|
Fast pacing? Lots of stuff to chew on? Occultic;Nine is for you! It's an intriguing mystery that's weird and wild and it's one of the fastest series I've ever seen. I like it a lot, even if the character design, hoo boy.
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 11:30
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 19:28 |
|
|
Adlai Stevenson posted:hits the ground running
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 11:30
|
|
|
ninjewtsu posted: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) One of those plotlines is a little more than a year removed from the others. 
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 13:34
|
|
|
Have to agree with Baccano. You will likely be a bit confused yeah, but it doesn't matter because that poo poo is  and you will be riveted until it's over. It's also not that long.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 14:33
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Fast pacing? Lots of stuff to chew on? Wait, Occultic;Nine's actually good?
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 16:04
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:Wait, Occultic;Nine's actually good? No.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 16:27
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:Wait, Occultic;Nine's actually good? It's decent. Definitely pretty unique, at any rate.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 16:34
|
|
|
it's good but doesn't really tie up the story, which is I guess what the VN is for? e: though the one ep near the end guest directed by the Electromagnetic Girlfriend guy is nearly unwatchable.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 17:46
|
|
|
Neddy Seagoon posted:Wait, Occultic;Nine's actually good? Yes. I liked it a lot and would be up for a rewatch. It's flawed, and nowhere near the level of Steins;Gate, but I liked it better than S;G, weirdly enough.
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 17:52
|
|
|
Most unfortunate use of semi;colon
|
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 17:54
|
|
|
AlternateNu posted:One of those plotlines is a little more than a year removed from the others. That's a fourth plotline I'm having trouble placing the third, there's the obvious train plot and the alchemist plot, but I definitely remember when the plots are first introduced there's 3 different years shown on screen (1930, 1931, and 1932 I believe) I think it might be the plot where the rich sister finds her brother? I might be wrong on this third plotline thing
|
|
#
?
Apr 20, 2018 22:04
|
|
|
3 plots, alchemist, train, and the sister looking to find out about her brother. Each are a year apart. The opening and closing episodes are just characters trying to frame the story as they try to organize it, but they're only tangentially connected to the sister's plot in that they're part of the newspaper that she ends up going to for help.
Allarion fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Apr 21, 2018 |
|
#
?
Apr 21, 2018 00:04
|
|
|
StrixNebulosa posted:Fast pacing? Lots of stuff to chew on? Occultic;Nine is for me, thank you. I feel like I just chugged a 2L of pure nonsense but I had a lot of fun. I plan on jumping into the other recommendations (Black Lagoon, Nichijou, Jormungand, Baccano) soon enough. O;N's energy seems to have blunted my need for pure distraction so I might do Nichijou or Baccano next.
|
|
#
?
Apr 21, 2018 00:59
|
|
|
Adlai Stevenson posted:Occultic;Nine is for me, thank you. I feel like I just chugged a 2L of pure nonsense but I had a lot of fun.  Glad to hear, enjoy the other shows!
|
|
#
?
Apr 21, 2018 01:13
|
|
|
I finished Land of the Lustrous and I loved it. In particular, I liked how it dealt with Buddhist themes. Can anyone suggest another manga that deals with Buddhism? The Buddha Manga is the obvious choice, but I've finished that.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 18:34
|
|
|
Hiro Protagonist posted:I finished Land of the Lustrous and I loved it. In particular, I liked how it dealt with Buddhist themes. Can anyone suggest another manga that deals with Buddhism? The Buddha Manga is the obvious choice, but I've finished that. Kyousogiga might suit your needs. The original short is good but optional, the ONA is redundant, the TV anime is the main thing. (I think. It's been a while since I watched it, maybe someone else can help clarify which is which.)
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 18:44
|
|
|
Saint Young Men 
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 19:11
|
|
|
Tuxedo Catfish posted:Kyousogiga might suit your needs. The original short is good but optional, the ONA is redundant, the TV anime is the main thing. (I think. It's been a while since I watched it, maybe someone else can help clarify which is which.) Yea you're right, the TV anime is really all you need to watch cause it goes over the rest of the stuff that came before it. It also rules a lot.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 19:15
|
|
|
Tuxedo Catfish posted:Kyousogiga might suit your needs. The original short is good but optional, the ONA is redundant, the TV anime is the main thing. (I think. It's been a while since I watched it, maybe someone else can help clarify which is which.)
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 19:41
|
|
|
Hiro Protagonist posted:I finished Land of the Lustrous and I loved it. In particular, I liked how it dealt with Buddhist themes. Can anyone suggest another manga that deals with Buddhism? The Buddha Manga is the obvious choice, but I've finished that. My only half-joking answer is Nichijou. I can't seem to find it now but someone did a moderately convincing writeup about how the whole thing is an allegory for Zen Buddhism, with Mai representing a teacher who has attained at least some level of enlightenment, Yukko representing her student who is seeking enlightenment but far from it, and Mio representing someone wholly outside of Zen teachings. It's also really drat funny.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 19:49
|
|
|
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. Mirai Nikki is like specifically loving made for your request it "hits the ground running" in the sense that there is quite literally a single episode of setup, which ends with a man being devoured by a black hole because his phone broke. it is every single genre you mentioned at some point or another except 80s-style. it's structured exactly the way you want, with an overarching plot that moves forward through semi-episodic mini-arcs. the characters... are divisive but if you care about them, you'll really, really care about them. like I realize I'm a broken record with this show but good lord how am I the first person to bring it up here
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 20:48
|
|
|
Hiro Protagonist posted:gently caress, I knew there was another I'd seen! Yeah, seen the anime for that, too. Ah, sorry. On the other hand, now that I've made a good-faith recommendation, I have a weird request that you should feel free to ignore: I would really appreciate it if someone with a decent working knowledge of Buddhism would watch Evangelion and post about how it reacts to / includes Buddhist concepts (or even just covers the same ground incidentally) and, in particular, whether it seems opposed or hostile to the tenets of the religion. I've looked at it in a Christian framework and I think it's a fruitful approach despite all the "lol it doesn't mean anything" that goes around, but I also think that perspective is clearly incomplete.
|
|
#
?
