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[JoshuaFH]

Like seriously, if anyone here has seen Go-Soccer, a fake sport from Nichijou if you've ever seen it (which you should, it's awesome), I'm just always caught up thinking about Mahjong like that. With people staring at eachother intensely, and taking weird yoga positions, followed by balancing Go pieces on their heads and hands, and then awesome flying acrobatics and pyrotechnics, and a referee does a somersault off a two story building, and both players bust out crying as one is declared the winner. And there's like 100 people watching, and every single soul besides you is understanding everything that is going on, and it still winds up being awesome.

That's what it's like watching Akagi play Mahjong.

I swear, I have no idea how a game this complicated is popular across I-don't-know how many cultures. My quandary is further muddled, since further investigation has yielded that there's variations of Mahjong for individual countries and cities. Even more so upon finding out some of those variations have scoring systems so complicated that even professional players need to use large, unwieldy scoreboards in order to keep track.

I mean, yeah, I can see that the game offers alot in the way of variation, chance, skill, player interaction, and styles of play. It also has a long tradition, so I can see that. I just want to see though, the guy that invented it, how did he manage to sell this game to other people? People in ancient china must have been the most bored people ever to look at this game, and it's labyrinth of rules, and think that it was the greatest thing ever. Plus, the pieces probably could have been made cheaply and durably, so there was probably also that.

[Chaoswizkid]

Ah Soul Eater; contains all three of the things I dislike in anime and yet I still like the show, at least so far.
I think I heard somewhere that the ending isn't good?

Manga. Mangamangamangamangamangamangamanga. Grittier, more serious style. Takes the series in a largely different direction (Similar to Fullmetal Alchemist syndrome, except I'm not sure they'll do a remake). There are quite a few instances of permanent character death. What you don't like about the show, you'll probably find you like in the manga. Unfortunately, the action-y bits aren't animated in the manga (of course), so you lose out on that, but you gain in a lot of other areas (IMO).

Fairy Tail is a good one, unless you're sickened by fan-service and yaoi. Although most anime have excessive fanservice and yaoi anyways since Japnese make them. Did you know that drawing boobs without any coverage in Japan is totally accepted?

If you want a really good one with a non-nihilistic Rule thy world villain; I suggest Gundam 00 because of its many plot twists which doesn't let you recognize who's the true antagonist.

Fairytale isn't actually all that bad to be honest... Heck I find it to almost parody fanservice without actually using it in return (unless things change later on. Which could happen). I've even seen sections where they outright prevented Fanservice. It just isn't all that bad right now and frankly is very low on the fanservice scale.

I consider even Ghost in a Shell to be worse with its odd camera angles and body possitions.

I'm either current or a chapter behind on the manga (Not aware due to this being break and on dial-up so I can't tell), and I haven't seen any of the anime, but I'd have to say that Fairy Tale definitely seems to have a good bit of fanservice. I do think it parodies fanservice at times, but there's a lot of random instances of Erza in 'special armor' and both her and Lucy getting their clothing torn up in fights. Then there's the extra chapters where Lucy is doing a photoshoot for the Sorcerer magazine in a bikini. Also, there's several instances of 'verbal' fanservice, where the fanservice comes from speech and what is alluded to rather than showing anything physical.

I'd have to say that Ghost in the Shell is a lot more artful, and less blatant, than what Fairy Tale pulls. My word only really counts for the manga version though.

[ToonyMan]

Fairy Tale definitely has fan service everywhere.

I'm also on like episode 6 of Carnival Phantasm.  This is amazing.  And it only took half a year to watch!  Season 2 definitely steps the comedy bar up.  Less random, more wit.  Still random as hell though.

Spoiler: episode 6 screencap (click to show/hide)

[JoshuaFH]

Oh yeah, and I just finished the fourth case of Trials and Tribulations. I have to say, I had a little bit of trouble there, but turning the game off and stepping away for a little bit, and then returning with a clear head a few hours later always seems to help.

