foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
whats this about peer pressuring corvo, corvo, go watch hajime no ippo
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Admiral Woofington
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So Serial Experiment Lain. Worth watching? I'm not big on little girl anime. Madoka was the first if I recall. But I am big on very good grim dark.
Lain is more Art Bell than grim dark, but your concerns about it being a "little girl" anime needn't worry you.
hosannainexcelsis
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Serial Experiments Lain is not "little girl" anime.
Admiral Woofington
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Sweet.
Also listening to the Kyousougiga OP I am now sure that this is my favorite anime and OP of the season.
Also listening to the Kyousougiga OP I am now sure that this is my favorite anime and OP of the season.
peaceiscloser
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So my sister watched all of Doremi the 4kids version and I saw a few episodes.
Tell me what I missed out on
Tell me what I missed out on
KirbYuuYuu
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Well for starters, you missed out on the non-brutalized version of Doremi. As well as Onpu.... TIME TO GO ON A MISSION
Theonik
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ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Yeah, it's a pretty cool show.
Just wanted to second the Shinsekai Yori/From the New World recommendation. It absolutely nails all of your first four top points.
- It's most definitely weird - I don't think I've seen another anime like it
- It can be incredibly creepy (mostly in the subtle "unsettling atmosphere" sense, which there is a lot of, but there's at least one memorable episode that is basically a beautifully-executed horror movie).
- The worldbuilding is practically unparalleled in the medium and one of the biggest draws of the show
- The plot and character dynamics go all over the place, with tons of development and shifting of focus, while still remaining coherent.
I'm not sure I'd call the series melodramatic per se, it's not really humorous, and fighting isn't really a focus (though it does have some great and unique action sequences here and there), but it nails those top four points so perfectly that I think you'd be crazy not to give it a good try.
...And there is most certainly some serious homoeroticism in there.
I am watching it, and I am loving it.
not even close to a "little girl" anime, but yes do yourself a favor and watch it!
I still like it but a) I'm kinda behind on a few eps; b) I'm a KyoAni shill; and c) I liked Shakugan no Shana way back when.
Highschool of The Dead
How come no one mentioned the Monogatari sereis?
Full of wierd stuff, characters dialog are everything, it could pass as melodrama, awesome fights and great humor. BL only on Nise tough.
That Fox girl. OH MY GOD.
It really does, but its still hard to forget.
I do like how Log horizon at least tries in that aspect. It doesnt feel like a throwaway gimmick. It feels like there was actual thought put into the setting and the environments and how characters react to it.
You actually recommended that? Im proud of you.
Its freaking awesome is what it is. AOTY.
Read or Die OVA is AMAZING.
Everyone should watch it if they havent.
KirbYuuYuu
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The KirbYayoi Special: Magical DoReMi 36
So Onpu is named Ellie. Clearly an Ellen Page reference.
Terrible 4kids soundtrack as per usual, I felt like killing my ears here... OH WAIT
Ellie's-- I mean Onpu's voice sucks ass. Why does it feel like they're forcing the voices here?
I will give 4kids props for one thing. They made Aiko's lack of interest in men more apparent.
Other than that.... Ugggh. Aiko's dub voice existence makes me wonder how in the fuck did anyone survive this show under their wings? Holy shit. I blame peaceiscloser.
So Onpu is named Ellie. Clearly an Ellen Page reference.
Terrible 4kids soundtrack as per usual, I felt like killing my ears here... OH WAIT
Ellie's-- I mean Onpu's voice sucks ass. Why does it feel like they're forcing the voices here?
I will give 4kids props for one thing. They made Aiko's lack of interest in men more apparent.
Other than that.... Ugggh. Aiko's dub voice existence makes me wonder how in the fuck did anyone survive this show under their wings? Holy shit. I blame peaceiscloser.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Looks like I need to add tokyo ravens to my must watch list
Admiral Woofington
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Kyousougiga TV 04
D'aaaaw Yase's just a big softy in the end.
This has been bothering me for a while about the siblings but....
D'aaaaw Yase's just a big softy in the end.
This has been bothering me for a while about the siblings but....
Doesn't it seem a bit unfair that all they want to come back is the mom and they keep talking about the mom? Jesus the dad was there too. Yase especially seems to not care about the dad at all. Only Koto and the head priest seem to truly care about the dad over the mom
I second this. Its a better choice than Hyouka.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Kyokai no Kanata 05:
The show's much better at action than it is at fanservice. FS doesn't really suit KyoAni anyway, they should just stick to kickass action stuff.
The show's much better at action than it is at fanservice. FS doesn't really suit KyoAni anyway, they should just stick to kickass action stuff.
