At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

I have probably talked about Lucky Star more than any other anime on these boards.

But that's only because, for some reason, I decided that I had the need to argue against any attacks on a show that, at best, I only found mildly amusing.

It's a perfectly watchable show, with a rather terrible first few episodes. It gets better as it goes along, but it never gets great.

It does seem to try to be Seinfeld in its bizarrely long conversations about nothing, but it never gets the humour just right in that regard. Plus, a whole bunch of the jokes were based around Japanese puns that I didn't understand. There were a few laughs every episode, and I did mostly like the characters though.

I enjoyed it when I watched it, but I don't think it's the sort of thing I'd watch now. I'm not usually one to attach meaning to everything I do in life, but even so. This is show about a group of sixteen year old girls talk about video games, anime, and, with the regularity you'd expect in this sort of anime, weight loss and uh, chest size. I just feel like, as an adult male, perhaps that is not the sort of thing I should be spending my time watching.

Princess Tutu has been really weird so far

It's weird enough to be intruiging but I'm still waiting to feel some 'substance' from the plot or characters

I think it's building up to that pretty well though

At 10/2/10 07:59 AM, Aigis wrote:

At 10/2/10 07:31 AM, SomaGuye wrote: You guys always talk about the same old anime, why don't you ever talk about something that's currently airing, like Panty and Stocking.

Why, because any attempt to acquire such anime outside of watching it on television in Japan would be, gasp, illegal.

So you're telling me that you legally acquire all the old anime that gets talked about in here? Even the stuff that hasn't been licensed overseas?

At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

Lucky Star is only good if you understand all the references.

And you never will, considering you are a wapfag gookaboo who wants to be nipponjin.

At 10/3/10 10:33 AM, RobotTaco wrote: Lucky Star is only good if you understand all the references.

Excuse me, but not understanding the references is one of the main reasons I enjoyed it.

It was a great way of convincing myself that I hadn't crossed the geekiness event horizon.

At 10/3/10 10:47 AM, Aigis wrote: Excuse me, but not understanding the references is one of the main reasons I enjoyed it.

It was a great way of convincing myself that I hadn't crossed the geekiness event horizon.

Gahahahahaha.

Go back to watching your K-On! moeshit then.

Cause that's all Lucky Star is without the references.

K-On! moeshit.

K-On! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky Star for being moe

I thought P&S had awesome music and art. the jokes were typically bad, but i liked it in the so good that it's bad way as far as the writing goes.

At 10/2/10 07:59 AM, Aigis wrote:

At 10/2/10 07:31 AM, SomaGuye wrote: You guys always talk about the same old anime, why don't you ever talk about something that's currently airing, like Panty and Stocking.

Why, because any attempt to acquire such anime outside of watching it on television in Japan would be, gasp, illegal.

Uh, Crunchyroll has it, so we're somewhat absolved from any pornography charges for watching it.

At 10/3/10 08:43 PM, Mendou wrote: I think Panty & Stocking has actual good writing, in that Gainax know what they're doing. P&S is essentially a jab at modern 'otaku' culture.

Really? Anything like Welcome to the NHK? Cause that was amazing, man.

I have never seen an anime that I have connected so much with.

At 10/3/10 10:10 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 10/3/10 09:59 PM, RobotTaco wrote: Anything like Welcome to the NHK?

Nah, it didn't depress the living hell out of me or anything.

Nah, man.

I found it uplifting. Like, the whole "Find someone more pathetic than yourself thing", I really loved that.

Definitely in my top 5.

At 10/3/10 09:13 AM, SomaGuye wrote: So you're telling me that you legally acquire all the old anime that gets talked about in here? Even the stuff that hasn't been licensed overseas?

Did I sound serious when I said that?

Internet forums are terrible place to try and be subtle, I guess.

At 10/3/10 10:50 AM, RobotTaco wrote: Gahahahahaha.

Go back to watching your K-On! moeshit then.

Cause that's all Lucky Star is without the references.

K-On! moeshit.

K-On! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky Star for being moe

Uh.

At 10/4/10 06:20 AM, LoliTastic wrote: You got something against my moe shit??

Yes.

Because other than being moe, K-On has no other redeeming qualities.

HURR I AM SUGOI KAWAII AZUNYAN

At 10/4/10 09:52 AM, RobotTaco wrote:

At 10/4/10 06:20 AM, LoliTastic wrote: You got something against my moe shit??

Yes.

Because other than being moe, K-On has no other redeeming qualities.

HURR I AM SUGOI KAWAII AZUNYAN

Moe is clearly too deep for you.

At 10/3/10 02:24 PM, LoliTastic wrote:

At 10/2/10 07:31 AM, SomaGuye wrote:

Some of the humor seemed a bit too "crude" and "immature" for my tastes

Well, with a name like Panty and Stocking, what in the hell did you expect?

I have only seen a few episodes, but it looks pretty good to me. A lot of people were so quick to trash it because they say it was going to be some cheap 2-bit fanservice anime that everyone will forget.

And yes, I'm well aware of the fact that it's loaded with crude jokes and boob and panty shots, but as I said before, with a name like Panty and Stocking, {made by Gainax no less}, what did you really expect?

