One-Punch Man may be on its way, but none of the anime you mentioned besides Cowboy Bebop can surpass Cowboy Bebop (I'm guessing, I've only seen that and Trigun).
_____ is garbage, ____ is so much better. _____ is not a classic but ______ is? c'monnnnn...people who like ______ are garbage lovers and are allergic to deep high quality animu.
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it's like 100 years of anime because they all have a million episodes each and you have to watch until ep 500,000 for things to really pick up.
Shiiiieeet. Forgot about that one too. One of the best anime in recent years that no one watched. It's like Japan's Star Trek.
Never heard of this, but that image alone convinced me to check it out.
Whoa, funnier than Gintama!? This I have to see.Cromartie High School is hands down the funniest anime I ever watched, Gintama being a close second.
Eh, One punch man is just some dumb fun, with some seriously nice animation. People are overhyping the shit out of it, I don't think to it's benefit.
Whoa, funnier than Gintama!? This I have to see.
Black Lagoon may have surpassed Cowboy Bebop. The characters, animation, music and pacing of the shows are incredible. And these two shows are the only ones with no moe bullshit. Both had incredible story arcs with really great endings.
Yup, and Tatami Galaxy is in a similar vein. Some heady shit, man.![]()
You should check out Welcome to the NHK, it's pretty damn good although it's a depressing show.
I gotta disagree with you there. I liked Black Lagoon, but it felt like store brand Cowboy Bebop with less style and more adolescent edginess. I was going to type up a more detailed explanation, but really just comparing their openings says everything I was gonna say:
Great job animeGAF. Shut Trigun down. It is nowhere near the levels of CB. I think at the time a lot of people were just getting into anime and this so happened to be their first real experience. So I think nostalgia has a lot to play on this.
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood sure as shit surpassed Trigun.
Well, the second half of Trigun (or whenever Legato shows up) is really great stuff. All the slapstick episodes before that kinda knock the whole thing down a tier or two, though.
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You should check out Welcome to the NHK, it's pretty damn good although it's a depressing show.
But that's the point, when you get to the second half,It's so good, but you have to keep watching...it blows out all your preconceived notions about the world, the characters and especially Vash himself! It retroactively makes those eps better, even. Cause you see what Vash was actually doing the whole time.
_____ is garbage, ____ is so much better. _____ is not a classic but ______ is? c'monnnnn...people who like ______ are garbage lovers and are allergic to deep high quality animu.
here's a list of some shit you'll never watch:
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it's like 100 years of anime because they all have a million episodes each and you have to watch until ep 500,000 for things to really pick up.
Yeah, that's a show that needed a bigger audience. On some days, I feel like it's the best thing Kamiyama's ever written and directed. Apart from being a visual feast, it's also directed with the sort of restraint and dignity you don't see in most anime. I like to think that after the Ghost in the Shell series, he built up more confidence in his vision which is why Moribito can have those scenes of characters just having a simple conversation simultaneously building up the world and its story. It's not a simple story to tell, but you get all of it by the end and it resonates.+1 to Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.
Princess Tutu
Baccano!
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Not that these are popular.
Baccano!
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Not that these are popular.
*Shrugs*
Ippo's pretty fantastic, if I have to throw something out there. It's a way different format, and it's going for something way less. But it's quality.
I don't think AOT tries to be anything but a standard shounen that's a bit bleaker than usual.
I've seen a lot of people criticize the conclusion and how his character ultimately developed. Not saying I agree with that because I dropped Monster halfway through, so I don't know.
Regardless of what people think of it, that title goes to AOT. Probably the closest we'll get to a western anime resurgence in a while. Higher search traffic than OPM as well, though that may change (and I hope it does because it's much better) but the low episode count may hold it back.
Purely in terms of popularity. There's A LOT of stuff non-anime watchers can enjoy, but don't know about because they aren't advertised very well.
In terms of impact and how pervasive a series was, Inuyasha is on the same level as Bebop. It doesn't really mean anything.
One Piece doesn't really get mentioned here because it's a long-running shounen series. People here are far more likely to read the manga than watch the anime, which later on suffers from some pretty glaring pacing issues.
Not to say it isn't popular because it absolutely is. It's just hard to recommend to people that have fallen out of anime. 700+ episodes with no signs of stopping for possibly another decade is a tall order.
As far as public opinion goes, it was definitely considered one of the best and most consistent shounen series out there that is every bit deserving of its ludicrous popularity in Japan and the rest of the world to a lesser extent. Unfortunately, some people feels it's become less consistent after a certain story event and has been that way for a few years now. Personally, it's currently not as good as it once was, but is still something I will see through to the end and expect to have its ups and downs.
It's all subjective, of course, but I believe that many have.
Among them
- Steins;Gate
- Madoka Magica
- Katanagatari
- From the New World
- Fate/Zero
- Black Lagoon
- Baccano
A better question would be: Has any recent anime surpassed Revolutionary Girl Utena? To that question, the answer is no.
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Ippo is downright amazing, but it might not appeal to as wide of an audience. It's a shame they'll miss it![]()
I don't really think it makes those episodes better, because it's obvious what he's doing at the time. Nobody in the audience actually thinks Vash is an idiot doing everything accidentally. So it just becomes a waiting game of when an actual threat will show up and the plot can get going. In the meantime we get a bunch of 3 Stooges scenarios. It's just boring. Once Legato shows up, the show becomes awesome.
I'd say Mawaru Penguindrum is just as good as Utena.
I'm cracking up because that's basically what most posts in this thread are.
In all seriousness though, I think Gungrave is an often overlooked gem that you would like, OP.
_____ is garbage, ____ is so much better. _____ is not a classic but ______ is? c'monnnnn...people who like ______ are garbage lovers and are allergic to deep high quality animu.
here's a list of some shit you'll never watch:
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it's like 100 years of anime because they all have a million episodes each and you have to watch until ep 500,000 for things to really pick up.