Animedragon Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I did manage to finish watching White Album, although it was a close thing and I nearly gave up a couple of times. Basically it was a lot of people with messed up lives doing things that messed up their lives even more. There wasn't much of a plot, although it could also be said there were too many plots, all of which just appeared then disappeared with little or no explanation or resolution. Towards the end I felt that they were trying desperately to find a reason behind everything by using the old late reveal backstory gambit, which to me came over as too much of a deus ex machina. There was an epilogue of sorts at the end of the final credits, but instead of providing a closure to the story it just left more unanswered questions. So overall a disappointing series and a contender for the worst series I've seen this year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaConsumesMe Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Just started Zeta Gundam. Also showing some friends Fate/Zero - currently only on episode 1, but I have high hopes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Emotion Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 About to watch Battle of the Gods again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazino Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Battle Through The Heavens or its original name, Doupo Cangqiong. It's listed as an ONA on anilist, myanimelist etc.. Although it's a Donghua - I will refer to it just as chinese anime. Anyways, where do I start, Season 1 in general is just bad, in terms of animation, story-telling and so on. It quickly gets better after it's picked up by a new animation studio in Season 2. They also made a revamp of the first season containing only 3 episodes. It's your average cultivation anime but this one in particular could be said to be among the best out there with a decent animation/story/power system. I was avoiding these 3D "anime" for quite a while tbh. I took the plunge ultimately and i'm glad as it turned out to be better than I expected. Edited February 27 by Mazino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 13 hours ago, Animedragon said: So overall a disappointing series and a contender for the worst series I've seen this year. In its defence I think White Album actually had the potential to be a good series exploring the problems of being a new singer trying to break into the professional music industry and how the stresses of rivals, studio rehearsals, media attention and production schedules affects the personal life, emotional well-being and personal relationships of both the new singer and their friends and family. Instead they decided to bury any overall plot with a morass of poorly thought out and pointless sub-plots and a large female cast whose actions tended to push the series into the boundaries of harem show territory. A good opportunity lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soramee_ Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 5 hours ago, Animedragon said: In its defence I think White Album actually had the potential to be a good series exploring the problems of being a new singer trying to break into the professional music industry and how the stresses of rivals, studio rehearsals, media attention and production schedules affects the personal life, emotional well-being and personal relationships of both the new singer and their friends and family. Instead they decided to bury any overall plot with a morass of poorly thought out and pointless sub-plots and a large female cast whose actions tended to push the series into the boundaries of harem show territory. A good opportunity lost. well from what i heard the visual novel is a lot better so maybe they animated one of the bad routes or something like that. Well i don't really know but since the visual novel is loved by a lot of people it may just be the fault of the animators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animechat Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 15 minutes ago, Soramee_ said: well from what i heard the visual novel is a lot better so maybe they animated one of the bad routes or something like that. Well i don't really know but since the visual novel is loved by a lot of people it may just be the fault of the animators? hard create from good manga in to good anime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 4 hours ago, Soramee_ said: well from what i heard the visual novel is a lot better so maybe they animated one of the bad routes or something like that. Well i don't really know but since the visual novel is loved by a lot of people it may just be the fault of the animators? I hadn't realised that White Album was based on a visual novel. To create a good single story line anime from a visual novel is quite difficult as some of the story routes may contradict each other, so I suspect the creators of the White Album anime tried to include too many of the incidents from the VN and ended up with an over complex and confusing story line. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleje76 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 20 hours ago, Otaku Gamer said: About to watch Battle of the Gods again. dragon ball z? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I've now started on White Album 2, which confusingly is not a sequel to White Album but does include some of the songs and mentions some of the characters from White Album. Like White Album the source material is a visual novel, but, based on the first four episodes, they've done a better job on WA2. The artwork and animation are also a higher standard. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noman Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I have just started Akame ga Kill! its amazing so far!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleje76 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 hours ago, Noman said: I have just started Akame ga Kill! its amazing so far!!!!! Yeah i really loved that one to. So sad it stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soramee_ Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 5 hours ago, Noman said: I have just started Akame ga Kill! its amazing so far!!!!! I love akame ga kill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soramee_ Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 i am currently on episode 8 of handyman saitou and.... Spoiler that ending was something else, I didn't expect that at all. Honestly I'm still shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnviousEnvy Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 2/25/2023 at 3:19 AM, Ohayotaku said: The most recent episode was episode 8, so no way you finished it without a TARDIS. And confirmed 13 episodes for it’s debut season (though I’ve seen comments from people saying the rate it’s covering the source material there’s only enough for a single season) It's why I asked if there was more episodes, lol. (I'm autistic so I sometimes write weird). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleje76 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 These romantic animes like Tomo-Chan Is A Girl are really wasted on me. I really cannot watch them. For me the charm of anime is that with drawing you can create any scenery you want and any storyline and any special effect. if i want to watch romantic stuff i just watch a normal romcom movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) This evening I finished White Album 2. The artwork and animation are of a high quality and the storyline, which revolves around one guy and two girls who get together as a Light Music Club with the aim of performing at their high school's fair and while it's a simple story it's well told and well paced. The three main characters are all well developed during the series and all have very different, and believable personalities. As you will have guessed, the three form a love triangle, but it's not quite that simple. Being a story based around a light music club music plays quite a large part in the story and the background music is excellent. Overall I found this a very enjoyable series to watch. Edited March 2 by Animedragon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 16 hours ago, Bulleje76 said: These romantic animes like Tomo-Chan Is A Girl are really wasted on me. I really cannot watch them. For me the charm of anime is that with drawing you can create any scenery you want and any storyline and any special effect. if i want to watch romantic stuff i just watch a normal romcom movie I get what you're saying but I'm ok with romcoms, or anything really. As long as there's a story. My favorites are "hard" science fiction and anime is one medium where the authors can create anything they want. Nothing better than a really good science fiction story that keeps the science part real but nevertheless still manages to blow your mind with their vision. Unfortunately those are pretty rare so in between I do romcoms, or whatever. The ones that I don't get are the ones that just go on and on and on and never really resolve anything or get anywhere. Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story so if something seems like it is just dragging on I tend to lose interest. It is very rare for me to stick with something beyond a season or two unless the story is exceptional enough to keep me engaged. Too many plot repeats or filler episodes and I drop it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_Fall Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) Picked up Cosmo Warrior Zero today it's been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I'm a huge Captain Harlock fan! So of course I'm here to tell you how awesome it was right? I of course was woefully disappointed when I put it in. It has all the pieces of a good show and it falls flat on it's face. I rushed through 7 episodes (mostly because I'm sick and stuck in my room) the only good writing in this show is shockingly the episode previews. I'll get done with a episode, and think "wow that was something... I think I'll rest and let that bad taste out of my mouth" only for the episode preview to promise me a good episode next time and I think "Well I cant stop on that sour note" and fall for the oldest trick in the book lol. Either way I'm going to finish this tomorrow, because I spent like 20 dollars on the dvd a year or so ago and I'm already halfway through so I might as well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edited March 2 by Admiral_Fall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 4 hours ago, efaardvark said: Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story I totally agree with you. A good story needs a beginning, a middle and an ending, stories that are all middle aren't really stories they're soap operas!* And for me stories have to have good endings, one thing that really annoys me is anime that either have a bodged ending or a final episode where the story just stops without any hint of resolution. I don't necessarily want everything neatly tied up, but I do want a believable closure to the story. * for those unused to the term 'soap opera', they're those TV dramas that are usually shown every evening and follow the lives of a bunch of characters who live in a small area. Some of these shows run for decades and ultimately just reuse the same storylines but with different characters each time round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleje76 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 9 hours ago, efaardvark said: I get what you're saying but I'm ok with romcoms, or anything really. As long as there's a story. My favorites are "hard" science fiction and anime is one medium where the authors can create anything they want. Nothing better than a really good science fiction story that keeps the science part real but nevertheless still manages to blow your mind with their vision. Unfortunately those are pretty rare so in between I do romcoms, or whatever. The ones that I don't get are the ones that just go on and on and on and never really resolve anything or get anywhere. Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story so if something seems like it is just dragging on I tend to lose interest. It is very rare for me to stick with something beyond a season or two unless the story is exceptional enough to keep me engaged. Too many plot repeats or filler episodes and I drop it. I am big fan of the isekai genre. Do you like that? If so i have some great recommendations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efaardvark Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 45 minutes ago, Bulleje76 said: I am big fan of the isekai genre. Do you like that? If so i have some great recommendations They’re ok in moderation. I’m kind of turned off by them lately though since everything seems to be crowding into the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animedragon Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found. I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success. I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Emotion Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 13 minutes ago, Animedragon said: I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found. I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success. I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list. Out of curiosity, how many anime titles are on your plan to watch list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleje76 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 50 minutes ago, Animedragon said: I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found. I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success. I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list. What is the full name of Hyouka? Cause i believe i have it for you I have this one: Hyouka 2012 Group: Coalgirls Video: BD 1920x1080 10-bit h.264 (6417 Kb/s - 13079 Kb/s) Audio: Japanese 2.0 16-bit FLAC ~600 Kb/s Subtitles: English Styled ASS (Mazui) Size: 37 gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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