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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Tonight I watched the first four episodes of Legends of the Galactic Heroes and had to actively stop myself from watching anymore, as I would stay up late into the night binging it.

    Folks, this is some good stuff.

    Real good stuff

    Its like a dream box for a specific type of nerd. Theres like 70 characters, world building, entire episodes devoted to intense space battles and shipping. So much shipping

    Well I was needing a new series to binge on.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Madican wrote: »
    Fran wouldn't really care if they're terrible people or not though, because she's pretty awful herself. When she was in a cave-in on a tour bus she provided surgery and donor organs to the injured people via one of her horrifying servants who was designed to store surplus organs by incorporating them into her body, then told them that if they don't make it out in time she'll be taking said organs back with interest.

    Cut to the last page where Fran and her servant are exiting from a hole dug through the rubble and the servant is now comically fat.

    It's been a while since I read Franken Fran, but I guess I assumed the people Adorea got the organs from had died on their own. As far as I can recall, Fran seemed to be very much against killing.

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Gundi wrote: »
    Franken Fran is a weird absurdist h... horror? c... comedy? manga? I can't really recommend it but there's not really anything like it. Body horror black humor!

    Yeah I couldnt really stomach it

    I made it through Franken Fran without much trouble. Once I was done with the series I was interested in finding more unique horror manga like it (I was already aware of Junji Ito, btw).

    I eventually found one manga that was so bizarre and unsettling I had to bail halfway through.

    It didn't have a story, really. It was just the same manga page repeated and slightly altered each time, but the panels were conceived of as 3D spaces that literally contained whatever they depicted. Eventually you get an isometric view of the "page", and eventually some of the things in the panels start escaping, and it's really hard to describe but I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable just thinking about it and wondering how much more surreal and nightmarish the remainder I didn't see got.

    Images generated by Google's Deep Dream network evoke a similar feeling in me as this manga did, to use a reference people here might be aware of.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I just gave the first five chapters of Franken Fran a shot.

    First chapter was good, very Tales from the Crypt-esque.
    Second Chapter seemed to be going for a good ending for the happy couple and then swerved to the bad ending on the last page which was kind of a bummer.
    Third chapter was a mystery with a happy end.
    Fourth was the aforementioned high school chapter.
    Fifth I'm kind of ehh on because...
    I have a thing about people getting their body irrevocably altered against their will as a form of punishment. I don't have a problem when the people ask for the modifications like the high school chapter, or when it's done in an attempt to help like the first three chapters, but here it was like "Oh, this lady tried to spy on my lab? Well, I'm turning her into a horrible fleshbeast in the vague shape of a dog and then abandoning her in the woods." Granted, from Fran's point of view that was much more humane than killing her, but that still seemed like a very disproportionate punishment. Maybe if the character had been more developed as villainous, but literally all we got on her was "She's in charge of the surveillance team we caught."

    I don't know, maybe I'm just sensitive to that topic.

    What could I expect from the rest of the series, based on that?

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Lars wrote: »
    I just gave the first five chapters of Franken Fran a shot.

    First chapter was good, very Tales from the Crypt-esque.
    Second Chapter seemed to be going for a good ending for the happy couple and then swerved to the bad ending on the last page which was kind of a bummer.
    Third chapter was a mystery with a happy end.
    Fourth was the aforementioned high school chapter.
    Fifth I'm kind of ehh on because...
    I have a thing about people getting their body irrevocably altered against their will as a form of punishment. I don't have a problem when the people ask for the modifications like the high school chapter, or when it's done in an attempt to help like the first three chapters, but here it was like "Oh, this lady tried to spy on my lab? Well, I'm turning her into a horrible fleshbeast in the vague shape of a dog and then abandoning her in the woods." Granted, from Fran's point of view that was much more humane than killing her, but that still seemed like a very disproportionate punishment. Maybe if the character had been more developed as villainous, but literally all we got on her was "She's in charge of the surveillance team we caught."

    I don't know, maybe I'm just sensitive to that topic.

    What could I expect from the rest of the series, based on that?

    It's been a while since I read the whole of Franken Fran, so I'm not sure how many times Fran's brand of punishment comes up.

