What anime are you watching right now? (AKA RT is getting back into anime SAVE HIM) [Archive]

Regulus Tera

05-25-2008, 06:18 AM

It's so strong... the vortex is so strong...
After a re-run of Rurouni Kenshin and swallowing Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann like crazy, Regulus has started to come back to the world of Japanese animation. Tired of the re-used footage from before the turn of the century, Tera has decided to focus on whatever works from this decade that may merit (or not) his attention. This is what he is looking at right now:
I cannot fight against it. The big eyes, the coloured hair, the kawaii... Code Geass R2: I already explained my opinion about this one in many other threads. It breaks all levels of stupidity and I love it because of that.
Kurenai: A story about a high school dispute mediator who suddenly is charged with the task of taking care of a seven-year old girl. Not as creepy as it sounds. It actually is a very interesting tale about family and the character relationships are outstanding. Plus, the animation is gorgeous.
Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: This one is taking me a while because I refuse to watch the English subs (it's not as if the puns are going to make any more sense in that language anyway). Suffice it to say that the hijinks of a suicidal teacher and his class of misfits are still hilarious during the second season, going as far as having a battle against an alien force while one of the students tries to bone the teacher's niece/son/I don't remember.
Soul Eater: Developed by Studio Bones of Full Metal Alchemist fame, I was expecting a bit more from this one. It's a story about Soul Hunters going to an academy or some shit like that (they haven't made it clear). It's standard shounen garbage. However, I love the art design, which is probably the only reason I still keep up with it after six episodes of no plot advancement (FUCK BLACK STAR).
Itazura na Kiss: About a girl who has a crush on the top student of her class. The guy's a jerk though. Force her to live with him after her house collapses and wacky stuff ensues. This is probably my second guilty pleasure of the season.
The Daughter of the Twenty Faces: AKA Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief. Based on the work of novelist Ranpo Edogawa, this one is the story of a girl who follows the steps of an art thief. The mindjobs are hilarious and awesome and I totally recommend it.
Macross Frontier: My only exposure to Macross before this was through Robotech. As far as I remember, I only watched it until the ship showed its capabilities to transform into a giant robot. I've found that Frontier, with its high production values, variable fighters, and love triangles, is the kind of romp anime that I used to be attracted to in my early teen years but for some reason I never could watch. I guess it's time to be decultured (Ranka is cute, by the way).
Please, please. Somebody help me... anyone...
So what about any of the anime fans that may still be hiding in NPF? What are you enjoying at the moment? I guess this place could also be the one to discuss their developments.

Eltargrim

05-25-2008, 08:58 AM

From this season, Geass R2, trying to track down Zoku, watching Soul Eater, and catching Golgo 13 when it comes out. I also have a backlog as long as my arm with some pretty unconventional stuff. I tried RD Sennou Chosashitsu, but couldn't get into the character designs. Still haven't finished Baccano, to my neverending shame.

NonCon

05-25-2008, 09:32 AM

D. Gray Man is pretty good. I've only seen about eight episodes in, but I've read up to volume eight of the manga, and all seems well so far.

Zoku wins. The last episode was one of my favorite. You get a Hatsune Miku cameo.

Other than that, have been having trouble finding something that catches my interest of late.

TopHatAssassin

05-25-2008, 12:11 PM

I've picked up Gantz again, into the second season. It's not too bad, kind of plods along though (they talk way too much and the main character is kinda stupid). However, the guns and the boobs and the action make up for it, as well as the story.

Grenadier, too. I've only see the first two or three episodes, but they were pretty neat.

Donomni

05-25-2008, 12:24 PM

I probably can't help. I normally just stick to dubs that are easily available.

42PETUNIAS

05-25-2008, 04:10 PM

Absolutely none of them.

It's really great, you should try it, instead of all these previous recommendations.

Lord of Joshelplex

05-25-2008, 05:56 PM

Gad Guard.

Eltargrim

05-25-2008, 06:08 PM

Gad Guard.

Look, I know you like Gad Guard, but I highly doubt you're re-watching it again. Find something new to discuss.

On the new topic, episode 8 of Geass R2 is out. Diethart is GAR for Zero.

EDIT: Big lolwut. Z for Zero indeed.

Regulus Tera

05-25-2008, 08:27 PM

Something I'm surprised I like about Macross is the CGI. Normally it feels tacked on and too outstanding for the series' good. I think it works in this one because the scenes with 3D effects are separated, for the most part, from the traditionally animated ones.

Absolutely none of them.

It's really great, you should try it, instead of all these previous recommendations.

Too late, I'm already lost to the kawaii.

On the new topic, episode 8 of Geass R2 is out. Diethart is GAR for Zero.

EDIT: Big lolwut. Z for Zero indeed.

Episode Six reminded me why I hated Geass' copouts so much. Episode Seven was okay, if a bit slow, though the end was incredibly awesome. Episode Eight is the biggest mindfuck ever and I cannot believe the writers got away with that.

Flarecobra

05-25-2008, 08:34 PM

Xenosaga, and Rangorok.

EVILNess

05-25-2008, 08:52 PM

Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

First Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro.

