Anime Discussion Z: Now with more Macross Frontier, Chess Geass, and ZOMG NEW SLAYERS [Archive]

Regulus Tera

06-11-2008, 03:58 PM

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YES YES YES YES JULY CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH BLARGH!!! *heart attack!*

Yeah, Lupin is like 300 episodes. Dont have to watch them all though, no real connectivity.

Well, that's a relief. I've been hearing about Castle of Cagliostro for a while now and I was a bit scared due to the size of the programme. I'll check it out as soon as I can.

Something I noticed in the last thread was a lack of love for Gunbuster. What the hell is wrong with you people?

People hate Eureka Seven?

That's, like, physically impossible. O-o

Since I'm dropping Soul Eater (cause Soul Eater sucks) I'll probably pick up on Eureka Seven. I need my mecha fill anyway.

Also people, Daughter of the Twenty Faces 10 = Incredible animation (which I had thought was impossible in this show) = GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!

Funka Genocide

06-11-2008, 04:09 PM

oh my holy Mazoka!

Nobody told me about new Slayers!

Is this truth, or are you just playing with my emotions?

Kaneda

06-11-2008, 04:13 PM

Its completely possible to hate Eureka 7. 40 episodes of nothing happening but terrible romance and the occasional Evangelion rip off, then about 10 decent episodes.

Regulus Tera

06-11-2008, 04:14 PM

oh my holy Mazoka!

Nobody told me about new Slayers!

Is this truth, or are you just playing with my emotions?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/onelani/REVO.jpg
Slayers REVOLUTION (another one?!)

Number of episodes: Unknown
Website: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/slayers_revolution/
Japanese Air Date: July 2
Animation Company: J.C. Staff (Shakugan no Shana, Zero no Tsukaima)
Seiyuu: Akira Ishida, Megumi Hayashibara, Yasunori Matsumoto
Fourth season of the adaptation of Hajime Kanzaka’s novels.
This season’s story takes place at the time when Lina and Gourry start a new journey to look for Gourry’s new sword with the power of magic. It will also include a new character named Pocota who is said to have cast a Dragon Slave using the Sword of Light. Sylpiel and Prince Phil are also reported to appear.
Who's Subbing?: Mishicorp

Funka Genocide

06-11-2008, 04:16 PM

detailed information about new Slayers > silly Eureka 7 critique

I've been waiting a decade for a new Slayer's series.

I pretty much stopped watching anime after I moved to Japan 5 years ago, but man... New Slayers!

The warm fuzzies are taking over my being.

After further reading I find that it's onlu just now being released on air in Japan, bummer. I'm going to go kidnap my Japanese major ex-girlfriend and force her to translate.

Lord of Joshelplex

06-11-2008, 04:45 PM

Its completely possible to hate Eureka 7. 40 episodes of nothing happening but terrible romance and the occasional Evangelion rip off, then about 10 decent episodes.

Yea, thats why I hate it. If you only watch the first 11 episodes, then the last 10, much better. Also, is Slayers really that good?

Funka Genocide

06-11-2008, 04:49 PM

Slayers is probably the only form of media that, for me, transcends any measure of goodness.

I have no idea why I love it, but I'll be damned if I don't cry like a little, little girl at the end of every season.

In terms of plot development, it's average. Characterization is somewhat two dimensional except for tiny slivers of drama, and the humor is dated at best.

I can't explain to you why it is the greatest thing in the universe. There is no logic, only cheesy dialogue and heart warming fantasy adventurism.

(In other words, I lost my anime virginity to Slayer's and am lost in perpetual nostalgia)

Flarecobra

06-11-2008, 05:06 PM

Well, there's now an anime request list on our Morale drive...And some series I recongize, but haven't heard much about is : Noir, Chobits, Bubblegum Crisis (Both series), Gun X Sword, and Tokyo Godfathers.

Any info on these, and if they're worth the download?

Regulus Tera

06-11-2008, 05:15 PM

Also, is Slayers really that good?

FUCK YES SLAYERS. You don't even know man. You don't even fucking know.

It's actually not too surprising you haven't heard about it until now; it could probably be considered old-school now. Although Slayers isn't really that old (has it really been thirteen years?); it's just that I started young.

Any info on these, and if they're worth the download?

I can talk about Chobits, and let me say... it's fun. I mean, it's pure distilled CLAMP somewhat oriented to the virgin loser otaku fan, but if you can get past that (and the horrible filler, for which I once again recommend the manga instead of the anime) you have a touching melodramatic story about what's love. You might like it if you are into either the fanservice or soap opera.

