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Probably looking more for manga than anime here so I have stuff I can read on the bus, but looking for some character study style drama. Can be romance/mystery/etc, with or without supernatural elements are ok, just stuff that really focus more on the characters than events and do a good job of making the audience care about the characters. I guess for examples of what I'm looking for: recently watched/read Only Yesterday and Goodnight, Punpun; which both fit what I'm looking for while being otherwise really different.
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March Comes In Like a Lion and The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer.
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Sep 11, 2015 08:04
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Chihayafuru. I ended up caring more about those characters than I was ever expecting to. They did a really good job with the series.
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Sep 11, 2015 08:20
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Zerilan posted:Probably looking more for manga than anime here so I have stuff I can read on the bus, but looking for some character study style drama. Can be romance/mystery/etc, with or without supernatural elements are ok, just stuff that really focus more on the characters than events and do a good job of making the audience care about the characters. I guess for examples of what I'm looking for: recently watched/read Only Yesterday and Goodnight, Punpun; which both fit what I'm looking for while being otherwise really different. earnestly suggesting Ashita no Joe. It is legitimately one of the best characters studies in manga. If not the best. There is a reason why Joe, as a character, resonated with an entire generation of Japanese manga readers and still, nearly 50 years later, is one of the most iconic anime characters beaten only by the likes of Astroboy, Doraemon, ect. Ringo Roadagain fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Sep 11, 2015 |
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Sep 11, 2015 09:33
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I can't believe I forgot about Silver Spoon.
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Sep 11, 2015 13:12
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So, I checked out Lupin III: Fujiko Mine. And I gotta say, the first episode really didn't appeal to me, at all... Keep in mind that I know literally nothing about the Lupin III franchise beyond this first episode, so whatever connections there are to the rest were pretty much lost on me. I recognized the detective (probably because, through sheer cultural osmosis, I knew that's the guy who keeps trying to catch Lupin), but that's about it. Went in blind. So, here's my uneducated opinion! It felt pretty ridiculous, but not in a good way... As if the show attempts to be profound and artsy, but goofy and whacky at the same time, with impossible escape sequences and whatnot. Which is all good and stuff, but I felt like it clashed too much. Didn't like the action very much - gun fire might as well vanish into the void, characters pretty much pulled off whatever they needed to for little to no reason, plans failed and succeeded apparently arbritrarily ("You're now surrounded by my guards! Also, you're incapable of shooting and/or threatening me. Oh, no, she escaped from being directly shot at!"). I kept noticing how people dodged shots always AFTER they were fired - normally, that really doesn't bother me, but somehow it did here. And finally, I really didn't care for any of the characters. Lupin felt too cartoon-y for the rest of the cast, and he seemed like a smarmy dick... Maybe that's intentional, given how Fujiko's the main character here, but that dude just pissed me off. There simply wasn't any appeal for me - smarmy-rear end dialogue, weird action, arbritrary plot, incompetence everywhere (with most of the competence unexplained & offscreen). Looked very nice in parts, though - I especially liked the head priest's fancy hand motions. Oh, and I guess there were tits. Weird. This definitely felt like a kid's show, through and through, where someone tried to staple mature topics on top. Yeah, remove the rampant nudity & occasional remorseless killing, and it could've been a kid's show with a kid's plot. I guess it gets better? I can't really muster up the motivation to keep going. So I watched Re: Cutie Honey instead, on someone's suggestion from waaaaaay back in this thread 
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Sep 11, 2015 15:11
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I got about halfway before I quit and felt it stayed more or less the same throughout. I just don't think I'm a Lupin fan though, the only one I unequivocally love is Castle of Cagliostro which isn't Lupin-like at all.
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Sep 11, 2015 15:17
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Lupin has a lot of artifice but to call it a kids show is way off the mark. It's not being lazy or exploiting that you're not paying attention, it's using stuff that clearly wouldn't happen in order to dig into something more important. The Lupin and Fujiko dialog alone is absurdly rich and is a great preview of everything that the show goes on to cover. I mean, if the storytelling style is really that distracting for you then maybe it'll never be your thing but I dig it so much.
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Sep 11, 2015 17:32
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Lupin III only adheres to one rule, the rule of cool.
