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| And as the first frame rolls in I though "Shaft : )" Thing is.. It really feels like Shaft as well : D I doubt it'll compare to ef, but still And it'll be good hearing Arararararagi again, since they're taking so long on them Bakemonogatari webstreams : < Now this Oh, awesome, a kappa : D .... ... .. . xD Anyway, this seems to have the potential of being somewhere at the top of this season. Then again, Spring 10 (not to mention Winter 10) seems like a pretty weak season : < |
| Protip: I don't really check the forums anymore, so if you want something, take it on my profile. Is it time for my long-awaited return to the forums? щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Nope™, probably not. |
| Cool opening. Loved the zetsubou sensei stance |
| ok ?! that was really weird ... |
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| A Bridge pillar? Seriously? Couldnt come up with anything better to move the plot forward. Lame, so lame. Stoped watching after that. |
StarbrowApr 6, 2010 2:11 AM
| I liked a lot this for the simple reason of things being much more balanced than Dance in the Vampire bund. From the first person I can see that Ko was pretty stupid of not being able to get out from that poll that fell into the water. It was easy if he could just rip out his boxers caught on little thread of metal . His father is strange=> Nino is adorable with her hair. Her eyes have a nice dept that made me love Sawako at first. Nino being from Venus was a martian alert to me but that's fine since she looks not offensive.....I kind of get that they eat fish there if it's full of water but it looks like her temperature is way different from human standards. Laughing at that velvet some Greek dropped under the bridge. Avatars of Nino=> Kappa was a strange one and even more when I saw some skin from it.....really though it was a costume after all. Kappa does have some nice expressions I liked but best was the name he gived to Ko in Japanese......rofl. Recruit as a name....>_< Kappa nice showdown!=>  just no for me. I have not laughed so hard and intense in quite some time towards this one time=>  Overall series starts with a strong 8 for me. |
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| That was fucking awesome xD Kappa's Mayor's little dance after naming Kou cracked me up. garfield15 said: When Kou Ric was looking side-to-side, I was so positive they were about to do a Zetsubou Sensei reference. I know, me too xD |
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| I'd say this was quite hilarious :D I probably keep watching this... |
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Oosran said: Anyway, this seems to have the potential of being somewhere at the top of this season. Then again, Spring 10 (not to mention Winter 10) seems like a pretty weak season : < Am I the only one who actually thinks this is a great season so far? |
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| @Francis: Yay! More Ace Attorney fans! And yeah, I instantly thought of Phoenix then. I wonder if that was intentional? I also noticed the SZS thing. I wish they'd gone with that... |
garfield15 said: I say it is even weaker than Winter 09/10, seeing that most of the anime so far lacked some serious amount of impact and uniqueness. Winter releases had godly Durarara and Baka to test on spot light; but so far the only thing that we can call unique for the spring season is Arakawa, but nothing else; Angel beat is same key stuff, Heroman is same stan lee stuff and kaichou wa maid-sama is still same cliched shoujo stuff from what I've seen in their first impressions. The problem is, all those three were probably the most anticipated animes of the season beside noitaminAs. Oosran said: Anyway, this seems to have the potential of being somewhere at the top of this season. Then again, Spring 10 (not to mention Winter 10) seems like a pretty weak season : < Am I the only one who actually thinks this is a great season so far? Though, it's still too early to judge whether this season is shit or not. |
ringoo4 said: garfield15 said: I say it is even weaker than Winter 09/10, seeing that most of the anime so far lacked some serious amount of impact and uniqueness. Winter releases had godly Durarara and Baka to test on spot light; but so far the only thing that we can call unique for the spring season is Arakawa, but nothing else; Angel beat is same key stuff, Heroman is same stan lee stuff and kaichou wa maid-sama is still same cliched shoujo stuff from what I've seen in their first impressions. The problem is, all those three were probably the most anticipated animes of the season beside noitaminAs. Oosran said: Anyway, this seems to have the potential of being somewhere at the top of this season. Then again, Spring 10 (not to mention Winter 10) seems like a pretty weak season : < Am I the only one who actually thinks this is a great season so far? Though, it's still too early to judge whether this season is shit or not. Oh well, that's where we differ then as I actually liked Angel Beats and Heroman a lot. And I mean, I really don't think it's saying a lot when there are only two series I can say were really good (BakaTest and DRRR! and what about Hanamaru? I loved that!) when I have a bunch more that I think have "potential" and I actually cared about but let's see how the season plays out. |
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| ^ Potential is definitely there, but you know that Spring season has about 10 more animes airing than winter. Compare to its amount of anime releases, this season is pretty much... dead... |
| Yep. This is definitely a Shaft show. Which means people will either love it or hate it. I like what I'm seeing so far. :) Also Araragi Kamiya Hiroshi is in this and his character really suits his voice acting. |
| I see another Bakemonogatari ^^ |
garfield15 said: Oosran said: Anyway, this seems to have the potential of being somewhere at the top of this season. Then again, Spring 10 (not to mention Winter 10) seems like a pretty weak season : < Am I the only one who actually thinks this is a great season so far? No, I think so too. There is so many good show this season that I don't even know what to watch. (I'm starting around 16 series from this season. Yeah, it's a bit crazy, but I have a lot of free time, and I will propably drop some after the first 2-3 episodes) I don't understand people who think this season is shit. |
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| This show is full of awesome insane randomness. I like Nino's ahoge ^^ |
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| Best anime ever 10/10. |
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| it was pretty funny and weird i hope shaft would not ruin this show like what they did in vampire bund:( plus.. lol kou and his father are too funnyXD also the kappa:D |
jjihhyeApr 6, 2010 5:59 AM
