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Saucepan · Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:03 am Post subject:

Watched

Claymore volumes 1-2 - Good I really enjoyed this I loved the more subdued colours and the story , looking forward to the rest, though I hear the end is poor.

Space Adventure Cobra - I'd actually seen this before, don't know when but I'd almost completely forgotten it. Great space adventure with some great visuals (for the time).

Naruto 5:2 - Rather annoyed the Naruto/Sasuke fight didn't really get under way but Rock Lee's Drunken Fist was absolutely hilarious to watch

The Humanoid - Picked this up for £1.50 from CEX, really wasn't expecting much, except maybe a good laugh at a bad show. I was presently surprised, the story and characters were poor stereotypes but the dubbing was competent with the occasional brilliant line. What really stood out though was the soundtrack from the BGM to the vocal tracks it really stood above the rest of the production.

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Damo · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject:

Hehe, I've not been in this thread for a while, too much gaming, but I did find time to watch Air all 12 episodes over sunday-monday. Will go back for the summer specials at a later date as I'm still lettign the series sink in.

Very sad, a lot of crying on teh characters part, maybe a tear or two on my part. Overall not quite what I was expecting to really quit good anyway.

i'm clad I took the chance on it.
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Saucepan · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

Finished Ouran High School Host Club Part 2 great comedy anime I was in tears of laughter for a good portion of these episodes particularly the two with "Boss Nova-Kun". Though the last 2 episodes perhaps we're a little forced in some plot points, the conclusion was mildly satisfying and a tremendous cop out at the same time. Laughing

Titan · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:36 pm Post subject:

Finished rewatching Moon Phase today. Still an enjoyable series but I still find the opening credits to be really annoying.

Just Passing Through · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 2:25 pm Post subject:

This batch of anime includes

Watched...

NieA under 7: V3 & 4 - As good as the first two, a relaxing mood anime, which may not be ABe's best, but it still better than a fair portion of shows out there.

Slayers Next Volume 3 - I really like this series, certainly a lot more than the first one, which I thought was disjointed and uneven, but this really blends the ingredients together well, the comedy, the action, and the nice character moments.

Bleach: The Movie - Memories of Nobody - A shonen series begetting a good feature film, shay it ishn't sho. But MoN is brilliant, even if it is filler. It has an excellent story, a great guest character, and the emotional moments, both overwrought and understated are brilliantly observed. You wind up wishing that it wasn't just filler afterwards.

Solty Rei V3 - See two pages ago.

Wolf's Rain - Complete Collection - I picked up the Region 1 Bandai Collection and it's amazing. Great story, a strong character based show that leads you on an emotional rollercoaster. One of the best shows out there.

Ghost Hunt Part 2 - If Part 1 was Scooby Doo, Part 2 is The X Files. Things get really serious in this half, there's more weight to the mysteries, and I got the feeling that the characters really were in peril. There are only three stories on this set, but they are excellent. In fact, I think this is the first time that I have actually been scared by an animated horror, indeed the first time I have been scared by any horror in decades. The cliffhanger in the middle of The Bloodstained Labyrinth really had my heart beating fast.

Samurai Deeper Kyo Volume 1 - It's got the word Samurai in the title so it must be good. Not really. It's got guys with swords in, it's got demons, and it's got a girl to provide fanservice. It's like Ninja Scroll TV. It's also slow, aimless and horribly animated. It even suffers from character overload. Yuk

Negima S2 Part 1- There's something wrong with me. I already saw this show in entirety on Funimation, so I'd already stopped blaming it for not being S1. Season 2, reboots the show, the animation is much better, the story is better, the characters get fairer screen time, the music is better, it's got miles more fan service, it's animated by SHAFT, so if you like the visual gags style of Moonphase, you are going to adore this, in nearly every respect this is the better show. It's just that I'm not fond of the way Asuna is sidelined in this story, even though it means the other students get better character development, and even then it's still better. But I prefer the Ken Akamatsu faithful first season, with it's perverted Love Hina style antics. There is something wrong with me. Oh yeah, DVD >>>>>>>Online

Rewatched:

Naruto 5:2 - And here my Naruto rewatch ends. It was too soon to watch the Naruto Sasuke confrontation again, this time it put me to sleep.

Spiral 5 & 6 - This time I wiki'd to find out what the Blade Children are. Shame that couldn't have been animated too.

Heat Guy J - Guilty pleasure.

Salaryman Kintaro 1, 2, 3 - I used to watch Dallas and Dynasty when I was a kid. This is as close as I can get nowadays.

Ah My Goddess S1: I love, adore, worship this show.

Cromartie High School v1,2 - Humourous, not funny. Not all that humourous either at that.

Excel Saga: V1 - Now that's better. A little chuckle is just what the Doctor ordered, have to admit it's not as funny the second time around though.

Online

The usual suspects, minus Funimation's offerings though.

Time of Eve ep 5 came out today. The best thing on the Interweb.

Seasons are coming to a close and Natsu no Arashi is still all kinds of awesome. Saki is Ok, Hayate is funny as anything, Someone needs to licence Eden of the East and the two forthcoming movies yesterday. Outstanding stuff from the creator of GITSSAC. Final episode of Ristorante Paradiso was excellent, it's a really nice slice of life series that you know will never get licenced, but it's worth watching.

Trying Gurren Lagann at Manga, and it's probably the most overrated show around. It's fun, but not the best thing since sliced bread some people have claimed it to be.

Haruhi's up at Youtube, and I have officially seen the first new season episode, Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody, which is just like putting on a pair of comfortable slippers. I haven't seen (officially) The Endless Eight yet, but from what I haven't seen, it could be a work of genius, or designed to drive fans insane.

First new show of the season at Crunchyroll, Aoi Hana - High School Yuri romance, starting off really sweet and charming. Hope it doesn't go all School Days.
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Titan · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject:

Slayers Next volume 3 - More comedy + More drama = another 7 episodes of pure enjoyment.

Solty Rei volume 3 - Another really enjoyable set of episodes. This volume Also had a twist that I was not expecting. Can’t wait for volume 4.

Online…

K-ON! Episodes 12 and 13

Haruhi Suzumiya season 2 episodes 2 and 3

Saucepan · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

Finished Black Blood Brothers, enjoyable but the ending feels like it's the mid-point in a 26 episode series and that really did it harm in my opinion.

PaleBlack · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

Random · Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

Finished Elfen Lied rewatch and started Last Exile rewatch.

Up to disk 6/7 of Tenjho Tenge which is surprisingly enjoyable. Despite the obvious comparisons with Ikki Tosen for me the story is better, there's a lot less fan service and while violent there isn't the nasty almost sadistic streak that ran through Ikki. Looking forward to the final disk this weekend.
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