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Sep 5, 2015 11:45
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Chas McGill posted:Monster
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Sep 5, 2015 12:00
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Kaiba Kyousougiga is awesome and not excessively "anime" but it is set in Kyoto but I mean if his problem is "Japanese shows are set in Japan" maybe he should get over it
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Sep 5, 2015 13:47
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CherryCat posted:I've been very slowly introducing my boyfriend to anime for a while, so far he's seen Cowboy Bebop, FMA:Brotherhood, Attack on Titan and some Lupin III and Outlaw Star as well as a bunch of Ghibli films. Just series or also movies? If the latter: Summer Wars and Patema Inverted are top-shelf choice.
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Sep 5, 2015 14:07
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CherryCat posted:I've been very slowly introducing my boyfriend to anime for a while, so far he's seen Cowboy Bebop, FMA:Brotherhood, Attack on Titan and some Lupin III and Outlaw Star as well as a bunch of Ghibli films. I only post here to remind people to watch Legend of Galactic Heroes.
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Sep 5, 2015 18:35
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Thanks for all the suggestions, I definitely think I can find a few series he'll like. I do already have Ghost in the Shell and Summer Wars on dvd so may start with them. I should clarify that he doesn't have a problem with things set in Japan, he's just not too sure of the more fantastical yokai stuff.
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Sep 5, 2015 22:30
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CherryCat posted:Thanks for all the suggestions, I definitely think I can find a few series he'll like. Ooh definitely Monster then. Straight psychological thriller.
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Sep 5, 2015 22:32
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CherryCat posted:Thanks for all the suggestions, I definitely think I can find a few series he'll like. Might also consider: Space Dandy Ergo Proxy Speed Grapher (maybe)
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Sep 6, 2015 00:20
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silentsnack posted:Speed Grapher (maybe) Man I thought that series was long forgotten. I always thought it was underrated for all the wrong reasons - depressing, kind of bizarre story, but I enjoyed it. I'll second this recommendation.
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Sep 6, 2015 00:50
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Watch K-ON
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Sep 6, 2015 01:05
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I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: -Cromartie -School Rumble -Daily Lives of school boys -Nichijou -Sexy Commando And some more that I forgot at the moment. Newish stuff would be nice, considering I probably watched a lot of older series. Edit: Noticed that everything I mentioned was school slice of life, but it's definitely not necessary.
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Sep 6, 2015 03:50
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: I recommend Squid Girl.
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Sep 6, 2015 03:52
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Devil Is A Part-Timer, where the Demon King from another world winds up working part-time at McDonalds. It's real good and surprisingly funny. Squid Girl is good too.
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Sep 6, 2015 03:53
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monthly girls nozaki-kun
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Sep 6, 2015 03:54
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I'm making this a bit hard, haha. I've watched all of those already.
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Sep 6, 2015 04:05
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working!!! plastic nee-san love lab d-frag sabegabu! teekyuu
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Sep 6, 2015 04:11
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Davincie posted:working!!! Oh, nice, haven't watched most of these besides plastic nee-san, which is loving hilarious.
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Sep 6, 2015 04:13
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: Shinji Takamatsu, who directed School Rumble and Nichibros, was also on board for the first 201 episodes of Gintama. It does take around 30 episodes to really get going though.
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Sep 6, 2015 04:16
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Barakamon had a lot of good comedy moments too, altough it's not a pure comedy series. For high-energy slapstick, an old favorite of mine that nobody ever seems to remember is Muteki Kanban Musume.
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Sep 6, 2015 05:23
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: Astro Fighter Sunred.
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Sep 6, 2015 05:30
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Hello Yes I am Here Eureka 7
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Sep 6, 2015 07:39
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Psycho-Pass Is Hellsing:Ultimate just a series of OVAs? I wanna watch it, but funimation only has the OVAs
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Sep 6, 2015 07:45
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Yeah it's just the ovas. I liked it better than the original tv one
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Sep 6, 2015 07:46
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If they have 10 episodes they have them all
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Sep 6, 2015 07:47
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked:
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Sep 6, 2015 11:14
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: Amagi Brilliant Park
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Sep 6, 2015 17:09
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Detroit Metal City Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
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Sep 6, 2015 19:25
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I've been going through the 2011 HunterxHunter series and I've been enjoying it a lot. It subverts a lot of shounen expectations, for better or for worse. It's a really fun show to check out if the person is new to anime. Come October there will be One-Punch Man which will be the ultimate anime series, so check out that one too.
