I've watched Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun near the end of the anime season. It's supposed to be a romantic comedy but it gave me the impression that it was slapstick that poked fun at mangaka and manga serialization. I was laughing pretty hard in this one; I didn't expect most of the humor to be concentrated around the guys instead of the girls, and the punch lines hardly got old.
The only complaint I have is that one of the main protagonists eventually got demoted to a side character near the end.
I asked the internet, and apparently you guys are talking about Monthly Girls' Nozaki-Kun. I only know of that series because one person on another forum I visit said that it was the best show of the season, though the way he said it made it hard to tell if he was joking or not...especially since then 5 other people started doing "This was the best of the season" jokes after that...
I just watched the first episode of Denki-gai, as I finished Princess Jellyfish.
I wasn't overly impressed with it... It had it's moments, but I think I was expecting more Gekkan Shoujo out of it. Ill probably continue watching it though.
What is Gekkan Shoujo? As far as I can tell, Denki-Gai's a slapstick comedy about people working in a bookstore in Akihabara. At least that's the impression this trailer gave me, I haven't actually watched it yet so you know more about it than I do...
EDIT: Meant this trailer, but that other one seems more indicative of what it actually is?
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is Id have to say the best anime that happened this summer. I suggest everyone watch it cause that show is gold. Also the manga is amazing too.
Gekkan Shoujo is somewhat slapstick, and so I was like hey! Maybe Denki-gai would be similar. But it's not even close to the amaze that Gekkan Shoujo was.
But I just finished the second ep of Denki-gai, and it made me uncomfortable. I think I should stop watching...
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Sorry for double posting, but I just found out that Gekkan Shoujo is having weekly three minute specials now!
I'm so excited cause it follows the manga exactly where the anime left off. I would rather have a second season though...
Edit: I also watched Amagi Brilliant Park, and I wasn't impressed with it >_<. I have no hope for this anime season other than the Bonjour reverse-harem that's coming out in a few days.
The second trailer makes Denki-Gai seem less fun and silly than I thought it was. I was already at the bottom of the rung, but now I'm not sure if I'll bother. :/ Not like I need two comedies anyways. It's hard enough keeping myself interested in Space Dandy, and I'm in the mood for some crazy animation after that one dream I had...
Gugure seems like it'll be silly enough on its own.
I dropped Rail Wars! two episodes in after the amount of forced fanservice got ridiculous, and based on the screenshots I saw it only got worse.
In my opinion the best anime from the summer season was Zankyou no Terror, followed by Aldnoah.Zero, and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei.
I'm tempted to compare Mahouka to Sword Art Online because of how ridiculously overpowered the main character becomes at the end, but at least he acts rationally, has formal training, and shows no mercy to his enemies. Also, his sister is such an extreme brocon to the point where the other characters make fun of it. Some episodes had a bit of fan service but they mostly occurred when they focused on the side characters.
I felt Spring 2014 was a little weak overall, but No Game No Life was the most unapologetically fun series. It was dumb as hell, but it was hilarious and a wild ride.
I thought Mahouka was decent, but filled with so many gaps in the plot and character motivations. Looking around on forums though, it looks like the LN that it's adapted from has a lot of inner monologue from the characters that just got dropped for the anime, so that explains why nothing anybody does makes any sense...
Chaika was apparently good, but I never got around to watching it.
Also, Ping Pong is apparently something that I should watch.
Recap on the last season mostly from impressions from friends because I actually haven't watched anime in months:
Zankyou no Terror: I was so stoked on this series that I was recommending it before the first episode even came out. Then I watched the pilot and decided I'd wait until it's finished to marathon it. From then until now I've had tons of plot spoiled for me -_-ll
Same deal with Aldnoah.Zero. Watching it when season two finishes. Got most of season one spoiled for me.
Rail Wars: Such a good premise! Was a shame to hear it devolved into fanservice.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun got a lot of love from my friends as well. I got linked a few standalone jokes from Denki-Gai, but I feel like it's more the kind of embarrassing guilty-pleasure humour that I pretend I don't enjoy.
always thought I'd change to Gyarados after I turned 20 but hey, this is more fitting I guess. (also somebody registered under the original Magikarp name and I can't get back to it anymore orz)
Or bad news, depending on how attatched to that one Conan fansub group you are. Though I do recall you mentioning that the group you followed was seriously behind in episodes, but this might make it easier to get caught up.
