|
Given what you've said you like, probably Kino's Journey. You are correct about which one to watch. However, I'm a very big fan of The Devil is a Part Timer. That season, it was the biggest surprise, because it had all the flags it should have been loving awful (LN adaptation, "X" in the real world trope, etc.), but it was actually probably one of the best shows of 2013. It's well directed, has great comedy timing, fun characters and except for perhaps one episode, no real fan service or filler. Give it a go, perhaps. Kokoro Wish fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Mar 21, 2018 |
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:16
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 15:30 |
|
|
Jenny Angel posted:Hey would you guys mind helping me narrow down a rapidly ballooning watch list now that I'm about to finish all three animes I'm currently watching?
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:17
|
|
|
Kokoro Wish posted:However, I'm a very big fan of The Devil is a Part Timer. That season, it was the biggest surprise, because it had all the flags it should have been loving awful (LN adaptation, "X" in the real world trope, etc.), but it was actually probably one of the best shows of 2016. 2013, no? Or is there another version / sequel season that I should also be checking out?
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:18
|
|
|
poo poo, sorry I meant 2013, yes. God was it really that long ago.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:19
|
|
|
AlternateNu posted:I hear good things about Dragon Maid, too. But, I've never seen it. Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is a really funny and sweet show about the lesbian relationship between a programmer who works a 9-5 job and her dragon maid  . There's a couple of dud jokes run into the ground with one or two secondary characters, but the core show is really good.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:29
|
|
|
Jenny Angel posted:With that in mind, please recommend something off this list. My work schedule is pretty brutal, so watching any of these is likely gonna be a several-week commitment, even if I end up really adoring them:
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 14:50
|
|
|
Kino's Journey is by far the highest quality thing on that list and Luluco is like the most perfectly distilled essence of Studio Trigger and everyone should watch it unless you absolutely hate stuff like Dead Leaves / Panty & Stocking / Kill La Kill
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 19:04
|
|
|
Chinook posted:I'm looking for something with some jerky bandits doing horrible things and then getting their asses kicked for it. Kenshin, Hokuto no Ken, Berserk, these things all have that kind of stuff to varying degrees. Riki-oh is 17 volumes of nothing but this
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 19:08
|
|
|
Jenny Angel posted:Hey would you guys mind helping me narrow down a rapidly ballooning watch list now that I'm about to finish all three animes I'm currently watching? from what I know of your tastes, definitely go with Kino's Journey and Luluco. with Kino's, watch the 2003 series first and then the new one if you like it and want more; the new one isn't bad, it's just... less essential.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 19:57
|
|
|
RabidWeasel posted:Luluco is like the most perfectly distilled essence of Studio Trigger and everyone should watch it unless you absolutely hate stuff like Dead Leaves / Panty & Stocking / Kill La Kill ...it's really not at all like those last three things. Anyways from that list i can wholeheartedly reccomend the 2003 kino's Journey to Jenny Angel, and I'd say Konosuba is definitely worth trying out, it's a fantastic comedy with a lot of heart.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 20:27
|
|
|
Julias posted:...it's really not at all like those last three things. OK fine it's inferno cop with better production values, happy?
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 20:36
|
|
|
no it's a little romcom with some episodes that reference trigger properties in the middle
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 20:42
|
|
|
Ok I'm gonna go with Luluco and Kino's Journey for now. Thanks everyone!
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 21:03
|
|
|
luluco is only similar as far as it has a similar energy to imaishi's other work, it's otherwise way toned down from his usual sense of humor and very stylistically different from a lot of things other creators at trigger have made
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 21:25
|
|
|
I didn't really like Luluco, fwiw, and I loved KLK and at least liked P&S.
|
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 21:55
|
|
|
Devil is a part timer has no business being as good as it is. Definitely check it out.
|
|
#
?
Mar 21, 2018 23:19
|
|
|
Chinook posted:I'm looking for something with some jerky bandits doing horrible things and then getting their asses kicked for it. Kenshin, Hokuto no Ken, Berserk, these things all have that kind of stuff to varying degrees. I think this describes every single arc in One Piece to be honest. Just in case you wanted a series that would take years to catch up on...
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2018 00:30
|
|
|
TheEye posted:I think this describes every single arc in One Piece to be honest. Just in case you wanted a series that would take years to catch up on...
