The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),

If you watched it you mean anime :) Horror wise it depends on what you want.

Ghost Hunt has some good horror bits, Higurashi has a horror tinge, and the recent show Another is meant to be good at times :)

Depends on what sort of horror you're after though.
 
I watched the K-On movie, what a nice addition to the series. Really enjoy it, I can see why it is as popular as it is. It is one of the anime everyone had heard of when talking with some Japanese uni students when I visited Tokyo. Surprisingly none of them had heard of Steins;Gate though.

Kokoro Connect I must agree has been a brilliant surprise, always look forward to the next episode. Plus Tari Tari, still liking it just as much since the start of it, I hope it can keep going as strongly.
 
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I'm quite liking Sword Art Online so far. The pace is a bit different to the light novels in terms of the chronology. Volume 1 of the novels dealt with the main story while Volume 2 has all of the short stories, it looks like they're weaving the two in chronologically for the anime.

I quite liked the third episode, it's a very tragic story and sets the tone for the series nicely. The ending :(.
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I'm not familiar with the novels of the series but I agree that the latest episode was very good, and very sad. The female character did remind me of Haruka from Idolm@ster. I wouldn't say that I'm loving the series but I'm finding it reasonably good (I'm not a gamer so am not into the sort of thing they are portraying).

Kokoro Connect is turning out to be a nice surprise tbh. It's nice and easy to watch and the most recent episode took things in a bit of a darker direction. I think this could turn out beter than what people might have been thinking.
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I thought the latest Kokoro Connect was very good as well. I thought they handled the dark issue quite well and added some painful humour to counteract it :eek: After the first episode of this I wasn't overly impressed but my opinion has gone up as the series progresses.

I've kind of lost interest in Hyouka now. it's still nice and pretty to look at but it just seems to be meandering all over the place. I still don't know what it's trying to be. Is it trying to be a slice of life series, a mystery show or both? I'll keep watching it but it's kind of gone downhill in my expectations.
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I'm still really enjoying Hyouka still ... there is a mystery going on in the background at the moment which I will expect will eventually come to the fore. I would agree that they are dragging the current situation out a bit. But I like slice-of-life series :)

Tari Tari, as Saitrix says, seems to be going along quite well with some interesting characters (you should always do what the hat-wearing, horse-riding, big-bosomed lesbian tells you ... or she will try and kill with you with a stuffed horse) and we are only starting to see some of the back story.

But the best thing I have watched this evening (other than that I am currently re-watching Chihayafuru) was the final episode of season 1 of AKB0048.

Now to get it out of the way from the start, yes the dance sequences animation method is not good. We've seen with series like the IdolM@ster that it is possible to animate group song and dance numbers well and what they have done here seems to be a cheap cop-out.

But that aside AKB0048 was a very good series overall. Yes it's about a group of (initially four) friends attempting to join a futuristic AKB48 so it helps if you are a fan of the group (I'm not particularly, I don't like some of their business practices) and music does play a big part in the series but there are also some really good sci-fi action elements, particularly in the last episode (always do what the girl with the belt fed missile launcher tells you to do). The characters are generally interesting and most of them do have back stories which have be mentioned to various extents. The sci-fi elements are good, consistent and well animated and some mysticism is thrown in too.

The series, whilst coming to an end, does leave a large number of unanswered questions concerning what will happen in the future and what has happened in the past. The broadcast also ended with an announcement that the anime will return next year ... and it will be interesting to see what happens next ...
 
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I just finished the last episode myself. I would say i liked it overall and some of the concert sequences are quite action packed so you get into them. It's still not on the same level as Macross Frontier though, if i had to give a reason i'd say it's because they went 'too' cute and moe with the characters.

It will be interesting to see what they come up with in the future with a new series though. I will agree that the dance sequences don't mix well together. The distance shots are fine but when the camera gets up close it just looks like something off of youtube. Although i can't remember any previous show where they've had dance numbers animated in 3D instead of 2D, someone correct me if i'm wrong. It's uncharted territory really so there are bound to be a few hiccups but if anyone can do it right it's Satelight, they do know how to do their 3D well, at least for mechs and stuff anyway.
 
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I just finished the last episode myself. I would say i liked it overall and some of the concert sequences are quite action packed so you get into them. It's still not on the same level as Macross Frontier though, if i had to give a reason i'd say it's because they went 'too' cute and moe with the characters.

It will be interesting to see what they come up with in the future with a new series though. I will agree that the dance sequences don't mix well together. The distance shots are fine but when the camera gets up close it just looks like something off of youtube. Although i can't remember any previous show where they've had dance numbers animated in 3D instead of 2D, someone correct me if i'm wrong. It's uncharted territory really so there are bound to be a few hiccups but if anyone can do it right it's Satelight, they do know how to do their 3D well, at least for mechs and stuff anyway.
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Oh yes, Macross Frontier was on a whole other level and probably had a whole other budget in order to do so :)

I agree that the distance dancing shots in CG were ok, but the close-up ones were not good at times ... with some of the practice room sequences being particularly bad. I have seen it suggested elsewhere that the reasons to animate it this way are cost and speed of production which, if true, would be a shame.

