Timotheus 416 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 And back with a few more. Netflix has fueled my anime watching lately. Angel Beats: loved it for the music. Story is quite interesting. Baki: Just a whole lotta brawling. Mindless fun but I didn't bother with the second season. Berserk: pretty cool stuff. Not 100% my thing. Castlevania: loved it. But I do have a soft spot for vampires/demons. Deadman Wonderland: definitely deserves more episodes. Think I'll need to go find me the manga. My neighbour Totoro: a classic and with good reason. Lovely movie. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya: the art is mindblowing but the story is not my cup of tea. Ultramarine Magmell: interesting story about an island where the flora and fauna are developing differently. I think that's it for now 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I'm in for CastleVania twice over... what an odd battle that was when they attacked the castle of the super powerful wizard and he looked a classic blue beard pirate! ;4rofl: Also... I'm here to state...that I've kind started watching a weird anime called Parasyte The Maxim? Its kind of repugnant but fascinating... also ultra violent.. lol is that the norm Really love the parasytes voice And the animation style... those teeth.. also kind of makes me think of Titans...that anime where those giants ran round eating everyone behind walls gogo Link to comment
Dax 481 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I want to add Blood Reign to the list. Good Ninja anime from the late 80ies. Guess it was the time before things became weird. Despite Tentacles appear now and then, they do not do what Tentacles do nowadays in japanese animes. English dubbed version, but there is also a japanese dubbed version with us subtiltes on youtube. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 33 minutes ago, Dax said: I want to add Blood Reign to the list. Good Ninja anime from the late 80ies. Guess it was the time before things became weird. Despite Tentacles appear now and then, they do not do what Tentacles do nowadays in japanese animes. lol! I actually get this!! 😂😈😈 gogo Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Just updating my post in March: - I've finished watching Baki (netflix) - Finished Zombie Loan - Finished Wangan Midnight - Haven't watched the new Castlevania (netflix) season yet - Currently about halfway through Neon Genesis Evangelion (netflix) Edited September 20, 2020 by Timotheus update with imdb links 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Timotheus said: Just updating my post in March: - Haven't watched the new Castlevania season yet Its IMMENENSELY cruel and violent... I dont get a chance to watch so much Anime... tell me it doesn't get more violent than this? gogo Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I saw this today... an absolute masterpiece recreation of an iconic scene from One Punch Man (sorry about garbage after 3:40 mark. I guess the original got taken down so it's all re-uploads. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 LOVE THIS!! I cant believe this came out of a non-marvel movie house...I guess with good timing and and eye for what counts masterpieces like this can be made... man... the sheer scale of One Punch Man's superior epicness always floors me.. good job to this team! gogo Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Finished S1 of Dorohedoro (netflix) today. I enjoyed it. It's quite violent and dark, but it's an interesting story revolving around magic, sorcerers and how they oppress/experiment on regular folk. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,070 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Timotheus said: Finished S1 of Dorohedoro (netflix) today. I enjoyed it. It's quite violent and dark, but it's an interesting story revolving around magic, sorcerers and how they oppress/experiment on regular folk. this sounds so tragedy I saw the imdb link, and that one line description was chilling ... will look it up on Netflix and..found it! https://www.netflix.com/search?q=dorohedor&jbv=80991903 gogo Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Timotheus said: It's quite violent and dark, but it's an interesting story revolving around magic, sorcerers and how they oppress/experiment on regular folk. Sounds like exactly my kind of show. I'll have to check it out! ================== I'm currently trying out a "machete order" of Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), since both are on Netflix. The two anime partly cover the same ground before splitting off into their own separate story lines. IMO for the parts that they share, the original does better. But once they split off, Brotherhood is superior. So I'm attempting to get the best of both worlds, combining parts of both series to get a "complete" picture. 1 Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 @Flix How does that "machete" order pan out? I'm curious, I think I haven't seen Brotherhood fully. Link to comment
Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 1:44 AM, Timotheus said: @Flix How does that "machete" order pan out? I'm curious, I think I haven't seen Brotherhood fully. So it works like this: FMA: B Ep. 1 -- This the perfect introduction to the series. It throws us right into the thick of things, introducing us to the Elric brothers and the world of alchemy. FMA Ep. 1-17 -- These episodes establish the brothers' backstory and shows us their early adventures. The brothers begin to get leads on the philosopher's stone and have encounters with Scar, before returning to their hometown to regroup. This marks the end of an arc and is the perfect time to switch over to Brotherhood. Note that these 17 episodes are condensed to a mere 5 episodes in Brotherhood - which is why I give the original series preference here. FMA: B Ep. 7-64 -- There's still about 4 more episodes of overlap here but this where Brotherhood begins to be superior. Also you have to make the switch over here because at this point the original series begins introducing characters and motivations that are non-existent or even contradicted in Brotherhood. This is where the Homunculi come into the forefront and the "main" story really kicks off. This is my own devising BTW, the internet was not helpful lol. Everything discussion I saw just devolved into arguing about which series was better. Despite my "perfect list" containing far more Brotherhood episodes, I firmly believe that several moments in Brotherhood have much more of an impact if you have the foundational episodes from the original series under your belt. All in all if you follow this guide you're in for 75 solid episodes of fantastic anime that actually flows together really well with minimal contradictions. I can really only remember one instance: a character in Brotherhood saying "I've never heard of you" to a minor side character, when they had already in fact met in the original series. 1 1 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Timotheus 416 Posted December 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2020 And here's an update to my last post: - Still haven't watched the new Castlevania (netflix) season yet - Finally finished Neon Genesis Evangelion, including the alternate ending with The End of Evangelion (netflix) My take on Eva: Spoiler Even though it's a classic in the eye of the public, I have a hard time deciding whether I liked it or not. The story leaves a little too much in the dark for too long (wth is "Seele") and the original ending completely missed any transition from the attack on HQ to the conclusion. It was fighting one episode, the next *bam* let's try to go into the mind of Shinji to end it all. And that ending. LOLWUT. I had to read the episode info on wikipedia to actually get what happened. There should have been a little more context to set up the ending IMO. The alternate ending was visually and action-wise much more impressive, though the actual ending also had a little LOLWUT to it. It definitely dragged me through the episodes to find out what happened in the end, but I guess I like a little more context. 2 Link to comment
Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted December 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2020 I would have advised skipping the final two episodes of the show and going straight to End of Evangelion. It's pretty seamless that way. Those last episodes are basically what's going in Shinji's head as he decides whether to accept instrumentality, while the "real" world events of End of Evangelion are playing out in the meantime. Basically the divergence between the two is that in the show, he accepts instrumentality - glass shatters, everyone applauds and tells him "congratulations" as he becomes one with the rest of humanity in a puddle of LCL. Whereas in End of Evangelion he rejects it, reforms himself, and emerges on the beach to find that all of humanity except for him and Asuka have turned into LCL. Man, just trying to type it out in plain words makes me realize how bizarre the plot is. 2 Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 But in the alternate ending it's implied that the rest of humanity should be able to reform themselves out of the LCL as well, as long as their will to live and their wish for individuality is strong enough IIRC... The plot really is quite out-there yeah Link to comment
Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted December 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Timotheus said: But in the alternate ending it's implied that the rest of humanity should be able to reform themselves out of the LCL as well, as long as their will to live and their wish for individuality is strong enough IIRC... You know, I suppose it is implied that there could be other humans. It's such a desolate ending compared to the one in the show, to imagine that it's just the two of them left alone on empty planet. I'm not sure the show itself really takes a clear stance as to whether it's a good thing or not that all of mankind might just merge together and become one being. It's played on one hand as sort a horrific act perpetrated by a shady organization, but at the same time it's shown as a kind of a beautiful relief because all the walls everyone has keeping them isolated and lonely come down completely, to experience total acceptance. 1 1 Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Flix said: ....It's played on one hand as sort a horrific act perpetrated by a shady organization .... Read: the first 24 episodes. 1 hour ago, Flix said: ....but at the same time it's shown as a kind of a beautiful relief because all the walls everyone has keeping them isolated and lonely come down completely, to experience total acceptance. And there we have the last two. Brilliant summary of the main contradiction within the show, really. 1 Link to comment