Think Detective Conan, except Conan is a demon form hell and Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore in America) is a high school girl who is basically forced into being the demon's front man while he solves cases. Also, there is a living ponytail that does secretarial work for them.

Now, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

What can I say about this? Hmm. Basically, Haruhi Suzumiya is a teenage girl with the God-like powers to manipulate reality, but isn't aware of them. She gets bored easy, and instinctively destroys all of reality and replaces it with something more exciting whenever she is bored. So, her "friends" try to keep her occupied so she doesn't destroy all of reality. Umm, yea.

Eltargrim

05-25-2008, 09:25 PM

Now, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Cannot wait until season 2 :D

Robert Paulson

05-25-2008, 09:40 PM

Anime series I'm watching? Well, most of the anime I'm watching right now are "classic" series I'm seeing for the first time, though by dubious means. (read, over the intarwebz for free.) All of the regulars around these parts will have already seen these shows hundreds of times, so I'll keep their descriptions brief, and amusing.

Let's see, what have I been watching recently:

FLCL: I . . . I can't find words to describe FLCL. It is the weirdest thing I have ever seen in my life. A little too weird for my tastes. Has good music, though.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: It's about teenage kids who pilot machines called Evangelions, and they fight these things called Angels. Has awesome action sequences, but the later episodes seem to exist only to screw with your mind. It's a decent "mecha" series, but unlike most anime fans, I wouldn't consider it a classic.

Trigun: It's about a guy in a red coat. He never kills anyone, and he's a complete dork. He's accompanied by two women from an insurance agency, and a traveling priest. They're also complete dorks. I'm enjoying the Trigun anime a lot more than the Trigun manga. You should check it out if you haven't.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Hey, you already described a series I recently watched! Well then in that case, my thoughts on Haruhi. I really, really, really like Haruhi. It's the funniest anime series I've ever seen. The show is cute. Haruhi is cute. I'm even tempted to buy episodes on DVD. That's how much I like it.

And lastly, on adultswim.com, Death Note: It's about a boy who finds a notebook that lets him kill people if he writes their names in it. He plans to use it to rid the world of all people he considers evil, but he is opposed by a super-smart detective. I know that, for whatever reason, most of the people on this messageboard don't like DN, but I love it. I am addicted. I will watch it until the end.

Sorry if I don't have anything new to recommend, but otherwise, that's everything on my end.

P.S. Don't ever watch Code Geass unless if you're a masochist.

Regulus Tera

05-25-2008, 10:04 PM

P.S. Don't ever watch Code Geass unless if you're a masochist.

Or if you want to laugh histerically week after week.

It's what I do and I'm enjoying it.

Lord of Joshelplex

05-25-2008, 11:42 PM

Look, I know you like Gad Guard, but I highly doubt you're re-watching it again. Find something new to discuss.

He hasnt watched it yet, and thus, he has to or he will never know true happiness.

Also, watch the whole Dragonball saga. DO IT!

Eltargrim

05-25-2008, 11:48 PM

He hasnt watched it yet, and thus, he has to or he will never know true happiness.

Also, watch the whole Dragonball saga. DO IT!

See, the latter precludes the worth of the former, there. Because, regardless of how you feel about the original, or DBZ, that includes Dragonball GT. Which is a steaming pile.

RT and I are of one mind, it seems. Thanks for letting me know about Kurenai, I'm loving it. The OP scares me, though.

Sparkster, the scenes in FLCL were quite often filmed around the music. It is much more common to cut the music to fit the scene. This approach helps give it it's fluid feel. For the record, FLCL is one of my favourite series.

Lord of Joshelplex

05-25-2008, 11:59 PM

See, the latter precludes the worth of the former, there. Because, regardless of how you feel about the original, or DBZ, that includes Dragonball GT. Which is a steaming pile.

None of them are actually good. Doesnt mean I dont love them though.

For the record, i though GT was really good, mainly casue it wasbnt ridiculously long and drawn out, and c asue SS4 Gogeta was a badass.

Savage Thinking

05-26-2008, 12:21 AM

And lastly, on adultswim.com, Death Note: It's about a boy who finds a notebook that lets him kill people if he writes their names in it. He plans to use it to rid the world of all people he considers evil, but he is opposed by a super-smart detective. I know that, for whatever reason, most of the people on this messageboard don't like DN, but I love it. I am addicted. I will watch it until the end.
Ya see, the first couple episodes of Death Note I thought were pretty good. I really found the series to be interesting. As the series progressed however, I thought it really failed at character development and the main characters came off as too 'perfect' and just ended up annoying the hell out of me.

Also, I felt the story was dragged on and should've ended way before it actually did.

bananarama

05-26-2008, 02:45 AM

Watching:

Baccano (or the last few episodes which are coming out on DVDs): I lurves this anime. It's set in Prohibition-era America with gangsters and all that along with supernatural elements (immortals and alchemy). It gets ridiculous at times (come on, it's a bunch of native japanese people trying to create a representation of Prohibition-era America)

Code Geass R2: I lurves this anime as well. Getting a lot more happier now that they're avoiding parallels with the first season and I am DLing the 8th ep as we speak.

Kurenai: Nothing more to add beyond what was said already. This anime is great.

