Comments on: bakemonogatari (ghostory) 2, twittered

By: cheez-it

cheez-it — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:23:57 +0000

“I like this idea of imprints on underwear for crazy characters… ”

What imprint would Yuno have? Oh wait. It’s probably Yuki…
(I could see her custom ordering panties with his face on the crotch)

By: ithekro

ithekro — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:49:43 +0000

“(Speaking of which, Minami-ke posts will resume… like in fall or something.)”
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In the style of the Jem’Hadar:
“We pledge our loyalty to the Minami, from now until death.”
“Then receive this reward from the Minami, may it keep you strong.”
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“I am First Ithekro, and I am Broken. As of this moment we are all Broken. We go into anime, to reclaim our moe’. This we do gladly for we are Broken. Remember, Haruka is Amazing.”
“Haruka is Amazing.”

By: Xellos-_^

Xellos-_^ — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:43:23 +0000

jason, i am joining the others in asking that you need to blog ep3 now.

By: dm

dm — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:16:29 +0000

If Hitagi used basketball metaphors as weapons instead of stationery, would she be Jason’s evil twin? Episode three: Jason twitters the episode by just typing in Hitagi’s dialogue on tsundere, sis-con, and the unmentioned lolicon.
Shaft being Shaft is what brings a lot of us to their shows. Heretical thought: it may even be as good as KyoAni being KyoAni. Even if, most of the time, Shaft “animation” is just a filled-in (and sometimes recycled) storyboard with voices (and random doodles in the corner). They know how to make that work.

Too bad Kadokawa didn’t hire eight studios to animate Endless Eight. Each in their own style. Or at least Shaft, which could have used its parodic talents to animate each episode in a different style (and spared KyoAni some grief).

When Shaft puts Mesousa in the corner, or Yuno on a cell-phone wallpaper, or customers sitting at a cafe table in the background, these things are there for you to catch a glimpse of (on your second or third viewing), or for your friends to point out to you. When KyoAni puts a reference in, half the time the show stops and the spotlight comes up — it’s a plot element.

By: chibitim

chibitim — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:06:49 +0000

@Hedric
Whoa! That makes sense! If what you’re saying is true, which I also believe is true. I bow down to shaft for its amazing play with words and subtlety.

By: warm

warm — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:41:44 +0000

Surprised that this show came out of nowhere. I was rooting for Haruhi but it seems somebody else is going to take the trophy instead. Just like the Turnberry open where Woods was the ultimate favorite but Watson and Cink got more attention in the end.

By: Hedric

Hedric — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:09:20 +0000

I agree totally with Giant Humanoid Robot and Beowulf, can’t wait for your post on ep3. Shaft being Shaft is awesome, even if only few others agree.

Though, other than the person who decides what to put visually, I think whoever’s coordinating the visual/dialogue is just as awesome. ep3 just seals the deal

the way hitagi corners koyomi while talking to him till she’s bending over him, the juxtaposition of the guilty/not guilty on the corner of the map till hitagi marches over, the art shift when they suddenly start tossing theories about his siscon tendencies… followed immediately by him going after an elementary school girl… complete win!

By: Giant Humanoid Robot

Giant Humanoid Robot — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:17:23 +0000

>>Doesn’t count if external assistance is involved- that’s more “trouble keeping it on” – subtle distinction. I debated whether or not to include that one and some of the others, but in the end I decided to err on the side of nudity and figured that 'wearing' can refer to the state of being clothed as well as the action of putting on clothes. In other words, "I'm not good at wearing clothes" is "at or reverting to a natural state of undress", i.e. ddress/dt is predominately negative or zero for a significant or representative set of t.