Koikoi7_01 raw: take all the most corny high-school shounen cliches, mix them and serve them at mad speed and in no special order. The chara designs are too close to the manga - they copied the errors too (the eyes are drawn too close, for one thing.)
Ichigo 100% raw: some kind of preview? The episode happens in the middle of the series. 'Seems to follow the manga religiously. I had a laugh or two, so it can't be that bad.
FutagoHime 1 raw: a sugar candy show for little girls. I couldn't stand all the syrup, but the production value seems high.
Izumo_-Takeki_Ken_no_Hirameki-_01 raw: looks like a non-hentai, cute-ified remake of the hentai anime Izumo. Lots of clothed girls, one too-serious guy. I fear that the show's interest will be low.
The Law of Ueki 01 RAW: angsty fighting anime using trees.
Trinity Blood Pre-review: SO TACKY
Two of the airships:
http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/toribla/images/set_mecha_iron.jpg
http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/toribla/images/set_mecha_itan.jpg
That red cross insignia on those airships look familiar...
WAIT A SECOND!
Jesus.... those things could NOT look any more outrageous. I wish airship designers would take a cue from Last Exile. >_<
Sousei no AQUARION 01 RAW:
Mechas vs invaders in post-apocalyptic world. Zomg graphics.
EREMENTAR_GERAD_ep01 raw:
Adventures in a strange land using strange weapons. Good adaptation of the manga. Fun.
I guess >>9 uses a design based on the Cross Fitchy (http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsfitchy.htm) to invoke the image of crusaders.
And I guess >>6 knows to copy the best. Actually, now that I look closer at it, it also looks a bit like the Scientology Cross (http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/symbols/bldefsscientologycross.htm).
Eye Shield 21 01 RAW: Comedy sports anime. Bullied loser boy gets enrolled into the school's American football club. Hilarity ensues.
Gokujo_Seitokai_01 raw:
Dual-personality loser girl with a hand puppet arrives at new school, hilarity ensues. Large cast.
Futakoi Alternative 01 raw:
Similar plot to Futakoi, but sort of redone by the Nanaca+Crash flash game author. :) Ep01 introduces the characters (mad speed mayhem-style).
I'm sort of looking forward to >>15, but of the shoujo shows this season, Honey & Clover looks sort of promising.
MAR: weak school boy gets transported to fantasy land. Fights ensue.
[oops - I misplaced this entry in the wrong thread. Reposted here.]
LOVELESS 01 raw:
Boylove anime. In this world, virgins have cat ears and tails. Confused catboy changing school gets caught in a magical conspiracy. Whirlwinds of dead leaves ensue, amongst other flashy happenings. Lovely catgirl gets snubbed.
Speed Grapher 01 raw:
Photographer investigates the rotten sides of life.
He's My Master 01 raw:
Maid's comedy anime from Gainax. The voices are familiar, the style too. Lots of similarities to Mahoromatic, except that the maids are human, the master more lecherous, and no conspiracy in sight. Service, service!
Sentou Yousei Tasukete! Mave-chan:
When the worlds of Yukikaze and an anime convention collapse.
TSUBASA Reservoir Chronicle 01 raw:
Happy Sakura-chan is a princess in a happy magical land but evil doers are planning evil deeds in the shadows. Tragedies ensue.
Good music. The voice actor for Sakura is unnatural, it sounds like she's reading her text. OTOH it doesn't seem like she'll talk much in the next episode(s?).
Ichigo 100% 01 [TV]:
The adaptation seems relatively faithful to the manga at first glance. The girls are cute. That Dabada music was nice, but at other places the music was too loud and covered the voices. And my, are those school skirts short - it's almost embarrassing. ^^;
Eureka7 01 RAW
Samurai Champloo goes sci-fi. A boy stranded in the boondocks dreams of becoming a sky surfer. Suddenly all hell breaks loose as one of "them" crash into his house.
There is a clock in the top left so it's prolly gonna be teenage-rated at most. Good animation.
I am japanese, but I have not enough time to watch all anime.
