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Anime OPED - week 9
« on: June 05, 2011, 04:07:06 AM »
This week no fewer than 3 shows take up 6 spots, as Last Exile, Tokyo Underground, and Ichiban Ushisomethingorother take up space in the brackets as they vie for your hearts, minds, and votes.  Will they win?  Will people refuse on principle to vote for shows that are hard to pronounce?  Will someone explain to me when they took the "no biting" rule off the NHL books?  Will someone tell Djinn all his jazzy picks are in and he should come vote for them?

Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land)  
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion)  

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats)  
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!)vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days)vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble)vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love)  

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)


Results!

Openings
Planetes OP (Dive in the Sky):7 vs. Hunter x Hunter OP2 (Taiyou wa Yoru mo Kagayaku):2
Ghost Sweeper Mikami OP (Ghost Sweeper):4 vs. Bartender OP (Bartender):5
Witch Hunter Robin (Shell):9 vs. Heavy Metal L-Gaim OP1 (It's time for L-Gaim):1
Dragonar OP2 (Starlight Serenade):5 vs. Digimon Tamers OP (The Biggest Dreamer):6

Needless OP (Modern Strange Cowboy):4 vs. Tsukihime OP (The Sacred Moon):5
Mnemosyne OP (Alsatia):1 vs. Beelzebub OP (Da Da Da):8
Bamboo Blade OP (Bamboo Beat):6 vs. Utawarerumono (Musouka):4
Big O Season 2 OP:6 vs. Black Lagoon OP1 (Red Fraction):3

Endings
Xam'd ED (Vacancy):6 vs. Gunbuster 2 ED (Stardust Tears):2
Revolutionary Girl Utena ED1:1 (Truth) vs. Dragon Half ED (Watashi no Tamagoyaki):7
The Twelve Kingdoms ED (Getsumei Fuuei):4 vs. Black Lagoon EP 15 ED (Don't Look Behind):3
Dancougar  ED1 (Burning Love):4 vs. Paranoia Agent ED (Shiroi Oka - Maromi no Theme):5
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2011, 04:26:54 AM »
Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony) - funkier.  Also, love that everyone in that show looks like they pulled a costume out of a closet.  Very 'New Mutants' in a good way.
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land)  
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion) - it ain't good, but it's catchy.

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats)  
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!)vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days)vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble)vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love) - ug.  this is gonna be tough to figure out.

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!) - sure.  I find it catchy, if kinda annoying.  So it matches the show well!
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me) - tough call for me, but I love the strange imagery of Persona.  Makes FLCL seem too busy in comparison.
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)
« Last Edit: June 11, 2011, 12:47:50 AM by NotMiki »
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2011, 06:50:34 AM »
Suddenly Fudo has six videos up.  And two are against each other.  RNG!

Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason) vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round) vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land) 
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life) vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion) 

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way) vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats) 
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!) vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days) vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble) vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love) 

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2011, 07:59:33 AM »
Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land) 
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion) 

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats) 
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!)vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days)vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble)vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love) 

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2011, 08:12:41 AM »
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Exile like that zoom in too much, but sure.
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
Oh good god kill the damn backbeat on the Vandread OP.
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land)  
Good match.  The two of these probably beat everything else here... although I guess the Macross Frontier vs. Gunslinger Girl match would be close.
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion)  
Better music, though Ichiban's OP is fine.  

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats)  
More active.  Dunno.  Neither are that great.
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!)vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Bleh.  Underground has some cool visuals but I do not like the singer.  Angelic Layer is...  well, it gets across the idea of the show at least.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days)vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
Both decent.  I suppose.
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble)vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love)  
More fun.

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
I guess.
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
Ichiban has a far catchier tune, and better visuals too.  I'm still voting against it because it uses said tune to shove dating sim wish fulfillment into the viewer's face.  Meh.
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
FLCL's incomprehensible visuals aren't as cool as rando-cactus.  That is huge.  And cactusy.  (What's it have to do with Persona, anyway.)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)
I guess.
« Last Edit: June 06, 2011, 08:21:27 AM by SnowFire »

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 10:53:30 PM »
Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land) 
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion) 

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats) 
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!)vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days)vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble)vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love) 

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)

rest later

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2011, 12:22:06 AM »
Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony)
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason) vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice)
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round) vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land)
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life) vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion)

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way) vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats)
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!) vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel)
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days) vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-)
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble) vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love)

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion)
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!)
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me)
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky) vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi)

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2011, 12:48:05 AM »
24 Hours.
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2011, 01:58:12 AM »
Openings
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony): Less rollerblading superheroes.
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice): That close-up ink dots thing really only works if you're Roy Lichtenstein, so generic mecha wins.
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land): Topic needs more Delgados hype. So, vote for the manic-depressive anthem here.
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion): A couple minutes after watching these, I remember "Yuri lookalike + harem" for the former and nothing for the latter. So I guess that works.

