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[eckirion]

I'm fine with any voice actor as long as it fits and does not disgrace the character they are giving voice to. So far, the voice actor in my country when they dub is like voice acting a dead fish... as if they have no emotion or expression when giving voice to the characters. >_<

[kirant]

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM)

even though every time I hear Cantonese in real life I swear to god everybody's trying to have a bitching duel

I honestly laughed here.

I speak Cantonese (well, a rural dialect close enough that almost everybody confuses it with Cantonese) and it's so true: everything we say sounds horribly bitchy if you aren't trained to listen to it. It's very similar to how Mandarin is fairly rough (so much "shiu" noises since so many critical parts of the language use that or one of its many tonal variants...I'm not sure if there's a good description since I'm trying to translate to phonetic English) and how Japanese is a very guttural language in its natural style.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM)

Almost everybody you hear speaking naturally IRL will count as a "bad voice actor" even when the only one they have to be one for is themselves.

I'm not sure I agree here. I think a big issue is that VA is a very "discouraged" element of acting. It's not prolific nor do you really dream of becoming a highly sought after VA the same way you would an actor or, for you Americans, becoming the president. You get a lot of actors here who can't make it elsewhere. The result from that is that many VAs need to take low paying jobs as well as take jobs they're not suited for and that results in poorer performances.

Let's put it this way: I really do feel there are some amazing English VAs out there despite English being my first language...but more often that not I can determine who a VA is within about 20 minutes if their vocal styles don't give them away instantly. A rare exception, keeping this on FE related topics given the board, would be Stephanie Sheh voicing Kjelle. I'll always have a soft spot for Kari Wahlgren for this reason: She's got a ludicrous range. I always tell people to line up Raine Sage against Kagami Hiiragi against Arisa Glennorth against, maybe, Vex of Skyrim. It's real tough to pin her down. I even compare the common "insane range" VA Wendee Lee and it's easily in Wahlgren's favour...I can pick apart and typically identify when Lee is performing yet I can't for Wahlgren and she's certainly the one person when I look up VAs I actually think "No way. Really?" with extreme consistency.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM)

The heaviest stylization of Anime-speak is from how the voice actors go out of their way to "sound like an anime character", that is to say, usually it's particularly clear, and somewhat exaggerated and limited in pitch.

A big killer for me is personal pronouns. Archaic I can handle. But the fast and loose rules that seem to come in anime bug me to no end since so many locations are typically a "normal" world.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM)

The latter becomes particularly obvious when they try to make a character meant to be cutesy and crazy at the same time, but I guess since the voice actor themselves can do it, it's not that weird to have such different sounds for the character.

I think where this comes up is when the character doesn't have a rational reason to sound that way in relation to the language. For example, I'll point to my oft referred to Fafner...one character speaks in hideously childish tones with a strange pronunciation of vowels (Maya Toomi). It's terribly distracting.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM)

that has way more specialized vocabulary for like every single sentence that comes out of anyone's mouth.

Welcome to East Asian languages at large. Worse yet are the newspapers.

[Mercurius]

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and how Japanese is a very guttural language in its natural style.

Not sure what that means. I tried reading the Wikipedia article for it, still no clue(I don't recognize where what vocal sounds come from in particular.) Closest thing I can think of is what happens when someone Japanese kind of gets the hang of English but still hasn't lost the accent...they still sound normal when speaking Japanese, but it gets ridiculous when they speak English, probably since they seem like they're going out of their way to try to sound "American" (in the way media may try to portray how Western foreigners speak Japanese with a foreigner's accent. It's still a lot closer to how it's supposed to sound than if they tried to do it as if english words were written out in katakana though.)

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I'm not sure I agree here.  I think a big issue is that VA is a very "discouraged" element of acting.  It's not prolific nor do you really dream of becoming a highly sought after VA the same way you would an actor or, for you Americans, becoming the president.  You get a lot of actors here who can't make it elsewhere.  The result from that is that many VAs need to take low paying jobs as well as take jobs they're not suited for and that results in poorer performances.

Those leftovers still have to pass the standards on demand, unless the studio is desperate enough to take anyone. There are of course also people that want to do certain jobs by what you do in it rather than its potential for fame or pay, even if outsiders totally don't think it's worth it (I don't think it is either.)

