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I finished Kobato last night. Much feels, yes, much feels... ;_; The ending was quite good, which is nice since this is often the most disapointing part in many series.

As a change of pace from all the seinen I've been reading lately, I picked up the first volume of The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat. I had already seen the anime, but it's still somehow even funnier than I was expecting. I also finaly started Soil, the only of Atsushi Kaneko's french published works I hadn't read yet. Looking good so far, the art style is very original like always, the main characters seem pretty cool, and the mystery itself looks very interesting as well. Already had a couple of "wtf?" moments. I particularly like Onoda, the dorky female cop.

Kobato was a recommendation I got on this forum and I wasn't disapointed. Visualy it's nothing spectacular, but the story and characters are really interesting. This show managed to make me both laugh a lot and cry a little as well. I still have four episodes left to watch though, and I expect major feels ahead.

Nice! I bought the Blu-Ray kind of on a whim after hearing a lot of praise for the show on another forum and definitely did not regret it. I've watched all of it at least twice and a few episodes some more too! Now I'm gonna go finish Kobato after catching up on my weekly shows.

I think anyone who thinks PSG had bad animation need to get their eyes checked.(or get their head out of their ass and realize the generic anime style is just that : generic) Also, animation and art style are two different beasts. A show can have terrible art yet still have great animation, and vice versa. (The japanese are well known for making still images appear to be moving after all.) As someone who did animation in the past and has seen countless animated movies from all around the world, I was really impressed with Panty & Stocking's animation, and the style was a breath of fresh air as well IMO. #my2cents (and it's one of those rare shows where the english dub has a cult following, because it's simply hilarious and fits so well!)

Personally I think the 3D is fine, and some of the backgrounds still manage to give us glimpses of Tsutomu Nihei's amazing environments. Of couse Nihei's art is best experienced in manga form, though if you want to read a different storyline from the same artist I suggest Blame!. I would love to see his artwork adapted in a faithful 2D style though. (The Blame! ovas were pretty disapointing.)

Anamanaguchi! I love chiptune music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TANhL8H6Kok

I haven't read that many romcoms, but I''s is my longtime favorite. http://myanimelist.net/manga.php?id=818 It's been a while, but I think the ending was conclusive if my memory serves me right.

Allright, thanks! I'm not the biggest loli fan, but I suppose some of the characters I like might fall under that category, so I'll check out Gelbooru.

I finaly completed Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge. It was pretty good overall, I got many laughs out of it and it's what should matter most to a comedy. I got my hands on the Tekkonkinkreet blu-ray yesterday, so I'm probably gonna watch that while I still wait for Deadfish to re-encode Ping Pong episode 11. (Episode 10 was so awesome. ) Also almost done with Kobato, only four episodes left to go! (edit : OMG! The AnoHana movie! Downloading now!)

I had the same problem as Funnerific a few days ago when I first tried logging into Ex using Firefox with the haruhichan app, but now I managed to log in on my first try with no hassle! (maybe my forum account was too recent or something?) Hopefully it will be worth it. Anyone knows if there's something similar for Danbooru? Sometimes some search pages are strangely empty. (On topic, I usualy use Danbooru and Konachan for pictures, and g.e-hentai for doujins. I used to scour japanese doujin websites quite a few years ago, but I'm now completely out of the loop on what are the good sites and I've become lazy. For anime, I was never a big fan of hentai anime, but I've recently downloaded some of the top seeded movies on sukebei and some have been of a surprisingly good quality! Purely Kiss and Platinum Milky come to mind. ) Also, when browsing doujins or pictures, there's usualy about 1 out of 50 that I find good enough to download, most of the rest just has trashy art IMO.

My #2 spot is held by a Bioware game. Though I'm more of a fan of their older games(Infinity Engine ftw!), I did enjoy both Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The Last Remnant was fun, though I never finished it. (Couldn't really go back to the 360 version after experiencing all the improvements of the PC version heh.) FFXII was one of my favorite PS2 games, and probably my favorite FF from those published after VII. I'm a big fan of Yasumi Matsuno and his games.

