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YES. IVE WATCHED IT LIKE 50 TIMES.
Episode three is all you need.
It's Darker Than Black : Gemini of the Meteor (I don't know whether you're playing into the normal thread joke that DtB2 doesn't exist or not!), I think possibly from the final episode?
no joke, I haven't seen that ever.
Good lord that must have taken a long time. Thank you for the effort - I don't massively disagree with that as a list even though it is missing many of my favourites!
It strikes me how many of these films and shows I've seen bits of, rather than completed. That says rather more about my attention span than I'd like.
The only ones I've not seen ANY of are listed below, but many of these I've either seen five/ten minutes and lost interest (Wings of Honneamise, for instance, was on at midnight on the SciFi channel when I tried to watch it on a school night as a teenager and fell asleep during...) or just plain didn't enjoy what I watched (Kaiji or Gintama, for instance).
ZachDeKoromaru
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Lesbians who wear lots of flannel.
Bolded is what I've seen, it didn't look too bad before I did!
Millennium Actresssss. Why nobody watched it? Its the greatest anime movie!
A Huge Battleship
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Odd request perhaps, but does anyone have the US Dusk Maiden of Amnesia BR set and could check the back cover to see that it's listed as working in region B (i.e. UK)? Found an image that suggests yes (below), but it was posted 3-4 months before release and I just want to double-check.
The official UK release is DVD only irritatingly. Thanks.
The official UK release is DVD only irritatingly. Thanks.
Jex
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As I said in my post, it was literally just a list of anime that I thought were worth watching then and there. I didn't make an attempt to properly draw up criteria for exclusion/inclusion of titles because I wasn't looking to write a proper "101" Guide with all that entails (namely the time commitment on my end). If I were to write such a guide than what you suggest would make sense.
With specific relation my Kaiji, my reasons for including it are detailed in the wider blog post. Also, the Narrator alone means it's not just a slideshow!
I completely agree. I had originally toyed with the idea of including historically important works just because they're important but you should only be looking to track down those works if you're really invested in learning more about anime or if they're really superb works in their own right.
It's funny you mention both those shows because I had originally got both titles on my list but I then removed then in interests of keeping the list as short as possible. Now you might wonder why I'd do that and it's because if I started to evaluate why some anime where on there while others weren't I'd end up writing criteria for the list which I didn't want to do. Such, Umasuoi and Windy Tales should be watched by everyone, but then so should Future Boy Conan and Marco and Ringing Bell and Angel's Egg and Barefoot Gen and Grave of the Fireflies and Memories and The Animatrix and Planetes and GTO and and and it never stops! So yeah, it's an arbitrary line.
- I need to re-watch Hyouka.
- Gunbuster is historically important but it's also got a lot of problems in the first half.
- I went into Takahata in more detail on my blog post.
Something like it gets better after the first 25. But you kind of need to see them to see the introduction of all the characters because the show basically assumes that you know who characters are after a while. I started watching it in 2006 or 7 so I can't remember what I thought about them so I can't really say whether the first 25 rule is right or wrong. All I know is I was happy enough to continue watching it but at the same time it was the only show I was watching.
Jex
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People usually say around the 20's is when it "gets good" for them, but I don't have a really definitive list. I couldn't write one either as I like pretty much every episode, although the first three are pretty zzz.
However, I can say that the easiest way to get into the show proper is through the movie Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-Hen or Gintama: The Movie as it's sometimes known. It's a move re-telling of a TV arc except done better because, well, it's a movie!
But I feel the bookend skits do rely on being a bit familiar with the show. I mean the opening shot would make no sense to someone if they have never seen the show.
Jex
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I don't mean that you shouldn't go and re-watch the other stuff but it's okay to start there. I don't think people being a little confused is a big issue.
MikeHattsu
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I think I never heard of Millennium Actress before, and when I googled it to find out it's a Satoshi Kon movie I was really impressed that I didn't know it before, I love his works, will definitely check it out. I hope I can buy it on blu-ray here (or is it available to stream somewhere? IIRC Netflix has Tokyo Godfathers and maybe Paprika too?)
Dedication Through Light
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Im terrible with anime movies since usually no streaming on services and I think itd be odd to just go out and blind buy them, so Ive only seen those two. Akira I thought was best of the mix and spirited away had kind of weird storytelling with unrealistic characters.
Since the neonalley switch over I cant even finish watching Utena so I feel a bit sad that I wont get to see if it is truly as good as others proclaim, hated honey and clover, never finished monster because the discs never finished going to netflix, bored/confused from Baccano! (why no Durarara!!, its imo definitive story telling, and s2 even), and its infuriating to see cowboy bebop on the list
Gintama is on hold at 32, and I disliked Flowers of Evil, content isnt entertaining.
Eva was my third or fourth anime after entering anime with naruto, and Id agree of it being an anime that one ought to watch, good franchise, and yamato 2199 too.
It is an absolutely incredible movie. Especially the music.
I mean seriously, listen to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D_N5gL6zUc
This movie is magic. Its fucking magic. I love it sooooooo much.
Anyway, back to it see yall later!
No need to convince me, it's Satoshi Kon! Really can't believe I still didn't watch it. I'll look for it and watch it this weekend if possible.
A Huge Battleship
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May you be blessed with something cute and pink falling on your head at an opportune moment. The manga's one of my all-time favourites but it isn't getting published in English, so this is the next best thing.
thank you..I think
Did you think the characters in Akira were more realistic than the characters in the other two films? Akira is if anything more outlandish - certainly in terms of storytelling - than either Laputa or Spirited Away, with its crazy government conspiracies and blue psychic children etc. What did you find unrealistic in the two Ghibli movies?