Golgo 13: I just started this a day or so ago so I can't add much, but from what I have seen, it's about this fucking badass called Golgo 13, who kills people while waving his mighty cock around. I wish to learn more....

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki: Aww shit uhhhhhh.... lessee if I can try to explain this... there's this guy, Ouka, and he meets this crazy ass motherfucker catgirl, Kyouka, whom he finds out that he has to marry as part of a plan to save the world from some big bad monster reawakening in his children. The plan basically is starting a family with the children of this monster and trying to save them from their world-destroying fate. The children happen to be: Kyouka, a little girl, a gay guy, a biological weapon (robot), a lion, and errr.. a jellyfish.... needless to say, crazy hijinks ensue.

Elminster_Amaur

05-26-2008, 11:54 AM

I can't believe no one has mentioned To-Love-Ru!

Come one now people, I cannot be alone in my love for this series.

Opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGIMwz0lJo)
The above, and her transformation sequence should be enough to get you guys interested in the show.

Osterbaum

05-26-2008, 04:13 PM

At the moment, only those shows that last forever. 'Cause I need new entertainment every week.

So, One Piece.

Fifthfiend

05-26-2008, 05:18 PM

Black Lagoon. A Japanese desk jockey gets kidnapped by mercenaries and ends up deciding fuck being a desk jockey and gets a job with the mercenaries. Fun and surprisingly deep.

Also I just shot through a bunch of episodes of that one where the teenage boy kills himself using magic and the three crazy bitches keep trying to bang him anyway even though he's a ghost so they can get his super-magical genes. It was pretty good of what I watched.

Lord of Joshelplex

05-26-2008, 05:21 PM

Dude, what the hell do you watch?

Tev

05-26-2008, 05:47 PM

Also I just shot through a bunch of episodes of that one where the teenage boy kills himself using magic and the three crazy bitches keep trying to bang him anyway even though he's a ghost so they can get his super-magical genes. It was pretty good of what I watched.

Dude, what the hell do you watch?Marhobaro or something spelled kinda like that. It was actually kinda cute for that genre of anime.

Right now I'm watching something similar from that same "harem" genre about a human boy who accidentally gets transferred to a high school for monsters. He befriends a cute vampire girl who has some kinda of slip personality disorder where she goes from cute clumsy bubbly lover to psychotically strong vampire killing machine if the rosary holding back her power is taken off. He's also got a succubus-type girl following him around now too, and, if the previews are to be believed then i think we are due for two more girls, one of which might be a were-wolf type

I'm also watching one called So Long, Mr. Despair, which I find rather entertaining.

Flarecobra

05-26-2008, 06:22 PM

Right now I'm watching something similar from that same "harem" genre about a human boy who accidentally gets transferred to a high school for monsters. He befriends a cute vampire girl who has some kinda of slip personality disorder where she goes from cute clumsy bubbly lover to psychotically strong vampire killing machine if the rosary holding back her power is taken off. He's also got a succubus-type girl following him around now too, and, if the previews are to be believed then i think we are due for two more girls, one of which might be a were-wolf type

You have intregued me. What's the name of this show?

Tev

05-26-2008, 06:32 PM

The title is "'____'+Vampire." I can't think of the full thing right now but I'll look at it when I get home and post up the title here for you. It seems kinda cute and I think it's only like 12-15 episodes so you get a really fun story without having to sit through a whole 24-26 ep season.

I've been working on several other titles as well, but those two were the most recent one's I have started up.

NonCon

05-26-2008, 06:59 PM

rosario is the word your looking for. haven't checked it out, but been a little tempted

Tev

05-26-2008, 07:27 PM

Yep, that's the one.

Flarecobra

05-26-2008, 07:35 PM

Tev

05-26-2008, 07:36 PM

Watch Black Blood Brothers. It's very good, and just short enough to be fun and not begin to drag on you.

Regulus Tera

05-26-2008, 08:59 PM

RT and I are of one mind, it seems. Thanks for letting me know about Kurenai, I'm loving it. The OP scares me, though.

For some reason I'm always reminded of this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=W3unWr_b2Ew) when watching it. Most unfitting OP of the season.

Kurenai: Nothing more to add beyond what was said already. This anime is great.

ZOMG AT EPISODE EIGHT. That was incredible. This show keeps getting better and better.

I can't believe no one has mentioned To-Love-Ru!

To-Love-Ru! is like a watered down Kanokon. Both series suck though.

Truce

05-27-2008, 07:00 PM

Currently going through Zoids Genesis, because I'm a sucker for any type of robot shows. Macross Frontier and Code Geass are, thus, a given.

Aquarion TV was okay, but the OVA won it for me.

Teenagers with Psychic Powers piloting an orgasm-powered Super Robot fight evil Shadow Angels from Atlandia who feed on human lifeforce.

Katuko

05-28-2008, 03:21 PM

I've been sick for a few days, so I took the opportunity to watch the first 8 episodes of Gurren Lagann... I NEED MORE! I just have to see what happens next.

