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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

I haven't been watching nearly as much anime as I wish i was recently, and I'm probably not now, nor have I ever been, alone in that sentiment ever, so let's go ahead and change that.

Backlogs are awful, and yet somehow we all have like a hundred shows in them. So here's a thread dedicated to finally clearing the drat things out in a relatively fun way that the whole subforum can enjoy.

Rules
1. Post a list of shows you've been meaning to watch. You must have at least five per list.
2. Tell the last guy who posted a list what to watch.
3. You must watch at least 3 episodes of anything you're told to watch.
4. You must post in this thread what you thought of it. It doesn't have to be some kind of amazing essay, just some of your thoughts or what you liked or disliked.
5. Let's all have fun and watch some anime!

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AnoHito
May 8, 2014

So let's start this off then, shall we?


1. Turn A Gundam
2. Seto no Hanayome
3. Perfect Blue
4. Euphonium
5. Concrete Revolutio

Futaba Anzu
May 6, 2011

GROSS BOY

having a backlog is merely a way for people to regret the past

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Sure, I'm game. Give Turn A Gundam a try.

Now, for mine. Some of these I've watched partway through and just haven't gotten back to for whatever reason, just FYI.
1. Katanagatari
2. Madoka Magica
3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
4. Spice And Wolf Season 2
5. Kill La Kill

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

Spiritus Nox posted:

Sure, I'm game. Give Turn A Gundam a try.

Now, for mine. Some of these I've watched partway through and just haven't gotten back to for whatever reason, just FYI.
1. Katanagatari
2. Madoka Magica
3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
4. Spice And Wolf Season 2
5. Kill La Kill


Kill La Kill is the only one of those I've watched, and it's good, trashy fun.

I have a real bad habit of tossing things on my CR queue and never getting around to watching them. Here's the five at the top of it:

1. Bakemonogatari
2. Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
3. Re:ZERO
4. Girls und Panzer
5. Symphogear


I have a feeling I know what y'all are going to pick. :v:

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince
Spice and Wolf for sure. My aching bank account demands I support it with my heart as well.

As for myself:

Fate/Stay Night (UBW)
Kekkai Sensen
Gintama
Initial D
The Rose of Versailles

Yeah it's a bit of an eclectic mix.

e: Whoops got jumped in on. Symphogear then!

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005

Xinder posted:

As for myself:

Fate/Stay Night (UBW)
Kekkai Sensen
Gintama
Initial D
The Rose of Versailles

Yeah it's a bit of an eclectic mix.

I don't know how well the first few eps will sell it, but I love Rose of Versailles, and I hope you do too!

for me:

Windy Tales
Kyousogiga
Akatsuki no Yona
AKB0048
Birdy the Mighty Decode

Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!
am i doing this right

1. gothicmade
2. aoki uru
3. phantom blood movie
4. cencoroll 2
5. genocidal organ

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
you also have to tell me what to watch

Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!
gently caress uhhh the newest full metal panic series

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
you're doing it wrong

Relin
Oct 6, 2002

You have been a most worthy adversary, but in every game, there are winners and there are losers. And as you know, in this game, losers get robotizicized!
no...NO

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Relin posted:

am i doing this right

1. gothicmade
2. aoki uru
3. phantom blood movie
4. cencoroll 2
5. genocidal organ

So, uh, how's living in the future going for you?

TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

Relin posted:

gently caress uhhh the newest full metal panic series
wait what

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

How the gently caress is this somehow less organised than triple booms effort

Buzzsaw Roomba
Feb 14, 2012

Christ, what an asshole.

Yes_Cantaloupe posted:

I don't know how well the first few eps will sell it, but I love Rose of Versailles, and I hope you do too!

for me:

Windy Tales
Kyousogiga
Akatsuki no Yona
AKB0048
Birdy the Mighty Decode

Watch Kyousogiga, I haven't seen it but the Best of 2013 thread had good things to say.

A while back I went through Crunchyroll and added every show I'd ever had recommended. Here's five from that massive list, subject me to one:

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Chaika -The Coffin Princess-
Non Non Biyori
Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World)
Baccano!

Space Flower
Sep 10, 2014

by Games Forum
Relin is struggling so let him get his poo poo together. Roomba, please check out Non Non Biyori!

1. Nichijou
2. Shirobako
3. Hanasaku Iroha
4. Chihayafuru
5. Gosick
6. Space Dandy
7. Katanagatari

Gyra_Solune
Apr 24, 2014

Kyun kyun
Kyun kyun
Watashi no kare wa louse
I do not know you or your tastes very well but Space Dandy was great fun in my books

now have i got a list for you

Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Mushishi
Shirobako

ninjewtsu
Oct 9, 2012

Gyra_Solune posted:

I do not know you or your tastes very well but Space Dandy was great fun in my books

now have i got a list for you

Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Mushishi
Shirobako

watch cowboy bebop!

my list:
mirai nikki
death note
madoka magicka
scrapped princess
ghost in the shell

Lemon-Lime
Aug 6, 2009

Namtab posted:

How the gently caress is this somehow less organised than triple booms effort

Neither boom3 nor AnoHito can magically control other posters on SA.