[ToonyMan]

Oh yeah, and I just finished the fourth case of Trials and Tribulations. I have to say, I had a little bit of trouble there, but turning the game off and stepping away for a little bit, and then returning with a clear head a few hours later always seems to help.

Hell yeah.  The majority of T&T was amazing.  Wait until the finale case.

[Kobold Troubadour]

That remake is real!  It will come out when Fate/hollow is finished being translated...

Soooo....let's get back at this a few years from now I guess, ok?

Oh, and because I can
look at THIS

Yeah, read that already...several times, interesting concept. Needs more love. Shame that I can't use his "condition" of forgetfulness in real life without acquiring some amusing injuries.

Just finished Fate EXTRA using Saber...the RPG gameplay was meh, but the VN style storyline was quite interesting. Far, far from perfect but I was entertained nonethless...especially with some scenes like:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, Kotomine just threatened to use Hokuto Shinken on me...

Well, time for the second route with a different Servant!

[ToonyMan]

I'll need to play Fate/Extra after I finish everything else.  everything else

everything else

every/thing el/se

ev/ery/thi/ng el/s/e

Oh and I started reading that Future Gospel thing, looks short.

[Neonivek]

DANG IT ANIME! Can you PLEASE at least attempt to make characters look their age.

I thought Akagi was an adult, an older adult (like in his 40s). Nope... he is a kid apperantly. No wait Thirteen.

Though no anime is as bad as DGkarat in terms of characters not looking their age (I'll give you a hint. One character is 8 and the other is over 30. Guess which one)

[JoshuaFH]

DANG IT ANIME! Can you PLEASE at least attempt to make characters look their age.

I thought Akagi was an adult, an older adult (like in his 40s). Nope... he is a kid apperantly. No wait Thirteen.

Though no anime is as bad as DGkarat in terms of characters not looking their age (I'll give you a hint. One character is 8 and the other is over 30. Guess which one)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Later in the story, like five eps, he time skips to 19 yrs. old, and he starts to look more his age.

[Neonivek]

I am not sure if I consider the Narrator a benefit or detriment

There are times I am really sucked into the match when the narrator will interupt and say something REALLY obvious or things I think would be better for me to know myself.

At the same time he often fills in gaps I couldn't have known especially with how to play the game. As well as advanced strategy you couldn't know unless you REALLY knew the game, saw their hands, and were psychic beyond reason.

[JoshuaFH]

He's a loose cannon narrator.

[JoshuaFH]

Something weird though, I got my hands on the OST for Akagi, and the first song of the first disc is the second opening theme for Death Note.

It's not similar. It's exactly the same. I wasn't expecting that one.

[Neonivek]

Something weird though, I got my hands on the OST for Akagi, and the first song of the first disc is the second opening theme for Death Note.

It's not similar. It's exactly the same. I wasn't expecting that one.

Not weird for Akagi

Whos original Intro was country-esk music and ending music was Heavy Metal.

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Akagi seems to take place in some wierd alternate dimension.

Which throws me off quite a bit given how realistic it often tries to be.

[Boksi]

So I'd like to write down my train of thought:

• Oh hey, a new Mahou Sensei Negima chapter has been scanlated!
• ...What kind of chapter title is that?
• Hmmm... Setsuna doesn't want to let go of naked Asuna, I sure wonder why~
• You go Yue!
• That's a bad way to regain one's memories. The Oh-God-I'm-Being-An-Asshole realization.
• Oh, there's the title drop. The chapter title, that is.
• Well, Ku Fei's been in the running for a while, after all.
• Come to think of it, that is a lot of kissing. And we all know how seriously Japan takes their first kisses.
• That's a lot of burning spirit, but I'm not sure it's being used for a noble goal.
• And it ends on such an ominous note.

[Ricky]

Nipple lights.

Gotta love One Piece.