More anime I haven’t seen and can’t meaningfully critique
With my eyes currently out of commission, I’ve had to ignore a lot of anime I’d otherwise carefully and diligently research before ignoring.
Spice and Wolf II: She still has a tail – get over it.
Basquash: Stupid title
Revolutionary Girl Utena Movie: Why bother watching anything that’s open to interpretation?
Evangelion Movies: All I’ve heard is that Shinji masturbates
Arakawa under the Bridge: Stupid title
Sora no Woto: Exactly like K-ON
Durarara: Nothing like Baccano
Detroit Metal City II: Best Anime Ever
Otaku no Video: Don’t care
Black Rock Shooter: Don’t care
Angel Beats: Haruhi clone
Omamori Himari: Stupid title
Katanagatari: Too much gatari, not enough katana
Tatami Galaxy: Anagram for “A Gay Taxi Malt”
Rainbow: Title too ironic
Kaichou wa Maid-sama: Great, another maid anime. Maybe I’d care if they called it Kaichou wa Maid Guy.
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou: Stupid title
Dinosaur King: Can’t possibly live up to the intro
Dinosaurs + The Bridge of Sighs? Holy shit!
Hanamaru Kindergarten: For pedophiles
Chu-Bra: For pedophiles
Princess Lover: For little girls
Fairy Tale: For little girls
Black Butler: Racist
Senko no Night Raid: Revisionist
House of Five Leaves: Stupid title
Eve no Jikan: Robots with feelings
Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~: No ShizNat
Tags: anagrams, dinosaurs, i judge all anime by their titles, kernel of truth to half of these, nobody gives a shit about otaku, sarcastic crappy review, shiznat, still don't know (and don't care) who hatsune miku is
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May 28th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Why did I even read this post? There should be posts like this for posts like this. You know what I mean?
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Selective intellectualism strikes again. Sorry to take time away from your perspicacious K-ON analysis to read this 100% superficial, not-at-all-introspective-or-satirical filler post.
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ghostlightning Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 1:38 am
no, you misunderstand; there should be a baka-raptor to do this for blog posts like this; but I do realize that a meta-raptor isn’t as fun, no matter how funny it would be for some of us.
(I wouldn’t be able to make that comment above if I didn’t get the kind of work and humor put into this)
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:12 am
Of course, I know better than anyone that you’re a huge pussy who won’t say anything remotely offensive unless he’s 100% sure it’ll be taken in good humor.
Truth be told, all my posts since April have taken less manpower than usual. I can tell because after damn near each post I’ve hit myself over the head for thinking of stuff I could’ve added or edited if I’d put in just a bit more effort.
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Rainbow is worth watching though. We don’t get these kind of anime anymore nowadays. Not to mention the OP kicks ass.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Ok, this intro fucking awesome.
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Sapphire Pyro Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
HOORAY FOR MORE FANS OF THE RAINBOW OP =D
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Michael is Low on Hit Points Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
OMG that OP is awesome! Since I’m not watching anime as it airs anymore (except for slice-of-life and sequels), this will be one of those OPs I watch over and over without actually seeing the show. Definitely will pick it up once it is over, however. Also, this is the second Coldrain OP/ED (New Challenger) that I’ve watched over and over not seeing the actual anime (sooo many episodes, need to finish other series first).
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Glo Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Wow, that is an awesome OP. Maybe I should watch this after all.
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Gunstray Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 2:39 am
Hey, I love irony
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meimi132 Reply:
August 15th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I watched the first episode of this for no other reason than the fact Oguri Shun does a voice in it. The ONLY reason.
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Congratulations, BR, you just perfectly channeled exactly what happens every time I scroll through /a/. :/
Also
Sora no Woto: Exactly like K-ON
Durarara: Nothing like Baccano
Intentionally backwards I hope.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Everything I do is 100% intentinoal.
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
BRS isn’t Miku.
I don’t know what Otaku no Video is, but it sounds like something even I would judge on title alone!
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
I love it when my claims to have no clue what I’m talking about are corroborated.
So if BRS isn’t Miku, what is it, and why does everyone but me care?
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mefloraine Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
BRS is an original character by huke.
Ryo decided to make her big by giving her a song with Miku’s voice, basically.
And then she exploded.
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digital boy Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Otaku no Video is one of the greatest OVAs ever made.
