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Propitious Jerk
Sep 13, 2010

Bad Purchase posted:

I'm currently trying to watch Evangelion for the first time. I never got around to it during my anime phase in the early-mid 2000s and people still hype that show today. I'm 4 episodes in, and the pedo poo poo is impossible to ignore and really uncomfortable. I wish some fan group would do edits of all the classic 90s and 2000s animes and just scrub out the weird teenage crotch shots and "accidental" boob grabbing.

Since the mid 2000s the only anime I've gotten into is JoJo, which is probably a double standard because it's full of teenage muscle men, but I'm fond of the style and humor after the first season.

Hmm, does Neo Yokio count as anime? Someone convinced me to watch that last year and it was great. Somehow the writers created a series where Jaden Smith's involvement actually makes the show better, not worse.

If you're looking for something more grounded you could give Monster a watch. It's a slow burn dramatic thriller, set in mid-nineties Germany, about a surgeon unknowingly saving the life of a serial killer and trying to hunt him down. This thread prompted me to give it a watch and it has been quite good so far. It was created by Naoki Urasawa who won a couple Eisner awards for 20th Century Boys (a fantastic comic).

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Sherry Bahm
Jul 30, 2003

filled with dolphins

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

Like I'm just gonna be upfront, I don't super get the whole "horny is always illegal and liking horny things is shameful" thing with goons, I don't really care if a series is horny as long as it's a) horny for adults and not children, and b) not solely an excuse for horny and has other cool poo poo going on

You're really gonna go the "you're just a bunch of prudes" angle?

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

Bad Purchase posted:

I'm currently trying to watch Evangelion for the first time. I never got around to it during my anime phase in the early-mid 2000s and people still hype that show today. I'm 4 episodes in, and the pedo poo poo is impossible to ignore and really uncomfortable. I wish some fan group would do edits of all the classic 90s and 2000s animes and just scrub out the weird teenage crotch shots and "accidental" boob grabbing.

It gets better after the first 8 episodes or so, though the pedoness gets more sparse, less cliche, and less gratuitous; it gets simultaneously more intense.

VideoTapir fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Dec 13, 2019

Necros
Jul 23, 2003

Post the sickest AMVs you got...

Rad-daddio
Apr 25, 2017
Anyone else a fan of Wangan Midnight? I can get behind that kind of anime.

The movie based on the anime was okay too.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

LORD OF BOOTY posted:

oh yikes apparently me liking Fate started A Thing

the thing is you really have to ignore literally anything not directly called Fate/stay night or Fate/zero. if it does not have "stay night" or "zero" after the slash, it's at best not meant for normal people and at worst outright loving garbage. most of the negative perceptions of the series as being "HISTORICAL FIGURES, NOW WITH BIG TITS AND/OR AS CHILDREN IN STRIPPER CLOTHES" comes from the god-awful spinoffs. (i'm still loving mad at Apocrypha for thinking that Jack the Ripper design was in any way, shape, or form okay.)

the main canon of the series, which as far as anime is concerned is currently Fate/zero -> Unlimited Blade Works -> Heaven's Feel, has precisely one gender-swapped historical figure, who wears full plate armor for 95% of the story (because she's King Arthur). it also has no children in stripper clothes. actually most of the historical figures are dudes, even.

instead, in Fate/zero, you get one of the most entertaining protagonists i've ever seen, a guy who chooses to fight in Wizard Highlander using the incredible magical powers of "having a big fuckin' gun" and "being willing to shoot people with his big fuckin' gun." at one point, one of the other jackass wizards sets up all these stupid traps in a hotel, and the show makes it look like the protag's gonna have to fight his way up to the top floor The Raid-style... and then it just cuts to the protag in a parking garage, holding a detonator and casually smoking a cig. he then presses the button and the whole loving building collapses on rear end in a top hat Wizard. because Emiya Kiritsugu is a stone cold motherfucker among stone cold motherfuckers.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
i like this and even i dont know what the gently caress you're talking about

Pennywise the Frown
May 10, 2010

Upset Trowel

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

It's got nothing to do with horny and everything to do with pointing and laughing at you because you enjoy a form of entertainment that requires you to be constantly vigilant for child porn.

lol, yeah but seriously.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.