Delicious sandwich
Nov 6, 2011

ninjewtsu posted:

my list:
mirai nikki
death note
madoka magicka
scrapped princess
ghost in the shell
I liked Scrapped Princess and haven't heard anyone talk about it for a long time so I'm going to make you watch that.

Ben-To
K-On!
Konosuba
No Game No Life
Punch Line

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Futaba Anzu posted:

having a backlog is merely a way for people to regret the past

for once the gross boy is right

dogsicle
Oct 23, 2012

Delicious sandwich posted:

I liked Scrapped Princess and haven't heard anyone talk about it for a long time so I'm going to make you watch that.

Ben-To
K-On!
Konosuba
No Game No Life
Punch Line

watch konosuba (don't forget, there's an ova!)

someone please choose me an anime, i need to load up my tablet for breaks at work tomorrow.

Xam'd
Bamboo Blade
Kachou Ouji
Moyashimon
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu

AnoHito
May 8, 2014

Trip Report: Turn A Gundam episodes 1-3

So I tried watching this show a while ago, but then stopped a few episodes in for reasons I can't really seem to remember. I also didn't remember too much about the shoe other than something about moon people going into it.

So far the show's off to a pretty great start. I'm liking the sort of weird 1900's aristocratic society vs futuristic sci-fi people thing it seems to be setting up a lot. Loran is also playing the displaced moon person role pretty well, and I like how he's adapting pretty well to Earth. The battle should be really starting up in the next few episodes, so I'm pretty interested to keep watching and see if the pathetic Earthling scum are able to somehow pull off a victory against these arrogant moonman assholes.

All of this positivity having been said, I think I remember liking it up to this point before as well, only to start disliking it later for...whatever reason has escaped my mind. So here's to hoping the next few episodes will grip me a bit better this time around.

Erg
Oct 31, 2010

dogsicle posted:

watch konosuba (don't forget, there's an ova!)

someone please choose me an anime, i need to load up my tablet for breaks at work tomorrow.

Xam'd
Bamboo Blade
Kachou Ouji
Moyashimon
Intrigue in the Bakumatsu

Bamboo Blade because it looks like the superior sword anime of the two on there. Also I liked the manga a lot

Excel Saga
And Yet the Town Moves
Mouryou no Hako
Outlaw Star
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

HellCopter
Feb 9, 2012
College Slice

Erg posted:

Bamboo Blade because it looks like the superior sword anime of the two on there. Also I liked the manga a lot

Excel Saga
And Yet the Town Moves
Mouryou no Hako
Outlaw Star
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

Excel Saga. As long as you have then energy for it, it's insane manic fun. Loved it when I watched a couple years go.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Cardcaptor Sakura (I'm up to episode 19, stalled months ago)
Space Patrol Luluco
Dennou Coil
Slayers

Mentat Radnor
Apr 24, 2008

~Water flowers every day~

HellCopter posted:

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Cardcaptor Sakura (I'm up to episode 19, stalled months ago)
Space Patrol Luluco
Dennou Coil
Slayers

drat, these are all good, but please watch the classic 90's fantasy adventure/comedy Slayers!

My list of things that I feel bad about not having watched yet:

Yona of the Dawn
Natsume Yuujinchou
Giant Robo
Turn A Gundam
Ping Pong
The Tatami Galaxy

Thirty-Five Minutes
Aug 12, 2007
not a republic serial villain

Mentat Radnor posted:

drat, these are all good, but please watch the classic 90's fantasy adventure/comedy Slayers!

My list of things that I feel bad about not having watched yet:

Yona of the Dawn
Natsume Yuujinchou
Giant Robo
Turn A Gundam
Ping Pong
The Tatami Galaxy

This was a tough choice, but you should watch The Tatami Galaxy.

A part of my backlog:
Mushishi
Hyouka
Uchouten Kazoku
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Dennou Coil

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Thirty-Five Minutes posted:

This was a tough choice, but you should watch The Tatami Galaxy.

A part of my backlog:
Mushishi
Hyouka
Uchouten Kazoku
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Dennou Coil

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, it's a real gem.


Please pick one of these from my insurmountable backlog, thanks.

AnoHana
Trigun
Moyashimon
Toradora
Ristorante Paradiso

Xinder
Apr 27, 2013

i want to be a prince
Watched the first five of The Rose of Versailles. Definitely going to keep watching this. I don't know how I'd sell this to someone else, but I'm very much enjoying all of this. As something of a historical buff and someone who enjoys a good gender role destruction, this does me good.