I don't personally care for how different a voice actor can sound for a different character(as long as it fits well enough), since most of the time I never bother to check who voices who. (Same goes for actors, directors, graphic designers, special effects...whatever. I'm just here to watch/play the thing, guys.) There's one Japanese voice actor getting tons of work recently that has a pretty small vocal range though, which probably has more to do with the popularity of a role he took more than his actual skills in voice acting. (I still think he sounds fantastic though, even outside of professional context.)

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QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM) The heaviest stylization of Anime-speak is from how the voice actors go out of their way to "sound like an anime character", that is to say, usually it's particularly clear, and somewhat exaggerated and limited in pitch. A big killer for me is personal pronouns. Archaic I can handle. But the fast and loose rules that seem to come in anime bug me to no end since so many locations are typically a "normal" world.

No idea how this response connects to what's being responded to.

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QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM) that has way more specialized vocabulary for like every single sentence that comes out of anyone's mouth. Welcome to East Asian languages at large. Worse yet are the newspapers.

What tends to be spoken in English tends to omit a whole lot of vocabulary present in newspapers(and the vast majority of anything written that wasn't specifically meant to be easy to read or casual) too though. I think I remember newspapers being considered the test for if you're fluent in the language or not (and even then you're probably going to have to know more than a middle or even high school student.)

[kirant]

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 03:22 AM)

Not sure what that means. I tried reading the Wikipedia article for it, still no clue(I don't recognize where what vocal sounds come from in particular.) Closest thing I can think of is what happens when someone Japanese kind of gets the hang of English but still hasn't lost the accent...they still sound normal when speaking Japanese, but it gets ridiculous when they speak English, probably since they seem like they're going out of their way to try to sound "American" (in the way media may try to portray how Western foreigners speak Japanese with a foreigner's accent. It's still a lot closer to how it's supposed to sound than if they tried to do it as if english words were written out in katakana though.)

I mean the sounds utilized can have a very guttural sound to them. I'm not sure there's a good way to describe it so it might be best to drop the topic.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 03:22 AM)

Those leftovers still have to pass the standards on demand, unless the studio is desperate enough to take anyone. There are of course also people that want to do certain jobs by what you do in it rather than its potential for fame or pay, even if outsiders totally don't think it's worth it (I don't think it is either.)

I think though that this is part of the reason translations get such bad reputations though...they might meet company standards which might or might not be very high. That might not be the same level of expectation viewers have. So if there's a discrepancy there, it can create a situation of poor dubbing and seemingly placing a VA out of their typical range. Sometimes the company is right. Sometimes the company is woefully incorrect.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 03:22 AM)

I don't personally care for how different a voice actor can sound for a different character(as long as it fits well enough)

That's the problem - some VAs can't play their character right and I think the problem is exacerbated by the fact that there's a much smaller dubbing crop of VAs to work with (especially since many are tied to their company). It's an issue present in all languages and a difficult thing to measure since you can't really find out of they're good for the job until after production (though Borderlands 2 had an interesting scenario with Gaige...I can go into detail if it's of interest).

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QUOTE QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 28 2015, 12:46 AM) The heaviest stylization of Anime-speak is from how the voice actors go out of their way to "sound like an anime character", that is to say, usually it's particularly clear, and somewhat exaggerated and limited in pitch. A big killer for me is personal pronouns. Archaic I can handle. But the fast and loose rules that seem to come in anime bug me to no end since so many locations are typically a "normal" world. No idea how this response connects to what's being responded to.

It's a comment on the idea of "anime-speak". The issue is that anime in specific tends to play very loosely with the terms of pronouns. It's a fairly common issue, in particular for female characters, to use pronouns that wouldn't typically make sense in the world they're in. For example, there is only one female VA I can think of which actually uses (what I think is translated as) "boku". Yet I find that phenomenon much more common in anime.

In other words, it's another line of thought about where anime might stylize its speech.

[Mercurius]

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I think though that this is part of the reason translations get such bad reputations though...they might meet company standards which might or might not be very high. That might not be the same level of expectation viewers have. So if there's a discrepancy there, it can create a situation of poor dubbing and seemingly placing a VA out of their typical range. Sometimes the company is right. Sometimes the company is woefully incorrect.

