:whuh:
....this show.
What is this show, anyway? Everyone keeps saying it's great, but every time I hear the title, I keep thinking it's a website first.
From the premise, it sounds like a poor man's .Hack (i.e super cool virtual world MMO where players are unable to log-out due to certain circumstances). It looks OK from the clips I've seen, but nothing too special.
Quote from: Nel on November 21, 2012, 05:28:16 PMevery time I hear the title, I keep thinking it's a website first.
Same here. When I saw the thread title, I was wondering what this was doing in the anime forum.
I thought it was a spambot, then I saw that
you had started the thread.
Sword Art Online is a bad .hack ripoff by the Japan equivalent of E.L. James. I swear to god...
Quote from: Lord Dalek on November 21, 2012, 08:30:16 PM
Sword Art Online is a bad .hack ripoff by the Japan equivalent of E.L. James. I swear to god...
:-\
That's... frightening to think about.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on November 21, 2012, 08:35:55 PM
Quote from: Lord Dalek on November 21, 2012, 08:30:16 PM
Sword Art Online is a bad .hack ripoff by the Japan equivalent of E.L. James. I swear to god...
:-\
That's... frightening to think about.
Hey if you want frightening, you should join us on Thaumatropy.
I don't know a single thing about this anime but I've heard people talk about it a lot. Judging by the title, I'd assume that it has something to do with swords and art, intermixed in some sort of online network. :thinkin:
Am I close? :>
Two out of three.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on November 21, 2012, 09:20:46 PM
I don't know a single thing about this anime but I've heard people talk about it a lot. Judging by the title, I'd assume that it has something to do with swords and art, intermixed in some sort of online network. :thinkin:
Am I close? :>
Why don't you join us? :>
http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=sword
The most entertaining thing about this show is going into a weekly thread derailed by Komeiji as he rips into it in the most autistic way possible.
Thank you SAO. You've saved other shows from the wrath of Sheldon.
(Fifty Shades of) GLOP. (http://archive.org/details/Episode8-FiftyShadesOfSwordArtOnline)
When I started SAO(I think only episode 9 or so was out), my initial reaction was :happytime: because I'm a huge dot.hack// nerd.
But then the Alfheim arc happened and now I just :unimpressed: and :cry: all day every day.
...for lack of something more detailed because I'm tired.
But I'll watch it to the end, no matter how much I cringe and facepalm each new episode.
...slugs.
That's all I have to say about the current episode.
It's like, they introduce these ideas and plot points that are serious and could be really cool, but then... :c
<edit>
slugs with tentacles...
<edit>
Ok now that that's over, it's really hard to care about Kirito's sister when she's such a dum- well, Foggle knows what I mean. If they would pick a theme and stick with it, instead of jumping around between the serious and the... I think it's supposed to be comedy, it could be a good program. There are so many good plot points, but they're strewn about in such a way that they're really easy to miss. It makes sense from the character's perspectives, but from a viewer's standpoint it's just dumb. The seriousness is immediately cancelled out by comic relief(or almost-tentacle-rape) and frankly, the whole thing just upsets me.
WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU SIR AND WHY ARE YOU NOT ON OUR PODCAST?!?!?
Yes, join us next time! :happytime:
Spoiler
The now gone 61st floor of Aincrad, was also known as ?Insect Land?. As its name suggested, it was a floor full of bug monsters. For the majority of women, including Asuna, that place was the equivalent to hell. One of the worst was a giant slug monster called ?Blue Slug?. With slimy grey skin and black spots, they had three pairs of large and small eyestalks, and tentacles protruding from their mouth for attack, they were truly a nightmare -.
Now, a few meters away from Asuna, there were two creatures with their backs turned to her who were deep in conversation. Those creatures were infinitely close to the Blue Slugs.
Those huge slug-like monsters seemed to be exchanging ideas while watching a single brain. The slug on the right shook its eyes and spoke in a squeaky voice.
"Oh, this guy is dreaming about Spica-chan again. B13 and B14 fields are off the charts. B16 is high too... he is really excited."
The slug to the left answered while using a tentacle to poke at the holo-window near the brain.
"Isn't it a coincidence? This is still the third experiment, right?"
"Well, this formation is the result of an induced-emotion circuit. I inserted the Spica-chan image into his memory, this display exceeds the threshold frequency."
"Ok, we will continue monitoring the sample..."
Disgusted at the two slugs' annoying high-pitched voices, she withdrew behind the pillar again.
They are Sugou's subordinates, engaged in this inhuman experiment though it is uncertain why they have that appearance. From their words, she could feel they had no moral hesitation.
Asuna clenched her right hand tightly. If she had a sword in her hand right then... she would definitely give them the death appropriate to their appearance.
