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Torquemadras posted:Hi! The thing about the -gatari harem is that it doesn't follow most of the tropes of anime harems like Love Hina or Tenchi Muyo. All the girls are (generally) independently strong and don't actually need Koyomi, and he manages to be helpful and caring (if a creeper much of time) without being emasculated. I will freely admit. I put the series down for a while after the toothbrush scene. But, I'm glad I came back to it. Despite the fanservice elements, the characters are just so drat well written. And Shinbo makes everything so drat purdy. 
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). Overall, it's a really darn cool little show. It's really entertaining to see basically nothing but a dude getting verbally owned non-stop, and helping girls with their issues by being helpful. Plus the occasional nauseating violence/mutilation out of nowhere. It doesn't even feel that much like the dreaded harem show, surprisingly - there's one "main girl" right away, most of the female characters don't even seem that much romantically interested, and there's not that much of that horrible submissive waifu poo poo. Yeah, I know it's gonna be harem as gently caress eventually, I'm not blind. But hell, I could watch these 12 episodes just fine. You could take episode 12 alone and show it completely out of context - that's some genuine funny, almost self-contained romance story in 20 minutes, right there. (Seriously, ep.12 is by far the best - poor dad 
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Torquemadras posted:Sooo, I actually watched Nisemonogatari. I was ready to skip large chunks of it, given its reputation and, uh, ample warnings given in this thread, but I really liked most of Bakemonogatari, so I thought I'd check this out to get to the second season. Kaiki is really the best. Now you know what I meant by "toothbrush scene".  THE AWESOME GHOST posted:2) is there anything as feel good as Ore Monogatari without it being like literally nothing happening Usagi Drop. Just watch the anime. Don't read the manga. 
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:The first half of Penguin Drum is spectacular, the second half becomes so abstract it's hard to feel strongly about it either way. Some day I'll rewatch it with foreknowledge of where it's going and try to work out what it says in more detail than "love expresses itself through sacrifice, also abusive parents suck" but I keep hoping it's going to get a movie or something to cap it off. The weirdest part of Penguin Drum was being in the middle of my Masters-level research on the event that it loosely revolved around while the show was airing.
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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:I am completely new to anime. All I've watched is FMA:B. Is anything on Netflix worth watching? I like your typical genre stuff. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror etc. Also: Fate/Zero - Modern Day Fantasy Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Watch the series first. Then try the movies. Ignore the big pink motif. You'll know why after episode 3. The Devil Is a Part-Timer! - Goofy comedy/fantasy. efb;
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Funny Bunny posted:Any suggestions for autumn-themed series? Like how Air is a really summer-themed show and Kanon really winter-themed? Of course, the show certainly doesn't need to be that type of anime. For some reason, I remember Honey and Clover of being a bit autumny. But it could also be that I simply watched the show during that season.. Soul Eater
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icantfindaname posted:i don't actually know what this means. like, i guess your parents were shanked in a dark alley before your eyes by giant sweat drops and chibi faces, but other than that? the word 'anime' as an insult doesn't seem to actually mean anything beyond 1.made in japan and 2.i don't like it I can't imagine anyone who regularly participates in this forum doesn't have any idea on what the guy means. There are a lot of lovely tropes that are 90% related specifically to anime that are horrendously dumb. And it isn't just "chibi faces" or "sweat drops". It includes pandering moe bullshit, the propensity for the high school setting regardless of its storytelling usefulness, the advent of the protag harem, and a bunch of other crap. When people use "anime" as a pejorative, I get it because that poo poo exists and gets on my nerves, too. The only difference is I'm willing to ignore it for the parts I do like. And I totally understand if someone else isn't.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Will there ever be an anime as funny as Detroit Metal City Panty + Stocking for the same kind of crude humor. I don't think there will be any anime with the same motif that could hit it as well as DMC.
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Yeah that was funny, weird that they never went into the season 2 they sort of hinted at. Liked the soundtrack too. I feel like if it came out today it would be really popular The team who did Panty + Stocking broke off shortly after to make Trigger. And since Gainax has the rights, it kind of stranded the show. Also, seconding the point on Rick and Morty. Such a good loving show.
