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Wark Say posted:Holy poo poo! Really? Are we talking about hilariously ignorant racism or, like, kkk-levels-of-unwarranted-vile racism? And misogyny? But... aren't the main cast part of some sort of Planeteers-esque multi-national team fighting against a world-ending threat of aliens or Lovecraftian abominations from cheese knows where? Muv Luv the visual novel is great. The Muv Luv anime is from a spinoff and is completely terrible.
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jonjonaug posted:Muv Luv the visual novel is great. The Muv Luv anime is from a spinoff and is completely terrible. So, skip on the Anime and wait for proper computer to check the VN. Gotcha. I'll probably just try to acquire Escaflowne once more. I really wanted to do the simulwatch, but alas, it was not to be. I still hope it rules. Now, hopefully someone can help with the creepy serial killer anime/manga. e: Computer is okay. I mainly just don't want to do too much in front of it since I'm undergoing rehabilitation post-knee surgery, so I'm mostly going to stare at the computer while using a stationary bike and just pushing/clicking the play button. In regards to the fanservice (especially given how two Muv-Luv characters looked like hyper-sexualized pre-teens), I'm kinda weary of it right now after reading the latest 2 Index novels. I don't know how I've missed it earlier, but now I'm convinced that the character designer / illustrator is a creepy pedophile. I know it's a dumb-as-hell, Dragon Ball Z-esque series based on bullshit power levels that don't really matter in the end, but it was fun in that fast food kind of way, dubious hentai doujin-looking characters aside, but after introducing the stand-in for Odin as a 13 year-old girl in stripper wardrobe with a stereotypical witch hat and reading the supposed justification the illustrator guy gave about it I said "You know what? I'm done with this loving garbage series". While I don't mind characters providing titillation (even if it's not my bag), I would prefer to avoid the kind of thing that would make me feel like a pedo while watching/reading it. vvvvv Wark Say fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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The VN is a... VN so it's not terribly taxing on a computer, to be honest, unless you have a real poo poo heap.Wark Say posted:The other type of show it's... well, since I mentioned Gurren Lagann, I read a bit about mecha series that aren't related to Sunrise or Gainax, so I found a franchise that goes by the name Muv-Luv. Since I read that the main chunk of the franchise is on a Visual novel format, and the current computer that I use for entertainment would get destroyed if I so much as look at it funny in regards to installing anything, I was wondering: Was the anime that got made based on Muv-Luv any good? All I've seen are some google images focusing on tacky fanservice (and two girls look pre-teen while wearing skin-tight jumpsuits Okay, as the resident 'likes haremy bullshit no one else in ADTRW likes' person I enjoyed Muv Luv:TE a lot. It's a side story so knowledge of the VN isn't necessary, and the first two episodes really set up the universe pretty well for a newcomer. That said, there are many better mecha anime out there, and aside from sharing the same universe as the VNs there's nothing particularly compelling about it. I suppose if you like japans wacky 'lets get a bunch of different (vaguely steroetyped) nationalities together it's kinda fun (I do). However, if you mind fanservice, while it not SUPER egregious like some shows its very prominent (code geass S2 levels). The biggest fault however, if you actually do happen to enjoy it, even at 20+ episodes it is not a complete story. The second (or last 2/3rd if I remember correctly) of the 'story' is supposed to take place in the VN that is coming to ps3. Probably exclusively japanese as well. Just putting another opinion out there. Even as someone who liked it it has serious problems, at best. DamnGlitch fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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), so perhaps it would be wiser to ask you guys if it's worth a shot. If not, what kind of show do you think could scratch that mecha/robot itch?
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Wark Say posted:Now, hopefully someone can help with the creepy serial killer anime/manga. Have you seen Psycho-Pass? The main antagonist doesn't really show up until a few episodes in, but he fits exactly what you're looking for: creepy, sociopathic, scheming.
