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Is Gintama worth watching? I’m up to ep16 and I like the cast and their utter idiocy, and the incomprehensible jokes that fly all over me due to my poor familiarity with japan/anime are hilarious ( i recognized lone wolf and cub random appearance as wolf aliens). But I know it gets serious down the line and some semi-serious moments until now have that “foreigners bad, samurai good” vibe that is a bit creepy, and if it goes too much down the nationalistic, jingoistic path would prefer to avoid it.
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Kefahuchi_son!!! posted:Is Gintama worth watching? It takes quite a long time before it gets consistency serious and even then it's a lot more nuanced than that.
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Oct 31, 2020 14:26
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The point of Gintama definitely isn't 'samurai good, foreigners bad.' As for getting serious, its more like it has serious arcs that last a dozen or so episodes at most, then shifts back to comedy, then repeat. It definitely never drops the comedy.
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Oct 31, 2020 14:49
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A while ago, I randomly read a single chapter of an anthology. I've been looking for it. The premise is that a bar owner builds a robot to be a waitress in his bar. This robot looks convincingly human, but its weak AI is only capable of repeating back things you say to it with minor variations. Naturally, most of the salaryman patrons fall in love with it, since their ideal is a pretty face that always agrees with them and never thinks for herself. For example: Bar patron: That is a nice dress! Waitress: This is a nice dress? Bar patron: You should go on a date with me sometime! Waitress: Maybe I will go on a date with you sometime. Does anyone know this manga? By the way, the wiki link in the OP is a dead link.
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Nov 1, 2020 05:01
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Nebrilos posted:By the way, the wiki link in the OP is a dead link. Here's a backup of the ADTRW wiki https://adtrw.nulani.net
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Nov 1, 2020 06:26
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Kefahuchi_son!!! posted:Is Gintama worth watching? it's wildly inconsistent but the good episodes are really good if you've watched 16 episodes and you're still on the fence skip ahead to episode 25, it's standalone and you shouldn't need too much context to understand it e: if the only thing you're worried about is the thematic/political part other folks have covered that, this is just my overall impression of it as a comedy show Tuxedo Catfish fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nov 1, 2020 06:56
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Julias posted:Just shotgunning them here, but: This show is funny/weird as hell and I'm not the emotional type at all, but there's a part halfway through that made me actually cry Pretty pro-watch
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Nov 1, 2020 07:32
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My baby sister is 13 and really getting in to anime. I've rec'd Given and Free!! to her since she's getting in to BL stuff but it's been a long time since I was in that scene so I'm not sure what's good. She's repeatedtly watched Black Butler and Tsubasa and really loved them. Aside from those she's a big Naruto/Boruto, Demon Slayer, Haikyuu, and MHA fan. Tulalip Tulips fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nov 1, 2020 10:23
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Tulalip Tulips posted:My baby sister is 13 and really getting in to anime. I've rec'd Given and Free!! to her since she's getting in to BL stuff but it's been a long time since I was in that scene so I'm not sure what's good.
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Nov 1, 2020 15:45
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If they haven't seen it yet, they will prolly love Yuri On Ice
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The Kono Danshi ovas are pretty mild and have sweet stories; CR has two of them: This Boy Suffers from Crystallization (romance is student x teacher if that's an issue) This Boy is a Professional Wizard (the most recent one and imo the best of the bunch) The other two shouldn't be terribly hard to find, I think I watched them both on youtube: This Boy Caught a Merman This Boy Can Fight Aliens The animation is more like a motion comic just fyi e: Noragami and Bungo Stray Dogs are also action shows that are big with the fujo audience Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nov 1, 2020 18:24
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After watching Texhnolyze, I could really go for another show that's as intensely atmospheric. Like, something that you don't watch as much as you experience.
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Nov 1, 2020 20:51
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Darth Walrus posted:After watching Texhnolyze, I could really go for another show that's as intensely atmospheric. Like, something that you don't watch as much as you experience. Serial Experiments Lain. It even has a similar cyberpunk aesthetic.
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Nov 1, 2020 21:01
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Tulalip Tulips posted:My baby sister is 13 and really getting in to anime. I've rec'd Given and Free!! to her since she's getting in to BL stuff but it's been a long time since I was in that scene so I'm not sure what's good. Keep an eye on the new Shaman King anime releasing in April, she'll probably love that.
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Thanks everyone! I can't believe I blanked on Yuri on Ice, that's totally up her alley. Noragami too. The new Shaman King will probably be for me but I'll try it with her and see if I can get her in to Yu Yu Hakusho at the same time.
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Tulalip Tulips posted:new Shaman King Omg what?? Son I am excite about Shaman King
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Nov 1, 2020 21:37
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Is this the proper place to ask for a manga recommendation? I'm looking for more manga to read, but it's hard to find good manga. I seem to prefer comedy or drama over action and generally prefer manga that doesn't involve high school. Examples of things I liked: Dungeon Meshi, Spy X Family, Hotel (Boichi), The Dragon's Seven Adorable Children, Kaguya Wants to be Confessed To
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Nov 1, 2020 22:25
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Bobobo-bobo-bobo's manga is hilarious, and is actually over with like 30 books in total. Most of it didnt get officially translated, but its online and basically official. Theres hardly any merch for it on purpose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4iKuYK9wxc Tulalip Tulips posted:Thanks everyone! I can't believe I blanked on Yuri on Ice, that's totally up her alley. Noragami too. The new Shaman King will probably be for me but I'll try it with her and see if I can get her in to Yu Yu Hakusho at the same time. DNANGEL is about the best gift an older sister can give her younger. Insert a Name Here fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Nov 1, 2020 |
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Nebrilos posted:Is this the proper place to ask for a manga recommendation? I'm looking for more manga to read, but it's hard to find good manga. I seem to prefer comedy or drama over action and generally prefer manga that doesn't involve high school. The Surreal Daily Life Manga Thread has consistently provided great recommendations for years now. The OP is chock full of high quality reads. Some of my favorites would be The Voynich Hotel, Jitsu wa Watashi wa, and Hinamatsuri.