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Robert Weizer Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
it’s like alvin and the chipmunks at parts, only instead of stupid squeaky-voiced small animals that talk, you get squeaky-voiced otaku
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I am a little girl, i am a little girl !
Despite that, WHERE THE HELL is the info about the release of the upcoming DMC II? The Swooping Descent Of Dark Emissary: Propagation of Emperor Krauser’s Malice ?
At all, sounds like filler to me.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
DMC II is in the same place Haruhi Season 2 was when I wrote my original post two years ago. My posts apparently have the power to turn rumored anime into reality. If this trend continues, DMC II will be out in 1.5 years.
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Laguna Loire Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Oh, i see, then it is a prediction.
Since you can time travel i’ve no arguments to doubt it.
May i ask you if Claymore 2 and Code Geass 3 will come out like the rumors in the blogoshere are saying?
Thanks in advance.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Claymore’s manga doesn’t have enough material for a fillerless second season yet. No problem though. There could be enough when I write my next post in two years.
Code Geass season 3 might be coming without my help.
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Laguna Loire Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Yeah, i read claymore’s mangá and it makes sense. What intrigues me is how the hell they will make the transition flawlessly… will they adapt the story to raki become a legenday soldier along clair’s ice mountain training, or raki’s relevance in history is so ridiculous, that it doesn’t matter ?
As for Code Geass Season 3, it is Code Geass ZERO, not Code Geass THREE…unfortunatelly…
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
NoooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Worry not, ShizNat got it on a few pages later.
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May 28th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
At first I was incredulous, but I got to the part with the splitscreen between the dancing CG dinos and the anime kids, and I exactly understood what you meant by “can’t possibly live up to the intro”.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Hey, I could be wrong.
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Scamp Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
I couldn’t watch the Dinosaur King opening because 4Kids don’t like Irish people so I had to do with this…thing
Fuwa Fuwa Raptor?
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May 28th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Do gay taxi malts taste minty fresh with the scent of pine? They’d have to since I’m sure gay taxis hang more air fresheners than your regular taxi. And malts are delicious.
Guess this means I have to check out Tatami Galaxy sooner rather than later.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Better hurry. It’s A Gay Taxi Malt. There’s only one.
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May 28th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
DMC II?! Fuck did I miss something?!
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Unfortunately not.
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May 28th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
wait DMC II??? must. see. now.
oh, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama was a waste of time. It actually started off decent, but got dumb quick.
also… code geass season 3 better have Lelouch in it, ill be very disappointed if it doesnt.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:26 am
I usually ignore shoujo titles until all the episodes are out. Can’t trust episode-by-episode impressions. If maid-sama gets good final reviews, I’ll consider it. If it gets mediocre or worse reviews, I’ll pass.
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May 28th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
but…but Utena movie has lesbians!
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digital boy Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
And how!
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hayase Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Utena x Anthy isn’t on the same level as ShizNat, but still a classic.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:33 am
@All: Any affinity I have for lesbians is nullified by my disaffinity toward Indian girls.
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May 29th, 2010 at 12:39 am
As much as I love Mai Hime and the whole franchise, I haven’t seen Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~ for that exact reason.
Arakawa is actually not bad, so it might be nice to check it out sometime.
Utena is yuri, but eh. Too old school for me.
Anyways, you’re not missing too much.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:37 am
I probably would’ve given Sifr a chance if Zwei hadn’t set the stage for disappointment.
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May 29th, 2010 at 3:56 am
This post does not sound like a work of thorough research but some of those anime do not require so much research anyway. Yes, I am referring to those ‘pedophile’ titles
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:41 am
I’ve heard rumors of a hot teacher of legal age in Hanamaru Kindergarten, but I know better. There’s always some token non-pedophilic character to trick model citizens such as myself into watching pedophile shows. I’m not falling for it.
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May 29th, 2010 at 4:31 am
You need to watch Durarara, a certain fabulous group of people from another anime make an appearance. I laughed until I couldn’t breathe.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 2:48 am
I wonder what my life would be like if I watched Durarara…
http://homerjsenator.ytmnd.com/
I’ll do it! I’ll watch Durarara!
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Robert Weizer Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Hey, it’s got a badass who runs around throwing cars and other large objects. That gets it points in my book.
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May 29th, 2010 at 6:17 am
Please go watch Tatami Galaxy.
