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SereneChaos
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Thanks, but I already watched it.  I've got some horror in my backlog to watch, but for some reason I like watching it simulcasted more.
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superdry
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A one week delay isn't terrible...better than waiting a few weeks like last season with some of the Funi "simulcasts." Of course, watching Aesthetica on Funi is going to be worthless since it's most likely to be censored (unless they somehow offer 720p resolution+uncensored to paying members....hahaha). |
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egoist
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About that, they could advertise their new streaming selection for a couple of days after new season begins, specially during the beginning of ANN's Preview Guide. But for it to work properly, they'd need proper simulcasts. |
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LUNI_TUNZ
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The last Funimation stream I wasn't horrible with being on time, that was Milky Holmes season 2 - of course, that was before Funico dissolved, and I ended up watching on Nico anyway... so, I guess what I'm saying is idk? |
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zensunni
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Once Funimation comes out with their Roku app later this summer, I might give their elite subscription a try. Until then, I will just watch on-line. I'm glad they are at least doing near-casts this season instead of the debacle of last season. (I still haven't watched all of one of the shows I was going to watch that they had or any of the others, since I was already busy with other shows by the time they were available. I will have to catch up sometime... Sometime, when is that anyway?)
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Furudanuki
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5 - Number of reviewers who wrote about Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi
4 - Number who referred to the Chihayafuru anime in their writeup 0 - Number who made note of the first poem coincidentally? used in the series (#17) 1 - Sad tanuki 
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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I also noticed it. And I did wonder if that particular poem was used first in order to lure in those people who liked Chihayafuru. Of course that show did poorly sales-wise, but the Manga is popular and you would think that many fans would at least have heard about it. Oh, and I did a comparison between the two shows. They do share a number of staff, mostly animators (including the animation director) and animation companies but also Chitose's (Chihaya's sister) Seiyuu Aya Endo. |
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tcdelaney
Posts: 169 Location: Mittagong, NSW, Australia |
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As someone with very limited japanese who rarely likes the "cute girls doing cute things" genre, I was sure Joshiraku was going to be a one-episode show for me.
But I found it surprisingly funny and watchable. Whether it can maintain that for long is the real question. Having watched about half of them, my picks of the new shows for the season are: - Sword Art Online (damn it's beautiful) although I'd have thought after a month they would have made some headway in analysing and bypassing the equipment from those who didn't make it ... - Binbougami ga! is totally stupid and ridiculous, but doesn't give your brain time to realise it ... - Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita is wierd, but probably in a good way. Should finish watching the first 1-2 episodes of the rest of the shows tomorrow. |
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UtenaAnthy
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My sister was googling to find out about reports of Fifty Shades of Grey being banned in the states, and she found this... we both lol'ed. |
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Meygaera
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I also really enjoyed it as well. The only thing that felt original about it was the concept/plot with a god of poverty. The jokes were pretty much stuff we've all seen before, but they work. I found myself laughing a lot.
Yes, the Stream is definitely one of my favorite things to read on this site. I do hope Binbogami ga! gets picked up there. |
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Ingraman
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Yeah, I don't think that we see them too often in anime. I think that I'm remembering one (or something very similar) in Kamichu! spoiler[that had took up residence in Yurie's cat after saving it from drowning. She had to keep nullifying it's ?aura? of poverty to keep her town from economically collapsing]. I don't recall any others at the moment... |
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Yupa
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Actually there was an anime last year about a god of poverty, though I can't remember the name since I only watched two episodes of it.
Binbougami ga is much better. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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You're probably thinking of Cat God. I thought it was enjoyable enough, and fairly harmless to boot. |
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tcdelaney
Posts: 169 Location: Mittagong, NSW, Australia |
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OK - continuing on ...
Muv-luv Alternative - Total Eclipse. This has the potential to be one of the biggest shows this season. It's a rare show that spoiler[builds up a full cast - with them featured in opening credits - then kills all bar one cast member]. I'm eager to see where it goes from here (I'm a little upset though that spoiler[Yui didn't end up a catatonic wreck]). Kokoro Connect and Tari Tari were both pleasant surprises. I'm particularly interested to see where Tari Tari goes - my suspicion is that Sakai is the main character. Oda Nobuna no Yabou is refreshing in that it's a slightly more serious take on "what if many/most/all of the civil war warlords were girls". It's definitely had the best start of any of this genre in the last few seasons. Natsuyuki Rendezvous and Utakoi have their appeal, but also feel somewhat flat. I suspect the appeal may wear off fairly quickly. Familia Arcana lasted 5 minutes before being dropped. |
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tcdelaney
Posts: 169 Location: Mittagong, NSW, Australia |
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As noted above, you're probably thinking of Nekogami Yaoyorozu (Cat God) which features a god of poverty as a minor character. It was a fairly enjoyable, but ultimately forgettable show. |
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