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Finished re-watching Chihayafuru this evening ... I really like this series about competitive Karuta card game playing. Despite it being a game that not many people outside Japan are likely to have heard of the concepts are explained quite simply so that you are drawn into the story as it progresses. The cast are interesting and the principal character good looking. It also shows them having to work for what they want instead of just having a "skill" at the start of the show which allows them to win all the time which is nice. The series does have an ending of sorts but it is very open and it has already been announced that there is going to be more anime.

I really like the incidental background music in the series which has different variations on several themes and works very well in the series. The bilingual manga release is also very good as well.

Also re-watched the last episode of AKB0048 as well ... I think the concert performance of the series OP is my favourite section of the episode and it really does need the volume turned up on it :)
 
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Anyone watching NHK World atm?
There is an interview with the guy who did TGWLTT and Summer Wars talking about his new film Wolf Children...Looks like a good one to me.Apparently just been released in the cinemas in Japan
 
Unfortunately I can't get NHK World (through the TV at least as I don't have satellite.

Finished watching Senki Zesshou Symphogear earlier. I wouldn't say it was a particularly great series, (fairly standard girls with special powers/equipment battling something type series), but it was a reasonable watch. Characters weren't particularly memorable but the animation was ok.
 
Currently watching Naruto Unleashed season 3 (season 4 on the way) so far pretty good. Im looking into other series to get after i bought all the naruto (not bothering with shippeden until its finished) and ive found some that might be good. Could you guys comment on these series:

Trigun
Cowboy bebop remix and movie
Deathnote
Baccano!
Gungrave
 
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Currently watching Naruto Unleashed season 3 (season 4 on the way) so far pretty good. Im looking into other series to get after i bought all the naruto (not bothering with shippeden until its finished) and ive found some that might be good. Could you guys comment on these series:

Trigun
Cowboy bebop remix and movie
Deathnote
Baccano!
Gungrave
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The series of Cowboy Bebop is good and a classic although I can't say I thought much of the movie in comparison. Baccano! is pretty reasonable too once you get into it.

I can't say that I thought much of the other series mentioned.
 
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The series of Cowboy Bebop is good and a classic although I can't say I thought much of the movie in comparison. Baccano! is pretty reasonable too once you get into it.

I can't say that I thought much of the other series mentioned.
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Could you recommend me some, heres my list of current anime to give you an idea of what i might like:

Elfen Leid
Samurai Champloo
Samurai Seven
Afro Samurai
Claymore
Basilisk
Ninja scroll
Naruto Unleashed
 
Possibly ...

Fate/Stay Night
Hellsing
Rurouni Kenshin (*)

(*) personally I didn't get on very well with this but it may fit better with you tastes.

If you wanted to consider an action series in a more modern setting then you could consider Black Lagoon.
 
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Possibly ...

Fate/Stay Night
Hellsing
Rurouni Kenshin (*)

(*) personally I didn't get on very well with this but it may fit better with you tastes.

If you wanted to consider an action series in a more modern setting then you could consider Black Lagoon.
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Ill check all them out. But yeah recommend me anything thats awesome really ill try anything.
 
I'm finding Sword Art Online to be ok so far, but I don't play MMORGs so I'm probably missing some things. Personally I'm prefering Tari Tari and Kokoro Connect out of the summer season shows although Bodacious Space Pirates and the climax of the newly finished AKB0048 beats them with ease.

Watched a couple of classics this weekend ...

My Neighbour Totoro ... classic Ghibli in full on childrens fantasy mode. Delightful story and lovely animation combined with a great soundtrack.

R.O.D. The TV ... another classic series. Lots of action and a story which drags you along with it with mostly interesting characters. The TV series is a sequel to the original Read or Die three episode OVA and you really need to have seen that first in order to understand some of the character relationships. Whilst the series is good it does leave me feeling that some of the characters could have been used better.

Also spent a couple of hours being amused by Danny Choo's English language broadcast from the new Goodsmile offices after today's Summer Wonder Festival. This is the second or third time he's done one of these in English (Goodsmile stream their own show in Japanese) and it has him and Ferlyn Yoshimi talking to various guests which are due to go on the main show. Today guests included the bosses of Goodsmile and Max Factory, the boss of Bushiroad and various other folks from the industry. They show off new figures (they had the prototype for a massive Black Rock Shooter figure, Sena from Haganai and Sakura Miku) and talk about various anime/game related things. There are various ways to watch the broadcast but the main is via NicoNico (up to ~36k viewers today) which means you can see the comments which people are posting in real time (which can be really annoying but can be turned off). Tends not to be the most professionally done show :)
 
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Started watching K-On the Movie earlier with my brothers. Looks like it could be fun. More of the guitar orientated music like at the beginning please :D
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But it's obvious that that is not going to happen as they weren't playing their music ... but instead playing something outside that for specific, comedic, reasons.

Which is good for me as I much prefer their normal stuff ;)
 
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