If you happen to be curious about the term and search for it, do yourself a favor and don't click the sankakucomplex link. I think that should go without saying, really, but just in case...
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e:^^there seems to be a lot more of this kind of thing than I thought there was!!!
So any word about anything awesome coming next season? It starts in December right?
The bulk of the next season (and by that I mean pretty much everything) starts in January. There's a few new seasons of pre-existing shows but as far as newly animated content goes, Durarara is by the guy who made Baccano so that will probably be worth checking out.
Bit too early to call though, but I will say that the odds are looking good for Qwaser and Chu-Bra being contenders for the worst of the season.
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FencingsaxIt is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understandingGNU Terry PratchettRegistered Userregular
edited November 2009
Why the fuck does Cowboy Bebop only have 2 thumbs?
So I finally finished Secret of Blue Water last night. Sweet christ, what an awesome series. It reached near gurren lagann levels of epic near the end. It didn't even matter that the island and africa episodes were poorly animated filler (according to wiki Anno agrees) because the payoff was so sweet.
A couple interesting things that could have possibly influenced evangelion (Or maybe I'm just grasping at straws)
The giant life form known as Adam on board red noah that was the prototype for humans, also Electra's space suit looks a lot like a plug suit
If anyone is looking for some classic anime I absolutely recommend it. The first couple episodes might have you wondering where it's going, but once the nautilus shows up shit gets real very quickly. Captain Nemo is fucking bad ass, and the villain is one of the best I've seen so far.
Now my question is, can anyone recommend some other good shows from that time period (Late 80s-early 90s)? OVAs are fine too, my tastes are broad so I will watch just about anything but I prefer a bit of action.
I suspect I might be the one "thumbs up" behind Michiko e Hatchin, but hey, it's better than nothing.
Additionally, I'm going to push a recommendation for another excellent police show, the Patlabor TV series and OVA, which are both excellent (having been directing by Mamoru Oshii). It's a comedy-drama, heavy on the comedy, mostly light on the drama, police show which, while on the older side, has aged very well (especially when compared to episodes of Ranma 1/2, which came out at the same time).
The opening theme is son unbelievably late-eighties that it out Eighties the whole series by far.
Hells yes, I love Patlabor. Never did see the third movie, but the synopsis sounds pretty lame anyway.
Hmm, are the OVAs even available on DVD?
Yes they are, along with the TV series. The third movie was Wasted Thirteen, right? Not bad--actually, quite good, compared to the third movies for a lot of other series--but very non-Patlabor in feeling, unlike the first and second movie.
Great show. GOD, it reminds me how much I love 80's era anime intros.
Why the fuck does Cowboy Bebop only have 2 thumbs?
Because like 90% of the requests for recommendations start with "I've only seen Cowboy Bebop and [other show]".
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KlykaDO you have anySPARE BATTERIES?Registered Userregular
edited November 2009
Holy fuck, Needless episode 13 just went batshit fucking crazy and the entire artstyle was completely shifted and it seemed like the budget was 10 times higher than with all other episodes. Also tons of blood and panties and crazy things and badass music and HOLY FUCK GURREN LAGANN LEVELS OF AWESOME.
So, Summer Wars is out. Apparently the quality of the video is craptacular but the translation seems to be ok. I think I'll be waiting for the DVD version... also THORA says they're gonna do the blu-ray, whenever that is.
Methinks Adachi is setting up a love square which I can only approve! Poor Senda and that cousin though whose name I can't remember.
Kimi ni Todoke 8: KYAAAAAAAAAA KAZEHAYA SUTEKIIIIIIIIII~
I was half expecting Sawako to gather enough courage to call him by his first name and make his face all red. Ah well. Next time, Gadget. I wonder what our lady rival is up to this time.
Kobato 8: Great, I can already picture thousands of yaoi fangirls squeal with pleasure.
Oh Kobato, you're so naive, yet so adorable! The children at the daycare are little angels as well. Honestly it's unreal. I hope my kid is going to be as awesome as these kids.
So, Summer Wars is out. Apparently the quality of the video is craptacular but the translation seems to be ok. I think I'll be waiting for the DVD version... also THORA says they're gonna do the blu-ray, whenever that is.
The video quality isn't bad actually but the raw used has hardsubbed Korean in it so yeah.