Quelling the impulse to do what her anger demanded, Asuna slowly backed away and after getting a certain distance from the slugs, continued toward the depths of the room.
Carefully moving ahead at full speed she continued to walk past columns of cylinders and finally arrived at the deepest parts of the room. At the end of the room? in front of the white walls, Asuna found a floating black cube.
This made Asuna think of the time when she was at Aincard's underground maze's control system. If she could access it with administrator privileges, it would be possible to log out of this crazy world.
But from that point on, there was not a single place to hide. Asuna took a deep breath, and jumped out from behind the cylinder with grim determination.
Running toward the console as silently as possible. The ten meters seemed to be incredibly far away.
Every step she took, she tasted the feeling of fear that someone might shout to stop her coming from behind, but she continued moving her legs, and at last, she arrived at the console. At that point she turned around, and looked beyond the cylinders. With their antenne shaking, the slugs still seemed to be in the middle of an argument.
Asuna turned again to the black console. The slant cut top was dark and silent, on the right side there was a thin slit which remained plugged with a silver key card. Praying to herself, Asuna reached out, and grasping the card, slid it down.
A Poon sound effect rang out and Asuna ducked her head. To the left of the card slot, a light blue window and holo-keyboard appeared.
There were many, close packed menus in the window. Asuna crushed her inner anxiety, and carefully read the small English font.
At the bottom left was the button labeled [Transport], Asuna used trembling fingers to push this button. With Bun sound, a new window appeared. On it there was a map that displayed the entire laboratory. It seemed that it was possible to jump directly to anywhere in the laboratory using that system.
But she had no use for that now. Desperately searching, Asuna found a small button shinning on the right hand side labeled [Exit Virtual Lab].
"This is it...!"
With a small cry, Asuna touched it. Above it another window appeared. On the rectangular window there appear the words [Execute log-off sequence?] followed by 'OK' and 'CANCEL' buttons.
God?
With her heart desperately praying, she moved her right hand to push the button?
Suddenly, from behind her came a gray tentacle which grabbed her right hand.
"...!!"
Asuna endured, throttling down a scream, as she tried to force her finger closer to the button, but the tentacle held onto her like steel wire and and didn't even budge. She tried to use her left hand, but just as she started to move it, a new tentacle twined around her arm. Asuna's hands were pulled into the air, the rest of her body following.
Asuna's captors slowly turn her body around. As expected, it was same two slugs from earlier.
Their 4 tennis ball sized eyes set with orange irises, moved to and fro on their stalks. The expressionless eyes turned to inspect Asuna's body and face, then the left slug's circular mouth moved oddly, a rasping voice coming out.
"?Who are you? What are you doing in this place?"
Asuna fought back her fear, and pretending nothing was wrong replied in a casual voice.
"Put me down now! I am a friend of Sugou. I came here to observe and now I'm leaving."
"Oh? I haven't heard anything about that?"
The slug on the right, turned two of its eyes as if it was tilting its head.
"You heard anything?"
"Not at all. 'sides, ain't it bad if outsiders see these?"
"Oh... wait..."
One of its eyestalks lengthened, the round eye getting a closer look at Asuna's face.
"...It's you right. You're the person Sugou-chan locked up at the top of the World Tree..."
"Yes. I heard about that. How selfish, the boss keeping such a cute girl to himself."
"Arg..."
Asuna looked over her shoulder at the console and extended her left leg to try to push the button. However, from the mouth of the slug came another tentacle that entangled her foot. Asuna struggled to reach the console, but her efforts amounted to nothing.
Because of going over the time limit, it returned to the initial screen.
"Hey, hey, don't try to act violent."
The slug extended more tentacles, and wrapped up her entire body. Enfolded mercilessly, the wire-like tentacles cut into the flesh of her stomach and thighs.
"Ouch...! Stop... Let go of me, you monster!"
"Oh, how cruel. Especially when I'm still experimenting with bathyesthesia[1] mapping."
"That's right. Manipulating this body like this needed a lot of training."
Being warped in silk like sharp pain that only exist in the illusional world, Asuna frowned and she desperately said:
"You two are scientists right...!? Participating in this... illegal, inhumane research, do you not feel ashamed!?"
"Ah, I feel this is much more humane than when we experimented with an animal's exposed brain by using electrodes. These guys are really just dreaming."
"Yes, yes. Sometimes we even let them have good feeling dreams. They should be thanking us!"
"...You are crazy..."
Asuna whispered, her body wrapped in a freezing chill. Those people, their true forms were those unfeeling slugs.
Paying no attention to Asuna, the two slugs start consulting each other.
"The boss is on a business trip, right? You go back to the real world and ask for instructions."
"Che, guess I have no choice. Yana, don't enjoy yourself while I'm gone."
