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Winter of Anime 2013 |OT -6| How much lower can we go?!
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Texhnolyze? Action? Lol.
The action takes in your dreams after you fall asleep watching it.
I would say Steins;Gate, Madoka, and Fate/Zero are the best and most accessible anime of the past couple of years. Anyone who has been out of the loop for a while would probably be satisfied with one of those choices.
[edit] But especially Madoka if you want dark and stylized. Steins;Gate if you want sci-fi.
ZachDeKoromaru
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I haven't watched the anime but I've heard some negative things regarding the ending and other things. Read the manga?
Did my duty, voted for Hyouka.
Have you seen Cowboy Bebop?
Nope. Just checked Amazon and the film is dirt cheap, what's that like?
Theonik
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Yeah the anime sort of just ends. It does so on quite a tease too. Basically sets things up teases "something bigger" then goes "You're not getting any of that" Typical anime ending really.
That's circular logic if I ever saw it.
I still haven't seen Hells though that is fairly cheap to get from Japan and would cost as much as getting it from the US probably. It has ENG subs too.
Hell they need a break sometimes!
Watch Cowboy Bebop. It's sci-fi, and it's great.
Charoncaori
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Macross Plus. Also, Cowboy Bebop if you haven't seen it.
Edit: you haven't, wow! It's pretty much one of the best shows ever. I'd watch some of the show before the movie, or the characters won't make a ton of sense.
I'd also suggest anything by Satoshi Kon. My favorites are Paprika and Perfect Blue.
Also, maybe check out Evangelion or its new remake movies, it's another highly-rated series.
True, but the subs can get pretty assy at times.
Oh yeah. I have this in my queue/backlog. Probably will hit it up soon.
Find a way to watch the series and watch it. What is it like? Hmmm... I suppose it's about four bounty hunters in space. It's a gritty pseudo-western and an absolute masterpiece. Watch it— you wont regret it.
Dedication Through Light
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ZachDeKoromaru
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I watched it yesterday and it was hot-blooded, ridiculous, and entertaining as hell (no pun intended).
Be sure to do it with the original English Manga Ent. Dub as it adds a certain charm to it that the other audio tracks are sorely lacking. Still, even without the dub it's easily one of my all time favorite series ever, if not the favorite.
Speaking of Bebop, it seems that Keiko Nobumoto may have come out of "retirement", or whatever it is she's been doing for the past eight years or so since the last thing JWiki lists her as doing. She's wrote the script for a TV drama called "Beyond The Bakken Record" that aired at the end of January. While I have no idea if that means she'll start writing anime again, at least she doesn't seem to have retired completely!
Crash Station
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Ghost in the Shell maybe?
I just purchased the film as the series are quite expensive, how does the film hold up? If i enjoy it a lot i'll go for the series too. Also just picked up Macross Plus - The Ultimate Edition for £2.78 on amazon! Appreciate all the suggestions guys, i'm looking into them.
Think that dub actually goes back to U.S. Renditions (which no one remembers). It's fantastic though and fits the whole larger than life mentality of the OVA.
Hahaha. Because I'm good at Kickstarters or because I'm in the show?
Crash Station
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Don't watch the film before the series. It's pretty much a sequel.
Charoncaori
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I love the film, it's very well-animated and the music and setting are great. The plot is a bit weird, and I don't know how good it will be without seeing the show first, but it holds up well. If you can even see 3 or 5 episodes of the show first, it might be better.
Edit: watch bebop dubbed!
Macross Plus is actually by the same director+composer, so I hope you like them, heh.
No it isn't? I mean, there will be characters in the film that you're not familiar with, but it's basically a total side story that doesn't require any knowledge from the series.
Ice Lightning
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If you have not done the survey yet, please put down something along the lines of releasing the rest of Naoki Urasawa's: Monster in the last response box. This title deserves having the rest of the series available in a physical release.
Charoncaori
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Fucking hell, wish I'd remembered this.
Oh, you're a Brit! Well, that narrows things down then, because most suggestions you can't buy here.
You really shouldn't watch the Bebop film until you've seen the series. It's getting re-released at the end of this year in the UK which is why it's so expensive to buy at the moment. If you can hold off until then, try and wait before watching it.
You should probably look into:
Akira - if you've not seen it, this basically was the sci-fi anime movie of the late 80s.
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - first box set is about £16 on Amazon at the moment. Thoughtful, dark sci-fi with philosophical themes and a lot of action.
Darker Than Black - again, first box set is around £16 (the second series is not as well regarded as the first and the first stands alone perfectly well). About a Chinese super-powered "assassin" in a future Tokyo.
