Living Room: Crotchety Old Bitches Talk Anime Thread

This is for you, blackcat.

Stand Alone Complex was kinda underwhelming for me.

Charlatan you rock!

I am going through things on Hulu since I don't have Funimation any more and I keep forgetting I can watch shows on that website.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:06:46 PM by blackcat

The videos run slow on Hulu's website for me...

You don't have Funimation? Did you move outside of the U.S. or something, or are you talking about the Funimation channel?

Also, Madoka Magica is better than I thought it would be. I wouldn't recommend watching it in an altered state of mind, though. That will only end in the worst trip.

I used to have Funimation and G4 on TV and now I don't, I keep forgetting that I can watch Funimation on my computer. Hulu loads OK on this computer but sucks on the computers at school.

So um.

Why's this not in Anime/Manga?

hm. >_>

Ahhhh, okay.

Bit of Fridge Logic in Full Metal Panic: How the Hell does Melissa Mao not have corrosive breath and utterly decayed teeth when she chainsmokes and guzzles beer like it's St. Patty's Day?

@Spain: Because sometimes us anime fans want to discuss things without screechier anime fans around. Orrrr what Ivy said.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:12:13 PM by Charlatan

@Spain: That would involve COBs going into Anime & Manga, and no good could possibly result from that.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:11:55 PM by EnglishIvy

So I like Lucky Star, and....

Yay intrasite division!

I don't really care all that much, I was just curious.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:12:35 PM by SpainSun

Naw, it's cool Spain.

I only stopped watching the show because I haven't seen enough anime to get all the references.

Also, Spainy, have you seen how fast some of the A&M threads move?

edited 14th Mar '11 8:13:46 PM by Charlatan

Nah, Lucky Star is love it or hate it and it's split down the middle and lolwhatever.

If I count as a "Crotchety Old Bitch," then I'd like to make a case for Spirited Away. And maybe even G Gundam.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:13:50 PM by RocketDude

@Rocket Dude: Yes yes a thousand times yes. That's pretty much my favorite Studio Ghibli movie.

Charlatan: Since my experiences on certain parts of the internet. I try to stay as far away from the Anime fandom as possible. Even concerning shows I like. So no.

I only really like Lucky Star because yay sitcom anime! :D

edit: Oh god Spirited Away is the best movie ever made and I'm saying that sincerely right now and as a Hitchcock fan @_@

edited 14th Mar '11 8:15:48 PM by SpainSun

Yeah, what they said.

@ Lucky Star: I would advise picking it up again and not trying to get all the references. Really, the only thing you really need to know is Haruhi Suzumiya and who her seiyuu is. Because the other characters are just as lost on the refernces as I was apparently and I still enjoyed it.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:16:08 PM by Parable

Studio Ghibli is good stuff.

Also, IllFlower watches Project ICE so that we don't have to.

Charlie-tan where is your avatar from?

Higurashi.

Higurashi When They Cry.

Bring spare underwear.

edited 14th Mar '11 8:20:15 PM by Charlatan

Never heard of it.

I feel like if I poked that girl, she'd explode.

An accurate assumption.

I have friends who were in love with that show back in high school. Still never watched it.

So.

Serial Experiments Lain.

It failed to confuse me. On an allegorical level I guess it did, but the plot is pretty followable, if not exactly coherent.

People keep talking about how pandering K-On! is which is completely true, but Lucky Star with all its 'I'm an otaku just like you' bullshit is a billion times worse and it annoys me how almost no one calls it out.