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Sep 11, 2015 17:34
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Sakurazuka posted:Lupin III only adheres to one rule, the rule of cool. Fair enough! I gathered something like that while watching it, but meh. Between my annoyance at the characters and the - to me - lame action scenes, I just felt like this episode didn't earn being cool. But then again, I say this with a Lupin sample the size of 1, so... The Devil Tesla posted:Lupin has a lot of artifice but to call it a kids show is way off the mark. It's not being lazy or exploiting that you're not paying attention, it's using stuff that clearly wouldn't happen in order to dig into something more important. The Lupin and Fujiko dialog alone is absurdly rich and is a great preview of everything that the show goes on to cover. Ok I guess, kid's show is probably too harsh. Still, seemed to me the episode was at once too serious and too whacky, never really pulling the mix off. I don't want to sound dismissive here; it's clearly a beloved show, and the franchise itself has to have SOME appeal (LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT FUCKIN FRANCHISE), but, well... I'd rather watch something else. ...he said, switching on Higurashi, which is the worst-looking show I've ever actually enjoyed You can't question my taste, I don't have any
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Sep 11, 2015 18:11
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Mikl posted:March Comes In Like a Lion and The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer. Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer didn't catch my interest the first time o checked it out, but I'll give it another shot and look at your other suggestion and Ashitaka no Joe. Chihayafuru and Silver Spoon I've watched/read.
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Sep 11, 2015 19:17
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Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer is one of my top three.
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Sep 11, 2015 19:21
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Torquemadras posted:...he said, switching on Higurashi, which is the worst-looking show I've ever actually enjoyed This is what the original VN art looked like. 
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Sep 11, 2015 19:22
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Sakurazuka posted:This is what the original VN art looked like. I would hold hands with them.
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Sep 11, 2015 19:37
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I wouldn't they look like they'd be all soft and sticky like marshmallows
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Sep 11, 2015 19:42
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Sakurazuka posted:This is what the original VN art looked like. Those are some sexy babes
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Sep 11, 2015 19:53
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They have new art for the Steam release of course but I kind of prefer the PS2 set, despite it being kind of generic. There's something weirdly off proportions-wise with the Steam ones. Higurashi just can't catch a break. It's all really a moot point because there are so many mods and patches to change/fix them.
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Sep 11, 2015 20:10
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This is from the One-Punch Man thread and a reason why you should be keeping an eye on the anime: http://www.mp4upload.com/xnr19lg02oym October can't come soon enough.
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Sep 11, 2015 20:19
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Nate RFB posted:I got about halfway before I quit and felt it stayed more or less the same throughout. I just don't think I'm a Lupin fan though, the only one I unequivocally love is Castle of Cagliostro which isn't Lupin-like at all. I'm not a fan of this being said about Cagliostro since there are so many different ways that people have interpreted Lupin. Nearly all of the anime isn't even true to the manga version of Lupin.
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Sep 11, 2015 20:47
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It was definitely a pretty different interpretation from the Lupin stuff that was current at the time, but I think the later Lupin series kind of went more toward the side of "noble thief" anyway (maybe because of Cagliostro)? I enjoy most Lupin stuff, but Cagliostro probably remains my third favorite anime film after Only Yesterday and Kiki's Delivery Service.
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Sep 11, 2015 23:56
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Zerilan posted:Probably looking more for manga than anime here so I have stuff I can read on the bus, but looking for some character study style drama. Can be romance/mystery/etc, with or without supernatural elements are ok, just stuff that really focus more on the characters than events and do a good job of making the audience care about the characters. I guess for examples of what I'm looking for: recently watched/read Only Yesterday and Goodnight, Punpun; which both fit what I'm looking for while being otherwise really different.