"I know, I know. Hurry and go."
The slug removed some of the tentacles from Asuna's body and dexterously operated the console with one tentacle. After pushing the buttons a few times, that huge body of his disappeared without a sound.
"...!!"
After seeing that, Asuna was driven by scorching frustration, she shook her tied up body recklessly. Right there in front of her? was the exit to the real world she had dreamed of. The exit opened a little, and the bright light from the outside lit up the floor.
"Let me go!! Let me go!! Let me go back home!!"
Asuna cried almost crazily, but the tentacles showed no signs of loosening.
"I can't do that, the boss will kill me. More importantly, aren't you bored in this place with nothing? How about we play with some electronic drugs? I was getting tired of those dolls anyway."
As he said those words, the cold, damp tentacles stroked Asuna's face.
"S...Stop!! What do you...!?"
Asuna desperately resisted, but the slug immediately extended new tentacles. Touching the skin of Asuna's leg, the tentacles slowly reached up into her dress.
Asuna endured this unpleasant feeling, and pretended to lose all the strength in her body, and the ability to resist. The slug, taking advantage of that, moved a tentacle toward her mouth. Just as it was about to touch her lips?
Asuna raised her head and bit down -hard- on the tentacle.
"Ayhaa!! Ouchhhh!!"
Asuna ignored the screams of the slug and continued to bite down without mercy.
"S-Stop, ouch, I understand, I understand!!"
After confirming that the tentacles were removed from her clothes, Asuna opened her mouth. The slug hurriedly retracted the injured tentacle.
"Ouch, I forgot to cut off the pain absorption..."
The slug withdrew an eye stalk and complained, then a pillar of light appeared beside him. The other slug appeared with some sound effects.
"...? What are you doing?"
"Nothing. What did the boss say?"
"He was crazy furious, he wants us to immediately put her back in the birdcage above the laboratory, change the door's passcode, and monitor her 24 hours of the day."
"Che, when I had finally found something to play with..."
Extreme depression caused her sight to dim. A golden opportunity had slipped through her fingers.
"At least we could walk her back instead of using the teleport function. I would still like to feel her a little more."
"You like it too."
The slug once again wrapped its tentacles around Asuna's body, using its legless body to move toward the entrance of the room. At that moment, when the two slugs were not looking, Asuna quickly stretched out her right leg, and with her toes, pulled out the key card that was still in the slot of the console.
The screen disappeared, but the slugs didn't seem to notice it. Bending her body like a shrimp, she moved the card from her toes to her hand.
"Come on now, you mustn't act violently."
The slug once again lifted up Asuna's body and aimed for the exit.
This... this fucking book. >_<
:wth: :whuh: :zonk: :burn:
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmpodcast?
wat
Quote from: Jay L. Corbell on November 25, 2012, 07:16:25 PM
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmpodcast?
wat
http://animationrevelation.com/podcast.html
Well damn.
Aight, just lemmie know, Fawgy.
I will!
Yeah you should totally join us Jay, we don't bite.
If that's the case then I'm not interested.
UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO BITE ME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HrfjaLDGzM
He will, just pay him handsomely.
Biting is excellent. It's like kissing only there's a winner.
Children please, this isn't 16.5. Keep your teeth to yourselves.
ALSO: I just finished Fairy Dance.... THAT FUCKING ENDING.
I'm not going to read at the novels until I'm done with the anime. But so far, the fairies are pissing me the hell off.
I think that if it had just ended at the end of the first arc, that would have been such a good ending....
How many times can YOU say "end" in a sentence? End end end end end....
Spoiler
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baka-tsuki.org%2Fproject%2Fimages%2F8%2F88%2FSword_Art_Online_4_-_007.jpg&hash=33ac22a9dea1ef2bf9d3a70ca1aad298e01370a3)
:>
Jesus... that whole end of the episode... I was seriously just laughing my ass off. I know I was probably supposed to be feeling emotions because of what was going on, but... I just couldn't stop laughing.
Quote from: Jay L. Corbell on December 02, 2012, 07:53:15 PM
Jesus... that whole end of the episode... I was seriously just laughing my ass off. I know I was probably supposed to be feeling emotions because of what was going on, but... I just couldn't stop laughing.
You think that's funny, try reading "There is but one ultimate way".
I want a pocket-loli.
It's ok, we'll have creepy fairy-sex like in some pictures I'm totally not about to post because I'd like to not be banned from the forum.