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited November 2009
...When did Magneto gain the power to summon demons?
Now my question is, can anyone recommend some other good shows from that time period (Late 80s-early 90s)? OVAs are fine too, my tastes are broad so I will watch just about anything but I prefer a bit of action.
Arbitrarily defining "late 80's-early 90's" as 1986-1994:
Mobile Police Patlabor
Bubblegum Crisis
Robot Carnival
Appleseed
Gunbuster
Riding Bean
Gunsmith Cats
Yawara! (Yawara: A Fashionable Judo Girl)
City Hunter
Various Lupin III stuff
Vampire Princess Miyu
Record of Lodoss War
The Hakkenden
Here is Greenwood
Bastard‼
Giant Robo
Battle Angel
Combustible Campus Guardress
Dragon Half
Please Save My Earth
Slam Dunk
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
Yuu Yuu Hakusho
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Blue Seed
You're Under Arrest!
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Key the Metal Idol
Macross Plus
Oh My Goddess!
Saw a box set of RahXephon at Best Buy today. 26 eps + movie for 35 of the human dollars. Didn't quite spring for the blind purchase, though. Good deal, I take it? I remember some discussion of the show a while back, but it was often in the middle of evangelion talk and thus directly compared to it. How is the show in a vacuum?
Saw a box set of RahXephon at Best Buy today. 26 eps + movie for 35 of the human dollars. Didn't quite spring for the blind purchase, though. Good deal, I take it? I remember some discussion of the show a while back, but it was often in the middle of evangelion talk and thus directly compared to it. How is the show in a vacuum?
$35 for the whole thing? Buy it so hard!
It's very well animated and has amazing music, expected as one of the main themes of the plot revolves around sound and music in particular. It's a bit mind screwy, but the end didn't need to be explained to me.
Also, Quon is, for the record, the correct way of portraying "cryptic bullshit girl." Damn near everything she says sounds like nonsense the first time you hear it, but if you just really think about what exactly she said you'll often go, "Ooooh, that's what she meant!"
God for anyone who reads this skip the first probably 5 pages of the latest chapter.
Trust me.
:winky:
I'm actually look forward to more of these cold letter deliveries to break up the pace after all that Reverse plotline. The anime is getting to the more interesting parts of the series.
God for anyone who reads this skip the first probably 5 pages of the latest chapter.
Trust me.
:winky:
I'm actually look forward to more of these cold letter deliveries to break up the pace after all that Reverse plotline. The anime is getting to the more interesting parts of the series.
Yeah that ended pretty quickly it's not totally resolved yet but I admit it's left me wondering where they're headed next.
I sort of expected these random people letters earlier in the series.
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God for anyone who reads this skip the first probably 5 pages of the latest chapter.
Trust me.
:winky:
I'm actually look forward to more of these cold letter deliveries to break up the pace after all that Reverse plotline. The anime is getting to the more interesting parts of the series.
Yeah that ended pretty quickly it's not totally resolved yet but I admit it's left me wondering where they're headed next.
I sort of expected these random people letters earlier in the series.
There were some similar deliveries but not too many of them earlier on. I figure it's nearing time we find out more about Akatsuki given they send a couple of their people over to the beehive.
I'm half hoping they'll throw in some filler-ish stuff in the anime where they do random deliveries like in the excellent OVA.
Now my question is, can anyone recommend some other good shows from that time period (Late 80s-early 90s)? OVAs are fine too, my tastes are broad so I will watch just about anything but I prefer a bit of action.
Arbitrarily defining "late 80's-early 90's" as 1986-1994:
Mobile Police Patlabor
Bubblegum Crisis
Robot Carnival
Appleseed
Gunbuster
Riding Bean
Gunsmith Cats
Yawara! (Yawara: A Fashionable Judo Girl)
City Hunter
Various Lupin III stuff
Vampire Princess Miyu
Record of Lodoss War
The Hakkenden
Here is Greenwood
Bastard‼ Giant Robo
Battle Angel
Combustible Campus Guardress
Dragon Half
Please Save My Earth
Slam Dunk
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Blue Seed You're Under Arrest!
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Key the Metal Idol
Macross Plus Oh My Goddess!
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Dominion Tank Police
New Dominion Tank Police
Man, what a nostalgia rush. Long live VHS!
