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Jan 10 2014 12:21am
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Jan 10 2014 01:19am
I really think people should not include Golden Time or NagiAsu in their ratings just yet.
They aren't even fully aired yet.

As for me..

Best Anime Series - Monogatari Series Season 2
Best Anime Movie - Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu (I had to somehow include this, I HAD TO)
Most under rated but pretty darn good - Tamayura: More Aggressive

Worst - IS: Infinite Stratos 2 (By far the worst this year hands down)
Most retardedly overhyped, yet shitty as fuck - Shingeki no Kyojin (inb4 snk fanboys)
Most disappointing - Kyoukai no Kanata (ending was a disappointment)
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Jan 10 2014 02:26am
Quote (TheResistance @ Jan 9 2014 10:49pm)
All those hostile assumptions. Are you mad I flamed your favourite anime or something?
First off, this was my opinion and not "speaking for the rest of us", and I can think and say what I want. For more information, refer to sig.
I personally prefer anime over manga, whether I watch or read first. That doesn't mean I like all adaptations, because sadly, most are shit. But when it's done right, anime can be a lot better than the manga, recent examples, JoJo, Chihayafuru, Minami-ke, Henneko, SYD.
Now SNK manga has a lot of flaws, which isn't surprising since it is the author's first work, shitty scribble art, bad perspective/ body proportions, can barely tell genders apart in earlier chapters. You shouldn't even bother comparing it to the manga and the people who read it before it aired were hyped, saying it will be the manga but with good art, but the anime was shit. Shit pacing, huge amounts of stills not even including recaps and almost as much QUALITY as psycho-pass. Apart from the pacing, the other points are objective facts because even the fucking studio apologized for the shit quality since they had a low budget. You can tell how much outsourcing they did when you look at the credits and see 10-20 Nguyens.
Also the majority of eps ended with cliffhangers, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Was one of the few things they did right, end on a cliffhanger so that people don't remember the shitty ep but want to watch the next one to find out what happens next.
You are one out of many hundred thousand, possibly even a million people who watched SNK and just because you could care less that it has gore doesn't mean everyone else did. I personally know quite a few people who watched and liked SNK because "depressing feel, gore and blood, titans, fighting, it's awesome cuz titans etc" this included people who never watched anime and always laughed saying lol tentacle porn/ hentai.
As for plot it really isn't much and the manga isn't that far ahead, it is literally, 'kill the titans, I'm a titan, try to go to basement, other people are titans, walls are titans, try to go to basement' it also has quite a few plotholes.
I think you're mixing plot and setting up. The titan setting was unique, if it had been replaced with something like vampires which the author had thought about, it probably would've gotten a lot more flak for all the issues in the anime.


Solid point, and the bolded part is what got me into it despite being a person that hates Anime that gets swarmed by fanboys that only know of OP/Bleach/Trigun/adult swim crap/etc.

What irritated me the most was SAO since I initially thought it was going to be a serious series with a plot like .hack but a few episodes later and I was greatly disappointed. (Having higher levels of fan service, even Log Horizon is better...except the over-abusive glasses tilt)

