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Stalins Moustache posted:So I found out that a bunch of my coworkers are all basically nerds and formerly weebs, and I was thinking of arranging movie evenings centered around environmentalist movies. We already have some American / English movies to watch, but I'm curious if there are any anime movies with heavy themes related to the environment / environmental sustainability? I have Princess Mononoke on my list already.
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klapman posted:If you're looking for a long fighting show, Hunter X Hunter is the best one out there IMO. Really fun and unique fights in it. Ended up watching really enjoyed it btw watched the entirety of Mob amd loved that too. Batting 2/2 for good recommendations so far. While waiting for new eps for Dr. stone, looking for other more adult themed shows on crunchy roll. Does Violet Evergarden improve from its listless first couple of eps? e: Terrible Opinions posted:Well there is Ergoproxy, but it's a bit of a hard recommend given that the first half is pretty bad, but the second half is excellent. absolutley went gaga over this show a few months ago e2: Ulio posted:What is a fun action isekai? It seems the last few seasons Isekai popularity keeps growing but there is so many to choose from. I really like Grimgar Shageletic fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Sep 10, 2019 |
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Sep 10, 2019 23:21
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Shageletic posted:Ended up watching really enjoyed it Violet Evergarden is fairly episodic after the establishing episodes are finished. There is a small character arc for Violet, but the story really focuses on the people she meets along the way. The tone doesn't change too much throughout. All tears, all the time.
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Sep 11, 2019 00:35
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AlternateNu posted:Violet Evergarden is fairly episodic after the establishing episodes are finished. There is a small character arc for Violet, but the story really focuses on the people she meets along the way. The tone doesn't change too much throughout. All tears, all the time. Every episode is a new flavour of emotional knife thrust into your heart  .
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Sep 11, 2019 02:58
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I found Violet Evergarden ranged from some real good emotional episode that just hit all the buttons to stuff where I just didn't care. When it was on it was great for me and when it wasn't it was just...there
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Sep 11, 2019 04:15
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Alright Violet doesn't seem my speed, thanks for the info everyoneAlternateNu posted:Hajime no Ippo. Shirobako. Joshiraku. March Comes in Like a Lion. Usagi Drop. saving this post for later, they all seem like good reccs.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:27
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Bit late, but I do think Violet gets better after the early "oh look at the robot girl" arc fades into the background. Most of the remarkable stuff is in the latter half and although I also think it's hit-or-miss, it hits pretty drat hard when it does.
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Sep 11, 2019 04:35
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You can make anyone who's seen the show cry with just two words; Happy Birthday. Best episode of the show and I'm not crying, you're crying...
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Sep 11, 2019 04:44
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Is Carole and Tuesday gonna get 3-dimensional any time soon? I'm at episode 3
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Sep 11, 2019 08:57
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no not really
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Wasabi the J posted:Is Carole and Tuesday gonna get 3-dimensional any time soon?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdY_o2B_0E Came cross this Murphy's Irish Stout commercial. Looking for more cyberpunk stuff. I already know about Akira of course, and saw the first episode of Cyber City Oedo 808 (never got around to the other 2) Wondering if there's any other worthwhile cyberpunk, particularly obscure
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Sep 13, 2019 13:14
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You may enjoy Battle Angel Alita. The first series is very, very cyberpunky, though Last Order and Martian Chronicles go quite a bit past cyberpunk stuff. The movie is great, the 90's OVA is decent but only covers a small portion of it, and the manga is fuckin' fantastic. You can get basically the entire manga via comixology's monthly subscription, the whole thing is included in there iirc. this is one of the first pages, where the main character's mostly-destroyed body is discovered in a scrap robot junkyard. 
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Sep 13, 2019 13:59
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Alan Smithee posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdY_o2B_0E ghost in the shell (movies, series, everything but arise), real drive, bubblegum crisis, serial experiments lain are all obvious recs but you didn't name em little more obscure: check out all the other otomo manga (akira creator) such as robot carnival, roujin z etc, theres an actual matrix anime, patlabor 2, dirty pair, key the metal idol, jin roh, theres a blade runner ova, kurua phantom memory, pale cocoon. psycho diver
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Sep 13, 2019 14:44
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quote:saw the first episode of Cyber City Oedo 808 (never got around to the other 2)
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Sep 13, 2019 14:50
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Alan Smithee posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWdY_o2B_0E Finish Oedo! The second episode is my favorite one. If you liked it then watch Goku Midnight Eye which is by the same director. He also directed a good short about racing in the far future (Running Man) in the anthology called Neo Tokyo. Megazone 23 is a good paranoid movie series. It switches up artstyles a lot so of you don't like the look of one it won't be forever.
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Sep 13, 2019 14:51
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These aren't particularly good but if you just can't get enough cyberpunk there's also Angel Cop and Eight Man After
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Sep 13, 2019 14:58
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Oh yeah, and the recent Megalobox is a good rec
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Sep 13, 2019 14:59
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The first episode of Genocyber if you have a very strong stomach, don't watch any more though.
