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Sun, 11 May 2014 19:03:05
Ravenprose said:

Yes. High School of the Dead is an ecchi fanservice show, which it was always intended to be. I found it to be very funny, and story and characters still hold up despite the fanservice.

I enjoyed it, it was slightly bizaare to me how halfway through it became about boob and crotch shots though Grinning I think it was cancelled, no second season.

Anyhow I've been ploughing through Bleach, series 6, 7 and 8 which is the same storyline following on from the end of season 3. And whilst most of series 6 and 7 are crappy but watchable, part 2 of series 8 suddenly became pretty damned awesome with the Greenjow fight. It's a bit of a rerun of series 2 and 3 but the conflicts and confrontations are getting better.

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Sun, 11 May 2014 19:21:57
gamingeek said:

I enjoyed it, it was slightly bizaare to me how halfway through it became about boob and crotch shots though Grinning I think it was cancelled, no second season.

I believe it was increased because the illustrator, Shōji Satō, is known for doing henti work, and his fans wanted more dirty stuff, so he "serviced his fans" a bit in that regard. It's not officially cancelled yet. Both the manga and the anime are on hiatus. Nobody seems to know why. I read some vague statement that one of the creators got sick or something. Not sure if true.  They released a single chapter of the manga a few months ago, but nothing else since. I hope the maga will be finished someday at least.

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Anyhow I've been ploughing through Bleach, series 6, 7 and 8 which is the same storyline following on from the end of season 3. And whilst most of series 6 and 7 are crappy but watchable, part 2 of series 8 suddenly became pretty damned awesome with the Greenjow fight. It's a bit of a rerun of series 2 and 3 but the conflicts and confrontations are getting better.

I haven''t seen any of Bleach. I'll add it to my queue.

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Mon, 12 May 2014 11:19:41

Bleach is not something I'd wholeheartedly recommend.

Here's how I would rate Bleach by series:

  • Series 1 - C
  • Series 2 - B+
  • Series 3 - B+
  • Series 4 - B
  • Series 5 - B
  • Series 6 - C - (minus)
  • Series - 7 - D
  • Series 8 - C-
  • Series 9 - C (so far)

It's always at least watchable, it's never got to the point where I think, crap I can't watch this anymore. Some of the fights go on for 4 episodes which is like 1 hour 20 minutes. Series 2 and 3 are the highlights but you have to watch series 1 to "get" series 2 and 3.

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Mon, 12 May 2014 11:42:36

This is my favourite ever Anime song from Fairy Tail opening 7



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Tue, 13 May 2014 00:41:13

^ Currently mine are the No Game No Life Opening:

and the Attack on Titan Opening 1

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Tue, 13 May 2014 12:24:43

I need Attack on Titan nao.

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Tue, 13 May 2014 12:25:59

Ah I saw the first Mardock Scramble film, it was pretty meh.

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Tue, 13 May 2014 16:45:59

Attack on Titan does have an awesome intro.

"Sie sind das essen, Nein wir sind die jäger!"

That would translate to "They are the meal, No we are the hunters!"

That is what the Funimation dub says the German at the beginning is saying. It is saying that in subtitles.

But it could also be:

"Sie sind das essen und wir sind die jäger!"

That would translate to "They are the meal and we are the hunters!"

Edited: Tue, 13 May 2014 23:33:57

SUPER MARIO MAKER LEVELS:

  • SMB Mix-Up! (1AB2-0000-0047-5A7D)
  • Storm the Castle (77BD-0000-00E0-A9C0)

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Wed, 14 May 2014 16:06:49

Been doing some research on the artists behind the songs of my favourite animes:

FMA Artists:

  • Nico Touches the Walls
  • S-C-A-N-D-A-L
  • Fukuhara Miho
  • L'arc en ciel

Fairy Tail artists:

  • Funkist
  • Idoling
  • SuG
  • Egao no Mahou
  • +Plus
  • Daisy X Daisy (best track)
  • JAMIL
  • Milky Bunny
  • Tenohira? - HERO
  • GOING UNDER GROUND
  • BoA



This is the tune from FMA Sacred Star of Milos movie, the first minute gives me epic chills.

