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« Reply #60 on: 21 June 2016, 20:15:22 »
So Kuromukuro 11's translation seems to be delayed.  Anyone know if there's a particular reason?

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« Reply #61 on: 22 June 2016, 07:10:11 »
Entirely wrong aesthetics.

It's from UFO Princess Valkyrie.
IIRC, another anime where the fan service is gratuitous
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« Reply #62 on: 22 June 2016, 07:50:11 »
IIRC, another anime where the fan service is gratuitous

Not so much, if I recall correcty. Perhaps you're thinking of Valkyrie Drive Mermaid?

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« Reply #63 on: 22 June 2016, 12:13:48 »
UFO Princes had a lot of fanservice.  The series was set at a hotspring nd had long, lingering shots of women i the baths that had nothing to do with the plot.  And whenever Valkyrie had her once-per-episode transformation from her five-year-old body to her twenty-five-year-old body, it focused on the changes to certain parts of her anatomy more than others.
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« Reply #64 on: 22 June 2016, 12:46:49 »
Well, shows how little I remember the series! Outside of the cat girl ray gun it was pretty terrible anyway....

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« Reply #65 on: 22 June 2016, 14:59:16 »
I picked up High School of the Dead a while back and watched a few episodes and now I'm working on the rest.

I don't ever think I've seen anything where the fanservice was quite so forced before.  I've seen plenty of shows with completely gratuitous fanservice, but never one where it just felt like the studio had a contractual obligation they were fulfilling.
What about manga? Is it as bad? Also does male lead get called pervert & abused by the girls for no apparent reasons?
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« Reply #66 on: 22 June 2016, 15:21:10 »
HOTD is an oddity...

Now, for reference, I'm not a big survival-horror fan. So typically, I'm not a huge fan of The Walking Dead and the like. HOTD is an exception.  In part because of the semi over-the-top action and the fan service. Though considering the artist, IIRC, also does a lot of hentai on the side doesn't hurt (then again look at Triage X as well...).

Actually, the HOTD anime is a decent, but not exact, adaption of the Manga's first third. There are some Gainax moments, but those are added on-top of what was already there.

I'm just so bummed that a second (or third) season wasn't done. I wanted the Shopping Mall Arc done at least.

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« Reply #67 on: 22 June 2016, 15:48:56 »
Completely secondary to the anti-ship guns which are the reason why the battleship exists.
Now, an Iowa showing up? There you might have an issue as the Iowa was designed to be a carrier escort. Could possibly reclassify it for a cruiser killer type of role.

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« Reply #68 on: 22 June 2016, 17:21:32 »
Now, an Iowa showing up? There you might have an issue as the Iowa was designed to be a carrier escort. Could possibly reclassify it for a cruiser killer type of role.
Considering that her protection system was compromised for speed, you could think of her as a battlecruiser or rather, a fast battleship. While you have Montana if they do include paper designs as the brawling type like Yamato.
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« Reply #69 on: 23 June 2016, 00:31:08 »
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« Reply #70 on: 23 June 2016, 08:24:09 »
Well in the "We knew it was gonna happen" department...

A second season of My Hero Academia is gonna happen.
My big question is when?

Bones nailed the pacing with this series so far.

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« Reply #71 on: 23 June 2016, 13:29:26 »
Rewatching Bleach. I had the Dvd collection up to the end of the Bount arc. This series really keeps up the pace.

Something I'm curious about, - I don't mind spoilers, so if anyone has seen it to its completion, please expound - just how high does the power level get? And, for that matter, do they ever assault the gates of heaven again?

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« Reply #72 on: 23 June 2016, 15:30:08 »
Assault the gates of Heaven?  No.  Go to Hell?  Yes.

There is an arc before the end called something like the Godslayer Arc.  Nuff said?

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« Reply #73 on: 23 June 2016, 16:33:38 »
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-23/seven-seas-teams-with-ninja-division-to-launch-tabletop-game-company-shinobi-7/.103552

"Shinobi 7 also announced that it is working on a deck-building game based on Tokyo Ghoul, a miniature-based board game based on Strike Witches, and an economy-based board game based on Spice and Wolf."

".....a miniature-based board game based on Strike Witches...."

STRIKES WITCHES MINIATURES GAME


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« Reply #74 on: 23 June 2016, 16:35:56 »
I don't even like Strike Witches, and that's got my interest!
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« Reply #75 on: 23 June 2016, 17:25:45 »
dear gawd...

Now if they worked with Wizkids...
A Strike Witches cliks game...

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« Reply #76 on: 23 June 2016, 18:21:07 »
STRIKES WITCHES MINIATURES GAME
I would buy that!


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« Reply #77 on: 24 June 2016, 14:14:47 »
Oooh. Yeah, I'd be interested in the Strike Witches game. But I suspect I'd want to paint leggings or something on them.

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« Reply #78 on: 24 June 2016, 15:53:27 »
Oooh. Yeah, I'd be interested in the Strike Witches game. But I suspect I'd want to paint leggings or something on them.

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« Reply #79 on: 25 June 2016, 13:50:27 »
And to get back on topic...

High School Fleet - 12

For a non-adapted show, HSF finished kinda ok and as expected. Somewhat...
With Musashi bearing down on a civilian port and the Mermaid Fleet pretty well screwed, our girls on the Harekaze are given the go-ahead to try one last Hail Mary. And it goes about as you should actually expect...
Until the Big Damn Heroes moment from the rest off the School Fleet and the Spee! What follows is some well done action that somewhat apologizes for the Idiot Ball that been passed around the last couple of eps.

