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Everything Burrito posted:I remember Blue Sub 6 being kind of cool but I dunno how well it's aged. This was bad. The first fifteen minutes were promising. Colorful, cool, well realized post apoc setting, with the best Gonzo animation I can recall but it falls apart after the first action scene (the 3d work is dated, but it's not awful or distracting). The show is just boring and confusing. Despite only being 4 episodes long it's full of uninteresting scenes, with the characters vacuously mumbling about mostly nothing. What little plot there is is hard to follow because the conflict isn't really explained. Squandered potential, but I didn't really like anything about this outside the visuals (and those are a bit uneven too). E: kinda curious about the tie in game, cause it'd be a cool world to explore (though I'd prefer it without the weird humanoid animal faction). Rinkles fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Dec 3, 2017 |
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Rinkles posted:Random grab-bag, any of these cool/good/not even worth touching? the gall force rips are awful, mistimed audio, bad subs and bad video quality. however someone is working on new rips, so wait on it
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I just finished rewatching Gargantia with some friends. I still found it as fantastic as I did the first time around, and they all enjoyed it a lot too. There are a few embarrassing minutes of "why, anime?" fanservice and stereotypes somewhere in the middle, but they're vastly outweighed by all the things it does well. Its world is intriguing and well-realized, its emotional moments are solid, and its conclusion pulls things together beautifully.
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Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll?
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll?
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Along somewhat related lines, Ai Mai Mii is amazing.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll? Osomatsu-san - insane sketch comedy KonoSuba - like playing d&d with a bunch of hilarious idiots Magical Circle GuruGuru - heartfelt and funny send up of and love letter to old school jrpgs like Dragon Quest Squid Girl - incompetent invader trying to take over the world a la Pinky and the Brain
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll? Seto no Hanayome/My Bride is a Mermaid Mahoujin Guru Guru Gamers Nobunaga no Shinobi Ouran High School Host Club and just in case you haven't seen it yet, Konosuba
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll? Osomatsu-san Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Sakamoto desu ga? Arakawa Under the Bridge (this one's pretty bizarre, and not exactly pure comedy) And then there's tons of good slice of life shows that are fairly comedy-focused like Lucky Star, Squid Girl, Tanaka-kun, and Working!
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I've said it before but the best points of Osomatsu-san are some of the funniest media I have ever experienced. If you like mean-spirited and absurd humour, you'll love it.
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Thanks, I'll definitely look into Osomatsu and Guru Guru, and I'll try to look into the others.
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Teekyu is like, 3 minutes per episode, and it has a machinegun-pace to it. Also, completely out-there references, I think Robocop shows up in like the first six episodes? or a Predator?
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll? Gintama. PLENTY of comedy and you've got tons of material to watch.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Can anyone recommend me some comedy series on Crunchyroll? Full Metal Panic Fumoffu is a great comedy series. Nozaki-kun and The devil is a part-timer are both decent comedies.
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Devil is a part timer is shockingly funny for something that if screwed up even slightly would have been generic fantasy characters WITH A TWEEST dreck Really a shame we will probably never see a second season. Wonder if the light novels finished or what, don't those sorts of things tend to trail off into nonsense
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dogsicle posted:Ryvius is a show i have really conflicted feelings on, but most of my experience watching it was enjoyable and i think it's interesting as a flawed show. so i'd definitely recommend it, maybe moreso if you go in knowing it's not a masterpiece, it's not just Lord of the Flies in space (there are mech/ship fights and gov't conspiracy), and the soundtrack is great as music but implemented atrociously in the show itself. This mirrors my feelings. The final episode was bizarrely happy and forgiving considering all the dark things that transpired. Like the Angelic Days scenario from Neon Genesis Evangelion but without the instrumentality (I was half expecting the show to reveal it was all Neya's dying hallucination). It felt almost loony. Regarding the music, a few of the orchestral motifs sounded like rearrangements of stuff in Banner of the Stars (I checked, same composer). The hiphop-ish stuff was pretty cool, but like you say, poorly used. I did like it overall. Especially how it captured youthful (or human) conflict. The stupid and trivial reasons the cast got into disagreements, and how those escalate through stubbornness and the inability to voice feelings. They overdo it sometimes (Yuki Aiba especially), but when it's not relying on tragic backstories for pathos, it's generally pretty good psychological drama. And the Lord of Flies moments are great. Also, I wish Neya got fleshed out more.
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Speaking as someone who loved: Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, From The New World, Genshiken, Death Parade, His and Her Circumstances, Slayers, Samurai Flamenco, Ergo Proxy, Bebop, Utena, RahXephon, Kemonozume, Orange and the original series of Kino's Journey. and who was bored by: Flip Flappers, Kiznavier, the first few JoJo episodes, Gantz, Durarara!, Erased (after a decent start), Speed Grapher, Desert Punk, The House Of Five Leaves. Blood Blockade Battlefront would I like: - Ninja Scroll - Kaiji - Ruroni Kenshin - Love Hina - Excel Saga - Noir - Last Exile - sticking with JoJo - Hellsing - Urusei Yatsura (Additionally, is there anything you'd recommend me? I like solid dramatic stakes, interesting direction, atmospheric stories, and comedy based in characterisation, though I'll settle for theatre of the absurd if it's trying to say something. I dislike stories that lack a human interest, or that are enamoured with kitsch. Oh, and I love anime's fascination with super big apocalypse finales.)
