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I mean, there's no reason that the episodic format has to come at the cost of progression. It's not an and/or situation.
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Rinkles posted:I like them, but not if they completely abandon any kind of progression. Slayers is episodic in the same way that each weekend session of a long Dungeons and Dragons campaign is. Each episode wraps up a little adventure, but there's still progression towards a larger quest/plot. It's not completely disjointed standalone episodes like, I dunno, South Park or something.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 05:55 |
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yeah i had something like inspector gadget in mind when i wrote that (i don't actually know if there ever was any closure)
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 08:51 |
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AlternateNu posted:Dirty Pair Flash I remember reading years ago that there's, like, two different versions of Escaflowne, one more Shonen, and one more Shoujo. Is that correct, or did I hallucinate that diving too deep into Tvtropes or something?
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 11:35 |
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Those are the manga adaptations, although there was allegedly an attempt to make a FoxKids version which turned Van into more the main character and reduced Hitomi's role but it never got past the pilot stage iirc
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Sakurazuka posted:That's the manga adaptations, although there was allegedly an attempt to make a FoxKids version which turned Van into more the main character and reduced Hitomi's role but it never got past the pilot stage iirc Had to double-check but it actually exists in totality... kinda. It's partially lost media, as there's parts of two episodes missing, but otherwise it had a full 23-episode run (some were skipped altogether). Also the same VA's as the "proper" English dub by Ocean, apparently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZXbrqPjKM Neddy Seagoon fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Apr 24, 2024 |
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Annath posted:I remember reading years ago that there's, like, two different versions of Escaflowne, one more Shonen, and one more Shoujo. Is that correct, or did I hallucinate that diving too deep into Tvtropes or something? If I recall, the movie was more...angsty/moody vs the anime. I think that's the one that's more shonen as well vs the anime proper.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 12:38 |
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How many versions are there? Two Mangas, an anime, and a movie? I guess I'm wondering which is the "original"/intended version.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 12:59 |
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Three manga actually The original is the anime TV series, everything is based off or around that.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 13:05 |
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Features some great music https://youtu.be/txi1CarJuS0?si=vuVm2OeBDz3AR5Iq
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 13:09 |
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Annath posted:How many versions are there? The first two manga were written simultaneously with the anime. (The anime was the original but due to production delays, the first manga's initial volumes came out first.) One was basically a battle series released in Shounen Ace. The second started releasing right as the anime was finally releasing. That was the shoujo adaptation serialized in Asuka Fantasy DX. The third manga was a mutli-artist collab of short stories released after the anime had finished. Neither is really comparable with the show. There was also a novelization released shortly after the anime in Newtype. The localization of the anime in the West was a clusterfuck because the localizers wanted Van to be the main character, so they edited a lot of the Hitomi scenes and even released the second episode as the premiere just so they could get to the initial fight with the dragon first before going into all of Hitomi's emotional characterization. They also straight up cut out a lot of episodes that dealt with "taboo topics". IIRC as a kid, they eventually just never even broadcast the latter episodes (at least on Fox in the U.S.) because of how heavy everything gets. The movie was released years later as a condensed reimagining of the show but with different plot beats and a much much much edgier tone. It isn't terrible but isn't as good as the series and fucks with the characters in a lot of weird ways.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 14:10 |
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Sounds what I'm hearing is to check out the original anime first, then maybe the manga if I liked the anime?
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 14:36 |
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Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 19:39 |
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Death Note is the obvious recommendation. Shiki might hit the vibes you're looking for, though it's a lot more dark than moody.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 20:03 |
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus.
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 20:09 |
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Erased, maybe
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 20:17 |
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Giant Robo has exactly what you'd want!!
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# ? Apr 24, 2024 20:19 |
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Already watched Odd Taxi, it was great. Seen Death Note too, it's neat but not really a mystery type of show from the viewers perspective. Heard mixed things about Erased, is it any good?
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. If you're OK with gore, "Another" is a really good mystery.
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Rinkles posted:so this is gonna be broad, but please recommend me some 90s shows. i'm in the mood for traditional cel animation. His and Her Circumstances Marmalade Boy Love me some 90s shojou
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erased is decent. the mystery falls a bit apart if you think about it too long and some of the emotional moments work and some dont, but its worth one watch through if you like that sort of thing
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Dusk Maiden of Amnesia. Erased was good, but I think the manga worked better. Dusk Maiden is a bit similar in that regard so check out the manga as well.
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Mouryou no Hako
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Tales of Woe posted:Mouryou no Hako This looks to be exactly the sort of thing I was looking for from the synopsis, thank you!
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Paranoia Agent? Monster?