Dedication Through Light
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I hope meganebu gets licensed.
rhizomatic
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It's my absolute favorite anime series of all time (well, it's tied with Paranoia Agent). It's about a 14-year-old girl, yes, but it pretty much avoids all anime conventions (probably intentionally), so it's not a "little girl anime" in any traditional sense of the word.
I wouldn't really describe it as grimdark. I would describe it as extremely contemplative and often depressing, but not grimdark. This is partly due to the fact that the series is really not all that violent (which I generally consider to be an important factor in grimdark), and also because of the fact that it's (mostly) far, far too understated to be anything resembling what most people would describe as grimdark.
It's absolutely worth watching, but I'm not entirely sure you'd like it. I'd say it's extremely divisive. People who love it tend to think it's absolutely amazing, and people who hate it think it's the most pretentious and boring thing they've ever watched.
It's worth giving a shot, though.
It does indeed fit a large number of the criteria and is a great series that everyone should check out.
I think the only reason I didn't mention it was because the huge quantities of female fanservice and overt heterosexuality it contains seem so diametrically opposed to that one last criterion xp
Admiral Woofington
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I'm all for artsy anime that can be polarizing. As long as it's not as fucking slow as Tehxno.. something it has a confusing name. It's the one where nothing happens on screen and there's little dialogue for 90% of an episode. I dropped that faster than I drop the bass.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
From the New World is one of those shows that everyone should watch.
rhizomatic
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Texhnolyze is by three-quarters of the same creative team. Ryutaro Nakamura didn't direct it, but Yoshitoshi ABe did the character design, Chiaki Konaka wrote it, and Yasuyuki Ueda produced it.
Make of that what you will.
Indeed.
Admiral Woofington
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Shit. Well. Whenever I watch it I'll give it the 3 episode rule. Unless people remember where it gets really good, like with Madoka (episode 4 and above)
See I get that. But
the eldest also seems to constantly mention bringing back rabbit koto. Even though his flashbacks in the previous episode were largely comprised of memories of the original Myoue
Ice Lightning
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Texhnolyze may take more than your three episode rule to get to the goods and actually understand everything.
Admiral Woofington
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I guess that, to be fair, I was still in my "not as into anime" phase back.. maybe 3-4 years ago? I'll give it another try. But I hope that graph holds true that I'll at least start to get interested by episode 5-6.
dakkumauji
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Kyousougiga 04
I really liked this ONA episode when it first aired and I just absolutely love it now.
All that depth they provided to Yase was just adorable and really makes me like her as a character even more.
I really liked this ONA episode when it first aired and I just absolutely love it now.
All that depth they provided to Yase was just adorable and really makes me like her as a character even more.
ZachDeKoromaru
Banned
Texhnolyze is pretty slow throughout, watching the events unfold and causing even more spectacles is all worth it though. The atmosphere's dark, overbearing, and makes you feel depressed as a motherfucker, but it all really comes together in a pretty un-traditional manner.
Who is the God of Manga?
Also I'm halfway through Bagi and I will have words to say at the end.
I need to finish what I'm watching and watch Mazinger and Getter is what I need to watch.
Angel Cop so bad.
GGG 10-
I'm now up to the penis fishing episode.
Wait a second... does he have two?
Spice and Wolf - 9
I may be just insanely out of touch with the mediaeval world and the practices of animal husbandry, but how exactly does a shepherd fight off a pack of wolves? Ring the bell really loudly? Beat them with a stick? It looks like you could be easily overwhelmed by a group of strong, aggressive dogs.
I may be just insanely out of touch with the mediaeval world and the practices of animal husbandry, but how exactly does a shepherd fight off a pack of wolves? Ring the bell really loudly? Beat them with a stick? It looks like you could be easily overwhelmed by a group of strong, aggressive dogs.
Theonik
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Symetrical Dockingu~
The cast is secretly part-Vulcan.
peaceiscloser
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The voices are grating as heck, but at least they're not as lifeless as OH GOSH LITTLE BUSTERS ENGLISH AAAAAAAAAAA
Started watching Walkure Romanze. Will post stuff when I actually have time to finish and get on my computer.
You only have one? Double the pleasure, double the fun.
Strike the Blood 1
I sort of like the premise of the show but the fanservice is offputtting. Anyway, there's something really really off about how the colors work in this show. First of all, the eyes look really really freaky on almost all of the characters except the the main guy. The way the colors filter everything also looks weird. Visually it's very... unsettling. Like something is composed in an extremely weird fashion. Can't quite put my finger on it.
I sort of like the premise of the show but the fanservice is offputtting. Anyway, there's something really really off about how the colors work in this show. First of all, the eyes look really really freaky on almost all of the characters except the the main guy. The way the colors filter everything also looks weird. Visually it's very... unsettling. Like something is composed in an extremely weird fashion. Can't quite put my finger on it.
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