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soscannonballs posted:I'm looking for shows similar to Liar Game or anything that deals with conspiracy theories. Occultic;Nine is insane and all about conspiracy theories.
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I'd also reccomend Serial Experiments Lain or Paranoia Agent
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StrixNebulosa posted:Occultic;Nine is insane and all about conspiracy theories. It also moves at breakneck speed. Trying to cram an entire VN into 12 eps will do that. Julias posted:I'd also reccomend Serial Experiments Lain or Paranoia Agent This is a good and correct recommendation.
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AlternateNu posted:It also moves at breakneck speed. Trying to cram an entire VN into 12 eps will do that. I would argue that its pace is one of its best selling points. It goes so fast you don't have time to be bored. ... and honestly, I'd be into more anime if they used that kind of pace more often. Everyone talking at super-speed was a genuine delight to me. Also whatever you do, don't watch Occultic;Nine and then something like Noir, you will immediately die of boredom even though Noir is really good - it's just that it's so, so slow.
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Vookatos posted:Hiya! Me and my boyfriend decided to give anime a chance and watched some shows. We didn't like some shows that are apparently super popular, but have found some that we absolutely loved, so now we're looking forward to something similar. Here's a good go-to selection of anime series to try if you want good story/and or action. Couple of these you've probably heard of if you're bringing up "super-famous animes", but just on the off chance something slipped off your list there's a few that probably qualify here; Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Trigun. Outlaw Star. Blood Blockade Battlefront. The Big O. Death Parade. Eureka Seven. Planetes. Black Lagoon. Hellsing Ultimate. And a special recommendation for Monster, which is just 74-episodes of well-made mystery/drama television in its own right.
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I haven't been watching as much anime as I used to and while I've sort of kind of been keeping up with some shows, this has affected my intake of comedic anime in particular. When I was still really into anime, I really enjoyed the type of humor in shows like Azumanga Daiou and School Rumble. But these are pretty much 15 years old already (drat).. are there any shows likes these that are more recent?
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Funny Bunny posted:I haven't been watching as much anime as I used to and while I've sort of kind of been keeping up with some shows, this has affected my intake of comedic anime in particular. When I was still really into anime, I really enjoyed the type of humor in shows like Azumanga Daiou and School Rumble. But these are pretty much 15 years old already (drat).. are there any shows likes these that are more recent? Nichijou is pretty much just Azumanga except every character is as weird as Osaka.
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Comedic anime in the vein of Azumanga Daioh and School Rumble...
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Cromartie High School is not recent, but in case you missed it, fix that.
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Non Non Biyori is completely boring and totally not comedic.
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Bongo Bill posted:Cromartie High School is not recent, but in case you missed it, fix that. I just finished watching this yesterday. The art looks really cheap and terrible but I honestly dont think they could have pulled off the humor they did using anything else. Watch anime Freddie Mercury.
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I've been enjoying this season's Grand Blue enormously. Is there an anime/manga that concentrates on the frattier aspects of school life? I know college animes can be slim pickings, but... y'know, someone here might know.
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Wark Say posted:I've been enjoying this season's Grand Blue enormously. Is there an anime/manga that concentrates on the frattier aspects of school life? I know college animes can be slim pickings, but... y'know, someone here might know. The Tatami Galaxy has a bit of that. I mean it's more of a surreal tour of college life in general and makes a lot of different stops along the way, but as you say, as subgenres go the pickings are pretty slim.
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There's so many reasons to watch The Tatami Galaxy that I would use the most tenuous of connections to suggest it.
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I do like the Tatami Galaxy, but I've already watched it this year. I was actually hoping someone would mention some off-the-beaten-path manga or some-such. Thanks for the attempt, though! 
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Nichijou, Lucky Star and Cromartie High School I've actually all seen. But even these shows are not that recent anymore, of course. Daily Lives of High School Boys I will definitely give a chance, thanks for the recommendation!
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what's that manga with the dorm or boarding house that's going to be shut down? I haven't read it so this is kind of a tentative rec but it might be in the neighborhood of what you're looking for idk
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Everything Burrito posted:what's that manga with the dorm or boarding house that's going to be shut down? I haven't read it so this is kind of a tentative rec but it might be in the neighborhood of what you're looking for idk I remember it being pretty drat good for the most part, except it ends rather abruptly. But that, in itself considering the theme of it, is rather fitting.
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Wark Say posted:Comedic anime in the vein of Azumanga Daioh and School Rumble... Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and I daresay Kaguya-sama: Love is War are things that come to my mind whenever School Rumble is mentioned.
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Folt The Bolt posted:Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and I daresay Kaguya-sama: Love is War are things that come to my mind whenever School Rumble is mentioned.  Also, is there any anime or manga that feels/reads like it got inspired by the Condemned videogame? I remember liking the first game one a bunch (less enthused about the second one).
