Forum - View topicThe Stream - Flower Power
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 Next Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kikaioh
 Posts: 1205 Location: Antarctica |
|
|||
spoiler[The scene where Armin calculates Eren's location in the Titan body seemed to suggest a realization that it was also the Titans' weak spot, which in turn seemed to suggest that the Titans themselves might also be 'piloted' by humans, and can only be killed when the 'pilot' is killed (and perhaps the pilots aren't aware of what they're doing?) If that turned out to be the case, it would set up a nice contrasting revelation against Eren's vengeful personality, especially since the series revels in revelations.] But that's just fan speculation on my part  , and one thing I can definitely agree on is that the show is very compelling. I look forward to it every week, and I get a similar feeling of excitement watching the show that I got from the first time playing through "Chrono Trigger" (that's the best relatable experience I could think of anyways  ).
|
||||
|
||||
|
Dop.L
Posts: 715 Location: London |
|
|||
|
Good to see Flowers of Evil up there as the best of season, not only because it was unique, beautiful and strange, a bold attempt to do something different in the medium, but also because it captured the spirit of teenage alienation the way no other show does.
I'd love to see it get the second season it so richly deserves, mostly as a reward to the director's vision, and partly as a huge 'UP YOURS' to the toxic otaku hivemind. |
||||
|
||||
invalidname
 Contributor Posts: 2458 Location: Grand Rapids, MI |
|
|||
|
I just reached the first summer camp episode of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, so it's a bummer to hear it's downhill after this. So far, the show has seemed just slightly better than it needed to be, but it's definitely no Toradora!.
|
||||
|
||||
TheAncientOne
 Posts: 1875 Location: USA (mid-south) |
|
|||
Funimation usually streams their simulcasts on Hulu (and uses Hulu imbeds for free-view videos on their own site), but thus far that isn't the case with this season's new simulcasts. At the moment all that exist there for them are promotional clips. |
||||
|
||||
crosswithyou
 Posts: 2893 Location: California |
|
|||
And unfortunately it's some of those parts that makes it easier for the series to be understood. ^^; Moar Hirato please. At the event on Sunday, the "goodbye" message after the event finished was by Hirato and the last thing he said was "bye bye perona." XDDD HILARIOUS. I'm hoping for a second season after the manga gets a bit further ahead. If there's a second season, I'm hoping they develop each character more as the development in the anime is quite lacking. I'd also like to see some lemon-headed chibi Nai. He's absolutely adorable in the manga. |
||||
|
||||
zensunni
 Posts: 1294 |
|
|||
She dropped Hunter x Hunter a long, long time ago. Space Brothers she is just "spacing out" her writing about it instead of covering it in every Stream column. |
||||
|
||||
|
dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
|
|||
|
^
She's still watching Hunter x Hunter, just not writing about it. |
||||
|
||||
Megiddo
 Posts: 8360 Location: IL |
|
|||
|
Exactly, last I heard is that she didn't want to keep saying the same things every column, which is understandable. But she hasn't said a peep about it ever since the middle of Yorkshin if I recall correctly. And a lot has happened in that time. I'd be understanding if she did in fact drop it. Chimera Ant may have been far too brutal and sinister. But at the very least I'd like a paragraph about it like she has had for every other show that she has dropped.
|
||||
|
||||
gedata
 Posts: 615 |
|
|||
Agreed, HxH has had plenty going on worth writing about, for better or for worse (mostly for better). The tone shifts are definitely noteworthy. |
||||
|
||||
|
ConanSan
Posts: 1818 |
|
|||
|
Flowers of Evil ep 1 told me to £"*( off and I obliged. Everything else was fairly spot on ranking wise.
|
||||
|
||||
|
ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
|
|||
Okay, next time. |
||||
|
||||
diadumenian
 Posts: 26 |
|
|||
|
I can't let another Stream go by without commenting on Space Brothers. The core characters and story are good, but there are elements that often make the show difficult to watch:
Side characters - A bunch of them are unbearable. Apo, with the googly eyes and jerky movements, is creepy. Space Director Nasuda is supposed to be either smart or funny, but is annoying. Jennifer's shtick wears on you fast. Mom, rejected candidates, Pico... lots of misses IMO. Music - Same starting background music EVERY time (ba-bum-BAAA, ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-BAAAAA) over and over and over. The opening and ending songs are usually poor, nothing like the openings/closings of Gintama or Sket Dance. Pacing - Most arcs take waayy too long. Things got suspenseful around episode 39, but the moon rescue arc took abut 5 episodes to play out? You knew what was going to happen, get on with it please! I'm sticking with it but no way it's top 3. |
||||
|
||||
|
Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
|
|||
|
Bamboo and I clearly have different taste in anime.
And I don't understand how people love Chihayafuru unless you understand the game. It is a tournament anime. |
||||
|
||||
|
dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
|
|||
|
^
Still butthurt over Chihayafuru being good, huh. And you don't need to know much about karuta to actually enjoy the show. Like most Sports shows, it isn't actually about the sport, it's about the people who play the sport. |
||||
|
||||
|
gedata
Posts: 615 |
|
|||
the game isn't really that hard to understand |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group