And then, of course, the Harekaze crew does the sheer impossible: It stops & boards the Musashi and everything is good with the world. Except that the Harekaze goes down once everyone is back in port and off the ship.

Overall, I'm not disappointed in watching this series. It might actually be a purchase when it becomes available. It was fun and entertaining and not what you would of expected from it's original description. It would be a binge-able show. I'm not sure I'd go for a second series, but I wouldn't headdesk if a second one was done.

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« Reply #80 on: 25 June 2016, 14:25:16 »
It did end on a somber note, but it was worth a watch. I'm kinda hoping they make a second season or a movie for it. But I won't hold my breath.

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« Reply #81 on: 25 June 2016, 18:19:47 »
It did end on a somber note...


Yeah, when you sideswipe a BB with a DD you're going to knock in a few hull plates at the least, and likely crack a few frames. Plus the shell damage from the fight.
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« Reply #82 on: 25 June 2016, 18:28:30 »

Yeah, when you sideswipe a BB with a DD you're going to knock in a few hull plates at the least, and likely crack a few frames. Plus the shell damage from the fight.

No argument there.
Considering the Harekaze actually had some hang time from the first return barrage...

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« Reply #83 on: 25 June 2016, 20:10:39 »
Drain the harbor, and next year we'll have Hai Furi Season 2: Space Destroyer Harukaze!
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« Reply #84 on: 25 June 2016, 20:28:17 »
I honestly couldn't sit through three episodes of it. Just felt like more shallow moe garbage where you're expected to watch BECAUSE it has lotz of girlz, rather than because of good plotline, interesting worldbuilding, or fascinating characters. It would have been tolerable (with a vaguely interesting world idea), if it had included a more balanced cast - not just all girls. Yes, they 'explain' it, but it's a shallow excuse to put big-eyed anime girls in naval uniforms and sail big ships around.

Some anime I don't mind there being an overload of girls - in a setting where it makes perfect sense. I don't even hate moe in its place - enjoyed the hell out of Himouto! Umaru-chan and Koukaku no Pandora recently. But lately it seems like the decision making process goes,

"What genre can we put a lot of girls into - because our audience doesn't like looking at ucky men - that hasn't been done yet?"

"Well, mecha, but how do we make it all girls?"

"...Only girls can operate the mecha?"

Hence, Infinite Stratos.

"Golly, IS was a decent hit, what else could we do with an all girl cast?"

"Well, WWII ships are big, but we didn't get the license for Kancolle..."

"Okay... what if WWII ships were still around, but because, uh... airplanes don't exist, they're still useful... but, uh... not really useful, so they're kind of second-line ships crewed by girls?"

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I just...  ???

 :-\ I don't see what you guys see in it.

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« Reply #85 on: 25 June 2016, 20:43:36 »
I see a bunch of warships, and am sold.

Also, occasional fanservice, though that's becoming less common.
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« Reply #86 on: 25 June 2016, 22:03:43 »
Flying Witch also came to an end and it was pretty good. Like how it began it ended in a very humble way with a double feature since last week's episode was delayed. With the story the way it is, I hope it get's a second season.

And speaking of Magic shows, Little Witch Academia will FINALLY be getting it's own TV series from Trigger. I don't know when it will start, but it was confirmed on their website and Twitter page.

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« Reply #87 on: 25 June 2016, 23:52:10 »
Just felt like more shallow moe garbage

If you don't understand moe or personally feel it, then you're not going to get it. Personally, I found the plot rather fun, the universe clearly arbitrary in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way that worked for me, and the characters charming enough. Why does anything need to have a "balanced" cast? Does every story have to have a cast that matches exact real world demographic ratios? It's cute. It's fun. Who cares?

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« Reply #88 on: 26 June 2016, 01:08:53 »
If you don't understand moe or personally feel it, then you're not going to get it. Personally, I found the plot rather fun, the universe clearly arbitrary in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way that worked for me, and the characters charming enough. Why does anything need to have a "balanced" cast? Does every story have to have a cast that matches exact real world demographic ratios? It's cute. It's fun. Who cares?
Pandering.

That's the word I was looking for, it was pandering. Tacked on to appeal to a certain demographic without much thought as to why.

I've no problem with moe. Right now I'm watching Umaru-chan with my fiance, and I'd be hard pressed to describe it as anything BUT moe slice of life. But as a pandering add-on to another story?

Taken on its face, HSF is an elseworlds where naval combat is so important that recruits are taught before they even graduate high school. That's pretty dark, and says something about the world it takes place in, even leaving out the 'no airplanes' part.

Maybe later they explore that. But I find it so hard to get past the moe pandering. It feels the same to me as the Queen's Blade anime, just shoving cute in your face instead of cartoon tits.

But everyone's tastes ARE different. I cannot seriously expect to alter your judgement in anime just because mine are different. I just wanted to try and figure out why I disliked it by writing it out.

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« Reply #89 on: 26 June 2016, 01:56:01 »
In And You Thought There Is Never A Girl Online? female lead throws herself at the male lead in most of the episodes, and in the end they didn't even kiss. At least he understands what the girl is after and his reactions are pretty funny to watch. And he isn't called pervert, except by the one blond twin-tail tsundere girl. Plenty of fun moments and I liked it better than .hack and Sword Art Online.

Bakuon!! was fun ride as well. But once more it seems that awesomeness of the manga didn't fit in to the anime :-\


About High School Fleet:
Yes, they 'explain' it, but it's a shallow excuse to put big-eyed anime girls in naval uniforms and sail big ships around.
I thought they had school uniforms ???
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