Anime Discussion!

[Tayzon_Day]

Started watching Attack on titan yesterday, already watched 15 eps. :)
Gotta say it's hell of a good anime, almost as good as SAO.

[Mami Tomoei]

SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN!!

the sound track for that anime is amazing!

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[Tayzon_Day]

Ok, so I'm already done with Attack on titan, only took me 3 days..
Was a really good anime but still a lot of stuff that wasn't explained (possibly explained in the manga, i haven't read it).

But, now i need a new anime to watch, any suggestions? :)

[llamakookie]

Yeah Mami that animie list helped alot, i've been taking a crack at it :p. Im currently watching "Sunday without god" I like this one alot, getting into it :]

[Tayzon_Day]

30 ANIMES HYPE!

Just noticed that Attack on titan was my 30th anime completed (if u don't count Bleach, watched about 100eps of it).

I wonder how long it will take to reach 50.

[Mami Tomoei]

Yeah Mami that animie list helped alot, i've been taking a crack at it :p. Im currently watching "Sunday without god" I like this one alot, getting into it :]

I reccommend up to ep 3. then i dropped it after that.. lo

[yingyang06]

Here is a list of what I've been watching lately:

- Infinite Stratos 2 (Thursdays 8:00pm GMT)
- Freezing Vibration (Fridays 7:00pm GMT)
- Golden Time (Thursdays 8:30pm GMT)
- Outbreak Company (Sundays 5:30pm GMT)
- Strike the Blood (Fridays 7:00pm GMT)
- Yuushibu (Fridays 7:00pm GMT)
- Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! (Sundays 1:30pm GMT) - WARNING: Lots of Pantsu shots.
- White Album 2 (Saturdays 7:00pm GMT)
- Walkure Romanze (Sundays 5:30pm GMT)
- Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova (Mondays 8:25pm GMT)
- Nagi no Asukara (Thursdays 4:00pm GMT)
- Kyoukai no Kanata (Every Wednesday)

I normally stream from Crunchyroll but you can download them via Torrent from http://www.nyaa.se/ as soon as they are uploaded straight to Crunchyroll.

There are also a few other Animes I recommend you watch if you have the time (They are my Top 10):

1. Ah! My Goddess
2. Clannad & Clannad: After Story
3. Black Lagoon
4. Ghost in the Shell
5. Ghost Hunt
6. Full Metal Panic!
7. K-On!
8. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
9. Highschool of the Dead
10. Macross Frontier



Keiichi Morisato is looking forward to university life. But in reality, he has no luck in anything, and he has trouble with clubs, love, etc. The truth is that he has an unlucky star above his head. One day, Keiichi is stuck watching the dorm while his sempai are away, and has a mountain of chores to do to boot. But Keiichi is a good-natured person, and is set about doing his duties. As he is about to finish his final chore, he makes a phone call to his sempai. But the words that came through the receiver are, 'Goddess Help Line.' Shortly afterwards, a beautiful goddess named Belldandy appears in front of him from the mirror of his room.



Clannad's story revolves around Tomoya Okazaki, a third year high school student who dislikes his life. Tomoya's mother (Atsuko) died when Tomoya was young, leaving his father (Naoyuki) to raise him. The story opens when Tomoya meets by chance Nagisa Furukawa, a soft-spoken girl one year older than he is who is repeating her last year in high school due to being sick much of the previous year. Her goal is to join the drama club which she was unable to do due to her sickness, but they find that the drama club was disbanded after the few remaining members graduated. Since Tomoya has a lot of time to kill, he starts to help Nagisa in reforming the drama club. During this period, Tomoya meets and hangs out with several other girls who he gets to know well and help with their individual problems.

In the second part of Clannad labelled 'Clannad: After Story', Tomoya and Nagisa start living together and get married. Tomoya has to endure several hardships that the family has been suffering from, mainly involving Nagisa's illness



Black Lagoon follows a team of pirates/mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand (somewhere in the Amphoe Mueang Trat district, likely on the mainland north/northeast of the Ko Chang island or on the island itself). They transport goods in the 80-foot (24 m) Elco-type PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions—which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles—in various Southeast Asian locations, even going as far as Phu Quoc island of Vietnam and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur which is often destroyed in firefights. There is also a 2nd season labelled 'Black Lagoon: Second Barrage'.



