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ViggyNash posted:Yeah, I've heard this a bunch. Where-ish would you suggest starting? I'm just gonna throw out specific episodes that I just found funny or memorable, since Gintama has a large variety of episodes that it's really hard to point at a really good starting point. Episode 25 is a drat funny stand-alone episode. As Srice already mentioned, the Wii episodes 98-99 are also pretty great. Episodes 131-134 will get you a Jojo parody arc, while episode 119 is a DBZ parody. I like episodes 177-181 as a really strong story arc, since it digs into Gintoki's character a bit and has a good range of drama and comedy, and doesn't require too much prior knowledge of who everybody is. I guess starting from 98 is a good point, since after that pair of episodes, you also get another solid story arc, but I'd still recommend going back to the earlier episodes at some point regardless.
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I'm interested in upping my poseur cred, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some good stuff from the 80's? (I also just really like the art style from back then). I'm watching Legend Of Galactic Heroes, seen Princess Monoke, and Akira -- and Gunbuster, Nadia: Secret Of The Blue Water, and a few others are on the list. Any other recommendations? Oh, and would anyone recommend Aldnoah Zero? Open Source Idiom fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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From the 80's Crusher Joe and Dirty Pair are a must, also anything Patlabor, Urusei Yatsura if you can stand stupidly long TV series and Votoms. Aldnoah Zero is pretty fun but it's very inconsistent, at its best it's an autistic dude taking on super robots in the equivalent of those trainers from the first episode of Gunbuster whilst cool music plays, at its worst it's just plain stupid.
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Open Source Idiom posted:I'm interested in upping my poseur cred, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some good stuff from the 80's?
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There was a ton of great stuff in the 80s. Aside from what Sakurazuka said there's Space Adventure Cobra, , They Were 11, Choujin Locke, the first Gundam movies, Arion, Ideon Be Invoked, Xabungle, Arcadia of My Youth, Hokuto no Ken, Macross, Dragon Ball, Bubblegum Crisis, Gall Force, Maison Ikkoku, Project A-Ko, Saint Seiya, Laputa, City Hunter, Devilman OVAs, MADOX-01, Robot Carnival, Riding Bean, Neo Tokyo and Gosenzosama Banbanzai. Probably a lot more I'm forgetting.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Oh, and would anyone recommend Aldnoah Zero? Nope. If you can get past the first five(?) or so episodes people are saying it gets good. But those episodes are a super-generic slog. Example #3,462,846 of the military being incompetent was painful enough that I just passed on the whole thing.
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Aldnoah Zero isn't necessarily good, but it's enjoyable.
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Open Source Idiom posted:I'm interested in upping my poseur cred, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some good stuff from the 80's? Open Source Idiom posted:I'm watching Legend Of Galactic Heroes
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Open Source Idiom posted:I'm interested in upping my poseur cred, so I was wondering if anyone could recommend me some good stuff from the 80's? Patlabor. Start with the Early Days OVA, and if it's to your liking check out the movies or the TV series.
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Chas McGill posted:Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise Please watch this, everyone, it's the best.
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Guyver posted:There was a ton of great stuff in the 80s. Aside from what Sakurazuka said there's Space Adventure Cobra, , They Were 11, Choujin Locke, the first Gundam movies, Arion, Ideon Be Invoked, Xabungle, Arcadia of My Youth, Hokuto no Ken, Macross, Dragon Ball, Bubblegum Crisis, Gall Force, Maison Ikkoku, Project A-Ko, Saint Seiya, Laputa, City Hunter, Devilman OVAs, MADOX-01, Robot Carnival, Riding Bean, Neo Tokyo and Gosenzosama Banbanzai. Probably a lot more I'm forgetting. I'd add Megazone 23, Venus Wars, Fang of the Sun Dougram, Dagger of Kamui, Area 88, Golgo 13: The Professional, and your namesake, Bio-Booster Armor Guyver, to the list as well. I also highly recommend Space Adventure Cobra, it's amazing. e: While not 80s, you should also watch Rose of Versailles. GorfZaplen fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Jan 22, 2015 |
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GorfZaplen posted:e: While not 80s, you should also watch Rose of Versailles. OSCAAAAAAAAAAAR!
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Far as 80s anime go that is a lot of good suggestions being brought up to the point where I have to struggle to think of good stuff that's not mentioned. Though I can say that the 80s Lupin tv series is pretty fun. The movie might be dire but other than that pink jacket Lupin rules. Touch also has a lot of 80s charm to it, though the pacing can be a bit daunting at times. linall posted:Nope. If you can get past the first five(?) or so episodes people are saying it gets good. But those episodes are a super-generic slog. Example #3,462,846 of the military being incompetent was painful enough that I just passed on the whole thing. With the second season people have retconned their opinions and now it has always been a ~wacky trainwreck~.
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Srice posted:With the second season people have retconned their opinions and now it has always been a ~wacky trainwreck~. The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Recommending Anime Thread Mark II - People have retconned their opinions I never really saw it is a wacky trainwreck, but I never really saw Code Geass as a wacky trainwreck either. A/Z is neither as energetic nor as stupid as, say, Kill La Kill.
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So for 5 episodes I was not sold at all on Bodacious Space Pirates... then episode 6 happened and  I'm all in. Marika is a great MC, I feel like her actor did a great job making her cute/likeable.
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BSP is really good and why the gently caress are there still no loving English subs for the loving move. gently caress.
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Aldnoah is cool and I wouldn't really call it a trainwreck at all, though it's certainly not a terribly intelligent anime (though the physics and science and stuff brought up in it is actually scientifically accurate I hear, which is pretty cool) I would definitely recommend it
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Srice posted:With the second season people have retconned their opinions and now it has always been a ~wacky trainwreck~. eh from the start it could have gone either way, it went the silly way and most people still watching it have embraced that
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Looking for some series or movies that are kid friendly (like appropriate for my 4 year old) and available either on Netflix or dubbed on Crunchyroll.