Apr 23, 2018 21:21
|
|
|
Tuxedo Catfish posted:Ah, sorry. Buddhism has many different philosophical plates that it's spinning, but, in particular, emptiness seems the most relevant. Nothing exists in isolation from a Buddhist perspective; you and beings are a constantly shifting web of influences, emotions, mental states, etc. meaning that one does not "exist". We are all Theseus's ship, so to speak. By realizing the self is an empty concept, and "you" don't exist in a wider cosmic scale, one can gain enlightenment. (This is obviously a bit of a simplification). Well, in End of Evangelion, Shinji dissolves all distinction between individuals, and instead of finding great, lasting peace, joy, and compassion, he finds anger, hatred, and misery. So yeah, it definitely seems critical.
|
|
#
?
Apr 24, 2018 00:28
|
|
|
LORD OF BOOTY posted:Mirai Nikki is like specifically loving made for your request Because it's not very good
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 00:40
|
|
|
it's plenty good, especially if you want something fast-paced and wild
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 00:42
|
|
|
Mirai Nikki owns
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:02
|
|
|
It's trashy but fun. Nothing wrong with that.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:19
|
|
|
This is what happens when I go on hiatus, a lot of degenerates pop up
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:34
|
|
|
when namtab is gone, the bad people appear and begin liking things
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:39
|
|
|
Namtab posted:This is what happens when I go on hiatus, a lot of degenerates pop up 
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:41
|
|
|
Tuxedo Catfish posted:Mirai Nikki owns
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:53
|
|
|
Mirai Nikki should be watched just for having one of the smartest villains in any medium. Also it has a surprisingly good dub.
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 01:59
|
|
|
I'm not gonna say it's not flawed in places (that shrine maiden arc is kind of terrible aside from the Super Sentai guy) but as a whole it's probably one of the most entertaining shows I've ever seen, and it knocks some poo poo out of the park that I usually see anime totally botch so it scores extra points with me
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 02:00
|
|
|
LORD OF BOOTY posted:Mirai Nikki is like specifically loving made for your request I've actually read and watched it before, so good call on knowing what I'll have fun with~
|
|
#
?
Apr 25, 2018 02:33
|
|
|
I'm in the mood for something 90s as heck. I have watched and very much liked Eva, Utena, Lain and Escaflowne, and while these aren't all similar I feel like they're high quality, mostly serious shows with good/interesting plots/themes. What could I try next? edit: someone will probably say Cowboy Bebop, which I have tried and couldn't really get into Paperhouse fucked around with this message at 00:35 on May 2, 2018 |
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:32
|
|
|
Paperhouse posted:I'm in the mood for something 90s as heck. I have watched and very much liked Eva, Utena, Lain and Escaflowne, and while these aren't all similar I feel like they're high quality, mostly serious shows with good/interesting plots/themes. What could I try next? The original Legends of galactic heroes might actually be relevant for once Though it’s long.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:35
|
|
|
Paperhouse posted:I'm in the mood for something 90s as heck. I have watched and very much liked Eva, Utena, Lain and Escaflowne, and while these aren't all similar I feel like they're high quality, mostly serious shows with good/interesting plots/themes. What could I try next? Irresponsible Captain Tylor is a goofy 90s sci-fi series about a gently caress-up pervert accidentally becoming a spaceship captain. It's got pretty much every gag you'd expect from a 90s anime with that premise but it's funny and I don't feel like the sex jokes ever really cross a line - it's mostly just Tylor hitting on women and making getting laid his number one priority, not really anything assaulty, which makes him an easy guy to find funny. Outlaw Star is the most 90s sci-fi anime ever made. Space samurai girl, space catgirls, protagonist is named GENE STARWIND. I think a lot of its best material is in its first few episodes, but the later stuff gets pretty surreal in a way I like. It's from January 2000 and not the 90s, but Tsukikage Ran still hits a lot of the same notes. It's a series about a wandering female samurai and the random misadventures she gets into. It's only 13 eps and it's pretty chill, whole lot of shots of Ran just hanging out in a boat or whatever. Great fight scenes, too. I think a lot of its comedy isn't exactly amazing but it has a few decent gags an episode and Ran herself is likable, so it's a good little series if you just want something easy to watch.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:50
|
|
|
Paperhouse posted:I'm in the mood for something 90s as heck. I have watched and very much liked Eva, Utena, Lain and Escaflowne, and while these aren't all similar I feel like they're high quality, mostly serious shows with good/interesting plots/themes. What could I try next? Giant Robo: Day the Earth Stood Still
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:51
|
|
|
Paperhouse posted:I'm in the mood for something 90s as heck. I have watched and very much liked Eva, Utena, Lain and Escaflowne, and while these aren't all similar I feel like they're high quality, mostly serious shows with good/interesting plots/themes. What could I try next? Now and Then, Here and There Big O Patlabor OVAs, and movies 1 & 2 Key the Metal Idol
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:54
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 19:28 |
|
|
Also watch the OVA Nineteen19.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 00:56
|
|