Ghost in the Shell takes place in the year 2030, where many people have become cyborgs with prosthetic bodies. Primarily set in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama, Niihama Prefecture, the series follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives, while the group investigates various crimes, both seasons feature ongoing investigations into two incidents that embroil the group in corruption within other branches of the Japanese government.

The first season of Stand Alone Complex focuses on the Laughing Man incident, wherein a hacker ultimately reveals to the Major that he had discovered that several micromachine manufacturing corporations in association with the Japanese government suppressed information on an inexpensive cure to a debilitating cyberization disease in order to profit from the more expensive micromachine treatment. He abducted one of the owners of the company and attempted to force him to reveal the truth on live television, resulting in the hacker live-hacking everyone's vision and cameras at the event to cover his face with the stylized laughing face that became synonymous with his image. His popularity spawned several genuine imitators, resulting in the series' titular Stand Alone Complex. When Section 9 discovers that these companies and several Japanese politicians later used the Laughing Man's image to garner public support and profit, they begin a campaign to disseminate the truth, ultimately leading to the Cabinet labeling them as domestic terrorists and forcibly disbanding them, resulting in the capture of several members and the apparent death of Motoko Kusanagi. However, it is all a ruse to deceive the government, and the very alive and well members of Section 9 regroup to bring the micromachine corporations and corrupt politicians to justice, resulting in the dissolution of the current Japanese government.

The second season, 2nd GIG, set two years after the events of the first season, explores the political and social ramifications of the two world wars that took place prior to the events of the series. At the time of the Third and the Fourth World Wars, about three million Asians became refugees and were invited into Japan as a source of cheap labor. These "invited refugees", based on the reclaimed island of Dejima, soon became unemployed in the post-war period, and their social unrest borders on outright war. Section 9's involvement in the refugee issue begins after they successfully stop a hostage crisis caused by a terrorist group known as the Individual Eleven, after which newly elected Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki officially reinstates the organization. The group seems to be modeling themselves after the May 15 Incident, where a group of naval officers assassinated the Prime Minister and then gained the support of the public, and hope to stir up the refugees' spirits by fighting for them against the Japanese government. The group also comes into contact with Kazundo Goda, head of the Cabinet Intelligence Service, who gets assistance from the group in defusing several instances between the refugees as well as assisting him in transporting plutonium through Dejima, result in several failures and refugee deaths, further straining relations. Section 9 ultimately discovers that Goda has been manipulating both events behind the scenes, leaking the social virus that creates the Individual Eleven ideology and creating a new Stand Alone Complex, as well as the intentional failures with the refugees. However, he cannot account for the charismatic Hideo Kuze who genuinely believes in the best for the refugees and helps rally for their independence from Japan. Throughout the investigation, Kusanagi discovers she may know Kuze from her childhood, and ultimately, Goda is found guilty of his part in the refugee incidents and killed before he can defect to the American Empire, but not before his ministrations also result in the death of Kuze.

In order they are:

- Ghost in the Shell (Movie)
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (Movie)
- Ghost in the Shell - Innocence (Movie)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Series)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - 2nd GIG (Series)
- Ghost in the Shell - Solid State Society (Movie)

A mini series of films was also released called 'Ghost in the Shell: Arise', with the most recent being called Ghost Pain, which was released June 22, 2013. The 2nd part called Ghost Whispers is planned to be released on November 30, 2013.

http://kotaku.com/the-first-film-of-ghost-in-the-shell-arise-is-true-to-568174103



Ghost Hunt follows the ghost hunting adventures of Mai Taniyama, a first-year high school student who becomes involved with the Shibuya Psychic Research center (SPR) and its young manager, Kazuya Shibuya. Mai nicknames Kazuya Shibuya "Naru" because of his narcissistic (narushisuto) attitude, and the nickname is generally adopted by all those who come to eventually work with SPR: Buddhist monk Houshou Takigawa; shrine maiden Ayako Matsuzaki; celebrity teen psychic Masako Hara; and Catholic priest John Brown.

Ghost Hunt also explores the paranormal abilities of the characters, particularly focusing on Mai's "latent psychic abilities," demonstrated by her dreaming about information relevant to their cases. She is often joined in her dreams by someone whom she assumes to be Naru, who acts as a spirit guide, but who is later revealed to be someone quite unexpected.



