What fall 2012 anime series are you watching? What do you recommend?
Fall 2012 anime season
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not that i can forsee. if you havent watched Clannad yet though, i highly recommend it. wife made me watch it and i was very upset. it was well written but somethings made me cry >.>
Tek7@Work
CGA President, Tribe of Judah Founder & President
If you don't at least tear up watching Clannad, you are a cyborg.
I think From The New World (Shinsekai Yori) may be about the only series to pique my interest this season and even it will probably pale in comparison with Madoka Magica (different art style, different setting, but similar tone).
On the upside, a weak fall season means an opportunity to re-watch series, this time with my wife. She still hasn't seen AnoHana or Madoka Magica!
I think From The New World (Shinsekai Yori) may be about the only series to pique my interest this season and even it will probably pale in comparison with Madoka Magica (different art style, different setting, but similar tone).
On the upside, a weak fall season means an opportunity to re-watch series, this time with my wife. She still hasn't seen AnoHana or Madoka Magica!
Neirai the Forgiven
Christian Guilds List Manager
I want to see your suggestions. I missed this for the summer season and so I almost didn't know to watch Kokuro Connect.
yeah im not seeing anything really....
my wife and I really have liked Robin Hood bbc >.>
I think we may buy Last Exile for Christmas or the FMA series
my wife and I really have liked Robin Hood bbc >.>
I think we may buy Last Exile for Christmas or the FMA series
Finally got around to watching the first episode of Tari Tari (which, IIRC, was from last season). It was...good. Not great. But good. I think series like Lucky Star and K-ON! set the bar fairly high for slice-of-life series and none of the characters in Tari Tari really motivated me to watch the second episode.
I still have several episode ones (both from the current and summer seasons) to check out. I'll report back if I find anything interesting.
I still have several episode ones (both from the current and summer seasons) to check out. I'll report back if I find anything interesting.
Joshinator
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I've been watching a show called Sword Art Online. Not sure if you seasoned anime fans consider it seasoned enough (lol), but I'm enjoying it. Tis about a MMORPG.
I had really high hopes for it after a couple episodes so much so I did not wait for Hulu to get more episodes to see more of it in (which I never do due to moral reservations about copyrights but since they were getting it anyway). It had all the elements to make a moral statement above and beyond typical anime but after episode 14 it fizzles and is pretty clear it is never going to happen
(I won't go into specifics for spoiler sake). I've made up my own ending and it's cooler than it can be now XD .
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Tek7@Work
CGA President, Tribe of Judah Founder & President
A shounen series with a promising start but a quick turn (between episode 10 and 20) toward stretching out the overarching plot over several seasons instead of maintaining the brisk pace that intrigued viewers at the start? Why, be still my heart. -_-
And somewhere, someone's sarcasm meter just overloaded.
(My apologies to fans of Naruto, Bleach, and, well, pretty much every shounen a.k.a. IMA FIRIN' MAH LAZER anime ever.)
And somewhere, someone's sarcasm meter just overloaded.
(My apologies to fans of Naruto, Bleach, and, well, pretty much every shounen a.k.a. IMA FIRIN' MAH LAZER anime ever.)
LOL. It is true the pace was brisk. Looking it up it probably will be stretched but not to nearly Naruto extent. Compared to Naruto there is no training, "no believe in me" every episode and no ninja ostrich, rolleyes. Regardless brisk pace is not why I watched it. The reason I liked it and ultimately turned against it is a bit of a spoiler so it's written within one, for Tek or interested parties.
In Sword Art Online people get trapped in an online virtual world and cannot log out or be logged out without dying. Of course the only way to get out is beat the game. The thing is it had a simple premise that could have said something meaningful but didn't say anything when the moment came, and went, in episode 14 (because the premise changes after episode 14). The premise could be considered trite alone if the anime was not continually conscious of the situation, developed the characters around it and wanted you to think it will end in a meaningful statement. To compare it would be like watching Naruto and Sasuke finally meet and they go...