That's more or less it : 1. Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX) 2. Baldur's Gate II : Shadows of Amn (PC) 3. Final Fantasy VI (Snes) 4. Earthbound (Snes) 5. Castlevania : Symphony of the Night (PSX) 6. Ys : The Oath in Felghana (PSP and PC) 7. Fallout 2 (PC) 8. Ogre Battle (Snes and PSX) 9. Suikoden II (PSX) 10. Red Dead Redemption (360 and PS3) Of course there's always a bunch of games I probably like just as much as these, but choices had to be made, I played too many games lol.

Some editors choose to publish in a different format. I have a few french editions that are not of the same size as their english counterparts for example or have different covers or even reversed pages.(though the last one doesn't really happen anymore AFAIK)

ARENA 01: Kurousagi [Nōmi Kudryavka] ARENA 02: Yoshino [Haqua du Lot Herminium] ARENA 03: Chocolat [Aoyama Nanami] ARENA 04: Yaya [Abstained] Yukihira Furano ARENA 05: [Yūki Asuna] Dekomori Sanae ARENA 06: Shiomiya Shiori [Nibutani Shinka] ARENA 07: Laura Bodewig [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] ARENA 08: Shirakiin Ririchiyo [Yūki Mikan] ARENA 09: Nyarlathotep [Takanashi Rikka] ARENA 10: Yui [Takanashi Tōka] ARENA 11: Kuriyama Mirai [Natsume Rin] ARENA 12: Charlotte Belew [Abstained] Yatogami Tōka ARENA 13: [shokuhō Misaki] Tokisaki Kurumi ARENA 14: [Momo Belia Deviluke] Kuroyukihime ARENA 15: Himeragi Yukina [Abstained] Yukinoshita Yukino ARENA 16: [Chitanda Eru] Roromiya Karuta ARENA 17: [Azuki Azusa] Itsuka Kotori ARENA 18: Tobiichi Origami [Kirigaya Suguha] ARENA 19: [Tachibana Marika] Nike Remercier ARENA 20: [Kanbe Kotori] Eleanor Olegovna Owen ARENA 21: [Nakamura Yuri] Nagato Yuki ARENA 22: [Yui-nyan] Kōsaka Kirino ARENA 23: Mikazuki Yozora [Nakano Azusa] ARENA 24: Shana [suzumiya Haruhi] ARENA 25: [Misaka Mikoto] Illyasviel von Einzbern ARENA 26: Kirishima Shōko [Konjiki no Yami] ARENA 27: Kasugano Sora [shiina Mashiro] ARENA 28: Eucliwood Hellscythe [Abstained] Katsura Hinagiku ARENA 29: [senjōgahara Hitagi] Tachibana Kanade ARENA 30: [saber] Last Order ARENA 31: [Oshino Shinobu] Hirasawa Yui ARENA 32: Honma Meiko [Aisaka Taiga] ARENA 33: [Kashiwazaki Sena] Iwasawa Masami ARENA 34: [Aragaki Ayase] Charlotte Dunois ARENA 35: Yuzuriha Inori [Makise Kurisu] ARENA 36: [Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko)] Victorique de Blois ARENA 37: [Akiyama Mio] Sengoku Nadeko ARENA 38: [Hasegawa Kobato] Tōwa Erio

I just realized I mispelled Cromartie by the way, this might help your search. (It's Cromartie not Cormartie)

Nichijou, Panty & Stocking with Gartebelt, Cromartie High School and Yondemasuyo Azazel-san! are all great comedies that come to my head at the moment. Hopefully there's at least one of them you haven't seen yet.