Griever

05-29-2008, 05:44 AM

Well I'm currently watching a bunch of stuff. On a classic kick with Cowboy Bebop, Scryed, and Gungrave right now. Great shows all. Also watching two off RT's list, Soul Eater and Daughter of Twenty faces. Soul Eater's art is really unique but considering that the first three episodes were prologues and the last three haven't really done much of anything it's not for everyone. I do agree about Black Star, he is really annoying. Daughter of Twenty Faces has a classic 70's or 80's anime look and feel to it but the story is very good so far. Considering watching Kenshin again but that takes time. Then maybe I'll get around to the other 5 or so titles I've been meaning to watch but put off.

greed

05-29-2008, 07:57 AM

Ok, looked it up in Wikipedia...and it seems pretty interesting.

And I looked over the shared media network we got, and here's all the stuff I have access to (Red means I've seen it already)

Afro Samuari
Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge
Angelic Layer
Avatar
Bakuretsu_tenshi
Basilisk
Batman
Batman Beyond
Beck
Berserk
Black Blood Brothers
Black Lagoon
Bleach
Blue Gender
Burst Angle
Claymore
Cowboy Bebop (Series+movie)
Darker then Black
Devil May Cry
Divergance EVE
Dragonball
DBZ
Elfen Lied
Ergo Proxy
Evangelion
Final Approach
Final Fantasy 7: Last Order
FLCL
FMA
Full Metal Panic!
Future Boy Conan
Ghost in the shell
GITS: 2nd Gig
Godannar
Godannar Zwei
G Gundam
Gungrave
Hellsing (Series and OVA)
Love Hina
Lunar Legond Tsukimine
Metropolis
Narutaru
Naruto
Ninja Scroll
One Piece
Outlaw Star
Paprika
Ruroni Kenshin/Samuari X
Samuari Champloo
Samuari Keeper Kyo
Shadow Skill
Street Fighter 2
Trigun
Tsubasa
Ultra Maniac
Wolf's Rain
X
Xenosaga

If you liked Cowboy Bebop, try Samurai Champloo, I assume you did like it seeing as you saw both the series and the movie. Same people, similar style though different enough to be satisfying. Well Mugen's very reminiscient of Spike, but that's mostly the voice, not the personality.

Cowboy Bebop is what I'm watching myself right now, got the boxset earlier this week. Also some Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and if it counts Yugioh the Abridged series.

To-Love-Ru! is like a watered down Kanokon. Both series suck though.

You got to give the guys who made Kanokon something though, I don't think I've ever seen a series tread so close to being porn without actually being porn. Well it probably counts as softcore, but I don't count that.

Also on Rosario+Vampire, the manga is a lot better, as it is sadly too often.

Edit: On Soul Eater, it really picks up after the first few chapters into one of the better and more unusual fighting shonen around. So if the anime holds to that formula, stick with it, it should be worth it.

Regulus Tera

05-29-2008, 08:31 AM

You got to give the guys who made Kanokon something though, I don't think I've ever seen a series tread so close to being porn without actually being porn. Well it probably counts as softcore, but I don't count that.

If I count it as porn then it totally defeats the purpose of porn.

If I count it as softcore then it becomes completely creepy.

On Soul Eater, it really picks up after the first few chapters into one of the better and more unusual fighting shonen around. So if the anime holds to that formula, stick with it, it should be worth it.

After the first few chapters? It's eight episodes in, with Stein having beaten Kurona already. The first DVD will contain three episodes for 5250yen, and subsequent DVDs will contain four episodes for 6300yen. That means that, as of now, if I were to buy the series I would have paid about 150 bucks. If the show is as mediocre as it is now, why should anyone continue watching? Even if it gets better, there's no reason to buy the show at all if the first few volumes are going to be shit, and if you're going to keep downloading a show illegally with no intention of ever buying it, that's piracy in the worst possible way.

When is it going to become any good?

Then maybe I'll get around to the other 5 or so titles I've been meaning to watch but put off.

If one of those titles is not Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann then you should be more like this guy over here:

I've been sick for a few days, so I took the opportunity to watch the first 8 episodes of Gurren Lagann... I NEED MORE! I just have to see what happens next.

In unrelated news, there was no Daughter of the Twenty Faces last week and it seems there's no Code Geass R2 this weekend. I sincerely hope they don't give a break to Macross Frontier or, God forbid, Kurenai. That'd be just cruel.

greed

05-29-2008, 10:17 AM

If I count it as porn then it totally defeats the purpose of porn.

If I count it as softcore then it becomes completely creepy.

After the first few chapters? It's eight episodes in, with Stein having beaten Kurona already. The first DVD will contain three episodes for 5250yen, and subsequent DVDs will contain four episodes for 6300yen. That means that, as of now, if I were to buy the series I would have paid about 150 bucks. If the show is as mediocre as it is now, why should anyone continue watching? Even if it gets better, there's no reason to buy the show at all if the first few volumes are going to be shit, and if you're going to keep downloading a show illegally with no intention of ever buying it, that's piracy in the worst possible way.

When is it going to become any good?

On Kanokon I was exaggerating a bit, but basically I meant from what I've seen of it, it had a lot more fanservice and is more blatant about it than is normal for that kind of anime. I didn't see much of it, just what I saw when someone was arguing about ecchi anime and linked to a scene in the street.

