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I was in a college anime club in the early-mid 2000s and I can confirm that talking about weird porn every goddamn week is extremely realistic.
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ninjewtsu posted:got a friend with an ask that has me kind of stumped. anyone know any animes/mangas that feature a world/living space entirely made out of metal? he said that aposimz is the closest thing he's found to what he's looking for. he's an artist and is trying to find different examples of that kind of stuff. I don't think we're supposed to mention the one in the title, but that has people who live on a Death Star.
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Ibblebibble posted:I should probably have mentioned that I found that the funniest bits were the guys being absolute bastards to each other If you want a comedy of errors, go watch Gamers. It gets insanely convoluted in amazing ways  . Don't take the first episode at face-value though, it's deliberately misleading.
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Yes, I have already watched Konosuba.
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ninjewtsu posted:got a friend with an ask that has me kind of stumped. anyone know any animes/mangas that feature a world/living space entirely made out of metal? he said that aposimz is the closest thing he's found to what he's looking for. he's an artist and is trying to find different examples of that kind of stuff. It's not anime related at all but if it's art references you're looking for, the Mirrodin setting of Magic the Gathering is entirely made of metal, and there's over a thousand cards with art depicting parts of that setting at this point.
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I'm looking fro some VN recommendations, since I've gotten onto kind of a streak of playing them. Things I've liked: 999/Virtue's Last Reward Ace Attorney DanganRonpa I generally like VNs that have some kind of gameplay/choice system. If it's not going to have any real interaction, I'd rather just read a book. I don't really care what the genre is in particular, though I guess a lot of the ones I like skew towards sci-fi and/or mystery.
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To be honest I can't think of that many worthwhile gameplay-focused VNs that you haven't already listed, so you might be out of luck on that one. Little Busters! (Key highschool romance/mystery/drama) on Steam does have a lot of minigames but they are pretty basic and ultimately completely inconsequential to completing the game. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception is on the PS4 as a SRPG thing that I've heard is pretty decent, though I haven't played it Ever17 is by the same writer as 999/VLR/ZTD so that is probably worth looking at, but while it features a ton of choices/paths it, again, does not really have any sort of gameplay beyond reading the story. Higurashi/Umineko have even less gameplay and choices than any of the above but in terms of murder mysteries like Danganronpa and Ace Attorney they are on another level so I'd recommend them just the same. There is a thread in Games that has more overall discussion, if you're interested in trying there.
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As long as it has choices it's generally also fine for me. What I want to avoid is things like World End Economica where it's just an LN fed to me a couple lines at a time. Choose Your Own Adventure Book fed to me a few lines at a time is enough to keep me going. I think someone mentioned Ever17 to me before, so I'll probably at least check that out. I'll also probably check out that games thread, thanks.
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Oct 8, 2018 19:28
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This might be more game than Visual Novel, but Touch Detective is pretty good.
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Oct 8, 2018 19:33
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YU-NO - The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World
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AnoHito posted:I'm looking fro some VN recommendations, since I've gotten onto kind of a streak of playing them. The House in Fata Morgana
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Oct 8, 2018 19:38
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Julias posted:The House in Fata Morgana
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Julias posted:The House in Fata Morgana I've been meaning to check that out, so I'll take that recommendation myself. And, it might be more game than strictly a VN, but Long Live the Queen is a blast so I'm just throwing it out there. Should be on steam and/or GoG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvmUuJVGcIM
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AnoHito posted:I'm looking fro some VN recommendations, since I've gotten onto kind of a streak of playing them. I just finished 428 Shibuya Scramble and it's very good
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Sakurazuka posted:I just finished 428 Shibuya Scramble and it's very good Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder that this came out in English 
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The House in Fata Morgana is a step forward for VNs as a whole IMO. Absolutely stellar, and genuinely well paced too. It does have some choices in it, though they come only after a lengthy period without any. Still, chiming in with it as a general rec.AnoHito posted:As long as it has choices it's generally also fine for me. What I want to avoid is things like World End Economica where it's just an LN fed to me a couple lines at a time. Choose Your Own Adventure Book fed to me a few lines at a time is enough to keep me going. Ever17 is a little rough on the other hand, pacing wise. Remember11 is another one by the same author - its ending is pretty unfinished, but in terms of atmosphere it's my favorite in the Uchikoshi stable. Lots of choices, lots of twists, and it's got a nice snowy atmosphere. Maybe it'd be better to save for winter actually. If you want the detective aspects of Phoenix Wright but incredibly edgy and gory, the Kara no Shoujo series is good. It really is edgy enough that if you're feeling even a bit "ehhhh" after reading that it probably wouldn't be worth your time. The gameplay is genuinely difficult (and in one particular case completely unreasonable) but quite fun for a bit. Symphonic Rain is nicely morose, and has a minigame where you play music with the keyboard. It's actually really fun, I found myself just going back to play some of the songs once in a while completely irrespective of the story. The plot changes a bit depending on whether you're good or bad at the game, but I don't know if it's more advanced than "oh you get a bad ending if you play bad". There's also a free VN on steam called Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius. It's got a pretty solid TBS attached to it, and I remember having quite a bit of fun with it years back. It's a sci-fi game where you're the captain of a ship. Only reservation I have in particular is that its continuation, which comes after a huge cliffhanger, is apparently short and also quite pricey. Corpse Party is also pretty good, especially for the scary month. I did start using a walkthrough around halfway through though, so the gameplay didn't hugely land for me. There's a couple super involved bad endings that I appreciated. Sorry if this is just a big block of stuff thrown on your lap, but I figured it'd be good to cover a range of tones and genres. World End Economica's translation is also very bad, or was when I first tried to play it at least. All of these should be much easier to read.
