Kaiji, going to finish it before the second season starts. Such an intense show and Kaiji is an amazing character.

I'm technically watching Hokuto no Ken and Galaxy Express 999, though not at an alarming rate.

What a coincidence, I'm watching HSx365 too.

I'm on a quest to watch every Shaft show there is right now.

I plan to rewatch Hidamari at least 9 more times in my life.

Are we all on a Hidamari Sketch spree? I just finished watching all 3 seasons.

>>2449
I'm a big SHAFT fan, trying to watch Maria†Holic right now since there's a sequal next season. I'm on episode 3.

I plan to watch Kaiji at least 4 more times in my life, too.

I pretty much only watch old shows. I don't have time to watch things as they come out, so I'm always WAY behind. Hell, I've had After Story on hold for almost two years.

>>2455
>After Story

It's the worth to see half.

>>2456
was that a sentence

>>2457
He was saying; it (after story) is the worth-to-see half [of clannad].

>>2458
yes, that's it. thanks. sorry.

>>2458
oh ok

Currently watching Tweeny Witches
FUKKEN AWESOME. Why haven't I watch this before?

Just finished shukufaku no campanella today, finishing seitokai yakuindomo now.
Then i can actually pick up on some older stuff.

Finally finished Macross 7 after months of watching one or two episodes a week. Still have the movie and OVAs, then I'm going to start on Macross Frontier.

I'm taking the time to watch all the old studio ghibli films for the first time.

I'm watching the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA now. I'm looking for older, manly anime because I'm kind of jaded about current anime. I also watched the Wild 7 OVA recently.

Patlabo, Maison Ikkoku, and Crest/Banner of the stars.

>>2479
>Maison Ikkoku
Hell yeah. The only Rumiko Takahashi series that I really enjoy.

The only "old" series I've been watching is Evangelion (again)...

Oh, and High School of the Dead, but that was from summer last year. I thought that they handled it surprisingly well (whoever 'they' are). I had the prejudice it would be completely diverging from the manga storyline, and there would be loads of QUALITY. Glad I was wrong. Even the soundtrack is awesome - Although I think that's why I'm so hyped about it in the first place.

I've been wanting to watch Infinite Ryvius for a while, but, alas, can't find a working torrent. I might actually have to buy the box-set somewhere.

Well, what do you know? I'm watching Hidamari Sketch Hoshimitsu. Just 3 episodes left so I'm going at a VERY slow pace to make last longer.

I'm also watching Sora no Otoshimono, the Gundam Trylogy, and downloading Fate/Stay Night to watch it along the next few weeks.

I'm having a tendency to drop shows this season to make time to watch old ones. Apart from Madoka and Fractale no show really made me expect the next episode.

>>2478
did you know that the guy who writes it was killed in the tsunami before you started watching it?

>>2451 here

Finished Maria†Holic now, it had some pretty funny parts. Not the best show i've ever watched, but it wasn't terrible either.

To the folks in this thread that have seen Kaiji, would you recommend it to someone with no experience or real interest in gambling or gambling anime?

>>2483
Yes. I'd never seen a gambling anime before Kaiji and I loved it. Kaiji isn't so much about gambling as it is about the power of the human spirit anyway.

As a fan of classical music I'm making an effort to watch all of Nodame Cantabile. There are 3 seasons (I think?) and a bunch of OVAs.

>>2482
No, I didn't know that. That sucks if it's true. I heard that Ritz Kobayashi hasn't reported in yet either. Now is a pretty bad time for mangaka in Japan.

>>2490

It's not true as far as I know. What was true the last time I checked was that there hadn't been any reports on his whereabouts since the quake, but there are no indications of his death

I just finished watching Rec.
It was really good for such a short series.

noir

>>2501
I watched Ivu no Jikan a couple of months ago and quite enjoyed it and also enjoyed Rec, another short series.
Therefore this thread is now also about short series (less than 10 episodes or less than 4 hours total running time) that are good.

I'm finishing Now and Then, Here and There and just started on Record of Lodoss War. I'm enjoying Record of Lodoss War, and while I can't say Now and Then, Here and There is "entertaining" I can certainly say that I'm interested in it. I almost exclusively watch older shows, and as of now I am attempting to watch all "classics" of old /a/.

>>2515

Are you enjoying it?

I dropped it years ago due to boredom, and never went back.

Kuchuu Buranko

Watching Tatami Galaxy, and pausing on every line so that I can actually read the protagonist's subs. Totally rapid fire dialogue.

>>2557
The first episodes are a pain in the ass to get used to, it gets better later on though.

>>2557

I just got this show too, and I'm looking forward to it.

>>2522

its kind of reminds me of read or die, it seems like its spending a lot of time developing a complicated story and characters. i'm 13 eps in and still not sure if i should drop it.

I'm watching Kemonozume which continues to stun me with its art direction. It's worth watching for the scenery porn alone. Next on my list is >>2470

Last two I watched were Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na and Kaliedo Star. Was going to start watching UFO no Natsu, Bokura ga Ita, or Le Chevalier D'Eon until I turned retarded.

>>2562
>Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na
What made you want to watch the cabbage anime?

>>2563
As cliched as it as, I really enjoy romantic comedies. Especially when you actually care about the main couple. Feena is such a lovely girl too. It was short and sweet.

>>2562
UFO no Natsu is pretty similar to Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora if you've seen that, but I actually like it better. Bokura ga Ita was cute, but made me rage at times too. Been meaning to watch Le Chevalier D'Eon myself.

Just finished TTGL for the 6th time. God damn I love this show so much.

Watching Ichigo Mashimaro and Hayate s1 lately (well, finishing Mashimaro then starting on Hayate.)
mashimaro is friggen adorable, though Miu is pretty annoying at times.

Started watching Ashita no Nadja per the recommendation of a friend, haven't seen much yet, but it's a rather nice and cute shoujo anime so far

Right now, I'm watching Kaiji and Evangelion. Just finished the original series of Eva, and gonna be starting the movies soon. Afterwards, I have Fate/Stay Night and Planetes to watch.

Also, I just had to pause and take this screencap on the last episode.

Slowly getting through Baccano and El Cazador de Bruja. I'm not really into the whole pre-50s and mafia/mobster aesthetics so Baccano isn't really gripping me. . .and while Cazador is more intriguing, it has less action and fewer giant mutated wasps than I expected. I'll still be sticking with both of them for now though.

watching kino's journey, and then the second rebuild movie. nothing else until next month as im at 379gb out of my 110gb cap.

>>2612
Do yourself a favor and don't watch F/SN. It is atrociously bad. Read the VN instead.

I started watching Berserk but I wasnt really feeling it

>>2613
I find it hard to believe that someone could watch those 2 shows and find El Cazador to be more intriguing. it has some snappy dialogue but thats about it.

>>2616
I strictly meant the aesthetic/setting. Bounty hunters in Mexico tickles my fancy more than old-timey mobsters.

Hidamari Sketch, Outlaw Star and Samurai Champloo.

I feel pretty behind with the times.

>>2614 here

The last episode of Kino's Journey sure caught me by surprise. Overall I enjoyed the series.

Recently finished Ika Musume and Strike Witches. Currently watching Strike Witches 2 and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni.

just started kanon. not really that old, but it seems to be old by the standards of /an/…

>>2734
Who wouldn't consider a nine year old anime "old"?

>>2735
no one watches the 2002 version.

The 2006 version was a real visual treat that still holds up well today. The VN on the other hand came out in what 99? So it is old but still excellent.

The latest thing I played catchup on was the Slayers. Yeah, 90's stuff totally qualifies as old now ;_; Why it took me so long to see it is beyond me. The Slayers Next was just great.

I watched Kaiji again for the next season. Apart from that, i'm taking a break so that I can prepare myself for vast disappointment for most of the shows airing.

Finished Battle Programmer Shirase. It was thoroughly enjoyable.

>>2501
I just watched it too. It was pretty good.

god fucking dammit kyoani.
kanon was a great series, i really enjoyed it. one night i sat down to watch one ep before bed and ended up marathoning five cause it was just that sugoi, but then i see kyoani doing cheap repetitive shit like this - makes me feel like i was raped and enjoyed it. oh and i loved endless eight too, watched every episode with relish and then i watched them all again. its like being the victim in an abusive relationship.

>>2804
I knew I wasn't the only one that thought they looked like they were separated at birth!