But SnK got me into it solely because the ending irritated me with the dramatic cliffhangers and made me want to watch the next episode with huge anticipation. They did a great job on that for sure.
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Jan 10 2014 12:54pm
Quote (TheResistance @ Jan 10 2014 12:49am)
All those hostile assumptions. Are you mad I flamed your favourite anime or something?
First off, this was my opinion and not "speaking for the rest of us", and I can think and say what I want. For more information, refer to sig.
I personally prefer anime over manga, whether I watch or read first. That doesn't mean I like all adaptations, because sadly, most are shit. But when it's done right, anime can be a lot better than the manga, recent examples, JoJo, Chihayafuru, Minami-ke, Henneko, SYD.
Now SNK manga has a lot of flaws, which isn't surprising since it is the author's first work, shitty scribble art, bad perspective/ body proportions, can barely tell genders apart in earlier chapters. You shouldn't even bother comparing it to the manga and the people who read it before it aired were hyped, saying it will be the manga but with good art, but the anime was shit. Shit pacing, huge amounts of stills not even including recaps and almost as much QUALITY as psycho-pass. Apart from the pacing, the other points are objective facts because even the fucking studio apologized for the shit quality since they had a low budget. You can tell how much outsourcing they did when you look at the credits and see 10-20 Nguyens.
Also the majority of eps ended with cliffhangers, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Was one of the few things they did right, end on a cliffhanger so that people don't remember the shitty ep but want to watch the next one to find out what happens next.
You are one out of many hundred thousand, possibly even a million people who watched SNK and just because you could care less that it has gore doesn't mean everyone else did. I personally know quite a few people who watched and liked SNK because "depressing feel, gore and blood, titans, fighting, it's awesome cuz titans etc" this included people who never watched anime and always laughed saying lol tentacle porn/ hentai.
As for plot it really isn't much and the manga isn't that far ahead, it is literally, 'kill the titans, I'm a titan, try to go to basement, other people are titans, walls are titans, try to go to basement' it also has quite a few plotholes.
I think you're mixing plot and setting up. The titan setting was unique, if it had been replaced with something like vampires which the author had thought about, it probably would've gotten a lot more flak for all the issues in the anime.


read your quote very carefully

Quote (TheResistance @ Jan 10 2014 12:49am)
People are hyping/ recommending this shit way too much just because it has some gore and shit.


how is this not speaking for the rest of us? you're saying people are only recommending it because "it has some gore and shit" which is not the case at all.
snk isn't my favorite anime. i just found your comment very funny since you sounded like you were watching the anime to compare it to the manga which means you were heavily biased against the anime before you even started watching it. You do realize that almost all of the stuff you listed that was "done right" are non-action type anime? comparing two entirely different genre adaptions is like comparing a dog to a tree. it makes no sense. your huge biased towards the anime pretty much voids your entire opinion about the anime since you're watching it to nitpick at all the little differences between the anime and the manga.
Now, when you talk about the different body proportions and "your" inability to distinguish genders, not all manga have to have big boob bitches playing female roles. just because snk doesn't flaunt "big boob bitches" like your typical corny anime like what you listed doesn't mean that it's hard to determine gender.
also, i wasn't saying you were comparing the arts of both when you were watching the anime, because frankly i could care less about that difference. i'm saying you're nitpicking the sequence of events, the reveals, etc. just because it didn't occur exactly like it did in the manga, doesn't mean the anime is awful, not in the least. and there was nothing wrong with the pacing that was detrimental enough to call it bad. you were probably impatient while watching the anime because you read the manga and knew what to expect. you were probably sitting in front of your screen waiting for certain events to occur which made you impatient, hence why i voided all opinion you have of the anime because again, you're watching it to compare, not to enjoy. did you expect it to be action action climax climax action action action climax action climax action action or something? because that's unreal for any anime, they have to slow things down after certain events so that they can lead up to a bigger and better climax. i'm assuming you love songs that are constantly just belting out each verse? because even in music that doesn't happen, and no one likes that.
Can you provide the source to the studio apology? i'd like to read that myself
haha i find your overexaggeration of my appeal to gore in the minority pretty funny... if everyone's only watching it for gore, why does naruto and other generic shonen have so many viewers? why do the top 10 animes on almost every website have minimal gore/no gore at all? oh that's right, because no one cares if it has gore. the gore is just an extra appeal for people who are into that kinda stuff. the hilarious ratio of 1:1000s you put out should be reversed if anything lol with me in the majority.
so you know people who watch it for the "depressing feel, gore and blood, titans, fighting, it's awesome cuz titans etc". first off, your friends do not represent the majority. secondly, you're not the only ones with friends who watched snk as their first anime. I also have friends that watch it for the action and the plot buildup, so the reasons for liking it differs for each first-time anime watcher. anyways, back to my point. so the depressing feel is part of the melancholic approach of the series that hold still for both the anime and manga. the gore and blood are added bonuses that are exaggerated in the anime. action/fighting in inevitable, but amplified in the anime. titans are crucial to the plot so it's similar in both the anime and manga... so far every reason why they liked it has to do with the animation.
as for your mockery of "going to the basement while killing titans along the way"... well no shit an anime would have a central plan that is difficult to execute because of the obstacles that lie in the way of the mission. 100% of all animes follow a general mission. it's not a story if they don't have a goal. as for your "im a titan, other people are titans, wall titans, kill the titans".... well that's kind of the main goal of the anime and the recon/survey corps.. to find out the mysteries of the titans and where they came from and their intentions... did you not read chapter 1 or something? so you're mocking the anime because it has a central goal and a strategy on how to solve these mysteries/dilemmas? i don't think anime/tv/manga/books are for you if that's how you feel.
if it had been replaced with vampires.... oh gosh, are you really bringing in shoulda coulda wouldas? the fact is, it didn't. of course the uniqueness of the enemy will rally up interest in the reader.. the author was smart for not making it a generic vampire series
btw do you know why your friends liked it, and you didn't? well the answer is super obvious. They watched it to enjoy it, whereas you went into it with a bias that made you watch it to compare rather than to enjoy.
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Quote (Cyba @ Jan 10 2014 11:54am)
read your quote very carefully



