Anyone here watch Anime? If yes recommend some good Anime here :)

[Cappuccino]

Baccano & Samurai Champloo have good dubs as well

Steins Gate too

 

[Zodiark1593]

Waiting for the Cardcaptor Sakura Blu ray set to get here. Should be awesome.

 

[Spydermag68]

Is that Netflix original Anime, Knights of Sidonia, any good?

I have been watching over the last two weeks and I think I have one episode left. It is not that bad so I would give it 7/10.

 

[Aikouka]

aldnoah no zero: standout of the season with strongest animation, tightest storytelling, least annoying characters of any show. base premise of earth fighting mars based occupation is solid enough.

What's sad is that this feels more like a Gundam series than any of the actual Gundam series that have aired lately. Of course, Build Fighters wasn't meant to, and we'll ignore the Unicorn OVA (that's the only decent one).

Although, I still wish that we'd get a bit less CG, or at least try and make it look a bit more cartoonish like they do in the Gundam series. One thing does bug me.. the whole Earth vs. Mars thing reminds me of another series, but I can't remember the name. I recall the main character going to Mars and befriending this family to find out that the Martians were originally pioneers from Earth that were left to die when it was found that you would end up getting sick from being on Mars for too long. Also, apparently, the main character looked a lot like the Martian leader's son. For some reason, I keep thinking of Majestic Prince, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.

SAO GGO: still good, pacing issues but they existed in the LN too. unfortunately the production staff seem to be struggling to convey the inner thought processes from the novels that created most of the drama.

I haven't been terribly impressed with season 2 of SAO. On that note, the American releases end up confusing me, because everyone considers season 2 to be the elf part of SAO. While that aired in a separate "anime season" (I recall there being a certain term for a two-season anime), it still was aired at once, which means I consider it all part of one season.

Anyway! I thought episode 1 was fine, but I didn't care for episode 2 or 3. In my opinion, you don't stress a character who we haven't really grown attached to yet. If they would've put her backstory around episode 6-7, I think it would've been a lot better as we would've seen her interactions with "Kirito-jo-chan". I liked episode 4, but episode 5 was just okay. Honestly, I think the biggest problem is that the show has to compete with its previous incarnation that did a good job at showing us a good world and someone trying to live in it regardless of the pain and suffering.

tokyo esp: strong hardcore action first episode which suddenly veers into a superhero origin story 2nd ep. double flashbacks and recountings generally suggest poor script planning.

I don't know what to think about this one. I'm somewhat on the same page as you that the first two episodes were fairly strong and action-packed, but the backstory is a little dull comparatively. Although, ... go Peggy!! :awe:

barakamon: small town slice of life, 1st ep was heavy on charm and cute girl, has shifted to gag format in last few ep.

I'm a bit behind on this one, but I still intend to keep up. I enjoy a good slice of life, and the characters appear to be a lot of fun.

akame ga kill: some interesting characters, but very facile storywise with no real strengths and middling art.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep with Akame ga Kill either. The first episode or two seemed good. Although, it's beginning to reek too much of a silly, harem anime that wants to be a bit edgy, but fails at both. Also, it's already fallen into an episodic feel, which I hope it pulls out of and into a longer arc.

 

[gorobei]

What's sad is that this feels more like a Gundam series than any of the actual Gundam series that have aired lately. Of course, Build Fighters wasn't meant to, and we'll ignore the Unicorn OVA (that's the only decent one).

Although, I still wish that we'd get a bit less CG, or at least try and make it look a bit more cartoonish like they do in the Gundam series. One thing does bug me.. the whole Earth vs. Mars thing reminds me of another series, but I can't remember the name. I recall the main character going to Mars and befriending this family to find out that the Martians were originally pioneers from Earth that were left to die when it was found that you would end up getting sick from being on Mars for too long. Also, apparently, the main character looked a lot like the Martian leader's son. For some reason, I keep thinking of Majestic Prince, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.

turn in your shonen card and haro, you just butchered the backstory of gundam age.

I haven't been terribly impressed with season 2 of SAO. On that note, the American releases end up confusing me, because everyone considers season 2 to be the elf part of SAO. While that aired in a separate "anime season" (I recall there being a certain term for a two-season anime), it still was aired at once, which means I consider it all part of one season.

japanese go on the 4 season schedule, so fall winter spring summer at usually 12-13 ep. if a series gets a pickup for the back 9 ep, it is counted as a second season.