I forgot to mention I watched the movie Sakasama no Patema (aka Patema Inverted) last week. It was a pretty good movie, I really enjoyed it. I hadn't really looked into what it was prior to watching it, I just saw the release on Nyaa and grabbed it, so I was rather pleasantly surprised. My main complaint would be that the main villain was rather simple minded (his somewhat irrational motivations were probably guided by fear I guess) but otherwise the animation quality was pretty nice, the characters were decent and the story had some good ideas. The soundtrack was good as well.(This can often make or break a movie imho, like Joe Hisaishi's music made many movies that much better for example.)

I listen to a lot of video game music and covers, so here are a few of my favorite tracks that I don't think have been posted yet. FFT has always had one of my favorite OSTs : (and I remember many of the gaming magazines I used to read chose it as "Best OST" the year it came out.) Ys : Oath in Felghana : Valenstein Castle (Falcom has some great soundtracks!) River City Ransom OST, can't seem to get tired of it :

I rarely watch live-action japanese movies and series, but I don't think we should generalize, I have seen some decent ones. Nodame Cantabile was awesome, I loved it. Shimokita Glory Days(based on a harem manga) was pretty cool as well, I quite enjoyed it. Dragon Head had a decent movie adaptation.(Well, it was OK compared to the manga I guess.) 20th Century Boys got an adaptation in 3 movies as well, though I heard mixed impressions. The live action version of Toki Wo Kakeru Shoujo has a pretty good reputation as well. The production values are obviously nowhere near that of Hollywood movies, but Hollywood's budgets are just monstrous.

Glasslip looks cool. I got interested as soon as I saw it was by P.A. Works and went on to fondly remember Hanasaku Iroha. I'll probably also watch GGO cause I already watched SAO and a few of my IRL friends are fans. I'm also curious about the Sailor Moon remake for some reason even though I've never considered myself a fan. For everything else I'll take it as it comes and see what's hype after a few episodes like I usualy do.

This season for me is all about Ping Pong, Knights of Sidonia, Mekakucity Actors, Mushi-Shi and No Game No Life. Ping Pong is one of the best shows I've seen in years. Not from this season, I watched a bunch of series since I last posted in this thread and finished a few that I had stalled for a while. Currently rewatching Monogatari Series Second Season, K-On!! (season 2) and Hyouka, while also watching Awaraka Under the Bridge x Bridge, Oreshura, Medaka Box and Record of Lodoss War Chronicles of the Heroic Knight (TV series). I think I might want to rewatch Non Non Biyori sometimes soon, since I'm kinda bummed that I've already read all volumes currently published in french. I also recently finished watching all seven Kara no Kyoukai movies/OVA. I really enjoyed it, great series.

ARENA 01: Yui [shokuhō Misaki] ARENA 02: Kurousagi [Abstained] Yoshino ARENA 03: [Kuroyukihime] Charlotte Belew ARENA 04: [Azuki Azusa] Tobiichi Origami ARENA 05: [Chitanda Eru] Himeragi Yukina ARENA 06: Haqua du Lot Herminium [Momo Belia Deviluke] ARENA 07: [Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko] Yukihira Furano ARENA 08: [Yūki Mikan] Kuriyama Mirai ARENA 09: Yaya [Abstained] Yukinoshita Yukino ARENA 10: Shiomiya Shiori [Takanashi Rikka] ARENA 11: Chocolat [Yūki Asuna] ARENA 12: Nyarlathotep [Kirigaya Suguha] ARENA 13: [Natsume Rin] Nibutani Shinka ARENA 14: Yatogami Tōka [Abstained] Shirakiin Ririchiyo ARENA 15: Laura Bodewig [Abstained] Itsuka Kotori ARENA 16: Takanashi Tōka [Dekomori Sanae] ARENA 17: Roromiya Karuta [Abstained] Tokisaki Kurumi ARENA 18: Nōmi Kudryavka [Aoyama Nanami] ARENA 19: Kanzaki Mitsuki [Abstained] Kirasaka Sayaka ARENA 20: Harada Risa [Abstained] Nadja Applefield ARENA 21: [shana] Katsura Hinagiku ARENA 22: Makise Kurisu [Oshino Shinobu] ARENA 23: [shiina Mashiro] Mikazuki Yozora ARENA 24: [sengoku Nadeko] Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) ARENA 25: Eucliwood Hellscythe [Abstained] Tōwa Erio ARENA 26: Honma Meiko [Hirasawa Yui] ARENA 27: [senjōgahara Hitagi] Yui-nyan ARENA 28: Nagato Yuki [saber] ARENA 29: [Tachibana Kanade] Iwasawa Masami ARENA 30: Hasegawa Kobato [Akiyama Mio] ARENA 31: Last Order [suzumiya Haruhi] ARENA 32: Kashiwazaki Sena [Konjiki no Yami] ARENA 33: Victorique de Blois [Abstained] Yuzuriha Inori ARENA 34: [Nakamura Yuri] Kasugano Sora ARENA 35: Aisaka Taiga [illyasviel von Einzbern] ARENA 36: [Misaka Mikoto] Kirishima Shōko ARENA 37: [Kōsaka Kirino] Charlotte Dunois ARENA 38: Aragaki Ayase [Nakano Azusa]