how is this not speaking for the rest of us? you're saying people are only recommending it because "it has some gore and shit" which is not the case at all.
snk isn't my favorite anime. i just found your comment very funny since you sounded like you were watching the anime to compare it to the manga which means you were heavily biased against the anime before you even started watching it. You do realize that almost all of the stuff you listed that was "done right" are non-action type anime? comparing two entirely different genre adaptions is like comparing a dog to a tree. it makes no sense. your huge biased towards the anime pretty much voids your entire opinion about the anime since you're watching it to nitpick at all the little differences between the anime and the manga.
Now, when you talk about the different body proportions and "your" inability to distinguish genders, not all manga have to have big boob bitches playing female roles. just because snk doesn't flaunt "big boob bitches" like your typical corny anime like what you listed doesn't mean that it's hard to determine gender.
also, i wasn't saying you were comparing the arts of both when you were watching the anime, because frankly i could care less about that difference. i'm saying you're nitpicking the sequence of events, the reveals, etc. just because it didn't occur exactly like it did in the manga, doesn't mean the anime is awful, not in the least. and there was nothing wrong with the pacing that was detrimental enough to call it bad. you were probably impatient while watching the anime because you read the manga and knew what to expect. you were probably sitting in front of your screen waiting for certain events to occur which made you impatient, hence why i voided all opinion you have of the anime because again, you're watching it to compare, not to enjoy. did you expect it to be action action climax climax action action action climax action climax action action or something? because that's unreal for any anime, they have to slow things down after certain events so that they can lead up to a bigger and better climax. i'm assuming you love songs that are constantly just belting out each verse? because even in music that doesn't happen, and no one likes that.
Can you provide the source to the studio apology? i'd like to read that myself
haha i find your overexaggeration of my appeal to gore in the minority pretty funny... if everyone's only watching it for gore, why does naruto and other generic shonen have so many viewers? why do the top 10 animes on almost every website have minimal gore/no gore at all? oh that's right, because no one cares if it has gore. the gore is just an extra appeal for people who are into that kinda stuff. the hilarious ratio of 1:1000s you put out should be reversed if anything lol with me in the majority.
so you know people who watch it for the "depressing feel, gore and blood, titans, fighting, it's awesome cuz titans etc". first off, your friends do not represent the majority. secondly, you're not the only ones with friends who watched snk as their first anime. I also have friends that watch it for the action and the plot buildup, so the reasons for liking it differs for each first-time anime watcher. anyways, back to my point. so the depressing feel is part of the melancholic approach of the series that hold still for both the anime and manga. the gore and blood are added bonuses that are exaggerated in the anime. action/fighting in inevitable, but amplified in the anime. titans are crucial to the plot so it's similar in both the anime and manga... so far every reason why they liked it has to do with the animation.
as for your mockery of "going to the basement while killing titans along the way"... well no shit an anime would have a central plan that is difficult to execute because of the obstacles that lie in the way of the mission. 100% of all animes follow a general mission. it's not a story if they don't have a goal. as for your "im a titan, other people are titans, wall titans, kill the titans".... well that's kind of the main goal of the anime and the recon/survey corps.. to find out the mysteries of the titans and where they came from and their intentions... did you not read chapter 1 or something? so you're mocking the anime because it has a central goal and a strategy on how to solve these mysteries/dilemmas? i don't think anime/tv/manga/books are for you if that's how you feel.
if it had been replaced with vampires.... oh gosh, are you really bringing in shoulda coulda wouldas? the fact is, it didn't. of course the uniqueness of the enemy will rally up interest in the reader.. the author was smart for not making it a generic vampire series
btw do you know why your friends liked it, and you didn't? well the answer is super obvious. They watched it to enjoy it, whereas you went into it with a bias that made you watch it to compare rather than to enjoy.


