Anime Thigh Thread II

**Jester Joe** · 2017-04-10, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Sj

Dragon Maid - 9/10

KyoAni did a great job of adding some soul to an already decent series. I read quite a few chapters of the manga once the anime was announced, just to see if it was going to be something that would interest me. It was good, but not good enough to really stoke my interest. The anime just did such a good job with a majority of the characters and brought them to life and made them feel real. I was able to get invested in Kobayashi and her struggles with loneliness and not feeling a connection to her family. I was rooting for Tohru to get through to Kobayashi and for their relationship to become something meaningful. Watching Kanna and Saikawa share some really good moments in the finale was nice. I feel Elma was just kinda tacked on (she was one of my favorites in the manga) and her gag, and Luccoa's as well, got stale fairly quickly. Fafnir was quite the surprised in how he was able to deliver some really "compact" yet emotionally stirring appearances. The final episode was perfect and really completed the sale of the characters to me. In one episode, they were able to give each character a bit of screen time that elevated them above their running gags and solidify them as "real people" when a "real" conflict finally arose.

The animation, of course, was fantastic as expected from KyoAni. I was concerned that the manga's art style wasn't going to translate well enough to let KyoAni show off their talents, but I was pleasantly surprised. They did some fantastic things with the action scenes, but the lighting in this show was absolutely superb. One of my girlfriend's majors was film, and she was so impressed by the lighting that she actually started the show from the beginning and watch it herself. The music was another thing that really stood out to me as there were some really fun BGM mixed in with some really moving pieces. The music and the lighting and color palette changes flawlessly manipulated the mood of the show. I'll likely end up watching it again, just to pay extra attention to the production choices.

So the tl;dr: It's a fun show with plenty of emotional depth, that also looks and sounds amazing, that wraps up nicely in a finale that ranks in my top 10 endings easily.

I do enjoy seeing people pretty much say the same things I feel about an anime, while your review was more elegantly put, the points pretty much boiled down to the same as mine.

To tack on though, the final episode has become one of those scenes I will go back and watch just for the sake of that scene, that's how amazing I thought it was, that part of course, being Kobayashi's outburst

The only other scene that I've gone back to to rewatch that often is from Steins;Gate, and the video from Okabe's future self, and honorable mention to Re:Zero and the scene when Betelgeuse possesses Subaru

**Independent voter** · 2017-04-10, 01:22 AM

Originally Posted by bals

shingeki no kanna

Do that with naked Trumps and you'd make enough money to pay next month's rent.

**bals** · 2017-04-10, 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by Hubcap

Do that with naked Trumps and you'd make enough money to pay next month's rent.

well I didn't make it. I think I have seen a trump one before? if not we need to get our top men on it

**Neichus** · 2017-04-10, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by Sesto

Alice to Zouroku 02 - Sana is so goddamn cute. I'm really in love with this show so far, I just hope it stays this good when the plot ramps up.

I'm finding it oddly endearing as well, and it's definitely not my normal type of show. However, I do not believe there is a person in the world as calm as Sanae.

**Zatheyll** · 2017-04-10, 06:18 AM

Kimi no Na wa - 9/10. That was stunning. Easily the best anime movie I've seen, and that twist blew me away. I did not expect that entire last half whatsoever. One problem I had was the first half with the body switching felt a bit too rushed, but to get in the last half I'm okay with that. I could have done with another 20 minutes on the movie to kind of extend the body switching a bit though, just to flesh out their experiences and getting to know each other's lives and friends.

I'll definitely be watching this again when it comes out on BD.

Sj · 2017-04-10, 06:43 AM

ReLIFE 174 - God when Hishiro and Kaizaki finally get together I'm going to squeal like a girl.

**Artorius** · 2017-04-10, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Sj

ReLIFE 174 - God when Hishiro and Kaizaki finally get together I'm going to squeal like a girl.

An and Yoake too pls.

**Yunru** · 2017-04-10, 12:04 PM

Spinoff:

**Sesto** · 2017-04-10, 02:27 PM

top ten anime mysteries

**Trifle** · 2017-04-10, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Sesto

top ten anime mysteries

That doesn't really work in English, they should have just replaced the question. Note that answer D: "a", I assume refers to the hyphen (sabaara, elongated vowel sound). I don't know enough Japanese to have a clue what the answer is.

**Sesto** · 2017-04-10, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Trifle

That doesn't really work in English, they should have just replaced the question. Note that answer D: "a", I assume refers to the hyphen (sabaara, elongated vowel sound). I don't know enough Japanese to have a clue what the answer is.

You are supposed to switch a letter in the word, not add a letter where the hyphen is. The answers are just what letter you need to replace, not necessarily what letter you are actually replacing said letter with. That letter can be any other letter in the alphabet.

The question is actually solvable without any Japanese knowledge, but as far as I can tell the translators still fucked it up.

Spoiler:

This is the hardest one though (and actually solvable)

**Asetotti** · 2017-04-10, 04:17 PM

The candle one is top kek.

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Originally Posted by Sesto

This is the hardest one though (and actually solvable)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NwSHQ50.jpg[IMG]

savescumming was strong with this one.

**Sesto** · 2017-04-10, 05:07 PM

The candle one was pretty easy because I've heard it before, it's quite a common riddle.

I haven't read them all yet but honestly I've save scummed for a bunch already. Some of them are just kind of silly and require specific knowledge, like that ambulance one (how was I supposed to know the numbers you dial for an ambulance or police in Japan)

**Enjeh** · 2017-04-10, 05:49 PM