Yo let's talk about anime

kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

Any of my fellow otaku out there? I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with anime, but there are some that I absolutely adore.

What are some of your favorite series and movies?

I'll get things started: Cowboy Bebop is perfect and I love it so very much. It's a yearly tradition to rewatch it, and I'm in heaven since the BluRays dropped. :)

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  • I'm not a huge fan of anime, but Axis Powers Hetalia is great.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    It's certainly a weird and funny premise! I think it wore thin to me after a while, but I still enjoyed what I watched of it!

    BigBlindMax posted: »

    I'm not a huge fan of anime, but Axis Powers Hetalia is great.

  • Stuff that i watched recently

    Psycho-Pass. 9/10

    Parasyte. 10/10

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Oh man, I love Parasyte. They did a fine job adapting the manga (which is one of my favorites)!

    Stuff that i watched recently Psycho-Pass. 9/10 Parasyte. 10/10

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Loved it! Though I prefer the original series over Brotherhood (mainly due to how overly comedic Brotherhood was in comparison).

    Clemenem posted: »

    Yo yo yo yo yo yo, Full Metal Alchemist

  • Yo yo yo yo yo yo, Full Metal Alchemist

  • Ghost in the Shell.

    That is all.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Big question: TV show, movie(s), or both?

    Sarangholic posted: »

    Ghost in the Shell. That is all.

  • Both, but the real question is, 1st Gig or 2nd?

    kenjisalk posted: »

    Big question: TV show, movie(s), or both?

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    Original Movie, 2nd Gig for me.

    Sarangholic posted: »

    Both, but the real question is, 1st Gig or 2nd?

  • edited May 2015

    It's hard for me to decide. I think the 2nd Gig was better constructed as a story, but The Laughing Man is such an iconic and philosophically deep character, especially when you consider Baudrillard's idea of simulacra. Even The Laughing Man himself, is, in the meta-sense, a simulacrum, as The Laughing Man story by J.D. Salinger has nothing to do with The Laughing Man in Ghost in the Shell; but that original signified ultimately becomes meaningless by force of the repetition of the signifier, namely the symbol of The Laughing Man.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogvMnx-2nFg

    kenjisalk posted: »

    Original Movie, 2nd Gig for me.

  • edited May 2015

    Same, except I actually don't like the manga/Brotherhood. (The over-reliance on comedy is only one of my complaints.) The 2003 anime is so ridiculously underrated in comparison.

    kenjisalk posted: »

    Loved it! Though I prefer the original series over Brotherhood (mainly due to how overly comedic Brotherhood was in comparison).

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    It's amazing that they got so much right in terms of what sci-fi is capable of, intellectually speaking (weighty themes and the like).

    I just wish there was less silliness to distract from the very adult stories it tells.

    Sarangholic posted: »

    It's hard for me to decide. I think the 2nd Gig was better constructed as a story, but The Laughing Man is such an iconic and philosophicall

  • I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure right now and its my favorite anime so far.

  • I just wish there was less silliness to distract from the very adult stories it tells.

    You mean the Tachicomas? I don't know if it's better in Japanese, I watched the English dub and those things are annoying as hell.

    kenjisalk posted: »

    It's amazing that they got so much right in terms of what sci-fi is capable of, intellectually speaking (weighty themes and the like). I just wish there was less silliness to distract from the very adult stories it tells.

  • kenjisalkkenjisalk Telltale Alumni

    I think in Japanese they're only less annoying by nature of me not understanding what they're saying, so it just becomes innocuous chirping.

    I still prefer the tone and aesthetic of the original Mamoru Oshii film over the series, all told.

    Sarangholic posted: »

    I just wish there was less silliness to distract from the very adult stories it tells. You mean the Tachicomas? I don't know if it's better in Japanese, I watched the English dub and those things are annoying as hell.

  • corey in the house is my favorite

  • edited May 2015

    I literally started watching this, like less than an hour ago, but I find the introduction incredibly interesting - it's obviously inspired by Gustav Klimt

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaN1rZrYjVk

    There's more too it, but some frames are literally Klimt's Der Kuss.

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  • Wolf's Rain is pretty cool.

  • edited May 2015

    This is 4 the ones that I looked. In front of me waiting for many more masterpieces of Hayao Miyazaki :)

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  • Anyone who likes anime likes hentai and is therefore weird.

    UndeniableFact

  • It's a good series, don't let all the controversy turn you off.

    Sarangholic posted: »

    I literally started watching this, like less than an hour ago, but I find the introduction incredibly interesting - it's obviously inspired

  • sword art online is terrible

  • WRONG!

    I like hentai and I don't like anime.

    Viva-La-Lee posted: »

    Anyone who likes anime likes hentai and is therefore weird. UndeniableFact

  • edited May 2015

    hentai

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    I'm a gamer it's kinda my thing

    Lingvort posted: »

    WRONG! I like hentai and I don't like anime.

  • Haha so clever, Lingvort :)

    But I never said that hentai lovers had to like anime, just the other way around ;P

    Lingvort posted: »

    WRONG! I like hentai and I don't like anime.

  • Is hentai your thing or posting Christian Bale's face your thing?

    Clemenem posted: »

    hentai I'm a gamer it's kinda my thing

  • Both

    I'm a gamer it's kinda my thing

    Lingvort posted: »

    Is hentai your thing or posting Christian Bale's face your thing?

  • I guess it's just something I wanted to point out. I'm not an expert on anime fans, so I can't say. Maybe they are all compulsory hentai lovers, I dunno, lol.

    Viva-La-Lee posted: »

    Haha so clever, Lingvort But I never said that hentai lovers had to like anime, just the other way around ;P

  • Icy.

    Clemenem posted: »

    Both I'm a gamer it's kinda my thing

  • Well I'm not a big fan of anime or hentai, but Otaku is BAD and extremely negative, an obsession to a fictive characters that isn't healthy.
    Otaku beside of the obsession to a fictive characters usual young girl in meaning as it's used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time, doesn't have a social life being departs from reality and watching cute young girl.

    Here is the story of an typical otaku life.
    http://animatorexpo.com/mememe/ I hope I didn't break any rule posting this site.

    after you watch the video from the link above you can watch the video below to to see what I mean as an real Otaku is.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ushQeybqipc

  • ArthurVArthurV Telltale Alumni

    Anime I've watched recently that I've really enjoyed:

    • Knights of Sidonia
    • Ping Pong
    • Monster
    • Steins;Gate
    • Mushi-Shi
  • Hello! :)

    What about works Hayao Miyazaki?

    This is AMAZING!

    ArthurV posted: »

    Anime I've watched recently that I've really enjoyed: * Knights of Sidonia * Ping Pong * Monster * Steins;Gate * Mushi-Shi

  • Yep, almost 1:1

    kenjisalk posted: »

    Oh man, I love Parasyte. They did a fine job adapting the manga (which is one of my favorites)!

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    edited May 2015

    Parasyte is amazing, I read the manga when episode 5 came out because I couldn't wait. I cried when I finished it, and I didn't cry from things like TWD (or anything really) ever so that was kind of amazing.

    Stuff that i watched recently Psycho-Pass. 9/10 Parasyte. 10/10

  • Pokemon, Yi-Gi-Oh and digimon were my childhood they are perfection

  • dude OMF I just posted that meme and didn't even see you posted it xD

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    Talimancer posted: »

    corey in the house is my favorite

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    Karnedg2013 posted: »

    Hello! What about works Hayao Miyazaki? This is AMAZING!

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