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Booky posted:amuro and char smoochin is better zeta-on tbh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEzte98sl9M
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Re: Madoka and Magical Girl stuff, Madoka isn't notable because of its grimdarkness or tending to the dramatic, those type of things have been a staple of the genre since forever. What sets it apart, at least for me, is it taking a holistic examination of the very idea of a magical girl, taking constituent genre staples and recontextualizing them into a greater whole that paints a much darker picture than you'd otherwise expect. Stuff like how Madoka and her associates are mere cogs in an entire self-sustaining system spanning the far reaches of time and space, the relationship between magical girls and the witches they fight twisting the familiar Monster-of-the-Week formula into something that's unsettling yet plausible, and the idea of strong emotions as a form of energy taken to its logical extreme. Kyubey ends up being a perfect antagonist in this respect, being a direct foil to the idea of emotions as power by instead being cold and logical to a ruthless degree. I'm not speaking as to its quality in respects to other pillars of the genre, just that the grimdark elements of the story are more the result of the approach the story was taking to adapting the genre as a whole, not the driving force behind the story itself. Of note is that the original Madoka anime ends on a triumphant note and even the controversially dour ending to Rebellion reads more as a fervent Call to Action than as an expression of despondency and hopelessness. Time will tell how the next movie goes. Naturally, the tone of the work and the way in which is challenges the genre's fabric head on is what makes it appealing to many, even (perhaps, especially) to those who are passionate about the Magical Girl genre as a whole. That's why I think it's reductive to just say that "Sailor Moon and other shows had dark elements too, it's nothing new."
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I waa goofing around earlier about Bakemonogatari, but I think it will be the next show I check out for real
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Covok posted:What the actual gently caress? She took the breakup poorly? I don't go looking, I just hear stories every once in a while, "hey did you hear what so-and-so did". It's just that the answer to that question leans more on "keeps trying to recruit a harem of younger and younger women who need to learn about the prophet Homura and how wickedness is the true path".
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Completely unrelated to absolutely everything, what's Piccolo eating in your avatar? Also, welcome back Endorph. We need all the posters that constantly have Jimmy Neutron brain blasts that we can get.
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sailor moon is about as good as 200 episode monster of the week anime gets, btw. well worth the watch
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Endorph posted:lol welcome back we really missed you
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Does Ball Family count as Monster of the Week if they show up in 3 separate weeks?
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do you stop being a family when you are apart
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Does Ball Family count as Monster of the Week if they show up in 3 separate weeks? monster of a fortnight and a half
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Does Ball Family count as Monster of the Week if they show up in 3 separate weeks? they are separate yet together
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SatoshiMiwa posted:I can sorta of see why TTRPG's would be into Madoka as a game besides being into Dark setting as having players try to work the whole Greif Seed/Witch dynamic would seem like it'd lead to some potentially interesting mechanics The world would be a better place with more Symphogear in general.
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Rhett Butler deserved an honorable mention imho.
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Endorph posted:lol Welcome back!
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I just binged through about 250 posts in this thread and now I'm that much closer to maybe actually watching a gundam series.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Start with Build Fighters. 
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I think Wing on Toonami was the first anime I was really into. I should revist that show at some point.
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i started mechaing with seeing like 2 clips of wing gundam, watching all of g gundam (recommended), and then reading a srw z lp what im saying here is g is a good place to start
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sb hermit posted:I just binged through about 250 posts in this thread and now I'm that much closer to maybe actually watching a gundam series. The real question is if you are going to start with Universal Century or all the others. I was so confused and lost at first with all the timeline and shows but it ain't so bad. There's no real reason to start with UC (original Mobile Suit Gundam aka Gundam 0079, Zeta, etc.) - I myself started with G Gundam, but that's kinda setting you up for a fall as it's nothing like the others. Also I watched it years before I saw any other Gundam. I guess Iron-Blooded Orphans is supposed to be really good and probably a fine intro to the series but never seen it. I'll just speak for my generation and say start with Wing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzHlEWeXXrg
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NikkolasKing posted:The real question is if you are going to start with Universal Century or all the others. I was so confused and lost at first with all the timeline and shows but it ain't so bad. I'll consider it but you don't sound confident in your recommendation dogsicle posted:i like tomino more than gundam I have overman king gainer on dvd (yes, all of it, although some is used and might not be playable) so maybe I'll finish watching that first
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I like how Crunchyroll has Bakemonogatari only in 480p and there's an Aniplex watermark the entire time
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Booky posted:i started mechaing with seeing like 2 clips of wing gundam, watching all of g gundam (recommended), and then reading a srw z lp Elephant Parade posted:here's a reason to start with Universal Century: Gundam '79 is really good Turns out US netflix has a lot of gundam so I'll pick up something from there
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Roth posted:I like how Crunchyroll has Bakemonogatari only in 480p and there's an Aniplex watermark the entire time are they still missing episodes 13-15 as well?
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Tales of Woe posted:are they still missing episodes 13-15 as well? Only goes up to episode 12 it looks like
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God drat I hate vtubers who's with me, eh? Fuckin' vtubers no one likes those guys. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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RareAcumen posted:Completely unrelated to absolutely everything, what's Piccolo eating in your avatar? hes rolling a blunt op
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sb hermit posted:Turns out US netflix has a lot of gundam so I'll pick up something from there Start with either the Gundam movie trilogy or IBO if you do this. Iron Blooded Orphans is a standalone series but the rest of the films and OVAs on Netflix are in continuity with each other and reference each other.
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Really most every Gundam has at least something interesting to it, except for AGE
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Arc Hammer posted:Start with either the Gundam movie trilogy or IBO if you do this. Iron Blooded Orphans is a standalone series but the rest of the films and OVAs on Netflix are in continuity with each other and reference each other. ibo sounds interesting. it's a toss up between that and hathaway hey look, netflix has stuff from the fate series too, hmm I am not planning on watching any of it
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Endorph posted:gently caress your robots son, dad's got 5000 yen on the hanshin tigers. Endorph posted:an extremely important note also is that the cult fanbase it garnered was mostly adult women who wanted amuro and char to make out. 
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