1. 368,089 ? Sword Art Online 1
2. 317,124 ? Sword Art Online 2
3. 304,731 ? Sword Art Online 9
4. 299,319 ? Sword Art Online 3
5. 286,781 ? Sword Art Online 10
6. 286,031 ? Sword Art Online 4
7. 256,812 ? A Certain Magical Index ? A New Contract 3
8. 256,003 ? Hyouka (Koten)
9. 249,531 ? Sword Art Online 5
10. 248,944 ? Sword Art Online Progressive 1
11. 238,096 ? Tomodachi ga Sukunai 8
12. 234,235 ? Sword Art Online 6
13. 225,343 ? Kagerou Days -in a daze-
14. 221,681 ? Ore no Imouto 10
15. 213,382 ? A Certain Magical Index ? A New Contract 4
16. 211,803 ? Sword Art Online 7
17. 206,810 ? Sword Art Online 8
18. 203,672 ? Baka+Test 10
19. 196,364 ? Ore no Imouto 11
20. 187,129 ? Gusha no End Roll (Koten) (http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2012/bookrank1203/index09.html)
It burns to look.
Literature is fucking over.
But... Hyouka is pretty awesome ;_;
Alright SAO, let's give episode 23 a shot.
...and half a second in, dumb bitch is still crying.
11:50 - You know, I'm sure that if I cared about these characters at all, my icy heart would be warmed and melting out of me.
Except no.
17:45 - THIS WOULD ALL BE VERY MEANINGFUL IF YOU HAD SPENT MORE THAN TWO EPISODES ON THIS IDEA
19:36 - Wooooowwwwwwwreally
19:43 - That fucking face made my spit out my Dr Pepper
20:57 - Mmm pose for me, Yui
Aaaand finished. I'm pretty sure technology doesn't work like that, loli fairy. But whatever floats your boat.
Also the fuck did I just watch.
Knock yourselves out... (http://en.shindanmaker.com/247584)
"Corbell is stuck in SAO. Level: 69. Dies 2 years in while getting mounted by Yui."
Naw but really
"Corbell is stuck in SAO. Level: 29. Dies 3 days in while killing mobs."
Apparently I'm a power-leveler.
MUST BE A BEATER
Wow... I don't think I've ever seen an episode so utterly soul-crushingly bad as what we just watched. Never.
...dare I ask what happened?
Kirito reaches Asuna's bird cage. Sugou appears out of nowhere, and paralyses both of them. He chains Asuna up and rips her clothes off, then proceeds to molest her (with rape imminent) as Kirito watches while slowly dying. Asuna begins crying, so Sugou licks her face and drinks her tears. Kirito is then suddenly inspired by Kayaba's ghost (the bad guy from the first arc), a psychotic murderer whom he now glorifies by saying shit like "he never ran away." Kirito gains admin rights to ALO by way of deus ex machina, then maximizes the game's pain output before brutally murdering Sugou in a scene that most writers would use as a turning point to show that the hero is just as capable of evil as the villain (but here it's just supposed to be a cool/deserved revenge). Kayaba's ghost appears again, and gives Kirito the World Seed with which he can change ALO back into SAO because plot devices.
It is literally the worst episode of any anime I've ever seen, and makes Umineko look like Shakespeare.
:whuh:
Geez. This show is like the Japanese Eragon or something.
And let me guess, Kirito is excused for brutal murder because "he did it for love" or some BS like that?
Quote from: Rynnec on December 15, 2012, 05:59:59 PM
:whuh:
Geez. This show is like the Japanese Eragon or something.
And let me guess, Kirito is excused for brutal murder because "he did it for love" or some BS like that?
Well he didn't actually kill the guy.
He's killing taste. At this point I'm willing to say that's good enough.
Quote from: Lord Dalek on December 15, 2012, 06:05:40 PM
Well he didn't actually kill the guy.
The pain he went through was probably far worse than being killed, though.
Quote from: Foggle on December 15, 2012, 05:32:27 PM
Kirito reaches Asuna's bird cage. Sugou appears out of nowhere, and paralyses both of them. He chains Asuna up and rips her clothes off, then proceeds to molest her (with rape imminent) as Kirito watches while slowly dying. Asuna begins crying, so Sugou licks her face and drinks her tears. Kirito is then suddenly inspired by Kayaba's ghost (the bad guy from the first arc), a psychotic murderer whom he now glorifies by saying shit like "he never ran away." Kirito gains admin rights to ALO by way of deus ex machina, then maximizes the game's pain output before brutally murdering Sugou in a scene that most writers would use as a turning point to show that the hero is just as capable of evil as the villain (but here it's just supposed to be a cool/deserved revenge). Kayaba's ghost appears again, and gives Kirito the World Seed with which he can change ALO back into SAO because plot devices.
It is literally the worst episode of any anime I've ever seen, and makes Umineko look like Shakespeare.