    The main example I can recall is definitely against the most despicable person possible:
    A person seeking immortality who has been using her own clones for replacement parts but wants Fran's expertise to find a more permanent form of immortality

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  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    So I realize this is very specific, but does anyone know of a podcast that has done an in-depth discussion of the anime Code Geass? I'm specifically looking for ones that are critical of the show's themes and politics and not just hardcore anime nerds arguing over who is the best waifu or whatever.

    I did find one episode about Code Geass on a podcast called The Doofcast that was kind of what I wanted, but it only covered the first season and didn't go quite as in-depth as I'd like.

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  • RadiusRadius Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I'd hope there is shipping in Galactic Heroes, how else would they get through space

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    In todays tower of god

    Food blackmail

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Endorsi was my favourite character in the comic

    and she is definitely best girl in the anime adaptation

    she is so good!

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Also I finished Kokkoku recently. I can see why some people might not like it, but I loved it. There was only one episode I really didn't enjoy, as it was a backstory dump. Besides that, I thought it was great. But I enjoy when something offers me a scifi premise and then explores it and gives me a lot to consider, about how everything would work. And the OP/ED are incredible, which is what was originally talked about here to point me towards the show.

    For now I've gone back to Qualidea Code, which seems like a bad show I just really enjoy for no good reason.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Tonight I watched the first four episodes of Legends of the Galactic Heroes and had to actively stop myself from watching anymore, as I would stay up late into the night binging it.

    Folks, this is some good stuff.

    Real good stuff

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Pop Arena has a running series on analyzing Legend Of The Galactic Heroes:

    https://youtu.be/nhPBC_4AV3I

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    My Life as a Villainess is delightful. 10/10, super charming.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 24
    I have finished the first ten episodes of Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    Impressions: This feels like a very subdued anime. Nobody is jumping fifteen feet in the air or firing magic beams or revealing they've been possessed by a demon. It's very grounded, which is very relaxing. Also, I have literally no idea where the story is going to go at all, which makes it wildly engaging.

    Top Five Characters
    -- #1. Paul von Oberstein
    -- #2. Reinhard von Lohengramm
    -- #3. Jessica Edwards
    -- #4. Yang Wen-li
    -- #5. Kaiser Friedrich IV

    Top Three Moments
    -- #1. The Patriotic Knight Corps humming the FPA anthem as they slowly approach Jessica to murder her (it was very unsettling!).
    -- #2. Paul von Oberstein laying the cards on the table to Reinhard that he he hates the High Nobles and the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
    -- #3. Party-boy Kaiser Friedrich IV getting the throne due to his siblings being douche-bags.

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    That's a really solid top 5.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 22
    Is the original on anything? I'd rather watch it than the remake.


    Also, I finished Beastars S1. Still the OP of the year by a mile(if not the decade), and I appreciate how it went further into relationships than just about any other show I've seen.

    Also also, City Hunter is on Crunchyroll now. Like, all of it.
    https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/05/12/the-adventures-and-hijinks-of-ryo-saeba-continue-as-crunchyroll-adds-city-hunter-2-today

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    To balance out having read some Franken Fran yesterday, I decided to shift gears to a happier direction and read the first bit of Cheerful Amnesia.

    It's pretty funny, and features the most adorable amnesiac, who is so happy to wake up and find herself in a yuri relationship.

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  • MrGrimoireMrGrimoire Pixflare Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I really like Franken-Fran, but it's a very niche manga, and I can see how people would not be into it. In terms of mood it kinda reminds me of Dorohedoro, to be honest, just with way more body horror. And Fran is very much a series about people getting bad ends.

    Personally I would love to see a Fran anime, but that probably won't happen. At some point it transitions from individual chapter archs into slightly longer storylines, as well.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    What I really like about Dorohedoro is how sweet and wholesome it is despite taking place in such a dark and brutal world.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I'm probably going to continue Franken Fran later, but only so many bad ends at a time or it's bad for my health.

    It does remind me a lot of Tales from the Crypt, which I like. I also like how Fran is relentlessly positive and never wants anyone to die...even if she doesn't fully understand what's going on and how any of the parties involved actually feel.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Zonny you picking Oberstein is way too on the nose for you
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Is the original on anything? I'd rather watch it than the remake.

