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Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Maybe Sore ga Seiyu? It hasn't finished yet so I don't have a full opinion on it yet, but it's a decent enough perspective into the voice-acting side of the industry.

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Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Reds posted:

Yes, I keep meaning to buy the Nausicaa manga but I couldn't find it at the last con I went to. Most of the reason why I hadn't watched it was because I wasn't sure if I should read the manga first or not.

I read the manga first, so the movie ended up kind of disappointing to me. Which I had a feeling about going in since the manga was so dense.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Reds posted:

The conundrum for Nausicaa that I had was that I knew that the manga was better, so I wasn't sure whether to watch the movie first where I wouldn't get the "oh this isn't as good as the manga" feeling, but then I wouldn't be able to go into the manga without knowing anything about it.

I'd say go movie first to avoid the this isn't as good as the manga feeling. Then go into the manga and be very surprised when things go a lot deeper than you expected.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Jimbot posted:

Can anyone recommend a fun shounen show that's on Crunchyroll? I've seen HunterxHunter and Magi, both of which I liked. I still occasionally watch One Piece despite how much I think the pacing is rubbish. Jojo's fun too if you consider that shounen. I've seen enough of Bleach and Naruto to know that it's not really my thing.

Gintama if you're up for something more comedic. Rurouni Kenshi is a classic if you haven't already seen it. Just stop after the Kyoto arc because there's nothing watching after Kyoto.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:

I am completely new to anime. All I've watched is FMA:B. Is anything on Netflix worth watching? I like your typical genre stuff. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror etc.

This is kinda vague but like I said I'm just sorta starting to watch this stuff

Shonen: Hunter x Hunter, Death Note
Shoujo: My Little Monster, Ouran Host Club
Robots: Gurren Lagann, Eureka Seven
Magical Girl: Madoka and Madoka Rebellion
Very Chill and Good with moments of horror: Mushishi
Devil working in Mcdonalds: Devil is a Part-timer
Cool Movie: Mind Game

I hear Moribito is good too but I haven't watched it for myself yet.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I'll check those out. How is Soul Eater? I sorta dig the art style.

You'd probably like it. Most people do. It has an anime-original ending that people are mixed on.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Neddy Seagoon posted:

Wasn't that a "we'll be back when there's enough manga to continue" ending?

Also if Redline is on Netflix, you should watch Redline.

Nah, they resolved the main plotline in their own way much like how the first FMA resolved it in its own way.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Reds posted:

Go watch Moribito right now, it's the best. It's in my top five shows and I've watched well over a hundred shows, most of them good ones.

My backlog is long and vast unfortunately. Still on Utena at the moment, and then maybe the monogataris after that since that's a popular topic at the moment. But yeah, Moribito's been on my list.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Captain Invictus posted:

Yankee-kun And Megane-chan keeps showing up on the recommended series at the top of Kissmanga. I've heard lots of good things about it, but I have also heard that it ends incredibly poorly. Is this correct or am I misremembering the series people were saying that about? No gory details needed, just curious.

It kinda just ends in a unsatisfying manner that is basically, and now we're going back to status quo. Entertaining series though other than the lame ending.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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gmq posted:

Hi guys, I'm still looking for anime (in Crunchyroll) that'll make me cry out of happiness/heartwarming.


Thanks! While the first season was too chill to make me cry, the second season episode with Renge and Candy Store got me all teary eyed.

Shirobako. Hanasaku iroha.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Jose posted:

what are some good films to watch?

the last i saw was either redline or paprika and i've only seen a few. akira/gits obviously and then jin-roh and spriggan years ago and obviously a bunch of ghibli stuff and probably some more i don't remember

Satoshi Kon's stuff in general is really good, Paprika being one of them. If you haven't seen them yet, give Milllenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, and Perfect Blue a watch.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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gmq posted:

Hello, I forgot to cancel my Crunchyroll subscription again so I'm looking for more recommendations for anime that'll make me cry of happiness and/or awesome "JUST AS PLANNED" anime.
(Manga works too and doesn't need to be in Crunchyroll as long it's online somewhere)