On Soul Eater, I don't know about the anime, but the manga really picks up in the Kishin arc. Course I liked the start of the manga too, so maybe we have different tastes. So still a while off for it to get into it's stride. By your rationale I'd stop watching.

Eltargrim

05-30-2008, 12:21 AM

In unrelated news, there was no Daughter of the Twenty Faces last week and it seems there's no Code Geass R2 this weekend. I sincerely hope they don't give a break to Macross Frontier or, God forbid, Kurenai. That'd be just cruel.

Shut up shut up shut up shut up! I was just jiving for my fix, and now you tell me they're out of crack and heroin?! God-damn this weekend is going to be long.

bananarama

06-03-2008, 04:02 AM

ZOMG AT EPISODE EIGHT. That was incredible. This show keeps getting better and better.
Yeah and ep 9 just made me fucking cry. I just can't stop watching this....

Also yay I can finally cross Baccano! of my list! Now I have enough time to finish Gankutsou....

Eltargrim

06-03-2008, 08:09 AM

Banana, the funny thing is I went about it the other way. I'm still working on Baccano.

Episode 9 made me mad. I've been talking with other people about it, and apparently in the light novels events are a little less realistic, and Shinkuro is a much better fighter. They toned up the realism, but they basically turned him from wussy-awesome to just wussy. I am displeased.

Regulus Tera

06-03-2008, 01:44 PM

Kurenai 9 was interesting, predictable, and oh so pedotastic.

Episode 9 made me mad. I've been talking with other people about it, and apparently in the light novels events are a little less realistic, and Shinkuro is a much better fighter. They toned up the realism, but they basically turned him from wussy-awesome to just wussy. I am displeased.

You make me mad.

Eltargrim

06-03-2008, 04:27 PM

Mission accomplished! :D

Truce

06-06-2008, 09:27 AM

Also I just shot through a bunch of episodes of that one where the teenage boy kills himself using magic and the three crazy bitches keep trying to bang him anyway even though he's a ghost so they can get his super-magical genes. It was pretty good of what I watched.

I don't know how I missed this the first time, but...yeah, Maburaho was pretty good. I always loved the ending too.

I've got to say that the guy has some of the worst classmates ever, though.

Nique

06-06-2008, 11:10 AM

I just finished watching Death Note. I'm trying to watch the rest of The Cowboy Bebop movie but for some reason I keep falling asleep during the last half.

I watched one episode of FLCL, I think I will move on to something else though... I don't get it.

Zoinkity

06-06-2008, 11:46 AM

The Girl who Leapt Through Time is my current favorite. As series go, its Kamichu. Its slower moving, but its also absolutely beautiful animation.

Macross Frontier is snazzy. I love how it ties together with Macross Zero, without quite the overwhelming recurrent nudity. Seriously, there technically was only one scene, but they flashback it like every 15 minutes... Zero pulled off the CGI stuff perfectly as well, reserving it primarily for the spiffy combat scenes.

Lord of Joshelplex

06-06-2008, 01:49 PM

FLCL is weird.

Eltargrim

06-06-2008, 02:02 PM

FLCL is hilarious, and surprisingly deep. One of my favourite series by far.

Regulus Tera

06-08-2008, 03:40 PM

I watched one episode of FLCL, I think I will move on to something else though... I don't get it.

All you have to know is that horns = penises. Now give it another chance.

Edit: Kurenai 10 made Tera feel all warm and cozy on the insides, and the preview for 11 looked ZOMG KICKARSE.

Does anyone know how long is this programme going to be?

bananarama

06-08-2008, 07:48 PM

Edit: Kurenai 10 made Tera feel all warm and cozy on the insides, and the preview for 11 looked ZOMG KICKARSE.

Does anyone know how long is this programme going to be?
It's gonna be only 12 eps... Yes, I know! Apparently, we can't have have nice things :(....

Eltargrim

06-08-2008, 08:36 PM

There better damn well be a second season of Kurenai, because I need more than one-and-a-half episodes of badass in my viewing pleasure.

While the end of ep 9 made me sad, the end of ep 10 made me happy. And BSG ep 9 made me very happy. I hope Geass 9 is a good one.

BlackMageGirl!

06-08-2008, 09:26 PM

Soul Eater is a lot better than I thought it would be. Pretty damn new too, it aired in Japan this april. o_0

Still, very very wonderful anime and they're not TRANSLATING IT FAST ENOUGH.

Granis

06-09-2008, 12:06 AM

So apparently some dudes are going to be scanlating the original Mazinger Z manga.

Gentlemen, Pilder on.

NonCon

06-09-2008, 12:18 AM

I'm watching Tokyo Mew Mew so I can audition for some fan series...

Ugh.

Granis

06-09-2008, 04:06 AM

Is it normal that I hate both Gundam 00 and Code Geass?

