Anime Thigh Thread II

[Suicidal Panda]

ARENA 01: Shiina Mashiro [Illyasviel von Einzbern]
ARENA 02: [Shana] Yukinoshita Yukino
ARENA 03: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Archer
ARENA 04: [Sora] Otonashi Yuzuru
ARENA 05: Saber [Yūki Asuna]
ARENA 06: [Shiro] Yuigahama Yui
ARENA 07: [Tōsaka Rin] Tokisaki Kurumi
ARENA 08: Tomori Nao [Makise Kurisu]
ARENA 09: Jibril [Aragaki Ayase]
ARENA 10: Takasu Ryūji [Araragi Koyomi]
ARENA 11: Kamijō Tōma [Okabe Rintarō]
ARENA 12: Emiya Kiritsugu [Abstained] Saitama
ARENA 13: [Edward Elric] Kyon
ARENA 14: [Katsuragi Keima] Yukihira Sōma
ARENA 15: [Karasuma Chitose] Yoroizuka Mizore
ARENA 16: [Wakana Ui] Ai-chan
ARENA 17: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Yūki Mikan
ARENA 18: Hirasawa Yui [Abstained] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

[Swisted]

Hey @Hellravager how are things with the GF going? Last time I was in thread things seemed to be doing good. Was just curious.

[AceofH]

Code Geass is in the legendary tier.

It really didn't need a 3rd season but I'll give it a chance. The ending of season 2 was amazing and it was one of the few animes where the dub was really well done.

This was one of my fav scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDuSUDlK2dc

dub? eww! come on man. stop being a pleb.

[Artorius]

ARENA 01: Shiina Mashiro [Illyasviel von Einzbern]
ARENA 02: Shana [Yukinoshita Yukino]
ARENA 03: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Archer
ARENA 04: [Sora] Otonashi Yuzuru
ARENA 05: Saber [Yūki Asuna]
ARENA 06: [Shiro] Yuigahama Yui
ARENA 07: [Tōsaka Rin] Tokisaki Kurumi
ARENA 08: Tomori Nao [Makise Kurisu]
ARENA 09: [Jibril] Aragaki Ayase
ARENA 10: Takasu Ryūji [Araragi Koyomi]
ARENA 11: Kamijō Tōma [Okabe Rintarō]
ARENA 12: Emiya Kiritsugu [Saitama]
ARENA 13: [Edward Elric] Kyon
ARENA 14: Katsuragi Keima [Yukihira Sōma]
ARENA 15: Karasuma Chitose [Yoroizuka Mizore]
ARENA 16: Wakana Ui [Abstained] Ai-chan
ARENA 17: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Yūki Mikan
ARENA 18: [Hirasawa Yui] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

[Shinzai]

ARENA 01: Shiina Mashiro [Illyasviel von Einzbern]
ARENA 02: Shana [Yukinoshita Yukino]
ARENA 03: [Hikigaya Hachiman] Archer
ARENA 04: [Sora] Otonashi Yuzuru
ARENA 05: [Saber] Yūki Asuna
ARENA 06: Shiro [Yuigahama Yui]
ARENA 07: [Tōsaka Rin] Tokisaki Kurumi
ARENA 08: Tomori Nao [Makise Kurisu]
ARENA 09: [Jibril] Aragaki Ayase
ARENA 10: Takasu Ryūji [Araragi Koyomi]
ARENA 11: Kamijō Tōma [Okabe Rintarō]
ARENA 12: [Emiya Kiritsugu] Saitama
ARENA 13: [Edward Elric] Kyon
ARENA 14: [Katsuragi Keima] Yukihira Sōma
ARENA 15: Karasuma Chitose [Yoroizuka Mizore]
ARENA 16: Wakana Ui [Ai-chan]
ARENA 17: [Senjōgahara Hitagi] Yūki Mikan
ARENA 18: [Hirasawa Yui] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

[Epuration]

ARENA 01: Shiina Mashiro [Illyasviel von Einzbern]
ARENA 02: Shana [Yukinoshita Yukino]
ARENA 03: Hikigaya Hachiman [Archer]
ARENA 04: [Sora] Otonashi Yuzuru
ARENA 05: [Saber] Yūki Asuna
ARENA 06: Shiro [Yuigahama Yui]
ARENA 07: [Tōsaka Rin] Tokisaki Kurumi
ARENA 08: [Tomori Nao] Makise Kurisu
ARENA 09: Jibril [Aragaki Ayase]
ARENA 10: [Takasu Ryūji] Araragi Koyomi
ARENA 11: [Kamijō Tōma] Okabe Rintarō
ARENA 12: [Emiya Kiritsugu] Saitama
ARENA 13: Edward Elric [Abstained] Kyon
ARENA 14: Katsuragi Keima [Abstained] Yukihira Sōma
ARENA 15: [Karasuma Chitose] Yoroizuka Mizore
ARENA 16: [Wakana Ui] Ai-chan
ARENA 17: Senjōgahara Hitagi [Yūki Mikan]
ARENA 18: Hirasawa Yui [Abstained] Sawamura Spencer Eriri

[Suicidal Panda]

@Synaia so I guess I won a sweepstakes today too: got the middle 1/3rd of https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=92 from otakuusa's

[Neichus]

Finished my re-watch of Serial Experiments Lain ("LAIN"). It verified some things I had previously said while calling into question others.