Full Metal Panic! follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of a covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a spirited Japanese high school girl. He moves to Japan to study at Chidori's school, Jindai High School, with assistance from his comrades Kurz Weber and Melissa Mao. Having never experienced social interactions, Sousuke is found as a military maniac by his schoolmates as he interprets everyday situations from a combat perspective. He comes to relate with Chidori who realizes that Sousuke is protecting her, but he does not reveal the reasons due to orders as well as the fact he does not know why Chidori is being targeted by different organizations.

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu is a companion series to the anime series Full Metal Panic! It takes place between the first season and The Second Raid. Markedly different in tone to the first series, Fumoffu emphasizes the high school romantic comedy aspects of Full Metal Panic! with often crude humor and focuses on the romantic tension between Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori. It frequently parodies itself and anime stereotypes. None of the mecha combat or political intrigue, which characterized much of the original Full Metal Panic!, can be seen in the series. The only reference to the mecha aspect of Full Metal Panic! is the Bonta-kun, which is one of the most prominent parodies in the anime. Sousuke uses spare Bonta-kun costumes to make highly effective suits of power armor, but they look like teddy bears wearing army gear and can only say: "Fu" and "Mo" in different combinations.

Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid is the direct sequel to the original anime series. It takes place three months after the events that occurred in the Tuatha de Danaan at the end of the original Full Metal Panic! series. Mithril learns of a secret organization that has technology able to counter the ECS (Electronic Conceal System) mode. The organization, known as Amalgam, has access to Black Technology, which was obtained from the Whispered. Like the other intelligence agencies, Amalgam intends to obtain more. Sousuke's mission to protect Chidori is terminated by Mithril, instead leaving her in the care of an anonymous agent known as Wraith.



In K-On!, four Japanese high school girls join Sakuragaoka Girl's High School's light music club to try to save it from being disbanded. However, they are the only members of the club. At first, Yui Hirasawa has no experience playing musical instruments or reading sheet music as she is only familiar with playing the castanets, but she eventually becomes an excellent guitar player. From then on, Yui, along with bassist Mio Akiyama, drummer Ritsu Tainaka, and keyboardist Tsumugi Kotobuki spend their school days practicing, performing, and hanging out together. The club is overseen by music teacher Sawako Yamanaka, who eventually becomes their homeroom teacher as well during their final year of high school. In their second year, the club welcomes another guitarist, underclassman Azusa Nakano. After Azusa joins they gain more structure and begin to practice more. This series consists of two seasons called K-On! and K-On!!, a movie was also released following the girls trip to London.



Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo take place in Sakura Dormitory, a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, most trouble-making students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro's handler. The story is about their daily lives as well as mental growth.



Highschool of the Dead is set in present day 2010 Japan, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies, euphemistically referred to by the main characters as "Them".
The story follows a group of high school students, the school's nurse, and a young girl as they fight their way to safety through the deadly streets of Japan during the worldwide catastrophic event known as the "Outbreak". As the cast tries to survive the zombie apocalypse, they must also face the additional threats of societal collapse, in the form of dangerous fellow survivors, and the possible decay of their own moral codes.



The story of Macross Frontier is set in the year 2059, 47 years after the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross, 19 years after Macross Plus and 14 years after the story of Macross 7. The series features the 25th New Macross-class Colonial Fleet, dubbed the Macross Frontier, en route to the galactic center. This heavily populated interstellar fleet (consisting of numerous civilian vessels and their military escorts) contains a makeup of both human occupants and their Zentradi allies. As such, many of the Macross Frontier's companion vessels appear to merge more metallic Human designs with organic Zentradi aesthetics. Macross Frontier's plot explores a combination of action/political intrigue/space drama more than previous Macross series have done in the past.

As the series begins, during a mission to an unexplored asteroid belt a reconnaissance New U.N. Spacy (N.U.N.S.) VF-171 is destroyed by extremely powerful and fast insectoid biomechanical alien mecha known as the "Vajra", which immediately begin their attack on the rest of the fleet. Unable to stop the new enemy threat, the N.U.N.S. Colonial Defense Forces authorizes the deployment of a Private Military Provider organization called S.M.S. (Strategic Military Services) which utilizes the new VF-25 Messiah variable fighter to combat the alien menace. Like other installments of the Macross universe, the story mainly revolves around a trio of characters, including Alto Saotome, a young pilot who joins the S.M.S just after the invasion begins, Sheryl Nome, a famous singer known as the "Galactic Fairy" and Ranka Lee, a teenager aspiring to be a singer herself, that form a love triangle.