Anyway! I thought episode 1 was fine, but I didn't care for episode 2 or 3. In my opinion, you don't stress a character who we haven't really grown attached to yet. If they would've put her backstory around episode 6-7, I think it would've been a lot better as we would've seen her interactions with "Kirito-jo-chan". I liked episode 4, but episode 5 was just okay. Honestly, I think the biggest problem is that the show has to compete with its previous incarnation that did a good job at showing us a good world and someone trying to live in it regardless of the pain and suffering.

the animation studio is kind of phoning it in. the ainclad arc LN was much easier to translate into tv as it was much tighter in terms of plot and story reveals. plus they probably had a lot more time to work on breaking it down into visual story telling. for ALO the prep time was probably much tighter and you see the result. GGO is skipping a bunch of details and the visualization is somewhat off.

take the predictive line dodge game where kirito earns the money. there should have been a 5 sec internal monologue with some flashback to SAO scenes where you learn that the seed game engine NPCs reveal their target lock with their eyes. kirito wasnt waiting for the predictive line, but reading the quickdraw npc's gaze. the alley that he ran was supposed to be over 30m but looked barely longer than 12 yards. the timing of the sequence should have more cyclical ramps in the perceived danger as the npc reloaded. they seem to be pushing the pretty pictures aspect rather than action sequence animation. if you look back at SAO most of the really cool stuff was a much simpler art style to make it easier to animate the more complex timed animation. now you see a lot of lingering holds on still poses. like i said before the LN had pacing issues at the start, so they may be glossing over the early ep to work on polishing the later stuff.

I don't know what to think about this one. I'm somewhat on the same page as you that the first two episodes were fairly strong and action-packed, but the backstory is a little dull comparatively. Although, ... go Peggy!! :awe:

storywise the 1st ep is amazing in what it pulls off. action movie levels of en media res straight out declares lives are at stake. clear threat level defined for the villains so all the hesitation of the good guys is natural and emphasizes the josephCampbell call to action. the whole "will the white hair girl come back" stuff created massive backstory in a few lines. the main character only shows up in the last 2 min ala The Third Man1949.

to suddenly veer into a meandering origin esper story with cute and gag bits everywhere is a radical change in tone. the only series i can remember doing this well was Gungrave. that only worked because it shifted from scifi action to a mafia rise to power story that was actually interesting on its own.

I'm a bit behind on this one, but I still intend to keep up. I enjoy a good slice of life, and the characters appear to be a lot of fun.

they keep hinting at depth and melodrama but the gag bits just obliterate any emotional attachment to any character other than the cute kid.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep with Akame ga Kill either. The first episode or two seemed good. Although, it's beginning to reek too much of a silly, harem anime that wants to be a bit edgy, but fails at both. Also, it's already fallen into an episodic feel, which I hope it pulls out of and into a longer arc.

im assuming this is a popular manga that people like already. so far everything is just very hollow.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Went on another watching binge

Btoom!
Future Diary
Jormungand
Basilisk
Black Lagoon

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Gintama
Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere
Infinite Ryvius

Okami-san and Her Seven Companions
Spice and Wolf

Chaos-Head
Robotics-Notes
Steins-Gate

D-Gray-man
Zatch Bell

The Story of Saiunkoku
Croisee in a Foreign Labyrinth
And Yet the Town Moves
Beck
Nana

 

[Aikouka]

turn in your shonen card and haro, you just butchered the backstory of gundam age.

No. You should give me a goddamn medal for forgetting about the horrid Gundam AGE! Gundam AGE was the first Gundam series that I couldn't finish because it was just so terrible; I only made it about 42 episodes in before I gave up.

japanese go on the 4 season schedule, so fall winter spring summer at usually 12-13 ep. if a series gets a pickup for the back 9 ep, it is counted as a second season.

I know about the anime seasons, but I look at them as being aired together. Also, it doesn't help that the anime databases don't split them apart. I use PLEX for managing everything, and it uses AniDB for setting things up. AniDB lumps all of Sword Art Online together, and it considers the new one to be Sword Art Online II. Although, if I were to use TheTVDB, then it would use the American scheduling.

to suddenly veer into a meandering origin esper story with cute and gag bits everywhere is a radical change in tone. the only series i can remember doing this well was Gungrave.