Those are voice actors for translations though, which are always working on something they know is going to be more niche. If there's say, a JRPG that's not particularly well known in Japan...it's going to be even worse off in America and Europe when it comes to how much effort and money they should bother to put into it. (although since you mentioned Borderlands 2 I'm guessing that you're thinking of something more broad, IIRC there was a difference in how American voice actors and Japanese voice actors do their work which tends to result in American ones having to switch voice actors more often due to whatever business reasons.)

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It's a comment on the idea of "anime-speak". The issue is that anime in specific tends to play very loosely with the terms of pronouns. It's a fairly common issue, in particular for female characters, to use pronouns that wouldn't typically make sense in the world they're in. For example, there is only one female VA I can think of which actually uses (what I think is translated as) "boku". Yet I find that phenomenon much more common in anime.

Going out of one's way to "sound like an anime character" in my initial comment was entirely dependent on how they will make their voices sound rather than which words they will use, but I don't think that really counts for a whole lot of dialogue stylization, it's just (usually lazy) characterization. Someone may have a pirate character speak in pirate-speak, but how many actors(and real pirates) actually do that in real life? Continuing with the example, how much do people get confused by this pirate-speak when they hear it? Not very, since most of the words they use will still be commonly used language and even when they aren't it can be guessed from context.

[kirant]

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 12:07 PM)

Those are voice actors for translations though, which are always working on something they know is going to be more niche.

Many do commute between different professions though. One can easily see that Hynden Walch, for example, deals with both translations and original creations. It's not uncommon to see VAs deal in both topics and the issue isn't limited to dubbing or original creations.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 12:07 PM)

If there's say, a JRPG that's not particularly well known in Japan...it's going to be even worse off in America and Europe when it comes to how much effort and money they should bother to put into it.

Not necessarily. It's too difficult to say that your statement is unilaterally true.

My favourite game series, Zero Escape, is a perfect example against it. It was a niche and not really recognized game in Japan yet is one of Spike Chunsoft's most popular exports, up there with Danganronpa. The fact that they did an excellent job dubbing the project as well as had a subject matter more popular with the outside world helped it immensely.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 12:07 PM)

IIRC there was a difference in how American voice actors and Japanese voice actors do their work which tends to result in American ones having to switch voice actors more often due to whatever business reasons

This is true to some degree. VAs in North America are sometimes given less context to their work and it affects their performances.

QUOTE (Tenebrae Candidae @ Mar 29 2015, 12:07 PM)

Someone may have a pirate character speak in pirate-speak, but how many actors(and real pirates) actually do that in real life? Continuing with the example, how much do people get confused by this pirate-speak when they hear it? Not very, since most of the words they use will still be commonly used language and even when they aren't it can be guessed from context.

I think we're basically on the same wavelength for most parts with a slight disagreement on what we should be discussing.

Your points all indicate that the strongest influence is the diction...that anime has unrealistic diction and it is a strong influence on how characters speak. I certainly agree there: almost any type of diction you see on TV is unrealistic. Anime takes it up another notch by throwing in unusual characterization though (such as using cat-like sounds).

What I'm saying is that word choice also creates this unrealistic speech pattern we find in anime. This is something that, when we look at the aggregate usage, creates a somewhat different language that Japanese in terms of usage. Is the usage of it possibly just a lazy way to say "hey, this character is a tomboy" or "hey, this character is flamboyant"? Possibly. But the sum total of its usage certainly shifts the language.

In other words, it might be used the way you're speaking, as lazy characterization, but it can also create part of its own language and diverge from Japanese (which goes back to my original comment in this thread about how someone who doesn't understand Japanese might not be able to distinguish between Japanese and anime-styled Japanese as there are differences that someone who knows Japanese should be able to pull apart).

I think if I can pull real life examples into this, I would certainly argue that, unlike what you said in your first post, you can't always determine the quality of a dub and that that familiarity with the language is a must in order to pass full judgment. A very crazy example that always stands out to me is Code Geass. A lot of the English viewers felt that Jun Fukuyama delivered a better performance whereas Johnny Yong Bosch just mailed it in. On the other hand, there are a good collection of Japanese viewers who felt that Yong Bosch's performance is much more natural. It's examples like this which certainly make you think that familiarity is a strong aspect of the language. Smaller tics and cadences don't always get noticed and a common argument I hear from the Japanese side of things is that there are just as many bad actors in Japan as in the importing nations...it's just that the untrained listener can't spot them as easily.

