Recommended Anime/Manga?

[cave hermit]

I've been meaning to watch JJBA Battle Tendency and Stardust crusaders for awhile now, but I never got around to it. Jojo's Bizarre adventure is one of the few animes/mangas I legitimately like for whatever reason. I've been trying to get my friends to watch it, one of them loved it, the other hated it ("The entire time I was trying to show you Rwby you wouldn't stop complaining about how dumb the animation looked when Rwby was eating cookies. And now you show me a giant bodybuilder in a speedo contorting himself into a Nazi's body through his eye, turning him into a yellow blob monster.")

It annoys me a little bit how all the characters talk in expo-speak, but on the other hand maybe that's part of the charm?

[Raytrace]

ok no on second thoughts the JJBA OVAs are AWFUL. The first one is actually done quite well, but from then on, a total mess of compromises - they turn that haggy old women into a good looking young woman, they skip the entire airplane beetle tongue eating thing, Polnareff's appearances happens IN the ship. Anyway the 'new' TV series is WAY more faithful to the manga...

[soprano1]

It annoys me a little bit how all the characters talk in expo-speak, but on the other hand maybe that's part of the charm?

Yeah, it's a bit like that. Joseph is awesome, both young and old.
"OH SHIT!"

[BryanM]

did you like Evangelion? I have to say I really do - I'm planning my second rewatch soon :p

Yeah. Like the 80's vibe it has, from the art, to the willingness to use silence and ambient noise to fill time, to the elevator music ending theme. And how it feels like they're scrapping everything they have to mount a meager defense; in too many mecha things it feels like their weapons are just something that you have thousands of, like mass produced cartons of milk. It's kind of like how in The Simpsons the family is barely holding on to being lower class and it could all easily fall apart, while in Zombie Simpsons money isn't a concern at all and they can buy new and outlandish stuff any at any moment.

Wonderfully messed up characters in a somewhat stressful situation. Shinji's a cypher for any son with a slightly unreasonable amount of pressure put upon him by his parents and society. The Major using her smexiness just to get the damn kid moving and doing something instead of bluescreening all day is all kinds of fucked up when you think about it.

"Okay slapping the shit out of him doesn't seem to be working. What else can I do here?"

[Raytrace]

yeah what I mainly liked was the music, atmosphere and the genuine feel of doom/thread/dread. Also when the full scale 'final form'/reveal type bit happens I think it is a genuinely unsettling primal and animalistic scene, especially when its gorging and then looks up to the side at you *shudder*.

[BryanM]

The blatant lies are a nice flourish too. The "non-nuclear" mines that can only be ultra super duper nuclear. The crushed guy "in the hospital" when it's clear he's dead as fuck..

[Raytrace]

Wow I loved Cowboy Bebop episode 5 - full on Harlock tribute with Mr Bird on the shoulder .

[Formless God]

I never bothered with Type-Moon stuff, but I heard ufotable's behind Unlimited Blade Works so I picked it up. For a ufotable show the animation was complete shit. I want my 50 minutes back.

Really digging Reconguista in Gee and Amabri. Both look great and sound great.

Shingeki no Bahamut is based on some shitty card game but it looks beautiful and it's done by MAPPA. You might want to check this one out, KAI.

[KAI]

Really digging Reconguista in Gee and Amabri. Both look great and sound great.

These and Mushishi are the only decent things this season. I love how people hate G-reco for not being pseudo-serious and emo/edgy as Seed and 00, and hate Amabri just for being a Kyoani production (even if this one is being directed by the guy who did all the less-moeshitty series of that studio).

Yeah, I've already watched Bahamut. Great animation, but the characters and plot are kinda meh. I would have preferred another season of Space Dandy instead of this

[Raytrace]

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[DaneSaga]

http://www.fandompost.com/2014/10/11/br ... ll-gundam/

So RightStuf will only be handling the distribution side of things. Guess the 'all or nothing' million dollar+ licencing fees were too much for any one publisher, so Sunrise are moving into the foreign market themselves.

The fact that this press release only mentions DVD format, and RightStuf having yet to produce a Blu-ray release themselves, almost certainly confirms that all these Gundam shows will see DVD releases only. This would be a bit of a bummer considering the biggest percentage of the Gundam property have HD scans readily available.

[Drum]

I like Oyasumi Punpun. What else should I read (other than the other works by the author).

Read some Jiro Matsumoto. Fressia, Becchin & Mandara and Uncivilized Planet are good reading if you like psychotic shit.

Thanks, I'll look into them - but it was really the psychotic shit elements of punpun that I liked most.

[Lord Satori]

Thinking about starting the behemoth that is Detective Conan in a few days.

[Zeether]

The Fairy Tail bug bit me recently and I don't think I'll be dropping it any time soon.

[BryanM]

Kind of impressed with perverted nonsense DxD's overbearing success: it might reach the end of the rainbow. An animoo produced in the correct quantity: 12 to 14 episodes a year for possibly forever. Little to none of that "99.99% of this is filler" crap that haunts other dragon ball clones, none of that anemic "one and done" dryhumps of sadness. This would be absolutely unprecedented if it continues for like a decade, right?

Guro shonen what's its name, the one with the plucky highschool kid with the hand infected by a John Carpenter style alien thing, has just kicked off... but I can't say I have any carecat in me to want to watch it. Feels like I read it ages ago. Feels like old cat food.

Movie reviews for your time:

HAL: I expect more from robots. This was worse than robots drinking coffee and talking about their feelings, worse than robot government assassins. Really it's the victim of what I hate a lot about most movies: it's over an hour long, but it's only got about 20 or 30 minutes worth of actual content. Ghostbusters this is not, when it comes to density. Recommended if you enjoy looking at still shots of buildings for an hour.