First and foremost, the biggest change for me was that I was completely unphased by the surreal elements of LAIN. I reacted very negatively to them the first time around, viewing them as functioning more to obscure the content than to aid it. Many years later I find this view no longer holds true; I found LAIN perfectly reasonable to follow with the atmosphere now being a definite bonus to the series rather than a hindrance. This single point probably went a long way to improving my enjoyment.

Beyond this my knowledge of the general arc of the show and what it was about helped tremendously to make it surprisingly clear. I felt far more oriented and prepared to interpret what was going on. It made me actually really enjoy the middle part of the series and I watched most of it in one sitting (although I found myself far less enthusiastic about the last couple of episodes).

Finally, I felt a far smaller need to harp on the philosophy of it. As we already discussed before, I have a certain view on the philosophy of the series but I didn't have the same contempt for it that I did going in. Why this is I am uncertain: my actual assessment of the series didn't change, just my attitude. In fact, that sentence really summarizes my whole experience.

Anyway, I've thought about doing a full-scale review on it (I haven't done one of those in a while...) but I'm concerned that it may be very difficult for me to properly express my views on the series without partially explaining my own vantage point, in which case the review is mostly me explaining myself rather than LAIN. That's not really what a review should be about.

p.s. Lain (the girl) really struck me this time around with her design. It just...worked.

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Edit: I do however hold to my general rejection of its view of humanity, however. That was one thing that I noticed repeatedly in the discussions about human nature, evolution, etc. This probably also accounts for my strange simultaneous acceptance-yet-rejection of the last couple of episodes. I agree with the assessment that the body is important alongside the mind. The problem is that I don't just view them as "inseparable." They are more extensions of the same thing: our dream of a dissociated consciousness, with no reference to the body, is really just a rationalist dream that is long overdue. So the message at the end, where Lain rejects God on the basis of not understanding with no body, is one that I can almost agree with but at the same time completely reject the framing of.

[Zatheyll]

Sales~~~

Interesting one I missed earlier. Sales for Zaregoto, the Shaft OVA series airing where the first episode came out. It sold really really well.

BD
*4.　*,655　16,265　Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai Vol.1 Limited Edition
DVD
10.　*,188　*3,777　Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai Vol.1 Limited Edition

(Week 3 cumulative sales)

Not much Nov 7-13, other than Amaama selling terrible.

Spoiler: 

Blu-ray
*1.　3,070　54,601　Love Live! Sunshine!! Vol.2 Special Limited Edition
*2.　1,581　*1,581　Captain Future Blu-ray BOX Vol.2
*3.　1,358　79,965　Love Live! Sunshine!! Vol.1 Special Limited Edition
*4.　*,655　16,265　Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai Vol.1 Limited Edition
*5.　*,616　*9,677　Digimon Adventure tri. 3: Kokuhaku
*6.　*,522　**,522　Amaama to Inazuma Vol.2
*7.　*,495　*4,611　Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare
*8.　*,350　**,350　Black Bullet Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition
*9.　*,348　27,311　Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare Limited Edition
10.　*,310　*1,372　Crayon Shin-chan Movie 24: Bakusui! Yumemi World Dai Totsugeki
11.　*,289　*6,371　Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai Limited Edition
12.　*,255　*5,756　Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
13.　*,253　*8,768　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.5
14.　*,211　*8,319　Macross Δ Vol.4 Special Limited Edition
15.　*,207　28,464　Kotonoha no Niwa with OST
(cut-off 207)

Following week again not much.

Spoiler: 

Blu-ray
*1.　3,941　58,542　Love Live! Sunshine!! Vol.2 Special Limited Edition
*2.　2,643　*2,643　Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike
*3.　1,965　81,930　Love Live! Sunshine!! Vol.1 Special Limited Edition
*4.　1,618　*1,618　Sansha Sanyou Vol.6
*5.　1,509　*1,509　Kuromukuro Vol.2
*6.　1,472　*1,472　Bakuon!! Vol.6 Limited Edition
*7.　1,392　*1,392　Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! Love! Vol.3
*8.　1,209　*1,209　Netgame no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.6 Limited Edition
*9.　1,165　*1,165　Arslan Senki: Fuujin Ranbu Vol.3 Limited Edition
10.　*,627　**,627　Colorful Ninja Iromaki Limited Special Edition
11.　*,545　**,545　Days Vol.2 Limited Edition
12.　*,443　*6,199　Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
13.　*,403　16,668　Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai Vol.1 Limited Edition
14.　*,332　27,643　Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare Limited Edition
15.　*,294　*4,905　Detective Conan Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare
16.　*,256　*9,933　Digimon Adventure tri. 3: Kokuhaku
(cut-off 256)

Of interest though, preliminary volume one sales for Summer are out. Not many stellar shows other than the obvious number 1.