[Fire Blazer]

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I'm fine with any voice actor as long as it fits and does not disgrace the character they are giving voice to. So far, the voice actor in my country when they dub is like voice acting a dead fish... as if they have no emotion or expression when giving voice to the characters. >_<

that's really unfortunate and I kind of agree, I mean there really ARE some voices that are just awful, but one's personal feelings/opinions/impressions/likes/whatever are also a factor. that's why within a certain level of reason (there are somewhat accepted standards to what makes a "good" or "bad" voice performance) I think it's not a big deal if one likes X or Y voice, only if it's really stand-out should it be like "ok, I obviously won't watch this because the dub is legit bad and it's relatively obvious"

[Mercurius]

watching the first episode of the new Yahari season now

holy shit I think this is the first time I screamed out BUDGET in regards to an upgrade

everything is so SHINY

all blinged out with soft colors and hair gradients and stuff

I don't even remember what the last episode of the first season was about but dayum these aesthetics are aesthetic as faaaaaaaaaaaawk

I don't remember Yukino's voice sounding this good either

[Fire Blazer]

BUDGET as in, a high budget?

well anyway

ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SHOWS IS BACK OH MAN YES

this show is a total feels trip sometimes (can get super depressing even) but man is it GOOD

it's supposed to get even better though I hope in the end things work out because man I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY and Hachiman keeps denying himself happiness and that's what I don't like >_<

ahem sorry getting carried away

anyway yeah I like the humor, the animation, the voice actors, the relationships, and just the show in general feels nice, it's cutting out some content from the LN as usual but it feels like a solid and enjoyable adaptation... and hey even the music good IMO

and Yui <3 fave character right there, Hachiman is next (JUST STOP HURTING YOURSELF AND OPEN UP YOUR HEART AGAIN, HACHIMAN T_T I KNOW YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS BAD BUT... BUT... THERE IS HOPE NOW, AND PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR YOU)

ahem

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ok aside from that I tried another show called Shokugeki no Soma

it was AWFUL. here were my comments:

[11:24:01 PM] Blazer: this is [one of the] the dumbest show[s] I've ever seen
[11:24:08 PM] Blazer: it's actually worse than Twintails
[11:24:18 PM] Blazer: if you ever hear of a show called Shokugeki no Soma
[11:24:20 PM] Blazer: DO NOT WATCH IT
[11:24:38 PM] Blazer: I heard it was really, really good
[11:24:46 PM] Blazer: it is just cooking + ecchi and super weird even for anime like wtf

it's about as bad as Rail Wars!

it has some essence of a plot but what could've been a good show is ruined with gratuitous stupidity, fan service, and nonsense in my opinion

just an opinion/it's not my thing, so I'm definitely not watching anymore. oh well.

[Mercurius]

Yeah, high budget. Have you compared an episode (preferably the first since it usually has the best visuals) from the first season? It's crazy.

I don't think Hachiman has much of a reason to believe others really care about him. He's just savvy about reality, not anime logic. No reason for them to care about him as much as they do, outside of Shizuka since she's kind of desperate.

Watched the first episode of "Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?" because Kirito's voice on a cute guy(again) and for something named that it's actually giving off a really good impression. There's not too much you can expect going off the first episode but you can notice how much work(and money) they put into it and the general atmosphere of the world around them.

I can't get over how stupid the tit-armor WITH UNDERBOOB is along with how ridiculous Twintails Dressed In Some Torn Up Towel-Swimsuit Hybrid looks though.

[Fire Blazer]

I haven't, but in general that's very much what it felt like. The designs felt higher quality and even for this genre there were some solid animation moments... almost felt like a little bit too much detail

Doesn't surprise too much though as Oregairu is very popular in Japan (the light novel is super popular/won awards, but also it got an anime and a game after it [which I own because I'm a fanboy] and now another season of anime, as you might know)

yeah I know but there are things they do that show it bit by bit... Hachiman is looking for something genuine, I think if he reaches out inch by inch he can find that something now, unlike in his past. The fact that people are upset when he sacrifices himself for the "greater good" and hurts himself/makes himself emotionally distraught shows that they care... and ofc it hurts me as a viewer to see him hurt himself (even if he's just a fictional character)

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Watched the first episode of "Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?" because Kirito's voice on a cute guy(again) and for something named that it's actually giving off a really good impression. There's not too much you can expect going off the first episode but you can notice how much work(and money) they put into it and the general atmosphere of the world around them.