Indy13 5 Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Some pantless dude told me to check this one out again, so here goes: Looks like it hasn't really been covered yet, so I'll go a bit into movies that might not be usually mentioned, despite being really good. The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭), by Shinkai Makoto (famous for Your Name, previously highest grossing anime movie). This movie has one of the most stunning visual representations of Tokyo. It has a relaxing pace, while focusing on deep emotional concepts. It keeps a perfect amount of delving into mundane life, without ever losing the viewer's interest. If you ever wished to spend a pleasant rainy day in this is it. Short, relaxing, pleasing, impactful. Topics are a bit mature, but you could watch it with kids if you wanted to. Paprika (パプリカ), by Kon Satoshi (previously one of Japan's most promising animators, who sadly died early of cancer). Easiest way to describe it is "if Inception was an anime". There are lots of theories that Inception was inspired from this movie, and watching it you can see lots of similarities. The movie is colorful, full of action and with a powerful soundtrack by Hirasawa Susumu. The imagination runs wilder when compared to Inception, as animation allows more creative freedom. Has some minor undressed scenes, but not sexual. Safe to watch with kids if you consider that okay. Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓), by Studio Ghibli (most famous anime studio in Japan). Ghibli is well known for it's feel-good anime and it's not surprising that this is one of the less promoted works of theirs. This is one of the saddest movies ever made, but also one of the greatest. The movie focuses on the effect that war has on the average civilian population. I consider this to be the best anime I have ever seen, and the only anime that I can't watch for a second time. Do not watch this if you are in a rough period of your life, it will frak you up. Even if you are in a good state of mind, be aware that it might affect you for a few days after you finish it. Do not watch with kids, unless you want to make them cry. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc (ベルセルク 黄金時代篇), based on Miura Kentaro's manga. Berserk is an unfinished long-running manga, with a really slow-paced release rate. It is well knowns for its graphical violence and undressed, and despite its popularity, lack of decent anime adaptation. The Golden Age Arc is actually a series of 3 movies, that covers the most impactful part of the story. It is a faithful adaptation with the only bad part being questionable use of CGI. The first two movies are a bit more tame due to the story, but the third one takes everything up to 11, so be aware. All movies are M rated. Edited March 30, 2021 by Indy13 1 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Indy13 said: The Golden Age Arc is actually a series of 3 movies, that covers the most impactful part of the story. It is a faithful adaptation with the only bad part being questionable use of CGI. CGI was not great, but I feel the main flaw is just how much story was cut. I'd recommend the original 90's anime over these movies. The animation quality is lower budget but it contains much more content, and better pacing. The anime is 10 hours long, while the 3 movies that cover the same arc are just under 5 hours total. That means half the story was cut, and it wasn't filler. Entire subplots were cut as well as the main character backstories that gave their later decisions most of their weight. Loads of dialogue and characters explaining their motivations and feelings were also removed from the movies in favor of keeping it more action oriented. I remember Paprika. I rented it years ago on a whim and was blown away by the mind-bending visuals and altered realities. 1 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 By far the biggest two anime discoveries in the past year have been: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Demon Slayer. Demon Slayer is a very emotional, extremely well-animated show. I've never seen scenes animated with such beauty and complexity. The show itself follows one boy who starts as a simple charcoal dealer and ends up training to become a demon slayer. His story covers years of grueling battles and training, during which his skills slowly increase. He also builds relationships along the way with other slayers. This show is full of goosebumps. JoJo's is completely nuts. It begins in Victorian England, where two brothers follow very different paths, one as a warrior of light and the other of dark vampiric magic. Each season then follows a new generation of the Joestar family, as the struggle continues on through the ages. It is completely over the top and cheesy in all the best ways, has very weird and comical scenarios, great fight scenes, and is overall very entertaining. Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The first episode of JoJo gave me such a weird and boring vibe, I never got past it. My wife's sister mentioned she loved it though. And Demon Slayer was very, very cool. Loved it! As for me, I'm currently stuck on a few animes on my watchlist with Netflix. Seraph's End has caught my attention, as did High Rise Invasion. Still, I haven't seen an episode yet... Oh and somewhere last year I started and stopped watching The Seven Deadly Sins. It was a pretty OK show, it just stopped catching my attention enough to continue after the first season. Link to comment
Dax 481 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I recommend to watch the Animatrix series. Great addition to the first part of the Matrix series. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75iSW76AqFmZgkYFEpKmPa1KsFmyRBXi Link to comment
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