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2018 00:43
|
|
|
The Devil is a Part-Timer is terrible. I'm kind of baffled by the praise for it. It immediately betrays its premise and somehow makes Satan as boring and generic as a harem lead. He never actually acts like a devil, he instantly becomes a super serious hard worker. When the whole show is about how funny it would be for the devil to work at McDonalds, that just kills the entire thing. And since thats also just about the only joke in the whole thing, its also not funny at all. Everything else on that list is fantastic though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 23, 2018 01:25
|
|
|
Thread, revive thyself! I'm looking for vampire anime. What's the best vampire stuff around? I know about: Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 15:45
|
|
|
Shiki is really great, though it's a lot different than those two. Less action by a lot, but really good in a lot of other ways.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 16:08
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, revive thyself! Blood+ is good but flawed? It has a fairly good mystery arc and its vampires have fairly interesting powers and drawbacks. The plot is almost really good but there's too much filler and sometimes the sad bits veer into melodrama. Netflix's Castlevania is good but only four episodes long right now and outside of one specific fight the animation is shithouse. (Before you say "but that's not an anime", I told my wife about it thinking it was a live-action series and then when we watched the first episode and discovered it was animated she said "wait, this is an anime!". So there.) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has a vampire as the main antagonist for two different arcs, but beyond that it's not really a vampire anime. Gankutsuou isn't about vampires and nobody actually drinks any blood. The titular character does act and look like Dracula though? yeah okay most of those are fairly tenuously related.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 16:18
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, revive thyself! its karin. karin is the anime i have for you. (tbh its an okay mid-2000s romcom though the grandma is the absolute best character in it by a mile and i wish it was just about her) but yeah, there's a lot of okay genre stuff that uses vampires for flavor, like owari no seraph is a actionish thing with cute/hot guys that happens to have vampire antagonists.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 16:35
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, revive thyself! Have you seen both Hellsing series, or only the original?
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 16:41
|
|
|
The Shortest Path posted:Shiki is really great, though it's a lot different than those two. Less action by a lot, but really good in a lot of other ways. I got like four episodes into it last time I tried and the hairdos actually put me off. I'll give it another go! a computing pun posted:Blood+ is good but flawed? It has a fairly good mystery arc and its vampires have fairly interesting powers and drawbacks. The plot is almost really good but there's too much filler and sometimes the sad bits veer into melodrama. I haven't seen Blood+! I've either seen or tried the other ones - need to finish Castlevania, it's good, JoJo is delightful except I didn't like part 3, and Gankutsuou is just a classic. Thank you!! Endorph posted:if you like nosebleed gags then boy do i have a vampire anime for you I have never even heard of Karin, I'll look it up. Owari no Seraph meanwhile was fun - not great, but perfectly fun stuff that I blasted through back when I was finishing up the first season of Tokyo Ghoul and wanted more spooky-but-not-actually-horror stuff. Neddy Seagoon posted:Have you seen both Hellsing series, or only the original? It's been long enough that I need to rewatch both - and yes, I've seen Drifters too. A+ anime there.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 16:54
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Thread, revive thyself! The Monogatari series is about a vampire, although tangentially at points. It is also amazing. I’ll second Owari no Seraph, which is a fun shounen show.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 17:33
|
|
|
While I never finished Karin, it's an interesting concept for a series with some neat ideas, trapped within some of the most cliche school romance tropes from the early to mid 2000s. While it wouldn't be my first pick as a reccomendation, it's still enjoyable in its own right and at least worth checking out a couple of eps if the premise sounds interesting. I'm also a sucker for the OP. https://youtu.be/fCLtFJEh3Kk
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 17:34
|
|
|
Also, there's two Vampire Hunter D movies, the second one, Bloodlust is amazing, and I can highly recommend it to anybody.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 17:36
|
|
|
I can also wholeheartedly reccomend the Kizumonogatari Trilogy for some really awesome and creative (and at times downright hilarious) fight scenes, with some surprisingly introspective discussion, and gorgeous visuals and directing.
