Naruto and Bleach were both really cool in their first chapters back when I was 14. Now? They'd have to pay me to watch it. Honestly, Bleach went full 'blood = saliva', with animation becoming increasingly worse as the show got more popular. Meanwhile Naruto died with Shippuuden as they started overusing cheap CGI and ruining every single encounter from Manga (which was interesting at that point) and the story is chasing it's own tail.

Honestly, if you like either just read Manga, the plot is just as bad, but atleast you don't have to worry about gigantic quality drops. But then again, why waste the time when there are hundreds of great series, including those from decade ago that beat 'the big shounen trio' in every aspect.

Why hello there.

I'm ser Whosit of Whocares, first of his name, lord of Nothing Really, the rightful heir to Hopefully Something, Protector of his Virginity and Watcher on the Forum's Wall.

I'm from Poland, and our 'nerd' communities are pretty scarce, hence I searched for a place where I could discuss nerdistic topics without people throwing their kitchen's equipment my way. (You don't do that here .. Right? Making sure, my +10 agility socks are in the laundry)

As some of you might've realised by now, I'm a pretty big fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, but also the TV Show (Game of Thrones), as many other TV Shows, Anime, Fantasy and Wherever People Die A Lot-genre movies.

Oh, and my cat just died. I'm pretty torn up inside right now and thought posting/reading things here would bring me closer to some sort of equilibrium. So don't yell at me, I might cry. Wait, too late.

Nice to meet you all, hoping I'll blend in.

 

@SpleenBeGone

It would be no internet otherwise .. *sob*

I feel like I lost my e-passport.

@The Robstar

Well, it's a big and scary sword!

@Krankykoala

Just so!

@Sethre

Thanks. The whole family is pretty shocked so it must be true.

Aaand you just had to reopen my old wounds ..

*paper bag* I'm just a leaf in the wind .. just a leaf in the wind *breathes deeply*

Favourite character: Everyone
Favourite episode: Every single one.
Favou-*explode*

Ahhh, this feels like home.

I assume only book spoilers need to be tagged?

Did you guys see the 4 seconds promo of the new season? Fastest nerdgasm of my life.

If you want a game: Outlast, next to Amnesia the game that scared me the most.

If you want a movie, depending on which scares you more: Demons (First "Paranormal Activity", "Emily Rose"), Ghosts ("Shutter"), the Unknown ("Sinister")

Easy get scared recipe: Any of the above while being alone in a room with lights off.

I've been looking for a discount on this game ever since the steam sale started!

Definitely going to buy it, just not sure I want to start while it's still in alpha. But if a discount happens, I'll probably just throw my money.

I even got my strategy of telling everyone that there's sniper in the bushes and if they try to do anything funny they'll regret it. Hence my first goal in the game: find a friendly sniper. Foolproof strategy! Back then I did not yet know that these would be my last words in the cruel DayZ world

DmC. Oh, wait ..

Well in that case every JRPG ever.

Life would be so much better.

Oh. My. God.

Your son is a time traveller!

Ignoring the whole 'Telltale doesn't care' part, I find their Walking Dead franchise really refreshing. It's truly a fun way of storytelling. It could use more interactions and decisions, but otherwise it does a great job with the plot and staying true to the feeling of Comic Book.

That's why I trust Game of Thrones game can be great, as it's a serie focused way more about plot and survival in a cruel world than anything else.

Yes, all kinds of yes.

What's everyone talking about! I must be missing something!

Also, not being able to wear it around polite company is how you know it was a good costume. 

Exactly! Why does everyone think that dressing as a Black Hitler is wrong?!

Robin hood, men in tights. Chasity belt, key, 'call the locksmith.' Joke over.

It's been too long, now I feel silly ..
 

Hello there!

Welcome to the Forum! Hope you enjoy you're time on here.

Thanks

You had me smiling all the way through-- until of course kitty. 

 

My deepest condolences, dear. I'm sure your friend lived a good life. 

 

Welcome to NF; hope to see you around and get to know you better.

Thanks. I'm trying to remember every single memory of him acting like an asshole to soothen the sadness, but then I realise that was basically his whole life.

Well, life goes on, I just hope I did not kill him a few more times by burrying him before his remaining lives popped up with a delay.