On Gundam 00: Well, i just don't like a Majority of the characters. the killed off Lockon, the character I liked and made me enjoy the series, and what's worse, it seems they are gutting the Dynames's GN Drive to use in 00 Gundam or "Exia 2.0", killing any chance Dynames will get a kickass sucessor pilot, it happens all the time in the Mecha Genre! I hate Setsuna and Allelujah's personalities, and their Gundam design. pooly done "Gundamification" of Super Robot Wars Original Generations mecha wasn't going to work that well. and the Nadleth looks so stupid with the red Genesic GaoGaiGar hair. Hair on a Gundam worked in G Gundam because Sailor Venus Gundam was hillarious, but the HOTBLOODED MANE OF GENESIC GAOGAIGAR belongs nowhere near a Gundam head.

and Geass: I'm not a fan of CLAMP, pure and Simple, I was originally led to believe that it's "Dunbine-esque" and one or two of the Knightmares look like Cybuster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52H5RoYSjE) the art style is just REALLY REALLY FEMININE to me, and it has all the obnoxious sight gags that turn into internet fads. (Spinzaku etc.) This is why I ended up hating Azumanga Daioh.

Blues

06-09-2008, 05:07 AM

From OP's list, I'm only watching 20 Faces. I hated this show during the first episode but the more I watched, the more I liked. Good one.

Other than that, I keep up on Galaxy Express 999, Black Jack, and Hakaba Kitarou. And re-watching Planetes in chunks at random.

Also, Exosquad.

Narutaru

Just so you know, even though this series starts off being kinda Pokémon-like and shit, eventually it becomes more oriented towards little girls raping each other.

Oh, Japan.

Nique

06-09-2008, 09:31 AM

You know, I have to say this because, well, I'm just getting to the point in my anime viewing exploits that I feel the need to start critiquing. That said, I have a feeling that I'll be lynched for the following;

I've heard it said that Code Geass is like "Deathnote-lite" (no pun intended) or like Deathnote with Mechs, or some other unfavorable comparison. However, after watching all of R1 and the entire Deathnote series, I see Code Geass as an improvement over the Deathnote story in an least one crucial way.

This is spoiler heavy, so please beware!

My main problems stems from Light. He starts and ends as a completely hollow character. The writing did nothing to make me believe that a person so uncharismatic and boring would be motivated enough to become a mass-murderer, even with the convenience of the notebook. He had no conviction, no real motive for wanting to become a god.

Misa had a reason for using the notebook - two very interesting and believable motivators, actually. Light's "opinions" and supposed motivations for becoming Kira were all spelled out to directly without any real supporting elements. He could have shown some real feeling for Misa, obviously a worshiper or Kira - I mean, instead he just views her as a means to an end? I don't get it. If he is trying to make the world a better place, seeing the fruits of his labor should evoke some kind of genuine feeling? And what about his hatred of criminals? He never shows disgust towards the lowlifes of society, he only every stands there with his hands on his hips saying it, which for me was not good enough.

Code Geass on the other hand, while certainly not as Dark in tone (Which only provided an illusion of 'depth' - thank goodness I don't have to skip through that terrible song in Deathnote's second half. UGH.), does provide a main character who, may manipulate people and may not be likable for that reason, DOES have conviction, DOES have motivation, and DOES have reason for what he is doing. He has personal reasons for waging war on Britannia (His mother's death and his sisters safety) and his personal social convictions (the mistreatment of the 11's). It all adds up to him becoming king-terrorist or whatever.

The basic story may be similar, but Code Geass pulls it off better. I mean, at least make me try to understand how the character has come to this point.

Lord of Joshelplex

06-09-2008, 12:06 PM

Granis, I also hate CLAMP.

Granis

06-09-2008, 05:48 PM

Granis, I also hate CLAMP.

Eh, I keep getting shit from friend because I don't like Geass. and they started insulting the other stuff I watch. (Shin Getter, VOTOMS, Gundam series that I don't hate, like After War Gundam X, the 2 Super Robot Wars animations, Macross 7, GaoGaiGar, Might Gaine, Mazinkaiser, Kotetsushin Jeeg, among others.)

Is it just me, but does the mainstream of anime fan hate/don't respect Go Nagai? Didn't Mazinger Z break signifigant ground for all anime, not just mecha?

Lord of Joshelplex

06-09-2008, 07:14 PM

Super Robot Wars animations

In all honesty, these are actually rather shitty. Im a huge OG fan though, so I ate it up.

Gundam X was tight.

And I know Ive said it a bajillion times, but really, Gad Guard.

Regulus Tera

06-09-2008, 07:18 PM

Soul Eater is a lot better than I thought it would be. Pretty damn new too, it aired in Japan this april. o_0

Still, very very wonderful anime and they're not TRANSLATING IT FAST ENOUGH.

Most of the anime we are discussing right now if stuff that is coming every week. I should probably make another thread for the current anime season after this one gets locked (especially because of SLAYERS!!!).

Is it just me, but does the mainstream of anime fan hate/don't respect Go Nagai? Didn't Mazinger Z break signifigant ground for all anime, not just mecha?

The mainstream anime fan believes Code Geass and Death Note are profound and meaningful pieces of art, and prefers Naruto over One Piece. It couldn't be more obvious that the mainstream anime fan has no taste.

Granis, I also hate CLAMP.

:(

It's gonna be only 12 eps... Yes, I know! Apparently, we can't have have nice things :(....

:gonk:

Lord of Joshelplex

06-09-2008, 07:52 PM

Death Note, art?