    VRV and HiDive.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    edited April 24
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Zonny you picking Oberstein is way too on the nose for you

    I have to stay true to my brand.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Zonugal wrote: »
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Zonny you picking Oberstein is way too on the nose for you

    I have to stay true to my brand.

    alright alright settle down chaos ladder

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Is the original on anything? I'd rather watch it than the remake.


    Also, I finished Beastars S1. Still the OP of the year by a mile(if not the decade), and I appreciate how it went further into relationships than just about any other show I've seen.

    Also also, City Hunter is on Crunchyroll now. Like, all of it.
    https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/05/12/the-adventures-and-hijinks-of-ryo-saeba-continue-as-crunchyroll-adds-city-hunter-2-today

    https://www.hidive.com/tv/legend-of-the-galactic-heroes

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    Sooooo a couple episodes in and I’m giving up on Ergo Proxy. The animation is gorgeous but that’s just not enough to keep me hooked, and I have the JJ Abrams hairs on the back of my neck standing up, alerting me to the possibility that none of this is really going anywhere.

    I need a new binge-worthy anime. Anime I am very much into: Death Note, Attack on Titan, Promised Neverland, MHA, Cowboy Bebop, Psycho Pass, Monster, Fullmetal Alchemist.

    Anime I watched and enjoyed despite some goofy nonsense: Code Geass, Future Diary, Tokyo Ghoul (only the first season), Another.

    Anime that is Not For Me: Dragonball, Pokémon, anything where two people fighting charge up their powers and assess their opponent’s prowess for 15 episodes before anybody does anything.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    I’ve heard from my sister that I should watch Darker Than Black. Thoughts?

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Darker than Black's first season is decent. Not amazing, but a pretty fun action romp. Think dark edgy X-men.

    Second season is baaaaaaaad.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Coyote Ragtime Show
    Solty Rei
    Kiddy Grade/Kiddy Girl-and

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Enlist for the Legend of Galactic Heroes crew.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    TNTrooper wrote: »
    Enlist for the Legend of Galactic Heroes crew.

    I’ve heard great things but can I stream it from my PS4 or do I need to hunch over my laptop?

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    if you're into studio bones might i suggest blood blockade battlefront and/or mob psycho

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J8jcI0WtzM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw-5Lka7gPE

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    Sooooo a couple episodes in and I’m giving up on Ergo Proxy. The animation is gorgeous but that’s just not enough to keep me hooked, and I have the JJ Abrams hairs on the back of my neck standing up, alerting me to the possibility that none of this is really going anywhere.

    I need a new binge-worthy anime. Anime I am very much into: Death Note, Attack on Titan, Promised Neverland, MHA, Cowboy Bebop, Psycho Pass, Monster, Fullmetal Alchemist.

    Anime I watched and enjoyed despite some goofy nonsense: Code Geass, Future Diary, Tokyo Ghoul (only the first season), Another.

    Anime that is Not For Me: Dragonball, Pokémon, anything where two people fighting charge up their powers and assess their opponent’s prowess for 15 episodes before anybody does anything.

    I consider Mob Psycho 100 an anime that everyone should watch, irregardless of which genre you might be a fan of.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited April 24
    I really liked the first season of Darker Than Black. Season 2 never existed and you can't convince me otherwise.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    @joshofalltrades now you can read the true answers to ergo proxy

    serious answers though
    they sorta kinda resolve most of the mystery/mysteries at the end, but it's INCREDIBLY hard to divine that from watching, some of the answers practically require you to pause in the middle of certain episodes and read freeze frames of dialog that popup. and basically they run out of budget and time at the end and its a very unsatisfying resolution/ending. it's a shame, it's such a cool show. but they spent too much time ruminating in the cool instead of finishing it proper

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 22
    Blood Blockade Battlefront's pretty good, kind of hard to follow though, felt like it fast forwarded through or just didn't have a lot of background that was probably in whatever longer form media it was adapted from.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 24
    BBB is very much a show that doesn't stop for anything and you just kinda have to roll with it

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