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Top 3 votes are our April movies.
This poll is closed.
Ocean Waves 6 5.83%
Tokyo Godfathers 23 22.33%
My Sister Momoka 4 3.88%
Garden of Words 6 5.83%
Short Peace 2 1.94%
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem 17 16.50%
Patema Imverted 6 5.83%
Yoyo and Nene 3 2.91%
the Little Witch Sisters 3 2.91%
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 10 9.71%
Sailor Moon R 11 10.68%
Dragon Ball Super: Battle of the Gods 12 11.65%
Total: 45 votes
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TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

kirbysuperstar posted:

Up to ep4, which perfectly highlight's Tyler as a person

also the entire slayers crew is here and that makes me laugh
Maria: yes
Megumi: ???

edit: oh, no

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kirbysuperstar
Nov 11, 2012

Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

TenementFunster posted:

Maria: yes
Megumi: ???

edit: oh, no

:mrgw:

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
the extended blue danube scene in episode 6 is so good lol

Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

Working hard for those who demand the finest in image and sound!

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

Sleng Teng posted:

Working hard for those who demand the finest in image and sound!

bless you, hard working animation and sound teams. :cheersdoge:

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
watched a few more episodes today, still great. comedy highlight has got to be the episode 9 montage of the crew trying to stay calm while they put all their hope in tylor doing something. especially the goons pulling flower petals.



for not funny bits, i really liked harumi's little arc in episodes 8 and 9, especially the scenes where we see her reactions to tylor spending time with the old retired admiral/whatever his rank was because i forgot already. we've seen a decent amount of tylor being at peace with himself and how that can positively affect the people around him that are stuck in forever war, but seeing his completely selfless act of kindness for an old man he barely knows hits a bit different. also tylor casually dropping in to ask about her cool spy mission stuff is adorable.

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
triple post: i went back and watched harumi's knife assassination attempt on tylor a few times because the animation looked so good

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

the animation is best described as picking its spots, theres a lot of moments where its pretty stiff but it really comes alive at times and it rules

Tales of Woe
Dec 18, 2004

the main thing i remember about tylor production wise is that the art direction is really vivid and good and stood out compared to other early 90s tv stuff i've seen. maybe i just had a particularly good bd rip though

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

Endorph posted:

the animation is best described as picking its spots, theres a lot of moments where its pretty stiff but it really comes alive at times and it rules

i was already content with the pretty backgrounds and goofy facial expressions because i've watched way too much modern seasonal anime lately, but if they to keep doing more stuff like that assassination scene i'm all for it

Tales of Woe posted:

the main thing i remember about tylor production wise is that the art direction is really vivid and good and stood out compared to other early 90s tv stuff i've seen. maybe i just had a particularly good bd rip though

100% agree and i'm just watching whatever crunchyroll dug out of their dumpster.

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
it's too late for you, captain shia has. you've entered the 'i'm going to kill myself -> tylor is the greatest' pipeline that every other character with more than 2 minutes of screen time eventually goes through.

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
i enjoyed the one-off ghost ship/twins being badass pilots/almost killing yourself playing virtua whack-a-mole episodes, but i'm definitely way more excited to see tylor interact with the raalgon empire.

Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

Raalgon empire really is a great series of episodes. Feels like it becomes a different show for a bit but that is not to its detriment and imo they are of the best episodes in the show yet. Also another place where they really put the detail into the animation (e.g. Azalyn tiptoeing around)

TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

Big Leg posted:

the animation looked so good

Endorph posted:

the animation is best described as [...] it rules

Tales of Woe posted:

the main thing i remember about tylor production wise is that the art direction is really vivid and good and stood out compared to other early 90s tv stuff i've seen.

usenet celeb 1992
Jun 1, 2000

he thought quoting borges would make him popular

Big Leg posted:

twins being badass pilots

Just an underplayed aspect of the series is just how low-key hosed up the United Planets are that they have 15-year olds who, despite (or perhaps because of) being children of a deeply respected admiral, get to go be two out of three fighter pilots in live firefights for an underequipped, antiquated, and outgunned warship on behalf of a faceless war machine, after just a few hours in a simulator proving their genius. Very Tomino-esque, really.

TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

usenet celeb 1992 posted:

Very Tomino-esque, really.
rofl goddamn, you're right! it's just 0079 except a put-upon Bright is second-in-command to Wacky Hijinx

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

the ost also rules, if i didn't say that yet. especially the jazzy horn stuff or the pieces that sound like they're played with casio keyboard tone 142 - military choir oohs

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

Sleng Teng posted:

Raalgon empire really is a great series of episodes. Feels like it becomes a different show for a bit but that is not to its detriment and imo they are of the best episodes in the show yet. Also another place where they really put the detail into the animation (e.g. Azalyn tiptoeing around)

watched the episode where azalyn gets a midnight snack last night and you're right it absolutely owns. i dunno if it's really a different show though; it's pretty much the same plot as the retired admiral episode (tylor ignores the shadow of death looming over him to spend time with someone who is silently suffering while his crew tries to find him), just blown up to a bigger scale.

Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

I meant to write "almost" in that post, but I'd say it's more than a difference of scale, more like how it's being presented imo. regardless probably my favorite stretch of eps

Sleng Teng fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Feb 22, 2023

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
yeah that's fair. the atmosphere and framing everything around azalyn and dom's perspectives make this arc a lot more than a 'tylor is nice' story.

TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

Big Leg posted:

the ost also rules, if i didn't say that yet. especially the jazzy horn stuff or the pieces that sound like they're played with casio keyboard tone 142 - military choir oohs
it's been so long that I forgot that the ost is fantastic. all the BGM is Very Irresponsible.

Fluffdaddy
Jan 3, 2009

I have 6 episodes left myself. I love the doctor being in his 30s but having the voice of an old man. Sounds like King Kai, specifically.

One thing I miss about old anime is that the show is given plenty of time to breathe. The pace allows for the comedy of each episode to be drawn out. I think my favorite so far is the episode where Harumi finally tries to kill Tylor.

Fluffdaddy
Jan 3, 2009

BTW it is time to nominate for March. Please have your nominations in by Saturday and we will vote over the weekend.

Malsangoroth
Apr 2, 2015

Like pretty much all 1993 anime (except for Tylor) it's 50 episodes so it likely won't make the cut, but I'll just leave this hilarity here anyways.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Fluffdaddy posted:

BTW it is time to nominate for March. Please have your nominations in by Saturday and we will vote over the weekend.

Brain Powered

Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
k a m i s a m a k i s s

Srice
Sep 11, 2011

Since we've had a '93 and an '03 anime so far I am gonna nominate a '13 anime, The Flowers of Evil.

Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

Kyousougiga

Namtab
Feb 22, 2010

Fluffdaddy posted:

BTW it is time to nominate for March. Please have your nominations in by Saturday and we will vote over the weekend.

I’m going to continue to nominate kinmoza, op.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

for a 2013 anime i nominate the eccentric family

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

If it has to be 2013:

Actual option - Majestic Prince
Joke option - The Severing Crime Edge

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

Sleng Teng posted:

I meant to write "almost" in that post, but I'd say it's more than a difference of scale, more like how it's being presented imo. regardless probably my favorite stretch of eps

after watching some more, the melodrama and pseudo-instrumentality stuff does go pretty hard for a while. it's a nice touch how the show gets progressively more serious/introspective as tylor gets more isolated and incapacitated, and as soon as he's conscious again we get a 'tylor accidentally deletes the crews only porno' episode

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
tylor is so tranquil for most of his screen time, i'm glad the animators go all out whenever azalyn is around

Sleng Teng
May 3, 2009

The back half of episode 23 kicks rear end!

GateOfD
Jan 31, 2023

*doki* *doki*

Endorph posted:

for a 2013 anime i nominate the eccentric family

drat, 2013 was a stacked year for anime for me.

GJ Club
Chihayafuru 2
Kotoura-san
Vivdred Operation
Red Data Girl
Muromi-san
Gargantia
Rozen Maiden
Servant x Service
Kin-iro Mosiac
Genshiken
Beyond the Boundary
Golden Time
KLK
Log Horizon
Samurai Flamenco


(above aren't recommendations, just ones I remember watching closely as they aired)

GateOfD fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Feb 24, 2023

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

GateOfD posted:

Samurai Flamenco

This one would be funny

TenementFunster
Feb 20, 2003

The Cooler King

Sakurazuka posted:

Brain Powered
:haibrow:

it has, without a doubt, yoko kanno’s most yoko kanno OST. the yoko kannoest OST. yoko kannost.

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking

Sleng Teng posted:

The back half of episode 23 kicks rear end!

holy poo poo it's so good.

Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
finished up the show today, the last 4 episodes are incredible and are easily the highlight of the show to me. episode 23 was such a perfect resolution to the battle that i wasn't sure what the last 3 episodes would cover, but i guess the show wasn't really about resolving a big space empire conflict in the first place. i'm so happy we got an entire 3 episode denouement where everyone finds their peace and purpose.

extreme props to the hard working image team; the last two episodes where everything is cloaked in darkness and shadows look spectacular, especially the scene with yuriko and tylor on the soyakaze. the crew invitation gags are the funniest portion of the entire show. i can't believe how good the last episode is.

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Big Leg
May 22, 2020

a corpse is talking
image dump plus some thoughts:

the scene where tylor gets metaphorical blood on his hands when he realizes the old admiral died while he was off doing stupid military poo poo is incredible. heck the whole episode is



i wish everything was retroactively set in future night time city or pitch black soyokaze, it's so beautiful.




i lied when i said the crew invitation gags are the funniest part of the show. it's this (dom and azalyn are honorary crew members so it still counts)


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