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Zero_Tactility posted:Escaflowne is an excellent show with great music, great robots, and hilarious technobabble bullshit. It's an enduring favorite of mine. It has the best straight up random badguy mastermind reveal. I want to know what Shoji Kawamori was smoking when he came up with that little twist.
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epitasis posted:hello friends they ran me out of the vita thread for trying to make it my anime chat thread. I would like a show to watch, if it is easily accessible on netflix or crunchyroll then all the better. doubly better if it has dubs so I can watch while playing video games but subs are fine too Buh?
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Jose posted:what are some good films to watch? All of the Kara no Kyoukai films. (It is a set of seven 45 - 70 minute films and a couple OVAs.) Tokyo Godfathers
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Bleremiah posted:I'm worried Gurren Lagann mighta ruined most of anime by finishing with two universe sized mechs, powered by sheer willpower, throwing galaxies at each other and firing big bangs. gently caress me if the second movie doesn't take it up another notch. Oh yeah. The second GL movie redoes a lot of the final fight to include a next level combination. 
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Namtab posted:Stupid: manservice 
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Davincie posted:zipang has time travel. ymmv on the quality Droyer posted:Higurashi no naku koro ni also does this. YMMV yet again though Both of these series are a couple of my guilty pleasures. Zipang has a certain number of  moments (and I'm Navy, anyway), and despite Higurashi's really bad Deen adaptation, I liked the concept so much, the execution wasn't so much of a hindrance. (Still no Steins;Gate, though.)
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A Doomed Purloiner posted:It's also because the Netflix offering here is poo poo. You have 22 Jump Street but not 21 Jump Street? What the gently caress Netflix? Sometimes poo poo doesn't make sense. In the US, we have the 2nd Persona 3 movie on Netflix, but not the 1st one. Why? 
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Srice posted:Please do not slander the fire sisters, tia They're definitely bottom tier -gataris, though.
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The Colonel posted:would a rec for nine hours, nine persons, nine doors on the ds be acceptable here? 999 and VLR are acceptable recommendations anywhere.
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HenryEx posted:Are there ever bad series with a good ending? (aside from a swift one) Also, Blood-C
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Bongo Bill posted:I wish to hear about a good anime that's a period piece that's not set in Japan, with minimal or no supernatural elements. From 4 pages ago, and I didn't read to see if this was already recommended, but you'd probably like Gankutsuou. It's basically stylized Count of Monte Cristo.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. Watch the english dub, because it is magical. PSWG is one of only four shows I feel are better with the English dub. It is basically an Adult Swim show that just happened to be written and animated in Japan.
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unpronounceable posted:What are the others? I have a soft spot for good English dubs, so when I hear about them, I usually like checking them out. Cowboy Bebop  (I know.)Panty & Stocking Cromartie Baccano! Honorable Mentions go to Steins;Gate. (It had a really loving good dub, and I would put it solidly on my list if J. Michael Tatum's maniacal laugh held a candle to Miyano Mamoru's.)
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Drifter posted:This is pretty much the entire show for me. Nichijou had way more misses per capita than Nichibros, though. All of the Helvetica Standard bits were horrible, and this is coming from someone who typically enjoys japan's weird convoluted pun-based humor. Nichijou had better one-off bits, but Nichibros did story-arc humor better.
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DrSunshine posted:Anyone here ever watch Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou? It was, like, the only ecchi/fanservice-heavy anime (besides Golden Boy, so from this century) I've ever seen that was actually good and funny. Mainly because the protagonist actually had a spine and took most things in stride. Does anyone know anything like it that's equally entertaining? <-------------------- 
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The Devil Tesla posted:It's kind of a weird recommendation in this context tho, cause it's got middle-schooler poo poo. Feel free to skip the non-Kaiki parts of Second Season. Thank you.