>>2811
They have the same seiyuu and everything

Just finished Sketchbook Full Color's it was great, but why most the best characters have the least screentime?

Also watching LoGH and Heartcatch Precure.

>>2815
I wish there was another season. I felt sad during the last episode when they finally revealed why it's called full colors. I also teared up a little.

>>2817

Oh wow, I didn't notice that about the "colors", pretty nice. And yeah, a second season would've been nice, with such a nice cast.

But there's always the manga, right?

>>2817
>I also teared up a little.

I cried full force.

>>2826
The manga is more comedy 4koma than laid back slice of life.

Kurozuka, which is incredibly awesome for something I've never heard anyone talk about.

Blassreiter, which I'm not sure what to think of. Based on the first few episodes it looks like Nitro+ trying to do a superhero story and Gonzo throwing in a ton of bad CG.

Kiminozo/Rumbling Hearts. Very melodramatic and soap opera-y in a mostly good way, and it takes place mostly after high school which is a nice change of pace. The whole "you can't tell her she was in a coma for three years" thing seemed kinda contrived but it worked out alright.

Watched Fractale. I liked the ending but overall the show was kinda boring, and the "derp your ecchi Clain" jokes were repetitive and unfunny.

Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ (season 3) now. Just like previous seasons, it seems to take a dip in quality midway through when they feature Miyako less, but the new characters are a nice addition. But it makes me sad that I will never have a rainbow-colored morning shower. ;_;

Post edited on 10th May 2011, 7:28pm

I watched Asura Cryin 2. The first season was so terrible that I didn't watch the second when it aired, but seeing mentions of it being much better than the first agitated my completionism and got me to watch it. Luckily they were right, season two is way better. Maybe even good enough to make the time wasted on season one worth it.

I've been watching Monster, 4th season of Gintama, Black Jack, Legend of Galactic Heroes, and the Getter Robo series.

Now watching Nanoha. A bit more fanservicey than I expected.

>>4018
i just finished watching the first season of nanoha. im watching elfen lied for a break, and then im going onto the second season.

Finally got around to watching Galaxy angel, bout darn time to, had first season on dvd for more then a year now.
First epiode kind of threw me off, mostly the voice acting that bugged me, becuase they went really what I expected the characters to sound like, but once I got used to it I found myself really loving this show, all the characters are each just grate, and the episodes aren't dragged out being 15 minutes, good for a quick pick me up I think.
and can't forget that op.. I mean literally, it got stuck in my head..

>>4019
it seems a bit late now, but you may be interested to know, that The Nanoha movie is a much better done version of the first season.

Currently watching Cardcaptor Sakura with my sister. Finally hit the second half of the show and it looks like things are about to pick up.

Finished watching Big O a few nights ago. Decent series, unsatisfying ending.

I've never really been into the cutesy and moe stuff so I haven't actually watched any. A friend of mine really enjoys them and I decided to check out Lucky Star and K-On out because of that. I'm still torrenting them but I'm finally going to watch them.

>>4072

Just don't expect a plot. Slice-of-life moe kinda shows are just about the characters doing nothing.

>>4074
As long as the characters are good, there is character growth and a skeletal plot I'll be fine (mainly the first two). Do K-On and Lucky Star have good character growth and development as the shows go along?

>>4072
Just don't judge LS on the first 4 episodes, even the biggest of fans agree that they suck.

>>4079
pretty decent amount actually.

>>4082
That's funny, I dropped Lucky Star after the fourth episode. I'd go pick it up again, but I'm not sure I care anymore. My plotless slice of life tolerance is pretty low anyway.

>>4079
K-ON!: the absolute minimal amount
Lucky Star: none at all

>>4085

I just can't understand how you feel like this. My tolerance for plot-filled serious series is pretty low; I can (and do) digest one at a time, but I can watch multiple SoLs. I suppose the confusion/bemusement is mutual though.

>>4143
It is. I'm not counting actual comedies in that quota, though, just stuff like K-On! or A-channel, or Lucky Star, from what I could tell. Cute girls doing cute things is great, but I also like to have character and plot development or humor, otherwise I get bored. And if those can be combined all the better.

>>4143

I like to alternate between episodes of story driven action series and plotless moe shows. Keeps me from burning out on one thing.

>>4144
Lucky Star is totally a comedy. unlike K-On it has actual jokes.

>>4161
>Lucky Star
>Jokes

wwwww. At least the girls in K-on were pretty cute. Lucky Star didn't even have that going for it.

>>4164
Do you really want to see what happens to people who imply that Tsukasa isn't cute?

>>4165
Go ahead. I don't want no trouble, but I honestly thought she was the ugliest lucky star, and I absolutely loathe meganekko characters, so that's saying something. I am sorry for going against the grain.

Lucky Star season 2 fucking when.

>>4180
fucking never

>>4167
That's fine, I just saw an opportunity to make a threat paired with that Tsukasa pic.

>>4164

>At least the girls in K-on were pretty cute. Lucky Star didn't even have that going for it.

I just finished kurenai and had no idea what the fuck was going on for the entire show

am going to watch 2 episodes of blood+ every day starting tomorrow so that i can watch the new one airing next season. ive never tried marathoning a show over 26 episodes, but i have a feeling that it will wear me out

>>4193
You're probably wasting your time.

The new one looks stand alone.

Just finished Eve no Jikan. It was fantastic, but ending left me kind of unsatisfied. We didn't learn what Takisaka Incident was, and I really would have liked to see how the relationship between Masaki and his father ended up. Wiki article says there's a possibility for a second season. Well, I can hope. And, even though I'll watch it, can anyone confirm if the movie adds much without spoiling anything? Just a simple yes/no would be enough.

>>4337
I haven't seen either yet, but according to MAL:
>It includes all the OVAs and completely new scenes giving details on the background story of some characters.

>>4340
I hadn't checked it throughly in case of spoiler, so thank you, good sir.

Strike witches
All this fanservice I don't even

>>4345
you watch it long enough the pantsu no longer registers to your mind anymore

>>4346
Am I the only one who found the WWII style and character stories more interesting than the fan service? This is what I say to myself so I don't feel bad about enjoying SW

>>4352
How could you feel bad about enjoying Strike Witches, it's a great show! Also I read up a bit on the references Strike Witches has and it made my head spin.

>>4346
The sheer amount of lewd tendencies in my mind will never let me ignore the pantsu. And I like it that way~

Post edited on 16th Jun 2011, 7:10pm

>>4352
Although I found the fan service amusing, I liked everything the show had to offer, I'm no WWII buff, but found the setting/style pretty cool, I also thought each of the characters were very interesting and nice in their own ways, including story's.

>>4352
I like all the parts equally.

Just finished Slam Dunk. The show itself was so-so but that's not what I wanted to talk about.

This bass line. Goddamn. Whenever I watch shows from 80s/early 90s I'm amazed by the sheer quality of bass lines. They beat the strings like they owe them money.

Got around to watching　Kowarekake no Orgel after putting it off due to not feeling like a sad ending.

Did she die though? My impression was that
her memory would reset every so often and that's why she had no memory of the sea. But I remember reading some thread back when it came out about her dying. Damn this needs a sequel. Edit:Added spoilers, thanks for the heads up.

Post edited on 23rd Jun 2011, 9:56pm

>>4538
Spoiler tags.

I just started watching Chobits and I'm wondering why it took me almost a decade to start watching it, especially considering my love of Clamp. This is one of the cutest and funniest shows I've seen in a long time, despite its age.

>>5997
Thanks, now I need to download it so I can rewatch it.
Again.

>>5998

You're in luck, the BDs were just recently released, so now you can download and watch it in glorious 1080p or 720p if your computer is shitty like mine.

>>5999
link?

>>5999
>Chobits[Virus123][Bluray][1080p][Dual Audio]
You mean this?
Fuck, I'm getting a huge list of things to download in a couple weeks now.

>>6001
Don't bother with the 1080p. The show was mastered at standard def, even the 720p will be a heavy upscale. Check the pic, it looks like arse.

Virus are also quite bad with their use of filtering, their Lucky Star BD had a lot of the detail destroyed when upscaling.

Just finished Twin Spica, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Somehow it managed give me a Halibane Renmei vibe…

I watched Shiki, which I don't really recommend. It has some good moments, but is overall not that enjoyable. The character designs are also atrocious.

I am now watching Haruhi (finally). I enjoy Kyon's snarky narration, it makes this show.