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a kitten posted:I've been meaning to check that out, so I'll take that recommendation myself. LLTQ is cute as heck and everyone should play it.
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Thanks, everyone. There's a lot there that look like they'll keep me interested. I'll probably start with Ever17 and move from there (I really really liked VLR). I'd also somehow completely forgotten that LLtQ exists and that I've been meaning to give it a go for forever now. Davincie posted:YU-NO - The Girl that Chants Love at the Edge of the World *Googles* ...is this an actually serious recommendation or some hosed up joke recommendation? Because part of the description makes it look like it's extremely my poo poo, and the other part kind of looks like it's an old hosed up meme game.
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I haven't played it yet but YU-NO is legit. Right now I'm torn between giving that a shot or 428 Shibuya Scramble.
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yu-no is incredibly influental and none of these vns with gameplay would exist without it, its well written, it looks great, has a fantastic soundtrack, a likeable cast (with the best tsundere there is), a deep and interactive time travel system, more choices than 90% of vns, a point and click system with puzzles that can get annoying and its gigantic its also a 20 year old japanese pc game with all that entails
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trying to put a walkthrough of YU-NO on my wall but the wall isn't long enough ftw
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Maybe the recent remake features ample rewrites and makes it less skeevy, but the original at least was extremely repugnant and reprehensible and I would not recommend it. It does have an ambitious story progression system but it's hard for me to care that much about it to praise it for it by the end.
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My ladyfriend really loves Your Name and wants to watch another makoto shinkai movie. Anyone got any quick recs of which of his movies would be the best followup?
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There's the earlier The Garden of Words which takes place in the same setting ("same setting" meaning the two main character make cameos in Your Name). Of course, there's also 5 Centimeters per Second. Both really good.
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Thanks! We ended up watching garden of words and she cried like a baby
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Big ups to 5cm, the first bit in particular has a very desolate and snowy atmosphere. It's on Crunchyroll too.
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How grimdark is Goblin Slayer exactly? I liked the manga but the "goblins are rapists"-theme was a bit heavy handed. e: what I liked about the manga was how Guts-from-berserk-like the main character is. Just a single-minded, driven dude who is constantly in over his head. Are there any other shows like that? Pondex fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Oct 11, 2018 |
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Pondex posted:How grimdark is Goblin Slayer exactly?
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Pondex posted:e: what I liked about the manga was how Guts-from-berserk-like the main character is. Just a single-minded, driven dude who is constantly in over his head. Are there any other shows like that? go watch VOTOMS and Armor Hunter Mellowlink right the gently caress now e: the latter is more what you're looking for, insanely badass foot soldier going on a revenge quest against mech pilots armed with nothing but an anti-tank rifle and his own massive brass balls, but VOTOMS is in the same universe and has some of the same stuff going on with Chirico
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There is a lot more around it than just that but you might like the character of Randel Oland in Pumpkin Scissors, the anime is not spectacular but I do recommend watching at least the first fight it opens with and then reading the manga if you're interested in continuing at all. The whole team is really in over their heads and up against some overwhelming forces but they tend to be more about politics and corruption but Randel's fights boil that down to a much simpler man vs tank (or armored train, etc) spectacle.
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What are other edit: Not sure why to restrict to shonen, never mind that icantfindaname fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Oct 14, 2018 |
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icantfindaname posted:What are other (shonen) manga from the late 80s like Dragon Ball but not cyberpunk, or like sports/boxing stuff like Baki? Saint Seiya Literally the first couple of arcs of Jojos
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icantfindaname posted:What are other Yu Yu Hakusho
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Parasyte, for sure. Excellent horror, genuinely good comedy, fascinating and grotesque action scenes, kinda weak but ultimately acceptable finale arc with a villain that looks straight out of DBZ. The anime adaptation from a few years ago was widely considered good too, I believe, though people cringed at the dubstep in it iirc It does have the most iconic scene in it lovingly animated though 
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Did the Parasyte anime cover the whole manga or did they stop prematurely or just make up something to fit the number of available episodes? I remember enjoying it overall but as soon as it got into the finale arc it was significantly less interesting
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covered all of it
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icantfindaname posted:What are other Riki-oh Otokojuku Fist of the North Star
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Pondex posted:How grimdark is Goblin Slayer exactly? There's the 1969 anime Dororo, which is about a man whose father sold his body parts to 48 demons for power and to reclaim his body he must kill all 48 demons, and he just sort of hunts and fights demons in general. If watching a super old anime isn't your style it's getting a remake next year
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Pondex posted:How grimdark is Goblin Slayer exactly? So far, through admittedly only two episodes, the Goblin Slayer anime is a little less grimdark than its manga counterpart. Stuff that's pretty explicit in the manga are mostly implicit in the anime. You know what's happening but the anime doesn't show as much as the manga does. That said the story is pretty much the same so far, albeit a bit rushed by comparison. A lot of GS's grimdark horribleness is frontloaded, so they seem to be trying to fast forward past a lot of it to get to the later chapters that's more about Goblin Slayer hanging out with the full party with Priestess, Elf, Dwarf, and Draconian. But of course, it is still early days.
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RabidWeasel posted:Did the Parasyte anime cover the whole manga or did they stop prematurely or just make up something to fit the number of available episodes?
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Are there any sites people would recommend for reliably good reviews? I don't really trust the good folks at myanimelist to have good taste or know what they're talking about, and some other sites seem inconsistent with people often just doing one off reviews or some of them are pretty bad
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