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Nipponophile posted:Have you seen Psycho-Pass? The main antagonist doesn't really show up until a few episodes in, but he fits exactly what you're looking for: creepy, sociopathic, scheming. poo poo, I forgot about Psycho-Pass! Half a year goes by and I forget about a good series.  I want to revisit it, especially with the 2nd Season coming sooner than later. Thanks for all the recommendations, goons! (And for the votes against the M-L anime) Actually: By any chance, does anybody know if Nodame Cantabile was ever released on DVD/BD or if it's legally streaming anywhere? I remember enjoying it a lot back when it came out and, since I'm going to watch Escaflowne and Psycho-Pass, I might as well turn it into the Tomokazu Seki's Power Hour. 
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Wark Say posted:anime/manga where one of the main characters (doesn't matter if he's the villain or protagonist) is a serial killer in that same creepy-as-hell flavor that Johan had going for? Anime would be better, since I'm going to be doing stationary bike as physical rehabilitation and it would be rad to watch it while doing one part of my routine. Togainu no Chi was a series of gay romance novels in Japan that got turned into an extremely violent anime about scheming post-apoc drug dealing psychopaths and knife fighting. Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou is sort of like Bleach but with a more lovecraftian vibe to it. Also more Taoist wizardry and magic Buddhist monks. The main villain is a sort of a crazy dude bent on revenge who aspires to be a scheming psychopathic American Psycho style killer but isn't good at it. Zetman is like the Tim Burton's Batman version of Megaman. Skullman is a subversion of the classic Anime/Manga masked hero kind of deal and is about a man bent on revenge.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Zetman is like the Tim Burton's Batman version of Megaman. Note, do not, under any circumstances, watch the butchered anime version of this that tries to condense 16 volumes of manga into 13 episodes.
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Its sad, it had a bomb rear end OP too.
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Captain Invictus posted:Lovely Complex is pretty drat funny. It also makes the GREATEST faces. Also getting this, just based on those gifs  so, watched 15 or so episodes of steins gate and can't deal with the characters. it's a shame but just no, I hate each and every one of them bar 1 person; the lady who shoots that annoying chick in the face (for that reason alone I don't hate her as well) my anime week is as follows; monday morning bus to work - attack on titan, lunch break - naruto sshhiippuuddeenn, evening bus from work - hunter x hunter tuesday morning bus to work - Free!, lunch break - more naruto, evening bus from work - space brothers rest of week catching up with naruto, alternating with cowboy bebop and GITS SAC episodes when I just can't take the poor quality of naruto (I only watch it to catch up cause every day at work customers ask me about stuff from naruto) am getting cromartie now and lovely complex as well. Psycho pass I watched half the first episode but there's always someone hovering over my seat when I try to watch it and it's got some pervy scenes here and there.
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Wow, I never realized how polarizing Steins;Gate is. It's one of my favorite shows of all time, and I'm sure it is for a good number of people, yet I've seen several people in this thread say they can't stand it.
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Yeah, I never ended up watching past the 4th episode. Wanted to like it - didn't. I've never been interested in VNs or their adaptations, though. OxeHunden posted:my anime week is as follows; Chas McGill fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Sep 22, 2013 |
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Togainu no Chi was a series of gay romance novels in Japan that got turned into an extremely violent anime about scheming post-apoc drug dealing psychopaths and knife fighting. Ahahaha what. TnC is adapted from a (terrible) BL porn game. The anime is extra terrible.
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OxeHunden posted:(I only watch it to catch up cause every day at work customers ask me about stuff from naruto) If you're only watching Naruto because people at work are asking you about Naruto, then you should probably stop watching Naruto. Also, find a better job.
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Nipponophile posted:If you're only watching Naruto because people at work are asking you about Naruto, then you should probably stop watching Naruto. Also, find a better job. This is my knee-jerk reaction too, but if he has to know it to do his job than who is to say it's not the best job for someone who posts in the anime forum.
