| Yeah it's a great series, at times it was a little too slow for me but I still love it and the art gave it such an authentic feel. I want to see more from that mangaka, I got to read her yaoi one about politicians XD eta- just found out viz is publishing the manga online @ http://www.sigikki.com/index.shtml definitely going to read it! |
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| I finished Princess Mononoke last night and I was a bit dissapointed. Everybody seemed to rave about it but I struggled to really enjoy it. Yes, it was visually very good, but I felt the story was a wee bit weak and I couldnt connect to the characters. I somehow feel that I have missed out on something great here, or maybe my expectations were too high? I am also watching Futakoi Alternative and it is not really working for me either, it seems to have become very disjointed inspite of the tie-ins to Futakoi. I will probably complete it, but I am dissapointed because people said it was better than the original, I feel its a poor attempt at a sequel. Maybe by the end of the series I will change my opinion. |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
| Just finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood! What a SUPERB piece of anime. It will take it's place among my favorites, but to decide which one goes away. This next-to-last shot of the series during the ending credits made me extremely happy!! WARNING: HUGE SPOILER!! Do not click if you haven't watch the final episode!! |
| Just finished Working!. Started out with such great potential. Then it got repetitive and kinda dull... and ended w/ no resolution... *sigh* Final score 6/10 |
| I just finished Evangelion 2.22... for me... superb. I was riveted through the entire piece. While the TV series often left me trying to wrap my head around things... I don't have the same issue with the theatrical release. Ya ya.. lots of blood & gore.. more so than the series I believe... but the story lines feel more complete and in depth. I didn't find Shinji to be overtly annoying in the original TV release (I know most of you did) ... but he didn't seem quite as wimpy as before. Asuka and Rei both seem a little more human as well. I'll be buying these to go with the original series.. and these will be rewatched. |
Chelle said: Just finished Working!. Started out with such great potential. Then it got repetitive and kinda dull... and ended w/ no resolution... *sigh* Final score 6/10 Umm, what kind of "resolution" did you expect? It's a freaking gag series not an epic drama... |
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| LOLOL kuroraka... you're right. I guess I actually wanted a "romance" between Inami and Takanashi. LMAO. See? This is why I rarely watch comedies. O_o Give me a good old fashioned bloody sword fight any day over this. Hahahaha. |
Chelle said: LOLOL kuroraka... you're right. I guess I actually wanted a "romance" between Inami and Takanashi. LMAO. See? This is why I rarely watch comedies. O_o Give me a good old fashioned bloody sword fight any day over this. Hahahaha. Well, she didn't beat him to death, wasn't that romantic enough for you?:P |
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| just finished the 2 episode OVA Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, was completely enthralled in the calm peaceful world created, beautiful and very touching with a hint of profound depth... I highly reccomend it, fantastic all around! now on to its sequel, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ~Quiet Country Cafe~ :-) |
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Jusenkyo_Guide said: just finished the 2 episode OVA Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, was completely enthralled in the calm peaceful world created, beautiful and very touching with a hint of profound depth... I highly reccomend it, fantastic all around! now on to its sequel, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ~Quiet Country Cafe~ :-) Ooooh! I loved the manga, didn't know there was an OVA. Gotta check this out some time. |
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Chelle said: Well, like the majority of the western otaku world, I too have finished watching FMA:B, and while I did enjoy the series, it did a few things for me. Just finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood! What a SUPERB piece of anime. It will take it's place among my favorites, but to decide which one goes away. This next-to-last shot of the series during the ending credits made me extremely happy!! WARNING: HUGE SPOILER!! Do not click if you haven't watch the final episode!! #1 - re-affirmed my decision to not watch a series streamed. From now on I will continue to do it the old fashioned way and d/l or purchase the series. The wait for the next episode just pissed me off. #2 - did not get on the PTB list. While I did enjoy the series, it was enough like the first series at the beginning that I thought it was a re-run and I already have that on disc from Spoon, Sonchou, SHS, and Keep-ANBU, thank you very much. And, Chelle, anyone who has been watching the series was not going to be to terribly surprised by your so-called spoiler, and knew it was going to happen. Although, Mei certainly turned out to be a cutie there. Kinda surprised that her "neko" didn't grow up like she did though. |
