If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread.

Did we just go through 10+ pages in like 16 hours? speaking of sad anime. Man, Elfen Lied. Those were not manly tears I shed in the last episode. Those were the crying tears of a little girly man who has had his heart broken by fictional characters and the sad, sad, shit that was happening to them. ITT we discuss crying over cartoons. I've been brought to the verge of out and out bawling by anime twice in the last few weeks. Kannagi (which was a surprise, just came outta nowhere), and ef, which I already covered at length. Also nearly lost it at the end of Gurren Lagann, and not at the manly action scenes, either.

also isn't GL like the opposite of "wangst" (which is like the worst word anyone has come up with) as far as i can recall Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler everyone who cries for more than like three minutes gets a flying punch in the damn face. First, let's define wangst. It is neither a deep depression with philosophizing nor unjustified sadness, but rather sadness of any level which stunts the progression of a show. Simone's Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler sadness moved the plot, led to a dose of awesome, and helped illustrate the loss of a major character and how the show would continue without him.

Also, still want that "Main character vs Best friend" trope. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBadFriend Pretty tiny list, and not really what I was looking for. I'm talking two characters who either get along really well, or get along with a hint or rivalry, which then leads to a major fight or falling out. Such as (One Piece Water 7): Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler Luffy vs Usopp, "seemingly" ending their friendship forever.

Ya know, Isaac and Miria are quite amusing in the 2 episodes of Baccano that I have seen. They certainly have a flair for the dramatic.

also isn't GL like the opposite of "wangst" (which is like the worst word anyone has come up with) as far as i can recall Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler everyone who cries for more than like three minutes gets a flying punch in the damn face. First, let's define wangst. It is neither a deep depression with philosophizing nor unjustified sadness, but rather sadness of any level which stunts the progression of a show. Simone's Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler sadness moved the plot, led to a dose of awesome, and helped illustrate the loss of a major character and how the show would continue without him. I define wangst as any point a character is sad for more than an episode, or generally seems pathetic.

Ya know, Isaac and Miria are quite amusing in the 2 episodes of Baccano that I have seen. They certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Oh man, it gets better. There's an episode focusing on them, probably the hardest I've ever laughed at an anime.

Whoa, suddenly this thread is alive.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. This is what I'd like in Super Robot.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding.

Ya know, Isaac and Miria are quite amusing in the 2 episodes of Baccano that I have seen. They certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Oh man, it gets better. There's an episode focusing on them, probably the hardest I've ever laughed at an anime. Required. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler

Ah, this thread has blossomed into maturity, unlike Clawshrimpy. PIKAPUFF RECOMMEND ME HAREM SHOWS I have seen: Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki I have read: Negima, Love Hina

You know what show is surprisingly awesome, no matter how low rent it looks from the first couple of episodes? SCRYED. Has one of my favorite anime endings ever. I just rewatched it recently. Hot blood and hidden politics! Looks like a gundam show with no few giant robots!

You know what show is surprisingly awesome, no matter how low rent it looks from the first couple of episodes? SCRYED. Has one of my favorite anime endings ever. I just rewatched it recently. Hot blood and hidden politics! Looks like a gundam show with no few giant robots! That show was a lot better than I was expecting it to be.

anyhoo, we can rag on akikan some more. boo akikan Holy shit, yes Akikan is terrible. My opinion of it is similar to how some people feel about School Days.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding. I'm still bitter people ignored the new Jeeg in favor of it.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding. I'm still bitter people ignored the new Jeeg in favor of it. They had likely never heard of it. It's hard to ignore a thing one is not even aware of.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding. I'm still bitter people ignored the new Jeeg in favor of it. They had likely never heard of it. It's hard to ignore a thing one is not even aware of. Especially considering how rediculous GL's hype was, how was a Go Nagai based Toei production going to top that, especially when Gainax has such a cult of loyal followers to hype theiur show, while most people seem to hate Go Nagai and anything based on his works.

