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Davinci posted:If bogoodski made his own thread just to give updates on his progress and thoughts and reviews on the different shows he's watching I'd be totally down for following that thread. I second this, I'd follow that thread too. Feels like it'd be a better place to give anime reviews than this thread too.
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Hot Take: Mob Psycho 100 is a bad introduction anime.
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Feb 18, 2018 01:31
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because everything after is a letdown
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Feb 18, 2018 01:36
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I might take up that thought about starting a new thread to provide some reviews from an anime neophyte. This hasn't been the week, though, because I have a big interview tomorrow. Among studying for that, being addicted to the D&D Trump thread and generally agitating about the state of guns in America, I haven't had the time to dedicate to it. Though, I have watched three episodes of Cowboy Bebop. While walking my doggo now, I'll tell you in summary that I've so far really enjoyed the show. I didn't think I had expectations but I must've because my general feeling is that anime or, well, the Cowboy Bebop version of it, wasn't what I thought. I'm really enjoying it. I naturally tend toward hyperbole so I'm trying to be measured here. For each episode being so brief, I manage to buy in to the characters. During the first episode, I found the dialogue smart but just a little forced. It has been smoother, I think, in subsequent episodes. In summary, I'd say that I haven't been blown away yet but I feel like I'm being set up for that to happen. Here's the thing. I know NOTHING about this show other than a lot of people have recommended it. I have no preconceived expectations and am totally free from my opinion being shaped by bias. So I hope that context makes my reviews at least a little unique. I really appreciate the interest.
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Feb 23, 2018 02:19
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it's really interesting to hear that cowboy bebop wasn't what you expected out of anime
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Feb 23, 2018 02:21
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bogoodski posted:being addicted to the D&D Trump thread and generally agitating about the state of guns in America Oof, been there. Godspeed new goon. Also keep posting your reviews as you watch classic things, I enjoy reading them. Maybe better to put in the chat thread, though some of the people there can sometimes be best described as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: Text Edition. Don't let that dissuade you.
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Feb 23, 2018 02:58
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Cowboy Bebop is very different from most anime, fwiw. Beyond it's deliberate nods to Western/American culture (Cowboys, Jazz, Blues), it's a lot more deliberate and subdued in both tone and subject matter than a lot of popular anime.' It also doesn't have the 'problem' a lot of genre anime have that they expect their viewers to be familiar with aspects of their genre that the show will then play straight or subvert. EG, One Punch Man is a parody of the genre of superhero / battle anime that My Hero Academia is in. Both of these make it more accessible to Western audiences. That's part of what makes Bebop such a good 'first anime'. The other parts are it's great dub and the fact that it is just straight up fantastic. Please continue to post your thoughts; a new thread or the anime chat thread are both good choices.
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Feb 23, 2018 03:34
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Also Bepop is pretty old at this point. Especially if you watch the dub (you totally should) it may feel a bit rough around the edges. A lot of the times I don't think I would have loved Cowboy Bepop and a lot of more older/rough anime (like the OG Gundam stuff) if it wasn't for seeing them as a kid before I knew anything about anime. They fill that precious spot in my tastes.
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Feb 23, 2018 04:05
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I just rewatched bebop last year and uh, yeah it's still that good.
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Feb 23, 2018 04:22
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I'm so torn between watching the dub or sub of the Ghost in the Shell movie. On the one hand the purists point out differences in the script between the two, and they at least seem somewhat important to the subtext of the film if you watch the sub. On the other hand I'm really attached to the dub actors from the TV series, and I'm one of those people who prefer something spoken in a language I can understand. Since I can read more out of a characters vocal performance and I'm not distracted by subtitles the entire time.
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Feb 23, 2018 04:31
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Bebop still has the best music of... any show, animated or otherwise. Also movies.
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Feb 23, 2018 10:58
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Champloo was better
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Feb 24, 2018 15:02
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EmmyOk posted:Champloo was better Champloo had a great soundtrack, yeah. Apples and oranges though. Bebop has a huge soundtrack in terms of tracks, and a lot of them are duds, but the good overwhelmingly exceed the bad. Also, Bebop has variety over Champloo’s one single genre of music.
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Feb 24, 2018 15:06
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They're both good
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Feb 24, 2018 15:15
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I feel like all this would be more suited to the chat thread.
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Feb 24, 2018 16:13
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Would Midoriya like Bebop or Champloo more?
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Feb 24, 2018 16:34
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Waffleman_ posted:I feel like all this would be more suited to the chat thread. I'll take my part of "this", the reviews and context, over there this weekend. Now that I have more time available.
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Feb 24, 2018 16:59
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I don't read the chat thread, but I am interested in this. If it got its own thread that would be super cool imo
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Feb 24, 2018 17:10
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I'm fairly new to anime, too, and am watching new season stuff alongside catch-ups of older series. I'd love a thread to discuss that kind of journey.
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Feb 24, 2018 17:21
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superLINUS posted:I'm fairly new to anime, too, and am watching new season stuff alongside catch-ups of older series. I'd love a thread to discuss that kind of journey. Cool. I'll get on it. Probably today. Appreciate the interest.
