[EmperorMagus]

LoGH ep 26 (don't judge I have a long commute. And/or no life).


Did that just happen?

Spoiler

Kierheic -sp?- just died.
I should have seen this coming after they killed Jessica 4 eps ago though.
WTF Oberstein is so annoying.

I still like it, although the battles are getting a little repetitive. As we go on, the lack of any explanation whatsoever regarding how these ships are so fast in travelling between planets/ have gravity is annoying me more and more.

[Maark Abbott]

SNI Ep8:

Spoiler

This is setting up for a massive tragedy. I can't see any happy ending for this one - and I was right, by the look of it, about Berkman having a Witch of his own. The fact that Atlanta is on to invade Eylstadt doesn't bode well at all.

MGRP Ep8:

Spoiler

Jesus, that was grimdark as fuck. This is one reason I've been watching this one - though it looks sickly cute and the premise seems almost cliché, the character interactions, reactions and deaths are so fucking brutal that it's like I'm reading Abercrombie or Lawrence at times. Nana's reaction to Winterprison's death being especially indicative of the direction.

This week's JoJo was just creepy. That bath scene...

[D'rek]

Yeah, that was a lot more plot happening in this episode of SNI than I expected. Things are ramping up nicely.

[Dolmen 2.0]

So I'm watching Bungou Stray dogs.

I'm possibly missing an episode but there's definately a pacing problem somewhere in this story.

I'd say it's got to do with:

Spoiler

The introduction of the guild as the third party and ultimately the antagonists of this arc of the story. Theres no real reconciliation to the Dazai/Ango/Odasaku arc, not in a manner that I could pick up but maybe I am indeed missing an episode between the Dazai dark era and his aparent switch over to the Agency.

Despite the stories being a bit haphazard I do enjoy the variety of cast members on all three sides. it's something similar to Durararara in that regard.

I hope the show enters a period of explanation because for once I could do with a little exposition. that or I end up picking up the manga.

[LinearPhilosopher]

EmperorMagus, on 19 November 2016 - 07:37 AM, said:

LoGH ep 26 (don't judge I have a long commute. And/or no life).


Did that just happen?

Spoiler

Kierheic -sp?- just died.
I should have seen this coming after they killed Jessica 4 eps ago though.
WTF Oberstein is so annoying.

I still like it, although the battles are getting a little repetitive. As we go on, the lack of any explanation whatsoever regarding how these ships are so fast in travelling between planets/ have gravity is annoying me more and more.

did not see it coming either.

Interesting how this changes the imperial dynamic.

[Maark Abbott]

I'm up to ep12 of SAO but it's tricky getting motivated to carry on with it.

JJBApt4DINB, ep 35: BAITZA DUSTO. JoJo gets more and more [menacing] every week. Kira especially is becoming a full-blown creeplord.

Keijo is setting up for a predictably cheesy outcome but it's so stupid and OTT that I can forgive that. The last few episodes haven't been as good as the series openers but it looks like it'll pick up soon.

[Dolmen 2.0]

So im a big fan of Gag manga, Gintama in particular, its full of jokes and ridiculousness.

Every now and again it turns serious and produces some incredible viewing.

This formula of gag manga just works for me. I enjoy Authors with a sense of humor and dramatic action-based narrative..

Anyways, recently there's been a flood of excellent anime with this sort of humor/action mix. Onepunch man, Boku no Hero no Academia, Mob psycho 100 etc. these shows vary wildly yet remain hilarious and entertaining, however there's been a bit of a gap between them and Gintama.

Recently I came across the Disastrous life of psychic Saiki K.

Its the Gintama / Mob psycho cross over nobody asked for, but we should be glad somebody did.

The premise is slice of life Supernatural with our protagonist super psychic Kuzuo who wishes to be non-remarkable in every way possible despite being a psychic Prodigy able to do God-like things. Its nice to see an MC that actively fights the anime tropes with 100% commitment.

Its worth watching, there's tons of meta anime fans will appreciate and enjoy. It doesn't outright lampoon Anime but highlights some of the cliches and incorporates them well into Kuzuos struggle to avoid being the MC of his show despite being a Gary Stu of the highest order.

Anyways I thought I'd share the title for anyone looking for something new and funny. Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan aka The Disaster of Psi Kusuo Saiki

[LinearPhilosopher]

Briar King, on 21 November 2016 - 09:00 PM, said:

Starting SAO again. I stopped after ending of arc 1. I'm liking this "fairy" 2nd world

Maark Abbott, on 25 November 2016 - 09:15 PM, said:

I'm up to ep12 of SAO but it's tricky getting motivated to carry on with it.

JJBApt4DINB, ep 35: BAITZA DUSTO. JoJo gets more and more [menacing] every week. Kira especially is becoming a full-blown creeplord.