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Sep 12, 2015 13:34
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Zerilan posted:Probably looking more for manga than anime here so I have stuff I can read on the bus, but looking for some character study style drama. Can be romance/mystery/etc, with or without supernatural elements are ok, just stuff that really focus more on the characters than events and do a good job of making the audience care about the characters. I guess for examples of what I'm looking for: recently watched/read Only Yesterday and Goodnight, Punpun; which both fit what I'm looking for while being otherwise really different. Kakukaku Shikajika Sand Chronicles (Sunadokei) Sakamichi no Apollon Koe no Katachi
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Sep 12, 2015 15:54
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Zerilan posted:Probably looking more for manga than anime here so I have stuff I can read on the bus, but looking for some character study style drama. Can be romance/mystery/etc, with or without supernatural elements are ok, just stuff that really focus more on the characters than events and do a good job of making the audience care about the characters. I guess for examples of what I'm looking for: recently watched/read Only Yesterday and Goodnight, Punpun; which both fit what I'm looking for while being otherwise really different. K-ON
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Sep 12, 2015 19:57
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Namtab posted:K-ON You can't solve all your problems with K-On, Namtab! *slaps Gibson Les Paul guitar out of Namtab's hands* *starts K-On playlist, sobbing uncontrollably* Sakurazuka posted:This is what the original VN art looked like. I... guess they're staying somewhat true to style, then? Seriously, though. This show is ugly as poo poo. Animation errors everywhere. People look like wide-eyed goblins. It looks like a parody of bad anime, only it's real. BUT I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT I'm at episode 18 of the first season, and drat, this show is really good at piling mysteries and revelations on top of each other. I have no clue what is going on (my guess so far is alternate timelines or a timeloop, and Rika is the only one aware of it? No coincidence it's her "mysterious" voice at the end of the credits, that's for sure.), but it feels consistent enough that I'm confident they aren't just throwing meaningless mysteries at the wall and see what sticks. And I'm seriously impressed with the characters - they may look like hideous goblins, but they're surprisingly consistent across story arcs, occasionally showing different sides to them (I love how it turns out the old cop is a huge rear end in a top hat, unless he needs you for something). And, well, voice actors are sometimes hamming it up too much, but there's so many hosed up scenes and freakouts - sometimes, it seems like the budget-saving cutaways and absence of gore even enhances things... (Not that a budget + competent director couldn't have done even better, I mean seriously) This show is also filled with complete idiots, but I'm not too bothered by that. At least the main offender is consistently stupid 
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Sep 12, 2015 20:22
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Why is the thread title no longer recommending Legend of Galactic Heroes.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:30
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Bongo Bill posted:Why is the thread title no longer recommending Legend of Galactic Heroes. It's a new era.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:32
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The Vegeta chat thread has blown the winds of change throughout the forum. I'll still recommend it a lot though.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:32
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...so, is Log Horizon a pretty okay show?
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Sep 12, 2015 20:33
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StandardVC10 posted:...so, is Log Horizon a pretty okay show? It is indeed pretty okay.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:35
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season 1 was okay, 2 was trash
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Sep 12, 2015 20:35
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frankly, the thread title is a troll
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Sep 12, 2015 20:36
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Bongo Bill posted:Why is the thread title no longer recommending Legend of Galactic Heroes. StandardVC10 posted:...so, is Log Horizon a pretty okay show? Not great, but okay.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:36
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I feel like it avoids a lot of the common pitfalls of the stuck in a MMO genre and does some interesting things with its setting, but I never finished the second season because the pacing became really bad and the show started to have more of a focus on the weaker aspects (the fighting) instead of cool poo poo like running a hamburger stand to make a lot of money.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:36
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Bad Seafood posted:After years of searching, it turns out there's more than one good anime to recommend. It ain't over until we get a new thread or someone edits the OP.  Who am I kidding nobody reads OPs, rip LOGH
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Sep 12, 2015 20:48
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VostokProgram posted:It ain't over until we get a new thread or someone edits the OP. I don't think people are going to stop recommending LOGH because of a title change.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:49
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No Srice. It's over. No one can ever recommend LOGH ever again.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:52
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More seriously though, there has been talk of restarting both recommendation threads so that very well may happen.
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Sep 12, 2015 20:54
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Chas McGill posted:Kakukaku Shikajika Nate RFB posted:The Vegeta chat thread has blown the winds of change throughout the forum. Bad Seafood posted:More seriously though, there has been talk of restarting both recommendation threads so that very well may happen.
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Sep 12, 2015 21:05
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I'm going to do it. Tomorrow.
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Sep 12, 2015 21:07
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This thread will be locked when the new one opens. Enjoy your last day.
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