Perfect Blue: It's about an idol transitioning to an actress and the good times she has with her stalker chum. It feels very cliche and mundane - the type of thing you feel like you've already seen before. The antithesis of what we find so appealing about animation in general imo.

Eva Rebuilds: Pretty decent. The new characters feel kind of tacked on and out of place; find that vaguely amusing. I love the money they've been able to put into its aesthetics, and how far the audio has come from 80's tech. It used to sound like shit, but now it sounds as good as shit. I think it's kind of interesting that its continuity is like how Madoka handles additional content - when the series ends, it's impossible to go anywhere so they go in fresh with a groudhog day alternate continuity reboot.

Really bummed how the first one, which is basically an abridged version of the start of the original show, dramatically cuts down how long the infamous elevator scene takes to play out. (In retrospect there's a ton of elevator scenes... might be what makes it a top notch show.)

[MX7]

I found Perfect Blue to be a great fun psycho-thriller once viewed as the Giallo homage it clearly is. The use of tinny processed pop as a leitmotif for both the protagonist and the antagonist is pretty awesome. But any narrative that utilises bubblegum pop as a narrative device is my own particular punktum.

Also Perfect Blue was ripped off by Aranowfski to make one off the most serviceable Argento homages in Recent years (Black Swan) so it gets bonus points there.

[Raytrace]

Eva Rebuilds: Pretty decent. The new characters feel kind of tacked on and out of place; find that vaguely amusing. I love the money they've been able to put into its aesthetics, and how far the audio has come from 80's tech. It used to sound like shit, but now it sounds as good as shit. I think it's kind of interesting that its continuity is like how Madoka handles additional content - when the series ends, it's impossible to go anywhere so they go in fresh with a groudhog day alternate continuity reboot.

Really bummed how the first one, which is basically an abridged version of the start of the original show, dramatically cuts down how long the infamous elevator scene takes to play out. (In retrospect there's a ton of elevator scenes... might be what makes it a top notch show.)

3rd one is a bit iffy though I haven't given it it's rewatch yet...

Yeah the elevator scene in the original is I don't give a shit what anyone says - truly fvckin epic .

I be watching SPT Layzner genuinely kinda dark and impending death feel, so people who liked Ideon should like it - also though the art is not as consistent - occasionally the mecha reach Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam OP levels of shading detail (which is a stylek I really like) :

[Raytrace]

I'm also trying to watch Southern Cross (drauch is also watching atm I think) - I dunno about it, I can't get half as into it as I did with SDF Macross and Orguss, which I both loved.

Maybe it'll pick up in the last quarter, it just kindof feels boring atm .

[Ji-L87]

Kind of impressed with perverted nonsense DxD's overbearing success: it might reach the end of the rainbow. An animoo produced in the correct quantity: 12 to 14 episodes a year for possibly forever. Little to none of that "99.99% of this is filler" crap that haunts other dragon ball clones, none of that anemic "one and done" dryhumps of sadness. This would be absolutely unprecedented if it continues for like a decade, right?

I have to say I really quite enjoyed DxD. I haven't seen the 2nd season yet, but I actually own the first season. It was so bad, yet good.
It felt refreshing having the guy who normally would be the token perverted friend getting to be the actual male lead, and, if I remember correctly, actually having something that resembled a spine at multiple occasions.

I will also freely admit it was the ED animation that caught my interest

Edit: I accidentally a whole sentence

[Raytrace]

finally finished Stardust Crusaders manga - I really enjoyed it overall - especially the final fight.

[soprano1]

Guys, any good word on the Little Busters anime from 2012? I know about the VN, don't want to play it.

[Lord Satori]

I saw it. It's pretty good, imo. If you're expecting a sports anime though, you'll be disappointed. Baseball isn't exactly the main focus.

[soprano1]

I saw it. It's pretty good, imo. If you're expecting a sports anime though, you'll be disappointed. Baseball isn't exactly the main focus.

It's Key, so i'm not

[Raytrace]

reading Diamond Is Unbreakable - the back story that connects those brothers to Dio is really cool.

[Lord Satori]

Finally started watching Detective Conan. I'm loving it so far. Reminds me of when I was a kid and I'd notice an adult make a mistake, I'd discretely point it out in a subtle way instead of bluntly saying "you're wrong".

[soprano1]

Finished Little Busters. The girls sub-plots were a bit over the top, which is typical Key, but the main story around a group of friends making a baseball team was actually pretty nice. Maybe i'll check out the Refrain sequel.
edit: Actually, is the "secret of the world" sub-plot explained in Refrain? Or does it become a plot hole for those who don't play the VN?

[KAI]

Yep, the truth is revealed in the second season.
You are gonna hate Refrain, I promise you, it's even more braindead than the 1st season.

Finished JJBA: Stone Ocean! Weirdest shit ever. Loved Jolyne and the Prison setting, but dat ending..........................................

[soprano1]

You are gonna hate Refrain, I promise you, it's even more braindead than the 1st season.

Dammit!

[nasty_wolverine]

Finished JJBA: Stone Ocean! Weirdest shit ever. Loved Jolyne and the Prison setting, but dat ending..........................................

Its a setup for steel ball run. I think the author got tired of the same kinda story line with the Dio always being the bad guy somehow. decided to change things up and

Spoiler

rebooted the universe

. SBR is all kinds of fun. The jojo in that is supposed to be the jojo from the first one.

[null1024]

Watched an episode of Sabu and Ichi's Detective Tales.



Someone here commented a bit back that it's like "moving manga," and that description is a perfect fit. It's honestly just barely animated enough for me to call it animation, really. To make up for it, it's damn stylish -- enough so that I'm not sure if the animation was for stylistic or budgetary reasons [probably both, as is the case with things]. Great use of grayscale contrast.