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The inferior 2/3.
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transience posted...

In retrospect, it's amazing that we never got a Toon Link picture during these dark days. That would have set the contests on fire. Samus/Tifa would have been nothing.

We got a Toon Link pic for Link/Cloud 2003! There were definitely a lot of people arguing that he lost the match because of that back then.
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xp1337 posted...

Finished my Ar nosurge replay.

Such a great game. So many great moments. I hope/wish Gust revisits the series some time even if the particular story told by Ciel and Ar nosurge is over.

What happened to the AT team? Did they all get fired or something?
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Made a playlist earlier, though some OPs and Ed's aren't on YouTube so I gotta review.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZQpQ8TPQEmSHgYnjKbxHC4p0hWVfed1

Wait why the OP for SG0

the EDs are so much better

dat Gate of Steiner remix
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Oops <_<
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Anyone got some stuff to listen to for best OP/ED? There haven't been a ton I've been into this year.

March Comes in Like a Lion S2 ED2 - I Am Standing


Animegatais OP - Aikotoba


Are the main two that stand out? I'm fond of

Happy Sugar Life OP - One Room Sugar LIfe


for its visual/aural combination, but I don't like the song as much as I could. ZLS's OP has amazing visuals as well, but I'm not into the song there at all.
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Spirit Circle - Multiple incarnations of the main characters meet again and again through different lives.

20th Century Boys - Kind of an IT-esque story that switches between two time periods, with the characters trying to solve a mystery as adults and children. From the author of Monster.

Cat Street - Story about a depressed girl getting back on her feet.

Innocent - Kinda based on the life of Charles-Henri Sanson, the executioner from the French revolution, but with a whole lot of embellishment and changes.

LifE (Nobuyuki Fukumoto) - Man with cancer tries to solve the mystery of his daughter's murder before he dies.
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Incidentally, the anime still slows things down from the manga, IIRC. The manga skips a lot of stuff.

Also just noticed Liz and the Blue Bird subs are out zomg. Might have to watch that soonish.
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Nice. Whose boobs?
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Hm, looks like there's on volume of Tsurezure left after that one. Wonder if it'll come out around April or so.
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pjbasis posted...

GranzonEx posted...

I'm pretty sure if I read/watched 5 parts I have a pretty good idea the formula isn't going to suddenly change into something I find "amazing"

I haven't watched even watched much JoJo but I'm going to disagree. Sometimes things click with me hard really late into it's tenure even if it's not totally different.

I definitely enjoyed the part 4 anime a whole lot more than the manga. But Granzon, if you don't like the first four seasons, continuing to watch the series is on you, not the fans...
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The lack of musicians is another dumb part of Zombieland Saga, and one of the reasons I dislike idol stuff in general. Literally After School Tea Time has more musical talent than most of these groups...

GranzonEx posted...

how did 3D Kanojo get a second season

It was split cour from the start. I assume the manga's decently popular?
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Draven/MMX/Ryu is definitely the biggest Draven match. Don't think too many people were calling for Draven to win the match after R1.

transcience posted...

I didnt even glance at the rivalry rumble when making this list. even BYIG was better than that

I feel like Red vs. Blue > Cloud vs. Sephiroth at least deserves a spot on the list!
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Sephiroth > Cloud was the big one, since Seph looked much stronger than Cloud in 2k2. We figured that might extend to Kefka.
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Yeah, that's fair. It's more that his existence feels that way, with the male character in a position of power over all the girls.
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Idol Superfan LapisLazuli posted...

Oof.

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transience posted...

Heck, I'm old enough to have watched the Super Mario Super Show, and let me tell you, the Zelda episode on Fridays was all anyone wanted.

Fridays were the best. For some reason it aired at 5AM every day here, and I tried to get up at 5AM to watch it sometimes...
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Feels like a sexist jerk type of character.

Also a shame that there are scenes where they where makeup. Would be better if they looked like zombies all the time.
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Yeah, 0% chance Popcorn Fairy would like Zombieland Saga. No idea why people in this topic would recommend it to him.

Watched the first couple episodes. Feels like it could be a good show, but Kotaro ruins every scene he's in...
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38. Psycho-Pass
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Thisll just be the first season, since I never watched S2 or the movie (and heard they werent great anyway plus PP had a perfect ending). Anyway, I quite enjoyed it! The premise was a lot of fun, and I felt like they presented it in the way the better dystopias do (where you can see why some people would consider this to be a utopia). The episodic stories throughout the show were pretty much all great. I still remember some of them fairly clearly, even though I only saw the show once the year it came out. Art girl good times. The action had a unique feel to it, and the Dominators were a fabulous idea for a weapon, both visually and conceptually. The animation did fall apart for a while near the end unfortunately, but thankfully that wasnt for any important action scenes or anything. The main cast was all quite good. The whole group of good guys was made up of fascinating characters. If anything, it wouldve been cool to see more of the supporting cast, since they were all so interesting. Akane was a pretty cool protagonist too, with a philosophy of her own that made her more than just a self-insert, and a neat path throughout the series.