"hey what's up"
"not much"
"coo"
"so later"
"k coo I am going to die now"
"alright coo"
In SAO it's not just there was no resolution but that your friends died, you've been morning them, blaming yourself, it's been a driving personality trait and it is THE entire series premise up to that point. You don't accept "I don't remember" as a reason as to why the antagonist imprisoned and killed 4000 thousand people in SAO! (Then to add insult to injury the protagonist gets a sister with a bro complex next episode, gag O' might XD.) Honestly I was on the verge of recommending SAO if it had actually said anything poignant. Even if it went the facepalm inducing "friendship" power route I could at least say it brought interesting questions up getting there. Here is basically what I wanted the antagonist to say explaining his actions...
"As long as I can remember I dreamed of a real world of fantasy and wonder but nothing I made was real. People would play a game to forget and then forget the game when done. They want to forget their worries, their cares, their weaknesses and run away. All of it goes back to wanting to forget one thing, death. So to have significance, to be more than a game, to be real it needed a real thing, death. Then people would cherish every moment in my world, then with people to save you could have real heroes, but, if that was all I never would have killed anyone. As I worked I realized a game without death would not make heroes but take them away from the real world. It's good to dream but when we spend all our time dreaming we can never build in reality. So I had another reason to add death to my dream world, to wake people up. To show them they cannot run from life forever. For a short time people will fear losing themselves in virtual worlds now, laws will be passed, restrictions will be made and they will be forced to live in the real world and make it a better place. Maybe they will even make it a little bit more like my dream."
So with that you take a simply premise, and a man who should otherwise be vilified, and make a poignant statement about doing something worthwhile with your life. Instead, while he waxes a tiny bit about a "dream", his answer to why he imprisoned everyone is "I don't remember".
"hey what's up"
"not much"
"coo"
"so later"
"k coo I am going to die now"
"alright coo"
In SAO it's not just there was no resolution but that your friends died, you've been morning them, blaming yourself, it's been a driving personality trait and it is THE entire series premise up to that point. You don't accept "I don't remember" as a reason as to why the antagonist imprisoned and killed 4000 thousand people in SAO! (Then to add insult to injury the protagonist gets a sister with a bro complex next episode, gag O' might XD.) Honestly I was on the verge of recommending SAO if it had actually said anything poignant. Even if it went the facepalm inducing "friendship" power route I could at least say it brought interesting questions up getting there. Here is basically what I wanted the antagonist to say explaining his actions...
"As long as I can remember I dreamed of a real world of fantasy and wonder but nothing I made was real. People would play a game to forget and then forget the game when done. They want to forget their worries, their cares, their weaknesses and run away. All of it goes back to wanting to forget one thing, death. So to have significance, to be more than a game, to be real it needed a real thing, death. Then people would cherish every moment in my world, then with people to save you could have real heroes, but, if that was all I never would have killed anyone. As I worked I realized a game without death would not make heroes but take them away from the real world. It's good to dream but when we spend all our time dreaming we can never build in reality. So I had another reason to add death to my dream world, to wake people up. To show them they cannot run from life forever. For a short time people will fear losing themselves in virtual worlds now, laws will be passed, restrictions will be made and they will be forced to live in the real world and make it a better place. Maybe they will even make it a little bit more like my dream."
So with that you take a simply premise, and a man who should otherwise be vilified, and make a poignant statement about doing something worthwhile with your life. Instead, while he waxes a tiny bit about a "dream", his answer to why he imprisoned everyone is "I don't remember".
Edit: It's a good anime up to episode 14 (not 15 mis-posted earlier if you read it) just stop there and make up your own end and you are golden!
Knowing me I probably won't stop till the end though. Even if it is diminished from having a point I like heroic hero stories with romances.
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AMorrii
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Psycho Pass. It's the only thing that I'm watching right now. I'm very, very picky.