Keijo is setting up for a predictably cheesy outcome but it's so stupid and OTT that I can forgive that. The last few episodes haven't been as good as the series openers but it looks like it'll pick up soon.

just skip straight to season 2 of SAO.

the entire first season of SAO is absolutely atrocious. The series only gets good when the main focus isn't around kirito.

[Maark Abbott]

SNI ep9:

big spoilers in the tags.

Spoiler

Several predictions came aboutthis week. Firstly, the girl with Berkman is a witch - the White Witch from legend at that, or at least a clone of her. Secondly, it was evident from her display last week that she would foil any move Izetta made during the next battle.

End of the episode is dickishly ambiguous. The Germanians have taken Landsbruck, it's heavily implied that Fine and Izetta may both be dead (though with three eps left this season, both being dead is unlikely) and everything seems absolutely hopeless. We'll have to see next week I suppose.

On a related note I FINALLY found a full version of that opening song. My life is complete.

[Maark Abbott]

Also MGRPe9:

Spoiler

Mother of shit, that somehow got Bakker dark. A character dies and turns out to be pregnant, then another hangs herself because her lover was killed in e8. The main character barely featured in the last two episodes so the next one I expect to focus more heavily on her.

[Silencer]

So, I just watched Kimi No Na Wa (Your name) at the cinema.

First of all, do not watch this movie at the cinema if you value your dignity.

Second, watch this damn movie!

Now, I'm a sucker for anything by Makoto Shinkai, the man has a direct line to my heartstrings much like Jun Maeda does, but while this was not the most gut wrenching of his films, it was still a work of art, and an exercise in making people FEEL.

Don't be silly, Silencer, it can't have been that emotional? Tell that to literally half of the cinema I just walked out of, who were in tears. (The other half was holding it together, mostly for the purpose of comforting the other half, lol). And I'm talking a full theatre. Like, same number of people in the screening of Fantastic Beasts I saw earlier today (so glad I saw them in that order, could not do another film at the moment). Full on crying. Because Makoto Shinkai is a monster when likes toying with people's emotions.


On the flip side of that, it was a great audience throughout. Everyone laughed, cried, and had a good time. But damn. Haven't seen a public display of emotion like that for a film, ever. Applause, sure. Laughter? Of course. But outright tears? (one guy two seats down from me was just about out of his seat in the fetal position, ffs)

And this wasn't even as emotionally crushing as 5cm/s!

But seriously, see this film. Just... Maybe not in a cinema. XD

[Dolmen 2.0]

Silencer, on 27 November 2016 - 09:03 AM, said:

So, I just watched Kimi No Na Wa (Your name) at the cinema.

First of all, do not watch this movie at the cinema if you value your dignity.

Second, watch this damn movie!

Now, I'm a sucker for anything by Makoto Shinkai, the man has a direct line to my heartstrings much like Jun Maeda does, but while this was not the most gut wrenching of his films, it was still a work of art, and an exercise in making people FEEL.

Don't be silly, Silencer, it can't have been that emotional? Tell that to literally half of the cinema I just walked out of, who were in tears. (The other half was holding it together, mostly for the purpose of comforting the other half, lol). And I'm talking a full theatre. Like, same number of people in the screening of Fantastic Beasts I saw earlier today (so glad I saw them in that order, could not do another film at the moment). Full on crying. Because Makoto Shinkai is a monster when likes toying with people's emotions.


On the flip side of that, it was a great audience throughout. Everyone laughed, cried, and had a good time. But damn. Haven't seen a public display of emotion like that for a film, ever. Applause, sure. Laughter? Of course. But outright tears? (one guy two seats down from me was just about out of his seat in the fetal position, ffs)

And this wasn't even as emotionally crushing as 5cm/s!

But seriously, see this film. Just... Maybe not in a cinema. XD

I never actually watched 5cm/second but im not sure I wanna risk it. You guys make it sound like torture. Would you reccomend I watch this movie first or try 5cm/second?

[D'rek]

Dolmen 2.0, on 26 November 2016 - 04:56 AM, said:

So im a big fan of Gag manga, Gintama in particular, its full of jokes and ridiculousness.

Every now and again it turns serious and produces some incredible viewing.

This formula of gag manga just works for me. I enjoy Authors with a sense of humor and dramatic action-based narrative..

Anyways, recently there's been a flood of excellent anime with this sort of humor/action mix. Onepunch man, Boku no Hero no Academia, Mob psycho 100 etc. these shows vary wildly yet remain hilarious and entertaining, however there's been a bit of a gap between them and Gintama.

Recently I came across the Disastrous life of psychic Saiki K.

Its the Gintama / Mob psycho cross over nobody asked for, but we should be glad somebody did.

The premise is slice of life Supernatural with our protagonist super psychic Kuzuo who wishes to be non-remarkable in every way possible despite being a psychic Prodigy able to do God-like things. Its nice to see an MC that actively fights the anime tropes with 100% commitment.

