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Mad_Scientist
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:17 am Reply with quote
vashfanatic wrote:
but this sounds like whacky romcom with Lovecraft dressing. Maybe it will develop further? I'll check out the essays Mad_Scientist linked to. Edit: Those links seem to be broken.


Weird, working fine for me, and Yupa seemed to have no trouble either. Maybe crunchyroll was down for a bit?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:21 am Reply with quote
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dragon695 wrote:
Heh, how did I know Mistress Dongs would give Upotte!! a high mark? She has some points about the detailed aspects of the guns, but man I just can't get passed the creepy in-shadow-faced teacher. Rolling Eyes


I'll focus on a different point of your post...

a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Well, just think in relative terms. Rebecca Silverman gave it a 0 and it made Zac Bertschy's head explode. In comparison to that, 3 is looking pretty good.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:20 am Reply with quote
not gonna make anything of it, but all a "60% rating (hey, it'd be "fresh rating" by RT's standards) really says is what I already know. It's nothing great, but some people can stand it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:21 am Reply with quote
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:23 am Reply with quote
Fencedude5609 wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.


it's purely guilty pleasure for me so even i where to review it i wouldn't be able to rate it, eh so how is everyone else doing?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:30 pm Reply with quote
Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:
Fencedude5609 wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.


it's purely guilty pleasure for me so even i where to review it i wouldn't be able to rate it, eh so how is everyone else doing?


I gave it a 3 myself Here Yes I have to give some shameless self promotion now and then.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:34 pm Reply with quote
asimpson2006 wrote:
Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:
Fencedude5609 wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.


it's purely guilty pleasure for me so even i where to review it i wouldn't be able to rate it, eh so how is everyone else doing?


I gave it a 3 myself Here Yes I have to give some shameless self promotion now and then.


Why does your blog name mean, roughly, "is not a blog"?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:34 pm Reply with quote
dragon695 wrote:
Heh, how did I know Mistress Dongs would give Upotte!! a high mark? She has some points about the detailed aspects of the guns, but man I just can't get passed the creepy in-shadow-faced teacher. Rolling Eyes


Call her 'Mistress Dongs' one more time and I'll permaban you.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:38 pm Reply with quote
Chagen46 wrote:
asimpson2006 wrote:
Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:
Fencedude5609 wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.


it's purely guilty pleasure for me so even i where to review it i wouldn't be able to rate it, eh so how is everyone else doing?


I gave it a 3 myself Here Yes I have to give some shameless self promotion now and then.


Why does your blog name mean, roughly, "is not a blog"?


I am not the person running the site so I do not know why. I know this is off post so that is all I will say about that here. I can always talk about it in PM's though.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:37 pm Reply with quote
asimpson2006 wrote:
Cecilthedarkknight_234 wrote:
Fencedude5609 wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:
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a 3 is a high mark?? Confused


Strictly speaking, its average.

I doubt I'd even give Upotte a 3. Maybe a 2 at most.


it's purely guilty pleasure for me so even i where to review it i wouldn't be able to rate it, eh so how is everyone else doing?


I gave it a 3 myself Here Yes I have to give some shameless self promotion now and then.


huh not to bad bro nice site but the problem is once i get to invested into series or like it a certain way then I form a bias which makes me unable to fair review but this is just me personally. It also seems cr biggest simulcast day is Thursday with eight titles.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:40 pm Reply with quote
Mad_Scientist wrote:
For those interested in Nyarko-san, Jason Thompson (who writes House of a 1000 manga for ANN) has started a series of articles on crunchyroll where he talks about the various cthulhu mythos references in the show.


Those are decent articles to read for people to catch up Cthulu stuff.

But, besides the Chtulu mythos, the show does have a lot of anime references from Nyarko's exclamations to all the GA Bunko light novel covers and other little things here.

I do wonder what other references will pop up down the road.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:18 pm Reply with quote
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Anyways, wait for The Stream to find out what she really thinks... I predict that it might make two columns before getting dropped.


That sounds like a challenge!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:24 pm Reply with quote
Zac wrote:
dragon695 wrote:
Heh, how did I know Mistress Dongs would give Upotte!! a high mark? She has some points about the detailed aspects of the guns, but man I just can't get passed the creepy in-shadow-faced teacher. Rolling Eyes


Call her 'Mistress Dongs' one more time and I'll permaban you.

Sheesh, no sense of humor around here. pfft. I wasn't trying to be mean, just thought it rolled off the lips. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:27 pm Reply with quote
ANN_Bamboo wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:

Anyways, wait for The Stream to find out what she really thinks... I predict that it might make two columns before getting dropped.


That sounds like a challenge!

A lot of us look forward to the Stream, Bamboo! It is one of the finest columns on the site!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:34 pm Reply with quote
ANN_Bamboo wrote:
Spastic Minnow wrote:

Anyways, wait for The Stream to find out what she really thinks... I predict that it might make two columns before getting dropped.


That sounds like a challenge!


Given the sure number of titles being simulcasted this season, I imagine the quality a show needs to avoid being cut might be a bit higher than before. Crunchyroll alone has 15 new titles that aren't sequels/spin-offs by my count, and some of those sequels/spin-offs are of titles you're seemingly familiar with and so will probably be covered as well. Plus I know you're going to continue Hunter x Hunter, Bodacious Space Pirates, and Fate Zero from last season, unless they suddenly suffer a drastic quality drop..

Actually... how the heck are you going to handle The Stream with so many new titles this season?
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