This is a good list. Fixed for better accuracy.
I was close to bolding Gunsmith Cats, and in retrospect, I think the original reason I liked it was because I thought Rally Vincent was hot, and it had gunfights in it. Ah, youth.
And there's Ranma 1/2...oh, Ranma 1/2...and Ursai Yatsura, for similar reasons..
I took a shotgun approach to my list. He can sift through and find what suits his tastes. Some of those I barely remember, or only saw part of, anyway.
And there's Ranma 1/2...oh, Ranma 1/2...and Ursai Yatsura, for similar reasons..
Having recently watched it, I can say that Urusei Yatsura is a good watch, but in small doses. Each episode is stand-alone, and often contains some great humor and/or large amounts of WTF. It's 195 eps plus some feature-length films, so yeah. Definitely not something to marathon.
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OtakuD00DCan I hit the exploding rocks?San DiegoRegistered Userregular
edited November 2009
That list doesn't have Initial D. I am disappoint. (To be fair, Initial D was late-late 90's. I'd still count up to 1998, POSSIBLY 1999, for that list.)
That said, I realized I had 5 years' worth of Initial D manga to catch up on. DAAAAMN!
Now my question is, can anyone recommend some other good shows from that time period (Late 80s-early 90s)? OVAs are fine too, my tastes are broad so I will watch just about anything but I prefer a bit of action.
Arbitrarily defining "late 80's-early 90's" as 1986-1994:
Mobile Police Patlabor
Bubblegum Crisis
Robot Carnival
Appleseed
Gunbuster
Riding Bean
Gunsmith Cats
Yawara! (Yawara: A Fashionable Judo Girl)
City Hunter
Various Lupin III stuff
Vampire Princess Miyu
Record of Lodoss War
The Hakkenden
Here is Greenwood
Bastard‼ Giant Robo
Battle Angel
Combustible Campus Guardress
Dragon Half
Please Save My Earth
Slam Dunk
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
Yuu Yuu Hakusho Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Blue Seed You're Under Arrest!
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Key the Metal Idol
Macross Plus Oh My Goddess!
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Dominion Tank Police
New Dominion Tank Police
Man, what a nostalgia rush. Long live VHS!
This is a good list. Fixed for better accuracy.
I was close to bolding Gunsmith Cats, and in retrospect, I think the original reason I liked it was because I thought Rally Vincent was hot, and it had gunfights in it. Ah, youth.
And there's Ranma 1/2...oh, Ranma 1/2...and Ursai Yatsura, for similar reasons..
It holds up. Possibly because of the reasons you listed. The manga can be borderline porn though.
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It wasn't supposed to be a popularity contest. The point was to create a diverse list of recommendations. Thus, a lot of good shows only got rec'd once or twice. I hope people don't start making rec lists just to give their favorite shows more "thumbs up". People could just go to myanimelist and sort by ranking for that.
This was pretty much my thought process so I recommended stuff nobody else did and didn't like the introduction of thumbs : (
But the myanimelist thing only barely works because it's surprisingly sparse on being able to sort things by groups for judging others and it wouldn't matter anyway because nobody will watch Cardcaptor Sakura and give it the 10 it deserves.
But if you find someone else who generally scores similarly to you their list can be a really good starting point for suggestions.
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HeatwaveCome, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered Userregular
edited November 2009
So having watched two episodes of Halo Legends, I'm getting the feeling that it's set during the industrial era of Japan. o_O
I'm going to point out that last thread when I said my tastes were odd what I meant to say was that my tastes are refined and discerning. Can't let my elitism slip.
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e:^^there seems to be a lot more of this kind of thing than I thought there was!!!
Wrong.
TV basically stops for New Years, so almost everything starts after it.
The bulk of the next season (and by that I mean pretty much everything) starts in January. There's a few new seasons of pre-existing shows but as far as newly animated content goes, Durarara is by the guy who made Baccano so that will probably be worth checking out.
Bit too early to call though, but I will say that the odds are looking good for Qwaser and Chu-Bra being contenders for the worst of the season.
Why bother recommending something everyone has already seen?
A couple interesting things that could have possibly influenced evangelion (Or maybe I'm just grasping at straws)
If anyone is looking for some classic anime I absolutely recommend it. The first couple episodes might have you wondering where it's going, but once the nautilus shows up shit gets real very quickly. Captain Nemo is fucking bad ass, and the villain is one of the best I've seen so far.