>>6597
>2011
>still hasn't seen haruhi

i'm actually really jealous of you, i enjoyed the show so much the first time i saw it and would love to have that experience again. i guess its like losing your virginity - if any of us here know what thats like - something that you can't do twice

as far as shiki goes, i pretty much agree with you except that i managed to keep myself utterly blind to the nature of what the show was about before viewing it so there was a bit more surprise element for me. absolutely loved to festival scene and as far as character design went, i don't think that too many of the characters were meant to be likable. ending was lame

don't read this spoiler if you're still watching haruhi or haven't seen it yet should a noob see it the first time in original broadcast order or in chronological order?

>>6603
Broadcast order, since watching it in chronological order means the season climaxes in the middle and the "real" last episode is much less fulfilling.

Although it's technically "still airing," I'll still post here since I'm talking about the first season.

Recently watched a few episodes of the anime adaptation of Mainichi Kaa-san (redundant english title: Kaasan Mom's Life), which is a comedic autobiographical adaptation of Saibara Rieko's life, a working mom trying to balance her family and her career as a mangaka. The humour is mostly centered around all the shit she has to deal with trying to take care of her 2 kids, alcoholic husband, and drawing manga. Though for the most part, the humour and art transitions well into the adaptation, the anime lacks the distinctive SCRIBBLED DIALOGUE EVERYWHERE that really complements nicely with Saibara chaotic life. Personally, I feel that the director kind of took the lazy way out by not trying to come up with something suitable that might replace the original manga’s typesetting, but oh well.

It’s too bad the anime/manga community here in the West has largely ignored her when she’s probably the most unique mangaka out there personality/life-wise. She’s even buds with Fukumoto (they used to play a lot of mahjong together)! I’ve thought about personally taking on some of her works but oh jesus-fucking-christ, typesetting it would be an absolute nightmare.

But back to talking about Mainichi Kaa-san. Overall, it's a pretty good lighthearted funny anime with unique character designs. Try it out if you're in the mood for that genre, though you are forewarned that the only subs can be found on the dreaded crunchyroll (at least the translations are pretty good).

>>6606
Oh, and in case anybody is wondering about how Saibara actually looks like, here's a pic of her with Fukumoto as they joke about each other's lack of artistic skills.

I just finished Mushishi and I am watching LoGh, very slowly, like episode per day.

Also I am watching Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha which seems to be the best magical girl anime(what I've heard).

Mostly I am just watching BD releases of shows which have aired during 2008-2011. But sometimes it is entertaining to watch older shows too.

>>6597

>The character designs are also atrocious.

Best chara designs since Berubara. I would watch any show if the designs were that good, no matter how bad the show itself would be.

>>6608

>Also I am watching Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha which seems to be the best magical girl anime(what I've heard).

Tohno will be pissed when he'll read this~

Watched Binbou Shimai Monogatari today. It's about two poor orphaned sisters, and it only weighs in at 10 episodes. Short and sweet, but I quite liked it.

http://myanimelist.net/anime/1214/Binbou_Shimai_Monogatari

Started watching Hayate no Gotoku today.
Holly heck that dude's parents suck.

I'm finally getting round to watching the EVA Rebuilds.

Finished the first one today, it was alright.

Heard the second one is really good.

>>6981

>Heard the second one is really good.

Opinions vary but I thought it was terribad. I'd rather watch Death & Rebirth.

>>6988

I've watched it now. Are you the Asuka guy?

I didn't really like where they went with this. Mari seemed forced in for no good reason and the ending was cliche. The action and animation were impressive, but the characters were pretty much the sole reason I liked Evangelion and they kind of felt flat here.

>>6988
Yeah: are you me?... Anyway:

>>6992
As far as I can tell from 2.22, the main difference with the Rebuild is that it seems to be more Rei-oriented this time, for good or bad; we still gotta know who the fuck is Mari thought, apart from some shitty moetron -foreign, catholic school uniform, black tights, meganeko, tits, more TITS...

I don't really expect Rebuild to be better or even as good as the original NGE. I'd just like it to be really interesting: different enough and yet worth to be told, after all this years, when the original has such a perfect (movie) ending already. I still have high expectations for it, thought (i.e. I still believe in almighty Hideaki motherfucker Anno's ability to troll us from behind).

BTW: under the influence of TVtropes, I just recently watched Bokurano. Quite interesting development, lame ending; by all means, not nearly as good as Eva: even Madoka or Fafner (genres and blunt copycats apart) were closer, and still none of them gets any real close to THE uber classic... someday I might wrote an entry about what makes something to become a "classic" of some discipline; I wrotte a propper essay about it for ballet (as classical dance) a while ago, as something that ocurs in basically 3 stages: synthesis, characterization and scholarization; it's kind'a tricky, really, so I still have to think if it's worth to struggle finding those cathegories in anime (and if there's actually anyone who'd want to read that crap, anyway).

>>6992

>Are you the Asuka guy?

Nope, although I do happen to like Asuka and that's part of my disdain towards Rebuild (but even if I hated her I would still claim the Rebuild movies are shit).

>but the characters were pretty much the sole reason I liked Evangelion and they kind of felt flat here

At this point I could say you've got it but I would never miss a legitimate chance to complain just how bad the Rubild movies are.

First of all I must make two things clear. 1. Back in the day I used to be a massive Eva fan. 2. But I'm not anymore although I do still consider it to be good.
The plot and the way it is presented are in all honesty everything but good, though. The show is formulatic to no end (slice of life bit at the beginning, Angel shows up, they defeat it, SoL ending), cliched (kids save the world from alien invaders and sure enough, they use giant robots to do it), full of filler (I haven't rewatched the series for 3 or so years but I still vaguely recall stuff like Jet Alone etc.), it has quite a bit of fan service/innuendo, spends lots of time on comic relief/plot irrelevant characters, spends lots of time on comic relief period (two words - Pen Pen) and the list goes on and on. In all honesty I consider the plot to be pretty bad, too, but that's a matter of opinion I guess.
So, why do I still like the series despite all these flaws? I don't think we ever had and I don't think we will ever get another series with such realistic characters. Relationships between Ritsuko and her mother, Ritsuko and Gendo, Misato and Kaji and each character's ambivalent feelings (Asuka is particularly well done, although Shinji and Ritsuko - despite her having just a little screentime - are great, too)... It's also not just thrown at you, the reasons for such behavior are always made rather obvious - Ritsuko hated her mother for neglecting her and yet she became a scientist (and Gendo's lover) herself, everything in Asuka's life is also motivated by the fear of getting nelgected and abandoned, much like Misato's fear of comitment for the same reasons. Etc. etc. You could write an essay about each character.

What does Rebuild offer us in return? Lots of action ('WOW THAT SCENE WAS COOL!'), flat characters ('Mari is moe~'), focus on love triangle ('gee I'm super excited to find out how it's gonna end!'), even more stupid fanservice ('DAT ASS'), Shikinami ('i-it's not like I like your or anything, don't get the wrong idea stupid Shinji!') etc. etc. Anno probably expected his audience to think exactly what I've written in parentheses. That's why Reubild reminds me of Redline quite a bit - it really looks great and is a visual treat but it's pretty damn close to being intelectually insulting.

>has such a perfect (movie) ending

I didn't really like the movie all that much. It felt kinda pointless.

>I just recently watched Bokurano

Now that I think about it Bokurano kinda tried to do do the same thing as Eva did. I'd say it failed. The characters felt quite flat in all honesty (or completely unrealistic in various cases). x happened to them and that's why they decided to do y. That's it. Since I heard the anime was even worse than the manga I can't say I'm surprised you didn't like it.

>>7000
>Bokurano kinda tried to do do the same thing as Eva did

No. Eva was, at its core, about human relationships. Bokurano on the other hand, was about death. The game itself is just a metaphor for death, which is why it can't be stopped nor need any specific details, and each character's stories are there to depict how we all deal with it. It's also the reason why the author didn't go with a single central character like Eva and instead had a multiple characters that would get killed off after a few chapters.

>Redline quite a bit - it really looks great and is a visual treat but it's pretty damn close to being intelectually insulting

I personally wouldn't go that far because Redline never attempted to be an intellectually stimulating story. I can't see anything insulting to my intelligence because it never tried to appeal to it in the first place. The Rebuild movies, on the other hand, have a certain expectation to fulfill because of the original tv series and, as you've pointed out, it has yet to meet them so far.

