Author Topic: The Winter 2011 Season for Anime Thread (Read 60673 times)

Prody · « **Reply #270 on:** March 25, 2011, 08:19:10 AM »

Fun Fact: Madoka episode 10 hit 700k views on nico channel, making it the most watched video on nico channel. The previous record holder was Oreimo episode 1, with 640k views.

Tengukami · « **Reply #271 on:** March 25, 2011, 08:23:05 AM »

I think I'm going to have to give this a try beyond episode 1.

Drake · « **Reply #272 on:** March 25, 2011, 01:58:15 PM »

2ch Madoka discussion threads have also breached wayyy past top place for all previous anime. The count is taken for the total time it's on the air, from episode 1 until the next season start.
Haruhi previously held the record at 464; Madoka is currently at 782 threads. Each thread is 1000 posts.

Jana · « **Reply #273 on:** March 25, 2011, 03:54:01 PM »

Quote from: Tengukami on March 25, 2011, 08:23:05 AM

I think I'm going to have to give this a try beyond episode 1.

Episode 1 of Madoka is not at all indicative of the entire show! My sister discovered this the hard way... She was bored to tears through the beginning, but she really likes Madoka Magika now.

Yakitori · « **Reply #274 on:** March 25, 2011, 09:07:25 PM »

Quote from: Daipi on March 25, 2011, 03:54:01 PM

She was bored to tears through the beginning, but she really likes Madoka Magika now.

That's the same way I felt when watching Ika Musume :derp:

Tengukami · « **Reply #275 on:** March 27, 2011, 04:44:36 AM »

Fractale ep 10 is leading up to a great climax. The last 30 seconds made me want to wash my brain though.

hyorinryu · « **Reply #276 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:07:21 AM »

Man, I need to catch up. Only seen up to ep. 5 of Fractale, ep. 1 of Level E, and h~~aven't seen Star Driver in 3 week~~s. Haven't even started Madoka. Perhaps this week will give me enough time.

EDIT: 5Ds and Fractale to go.

Tengukami · « **Reply #277 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:16:09 AM »

Just watched the first ten episodes of Madoka over the past few days, and yes, it's worth catching up on. This is like "Lars von Trier makes a magic girl anime".

Drake · « **Reply #278 on:** March 28, 2011, 07:12:24 AM »

okay so

i really want barrot to die

like right now

also i'm pretty much shaking, this show is going to climax so hard

Tengukami · « **Reply #279 on:** March 28, 2011, 01:45:34 PM »

Somehow I have a feeling I know how it's going to wrap up, but Fractale has surprised me before. And even if it does end the way I think it will, it's still been, at the very least, an above-average and enjoyable series. With a kick-ass OP.

Drake · « **Reply #280 on:** March 28, 2011, 06:43:24 PM »

Yeah, Moeran being all bipolar and Dias's antics have been pretty foreshadowing. That blob of terminals definitely isn't indicating anything at all. Neither is his cliche white hair and charismatic demeanor. Not at all. Oh and everyone being roughly in place for the Godsbirth is a complete coincidence.

Silent Harmony · « **Reply #281 on:** April 01, 2011, 06:35:01 PM »

Sometimes all you want from the final episode is for the animators to not fuck it up. Though good, Fractale's finale did not avoid this fate entirely.

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Overall I've seen much worse, but still kind of disappointed with how it played out.

Overall a pretty good, beautiful series, which is all one could ask for this season. Just feel like the last 2-3 episodes really wasted potential for an epic finale.

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Now to catch up on Level E, GoSick, and Wandering Son.

Tengukami · « **Reply #282 on:** April 01, 2011, 07:22:36 PM »

I'm saving the last episode of Fractale for tonight, but for me, the only good side about this series ending is that the dude from Cartdriver will stop whining about it. I have no idea why he keeps reviewing each episode, when he's said from episode 2 that he doesn't like the series, and in his reviews it's obvious he's not even actually watching what's happening/reading the dialog. His reviews of Bakuman have been pretty spot on, however (although he keeps talking about how he's not going to talk about how bad the romance in the series is, which is passive-aggressive reviewing if I ever saw it).