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Sep 6, 2015 19:54
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nerdz posted:I want to watch some good comedy! Here's some stuff I watched and liked: Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san Kokoro Wish fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Sep 7, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 22:40
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Whelp, watched some more. Here's recommendations for others, plus some warnings. First, my personal favorite of this last batch: Michiko & Hatchin. Oh boy, it's like somebody looked at Cowboy Bebop, went "you know, this is nice, but it needs more sexy ladies" and went from there. Not quite as good, but I liked the setting much more, and there was something innately entertaining about the titular main characters. I could watch these two travel nowhere in particular forever. Personal highlight: Hatchin finally snaps, grabs a metal pipe and goes to beat up the fraud doctor - only to discover Michiko is already doing that, for an entirely different, much stupider reason  While I'd have liked a bit more action towards the end, and I'm sad about a couple loose ends (I want to see Highway Assassins 2: The Revenge!), this has to be one of the most satisfying shows I've watched. I'm especially glad about some of the later revelations about the characters: that Hiroshi is scum and was never worth it, and that Satoshi was ultimately desperate and loneley too.Also, seriously, this is so Bebop it's incredible. Badass old folk that walks all over the young hotshots, mysticism and people who base VERY important decisions on it, gun battles where bullets might as well be bubblewrap, an anime with actual darker-skinned people running around, poverty everywhere, seriously incredible music (thank you, Watanabe  ), and some serious smoothtalking. Only with a what feels like a much crueler setting, and lots of badass ladies, which is always a plus!Too bad I really didn't like the four or five episodes of Samurai Champloo, I'd like more of this. Then, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, after seeing it mentioned in this thread several times. Yeeeeaaaaah... I made it three episodes in. First one felt like the best one. There's some good gags in there, but I guess I liked it more when it was subdued in the beginning. Once it went overly zany, I just didn't find it funny anymore. It's not even the juvenile jokes (Panty & Stocking is among humanity's greatest achievements, why yes), it's just... random? Incoherent? Strangely lecherous? Enjoyed this one less and less. Also watched Mind Game, after my recent binge of unusually animated shows (Kaiba, Ping Pong, Kemonozume...). That was some great stuff. Utter insanity, especially the final scene, which just keeps going and escalating and at some point you notice you weren't breathing for what must've been several minutes and holy poo poo. There's something irresistible about this sheer primal urge for freedom that just does it for me. I guess it's catharsis - there's not many scenes that I feel are on par with Mind Game in this regard: several from Satoshi Kon, most notably for me personally the scene of the older cop smashing the illusions, Madoka (come ooooon), Ping Pong (you finally have that match, you two  ), and I suppose Kyoutsugiga and Tengen Toppa Gurren Langan come close. More of this, please.I then turned insane and watched all of Speed Grapher. Uuuuuh... Cool-looking powers. I really liked the idea of powers based around fetishes, but it felt too drawn-out for me, and the creepy subtext of the two main character's relationship made me very uncomfortable. I... I kinda want my time back, but I feel like I deserve this for actually continuing. (Okay, okay, I jumped ahead several times, give me a break) It's that time again. I'm gonna catch me some new animes. Give me recommendations, please  As mentioned above, this time, I'm especially looking for something with really rewarding, all-out endings, all catharsis and stuff. Or super-chill action along the lines of Bebop/Michiko-Hatchin.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:47
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You've mentioned Mind Game, Kemonozume, Kaiba, and Ping Pong, all of which are directed by the same man. The only Yuasa anime I didn't see there was Tatami Galaxy so if you haven't seen that one yet you should absolutely watch it.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:04
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The director of Michiko & Hatchin is Sayo Yamamoto and her other show is the amazing Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. You don't have to know much about Lupin to get it (the first episode is the classic Lupin style that it then twists over and over) and it absolutely blew me away. It works both as an adventure series and a sharp commentary on roles for women in fiction. This is almost too obvious a pick but if you didn't see last year's Space Dandy get on that. And yea, The Tatami Galaxy is deeply rewarding but whenever I recommend it I have to point out: the dialog and story moves very very very fast. A lot of people get way lost in the first episode, and it might take multiple watches to catch everything. You have to accept that you won't catch everything the first time, and do know that the first episode is way faster than the rest of the series. But yea, it's a fantastic show.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:20