And... and this is the popular show right now? :wth:
Quote from: Nel_Annette on December 15, 2012, 07:09:10 PM
Quote from: Foggle on December 15, 2012, 05:32:27 PM
Kirito reaches Asuna's bird cage. Sugou appears out of nowhere, and paralyses both of them. He chains Asuna up and rips her clothes off, then proceeds to molest her (with rape imminent) as Kirito watches while slowly dying. Asuna begins crying, so Sugou licks her face and drinks her tears. Kirito is then suddenly inspired by Kayaba's ghost (the bad guy from the first arc), a psychotic murderer whom he now glorifies by saying shit like "he never ran away." Kirito gains admin rights to ALO by way of deus ex machina, then maximizes the game's pain output before brutally murdering Sugou in a scene that most writers would use as a turning point to show that the hero is just as capable of evil as the villain (but here it's just supposed to be a cool/deserved revenge). Kayaba's ghost appears again, and gives Kirito the World Seed with which he can change ALO back into SAO because plot devices.
It is literally the worst episode of any anime I've ever seen, and makes Umineko look like Shakespeare.
And... and this is the popular show right now? :wth:
"A-" - Esteemed Anime Critic, Chris Beveridge.
When Foggle came over and asked me if I'd seen the latest episode yet, I was skeptical about how terrible he said it was.
There are no words to describe my emotion while watching.
Quote from: Jay L. Corbell on December 17, 2012, 04:34:57 PM
When Foggle came over and asked me if I'd seen the latest episode yet, I was skeptical about how terrible he said it was.
There are no words to describe my emotion while watching.
Terribad comes to mind.
Do you want to know why shows like this become far more popular than they should? Because a bunch of people like you guys end up watching it for how bad it is, and the same is probably true in Japan, and thus you have a ton of people watching the show and talking about it, even if at least half of the people who watch it detest it. Why can't more people watch and talk about actual good shows for a change?
As for me, I have no interest in SAO whatsoever, so I'm just simply not going to watch it....ever.
QuoteWhy can't more people watch and talk about actual good shows for a change?
Because we're waiting for Psycho-Pass to finish. And the show was only starting to receive scorn a third-way through the series, when the fans were already abundant.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on December 17, 2012, 06:07:48 PM
Do you want to know why shows like this become far more popular than they should? Because a bunch of people like you guys end up watching it for how bad it is
What? No. Like 90% of the people watching SAO think it's amazing, and 99% of the people who've watched Clannad thought it was a "life-changing masterpiece." Twilight and Fifty Shades Of Grey didn't get popular because folks called them out for being garbage, they got popular because a large amount of people genuinely thought they were good, and folks called them out for being garbage
because they got popular.
Also, the first third of Sword Art was actually not bad, even great at times. Yui aside, it didn't even start getting terrible until the end of episode 14. My friend recommended SAO to me in the first place because he liked it, and I ended up thinking it was pretty fun at first.
As for discussing good shows, Insomniac, Dalek, and I watched all of Ano Hana. We went from detesting it at first to liking it a fair amount by the end. Of course, no one listened to those Thaumatropy episodes.
Yeah if the show ended (albeit bittersweetly) with episode 14 we probably wouldn't be having this conversation.
Like... at all.
Quote from: Lord Dalek on December 17, 2012, 07:25:18 PM
Yeah if the show ended (albeit bittersweetly) with episode 14 we probably wouldn't be having this conversation.
Like... at all.
Indeed. Kayaba would still be a horribly-written antagonist, but the show would be an easy 7 or 8; a nice, fun fluff piece.
In my defense, I haven't watched it.
And reading this thread has every reason why I haven't.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on December 17, 2012, 08:17:54 PM
In my defense, I haven't watched it.
And reading this thread has every reason why I haven't.
If its got anything going for it its the "so bad its good factor" that makes it fun to watch stone drunk with your friends.
...up until 22 then you just wanna kill yourself from how mind numbingly terrible it is.
Quote from: Foggle on December 17, 2012, 07:13:40 PM
As for discussing good shows, Insomniac, Dalek, and I watched all of Ano Hana.
Mah niggas. One of the best shows of 2011.
(https://animationrevelation.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv148%2FZZDaikun%2Fsao_zps3f127a6d.jpg&hash=95ed402283a7e62b5723fe8c1fcd612c022bda55)
That part gave me a raging boner.
Naw but, I started watching it because I'm a dot.hack junkie and my friend told me it was similar. At the time, I didn't know nothin of the books and the show was in early airing, and honestly I wish it had ended with 14, maybe 15(I think that one was "return"?)...
I can't say anything about the fandom because I'm not familiar with light novels and their role in Japon society.. x:
Just finished the last episode.
Are you fucking kidding me?
Fuck this show
Fuck the books
Fuck the author
Fuck the team that animated it
I'm fucking done.
No words.
Fuck.
