It's not any weirder than giving the Gotham P.D. it's own comic... and Gotham Central is generally regarded as a classic these days.
[TV] The What Anime Are You Watching Thread!
True, true, I gotta get that one some time.
WELL-back to caught up on One Punch Man- MAN I can't wait to see the remade version of Sweet Mask getting his ass kicked.
WELL-back to caught up on One Punch Man- MAN I can't wait to see the remade version of Sweet Mask getting his ass kicked.
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There's going to be a whole SERIES of these, aren't there?
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Eureka Seven
This is pretty good. It starts pretty weakly as an off-the-shelf mecha series, but it develops into a nice coming of age story for which the mecha stuff drops into the background. It reminds me quite a bit of Catcher in the Rye in that the main character is coming to terms with the world and its differences from his perceptions as a child. I like it, too, because the protagonist screws up, and his heroes are flawed, and his enemies are human. It has quite a few really good heart-string-tugging scenes, too. I definitely recommend it. It's on Netflix streaming.
This is pretty good. It starts pretty weakly as an off-the-shelf mecha series, but it develops into a nice coming of age story for which the mecha stuff drops into the background. It reminds me quite a bit of Catcher in the Rye in that the main character is coming to terms with the world and its differences from his perceptions as a child. I like it, too, because the protagonist screws up, and his heroes are flawed, and his enemies are human. It has quite a few really good heart-string-tugging scenes, too. I definitely recommend it. It's on Netflix streaming.
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Those low dips in the early part of the series drove me away from it screaming. I couldn't stand it. I stopped watching when I realized the only thing that kept me tuning in was the prospect of Talho fanservice. Maybe I should try soldiering through it again, though, I have heard several times it gets much better by the end.
I sort of feel like Eureka7 does for the Real Robot genre what Tengen Toppa Gurrenn Lagaan does for the Super Robot genre, in that it breaks down the worst of it's tropes and rebuilds them into something that has the fun of the original genre but a bit less of the idiocy.
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The part of TTGL that almost made me stop watching (Simon's extended breakdown) particularly reminded me of what I didn't like about Renton.
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Renton is 14. His breakdowns are a naive 14 yo's breakdowns. They fit the plot. The one where he realizes exactly what he's been doing in the giant robot all this time is pretty potent. But, yeah, if you don't like relatively accurate representations of 14 year olds being, well 14 year olds, then you probably won't like it.
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You got me there, I find 14 year olds to be pretty tiresome in real life, too
And he's STILL more tolerable than Shinji by a wide margin.
Dunno, I found Shinji to be more enjoyable due to him being a result of a shitload of trauma. Feels like half of Renton's whinitude is him being 14 and angsty, as opposed to being 14 and angsty about war/death/abandonment.
I don't think I've ever fast-forwarded any of Eva (not counting the first movie of Death & Rebirth--I didn't need a recap at the time). Can't say the same for E7.
I recently started watching One Punch Man due to seeing references to it everywhere, and I have to admit I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
I grew up watching Power Rangers and other sentai shows. Most of the manga/anime I've enjoyed have been unabashedly shonen. I'm a huge superhero fan. So it's been fucking great seeing a show that combines all these things and lampoons every single one of them while still being fantastic in its own right. Plus the fight music is probably the only music I've heard from an anime in the past few years that's memorable (to me at least).
I grew up watching Power Rangers and other sentai shows. Most of the manga/anime I've enjoyed have been unabashedly shonen. I'm a huge superhero fan. So it's been fucking great seeing a show that combines all these things and lampoons every single one of them while still being fantastic in its own right. Plus the fight music is probably the only music I've heard from an anime in the past few years that's memorable (to me at least).
Yeah its great, I just wish I knew when the damn web-comic updates.
You might get a kick out of Astro Fighter Sunred, if you can find it.
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I started One Punch Man. Maybe people built me up too much or something. I'm not seeing the appeal so far. Saitama is rather unlikable in the first few episodes. They jump right in and I have no investment whatsoever in any of the characters, but yet I'm supposed to be interested in them?
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Okay I read the one punch man manga and it made more sense. The show Saitama was a lot goofier and more stupid than the manga one. In the manga, the side stories seem to make it clearer that the stupid thing is kind of an act of humility, and it's implied that he's actually much more aware of what's going on than he pretends to be. Plus the art in the manga is really well done.
Gurren Lagann
I started this after seeing it mentioned here. Eh it's alright I guess. I have a hard time equating Simon to Renton, though because the show is so much goofier in tone than Eureka7. Yoko has nice boobies.
Gurren Lagann
I started this after seeing it mentioned here. Eh it's alright I guess. I have a hard time equating Simon to Renton, though because the show is so much goofier in tone than Eureka7. Yoko has nice boobies.
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It's only for a few specific episodes that Simon reminded me of Renton.
Also fuck yeah Yoko's boobs.
Especially sensai and space yoko.
After all the Sword Art, Overlord and Log Horizon...
Everyone should be watching Hai to Gensou no Grimgar. It's another "oh no I'm in a game" thing, but nobody is a God. They're afraid, struggling and just trying to survive. It's amazing.
Everyone should be watching Hai to Gensou no Grimgar. It's another "oh no I'm in a game" thing, but nobody is a God. They're afraid, struggling and just trying to survive. It's amazing.
That is one thing I miss about the first season of Sword Art: it felt like people at least had a CHANCE of dying during this lethal game.
Yeah, Grimgar doesn't pull any punches. The people that end up in the world split into two groups, and the one we don't follow seems to be the usual trope fare (when we do see them they're in nice armor, rich, etc). The group we do follow is struggling, they get upset about the kill-or-be-killed world, and life for them is incredibly difficult.
Gainax (the studio responsible) has become pretty well-known for throwing endings like GL's out there. Downers, out-of-nowhere twists, etc.
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So what's next on your plate? Kill la Kill?
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Did that one already. I didn't get the hype on that one. It seemed like good bones, but not enough meat. I never really got a good reason to care about any of the characters in Kill la Kill.
Not really sure what's next.
Kill la Kill and Gurren Lagann are basically the same idea but for different genres, when you come to think about it: both reconstruct their genre (super robot vs shonen action) by admitting the flaws of said genre (hot blooded heroes are terrible leaders vs the very idea of might makes right) but ultimately change the formula into something more workable (quiet sidekick is inspired to take a more active but reasonable approach vs hero overthrows the authority and brings it into the fold by not being an asshole about it).
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I don't know what you've seen and what you haven't, but the short list of anime I generally give people goes something like -
Cowboy Bebop (Space opera)
Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex (Cyberpunk police)
Death Note (first season only, second season is garbage) (Supernatural vs Police)
Code Geass (Supernatural vs Imperialism with a side of Mecha)
Black Lagoon (Action/Crime)
Attack on Titan (Action/End of humanity)
Samurai Champloo (Anachronistic historical fiction drama)
Big O (What if Batman was about mechs)
Another (Supernatural horror)
If you've seen all that or they don't sound like they appeal to you, you might also try
S-Cry-Ed (Rivalry, Order vs Freedom)
FLCL (Batshit acid trip)
Paranoia Agent (Supernatural vs Police)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (viewed in chronological order, not in broadcast order) (A bored schoolgirl unknowingly defines reality)
Trigun (Wild West on a new planet)
Toradora (High school romantic comedy)
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Just make sure you watch season 1 in chronological order, and you can be forgiven for skipping the "Endless Eight" episodes of season 2.