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Sakurazuka posted:Given that the choices I can think of are Blue Gender and Muv Luv: Total Eclipse, you're probably right. I couldn't make it more than 6 or 7 episodes in to Tekkaman Blade. I just find it a really bizarelly bi-polar show. Like, on the one hand it wants you to take a large chunk of it's cast and story seriously, showing a ravaged Earth being scavenged by aliens, a main character who we're clearly meant to watch suffer etc. On the other hand, the guy's name is Dangerous Boy, his girl-friend gets the most convenient case of amnesia ever from a tiny love tap and the characters surrounding him all act like they're being churned out of a neighbouring saturday morning cartoon. They even had the douchebag army general as a villain in one of the arcs. I'm sure it gets great later on. I just can't bring myself to make it that far in, so far at least.
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Tekkaman Blade has a serious case of the 90s. Unfortunately it gets worse before it gets better, as the animation quality drops somewhere in the middle. But when the animation improves, it's like day and night. I agree with Kanos, the last several episodes were worth it.
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Dec 23, 2013 20:18
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Daler Mehndi posted:Tekkaman Blade has a serious case of the 90s. Unfortunately it gets worse before it gets better, as the animation quality drops somewhere in the middle. But when the animation improves, it's like day and night. I agree with Kanos, the last several episodes were worth it. The penultimate battle is in my opinion one of the most beautiful examples of that distinctive early-mid 90s animation style. It's definitely one of those shows that has a lot of low points in terms of writing quality and animation quality and it sometimes drags rear end in the middle, but taken as a whole product it's fantastic. It's like Macross 7 in that regard, actually.
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Dec 23, 2013 20:33
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Sakurazuka posted:Given that the choices I can think of are Blue Gender and Muv Luv: Total Eclipse, you're probably right. Yeah I can't bring myself into MuvLuv anything so that one is definitely out. Tekkaman Blade is on my list for the next big series I watch so there is that. Midjack posted:Dai-Guard. Saw Dai-Guard after getting into SRW Z2 and enjoyed it. I know I'm kinda asking for a really specific thing, but it sucks that there aren't more Giant Robot vs Carnivorous Alien Terrestrial defense shows.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:I know I'm kinda asking for a really specific thing, but it sucks that there aren't more Giant Robot vs Carnivorous Alien Terrestrial defense shows. Does Getter Robo Armageddon count? I can't really think of another super robot series where the aliens eat people. Usually it's just wanton destruction of humanity and that's it.
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Revolver Bunker posted:Does Getter Robo Armageddon count? I can't really think of another super robot series where the aliens eat people. Usually it's just wanton destruction of humanity and that's it. Saw that one too. I'm well aware that's a slim genre. I grew up on Aliens and Starship Troopers so I was hoping for something like that in anime form with robots.
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Dec 23, 2013 22:09
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Have you seen the Starship Troopers anime?  Also Total Eclipse is utter poo poo even if you happen to like other Muv Luv stuff, so you're not missing out.
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You could watch Fafner. Hahahahahaha, just kidding, don't watch Fafner. Mercury Crusader fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Dec 23, 2013 |
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Dec 23, 2013 23:04
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Sakurazuka posted:Have you seen the Starship Troopers anime? I have not. Is it good? I've heard quite a bit of conflicting opinions.
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Dec 23, 2013 23:05
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If you want Alien: the anime watch the first Gall Force, it's fairly similar in some ways.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:Saw that one too. I'm well aware that's a slim genre. I grew up on Aliens and Starship Troopers so I was hoping for something like that in anime form with robots. Gunparade March might be similar to that. It has an unknown alien invasion with military forces trying to combat them in giant robots. There's a bit of high school life thrown in but for the most part it's focused on the alien threat. Godannar has alien invasions of unknown origins too. More super roboty then GunParade which is more miltary drama. You just have to be able to look past the large amounts of T & A.
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Even the lowest points of Tekkaman Blade can't diminish the ridiculously good and haunting original musical score it is sporting---hell even that one piece from Fafner, Night Hell Kaimon I think was the name, is totally worth it for that first scene it gets a proper play/build-up on earlier in the series. Granted, the show never really managed to recapture that bit as it went, but eh---was no Ordian either. Steel Fairy Rouran might work, there was an odd mix of supernatural and sci-fi trappings there...don't think all of it was ever subbed though.
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Revolver Bunker posted:Gunparade March might be similar to that. It has an unknown alien invasion with military forces trying to combat them in giant robots. There's a bit of high school life thrown in but for the most part it's focused on the alien threat. I've heard that Gunparade March is a pretty bad show. I watched a bit of Godannar, and I like everything about it except the ludicrous amounts of T&A.
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Dec 24, 2013 02:15
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Baxinger 4-5 are up.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:I've heard that Gunparade March is a pretty bad show. I watched a bit of Godannar, and I like everything about it except the ludicrous amounts of T&A.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:I've heard that Gunparade March is a pretty bad show. That being said, I'm pretty sure people are recalling Gunparade March because of Muv Luv comparisons.
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ManSeriesBrofist posted:I've heard that Gunparade March is a pretty bad show. I watched a bit of Godannar, and I like everything about it except the ludicrous amounts of T&A. Godannar is a really great old school super robot homage. It bleeds old fashioned 70s robot from its very pores. That said, the fanservice is so excessive that it borders on self-parody and it doesn't let up, so it's something you either need to learn to laugh at and ignore in the name of appreciating the good things the show does or it's something that will stop you from watching it forever. I believe Godannar is the only super robot show in history that literally had to sell licensed pornography of the characters from the official artist in order to help fund a second season.
