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RinM said: Dude, that thing is properly censored so I guess it's ok. Maybe...lol oh I'm amazed of how moderation on this forum does not exist :D |
Maximatum99 said: Now let's all rejoice at least we have victory here and peace...you can do the spoiler thing once you find a girl back at around your place:MisterSaito said: No. You suck it. 10/10 haters can suck it and make their own anime for fucks sake.  |
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Maximatum99 said: RinM said: Dude, that thing is properly censored so I guess it's ok. Maybe...lol oh I'm amazed of how moderation on this forum does not exist :D rofl Noup...It is still not ok... |
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RinM said: By the rules yes it is and I saw worst around here but of course they are censored like that.....personally I prefer 3D real but whatever.Maximatum99 said: RinM said: Dude, that thing is properly censored so I guess it's ok. Maybe...lol oh I'm amazed of how moderation on this forum does not exist :D rofl Noup...It is still not ok... |
In spoiler my anime list for now. |
| Well it is not so unexpected that it is allowed by the rules. It really seems this sight is not moderated at all. But it is really sad though. |
| The spring I met you, The spring without you. |
| Ignoring the 10 episodes of filler, the last 2 were actually pretty good. Also hate it when japanese people try to speak german. |
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| So... what did they say this show was? War, drama, slice of life or just a moeblob? It should've focused on one genre and then it would be way better. Not saying that it was worthless, giving it a 7 for the wonderful art, music etc, but it surely didn't have the right flow. |
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| I forgot to ask, but is Rio considered used goods now? |
-Hei- said: Unfortunately yes but not as of yet since she is only fiancee.....I take this Emperor guy tends to like his wife virgin.I forgot to ask, but is Rio considered used goods now? |
In spoiler my anime list for now. |
| L-A-M-E I'm in awe of a lot of the scores this show is getting. The show was successful at very little, and Kanata heard a trumpet from miles away. The way music was portrayed in this show is downright laughable, and borderline offensive to anyone who's ever played an instrument. But honestly, I let all that slide when she learned to play the cornet not from her teacher, but from a random glass blower. Nothing about this show felt authentic, organic, plausible, or fresh. Everything was trite, banal, over-used, and cliched. If you want thrilling atmosphere and beautiful art direction, I could come up with 10 series off the top of my head that are far better while actually having content to keep the ride entertaining. Bleh. 4/10 |
| It doesn't surprise me at all. Look at all the people in this discussion who excuse everything that went wrong and call it 'great' or 'excellent.' |
| It was okay... Now I need to play the PSP game for more moe. |
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francismeunier said: Personally I would give this one a Straight 10, yet in some circumtances they screwed up. That's why it ended into 8.MisterSaito said: 10/10 haters can suck it and make their own anime for fucks sake. Rofl I am not hater but who wants to do season 2 of this? Oh wait we need money for that so it won't be possible. I do suggest we start with Rio being either exiled as lying to the Emperor or killed...everyone else is more grown up and serious. Yeah that's a good start. It may not the best for me but I like it. I recommended this one to watch. @ francismeunier EXILED!!!That's nice, I wish that could be happened and they would appeared to be grown up. I'd LOL'ed at the part when people trying to protect 1121 Platoon and Kanata Boy: "She's not even sexy." :DD But I seems the they close up the curtain now. |
| That felt like a waste of time to me. Sure there were some enjoyable moments, but it didn't really flow well as a series. Thus my low rating ...maybe it's not low enough? 6/10 |
Marow said: So... what did they say this show was? War, drama, slice of life or just a moeblob? It should've focused on one genre and then it would be way better. Not saying that it was worthless, giving it a 7 for the wonderful art, music etc, but it surely didn't have the right flow. exactly the way I felt, they should have focused on one genre, bringing up war in the last two episodes was kinda ridiculous concerning the myriads of dull slice of life episodes before which didn't even give me the impression of getting to know anyone of the main cast any better...-.- still, a nice presentation in art and music plus a handful of enjoyable episodes, 7/10 it is. |
MikeOnHighway61Mar 23, 2010 7:34 PM
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| to me this is just the kind of anime that you watch to kill some time. watching it didn't hurt, but it wasn't that rewarding or exciting either... I wouldn't recommend this anime to anyone, there are other good ones out there to be recommended. was it a waste of time? I'd be lying if I say yes, afterall I watched the whole thing. the fact that it could keep me on watching it till the end, I'm gonna give it a 6. and +1 for take-mikazuchi and the sweet ending making it 7. ending was predictable (in a good way), well some predictable events aren't always bad. I can't imagine all the characters dying at the end cuz that's just messed up. decent anime, good to watch in my lazy time, the anime didn't aim up high, well it's a slice of life show, what can I say... |