At 10/4/10 09:52 AM, RobotTaco wrote: Because other than being moe, K-On has no other redeeming qualities.

It has some funny dialogue.

At 10/5/10 03:09 AM, Aigis wrote:

At 10/4/10 09:52 AM, RobotTaco wrote: Because other than being moe, K-On has no other redeeming qualities.

It has some funny dialogue.

AZUNYAN I AM AUTISTIC SO MAI IMOUTO HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ME SHE IS CHO KAWAII

SENPAI WHY ARENT YOU IN SPECIAL ED

AZUNYAN BECAUSE MIO IS A WHORE LOLOLOL

Not gonna lie. I would like this show a lot if it was about actual special ed kids.

You could have Yui as an autistic, Ritsu as an attention deficit, and Mugi as a downie. That would be AMAZING

At 10/5/10 03:16 AM, RobotTaco wrote: AZUNYAN I AM AUTISTIC SO MAI IMOUTO HAS TO TAKE CARE OF ME SHE IS CHO KAWAII

SENPAI WHY ARENT YOU IN SPECIAL ED

AZUNYAN BECAUSE MIO IS A WHORE LOLOLOL

Not gonna lie. I would like this show a lot if it was about actual special ed kids.

You could have Yui as an autistic, Ritsu as an attention deficit, and Mugi as a downie. That would be AMAZING

What.

What are you...

I don't...

You're just saying dumb things over and over.

At 10/5/10 01:03 PM, Mendou wrote: This page is retarded.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

Go watch Azumanga Daioh, it's like Lucky Star, but actually good.

At 10/5/10 08:08 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

Go watch Azumanga Daioh, it's like Lucky Star, but actually good.

I didn't like it very much. There was never any plot; all it was about was the girls fighting about petty things.
The only part I enjoyed was Mr. Kimura's antics.

Required video

I've just finished watching Kekko Kamen, and must say, deciding to do so was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.

At 10/5/10 10:26 PM, HibiscusKazeneko wrote:

At 10/5/10 08:08 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

Go watch Azumanga Daioh, it's like Lucky Star, but actually good.

I didn't like it very much. There was never any plot; all it was about was the girls fighting about petty things.
The only part I enjoyed was Mr. Kimura's antics.

For once, I agree with Hibi here, Azumanga wasn't that impressive to me plotwise or even characterwise. It just felt so stupid, because of all of the petty fighting and overall weirdness which they could've done without.

At 10/5/10 01:03 PM, Mendou wrote: This page is retarded.

Whatever, for once I picked up a manga series called Sanctuary. So far I'm pretty impressed with the writing, it's political/crime story of sorts-- so right up my alley. The artwork is a little bit different from what I normally see, but I find it a nice change of pace.

Also, Akira Hojo is pretty cool.

I own the first volume of the manga. It was actually really good, considering I picked it up for cheap, and usually I'm fairly disappointed with what I pick up.

I recently b-o-u-g-h-t "Sky Crawlers" on DVD. Haven't watched it yet, anyone know if it's any good?

At 10/5/10 10:26 PM, HibiscusKazeneko wrote: There was never any plot

It's not supposed to have a plot.

At 10/6/10 10:56 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: I recently b-o-u-g-h-t "Sky Crawlers" on DVD. Haven't watched it yet, anyone know if it's any good?

Hate to break it to you, but it's the weakest of Ishii's films and Ishii was rather inconsistent to begin with. You're on your own on this one.

At 10/6/10 10:56 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: I recently b-o-u-g-h-t "Sky Crawlers" on DVD. Haven't watched it yet, anyone know if it's any good?

I think you should have rented this one first, {if that's possible}.

As Matt said, This is probably one of Ishii's worst films out there, and most of his work was up and down in terms of quality and entertainment. I saw this movie a long time ago, and I thought it wasn't really that good IMO.

At 10/7/10 01:22 PM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: Hate to break it to you, but it's the weakest of Ishii's films and Ishii was rather inconsistent to begin with. You're on your own on this one.

At 10/7/10 11:47 PM, orangebomb wrote: As Matt said, This is probably one of Ishii's worst films out there

Just thought I'd let you guys know that the guy's name is Mamoru Oshii.

At 10/8/10 07:24 AM, LoliTastic wrote: But the humor just seemed a bit too crude

if that was your only problem I can guarantee you'll like the second episode more.

How's it going guys? Been a while.
I just finished the Desert Punk series... I NEVER wanted it to end!
Regardless, it is a fantastic series and now I'm looking for another series to watch.
I've seen Black Lagoon, up to the end of the second season and I'll end up watching the third season once all of the episodes are available to buy.
Also seen that Paranoia Agent series which was pretty great, weird show anyway.
I like action animes the most from what I've seen... I've never been much of an anime guy but I'm starting to love it... I don't like the real popular ones like Bleach and Naruto etc... But could anybody recommend a good action series to me? I'll try coming here as much as I can for discussion instead of recommendations from you guys, since that's all I've really been doing. Haha.
Look forward to what you guys have to suggest.