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Darth Walrus posted:After watching Texhnolyze, I could really go for another show that's as intensely atmospheric. Like, something that you don't watch as much as you experience. Check out Casshern Sins if you haven't already.
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Darth Walrus posted:After watching Texhnolyze, I could really go for another show that's as intensely atmospheric. Like, something that you don't watch as much as you experience. Gilgamesh
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non non biyori
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Shigurui has the same director and definitely hits "atmospheric" in an oppressively miserable summer way
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dogsicle posted:Shigurui has the same director and definitely hits "atmospheric" in an oppressively miserable summer way This one's good too
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Hey guys quick question looking for a recommendation; what's the best currently airing or just finished airing sci-fi anime that doesn't involve other worlds, video games, or fanservice? hard sci-fi would be a plus. looking specifically for newer stuff from 2018-2020.
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Lastdancer posted:Hey guys quick question looking for a recommendation; what's the best currently airing or just finished airing sci-fi anime that doesn't involve other worlds, video games, or fanservice? hard sci-fi would be a plus. looking specifically for newer stuff from 2018-2020. There's a new Legend of the Galactic Heroes series that started in 2018 and has two seasons, a couple movies, and a third season coming in the near future. No idea how it compares to the original. Psycho Pass is sorta sci fi. It started a few years ago but season 3 just came out last year. I like it a lot, and it comes up a decent amount in this thread. Deca-Dence is on my watch list but I haven't gotten around to it yet. That's pretty much everything recent that I'm aware of which fits your criteria, I might be missing something though.
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Lastdancer posted:Hey guys quick question looking for a recommendation; what's the best currently airing or just finished airing sci-fi anime that doesn't involve other worlds, video games, or fanservice? hard sci-fi would be a plus. looking specifically for newer stuff from 2018-2020. Planet With was apparently 2018, and that one's pretty great. I would say Deca-Dence from last season, but that one involves video games (sort of).
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Sweet; thank you both, I will look into those recommendations. I had no idea there was a new LotGH!
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Planet With is a super robot show so not hard sci-fi but it's very good there's been a couple other-genre-but-in-sci-fi-setting shows in Megalobox (boxing) and Carole & Tuesday (music) can't think of anything else in that small time range that doesn't break one of the criteria
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Lastdancer posted:Hey guys quick question looking for a recommendation; what's the best currently airing or just finished airing sci-fi anime that doesn't involve other worlds, video games, or fanservice? hard sci-fi would be a plus. looking specifically for newer stuff from 2018-2020. I've been looking for the some scifi a while back myself, check out Seikaisuru Kado and Blame!.
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I'm nearing the end of Planet With now and it's been quite a ride! Enjoying it quite a bit. I keep getting vibes of stuff like Gurren Lagann, and noticing certain visual references to stuff like gunbuster and ghost in the shell of all things. Also, I realized a little earlier I said no "other worlds" and I mainly just meant no Isekai stuff-- the involvement of other worlds is fine. I'm going to take a look at the rest of these recommendations once I'm finished watching this one. Seikaisuru Kado definitely sounds interesting! Thanks again, everyone. Lastdancer fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Nov 6, 2020 |
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The title of the last episode of Planet With is one of my favorite things
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Kado starts good but ends really badly later on. If you like seineny slightly edge and violent sci fi then try ID: Invaded, it's trying to be sci fi detective Inception. Hits most of its marks, lands the ending, has a bunch of great characters.
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Watched Love, Death, Robots on Netflix and now Im curious if there are any anime in the same vein. A collection of small episodes with no connecting story but a basic theme?
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Furnaceface posted:Watched Love, Death, Robots on Netflix and now Im curious if there are any anime in the same vein. A collection of small episodes with no connecting story but a basic theme? Robot Carnival is about.. robots. Neo-tokyo and Memories and compilations, I guess the theme could be scifi and good.
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Genius Party and Genius Party Beyond are cool collections of shorts. Not sure if they have a theme but most of them are pretty surreal
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Furnaceface posted:Watched Love, Death, Robots on Netflix and now Im curious if there are any anime in the same vein. A collection of small episodes with no connecting story but a basic theme? The manga Battlefield is world war 2 stories based on fairy tales
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Thanks to the people who told me Gintama was not, as i feared, ultranationalist propaganda, i watched the tensest food battle ever!! Ep. 25 was great.
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Kefahuchi_son!!! posted:Thanks to the people who told me Gintama was not, as i feared, ultranationalist propaganda, i watched the tensest food battle ever!! 
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Kefahuchi_son!!! posted:Thanks to the people who told me Gintama was not, as i feared, ultranationalist propaganda, i watched the tensest food battle ever!! It only gets significantly better from there.
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