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Bugblatter posted:Does this thread also do manga recommendations? I tried looking for a thread specifically for that, but I only found this and the thread where people post a bunch of images from different series. If this is the wrong place then I apologize. If you like Nihei, the most obvious thing that comes to mind is Dorohedoro. It has the same sort of "unconventional" scifi thing going on (though I'd say it's more unconventional than Nihei's stuff). I think the author actually worked as an assistant to Nihei at some point.
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Ulio posted:Totally agree. Shiki is fantasy but it could easily have been a real story because you could replace vampires with a minority with some bad stereotype. That's what makes it even scarier. I'm a sucker for style so Shiki is def my bag. I don't think the slow ramp up is a negative, but it def is a slow burn. It really works for me but mileage varies. For what it is Higurashi does hook you way more convincingly way earlier, though it takes a bit to figure out what's going on with that hook. The biggest thing holding Higurashi back is the art. The art from the original source is really really bad (literally amateur) and studio deen is not, uh, good. The era is not responsible for the bad art, it aired concurrently almost with Code Geass so it really is down to the original designs and a lackluster studio. Anecdotally, my ex-roommate is the sort that gravitates to generic (IMO bad) art and is put off by more stylistic stuff so these sorts of bizarre creatures do exist so the positives and negatives of each are really up to the individual. Anyone who goes into it, watch them first two seasons and feel very very very free NOT to watch the incredibly terrible (wholly original?) OVAs.
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Ytlaya posted:If you like Nihei, the most obvious thing that comes to mind is Dorohedoro. It has the same sort of "unconventional" scifi thing going on (though I'd say it's more unconventional than Nihei's stuff). Yeah, Google image results indicate this is very much up my alley. I'm jotting down the other recommendations for later, but this will be first up. Thanks!
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Bugblatter posted:Does this thread also do manga recommendations? I tried looking for a thread specifically for that, but I only found this and the thread where people post a bunch of images from different series. If this is the wrong place then I apologize. Battle Angel Alita, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, and Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicles, in that order. All three have some of the most outlandish, wild, and fantastic sci-fi designs, artwork, settings and story out there. edit: some spreads:    and a robot dog  the first series is from the early 90's and the artwork noticeably improves over the course of all three series. Kishiro is extremely good at action scenes and kinetic energy, in addition to crazy sci-fi designs. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Getting some Blood-C vibes from Shiki and I'm only 4 eps in.
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Captain Invictus posted:Battle Angel Alita, Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, and Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicles, in that order. All three have some of the most outlandish, wild, and fantastic sci-fi designs, artwork, settings and story out there. Maybe wait until November when the deluxe hardcover Omnibus run starts for Battle Angel Alita. It's very much out of print otherwise.
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I loved the Castlevania Anime that just came out on Netflix, and I really want more of that kind of funny, well animated, gory goodness. Dubbed preferably, I like to multi task, and subbed isn't good for that. Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Turtlicious posted:I loved the Castlevania Anime that just came out on Netflix, and I really want more of that kind of funny, well animated, gory goodness. Hellsing (either anime), Drifters, Vampire Hunter D?
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I should have mentioned Dubbed only, and I saw the Vampire Hunter D movie, I didn't realize there was an anime as well!
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Turtlicious posted:I should have mentioned Dubbed only, and I saw the Vampire Hunter D movie, I didn't realize there was an anime as well! Uh, there isn't - I was meaning the movie. Sorry! Also, afaik Hellsing was dubbed - I remember watching it when I was a teenager and loving Anderson's scottish growl. It's not the best thing in the world, but I adored it. Not sure where it's streaming now, though, sorry.
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StrixNebulosa posted:Uh, there isn't - I was meaning the movie. Sorry! Watch Hellsing Ultimate instead of the original series, its waaaay better. Also skip the original Vampire Hunter D movie and watch Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust instead. It's not only dubbed, it was animated for the english dub script instead of awkwardly-paused mouthflap-matching.
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If you want a version of Higurashi with acceptable art, anime/manga/VN or otherwise, your only real option is the VN on Steam with the PS3 sprites/background patches.
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Turtlicious posted:I loved the Castlevania Anime that just came out on Netflix, and I really want more of that kind of funny, well animated, gory goodness.
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I didn't find the Higurashi anime's art that hard to get used to. It definitely suffers from generic poor-quality mid-2000s coloring and such, but the over-the-top crazy faces were great, and the second season's art overall seemed to be a bit of an improvement over the first season. For such a hosed up show, Higurashi only took itself remotely seriously half the time anyway, so the sometimes-questionable artwork didn't bother me much and I thought it was a pretty drat fun watch.
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Turtlicious posted:I loved the Castlevania Anime that just came out on Netflix, and I really want more of that kind of funny, well animated, gory goodness. Cyber City Oedo 808 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwBXPsetOHM
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I saw some really cool animation in some Gunbuster clips, and since it's Hideaki Anno, I want to check it out, but do you just start with the TV show? There's also a bunch of cut or edited material, which makes this a pain to navigate - as usual. Captain Invictus posted:Not as gory, per se, but Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood might be up your alley.
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ufarn posted:I saw some really cool animation in some Gunbuster clips, and since it's Hideaki Anno, I want to check it out, but do you just start with the TV show? there is no gunbuster tv show. there is a six-episode ova, and a movie that's just edited together with clips from the ova like the movie version of macross plus. watch the ova cause it's badass
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The Colonel posted:there is no gunbuster tv show. there is a six-episode ova, and a movie that's just edited together with clips from the ova like the movie version of macross plus. watch the ova cause it's badass Specifically the Blu-Ray version if you can get it.