I read a review and it sounds like it's definitely not for me sadly, if I did want more nonsense of that type I could always finish Twintails which I still haven't done lol, so yeah I won't be watching this

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I can't get over how stupid the tit-armor WITH UNDERBOOB is along with how ridiculous Twintails Dressed In Some Torn Up Towel-Swimsuit Hybrid looks though.

I mean... this

I am not really turned on by such... unique designs lol, and the plot/character development (based on what I read) is also rather lackluster, so yeah I'm just not interested heh

[Oblivion Knight]

I finished watching Death Parade after it finished like a week ago and really liked it. I haven't watched much else recently, but I've had a few in mind that I haven't finished yet/were considering whenever I got into an anime mood. http://myanimelist.n.../OblivionKnight

[Seraphinox]

Still have to finish Death Parade, I'm on episode 11. Just need to man up and finish it!

 

And I just realised that the new season already started. Need to get my ass in gear so I can give Blazer recommendations haha

[Cero]

Watched the entire DBZ Kai uncut. Was pretty good. Frieza's new vvoice fits perfectly. The music was great until out got replaced because of the Yamamoto plagiarism thing. Then the music was meh and generic. Also when they redraw a scene out was super jarring because of how noticeable it was.

[Oblivion Knight]

Still have to finish Death Parade, I'm on episode 11. Just need to man up and finish it!

 

And I just realised that the new season already started. Need to get my ass in gear so I can give Blazer recommendations haha

Out of curiousity, did you watch the one off Death Billards? Same setting that took place at a similar time as Death Parade and also has a character connection within them. 

[Fire Blazer]

I finished watching Death Parade after it finished like a week ago and really liked it. I haven't watched much else recently, but I've had a few in mind that I haven't finished yet/were considering whenever I got into an anime mood. http://myanimelist.n.../OblivionKnight

 

Awesome! For your list: Log Horizon was great! Great story, albeit a bit slow-paced here and there. I think it's a show that is better when watched weekly--not sure why, I guess it just feels like it'd be easy to lose interest. Also, the story was  a bit hard to follow and had a non-ending ending of sorts (ran out of light novel material to adapt; we won't be seeing a season 3 anytime soon, if ever), but it was still solid.

 

Took a peak at your Plan to Watch list... my favorites were Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo (major feelstrip, solid character development, but the ending was horrid IMO) and Attack on Titan (WHEN SECOND SEASON?! is pretty much all anyone is saying right now, haha; I still get people randomly commenting about how cool my AoT jacket is... but I just wear it because it's comfy LOL). I won't actually say too much about the shows, I just felt like picking my favorites. Akame ga Kill was solid at first but really, REALLY bad at the end, so yeah. My opinions. They are a thing. Ultimately, watch whatever you feel like it whenever you feel like it and judge for yourself =P

 

Still have to finish Death Parade, I'm on episode 11. Just need to man up and finish it!

 

And I just realised that the new season already started. Need to get my ass in gear so I can give Blazer recommendations haha

 

JUST DO IT SERAPH

 

oh yeah we haven't had our usual chat

 

get on Skype and maybe we can

 

though serious, I only intend to watch Oregairu and Assassination Classroom this season, which I'll comment on later

 

Watched the entire DBZ Kai uncut. Was pretty good. Frieza's new vvoice fits perfectly. The music was great until out got replaced because of the Yamamoto plagiarism thing. Then the music was meh and generic. Also when they redraw a scene out was super jarring because of how noticeable it was.

 

The ENTIRE thing? wow. Glad to hear there wasn't any issue with the voice work though. Stinks to hear about the music and redrawn scenes being noticeable. Bleh, I just hope they do a complete redo or remaster of the One Piece anime. It's such poor quality right now, with them being forced to push out one episode a week. If they took their time and made the anime live up to the manga, it could be SO good. But I think they should seriously just have another studio do it, because Toei is... >___>;

 

Sorry, getting carried away there

 

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OK! WHAT AM I WATCHING!

