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[7Th]

I actually like post-Evangelion Gainax better than pre-Evangelion Gainax; pre-Evangelion Gainax is a product of its time, post-Evangelion Gainax is a lot more uniquely Gainax-ish in general. Honneamise and Gunbuster are both impressive and very satisfying, but they're just the kind of stuff you would see produced in the 80's animated and directed in the way in which they did things in the 80's; Evangelion and later Gainax productions, even the trashiest ones, really feel like something only Gainax could have done.

Honestly, it's been a few years since I watched KKnJ, so I'm a bit fuzzy on what's happening in that episode. However, IIRC it starts being a leadup to the cultural festival in the 2nd half of the show, which is a let down because the festival isn't what I'd prefer the show to end on.

Episode 19 is the infamous paper cutout episode.

 

[faridmon]

Holy crap! Nostalgia imburst am having at the moment.

Nadia was just mind blowing back in the day and Gunbuster Holy crap! that was a real Anime

thank you for those Nostalgia trip, gonna try find the Nadia boxset now

 

[polyh3dron]

AWESOME thread. Wings Of Honneamise FTMFW. I have the OOP Blu-Ray version and it is beautiful. I also have the Gunbuster/Diebuster Blu-Ray and enjoyed the movie version but feel like I need to see the entire series to really appreciate it.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

not to mention disney stright-up ganked NAdia's whole shit for their Atlantis movie, rememebersssss

 

[RSLAEV]

Yeah that whole

Spoiler

attempted rape scene

in Honneamise was just out of place. I mean you can't just stick

Spoiler

rape

into any movie and claim artistic license for doing so. It didn't ruin the film, but it definitely has a 'turd in the punchbowl' effect on my memory of it.

 

[polyh3dron]

Honneamise is the best thing Gainax has ever made. It was the only piece of work in their entire careers that is a true creative art piece with no constrains of commercialism or marketing. It's an amazing movie, and the only thing Gainax has done which is worthy of actual respect. Everything else they have done is far more successful though, so they don't need respect for that, they have the money.

This this this this THIS.

 

[polyh3dron]

Yeah that whole

Spoiler

attempted rape scene

in Honneamise was just out of place. I mean you can't just stick

Spoiler

rape

into any movie and claim artistic license for doing so. It didn't ruin the film, but it definitely has a 'turd in the punchbowl' effect on my memory of it.

Once Upon A Time In America has a

Spoiler

rape scene

and is one of the best movies of all time IMO.

 

[Krev]

Looking at this just makes me think...Hideaki Anno needs to drop this Rebuild shit and get working on a brand new series, goddamnit!

 

[faridmon]

Although i hated how the quality of the Animation dropped significantly half way through Nadia. The animation was one of the things that i loved that series.

Also, steam punk setting is just fantastically awsome

 

[RSLAEV]

I'm not saying keep it out of all movies forever, it just felt way out of place and just kind of took me out of the movie.

 

[Zoramon089]

Pretty much this.

For anyone who wants to check out the full size pictures from Royal Space Force (I try to avoid giant pictures everywhere)

Are you kidding me?! No way that's a movie from the 80s. That's incredible!

 

[robox]

Blazing Transfer Student is a gainax production.

 

[Calcaneus]

I need to see more early Gainax stuff, Wings of Honneamise looks cool.

 

[BocoDragon]

Are you kidding me?! No way that's a movie from the 80s. That's incredible!

There's no reason to expect hand drawn art looks poor in the 70s or 80s....

 

[Shiv47]

Love Honneamise, Evangelion, Gunbuster, Otaku no Video, and Karekano. Mahoromatic was Gainax, wasn't it? Thought that was pretty much shit. I need to borrow Nadia from a friend who has all of it.

 

[Vox-Pop]

I think flcl is the best thing Gainax has done, but that is just me.

 

[Jet Grind Radio!]

I need to get Honneamise. I'd never heard of it before, and it looks like the BRD is rare now. D=

 

["God's Beard!"]

 

[Stahsky]

^

 

[faridmon]

Just now,i was reading about Electra Syndrome. get out of my head........

 

[Nonoriri]

Blazing Transfer Student is a gainax production.

 

[7Th]

I actually enjoyed Petite Princess Yucie, it was a cute and genuinely enjoyable little show.

 

[hteng]

SUUUUPAAAAAAA INAAAAZUMMAAAAA KKIIIIIIIICCKKKU!!!

still have no idea where does the name come from but fuck, that's probably the best kick in the universe... well.. cept it's beaten by DaiRaioh's Jinrai few years ago.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Just now,i was reading about Electra Syndrome. get out of my head........

What a coincidence. I was just reading about the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

 

[Jex]

I'm not saying keep it out of all movies forever, it just felt way out of place and just kind of took me out of the movie.

I guess that will be debated for a while to come....or it would be if enough people had actually seen the movie!

Personally I was fine with it. Surprisng yes, but so were many other parts of the movie.

Are you kidding me?! No way that's a movie from the 80s. That's incredible!

I hear this kind of talk quite alot on the internet and frankly it confuses me.

I suppose one might assume that animation goes up in ever increasing quality, like CGI does, over time. But that's simply not the case. I mean, people these days can't even seem to draw cars or planes.