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Kanos posted:Godannar is a really great old school super robot homage. It bleeds old fashioned 70s robot from its very pores. That said, the fanservice is so excessive that it borders on self-parody and it doesn't let up, so it's something you either need to learn to laugh at and ignore in the name of appreciating the good things the show does or it's something that will stop you from watching it forever. I hear you. See I don't like MuvLuv anything for the same reasons, but I can probably let Godannar slide because it doesn't take itself super seriously.
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Kanos posted:Godannar is a really great old school super robot homage. It bleeds old fashioned 70s robot from its very pores. That said, the fanservice is so excessive that it borders on self-parody and it doesn't let up, so it's something you either need to learn to laugh at and ignore in the name of appreciating the good things the show does or it's something that will stop you from watching it forever. I fell into that category for a bit. I watched the first episode of Godannar however many years ago and just couldn't handle the fanservice, but I've shifted in how I intake anime, so I don't know if I'd feel the same anymore. I'll put it this way: Having gotten into something like Kill la Kill, do you think Godannar would fall into my tolerance range for flailing anime boobs?
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They both handle it in pretty different ways. Like, Godannar's characters don't even acknowledge that the fanservice exists for the most part.
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onepixeljumpman posted:I fell into that category for a bit. I watched the first episode of Godannar however many years ago and just couldn't handle the fanservice, but I've shifted in how I intake anime, so I don't know if I'd feel the same anymore. I'll put it this way: Having gotten into something like Kill la Kill, do you think Godannar would fall into my tolerance range for flailing anime boobs? If you can shrug at Kill la Kill, you can definitely last through Godannar(and probably laugh out loud when they hang lampshades on their own ridiculous fanservice, which they do a couple times).
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Kill La Kill has like 2 or 3 times more fanservice than Godannar, and the former isn't even halfway done.
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onepixeljumpman posted:I fell into that category for a bit. I watched the first episode of Godannar however many years ago and just couldn't handle the fanservice, but I've shifted in how I intake anime, so I don't know if I'd feel the same anymore. I'll put it this way: Having gotten into something like Kill la Kill, do you think Godannar would fall into my tolerance range for flailing anime boobs? You'll be fine. Like Srice said the show plays the fan service straight faced and no one even bats an eye. Think of it the same way no comic characters question why guys are chiseled sculptures of rippling muscles and girls are well endowed all around.
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Guyver posted:The official site for Captain Earth is up along with a preview of the show. Looks pretty cool although the main character's pilot suit is totally a ripoff of Loran's from Turn A Gundam. Even the helmet is the same.
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I've been watching some of Star Driver since Utena is good, and now I have to see Captain Earth too. Great. I think I've officially spent more time watching robots shoot lazers in space than I have at University.
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Well, on a whim I started watching Shin Mazinger Z, and this show owns bones so far. Although the first episode started in media res and had me really loving confused, like it was a sequel to something I missed or some such. Further reading tells me this is what happens at the end of the show, and it's really loving weird to show us the ending before the show even starts.
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Dec 27, 2013 14:27
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The first episode is more like scenes from throughout the series stitched together with a bit of foreshadowing about the ending rather than it being exactly what happens.
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By showing the ending it's more or less saying "Here's what happens at the end. That's not too important. What *is* important is how we get there."
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The first two episodes of Shin Mazinger have sections that spoil the ending of the series and take place right after the final episode ends. What makes the show so great is you don't recognise how important those sections are until you wrap back around. I want Shin Great Mazinger to exist to badly. Arrrrgh.
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The non-existance of Shin Great Mazinger is the greatest sin of Super Robot anime. I truly, truly wish that a miracle happens and it gets made someday, it will be a day to rejoice. And if we're talking miracles, that GaoGaiGar sequel would be pretty nice too...
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Dec 27, 2013 18:05
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I want to see the GaoGaiGar sequal solely because it would be a cross over show with Betterman and I really just want to see how that would work.
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Right now I think I'm going to try and do Shin Mazinger and Gaogaigar at the same time. I have two episodes of Giant Robo left. I hope I don't OD on robots. ...nah, you can never have too many robots.
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Oh man, to dream of more Giant Robo---now there's a prime candidate if we ever find proper ways to revive folks!
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All this Shin Mazinger makes me want to own a Jumbo Machinder Mazinger Z. You know, one of those big shampoo bottle motherfuckers. Because how could I call myself a collector of stupid anime robots without one of those? That's the granddaddy of them all.
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Gammatron 64 posted:All this Shin Mazinger makes me want to own a Jumbo Machinder Mazinger Z. You know, one of those big shampoo bottle motherfuckers. Because how could I call myself a collector of stupid anime robots without one of those? That's the granddaddy of them all. Boy do I have the thing for you. 
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Baxinger 6 is up. Hope this pace is kept up.
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Oh man, I just finished Shin Mazinger Z. Jesus gently caress that show loving rules. They... they're not going to finish that cliffhanger and make Shin Great Mazinger, are they? 
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Welcome to Imagawa, feel free to join us in being for the sequel promises he ends every show with and never delivers on
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Sounds like someone hasn't seen Imagawa's Tetsujin-28 remake
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I was hoping Shin Mazinger would usher in a new era of these re-imaginings of classic '70s super robot shows, but instead it got ignored for the most part and now we can barely get competent mecha shows as it is.
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