Anime Discussion Thread XXII: "The Fate of Minky Momo"

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Futaba Anzu: May 6, 2011; GROSS BOY

Thumbtacks posted:

I�m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I�m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

samurai flamenco

# ? Nov 25, 2019 06:12

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# ? Jun 10, 2024 03:24

Toshimo: Aug 23, 2012; He's outta line...

But he's right!

Thumbtacks posted:

I�m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I�m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

Steins;Gate
Angel Beats
Planetes
Your Lie in April
Abenobashi

# ? Nov 25, 2019 06:13

Cephas: May 11, 2009; Humanity's real enemy is me!
Hya hya foowah!

Thumbtacks posted:

I�m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I�m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

it's a manga but Qualia the Purple is like the epitome of this

# ? Nov 25, 2019 06:13

esselfortium: Jul 19, 2006; Cumulonimbus Antagonistic Posting

Futaba Anzu posted:

samurai flamenco

This is the best answer

# ? Nov 25, 2019 06:16

redreader: Nov 2, 2009; I am the coolest person ever with my pirate chalice. Seriously.; Dinosaur Gum

Thanks Captain Cappy! I didn't know about that site. TPB is not the place to look any more apparently.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 06:49

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

Thumbtacks posted:

I’m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I’m down for it

If you want manga like this you could try Gal☆Cleaning

(Don't try Gal☆Cleaning)

# ? Nov 25, 2019 08:10

GhostofJohnMuir: Aug 14, 2014; anime is not good

does anyone remember betterman? i have some half remembered bits tempting me to go an rewatch it, but i think it might just bad stuff coming to haunt me from my younger years.

FilthyImp posted:

(Don't try Gal☆Cleaning)

yeah, this

# ? Nov 25, 2019 08:22

WeedlordGoku69: Feb 12, 2015; by Cyrano4747

Thumbtacks posted:

I�m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I�m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

Mirai Nikki should scratch this itch for you. It can barely stay in one genre for longer than a couple episodes at a time.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 08:24

FartRomancer.EXE: Jun 26, 2012

nobody should watch mirai nikki

# ? Nov 25, 2019 09:08

Toshimo: Aug 23, 2012; He's outta line...

But he's right!

FartRomancer.EXE posted:

everybody should watch mirai nikki

# ? Nov 25, 2019 09:10

FartRomancer.EXE: Jun 26, 2012

nothing that gross about sexual assualt is something "everyone should watch" gently caress off

# ? Nov 25, 2019 09:15

Space Flower: Sep 10, 2014; by Games Forum

instead of acting shocked and pulling someone into a gotcha when your sweeping statement elicits an equal response you could just say from the beginning that you thought mirai nikki was gross about sexual assault. no one's going to fight your opinion there

# ? Nov 25, 2019 09:37

FartRomancer.EXE: Jun 26, 2012

Space Flower posted:

instead of acting shocked and pulling someone into a gotcha when your sweeping statement elicits an equal response you could just say from the beginning that you thought mirai nikki was gross about sexual assault. no one's going to fight your opinion there

you're right, that would have been a better way to handle it

still, gently caress that show

# ? Nov 25, 2019 09:42

Argue: Sep 29, 2005; I represent the Philippines

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni has quite the tonal shifts, and it's very jarring and confusing if, like me, you're unfamiliar with the source material.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 10:30

The Colonel: Jun 8, 2013; I commute by bike!

higurashi's tonal shifts prob work better in vn form than in anime form, the vn focuses a lot more on the characters than on the horror while the anime cuts out a fair amount of character stuff and emphasizes the horror more, which i imagine gets weird when the story ultimately shifts out of entirely

# ? Nov 25, 2019 10:38

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

redreader posted:

IDK if this is the right place to ask, but I really loved robotech (season 1) as a kid and wanted to watch more macross. I looked it up and Macross Frontier is apparently the second best of the lot, but I can't find it anywhere. Crunchyroll hasn't got a single macross anything, Netflix, Amazon prime don't have it either. I couldn't even find files of it. Maybe I have to buy the bluray or something?

Alternatively, is anything else as good as Macross season 1?

if you want to be legal, all the japanese blurays except I think macross 7 have pretty good english subs on them now because they've just given up ever trying to release it in the west. if you don't care about being legal, idk they're not that hard to find

a couple years back ADV I think? managed to put out a pretty good english set of SDF macross DVDs, also, with a very good dub where mari ijima reprised her role as minmay. I'm guessing those are pretty pricey these days though

# ? Nov 25, 2019 12:30

Droyer: Oct 9, 2012

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

does anyone remember betterman? i have some half remembered bits tempting me to go an rewatch it, but i think it might just bad stuff coming to haunt me from my younger years.

