>The FAGs have a tendency to go 2D for close ups and reaction shots.
you mean like this? I can't tell if that's 2D or 3D

>>28510
Like during the make out scene.

>>28513
hmm, i missed that

If she knows about this punishment... that mean she's had it done to her before, right?

>>28514
There's a lot of it in the OP, but it does show up every so often in the rest of the anime.

I knew this anime was made mainly to sell toys and I don't mind that, but they're starting to be really obnoxious about it. The general rule in visual media is to show not tell. They do a decent job of showing off the FAGs and making you want to buy one of these little moe bots yourself without beating you over the head with it. They're fun and likable characters with charming personalizes. They even go and invent reasonable reasons why you might want to buy the accessories (such as that charging bot or the battle base). ...Then they go and beat you over the head with these freaking nippers like some door to door salesmen. It was funny the first time when they ranted on about how fucking incredible and awesome and god like the nippers were, but it got cringe worthy by the second time, and I know they're just gonna keep pushing them.

>>28546
I swear it's like watching some 2D infomercial every time those nippers get brought up.

Maybe I'm just a bit slow but I think I'm missing something here.
Gourai is some really advanced prototype unit that's supposed to be capable of learning emotions and stuff right? So then why is it they seem more emotionless than all the already built FAGs they keep sending who all seem to be overflowing with emotions and personality?

>>28552
I'm not watching this one, but I suppose you could argue that they simulate emotion without feeling them, while Gourai is actually learning emotions.

>>28553
That could very well be the case.

Return the crap they bought, kick the twins out, problem solved. Only reason they're staying is to make Ao money. If they're spending that same money then there's no reason not to kick their tiny little asses out.

Base is a hell of a retard, but they're a cute retard!

>>28553
>simulate emotion without feeling them
Are emotions not inherently felt?

The original Base figure isn't as cute as the anime version.

>>28608
Think about emoticons, emotes, emoji, kaomoji, etc. You simulate a perceived emotion, but you don't necessarily feel it.

Same way people use "lol" or "w"... but they are actually laughing out loud.

>>28618
Those are non-sentient symbols. For a sentient being to show an emotion, they would have to know what it feels like. Even actors cannot just put on a crying face, they usually think of something sad.
Think about this: a synonym for 'emotions' is 'feelings'.

>>28607
They said these FAGs have the mental capacity of a ten year old human. I think Base got a five year old's.

>>28652

The channel airing this anime is pretty shitty.

Ep 4 was good, hope they keep this up. First few episodes played it a bit safe.

キタ━━━━━━━━━(゜∀゜)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━!!!!!

>Mirai
I have now lost all respect for Bukiko.

She literally says 'yukata' but they translated it as 'kimono'. Everything has to be casualised, even subtitles.
What a world.

>>28759
I don't get why they do that. localized or "casualised" stuff like that is what dubs are for. If people are watching japanese tv shows in it's native language, it's safe to assume they're looking for a more authentic, true to the source, and less filtered experience (or at least as unfiltered as subs can allow.)
Rather than give them a way of learning about the different aspects of the culture (such as what a yukata is) they decided to purposefully keep people ignorant, why? Besides, this anime is essentially an advertisement for niche Japanese toys involving obscure terminology and references to figure/model culture most people outside of japan wouldn't understand anyway, such as the cameo by nipako >>28745 .

Railgun reference outta nowhere. Been awhile since I had seen one/seen one I understood.

Nice boat.

I actually thought this scene was kind of sad. For one it made me think of all those lonely otaku out there who have no one other than a bunch of inanimate figures to keep them company when they're sick or even dying.
It also reminded me that even Ao's own daily life seems kind of lonely. Her parents are god knows where, doesn't seem to have brothers or sisters, All she seems to have is her one nerdy (and kind of annoying) friend Bukiko and these robot toys that just recently came into her life. Her life must have been pretty depressing before they showed up, and it'll be hella depressing once the factory recalls the test units. She even had a vivid dream latter on about these toys becoming real girls she could be friends with, and go do all sorts of things with she obviously wouldn't do alone. Note how Bukiko wasn't part of this dream, and the Materia sisters weren't seen as her friends. I think Ao, clearly yearns to have real friends and live a normal happy life with them. Ao, seems like a cute nice and friendly girl, so I couldn't say what the problem is, but then that's how it often is isn't it? You might not have anything wrong with you as far as you can tell but still struggle to make friends or be accepted.
I feel this ep touches on some really meaningful issues for people who collect figs like these, but they're not being blatant about it which is nice. All in all this was a very surprisingly well done ep that made me stop to think a bit and even got a few emotions out of me as someone in a very similar situation. I'm also glad they didn't shoehorn in a pointless battle this week.

>>28854
Nice post. This episode made me regard the series a solid point higher. I thought the cold solutions was a bit too exaggerated, but the second part made up for it.

does the RAW quality ever pick up?

>>28864
I asked around in subbing/ripping groups at one point, and that's as good as you're gonna get it seems. It's a problem with the TV station airing the anime, not the people ripping the raws. You could always wait for BD rips.

>>28866
>You could always wait for BD rips.

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

;_;

These two are kind of annoying and creepy. I also don't trust Ao to take care of the FAGs, I'm surprised she hasn't stepped on any of them yet.

At first I thought people were nitpicking about the quality of the video, possibly being autistic about it. However I'm finding it to be more and more noticeable with each episode.

>>28864
Nah, it just gets worse.

I'm curious how exactly they go about buying all these things.

>>28896
Maybe they steal the things??

>>28901
Maybe they're not even acquiring these items in the first place. Maybe Ao, due to her lonely depressing life, took up Bukiko's hobby and started buying figs. Then created an elaborate fantasy in which these figs she's buying come to life and interact with her. Maybe everything we're seeing is in her head?

>>28854
Busou Shinki had a very similar segment. It had it from the perspective of one of the Shinki. Both quite sad, touching upon the same theme (as I recall).
It's familiar to the point, I would say, of FAGirl referencing Busou Shinki in doing it.

Not even Charger-kun was able to resist this episode's fan-service.

>>28918
Oh yeah they did do that...
In the case of Busou Shinki like you said it was so the fig could be a real girl and live with the master that she loves. Very touching indeed.

What in the fuck was this ep?! I've seen fanserive eps before, but this episode was borderline pornography!

>>28958
I'm kind of tempted to catch up just to watch that episode.

>>28958
Sex sells

>>28961
Every single female in that episode was drawn with perfect proportions. If you're looking for fan service, you'll be 100% satisfied.

>>28958
No kidding.

What a great way to end a series!

A seqeul teaser...

The OP and ED are pretty good, plan on buying them.

Idol pairings for the ending, wasn't expecting it, nice suprise.