Why can you watch so many
We are NEET!
>>26
I don't watch them all, only a few. Except here but those are first episodes, I'm doing my selection. And even then, there are a lot of anime I end up not watching, put on DVD "for later". ^^;
Onegai_My_Melody-ep01[raw]
Whiny school girl who wants to become a violin player gets involved with a fluffy evil magical being from Hello Kitty land. Fluffy good magical being from same land comes to her rescue. Happy happy la la.
Honey_and_Clover_TV_01+02 raw:
Shoujo anime? A bunch of men together rambling about and thru life. Only one girl, a frustrated, not-so-pretty pottery maker, who gets barely any screen time. "Action" is provided by one of the guys, a lolicon, who is harassing the daughter's owner. <cough>
I don't think you quite got that one. The young-looking girl is the 18-year-old daughter of the owner's cousin, and is as much a main character as anyone else.
She's the reincarnation of Tsubasa Shibahime!
>She's the reincarnation of Tsubasa Shibahime!
You do know that this reply is the last reaction you'll ever get to mentioning Tsubasa Shibahime, don't you? You could just as well mention Hitler.
Basilisk_-Koga_ninpou_chou-_01, subbed:
Duels, loves and betrayals amongst superninjas in old Japan. Lost of ugly male characters, a few sexy babes. For the fan of those kinds of stories.
Trinity_Blood_01_raw:
A filthy rich Church uses lost technologies to rule a decadent, post-apocalyptic world destroyed by vampiric invaders. Effeminate men, strong women. Will Good prevail over Evil? Will Man regain his rightful place? Will we witness this grand epic subbed soon? Only time will tell.
Cool graphics, airships, pretty babes, church music.
KARAS 01 RAW:
When law enforcement agents from multiple dimensions meet in Tokyo, the result is gonna be messy. Also, beware of the Kappa.
Dark dogfights, dark fighters, dark secrets.
Zettai Shonen_01 raw:
In the boondocks, life is boring for our young hero. The main action is provided by the dog and the cats roaming about. Until one day, when strange occurrences start to happen.
Looks interesting. Washed out colors, babes are cute, artwork and animation is good, plot is mysterious enough.
GENCO show! GENCO show!
I'm checking it out for sure.
Lol why did they choose GENCO as name?
That name's so close to GONZO...
A homage maybe?
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I wouldn't think so, but on the other hand, the opening credits for Kujibiki Unbalance lists "G*N*O" as the production company.
The Snow Queen 1 RAW:
Some kind of "Heidi of the Alps" remake? In the mountains boondocks, life is not boring for our very young, brave, always smiling heroine. She has all kinds of minor problems she has to solve that I could care less about...... huh, the chara design put me off, the "full of good intentions" spiel put me off, the overly melodramatic scenery put me off... I couldn't watch more than a few parts here and there.
Prolly a "old style" shojo title, aimed at very young viewers. I'll pass.
By ep 3, all the wotakus have agreed that Zettai Shounen is a semi-ero-anime disguised as a children's anime.
No seriously, what were they thinking? It's a good show, of course, but what's with the... oh never mind.
>>44
I have only seen 1-2 so far but "Zettai Shounen is a semi-ero-anime" doesn't make sense to me. It looks more like a coming-of-age anime to me, with a little scifi/mystery thrown in. The boy hasn't shown any interest to girls so far, more the contrary. If there is nudity/erotism/sex in 3, well that's fine, that's also part of a coming-of-age plot.
Ok I watched ep3. Not a single bit of nudity. >>44 is a joke.
If they allowed nudity at that time on NHK I'll tell you that the next Ghibli movie will be directed by Quentin Tarantino.
What I mean is that it's got interesting camera angles. And they focus on weird places. I'm not the only one saying it's at least a little weird for a kid's show, there were some similar comments on some other blogs, like for example this:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/zgok0079/20050604#p1 or http://d.hatena.ne.jp/zgok0079/20050521
http://www.accessup.org/anime_j/Zettai%2520Shounen.html
http://blue-cosmos.seesaa.net/category/393522.html
http://xera.dyndns.org/usrbbs/test/write.php?res=1693(imageboard)
And of course, the 2ch official thread here:
http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anime/1117453810/
All talking about Zettai shounen being ero in some-way or another...
