Anime appreciation thread~!

UPDATE: finished Unlimited Blade Works. personally, probably my favorite of the series I've watched (even though it WAS the one I was looking forward to the most, tbh). Ufotable's technical masterpiece, in terms of art and animation (ESPECIALLY the latter). The story was overall good (but not the best), Rin x Shirou for life, and Berserker = best Servant. I am well aware of the presumed inconsistencies in correlations with the visual novel, the flaws from the source material itself, and the symbolism that went over my head that came from mythology and other Type-Moon products (specifically The Garden of Sinners movie series, which I plan to watch in the future). So yeah, really like this series!! 

I'm watching Ghost Hunt (not to be confused with Ghost Hound) at the moment. It is a nice story about a group consisting of a "Ghost Hunter", his office assistant, a buddhist monk, a female shinto priest, a catholic exorcist and a psychic, trying to solve several cases of curses, haunted buildings etc. There are many scary moments, though the horror never becomes very intense, and also some funny interaction between the characters. In a certain way it is kind of a hareem story, since all the female characters seem to have a crush on the ghost hunter, but it is told from the office assistant's point of view who gradually discovers her own psychic talent. The ghosts are not simply shown as forces of evil but the tragic events that led to humans becoming ghosts are also told during the investigations. Though it is not a highlight like Attack on Titan, I really like the series.


Edited by Skalla-Grim - December 02 2015 at 04:35

I haven't.  I didn't even know about the show's existence until last month when I decided to buy it on a whim after reading some reviews.

Ergo was so good.  Definitely one that I'll go back to.  That and Code Geass.  I only have about 10 episodes to go, and it's just getting better and better.  One thing I love is that any character can die at any moment without warning.

About halfway through the second season. 

My airing shows will be ending soon, and i've been really pleased with them:

I've heard After Story is better. I'll probably start it sometime today.

Yea i've heard the main characters's dialogues are quite interesting. 

Skalla-Grim wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Finished Clannad. I enjoyed it, but it had some pretty glaring flaws, unfortunately.  What do you think the flaws are? Clannad is still one of my favourites. I think I must watch it again some time. Anyway you should make sure to watch After Story.

Nagisa was kind of indistinct in the foil of unique characters she had (aside from Ryou). I couldn't quite put together Nagisa's and Tomoya's disparate personalities, or, rather, the series didn't really clarify what they liked about one another, just that their flaws weren't offensive to the other. And when they were finally together (which happened too soon after that play and Nagisa's emotional breakdown), the writers' tried too hard to make them a "cute" couple, an effort that eventually just made their relationship feel just a little meaningless. The summer episode was kind of tedious. It was just hard to empathize with that aspect of the show. The final episode in an alternate universe where Tomoya and Tomoyo were dating, even though it was fan-ship fodder, was a lot better handled AND they actually gave Tomoya an actual character crisis. He didn't really get much of that during the series. 

Edited by Polymorphia - December 11 2015 at 12:09

Horizons wrote: My airing shows will be ending soon, and i've been really pleased with them: Everything Becomes F Concrete Revolution Seraph of the End Gundams: Iron-Blooded Orhpans