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The Devil Tesla posted:The director of Michiko & Hatchin is Sayo Yamamoto and her other show is the amazing Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine. You don't have to know much about Lupin to get it (the first episode is the classic Lupin style that it then twists over and over) and it absolutely blew me away. It works both as an adventure series and a sharp commentary on roles for women in fiction. I already saw Space Dandy and Tatami Galaxy! Both great, really - Space Dandy is definitely among my Top 5 anime. Tatami Galaxy was nice too; I really enjoyed the rapid fire dialog and how it was full of little details all coming together. I was just kind of annoyed at the protagonist - that guy's gotta be the whiniest, most spineless, pettiest, most pathetic protagonist I've ever seen. I'm glad the story is about how he stops being that, but drat if I didn't want to slap that dude through the screen for five episodes or so. Glad I kept watching - those last scenes are really rewarding, especially when he pulls the "That's how I show my love for you!" line on his frenemy, including the devil eyes! No idea about Lupin - I know basically nothing about the franchise! But that series seems to have the ideal length + anyone who pulls of Michiko & Hatchin is worth a try. Looking forward to this one.
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Sep 8, 2015 22:59
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If you don't know anything about Lupin, the Woman Called Fujiko Mine is actually a pretty solid introduction.
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Sep 9, 2015 01:05
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Bad Seafood posted:If you don't know anything about Lupin, the Woman Called Fujiko Mine is actually a pretty solid introduction. Gonna have to say otherwise. It's got a very, very different tone and focus from any other Lupin thing. It's its own thing. More of a side-story Lupin that feels only roughly related to the series in tone.
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Sep 9, 2015 02:58
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The tone with Lupin stuff is all over the place depending with each entry anyways, so there's no real proper agreed upon way to get into the show. Just gotta jump right into that cold pond and for a lot of people Fujiko Mine is a good starting point since it has an ongoing plot.
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Sep 9, 2015 11:11
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Even the classics have tonal differences, lots of folks like the light-hearted adventure story of Cagliostro, but if you tell them to follow it up by watching the original tv show they might not enjoy stuff like Lupin setting a man on fire and laughing as he plunges to his death.
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Sep 9, 2015 11:13
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That's a much finer tonal shift than this weird-rear end, semi art house noir tale of a chameleonic amoral woman who uses sex in an empowering-yet-totally-not-this-is-loving-titilation way. It's so different that it's barely recognisable as being from the same universe,
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Sep 9, 2015 11:25
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Kokoro Wish posted:That's a much finer tonal shift than this weird-rear end, semi art house noir tale of a chameleonic amoral woman who uses sex in an empowering-yet-totally-not-this-is-loving-titilation way. It's so different that it's barely recognisable as being from the same universe, I watched Fujiko after having only watched Cagliostro and a handful of episodes of dubbed Lupin on cartoon network back in the day, and I thought it worked fine. It's great, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to a total Lupin newbie. It explains what's up with its characters quickly enough.
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Sep 9, 2015 11:37
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It's a fantastic show and a good delve into the deeper aspects of the characters, specifically fujiko. It is rear end end backwards not in keeping with the tone of the show though, in my opinion. If someone wants to get into Lupin, show em some lupin. Fujiko Mine is good as a stand alone or for someone who happens to like the characters of lupid but is sick of the yearly release specials that don't offer much. Space Adventure Cobra is closer to Lupin as a whole than Fujiko Mine, IMO.
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