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Autumn Anime 2016 |OT| The seasons change, but we're still Falling for Euri
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Honestly it's difficult to list all the classic recommends just because they're so ubiquitous in recommend threads and the like. You've got your Cowboy Bebops, your Monsters and your Baccanos that are obvious watches among others but instead I'll go with more recent stuff.
Ping Pong
While the art is more abstract than your examples, it would be a mistake not to recommend it. It's arguably the show of the decade so far. I'd also ask when you mention "grounded" art, do you mean non-abstract or just less cartoony because I'd also recommend Mob Psycho 100 if it's the second.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
If you're looking for a modern serious take on mecha, this would be my recommendation. It's not an all time classic but as a fully standalone series it's probably the best choice for getting into Gundam of all the recent series.
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
One of the frontrunners for best show this year, Rakugo explores an era and art that is rarely seen in anime, it tells the story of two young boys whose lives are driven by the performance art of Rakugo. As time passes, it examines the loss of interest for more Americanised entertainment in a post-war Japan and what impact that has on those who make their living performing Rakugo while also telling a great dramatic tale with their personal lives.
Cornbread78
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Wolf's Rain ep.19
I probably should have started back at ep.18 bevause I definately missed stuff...
I probably should have started back at ep.18 bevause I definately missed stuff...
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Was this posted yet? JC Staff 30 year anniversary PV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfRqgX3SqDc
I recognize all the old stuff and saw most of them either when fansubs were available (VHS in some cases) or they saw a western release and we could rent them from a local video shop. Olds unite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfRqgX3SqDc
I recognize all the old stuff and saw most of them either when fansubs were available (VHS in some cases) or they saw a western release and we could rent them from a local video shop. Olds unite!
Admiral Woofington
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man Jesus' studio sure has done a lot
Hellwarden
Member
Wait, Amazon is streaming the The Great Passage?
Well, there goes much discussion for that show unfortunately...hopefully they'll treat it better than they did Battery.
Well, there goes much discussion for that show unfortunately...hopefully they'll treat it better than they did Battery.
nintendoman58
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Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars - 5
Yeah I remembered that this show existed. I just skimmed to the mecha fight. It was awesome.
And that sucks. Oh my goodness it sucks.
This show is especially painful to me because it feels like the people who designed the mechs actually gave a shit about making them look like actual super robots and wanted them to look good in 2D.
But everything else...it's like the story's trying to be this strange mix of Gundam, Evangelion, and Persona I guess. It feels all over the place and nothing about the world building or the characters are compelling in any way.
This was a mistake. I feel legit depressed now thinking about this.
Yeah I remembered that this show existed. I just skimmed to the mecha fight. It was awesome.
And that sucks. Oh my goodness it sucks.
This show is especially painful to me because it feels like the people who designed the mechs actually gave a shit about making them look like actual super robots and wanted them to look good in 2D.
But everything else...it's like the story's trying to be this strange mix of Gundam, Evangelion, and Persona I guess. It feels all over the place and nothing about the world building or the characters are compelling in any way.
This was a mistake. I feel legit depressed now thinking about this.
hosannainexcelsis
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Amazon US is treating it worse, because they haven't posted the first episode yet and of course there's no indication that they'll be streaming it - they haven't posted any episodes of Vivid Strike or Chi's Sweet Adventure either, both shows from the current season which Amazon has international streaming rights for.
If you've got a UK Amazon Prime subscription, however, you're good to go.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Tamayura Graduation Arc 3-4
I finally got around to watching these episodes after finishing Amanchu a couple of weeks ago and the final episodes of the series pretty much went as expected. This time they give Moan time to contemplate her future - and I guess even in Japan, there are kids who don't declare their major and just take everything they are interested in when they first enter university - but of course the focus is shifted back to Fu and her own anxieties about moving on to the next phase of her life after finally accepting her father's death.