So did you like it? :sly:
Merry Christmas everybody! (http://animationrevelation.com/podcastep16.5.html)
Its the end (until August... probably) but the moment has been prepared for.... (last December) (http://animationrevelation.com/podcast.html)
Aniplex announces the dub. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-22/aniplex-usa-confirms-sword-art-online-english-dub)
Quote from: Daikun on February 23, 2013, 12:29:31 AM
Aniplex announces the dub. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-22/aniplex-usa-confirms-sword-art-online-english-dub)
If Beau Billingslea isn't playing Asuna, then meh.
Dub trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Jl_-b7ju0)
Quote from: Rynnec on April 08, 2013, 05:43:46 PMDub trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Jl_-b7ju0)
It's playing like shit. Is there another link?
Quote from: Daikun on April 08, 2013, 08:31:29 PM
Quote from: Rynnec on April 08, 2013, 05:43:46 PMDub trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Jl_-b7ju0)
It's playing like shit. Is there another link?
Alas no.
Quote from: Rynnec on April 08, 2013, 05:43:46 PM
Dub trailer. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Jl_-b7ju0)
I hope the "You die in the game you die for real" line was intentional comedy.
^
Seen that trailer
First off, if I want to see Bryce Papenbrook voice the MC in an MMORPG anime, I'll stick with .hack/Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, tyvm.
Secondly,
Wherever it is or isn't, would that give the dubbers too much or not enough credit?
Kinda wondering about that...
Dub pseudonyms are dead. These guys have to carry that weight.
Two years worth of shame and embarrassment made a glopping noise as it flowed endlessly into Toonami. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-24/sword-art-online-to-air-on-toonami-starting-in-august)
^
Well, can't say I didn't expect this to happen
Quote from: TheEclecticDude on May 24, 2013, 02:45:13 PM
^
Well, can't say I didn't expect this to happen
Yeah even when we were doing the commentaries, I kept saying this is coming to Toonami.
Quote from: Lord Dalek on May 24, 2013, 02:52:35 PM
Quote from: TheEclecticDude on May 24, 2013, 02:45:13 PM
^
Well, can't say I didn't expect this to happen
Yeah even when we were doing the commentaries, I kept saying this is coming to Toonami.
Which is why I can't muster any kind of reaction.
I am most...displeased.
I feel bad for Toonami fans.
QuoteAniplex of America will release Sword Art Online in four limited-edition Blu-ray Disc sets
QuoteEach Blu-ray Box will retail for US$112.98 but will have a store price of US$89.98
lol, aniplex
Quote from: Foggle on May 24, 2013, 05:47:07 PM
I feel bad for Toonami fans.
You have no idea. :'( :'( :'(
Oh you KNEW it was coming.
Doesn't make the impact hurt any less.
As if to add salt on the wound, SAO wasn't even close to winning Aniplex's poll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nms3eZGEb3w
Quote from: Foggle on May 24, 2013, 06:17:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nms3eZGEb3w
It actually improves it... alas.
Quote from: Foggle on May 24, 2013, 05:47:07 PM
I feel bad for Toonami fans.
Your sympathy is most appreciated. :-[ :'( :cry:
The menagerie of emotions I am feeling right now:
Spoiler
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I predict the ratings will be good til the halfway point then drop like a stone after that.
Quote from: TheEclecticDude on May 24, 2013, 07:44:53 PM
I predict the ratings will be good til the halfway point then drop like a stone after that.
Anyone who doesn't drop it when Kayaba reveals his non-motivation will likely give up as soon as they see Yui's design in Fairy Dance.
If there's justice in the world, it'll get ratings so godawful that they'll have to take it off the air after the second week a la Wulin Warriors.
They should air it at 1 AM just to mess with you guys.
It's a perfect show for the average Toonami viewer. Daring, mature action-animation programming from the east indeed.
QuoteLooking forward to it though, sounds dumb as shit but fun
Oh, Toonami Faithful.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on May 24, 2013, 08:59:17 PM
QuoteLooking forward to it though, sounds dumb as shit but fun
Oh, Toonami Faithful.
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Being a Toonami Faithful in a nutshell.
Quote from: Dr. Insomniac on May 24, 2013, 08:59:17 PM
QuoteLooking forward to it though, sounds dumb as shit but fun
Oh, Toonami Faithful.
These fucking people will watch anything.
Anything.
Like I said before; put Boku No Pico on that lineup in any given timeslot, complete the process with fancy wraparounds and TOM telling us all how cool it is, and these drones would eat it up.
Quote from: Kiddington on May 24, 2013, 10:53:00 PM
These fucking people will watch anything. Anything.
No. I only watch what I like. Which is
One Piece and
Soul Eater for the moment.