Rad-daddio posted:

Anyone else a fan of Wangan Midnight? I can get behind that kind of anime.

The movie based on the anime was okay too.

The Z magically changed from a 2 seater to a 2+2

Nastyman
Jul 11, 2007

There they sit
at the foot of the mountain
Taking hits
of the sacred smoke
Fire rips at their lungs
Holy mountain take us away
All my animes are gay as gently caress. If there is a child on screen that child better be 6'4" and swole as a motherfucker. I want to see fabulous men posing in slutty outfits and throwing dump trucks at eachother, not watch a relatable but socially awkward dork bobbing for titties.

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018
People who watch Eva should be put on a watchlist. The guy who made that made Secret of Blue Water, which is like a pedophile's take on a Studio Ghibli film.

Propitious Jerk
Sep 13, 2010
Pretty much everything Satoshi Kon directed is good and it's anime. Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millennium Actress, Paranoia Agent; all great.

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Paprika was dumb

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018

VideoTapir posted:

Paprika was dumb

You're dumb.

Propitious Jerk
Sep 13, 2010

VideoTapir posted:

Paprika was dumb

Oh yeah? Would a dumb movie contain this scene?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-QpfLV8dQw

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
It would contain exactly that. Also some of Susumu Hirasawa's worst music.

YagotmeIdidit
Jan 10, 2018

VideoTapir posted:

It would contain exactly that. Also some of Susumu Hirasawa's worst music.

Yeah but it doesn't have a teenage protagonist jerking off to a comatose teenage girl like Eva does, does it?

Salem Saberhagen
Feb 23, 2009

Propitious Jerk posted:

Pretty much everything Satoshi Kon directed is good and it's anime. Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue, Paprika, Millennium Actress, Paranoia Agent; all great.

Paranoia Agent! Forgot about that gem. Thanks for reminding me.

Julius CSAR
Oct 3, 2007

by sebmojo
https://archive.org/details/AMVHell4

Dr. Fraiser Chain
May 18, 2004

Redlining my shit posting machine


SmokaDustbowl
Feb 12, 2001

by vyelkin
Fun Shoe

Necros posted:

Post the sickest AMVs you got...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzzrzGyKo6g

Homeless Friend
Jul 16, 2007

Your Moms Ahegao posted:

Beastars is the only good show of this season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgo9dJB_icw

oh poo poo they made a beastars anime

Creamed Cormp
Jan 8, 2011

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Tin Can Hit Man posted:

Someone should explain Mana Transfer in the Fate series in excruciating detail so as to avoid any further confusion.

You put your p0n0s to the girl's vag000 and you jam it in!

I thought people would know by now

Miserable Maid
Apr 22, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Goodpancakes posted:

No one cares if you like a horny show if it's about adults. But also don't be surprised if we don't believe you when you tell us you get the best wings at a strip joint, and it's really about the buffet.

This is actually A SUPER GOOD analogy

esperterra
Mar 24, 2010

SHINee's back




Miserable Maid posted:

This is actually A SUPER GOOD analogy

tea

VideoTapir
Oct 18, 2005

He'll tire eventually.
Watching the evolution of anime over the last few decades is like watching the progression of a chronic disease

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Miserable Maid
Apr 22, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
The problem is, a lot of anime productions made the worst mistake you can make, catering to the hardcore fans. Because otaku were willing to pay insane prices for Blu-ray, and merch, they tried going after them more.

Eventually, they slowly but surely pushed themselves into the corner with an awful cycle, getting further and further into moeblob shows and nasty "Loli" type crap, as freaks would pay out the rear end for it, and suddenly it's all degenerate poo poo that scares away normal people.

Luckily, it seems there's more and more anime that's humorous or critical of current anime trends, slowly making more accessible and good cartoons.

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