>>26010
not always

>>27543
i think most of the posters are waiting for the subs to come out. you seem to be the only person watching the raws.

stella no mahou really has been a delight; im really looking forward to the final episode. too many moe animes are so cookie-cutter in their plot and characters, then have the audacity to cram in cliched fan service that does not stem from the plot. stella no mahou is wonderfully crafted: heart warming and cute because it is earnest, its fan service is organic stemming from plot and character development rather than contrived scenarios, and, like the fan service, i thought the humor was much stronger than other series' slice of life humor because it was so organic.

i'm really curious to see how other fans thought this stacked up.

>>27504
i would fucking kill to cuddle her

Nepu!

It's sad to see this end. I can only hope someday we'll get another season.

TOSHINO KYOKO!!!

Thanks for the warning.

Preemptively dropped.

The first one I guess?

The first one has her arc as well as a bunch of other stories she makes an appearance in. Her arc is really good, actually, it's like one of the few parts that is truly cohesive as a story.

Overall it's not that great an anime though, seriously. I'd say watch the first series and get a feel for it if you've never watched the show before.

The characters are moe and alluring but the dialogue is really stilted and the jokes will go over your head because you're not Japanese/the translation is inadequate. The end result is this weird disjointed story that makes very little sense because it relies HEAVILY on Japanese puns. You constantly feel like you should be laughing but you don't get the jokes because they're not even lost, but abandoned in translation. It really doesn't help that they use a non-linear chronology (not that Isin considering some weeb basement dwellers in America when creating the story).

And then they all have the classic SHAFT infocards, except unlike a show such as SZS they actually say things that are relevant to the story instead of witticisms and in-jokes.

They all look amazing though, invariably they have the best use of limited animation I've seen in my life. Like just thinking about it makes me want to dive back in. There's genuine subtlety there and they do it using the same techniques that give anime a lack of subtlety if that makes sense. SHAFT at it's finest.

Medaka Box is better.

>>27670
It's really cute! The characters are all moe. I like the main cast a lot.

The setting is beautiful. I enjoy the design of the town, it reminds me a bit of Kyousougiga.

The divination methods are interesting. I'm curious as to what Chiya's method will be - The scene with the kokkuri was a pretty jarring change of tone.

>>27668
>You leaned too heavily on your anger and it misled people about your opinions and upset other posters.
I'm not sure if I'd call it 'anger' per-say, but you're right. I did paint myself into a corner there that made people blindly hate me and refuse to acknowledge anything I said as such. Yes, I do like anime, in-spite of thinking a large amount of it is terrible (including the stuff I liked) and I'm sure I even mentioned that before. In fact I've logged more than 11k ep of the stuff, spent thousands of dollars on merch, have had the same waifu for a decade, and swore off 3dpd ages ago.
The problems with anime applies to just about any medium honestly. As someone who also watches tons of movies (I have a lot of free time) I can tell you there's a lot of parallols, especially in how formulaic they tend to be.

In retrospect I think the real issue is these shows and charts have really horrible descriptions that don't do the shows justice. Anything will sound like garbage if they all read as: "mc-kun is a normal highschool boy blah blah meets beautiful girl blah blah saves the world." Granted a lot of these shows do end up sucking all the same, but it would help if they didn't sound so horrible to start with.

>>27625
that it's fun and interesting?

>>27632
That's one way of putting it, sure.

>>27262
Watched the second episode and I 'get it', enjoying it.
The first episode focused too much on world exposition, where the world has no story/lore and is more a visual spectacle.

>>27266
>Might just be me but ep3 was giving me some heavy KLK vibes.
I got it as well; my thinking was a more general 'Trigger Studio feel'.

>>27666
it's definitely influenced by Trigger works. studio 3hz is relatively unknown, i think flip flappers is the only thing they've worked on but i like the 'vibe' a lot. i predict/hope we'll see a lot more of these klk-esque anime in the coming years.

take no game no life which was basically klk by madhouse.

anime should always strive to be visually confrontational/appealing.

I don't remember the game being like this at all.

i hope this type of philosophical discourse is regular feature

The figures are from Sore ga Seiyuu, which starred the members of Earphones who also star in Akiba's Trip and perform the OP. SgS was also produced by Gonzo.

>>27639
Nice find, but I thought Ichigo's VA was all washed up and failed as a voice actress?

So how does this tie in with the other fate/ works? alternate universe like /extra or what?

And then we're back to the sonic style music videos... shame, this one might have been pretty cool if it was animated normally. The way they lead into it I thought that would have been the case. way to get my hopes up...

Something about this moon looks familiar...

I really wasn't expecting a musical number there. That was pretty great while it lasted.

Shame we don't get to see more of her like that.

incremental improvement is still improvement.

>>27513

I stand corrected, it is a significant improvement.

That's a 10 point landing right there.

All things considered, that was a pretty great last ep.

>>27602
>I was just irritated that, as usual, no one addressed any of the points I made
You know, that's fair enough. I wouldn't say the users here always "eschew serious discussion", but... well, it is a futaba imageboard, and one for people with mostly atrocious social skills.

>>27610
>do you lack the ability to compete intellectually on a more substantial level?
No. I lack the caring to communicate with you on a more substantial level than name-calling in this thread. While I fully understand why this seems lowbrow, I'm not particularly concerned about that either.

This is not my common "style", and I'm sure we'll get along in other threads, unbeknownst to each other.

Somehow I feel an Okusama thread isn't exactly the best place for "serious discussion".

>>27614
Just because it isn't a serious anime doesn't mean we shouldn't have a meaningful or fruitful discussion. You don't have to join in if you don't want to thought.

>>27612
Serious image board users, in my experience, have poor social skills but are fairly intelligent.

>>27614
Okusama is an important groundbreaking anime. It may not seem serious to you because its "just a cartoon", but it covers important and controversial topics related to the reproductive rights of 2D anime girls.