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Heard mixed things about Erased, is it any good? very fun mystery until the mystery is actually revealed/you figure it out via basic process of elimination on important named characters and then it's just fine very much worth the ride. the mystery isn't anything you're going to think back on and go "oh that was clever" at, but the premise and investigation is great
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SexyBlindfold posted:Paranoia Agent? Monster? Seen Paranoia Agent, was fantastic, but definitely not primarily a mystery show. Monster is like an 80+ episode behemoth and I am not sure I am willing to commit to something of that size. Looking for something on the shorter side.
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ACCA is as much a travelogue of the fictional country it takes place in as a slow unraveling of the royal secrets and government conspiracy at its core, so may or may not quite fit your ask. The tone is pretty varied, not singularly moody. There's also series like Balance Unlimited and ID Invaded with larger mysteries threaded around more episodic ones, if those count.
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I read ACCA recently and was a bit disappointed. “Cozy conspiracy thriller” was perhaps not the mood I wanted
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I love Natsume Ono's art but there's a lot to be gained from adapting it to anime. Anime food/backgrounds/smoking etc looks so good 😍 and all that sort of thing.
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So, looking into the Escaflowne stuff now that I'm home from work, apparently the super edgy, violent, and ecchi manga was created based on the plot concepts and character designs the anime was originally going have. It was created while the anime's production was on hold, and when the anime resumed they drastically shifted the style/concept. So its completely by chance that the anime ended up not having "a violent saga focused primarily on fighting and Hitomi transforming into a "curvaceous nymph" that is the power source of the mecha Escaflowne." lmao
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i read in an interview somewhere that g gundam started as an earlier iteration of escaflowne lol. they really just had a name and went through a bunch of completely different concepts before landing on what they made edit: i can't find it now but it was an imagawa project in it's first iteration so maybe it was extrapolating from that + g gundam being his next show Tales of Woe fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Apr 25, 2024 |
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AFancyQuestionMark posted:Hello again, everyone. This time I am looking for a one cour or shorter anime that has some sort of central mystery that is unraveled/deduced by the characters. Something like Everything Becomes F or Zaregoto: Kubikiri Cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to involve detectives or be a murder mystery, just something that involves theories/reasoning. A moody atmosphere is a plus. Pluto?
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My SO and I really enjoy comedy shows where the main character is some kind of terrible goblin who screams a lot and are often drawn as a chibi blob while they have their "clever" plans or reasoning backfire and they get exactly what they deserve while a straight man character or narrator heedlessly tells them that they are an idiot but things turn out alright and heartwarming in the end. Examples we have watched include Tearmoon Empire, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess, Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, and Squid Girl. I'm sure there are a lot of shows where elements of the above are true, but the key part of those examples is that only the main character is particularly zany for all or most of the runtime, and they get a lot of internal monologue or at least talks out loud to themselves a lot, putting their dumbass thoughts on display for all to see. edit: For instance we've watched and enjoyed Kaguya-sama: Love is War which has a bunch of elements of that but none of the main characters quite have that "terrible goblin" thing going on. BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Apr 29, 2024 |
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Can someone recommend me an anime/manga that heavily subverts Japanese medieval fantasy tropes?
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Thoren posted:Can someone recommend me an anime/manga that heavily subverts Japanese medieval fantasy tropes? Anything not fantasy/isekai.
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BattleMaster posted:My SO and I really enjoy comedy shows where the main character is some kind of terrible goblin who screams a lot and are often drawn as a chibi blob while they have their "clever" plans or reasoning backfire and they get exactly what they deserve while a straight man character or narrator heedlessly tells them that they are an idiot but things turn out alright and heartwarming in the end. Examples we have watched include Tearmoon Empire, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess, Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, and Squid Girl. WataMote probably fits.
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AlternateNu posted:WataMote probably fits. Oh yeah I don't know how I forgot about that but we also loved that. Tomoko absolutely was a terrible goblin.
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BattleMaster posted:My SO and I really enjoy comedy shows where the main character is some kind of terrible goblin who screams a lot and are often drawn as a chibi blob while they have their "clever" plans or reasoning backfire and they get exactly what they deserve while a straight man character or narrator heedlessly tells them that they are an idiot but things turn out alright and heartwarming in the end. Examples we have watched include Tearmoon Empire, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess, Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, and Squid Girl. Bocchi the Rock for sure Uzaki-san is pretty similar to Nagatoro San in that aspect, so you might like that one too.
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Thoren posted:Can someone recommend me an anime/manga that heavily subverts Japanese medieval fantasy tropes? Tricky question because first you've got to pin down what exactly medieval Japanese fantasy entails. There's plenty of good fantasy anime and manga series out there but depending in how far you stretch definitions they wouldn't all fall into the specific Japanese Medieval Fantasy. Like, Berserk is medieval fantasy but it is a distinctly European setting.
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