ITT: We discuss anime. AKA, the weaboo thread.
I didn't notice a thread directly related to anime general, so I thought I'd create one. What's the last anime you people watched and what did you think of it? For me, it was...
Horrifying, disturbing, enthralling. I don't recommend it to anyone with a weak stomach by any stretch of the imagination, but if you can handle, say, Tokyo Gore Police or something, then I recommend it.
The last broadly recommendable anime I saw, of course, is the ever enjoyable...
Tatami Galaxy.
visceral, fast paced, surreal. The things this anime gets right are legion and far too numerous to list in their entirety, but the art and story certainly stand out. To say that it's the best anime of the past five years is damning it with faint praise. It's really of sufficient quality to match the depth and craftsmanship of some of the 90's higher quality anime.
Go, my fellow weebs!
Horrifying, disturbing, enthralling. I don't recommend it to anyone with a weak stomach by any stretch of the imagination, but if you can handle, say, Tokyo Gore Police or something, then I recommend it.
The last broadly recommendable anime I saw, of course, is the ever enjoyable...
Tatami Galaxy.
visceral, fast paced, surreal. The things this anime gets right are legion and far too numerous to list in their entirety, but the art and story certainly stand out. To say that it's the best anime of the past five years is damning it with faint praise. It's really of sufficient quality to match the depth and craftsmanship of some of the 90's higher quality anime.
Go, my fellow weebs!
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I must admit, I enjoyed GITSAC a lot as well.
Yes, yes
Also, I feel that the stories of the SaC episodes are tighter and better executed.
His look. It screams "bitch, don't make me smack a ho."
Total. Pimp.
And to agree with consensus, SaC seemed to have a tighter and more directed story. Maybe the idea of a popular uprising just appealed to me more, though. Who can say?
Sad, considering I truly did enjoy much of the buildup and mysteries of the anime. But as we all know from the Monkey Island 2 debacle, an ending can ruin an entire game or show for me.
*shifty glances.*
One, it's better than the original FMA.
Second, I forget how over the top this show is. To be honest, there are very few individuals I love more in anime than Major Armstrong.
"FEEL THESE MUSCLES AND UNDERSTAND THEY BOAST THE TRUTH!"
Concurred. A very good show, because they were able to follow the manga the whole way through and not deviate into some weird time travel story about magical nazis. The Big Bad(tm) is more interesting than that of most series as well.
While I heartily disagree, I think Fawful might actually disagree enough to fly into a murderous rage against you.
I honestly still thought the original FMA was still good, it's just Brotherhood is so much more fleshed out with its characters and their roles, and overall the ending is so intense.
Calling those one-dimensional homonculi fleshed-out.
Brotherhood and the manga was better at one thing: story twists. Everything else was done with far more skill and subtlety in the original, outside of the series' recurring jokes, although even those were handled with actual good comic timing in FMA and not at all in B. And don't even get me started on the animation and art style. FMA had it right from the start, but Brotherhood remained ugly throughout it's entirety, with bland colors, bland shading, bland direction, and bland blandness. Oh, and the butchered Ishval arc. The ending to FMA isn't as incomplete as people make out either. Every single conclusion that is brought to us with the movie can be figured out for ourselves in the finale of the show.
Outside of the extremely beautiful animation, the movie was literally unnecessary....although still good.
FMA:
Brotherhood:
And Brotherhood has the worst thing in all of FMA: Hulk Cornello. And no, the show doesn't redeem itself in later areas, by replacing the main characters with the Xingese and Olivia Armstrong, and canceling the villain's plot built up over nearly 70 episodes in the space of one episode.
But you're free to like it....I'm just...going to rant and rail against it every change I get.
Hey, that's fine. I'm about to wish my beautiful fiance a good night.
On the topic of more recent series, the show Another was good if you like horror/occult/mystery type things. It's sort of hard to give a plot summary without giving massive spoilers so I'll refrain.
Trailer (untranslated...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2VgaTD1wg
the VO is...
Girl: You should be careful. It may have already begun.
Text in quotes: "Who is the dead one?"
Girl: See you, Sakakibara-kun.
Ah, but do your extremely sexy ladies watch anime with you?
