate, show her backstory, make sure to shoot things between that, it was simple enough to compress, but nonetheless it's an entertaining and enjoyable tale.

The action is great, Nanoha unlike other magical girl shows has very amazing action, gone are hearts and cute and cuddly attacks, this gals fight with beam spam, lightning, scythes and everything can be genuinely called a weapon, while the mecha influence is more obvious in Strikers, The 1st already has amazing aerial fights and incredible attacks, plus the animation is solid all the way through.

So all in all, it's every bit as enjoyable as the original show was so many years ago, and that's a win in my books.

losondro · 12-02-2014, 02:19 AM

Watching Air right now. Barely on episode six and it's already hitting me right in the feels.

2ndSndWve · 12-02-2014, 06:39 AM

The YT uploader I was watching Wing from way taken down yesterday, so I watched the first episode of Gundam X instead. It was... meh. Of what I've seen of Gundam so far, this wowed me the least. Maybe it gets less bland as it goes on...

Dr Kain · 12-02-2014, 10:08 AM

THere is a reason X was canceled about 35 episodes in.

2ndSndWve · 12-04-2014, 09:36 PM

Trigun: Badlands Rumble

Well, that was a thing. I saw the words "space western" in the description, and felt compelled to watch it. It didn't disappoint on that front, it certainly was a western set in space with a good dose of anime flair. Too bad I don't really like westerns. The priest with the cross bazooka was kinda neat, I guess, and the insurance representatives were entertaining. Was it great? Heck no. Was it good. Not really. Was it a wild, relatively fun movie that I enjoyed but not enough to ever re-watch? Yeah, that kinda sums it up.

Electric Turahk · 12-06-2014, 10:36 AM

Sweet! Yamada-kun to 70nin no Majo is getting an anime!

guncannon109 · 12-07-2014, 06:51 PM

So I have just recently finished the Chimera Ant Arc of HunterXHunter and I must say that it really dragged in the middle and made me begin to lose interest in the series all together... however there was one small thing that kept me going and that was the relationship between the Chimera Ant King Meruem and Komugi.

I'm a sucker for the Beauty and the Beast type story line and this has to be one of the best renditions of it I've seen to date, even better than Princess Mononoke, YES I JUST SAID THAT!

I can't exactly say how for fear of spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, but the relationship between the two characters really is worth seeing the entire 100+ episodes that come before it. That and one of the best endings to a long running series makes Hunter X Hunter a classic that needs to be seen by all. What else can I say other than just... GO WATCH IT ALREADY!!!

Electric Turahk · 12-07-2014, 11:20 PM

Watamote so far has been about as painfully awkward to watch as I should have expected it to be.

XW1n5t0nX · 12-07-2014, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndSndWve

The YT uploader I was watching Wing from way taken down yesterday, so I watched the first episode of Gundam X instead. It was... meh. Of what I've seen of Gundam so far, this wowed me the least. Maybe it gets less bland as it goes on...

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

THere is a reason X was canceled about 35 episodes in.

So I take it I'm the only one who loves the ever living bejeezus out of X?

12-01-2014, 11:44 PM	#5512
algo448 Amateur Procrastinator Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Colombia Posts: 7,491	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st: Girl meets talking ferret, talking ferret gives girl a magic wand, girl and ferret collect magical thingies and fight whimsical monsters, all for funsies. And then a rival appears in the form of a dark and troubled magical girl and things get epic very fast. The Movie 1st is a retelling of the original season and in that regard it's a pretty amazing redo, the story flows very well in movie format, nothing feels left out, all the characters get enough development and it never feels boring or drags out, granted this is in big part because the original story was simple enough, introduce Nanoha, introduce Fate, show her backstory, make sure to shoot things between that, it was simple enough to compress, but nonetheless it's an entertaining and enjoyable tale. The action is great, Nanoha unlike other magical girl shows has very amazing action, gone are hearts and cute and cuddly attacks, this gals fight with beam spam, lightning, scythes and everything can be genuinely called a weapon, while the mecha influence is more obvious in Strikers, The 1st already has amazing aerial fights and incredible attacks, plus the animation is solid all the way through. So all in all, it's every bit as enjoyable as the original show was so many years ago, and that's a win in my books. __________________ *DA // Tumblr // Youtube*

12-02-2014, 02:19 AM	#5513
losondro Resident priest of Godoka Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,176	Watching Air right now. Barely on episode six and it's already hitting me right in the feels. __________________ Necrozma, thirsts for your light!

12-02-2014, 06:39 AM	#5514
2ndSndWve Forever a sniper Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 3,804	The YT uploader I was watching Wing from way taken down yesterday, so I watched the first episode of Gundam X instead. It was... meh. Of what I've seen of Gundam so far, this wowed me the least. Maybe it gets less bland as it goes on... __________________ I got stuff for sale!

12-04-2014, 09:36 PM	#5516
2ndSndWve Forever a sniper Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Maine Posts: 3,804	Trigun: Badlands Rumble Well, that was a thing. I saw the words "space western" in the description, and felt compelled to watch it. It didn't disappoint on that front, it certainly was a western set in space with a good dose of anime flair. Too bad I don't really like westerns. The priest with the cross bazooka was kinda neat, I guess, and the insurance representatives were entertaining. Was it great? Heck no. Was it good. Not really. Was it a wild, relatively fun movie that I enjoyed but not enough to ever re-watch? Yeah, that kinda sums it up. __________________ I got stuff for sale!

12-06-2014, 10:36 AM	#5517
Electric Turahk Tokusatsu Hero Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5,525	Sweet! Yamada-kun to 70nin no Majo is getting an anime! __________________