I AM WATCHING

 

OREGAIRU AKA Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru. Zoku AKA My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Continued/Season Two/Something

 

It is. Freaking. Awesome! And full of feels. The original show was one of my all-time favorite shows and this season is NOT disappointing. Even when I know what's going to happen it is still freaking amazing. It is such a good real slice of life/romance/drama anime (based off an awesome LN) and not one of those dumb full-of-dumb-fanservice/misunderstanding-ones. It also has a great sense of comedy too. But it actually subverts the rom-com genre a bit and the main character has such a twisted way of thinking though it still kinda makes sense but it's sad because askdljasdiljiaosd NNNHHH apsdpoqwdpasd I can't even handle it

 

HERE HAVE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER

 

 

(though I like all three main characters)

 

I am so curious to see how this turns out and most importantly I hope Hikki changes and things become better... I CAN ONLY HANDLE THIS SADNESS IF A HAPPY ENDING AWAITS ME OKAY

 

ahem

 

aside from that, we had an amazingly epic episode of Assassination Classroom.

 

Just like Oregairu, it was full of so many details (and a lot of reading for subtitles, I guess) that I was forced to constantly stop the episode and see what was going on again/re-read the text, haha. We had an awesome baseball battle that was not only a battle between the students, but a battle of wits between teachers (Korosensei and the Principal). It was full of twists and epicness (OH MAN WHEN THEY DODGED THE BAT) and amazing drawings and effects--the way they portray various elements as being crazy/demonic/full of spirit/assassination/asdjkoadsj I can't even explain but it was just a really well-done episode and I actually have few complaints for Funimation this time. It's not a 100% accurate version, no, but it's pretty dang good. Hopefully it stays this way and doesn't get changed up/ruined like Tokyo Ghoul.

 

 

I will end by saying that both of these anime (My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU and Assassination Classroom) are excellent and bring me much joy/happiness and that I would be willing to rewatch both of them which is something I rarely do, at least compared to how much I generally watch. I think it says even more than normal because they aren't exactly full of action scenes and usually when I rewatch a show it is to rewatch the action scenes. They just have excellent plot and characters and animation quality and they are just super enjoyable for me.

 

EDIT: also random awesome pic from Oregairu

[^Leo^]

Second season of UBW started. I'm not going to bother saying it's going to be awesome since I've done that repeatedly already.

I'm running out of things to watch, can anyone help me out here? I'll watch basically anything tbh as long as it isn't bad.

[Fire Blazer]

Supposedly the first episode of the new season wasn't that great

 

You still crave more anime?! You freak. haven't you had enough? kappa

 

What kind of stuff do you want? You say "anything" but... come on, it's hard without specifics. There are the shows I'm watching: Oregairu/My Teenage Romantic Comedy SNAFU and Assassination Classroom, but you'll want to go back and watch the previous episodes for that: Oregairu has a season 1 and AC is on its 12th episode now (it'll run for 20 episodes I think, so it'll end a bit earlier than the other shows this season). Death Parade was supposedly good.

 

Do you have a MAL? Even if it's outdated like mine, it can be pretty useful in figuring out what shows you haven't watched, and therefore what I can suggest. I mean, if I just have to go down the list, that's pretty hard. >_>

 

There's also my own anime list, which despite being old/outdated and having some crappy shows on there (I tend to be overly positive with my rankings >_> most of them are anywhere from .5 to 2 points overrated, really; I wasn't really scoring them with the mindset of a critic for most of them, it was more of a "how much did I enjoy this" score, and I eventually got tired and some scores are just bleh), I can say that I'd probably praise anything a 9 or over/say it's worth watching to the right person or most people. (Since you say you'll watch pretty much anything, I guess I can just go ahead and "recommend" anything on there that is a 9 or 10.) 8 is borderline, probably not fit for most people, 7 is probably a show that is only suited to people who like that genre, and 6 or over probably is bad/not worth watching.

[Oblivion Knight]

Yeah I ended up getting into Kaichou wa Maid-sama! again as I really enjoyed it back when I previously watched it and my internet's been cooperative loading everything and not DCing mid episodes. lol Almost done with it though, which sucks as I really enjoy all of the characters within it.