TonightSociety
Oct 21, 2010

Julias posted:

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, it's a real gem.


Please pick one of these from my insurmountable backlog, thanks.

AnoHana
Trigun
Moyashimon
Toradora
Ristorante Paradiso

I reckon you should watch AnoHana.

Here's five from my insane backlog:

Kimi to Boku
Humanity Has Declined
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Wandering Son
Natsuyuki Rendezvous

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
Humanity has Declined is a great little anime you should definitely try out

Which of these shows should I start when I next have a clear schedule?

Shiki
Kemonozume
Michiko to Hatchin
Sasami-san@ganbaranai
Noragami

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Knorth posted:

Humanity has Declined is a great little anime you should definitely try out

Which of these shows should I start when I next have a clear schedule?

Shiki
Kemonozume
Michiko to Hatchin
Sasami-san@ganbaranai
Noragami


I liked MtH since it's a rare anime that focuses on not-South America and is a quite action-packed series.

Orange
LoTGH
Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince
Kemono no Souja Erin
Ergo Proxy

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord
Ahhh I am waaaay into this show's style
https://u.pomf.is/ucqusx.webm

I'm really appreciating just how rough some of the stories have been in the first couple episodes, like with Hatchin's purely awful initial family and the Pepe Lima plot. Everything is incredibly good looking and pretty charming a times, and absolutely nothing about what's happening is good. A big part of me just wants to see the tough pretty lady go on some fun, if violent, criminal hijinks with her new sort-of daughter but I'm glad it's not giving me that. Man, those chase scenes in the first episode were sooo Lupin it was incredible.

I love this loving weirdo :3: and she's a crystal person, fantastic~ :kimchi:

https://u.pomf.is/qgcdsl.webm

https://u.pomf.is/kqrgad.webm

'Drunk' Hatchin is a wonderful thing

https://u.pomf.is/wdenkv.webm

https://u.pomf.is/byorpv.webm

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

Alder posted:

I liked MtH since it's a rare anime that focuses on not-South America and is a quite action-packed series.

Orange
LoTGH
Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince
Kemono no Souja Erin
Ergo Proxy


Orange is fantastic and easily one of the best shows of last season.

I watched the first three episodes of Symphogear a few weeks ago. I thought the premise (idols fighting space aliens through ~the power of music~) was a little cheesy at first but it grew on me, and I ended up really enjoying what I watched. I haven't been able to get back to it lately, mostly because I have a lot on my watchlist this season and only a small amount of time to actually watch anything, but apparently I'm at the point where the show really picks up, so I have that to look forward to when I start watching it again

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Knorth
Aug 19, 2014

Buglord

Yes :3:

Er, also,

Cialis Railman posted:

Orange is fantastic and easily one of the best shows of last season.

I watched the first three episodes of Symphogear a few weeks ago. I thought the premise (idols fighting space aliens through ~the power of music~) was a little cheesy at first but it grew on me, and I ended up really enjoying what I watched. I haven't been able to get back to it lately, mostly because I have a lot on my watchlist this season and only a small amount of time to actually watch anything, but apparently I'm at the point where the show really picks up, so I have that to look forward to when I start watching it again

unless you're going to add another five shows for someone to pick from, isn't this post kinda breaking the chain?

Cialis Railman
Apr 20, 2007

Knorth posted:

Yes :3:

Er, also,


unless you're going to add another five shows for someone to pick from, isn't this post kinda breaking the chain?

Oh yeah. :downs: Well, in that case, here's five from the bottom of my CR queue:

1. Arakawa Under the Bridge
2. Servant X Service
3. YuruYuri
4. Angel Beats
5. Erased

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Cialis Railman posted:

Oh yeah. :downs: Well, in that case, here's five from the bottom of my CR queue:

1. Arakawa Under the Bridge
2. Servant X Service
3. YuruYuri
4. Angel Beats
5. Erased


Arakawa Under the Bridge
https://youtu.be/V8Qk40kI-3o

AnoHana is still up on the docket, but I'm also trying to round off some shows that aired this year but that I never got around to finishing. I would appreciate if you could pick one for me.

ReLife
Re: Zero
Orange
Amanchu
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou

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Seiyal
Jul 9, 2015

In my mind I just pretend. My brain is my only true friend.

Julias posted:


ReLife
Re: Zero
Orange
Amanchu
Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou

Those are all very nice choices but give ReLife a whirl. Ended up watching all 13 in one weekend and rather enjoyed it.

As for me, I've got a rather eclectic mix (aha, not really) that I've either only just started or left for far too long, so please help me clean up my queue.

G Gundam
Nagi no Asukara
Non Non Biyori
Flying Witch
New Game

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