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"A Turtle's Heart" -- Mili https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJPBTMkaxVg

He took off points because we relied on note cards during the presentation. I didn't use note cards. The international students did, for obvious reasons. I get the same grade as everyone else. I was set up to fail. I'm 130% done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrdMboB9fLE BotanicSage too OP, pls nerf

Watched a bunch of gag anime recently in order to have something to half pay attention to while I grinded up my Pokemons' levels. Tesagure! Bukatsumono This was a slow paced CGI parody slice of life anime, and unfortunately it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. The opening caught my attention, but the show itself was pretty bland. The CGI is rather unattractive, though being a parody that might have been the point. Part of each episode, the seiyuus break out into a script-less, adlibed discussions, which feel and sound a lot like podcasts. So if you're in the mood for something as oddly specific as a CGI animated Japanese women podcast on anime tropes, then you might find value in this show. Otherwise, you'd best spend your time elsewhere. Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Picked this up on a whim after seeing a brutal gif. Note to self: never pick up an anime on a whim for a reason as shallow as that. I should have known from the premise that this would just be an anime who tried to make you laugh by having a cute girl beat the literal life out of a boy, only to revive him and kill him again. I never understood the inherent attraction of having a cute person/thing troll the main character and always get her/his/its way for the sake of comedy. It's just the same unfunny, cheap, and overdone joke repeated under different circumstances. It's not even like I sympathize with the MC (he's just a cookie-cutter anime main character after all), I just really dislike seeing a girl do things like this. Hakase from Nichijou kinda had an excuse, but Dokuro from this anime really gets on my nerves. Don't watch this until you have a sick sense of humor and/or are a extreme masochist. Oruchuban Ebichu Goddamn... this anime has the same problems as the one mentioned above. Just my luck to watch two gag anime in a row that both tick me off in the same way. At least in Ebichu's case, there were some legitimately chuckle-worthy moments when they decide not to make the punchline the hamster trolling her owner only to be beaten into a bloody splat on the wall. This anime is pretty old, and gets away with showing a lot of sex and making a lot of sex jokes without censorship. It's not sensual sex, so if you're thinking of watching this to get turned on (totally judging you, btw) you're going to be wasting your time. It's a lot like Yondemasu yo Azazel-san in that sense. There's also no plot and is completely episodic, so unlike the two anime above it never makes a bad attempt at trying to give you feels, which is respectable. All in all, I still wouldn't recommend this anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0InCN5ssSeM

Edit: Added a bit to the end...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6SdVZ-xic

Wait until you end up in a group of only international students, ones who have never done a single American school project before, misinterpret all the instructions, and have the grammatical/punctuational consistency of raging drunkards. I may or may not be salty about how much solo-work I have to do for this accounting project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei3-Qo9wHH4 THE ONLY SONG THAT CAN ACCURATELY EXPRESS MY HYPE LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO GO! CHOOOOOOOCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I dunno about you, but as a centrist who doesn't consistently side with either the right or the left, I've found this campaign to be very entertaining. It helps that the incumbent can't run and that I'm finally of the age to vote. Looking forward to the Republican debate tonight, woo! Though if I'm not mistaken, I don't think we're allowed to talk about politics here, sooo I might be breaking the rules.......

"Iron Will" -- Rayden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctk1iQkt-wk wubwubwubwubwub

"Enemy of Storm" -- Rayden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDHl2HVs0I This song is just so hnnnngggggg

That's a Live Free or Die Hard Photoshop, isn't it?

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If the anime doesn't get a second season, I swear to god.... It was an amazing show and I hear the manga is even better. -- Death Note x Mirai Nikki Platinum End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grl3SiAgdoM

New Movie 20 Teaser! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k315Ho2AUBM Confirmed for an April 16th, 2016 release. The word "black" is the only legible part of the movie's title. It is currently officially known as Black Movie. Official website is also up and running!

You do realize that that's literally the premise of And Then There Were None, right? It's not like Gosho invented that scenario or anything. What you're still not seeing is that Detective Conan is a detective show while The Perfect Insider is a mystery show. Those two terms are not interchangeable. For one, detective shows always have a genius detective. In Detective Conan, that genius is Conan/Shinichi. In Sakurako-san, it's Sakurako. In Gosick, it's Victorique. In Kamisama no Memochou, it's Yuuko. In Ranpo Kitan, it's Akechi. The genius detective is expected to have deductive skills better than the average person and always solves the case by the end of the arc. The Perfect Insider has no such character. Saikawa is just a regular professor, and Nishinosono is just a regular college student. Neither of them can be considered a genius by any means, or at least no more than the rest of the cast. Furthermore, Detective Conan is episodic, as are most detective shows. Heck, even the very first modern day fictional detective, Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin, solved more than just one case, making him part of an episodic narrative. From Holmes to Conan to Sakurako, nearly every detective story consists of a multitude of arcs or cases with an underlying main plot. The Perfect Insider is not episodic. There is a single mystery, the mystery of who's killing people on the island, that makes up the entirety of the 11-episode plot. And also, poor use of the phrase " based off of". The Sakurako-san anime is based off of the Sakurako-san light novel. It may share a similar theme of "bones" as the television show BONES, but it is not "based off of" it.

Well, they're both mysteries, so I guess? I wouldn't say The Perfect Insider has much of a Conan vibe though. Detective Conan is a detective show, but The Perfect Insider is solely a mystery show. The currently airing Sakurako-san, as well as past shows like Gosick, Kamisama no Memochou, and Ranpo Kitan have more of a Conan vibe than The Perfect Insider does. If anything, The Perfect Insider feels more like Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Yes, I'm aware of that. That's why I specified it was the movie anime and not one of two series right in the title. And it's not just "a" live action movie; there are at least seven different versions.

The Dog of Flanders (movie) This movie is a simple one. It's a simple tale, adapted from an 1872 novel of the same name by Marie Louise de la Ramée, of the loyalty between a boy and his dog. It's so simple in fact, one might brush it off as childish. However, this is far from a movie to take lightly. It's greatest strength lies in its simplicity. It's accessible enough for children, but poignant enough for adults. It is a story of simple happiness, simple sadness, simple triumphs, and simple losses. It is a tale of the powerful and the powerless, and it is one that, despite being nearly a century and a half old, resonates in the hearts of people to this day. It it truly a timeless tale, and this 1997 adaption does it justice. The art is fairly good given the movie is as old as I am, and the character designs are clearly European. I watched the Japanese dub, but I'll be checking out the English dub in the future. The music is atmospheric and really helps with setting the scenes. Speaking of which, the atmosphere of this movie is fantastic. It's soft, easy on the eyes, and even a bit nostalgic. I haven't even been to Belgium (let alone 19th century Belgium) but the portrayal of the rustic town of Hoboken and city of Antwerp give off warm feelings generally associated with childhood memories. The passage of time and change of the seasons are also executed amazingly in this movie. I absolutely loved this movie and recommend it anyone looking for a heartfelt and emotionally stirring film that has unfortunately fallen into obscurity. It has single handedly motivated me to visit Antwerp, Belgium, specifically the Cathedral of Our Lady. It has also gotten me interested in Peter Paul Rubens' paintings. The ideal time to watch this movie would be during Christmas. While not a specifically holiday-themed movie, the message and story are perfect to experience on a cold winter's night, snuggled up in blankets with a warm cup of hot chocolate in hand.

I take that back, this one is pretty sweet too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo3jXx43T60