Two movies were also released called: Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress & Macross Frontier The Movie: The Wings of Goodbye.

[yingyang06]

30 ANIMES HYPE!

Just noticed that Attack on titan was my 30th anime completed (if u don't count Bleach, watched about 100eps of it).

I wonder how long it will take to reach 50.

Not to boost but you need to catch up to my 100 series completed :P

[Mami Tomoei]

Glad to have more people talking about anime =D

1. holy hell thats 1 hell of a post.

2. How is Golden time? I got put off within 3 mins cuz the girl looked like a dude. =s or something like that

3. Your colors blind me

4. About Macross Frontier, I really enjoyed the series, up until the end when they were wrapping it up. I felt like it was either a rushed ending, or one which wasnt that well thought of. <3 Sheryl Nome to hell and back!

note: I didnt watch the movies, as I generally do not, as many anime movies are just rehashed content from the series

[yingyang06]

Glad to have more people talking about anime =D

1. holy hell thats 1 hell of a post.

2. How is Golden time? I got put off within 3 mins cuz the girl looked like a dude. =s or something like that

3. Your colors blind me

4. About Macross Frontier, I really enjoyed the series, up until the end when they were wrapping it up. I felt like it was either a rushed ending, or one which wasnt that well thought of. <3 Sheryl Nome to hell and back!

note: I didnt watch the movies, as I generally do not, as many anime movies are just rehashed content from the series

I've always been known in WG to talk about Anime, especially conversations in IRC in the past.

Golden Time is very good if you get passed the 1st episode, I am now on episode 6 and it's getting alot more interesting.
I love Colours!
Macross Frontier is indeed a really enjoyable anime, the movies on the other hand only use a 'small' portion of series content, the rest is new content. I personally love the songs and the whole Sheyl/Ranka relationship. I do however agree the ending was rushed.

[yingyang06]

Surprise announcement of the day everyone! I'm sure some of you noticed that little box on the Lineup page pop up recently!

Well, that is because Crunchyroll is excited to announce that we will be simulcasting the TV Special Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION!



That's right, the world of Sword Art Online isn't quite over yet! Crunchyroll users will be able to enjoy this special episode right alongside all the other fans around the world on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 7:00am Pacific Time.

Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION will be available for Crunchyroll audiences in the following territories: North America, South America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.


Here's a little synopsis of what you guys can look forward to this holiday season:

Kirito and the others decide to go on an underwater quest within the world of ALO to grant Yui her wish to see a whale. As they all prepare for the quest, they face a shocking revelation...Leafa, or Suguha is afraid of water. So, Asuna and the other female members decide to teach Suguha how to swim at a pool in the real world. Meanwhile, Kirito was meeting somebody...

[Tayzon_Day]

Started watching K-On yesterday, seen 4 episodes. So far so good :)
Ty for recommendation

[yingyang06]

Started watching K-On yesterday, seen 4 episodes. So far so good :)
Ty for recommendation

No worries :) just remember it is as follows:

K-On! (Season 1)
K-On!! (Season 2)
K-On! The Movie (Set in London)

Also if you like K-On! I also recommend you watch Tamako Market, it's from the same people who did K-On.

[Tayzon_Day]

Haven't posted anything in a while so decided to post the video that got me into watching Fairy Tail :)

Fairy Tail - Fighting for our Guild [HD]

It's one of the best animes I've ever seen, can't wait for the new episodes! :)

[Mami Tomoei]

naw fuck fairy tale, i dont like anime or stories in general that dont make sense, and its the source of a major plot device.

always fucking friendship winning... oh you hurt my friend? guess what? I power up. Its really stupid...... However i still keep up with the manga.. its gotten better tho.

[yingyang06]

I really enjoyed Fairy Tail, especially the later seasons. I however cannot get into Naruto. It just seems there are too many flashbacks and Sakura constantly whinning.

[Tayzon_Day]

I really enjoyed Fairy Tail, especially the later seasons. I however cannot get into Naruto. It just seems there are too many flashbacks and Sakura constantly whinning.

Ye, naruto is kinda slow sometimes, alot of fillers and shit. takes so many episodes to make the story move forward just a tiny bit.