So I just finished watching the latest 30 Naruto Shippuuden episodes and I really liked what I saw, especially the Kakashi vs. Kakazu fight was extremely well animated and made me a bit sad that you only get to see something like that every 50 episodes or so. The new ending however is full of win (and I loved the one before that): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJI_pTR_B34 Gai and Lee are pretty much the best thing and this makes it very clear why Sasuke left Konoha: It is a silly place.

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding. I'm still bitter people ignored the new Jeeg in favor of it. They had likely never heard of it. It's hard to ignore a thing one is not even aware of. Especially considering how rediculous GL's hype was, how was a Go Nagai created Toei production going to top that, especially when Gainax has such a cult of loyal followers to hype theiur show, while most people seem to hate Go Nagai and anything based on his works. From my perspective as a relatively new anime fan, most of this "Gainax cult" would be comprised of people of my age, who have likely only watched Evangelion and perhaps a bit of Gundam SEED as far as mecha is concerned. So, it's not a matter of detesting Go Nagai, it's a matter of having minimal knowledge of the genre. EDIT: That Naruto ED is hilarious

If Yoko didn't exist Clawshrimpy would love GL Seriously. That and if GAINAX was not involved and everything else stayed the same, it would've been his favorite show ever. Especially if it had Go Nagai's name in it. Part of the reason why I think he hasn't been banned yet is because unless it gets really bad, mods just ignore this thread. It wouldn't work, there is still the matter of the horribly designed Mecha, as well as the awful music. and it's just so different from every other Super Robot show. *snip* Seriously guys, I tried every argument to get him to like GL over in platformers when it was first coming out. He sees it as the emodiment of everything he hates about modern anime, and he cannot be swayed. It's confounding. I'm still bitter people ignored the new Jeeg in favor of it. They had likely never heard of it. It's hard to ignore a thing one is not even aware of. Especially considering how rediculous GL's hype was, how was a Go Nagai created Toei production going to top that, especially when Gainax has such a cult of loyal followers to hype theiur show, while most people seem to hate Go Nagai and anything based on his works. From my perspective as a relatively new anime fan, most of this "Gainax cult" would be comprised of people of my age, who have likely only watched Evangelion and perhaps a bit of Gundam SEED as far as mecha is concerned. So, it's not a matter of detesting Go Nagai, it's a matter of having minimal knowledge of the genre. But, the show was generally great, they really needed to advertise it better...or bring it over to the US at all......all the best shows never leave Japan...... (Spoilers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hQp9...eature=related There was this awesome trailer of Go Nagai talking about the show while showing off the new Jeeg design, but it's since dissappeared off Youtube.

RECOMMEND ME HAREM SHOWS I have seen: Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki I have read: Negima, Love Hina Shuffle was pretty good. The plot went from silly (with a KKK joke or two) to much more serious a little ways in. The entire series is up on Hulu free(but dubbed). Also, boobs.

Right, okay, that's enough, I'm done, sorry for prolonging that everyone. SO Is anyone else here reading History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi? It's a little excessive on the fanservice at times, but otherwise I've really been enjoying it. I watched the anime and it was a fun watch, though the ending was a bit meh. I really should read the manga sometime to see what happens after the anime. The next arc is pretty great. Brings some of the side characters back into the spotlight. Cool. I might have to catch up. And by catch up I mean read the whole thing from the beginning to refresh my memory. It's been awhile. I've been reading it for a while. It's pretty good shounen, although I really wish they'd cut down on the fanservice. I'm a sucker for any series where the main character starts out pathetic and then gradually works his way up (e.g. Slam Dunk, Hikaru no Go), and HSDK delivers that in spades.

Ya know, Isaac and Miria are quite amusing in the 2 episodes of Baccano that I have seen. They certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Oh man, it gets better. There's an episode focusing on them, probably the hardest I've ever laughed at an anime. That sounds like 24 minutes of win. How far into the show is that?

Ya know, Isaac and Miria are quite amusing in the 2 episodes of Baccano that I have seen. They certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Oh man, it gets better. There's an episode focusing on them, probably the hardest I've ever laughed at an anime. That sounds like 24 minutes of win. How far into the show is that? Episode 8, I think. It's been a while since I watched it.