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Author Topic: I like anime, do you like anime?  (Read 3139423 times)

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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6675 on: March 12, 2011, 08:07:03 pm »

Just watched the latest episode of Madoka Magica.

Things keep going wrong in increasingly horrible ways. It's fantastic.

Episode 10 was the episode to put all other episodes to shame. The reveals, the exposition, the characterization; all of it was superbly executed. Madoka and Homura's VA's are absolutely stellar.
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« Reply #6676 on: March 13, 2011, 01:08:54 am »

Thanks to Leafsnail I've been playing Umineko no Naku Koro ni for the whole day today.  Episode 1 is free and is called a demo for some reason even though it's no where near that.  I have at least 8 hours in this "game" and like 6 hours were just prologue introductions.  Thankfully the plot keeps thickening ever since dinner.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6677 on: March 13, 2011, 01:42:24 am »

I am skipping the first 4 hundred some odd pages here...

I kinda, occasionally like anime. Not a fanatic about it.

I have watched and liked: Outlaw star, cowboy bebop, akira, Jin Rho: the wolf brigade, black lagoon, paranoia agent, berserk, Record of Lodoss War.

I generally don't like giant robots/mecha, annoying schoolgirls, highschool drama and emo looser who fail at everything and cry about it.

Any suggestions for an semi-serious to serious action/mercenary type anime, or even other suggestions. I don't mind comedy and lighter stuff occasionally if its good.
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« Reply #6678 on: March 13, 2011, 02:05:38 am »

I generally don't like giant robots/mecha, annoying schoolgirls, highschool drama and emo looser who fail at everything and cry about it.

Any suggestions for an semi-serious to serious action/mercenary type anime, or even other suggestions. I don't mind comedy and lighter stuff occasionally if its good.

Given your list of dislikes, I would recommend Neon Genesis Evangelion. I am pretty sure it avoids all those pitfalls.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6679 on: March 13, 2011, 02:24:50 am »

I generally don't like giant robots/mecha, annoying schoolgirls, highschool drama and emo looser who fail at everything and cry about it.
Any suggestions for an semi-serious to serious action/mercenary type anime, or even other suggestions. I don't mind comedy and lighter stuff occasionally if its good.
Given your list of dislikes, I would recommend Neon Genesis Evangelion. I am pretty sure it avoids all those pitfalls.
It kinda hits them all really, I mean, there's no more annoying schoolgirl than Asuka. But I'd still recommend it because it does it to show how ridiculous they are.

As for mercenary stuff. Noir and Phantom: Requiem are both good assassin shows by Bee Train. Dirty Pair and Kiddy Grade are both chick space mercenary shows and light comedies. Gunslinger Girl is loli assassins. Mnemosyne is a hyperviolent supernatural thriller, and short.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6680 on: March 13, 2011, 02:49:17 am »

Rei is creepy but adorable. I like her much better than Ass-ka, tbh.

She maintains her cool, most of the time.
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« Reply #6681 on: March 13, 2011, 02:50:13 am »

Oh shit, I guess I forgot the trollface in my last post.
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« Reply #6682 on: March 13, 2011, 03:01:34 am »

Oh shit, I guess I forgot the trollface in my last post.

Are people really that blind?

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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6683 on: March 13, 2011, 03:09:09 am »

No. It's that someone could have said that about NGE in earnest. I've heard people argue that it isn't really a mecha series. The argument isn't terrible either. Just misguided.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6684 on: March 13, 2011, 10:37:12 am »

Oh shit, I guess I forgot the trollface in my last post.
Spoiler: Hey Kinseti... (click to show/hide)

EDIT:
Umineko no Naku Koro ni just went like crazy good like 12 hours in.  Wow.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #6685 on: March 13, 2011, 03:59:56 pm »

Any suggestions for an semi-serious to serious action/mercenary type anime, or even other suggestions. I don't mind comedy and lighter stuff occasionally if its good.

It looks like you've gotten a good start. Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, and Black Lagoon would have been my first thoughts. In addition to what fqllve recommended, though, you might check out Speed Grapher and Darker than Black. What I've seen of Hellsing Ultimate was pretty decent, but it's not finished yet, I think.

I can't think of any show I've seen that I would put up against Firefly, though, so try not to set your expectations too high. heh heh
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« Reply #6686 on: March 13, 2011, 04:38:41 pm »

Black Butler looks great.
One hell of a butler, indeed.
Oh and look at all this scenery porn!

By the way, where's this from?
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« Reply #6687 on: March 13, 2011, 04:39:45 pm »

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.  I just saw that recently actually.
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« Reply #6688 on: March 13, 2011, 04:42:30 pm »

The one with "the girl, that isn't interested in ordinary people/stuff".
I remember reading that description somewhere.
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« Reply #6689 on: March 13, 2011, 04:57:21 pm »

Oh yeah, episode 11. The token "everyday life" episode.


Or was it 12?
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