| I thought it was a great watch, just wish that it didn't have all the moe stuff in it. That's what dragged it down. But I still enjoyed this more than K-On!! as it at least attempted to be different. |
| Didn't I say in the last thread: LOVE & PEACE! xD |
| Even if our opinions differ, you are awesome! |
| Decent end to a decent series. I'll give it a high-ish 5/10, as its better than most 5's I give, but it just lacks the impact for a 6... At least it was better than K-On. Rank 6/14 for the season (not including OVAs or short animes)... That in itself tells how mediocre the season was, with the exception of those I rated above it (FTR, that is Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Durarara, Nodame Finale, Katanagatari, Cobra)... |
llamabenMar 23, 2010 9:44 PM
Maximatum99 said: GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl?  Does this help solve the mystery? Thanks. This gave me two solid minutes of laughing out loud. |
Maximatum99 said: GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl? Does this help solve the mystery? Yeah thanks lol. I could have sworn the subs I watched for this episode referred to Aisha as a 'he'. Oh well. Sometimes, you have to trust your senses. Oh, and don't believe everything your read. |
| Hopkins was the best character in this show. In a better anime he would be flat and boring, a "lulz I'm the bad guy" villain. But here, a welcome change from entire episodes about a little girl wetting herself. Too bad he wasn't there the whole time and was kind of thrown in at the last minute. |
| I'm surprised at this episode....just wish all of the episodes were at least this good. Decent anime overall....not the best...but I've seen a lot worse. |
| Boy this was garbage, 2/10. |
| Wow, despite this ending being totally cheesy, pretentious and plain stupid, it was also quite touching. Pretty much like the whole series I'd say, a lot of slice'of'life mixed with some serious moments and a plot that lasted 3 episodes or so. Overall there were some nice moments and I liked the themes used in this show. But the execution was flawed so it wasn't as enjoyable a it could've been. A lot of things were left out too. 5/10 |
OrionCA said: francismeunier said: Second part's best with the Takemikazuchi rest was impressive but unfortunate it did not use its missiles nor other features....though it was ridiculous that it go pounded yet still stood up and did minimal counter attacks. At least it proved to impress Hopkins, it's fast/versatile,has a 2 cannon armament and obviously out of the others league armor. If you'll notice during the startup sequence it also has some form of antigrav to lower its weight. That allowed the Old Era spider tanks in ep 7 to climb buildings w/o falling off and Tank-kun to leap tall armies in a single bound - the force field landing cushion was awesome. Aisha wasn't strapped in so they also must have inertial compensation. Yeah it looks like it did have that I noticed it but to have inertial compensation is so out of this era......who knew....just thinking about it gives me shivers of the evolution. OrionCA said: I doubt the missiles worked. Didn't look like Helvetia used missiles and it's unlikely the propellant in the motors would still be good after 300-400 years. Well it might have worked depends on the propellant used. Some propellant last forever likes missiles in spaceships. OrionCA said: Also take into account Tank-kun had a severely green crew. Felicia was the only member who'd actually ridden a tank into combat before and modern Helvetian tanks are pale imitations of Old Era Vector Zero tanks. Ok, yes that's true but they still had Noel who figured out everything and they got virtual simulations so they might have gotten used to it faster than I though. OrionCA said: Yeah I noticed that but the armor just proves that the ammunition standards are pretty low to use if that's what it takes to blow up another tank of the modern ones......notice also that they used the tank only to damage the other tanks when it attacked if they wanted to they could have blown up all the the tanks they aimed at. Did you notice that they got hit in the right flank exactly like Felicia's tank back in ep 7? Old Era armor is much tougher than the stuff they use in the modern era. Mockman said: Well I think the GIF is better of this scene:Maximatum99 said: Thanks. This gave me two solid minutes of laughing out loud.GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl?  |
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| Most bullshit ending ever, I'm glad this shit has finally fnished. |
 I am proud to have Clannad as the only thing on my dropped list. |
Malestel said: Cheese, cheese, cheese ... oh and more cheese! Yep. All I have to say is ZOMG TEH FRENCH SONG The rest was "well, yeah, ok". Except for the Aisha forgiving Noel part, that was quite touching. Also, lol at army-stopping music. I understand it's Amazing Freaking Grace, but come ON. |
CenedessMar 24, 2010 7:24 AM
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| I wanted that evil general to slaughter the townspeople (since he is called a "demon" he most have done something similar). Hearing Amazing Grace for the nth time just doesn't that special anymore. Rio selling her body for peace XD . |