Hi person (I'm not gonna call you by your forum name because you made it pretty clear that only bitches know you by that name) ;D

Not to cause Anime World War 2, but neither SAO nor Accel World could be considered a 'very good' Anime, unless there are atleast 3-4 levels of anime quality above it, then I guess it could be called something like that.

Also how can people watch dubbing over subtitles for any reason. I mean even if it IS a very good dubbing, it still can't translate all the plays on words and just doesn't feel the same. Unless of course it's 'American anime' that was made like that from the beginning then I guess you aren't missing anything (Good ol' Avatar the Last Airbender)

Sorry about being whiny, it's just my little rebellion against all these hypetrains and stereotypes that make little sense to me. Anyway, I think what you're looking for is an action-packed shounen, preferrably with RPG/gaming roots. Frankly there isn't any new Anime that would fit this description and be very good though. Did you try Kill la Kill? Or maybe sports Anime? Back in the day I was super anti because of all the IRL hate for sports, but in Anime it's pretty damn exciting. Kuroko no Basket is a popular choice right now, but I still find Hajime no Ippo the best currently-airing shounen, easily. There's also Hunter x Hunter but it's not exactly new, but still on-going and not sports-based.
 

Yes. I'm trying to watch the .hack// Trilogy.

 

It's relatively complex and difficult to grasp the gist of the story.

 

It's visually spectacular nonetheless

If you have a working PS2 don't do it! .Hack//G.U which is a 3 part game with the same plot as the Trilogy movie, and while the gameplay is fun in itself, revealing the plot step by step makes it all that better. So if you have that choice, just play the game.

Don't bother. I give a speech close to this at the end of every season. SoA is the new flavor, it appeals to the highest amount of teenagers so it gets the most chatter. And no one around here watches Kill la Kill, and I hate them for it. Nudity is power! Sexy is strength! Fanservice fuels that shit.

 

Seth, have you watched Full Metal Brotherhood like Kitty suggested? Because that is 100% what you would enjoy. The dub is great and the action is cool. Also, there's anime going on right now that you'd enjoy. Mahou Sensou and Noragami are right up your alley. Sub'd though.

 

You all should be watching Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! It fucking runs on Moe. Vanishment this world!

You know, I skip 95% of fanservice/ecchi based Anime (as they all go down to the same level of repeatiness), but in KLK it's so much better when the MC is very self-aware about that nudity and there's a proper reason for her to accept it. Also all the damn parody, comedy and out of space action scenes! Yumm. Reminds me of Gurren Lagann, just without mechas and on steroids.

 

Welcome! I too like movies-where-people-die-a-lot.

Also, sorry about your cat :/. My cat died about four months ago...

Well sorry to you too, we can now sob uncontrollably when browsing the internets AS A TEAM!

I've been planning on giving it a watch for a good while now. 

 

EDIT: Also, 61000th post on nerd forum, ever.

The problem with The Walking Dead is that the team behind it is pretty average. They got GREAT plot to work with from the Comic Book, started really well too in season 1, but soon after that things got far worse. It just shows that the directors can make the show interesting, but sometimes they just completely miss the mark which results in complete snooze fests. Inexperience I'd say. The show is a long spiral of good and bad episodes. As long as they stick to main plot of the comic they are ok, but to be honest they went around changing too much stuff which caused lots of inconsistences and resulted in a boring experience for most part.

It's still worth a watch, especially when you don't have a habit for picking out mistakes and just go casual about it. Just don't expect too much, the show has such great scores only because it's a. The only Zombie show on television b. The main plot that originates from the comic is great c. It's like a mix of gore and soap opera, so something for everyone!

Hi,

It's killing me, where was this little fella on your avatar from?!

My first thought was Mushishi for some reason but I think it's from a movie, Spirited Away maybe? Darn I can't remember!

I think I'm pretty safe. I'll just leave some poisoned instant noodles around here and throw a homo magazine just to be double safe.

I'd much prefer Crash, ah the better years of my PS1ing!

So I just have one question: what sparked Anime World War 1?
 

Oh I did, that one day when I said I hate NGE for being a senseless piece of crap. Before I knew it there was US and Japanese army at my front door. More information is confidential.

Well shoot...

 

I'd say you're lucky, he will probably ragequit before killing you.