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Chas McGill posted:Ha, man. That would be way too much anime for me. I struggle to watch more than 3 episodes a week. Psycho Pass actually gets pretty good. I don't usually like Urobochi stuff, but I was eventually won over. There are scenes throughout that you probably wouldn't want anyone watching over your shoulder. I do fine on planes and trains but I can't read on buses or cars, and the ride is about 30 mins so perfect for an episode. I used to save up like 3-4 months of stuff and then marathon watch series for a few days then start saving up again. Nipponophile posted:If you're only watching Naruto because people at work are asking you about Naruto, then you should probably stop watching Naruto. Also, find a better job. I know but it's all about keeping up with what's current and Naruto is what all the kids here like. Being able to shoot the poo poo and then recommend them better stuff is worth it. I like my job, I work in a huge sci-fi/fantasy store with boardgames, comics, mangas, dvds, lego, miniatures etc etc etc. I'm just glad I'm not into superheroes, if I were I'd be shelling out so much money to keep up to date. (I'm kinda hosed any way cause I just took up magic the gathering again...)
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Looking for a new show, because using ADTRW as a recommendation source pretty much circles around on stuff I've already seen. Preferably let it be Dubbed in English, but I can sack up and watch subtitled stuff* Things I liked: Cromartie High, GTO, Kenichi, YYH, Outlaw Star, G Gundam, Haruhi[and I'm not certain how], Hellsing, Black Lagoon, Big O, Trigun, Akira, Rurouni Kenshin, FLCL Things I am not a big fan of: Mecha, DBZ, FMA, Naruto, One Piece *I am brand new to watching subtitled stuff, so the subtitling better be excellent or I will be sad. Defenestrategy fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Sep 24, 2013 |
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KildarX posted:Looking for a new show, because using ADTRW as a recommendation source pretty much circles around on stuff I've already seen. Preferably let it be Dubbed in English, but I can sack up and watch subtitled stuff* There's no shame in liking Haruhi; everyone does. You should check out Baccano, and when you find you like it, Durarara!
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Hunter x Hunter is based on a manga by the same guy that created Yu Yu Hakusho, so that might be up your alley. The new series is still going on*, but there are almost 100 episodes out. *There's an older series but the new one has better production values and has covered more material. The new one is also on Crunchyroll so it's a lot easier to find too.
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Sarcophallus posted:There's no shame in liking Haruhi; everyone does. It's not a shame thing. All signs said I should not have liked it, as I watched it I knew I should not be liking what I saw, and yet I did  Both those shows look cool.
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Say what you will about Haruhi, it's still a clever and well-executed series. As for recommendations, Tiger and Bunny, Ghost in the Shell, Steins;Gate, Darker than Black and Fate/Zero would probably fall in your wheelhouse, and all have outstanding dubs.
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KildarX posted:Looking for a new show, because using ADTRW as a recommendation source pretty much circles around on stuff I've already seen. Preferably let it be Dubbed in English, but I can sack up and watch subtitled stuff* First look here: http://adtrwiki.com/index.php?title=New%3F It doesn't look like you've seen Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, which is a great show with an excellent English dub. Steins;Gate has both a great original VA cast in Japanese and a good dub. If you're open to subbed anime, I'd suggest Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Madoka Magica. Madoka has a dub on the BD release but it really isn't any good, just watch the subbed version on crunchyroll or YouTube for free.
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Redcrimson posted:Tiger and Bunny, This looks excellent, gonna go with this next.
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I know I've been asking for a lot of recommendations, but while faffing around, I discovered that Beelzebub (the manga) could be potentially funny as poo poo. It also kinda reminded me of Gintama, but I often find myself thinking that the anime is way better than the manga. Compared to its paper counterpart, how does the Beelzebub anime hold?
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Beelzebub is one joke repeated forever so it's 50 eps one way, or a billion chapters the other depending on how much you like said joke.
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After reading Teppuu like five times, I'm looking for any other female sports manga that aren't just excuses for fanservice. Intergender with a female main character (like Chihayafuru) is fine, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a sport anyone cares about (Again, like Chihayafuru  ).Stuff I've already read/seen is Teppuu, Chihayafuru, and Bamboo Blade. I liked them all, so pretty much any mix of serious/comedy is cool by me, the only caveat is that it has to treat the sport seriously. Bamboo Blade was mostly a vehicle for dumb gags, but it still made Kendo seem really cool and interesting.
