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bezboney Since: Mar, 2011
10/03/2012 12:53:31 •••

Effing Terrifying

It... begins like "Lucky Star", a happy go lucky and cute school days series, it even employs that saccharine sweet near chibi art style. I don't know if thats intentional. Usually these sorts of anime are told with much more intricate art styles, so as to show everyone how artistic and mature the story is gonna be... The discongruity between the art and the plot is so staggering, at points I found myself laughing and being terrified at the same time, I guess you could call it a "nervous laugh". Well, for the first few episodes anyway, for the rest I was just terrified. Anyway, I'm getting ahead a bit. As I said, it starts out like "Lucky Star", but quickly delves into horror more closely akin to... I can't even think of something to compare it to. Oh sure, there are plenty of gory animes and scary animes I've watched, but they don't really compare. I think this anime is gonna be a new reference point for me. I reccomend you watch this. Watch it in the dark, and with a friend, but make sure your friend doesn't know what it's about, and be sure to skip the opening credits so he won't get any clues.

Muzozavr Since: Jan, 2001
06/29/2011 00:00:00

"and be sure to skip the opening credits so he won't get any clues." You magnificent bastard.

And yes, effing terrifying is right.

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KylarGrey Since: Jul, 2012
10/03/2012 00:00:00

" "and be sure to skip the opening credits so he won't get any clues." You magnificent bastard. "

Indeed, when I got my friend to watch it (just the first 4 episodes), I left the opening credits in, but left out the pre-opening scene in episode one. The only other thing I told him was that it was terrifying. I felt like a Magnificent Bastard myself when halfway through episode one he asked what was so bad about it.

I mentioned to him that I was considering suggesting the same (first 4 episodes, leave out the first 30 seconds) for my uni's anime society's Halloween night. His response was "No, no way. I want to go to the Halloween night."


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