Arakawa Under The Bridge

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Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby OropherZero » Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:00 am

Andddddd we have a new SHAFT anime which looks identical to Bakemonagatari animation-wise. The premise of the story and dialogue is weird... well its SHAFT. I liked the interaction between Kou and Nino though, mainly because Nino is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto and is putting on her 'Shiki Ryougi' voice =P
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Ishbalan » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:30 am

Only potentially good show this season. Don't let me down again, SHAFT.
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby guy07 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:18 am

this looks interesting. Hope we don't get SHAFTed. :ying:
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby ZephyrStar » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:47 pm

Alright, just checked this out. I lol'd pretty hard. Definitely will keep watching.
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby mirkosp » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:49 pm

guy07 wrote:this looks interesting. Hope we don't get SHAFTed. :ying:

INB4 one of the later eps gets delayed...
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby EkaCoralian » Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:52 pm

?! Nino is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto? =O Wow, 'never would have guessed. I'm so used to her Hitomi Kanzaki voice.
Anyways, personally I couldn't really get into Bakemonogatari but my friend told me this one was especially good.

So I went ahead and watched episode 1: it was actually quite enjoyable! Especially with Keiji Fujiwara as The Kappa. XD ('Least I think its him.)
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby guy07 » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:08 pm

Episode 2 was very .... unique. This series is pretty thought provoking actually. Loved it when she said "I asked who you are, not what you own," or whatever. Very nice.
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Ishbalan » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:54 pm

Episode 2 made me lol. I'm happy.
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Otohiko » Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:11 am

Ishbalan wrote:Episode 2 made me lol. I'm happy.


x2

So far I'm pleasantly amused. Definitely very shaft, fucking spastic as all hell, but actually also quite thought-provoking. Obviously someone on Shaft's writing team is a psychologist. Although if Bakemonogatari was purely Freudian, this is going to other places I'm not quite catching onto yet. Cool social stuff though.

Fokken approve of this show. Possibly like this better than Bakemonogatari. Not animation-wise, but just as a story.

The eye thing is driving me fucking nuts though (I'm sure you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it) :amv:
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby OropherZero » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:47 am

hmm ending of ep3... maybe Nino got thrown away by her rich family or got amnesia and ended up there or something? Anyway amusing ep about Recruit (Ric? err what is his official alias, fansubbers keep changing) trying to score a date with Nino. btw if anyone hasn't already noticed, the voice actor who plays Sister does the voice of heaps of other anime characters with the same type of face =P
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Megamom » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:58 am

Otohiko wrote:Obviously someone on Shaft's writing team is a psychologist.


This explains everything!

Every day I love the Shaft´s work. (bye bye Gonzo)

PS: Kappa is great xD
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Glitzer » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:27 pm

OropherZero wrote:btw if anyone hasn't already noticed, the voice actor who plays Sister does the voice of heaps of other anime characters with the same type of face =P


You mean like...

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(he seriously does play Excalibur)

It cracks me up every time I see "sister" in his nun outfit as well :rofl:
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Cxeisse » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:40 am

This show was the last thing I expected to be the sweetest anime of the season, but with the conclusion of the last episode, I'm starting to feel it. Nino is absolutely adorable. :D
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby guy07 » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:54 pm

Wow. that loli got in a 4 hit combo. Not bad.
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Re: Arakawa Under The Bridge

Postby Megamom » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:23 am

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Epic!!! :up:
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