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Jan 10 2014 01:50pm
Lmao I forgot to post this. Long post...ofc the list is just based on the anime I have watched from this year (and that I remember). My views might change over time since I still have not finished/watched some series from earlier this year. My head is also currently mixed with so many amazing anime series from the previous years that I watched this year that I wish I could list here but can't.

Best Short Anime (~3 minutes)
Aiura

Best/Favorite Anime
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (2nd half aired)


honorable mentions; Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru, Attack on Titan, Love Live School Idol Project, and Love Lab.

Most Disappointing
Devil Survivor and Danganronpa

Favorite Characters (too many)
http://myanimelist.net/character/74269/Riko_Kurahashi
http://myanimelist.net/character/74271/Natsuo_Maki
http://myanimelist.net/character/64167/Nanami_Aoyama
http://myanimelist.net/character/61371/Mashiro_Shiina
http://myanimelist.net/character/73507/Rita_Ainsworth
http://myanimelist.net/character/55445/Ai_Fuyuumi
http://myanimelist.net/character/67069/Yui_Yuigahama
http://myanimelist.net/character/67067/Yukino_Yukinoshita
The whole cast of Love Live http://myanimelist.net/anime/15051/Love_Live!_School_Idol_Project/characters
http://myanimelist.net/character/74083/Shion_Sumeragi
http://myanimelist.net/character/74087/Kirara_Bernstein

http://myanimelist.net/character/67065/Hachiman_Hikigaya
http://myanimelist.net/character/89085/Masaomi_Ikezawa
http://myanimelist.net/character/64173/Ryuunosuke_Akasaka
http://myanimelist.net/character/64169/Sorata_Kanda
http://myanimelist.net/character/46498/Jean_Kirschstein

I could continue but yeah....will stop here

Favorite Opening
Attack on Titan Opening 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19iSKyiO0w
Love Live School Idol Project Opening "Bokura wa Ima no Naka de (僕らは今のなかで)" by μ's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YXgWLeu1Q
Gintama': Enchousen Opening #2: "Sakura Mitsutsuki (サクラミツツキ)" by Spyair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juAVjiWXavI
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Opening #2: "Yume no Tsuzuki (夢の続き)" by Konomi Suzuki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6lJ3cP6kw

Favorite Ending
Hunter x Hunter 2011 Ending 5 "Hyouriittai (表裏一体)" by YUZU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbReTxzXd3w
Yowamushi Ending 1 #1: "Kaze wo Yobe (風を呼べ)" by Under Graph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfB1Yjv1d34
Love Live! School Idol Project Ending "Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru (きっと青春が聞こえる)" by μ's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHEyX-A5x_c