Spoiler: 

*1.　78,607　Love Live! Sunshine!! [Blu-ray] (2016/9/27)
*2.　16,811　B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious (2016/8/31)
*3.　*7,328　Mob Psycho 100 (2016/9/28)
*4.　*7,280　New Game! (2016/9/28)
*5.　*6,308　Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! Love! (2016/9/21)
*6.　*5,091　Servamp (2016/9/28)
*7.　*4,537　Masou Gakuen HxH (2016/9/30)
*8.　*4,037　Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen [Blu-ray BOX/DVD BOX] (2016/9/28) *
*9.　*3,676　Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! (2016/9/30)
10.　*3,236　Arslan Senki: Fuujin Ranbu (2016/8/31)
11.　*2,556　Amanchu! [Blu-ray] (2016/9/28)
12.　*2,465　Fukigen na Mononokean (2016/8/31)
13.　*2,096　Rewrite (2016/9/28)
14.　*2,010　Days (2016/10/19)
15.　*1,719　Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai-hachigakari 2nd (2016/9/21) *
16.　*1,634　Battery (2016/9/14)
17.　*1,536　Qualidea Code (2016/9/21)
18.　*1,478　Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! (2016/9/28)
19.　*1,258　Hatsukoi Monster (2016/9/21)
20.　*1,196　91 Days (2016/10/26)
21.　**,929　Amaama to Inazuma [Blu-ray/DVD/Blu-ray BOX/DVD BOX] (2016/10/5)
22.　**,858　Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara [Blu-ray BOX/DVD BOX] (2016/9/28)
23.　**,786　Ange Vierge [Blu-ray BOX/DVD BOX] (2016/10/28) *
24.　**,671　Cheer Danshi!! (2016/9/27)
25.　**,376　Handa-kun (2016/9/28)
26.　**,368　Taboo Tattoo [Blu-ray] (2016/9/30)
27.　**,292　Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin (2016/9/28) *
28.　**,224　Orange (2016/9/14) *
* - partial sales

No Data
**.　**,***　Mahou Shoujo? Naria☆Girls (2016/9/23)
**.　**,***　Tsukiuta. The Animation (2016/9/30)
**.　**,***　Scared Rider Xechs (2016/10/19)
**.　**,***　Berserk (2016) [Blu-ray BOX] (2016/10/28)
**.　**,***　Ozmafia!! (2016/10/28)

Not Released Yet
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars (2016/11/2)
Time Travel Shoujo: Mari Waka to 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi [Blu-ray BOX] (2016/12/3)
Tales of Zestiria X (2016/12/22)
Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi (2017/1/11)
D.Gray-man Hallow (201*/*/*)

Mob Psycho and New Game being the top "normal" series was cool though. Sad to see Amaama, Shokugeki, and Orange sell so abysmally. Hilarious to see Berserk not even rank.

I'll be interested to see how well Tales sells, just to see if Ufotable will go bankrupt anytime soon, or manage to actually sell something before the Stay Night movies.

[Epuration]

Mob Psycho and New Game being the top "normal" series was cool though. Sad to see Amaama, Shokugeki, and Orange sell so abysmally. Hilarious to see Berserk not even rank.

Not surprising, shit doesn't sell very well.

[bals]

tokyo ravens (anime) and dr strange (movie) is tokyo ravens based off dr strange? they have a few similarities. The cloaks as a beginner. usually the spells involve altering the natural order of things. and at the end of the toyko ravens anime the one girl says that their world is just a part of a vast universe, which is more or less what dr strange is about

[Suicidal Panda]

ISSTH ~1125 This is why I love this story beetle hao doing his best impersonations so as to fit in and steal medicinal plants

[Yami]

Kekkai S2 announced for 2017
Downside is Rie Matsumoto isn't going to direct S2.
http://otakomu.jp/archives/463358.html

[Artorius]

Noblesse hype.

[Yunru]

[Sj]

Amaama had great TV ratings though. Not surprised it didn't sell well, but didn't expect it to sell that badly.

[Millhi]

Streaming revenue has more importance then BD/DVD sales anyway these years, amount of bd/dvd's isn't the only thing that makes a series successful.

[Nazrark]

Streaming revenue has more importance then BD/DVD sales anyway these years, amount of bd/dvd's isn't the only thing that makes a series successful.

A big reason why DBS is now streamed free now.

[Sesto]

Streaming revenue has more importance then BD/DVD sales anyway these years, amount of bd/dvd's isn't the only thing that makes a series successful.

Uh, I really don't think that's true. The biggest market is still in Japan and streaming there is barely worth mentioning.

BD/DVD still aren't everything, though. For Manga/LN adaptations, a lot of the times the boost in sales for the source material is more important than selling BDs.

[Zatheyll]

Uh, I really don't think that's true. The biggest market is still in Japan and streaming there is barely worth mentioning.

BD/DVD still aren't everything, though. For Manga/LN adaptations, a lot of the times the boost in sales for the source material is more important than selling BDs.

Yeah, but BD/DVD sales are important for the studio. I'm more interested in how well the studio that made it did, though a boost on source material or merchandise can greenlight a second season with poor anime sales. I believe that's how Shokugeki got a second season.

They also showcase popularity for late night anime fairly well. Not perfectly, but a good indicator.