Best eyecatches/commercial break bumpers in anime (and why)

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:56 pm

So there is some discussion.

My personal favorite eyecatch (that little short animation that comes before and after the commercial break, not every anime has it) is the one from D.N.A.², which has the blue haired girl Karin being targeted by something and her jumping and shooting back towards the viewer, and then the return from commercial a bunch of glass shattering and her doing a legspin to sit back up from the ground. It's just so funny and actiony. I also like the first Full Metal Panic series' eyecatch, just for the sound. DAH DO DAH DI DAH DAAAH. :O

Any other favorites out there? I know it's a weird thing to like, but meh.

Org Profile · Post by **GloryQuestor** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:09 pm

Cowboy Bebop's eyecatches are still the best IMHO.

For a "worst" eyecatch, I vote Noir. You really get into the slow mood of the story and quite absorbed by it, when suddenly this loud, annoying guitar riff blasts into your head ... twice. Argh.

Malificus · Post by **Malificus** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:20 pm

I really like Happy Lesson's eyecatches.

Super Shanko · Post by **Super Shanko** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:55 pm

since someone else said CB(which is good), i'll say Paranoia Agent, its pretty creepy, as for amusing, i say Desert Punk, it continues the feel of the show pretty well.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:56 pm

Karin has some cute ones. Each episode features a different one

Ghots in the shell Stand Alone Complx - I seem to recall some tachikomas...

Gunbuster 2 - That cheesy "die busta" "DIE BUSTaa" always amuses me.

Beet - somehow, the show just can't stop introducing it's characters! I like the fun poses on the title cards. Milfa... hehe... heh.. Milfa.

Heero_Yuy84 · Post by **Heero_Yuy84** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:51 pm

To this day, I get a chuckle out of the old Mobile Suit Gundam eyecatch
*RX-78 in a dramatic pose brandishing it's beam saber as booming music rolls up*
...suddenly hearing these random people: "SHOOOM!"

Also, a vote for Giant Robo: The Animation.
Two awesome pieces of Kobayashi artwork (both looking sufficiently badass) as the Giant Robo growl rumbles in the background.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:29 am

I currently like the eyecatches in Kaleido Star, especially what they do in the second season where they go back to the season one eyecatches when Sora stops being the headliner and begins to be unsure of herself.

And my favorite eyecatch for sentimental reasons mostly, is from the later TV episodes of Kimagure Orange Road. Mind you, this was many, many years ago, and at the time anime was fresh and new to me. I got so used to seeing the same eyecatches that when the final episode came and they went from Jingoro the cat walking seamlessly into the usual eyecatch where he stretches and flops to his side, it blew my mind.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:45 am

Shuffle's eyecatch was fun, and had absolutelynothing to do with the show

#1 Hentai Man · Post by **#1 Hentai Man** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:27 pm

Steel Angel Kurumi has the characters reminding you to sit back and be in a well lit room and they do it with humor.

Harlock7876 · Post by **Harlock7876** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:49 pm

Dai-Guard: the cut-away mechanical view of Dai-Guard's head and mellow techno music

Princess Nine: super-deformed versions of the characters and a listing of their skills

Macross II Lovers Again: a valkyrie in space spins into place in battroid mode above Earth with cool symphonic music

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Best eyecatches/commercial break bumpers in anime (and why)

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