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kuroraka said: just finished Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ~Quiet Country Cafe~, both it and its prequel make for an absolutely delightful 4 ep OVA series... completely engrossing and filled with a heartfelt feeling and warmth .. can't really describe it, just the epitome of 'feel-good' ... easily an 8 or 9 out of 10 :-)Jusenkyo_Guide said: just finished the 2 episode OVA Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, was completely enthralled in the calm peaceful world created, beautiful and very touching with a hint of profound depth... I highly reccomend it, fantastic all around! now on to its sequel, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou ~Quiet Country Cafe~ :-) Ooooh! I loved the manga, didn't know there was an OVA. Gotta check this out some time. and thanks for mentioning it kuroraka, will definitely be checking out the Manga :-D |
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Chelle said: WARNING: HUGE SPOILER!! Do not click if you haven't watch the final episode!! Wow... I completely missed that... XD |
| Click on this. I dare you. | MAL Fantasy Football League | Currently Watching List RWBY Club. RWBY is anime. Deal with it. |
| Finished Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino last night. Henrietta, Triela and the rest of those killer moppets remain as lethal as ever, not to mention their creepy relationship with their fratellos. ICK! |
 May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| Just finished Hetalia Axis Powers! What a fun ride!! And what other 52-episode series is so easy to finish in just over 48 hours? LOL. I can't help but wonder though... the way Italy and Canada were portrayed... if there aren't some angry Italians and Canadians out there? I loved it. 8/10. D/L Hetalia World Series now. ^_^ |
| Mayoi Neko Overrun. It sucks.. dont watch it. |
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Skadi said: Mayoi Neko Overrun. It sucks.. dont watch it. I gave it a 9 :p |
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Chelle said: I don't know about the Italians but I thought the portrayal of Canada wasn't that bad. It wasn't a laugh out loud portrayal but good enough for a smirk every now and then (and a bit of WTF?).I can't help but wonder though... the way Italy and Canada were portrayed... if there aren't some angry Italians and Canadians out there? I loved it. 8/10. D/L Hetalia World Series now. ^_^ |
| I think Hetalia pretty much just offends everyone doesnt it? :) |
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KyuuAL said: Chelle said: WARNING: HUGE SPOILER!! Do not click if you haven't watch the final episode!! Wow... I completely missed that... XD Those are the Easter Eggs you get for watching to the end and sitting through the credits. If you don't watch the credits you miss some of the best scenes. Particularly if you have been watching a Jackie Chan or Dom DeLuise movie where they show the bloopers. Skadi said: I think Hetalia pretty much just offends everyone doesnt it? :) That or bores them to tears and want nothing more to do with it. Like me. It didn't offend me, I just thought is was incredibly brainless and an utter waste of my time. First time I ever dropped a series. Not put on hold, dropped. As in not worth coming back to after 3 episodes of sheer tedium. I want my 15 minutes back. |
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| Hahaha... shame you didn't give it more than 3 episodes. Had some great funny moments. ^_^ Even when they were ragging on America. LMAO |
Chelle said: Sure they're only 5 minute eps, but that's 5 minutes more than I want to spend after having seen the first 15, and it's just one more reason for me to avoid the bishie genre in the future.Hahaha... shame you didn't give it more than 3 episodes. Had some great funny moments. ^_^ Even when they were ragging on America. LMAO |
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| One of my favorite parts: America(while looking at a map): So where is Japan again? France, England and Russia in unison: Yep, he's American, alright. LMAO!! |