Drake · « **Reply #283 on:** April 01, 2011, 10:07:53 PM »

i am crying

Tengukami · « **Reply #284 on:** April 02, 2011, 01:35:57 AM »

Quote from: Tatara Kogaslayer on April 01, 2011, 06:35:01 PM

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I admit the revelation that Phryne was the key solely because the original Phryne was also raped as a child (insinuated by her father as well) was a very nice, albeit tragic, touch.

Now to catch up on Level E, GoSick, and Wandering Son.

"The original Phryne" being

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.

This might be a stretch, but I thought

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Is that a twist that's been done before? Sure has. But the way there was a beautiful ride, and it felt actually a bit heartbreaking rather than contrived.

The series, to me, didn't have a central message, I don't think. It played with the dynamics of organised religion, ideologically-motivated violence, and technology creating a social disconnect (not a new theme in anime), without trying to take a side one way or the other. It was hard to sympathize with the Temple or with LM - both sides did terrible things, and had terrible people in their midst, as well as good ones.

What was fun about that was what it did to Clain, who's confronted with wanting to keep Phryne away from the Temple, but also being horrified but the things LM does, while not really having any other options.

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The "ecchi! ecchi!" got old pretty quick, but they weren't enough to make me dislike this series. The pace is pretty relaxed until the final episodes, but I felt it delivered.

Stuffman · « **Reply #285 on:** April 02, 2011, 04:51:48 AM »

Quote from: Tengukami on April 02, 2011, 01:35:57 AM

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I think this might - might - suggest that the entire Fractale world exists in the mind of a normal 16-year-old girl with a father very much like Phryne's.

I don't think there's any other conclusion I can draw from this, and frankly I think it's a huge cop-out that ruins the series for me.

They go through all the trouble to create an entirely plausible future world, and then throw it all away for a

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. Like they didn't want to have to think about an actual technical explanation for the whole deal with Phryne. Complete waste of potential.

Now to go wait for Madoka's ending to be ruined by a stupid deus ex machina. :fail:

Reddyne · « **Reply #286 on:** April 02, 2011, 04:54:28 AM »

Not quite done with everything but a quick summation

Level-E: So many great surprises by taking a tired old genre and spinning it so the result you expect turns out to be something completely different. Puttered around without a plot to keep me interested for too long, though. Also, Pierrot had the resources and funds for this?! Such a pleasant surprise!

Fractale: Somewhere in between Last Exile and the Matrix. Wasn't either, but still fun. Could've benefited from a longer, more fleshed-out plot.

Wandering Son: Finally, an instance of greater gender insecurity than us here at MotK! Chizuru deserves her own series. She's the star of the show by accident. Other characters I had a tough time liking. Makoto is the first character since Chuckie Finster from Rugrats to be so weak-willed that I couldn't bring myself to have empathy for.

Madoka Magica: Every couple of years something comes out that makes me think "thank you for being Japan, Japan" and this is it. I can't wait for the remaining episodes regardless of outcome and I want a second season so bad.

Tengukami · « **Reply #287 on:** April 02, 2011, 09:09:29 AM »

Quote from: Stuffman on April 02, 2011, 04:51:48 AM

I don't think there's any other conclusion I can draw from this, and frankly I think it's a huge cop-out that ruins the series for me.

They go through all the trouble to create an entirely plausible future world, and then throw it all away for a
Spoiler:
"HURR IT WAS ALL A DREAM"
. Like they didn't want to have to think about an actual technical explanation for the whole deal with Phryne. Complete waste of potential.