Now my question is, can anyone recommend some other good shows from that time period (Late 80s-early 90s)? OVAs are fine too, my tastes are broad so I will watch just about anything but I prefer a bit of action.
Great show. GOD, it reminds me how much I love 80's era anime intros.
Because like 90% of the requests for recommendations start with "I've only seen Cowboy Bebop and [other show]".
STEAM
Cross Game 34:
Kimi ni Todoke 8: KYAAAAAAAAAA KAZEHAYA SUTEKIIIIIIIIII~
Kobato 8: Great, I can already picture thousands of yaoi fangirls squeal with pleasure.
Kampfer 8: ahahahahahahahahahaha
Nyan Koi 8: Still best show of this season.
Can't wait for more Nodame next year!
Stay classy.
also
CRY FOR THE MOOOOOON
The video quality isn't bad actually but the raw used has hardsubbed Korean in it so yeah.
Arbitrarily defining "late 80's-early 90's" as 1986-1994:
Mobile Police Patlabor
Bubblegum Crisis
Robot Carnival
Appleseed
Gunbuster
Riding Bean
Gunsmith Cats
Yawara! (Yawara: A Fashionable Judo Girl)
City Hunter
Various Lupin III stuff
Vampire Princess Miyu
Record of Lodoss War
The Hakkenden
Here is Greenwood
Bastard‼
Giant Robo
Battle Angel
Combustible Campus Guardress
Dragon Half
Please Save My Earth
Slam Dunk
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
Yuu Yuu Hakusho
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Blue Seed
You're Under Arrest!
Iria: Zeiram the Animation
Key the Metal Idol
Macross Plus
Oh My Goddess!
Man, what a nostalgia rush. Long live VHS!
$35 for the whole thing? Buy it so hard!
It's very well animated and has amazing music, expected as one of the main themes of the plot revolves around sound and music in particular. It's a bit mind screwy, but the end didn't need to be explained to me.
Also, Quon is, for the record, the correct way of portraying "cryptic bullshit girl." Damn near everything she says sounds like nonsense the first time you hear it, but if you just really think about what exactly she said you'll often go, "Ooooh, that's what she meant!"
Also she's tremendously cute.
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Currently painting: Slowly [flickr]
God for anyone who reads this skip the first probably 5 pages of the latest chapter.
Trust me.
:winky:
I'm actually look forward to more of these cold letter deliveries to break up the pace after all that Reverse plotline. The anime is getting to the more interesting parts of the series.
Yeah that ended pretty quickly it's not totally resolved yet but I admit it's left me wondering where they're headed next.
I sort of expected these random people letters earlier in the series.
I'm half hoping they'll throw in some filler-ish stuff in the anime where they do random deliveries like in the excellent OVA.
This is a good list. Fixed for better accuracy.
I was close to bolding Gunsmith Cats, and in retrospect, I think the original reason I liked it was because I thought Rally Vincent was hot, and it had gunfights in it. Ah, youth.
And there's Ranma 1/2...oh, Ranma 1/2...and Ursai Yatsura, for similar reasons..
Having recently watched it, I can say that Urusei Yatsura is a good watch, but in small doses. Each episode is stand-alone, and often contains some great humor and/or large amounts of WTF. It's 195 eps plus some feature-length films, so yeah. Definitely not something to marathon.
That said, I realized I had 5 years' worth of Initial D manga to catch up on. DAAAAMN!
It holds up. Possibly because of the reasons you listed. The manga can be borderline porn though.
This was pretty much my thought process so I recommended stuff nobody else did and didn't like the introduction of thumbs : (
But the myanimelist thing only barely works because it's surprisingly sparse on being able to sort things by groups for judging others and it wouldn't matter anyway because nobody will watch Cardcaptor Sakura and give it the 10 it deserves.
But if you find someone else who generally scores similarly to you their list can be a really good starting point for suggestions.
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Just thought I'd randomly put that out there.
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I've been sticking with the subs. there's more, they come out faster and FUNi leaves them accurate instead of Shin-channing them
holy crap, I didn't know those were out
Does Waypoint on LIVE have both up still, or is MS taking them down when they put a new one up?