| I just completed Tokomeki Memorial and I really enjoyed it. Sure, it doesnt have a great story, but it was a lot of fun. I am a sucker for these high school romance shows because my own high school life was absolutely lousy and this is the only way I can make up for it. The usual crop of crazy love sick girls turns up, and there were some really cute ones. And the transfer student who is actually a reasonably decent guy who gets tangled up by to many girls after his affection. Oh, and then there is a chicken. It also had some very nice music in it and I was actually sorry when it ended. I have the OVA to watch still and hopefully that woint disapoint. |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
| Just finished 2 series today. First was Nanoha StrikerS. Shh, don't tell anyone. It was okay. The other was FMA:Brotherhood. Brotherhood was awesome. And no, I wasn't crying when Ed got his arm back, I just had something in my eye. Really. shut up. Anyway. It is 1 of only 2 anime that I have given a 10 and it's now one of my favorites. |
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| Now, I finished the manga Onani Master Kurosawa. It was recommended to me. And were it not for the recommendation, the title would have kept me away. It was much better than I expected. The main character grows into a much better person at the end. I'm glad to have read it. |
| - Jim |
| I like so many recently finished FMA Brotherhood. While I'm glad to have seen the differences (because I couldn't make it past volume 1 of the manga), I NEVER want to watch Brotherhood again. I'll stick with the original. The ending credits were sweet but predictable. I feel robbed by Brotherhood since I also recently completed Monochrome Factor. I was surprised by this series. It turned out to be pretty good. And the ending . . . well, |
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| I completed The Tatami Galaxy yesterday and it was odd, It only really made some sort of sense at the end, but for some reason it was enjoyable because there was some really odd moments in it. The closest thing to it I have seen in ages was the Endless Eight episodes from Haruhi Suzumiya. I also watched the first 2 episodes of "I's" and it was lousy. Had it been more than 2 episodes I probably would have dropped it. I did DL "I's Pure" a bit before and am now hesitant to watch it just in case it too is garbage. Ugh, I hate wasting a good download, lucky it is only 6 episodes. |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
| I finished Saber Marionette J to X last week. I guess the underlying story is what kept me watching through to the end. The animation was not very good. I also had a problem with the voice acting but, it was a dubbed version. I don't know how good the voice acting was in the original Japanese. Still, I enjoyed it more than enough to finish it. Today I finished Rumbling Hearts. Not really my cup of tea. Too much like a daytime soap. And a sappy ending. One of lowest scores for anime I have actually finished. Still, I can see how there are those who would enjoy it much more than I. |
| - Jim |
| Over the weekend I finished Yamato season 2. It was terrific. Much better than the first season and probably the best space based series I have seen to date. Lots of exciting space combat with a decent amount of drama mixed in. It was like World War 2 in space heh. |
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| Finished the fourth season of Maria Watches Over Us the other day. A truly delightful season filled with a goodly amount of angst and drama, but it had a happy ending, so I'm doubly pleased. |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| I watched I's awhile ago and it was awful. It was so bad I really did not feel up to watching I's Pure that I had already downloaded. But, I am off sick so decided to watch it anyway and I was pleasantly suprised. It was 1000 times better than I's although they both shared the same characters. Its one of those boy wants girl but other girl wants same boy scenarios and it was very frustrating at times because the 2 who were meant to be just could not get it together. Everybody did live happily ever after though and I came away with new hope for the future (why I dont know). The irony is that the main female character Lori is unlike most anime heroines I have seen, she is almost nornmal! I really enjoyed this little gem because I do so like a soppy romance now and then. Oh, its ecchi level is low... |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
| Genshiken and Genshiken OVA. Wow... they were both a lot of fun. Shades of Welcome to the NHK is the first thing that springs to mind, but this one has more functional characters. I liked the balance between protagonists and how the Otaku vs non-Otaku is threshed out and how some sot of compromise is reached. Its an interesting and entertaining view and I am now collecting eps for series 2. A few days later and Genshiken 2 is under my belt and it was just as great, although with a very different feel to the 1st series. I did enjoy it though, I just wish it had a better ending. |