EDIT: Oh-oh wait, I finally looked it up (I remembered the initials somehow)...DCTP hasn't been translating in two years? Okay!
Or bad news, depending on how attatched to that one Conan fansub group you are. Though I do recall you mentioning that the group you followed was seriously behind in episodes, but this might make it easier to get caught up.
EDIT: Oh-oh wait, I finally looked it up (I remembered the initials somehow)...DCTP hasn't been translating in two years? Okay!
I just saw this and was gonna post about it and lose my mind! THE MIRACLE HAPPEN.
You have no idea how happy I am by this (though unfortunately all this is doing is making me neutral since I haven't had the best...past 24 hours). I'm hoping against logic this includes all past episodes eventually, but I don't think that's happening. If that does happen I am demanding you all watch at least some part of it immediately. It is probably the best example of a series I've been wanting to see get more exposure over here, and for years now, so glad this exists.
I'm not sure what I'm doing now with fansubs. Depends on a lot of things I guess, but I'll certainly try to support this if I can. And yeah, DCTP stopped doing fansubs and were eventually forced out of even doing manga translations, which sucks forever and probably hurt the community, which is sad to me. The newer fansub group is honestly cool, but again, it's hard to say what will happen. Outside of maybe older stuff, it might be difficult to justify continuing this and it depends on the fansub quality. While Crunchyroll's subs are certainly not as good as DCTP's, they're good enough from what I understand. I was watching Kindaichi on it so I think they can do murder mystery stuff well, I just worry because this stuff needs translation's notes sometimes (stupid Japanese wordplay ).
They used to include small in-video Translation notes in the from time to time, but I think they gave up after a while...it wasn't too helpful anyways, since you'd have to pause to read them, they'd go by so quick...
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Without context, that image doesn't make sense to me? I mean, SAO II has plenty of problems, but still...what's wrong with that other than being kinda creepy, which could just as easily have been the intent of the scene?
Without context, that image doesn't make sense to me? I mean, SAO II has plenty of problems, but still...what's wrong with that other than being kinda creepy, which could just as easily have been the intent of the scene?
Without context, that image doesn't make sense to me? I mean, SAO II has plenty of problems, but still...what's wrong with that other than being kinda creepy, which could just as easily have been the intent of the scene?
To be fair, I know I personally find new anime incredibly difficult to guage.
Like, I've been wrong 90% of the time. It's a complete guessing game.
Also, most of the anime that were popular in the anime fandom before were things worked its way through the filters and stood the test of time. Now it's a complete gamble, so things can easily get hyped based on early impressions (Trailers, source material that may or may not be followed or well adapted, etc.). And I don't think Anime fans are used to dealing with hype, at least not at those degrees.
To be fair, I know I personally find new anime incredibly difficult to guage.
Like, I've been wrong 90% of the time. It's a complete guessing game.
Also, most of the anime that were popular in the anime fandom before were things worked its way through the filters and stood the test of time. Now it's a complete gamble, so things can easily get hyped based on early impressions (Trailers, source material that may or may not be followed or well adapted, etc.). And I don't think Anime fans are used to dealing with hype, at least not at those degrees.
Yeah. I can see why early impressions of the Anime itself can hype Anime fans, but then they might had to make some changes. Some are good, and some are bad.
To be fair, I know I personally find new anime incredibly difficult to guage.
Like, I've been wrong 90% of the time. It's a complete guessing game.
Also, most of the anime that were popular in the anime fandom before were things worked its way through the filters and stood the test of time. Now it's a complete gamble, so things can easily get hyped based on early impressions (Trailers, source material that may or may not be followed or well adapted, etc.). And I don't think Anime fans are used to dealing with hype, at least not at those degrees.
I one time picked Gargantia as the anime to watch. In the Spring of 2013.
To be fair, I know I personally find new anime incredibly difficult to guage.
Like, I've been wrong 90% of the time. It's a complete guessing game.
Also, most of the anime that were popular in the anime fandom before were things worked its way through the filters and stood the test of time. Now it's a complete gamble, so things can easily get hyped based on early impressions (Trailers, source material that may or may not be followed or well adapted, etc.). And I don't think Anime fans are used to dealing with hype, at least not at those degrees.
I one time picked Gargantia as the anime to watch. In the Spring of 2013.
...Best guess I could've made!
Gen Urobuchi is usually a good gamble. His 2011-2012 output was god tier (Madoka, Fate/Zero, Psycho-Pass).
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