Although graduating from high school represents a life transition, that we've seen many many many times now, but the show goes the extra step including the hobby as part of that life transition. K-On!! did it by having the third years write a song for Azusa, but this was a bit more poignant:
Fu's camera, essentially an personification of the her memories of her father, finally breaks down after years of use. And since we've seen her use it in pretty much every episode of the series starting with the first OVA, we can at least appreciate the impact of the loss. It's the equivalent of the "character change haircut" cliche that we see in countless other stories, but without relying on that trope in a literal manner.
But she gets a new camera as a replacement, and rather than be sad that her father's camera is broken, she's more than happy to embrace the new possibilities that her camera will offer to her. She doesn't need her father's camera to be able to follow in his footsteps and become a photographer herself. Yeah, it's a bit on the nose, but a new camera representing her new life is a nice way to close the arc while including an integral part of the character's identity.
The other thing I wanted to mention is Miyu Matsuki's absence. Someone here reminded me that she played a character here and with that in mind, it's hard not to see the ways that they tried to write around the fact that they couldn't use the character in the show for these two final episodes. So Chimo is around as a kind of spectre, appearing in certain crowd shots in order to remind the audience that she still exists in the universe of the show. But we are also reminded that she literally doesn't have a voice anymore, and the shot above is the only narrative moment that the character has in these two episodes, giving the character the happy ending of marrying the very eager teacher.
I'm a bit conflicted about this, if only because animation offers the very obvious solution to such an unfortunate production problem - they could recast the character. But I think it's also such a terrible option to even consider, because when this happens with a "live action" show - like John Spencer dying during the final season of The West Wing - there's no question of how the show should handle something like that.
Of course, American animated shows have had to deal with similar problems before as well - South Park lost an actress who voiced nearly all the female characters and eventually they replaced her with several actresses to cover for her loss. However, The Simpsons basically retired Phil Hartman's characters after he died, because they didn't feel like they should continue to use the characters after his passing.
This is such a special circumstance that I'm sure no one really plans for it (the only other example I can think of is Igor's voice actor from Persona 4), and it probably doesn't happen that often in anime for directors to think about what they should do. You probably want to honor the memory of the actor by not replacing them, even if it might compromise the story you wanted to tell. It's just a bit sad to think about how SatoJun had to deal with this twice this year, first on how to handle Chimo's character in these Tamayura OVAs, and then on how to handle Athena's character in Aria. It's probably something that no one really wants to think about when making anime anyway.
So I've basically wrapped up the year of SatoJun-led mono no aware healing anime. Given how I've slowly just stopped watching anime, at least as often as I used to, it's nice to be reminded of why I like anime in the first place. Although the themes are universal, the way these stories convey those themes is uniquely Japanese and it's nice to be reminded of why I like anime in the first place.
I finally got around to watching these episodes after finishing Amanchu a couple of weeks ago and the final episodes of the series pretty much went as expected. This time they give Moan time to contemplate her future - and I guess even in Japan, there are kids who don't declare their major and just take everything they are interested in when they first enter university - but of course the focus is shifted back to Fu and her own anxieties about moving on to the next phase of her life after finally accepting her father's death.
Although graduating from high school represents a life transition, that we've seen many many many times now, but the show goes the extra step including the hobby as part of that life transition. K-On!! did it by having the third years write a song for Azusa, but this was a bit more poignant:
Fu's camera, essentially an personification of the her memories of her father, finally breaks down after years of use. And since we've seen her use it in pretty much every episode of the series starting with the first OVA, we can at least appreciate the impact of the loss. It's the equivalent of the "character change haircut" cliche that we see in countless other stories, but without relying on that trope in a literal manner.
But she gets a new camera as a replacement, and rather than be sad that her father's camera is broken, she's more than happy to embrace the new possibilities that her camera will offer to her. She doesn't need her father's camera to be able to follow in his footsteps and become a photographer herself. Yeah, it's a bit on the nose, but a new camera representing her new life is a nice way to close the arc while including an integral part of the character's identity.
The other thing I wanted to mention is Miyu Matsuki's absence. Someone here reminded me that she played a character here and with that in mind, it's hard not to see the ways that they tried to write around the fact that they couldn't use the character in the show for these two final episodes. So Chimo is around as a kind of spectre, appearing in certain crowd shots in order to remind the audience that she still exists in the universe of the show. But we are also reminded that she literally doesn't have a voice anymore, and the shot above is the only narrative moment that the character has in these two episodes, giving the character the happy ending of marrying the very eager teacher.