In the last couple of months I have cried after watching:
- Usagi Drop
- My Love Story!!
- Shirobako
- Non Non Biyori (it was almost too chill though)

I'm planning to watch:
- Euphonium

Eccentric Family
Hanasaku Iroha
AnoHana

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Davincie posted:

im looking for good, finished and relatively long (not like 400 chapters but between 50-200 is ok) shonen or shoujo to read on the plane. little to no fanservice

Nurarihyon no Mago
Mahoraba
Taiyou no Ie
NG Life

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Sharkopath posted:



There is never any actually challenge or threat to Ainz rule, he defeats everything that is in his way with magic very quickly. The author starts writing long scenes of sexual violence that read terribly. The entire 7th volume is about a cast of human characters that are forced to explore the hideout by outside forces and then mutilated and torn apart by the main characters and their allies for sport, its basically torture porn. In the original version of the novel the 16 year old point of view character was forced into become the sexual slave of the vampire character and has an anal plug shaped like an animal tail shoved up her rear end because its the vampires fetish, they toned it down into the web novel to she is just killed and then all her organs and body parts are distributed around the base and given to various monsters. One of the underlings of Ainz is running a human rape farm where he is forcibly crossbreeding kidnapped humans and monsters for experimental reasons and any offspring deemed failures are ground up and used as food stock while the parents are forced to watch.



It gets bad.

:yikes:

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Yeah, Darker than Black s1 is decent as a self-contained story. Anything after that isn't that great other than occasional decent action setpieces.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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My only issue with the gaiden is that it basically sets up s2. S2's problem is that its story is just kind of a mess, and basically ends in an open-ended manner with plot hooks for a theoretical s3.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Help Im Alive posted:

I played the game instead of watching the anime but is there any other cool time travel stuff like Steins;Gate (I think the only one I've seen is The Girl Who Leapt Through Time + I've read Qualia the Purple)

Parts of Haruhi deal with time travel.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Help Im Alive posted:

I've seen these and a little Haruhi but I thought the time travel stuff in that was the endless eight thing people complained about

Also I haven't seen any Gintama

Haruhi has a lot of loops, though I think only two are done in the anime.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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I just found shakugan no shana really boring personally. Something about its pacing and tone made the show really drag.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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VostokProgram posted:

I don't think I'll get good results from posting in Games, so is it okay if I ask for VN recommendations here? I was gifted World End Economica and I thought it was good so now I'm looking to explore more of the medium. I don't have any particular genre in mind, just want to try the "classics". Preferably on Steam, or otherwise easily accessible for a dumb English-speaker.

Steins;gate

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Admittedly, the resolution makes a lot more sense in the visual novel format than it does in the anime, mostly because it basically acknowledges all the various replays that you'd have to do to get the ideal ending, but the anime does a decent enough job.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Help Im Alive posted:

I'm making an anime combining the rules of karuta + yu-gi-oh no one steal my idea

It's been done, or at least some goon tried to combine the two into some playable game at one point.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls if you don't mind idols.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Japex posted:

Things I Like:
Anohana
Paranoia Agent
The Lost Village
Kokoro Connect
Spirted Away
Paprika
Howl's Moving Castle
Grave of Fireflies
My Neighbor Totoro
When Marnie Was There
Speed Grapher
NANA
Ergo Proxy
Shinreigari: GHOST HOUND
Cowboy Bebop
Time of Eve
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Usagi Drop
Welcome to the NHK
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Things I found enjoyable, but are not exactly 'good':
Another
Kill la Kill
Elfen Lied
Claymore
Dragon Ball Super
Code Geass
Psycho-Pass (Season 1)
GANTZ
Ouran High School Host Club
Fruits Basket
Tokyo Ghoul
Naruto: Shippuden
Bleach
Knights of Sidonia
Mobile Suit Gundam: SEED
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls

JUST OKAY:
Nichijou
Black Lagoon
Lucky Star
Cromartie High School
One Piece
Samurai Champloo
Madoka Magica
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Things that are okay, but either too slow or repetitive:
Hell Girl
xxxHolic
Mushishi
Monster
Haibane Renmei
Serial Experiments Lain

Things I don't like:
Trigun
Tokyo Godfathers
Akira
Soul Eater
Psycho-Pass (Season 2)
Azumanga Daioh
Hidamari Sketch
Yuru Yuri
Strawberry Panic
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
Tatamai Galaxy
Steins;Gate
K-ON!