Its worth watching, there's tons of meta anime fans will appreciate and enjoy. It doesn't outright lampoon Anime but highlights some of the cliches and incorporates them well into Kuzuos struggle to avoid being the MC of his show despite being a Gary Stu of the highest order.

Anyways I thought I'd share the title for anyone looking for something new and funny. Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan aka The Disaster of Psi Kusuo Saiki

I also recommend this one! It's still making me laugh and I'm 90 episodes in.

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@Silencer - I really want to see it in theatres, too (dignity be damned). But I don't think it's even coming to Toronto, let alone any other theatres around here, anytime soon.

[D'rek]

There's big news (pretty legitimate-looking) going around recently that a season 3 of Code Geass has been announced.

[Silencer]

Dolmen 2.0, on 27 November 2016 - 07:02 PM, said:

Silencer, on 27 November 2016 - 09:03 AM, said:

So, I just watched Kimi No Na Wa (Your name) at the cinema.

First of all, do not watch this movie at the cinema if you value your dignity.

Second, watch this damn movie!

Now, I'm a sucker for anything by Makoto Shinkai, the man has a direct line to my heartstrings much like Jun Maeda does, but while this was not the most gut wrenching of his films, it was still a work of art, and an exercise in making people FEEL.

Don't be silly, Silencer, it can't have been that emotional? Tell that to literally half of the cinema I just walked out of, who were in tears. (The other half was holding it together, mostly for the purpose of comforting the other half, lol). And I'm talking a full theatre. Like, same number of people in the screening of Fantastic Beasts I saw earlier today (so glad I saw them in that order, could not do another film at the moment). Full on crying. Because Makoto Shinkai is a monster when likes toying with people's emotions.


On the flip side of that, it was a great audience throughout. Everyone laughed, cried, and had a good time. But damn. Haven't seen a public display of emotion like that for a film, ever. Applause, sure. Laughter? Of course. But outright tears? (one guy two seats down from me was just about out of his seat in the fetal position, ffs)

And this wasn't even as emotionally crushing as 5cm/s!

But seriously, see this film. Just... Maybe not in a cinema. XD

I never actually watched 5cm/second but im not sure I wanna risk it. You guys make it sound like torture. Would you reccomend I watch this movie first or try 5cm/second?

5cm/second is amazing, but you can start with either - or one of his other works.

And it IS torture. But these movies are the definition of cathartic. Like, you know how a lot of films these days are just cookie cutter without any real investment? These are built for investment and the accompanying emotional release.

So it's totally worth it. Though now I'm worried I've built it up too much. XD

But seriously, check them out. Either film is absolutely excellent.

[Silencer]

D, on 27 November 2016 - 08:39 PM, said:

There's big news (pretty legitimate-looking) going around recently that a season 3 of Code Geass has been announced.

But... How? XD

Where would that season even start? Still, interesting news! I'd be down for some more crazy shenanigans.

And it would suck if Your Name doesn't come to your cinemas. I was super excited to see it played here, but I would have thought it was releasing globally...

[D'rek]

Silencer, on 27 November 2016 - 09:45 PM, said:

D, on 27 November 2016 - 08:39 PM, said:

There's big news (pretty legitimate-looking) going around recently that a season 3 of Code Geass has been announced.

But... How? XD

Where would that season even start? Still, interesting news! I'd be down for some more crazy shenanigans.

And it would suck if Your Name doesn't come to your cinemas. I was super excited to see it played here, but I would have thought it was releasing globally...

Code Geass spoilers:

Spoiler

It looks like it will be called Lelouch of the Resurrection, will be set several years both R2 and Akito the Exile, and will include characters from both as well as some new characters. Based on the name, I guess the idea is that Lelouch gets resurrected ... or else they confirm the possibility/fan theory that when Charles died (after having obtained VV's immortality Code) Lelouch obtained the immortality Code and therefore never actually died at the end of R2.

Of course, it could also turn out that someone only pretends to resurrect Lelouch/Zero and the audience is lead to believe that is true, but in the end it's all a deception or something like that.

[LinearPhilosopher]

I was recovering from a hangover yesterday when a buddy told me that.

Was not thrilled at the time.

[LinearPhilosopher]

LoGH ep 36

Spoiler

Dam that was some incredible bit of negotiations. At first i was puzzled why phezzan would so easily spill its beans, but when our dear emperor to be, realises there was something phezzan did not want to give up at all. Curious as to how phezzan's big head (forget his name) will react to this development. That shot at the end though with reinhard having that i got you expressioin was perfect, even though the animation is 30 years old!

[Maark Abbott]

This week's Keijo was proper stupid. Great, of course, but absolutely ridiculous.

I wonder if Kira will be able to maintain JoJo's current streak. Part 4 was so slow to start but it's gotten rather good of late.