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[Reelya]

I prefer ke~ki.

Me too, it goes well with my cohee.

Well, i just found what is bar-none the worst dub I have ever heard. Even worse than the infamous Bible Black dub! Whilst looking for dubbed shoujo animes for my dyslexic lady-friend, I discovered that Maid Sama was dubbed (to my surprise). Well first up, i can only ask why that one? - and not Kimi ni Todoke or Toradora! which are both much better shows. Then I booted it up to check, and the dub is so bad I'm actually grateful that whoever did this didn't ruin those other shows forever by getting the licenses. The amazing thing is, it's not even the voice actors this time - it's whoever set up the recording equipment. Everyone sounds mechanical and far away, like they're speaking into tin cans or something, or like mp3s recorded at 64kpbs. (i checked other copies online to make sure it wasn't just this one batch). Overall - major dubbing failure if you can't even record someone's voice correctly.

[Neonivek]

I could use my hate sensors on it to dig up any possible flaw it may have.

Quickly, to the Neomobile!

Now if I knew what anime I am supposed to analyze I'd be all set.

[Reelya]

I think it's the first on the chart i linked - Otona Joshi no Anime Time.

[fqllve]

Nah, Aku no Hana is the show people are getting up in arms about.

Although I did consider watching Otona Joshi, but from the description of the first arc it sounds like just another "romance solves everything" anime. Like Aoi Bungaku but not as good.

[Tellemurius]

Surprised that the Sailor Moon remake wasn't on that list, or maybe thats for summer.

[Lord Shonus]

Just finished watching through Girls Und Panzer. For all it's crimes against logic, it's a surprisingly entertaining show. The characters are distinct, the plot is a coherent if somewhat standard sports story, and the visuals are excellent. The volleyball team is a bit annoying, though.

[Flying Dice]

The only thing that really bothered me about Girls und Panzer was the way everyone acted as if the technobabble anti-penetration coating somehow made everything perfectly safe barring environmental conditions. Because, y'know, special armor doesn't do much when you're a competent commander who rides around turned-out most of the time, especially when people are prone to blindly spraying MG fire from secondary mounts to burn off impotent frustration.

[Lord Shonus]

That was, in fact, one of the "crimes against logic" to which I referred. At least they pointed out once that riding outside the turret wasn't the best idea, to which the main character replied (paraphrased) "Well, people rarely get hit, but if it will make you feel better, I'll get in."

[Leafsnail]

It's actually a statement on the horrors of war, and how for many of those fighting death would be a sweet release.

[Reelya]

Where do you guys normally go to keep up with current season shows? Normally I marathon finished series / seasons but I'd like to start staying up to date with new stuff now.

[i2amroy]

Where do you guys normally go to keep up with current season shows? Normally I marathon finished series / seasons but I'd like to start staying up to date with new stuff now.

I tend to fall back on the standard procedure of googling the show name and the episode number and seeing if I can pull anything up (which you almost always can). With newer shows it can be quite a crapshoot depending on how recent the episode you want is, what show you are looking for, and whether or not an american company holds a copyright on it.

[Reelya]

Hmm well i guess i'll just continue to stay behind the times by a few months then. I'll be checking out

- Bakuman season 3
- Girls Und Panzer
- Robotic;Notes
- Shinsekai Yori

from the previous season.

Did anyone catch Little Busters? How was it?

Other than those shows i mentioned, anyone else recommend anything worth watching that aired in the Oct - March season?

[Tellemurius]

Little Busters is ok for being a Key anime and you would like more than the VN..... THE VN (i hate that baseball game some much T_T)

[Zangi]

Angel Beats, full of wtf at the end.  I don't particularly... agree with how things end. 

In a 'I can't think of anything better, but I still don't like it way.'
I just can't accept the concept of acceptance/fulfillment... and then you cease to be/poof.  Without a word or anything. 
Who knows what could have happened, maybe instead of 'ascension', you were taken by force and hidden away somewhere...    The cruelest part is that most of the time, they are leaving people behind, friends, without a word or explanation.
Noone would be the wiser...

Also, reincarnation is debatable in that world if I remember correctly.  You may just cease to be, forever.

Meh, I guess it is like choosing to lay down and die, but with peer pressure.  Everyone else is doing it at the end.

[Reelya]

Spoiler: Angel Beats ending (click to show/hide)

Yeah other than Kanada / Otonoshi, who's reason for being there was well explained when you analyze the details / logic, the others didn't make that much sense, how they could just "pooof" their way out when they felt like it. Sorta would've been better if they dumped some of the random action storylines and dealt more with how each person resolved their life issues. It was at it's best when the band-girl disappeared, and that loli chick who i don't remember well. Those at least has reasoned-out life histories / resolution / catharsis.

I think a problem with the show was the concept vs. the pacing: if everyone had disappeared too early, then there would literally only be 2-3 characters left by the final couple of episodes. And it would be really hard to make that interesting. It's not like Clannad or Kanon where people who's story arc has resolved can pop up in later episodes, Angel Beats required any "resolved" character to vanish forever! I can see how that creates a dilemma with the writing.

As for reincarnation, it's fairly well established actually if you watch after the final ending credits. It's just the characters themselves who were clueless. Don't always take character beliefs as gospel. Although you may have a point if you're saying that the characters chose to "move on" without really knowing for sure.

As for the main two, i think they had a good story for that, at least. Kanada and the guy were in a "catch 22" where neither of them could be reincarnated until they worked things out. Kanada couldn't "move on" due to her regret related to not thanking him. And it appears he couldn't be normally reincarnated himself until she let go of his heart (which sends a bad message about organ-donation in the Angel Beats universe!), he was the only one there who didn't have a "regret" from his previous life, so he was the only human who wasn't meant to belong in that world. Presumably his soul wandered around until he got in there near the heart, then he "woke up".

Actually, the sheer unlikelyness of the situation makes me wonder why there aren't many more souls stuck in that purgatory. What if someone's life regret was not thanking someone for something other than a heart transplant? Then, the person they wanted to thank would reincarnate normally, and the one who regrets not thanking them would be there literally forever. It would get a bit crowded.