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GorfZaplen posted:Cyber City Oedo 808 Stinks like a week old fish That op still loving owns
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ufarn posted:Speaking of, I tried to buy this from Amazon UK a while back, but the Brotherhood version was the one most prominently featured in most places. What's the versioning on this, and where do I start, preferably with a Blu-ray option?
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Captain Invictus posted:I honestly don't know about the blurays, but I don't recall there really being "versions" of brotherhood as in cut content and stuff. If nothing else I believe crunchyroll has it? I think you'll find they mean Full Metal Alchemist in general  . The cut/edited material's about Gunbuster.ufarn posted:Speaking of, I tried to buy this from Amazon UK a while back, but the Brotherhood version was the one most prominently featured in most places. What's the versioning on this, and where do I start, preferably with a Blu-ray option? FMA follows the manga for a bit and eventually wanders off to its own plot and conclusions, Brotherhood follows the manga much more closely. Brotherhood's the better series on the whole, though FMA's perfectly good aside from some stupid stuff right at the end. The only real issue with Brotherhood is it assumes you've already seen the first 12-15-odd episodes of content from FMA, which are a recollection of events starting in the Elric Brother's childhood leading right up to the actual 'present' day in the series. All you really miss out on is knowing who one recurring character is when they appear, and they'll outright-state what their beef is with the Elrics anyway.
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GorfZaplen posted:Cyber City Oedo 808 At a summer camp one year my friends and I made up our own sign language. It was almost exclusively made up of curse words and we only used it to hurl abuse at each other. This show sounds like that 10 year old me wrote the dialogue. Amazing.
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You wouldn't recognise a goddam quality anime if one jumped up and bit you on the end of your loving dick.
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ufarn posted:I saw some really cool animation in some Gunbuster clips, and since it's Hideaki Anno, I want to check it out, but do you just start with the TV show? Just watch Brotherhood. You're not going to miss anything. I think the first three seasons are available on Netflix if you like streaming (at least in the US)
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Galvanik posted:At a summer camp one year my friends and I made up our own sign language. It was almost exclusively made up of curse words and we only used it to hurl abuse at each other. Yeah this is why so many people hate dubs. I went and found a subbed version, it's good, thanks for the recommendation thread!
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The cut/edited material's about Gunbuster. Uh, I guess if you watch the way cut down movie version? Just watch the six OVA eps. The movie is pointless unless you just feel like a refresher and have an hour less time to live (and its a much much dirtier transfer comparing the movie bluray v the eps bluray). It basically just runs through the first 3 episodes to get to the climax, which in turn dilutes it, like just about any compilation movie. The episodes are better in every conceivable way IMO. At least the Diebuster movie has a little new footage, at the cost of tremendous amount of character development.
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Eela6 posted:Just watch Brotherhood. You're not going to miss anything. I think the first three seasons are available on Netflix if you like streaming (at least in the US) Hulu has the entire show.
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Yeah the last 12 eps are, or were, missing on Netflix for some weird reason (like they thought it was a 4 cour show??)
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:If I liked Blame! will I like knights of Sidonia? Yes. And BiOmega, which you should read too.
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Not sure how the visuals turned out in the KOS anime, but the manga has some magnificent cosmic horror in it and crazy rear end angular mech designs. I also don't know where the KOS anime ends, or whether it gets to the Best Romance In Anime Ever or not.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:If I liked Blame! will I like knights of Sidon a? If you have a good sense of humor. e: and yeah don't watch the TV series if you can help it, read the manga
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:If I liked Blame! will I like knights of Sidon a? Narratively they're pretty different. Sidonia actually has a clear narrative throughout, for one. Also more goofiness. Still loaded with Nihei's great scifi architecture, weirdo creatures, and sense of scale. The anime preserves the story, but loses most of the visual style with it's CG and background art. The latter was the main appeal of the manga imo, so it's a subpar adaptation in my eyes.
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Just finished watching Steins;Gate and I'm feeling the standard depression (well, not really but it's hard to find the word) I always get when I finish a story I enjoyed. The standard cure is to jump into another story, so I'm here for recommendations. Watched Re:Zero previously, and the second season of Attack on Titan before that.
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What are you looking for? What have you already seen? Off those vague mentions, you might like My Hero Academia, but if you give more detail I might be able to point you in a better direction.
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It's a game but if you want more Steins Gate the sequel (Steins;Gate 0 on PS4/Vita) is supposed to be good I think
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Help Im Alive posted:It's a game but if you want more Steins Gate the sequel (Steins;Gate 0 on PS4/Vita) is supposed to be good I think It's pretty significantly different from the first in both structure and tone, but it's still a good game, though the general consensus (that I also agree with) is that it's not as good as the first. That said, it tries a fair few interesting things and is certainly worth a try if you enjoyed the original and want to see more of the characters. There's also an anime adaption in the works, but we haven't heard anything about that for quite a while at this point so I'm not sure when it's coming. Considering the game's structure, I'm not exactly sure how they're going to handle the anime in any case. Should be interesting to see.
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Help Im Alive posted:It's a game but if you want more Steins Gate the sequel (Steins;Gate 0 on PS4/Vita) is supposed to be good I think I thought 0 was pretty meh and pointless tbh.
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Sakurazuka posted:I thought 0 was pretty meh and pointless tbh. 
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