[Clorviolt]

I'm sure it's been mentioned but Attack on Titan is actually pretty sweet. For a guy who originally thought that watching anime was watching cartoony animations, AoT kinda surprised me. Although I admit that it has A LOT of crying scenes.

[Tayzon_Day]

AoT kinda surprised me. Although I admit that it has A LOT of crying scenes.

If u like those kind of scenes, u should check out Clannad and Angel Beats, those are the best animes i've ever seen and they have tons of emotional scenes.

[Mami Tomoei]

I'm sure it's been mentioned but Attack on Titan is actually pretty sweet. For a guy who originally thought that watching anime was watching cartoony animations, AoT kinda surprised me. Although I admit that it has A LOT of crying scenes.

well... if your mom dies... your city gets completely raped and many of ur townspeople you knew were getting eaten... Probably scarred for life... just a little.

Again I felt the first 2 episodes for AoT were very very strong episodes and conducted very well, the series sets itself up for success =). Same can be said of SAO, cept it fell on its face.

[Tayzon_Day]

Same can be said of SAO, cept it fell on its face.

Imo it wasn't that bad, sure was a step down from the awesomeness of the sao episodes (the first 14-ish episodes) but wasn't a complete fuck up.

Also, i read something about a season 2 for AoT, anyone know if it's true or just some rumour?

[Mami Tomoei]

Same can be said of SAO, cept it fell on its face.

Imo it wasn't that bad, sure was a step down from the awesomeness of the sao episodes (the first 14-ish episodes) but wasn't a complete fuck up.

Also, i read something about a season 2 for AoT, anyone know if it's true or just some rumour?

It would be all but confirmed, given the ratings. Im not so sure on how much source material they have to work with though. In the first season they followed the manga very very closely, maybe it'll be a few seasons before AoT comes back, since the manga is a once per month release.

sooo goodluck on waiting  :'(. also go back to the last episode for cliff hanger right at the end

[yingyang06]

Same can be said of SAO, cept it fell on its face.

Imo it wasn't that bad, sure was a step down from the awesomeness of the sao episodes (the first 14-ish episodes) but wasn't a complete fuck up.

Also, i read something about a season 2 for AoT, anyone know if it's true or just some rumour?

It would be all but confirmed, given the ratings. Im not so sure on how much source material they have to work with though. In the first season they followed the manga very very closely, maybe it'll be a few seasons before AoT comes back, since the manga is a once per month release.

sooo goodluck on waiting  :'(. also go back to the last episode for cliff hanger right at the end

I believe there will be a second season but not till late next year, I can however say that the creator of 'Fairy Tail' will be continuing the anime (currently stopped at 176) next year, no release date though.

Another another note the 2nd mini movie of Ghost in the Shell (The Origin of Matoko and Section 6) has been released and is called 'Ghost in the Shell Arise: Ghost Whispers'.

[Mami Tomoei]

Ive heard rumors about the AoT S2 atound that time, but i dont believe an offical date has been made public.

Also: really enjoying kyoukai no katana! I really hate the main characters but mitsuki is fucking awesome, also the latest episode was done very well, giving a well paced well executed plot delivery.

[yingyang06]

Ive heard rumors about the AoT S2 atound that time, but i dont believe an offical date has been made public.

Also: really enjoying kyoukai no katana! I really hate the main characters but mitsuki is fucking awesome, also the latest episode was done very well, giving a well paced well executed plot delivery.

Indeed, It started off slow but it's becoming pretty interesting.

Also this might interest you:

It turns out that there are more differences between Attack on Titan creator Hajime Isayama and Gundam creator Yoshiyuki "Kill 'Em All" Tomino than just the use of "pornographic" violence. Unlike old Minagoroshi no Tomino, Isayama is reluctant to slaughter his cast.

In an interview with White-Screen.jp, Isayama has said that he's been evolving his manga, with new elements being added.

However, one of the more substantial changes to the series' direction is that he was abandoned plans for an audience traumatizing ending.  He had been thinking about something along the lines of the Frank Darabont adaptation Stephen King's The Mist, but response to the series, and especially his anime adaptation has left him unable take that path, and a bit lost. With all the support that the series has received, he didn't want to slam the fans with a traumatic conclusion.

Isayama can certainly empathize with fans. As bit of an otaku, he touches on his appreciation of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Muv-Luv during the course of the interview.

Taken from: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/06-1/author-commands-on-changes-to-attack-on-titan-ending