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Cenedess said: I am telling you it's God in the form of the sun/light....Also, lol at army-stopping music. I understand it's Amazing Freaking Grace, but come ON. loli_slayer said: Sure it is with light/sun it's all good.Hearing Amazing Grace for the nth time just doesn't that special anymore. loli_slayer said: Guess even sex stops war from a crazy dictator.Rio selling her body for peace XD . |
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| I'm absolutely torn on how I feel about this anime. On one hand, I love slice of life, although it has too much 'plot' for a slice of life. I also enjoy watching female badass-ery with a deep plot, but this didn't have enough of any of that to call it as such. As soon as she started playing Amazing Grace, I literally cursed out loud. No, really. "Oh, fuck this shit. If this song ends the war..." I'm so relieved something sensible like a peace treaty did that instead. I suppose it's earned a 7/10 from me. It was average with some really dumb moments, but the ending two or three episodes bumped it up from a 6 to a 7. |
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| Too bad it's only 12 eps, this anime would be much better if it had 24... The last 2 episodes were really great, but the first 10 looked like K-on or sth like that. I'll give a 7/10 . And also this:  |
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| That army guy managed to pull a Houdini there. What's more amazing that the fact that he had a hidden James bond shoe knife was that he managed to cut the rope binding his hands behind the chair with a knife that was attached to the front of his shoe. How in the hell did he manage that?! Somebody's been practicing Yoga..... |
AidanAK47Mar 25, 2010 6:54 AM
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OrionCA said: TAB said: Aisha's VA actually hails from Austria. From all accounts of German-speakers I've talked to her accent and diction were pretty god.Ignoring the 10 episodes of filler, the last 2 were actually pretty good. Also hate it when japanese people try to speak german. That they were. Best German I've heard from a Japanese yet. More than that, there weren't any errors in her grammar either. Only the u feels wrong in some words (grandmother sounds like the plural). Really one of the few positive points from then onward. Overall quite decent series, too bad plot and pacing were a lot worse than the graphics and sound. |
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Saint_ said: Haha, made my day. :) |
| Not a perfect ending, but nice story and nice build. Glad that they didn't stop just because of 'Amazing Grace', but it did give Rio enough time to arrive on the scene and actually end the battle. The enemy being confused by her playing their 'cease fire' would make sense for buying time too. Rio coming back at the end fit well as well. Though for how long we don't know. The country's princess and fiance/peace delegate as a war officer? |
 "You're such an idiot." ~Celty (Durarara) "How many seconds until the boy confesses his love to the girl?" ~Durarara Should it be sad now that twice in a season I've been glad that subs scrolls by to quickly for me to process? |
| Great ending. I loved it. |
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Saint_ said: Now, that's what I call "Bad company". lolToo bad it's only 12 eps, this anime would be much better if it had 24... The last 2 episodes were really great, but the first 10 looked like K-on or sth like that. I'll give a 7/10 . And also this: |
| Not great, Not bad, all in all a very average anime with mild thrills and OK entertainment. GOODBYE WINTER SEASON, HELLO SPRING SEASON |
| Just realized that was somewhat of a questionable. In the openings, Rio was one of the 'Flame Maidens' but she didn't actually play the part. She brought in the actual peace, but as a princess, not as the Flame Maiden. The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. |
"You're such an idiot." ~Celty (Durarara) "How many seconds until the boy confesses his love to the girl?" ~Durarara Should it be sad now that twice in a season I've been glad that subs scrolls by to quickly for me to process? |
OrionCA said: AidanAK47 said: That army guy managed to pull a Houdini there. What's more amazing that the fact that he had a hidden James bond shoe knife was that he managed to cut the rope binding his hands behind the chair with a knife that was attached to the front of his shoe. How in the hell did he manage that?! Somebody's being practicing Yoga..... Yeah...that was swiss-cheesy bad (full of holes). Unless Hopkins was a contortionist all a spring-loaded boot-knife was going to do for him was let him carve his initials in the flooring. I would guess he also had one up his sleeve, which he could have used to cut himself free. They should have shown something like that instead. They didn't have the budget to animate how badass he is. |
| I really liked the series. Had some episodes that made me go meh etc, but it was great in general. Lovely (: This last episode was really touching and fun to watch. Personally i don't think there's any need for season 2, this show was wrapped up really great in my opinion. It felt like Kanata's playing brought a hope in people's hearts. |
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