Now to go wait for Madoka's ending to be ruined by a stupid deus ex machina. :fail:

I think

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is a pretty oversimplified way to look at what they were doing here. Rather than sweeping logic and explanations under the rug,

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So I think the ending did the exact opposite of "cop out" - that would only be the case if nothing that happened in Fractale reflected a different aspect of the life and inner struggle of the "true main character". The technical aspects of the future world were not explained, in other words, because that's not what the series was actually about - rather than write off what could not be explained, the macrocosm and microcosm were finally brought together as a well-meshed whole, explaining everything about the real story.

Wisp · « **Reply #288 on:** April 02, 2011, 07:31:30 PM »

Darn, I just finished Madoka ep3.

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I want a DVD or something so I can watch the rest of the series, but the series isn't finished yet as far as I know.

Tengukami · « **Reply #289 on:** April 02, 2011, 07:40:05 PM »

There are still two more episodes. And the "Walpurgis" is a real thing; it's the 30th of April. Hopefully it won't take that long, but if this spring's choices fall through, I could easily watch Madoka a second time while I'm waiting. I love the way that story unfolds.

Wisp · « **Reply #290 on:** April 02, 2011, 10:40:12 PM »

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Silent Harmony · « **Reply #291 on:** April 03, 2011, 12:15:31 AM »

It's generally considered courteous to use spoiler tags.

Just saying.

Wisp · « **Reply #292 on:** April 03, 2011, 12:26:32 AM »

Quote from: Tatara Kogaslayer on April 03, 2011, 12:15:31 AM

It's generally considered courteous to use spoiler tags.

Just saying.

Done. Thanks. Not used to it so I don't know when to use them

Stuff always seems to slip out of my mouth, too. XD

EDIT: Off Topic: MORNING LESCUE FTW!!!!!!

Fossil Goo · « **Reply #293 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:08:28 PM »

All the discussion on here made my curiosity finally get the better of me and I started watching Madoka. I'm up to about episode 6 now and I think it is quite good.
I didn't find it TOO terribly depressing, despite how bleak it is, but a while after watching it a cloud of "bummer, man" descended upon me and I had to listen to Dragon Soul for three minutes to shake it off.
Also I FREAKING LOVE how trippy and surreal the witches and witchspace are.

Drake · « **Reply #294 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:11:38 PM »

gekidan inu curry is best animootion

Tengukami · « **Reply #295 on:** April 04, 2011, 08:23:57 PM »

So, just watched the last episode of Bakuman. I thought I would be excited to hear that there's going to be a second season, but really, this entire series has been about watch these two guys chase after their dreams for 25 episodes. Now they're done it. So what's left, the romance?

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I dunno, seems like we could be having an Arakawa 2 situation here: a second season that, while based on a great anime, has little to offer by way of story apart from "let's watch these characters you're familiar with ... doin' thangs."

Wisp · « **Reply #296 on:** April 05, 2011, 03:47:13 AM »

Quote from: Fossil Goo on April 04, 2011, 05:08:28 PM

All the discussion on here made my curiosity finally get the better of me and I started watching Madoka. I'm up to about episode 6 now and I think it is quite good.
I didn't find it TOO terribly depressing, despite how bleak it is, but a while after watching it a cloud of "bummer, man" descended upon me and I had to listen to Dragon Soul for three minutes to shake it off.
Also I FREAKING LOVE how trippy and surreal the witches and witchspace are.

Yeah, Madoka has a pretty slow, dark, and sad vibe to it. But somehow, it gets me thinking... (such as happiness and sadness "smoothening out" and the world staying in balance)

triangles · « **Reply #297 on:** April 05, 2011, 01:39:03 PM »

I think once you get to Ep 8-10 that Madoka really starts to go into "awww hell naw :ohdear:

" territory.

Is this the week it's coming back on the air?

noodles · « **Reply #298 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:50:00 PM »

Korean nerd girl at work is going to burn a bunch of her anime onto DVDs so I can be a part of the whole anime thing again

I am so grateful ;_;

Helix ⑨ · « **Reply #299 on:** April 09, 2011, 02:26:56 PM »

Wow... the ending of Yumekui merry was bad.... really really bad.

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