I'm a bit conflicted about this, if only because animation offers the very obvious solution to such an unfortunate production problem - they could recast the character. But I think it's also such a terrible option to even consider, because when this happens with a "live action" show - like John Spencer dying during the final season of The West Wing - there's no question of how the show should handle something like that.
Of course, American animated shows have had to deal with similar problems before as well - South Park lost an actress who voiced nearly all the female characters and eventually they replaced her with several actresses to cover for her loss. However, The Simpsons basically retired Phil Hartman's characters after he died, because they didn't feel like they should continue to use the characters after his passing.
This is such a special circumstance that I'm sure no one really plans for it (the only other example I can think of is Igor's voice actor from Persona 4), and it probably doesn't happen that often in anime for directors to think about what they should do. You probably want to honor the memory of the actor by not replacing them, even if it might compromise the story you wanted to tell. It's just a bit sad to think about how SatoJun had to deal with this twice this year, first on how to handle Chimo's character in these Tamayura OVAs, and then on how to handle Athena's character in Aria. It's probably something that no one really wants to think about when making anime anyway.
So I've basically wrapped up the year of SatoJun-led mono no aware healing anime. Given how I've slowly just stopped watching anime, at least as often as I used to, it's nice to be reminded of why I like anime in the first place. Although the themes are universal, the way these stories convey those themes is uniquely Japanese and it's nice to be reminded of why I like anime in the first place.
Even if Anime is shit, etc etc.
Cornbread78
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Flip Flappers ep.2
So, yeah.. I think I need to smoke a ton of Chronic or pop some schrooms to enjoy this show more. I thought Tatami Galaxy was eccentric in art and color, but this goes above and beyond 20x over that.
Also, did I just see tentacle shenanegins going on next week? This guy has some slight perversions, lol.
So, yeah.. I think I need to smoke a ton of Chronic or pop some schrooms to enjoy this show more. I thought Tatami Galaxy was eccentric in art and color, but this goes above and beyond 20x over that.
Also, did I just see tentacle shenanegins going on next week? This guy has some slight perversions, lol.
nintendoman58
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...You need to smoke something to enjoy a show's vivid colour schemes and artwork more?
Cornbread78
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Nah, I just want to put myself into the same mindset that the creators must have been in when making this thing.
nintendoman58
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This is one of most disrespectful and awful things I've read in this thread in a while.
Basileus777
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Are you joking or just putting on airs? Because this is a really silly reaction.
nintendoman58
Member
I was serious. Looking at something like Flip Flappers episode 2 and assuming the animators were all on drugs? I mean, how can that not be considered disrespectful?
Basileus777
Member
It's a joke. And not an offensive one. I like the show, but acting like Cornbread just threw paint on the Mona Lisa is a bit much.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I think this is a tad over the top as a reaction to a fairly innocuous joke.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Nobody does drugs in japan anyway.
hosannainexcelsis
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Saying "wow, these creators must have been on drugs" is a fairly common joke made about anything somewhat surreal or unusually striking. I'm honestly surprised you've never ran into a similar statement before.
nintendoman58
Member
All right, fine. Maybe I overreacted a bit due to me not being in the best of moods tonight. Sorry.
I was mostly angry about the fact that the statement was preceded by him saying that he needed to do similar drugs in order to get more enjoyment out of the show, which I took as him saying that the animators putting effort into making the show as vibrant and colourful as possible was somehow not a good thing.
I remember when I got around to watching the Mushroom Samba episode in Cowboy Bebop... man, that episode sure was out of this world.
Admiral Woofington
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And Nintendoman never paid for drugs. Not once.