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats): Actually curious about the show vs oh hey more mecha.
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!) vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel): Does a better job of showing what the show's about than does naked lolis in the mist. Unless that's what Tokyo Underground is about.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days) vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-): Too much Yu-Gi-Oh in this tourney. OblivionKniiiiight!
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble) vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love): Suddenly, food! I dunno, it was cute and made me smile.

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion): Zombie is all deadpan chibi knightgirl and then suddenly FANSERVICE and he has a flower in his ass. How about no?
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!): Kitty! Cuter and conveys enough personality just from a profile of characters walking that it easily beats something that makes the odious harem angle more even obvious for the other show.
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me): As a general rule, I don't dig live action interspersed with animation in these things. The idea of the moped fleeing its abusive owner amuses me, though.
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky) vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi): Last Exile sure likes its airplanes.

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2011, 02:59:47 AM »
Less rollerblading superheroes.

And this is a good thing how?

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Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats): Actually curious about the show vs oh hey more mecha.

Watch it.  it's fantastic.
Rocky: you do know what an A-bomb is, right?
Bullwinkle: A-bomb is what some people call our show!
Rocky: I don't think that's very funny...
Bullwinkle: Neither do they, apparently!

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2011, 03:47:23 AM »
Less rollerblading superheroes.

And this is a good thing how?

Rule of Cid: just because something's ridiculous doesn't mean it's awesome.

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Re: Anime OPED - week 9
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2011, 04:19:35 AM »
Gad Guard OP (Boomerang Boogie) vs. Last Exile OP (Cloud Age Symphony) - It's more fun. I like Last Exile's OP a lot, but... I dunno. Fun with saxophones beats it.
Tekkaman Blade OP1 (Reason)  vs. Vandread 2nd Stage OP (Justice) - Tekkaman's just builds too slow overall. Unlike Cid, gogo Roy Lichtenstein hype
.hack//Roots OP (Silly Go Round)  vs. Gunslinger Girl OP (The Light Before We Land) - Gunslinger Girl's is one of those strange ones where I feel if I watched it more times I'd come to really like it. For the moment though, Silly Go Round takes it.
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou OP (Real love- Real life)  vs. Macross Frontier OP2 (Lion) - Macross' pop idol fetish always makes an amusing juxtaposition with it's military trappings, this OP is no exception. Song is catchy too and downloading as we speak! Former is okay but nothing standout.

Kino's Travels OP (All the Way)  vs. Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon (Heats) - Hmm. Tough call to me. Like both. Not sure what exactly saves Shin Getter from being just another super robot OP to me... maybe the influence it had on Gekigengar, so I'll go with that. Kino's is great too.
Tokyo Underground OP2 (Hey You!!) vs. Angelic Layer OP (Be my Angel) - Hey You does a much better job of going "Hey, here's all our characters!" Granted, much less to do, but song is also better to me.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX OP4 (Precious Time, Glory Days) vs. Infinite Ryvius OP (dis-) - Literally coinflipped. Both are solid but not exceptional. Fine with either moving on, though.
School Rumble OP 1 (Scramble) vs. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen OP (Ai Just on My Love) - Should really get around to watching School Rumble. On tangent, I recognize the Orphen song from the multitude of previews from the late 90's, but the show that popped into mind when hearing it was Master of Mosquiton. Weird.

Endings
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? ED (Kizuite Zombie-sama, Watashi wa Classmate Desu) vs. Bokurano ED (Vermillion) - First ED for Bokurano was better (though maybe only if you watched the show). Minor quibble about Zombie's, they linger a few seconds too long on each of the girls in the beginning, kinda muddles with it. Amusing enough though!
Toradora - ED1 (Vanilla Salt) vs. Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou ED (Everyday Sunshine Line!) - For the reasons Snowfire would've voted for it, but I'm okay with it being outletted into the visuals! They're amusing at least.
FLCL ED (Ride on Shooting Star) vs. Persona - Trinity Soul ED2 (Found Me) - Good song, but it's official, I just hate Jim's picks! ^ ^
Last Exile ED (Over the Sky)  vs. Tokyo Underground ED (Kakusei Toshi) - Similar songs, but for some reason I never skip Over the Sky on my MP3 player, while I usually skip the latter. I also love the nostalgia/melancholy the Last Exile ED evokes. Certainly beats slow pan.
« Last Edit: June 11, 2011, 06:46:57 AM by Hunter Sopko »