Buuuuuurandon! :awe: I've been tempted to watch Gungrave again.

they keep hinting at depth and melodrama but the gag bits just obliterate any emotional attachment to any character other than the cute kid.

Based upon the first episode, I assumed that it was going to mostly be about the kid and the artist. Heck, they're the only two featured on the poster art.

 

[Kev]

Started Attack on Titan on netflix. I like it a lot but:

1. What is the deal with drops of sweat on everyone's faces constantly? My guess is it's a way to show characters' stress levels, because you never see the more badass ones sweating. Kind of annoying to look at though.
2. Does all anime involve characters screaming at the fucking top of their lungs about everything? Eren gives me a headache.
3. Armin is a guy right? It looks like a girl and is voiced by a girl yet they constantly refer to it as "he." I am confuse.

 

[Arcadio]

I gave up on Kill-La-Kill after 8 episodes. Too over-the-top.
Death Note is next in my queue.

 

[Aikouka]

1. What is the deal with drops of sweat on everyone's faces constantly? My guess is it's a way to show characters' stress levels, because you never see the more badass ones sweating. Kind of annoying to look at though.

It's just an anime trope that's used more commonly in comedic situations.

2. Does all anime involve characters screaming at the fucking top of their lungs about everything? Eren gives me a headache.

No. That's pretty much like asking if all movies involve shooting guns because you watched Rambo. Although, I think that boisterous characters tend to be more common in shounen anime (anime meant for young males) where Shingeki no Kyojin is a seinen anime (anime meant for "older" males). Also, Eren is sort of the stereotypical "tryhard" character in anime that tends to be quite vocal. When they find their conviction, you will know.

3. Armin is a guy right? It looks like a girl and is voiced by a girl yet they constantly refer to it as "he." I am confuse.

Yes. Plenty of male anime characters are voiced by females. If you look at some of the most popular shounen anime: Goku from Dragon Ball Z? Female. Luffy from One Piece? Female. Naruto from Naruto? Female. Ichigo from Bleach? Male. Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin? Female. Yuusuke from Yuu Yuu Hakusho? Male. Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam? Male. There are probably plenty of other good examples that I've left out, but I think you get the idea.

Heck, we've been listening to Bart Simpson for decades here, and he's voiced by a female.

 

[Cappuccino]

I gave up on Kill-La-Kill after 8 episodes. Too over-the-top.
Death Note is next in my queue.

The fan service over the top or?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

The fan service over the top or?

Can't be as bad as Nisemonogatari

 

[Arcadio]

I'm ready to give up on Anime watching. The extremely low frame rate (is that the right terminology) and the shameless lack of any actual animation is too much for me. It's like watching a slide show. I'll give Death Note a try, and if it's more of the same, then that's it for me.

 

[sdifox]

And framerate matters how?

 

[Aikouka]

And framerate matters how?

I think he's just using the wrong terms. If I had to guess, he's talking about things like the tweening used.

 

[Arcadio]

I think he's just using the wrong terms. If I had to guess, he's talking about things like the tweening used.

What I mean is that Anime shows seem to show only 3 or 4 frames per second, so it looks very choppy. I guess most people are used to it, but I'm starting to notice it more and more so it's very distracting. Sometimes a scene lasts for 5 or 6 seconds and no animation occurs at all. It's like watching a slideshow.

 

[sdifox]

What I mean is that Anime shows seem to show only 3 or 4 frames per second, so it looks very choppy. I guess most people are used to it, but I'm starting to notice it more and more so it's very distracting. Sometimes a scene lasts for 5 or 6 seconds and no animation occurs at all. It's like watching a slideshow.

Example?

 

[arkcom]

tokyo ghoul: skipping this strictly on the absurd premise. zombies who eat people are allowed to roam around and form gangs and power struggles. cuz governments have a live and let live policy for infected murderers [/sarcasm] .

Umm, no. The major plot line so far has been about the ghouls hiding from/ fighting a government agency (the "Doves").

