How was he even selected? It was also hilarious watching tiny and rubbish Bernard try to dive and then take on Neuer when he didn't get the free kick.

This could be a long post so be warned. I will try to go through several contributing elements.

Germany simply outplayed Brazil in every aspect. Essentially Brazil was relying on the skill of two players, the striker Neymar, and Thiago Silva, their captain and a defender, throughout this World Cup. Both of these…

Some say that he personally animated the last three episodes of NGE, and that he thought Sailor Neptune and Uranus were cousins...all we know, he's called The Stig.

Totally agree. I think it's indicative of the complacency of the national football associations in both Europe and South America that their systems for bringing young players through the leagues is fine, aside from Germany and The Netherlands, which both have rigorous systems in place. Moreover, we have finally come…

Brazil's nonexistent defence was in disarray without Thiago Silva. The cracks showed against Colombia, which Silva managing to rally them to get Brazil through, but without him, the defence was a mess. Julio Cesar couldn't do anything about most of those shots, which shouldn't have been let into the box in the first…

Yes in that regard I agree - the central relationship between father and son, as well as the father and Shinji's relationships with others, clearly serves as the fulcrum of the series. But even that I don't believe it does very well nor develops far beyond the initial relationship presented to us (could be reflective…

I laughed far harder at that "how often?" than I am proud of. If only there were more stars for that well-timed line alone.

I hope that I'll be able to see Edge before it goes out of cinemas. You seem to be an intelligent person with similar disposition to mine, so in gathering a poll of random conflicting opinions from the internet, I ask, is Edge as good as it's purported to be?

I'm avoiding the Rebuild until they're finished and then I'll decide if I'll have a watch. And I'll watch Groundhog Day with Bill Murray not Shinji Ikari...that sounds awful actually (but think of the cost-saving!).

I figured it out the allusions pretty quickly without reading The Bible, but I would be interested in seeing how closely it adheres to it.

To be fair, I think The End of Evangelion was so well-received due to the anticlimatic and tedious final episodes. End was a decent in and of itself.

As much as I adored and am excited for Aldnoah.Zero, the "badass non-chanlant robotic" MC is pretty predictable too and I genuinely hope we move past that quickly into something deeper; he was definitely the weakest part of the episode for me. Now on the other hand, I am already empathising with Slaine and Marito and…

Evangelion is nowhere near as complex nor intelligent as it thinks it is nor touted to be.
I mean it's quite interesting and an alright watch, but thematically it doesn't extend itself much beyond basic symbolism. The story was also stalling well before the infamous final episodes. It had far more potential than what…

Brings a whole new light to Chevron: Human Energy...god those ads are awful.

If done properly, the MC weekly taking out everything but the target could be a hilarious way for Argevollen to distinguish itself from Aldnoah. Let us bask in the glory of incompetency!

On the bright side, at least it's not another Shinji. (Seriously, why the hell did anyone decide to let a kid with clearly no skill…

Kill the century.

That was actually from the spring season and just was licensed by Netflix recently. The second season premieres in the autumn in Japan.

Proactive military coordinator and an in media res plotline? Alright that sounds like reason-enough to add to my regular viewing list. Thank you for the specifics and taking the time to comprehensively reply.

As long as neither become like M3: The Dark Metal, where nobody talks to anyone to stall the plot of which…

It makes complete sense by the last episode, but as the premiere episode it was relatively banal if not incomprehensible at some points. I genuinely fell asleep (it had been a long day) half-way through the first time, missing out on Makise "Christina" Kurisu and Rintarou "Hououin Kyouma" Okabe's interactions.…

As a sidenote, I believe the Kill la Kill special comes out in September too!

Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo? or from this past season No Game No Life and Chaika the Coffin Princess might appeal to you. Also Railgun is a slice of life spinoff that is quite fun (just going through it myself) that has an overarching plot as well.

Slightly more obscure is Denpa Onna to Seishen…