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belvadeer





PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 11:57 pm Reply with quote
GoldCrusader wrote:
Just watch the original anime on Crunchyroll at your pace and then continue to clear card. It's very worth it. It's one of the best anime adaptation of all time. The manga is the inferior version. Also even if the anime has lots of anime original stuff both leads well into clear card.


I'm not a Crunchyroll subscriber though. Do they have it available for non-members?

zrnzle500 wrote:
@belvadeer I went in completely cold, and aside from two or three characters, I could generally understand what was going on. You have more familiarity with the series than I do, so I think you'll be fine. I wouldn't be deterred from at least checking out the first episode.


Yeah, I'd been debating whether or not to at least watch the first episode of Clear Card. I'll just check it out and see for myself if I'll be totally lost or not.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 12:03 am Reply with quote
belvadeer wrote:
GoldCrusader wrote:
Just watch the original anime on Crunchyroll at your pace and then continue to clear card. It's very worth it. It's one of the best anime adaptation of all time. The manga is the inferior version. Also even if the anime has lots of anime original stuff both leads well into clear card.


I'm not a Crunchyroll subscriber though. Do they have it available for non-members?


Both the dub and sub appear to be available to free users on CR.
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belvadeer





PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:32 am Reply with quote
zrnzle500 wrote:
Both the dub and sub appear to be available to free users on CR.


Sounds good, thanks.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:02 am Reply with quote
chaccide wrote:

You do realize it's supposed to be gross and non-con? In order to show how the character's sexuality has been f*cked up by her family and fiance? Scenes don't need to pass a moral test to belong in a story, and this one needs to be there.


And they could have done it without it being luridly drawn out and framed as quasi-romantic in the scene.
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Gina Szanboti



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:44 am Reply with quote
Mitsuboshi Colors was cute and I really liked Saito, but I think I've reached my cuteness quota this season.

Part of that quota was filled by Gakuen Babysitters, which I just adored. I wasn't all that enthused going in, but it charmed my socks off, and the scene when Ryuichi tries to call his father just broke my heart.

I think the reason this resonates with me where Colors doesn't is perhaps because I've seen way too many high school series where any one of the Colors girls could be characters just as they are with no changes in looks, voice or behavior. So even when these girls' voices and behavior is appropriate to their stated age, my hackles are already up. Whereas kids who look and act like Babysitters' toddlers are always unmistakably toddlers, so I don't have those irritating associations to try to set aside and can just enjoy it.

As for Kokkoku, at last, a not-CGDCT series! Smile I'm in.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:09 am Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
Given that Crybaby is graphic, are we talking about Gantz-level graphic violence?


The graphic content is probably around the same level as other violent anime like Berserk and maybe The Guyver. I never seen Gantz, so I can't comment on it. I do think Genocyber, Violence Jack and Blood C are way more graphic though.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:47 am Reply with quote
catbot158 wrote:
Man, Rebecca Silverman just trashed Tsubasa Chronicles in her Cardcaptor review. Anime hyper I do like that series, only because the two original characters (Fai and Kurogane) were so good and deserve their own manga/universe.


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I actually thought I might get told to tone it down! I felt so betrayed by that series that it just sort of eclipsed the early volumes that I enjoyed. It just fell apart (for me) at the end. I do love Clamp, though - Clover, especially the first two volumes, is one of my absolute favorite series.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:59 am Reply with quote
Kokkoku's first episode was a freaking masterpiece. Can't wait to watch the rest of the series. Oh, boy, and that OP was ridiculousy awesome (dat bass!!)
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:05 am Reply with quote
Watched, and then went and finished, Devilman Crybaby. I was not planning on doing that, but...yes, basically, if anyone familiar with Devilman is wondering if this adaptation delivers, worry not, for it most certainly does.

It has really been something to see it become relevant again. There was already a bit of an uptick of interest in Devilman before now, and this of course comes along...

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:34 am Reply with quote
Is it just me, or is Syaoran acting sketchy?
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Chiibi



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:39 pm Reply with quote
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So I was a little disappointed that TROYCA's anime adaptation looks very little like Tanemura's art.


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ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?







I COLLECT her art.....I mean......don't even..... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:23 pm Reply with quote
Karakai Jozu No Takagi-San: LOVED IT. I loved everything about it and it looks to be already one of my favorites of the season. Even if everyone else dislikes it (Which is highly unlikely), I will be sure to stick around for the whole cour. Gosh, it was just one of the sweetest things I’ve ever watched as an anime fan. Can’t wait for more. Very Happy
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Chiibi



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:32 pm Reply with quote
Joshua Zarate wrote:
Karakai Jozu No Takagi-San: LOVED IT. I loved everything about it and it looks to be already one of my favorites of the season.


Same. xD total sucker for stuff like this show.....

I really don't get why Silverman thinks Takagi is "mean"; it's just harmless pranking? The series clearly doesn't have even a hint of malice or abuse; it is a fluffy, good-natured series.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 3:47 pm Reply with quote
I don't get it are you saying you don't like The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! Because March comes in like a lion exists? Why are these shows even being compared anyway? Just because they involve shogi doesn't mean there the same type of show. I mean would you compare Ro-Kyu-Bu! to kuroko's basketball just because they both involve basketball?
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:10 pm Reply with quote
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! - I actually agree with both Nick and Rebecca on this one. On the one hand, I loved the match between Ai and MC and would absolutely be down for more like that. Unfortunately, the rest of it was just trite harem comedy shenanigans, which I'm so over at this point. In a season that's been filled with pleasant surprises, this one gets a pretty easy drop from me. 2/5

KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN - Speaking of pleasant surprises, I really liked this one too! Thought it was really cute and funny, though I do share Rebecca's sentiment that a full season of 25 minute episodes might be a bit much. Either way, I'm in for now. 3.5/5
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