What an odd mixed list, considering there are things that share genres in your like and don't like list. Give Shirobako, Kyousougiga, Hanasaku Iroha, Erased, and Eccentric Family a shot.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Tuxedo Catfish posted:

Based on your liked list, watch:
- Revolutionary Girl Utena,
- the weirder / lesser known Ghibli movies that you haven't got around to yet (I saw Kiki's Delivery Service for the first time a month or two back, it was good)
- The Woman Named Fujiko Mine (you like a couple of Mari Okada shows and it's probably her best)
- literally anything by Masaaki Yuasa because everyone should do that and you seem to have the requisite tolerance for "weird" animation.
- Kyousougiga is a recommendation that i will second

Based on a combination of what you liked and what you thought was okay, watch:
- Steins;Gate; it's a little bit like Welcome to the NHK except not as brutally unforgiving to its protagonist and his sci-fi conspiracy theories are real

Based on your "I'm embarassed to like this" list, watch Mirai Nikki. Imagine something as trashy as Elfen Lied or GANTZ except written by someone who a) isn't a complete shithead and b) knows how plot structure works

He put Steins;gate in his don't like list. :ssh:

Hard to pin Jagex's interests down due to that.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Captain Invictus posted:

Just saw video girl ai pop up on kissmanga. I remember seeing ads all the time for that in magazines when I was a kid, is it any good? Says it's completed.

Not really. It's not really a well-written story I'd easily recommend.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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eatenmyeyes posted:

I'm a few episodes into Utena and liking it so far. Seriously though, how many times are they going to show her climbing those stairs?

Forever and you're gonna like it!

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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AfricanBootyShine posted:

How many episodes should I watch to get a good feel for it? I just forced myself through the first episode, and it feels like a product of a random shounen generator.


It's a visual art form, if the visuals are mediocre it's going to take a lot to make up for it imo. JoJo was great because the design was so far off the wall, and DiU excelled in its use of color.

It's hard to say, because the show goes through some large shifts and introduces new elements with each new arc. Like what a lot of people love is HxH's nen system, and it isn't properly introduced until 30 episodes in, and even then, it doesn't get really creative until the next few arcs where it gets more developed. Despite that, I also really loved the Hunter exams at the beginning as well, cause it's a fun set of tests that are themselves fairly creative and show off the scope of that world.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Onani Master Kurosawa is actually very good though? I tend to like Molester Man more, but both are very good.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Revitalized posted:

1) I loved Steins;gate and the big epiphany/revelation at the end (how everything fits together; the masterplan)

Then I watched Erased. Loved that too. Also sort of a big reveal and payoff. Both of these also grabbed me really early on as I needed to know how everything was gonna play out.

Is there anything else that's like that? Some grand mystery with a sweet payoff where everything falls into place. Doesn't have to be time travel, but I suppose a good time travel story lends itself to big epiphany payoffs in the end.


2) Separate question that is a little more vague, where can I find more gun action like this:
https://files.catbox.moe/8cti5d.webm
I watched Under the Dog and loved the action sequences of it. Unfortunately as far as I can tell, they've given up on the project after episode 0. Anything that has action sequences like that above clip? Doesn't have to be a schoolgirl. Or it can.


3) Is there anything that's like the first episode of Gai Rei Zero? Except like, a whole season of that, not just one teasing episode?

Read the umineko VN or manga. The anime is bad though unfortunately. VN's strong points is having super kick-rear end music.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Yeah Fate/Zero basically spoils the big twists of F/SN's 1st and 3rd route. Also of note is that Fate/Zero's plotlines don't actually have any completed animated follow-up yet other than the 2006 adaptation which is a messy version of the 1st route. UBW focus's more on Shirou/Archer stuff and kills off the fate/zero plot threads, so it's somewhat disconnected (though still important in setting up plot elements in Heaven's Feel). Heaven's Feel's first movie did finally come out, so the proper conclusion to both Fate and Zero is eventually coming out.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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BigRed0427 posted:

Hey all, I'm kind of just now getting back into anime and manga. So let's ask for two recommendations.