First lesson about the mountain: it ain't high enough, and it ain't low enough to keep me from getting to you baby
Admiral Woofington
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The Wire in Japan would be about a couple of dealers selling copyright infringing doujinshi in the streets while the Anime police wants to find out right who is breaking their copyright
when you walk through the garden
And draw narutoooooo
when you walk through the garden
And draw narutoooooo
Cornbread78
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hosannainexcelsis
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The Great Passage 1
This was the show out of the fall season I was most looking forward to, and the first episode has certainly justified my hype. Perhaps the best overall animation of any show this season - lots of consistent attention to detailed character movement in every scene. The direction is strong, and more inventive than I expected from Kuroyanagi with lots of interesting shots and use of visual symbolism in the midst of a realistic setting. The material itself is unusual not just for anime but for live action as well - what's the last TV show or movie you watched about making a dictionary? The main characters introduced in this opening episode are interesting in grounded ways, particularly the scruffy, bookish salesman who gets recruited to this dictionary project. If the quality keeps up, this could end up being the 2016 TV anime that surpasses Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - which would be appropriate, since the original character designs here are from Rakugo Shinjuu's mangaka!
This was the show out of the fall season I was most looking forward to, and the first episode has certainly justified my hype. Perhaps the best overall animation of any show this season - lots of consistent attention to detailed character movement in every scene. The direction is strong, and more inventive than I expected from Kuroyanagi with lots of interesting shots and use of visual symbolism in the midst of a realistic setting. The material itself is unusual not just for anime but for live action as well - what's the last TV show or movie you watched about making a dictionary? The main characters introduced in this opening episode are interesting in grounded ways, particularly the scruffy, bookish salesman who gets recruited to this dictionary project. If the quality keeps up, this could end up being the 2016 TV anime that surpasses Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - which would be appropriate, since the original character designs here are from Rakugo Shinjuu's mangaka!
This post makes me want a edit job of all those bathroom scenes in Dewey Cox but instead of doing drugs they're watching anime and it advances through the fads of anime that made it big in the west in each one
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
Well maybe not in...
I just learned that Todd McFarlane-sama's Spawn no Bouken is on Amazon Prime. I haven't watched it yet, but figured I'd share.
Hellwarden
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Tsuritama 1-2
Why aren't people terrified of the guy who is just carrying around a duck?
I mean, if you saw a guy who was just constantly carrying a duck wouldn't you be terrified?
Why aren't people terrified of the guy who is just carrying around a duck?
I mean, if you saw a guy who was just constantly carrying a duck wouldn't you be terrified?
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
It doesn't seem out of place in Japan.
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
To be hero 1
Okay, that OP is the bomb, and its totally nabeshin. That rapid dialogue and crass humor...
Okay, that OP is the bomb, and its totally nabeshin. That rapid dialogue and crass humor...
lazyproblems
Member
Shin Godzilla
This was a lot of fun. Very enjoyable 2 hours, and I would definitely recommend it for people who have the chance to go see it and like this sort of thing.
This was a lot of fun. Very enjoyable 2 hours, and I would definitely recommend it for people who have the chance to go see it and like this sort of thing.
Hellwarden
Member
Keijo 2
I haven't actually read the original work, but this feels like a poorly thought out adaptation. I would think, after skipping the beginning, they would want to jump ahead to get to the actual sport sooner, but then episode 2 spends so much time on a boring training game with these four leads who we don't know...
I haven't actually read the original work, but this feels like a poorly thought out adaptation. I would think, after skipping the beginning, they would want to jump ahead to get to the actual sport sooner, but then episode 2 spends so much time on a boring training game with these four leads who we don't know...
Aaaah!
Not due here in the UK for another month or so
cannot wait, I am so excited to revisit the show.Fingers crossed the transfer is half decent. The last couple of "archive" shows I replaced my DVDs of (Gankutsuou and Noein) have fairly terrible BD versions, although I believe the Japanese Escaflowne release was pretty solid.
Aaaah!
Not due here in the UK for another month or so
Fingers crossed the transfer is half decent. The last couple of "archive" shows I replaced my DVDs of (Gankutsuou and Noein) have fairly terrible BD versions, although I believe the Japanese Escaflowne release was pretty solid.
It isn't the same transfer as the JP release?!
bloodyroarxx
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They also cut out a part towards the end of the episode that I hope they flashback to otherwise that suit isnt explained at all.
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