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I'm looking for a new series on Netflix to get hooked into --- preferrably with an English dub, but subtitled is OK. My only experience with anime is the following, each of which I pretty much loved: Samurai Champloo Cowboy Bebop Psycho Pass SAO (first series only) Eden of the East Welcome to the NHK Prefer stuff with a sci fi or steampunk feel to it, but slice of life is OK too -- I wasn't sold on NHK at first, but ended up really enjoying it.
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railroad terror posted:I'm looking for a new series on Netflix to get hooked into --- preferrably with an English dub, but subtitled is OK. My only experience with anime is the following, each of which I pretty much loved: It's not on Netflix, but Steins;Gate is good and available on Hulu. Otherwise, I'd say Eureka Seven for Netflix.
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Fumaofthelake posted:Looking for some series or movies that are kid friendly (like appropriate for my 4 year old) and available either on Netflix or dubbed on Crunchyroll. I'm pretty sure Squid Girl would work work; It's like Pinky and the Brain, only Pinky is the Brain. Only the first season got a dub, but it is on Netflix. E: I don't think it's streaming anywhere, but Ponyo would be just about perfect. a kitten fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Jan 24, 2015 |
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Samurai Flamenco is currently on Netflix but I think subbed. Spice and Wolf season 1 is on netflix dubbed.
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Baccano is on Youtube
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Mors Rattus posted:Samurai Flamenco is currently on Netflix but I think subbed. No, Spice and Wolf season 2 is on Netflix. Yes, it's dumb as hell.
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  I've been binging through Yakitake Japan!! and have been laughing my rear end off. It's a very tongue in cheek show. Some of it's just so ridiculous I end up laughing out loud.  It's a shounen fighting show about baking bread, and one kid's quest to bake the most recognizable and delicious 'Japanese' bread. I don't know, it's certainly not a work of art, but it's just so...fun and  And the baking is somewhat accurate, which makes it even more amazing.    I love it. It's so dumb, but it's so good.  
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but at least the manga for Yakkitate got so dumb it crossed some sort of event horizon and imploded upon itself. I dunno how far the anime gets but maybe if you're lucky it will stop before it gets to that point.
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TARDISman posted:No, Spice and Wolf season 2 is on Netflix. Yes, it's dumb as hell. ...goddammit, Netflix.
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Nate RFB posted:I hate to be the bearer of bad news but at least the manga for Yakkitate got so dumb it crossed some sort of event horizon and imploded upon itself. I dunno how far the anime gets but maybe if you're lucky it will stop before it gets to that point. I forget where the anime ends exactly but it's before it became really dumb iirc.
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railroad terror posted:I'm looking for a new series on Netflix to get hooked into --- preferrably with an English dub, but subtitled is OK. My only experience with anime is the following, each of which I pretty much loved:
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Captain Invictus posted:I don't use Netflix but it seems Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is on there, and that's probably one of the best anime series out there period, so definitely watch that. It's steampunk/mystical, too, set in an early 1900-esque world with elements of sci-fi technology(mechanical limbs), as well as magical abilities(alchemy itself). It's really loving good, the first twelve episodes or so are a bit rushed compared to the first FMA series(made way before the manga ended and lacks like, 20 characters added in the manga who are all awesome) according to some folks but I enjoyed them just fine. Brotherhood is only on Netflix sporadically; Netflix does this stupid thing where it rotates what Funimation anime is available at any given time, season by season.
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Captain Invictus posted:I don't use Netflix but it seems Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is on there, and that's probably one of the best anime series out there period, so definitely watch that. It's steampunk/mystical, too, set in an early 1900-esque world with elements of sci-fi technology(mechanical limbs), as well as magical abilities(alchemy itself). It's really loving good, the first twelve episodes or so are a bit rushed compared to the first FMA series(made way before the manga ended and lacks like, 20 characters added in the manga who are all awesome) according to some folks but I enjoyed them just fine. Awesome! Thanks, I'll check it out. I know Netflix used to have a lot better selection....not sure what happened
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railroad terror posted:I'm looking for a new series on Netflix to get hooked into --- preferrably with an English dub, but subtitled is OK. I've heard a lot of good things about Knights of Sidonia, which is sci fi as hell. Apparently Ghost Hunt is also on Netflix, and I loved that when I watched it years ago. railroad terror posted:Awesome! Thanks, I'll check it out. I know Netflix used to have a lot better selection....not sure what happened You probably won't be disappointed with Brotherhood. It's a pretty classic series.
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TARDISman posted:No, Spice and Wolf season 2 is on Netflix. Yes, it's dumb as hell. Netflix rotates their streamable content every so often. It used to be season 1 was there but season 2 wasn't
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railroad terror posted:Prefer stuff with a sci fi or steampunk feel to it, but slice of life is OK too -- I wasn't sold on NHK at first, but ended up really enjoying it.
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Gurenn Lagann is dubbed and on Netflix. It is very very good. Giant fighting robots.
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Allarion posted:It's not on Netflix, but Steins;Gate is good and available on Hulu. Otherwise, I'd say Eureka Seven for Netflix. Steins;Gate is on my friend's Netflix queue. Is that a Canadian Netflix thing or some other weird shenanigans?
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FrozenDorf posted:Steins;Gate is on my friend's Netflix queue. Is that a Canadian Netflix thing or some other weird shenanigans? Probably something regional, since I just checked to see what Netflix actually had, and Steins;gate wasn't one of them. I'm in the US anyways, so I dunno.
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yeah canadian netflix only it's got a super good dub so if you're canadian i recommend it
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