 

[Zodiark1593]

What I mean is that Anime shows seem to show only 3 or 4 frames per second, so it looks very choppy. I guess most people are used to it, but I'm starting to notice it more and more so it's very distracting. Sometimes a scene lasts for 5 or 6 seconds and no animation occurs at all. It's like watching a slideshow.

A low framerate could be any number of problems. Could be your device/pc, could be your playback software having a fit (hint: Try turning off GPU Acceleration in VLC, worked for a playback issue I had), or could just be crappy video itself.

 

[Aikouka]

What I mean is that Anime shows seem to show only 3 or 4 frames per second, so it looks very choppy. I guess most people are used to it, but I'm starting to notice it more and more so it's very distracting. Sometimes a scene lasts for 5 or 6 seconds and no animation occurs at all. It's like watching a slideshow.

You aren't by chance watching Nobunaga Concerto, are you? I started watching that, and it's pretty obvious that they chose an animation style that specifically uses stuttered movements to provoke a painting-like look.

Also, I think you're overstating anything that you might be seeing... 3-4 frames per second is incredibly slow. That's a new frame every 250-333 milliseconds. In my experience, anime series will sometimes "cheat" by panning on a single image rather than actually animating something, but is that a surprise given these are weekly series? They do also take other slight shortcuts to help cut down on all the animation. For example, in quite a lot of series, patterns on clothes are now handled using CG. It's incredibly obvious when you see the pattern not moving with the clothes.

 

[Arcadio]

This is an example of what I mean

Notice the very few number of actual frames showing the character getting down to pick up the stick. The artists drew probably 6 or 7 frames, so it looks very choppy and not smooth at all. Maybe anime fans are used to it. I don't watch large amounts of anime, so I guess I'm not used to it, but it's distracting.

BTW, I'm calling them "frames" but maybe there is a better term.

 

[Zodiark1593]

This is an example of what I mean

Notice the very few number of actual frames showing the character getting down to pick up the stick. The artists drew probably 6 or 7 frames, so it looks very choppy and not smooth at all. Maybe anime fans are used to it. I don't watch large amounts of anime, so I guess I'm not used to it, but it's distracting.

BTW, I'm calling them "frames" but maybe there is a better term.

This is definitely not typical of the anime I've seen. While the framerate itself doesn't seem low (judging by the panning of the environment itself) the characters themselves seem quite poorly animated. The woman walking by makes that especially obvious.

Might want to try another anime if this will be an issue for you. :|

 

[sdifox]

Aldoah.Zero

Loved the show.

 

[Aikouka]

So, the new season of anime has pretty much begun. Anyone watch anything yet?

So far, I've checked out the following...

Madan no Ou to Vanadis - I just can't quite put my finger on this one. While it has the usual big-bosomed female characters that are common in ecchi, it comes across as a bit more interesting. I think it has to do with the main character not being such a bore. He's a bit brash and skilled yet he doesn't have that cold attitude that we've seen in our heroes as of late (e.g. Code Geass, Aldnoah Zero, etc.).

Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete - Hmm I'm not too sure what to think about this one just yet. I guessed what was going to happen at the end; however, it didn't seem to matter? I guess we'll have to wait and see what happened! :hmm:

Gundam Reconguista in G - Ugh... I've only seen the first episode so far, but I don't really care for what I saw. Although, that's not surprising since I generally dislike it when any sort of story just throws you into the middle of things without any introduction to characters, backstory, etc. Ultimately, they just never gave a reason to continue watching. I don't care about any of the characters because I don't know any of them, and the mystery of "Squirrel Girl" doesn't exact get intrigue me.

I'll also be checking out the following in the next day or two...
TERRA FORMARS
Tribe Cool Crew
Denki-gai no Honya-san
Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

There are also some others that I haven't seen available yet, but I marked them as something to check out.

Aldoah.Zero

Loved the show.

Some of the final episodes seemed a bit rushed. I also wish that they would've spent a little bit more time (maybe one episode) before jumping into the conflict. Inaho seemed to have a bit too much plot armor as he just happened to be bad ass without us ever catching a glimpse of it prior to conflict.

 

[sdifox]

Zankyu no Terror Interesting revenge plot.
Tokyo ESP err, it's all over the place.
Rokoujuma no Shinryakusha typical harem but has its funny moments
Coppelion - meh