Flarecobra

06-11-2008, 05:24 PM

Well, since I cannot buy any at the moment...

Kaneda

06-11-2008, 05:34 PM

I haven't watched much anime in a while, so I suppose I'll try and get into Slayers, seeing as it's so highly recommended here.

Lord of Joshelplex

06-11-2008, 06:06 PM

[B]FUCK YES SLAYERSIt's actually not too surprising you haven't heard about it until now; it could probably be considered old-school now. Although Slayers isn't really that old (has it really been thirteen years?); it's just that I started young.

Noth that I was unaware, I do know of it, but my internet is bad, so I dont have time to be finding it online, and I cant buy it anywhere around here.

Granis

06-11-2008, 06:10 PM

For the record, I'll never watch Gurren Lagann all the way through because I can't see past the rest of Gainax's fuckups, EVA, FLCL, Diebuster, TTGL just seems like more of the same with how annoying it seems and the excessive fanservice.

and well, GaoGaiGar allready did it better, especially the OVA. also TTGL's rap song is terrible, This is how you do Mecha music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLLz1rGiqk

Regulus Tera

06-11-2008, 06:22 PM

For the record, I'll never watch Gurren Lagann all the way through because I can't see past the rest of Gainax's fuckups, EVA, FLCL, Diebuster, TTGL just seems like more of the same with how annoying it seems and the excessive fanservice.

And that's where you're wrong. I assure you TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN has none of GAINAX's previous mistakes. If anything, it redeems the company.

No GAINAX ending, I swear.

and well, GaoGaiGar allready did it better, especially the OVA. also TTGL's rap song is terrible, This is how you do Mecha music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLLz1rGiqk

Cheesy Rap Song of BURNING PASSION and DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE WHILE SEEING THE INVISIBLE > Cheesy Generic J-Pop Song of GoGoGoGoGo! and GiGiGiGiGi!

Edit: Holy shit I just realised you called Diebuster and FLCL fuckups. Like, what the hell is wrong with you? I can understand someone hating Mahoromatic or that other shit GAINAX has been doing lately, but crap, FLCL and Diebuster? You serious man?!

NonCon

06-11-2008, 08:22 PM

FLCL was one of the shows that really started getting me into anime. Funny, wierd, very confusing at times, and totally awesome. Plus, how can you not love the music?

As for TTGL, watch the whole thing because it is so awesome and all that coolness. Libera Me from Hell is the only rap song I listen to cuz it's fuckin' awesome.

EVILNess

06-11-2008, 09:27 PM

...

What he said. Watch Gurren Lagann, you won't regret it.

I have been watching Histories Strongest Disciple Kenichi. I have three more episodes, and I really enjoyed it.

Also, Wild Arms TV isn't horrible, but there are much better shows. The ending theme kicks ass though.

Witchblade seriously depressed me with the way it ended.

I also watched Outlaw Star again, haven't seem it since Toonami. Its way better unedited. (Of course.)

I have abandoned watching Naruto, BLEACH, and One Piece in favor of just reading the mangas. It saves time, and I don't have to put up with filler. There are certain fights I do want to see though, so I will be watching probably just those.

Lumenskir

06-11-2008, 11:51 PM

So in between bouts of Three Sheets and work I've been watching TTGL from the beginning, and I think something is wrong with me because I know that all of the stuff in the early episodes gets outshined by later spectacles and yet I still end each event with a huge dopey grin on my face caused by the awesomeness of what I just re-witnessed.

Mike McC

06-12-2008, 12:44 AM

bananarama

06-12-2008, 03:38 AM

If any of you haven't watched Monster yet, well, you really need to stop not watching it and totally start totally watching it.

Seriously, anime is pretty good if you take out all the fantasy-magic-mecha-busty-whiny-flashing-lights-long-haired-less-believable-than-SciF's-made-for-cable-movie-orange-ninja-vampire-teen-angst bullshit. Monster is just an awesome psychological thriller/horror detective story, and perhaps one of the best TV shows I've ever seen.
Yeah I was thinking of watching Monster, but then I saw it had, like, a kajillion eps so I was all, "Fuck that...."

Also, this just in: Special A = Ouran Host Club w/ 100% less harem (and no crossdressing :()

and

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki = what the world would look like if you were on acid and copious amounts of alcohol mixed with Red Bull or *insert insanely evil energy drink here*

That is all.

