silentstar: Anime In 2013

silentstar 12.31.13	watching Shiki right now http://myanimelist.net/animelist/aadil67
OysterizerInsomniac 12.31.13	man I love steins;gate, it's the sort of thing where people either don't know about it or think it's amazing
Rev 12.31.13	uchouten kazoku yeah
ResidentNihilist 12.31.13	goddamn really want to watch stein's gate at some point
Rev 12.31.13	gonna make a fall wrap up later, maybe a 2013 wrap up too who knows
onthebrightside 12.31.13	The backlog never ends. As far as airing anime, this has actually been a pretty decent year, though. And you should check out the localization of the S;G visual novel that's coming out in a few months, it's pretty good if you're into that sort of thing.
Pheromone 12.31.13	Baccano is a 5, you crazy?
Pheromone 12.31.13	also I got Requiem on DVD a while back and watched up to ep 17, It fell apart after ep 12 so I didn't bother to check out the rest, I'll probably get to it sometime.
Rev 12.31.13	"This was the strongest year for shows in a long time, despite Attack on Titan falling apart after the first 7 or 8 episodes" thank god someone else with some sense
Winsomniac 12.31.13	2 was a lot more better than I expected
onthebrightside 12.31.13	I don't remember where that is story-wise, but if it's when the MC suddenly has plot armor, then yeah. SnK was never very good though.
Rev 12.31.13	i tried reading the manga hoping it would be better but it was just as bad
silentstar 12.31.13	"also how did you not like haibane omg smh ffs" haha, I knew I'd get flak for that. honestly, apart from one character (Reki), the cast was boring. they wasted 5-6 episodes out of 13 on silly slice-of-life stuff. to top it off, they never even properly explain the wall/the society/the traders. the show only gets into actual philosophical and psychological topics near the end but all it does is merely touch upon them. I mean, I understand what they were trying to do and it's an interesting concept for sure, but it's not properly paced/fleshed out and is weakened by wrong choice of protagonist + boring characters.
Pheromone 12.31.13	I'm not certain, but I think the author of the original Haibane story died without finishing off his explanations so when they adapted it for anime there wasn't much they could do staying faithful to it's original story. But I can see what you mean.
Rhyme 01.01.14	currently watching steins;gate, it's really good so far
treeqt. 01.01.14	steins gate is ass doe
treeqt. 01.01.14	higurashi for instance is infinitely better haibana is zzzz idd
toxin. 01.01.14	sweet man i still need to check out psycho pass
treeqt. 01.01.14	do it do it do it d oo i ttt
toxin. 01.01.14	tree, tread lightly... bitch
toxin. 01.01.14	and yessir i will... eventually.
silentstar 01.01.14	"higurashi for instance is infinitely better" lol
Pheromone 01.01.14	higurashi is fan pandering for moe freaks with creepy fetishes.
Pheromone 01.01.14	I didn't.
toxin. 01.01.14	any of you watch kyousou giga i've been debating watching it but idk
Pheromone 01.01.14	I watched it for a bit but dropped it soon after.
Pheromone 01.01.14	Dropped loads this season Yowamushi and Ace Of Diamonds are pretty great though and Golden Time / Little Busters are pretty good too.
silentstar 01.01.14	"higurashi is fan pandering for moe freaks with creepy fetishes" right? like that's what I'm talking about - it uses a trendy medium to disguise an otherwise boring, far-fetched story. also, any show that resolves its issues with the powers of friendship can go eff itself.
Mister Twister 01.01.14	SnK is the over-hyped anime of the year. Fuck that show.
treeqt. 01.01.14	so how is that not infinitely better than steins gate doe
Pheromone 01.01.14	Because Steins Gate has time travel and microwaves, what's not to love?
silentstar 01.01.14	"yeah I bet you find it hard to identify with the subject matter" gonna need to tumblr this under my #oppressed tag
Pheromone 01.01.14	But for real, anyone watching Ace Of Diamonds?
Masochist 01.01.14	I really enjoyed Attack on Titan, actually. Steins;Gate, though...Steins;Gate became one of my favorite animes of all time very shortly after completing the series. Check my profile picture--IT'S SO COOOOOL.
treeqt. 01.01.14
toxin. 01.01.14	i heard ova was more confusing but idk i'll prob watch it b/c people who liked uchouten kazoku liked it as well tbqh i hated golden time ugh, it has the proud distinction of being the first show i've dropped. i think samurai flamenco might be next though
Pheromone 01.01.14	@Toxin I enjoyed Samurai Flamenco hugely when I first started watching it (probably biased because the director is the same director for Baccano and Durarara) but I ended up dropping it because of the repetition and cheesy plot. I quite like Golden Time though but I hate the Tsundere girl, irks me. Why don't you like it?
Pheromone 01.01.14	Damn watamote is like my least favourite show ever.
silentstar 01.01.14	why does everyone like cute little girls -> in schools -> with predictable love-stories -> with obvious "loser" characters -> colorful colours -> lame jokes -> anime cliche characters -> attempts at being smart (read: poor sarcastic humour) I don't get it
ShitsofRain 01.01.14	samurai champloo
treeqt. 01.01.14	you're just stupid to be honest
toxin. 01.01.14	samflam was fun b/c it was fucking stupid and self-aware about it. but then in some episode they became power rangers and that's the minute i quit watching. i preferred the kickass-ness of the first episodes. and idk, it just bothered me. like the characters acted stereotypically anime. it's almost insulting to call it a college show because they act like typical HS romcom chars. the writing just in general felt really generic. the minute they turned that one dude (mitsuo maybe) into an overreacting baby i was done. so basically generic writing + generic plot + artistic directions i didn't really like (e.g. ghost banri)
Pheromone 01.01.14	I see what you mean, I agree it's been getting worse as it goes on, the only two I'm really enjoying are Yowamushi and Ace Of Diamond and they're both sport anime which is a genre I usually don't watch. I'm hyping for Space Dandy though.
ashcrash9 01.01.14	fuck yeah Uchouten Kazoku Kyousougiga was really good too. First few eps don't connect really well, but it all comes full circle nicely in the end.
Rev 01.01.14	how could you drop samumenco??? we full on sentai team now