Speaking of eva, I always thought that Eva had a lot of great concepts at its core, but rather poor execution with all its convolutedness for the sake of convolutedness and other flaws which you've outlined already. I would think that if Anno now had the money and freedom to remake Eva the way he truly wanted to, he could perhaps divert from the original work itself in order to correct these flaws but so far he seems to be going the opposite way.

>>7000

>The show is formulatic to no end
Maybe I really should make that entry about the classics... There's a diference between offering a coherenet syntehsis of a wide tradition (and becoming thus an unavoidable reference for all), that offering "formulaic" blinks of genres that the very series is just about gonna help defining and differentiating in the future.


>I didn't really like the movie all that much. It felt kinda pointless.
>pointless
Well, it just finally gave a narratively coherent, worthy and frontal conclusion, to what had been an incredibly subtle, secretive (and finally tragic) plot. It's just until the movie that anything really meets a clear (enough*) end, finally autonomous from its references (majors: Kabbalah, Psicoanalisis and Mecha premise), and every character -but specially Shinji- gets to face the full consequences of his own acts... i.e. it finally shows the world those characters have built.

Otherwise, with the TV (very) ending, saving the world in the couch of a shrink (as we learned to have selfsteem "OMEDETOU!~"), Evangelion would have rested as the most disappointing crap I had ever watched; I wouldn't have become an otaku, wouldn't be here, and probably this would be a much better place...

TL;DR End of Eva is my favourite work of art eva and what is wrong with you?? DERP!~

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* = We still have to know a bit about the other possible endings, to get a propper picture of WTF we're seeing on the last scene (One more final...) thought.

Post edited on 3rd Nov 2011, 10:35pm

Is it bad that I liked eva for the large scale combat/action, and not so much the deeper hidden meanings of life stuff behind it all?

>>7012

I find Mecha action in general rather unsatisfying to be honest. The scene where the EVA goes berserk is always cool though.

>>7001
>Bokurano... was about death... to depict how we all deal with it.

Gilles Deleuze said once:

"C'est [pas les hommes mais] les bêtes [qui savent mourir]. Et les hommes, quand ils meurent, ils meurent comme des bêtes."
"It's not men but animals who know how to die. And men, when they die, they die like animals."

He stressed out that even pets chose a place to be by themselves when they're about to die: that they somehow know there must be a proper place and setting to die... Deleuze, already an old and very sick man, killed himself by jumping from the window of his apartment, where he had to be confined.

Anyway: Bokurano had really great moments; but the ending and general conclusions weren't really satisfactory, at all (for me).

Post edited on 4th Nov 2011, 1:18am

>>7001

>No. Eva was, at its core, about human relationships. Bokurano on the other hand, was about death. The game itself is just a metaphor for death, which is why it can't be stopped nor need any specific details, and each character's stories are there to depict how we all deal with it. It's also the reason why the author didn't go with a single central character like Eva and instead had a multiple characters that would get killed off after a few chapters.

Hence the 'kinda'. What I meant is in Bokurano the author tried (and in my opinion failed) to create realistic characters and 'dismantle them' as the series progressed, showing what motivated them, what made them who they are today etc. The actual story was completely irrelevant and just wasn't the focus of the series. In an industry where 99% of characters are flat it is somewhat rare so I still claim it's 'kinda like Eva'.

>I personally wouldn't go that far because Redline never attempted to be an intellectually stimulating story. I can't see anything insulting to my intelligence because it never tried to appeal to it in the first place.

I knew that before I watched Redline so obviously I expected nothing but a visual treat, too (and needless to say I was rather pleased with what I got). I just pointed out that Rebuild is on similar intellectual level.

>>7005

>There's a diference between offering a coherenet syntehsis of a wide tradition (and becoming thus an unavoidable reference for all), that offering "formulaic" blinks of genres that the very series is just about gonna help defining and differentiating in the future.

I don't see how it changes the fact that pretty much every episode follows the same (crappy) formula and thus wastes a lot of time on pointless slice of life/comic relief moments. Also, I'm pretty sure I could find an ep or two that follows the 'SoL-Angel-SoL' formula and doesn't really serve any significant purpose.

>Well, it just finally gave a narratively coherent, worthy and frontal conclusion, to what had been an incredibly subtle, secretive (and finally tragic) plot.

That's probably why I don't think much of EoE - I didn't really care about the plot that much either way.

>every character -but specially Shinji- gets to face the full consequences of his own acts... i.e. it finally shows the world those characters have built.

It barely touches upon this aspect and it sure wasn't worth spending two or so hours in front of TV/PC to finally get those two minutes of self-reflection (while the ending of TV series is nothing but this for some 50 minutes).

>End of Eva is my favourite work of art eva and what is wrong with you??

EoE focused on plot an action while the TV series focused on characters and relationships (well, it did at times, in all honesty it focused on quasi-romcom-esque bits almost as much). For that matter EoE reminds me of Rebuils movies quite a bit (although it's not was watered down of course).

>We still have to know a bit about the other possible endings, to get a propper picture of WTF we're seeing on the last scene

The thing about symbolism is that there will always be hundreds of possible interpretations of just about everything you see, so yeah, I could say the same for most scenes in the whole series and virtually every episode of Utena.

>>7012

The bad thing about it is that Eva wasn't supposed to be about that in the first place. That's why I hated Rebuild 2.0 - every time Evas showed up I couldn't stop feeling they kinda went down the TTGL route and wanted to show just how awesome the Evas were... and that's all. Nobody was supposed to care about anything but that. Thing is that's not what made Eva popular in the first place. I mean fuck, Eva is not even a mecha show.

To make it easy enough to understand for you: saying you liked Eva for the mecha bits is like somebody saying they like Madoka for the mahou shoujo bits.

>>7026
I guess you just really watched another NGE, yourself... a quite impoverished one if you ask me, but oh well.

>>7026
>it sure wasn't worth spending two or so hours in front of TV/PC to finally get those two minutes of self-reflection (while the ending of TV series is nothing but this for some 50 minutes).

I have to say that despite liking EoE primarily for Iso's jawdropping scene (it's a shame he hasn't really been involved at all for the rebuilds), I find it odd and disappointing that the execution of Shinji's ultimate realization was still done in the same awkward way consisting of boring monologues as in the tv series, only a lot shorter. Of course, I myself don't have any better idea of how to depict the change but Anno really should've come up with something more creative and engaging for a movie that was, at the time, supposed to be the definitive ending for the series.

Also, this discussion has reminded me that I'll never find another piece of fiction that I consider so flawed yet can't help but like so much.

>>7029

>Also, this discussion has reminded me that I'll never find another piece of fiction that I consider so flawed yet can't help but like so much.

I thought so myself until I watched Utena.

Just watched Paprika. Since I liked it, I've already downloaded Mind Game and Paranoia Agent. I hope Satoshi Kon doesn't disappoint me. Next on my wishlist are Mushishi and Tatami Galaxy. On a side note, does anyone know of a good place to get good subs of Serial Experiments Lain?

>>7032
Mind Game isn't by Satoshi Kon.

>>7032

Nyaa should have the bloatgirls releases of Lain.

>>7033
Oh, true. Someone recommended all three of them at once, so I assumed they were all by him. Studio 4C never disappointed me though.
>>7034
Eh, I don't really have bytes to waste (HDD squeeze and such), but I guess the quality is worth it.

>>7034
It isn't bloated at all (apart from the FLAC, i'll agree there). Lain is extremely grainy. Either they remove it all (which not only makes it vastly different from the original BD, but it can also remove detail in general) or they watch the file sizes go up as grain is hard to compress. Basically, you can't get good quality on the show without those file sizes.

There should still be some DVDrips floating about on Nyaa, although the BDs are restored much better as you can see in the comparison shots here - http://coalgirls.wakku.to/?p=1329

Just finished Aoi Hana.
It really was similar to Sasameki Koto as people say.
Certainly didn't expected it to go in the direction in did, with the whole love triangle thing.
Lot more dealings with hetero stuff then I thought there'd be, funny that a yuri anime would show two heterosexual marriages, three differnt heterosexual confessions, and two lesbians shown getting dumped by the same girl, who's confused about her sexuality.
To bad there isin't more of it, the whole thing felt like it was going to build up to the relationship between the two main characters, but ended with the same old implied interest and friendship most romantic anime end with.