EVILNess

06-12-2008, 03:39 AM

Monster has 74 episodes. Seriously, what the fuck dude? That is nothing.

bananarama

06-12-2008, 03:47 AM

Monster has 74 episodes. Seriously, what the fuck dude? That is nothing.
What the fuck is that it's, at worst, 50 (give or take a few) episodes too many for my tastes. So the "Fuck that...." still stands.

EDIT: Oh yeah and Golgo 13 = James Bond, if James Bond was not a stupid pussy and more badass.... and an assassin

Mirai Gen

06-12-2008, 04:01 AM

Shit yes new Slayers.

One of the few animes I can actually get behind.

Mike McC

06-12-2008, 02:04 PM

What the fuck is that it's, at worst, 50 (give or take a few) episodes too many for my tastes. So the "Fuck that...." still stands.Then you are a fool who is missing out on something great because you think what is essentially three-seasons worth of an American show is too much. Go on, deprive yourself of one fine entertaining show because you can't be buggered to watch it because it's "too long". Before you even give any of it an actual viewing to even see if it's worth the investment.

Funka Genocide

06-12-2008, 03:41 PM

What is this Monster business? I've been really out of the anime loop for the better part of the last decade.

Julford Hajime

06-12-2008, 05:46 PM

New Slayers? Dammit, I still haven't gotten around to actually watching the first three seasons!

I used to watch subbed Slayers on this international channel we had, and I loved it. Unfortunately, I never saw more than a dozen or so episodes, all of them out of order and having nothing to do with one another, so I don't remember anything more than the fact that I loved the show. Also, that Lina was very powerful.

I mean, I eventually got a hold of the six OVAs on DVD, with Naga and Lina teaming up against everything, and I love those. I've just been too lazy to actually get Slayers, and Slayers Next, and Slayers Try.

Now I'll need to get ahold of them. *Sighs* More money lost, I s'pose.

Also, TTGL disappointed me in the first episode. I watched it, like, three weeks ago, and still haven't bothered to start on the second one yet. Maybe when I find some free time, I'll force myself to sit down and watch the first dozen or so episodes in a row; maybe then I'll care enough >.>

bananarama

06-12-2008, 07:02 PM

Then you are a fool who is missing out on something great because you think what is essentially three-seasons worth of an American show is too much. Go on, deprive yourself of one fine entertaining show because you can't be buggered to watch it because it's "too long". Before you even give any of it an actual viewing to even see if it's worth the investment.
Whoa.... damn, anime-lovers are getting scarier and scarier by the minute :(...

Also, TTGL disappointed me in the first episode. I watched it, like, three weeks ago, and still haven't bothered to start on the second one yet. Maybe when I find some free time, I'll force myself to sit down and watch the first dozen or so episodes in a row; maybe then I'll care enough >.>
Julford, sit down... we're gonna have talk. No... no, you can't go to bathroom now. This is important. No, I don't care that you need to go now; hold it in and listen to me. If you think that TTGL is some kiddy mecha shit, then you're sorely mistaken. Believe this stuff does get serious and you will cry (manly tears). Now hurry up and Youtube the next ep or something. What? Yes. Yes, you can go to the bathroom now... What was that?...... ewwwwwww........

Regulus Tera

06-12-2008, 07:25 PM

Also, TTGL disappointed me in the first episode. I watched it, like, three weeks ago, and still haven't bothered to start on the second one yet. Maybe when I find some free time, I'll force myself to sit down and watch the first dozen or so episodes in a row; maybe then I'll care enough >.>

As I've always said, if you don't like it by that moment in episode three you probably won't like the whole series. Still, give it another forty minutes of chance. Maybe you'll end up loving it eventually.

Mike McC

06-12-2008, 07:48 PM

Whoa.... damn, anime-lovers are getting scarier and scarier by the minute :(...If you paid attention to my first post, I think it's quite obvious I hate most anime. I've given a lot of it a try, and frankly it's mostly boring, cliched shit.

Monster is a very intellegent thriller, however, and I suspect the only reasons it were done animated were because it was a Manga, and it was probably easier, given that almost everyone in the cast of Monster is European.

Also, I find it just a tad hypocritical when you're telling someone off for dismissing something right off the bat, but you yourself are dismissing this off of the bat simply beause it ran for 74 episodes.

bananarama

06-12-2008, 07:57 PM

Also, I find it just a tad hypocritical when you're telling someone off for dismissing something right off the bat, but you yourself are dismissing this off of the bat simply beause it ran for 74 episodes.
Hey I just was telling the guy to give it a chance just like how you and EVILNess were telling me to give Monster a chance. In the end, whether or not, Julford gives TTGL a chance or dismisses it outright as kiddy mecha shit is his call, not mine (the whole "not going to bathroom until you hear me out" thing was, naturally, not with any serious intent).