Of course at it's core the story is a fantasy/sci-fi/coming of age thing, but what's with all the other weird stuff?
Of course it's weird. It's about aliens/skyfishes/invisible thingies that watch you without you knowing it.
Of course the angles are weird. It's the aliens' viewpoints! That's the whole point.
Of course the aliens' views are used. It gives an atmosphere to what would otherwise be a boring daily routine in a boring remote neighborhood.
You are really, really making me want to watch this now.
Any translations yet?
dragosmore said he's doing it for some group or another (heaven knows what), and Faith/Shi-fa said they'll be doing it too.
Ain't seeing any sign of them yet, hope they com esoon...
And well, it being from the alien's point of view is a good idea, I guess. I just can't shake off this slightly ero vibe from the show, ...
Viewpoints from below. That has soooo many possibilities to explore. I doubt they'd go so far as to have any panty shots though. No way. Now that's too much.
I wouldn't mind to see some nudity, they are some babes in there. The show has been remarkably tame so far. I suspect they are holding out the nudity card for additional shock value in a later episode. Right now it's just tease.
ep 4:
http://s05.imagehost.org/1191/zettai_shounen1.jpg
http://s05.imagehost.org/1191/zettai_shounen2.jpg
http://s05.imagehost.org/1191/zettai_shounen3.jpg <- very clearly, panchira
stolen from 2chan. But anyway, what the hell??
>>52
Big deal, a fully clothed girl. Those seem very tame to me.
And, knowing 2chan, those frames most likely appear very fast and one has to go frame by frame to even notice it.
Methinks that those claiming it's ero are actually hoping, wishing and longing for the show to turn into a porn fest. :/
They should go back to watch KoiKoi7.
Never heard of a panty shot on an 8:00 show on NHK though...
Tell me why should I care about NHK's execs opinion.
http://a.scarywater.net/triad/%5BTriad%5D_Zettai_Shonen_-_01.avi.torrent
All right all right ALL RIGHT!
Should I watch this show?
The first episode looked like the first episode of something I like. I just wish the whole show would look like the opening, which is the most stylish thing ever.
Also, it gets bonus points for the Prince Igor ringtone.
On the basis solely of the intriguing nature of this discussion, I went and watched the first two episodes, and my verdict is in: this one is very watchable, indeed.
I don't get the ero-vibe that others have mentioned... but I have to say, I'm getting a slightly creepy feeling that this one may take a turn for the darker, later on - like Narutaru did.
It's this summer's Summer Series.
Also, they had me at the first episode title - "The Beginning of a Depressing and Strange Summer".
おまんこ全開
4-ch mentioned in Zettai SHounen thread #3
http://anime.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anime/1118447062/
(Currently at 640 posts)
As usual half the thread is talking about ero tendencies...
Re-reading the theead, I realized that some of the replies may have not been directed at me and so I may have over-reacted. Sorry. As usual with anonymous boards, it gets confusing as to who is speaking to who.
>>63 swap/theead/thread
>>n for the win!
My season instant reviews are so instant that I've already finished them all!
http://raspberryheaven.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=28533#28533
Yeh, speaking of which, wtf is the GLF on Ayumu's shirt for? (Surely not Great Leap Forward, please...)
Oh, one nice thing is that it seems like some of the characters actually change their clothes.
GLF, maybe a misspelling of GOLF?
I've now seen the first four eps. (everything Triad has fsubbed), and I still can't see the supposed ero tendencies.
Honestly, I suspect this is all in the mind of a certain class of viewers - the ones who are so conditioned to erotic responses to anime that they'll fap to Hamtaro or Crayon Shin-chan. :-)
>>69
(;´Д`)ハアハア
You can go explain to ttp://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php?disp=comments (look quite a way down) If anything, he isn't your usual "kimowota"
GLF 最高 (・Д・)ノシ
"kimowota"?