Favorite OST
Attack on Titan / SnK
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Jan 10 2014 10:56pm
Are you fucking retarded? I'll just call you retarded and bold it each time so that you understand how retarded I think you're points are, you fucking retard.
First of all I was just lazy and just said shit because I didn't really want to go into it, and I never said that's the only reason. It is a fact that there are many people hyping it up/ recommending it as the best anime of the year.
Do you even comphrehend what I said? I never said I was comparing the two mediums I said I prefer anime over manga, which means I am not 'heavily biased against the anime' you fucking retard.
Again learn to read, I said 'recent examples' you fucking retard, here are some examples of action adaptations done right, Baccano!, Ben-To, DRRR, F/Z, FMP, FMA:B, Hellsing Ultimate, Jormungand, Katanagatari
'comparing two entirely different genre adaptions is like comparing a dog to a tree' Something which I did not do, you fucking retard, but I could since each adaptation would have stuff done right and wrong. I am biased for the anime, you fucking retard, and having a bias does not void subjective opinions, you fucking retard.
Now please tell me where I 'nitpick' about the differences. Oh wait you can't because I didn't, you fucking retard.
Also none of the 'typical corny anime' I listed have "big boob bitches" you fucking retard. Not only do you presume to know my tastes (which is lolis, traps and DFC) you talk about series you haven't even seen in a negative way, you fucking retard. Say I hadn't watched SNK and called it shit, see how retarded that is? Maybe you understand how retarded you sounded, you fucking retard.
I did NOT nitpick about the reveals etc, I do not give a flying fuck what the sequence was, it could've reversed it's storyline and I would not have cared.
Wow I read the manga and knew what to expect. Now why would that make me impatient? If anything, it must've sucked for anime only viewers. Literally half a year for something that could've been read in half a day.
Again with the dumbass assumptions, you fucking retard, I never compare until a series is finished, which is why I haven't talked about Golden Time, KLK Log Horizon, Nagi no Asukara or Yowamushi Pedal in my list. I've already read the manga which you have pointed out a few times, so why would I be expecting action/climax x5, you fucking retard.
I have very specific music tastes and this has nothing to do with this discussion, it is just another one of your dumbass assumptions, you fucking retard.
And no I do not save every little bit of information I read for later use, find it out yourself if you're interested in it.
As for the whole gore thing, yes I exaggerated but you seem to be oblivious to the type of fans who watched it so I'll just disregard it.
And your friends liking it for the animation... It had a few minutes of good animation in some fights, while others had fucking horrid quality mistakes. A few minutes of good animation in a 26 ep series DOES NOT mean the series had good animation overall, you fucking retard.
Yes I do know why some of my friends liked it, because I fucking talked to them and the answer should not be super obvious, you fucking retard, since you know nothing about my friends. I never even stated that ALL of my friends enjoyed it, I just gave examples of what the ones that did like it said.
Yes I have a bias for the anime but no I don't fucking watch things to compare, you fucking retard, and just because I enjoy a show, doesn't mean it's a good show overall. There are literally thousands of nips who enjoyed the shit that is IS2 (Fuck russia, Char+Laura still best)
I probably shouldn't have even bothered replying to such an obvious fanboy but was an ok discussion.

But the main point is this, you fucking retard, just because I say it's shit doesn't make it any less enjoyable to the thousands of people who watched this. I'm sure this is a new/ first favourite for thousands.
HOWEVER I am saying it is the worst because the fucking quality was literally worse than shitty harem romcom series, even 5minute shorts had better animation overall. The quality of the show puts it at least in the bottom 5 shows this last year, I heard Samurai Flamenco quality was worse but I haven't seen that, so I won't judge, unlike you, you fucking retard.
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Quote (TheResistance @ Jan 10 2014 11:56pm)
Are you fucking retarded? I'll just call you retarded and bold it each time so that you understand how retarded I think you're points are, you fucking retard.[/SIZE]


HAHAHAHAHAH... omg the hypocrisy, omg the irony.. ROFLLLLLLLLL, you pretty much just lost credibility of what little you had, but I'll still entertain you.