Also, Something I found very distracting and bugged me a fair bit for the first half of the show, was the uniforms, probably just nitpicking or being dumb, but I didn't think they fit at all, it was like each was wearing the opposite uniform.
Fumi is attending a lower class school where as Akira is attending a much higher class school, yet Akira's school uniform is the generic kind of cheap looking (in this context) sailor uniform, where as Fumi's uniform is rather modest has a long skirt a tie and blazer without any of the flashy colors.
They suit the characters, but not the schools I think, and I believe they made a point of them not really fitting in, in the type of school they ended up in, Fumi at one point clearly expressed her desire to attend this more prestigious school, which is all the more reason why their uniforms shouldn't suit the characters.
at least that's what I thought.
But then they stopped focusing so much on the different schools latter on, so it wasn't such a problem anymore.

Very enjoyable never the less.

>>7039
isn't Lain the type of show that should be grainy?

>>7045
Exactly, which is why they kept it.

>>7044
Not sure if you're aware of it, but they only went with that generic ending because they ran out of source materia. As is the case with most anime adaptations with no hope of getting a 2nd season, it was more or less just an advertisement for the original manga.

>>7044
You already watched Hourou Musuko, I presume?
I personally didnt like Aoi Hana. It seemed too slow and too melodramatic for my liking. Characters were throwing fits for no reason at all and were behaving, imo, too unrealistically. Maybe I just dont "get" those teenage girls anime, but seriously, getting THAT MUCH distressed because you couldnt go with a friend on a train as you had other business to do?
So I had to put it on hold after couple episodes. Maybe I'll return to it someday.
But if you havent seen Hourou Musuko (I doubt it, but what if), I would recomend it over Aoi Hana any day of a week. It has better drama, better characters, better conflict, and better directing.

>>7048
Yeah it certainly did seem that way, like a demo.
The whole thing felt like a prelude to the real show, which of course never comes.
strange they never released an ova thought.

>>7050
No I actually haven't.
I never watched it because I'm not really into traps or reverse traps, cross dressing, tyrannys ect.


I believe the train rides were a big deal to them because it was the only time Fumi and Akira really got to spend together, since they're going to different schools, and those train rides can take some time I'm sure.
But yeah, I don't think there's a single ep in which Fumi didn't cry, even if that was kind of her thing.
Yasuko bursting into tears at the end of the performance on the other hand, that was certainly over dramatic I think.
Specking of, I don't get why Fumi was so hung up on Yasuko, she practically forced herself onto Fumi, and it didn't seem like they had ever once met before, or saw each other that often when they were dating, I think in the show they went on 1-2 dates, this is right after she dumped Kyouko none the less.
Seemed like Yasuko was really confused about her sexuality, not really a lesbian, and just selfishly playing with Fumi and Kyouko's feelings.

>>7058
>I never watched it because I'm not really into traps or reverse traps, cross dressing, tyrannys ect.
Then I would really suggest trying it, at least 1 episode. Its not really about "traps", at least not in normal anime meaning. Its about growing up, sexuality and character interaction. I might be biased, but IMO, it was one of the best anime of the year.

Of course if you only watch yuri/shoujo-ai anime, then you most likely wont like Hourou Musuko.

>Yasuko bursting into tears at the end of the performance on the other hand, that was certainly over dramatic I think.
To me, the whole show was forceful and over-dramatic, so I, unfortunately, cant comment on the separate part. But I believe, that at the time, for some reason, I found her crying to be justified, as a catharsis-like moment for a character.
Maybe I should try watching it again.

I'm watching Angel Beats, and man are they really trying to cram the character development in. Only the second episode and we've already got someone spending several minutes discussing their dark and mysterious past.

>>7086
I'll admit that Angel Beats is easily in my top 10 anime of all time, but I totally understand how crappy it is. I'd totally rewatch it any day, though. The finale -still- makes me tear up like a bitch. I still feel that sentimentality/attachment towards the characters. But god damn, you are all right. It's bad.

I mean, part of me wants to blame it on the fact that it was intended for a full season but got cut in half, but nah, that's just fanboyism. It's just plain...bad in some parts. But it's charming, and I like that. Every time I watch an episode from it, I understand both the good and the bad a little more. It's interesting in that sense, I suppose...

It gets worse if you take offense to the second episode. Like...you'll end up rage quitting by the sixth. The second to last episode is just...it pisses me off to think about it, and I love the series.

Watched this over the last four days and had a very enjoyable time doing so.

>>7132
I guess it might not really be old enough for this thread, though…I'd sage if I wasn't making this post two minutes after the previous one, but I have a pretty good idea of what the rate of discourse is on /an/ and the likelihood of saging here being necessary to maintain my courtesy with respect to not disturbing the appropriate thread order seems pretty unlikely.

>>7133
>(i.e. not from the newest season)

>>7132
Yeah, Kurara was a fun watch, though it never really went anywhere since the manga was still ongoing and all. RoTK girl was my favourite.

Kaiji (at last)...

I marathoned 1st season the day before yesterday: brilliant; hit straight home -somehow- and left me all troubled (yet here I am, still watching anime and posting on /tc/). I'm just starting 2nd season now; we'll see.

>>7135
I think it may have still been airing when OP was posted

Following some of you -and other- guys high opinion about it, I just started watching Utena...

I really hope this develop good enough soon, because I got weird Candy-Candy alike flashbacks through the entire thing (wip hand regular displaying included); too many spinning roses, awful 70's movie alike soundtrack and creepy hyper-shoujo cock-blocker old yuri stuff... nonstop.

>>7809

>awful 70's movie alike soundtrack

Whoa. Utena's OST is actually my favorite anime OST of all time.

ZETTAI
UNMEI
MOKUSHIROKU

Also I'd place the show among my Top 10 favorite anime (well I did in the Top 9 thread we had a while back) but like I said, I can't deny how flawed it really is. I'd call it a rough diamond (whereas Tutu was very, very close to perfection).

>>2501
I decided to watch this on whim. I really liked it. Thanks

Been watching Mushishi.
really good show, but there's one thing that's been bugging me a bit..
I'm no expert on Japanese history, but it seems to me his outfit looks a lot more modern than it should for the time period this show seems to take place in.
is it just my imagination?

>>7915

The author drew it that way purposedly, just don't ask me what her purpose actually was.

>>7915

They look modern in the anime, but they're not intended to be. The live action film does his clothes a bit better. They're kind of just cheap cotton shirts and simple slacks, that do fit with the time.

>>7916
>>7923
I thought it was drawn that way because Mushishi was originally going to have a more modern setting. Apparently they ended up changing the setting but keeping the costume.

I just downloaded the 1st two eps of Maison Ikkoku because someone said it was good. Am I about to get hooked into it and have to watch all 96 eps? Something like this happened to me with Yakitate Japan. I was only planning to watch it a little bit, but a month later, ep 69.
I'm kind of frightened.

I watched the first ep of Najica Blitz Tactics last night. It seems to be somewhat similar to Noir, but 40% of the frames have pantsu.

Just finished watching Steins;Gate, it was excellent.
Is this the first post in this thread about a show that post dates the starting of the thread, but still qualifies as ""old" stuff"?

>>8182
if you scroll up, you'll find people brought this up with the second season of kaiji.

I've been watching Shiki and Star Driver. Both are good series.

>>8191

Depending on how many eps you've seen so far mind taking some screenshots of Megumi from Shiki? Her boobs get slightly bigger with every single ep (one theory says that's where all the blood goes) and it's pretty humorous, howeover I don't think I've ever seen a comparission chart.

As for Star Driver I've seen it myself ~2 motnhs ago. I heard nothing but complaints about the series but it was okay. Kinda Utena: Mecha Edition. ... Well, except not even half as good. Still, not even close to being as bad as most people claimed it was.

I watched this, pretty much because the title, which is alphabetically adjacent to oremio, caught my eye (while i was watching oremio) and its really quite good, i liked it a lot better than oremio (although that art is at a lower tier).

Earlier today I made the decision to drop Chocotto Sister. I found it boring and without much in the way of redeeming qualities.

Azumanga Daioh, 2002 that's some old stuff for sure
Osaka is so...WAT?

I've been trying to watch this, but every episode is so goddamn depressing. It's like they asked "Hey, what don't you guys like about people?" and then made an anime out of it.

Big O is pretty cool. I'm a sucker for that noir style.

>>8489

I loved this series. The explanation for the events given at the end felt pretty lackluster but just like Eva, the series is not really about the plot.

