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Qwertycoatl posted:Not an anime, but read the Liar Game manga if you haven't already. I have seen the hilariously overacted live action version. It was odd but interesting.
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Carborundum posted:I really enjoyed the likes of Kaiji, One Outs, Code Geass, Death Note and that kind of "I knew you knew I knew" drama. Are there any more escalating stakes, anime genius versus everyone shows I'm missing out on? You should watch Akagi and read Gambling Emperor Zero since they're both made by the creator of Kaiji and have that same element to them.
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Seriously, the Akagi anime is one of my favourite things. The writer really does know how to ratchet up tension.
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Three episodes into Serei no Moribito and I'm loving it. Great art and animation bring an interesting setting to life. Can't believe I'd never heard of it before last week.
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Does anyone happen to know the name of this one zombie manga? The whole setup was that the MC was a teenager (I think?) and was in prison when poo poo went south. I remember reading the like 5 chapters translated around a year ago then completely forgot about it. It wasn't too amazing but it seemed like it could have ended up being interesting.
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That sounds like Apocalypse no Toride
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Blhue posted:That sounds like Apocalypse no Toride Yep that was it. Thanks. A little disappointed to see how few chapters are out since I last saw it though.
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So, uh, four years late I finally got around to watching the second season of Birdy the Mighty DECODE. Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. The first season was okay, not spectacular, but okay, but the second season- holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. It's amazing. Plot, character, the animation (especially the animation)- everything. Mind-blowing leap in quality. Why did nobody tell me it was amazing? People should watch. Just, generally, people in general should watch. It is about a space cop that can punch people in half fighting space terrorists that are animal people. And it is about what has been done to you, and what you have done, and how you respond to that, and how you move on. Do it. Go now.
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All the stuff with Birdy and the space people was great. Might watch some episodes again and just skip the school stuff. The second season has one of my favourite anime fight scenes.
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I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well?
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Do you want character to win or lose against these terrible odds? Because if you're looking for straight up despair inducing poo poo look no further than Grave of the fireflies
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well? Kaiji is basically despair and insurmountable odds incarnate.
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well? Well, there's Attack On Titan, for starters. Also, you should really read I Am A Hero. I don't want to say anything else about it, but read the entire first volume before making a decision. I love the poo poo out of this series. It's okay to skip the main character's insane rambling monologues most of the time, but don't skip around, read that volume start-to-finish if you start it at all. Hell I'll say EVERYONE should read that one volume at least. Man it's so good. 
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well?
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well? Read Naoki Urasawa's Happy!, 20th Century Boys, and Monster.
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Characters up against insurmountable odds. Something that'll make me say "Holy poo poo, how could they EVER get out of this jam?" I watched the most recent Berserk film and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Is there anything else out there that captures that struggle so well? Now and Then, Here and There.
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Nipponophile posted:20th Century Boys Yeah everyone should read this and the sequel. Fate/Zero is pretty much nothing but people up against impossible odds struggling for their unattainable goals. Kaiba was pretty crushing the further you got in the story, though I'm not sure it necessarily matches up with your request, it might be worth a shot.
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Captain Invictus posted:
Just finished the first volume. I'm working a 15 hour shift late into the night in an empty office building with giant windows, so I legit am upset with you right now On to part 2. Ibexaz fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Well, there's Attack On Titan, for starters. I Am A Hero is so much better going in without any knowledge of what kind of story it is. I started on it about a week ago. Hooked me pretty good when things started to come to light.
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Paracelsus posted:SaiKano. Saikano isn't about the struggle, it's just about completely helpless protagonists getting metaphorically hosed over and over and over with no recourse except to look sad about it and commit involuntary genocide. I mean, if he wants the answer to "how could they ever get out of this jam" to be "ahahaha, as if" then sure, watch Saikano.
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Ibexaz posted:Just finished the first volume. I'm working a 15 hour shift late into the night in an empty office building with giant windows, so I legit am upset with you right now You have no idea how hard I am laughing right now.
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. Elfen Lied
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Ibexaz posted:I'm looking for something despair inducing. How has this thread gone so many posts without someone telling you to read Oyasumi Punpun? If you want ultimate despair there is no finer in all the land.
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Dear ADTRW, What is the difference between Yuruyuri and Yuyushiki?
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They're pretty similar, come to think of it. Yuruyuri is a slice of life comedy with an entirely female cast, many of whom have crushes on one or more other member of the cast. Despite that, there's not really much overtly sexual content to the show, so it doesn't really feel as skeezy as that sounds. Yuyushiki is also a slice of life comedy with an entirely female cast, but mostly lacks the lesbian thing. 2 of the 3 main girls frequently sexually harass the third, but they're more messing with her than out of any romantic interest.
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I'm a few volumes in now and the only non-spoiler things I can say are 1) If I didn't have to work tomorrow I'd be reading through this in one sitting and 2) The artist has a real talent for making normal people look unsettling and grotesque.