ARENA 01: Kurousagi [Azuki Azusa] ARENA 02: [Dekomori Sanae] Yukinoshita Yukino ARENA 03: Yatogami Tōka [Abstained] Yoshino ARENA 04: Takanashi Tōka [Yūki Asuna] ARENA 05: Himeragi Yukina [Abstained] Charlotte Belew ARENA 06: [Chitanda Eru] Aoyama Nanami ARENA 07: Tokisaki Kurumi [Abstained] Tobiichi Origami ARENA 08: [Kuroyukihime] Kirigaya Suguha ARENA 09: [Momo Belia Deviluke] Yaya ARENA 10: Roromiya Karuta [Abstained] Shirakiin Ririchiyo ARENA 11: [Kuriyama Mirai] Shokuhō Misaki ARENA 12: Shiomiya Shiori [Natsume Rin] ARENA 13: [Nōmi Kudryavka] Laura Bodewig ARENA 14: [Yūki Mikan] Nyarlathotep ARENA 15: [Nibutani Shinka] Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko ARENA 16: [Yui] Itsuka Kotori ARENA 17: Haqua du Lot Herminium [Takanashi Rikka] ARENA 18: Chocolat [Abstained] Yukihira Furano ARENA 19: Kinoshita Ringo [Abstained] Claire Cruz ARENA 20: Komachi Tsugumi [Abstained] Starship Ezekiel (Ell) ARENA 21: [Makise Kurisu] Aragaki Ayase ARENA 22: [saber] Nakamura Yuri ARENA 23: Kōsaka Kirino [Nagato Yuki] ARENA 24: Honma Meiko [suzumiya Haruhi] ARENA 25: Yui-nyan [Hirasawa Yui] ARENA 26: [Last Order] Yuzuriha Inori ARENA 27: Tachibana Kanade [Nakano Azusa] ARENA 28: Kasugano Sora [sengoku Nadeko] ARENA 29: [Oshino Shinobu] Shana ARENA 30: [Misaka Mikoto] Hasegawa Kobato ARENA 31: [senjōgahara Hitagi] Tōwa Erio ARENA 32: [iwasawa Masami] Katsura Hinagiku ARENA 33: [Aisaka Taiga] Charlotte Dunois ARENA 34: [Konjiki no Yami] Eucliwood Hellscythe ARENA 35: [shiina Mashiro] Kashiwazaki Sena ARENA 36: Gokō Ruri (Kuroneko) [Akiyama Mio] ARENA 37: Victorique de Blois [Mikazuki Yozora] ARENA 38: [illyasviel von Einzbern] Kirishima Shōko

I've been playing Child of Light on PS3. Hard mode is pretty good, the game is very pretty as well.