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Endorph posted:After reading Teppuu like five times, I'm looking for any other female sports manga that aren't just excuses for fanservice. Intergender with a female main character (like Chihayafuru) is fine, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a sport anyone cares about (Again, like Chihayafuru They're not the main characters, but Momoki and Maki get plenty of pages in All Rounder Meguru and would fit right in with the Teppu cast. It's a pretty realistic MMA manga, you might want to give it a shot if you haven't!
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Yawara fits the bill. The manga is basically what put Urasawa Naoki on the map. It's got a bit of drama and lots of comedy though it doesn't go really deep into the Judo since the story is more about Yawara's life than the sport. The manga last I looked is partially translated and there's a 124 episode series that is fully subbed.
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So a buddy and I just finished Blood-C today and I am wondering if the movie ends in a satisfying way. We were NOT pleased at all. Just tell me if Saya gets ANY measure of revenge in it... Good revenge too
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Good Listener posted:So a buddy and I just finished Blood-C today and I am wondering if the movie ends in a satisfying way. We were NOT pleased at all. Just tell me if Saya gets ANY measure of revenge in it... Good revenge too No, not at all. The one good thing about Blood-C is that it takes the Blood formula of "Saya is an unstoppable killing machine, but everyone constantly trips over themselves to protect and coddle her despite being squishy humans themselves" and makes it ironic. (Because it's all an act so that Fumiko can manipulate her into being the perfect waifu or whatever the hell he's trying to do. Instead of being portrayed as a good thing, her klutzy, naive personality was artificially forced on her in an attempt to control her life.) It should have been a really neat indictment of how she was characterized in the older series, and when she finally breaks free of it I was looking forward to seeing her live and act as a monster -- maybe not an evil one, but certainly an angry, betrayed, and self-possessed one. The movie completely fails to deliver on that front. Don't watch it. In fact, to anyone reading this, don't watch Blood-C. Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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Feel free to listen to the opening theme, though. That was pretty baller.
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Endorph posted:Feel free to listen to the opening theme, though. That was pretty baller. I will definitely agree on this. Thanks for the reply all. That makes me disappointed to learn really, I'll have to let my pal know next time we hang.
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Dunno if it's been recommended yet or not, but I really enjoyed Mononoke It's a kind of supernatural mystery show. The stories within it usually last 2-3 episodes, and they're very well told, though some can be very abstract and tough to follow sometimes. The show is also really beautifully rendered (IMO). edit: If anyone can recommend any more good mystery or horror anime I'd be greatful. I also liked un-go and paranoia agent. Condiv fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Condiv posted:edit: If anyone can recommend any more good mystery or horror anime I'd be greatful. I also liked un-go and paranoia agent. I have a Mystery/Horror folder here, but I think I need to have words with my past self, because most of what's in there is poo poo. Mouryou no Hako, that was alright. And is the prettiest thing, in a completely different way to how Mononoke is the prettiest thing. Ghost Hound I vaaaaaaaguely remember being good. Got a good OP, at least; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTpsfru0ak Then there's... Ghost Hunt...?  I remember not being terribly impressed with it, but I think it's probably worth a look if you like the genre?Jigoku Shoujo! :clap: Was great and I have no reservations about recommending it whatsoever. Red Garden. Was that a mystery? Or horror, even? It was a tragedy, at least. And a musical!  More to the mystery side there's... Boogiepop Phantom? It's kinda vague and dreamlike in the same way that Serial Experiments Lain was vague and dreamlike. Might be fun to watch, if you haven't already seen it. I think it's the most Paranoia Agent-esque of all of these. I think I need to go on a rewatch spree, I can barely remember half of this stuff.
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Condiv posted:edit: If anyone can recommend any more good mystery or horror anime I'd be greatful. I also liked un-go and paranoia agent. When I think mystery/horror anime, Higurashi immediately comes to mind. Kara no Kyoukai also fits, but it's a bit of an acquired taste. Shiki would probably be a good choice, too.
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Dennou Coil maybe? It's a little light on the horror, but so was Paranoia Agent. Higurashi followed by Higurashi Kai is about as horror and then mystery as you can get. I enjoyed Shiki but it had a pretty slow ramp-up considering its genre.
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