Thats rich.

Kaneda

06-09-2008, 08:17 PM

I think Death Note is very good entertainment, although not meaningful art.

Death Note has an interesting question for the viewers though. "Can dictatorship be a good thing?"
It's not an amazing thing that they asked that, but it's neat because of how split the audience is regarding that. Kind of like how Watchmen asks the Hiroshima question.

The main flaw in Death Note though is the fact that 99% of the dialogue is LOLOL KIRA INVESTIGATION. Because of that, the characters don't really develop, and we don't get a good understanding of them apart from their relation to the Kira case. Everything serves almost entirely to forward the plot.

Code Geass... I saw one episode and got frightened away by the cliche and the stereotypical animu art.

Truce

06-09-2008, 09:25 PM

Code Geass can be amusing to watch. I don't mind the art style either, since I grew up reading and watching Clamp.

However, it requires a very high suspension of disbelief. It's not so much the physics defying or magical powers though - it's the fact that a lot of the characters just seem so damn stupid a lot of times.

Regulus Tera

06-09-2008, 10:39 PM

As a Ranka fan (Sheryl's hot, but I prefer the kawaii), Macross Frontier 10 shed a tear off my face. It was awesome and I really dig the song. It saddens me that the preview hints she is going to get further apart from Alto (that arse).

I'm also finding that Yoko Kanno's music, while very different from her work on Cowboy Bebop (my favourite from her portfolio), is marvelous. Kinda generic, but the good kind of generic.

Code Geass can be amusing to watch. I don't mind the art style either, since I grew up reading and watching Clamp.

However, it requires a very high suspension of disbelief. It's not so much the physics defying or magical powers though - it's the fact that a lot of the characters just seem so damn stupid a lot of times.

Watching Code Geass R2 9 right now. So far nothing too stupid.

Edit: Never mind. IMPLIED YAOI AT 08:15!! This just needs the explicit yaoi to be CLAMP-worthy. But hey, Nina looks cute when she's not a psycho.

Edit2: Goddammit she's still nuts. =(

Eltargrim

06-09-2008, 11:49 PM

I'm also finding that Yoko Kanno's music, while very different from her work on Cowboy Bebop (my favourite from her portfolio), is marvelous. Kinda generic, but the good kind of generic.

She's doing Frontier? Damn, heading to the tubes.

Watching Code Geass R2 9 right now. So far nothing too stupid.

Edit: Never mind. IMPLIED YAOI AT 08:15!! This just needs the explicit yaoi to be CLAMP-worthy. But hey, Nina looks cute when she's not a psycho.

Edit2: Goddammit she's still nuts. =(

Apparently nobody in the Geass world can play chess, either. Also, I agree with both points in the first edit, and the second edit makes me sadcat. However, the loli-press is adorable when she thinks she actually has a chance at rescue.

I swear, Lelouch's ultimate goal is to insert twelve-year-olds in every country, all under his sway. I swear, the guy is going to turn out as a pedophile.

Granis

06-10-2008, 02:32 AM

What I find most annoying about Geass are the "sight gags" that start internet fads, the kind that made me hate stuff like Bleach and Azumanga, too. (I'm talking about stuff like Spinzaku, Spin zaku gives me bad memories of the stupid leek spin fad from Bleach, I'm not even going to get into Azumanga's memes.)

bananarama

06-10-2008, 06:49 PM

The mainstream anime fan believes Code Geass and Death Note are profound and meaningful pieces of art, and prefers Naruto over One Piece. It couldn't be more obvious that the mainstream anime fan has no taste.
Really? Most of the fans I meet just think that Code Geass and DN are fucking awesome with basically an intense fan worship of Lelouch and Light. If you meet a fan who thinks that these shows are art, then let me know so I can laugh at them. And what's this about prefering Naruto over One Piece? They're both shit!

In any case, like Nique said, if you hate Code Geass, Code Geass did something as there is at least some feelings you can have for the main character beyond, "Wow what a manipulitive asshole..."

Apparently nobody in the Geass world can play chess, either. Also, I agree with both points in the first edit, and the second edit makes me sadcat. However, the loli-press is adorable when she thinks she actually has a chance at rescue.

I swear, Lelouch's ultimate goal is to insert twelve-year-olds in every country, all under his sway. I swear, the guy is going to turn out as a pedophile.
Oh my god I definitely agree! I was so annoyed by that scene. I was like, "You can't fucking do that in chess! Bullshit!"

And it's official: Zero has now become a gun-totting Pedobear.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/bananaslamma/pedobearzerostrikes.png

Also, goddamn it Nina. When are you going to stop being a racist, insane, obsessive lesbian? We were almost hoping that you had just become a non-psycho lesbian when you start pulling this crazy shit on us...

Mad Jack the Pirate

06-10-2008, 07:27 PM

Oh my god I definitely agree! I was so annoyed by that scene. I was like, "You can't fucking do that in chess! Bullshit!"

one is the second prince of the most powerful kingdom in the world, the other is a diabolical terrorist mastermind who for all they know had an army of mechas ready to kill everything within a set radius if he lost. do you really think anyone is going to try and say they're wrong.