nixopsJul 29, 2010 11:22 AM
| May the Uguu be with you. |
| Finished ARIA The Origination last night. A delightful ending to an all-around delightful series I've enjoyed from the very beginning. |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
OrlahEhontas said: KyuuAL said: Chelle said: WARNING: HUGE SPOILER!! Do not click if you haven't watch the final episode!! Wow... I completely missed that... XD Those are the Easter Eggs you get for watching to the end and sitting through the credits. If you don't watch the credits you miss some of the best scenes. Particularly if you have been watching a Jackie Chan or Dom DeLuise movie where they show the bloopers. I did watch... and I still missed it. XD === Also, I just finished Angel Beats. ;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.; |
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| I have been on a shounen-ai/yaoi kick that just cannot be satiated. In addition to catching up to the weekly release of Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru, over the last 48 hours, I have been feasting on titles such as Okane ga Nai, Haru wo Daiteita, My Sexual Harassment, Level C and Ai no Kusabe. I'm still trying to figure out if I want to be saved or not. **grabs drool bucket and moves on to find her next series** |
Chelle said: I have been on a shounen-ai/yaoi kick that just cannot be satiated. In addition to catching up to the weekly release of Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru, over the last 48 hours, I have been feasting on titles such as Okane ga Nai, Haru wo Daiteita, My Sexual Harassment, Level C and Ai no Kusabe. I'm still trying to figure out if I want to be saved or not. **grabs drool bucket and moves on to find her next series** Yo, boss! When you become hopelessly incapacitated, can I have the keys to the dungeon? I'm sure there's all sorts of fun stuff down there I can play with! ^_^ |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| Still feeding... finished up Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku, Boku wa Kono Mama Kaeranai, Fake, Seikimatsu Darling, and Saigo no Door wo Shimero! *whew* ...oh... and as for Sensitive Pornograph.. all I have to say is... HOLY HELL!!! *drool** When will this madness end? As for now... keep bringing in the pretty boys who love pretty boys... (well, after I recover from Sensitive Pornograph) muahahahahahahahahahaha eta: Philly... for dungeon keys... you must talk to slender. I gave him all my spares. I had to stop going in there. It was scary. O_o ... especially when I learned what D-S was doing on her regular visits. ;-) I'm sure slender slipped her an extra key as well. You may wanna check with her. (You may have to bribe her with PB cups :P) |
ChelleAug 9, 2010 3:16 PM
Chelle said: Still feeding... finished up Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku, Boku wa Kono Mama Kaeranai, Fake, Seikimatsu Darling, and Saigo no Door wo Shimero! *whew* ...oh... and as for Sensitive Pornograph.. all I have to say is... HOLY HELL!!! *drool** When will this madness end? As for now... keep bringing in the pretty boys who love pretty boys... (well, after I recover from Sensitive Pornograph) muahahahahahahahahahaha eta: Philly... for dungeon keys... you must talk to slender. I gave him all my spares. I had to stop going in there. It was scary. O_o ... especially when I learned what D-S was doing on her regular visits. ;-) I'm sure slender slipped her an extra key as well. You may wanna check with her. (You may have to bribe her with PB cups :P) Many thanks for the info, boss! I'll look up D-S. I'm having a hard time imagining you being scared of anything, I mean, you're the head honcho of us all! Meanwhile, I've finished ARIA the Origination, Maria Watches Over Us and Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino. Good stuff all! |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| Just completed Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge. I dropped this last year and came back to it this week after a long hiatus. and I was pleasantly surprised. Its the usual slice of life/high school romance/childhood friends sort of genre and it did turn toward the expected ending. However, there were at least 2 really nice balanced characters in it that I was rooting for. The one; Yuumi Hoshino, was awesome, kind of like Nagisa from Clannad, and sadly at the end she was all alone which I thought was a shame (I really must stop getting involved with these characters like this!) But I enjoyed watching her as well as everybody else. There is a special for it too, but I havent been able to find it for DL Now to try marathon the end of Elfen Lied. |
| May the Uguu be with you. |