If we're judging people by their MADs, then old>>>new. Because that 2nd one is much more impressive from an action standpoint.
Welp SAO S2 downgrade confirmed.
it's dtl dude
Who doesn't?
So? If the answer essentially boils down to "I can ship Tetsuo and Kaneda", then fine, whatever - it's not an opinion I have to agree with but at least I can understand it. I can normally work out where DTL's opinions come from, but if anything aside from the lack of slash I'd have thought Laputa would be more his kind of thing - the protagonists are unambiguously heroic and the action sequences are cool.
Kino's Journey 1
I feel intrigued.
This show doesn't waste much time with introductions, dropping us right in the middle of the titular character's titular journey. We get just enough teasing about her past to have a sense of what things are all about without giving us any answers. She and Hermes make a pleasant pair. It feels like he's more cautious and concerned with their well-being, while Kino is the driving force keeping them on the road and looking for new things.
The mystery of the Land of Visible Pain was an interesting one, especially coming off of the movie I just saw.
I like the sort of bittersweet way they handled the love story, and I like how the diagetic song from the record player was messed with to handle the shifting moods in the flashback.
It has an interesting setting. The world (at least in this episode) has a kind of early-20th century vibe to it, but there are a lot of fantasy and sci-fi elements rolled in. Everything is logical, but you kind of have to accept things as they come. I think that's fine. It fits the whole idea of traveling and seeing the unexpected.
I feel intrigued.
The blinding light in the prologue was really striking.
This show doesn't waste much time with introductions, dropping us right in the middle of the titular character's titular journey. We get just enough teasing about her past to have a sense of what things are all about without giving us any answers. She and Hermes make a pleasant pair. It feels like he's more cautious and concerned with their well-being, while Kino is the driving force keeping them on the road and looking for new things.
I sort of get the function of the quotes in breaking up scenes, but I feel like they get in the way of the mood.
The mystery of the Land of Visible Pain was an interesting one, especially coming off of the movie I just saw.
Truly, as Sartre said, hell is other people.
It has an interesting setting. The world (at least in this episode) has a kind of early-20th century vibe to it, but there are a lot of fantasy and sci-fi elements rolled in. Everything is logical, but you kind of have to accept things as they come. I think that's fine. It fits the whole idea of traveling and seeing the unexpected.
Dedication Through Light
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Sorry somehow got Castle in the Sky confused with Howl's Moving Castle (he really did two movies on castles?).
I thought spirited away just made people seem way too greedy in such an odd manner that no one in reality takes it to that far of a limit or even has such a desire to become trapped, entangled, and blinded by it. Perhaps if there was some moderation component to characters then it would have been a better experience in a story aspect.
Almost every episode of Gintama is worth watching, although many people saying its just started to hit the stride from eps 25, the consensus agree Gintama isn't a show that only have few select episode that worth to watch.
nintendoman58
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Ok, so for this weekend I have to finish Battle Tendency, D-Frag, watch Berserk movie 3, Millennium Actress, Kotonoha no Niwa, get started with 999 (try to finish it before Dark Souls II come out) and go on twitter to ask JP for a Platinum made Non Non Biyori game.
Let's do this.
Let's do this.
MikeHattsu
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Well, I visited Odaiba today, so here's some pics:
I'm staying in Akihabara, so I visited the shrine gate from Steins;Gate, because why not? The actual shrine building is in another location though.
Tokyo Big Sight where Comiket and Anime Japan is held
Ferris wheel and Zapp Tokyo. Some might recognize this from Oreimo.
The giant Gundam statue in front of Diver City Tokyo
There were also an event at Diver City Tokyo where an idol group called Rev. from DVL performed
Spent enough time in Odaiba to get a night shot at the Gundam statue too
Oh, and I found this 4D theatre that showed a 4D moe school comedy movie
Yeah, really. That's what they called it in English. And there were a 15 year age limit
It had lots of catgirls and stuff
It's not really a hard competition to win. Modern architecture isn't exactly one of Japan's strong points.
When they have out of screen effects like blowing wind or shooting water in your face.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. Judging by the amount of "covered in white stuff" scenes this season, I'm definitely not sure how to feel about this.
Theonik
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It reminds me of the Waylan Yutani logo.
2 2D features playing at the same time.
Dedication Through Light
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I guess all their anime must be paying off big as Bushiroad finally at the top in marketshare in the TCG market. I hope this means more buddyfight this year and numerous more seasons of Cardfight!! Vanguard.
Should finally get some cfvanguard cards next week.
Should finally get some cfvanguard cards next week.
MikeHattsu
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It was a 360 degrees screen 3D movie. And, yeah, I decided to watch it just for you AnimeGAF
Looked like something somebody made in Blender 3D or similar. It was about a pervert who stole some panties from a catgirl school.
It was a 360 degrees screen 3D movie. And, yeah, I decided to watch it just for you AnimeGAF
Looked like something somebody made in Blender 3D or similar. It was about a pervert who stole some panties from a catgirl school.
This sounds interesting. The plot seems like a true masterpiece of our times, too bad you're not so fond of how it looked.
Theonik
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Fuck I feel like I NEED to see this. What sort of 2D effects would this have. Sakura petals? Girl panties scent? We must know.It was a 360 degrees screen 3D movie. And, yeah, I decided to watch it just for you AnimeGAF
Looked like something somebody made in Blender 3D or similar. It was about a pervert who stole some panties from a catgirl school.
It was a 360 degrees screen 3D movie. And, yeah, I decided to watch it just for you AnimeGAF
Looked like something somebody made in Blender 3D or similar. It was about a pervert who stole some panties from a catgirl school.
Lol. Smh. At leas you sound like you're having fun!
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