It’s a coin toss between that and Cross Game as best anime of 2010.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:03 am
Well, since you said please…
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May 29th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Show I watch without thinking I’m wasting my time:
Rainbow (Regular prison stuff. If you saw Oz, you dont really have to watch it)
Arakawa under the bridge (mad homeless people living under a bridge. If you are in this situation, you dont really have to watch it)
House of the five leaves (Homosexual outlaw during edo. If you are totally straigth, you dont really need to watch it)
Durararararararara (Valkyries, gang wars, both starting after 13th episode. If you thougth Baccano was too slow paced, dont watch it).
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:06 am
Haven’t seen Oz.
Will watch Rainbow.Haven’t lived under a bridge. Will watch Arakawa if it gets solid final reviews.
I’m not totally straight. I’m about 50% asexual, 35% lesbian, and 15% straight. Will watch House of Five Leaves if it gets good reviews.
Didn’t think Baccano was too slow. Will watch Durarara.
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May 29th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
So Arakawa got ignored because of the title. How fucking sad.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:09 am
Not my fault they gave it a stupid title. They could’ve just as easily called it Lesbians Under the Bridge.
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May 29th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
You should watch The Tatami Galaxy, it’s the anime of the year.
Nobody watches it though… (´._.)
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Robert Weizer Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
still like 7 or 8 months left in the year~
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Salsk Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Every single episode in The Tatami Galaxy has been god tier up until now, I don’t think that will change.
Also, it’s animated by Madhouse.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:10 am
Will it make me a senator? If so, I’ll consider.
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Salsk Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 10:06 am
Yes!
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May 30th, 2010 at 12:49 am
Let me throw on another “watch Tatami Galaxy”, it’s this season’s “amazing anime that no one will watch”, like Cross Game last season.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:13 am
So, according to you and Michael, Tatami Galaxy is exactly like Cross Game. Sure, I’ll watch it, but if it disappoints me in any conceivable manner, I’ll write nothing less than a scathing critique of it.
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May 30th, 2010 at 8:05 am
I remember seeing Dinosaur King on TV and really liking the hot shouta. (The American one.)
Too bad he’s not voiced by Saiga Mitsuki. All the hot shoutas I like are coincidentally voiced by Saiga Mitsuki. Just not this one.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:19 am
Thank you for specifying. I would otherwise be incapable of picking out the hot shouta.
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May 30th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Every episode of The Tatami Galaxy is open to intellectual interpretation and interesting inferences. Yet every episode also is really fun and witty at the same time. I’m reminded of a comedy with Blackadder Goes Forth’s intelligence as well, and it really makes me happy. It has a heart of a romantic, the intellect of a genius, and the fun of a renowned comic. It’s just that good.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:24 am
That’d bad.
That’d good!
…can I go now?
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May 31st, 2010 at 2:21 am
Eve no Jikan is worth it.
Angel Beats, well, luckily, the Haruhi clones moments are relatively few, this Haruhi actually listens and has a brain, and you could think of it as “Kyon Strikes Back!” an anime where Kyon has the power.
Plus, it feels like someone poured Shigogofumi into this series, as I covered in my post. And Shigofumi is great.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:35 am
I’ve already resigned myself to begrudgingly watching Eve no Jikan someday. It’ll probably surpass my expectations. Until then, I reserve the right to assume it’s full of robots-with-feelings cliches.
Waiting for final reviews on Angel Beats.
I’m pretty sure one my 108 neglected draft posts is a Shigofumi review. Very good show.
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Guy Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 11:01 am
I’ll be sure to review Angel Beats when the first season is concluded.
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Theowne Reply:
May 31st, 2010 at 3:21 pm
No doubt, Eve no Jikan might feel a tad cliched at times…but the execution is good enough that you don’t even pay attention to it.
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May 31st, 2010 at 1:42 pm
One day I’ll make you acknowledge that even anime for paedophiles can be good. I did not know Chu Bra was geared towards estemeed gentlemen such as myself; all that allusion to breasts pretty much put me off.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Same here, but for completely different reasons.
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May 31st, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Nodoby said anything in the comments about the CHEAP yet MIRACULOUSLY ENTERTAINING fairy tail ?
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I guess nodoby’s watching it.
If I do ever watch it, it’ll be once all the eps are out.