Quote (TheResistance @ Jan 10 2014 11:56pm)
First of all I was just lazy and just said shit because I didn't really want to go into it, and I never said that's the only reason. It is a fact that there are many people hyping it up/ recommending it as the best anime of the year.
Do you even comphrehend what I said? I never said I was comparing the two mediums I said I prefer anime over manga, which means I am not 'heavily biased against the anime' you fucking retard.
Again learn to read, I said 'recent examples' you fucking retard, here are some examples of action adaptations done right, Baccano!, Ben-To, DRRR, F/Z, FMP, FMA:B, Hellsing Ultimate, Jormungand, Katanagatari
'comparing two entirely different genre adaptions is like comparing a dog to a tree' Something which I did not do, you fucking retard, but I could since each adaptation would have stuff done right and wrong. I am biased for the anime, you fucking retard, and having a bias does not void subjective opinions, you fucking retard.
Now please tell me where I 'nitpick' about the differences. Oh wait you can't because I didn't, you fucking retard.
Also none of the 'typical corny anime' I listed have "big boob bitches" you fucking retard. Not only do you presume to know my tastes (which is lolis, traps and DFC) you talk about series you haven't even seen in a negative way, you fucking retard. Say I hadn't watched SNK and called it shit, see how retarded that is? Maybe you understand how retarded you sounded, you fucking retard.
I did NOT nitpick about the reveals etc, I do not give a flying fuck what the sequence was, it could've reversed it's storyline and I would not have cared.
Wow I read the manga and knew what to expect. Now why would that make me impatient? If anything, it must've sucked for anime only viewers. Literally half a year for something that could've been read in half a day.
Again with the dumbass assumptions, you fucking retard, I never compare until a series is finished, which is why I haven't talked about Golden Time, KLK Log Horizon, Nagi no Asukara or Yowamushi Pedal in my list. I've already read the manga which you have pointed out a few times, so why would I be expecting action/climax x5, you fucking retard.
I have very specific music tastes and this has nothing to do with this discussion, it is just another one of your dumbass assumptions, you fucking retard.
And no I do not save every little bit of information I read for later use, find it out yourself if you're interested in it.
As for the whole gore thing, yes I exaggerated but you seem to be oblivious to the type of fans who watched it so I'll just disregard it.
And your friends liking it for the animation... It had a few minutes of good animation in some fights, while others had fucking horrid quality mistakes. A few minutes of good animation in a 26 ep series DOES NOT mean the series had good animation overall, you fucking retard.
Yes I do know why some of my friends liked it, because I fucking talked to them and the answer should not be super obvious, you fucking retard, since you know nothing about my friends. I never even stated that ALL of my friends enjoyed it, I just gave examples of what the ones that did like it said.
Yes I have a bias for the anime but no I don't fucking watch things to compare, you fucking retard, and just because I enjoy a show, doesn't mean it's a good show overall. There are literally thousands of nips who enjoyed the shit that is IS2 (Fuck russia, Char+Laura still best)
I probably shouldn't have even bothered replying to such an obvious fanboy but was an ok discussion.

But the main point is this, you fucking retard, just because I say it's shit doesn't make it any less enjoyable to the thousands of people who watched this. I'm sure this is a new/ first favourite for thousands.
HOWEVER I am saying it is the worst because the fucking quality was literally worse than shitty harem romcom series, even 5minute shorts had better animation overall. The quality of the show puts it at least in the bottom 5 shows this last year, I heard Samurai Flamenco quality was worse but I haven't seen that, so I won't judge, unlike you, you fucking retard.