Julias fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Mar 31, 2018 |
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 17:39
|
|
|
I once saw an episode of the Blade anime by mistake. Although it was not good, I now feel that anime is the perfect medium for Blade to exist in.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 23:02
|
|
|
Gankutsuou is great and Jouji Nakata plays such a wonderfully twisted Edmond Dantes, you oughta watch it.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2018 23:22
|
|
|
um, clearly the best japanese vampire media is the manga for My Monster Secret. Obviously.
|
|
#
?
Apr 1, 2018 01:09
|
|
|
Dumb and Cute can only take you so far when it comes to vampirism. Fortunately, it goes the distance just fine. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 1, 2018 01:12
|
|
|
Captain Invictus posted:um, clearly the best japanese vampire media is the manga for My Monster Secret. Obviously. Just don't watch the anime adaptation, that is all.
|
|
#
?
Apr 1, 2018 03:36
|
|
|
Rosario + Vampire
|
|
#
?
Apr 1, 2018 09:59
|
|
|
seraph of the end is a show that constantly had me wishing it was better while i watched it. it's still worth taking a look at though.
|
|
#
?
Apr 4, 2018 22:58
|
|
|
I need a show to marathon that hits the ground running because right now my mind's too wrapped up in Other Stuff to put up with a slow start even if it goes somewhere great. For an example of a slow start, it doesn't matter how interesting Steins;Gate becomes and how necessary the setup is, I need something more wham-bam than that. I'm thinking some combination of 80s-style, action, suspense, mystery, heist, or possibly horror will do the trick. Comedies are fine but it takes a really special one to make me want to marathon it and I've already run through Pop Team Epic. It doesn't have to be raw adrenaline; I just need something that hits the ground running and keeps moving forward with something like an overarching plot, repeatable action setups (like disconnected heists), or characters that are worth investing in. Here's a list of ideas I have off the top of my head that I've either never seen or spent very little time with: 1. Black Lagoon 2. Psycho Pass 3. City Hunter 4. I know there's a new Lupin but I think it's only a couple episodes in 5. Cat's Eye 6. Baccano That list isn't exclusive but I also want to keep us from having a "Have you seen X?" "Yes." "What about Y?" "Also yes." conversation because my anime knowledge is super scattershot. I'm not really in the mood for shounen/battle anime because I'm a snob when it comes to them and I demand a lot from the characters and the worldbuilding in my fightman shows. Odds are if it came out in the past 30 years I have an opinion about it already. Oh and just to muddy the waters further maybe my favorite anime of the past ten years is Cross Game, which actually would pass the must-be-compelling-from-the-word-go stipulation that I currently need due to how the first episode ends. Even though it's slice of life it immediately made me feel heavily invested in what happened to the characters. I hope that makes sense. Adlai Stevenson fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Apr 20, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 07:05
|
|
|
Black Lagoon starts really fast.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 07:13
|
|
|
Adlai Stevenson posted:I need a show to marathon that hits the ground running because right now my mind's too wrapped up in Other Stuff to put up with a slow start even if it goes somewhere great. For an example of a slow start, it doesn't matter how interesting Steins;Gate becomes and how necessary the setup is, I need something more wham-bam than that. I'm thinking some combination of 80s-style, action, suspense, mystery, heist, or possibly horror will do the trick. Comedies are fine but it takes a really special one to make me want to marathon it and I've already run through Pop Team Epic. It doesn't have to be raw adrenaline; I just need something that hits the ground running and keeps moving forward with something like an overarching plot, repeatable action setups (like disconnected heists), or characters that are worth investing in. Here's a list of ideas I have off the top of my head that I've either never seen or spent very little time with: What you need is 26 episodes of Nichijou. That will take your mind of bad stuff good and proper.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 07:29
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 15:30 |
|
|
Baccano arguably starts way too fast. The first episode is the chronological endpoint of most of the plotlines, and jumps between different time frames with extreme frequency (the show itself is actually like 3 plotlines that are each chronologically a year apart, being shown concurrently. Also, multiple key members of the cast appear in all 3 plotlines, in case you were wondering if this would get confusing at all) It's a really confusing information overload coming at a time when you have the least ability to process any of it, due to not knowing any of the characters. But it's also really, really, really good. Personally I got like 3 episodes in, then re-watched the first episode like twice more to figure out what was going on in it. This isn't necessary though ninjewtsu fucked around with this message at 08:26 on Apr 20, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 08:24
|
|