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[ToonyMan]

Yeah I'll click that when I'm ready hehehe.

[Lawton]

Are they all dark? I could use something lighter after NGE.

They're all have one sort of dystopia or another for their setting, so yes, all dark.
Ergo Proxy is probably the only one not depressing of the bunch.

I can't really think of anything that would qualify as brainy and not dark at the same time.
Haibane Renmei maybe? There's still a lot of shadows lingering about, but overall it's pretty bright and hopeful.
Ah, right, Serial Experiments Lain. Not exactly brimming with joy, but not bathing in angst and despair either.

Ok, the more I think about it, the more anime I can remember which actually fit there. There's always some dark, mature themes in these, but it's only fair - it's hard to make a psychological comedy sitcom:
Mushi-shi(or Mushishi) - that's probably your best choice. Very calming, serene and thought provoking at the same time.
Kino's Journey(aka Kinoo no tabi) - shit happens in this one, but the overall feeling somehow stays uplifting
The Sky Crawlers - on the level of GITS movies most likely. I wonder if that's because it was made by the same guy.
Welcome to the NHK - now that's more of a >psychiatric< cases study rather than just psychological, but it's great nonetheless, and keeps a healthy dose of humour, somewhat in spite of the depressing lives of the protagonists.

Thanks.
Of course I expected it would mostly be dark, of course. Happy people aren't interesting.
I am cheered now after watching Horrible Turn, a hilarious Dr. Horrible fan prequel, so I can get back to the darker stuff, starting with GITS.
Appreciate your help.

[Lawton]

One last thing. Being introduced to anime, and more importantly NGE in particular, has taught me two things. A. Don't knock it till you tried it. I kinda thought anime was all about teh fanservice / too light for me.
B. I have hope... for an Ender's Game movie that doesn't suck. They could pull it off in anime. Only way to do the extended psych and naked fight scenes among teens effectively, since it would never fly in Live action. NGE is basically proof of concept, and since I love Ender's game, this makes me happy.

Now I hope that the Enders game live action movie and GITS live action aren't as bad as I expect they will be. I guess GITS might be able to work, the lighter episodes at least.

[userpay]

Incineration first, questions later.

Spoiler: A much later episode (click to show/hide)

Incidentally, Mustang vs Envy is a pretty awesome fight.  Kinda bizarre in that Envy spends the entire time frantically trying to get away.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Well Mustang is the worse opponet any of the homunculi can go against, that flame alchemy can basiclly semi bypass their next to instant regeneration because of being, well flames, that he spouts at every snap.

[Acanthus117]

AND BESIDES, HE'S MOTHAFUKKIN ROY FUKIN MUSTANG ARG

[Jopax]

Wow you guys are only at episode 17, damn i just watched ep 60, and god damn does it become a non-stop mindfuck, i mean come on what the shit dude

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

In other news, all hell breaks loose and episode 61 is named The one who devoured god O.O

[ToonyMan]

No, we are not all on episode 17.  I'm stuck behind because I'm watching it with someone else and he prefers dubs and I don't want to know more than him because that's kindof a jerk move.

[Jopax]

I find it great fun to do that, dropping little hints, keeping them on the edge of their seat, then when they realize it's not that big of a deal they usually freak

[ToonyMan]

Yeah teasing with people is really fun...
:/

[Nolor]

Wow you guys are only at episode 17, damn i just watched ep 60, and god damn does it become a non-stop mindfuck, i mean come on what the shit dude

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

In other news, all hell breaks loose and episode 61 is named The one who devoured god O.O

I'm waiting for Eclipse to sub Ep 60. They're a day late so far, though it'll probably be up later this night.

Episode 59 was crazy. Actually, so were episodes 58 and 57. 56, even. I preferred the first opening/ending, but the newest one isn't bad.

On the subject of livestreaming anime: Something like that seems pretty simple to set up. If anyone decides to, I'd probably tune in. I have a ridiculous number of anime archived (~550 GB), most of which I haven't even watched, so I might consider setting one up some time. Most of my stuff is subbed, though I do have some dual-audio.

[Leafsnail]

I've read the manga, and yeah, it gets pretty insane later on.  Although technically it's not finished yet... I think?

[Acanthus117]

I'm still wondering why Hawkeye thinks that wearing glasses and letting her hair down is a decent disguise.

seriously.

[Itnetlolor]

I've read the manga, and yeah, it gets pretty insane later on.  Although technically it's not finished yet... I think?

Actually, I think I heard that they're putting a closer on the series soon.

[quinnr]

Anyone else who's played Bleach: Shattered Blade on the wii?

Anyone else who can confirm that the story is crap and that even with the story, Chad + Ichigo and Ichigo + Orihime fights make no flipping sense?

[HideousBeing]

Anyone else who's played Bleach: Shattered Blade on the wii?

Anyone else who can confirm that the story is crap and that even with the story, Chad + Ichigo and Ichigo + Orihime fights make no flipping sense?

Did you expect the story to make sense 

I actually prefer the dubs in full metal which is pretty unusual for me. I also like dubs in cowboy beebop and samurai champloo because they do a little localizing and sound pretty good in general.