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The Colonel posted:don't skip otorimonogatari, actually littleorv posted:Or Yeah. I meant Kizumono. Don't skip Second Season. It is awesome and good. Not super creepy and bad.
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esselfortium posted:I'm guessing you meant Nise, not Kizu, but in either case you're ultra wrong Probably. I'm tired and I'm giving up.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:There's definitely a tier of show that only comes along a couple times of year if that -- stuff like Masaaki Yuasa's output, or Katanagatari, or Kyousogiga, etc; stuff that you can recommend without reservation about either content, theme, or technical competence. Personally I'm not quite so strict as to call that "the only good anime" but it's a reasonable position to take, and in particular, it's a good springboard for recommendations. I actually didn't like Katanagatari that much. The episodes weren't very well paced, running most everything good with the show (even the admittedly amusing character dynamics) straight into the ground. Each episode was way longer than it needed to be. It was pretty, though. 
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I just wanted to pop in to say I've finally gotten around to watching Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and I'm disappointed in myself for putting it off so long. You may retroactively put it on my top 5 list for 2015.
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I need recommendations for anime that came out this year. I usually have at least two or three under my belt by now for the annual forum vote, but new job has made time for sifting through the typical heaps-o-crap difficult. I haven't even had a chance to watch Diamonds are Unbreakable, yet. :/ But, I am going to try to hunker down and knock a few series out with some upcoming free time. So, lay'em on me.
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smenj posted:Dunno if it really counts as 'the last couple of years', but as I've said before, I think the Steins;Gate dub is amazing. As for other stuff, though I know it goes without saying that dubs of Ghibli films are generally great, I was especially impressed with their dub of From Up On Poppy Hill and would say it's perhaps my favourite Ghibli dub I've seen. Seconding Steins;Gate. Tatum does a great haughty Okabe, and Reinhart's Daru is the canon voice in my head since Seki's dopey take on the character always grated me.
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Xinder posted:okay i guess i need to rewatch steins;gate with the dub this time. They also did a pretty good reversal on the "SONOFABITCH!" line to the badge dealer since it obviously doesn't work in English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Pq7pLcslo&t=24s Edit: Oh, and Luka's intro : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdwR2jiADE0&t=47s
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I actually just started Re:Zero, myself and am up to episode 5. Please tell me the twin maids actually become good characters.
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Nate RFB posted:Rem in particular in the not-too-distant future from where you are becomes one of the best characters in the show. I just watched episode 15. 
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Squinty posted:So, Trump is about to crown himself king of the world and I'm feeling a bit numb. My plan is to shut down for the weekend with some good, cathartic animes. Something kind of melodramatic but with a good happy-cry at the end, sort of along the lines of AnoHana except maybe a bit happier. Ideas? Not an anime, but watch "It's Such a Beautiful Day". It's available on Netflix. Anime rec: Your Lie in April
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Sakurazuka posted:Nothing in Your Lie In April is remotely near happy We obviously didn't watch the same anime. Just because it is more bitter than sweet doesn't mean there are some nice moments peppered throughout. Especially the Arima/Kaori duet concert.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Are there any good anime about mass exoduses? Think Battlestar Galactica (either one), Knights of Sidonia, Book of the Long Sun, anything like that. Doesn't have to be science fiction although that's my first preference. Macross Frontier? Though, the mass exodus plot is kind of in the background.
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Furnaceface posted:I just finished FMA Brotherhood and looked at the (long) list of stuff everyone here recommended to me and thought the same thing. Brotherhood was really really good though and well worth the time I sank into watching it. I hope that something else on the list hooks me in the same way. Watch the first episode or two of Persona 4 Golden, and report back when you realize it's no poo poo, new game+.
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Best slice-of-life that doesn't focus on middle/high schoolers and isn't Shirobako, Nana, or Usagi Drop?
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Ok. Maybe I should say, "real-life" drama/comedy? Like, I'm not looking for Durarara! or LoGH, here.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Anyone care to recommend a good action fantasy show with a woman protagonist? Murder Princess.
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