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I had a fairly good idea of what was coming by the end of Volume 1, but I wasn't prepared for that  . I think I'm going to go sit in a well-lit room on my own for a while. For the next week or so. And then perhaps I might look at Volume 2.
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I made a thread for I Am A Hero discussion because I feel like it's a drat shame to keep it cooped up in the Seinen thread. I seriously never would have seen it if I hadn't gone to that thread for something else, but yeah, there's a thread to discuss stuff for ya.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Saikano isn't about the struggle, it's just about completely helpless protagonists getting metaphorically hosed over and over and over with no recourse except to look sad about it and commit involuntary genocide.
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I've just finished re-watching Darker than Black for the fifth or so time now in as many years, and found myself wanting more of the "gritty superhero" feel without going completely over the edge into grimdarky grimdarkness. Any other series that match up in general feel?
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I like Ghost in the Shell but is there any good cyberpunk anime that goes full out with the genre's noir influences (to the level of Blade Runner)? EDIT: Oh, and sort of broad but is there a single western/western-inspired anime that isn't a space western? Sex Beef 2.0 fucked around with this message at 03:45 on Sep 3, 2013 |
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Texhnolyze and Ergo Proxy to the first part.
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gnome7 posted:How has this thread gone so many posts without someone telling you to read Oyasumi Punpun? If you want ultimate despair there is no finer in all the land. Jesus God seriously. Punpun is some of the most relentlessly bleak storytelling I've ever actually found worth reading, in that it is arguably not merely misery porn but an intelligent dissection of the most menacing and woebegone aspects of humanity. e: 
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TheWorldIsSquare posted:EDIT: Oh, and sort of broad but is there a single western/western-inspired anime that isn't a space western? There's also this one shot OVA called Early Reins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoDEtsJT7K8
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The Gun Frontier anime gets rid of a lot of that stuff (I only watched about half of it and don't recall any rape), though it's still kinda average.
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So I got a crunchyroll subscription to watch Attack on Titan and have been watching a bunch of anime while I have it. I thought Shin Sekai Yori and Gurren Lagann were excellent, Fate/Zero, Baccano and Eureka Seven were just okay. I guess I'm looking for stuff that is serious (or completely over the top like Lagann but don't half rear end it) and doesn't drag on forever (like 50 episodes max). Anything else worth checking out along those lines? It doesn't have to be on crunchyroll.
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What do you mean by serious? Action-packed, dramatic, mystery, horror, all can be considered "serious". I'm guessing you don't want comedies, but do you want hardcore stuff and not lighthearted things, lots of fighting, violence, etc.
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Captain Invictus posted:Action-packed, dramatic, mystery, horror, all can be considered "serious". Definitely I'd be interested in any of that. I guess I mean not laying it on too thick with the fan service (is that the term I'm looking for?) stuff. e: I also generally prefer speculative fiction type stuff (sci fi, fantasy, etc) but am open to anything. chunkles fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Sep 4, 2013 |
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If it's less "serious" and more "doesn't have pointless tits and panty shots", then that widens the amount of stuff that can be recommended. Hell, there's even a few good comedies out there, and one of them is airing right now alongside AoT! For drama, I'd suggest Usagi Drop, though it's mostly slice-of-life. They put it back on Crunchyroll apparently, and it's only 12 episodes long. It's about a single dad who adopts his grandfather's illegitimate child after he passes away and raises her as his own. It's one of the most heartwarming series I've seen, has ZERO fanservice, and every episode is fantastic. One of my favorite anime series. Don't ever read the manga, just watch the anime, it has all the good parts. The Eccentric Family is currently airing and is an awesome(and beautifully drawn) show about Tanuki and Tengu in a modern world. The human characters look a little odd but it's such a surreal, magical-feeling show that I can't help but love it. Very very little fanservice, if any. Can be light-hearted, slice-of-life, fun, dramatic, and action-packed at any given time. Servant x Service is the comedy airing at the moment, about a group of workers with weird quirks working in a civil servant office in Japan. Has some fanservice with Lucy, one of the main characters, who has enormous boobs, but other than that it's mostly an actually good(!!) slapstick and slightly dramatic/romantic comedy from Japan. Those are pretty rare, to be frank. Most of the episodes have been great and the characters develop fairly realistically, with some pretty nice twists as it goes along. One of the highlights of the season. edit: ah, didn't see your edit. Alright, I'll dig up some fantastical series for ya then. edit: well poo poo, a lot of series I remember Crunchyroll having at one point, they no longer have. That's disappointing. I'll keep looking. I've heard Kaiji is really fantastic but couldn't tell you much about it. I'm sorry man, I had a few things to suggest but they apparently aren't on Crunchyroll anymore. 
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Cool, thanks. It doesn't have to be on crunchyroll.
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