I watched Betterman a few months ago as part of my project to watch everything Brave related, and it isn't very good. It has many disparate parts which on their own are competent but undercut each other. It's horror but they ruin the tension with comedy, it's a mystery but they spend large swathes of the show just fighting monsters. Also a couple very wooden performances from the cast.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 13:38

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Thumbtacks posted:

I�m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I�m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

Narutaru/Shadow Star

# ? Nov 25, 2019 14:04

Toshimo: Aug 23, 2012; He's outta line...

But he's right!

https://japantoday.com/category/fea...unhappy-workers

# ? Nov 25, 2019 14:24

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

In 2020, let's resolve to be more upfront about why things are bad.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:09

lunar detritus: May 6, 2009

Thumbtacks posted:

I’m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I’m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

The first season of Symphogear is a rollercoaster of tonal shifts.

lunar detritus fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Nov 25, 2019

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:22

Julias: Jun 24, 2012; Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Thumbtacks posted:

I’m looking for an anime with a severe tonal shift. Modoka nearly gave me whiplash and I’m down for it

Ideally one that straight up shifts genres but I doubt there are many of those, if any. Although the idea of something like love live being suddenly interrupted by a giant mech and turning into a mech anime is hilarious

Sakurazuka posted:

Narutaru/Shadow Star

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:29

Julias: Jun 24, 2012; Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Also along those lines, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:30

Brutal Garcon: Nov 2, 2014

Futaba Anzu posted:

samurai flamenco

This.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:37

Cephas: May 11, 2009; Humanity's real enemy is me!
Hya hya foowah!

SSSS.Gridman might be a good pick. though it's not so much tonal whiplash as it is like, a dawning realization of what the show's actually about

tonal... three-point turn?

# ? Nov 25, 2019 15:50

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

I watched Violet Evergarden with a friend and I didn't like it much. Childish view of war, overbearing soundtrack, the animation is good but it doesn't really push any boundaries. Themes go nowhere and it doesn't earn it's ending. Character designs are good I guess. The episode where Iris goes home was the best one and the princess episode the worst

# ? Nov 25, 2019 16:22

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/zulu42996/status/1197421781667106817

# ? Nov 25, 2019 19:58

an actual dog: Nov 18, 2014

Sentai black friday owns I got Land of the Lustrous for $14

# ? Nov 25, 2019 20:20

Huzzah!: Sep 15, 2007; Malnutrition is scarier than any beastie.

# ? Nov 25, 2019 22:52

Beato Believer: May 23, 2009; I believe in Beato.
Even when she's driving.
At night.
In a snowstorm.

an actual dog posted:

Sentai black friday owns I got Land of the Lustrous for $14

Thanks! I picked up Flip Flappers for $10. My Cocona quota will quickly be quenched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B-tsxruIcs

# ? Nov 26, 2019 00:53

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

an actual dog posted:

Sentai black friday owns I got Land of the Lustrous for $14

Speaking of Black Friday, pray for me and all the other fools working retail this week.

Stay home on Friday if you can help it, and please be courteous and kind to service workers.

# ? Nov 26, 2019 00:56

Wark Say: Feb 22, 2013; by Fluffdaddy

Spirits are always with you. I hope. :ohdear:

# ? Nov 26, 2019 01:41

Erg: Oct 31, 2010

Futaba Anzu posted:

samurai flamenco

# ? Nov 26, 2019 02:09

Kagaya Homoraisan: Aug 28, 2019; You say, run away
Instead, you get scared
For the way that I feel
Drops out into all this disorder

good luck out there retail workers. its hell out there.

# ? Nov 26, 2019 02:23

an actual dog: Nov 18, 2014

Waffleman_ posted:

Speaking of Black Friday, pray for me and all the other fools working retail this week.

Stay home on Friday if you can help it, and please be courteous and kind to service workers.

black friday is basically a week, I got all I wanted already. but yea good luck!

# ? Nov 26, 2019 02:30

GhostofJohnMuir: Aug 14, 2014; anime is not good

Droyer posted:

I watched Betterman a few months ago as part of my project to watch everything Brave related, and it isn't very good. It has many disparate parts which on their own are competent but undercut each other. It's horror but they ruin the tension with comedy, it's a mystery but they spend large swathes of the show just fighting monsters. Also a couple very wooden performances from the cast.

cool, thanks for the heads up. i miss being young and having the time to watch poo poo i didn't even find enjoyable

# ? Nov 26, 2019 04:00