I love how you got called out, and now you're changing your opinion at this point in the conversation to make yourself look better. It's pretty pathetic that you would go that route, but seeing as how you didn't know what the difference between "your" and "you're" is, I honestly don't expect much from.... that's like saying annie will for sure defeat the survey corps in episode 25 of snk, and then after the battle ended and eren already won, you decide to change your mind saying "oh i didn't really mean that. i just didn't want to go into detail."....pathetic... absolutely pathetic. and ok? so what if people are hyping it up and recommending it as the best? obviously all of these long-time anime lovers have appropriate opinions especially considering they've seen so many.. opinions that are more valid and less bias than yours anyway.
And yes, I've read what you said, and no matter how you try to deny it, the fact is that you are indeed bias. I can sit here and say I'm not a human, I do not have know how to use the internet, etc., but that doesn't make it true. Just because you say you're not biased, doesn't mean jack. I've read enough of your comparisons between the two medium to know that you are indeed biased, which is inevitable since people who read the book before watching a movie will have different opinions and judge the plot/story based on the accuracy and differences. The same concept holds for people who read the manga before watching the anime. I can't believe you're actually trying to "prove" you're not biased by saying you're not biased. It's a little funny if you ask me. Cool list of examples though. next time, how about you list relevant examples next time except for random examples that don't contribute to anything? and yes, you did compare different genres. you were trying to compare snk adaptations with those non-action related examples of yours, and if you didn't know already, action animes have entirely different climatic setups and staging than do non-action type anime. the fact that you were using those examples to explain the difference between snk's adaptations was pretty "retarded" as you have stated.
Again, you can sit here and say you're not biased all you want, but because you read the manga before watching the anime, there will be a bias no matter how much you try to deny it. considering you original comment in your first post here was comparing the anime to the manga. your bias couldn't be more obvious, and I didn't even have to ask you if you've read the manga before reading the anime because your bias was so obvious. If you were indeed subjective, you would've just commented on why snk didn't work for you instead of bringing the manga involved to a thread that only asks you to list your "anime of the year." Again, deny it all you like, but you cannot hide how biased you are. your obvious bias is what voided your opinions, not your "subjectiveness" that you claim to have.
what aspects did you nitpick against? well, the pacing, quality, and animation for starters. This observation of how manga/book readers watch and judge anime/movies is a general one that people notice through experience. Hell, I even do it myself. You can go through any anime discussion topic here and see for yourself how people will constantly state the difference between the manga and anime as the anime reaches that point in the story.
Also, you obviously haven't watched any of those animes you've listed if you think not a single one has a big boob bitch in there. If you really want me to give you links as to where the big boob bitches are, I'll be glad to show you, but I'll feel extremely embarrassed for you if I have to link it to you when the top 10 searches on google does a better job. I don't have to watch these animes that you've listed to know that they're non-action and contain big boob bitches, especially considering these are physical attributes that only require the eyes to see and to prove. Considering you're listing these "lolis, traps and DFC" anime, of course I'll presume that's what you like. TBH I only thought they were loli animes, I had no idea about the traps and DFC (whatever this is). If even you can tell how an audience will judge the kind of anime viewer you are and how people will think of you, then I do not need to talk any further about this since it basically comes down to you not listing relevant examples to begin with.
For your rebuttal against your impatience.... all the proof i need: "Literally half a year for something that could've been read in half a day." You did not put yourself in a good position for this argument lmao, congrats. Also, how did you not nitpick at the reveals if you're crying about the pacing... you do know pacing in directly correlated to reveals right?
Just because you claim to not compare anime series to their manga until after you've finished the anime series, doesn't mean you're not comparing it subconsciously while you're watching it...again, I can say I'm a computer from jupiter, but that does not make it true. Even if you're waiting to compare at the end, which I do not believe is possible to judge something only at the end, you're still comparing which is not how one should watch an anime.
For starters, your impatience and constant crying about pacing is what drives me to believe that you're expecting constant action and climax since the sequence in which they occur and how they're spread out is apart of pacing. My statement about music is just an analogy as to how the climax/chorus is paced. If you didn't understand that analogy or how it pertains to this discussion, then you should take some analytic literature courses. I didn't expect much from you after your misuse of "your" vs "you're" though.
AHAHA, rofl. You can't even cite your "sources"... i doubt they even exist at this point. I read in an article once that you were an alien from mars. I guess that makes it true too right? Oh, I can't cite it though, and I'm too lazy to give an excuse of why I can't, but please take my word for it. Please refrain from using these imaginative sources if you can't even provide a reference, that's just embarrassing.
Please explain how oblivious I am towards the type of people that watch this anime. I'd love to hear this.
The fact that you think snk has 26 episodes already shows what little knowledge you have of this anime and is another reason as to why your opinions are void, but again, I don't mind keeping you entertained.
My friends can comment on it anyhow they like though, the fact is, they like it mostly because of the plot.
What does not all of your friends liking it and you not listing all of your friends have to do with anything? I was only critiquing on what some of the reasons that your friends liked it were, and how it compares and contrasts to the manga. Again, I don't expect much from you in terms of argument, but come on. You have got to stop bringing in irrelevant examples to this conversation
ROFLLLLLL after all of that "I'm not biased" mumbo-jumbo garbage that you spew, you admit in the end that you are bias.... gosh... I don't even know why I try when you constantly give reasons to why we shouldn't take anything you have to say seriously...your thoughts are scattered, unorganized, and lack depth. It's sad that you go against your thesis/stance at the end when you spent so much effort trying to convince us otherwise. You should maybe take a writing course or something to help you with that.
And to your comment about: "and just because I enjoy a show, doesn't mean it's a good show overall"...thus the null hypothesis: "just because I don't enjoy a show does mean that it's a good show overall" can also be true... again, another reason to why your opinions should be voided.