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Feb 24, 2018 17:41
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bogoodski posted:Cool. I'll get on it. Probably today. Appreciate the interest. You could call it My Anime Academia
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Feb 24, 2018 19:14
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PMush Perfect posted:Would Midoriya like Bebop or Champloo more? He wouldn't be able to commit and would talk, in depth, about the merits of each and their production.
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Feb 24, 2018 19:26
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Eela6 posted:You could call it My* Anime Academia *boku no
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Feb 24, 2018 19:35
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My Boku No Little Anime Academia
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Feb 24, 2018 19:45
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PMush Perfect posted:Would Midoriya like Bebop or Champloo more? Turns out he's a huge Space Dandy fan.
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Feb 24, 2018 19:59
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PMush Perfect posted:My Boku No Little Anime Academia If the state of the world today hadn't ground me down to a woeful base state of cynicism, I'd run with these thread titles. But given that I have zero clue what any of them mean, I just assume that they're embarrassing 😂
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Feb 24, 2018 20:33
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bogoodski posted:If the state of the world today hadn't ground me down to a woeful base state of cynicism, I'd run with these thread titles. But given that I have zero clue what any of them mean, I just assume that they're embarrassing 😂
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Feb 24, 2018 21:05
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PMush Perfect posted:My Boku Neon Genesis Hero Cowboy Academia Ball Super: The Second Raid My Boku Neon Genesis Hero Cowboy Academia Ball Super: The Second Raid 2.22: you can (not) rewatch Eela6 fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Feb 24, 2018 |
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Feb 24, 2018 21:07
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Speaking of older anime, I'm a little more than halfway through watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time and it's good.
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Feb 24, 2018 21:22
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punk rebel ecks posted:Speaking of older anime, I'm a little more than halfway through watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time and it's good. YYH is top tier until the final arc and a bit before it
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Feb 24, 2018 21:54
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Kild posted:YYH is top tier until the final arc and a bit before it The second to last arc is the fallen spirit detective one, right? Cause that one is probably the bet arc in a pretty solid show. The last arc is unfortunately really boring.
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Feb 24, 2018 22:58
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fool_of_sound posted:The second to last arc is the fallen spirit detective one, right? Cause that one is probably the bet arc in a pretty solid show. The last arc is unfortunately really boring. Yea that arcs good until Sensui and Yusuke fight
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Feb 24, 2018 23:04
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The thread's coming. For tonight, I'll just say that they first four episodes of Cowboy Bebop, cool in their own right, didn't prepare me the awesomeness of Ballad of Fallen Angels. Totally hooked.
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Feb 25, 2018 07:05
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Kild posted:Yea that arcs good until Sensui and Yusuke fight I'd say the first half of that is good too. Its really just the conclusion that fails the (excellent) build-up.
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Feb 25, 2018 20:54
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I recently introduced this show to my wife, who has never watched any Anime before, and she really enjoys it, so it has sparked an interest in anime in general. We binged through Shokugeki no Soma after we finished all the episodes of this anime and are currently in the middle of FMA: Brotherhood. I'm mainly posting because upon his first appearance, she gave Tomura Shigaraki the nickname "Eczema" because he is always scratching himself, and I found that to be a funny name for a supervillain, so I can't stop calling him that anymore either.
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Feb 26, 2018 04:31
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ihatepants posted:I recently introduced this show to my wife, who has never watched any Anime before, and she really enjoys it, so it has sparked an interest in anime in general. We binged through Shokugeki no Soma after we finished all the episodes of this anime and are currently in the middle of FMA: Brotherhood.
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Feb 26, 2018 09:36
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bogoodski posted:Hey folks, As someone who has really only liked 3 anime shows (early Pokémon as a kid, then Food Wars and My Hero Academia in the last couple of years) and is generally not very interested in anime in general, I would recommend watching My Hero Academia. It feel a touch more western, a bit like the 90s cartoons at times, but with the Japanese high-school theme as a twist, so I think it's actually easier to get into if you ever watched western cartoons like X-men or such. It's also well animated and mostly makes sense for what it is. While people who have watched a lot more anime than me might think of it as good but not doing anything new or different, that should be a non-issue for anyone who, like you or me, doesn't have this other stuff to compare it with. All Might is also like a more comedic version of Captain America or Superman and the main character is a lot less annoying than the main character in some of the other anime shows that I tried but could not stick with.
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Feb 26, 2018 10:55
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Mr. Fowl posted:He wouldn't be able to commit and would FTFY
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Feb 26, 2018 11:01
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This show is amazing and I don't agree with the ADRTW grousing about it being a 'normie' show. In a year less jam-packed with instant classics than 2017 I think it could have won AOTY easy. I think it ended up being underrepresented in ADRTW's AOTY because 1. we tend to put an emphasis on shows that mean the most to us personally 2. ADRTW's audience is older, gayer, and leftier than most Western anime fans. E.G, It was narrowly chased off my top 5 by Demi-Chan, which is a much more uneven show that means more to me on a personal level. MHA also has probably the best overall character design of any anime I've ever seen. The mangaka has a talent. TLDR: Show is great, I can't wait for season 3. Eela6 fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Feb 26, 2018 |
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I feel that the votes were thrown off by the kind of people who like Eromanga Sensei
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