 

Basically I really enjoy watching slice of life animes for the most part. They're just really easy to relax with and laugh at, but I enjoy adventure now and then. 

 

 

Awesome! For your list: Log Horizon was great! Great story, albeit a bit slow-paced here and there. I think it's a show that is better when watched weekly--not sure why, I guess it just feels like it'd be easy to lose interest. Also, the story was  a bit hard to follow and had a non-ending ending of sorts (ran out of light novel material to adapt; we won't be seeing a season 3 anytime soon, if ever), but it was still solid.

 

Took a peak at your Plan to Watch list... my favorites were Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo (major feelstrip, solid character development, but the ending was horrid IMO) and Attack on Titan (WHEN SECOND SEASON?! is pretty much all anyone is saying right now, haha; I still get people randomly commenting about how cool my AoT jacket is... but I just wear it because it's comfy LOL). I won't actually say too much about the shows, I just felt like picking my favorites. Akame ga Kill was solid at first but really, REALLY bad at the end, so yeah. My opinions. They are a thing. Ultimately, watch whatever you feel like it whenever you feel like it and judge for yourself =P

 

Yeah Log Horizon was really odd. It wasn't necessarily bad, but I didn't find myself hooked on the series that made me want to marathon them (like I do with most of my anime watching that's not newish). I'll probably get back to it eventually. 

 

One of my new year resolutions was to finally watch Attack On Titan this year before the sequel came out in 2016. lol I dunno man I just say "hey let's finally watch attack on titan" so I go to start and I'm never really in the mood to watch it, or something interrupts me. Like it's fate for me not to watch it or something. haha 

 

Also yeah that's basically what I heard about Akame ga Kill as well, some people called it super overrated, and other people really liked it. Bad endings really bother me though, nothing like getting a sour taste in your mouth at the end of something, you know?

 

Also heard really good things about Tokyo Ghoul but have no idea what it's about. lol

[Fire Blazer]

slice of life is nice for me when it doesn't have terrible jokes/fan service/etc.

 

I guess I like some serious drama and character development, good character designs (nothing crazy; please no huge boobs, unrealistic costumes, etc... I mean slightly big boobs I can tolerate because it's anime and I am a guy but yeah), and good execution with the events. also, a diverse cast with more than just female characters (harems >_>) and the male best friend or something. in other words, my standards for slice of life shows are kinda too high. :|

 

I kinda feel you with AoT, sometimes that just happens with shows... for me it happens quite a bit (cough I'm still avoiding Death Parade cough don't tell me to watch it)

 

 

Also yeah that's basically what I heard about Akame ga Kill as well, some people called it super overrated, and other people really liked it. Bad endings really bother me though, nothing like getting a sour taste in your mouth at the end of something, you know?

 

Also heard really good things about Tokyo Ghoul but have no idea what it's about. lol

 

the beginning was okay

 

once it went non-canon it just got really bad

 

went full stupid

 

even before then it had its flaws and such but still :\

 

and the ending was kinda disappointing yeah, I mean I guess it was ok... I also hate bad endings btw

 

Tokyo Ghoul was okay the first few episodes

 

then it too went non-canon and became subpar, not making sense, skipping important stuff, changing the order, censoring things... >_> (though I think there's a non-censored version somewhere out there, but I doubt it's the version on most streaming sites)

 

it and the sequel are pretty bad overall IMO. I guess if you don't consider the manga source material, they are decent shows (6-7/10), but the manga is way, way, WAAAAAY better. exceptional story-writing, dialog, etc., it's just so much better done, so much more intense and dramatic and darker whereas the Funimation version is an insult that seems like it is just trying to be a hit with the casual audience by including some fights/slightly edgy things, it's not true to the source and isn't impressive except for a few animation and music bits (the opening for the anime is superb)

 

it's about ghouls that eat humans and humans that hunt ghouls and everything in between, or something

 

it is interesting and only escalates/get better over time IMO, maybe watch the first few episodes of the anime and if you like it, continue watching but read the manga mid-way (or just finish the season and then read the manga from the beginning; the story's pretty different and the sequel is almost completely different, taking on a different path entirely than the manga), if you don't like it, either quit watching or try the manga because it's better and you may like that... it's your call/your judgment, idk