| The show is quite crazy but it's exactly the kind of staff Shaft should be making because as seen by DitVB when they get a normal show they have no idea how to go about it and they completely screw it up. Also a normal show needs real animation,and work and they can't pull there usual tricks to save money/time so at least with this kind of shows they can do there tricks with out them feeling out of place. Anyway in a sense i felt like i was watching a different version of Bagemonogatari. Not that is bad since i liked that show but i hope this show has more than just crazy people. Bagemonogatari kept a sense of logic in the end, i expect to see more in to the heart of this crazy girl than just the fact that she's crazy. BTW is she suffering from that sickness where you forget things by the other day? I don't think so but we will see. Anyway not bad but not crazy about it ether. We will see how it develops. And Shaft stick to these strange shows from now on. Don't ever try making an action series again because you suck at it. |
MonadApr 6, 2010 1:42 PM
| This is SHAFT at their best, and my favourite show of the season so far. The three characters introduced this episode were crazy and amusing to watch. I found myself smiling for the majority of the episode at how ridiculous some of the stuff was. I am looking foward to watching the next episode. Also, I am not too concerned by the lack of quality in the spring season so far. The three anime that I have the highest expectations for are RAINBOW, House of Five Leaves and Yojohan Shinwa Taikei. RAINBOW is out, but hasn't been subbed yet, and the other two don't air for another week (two for Yojohan). Plus there's other unsubbed anime like Senkou no Night Raid and Giant Killing which may also turn out to be good (or not, but I can't say without subs). The reason I wasn't disappointed by Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Heroman and Angel Beats was because I didn't have particularly high expectations for them in the first place. In fact Arakawa is the first anime this season I had any kind of expectation for this season, and it didn't dissapoint. |
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| Well that was fun. Another interesting show by Shaft I'll definitely follow... |
flygon250 said: This is SHAFT at their best, and my favourite show of the season so far. The three characters introduced this episode were crazy and amusing to watch. I found myself smiling for the majority of the episode at how ridiculous some of the stuff was. This. And we also got a very good cast. |
| This was... so damn strange. Maybe too strange for me :|... |
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| It has my favorite voice actor and my favorite voice actress so that automatically makes it worth watching. I really liked it but I have a feeling I'll get tired of it as it goes on. |
| That was... not understandable. |
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| Ehhehe, where should I start... Shaft. not much else needs to be said. Had me laughing the entire time, and it definitely reminded me of Bobobo. i actually could follow what was going on for the most part, but I'd have figured that he'd be able to free himself from that pillar easily enough. |
| Dear Math, I'm not a therapist. Solve your own problems. Oh, and Algebra? Stop asking us to find your ex, she's NEVER coming back. |
| I liked it a lot. It made me laugh. Looks like this show is going to be full of random crazy characters. The cheif in the kappa costume made me laugh, and so did the way Nino got her name and how she sleeps. And Kou (recruit) just made me laugh through-out. |
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| this has to be one of the weirdest normal type animes i've seen so far |
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| Maaya Sakamoto and Hiroshi Kamiya in a Shaft production directed by Shinbou. As silly as Seto no Hanayome mixed with Bakemonogatari but less funny and flamboyant obviously. Seems like I'll watch some more even though it's by no mean an original or coherent series. |
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| it's out of this world |
| Weird.. In a good way. I loved it! |
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| most unique show I've seen so far . . . I liked it, interested to see what happens next. kinda has a tim burton feel to it . . . |
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| It's so much like Bakemonogatari, but i don't mind. I really like it already~ An anime that makes me laugh on the first episode is something special :] p.s. I can't believe she went to sleep in that.... drawer?! XD |
| good episode my god the similarity in animation to bakemonogatari... damn u shaft and eye scenes yep mindfuck is kinda lolz anybody notice Phoenix Wright reference kinda hard to miss if u were watchin |
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^ Haters gonna hate. nooooo Because what I thought was exactly opposite. |
| ^ I thought it was very entertaining despite being another gag anime like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei which I thought sucked harder than any comedy I have ever watched. |
Maximatum99 said: ^ I thought it was very entertaining despite being another gag anime like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei which I thought sucked harder than any comedy I have ever watched. We're in despair.... |
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garfield15 said: I watched the second season by accident which totally fucked up the real vibe in the first season.Maximatum99 said: ^ I thought it was very entertaining despite being another gag anime like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei which I thought sucked harder than any comedy I have ever watched. We're in despair.... |
| This is sooooooo weird. |
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Maximatum99 said: Nuuuu... D:garfield15 said: I watched the second season by accident which totally fucked up the real vibe in the first season.Maximatum99 said: ^ I thought it was very entertaining despite being another gag anime like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei which I thought sucked harder than any comedy I have ever watched. We're in despair....  I liked ZokuSZS more than the first season. It was basically packed with all the innovative and experimental stuffs that SHAFT did. |
| Ahhh, Hiroshi as the lead again...? I love the guy but c'mon Shaft, pick someone else. Anyway, I liked it in a weird way. It was rather, uh, maybe eccentric is the word? Looks like Shaft finally churned out something decent - then again, I thought that about the first episode of Bakemonogatari and ended up hating it. (inb4 raging Bakemono fanboys) At least the animation is a vast improvement from Vampire Bund. I liked it...I'll keep watching and see where this goes. |
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| Wow. That... was... AWESOME. You know, I was like ''SHAFT? Well, I guess I'll watch it for teh lulz, since it'll turn out like shit anyway.'' But it didn't. It wasn't shit. It was AWESOME! 5/5 |
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| That was just AWESOME !!! |
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