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Wark Say posted:Hopefully without the godawful ending down the road. Godawful it might be, but I'll never stop liking School Rumble since pretty much everything else about it was fantastic in my opinion.
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At least School Rumble ended with the correct pairing, which is rare in anime.
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Paracelsus posted:At least School Rumble ended with the correct pairing, which is rare in anime. What pairing would that be? Tenma x Karasuma? Harima x Eri?
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Folt The Bolt posted:Hige x Eri
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Ah, the OTP of many SR fans everywhere. (Including me.) Yes, I agree with that. Best pairing actually happened which is great!
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ok, so, i've noticed that a lot of the shows i like follow a weird formula. like, a really loving oddly specific one, honestly. - two protags, one relatively passive, one seriously hosed in the head, who end up tied together somehow and usually have some weird past history together -- sometimes they bone down, sometimes they end up hating each other, sometimes neither or both - some sort of extremely grim high-stakes setting in which the protags must kill to survive -- with just barely enough horror elements in the setting to qualify as such despite being like 85% action - a linear progression of increasingly insane boss fights for the protags to go through, usually requiring the passive protag to develop a badass streak - a tone that constantly jumps around between completely dead serious and surreal comedy - usually a bittersweet ending, sometimes an outright downer or happy ending but not often just off the top of my head, this applies to Mirai Nikki, Devilman Crybaby, Deadman Wonderland, Angels of Death, Killing Bites, Hellsing, and basically every single thing Nasu has ever written (definitely Kara no Kyoukai, Tsukihime, and the HF route of Fate/stay) this isn't necessarily a rec request (though i def like shows that follow this weird formula and would appreciate more), but... does anyone know what the patient zero for this would be? or if this is some sort of codified genre? because it's starting to get a little silly how many of these things feel bizarrely goddamn similar to each other WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 07:41 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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Out of the ones you mentioned, the original Devilman was written way back in the 70s. The work of Go Nagai and others from back then are the foundation for alot of what ends up in the scene today. Go Nagai for instance basically repopularised giant robots with Maziger Z and is often credited with creating the magical girl genre with Cutie Honey.
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Kokoro Wish posted:Out of the ones you mentioned, the original Devilman was written way back in the 70s. The work of Go Nagai and other from back then are the foundation for alot of what ends up in the scene today. well i should probably note a lot of those beats are specifically in Crybaby and not the original, Crybaby almost feels like it's reconfiguring the original to fit this formula in parts like, the relationship between Akira and Ryo is way different in Crybaby and way more fitting for what I'm talking about (as is Akira's arc in general) WeedlordGoku69 fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Aug 31, 2018 |
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:ok, so, i've noticed that a lot of the shows i like follow a weird formula. like, a really loving oddly specific one, honestly.
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A couple people in here recommended Flip Flappers a while ago, and boy is this show great. I haven't been so immediately into a show in ages. Totally worth checking out if you're into cute/funny/absurd stuff.
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Endorph posted:makai tensho, a 1967 novel with a ton of film and anime both directly based on it and inspired by it, basically hits all these notes. the only real difference is that the second protag/love interest doesn't really do a ton. ha ha ha holy poo poo so Ninja Resurrection/Samurai Reincarnation is basically patient zero for this  that's not something I saw coming, so I guess this genre would basically be "Makai Tensho clones"?
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It's Makai Tensho / Teito Monogatari clones all the way down. If that fails, Uncle Go and Daddy Tezuka got you covered.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:ha ha ha holy poo poo so Ninja Resurrection/Samurai Reincarnation is basically patient zero for this
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Endorph posted:now wait until you trace the line from makai tensho to shin megami tensei to persona, and the line from makai tensho to fate/stay night to like every visual novel made in the past decade I thought SMT was more Teito Monogatari than Makai Tensho, though I can def see the Fate/stay night connection pretty easily
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To whoever said to watch Hunter x Hunter, thank you. A bit of an up and down series but the highs more than made up for the lows. Like Gon absolutely destroying Pitou.  So I think I want to change things up a bit. Whats a good happy show that is focused more on adults instead of kids/teenagers.
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Furnaceface posted:So I think I want to change things up a bit. Whats a good happy show that is focused more on adults instead of kids/teenagers. Saint Young Men
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The anime is just a couple of OVA's, isn't it? But otherwise yeah, seconded really hard.
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Furnaceface posted:To whoever said to watch Hunter x Hunter, thank you. A bit of an up and down series but the highs more than made up for the lows. Like Gon absolutely destroying Pitou. Servant x Service
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Saint Young Men Cant find this anywhere probably due to regional restrictions? Nipponophile posted:Servant x Service Ill give this a go, looks like it doesnt take itself too seriously which is kind of what Im looking for. Is sweetness & lightning worth watching? It shows up as recommended for me an awful lot.
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