1. "If you touch her, you'll be crossing the River Styx instead of the Milky Way" - Jin Mitaka, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
2. "If you have to ask what it symbolizes, it didn't." - Roger Ebert
3. "When I'm dead, make me a penguin. I love penguins." - Yoru no Ou, Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?
4. "So you'll open yourself to anybody who's got the money?" - Kakeru Daichi, Akikan!, talking to a vending machine
5. "You can't attack in the middle of my move, it's not fair!" - Kon Hokaze, Ixion Saga DT, in the middle of RPG battle
Milestones:
20th dropped TV series: Seikon no Blacksmith
30th dropped TV series: Oh! Edo Rocket
40th dropped TV series: Maburaho
50th dropped TV series: Code:Breaker
60th dropped TV series: Area no Kishi
70th dropped TV series: Ishida to Asakura
80th dropped TV series: Special A
100th completed TV series: Mushi-shi
150th completed TV series: Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo? (disappointing)
Seasons:
Top Winter 2012 Animes (in no particular order):
1. Ano Natsu
2. Inu Boku
3. Papakiki
Top Spring 2012 Animes (in no particular order):
1. Tsuritama
2. Korezom S2
3. Jormungand
Top Summer 2012 Animes (in no particular order):
1. Kokoro Connect
2. Binbougami ga!
3. Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II
Top Fall 2012 Animes (in no particular order):
1. Jormungand: Perfect Order
2. Sukitte Ii na yo.
Top Winter 2013 Animes (in no particular order):
1. Kotoura-san
Anime collection:
Owns:
Code Geass R1 & R2 Premium Editions - Bandai Entertainment
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, Seasons 1 & 2 - Bandai Entertainment
Pandora Hearts Premium Edition 1 - NIS America
Toradora Premium Edition 2 - NIS America
Bunny Drop Premium Edition - NIS America
Hanasaku Iroha Premium Edition 1 & 2 - NIS America (on the way)
Plan to buys:
Mushishi
Is this a Zombie?
Ghost in the Shell movies
Rant:
I am thankful for Guilty Crown because it:
1. introduced me to supercell
2. gave me a great conversation starter; bashing GC is always fun
3. gave me a good laugh reading this review
I am thankful for Sword Art Online because it:
1. created a new multiverse harem genre
2. proved that there are animes out there just as bad, if not worse, than GC
3. confirmed beyond all doubt that hype alone equals sales
Yes, this is what history has shown to us. Humanity went from full retard to only 70% full retard. Tendency to going smart.
Well that's kinda what key does. Present you an innocent person, and then BAM sad backstory. Like in angel beats.
No I mean they kinda glorify the big 3, though to be honest this is just second hand information, not my personal experience. So I cannot say anything about it.
But I don't think being the the best rated anime series is justified. I cannot expect it to be that good.
Well it was never fully explained. And thinking about it makes it only worse. I keep my memory of crying like a little girl and that's it.
At least it is the best show PA Works has done so far. At least from what I have seen.
True about that, they are kinda alike, but Suzumiya was worse as a character.
Yeah you should have watched "christ killer, devil worshiper, the ultimate metal crew" instead ;P
lol i have no idea. I dont really follow technology trends even though i find them fascinating.
Yeah Lelouch was just what made the show good.
No not in a Fantasy setting, I mean dystopians which are explained by "magic" basically. Not "society has advanced into this state".
I find it unrealistic if with all the progress humanity would make a shitty society. To me that is propaganda.
Like people who say "how can you trust robots, haven't you seen terminator?" as if that shit is representing the future correctly.
So shows like Shinsekai Yori, Texhnolyze and Casshern Sins make sense to me since they play in an alternative "fantasy" univserse, well not so much Shinsekai but it had psychokinesis as a "fantasy" element.
Or even Guilty Crown, that crystal virus was totally magic.
Well I haven't seen Clannad or most of their other works, only a bit Little Busters, but that was also very forced drama.
It's like showing you really really sad backstories to innocent people so you feel sorry.
I mean I like that, but I hate their artstyle...
I probably never gonna watch Gintama. I refuse to like it because it's like the best rated anime on MAL. Though all it does is glorifying battleshounen.
Oh well Angel Beats was 50/50, comedy and drama, so is Little Busters and I imagine most of their other shows.
Oh well the "how did she get into heaven before him" paradox.