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Lmao I forgot to post this. Long post...ofc the list is just based on the anime I have watched from this year (and that I remember). My views might change over time since I still have not finished/watched some series from earlier this year. My head is also currently mixed with so many amazing anime series from the previous years that I watched this year that I wish I could list here but can't.

Best Short Anime (~3 minutes)
Aiura

Best/Favorite Anime
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (2nd half aired)


honorable mentions; Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru, Attack on Titan, Love Live School Idol Project, and Love Lab.

Most Disappointing
Devil Survivor and Danganronpa

Favorite Characters (too many)
http://myanimelist.net/character/74269/Riko_Kurahashi
http://myanimelist.net/character/74271/Natsuo_Maki
http://myanimelist.net/character/64167/Nanami_Aoyama
http://myanimelist.net/character/61371/Mashiro_Shiina
http://myanimelist.net/character/73507/Rita_Ainsworth
http://myanimelist.net/character/55445/Ai_Fuyuumi
http://myanimelist.net/character/67069/Yui_Yuigahama
http://myanimelist.net/character/67067/Yukino_Yukinoshita
The whole cast of Love Live http://myanimelist.net/anime/15051/Love_Live!_School_Idol_Project/characters
http://myanimelist.net/character/74083/Shion_Sumeragi
http://myanimelist.net/character/74087/Kirara_Bernstein

http://myanimelist.net/character/67065/Hachiman_Hikigaya
http://myanimelist.net/character/89085/Masaomi_Ikezawa
http://myanimelist.net/character/64173/Ryuunosuke_Akasaka
http://myanimelist.net/character/64169/Sorata_Kanda
http://myanimelist.net/character/46498/Jean_Kirschstein

I could continue but yeah....will stop here

Favorite Opening
Attack on Titan Opening 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19iSKyiO0w
Love Live School Idol Project Opening "Bokura wa Ima no Naka de (僕らは今のなかで)" by μ's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YXgWLeu1Q
Gintama': Enchousen Opening #2: "Sakura Mitsutsuki (サクラミツツキ)" by Spyair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juAVjiWXavI
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Opening #2: "Yume no Tsuzuki (夢の続き)" by Konomi Suzuki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6lJ3cP6kw

Favorite Ending
Hunter x Hunter 2011 Ending 5 "Hyouriittai (表裏一体)" by YUZU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbReTxzXd3w
Yowamushi Ending 1 #1: "Kaze wo Yobe (風を呼べ)" by Under Graph http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfB1Yjv1d34
Love Live! School Idol Project Ending "Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru (きっと青春が聞こえる)" by μ's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHEyX-A5xc

Favorite OST
Attack on Titan / SnK


lyzer pls you have too many waifus

this topic is definitely tl;dr

This post was edited by Sena on Jan 11 2014 08:48pm
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