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stairwalker Since: Nov, 2012
#126: Jun 25th 2014 at 8:21:57 PM

Just added Ai Mai Mi ~Mousou Catastrophe to the list. I can't find a reliable English source, but there's a PV with airing dates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4wgH42aR8

Kiefen MINE! from Germany Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#127: Jun 29th 2014 at 2:40:44 PM

Just watched a pre-air of Sabagebu! and I was plesently suprised by the Genre Savvy narrator and how they parodied common Shojou tropes.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#128: Jun 29th 2014 at 3:43:37 PM

So, Sabagebu. Decent. Needs a larger budget. I don't recall the narrator from the manga, and I think they played up the Les Yay a bit, but it's been a while since I read it. I'll give the second episode a chance, but I'm not set on following it yet

stairwalker Since: Nov, 2012
#129: Jun 29th 2014 at 4:50:42 PM

Looks like a "lots to try out, but little to look forward to" season:
From previous season (2):
Jojo Part 3
Hunter x Hunter

Definitely watching (6):
Ai Mai Mi ~Mousou Catastrophe - Binged the first season and love its wackiness.
Hanamonogatari - Just hope it doesn't get postponed again
Glasslip
Sword Art Online II: Phantom Bullet
Yama No Susume 2 - The first season is just adorable
Yami Shibai 2 - A hidden gem that needs more love

My expectation is fairly high for these (5):
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Sabagebu
Sailor Moon Crystal
Space Dandy Season 2
Zankyou No Terror

I'm curious! (18):
Akame ga Kiru!
Aldnoah Zero
Ao Haru Ride
Barakamon
Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 2wei!
Futsuu No Joshikousei Ga Locodol Yattemita
Hanayamata
Himegoto
Jinsei
Magimoji Rurumo
Minarai Diva
Momo Kyun Sword
Rail Wars
Shirogane No Ishi Argevollen
Shounen Hollywood -Holly Stage for 49-
Sin Strange+
Tokyo ESP
Tokyo Ghoul

Might binge later: (1)
Free! Eternal Summer - The stupid ending ruins the otherwise great first season, I'm not gonna touch this series until it ends.

KnightofNASA Since: Jan, 2013
#130: Jun 29th 2014 at 9:30:31 PM

Survival club: can't watch the entire thing, but lol Desert Eagle.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
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#131: Jun 30th 2014 at 12:02:32 PM

Sabagebu! is like C3, but worse. C3 was one of those series I found worked because it was somewhat darker than expected. Sabagebu! just treats everything as a joke, while failing to be funny a lot of the time. I like the design of two of the characters, and the voice of one of them, but that's about it. Personalities, not sure yet, but they kind of seem a little obnoxious. The narrator just ruins the flow, and the pet is tacked on. Not to mention, they're about shooting, not survival.

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132: Jul 2nd 2014 at 11:36:25 AM

The premise to Zankyou no Terror offends me.

edited 2nd Jul '14 12:10:27 PM by TheHandle

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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#134: Jul 2nd 2014 at 1:21:16 PM

The Genghis Gambit is already unsavoury enough, but to actually do it because you think your country has grown too comfortable not trying to murder and subjugate everyone around it is despicable.

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majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#135: Jul 2nd 2014 at 1:25:45 PM

Aren't those the views of the terrorists? I'm going to assume they're not going to be portrayed positively.

jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#136: Jul 2nd 2014 at 2:38:56 PM

Bakumatsu Rock was as ridiculous as expected.

DS9guy Since: Jan, 2001
#137: Jul 2nd 2014 at 8:04:11 PM

[up][up] I agree. Shinichiro Watanabe doesn't really strike me as a guy who wants Japan to go back to its Imperialist ways. That would include Xenophobia and it would conflict with Wantanabe's love of Western culture. If anything, it's about a girl who want to get away from her life and these two terrorists provide that. May I remind you that these kind of stories can end badly as well as good.

edited 2nd Jul '14 8:12:08 PM by DS9guy

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#138: Jul 3rd 2014 at 12:51:26 AM

It's just that We Have Become Complacent is a suspiciously common theme in Anime, from the early days of Captain Harlock all the way to Code Geass, Attack On Titan, and beyond. "Our country is asleep, peace has made us weak, we've been slacking off", etc. etc.

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kiukiuclk from 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693 Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: My TiMER is ticking
#139: Jul 3rd 2014 at 2:52:41 AM

[up]Well, Attack on Titan is more of a general sense, or rather, it's specifically related to that setting rather than advocating imperial Japan I think. Humanities position in that isn't really analogous to modern japan.

edited 3rd Jul '14 2:52:59 AM by kiukiuclk

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#140: Jul 3rd 2014 at 2:55:44 AM

No, but I've heard that a reason why AOT was so popular was this mentality. And loner angry young men changing things, like in Sanctuary or Akumetsu... that too gets on my nerves.

edited 3rd Jul '14 2:56:51 AM by TheHandle

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Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
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#141: Jul 3rd 2014 at 11:13:23 AM

Argevollen's first episode offers some fun real-robot goodness. II liked how they emphasised just how extraordinary a weapon a Mo Cap Mecha is.

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bassgs435 will of the new world Since: Apr, 2013
will of the new world
#142: Jul 3rd 2014 at 11:26:36 AM

[up] I don't think it's motion cap, just mind controlled

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#143: Jul 3rd 2014 at 12:07:24 PM

>my reaction to the first episode of Tokyo Ghoul

I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial
jedi1113 Since: Jun, 2009
#144: Jul 3rd 2014 at 3:27:00 PM

Argevollen-I like the designs of the Bloody Hopper mechs, and the titular Argevollen. Characters are interesting enough at this point. Also this is why you don't bring a real robot to a super robot fight. I enjoyed it.

Tokyo Ghoul-First off, [up] that. Pretty creepy, and it definitely has me hooked.

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#145: Jul 3rd 2014 at 3:33:38 PM

Tokyo Ghoul...is freaking intense. Super 17+. Extremely violent. And yet it's amazing.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
KnightofNASA Since: Jan, 2013
#146: Jul 3rd 2014 at 3:47:27 PM

Tokyo Ghoul: I am a ghoul, you are a ghoul, everyone's a ghoul.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
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#147: Jul 3rd 2014 at 4:14:00 PM

That was excellent. The animation, the pacing, the cinematography. Tokyo Ghoul is a winner.

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kiukiuclk from 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693 Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: My TiMER is ticking
#148: Jul 3rd 2014 at 4:22:18 PM

[up] I can take that as a recommendation right? Kool.

Argevollen: The real robots look like Battle Tech. The Argevollen looks like your standard anime mecha. Hah! First episode was mainly intro, so hard to hard to say a whole lot. Not sure which members of the cast(other than the obvious) are important yet.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#149: Jul 3rd 2014 at 4:41:30 PM

Hm, couldn't get into Tokyo Ghoul. Something about the general tone just turned me off

Argevollen was okay. The 2D animation was a bit weak and I dislike the lead, but it managed to stay watchable throughout

Locodol is eh. Emphasis is on the Slice of Life side of things rather than comedy or yuri subtext

Definitely not watching Tokyo Ghoul, may give the other two a second episode

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#150: Jul 3rd 2014 at 5:10:56 PM

@Argevollen: Oh my God I haven't been so bored since Gundam Unicorn.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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