I heard it's like Lain 2.0 so I never had much interest in it but after years of having it on my backlog I watched it sometime last year and loved it. I guess it is kinda like Lain, except 10 times better.

I'd spoiler it but I guess it's more of a warning than spoiler - ep 12 sucks. It doesn't fit the mood of the series whatsoever and is just plain bad. If memory serves Lain also has a pretty weird, unLain last ep.

I recently watched the first few eps of Maburaho and Kimagure Orange Road and then dropped them.

Marathoned Fractale the other day.
I thought it was average...

I would see a lot of people defending it, saying it's not as bad as people say and that it doesn't deserve the hate it gets.
Even the submitter's comment for the TT torrent I downloaded read "Screw you, this show's good."

...but who the fuck is hating on it?
I've never once seen anyone call it shit.
None of the reviews I've come across give it less than a 6 out of 10.
I can only guess /a/, but even so, who gives a shit what those idiots think? they think everything sucks.

>>8786

By most people's standards anything < 7/10 is bad.

>>8786
No one is hating on it, it's too much effort. Not like many even watched it anyways.

>>8789
If no one is hating on it, why are so many people defending it as if it were?

I'm rewatching Nichijou BD rip, of course it's BloatGirls because no one is doing it. I also consider watching the first season of Aquarion, maybe later when I finish my thesis or if there's some spare time.

>>8786

Japan hated it and that's what people reffer to. Or rather, Japan didn't give a damn about it. The ratings were poor and the sales even worse.

Well, it was sort of criticized in Japan but the only thing I heard about is the general dissatisfacion with how the designs were changed (and I couldn't agree more, the designs used in show couldn't hold a candle to those which were supposed to be used).

>>8787

>By most people's standards anything < 7/10 is bad.

I blame 'game journalists'.

>>8792

>If no one is hating on it, why are so many people defending it as if it were?

Because Yamakan Defence Force.

Manabi Straight is moi as all fuck, how come nobody ever told me about this show before?

>>8926
I found it kind of bleak and boring.
But some people like that about the show I guess.

>>8801
>I also consider watching the first season of Aquarion
It's kind of shit, and has doesn't have very much at all to do with with the season currently airing, since there's a 12,000 year gap between each season.
but there are those few little references here and there.
If you do watch it, make sure no one is around or can hear, they have freaking flying naked orgasms every time they form the robots, in both seasons.

>>8805
>I heard about is the general dissatisfacion with how the designs were changed
Yeah the alternative designs I've seen are much better than the stuff that was used for the show.

Got around to watching Kuragehime, was pretty good till the end, when it sort of just.. crapped out.
leaving most of what they built up to out in the air, like so many anime do...

Really pissed me off that after the second half, they lead the wizard over to the manipulative whore that drugged and blackmailed the poor guy by lying to him about taking his virginity, he deserve a hell of a lot better than that nasty bitch.

What's the deal with them calling everyone "hipsters"? is that even a accurate translation or would that be bad subs?

>>8931
Bad subs. I believe the word was something closer to "trendy/fashionable person" that does not share the same connotation as hipster does in common usage.

>>8926
I think it's one of the top shows out there for slice of life. The cast is excellent, particularly Mei and Mikan, and the animation is great.

I just finished Read or Die and I really loved it. It's definitely one of my favorites now.

>>8932

Yup, it was 'oshare ningen' in the original. Typical gg subs. They fucked it up much more in some parts. They got a sentence completely wrong at least once (but not because of their translator, it's because they are retarded and tried to localize it which completely changed the meaning of the question).

>>8935
gg only subbed the first episode before dropping it due to Funimation's licensing. I'll assume you were watching ANE or tlacatlc6's BD versions, in which case both of them used Umee's subs. Umee used Funi's scripts for the dialogue and translated the OP, the ED, and some signs themselves.

Blame Funimation.

I've been watching through the UC Gundam shows lately. Just finished Zeta Gundam. Depressing ending to a seemingly endless stream of character deaths. Kept me interested enough though.

Also, Brightslap overkill.

>>8935
>>8936


>>8931 here

The version I watched was " [REVO]Princess_Jellyfish "

>>8936

When I said something about the fucked up line it was actually from gg's release so this point stands. However, who came up with hipster as a translation for oshare ningen is a different matter. I guess you're right, Funi's to blame here.

Not that a) gg could've done anything better had they tried b) anybody forced them to use it, too.

Been watching Hayate no Gotoku

This sums up my sentiments of the series perfectly.

Dropped Manabi Straight. I really like the fact that high school girls were drawn like the younger girls in IM, but the show was just too boring and the bold and intelligent art decision couldn't compensate for that. I gave it 4 eps to hook me, but it didn't so I've moved on. Currently watching Lotte no Omocha, which is awesome and Katanagtari which I also quite like.

>>8945

Speaking of HnG I have seen the movie last week and God, dear God, it was absolutely horrible. It was even worse than S2. In all sorts of ways. If not for Maria with twintails I'd actually regret watching it even though I spend most of my time doing fucking nothing.

It was animated by manglobe if memory serves and... Jesus, manglobe, pull your shit together. You should know better. Something this poor looking shouldn't make it to TV, much less a goddamn cinema.

>>8949
Yet it still managed to sell decently.

>>8953

I think the author said S3 depends on sales of the movie so yeah.

>>8938

Brightslap is simply a legend. The funniest part of it is that it actually works. Amuro got slapped and pulled his shit together. Uh... Mirai(?) got slapped and pulled her shit together. And uh... ...
Well I planned to list all the characters who got Brightslapped but it's been so long since I've seen the series I already forgot all of them. Oh well. Point is Brightslap is awesome.

Been watching Ground Defense force Mao-chan. lately.
It's a seriously adorable show, about a group of cute little girls learning to work and play together as they join different branches of the military, mostly for show, so they can fight (by not really doing much) to defend japan from cute alien invaders who don't really fight back for the most part with the assistance of their high tech toy battle vehicles, that have no real working weapons but can give them a ride if need be

It's truly awesome, and nuts that no one ever says anything about it.

Post edited on 11th Apr 2012, 3:14am

>>9330

>nuts that no one ever says anything about it

Really? I think it's relatively popular when you take all the facts into account (niche series that's over a decade old). Granted, it wouldn't be half as known if Akamatsu Ken weren't involved but that's only an 'if'. Either way, I see the name dropped on fairly regular basis when niche shows/hidden gems are discussed.

>>9333
I've honestly never once seen anyone so much as bring up the name online.
I only heard about it from someone in a pm who said they saw it at a library, but didn't watch it themselves.
But yeah, shouldn't be surprised I guess, it's like you said, it's a old show that doesn't appeal to a large audience.

Doki Doki School Hours.

Right now I'm about to start watching Princess Tutu...
As an old balletomaniac (and with a taste for tragedy, as well), I have great expectations about this.

>>9553
It's my favourite anime, so I do hope you enjoy anon.

Been forcing my way through macross 7.
what a awful turd of a anime. It's unbelievably repetitive using the same animations over and over with a long intro every ep that's just the same recaps, and although the music isn't bad, they overuse it way to much, sometimes playing the same ending song three times in the same ep, I guess that's to be expected with the focus on music, but jesus christ, do they really need to hammer it in like that?
It's also stupid, not funny stupid in a silly way, like the first season, it's more annoying and frustrating in its stupidity. like how the main character somehow smuggled onto this space colony, a large military grade high tech transforming robot jet, that he rides into combat with just to sing and make things difficult for the military trying to protect everyone. This main character is a insufferable self centered retarded douchebag, and everyone else is just sort of bland. I also thought the art style was odd, almost like they gave everyone baby faces, I couldn't even recognize the few characters they brought along from the first season, but I guess I got used to that much.

I'm finishing up Strawberry Panic.

Finished watching all three seasons of hell girl. 20% of each one of the episodes were the same. 60+ episodes of it has sort of made me quite annoyed at the director's choice.

>>9674
That was a large part of why I dropped it half way into the first season. I'd rather marathon the second season of Haruhi ten times over than watch all three seasons of hell girl, my hat goes off to you bro.

>>9674
>>9675
But it was perfect for losing (read: wasting) time (read: life) elegantly...

If you think about it, in a way, it was almost like a looooong slice of life / mahou shoujo crossover (with transformation sequences, catchphrases and all).