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You would very likely enjoy Kaiji, Hellsing Ultimate, and the rest of JJBA. Probably Ruroni Kenshin too. Skip the rest of the Hellsing stuff imo, it just doesn't compare to HU. I can't recommend the Love Hina anime to anyone, but the manga ain't bad if you don't mind haremcomedy. Negima (also the manga) by the same author has similarly good characters but is also fairly action-heavy so it may be more up your alley. As much as I love Noir, its pacing is absolutely glacial. It's very artsy and has great music but would probably bore you to tears. Madlax is a sort of spiritual sequel that at least has more going on, you may enjoy that more and I'd definitely recommend you try watching it first if you're interested in that kind of work. Fajita Queen fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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Open Source Idiom posted:Speaking as someone who loved: I've noticed that Steins;Gate is missing from your list; ergo, you should watch Steins;Gate ASAP. Stick with it through the initial portion, the protagonist does get less annoying and the payoff is definitely worth it. Aumanor fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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You should absolutely watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood based on your likes
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Open Source Idiom posted:Speaking as someone who loved: FLCL and Mawaru Penguindrum both seem right up your alley. FLCL is made by the same studio as Eva and Gurren Lagann, and has a lot of the better elements of both of those show, condensed down to 6 episodes. Penguindrum is a show by the guy who made Utena, and starts as a sort of light comedy, but with a hint of creeping darkness, until the entire facade of light-heartedness collapses away piece by piece. From your list, you'll almost definitely really like Kaiji, which is pretty much the instant before you pull the trigger in a game of Russian Roulette crystallized and made into an anime. AnoHito fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Dec 9, 2017 |
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Captain Invictus posted:You should absolutely watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood based on your likes  If you liked Gurren Lagann it's worth watching Kill La Kill, too. It's definitely 'theater of the absurd', but it's just so much fun. (That said, it can be pretty gross - you'll know whether or not it's for you within two episodes.)
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Stick out Jojo, the first part is kind of generic, kind of simplistic, but also very short. You can skip to part 2 if you really aren't enjoying it, it starts at episode 10. Also watch more of Masaaki Yuasa's shows. There are no bad ones just look up his wikipedia entry and pick something.
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The Colonel posted:kemonozume is the weakest nah if i had to pick one for worst I'd probably go with Kaiba or Ping-Pong but it's like being asked to pick one of your children
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like "the worst masaaki yuasa anime" is still "probably the best show to come out that year"
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Ping Pong is great visually, but compared to stuff like Kaiba and Tatami Galaxy it just isn't that interesting plotwise imo
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I loved every stupid character from Ping Pong in their own individual way (coach Jo is the best though) and just watching them do things was highly entertaining. The plot is fairly straightforward but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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AnoHito posted:Kaiji, which is pretty much the instant before you pull the trigger in a game of Russian Roulette crystallized and made into an anime. This is a really good way of describing Kaiji.
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Ninja Scroll is a straightforward action movie with great animation, that anyone okay with some gore and sexual situations should enjoy. I've only seen the Ruroni Kenshin OVAs, and don't remember much beyond thinking they were quite good. Watch for tormented souls going through more pain to do the righteous thing. Noir was dull and slow, but I enjoyed it in its own way. It's one of the few anime I didn't consume in big chunks (i.e., only an episode every few days). A marathon would just be exhausting. It's more about the mood than action or plot (which is sparse). To this day I have some of the music on my iPhone (like the show itself, it's not exceptional but it sticks with you). I am probably one of a few people that preferred the first Hellsing anime to the OVA (production values notwithstanding), but only for a few of the episodes. It falls apart somewhere around the midpoint, iirc. The budget problems become clear very early.
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Paperhouse posted:Ping Pong is great visually, but compared to stuff like Kaiba and Tatami Galaxy it just isn't that interesting plotwise imo I liked that it tackled issues of growing up in a serious way without an overly bleak atmosphere.
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Rinkles posted:Ninja Scroll is a straightforward action movie with great animation, that anyone okay with some gore and sexual situations should enjoy. Noir is, imo, the worst of Kajiura's soundtracks, and that says a lot about her music. Fajita Queen fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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The Shortest Path posted:Noir is, imo, the worst of Kajiura's soundtracks, and that says a lot about her music. Any standout shows, with an Maybe it's time for another Bee Train romp. e:Bee Train hasn't produced a show in over 5 years? Rinkles fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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Rinkles posted:Any standout shows, with an She has a pretty solid stable of soundtracks under her belt. .hack//SIGN, Tsubasa Chronicle, Noir, and Madlax are all decent but niche shows with good music. Mai Hime, Fate/Zero, Madoka, and Erased are all good. Sword Art Online is... Sword Art Online. I've heard good things about Zaregoto and Princess Principal but haven't seen either yet. She's also done some more obscure stuff I haven't watched. Some of my favorite songs by her are from her FICTION solo albums, though a lot of the songs are on the Japanese releases only so you're gonna need to grab some  if you wanna listen, since Japanese media companies are super hardcore about cracking down on region-locked stuff on Youtube et. al.
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Rinkles posted:Any standout shows, with an they died and all the core staff got folded into c-station, do check out their final show, hyouge mono, though musically it might not be a standout show (well outside of the ed) but artistically its one of the greats
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Davincie posted:they died and all the core staff got folded into c-station youtube: top 10 least surprising anime deaths
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AnoHito posted:FLCL and Mawaru Penguindrum both seem right up your alley. FLCL is made by the same studio as Eva and Gurren Lagann, and has a lot of the better elements of both of those show, condensed down to 6 episodes. Penguindrum is a show by the guy who made Utena, and starts as a sort of light comedy, but with a hint of creeping darkness, until the entire facade of light-heartedness collapses away piece by piece. I would absolutely not recommend Mawaru Penguindrum based on their sample list. It isn't creeping darkness, it devolves into straight-up misery porn by the halfway/two-thirds mark.
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