nixops said: Just completed Kimi Kiss Pure Rouge. I dropped this last year and came back to it this week after a long hiatus. and I was pleasantly surprised. Its the usual slice of life/high school romance/childhood friends sort of genre and it did turn toward the expected ending. However, there were at least 2 really nice balanced characters in it that I was rooting for. The one; Yuumi Hoshino, was awesome, kind of like Nagisa from Clannad, and sadly at the end she was all alone which I thought was a shame (I really must stop getting involved with these characters like this!) But I enjoyed watching her as well as everybody else. There is a special for it too, but I havent been able to find it for DL Now to try marathon the end of Elfen Lied. Small world! I've been reading the Kimikiss manga and have found it entertaining. |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| I have just finished the best yaoi series I have ever seen in my life. The story (yes, ladies, a real story) is romantic, poignant, and tragic. It's told beautifully. I don't know what else I can say about it. I teetered between giving it a 9 and a perfect 10. The highest score any yaoi or shounen-ai has ever received from me. The 3-episode OVA is called Fuyu no Semi, or Winter Cicada. Emotionally, this one is gonna take me a while to "digest". Even the sex scenes in this series were beautifully and erotically done, without it just being about "doing the deed". I have never seen a shounen-ai or yaoi series with this much depth to it. Loved it. And I'm still teetering. For now, 9/10, but once I rewatch it, that may change to a perfect 10. |
ChelleAug 10, 2010 10:10 PM
nixops said: A few days later and Genshiken 2 is under my belt and it was just as great, although with a very different feel to the 1st series. I did enjoy it though, I just wish it had a better ending. I'd already read the manga and was bracing myself for so much in the final episodes... we finally finished watching it tonight and I can't believe they left out what they did. |
Chelle said: I have just finished the best yaoi series I have ever seen in my life. The story (yes, ladies, a real story) is romantic, poignant, and tragic. It's told beautifully. I don't know what else I can say about it. I teetered between giving it a 9 and a perfect 10. The highest score any yaoi or shounen-ai has ever received from me. The 3-episode OVA is called Fuyu no Semi, or Winter Cicada. Emotionally, this one is gonna take me a while to "digest". Even the sex scenes in this series were beautifully and erotically done, without it just being about "doing the deed". I have never seen a shounen-ai or yaoi series with this much depth to it. Loved it. And I'm still teetering. For now, 9/10, but once I rewatch it, that may change to a perfect 10. Yo, boss! Sounds like you're liking this yaoi stuff WAY too much! HA! |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| I've always enjoyed it, Philly. I've just been on a kick of that genre lately. But I'm glad, since it got me to watch that series. :) |
Chelle said: I have just finished the best yaoi series I have ever seen in my life. The story (yes, ladies, a real story) is romantic, poignant, and tragic. It's told beautifully. I don't know what else I can say about it. I teetered between giving it a 9 and a perfect 10. The highest score any yaoi or shounen-ai has ever received from me. The 3-episode OVA is called Fuyu no Semi, or Winter Cicada. Emotionally, this one is gonna take me a while to "digest". Even the sex scenes in this series were beautifully and erotically done, without it just being about "doing the deed". I have never seen a shounen-ai or yaoi series with this much depth to it. Loved it. And I'm still teetering. For now, 9/10, but once I rewatch it, that may change to a perfect 10. The sad part is that it's supposedly a movie "starring" the two (AV) actors of Haru wo Daiteita and it's actually way better than their "real life" story and ova, like, their "porn movie" outdone them >_> |
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myth720 said: The sad part is that it's supposedly a movie "starring" the two (AV) actors of Haru wo Daiteita and it's actually way better than their "real life" story and ova, like, their "porn movie" outdone them >_> Hahahaha... you know, I saw that Haru wo Daiteita was supposed to be a spin-off. And other than the fact that the characters look exactly alike, I was trying to figure out "How the hell is this a spin-off?". Thanks for clarifying. ^_^ And yeah... it's sad that it is better than their real story. LOL. |
Chelle said: And yeah... it's sad that it is better than their real story. LOL. I found both pretty average (which can be said for almost every adaption of BL mangas, sadly enough) but i gave Fuyu no Semi an extra point for the samurai. Samurai make everything at least 10% better!:P |
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