I found Enma's art style creepy and disturbing.
The show was repetitive as all hell.
and I hated the subject matter, ie bad shit happening to good people, with those good people getting sentenced to an eternity(that's a very very long time) in hell for some twisted sense of justice, rinse and repeat.
It was when that one little girl was sentenced to hell upon death just to get revenge on a veterinarian that let her sick dog die, that's the point when I lost interest and just couldn't keep watching that crap.

I just watched Ore No Kuroneko Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai, and now I can hardly wait for the second season.
The game also pushed me over the edge to buy a PSP (been playing with the thought for quite some time)

>>9677
>I found Enma's art style creepy and disturbing
I think that was the point...
>The show was repetitive as all hell [...] and I hated the subject matter
...for a series in the japanese fashion of a collection of suspense/horror/ghost stories.

>>9683
Mainly it's the eyes.
People find the character attractive, I just can't.

Finally managed to watch Serial Experiments Lain and holy crap did it blow my mind. I wish I'd seen it sooner.

>>9685
PRESENT DAY....HE

PRESENT TIME....HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>9698
What's so funny anyway?

>>9700
>I don't get it
Look at that baka, just look at it.

>>9700

You don't seem to understand.

>>9700
I don't get it either.

>>9708

A shame, you seemed an honest man.

>>9700
>>9708
It's a preface to the episode, the show is set in the "present day, present time" and the dude is laughing at how that is obviously untrue in terms of technology, while the themes are pretty much consistent with today.

Or I'm crazy and speculating.

>>9710
He could just be crazy.

Watched all of the available Hidamari Sketch over the last week and a half.

Have to say, I'm really glad I picked it back up after stopping five episodes into the first season, it was pretty damn rewarding and a nice watch before bed. Not usually a fan of implied yuri, but this is another show that pulls it off well enough.

Oh Miyako, you are so lovely. Sae, too. Those two really made it for me. Didn't really care for the two introduced in S3, but they did grow on me. Even the teacher grew on me towards the end.

Overall a very pleasant experience. Can't wait for S4 of this and Minami.

>>9765

>Even the teacher grew on me towards the end.
>EVEN

What the hell are you smoking, Yoshi is the best part of the show.

>>9767
Hey man, if you really like her, more power to you. I actually skipped most of her parts up until S3 where she was almost always in the intro. It was then that I grew to like her.

I mean, I know she means well, but I usually just don't like characters like her. Surprised it changed at all.

>>9765

I wish I could erase my memories of this show and watch the first 3 seasons over again. Fall can't come soon enough.

>>9773

>I wish I could erase my memories of this show and watch the first 3 seasons over again. Fall can't come soon enough.

I wonder if erasing your memories is really necessary. I remember rewatching S1 when shuwa shuwa aired and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time around. On top of that I was able to pick up some stuff I didn't notice the first time around because of the chronology.

Lately I've had interest in older stuff. I've marathoned Slayers, Saber Marionette J and Irresponsible Captain Tylor. I just finished Yamato season 1 and I plan to finish other seasons soon.

>>9988
>Irresponsible Captain Tylor

Ah I loved that show. It wasn't the best, but I have fond memories of watching that years ago.

Tried watching Outlaw Star but just can't GET into it for some reason. Does it pick up?

>>10000

It picks up after about...I'd say episode 3-4 and the main story arch begins.

I had the same impression at first, and it took me a while until I sat down and finally watched it. It's not as interesting as other shows that share a similar premise, but...I'd still say it's worth watching one day. The story was a bit bland but the characters grow on you after a while. Melfina is awesome.

>>10000

Yes and no. The quality of individual eps does get a little better after... 6th ep maybe? But the show itself doesn't have much of a plot and is all about the 90s style (in all meanings of the phrase). If you expect anything beyond that you just won't find it there.

candy boy

I decided to watch Towards the Terra (the series). It's not as old as the film from 1980, but I haven't got around to watching it.

So far it's not as good as the film but I'm still enjoying it.

I'm currently watching the original version of Pocket Monsters.

>>10035
By the later half of the series I was enjoying it a lot more than the film.

>>10082

Yeah, so far I'm enjoying this series more. The film had some real nice animation though, but this series is still nice.

>>10077
Ah, the birth of my shorts fetish

Started watching Dog Days and Texhnolyze

Junk Boy was fantastic beyond description.

Saw Nitaboh today.
Damn good movie.

ending was grate.

Post edited on 25th Jun 2012, 8:22pm

>>10088

I loved that movie. Kind of reminded me of Gauche, though that's way older.

Genma Taisen. God damn some of the stuff from the 1980s is just terrible in every regard. At least the backgrounds were decent.

Just finished Macross Plus. Holy shit, I got used to set the bar really low when watching Macross and this caught me really by surprise.
The only things I can say I disliked right now is that the characters all look like trannies to some extent and that the missile count hasn't even reached anywhere near the usual tens of millions.

>>10149
yeah it was pretty rad.

I'm kind'a slowly but steadily going through it. I just reached this episode; it got to make me cry... I've never met my father.

>>10664
Uhm... I just saw this episode...

Actually, I did met a guy when we were in middle school. He was blond, pale blue eyed, very handsome and smart (though rather agressive, in speech); heck: he was even half german and, believe it or not, he used to play a similar game as well. When we were 15, I think, he was kicked out of his house; we wandered late-night around his neighborhood, looking for booze and crack/cocaine, to later go and take them at an abandoned appartment he was staying at; one night, he said he wanted to go to the roof; there, we had to climb and jump over a fence to land into a little cornice, eight stories high at the void; I just sat there in covert terror, but he kept talking, very relaxed, as he walked away and back at the very border. I admired him, a lot; I thought he was quite something (maybe like Rimbaud) and followed him into more "adventures". In the end, however, he wasn't a diabolic genius or anything. He's now just a poorly educated NORP, who performs now and then in low rate theater and writes mediocre music, as he spends his days with his 3DPD when he's not at some petty activist stuff about ludicrous pamphlete level leftist dogmas he still allegedly stands for; and yes: for all I know, he still plays such idiotic game in the roof. I can't find anything about him now any less than ridiculous; I rather fail to death in my mousehole than being anything remotely similar to him...

So no Johan in sight, just yet. Just wanted to get this out of my chest. In truth, I'm just bitter myself, I guess.

Tsubasa reservoir chronicle
Seeing Chii and Sumomo one more time has made my day!

Where do you guys download old eps? Every torrent I find is dead and all the DDLs are dead too and I'm worried there's some mystic place I don't know aobut.

>>10789

Bakabt.me

>>10790
I've checked it...either there are no torrents for what I'm looking for or they just don't download. I have an account.

>>10791
piratebay or isohunt.
if that don't work I google the anime + torrent

>>10791
You don't need an account for BakaBT unless you want to show off your ratio or something. What show is it you're looking for? It's pretty rare to find something unseeded on BakaBT.

>>10793
At the moment I want to watch Eden of the east but all I can find are a music video and the soundtrack.

>>10794

BakaBT removes/doesn't host series that are licensed by certain companies for obvious reasons.

Eden of the East is really easy to find, though. There were tons of groups which subbed it as it aired and tons of groups which subbed the BDs. Use this:

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=search&term=eden&sort=5

It's sorted by size. Can't really say anything about the quality of the subs since I don't even remember which group I used for Eden of the East, it's been a long ass while.

Finally started watching Macross Frontier after getting in everything else in the franchise so far.

not bad, but seems kinda overrated.

Been watching Wangan Midnight.
somehow all the character interactions feel really awkward.
I guess I should be used to it, but just seems kinda weird how everyone keeps bugging him about having a girlfriend, while he has a almost creepy obsession with his car.
Thought the art style of the characters was kinda funny at first, till I got used to it. they're like, super generic stereotypical anime eyed, If that's even possible.
main character also seems like kind of a dumbass.
whole thing with the car being cursed gets old fast, I mean, I get it, yet they just keep hammering it in.

liked the early morning highway racing aspect of it, as I can at least somewhat relate, as I used to do that a bit with my own car. seems a bit odd though that they'd bust out what seems to be the main rival in the very first ep and have them racing each other side by side. makes me wonder what, if anything, there is to build up and look forward to.
the guy even had a whole dark and mysterious secret identity thing going, but they quickly tossed that out the window in ep2, really casually too, just seemed odd.

Finished Kaleido Star. It was a pretty • SUGOI • show (not as SUGOI as Canaan but still).

