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LavenderMintRose
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eeeee Steins;Gate~
Yeah, that deja-vu feeling about familiar places, that's how I felt about the first Eden of the East movie in New York. I love it though~ the way of knowing places like that is why I really want to move to Tokyo (and also London) for a few months instead of just visit 
... I really wish someone would rescue the license for the manga of Emma, though. The story sounds so perfect~~ |
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EnigmaticSky
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S;G's second half, in my opinion, was fantastic. I didn't care a ton for the "go to girl A, tell them you need to destroy their dreams, then on to the next girl's episode!" handful of episodes, but even they weren't half bad. I loved the series as a whole. Random comment, but did anyone notice some pretty noticeable banding for the blurays of the series? It was kind of a shame; it was even distracting at points, although I can't comment on the quality of the DVDs.
Hiiro no Kakera doesn't really interest me at all (I am a guy, so that is kind of a given), and Emma I am pretty hesitant to watch. It just looks a little... bleh. I remember Answerman talking about feeling the same way I did before watching it, so I may give it a shot at some point. Nice collection this week; I can see F/Z still in plastic wrap.  It could probably be sold after it's no longer sold anywhere new for a ton of cash. Overall nice collection, although it could probably be organized on a shelf a bit so things aren't stacked on top of each other.
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notrogersmith
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I'm a guy, too, and I enjoyed Emma. I'd say it's at least worth a rental. |
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littlefleur
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One of these days I should get around to watching Emma. Even if any Downton fan knows that the premise, while faintly probable, doesn't always have a good outcome, like it seems to have in Emma. Stein's Gate is one of my favorites. I even got my non-anime fan but sci-fi loving husband to watch it and he really enjoyed it.
Hiiro no Kakera actually gets a lot better in its second half. Not that the show is ever great but the romance between the two leads is well done and believable. It develops very naturally out of their friendship and working together. It is also fully reciprocated on both sides without the annoying 3rd wheel who typically gets in the way of the prospective couple. Probably one of the better romances I can think of in anime, only it doesn't happen until the second season (not that it isn't obvious from the get go) and sadly it doesn't make up for the rest of the show. It is really unfortunate that the first half is so slow. The whole show could and should have been 12 episodes tops. Also the bishieness of the bishies is way way way over done. However if you got through the first half, the worst over and romance fans will enjoy the relationship between the leads. |
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ColonelYao47
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Mostly agree with that assessment of Steins;Gate...incredible series, one of my absolute favorites, has me spellbound in the "otaku spending for merchandise" way and carte blanche to do all kinds of new material and I'm sold. That said, there are lapses in its brilliance. I don't mind how spoiler[the staff handled the canon OTP in this half but the Ruka episode] is definitely the weak link in an otherwise stellar production.
Side note: I really want to know how to budget like Scott does so I can pull off the Fate/Zero box like he did. Nicely done. |
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belvadeer
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Wow, that is a bit unnerving. 0_0 |
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vanfanel
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I only saw bits of the first season (passed completely on the second), but IMO, the best parts of any Hiiro no Kakera episode are the beginning and end. Say what you will about the rest, that OP is gorgeous, and then you've got those after credits bits where one of the dudes will make a smolderingly suggestive monologue right at the camera. Being about as far from the target audience for that as is imaginable, I have rarely laughed so hard at anything in anime.
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Ortensia1980
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I still have to watch Emma. Hopefully I'll get round to it soon, because I've been interested in it for a while now.
I agree. The second season isn't a masterpiece by any means, but it's a lot better than the first one. The first season just drags on for far too long and I definitely agree with Bamboo that it should have been turned into three OVAs instead. That would definitely have improved it. |
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Mohawk52
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Emma
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Sky_Renzokuken
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I love the Heaven's lost Property wall scroll. I have one as well. It does creep me out just a tad that Nymph's face is being crushed by a boob though.
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Agent355
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I gotta once again make the claim that Emma has a better story than Downton Abbey and if it had a British live action adaptation people around the world would go gaga for it. Hey, at least the feisty foreigner character survives his first appearance!
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enurtsol
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Heh, my name's in the credits for the pre-order funding, so I won't be able to deny it. 
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ANN_Bamboo
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;p I mean, I specifically said a live-action adaptation. Which, presumably, would have British actors. |
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BigOnAnime
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Really should have put my username in that email, but I forgot to.
I have taken it out a few times, and did rewatch the show through it (Man is the video quality amazing on it). And yeah it could be organized better. Currently working on getting a real shelf so it works better than what I have now (Random places I've made room for it).
Currently that's what's making getting the second set a bit hard for me right now, other things got in the way like Bandai stuff. |
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