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June 1st, 2010 at 3:58 am
No, Tatami Galaxy isn’t Cross Game.
But it’s so damn good. So damn smart. So damn funny.
And if it continues with this spark, it’ll be better than Cross Game.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
So you’re saying that Tatami Galaxy is exactly like me.
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June 1st, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Never judge an anime by it’s title. Bazinga.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
But it’s 92.86% effective!
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June 2nd, 2010 at 6:34 am
don’t feel bad until your functional equivalent of an about page has turned into a direct parody of the A-Team introduction
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I’ll do what I want
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June 5th, 2010 at 4:23 am
Damn man, house of Five Leaves is turning out to be pretty damn awesome!
And the Tatami Galaxy is pretty damn crazy. Someone watch episode six and seven, and then tell me they don’t did it!
Damn.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Three damns. Not bad, but could be more convincing.
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June 8th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I forget if you like sports anime, but Giant Killing is great.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:15 pm
Started Giant Killing last week. It’s average for a sports anime, which means it’s damn addictive.
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June 8th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Just watched five episodes of Rainbow. God damn! Not recommended. Every bad guy is so cartoonishly villanious you just can’t take it seriously. Every “bad guy” is, but not limited to, a pervert, pedophile, sadist and I am not kidding when I say that they all look exactly like the monsters in Claymore. Every single one. Come on! This was made even more ridiculous with the doctor issue. When the doctor was first introduced he was portrayed as a nice and righteous man and was drawn as such. After a few episodes we learn that he is “evil” (humans appereantly weren’t very dynamic in Japan in 1950) and was from then on drawn exactly like those monsters from Claymore and I am not exaggerating. We also learn at that moment that he is a gay pedophile of course (if you hand’t already guessed).
This maybe wouldn’t be a big problem if the show wasn’t about the boys getting raped (literally and figuratively) every fucking episode which raises the question as to why these people go to risk their fucking careers and reputation just to hurt the seven innocent boys (who are all good of course and shit rainbows from their asses … anyone?) who are just trying to live their lives in peace. It’s sloppy writing and you probably would be better off watching real underage porn. At least you would sympathize with the victim. Even without these issues it wouldn’t be watchable because it’s so bland and uninteresting because it’s basically a prolonged rape assault. Baka-raptor, watch at your own risk. It might ruin your eyes permanently.
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Baka-Raptor Reply:
June 9th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Now Rainbow sounds stupid again (except for the Claymore parts). Good thing I can edit the comments in which I said I’d watch it.
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Flerp Reply:
June 10th, 2010 at 6:23 am
Hey, what do I know, maybe you’ve developed an ultra high resistance against shitty anime. In retrospect I was probably too harsh on Rainbow but for whatever it’s worth it’s not an anime that vill cure AIDS. If you have nothing better to do, go watch it. Plus, it’s refreshing for the fact that this anime will attract gay pedophiles instead of regular pedophiles, which could score it some originality points.
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June 14th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
RAINBOW has the best OP, but if it was more like the 2nd episode it would’ve been really great
Too much “NAKAMA” and “AN-CHAN”
I would recommend Angel Beats though, its nothing like Haruhi and has MOTHERFUCKING TK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crvRoJ6-wZI
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June 19th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Seriously, fuck Durarara!. The only good thing that could come from you watching it is the laughs I would make as you tear it apart. Durarara! is if you took Baccano! and made it into a boring, predictable children’s show – in other words, if you made Baccano! suck. Totally not worth it.
If you want real awesomeness, go for Legend of Koizumi. You’ll just get a bunch of lame bullshit from Durarara!. They should’ve made Baccano! season 2 instead….
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June 22nd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
As much as I loved the Utena movie, when it comes to telling other people why they should watch it, all I can say is “The girl turns into a car, and another girl turns into a car because she’s jealous.”
Of course, that’s the main reason I love it…
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August 15th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Watched the Dinosaur King op… made my ears bleed. Thank you. O_o I’d seen parts of the actual show before, but never the opening… how dare 4kids use the same band/vocalist for this trash as they did for Pokemon… yes Pokemon is trashy, but its trash from my childhood, nostalgic trash. So I still like it. And I still know 7-8 of the theme tunes…
On a side note… Angel Beats… not a Haruhi clone. There are tsundere lead gals in lots of anime. Not just Haruhi. It could have done with being longer though…
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