IGPX too, only because I hadn't seen it before and wanted to check it out. It's regrettably dull.... :oo:
Eh, I might not be a "Toonami Faithful" after all, if that implies that I have to love anything Toonami puts on no matter how unpleasant it is...
Quote from: Cartoon X on May 24, 2013, 11:12:02 PM
Quote from: Kiddington on May 24, 2013, 10:53:00 PM
These fucking people will watch anything. Anything.
No. I only watch what I like. Which is One Piece and Soul Eater for the moment. IGPX too, only because I hadn't seen it before and wanted to check it out. It's regrettably dull.... :oo:
Eh, I might not be a "Toonami Faithful" after all, if that implies that I have to love anything Toonami puts on no matter how unpleasant it is...
Pretty much.
If there's any good news to this, the Toonami Faithful are generally divided by this news. I know for a fact that Sketch, Soul, and Macattack are against it.
Quote from: Cartoon X on May 24, 2013, 11:12:02 PM
Eh, I might not be a "Toonami Faithful" after all, if that implies that I have to love anything Toonami puts on no matter how unpleasant it is...
Consider me surprised by that news.
I've been at work all day, so I haven't really had time to digest the general reaction from most people yet, but... I mean, it can't possibly be a majority leaning towards this being a good move right? It just can't.
Definitely not. This is possibly the most polarizing thing Toonami's ever done.
Yeah. Most people are against this. Only a few strays are genuinely happy about it.
Wow. I'm actually kinda relieved now. You know, that this entire fanbase isn't quite as crazy as I originally thought.
That still leaves little hope for the actual block itself though. Seriously, what the fuck DeMarco. What are you. :srs:
My guess is that they don't actually watch much if anything of the shows they pick up, baring shows like One Piece which I know at least DeMarco has watched a lot of. That would explain a lot actually.
I'd hope they'll get a better show for the next time. At this point, it's more or less random probability in what they will or won't air. At least the block is still composed of a majority of shows that I like or tolerate, with Sword Art just being a new rotten egg to join the midnight mediocres in the list of shows on Toonami I currently loathe.
This gives us some nice fodder though. Especially for what's coming next for Thaumatropy...
Let me guess...GXP? :sly:
Quote from: Cartoon X on May 25, 2013, 12:28:37 AM
Let me guess...GXP? :sly:
We're not even touching that.
Probably for the best. It ain't even shit. It's just boring as fuck.
...Which might be even worse, now that I think about it. :>
Yeah, I gave up about halfway through. Sorry, Dax.
That might actually make for a more fun review, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHm_KHZT3tY
So, new promo for SAO is coming out tonight
Well, 2am guess I am missing out poor old me /sarc
(I need sleep and that's usually when I am, plus even if I am up at that time, I would be probably watching something better)
Is it just me, or does Kirito sound more like JYB than he does Bryce Papenbrook?
Wow, that promo makes the show look and sound A LOT better than it really is.
Yeah the Hype Machine is in full force for this stinker it seems.
Can't wait for the inevitable SAO/SnK power hour that will attract the Crunchyroll audience.
Quote from: Foggle on July 21, 2013, 03:33:24 PM
Wow, that promo makes the show look and sound A LOT better than it really is.
Really, that is one compliment people have always had about Toonami's bumpers. The show can be total shit, but their bumpers would want to make you watch it. Marketing Department be damned!
You spend a year thinking "Hmmm... I wonder why they haven't announced a new Sword Art thing yet?", and then suddenly *BOOM* right back in the jungle again. (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/08/09-1/sword-art-online-anime-tv-special-planned)
Since it's a single episode special, I hope it's an adaptation of There Is But One Ultimate Way.
Am I the only one who enjoyed it?
Granted the second arc was weird at times and I wish they used the main point of said arc.
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Which was the mind control. I was seriously expecting Kirito to get to Asuna and find out she'd already been converted and can't remember him. Insert emotional drama, forced conflict, then self sacrifice that causes her memory to return, proving that the human will and love is stronger than any forced change.
It felt like it ended too soon.
Granted, I cried several times. But I know what it's like to fall in love with someone online so that might be why.
But if it's a .Hack ripoff, I should check out that next.
I don't really hate or enjoy SAO, even four episodes into it.
It does nothing for me....the stuff it tries to do have been done before and honestly better in other series.
I'm okay with the first half until Yui appears. Everything after that I absolutely hate.
Kickstarter to make the game a reality. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yeitechnology/priovr-get-your-ideas-moving)
Quote from: Daikun on September 06, 2013, 05:35:36 PM
Kickstarter to make the game a reality. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yeitechnology/priovr-get-your-ideas-moving)
I would never strap a device to my head that could fry my brain or deprive me of sensory input from the outside world.
I think Shantae and Mighty No. 9 will still get my money from Kickstarter this time. Thank you very much.