Lord of Joshelplex

06-10-2008, 07:31 PM

Waht did they do?

Regulus Tera

06-10-2008, 07:55 PM

Basically the second prince of Britannia put his king one square in front of the arsehole's king, which, as far as I know, is invalid even though it would count as a surrender. I only played chess very sporadically, so maybe that's not what they are trying to argue is illegal.

The scene in question starts at 05:30 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wCb50QSxh7I).

Mad Jack the Pirate

06-10-2008, 08:05 PM

bananarama

06-10-2008, 09:40 PM

Exactly! It's the reason why you can't do a move as horrendously retarded as this:

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/bananaslamma/vlcsnap-237776.png

Y'know I just realized something funny. I can handle a 17 year old guy getting a magic eye that can control people upon eye contact. I won't even make a big deal that he managed to create a massive rebellion with relative ease and little detection. I can also stomach that there are mechs that have the capabilities to fly, make physics-defying moves, and play a central role in military battles (it's almost as if infantry, tanks, battleships, and fighter jets are there for decoration) regardless of the hellish amount of costs, resources, and manpower probably needed to maintain even one of these metallic behemoths much less a whole army of them. I can watch as one advanced unit apparently has the power to effortlessly take down a whole army of lesser units and turning a losing battle into a victory or at least a draw and not even scoff at it all. But god forbid when I see someone making a move in chess that is impossible to make and everyone else happens to accept said move without even batting an eyelash because I simply have to call total bullshit on it and yell at the screen for about half an hour, arguing in vain against such a ridiculously stupid move even occurring in the person's mind. I make me so sad sometimes....

Regulus Tera

06-10-2008, 09:44 PM

And now you know why I hate and adore Code Geass so much.

Robert Paulson

06-10-2008, 11:00 PM

So, I've been seeing a few more anime things.

I saw the first few episodes of Rurouni Kenshin. I saw it in Japanese with English subtitles. I . . . really didn't like Rurouni Kenshin. That's about the kindest way I can put it.

But I did not despair, for I also saw Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, which is all kinds of awesome. You should definitely watch that . . . if you don't violence, of course.

Oh, also, since I briefly mentioned it in my last post in this thread, I am not a fan of Code Geass. At all. Reason being? It embodies everything I hate about anime. Need I say more? And yes, Bananarama, that chess move really was complete fucking bullshit.

bananarama

06-10-2008, 11:40 PM

So, I've been seeing a few more anime things.

I saw the first few episodes of Rurouni Kenshin. I saw it in Japanese with English subtitles. I . . . really didn't like Rurouni Kenshin. That's about the kindest way I can put it.

But I did not despair, for I also saw Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal, which is all kinds of awesome. You should definitely watch that . . . if you don't violence, of course.
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold on a second before you make any further judgments about Kenshin! Do not, I repeat, do NOT make any absolute judgments about Rurouni Kenshin over the first few eps. Here's what I suggest. First, watch up to episode 11, this will be necessary set up for the awesome shit later on. Then, skip to ep 28 and then watch from there until the end of the arc (around ep. 60-1). If you still find Rurouni Kenshin sucky after that, then you are beyond redemption.

Regulus Tera

06-10-2008, 11:48 PM

Pfft! Just ignore the anime with Kenshin and go straight to the manga. Everything about it shits on the broadcast adaptation.

Except maybe the final OAV, but I might be the only one who actually liked it.

bass_virus

06-11-2008, 01:15 AM

Yeah about 90%-95% of all anime based off of manga is shit simply because once it starts getting good, you get like 20 episodes of unspeakably horrible filler episodes.

So an illegal chess move is the limit for you people? Not the impossibility of Lelouch being able to show up at a party with two members of the royal family without being shot at from all directions? Did you notice that part?

Truce

06-11-2008, 01:38 AM

bananarama

06-11-2008, 02:56 AM

You can break the rules of physics. You can break the rules of common sense.

But you cannot break the rules of Chess.
And this.... is true.

Also regarding the whole Zero showing up to a party with two (actually three!) members of royal families, to be honest, shit similar to that has been done before so it's kinda useless to complain about the stuff when it has been what? The tenth time something not unlike this has occurred? And yeah what Ecurt said. The laws of physics and the standards of common sense are ephemeral... but the rules of chess are forever.

Granis

06-11-2008, 04:46 AM

Eh, I'd only stack this Chess thing with the rest of my annoyances about Geass.

Geass's main flaw, is that it doesn't have much in the way of a good plot or characters to keep you interested in lieu of the giant robot action, even then, I find the action scenes to be sub-par, but maybe that's because CLAMPS has more experience with Magical Girl more than anything, and that doesn't nessecarilly translate to good Mecha animation.

Eureka Seven had a lot of non-combat stuff, but the characters were likable, and the story was interesting, and when you did get a Giant Robot scene, it delivered pretty har, because BONES is a really good animation studio. yet, everyone seems to hate Eureka Seven a lot. I mean, looking back at Code Geass, I just feel that CLAMP is just plain not suited to Mecha at all. I can barely tolerate Gundam 00's extremely artsy take. (because, I also really hate FMA.) but CLAMP is probably the animation style I hate the most.