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the first two patlabor movies are very good. most patlabor is very good!
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Expect My Mom posted:Someone tell me about the Patlabor movies. I own Patlabor 2 because I found it at my local dollar store so like, should i watch Patlabor 1 Patlabor is my favorite anime so I'm gonna field this one. As a general overview Patlabor is a comedy/drama action franchise about cops with giant robots consisting of 2 OVAs, 3 movies and a TV series. It's generally speaking very silly and lighthearted, with the exception of Patlabor the movie 2 and 3. 2 is a very melancholic and deliberate movie about the nature of peace, and it is very good, although you probably won't get full enjoyment out of it unless you're at least somewhat familiar with the characters. If you have the time I'd recommend watching the first OVA series (early days) and then patlabor the movie 1 and 2.
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Expect My Mom posted:Someone tell me about the Patlabor movies. I own Patlabor 2 because I found it at my local dollar store so like, should i watch Patlabor 1 the patlabor ovas are about a team of goofy underequipped mech cops going on mech cop adventures and the movies take place at the very end. the first movie is basically an episode of the ova on a movie budget, the second movie is mamoru oshii making something even more slow, ominous and talky than ghost in the shell. both movies are fantastic but yeah as droyer said you'll wanna watch the ovas first cause a large part of them is understanding the relationships between the cast first. there's a third movie but you shouldn't watch it
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Whoa! sounds rad, i'll try and get around to watching the OVA and make it my February movie. Thanks
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Confirming you'll get more enjoyment out of the movies if you watch the Early Days OVA first. It's great and only 7 episodes. Patlabor the Movie 1 feels like a serious finale to the OVA. A good mystery plot followed up by some awesome mecha fights and action. Even the slow parts are pretty: https://i.imgur.com/KEoIwXn.gifv Patlabor 2 is a lot slower, full of talking and philosophy and politics, but still excellent. And when there is mecha animation, it's really nice: https://i.imgur.com/96Blx8k.gifv Patlabor 3 is not actually a Patlabor movie. It's a 90's sci-fi/horror monster flick with a small cameo from the Patlabor characters. Only worth your time if you really like cheesy B sci-fi/horror movies, but at least it's decently animated. It's about as "mecha" as the movie Aliens.
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Movies I have or have access to that I'll be watching to start with: Doukyuusei -- I bought it but have been sort of saving it since I already read the manga like 4 times and have the story memorized lol that Blood Spray of Goemon thing if I actually got the one w/english subs and didn't waste the download Project Itoh Genocidal Organ even though Dav said it was bad Darkside Blues Sirius no Densetsu -- I'd actually been meaning to watch this but totally forgot so thx for the reminder that it exists Movies I want to watch but don't have yet: Tiger & Bunny second movie (loving amazon only has the dub :ergcryin: ) Children Who Chase Lost Voices A Wind Named Amnesia Those Free movies (maybe) I've watched most of the commonly recommended movies and cruised through both of those big lists hunting things I missed and might be interested in and tbh I've kinda hit everything I want to from those, so outside of this list I'm going to be looking at recent movies and some stuff that hasn't come out yet but will hopefully be available later this year like the Bungo Stray Dogs movie and the Infini-T one. e: I probably need to watch those two Yuasa movies too at some point. Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Jan 6, 2018 |
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my big plans for this year mostly involve watching specific anime series that i have put off watching for too long, but hell i'll sign up for 26 movies i've been told to watch Anthem of the Heart and Silent Voice so i guess those are on the list. other than that i don't have any ideas for what to watch. i think i'll steal all the war movies Davincie posted about in another thread....
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Jan 6, 2018 00:50
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Everything Burrito posted:Children Who Chase Lost Voices Children Who Chase Lost Voices is really only worth watching to round out Shinkai's filmography. I might as well join in. I haven't watched a lot of movies, so throw me suggestions. My main goal would be to finish all of Miyazaki, especially the earlier stuff, and Satoshi Kon. I've seen the Evangelion Rebuild movies, Redline, Dead Leaves, all of Hosoda except Kemono No Ko, all of Shinkai, and Madoka Magica Rebellion.
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Jan 6, 2018 02:16
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I actually don't like Shinkai that much so I was hoping I might like it better lol
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Jan 6, 2018 02:57
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Everything Burrito posted:I actually don't like Shinkai that much so I was hoping I might like it better lol As a fellow Shinkai disliker, the best I can say about it is that it does not have a Shinkai-esque story. It seemed to be his attempt at a Miyazaki.