For me, the one problem with the series that kept it from being amazing was that I didnt like the main villain, Makishima. He had some great scenes (episode 12 (I think) was just insane), but the show showed us way too much of him, and all the parts where he talked about his philosophy or whatever just sucked. Some series benefit from giving the villains more development, but others really dont. Finally, Namae no Nai Kaibutsu is one of the greatest ED songs of all time, so I highly appreciate the the series gave us that.
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I haven't been as into S2 as S1, for whatever reason. I should try and finish S2 sometime, but the second half of the second season has felt a bit lacking in creativity? I dunno.
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Searching for the Full Moon is the most classic idol anime tbqh
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AoT S3
Devilman Crybaby
Happy Sugar Life

A Place Farther than the Universe
Asobi Asobase
Franxx
Hanebad
Hinamatsuri
Yuru Camp

Would be the two tiers of top anime I've seen this year so far. Maid and Bloom into You would be in the second tier, maybe. Haven't been as excited by the recent episodes.
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Revue Starlight is indeed tremendously bad. and AICO is incredibly okay.
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sound effects openings are all bad
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CS1 is my favorite Trails by far!
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Gaen a pretty cool dude. Ononoki more like O "no" "no" ki tbqh
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If you want more witch stuff TocS2 will probably disappoint you. Really wish there'd been more of that.
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Fun fact: Sara's Japanese nickname is Eclair, which means lightning in French.
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Isn't Yuri on Ice getting a movie?
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I would've been happy just to have bracket winner vs. Link at the end, yeah. The only issue there is that it wouldn't work quite as well in a rally contest, but eh. Nothing does.
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Citrus+ doesn't start the main characters. It's about the side characters.
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It's pretty good. Not something to flip out over...
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Dowolf, ToCS1 definitely doesn't get close to the end of Ao...
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Hmm, Sonic did worse on Auron than I thought. 54% on Auron isn't great, but I'm not sure how much worse that makes him than the division winners from the regular bracket.
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Sexy~
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Spirit Circle rules
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kilafer posted...

Mac Arrowny posted...

What's the song that plays in the Temple of Light? That's some MONACA sounding shit. I don't see it in the Zelda music selection.

I think it's the Destroyed Skyworld theme from Kid Icarus Uprising.

Thanks!
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What's the song that plays in the Temple of Light? That's some MONACA sounding shit. I don't see it in the Zelda music selection.
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Averia posted...

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TheKoolAidShoto posted...

KP

Stop

When you don't care about any of the remaining characters, you have to pick a side and run with it to get enjoyment out of things

And I never side with the villain

Think of it as Mario's good karma after the Vivi match being shackled down by Ganondorf and having an endless small rally powering Vivi !

Yes, and after that performance he just gave, he's gonna get a ton of anti-votes in his remaining matches.
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Simoun posted...

Instead we get a live action trilogy. What do you think of those?

Never watched 'em. I try to stay away from modern live action JP stuff in general. The acting and production values are always so bad...
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LapisLazuli posted...

Charlotte is literally the poster child for hilariously awful trainwreck endings.

I seem to remember you liking it though...somehow, correct me if I'm wrong.

I gave the show a 2. The final episode was better than the episodes leading up to it.
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True Tears had a solid ending and didn't need to be longer.

Angel Beats had an amazing final episode that made me cry a lot.

Tari Tari was consistent all the way through with a very good ending.

I think people liked Uma Musume's ending too?

I feel like they do alright with endings in general. What shows have they done where the endings are way worse than the rest of the show?
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Shirobako ended well...
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Yeah, that's a little high...
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Where does Ganondorf end up if you adjust Tidus up to Yuna level?
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aww yeah

I think this sort of thing would be more useful in deciding how likely prisoners are to re-offend though. Seems like the sort of thing that would help give more effective treatment to criminals and decide who gets parole and such.
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20CB was my favorite manga for years. An anime would be incredible, especially if it fixed the later parts up a bit.
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39. Monster
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Watch Monster? Maybe not. Monsters a very interesting show, of a type we havent really seen on TV for a long time. Outside of fighting shounen, we dont really get many long-running story based series, which is definitely a shame (I wouldve loved to see a 20th Century Boys anime of similar length). Watching it was a very cool experience (I think I watched it a few months after I started watching anime). Seeing all the plots develop over time was awesome, and while some of them didnt pay off as well as they couldve, pretty much everything still came together in a compelling way. The concept of a surgeon chasing the serial killer he saved across Europe is pretty great, and all the development both characters go through is super interesting. There are plenty of fantastic side characters along the way, too. Grimmer good times. Nina not handled quite as well. The number one flaw of Monster is the reason I said to maybe not watch it above. The pacing isnot so great. I think the show only adapts a couple chapters per episode, and it could definitely stand to go faster. Id much rather read the manga than rewatch the anime, though I did enjoy the series (as evidenced by its high rank), and the animation/music were quite solid. It can be tough to find the pacing balance, and Monster failed to do it perfectly.
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