If we're talking about sheer raw detail (realism) the 80's is home to some of the best looking anime ever produced, some of which are unmatched by todays standards.

Akira :

Patlabor Movie :

Gunbuster :

Char's Counterattack :

Bubblegum Crisis

That's not even getting into Studio Ghibli's output like Grave of the Fireflies, and Bausicaa etc etc.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Royal Space Force has an HD release? I really need to keep up with anime and releases again especially my favorite company. Having watched an episode of Shikabane Hime a while back and it looks like Gainax is getting lazy lately.

 

[ChryZ]

Gainax owns.Fan since the early '90s, I still got Gunbuster, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (yes, the whole fucking show), Royal Space Force and Eva on LaserDisc :lol

 

[Jex]

Gainax owns.Fan since the early '90s, I still got Gunbuster, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (yes, the whole fucking show), Royal Space Force and Eva on LaserDisc :lol

Someone's serious!

 

[InfiniteNine]

Gainax owns.Fan since the early '90s, I still got Gunbuster, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (yes, the whole fucking show), Royal Space Force and Eva on LaserDisc :lol

I'd have you beaten if I wasn't in the single digits of my living for most of the 90s! ):

 

[Tranced Shadow]

Wait, Rorita?

:lol :lol :lol

 

[peakish]

I tried to stop this from happening.

 

[ChryZ]

Someone's serious!

 

[InfiniteNine]

So jealous. ): ChryZ, can I have those when you die?

 

[Dead]

Not really comparable to LDs, but my favorite Gainax related memorial piece is my copy of the Complete Blue Water set from Nadia (complete soundtrack collection)

Also own the awesome Groundsworks of Nadia book, featuring thousands of gorgeous Key animation artworks

 

[ChryZ]

Not really comparable to LDs, but my favorite Gainax related memorial piece is my copy of the Complete Blue Water set from Nadia (complete soundtrack collection)

Woah, very awesome!

 

[Dead]

Woah, very awesome!

Nadia is definitely one of the very (VERY) few shows, where I'd actively seek out stuff like a complete LD collection, just to own it, if I were swimming in money.

 

[Krev]

Not really comparable to LDs, but my favorite Gainax related memorial piece is my copy of the Complete Blue Water set from Nadia (complete soundtrack collection)
*AWESOME STUFF*
Also own the awesome Groundsworks of Nadia book, featuring thousands of gorgeous Key animation artworks

That's so cool! I love Nadia too. If I were swimming in money I'd be like that with Eva stuff as well.

 

[ChryZ]

That's so cool! I love Nadia too. If I were swimming in money I'd be like that with Eva stuff as well.

There was never as much merchandise for Nadia than for Eva. They really went nuts with Eva!

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Kare Kano was so freaking good (when I was a angsty teenager)

 

[Dresden]

Mother of god.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

That Daicon IV video almost put a tear in my eye from nostalgic bliss. That was amazing and took me back to the time in anime I like the most.

I also need to find myself a better version of Wings of Honneamise some day. I still only have the shitty original DVD release that came out in the US. It looks atrocious.

 

[Nonoriri]

I own all of the Groundwork of Evangelion series of Key animation books(vol 2 signed by Anno), Carmine (Sadamoto art) and a bunch of other books.

 

[Android18a]

I don't see much talk about it, but I really liked Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. It was funny

 

[Unknown One]

I don't see much talk about it, but I really liked Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. It was funny

Indeed, a lot of pop cultural jokes. It even has a Tekken joke :lol

 

[Shouta]

What, no mention of Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, aka His and Her Circumstances yet? Freaking awesome show. It's a shame that Anno didn't have more of an involvement after the 15th ep or whatever. Also, the ending is meh. But life is about the journey, right?

It's usually remembered for the spastic and crazy comedy more than anything if you ask me. I always hated the drama in the show and the goddamn introspective wankery that came with it thanks to Anno.

I agree with Duckroll though, Honneamise is the one work Gainax did that utterly demands respect, such an awesome movie.

 

[bon]

Gunbuster is my absolute favorite anime. #1.

 

[BocoDragon]

When I first saw Honneamise, I was so young, and anime was so new and "other" to me in general... I don't think I entirely grasped that it was set on some fantasy alternate earth. I know that's utterly ridiculous considering some of the world building that's in there.. but for all I knew Japan was like that :lol :lol

 

[DominoKid]

FLCL is my favorite Gainax work. Try as i might, i cant watch Eva. it just does nothing for me at all.

 

[eggandI]

Gunbuster was ok. It was very awkward how they were trying to incorporate old robot show homeages and a little fanservice into an anime with such a story. The parts about the effects of time dilation were no doubt the best. The rest just didn't bode well with me.

The Wings of Honnêamise was definitely an awesome experience. The visuals are amazing and the story is a really cool alternate earth SF.

FLCL is definitely my favorite of their works though.

 

[hteng]

Gunbuster was ok. It was very awkward how they were trying to incorporate old robot show homeages and a little fanservice into an anime with such a story. The parts about the effects of time dilation were no doubt the best. The rest just didn't bode well with me.

The Wings of Honnêamise was definitely an awesome experience. The visuals are amazing and the story is a really cool alternate earth SF.

FLCL is definitely my favorite of their works though.

FFFUUU GUNBASTA the best!