No two years worth of semen, no sale.
That's the kind of thing you want at the top of a page.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on September 08, 2013, 07:44:29 PM
That's the kind of thing you want at the top of a page.
Welcome to the forum.
http://www.japanator.com/sword-art-online-tv-special-get-a-date-and-a-synopsis-29853.phtml - And we're back.
Has this been posted yet? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSUz0az3gYY)
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And... we're back.
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :anger: :anger: :anger:
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Happy New Years folks!
I'm sure you guys will enjoy it. :happytime:
Season 2 coming to Crunchyroll. (http://toonamifaithful.com/crunchyroll-panel-annoucements) (Sub of course)
Sailor Moon Crystal premiered yesterday. Space Dandy Season 2 premiered yesterday.
And then we got this (http://www.crunchyroll.com/sword-art-online/episode-1-656625) yesterday.
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^And today you got this! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x44F0YtJ2s4)
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Third season coming Summer 2016. (http://www.vinereport.com/article/sword.art.online.season.3.release.date.season.bumped.off.to.summer.2016.after.announcement.of.animated.movie/3754.htm)
Also, a movie is coming.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-02/sword-art-online-gets-live-action-american-tv-series/.104938
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Hey, the series that killed light novels in Japan is now ruining more things.
Hooray.
If ever there was a time people should hope for an adaptation to NOT honor its source material; that time has come.
I hope it'll be as good as the Netflix Death Note show with Nat Wolff as Light Turner.
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"Sword Art Online is still very popular and has an enduring appeal that could very well make it this generation's Naruto or One Piece." (http://www.fxnewscall.com/sword-art-online-season-3-release-date-new-update/1945385)
What is remarkable is people are taking this news as being as some sort of surprise. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-02-17/sword-%20.3.art-online-film-ends-with-sao-will-return-teaser/.112381)
What's also important to note is that the average season of SAO covers 4 volumes of material (which is why SAO2 was so damn disjointed). This next arc... is TEN VOLUMES LONG. :frown: :gonk: :shakeshakeshake:
Quote from: Lord Dalek on February 18, 2017, 09:49:09 AM
What is remarkable is people are taking this news as being as some sort of surprise. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-02-17/sword-%20.3.art-online-film-ends-with-sao-will-return-teaser/.112381)
What's also important to note is that the average season of SAO covers 4 volumes of material (which is why SAO2 was so damn disjointed). This next arc... is TEN VOLUMES LONG. :frown: :gonk: :shakeshakeshake:
Have fun with that
Behold, China's SAO knockoff. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAGqV6Ho32s)
And it's actually BETTER than SAO.
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https://www.facebook.com/SwordArtOnlineUSA/videos/1437808506255126/
A traditional 24-25 episode season of SAO covers about four volumes of material (Season 1 spliced in some material from a couple other volumes as Aincrad was infamously written out of order).
Alicization...alone...is TEN VOLUMES LONG. Twelve if you include Moon Cradle which is actually set during it and not its own thing.
And there's nothing left after it. Kawahara just finished the thing last year and has yet to begin work on an actual new arc as Moon Cradle is a gaiden and doesn't count.
So... in total this going to last somewhere between 50-75 episodes. This is going to be the death of this franchise probably and its about god damn time.
If the LN version of this arc didn't tank sales in Japan, I doubt the anime adaption will be any different. As much as I hate to admit it, SAO is here to stay until Kawahara stops fueling the dumpster fire.
So, that live-action series that was announced a while back?
It's going straight to Netflix. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-13/live-action-sword-art-online-producer-series-sold-to-netflix-will-have-asian-lead-actors/.127753)
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Season 3 begins October 6 and will be 50 episodes long. (http://toonamifaithful.com/sword-art-online-alicization-to-be-around-50-episodes-long-begins-in-japan-october-6)
Hey remember when we all thought the one where Sugou licked Asuna was the absolute bottom of the barrel and it couldn't possibly get worse?
...it got worse. (https://twitter.com/RealLordDalek/status/1071455248898801664)
Quote from: Lord Dalek on December 08, 2018, 11:14:43 PM...it got worse. (https://twitter.com/RealLordDalek/status/1071455248898801664)
Seems it landed Kawahara in some hot water this time too (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-12-11/reki-kawahara-apologizes-to-voice-actors-for-latest-sword-art-online-episode/.140635).
The new season looks AMAZING! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCb-HJh3ld8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRxeJXpNOE
:happytime:
The best level in SAO. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFcjmCfGe0s)
Well, it's 2022 now.
(https://i.imgur.com/AIBazeF.jpg)
Since VR gaming is now so prevalent, SAO predicted the future better than most sci-fi stories.
The NerveGear headset is now real. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game)