And yet, I'll still end up watching it.
Finished up three new shows(new to me anyways) so I'll go over them in reverse order of when I finished, which is actually also ranked from the one I liked the least to the one I liked the most.
Sankarea: Brief summary, main character loves zombies. Everything about them. To the point where it's a fetish and he wants a zombie girlfriend. He found a book with some kind of resurrection potion, and he intends to experiment on his recently deceased kitty cat. He meets a girl called Rea who agrees to help him. Pros: Really interesting story, characters(for the most part), and the themes are nice too. Cons: Rea's step-mother's actions towards Rea don't make a lot of sense to me as she claims to have never been treated as a mother, yet any time Rea is shown to be attempting to reach out to her, she's a world-class master ***** that can't stop drinking. The show ends after 12 episodes and 1 "prequel" OVA, and it needs to be continued badly. Perhaps they stopped to allow more of the manga to be written rather than BS their way towards an ending(looking at you FMA, Hellsing, Negima). If that's so, then I hope for season 2.
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, or Dusk Maiden of Amnesia: Teichi Niiya is exploring the abandoned rooms in a deserted part of his school when he discovers Yuuko Kanoe. He's never seen her and tries to find out about her only to discover that she is a ghost and can't remember the events of her death. Teichi founds(or co-founds since it's Yuuko's idea) a Paranormal Investigations Club to try and get down to what caused her death, all the while dealing with Yuuko's...ahem, attention towards him. Pros: Fantastic storyline, great characters, and awesome music. This show made me really care for these characters and what was going to happen next for(and to) them. That said, there are a lot of heartbreaking moments that really got to me, which I love. And the opening, ending, and the insert song(ep. 8&12) are awesome. Cons: SOME people will hate the ending with a passion, whereas I enjoyed it. The man thing I didn't like? It ended. I wanted more.
Fate/zero: The longest show on this list at 25, Fate/zero is a prequel to the series Fate/stay Night. Both were originally visual novels, but both did deviate from certain parts of the novels that were a bit on the risque side. Fate/zero tells the story of the 4th Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City. The wars center on seven Masters and their Servants, powerful heroes of ages past summoned into the world to compete for the Holy Grail which can grant any wish. Each Master and Servant has their own reasons for seeking it or even fighting at all. Pros: The animation is excellent, the characters are intriguing and compelling, the story kept me drawn in to what would happen next, the music(both vocal and instrumental) was fantastic. This was another anime that made me really care for these characters and not wanting terrible things to happen to them despite knowing that terrible things HAVE to happen to them. Cons: The biggest con I have for this is that after watching it, it's really hard to watch Fate/stay night, and that's sad considering how much I loved F/sn. But the animation is almost TOO good, the story is TOO good. That is honestly a downside to anyone who watches Fate/zero first. Also, certain things are inevitably known because of Fate/stay Night, and that can lessen the impact a little, but there are also little touches that directly tie to F/sN that anyone who hasn't seen it won't pick up on.
And that's all folks! I do recommend checking these shows out if you can.
*grumble*
Sorry.
Actually no, no I'm not. But I'll let him force me to watch Star Was with him next time.
Nonono.... I force Dashing to watch anime with me.
Currently watching Gosick. I'm weirdly captivated by this one and it's hard to explain why. Maybe it's the 'whodunnit' aspect (I totally called the first murder, but the others have all been interesting to watch unfold), maybe it's the unusual setting, maybe it's the dynamic between the lead characters... I dunno. I just really like it.
In a word? Yes.
But you guys are FAR worse.
CM and I watch anime mutually. It's a perfect storm of weeaboo.
Well, you're a mean.
I'm also a truth. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
Though, to be honest, you've improved greatly from when you guys ended every sentence with a heart.
Well, I guess they kept it well under wraps in Berkeley. Good luck, Dashing. DragonCon will be an adventure.
We are fairly obnoxious, though. And we just don't care. That's on you guys to deal with. I fully understand if Alcoremortis and Dashing end up needing new livers just to deal.
Oh honey buns...
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
Oh shnookeywookums, you always know just what to say! <33333
NYAWWWWWL. Snuggle bear, you are the bestest.
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In related news, you're also kawaii as shit bro.