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If you have the opportunity to go see Promare in a cinema, go see Promare. It is a fantastically dumb film that revels in its stupidity and burning manly passion 
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Sakurazuka posted:The first episode of Genocyber if you have a very strong stomach, don't watch any more though. The second and third episodes are also fun, though that caveat applies even harder (seriously don't eat while watching Genocyber) 4 and 5 are rear end balls though
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Sep 14, 2019 23:01
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Shageletic posted:I really like Grimgar If you liked Grimgar, the English translation of the LNs is officially available for purchase far beyond the events of the anime (the anime covers the first 2 volumes and I think 10+ are translated). I'm not totally caught up with it, but what I've read is good.
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Sep 15, 2019 00:21
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What are some of the best anime with themes of internationalism or anti-xenophobia / anti-isolationism? I know of One Piece and Radiant which are easy answers but I figure there have to be at least a few more.
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Sep 20, 2019 22:17
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flag is about a UN peacekeeping mission and the journalist that covers it, lots of interactions between cultures in that i just watched night raid 1931, which is about japanese spies in pre open war china. a recurring plotline is the resistance of local peoples vs european colonizers. great diversity of cultures and languages are on display in it and interacting with each other yamato 2199 and the older versions (not 2202) i feel also has some of it to it, but its not much in the forefront in comparison to themes of redemption last exile has it as a minor theme as well, but its pretty far along in the show before it becomes a plot point so i'd have to spoil to say more freedom certainly has a bit of it, it also has a lot of cup noodles i know there's more but this is all i can think of, its not really a theme thats easy to remember
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Sep 20, 2019 23:30
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:What are some of the best anime with themes of internationalism or anti-xenophobia / anti-isolationism? g gundam
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Sep 21, 2019 00:18
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Gundam 00's first season is entirely built on this
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Sep 21, 2019 02:37
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:What are some of the best anime with themes of internationalism or anti-xenophobia / anti-isolationism? Vifam
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Sep 22, 2019 05:18
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So there's an awful lot of anime about oda nobunaga. Which ones are really good?
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Sep 22, 2019 12:03
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most are absolutely awful, or so far removed from history they might as well be fantasy anime. one of the few good ones featuring him is hyouge mono
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ninjewtsu posted:So there's an awful lot of anime about oda nobunaga. Which ones are really good? Hyouge Mono is the best one.
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Any good recommendations for edutainment shows? Or anything that focuses on a relatively niche topic and lets you learn a lot of technical details about the subject, really. Moyashimon and Cells at Work are the primary examples I’m thinking of, but I guess series like Silver Spoon, Shirobako, and Bakuman also fall under this umbrella too.
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Nondevor posted:Any good recommendations for edutainment shows? Or anything that focuses on a relatively niche topic and lets you learn a lot of technical details about the subject, really. How about Nodame Cantabile for its look at the professional music world?
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Sep 22, 2019 20:02
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ninjewtsu posted:So there's an awful lot of anime about oda nobunaga. Which ones are really good? sengoku basara is an okay action franchise that has him wielding a sawed off shotgun in one hand and a big claymore in the other and acting as the final boss of japan. Nondevor posted:Any good recommendations for edutainment shows? Or anything that focuses on a relatively niche topic and lets you learn a lot of technical details about the subject, really.
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Nondevor posted:Any good recommendations for edutainment shows? Or anything that focuses on a relatively niche topic and lets you learn a lot of technical details about the subject, really. Himeyuri, bartender, chihayafuru, kemono friends
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Sep 22, 2019 22:40
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Nondevor posted:Any good recommendations for edutainment shows? Or anything that focuses on a relatively niche topic and lets you learn a lot of technical details about the subject, really. It's not exclusively focused on the subject of mountain climbing, but Yama no Susume (Encouragement of Climb) is pretty entertaining and a heartfelt exploration of an introvert growing as a person, making friends and connections, and dealing with themes such as adversity in the face of failure. It's a pretty special show-plus the first season's episodes are so short you can finish the whole thing in less than an hour. Also the first op for s2 is just such a visual treat https://youtu.be/NTeLGxA1rrU
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Sep 23, 2019 01:39
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ninjewtsu posted:So there's an awful lot of anime about oda nobunaga. Which ones are really good? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSEWnlx1KNs Well, not strictly about him, but he's a big part.
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Sep 23, 2019 02:07
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Yurucamp is educational, right?
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Sep 23, 2019 03:29
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Dr Stone's fundamentally built on using real science to solve problems.
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Sep 23, 2019 03:31
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Thanks for the recs, everyone! Glad there’s not a lack of this type of genre  I’ll probably start with Hyouge Mono first since hell yeah pottery (and history). Or more likely the short shows.
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So I gave my copy of Spirit Circle to someone to read and they loved it and now want more recommendations. They’re not really anime/manga fans but also not anime haters, they seem to have tried various series over the years and not enjoyed them all that much but kept an admirably impartial attitude towards the medium. So what are the best shonen manga similar to that? I sort of feel like I spoiled them by giving them literally the best one first, but oh well. Besides the standard shonen jump stuff are there any hidden gems with a similar tone in either shonen or seinen?
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