When I pondered what I should write about it I wanted to say something like 'it was really fun despite all its flaws' and I got reminded of Utena. I don't think the show is very Utena like (although there are some similarities I guess) but it is indeed a rough diamond. And while it might not be the masterpiece Utena is it's one of those rare cases when after finishing a show I can say 'wow, I'm glad I watched this' with a clear conscience. Highly recommended if you haven't seen it yet.

Currently on episode 65 of LoGH. I've been going through it really slowly (almost a year since I started it). After this I might watch Space Runaway Ideon or rewatch Captain Harlock.

>>10939
The first few episodes of Wangan Midnight are definitely strange. But the plot builds more and more, it becomes a much better show later. The later story reminds me somewhat of Tokyo Xtreme Racer, but with that being said Tokyo Xtreme racer was influenced by the Wangan Midnight manga.

For people so obsessed with their cars, they sure take shitty care of them.
They can't even drive for crap for that matter.
so far there's been at least one crash per ep!

and man, they love to use dramatic spooky music for some really mundane situations.
friends talking at school really shouldn't have the BGM from a horror movie.

Post edited on 22nd Aug 2012, 2:36am

Been steadily chugging through Fushigi Boshi no Futago Hime over the last month or so. Show is too adorable.

Finally watching Claymore.

>>10996

Not exactly the best idea. I'm not gonna argue whether the manga is good or not because that's beside the point but the anime was way worse, even if you disregard the bullshit ending.

>>10997

Yeah...so far I'm not really enjoying it that much. I'll keep watching for now but we'll see - I may drop it for something else.

Watching Gosenzosama Banbanzai right now. I'm loving it, especially the character designs.
I think I might check out Kujira no Peek next, since Satoru Utsunomiya designed the characters for both of them.

Watched "Venus Wars" a while ago. Made me realize how bad some 80s sci-fi was. I wonder how some of it even gets made? Had decent animation at times but it was just so empty of anything else.

Finally watching the last season/episodes of Maria-sama ga Miteru. I really wish there were more shows like this.

Watched Perfect Blue yesterday, damn good movie. Shame it's an anime, my mom would love it.

Can't shake the feeling that Mima and Haruka look alike.

And now that I looked into it it's funny how Aronofsky keeps ripping off Perfect Blue but never really gives the credit where it's due. What a faggot.

RIP Satoshi Kon

Catching up on Gintama, along with OG2 the Inspectors, G Gundam and Brygar/Bryger. Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden got me interested in the latter, and it's a really fun show.

>>11214

Anime or not, Perfect Blue is quite accessible to people not into it.

Going through Madoka right now.

Really good! Dunno why I put it off.

Just finished the first Sailor Moon series. The arcs of the last two commanders were really crappy, hoping R has more good bits overall.

started (re)watching Konjiki no Gash Bell

First saw it years ago on cartoon network, didn't finish it but got most of the way in, at least 100 ep in I think.
It's a lot more random and off the wall than I remember. cool stuff.
It's been so long I barely remember anything.
also, it's kinda hard not to point out the naked shorta stuff, it's a bit strange since I think this is supposed to be a kid's show, I kinda thought it wasn't supposed to stick out or something, but it's hard not to notice when they focus on him sticking his dick in the the MC's face.

Post edited on 12th Oct 2012, 1:42am

>>11569

I always thought the first season of Sailor Moon was the best one of the bunch.

I started watching the first season of Hidamari Sketch.

Took me a while but I finally started watching CCS. It's pretty enjoyable so far but hearing Hisakawa Aya in such a role gives me completely ambivalent feelings. Usually it makes me want to both cringe and laugh at the same time. Feels pretty weird.

I used to commute to school using inline skates, too. We had like 200 people who came to school by bike but for a long ass while I was the only one who used skates. After a year or two I saw some other people who statrted doing it occasionally, though.

I decided to start watching that about a week ago, only on ep9.

>>11949
shojo bat

was acchi kocchi any good?
i did a half assed job of looking for an old thread about it, but it probably wasn't on page 9 or 10.
i've seen the first ep and it was OK, wondering if i should get the rest of it.

>>11982
Check the catalog.
Bottom right of this page.

>>11977
Just remembered I had this pic too.

So I've been watching Code Geass lately.
I originally held off on watching it because of how obnoxious everyone was being about it while it aired. but now that the fad has passed and I've forgotten most of the spoilers it seemed like a good time to give it a shot.
So far I'm enjoying it a lot more than I expected, fans had left the impression that it was homoerotic and retarded as hell.
Sometimes it seems like the guy uses his power in really smart and elaborate ways, but like... why not order solders to kill all their commanding officers or defect and swear allegiance to him?
anyways, pretty good anime so far, each ep keeps me on the edge of my seat and looking forward to the next.

>>11983
Thanks.
I think I f5 too often to ever see the bottom of the page.
How old is that feature?

>>12145

>So far I'm enjoying it a lot more than I expected, fans had left the impression that it was homoerotic and retarded as hell.

Uh, I'm pretty damn sure it is. If it weren't for all the 'wow, what a tweeeeest' moments and FABULOUS characters it would be boring and I doubt anyone would care about it (at very least it wouldn't be as popular as it was).
I think people who took the show seriously were the (vast) minority and, well, they were missing out. In all honesty I have a hard time imaging someone who took it seriously and thought it was any good. It IS retarded and that's why it's so ridiculously entertaining. Code Geass, a show about terrorism.

>>12150
>I have a hard time imaging someone who took it seriously and thought it was any good.
I could have sworn I just finished saying I did...
See, this is why it's nice to watch something at your own pace that isn't currently in the spotlight, it allows you to make up your own mind about it without having your opinion influenced by others. Sure it had some over the top moments, and a few silly ones, and some elements of the story don't make that much sense once you really think about them, but I wouldn't call it retarded.

>>12147
according to the news tab on the front page, it was put into effect on the 11th of Aug 2012

I just finished Serial Experiments Lain. I'm tired, don't really know what to think of it. I mightneed to rewatch this some time or another

>>12226
I watched it twice because and didn't love it the first time.

It's one of my favorite shows now.

Did THAT scene scare you or make you uneasy?

>>12227
Which scene are you talking about?

>>12235
You know the one.

>>12239
Actually, no, I don't. Lain has a ton of scenes like that, and I know nothing about your personal experience with the show.

>>12240
But I'm you

and you're me.

Post edited on 31st Oct 2012, 12:52am

>>12239
I have no idea what you are talking about, but some scenes made me feel uneasy, yeah.

10/10 scifi would watch agen

>>12249

Pani Poni; penguin of doom, the anime

three dimensional human vaginas

>>12493
I wish to be the Santa

Natsu no Arashi is pretty excellent so far

>>12636
I loved Natsu no Arashi a whole lot and you better, too! How far into it are you?

>>12636

Natsu no Arashi has a great OP, funky as hell.

Just watched this. Maybe I'm dumb, maybe this movie just sucks, but I didn't get this at all. Really forgettable. I liked the art though

>>12725
Great sleep aid

Finished Flag and Yumepati SP.

While Flag wasn't exactly the masterpiece I heard it is it wasn't bad. There's nothing like it when it comes to anime so I'm glad I watched it even if just for the novelty factor.

Yumepati SP... Sigh, it was terrible. It's amazing how bad it was compared to 'S1'. It was so bad and yet I was pretty depressed after watching the last ep either way. After those 63 eps the characters really grew on me and it was time to say goodbye... And they even had the guts to use 'see you later!' for the ending. Yeah, rub it in more, why not. This is why I hate watching series that are longer than 26 eps. I'll do my best to avoid them from now on.

>>12725
Yeah, it's shit.

>>12725
I love the art, I'm a huge fan of Amano, but yeah its not a great movie. Surreal as hell though which I like.

I'm halfway through the first Kaiji. Holy fuck this is intense, I'm loving it.

A couple years ago I watched Ichigo 100%.
This was back when I was confirming the premise in http://tohno-chan.com/an/arch/res/6641.html , but I didn't realized back then that there were a bunch of OVA eps.
I Just watched them recently and added further credence to that hypothesis.

In the middle of Gankutsuou, and it has completely exceeded expectations.
Great dub, too.

Penguin Musume♥Heart
It's alright I guess. little to much Shounen for a comedy I think. and not really that funny... at all... bleh...

>>13038
I won't hold it against you if you want to drop it, tohno

lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol

Touka Gettan.

I'm on episode 4 and I don't know what the fuck is going on. I'm truly confused.

>>13107
I love this series