Oh shoot, thanks for the reminder. Haha.
R_thanatos
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Why ??? why ???
Acclaimed anime he said .
Not this ...
So ..what's your next target ... don't forget to send your advance card to the police
It's basically a space jazz bounty-hunting show.
It's fucking awesome.
Film is ok on its own but series is far better
Well, I'm pretty sure there was some kind of licensing agreement between the two or something.
Not with the butchered soundtrack Viz took an immense shit on it shouldn't.
victreeb3l
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is the anime network a trusted company? the site looks sketchy as hell and im having doubts signing up for a subscription. forms and sections dont load properly, everything looks like a mess.
Most likely. I just remember renting the first two eps on VHS and watching them over and over and thinking I'd never see that dub to conclusion until Media Blasters tucked it away on their DVD release.
By the way, if you ever get a chance, check out Shin Mazinger Z as Imagawa did the same thing with Go Nagai's characters as he did with Giant Robo and Mitsuteru Yokoyama's characters. TV budget but very awesome in its own right.
Dedication Through Light
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Yes their part of Sentai Filmworks/Section23 partners for streaming their hd subs and dubs, and simulcasts like Tamako Market and Sasami-san@Ganbaranai , and etc.
Thank you for this as well.
Hitting last page will probably do that, haha.
I did a quick check and it doesn't look like the character designer worked on that Midori show. It might be more of a show you'd be interested in so you can give it a shot if you want.
Yeah, that was a neat little bit of trivia. I forgot to mention in my impression that for almost everyone coming across as kind of a jerk to begin with, the grandparents were always good people. It was nice to see the changes in the characters as well, such as her brother Naoto.
Ice Lightning
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That is one downside that I have heard about, but this never bothered me. I simply would like to own the complete series and not just one-fourth of it.
Aye, maybe i should have stated as much.
A lot of the stuff mentioned seems reasonably priced on Playtechasia, £16-17 each for complete boxsets of Cowboy Bebop and Steins;Gate so i think i'll go for them. Cowboy Bebop is also English dubbed whereas Steins;Gate is only subtitles. I'm gonna start with those two as well as Macross Plus and then move onto Darker than Black and Ghost in the Shell once i've finished. Thanks for all the wise words GAF, i look forward to diving into the world of Anime.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1979)
Always enjoyed this animated version that was broadcast on TV from way back in the day. Seems mostly faithful but somewhat ugly at times too. Why am I bringing this up given it isn't anime? One, drank too much again. Two, because when I considered what an anime Narnia would be like, I was left with the uncomfortable feeling that the below would be an accurate prediction as to what anime Aslan would be like:
Always enjoyed this animated version that was broadcast on TV from way back in the day. Seems mostly faithful but somewhat ugly at times too. Why am I bringing this up given it isn't anime? One, drank too much again. Two, because when I considered what an anime Narnia would be like, I was left with the uncomfortable feeling that the below would be an accurate prediction as to what anime Aslan would be like:
Charoncaori
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I've never heard of the site but 5 seconds on Google tells me it sells bootlegs. You might as well just torrent or illegally stream the stuff, it'll be better quality that way, and the same amount of money is going to the content creators!Aye, maybe i should have stated as much.
A lot of the stuff mentioned seems reasonably priced on Playtechasia, £16-17 each for complete boxsets of Cowboy Bebop and Steins;Gate so i think i'll go for them. Cowboy Bebop is also English dubbed whereas Steins;Gate is only subtitles. I'm gonna start with those two as well as Macross Plus and then move onto Darker than Black and Ghost in the Shell once i've finished. Thanks for all the wise words GAF, i look forward to diving into the world of Anime.
*This is not an endorsement of torrenting anime!!
Yeah, her brother was a bit of a dick at the beginning but he turned out to be anything but by the end. Hell, the only people that weren't Jerks when introduced other than the grandparents (sans
them ignoring their younger daughter for obvious reasons
That's been on my list for a while but I'll definitely get around to that sooner rather than later now, thanks for the heads up!
victreeb3l
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ah okay, cool. subscribed. such a terrible looking and working website though yuck.
Pretty sure it's both Jexhius and Cosmic approved so you know it's gotta be good.
That's less your fault and more the slow pace by everyone else.
Charoncaori
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Bootleg sellers are the scum of the Earth, I hate them. =< sorry I can't give you good advice since you live in a different country. You could always try looking for used DVDs at stores and trading sites online and stuff. And if importing is cheaper, try that, watch out for fakes, though.Aww damn, you're right.
Guess i'll just start with Macross Plus for now then.
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