My explanation: You don't go to heaven right away it can take a while until you arrive there. It's never implied when they got there.
A much bigger question would be "how did you die, even though she got his heart".
lol @ suzumiya. I think it was different in many ways. After watching sizumiya, besides the appearance both girls were very different.
Me neither, I bought my last pc more than 6 years ago. I got the old one from my stepdad which is also already 4-5 years old now.
Haha Code Geass, the first season was even smart sometimes, but the second was just BAM BAM TITS AND ASSES WHOOOOOO.
But shit was fun, and I loved it.
But I know what you mean. It depends all on your values and knowledge though. Psycho Pass was a show I couldn't tolerate from a suspension of disbelief point of view, since I'm too much interested in future societies. I hate dystopian settings that are not explained by fantasy, it just doesn't work with me.
Make it fantasy or make it smart. But don't try to make it believable yet fail.
True on the forced drama part.
Overall the show was really shoving you the sadness in your face. It wasn't really subtle and everything was just a way to make you sad. Like Key works. Though Key is a bit better in it imo.
True that, would be terrible to watch comedies and so on under the expectation for a good plot.
All it needs is making me laugh.
Oh well Angel Beats wasn't really sad for me... until the end.
I was like "well that was sad but nothing that'd make me cry" and then suddenly the ending... Oh shit I haven't cried that much in an anime ever.
So yeah I liked it, but watching it a second time showed me the flaws. Though it was fast it still kinda dragged on, especially the ending.
There were also a lot of asspulls and too fast character changes.
I didn't mind them not showing the backdrops of all characters, but overall it was really a cheap trick to make you feel sad in the end.
Haha... but i think i will try to finish natsume, though i will try to bear it. If i still get no feeling on it, then i will drop it. lol
Oh, so you have seen the whole season of natsume... then how can you bear to watch it then? :/
Oh i see....
i totally agree with Maou, when the first i watch it i thought this will be a great anime but the time loop and other aspects like unnecessary fanservice (cleavage of Maou boobies) or awful pacing is disappoint me.
anyway, i dont think anime getting worse maybe you set your "qualify against what good anime" is too high. One message for me, Dont be too strict, just enjoy it. :)
Oh then, maybe if you may i can recommend you something. You know lately i found some a really great anime, its Aoi Bungaku Series. I cant help to fallin in love with this anime and ended up as my top 5. I love classic stories and maybe if you're looking for a great story anime with a great emotion on it then Aoi Bungaku is a greatest choice.
For natsume :
Thats why i still holding on and hestitant for continuing this series. Thats avoidance behavior. Maybe i will drop it in the future. Who knows? lol
Oh thats explaining everything, why you love hanasaku or mushishi. Scenery deska....
BTW What do you mean by "bad luck" in winter 2013? did something happen?
Awesome, all very helpful information! I guess I missed out on the rightstuf holiday sales last time so I'll def keep that in mind this year. And damn, the whole Bandai ordeal sucks. I can only hope that someday they sell the rights of some of the series they own to Funi so that they can release blurays in NA but idk much about how all that company stuff works.
That would be nice if they had the LE for sale still on rightstuf (which yeah, I think the only thing is it has the art box to hold both cases) but part 2 is pretty much the same price for both sites. And I want the LE but I always get stuck on whether to buy something sooner in case the price is to rise or to wait and see if it drops >_> Special editions seem to always rise though would you agree? (I haven't been collecting for that long) So I should probably buy it as soon as I can?
Well the first part LE is $65 dollars for S;G. I didn't realize the normal edition is only 47 and then the 2nd part 40 so I guess it's not too bad considering it's epicness. But I am just discouraged from buying it yet since you can get some Bluray/DVD combos complete series for around only 30 or 40 bucks. The best Bluray deal I've seen is Soul Eater - 51 episodes for $26 is a steal!
Dang, that Toradora would be very nice to get. Good luck on finding a good offer hopefully soon :P
And yes, I'm very thankful to Funi for dishing out so many blu rays. Idk when I will be able to buy Steins;Gate though. Holy shit, that is expensive xD
I have no clue what comes with the KoreZom LE. I just saw it for a fair price and I still have it in the plastic seal. Most of my anime is still sealed for some reason. I'm just collecting for now but maybe some day I'll open them and give them a watch.