"kimoi wotaku".
In other news, I had great fun looking up the "rods" (or "sky fish") mentioned in episode 3. This really is stuff people believe in, although even among UFO nuts, this one's considered pretty suspect.
http://www.roswellrods.com/
http://www.forteantimes.com/exclusive/rods.shtml
http://www.ufotheatre.com/rods/rods.htm <-- Not even misspelled UFO sites believe this.
http://skepdic.com/rods.html
http://www.roswellrods.com/ab7.html <-- This is totally awseome - a sky fish figure!
And "kimoi" is? I don't find the definition.
As for skyfishes, it seems to have caught in Japan, but not in other countries. My first exposure to the name was from an anime (The World of Narue).
Wiki's entry doesn't even bother to give the pros, only the cons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_%28cryptozoology%29
"Kimoi" is a very rude word for "disgusting" or such.
Were there skyfishes in Narue? I must have forgotten.
kimoi = kimochi warui
Are there only like 3 people who use this board regularly?
>>79
That appears to be the case.
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3rd person reporting!
Hay I'm here too.
I'm a person too!
I think this quick rising of posting rates is suspicious.
I advocate enforcing ID codes!
I think this suspicion of posting rates is suspicious.
I think this suspicion of this suspicion of posting... oh, forget it.
Zettai Shonen 5 subbed チン☆⌒ 凵\(\・∀・) まだぁ?
</whine>
>Zettai Shonen
Was that the pedo or the furry one? I'm pretending I've forgotten which is which again already....
Wonderful, Zettai Shonen 5 by Triad is now out. (・∀・)
It's not furry so I think it's 'pedo'.
The previews are definitely furry, though.
Instant review of new Speed Grapher OP in ep 12:
Holy fuck.
If only the rest of the series looked this cool.
Come on, don't tell me I'm the only one who watched it so far.
I must say that this season isn't very exciting.
The shows I'm looking for: Bleach (tho it has lost some of its original spunk), Zipang (dry, but good stuff - tho not even from this season), Erementar Gerad (well, it has decent action scenes and art), Trinity Blood (it's prettyyy) and One Piece (I love it).
The rest, like Gundam Seed Destiny, Speed Grapher, Futakoi Alternative etc., I have on the back burner, to be watched later.
What on earth are you talking about? This season has three shows that are both high quality, entertaining and intelligent, when usually you'd be happy to have just one. There's Emma, Honey & Clover, and Zettai Shounen.
I'm agreeing with Waha here. Those 3 rock my socks, underwear and spectacles off... I'm really glad that there are these 3 shows I can enjoy so much.
The rest of the stuff I'm watching so far is
SG (okay story, great potential but SHIT animation - thanks Gonzo!)
Sousei no Aquarion (guilty pleasure from laughing my ass off at the intended cheesiness of it all. Really, it's not that funny, but...)
Eureka Seven (was getting annoying, but recently okay - it's not as good as I thought, great production values but rather bland storyline)
'sit.
>>95 'Seems that we don't have the same tastes. Nothing wrong with that, that's why we are different individuals.
Emma: anime is so-so, I don't get the same elated feeling as with the manga. Manga is great.
Zettai Shounen: I'm watching it to find out the mystery, but otherwise it's a somewhat boring slice-of-life anime.
Honey & Clover: BORING! Boring boring boring. I'm comatose after I watch an episode. No thanks. >_<
Sousei no Aquarion: cheesy, monster of the day stuff. The art is okay tho. But I cannot relate to any of the characters.
Eureka Seven: good start, then went into Stellvia mode (self introspecting loser boy). I cannot identify with anyone in the show anymore. Art is okay. And, it's not getting subbed anymore it seems? Last I saw was ep5.
It seems to be the case. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate One Piece and Erementar Gerad and Trinity Blood (I personally think Gonzo shouldn't have done this and left the budget to SG), and of course GSD (though it's staaaaarting to get a biiiit itneresting now).
Sling, I'm sorry we're not (・∀・)人(・∀・)ナカーマ.
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