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Wed, 14 May 2014 16:57:01

If you've ever felt down and depressed, watching this video can't help but  make you smile.

Searching for artists from anime soundtracks like L'arc en ciel is already paying off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFlfRvchA8&list=PL9BF13BD1984A3827

Can't help but smile seeing/hearing this. Lots of westerners in the crowd too. Madison Square Garden.

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Sun, 18 May 2014 20:32:16

I've been watching Sword Art Online. It's pretty good so far, and it's getting better with each new episode.

SAO

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Mon, 19 May 2014 12:41:32

I see this dvd everywhere, amazons always flashing it in my face^

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Tue, 20 May 2014 00:36:50

^ That's one of the reasons why I decided to watch it. I never would have read the Rosario + Vampire manga series if it weren't for Amazon consistantly suggesting it; they seem to know my tastes well.

Anyway, I'm on episode 13 now, and I'm enjoying it quite a lot. It's a slower paced anime, so don't expect crazy action every two mintues, but there's some really cool and funny stuff in there.

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Tue, 20 May 2014 10:52:48

I'll check it out eventually. Still on Clannad.

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Tue, 20 May 2014 11:20:33

My mind is full of fu**

The last 4 episodes of Code Geass R2 is just messing with me. I don't know who to root for, everything is flipped on its head, it's like Miyamoto came along and flipped over the tea table. The series seemed to reach a natural ending... but then you see on the disc there are 4 more eps and it starts to get crazy.

So anyway I finally found out why the end of Bleach series 8 doesn't match with series 9. Apparentely, season 9 is just filler and you don't get back to the main story till season 10. Only they don't tell you this. WTF?!

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Wed, 21 May 2014 04:42:55

^ I'll have to see if my anime services has that one.

I have watched 23 out of 25 episodes of Sword Art Online. Very cool show. I want watch the last two episodes right now, but I have to go to bed. Goddammit! LOL

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Wed, 21 May 2014 11:57:24

I've been watching more Clannad... I know this has its fans but it truly feels like a show about nothing. Why do I watch this? Guy in school randomly helps girls for no particular reason. This time, cleaning out a garden for 4 episodes.

Shit, I just read the plot for Clannad After Story, the follow up series to Clannad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clannad_(anime)#Plot

I'm not watching that shit. From pointless to heavy depression and more of this alternate world bullshit that's never fleshed out. no

There are few scant moments in the show that remind me of Full Metal Panics' funniest moments and if that continued it would be awesome. But noooooooo. And what's this weird tease they do with this alternate world robot creature thing?

Also I finished Code Geass.

Bra-fucking-vo.

Now that's how you nail an ending. Despite some inconsistent elements in season 1, this is a great show, full of surprises. In my top 5 anime, easily. It flips your stomach in the last 4 episodes but makes it worth it.

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Wed, 21 May 2014 11:59:01

I was also watching more Death Note where they introduced the new N.

This is also a great show, if you avoid the live action movies. It's sometimes exhaustive to watch but it's well worked and very clever.

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Thu, 22 May 2014 01:00:17

I read all 12 volumes of the Death Note manga. Loved every page of it.

I'll have to check out the anime someday; neither of my anime services offer it. Sad

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Thu, 22 May 2014 05:17:00

Finished Sword Art Online. Great anime series. I had a lot of fun watching it.  Season II will be simulcast this July. I can't wait. Happy

Heh. Out of curiosity, I checked Crunchyroll's store to see how much Season 1 would cost on Bluray. Okay, 25 S1 episodes are broken up into 4 volumes, and each volume is $96 USD! GASP Or $384 + shipping for the complete season! WTF?! I know anime can be expensive, but, holy shit, I wasn't expecting that. LOL

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