Kurtle Wrote:WOW, I totally just watched NGE for the first time and finished it today. PenPen is just a comic relief pet. He lives in Misato's fridge.

Also, why did NGE end so weird. Did Shinji accept or reject Instrumentality? The last two episodes turned the whole anime upside-down for me, and I had a hard time making any sense of it.

Watching End of Evangelion, then Death/Rebirth. Hopefully I can find 1.11 and 2.22

Pikachu Wrote:Working!! 12:
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Smooth Criminal Wrote:Also, who here's pumped for Durarara 24 and GRADUATION in Angel Beats 13?

Smooth Criminal Wrote:Sup, Mirai Nikki Pilot Anime PV has just been released.

Ugh. I was pretty pumped about this, but sadly this promotional video has really let me down. What the hell's with Uryuu Minene? Compare:

As you can see, they made her eyebrows thicker for no reason, and they made her pupils much smaller. Not only does she look much better in the original, I'd say her original design works compliments her more as well. The author had a much nicer way of showing how completely insane she was. Her expressions got across this really warped form of excitement and enjoyment and added with having a much cuter character design to contrast that, it made her character seem more insane and fascinating as well as likable. Watching her during these particular chapters in the manga got pretty intense and absolutely thrilling. Plus, later on in the series, her design contributed perfectly to her tsundere moments and some of the sweet and heartwarming interactions she had.

Also, the 3D CGI sucks. It seemed like a convenient way for the animators to draw less, and I felt that it looked pretty stupid. I'm not sure if I liked 3D Deus or not either.

The music during the preview was garbage, and I hope that the actual soundtrack will sound much better.

On my only positive notes, Yukiteru looks a lot more awesome than in the manga. I can't wait to see him become Batman Yuki later in the series if they do get around to animating the rest when the manga's finished. As for Yuno, one of the best reasons to follow this series; she was just about kept the same. Thank God, I wouldn't want it any other way.

Also, who here's pumped for Durarara 24 and GRADUATION in Angel Beats 13?

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I lost interest ever since the Otonashi x Kanade alliance was formed. Introducing a new character and turning the plot again in the second to last episode was a terrible move. But I might as well watch it to see how it ends.

madanthony Wrote:I did again this season what I'm prone to doing. Just stopped watching several shows. Not out of dislike, I rather liked them for the most part. I just stopped. Arakawa and Senkou no Night Raid in particular. I've got 3 or 4 unwatched episodes of each, I've watched 3 or 4 of each. I keep downloading new episodes on occasion... And then I don't watch the. XP And I never even got around to watching any House of Five Leaves, which I'd wanted to do. And I've got all the time in the world.

And why does that Anri cosplayer look like a man anytime they aren't right on the face?

butterfλi Wrote:Angel Beats 13 - ohhhhhhhh. so that's why its called angel beats. i didnt get it until someone explained it to me.

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Kanade saying she received Otonashi's heart had me all confused because I thought she was being metaphorical (I thought "receiving his heart" was the cliche meaning to receive his love) but she was being literal. She got his heart via donated organs and her regret was never being able to thank him for it.

It was a decent series. 26 episodes would've done it justice though.

Smooth Criminal Wrote:I never knew Tenshi had expressions and a laugh like that in her. I really liked Naoi's disappearance, but I think Yuri and Hinata's weren't nearly as dramatic as they should have been. Tenshi's made my eyes water up a bit. The very end left me a bit confused, though. I don't really care much for arbitrary questions on how the world worked, but rather; a few things are quite unclear to me. Was Tenshi suggesting that she just entered the Afterlife world through a dream or in a coma just to be able to meet Otonashi, and her feelings were what caused him to leave limbo/heaven to lose his memory and go to the Afterlife world? And yeah, we're left wondering what the part after the credits meant.

I enjoyed this series, despite the fact it had so much working against it. Key took on some pretty heady concepts in this series that they were unable to flesh out in the story: like reincarnation, where they go after, and so forth. It's pretty clear they're some sophisticated ideas that Key could never hope to really answer, and it was clear that they felt oversimplifying them would take a toll in terms of how well the series would come out; but at the same time, leaving these concepts enigmatic made the series have limited options for where they could take it and how well we could understand it. As the series progressed, obvious plotholes were noticeable left and right. In addition, the series had this nasty quality of totally changing and turning the direction of where the story would go; and added with a 13-episode series, it left the story as rushed and the plot incoherent. Not to mention, as Butterfli said earlier, it was to the extent where a new "final boss" appeared out of the blue around the end of episode 10, and where we'd see a new character and the plot turning totally still around episode 12. But you know what? Despite all that, I enjoyed it. I really liked all of the characters, and I really wanted to see them get to the end. The series mostly revolved around character development, and I was able to still enjoy it despite the poor plot just because of the characters. Also, the music was pretty nice.

Overall, this was a fairly decent series, but it could have done much better with a 26 episode run.

Smooth Criminal Wrote:Was Tenshi suggesting that she just entered the Afterlife world through a dream or in a coma just to be able to meet Otonashi, and her feelings were what caused him to leave limbo/heaven to lose his memory and go to the Afterlife world? And yeah, we're left wondering what the part after the credits meant.

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Well, before he died he lost his memories so he came to the afterlife thinking he still had regrets. It wasn't until episode 9 where he napped on her chest (scoar!) that he regained his memories from being close to his own heart.

Regarding the ending, I'm pretty sure they're dead (or were dead) because... well, Otonashi donated Kanade his heart. You kind of need that to live 'n stuff. Also due to Japanese and their Buddhist belief about reincarnation, I'm assuming the ending sequence was to show how the two of them met in the next life.

Jormungandr Wrote:But the thing is he came after Kanade to the afterlife. So what does that mean?