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Jan 6, 2018 03:06
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good thing shinkai's the next miyazaki
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shinkai's the next ozu
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I have watched, Short Peace. A Sunrise anthology movie containing four shorts. I might as well knock them out in the order presented. Possessions: An okay enough start. It's a fairly typical yokai story but it's directed in such a way that makes full use of its CG instead of just being CG for its own sake. Hard to say a lot about this one. Combustible: Easily the weakest. I knew Otomo directed one of the shorts but I didn't look it up beforehand so it came as a complete surprise that this was the one he did. The style is that of old japanese paintings, presented on a scroll and while it's interesting to look at in the beginning, it partially abandons that style fairly quickly so all you're left with is a story that falls flat once you get past the spectacle of a burning village (and to its credit, they make those fires look quite fierce). Gambo:  Gambo is light on story and it features a bear fighting an ogre. That's all you need to know. There's a lot of weight to its action and a lot of blood too. It's the shortest but it's as long as it needed to be for its purpose. A Farewell to Weapons: When I first watched this I assumed that Otomo directed this one. I was partially right; it's based on an Otomo manga. The actual director is a mecha designer from Sunrise and this was his first and only anime he directed. Featuring a military(?) operation to take out a mech in the ruins of a post-apocalyptic city, this was definitely the best short of the movie. There's this attention to detail in their tactics that I appreciate. Most notably that the soldiers would have to take great care when firing at the AI mech as it would be able to determine the firing point upon taking a hit and immediately retaliate, so when a soldier has to pull the trigger themselves they fire and get the hell away from their firing spot. Combine all that with a pretty good stinger at the end and it's a fine way to cap off the movie. As far as anthology movies go, imo the sign of a good anthology movie is when there's no universal consensus on which shorts are the best. I don't think that applies to Short Peace as the latter two shorts are quite a step above from the first two. But hey of the four shorts I only disliked one. I don't think it's a must-watch or anything (There are far more anthology movies that are better uses of your time) but it was a pleasant enough watch that I'm glad I took the time to see it. Next on my list, I'm gonna jump on the Book Girl bandwagon. List so far: 1. Short Peace
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Jan 7, 2018 00:50
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I watched Your Name today and it was good and I'm glad Shinkai finally discovered human emotions
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Oh man, gritty yet smooth as butter not-CGI mechs is my favourite anime aesthetic. I may join in as I've fallen off the anime boat the last little while and only really been reading manga, but when poo poo looks that good then yeah, I wanna watch it.
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SatansBestBuddy posted:Oh man, gritty yet smooth as butter not-CGI mechs is my favourite anime aesthetic. I may join in as I've fallen off the anime boat the last little while and only really been reading manga, but when poo poo looks that good then yeah, I wanna watch it. That scene is the last time you see a mech for two hours
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SatansBestBuddy posted:Oh man, gritty yet smooth as butter not-CGI mechs is my favourite anime aesthetic. I may join in as I've fallen off the anime boat the last little while and only really been reading manga, but when poo poo looks that good then yeah, I wanna watch it. Cool! but . . . GorfZaplen posted:That scene is the last time you see a mech for two hours This is sadly only a slight exaggeration. Patlabor The Movie (1) has a lot more actual mecha and combat, and the animation is still very nice while not quite on this level.
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Jan 7, 2018 17:33
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yeah patlabor 2 is less mechs and more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAmLaD83zT8
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Jan 7, 2018 19:15
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The scenes of random stuff going on in a city with Kenji Kawaii music over the top are the best bits of Mamoru Oshii films anyway
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patlabor 2 is a cool movie but you really need to be prepared for a slow, talky two hours in comparison patlabor 1 is shorter and the last thirty minutes are robots blowing things up followed by a one-on-one fight with an advanced super ai robot
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Jan 7, 2018 19:22
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Well, you've convinced me to watch Patlabor 2.
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The Colonel posted:patlabor 2 is a cool movie but you really need to be prepared for a slow, talky two hours
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homeless snail posted:Also one of the robots has a shotgun that was the best part
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Jan 8, 2018 21:53
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Watched The Bedroom. whar a massive loving waste of time. Maybe I would have liked it more on a different night. Guess I'll do a Matsumoto next.
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Jan 9, 2018 06:39
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The alt title is Unfaithful Wife: Shameful Torture which is a pretty funny porn name though
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I have watched Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike. It's a decent but unremarkable film. A straightforward story about two soldiers who hate each other slowly becoming friends. I know very little about the game it's based on, and I have a feeling someone more familiar with the setting would find it more interesting. Really the only thing I'd heard about Vesperia before is that it had a gay relationship, but this movie doesn't do that. Not a lot to talk about for this one, but hey its at least off backlog. List: Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
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Jan 9, 2018 09:16
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I can't decide if I just think this because I'm a fag homo or because Muscle really was better by a few miles. Pretty sure it's the latter. Anyway watch Muscle.
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VostokProgram posted:I have watched Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike. It's a decent but unremarkable film. A straightforward story about two soldiers who hate each other slowly becoming friends. I know very little about the game it's based on, and I have a feeling someone more familiar with the setting would find it more interesting. Really the only thing I'd heard about Vesperia before is that it had a gay relationship, but this movie doesn't do that. lol yeah first strike is just a prequel film for the game decent but unremarkable also basically describes what i've heard about the game itself, though i never got to play far into it to give my own take and i dunno where my old copy is The Colonel fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Jan 9, 2018 09:29
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Some day I'll watch Tales of Zestiria The Sorey X Mikleo
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Jan 9, 2018 09:38
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DisDisDis posted:Some day I'll watch Tales of Zestiria The Sorey X Mikleo there's not much of that in the x. that's an anime you watch for alisha x rose
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Jan 9, 2018 09:39
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drat. When the heck will a Tales promotional anime feature male homosexuality
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Jan 9, 2018 09:46
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sorry but i'm afraid you're not going to find good tales promotional anime in general unless you want Tales Of The Abyss But Animated Worse Than The Cutscenes In Tales Of The Abyss And The Jealous Gay Bad Guy Dies or Tales Of Symphonia But Colette Does Even Less or tales of eternia: an anime about things that didn't happen in tales of eternia The Colonel fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Jan 9, 2018 |
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Jan 9, 2018 09:51
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now i'm left wondering who even recommended i watch this film
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Jan 9, 2018 09:58
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huh. the rabid fujo fanbase should have higher standards imo
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VostokProgram posted:now i'm left wondering who even recommended i watch this film I was kinda wondering that myself since you've never shown any indication or plan to play the game.
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Jan 9, 2018 11:23
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DisDisDis posted:huh. the rabid fujo fanbase should have higher standards imo a thought I have all the goddamn time
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VostokProgram posted:now i'm left wondering who even recommended i watch this film 
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Jan 9, 2018 19:56
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a solid 8 from everyone...
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Sasuga vostok
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Lmfao
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