First up I recently finished Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. Loved it. It's sweet, gay as hell, I think it's funny, and just all around chill. It reminds me of stuff like Azumanga Daioh and Haruhi Suzumiya. More stuff like that would be great.

Second, lets go for some darker superhero/action orientated stuff that still manages to be uplifting in the end. Stuff like Madoka Magica and Neon Genesis Evengellion.

And, this might be a big ask, but try to recommend stuff that doesn't feature as much of the creepier stuff that anime is known for as possible.

Not super action oriented but Princess Tutu

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Jenny Angel posted:

If I watch exactly one isekai anime, which one should it be? Is it Konosuba?

Escaflowne is cool

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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there wolf posted:

Can anyone recommend a good anime for young kids, something with a narrative and lots of episodes? We're trying to avoid Pokemon.

Digimon and Precure would be my go-to for long children's anime with narrative. Astro Boy would be a solid pick too, just know that that hong kong subs covers the 2nd half of it since no one ever fansubbed it fully.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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3 plots, alchemist, train, and the sister looking to find out about her brother. Each are a year apart. The opening and closing episodes are just characters trying to frame the story as they try to organize it, but they're only tangentially connected to the sister's plot in that they're part of the newspaper that she ends up going to for help.

Allarion fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Apr 21, 2018

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Sounds like hyper action Magical girls considering the mention of Nanoha, so yeah, Symphogear. You even get more Nana Mizuki in it

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Capital Letdown posted:

I finished Hajime No Ippo and am looking for something along those lines - something about a plucky young bastard with a heart of gold just training his rear end off to be the best he can be.

On that sense, I also watched Hunter x Hunter and similarly loved it for it's insanity and mayhem ... but also about those plucky young bastards with hearts of gold just training their asses off in a world where Cell likes to play board games.

I don't have a whole lot else to go off of but ... maybe I love sports anime? I'm not sure!

Watch Haikyuu

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Capital Letdown posted:

So far I'm not really getting grabbed by Haikyu. I'm on the seventh episode, so I don't know if it'll start to grab me more. It hasn't focused a ton on the training aspect as much (it did a little bit before they started the first 3 on 3 match), does it get into it more in the future? I'll stick with it if there's a certain threshold of episodes where it tips a certain way.

So before coming here I've watched:

Hajime No Ippo (loved it)
Hunter x Hunter (loved it)

From this thread I was recommended Run with the Wind, which I also loved, and Haikyu I'm a little meh on.

Thanks for the help guys!

There’s a certain point where haikyuu just becomes amazing. Also there’s more training in the future. They haven’t even assembled a full team yet where you’re at nor have they met their main big rivals so I say keep going at it since you’re still in the building the team phase.

Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Neddy Seagoon posted:

Brotherhood does have one very minor failing in that it skips over a small manga arc that the first show adapted which introduces a fairly-regular secondary character in the mid/late parts of the show. He just kinda pops into existence complaining about those damned Elric Brothers not letting him get away with his Scooby Plans in his past.

Really you can get the best of both worlds by watching the original series up to about episode 12-13 when it wraps up the Elric's childhood flashbacks and move on to Brotherhood.

Sure, but you'd have to ignore certain homonculus characterizations and a few character deaths in the original if you go that route. Like I'm pretty sure they killed off that secondary character in the original anime

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Allarion
May 16, 2009

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Blaziken386 posted:

inspired by NGE becoming popular again, I sat down and watched it, it was fun, but now I'm out and need a new fix.
Looking for something like FMA/Mob Psycho/Madoka/NGE/TTGL, ie: heavy on the overarching themes/symbolism, isn't afraid to beat you over the head with them, and is/was popular for good reason.

sidenote: the adtr wiki linked in the OP is, uh, up for sale

Try the Ghost in the Shell Movies, and also the Stand Alone Complex tv show. Also Satoshi Kon stuff in general.

EDIT: Also Princess Tutu and Utena!

Allarion fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jun 25, 2019

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