And my definitions of an "anime-lover" is anyone who loves at least one series is fair game. You could be some 12-year-old who's obsessed with Bleach or a 20-something year-old who is devoted to series with his favorite seiyus, directors and/or studios, but it's all the same to me; you're an "anime-lover" in my book.

Lumenskir

06-12-2008, 08:12 PM

I am honestly baffled as to how people cannot succumb to TTGL from the first moment that Lagann is activated.

Of course, I watched TTGL almost immediately after watching the entirety of Gantz, and I'm quite sure that Gantz is the most retarded anime ever wrought upon the world, so it was kind of like switching to a diet of Starbursts and Twizzlers after being force fed shit and vomit.

Regulus Tera

06-12-2008, 08:20 PM

I watched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann after a marathon of Rurouni Kenshin, so it's definitely not that. I think people may not like it because it doesn't take itself very seriously, even when all the drama and gravitas of the second half brings the playfulness to a screeching halt. It also may have to do with the fact that, on the shallowest of its levels, it has an archaic structure for its hero's story, and one that relies on the overused theme of TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE AND BREAKING THE UNBREAKABLE, albeit with a new drill.

For most people who only see escapism in anime, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann may be just another variation (not the culmination it is) of the super robot genre. You certainly have to have a specific mindset when watching it, while also suspending all disbelief.

Granis

06-12-2008, 08:48 PM

I dunnoi, after watching 8 episodes it stills seems to be chock full of the sillyness and "luls fanservice" that made me hate FLCL and Diebuster so much. (I still want a real sequel to Gunbuster.) and well, GaoGaiGar was a lot more toungue in cheek with it's humor and it's own fanservice (it exists.) as it never gets in the way of the plot.

TTGL just seems like the fanservice and the sillyness gets in the way of the plot too much. just as was the case with Diebuster, and FLCL had. (I'd even go as far to say it's FLCL lite. but just borrowing concepts from every other Super Robot show ever, trying to cover up the "lol Gainax" with references from good shows. ESPECIALLY, ironically enough, GaoGaiGar. look closely at the Gurren Wing. I don't know about you, but it looks an awful like like GaoFighGar's wings! now, that isn't a bad thing, borrowing references can be all well and good, it's just the "lol Gainax" seems to outweigh it.)

Regulus Tera

06-12-2008, 09:14 PM

To me, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is not "borrowing" and dilluting what GaoGaiGar and countless super robot shows did before it, but rather celebrating them in the most over the top fashion. It's a tribute to what came before it, while at the same time it tries to give a message to the future of the genre (that of not becoming too depressing for the sake of creating an artificial depth). Regarding the Diebuster criticism, I guess you have a point there. With FLCL, however, I'd prefer if Krylo slaughtered you for... whatever the hell you're doing with FLCL.

But yeah, it seems like TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN isn't for you. For which I won't complain, since you seemed to give it a chance. To everybody else, go watch it right now.

In other news, what the fuck is wrong with you people who are NOT discussing Macross Frontier? Why are Brian and I the only ones interested in this? Huh?

bananarama

06-12-2008, 09:16 PM

Isn't there a ton of Macross series before that, which we have to watch before we can fully understand Frontier. If not, then on it.

Regulus Tera

06-12-2008, 09:20 PM

Frontier is a sequel, yeah, but it really isn't that interconnected. I've only before watched Robotech, also known as the adultered version of the original Macross, and I'm enjoying Frontier a lot. All you need to know is that humanity fought against a race of giant humanoids at the beginning of the XXI century, which triggered it to expand across the galaxy, and that music plays a vital part in the plot.

It's mostly self-contained. Any references to the previous iterations seem to be only for the most hardcore of fans to pick up.

Flarecobra

06-12-2008, 10:04 PM

You know, I'm watching Rosario+Vampire, and I noticed something. Gin kinda looks a bit like Fred Lowe from Outlaw Star....

And GOOD suggestion on that series, by the way. ^_^

bass_virus

06-13-2008, 12:03 AM

Everyone has their own preference. The reason one person loves an anime may be the reason that another person hates it. I personally only liked the first half of TTGL. The second half was filled with too much self-righteous bullshit and cop-out power-ups that happened every other episode.

Regulus Tera

06-13-2008, 12:36 AM

That's a totally lame reason for hating the second half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. :p

Julford Hajime

06-13-2008, 01:19 AM

I'd say that Super Robot series in general don't appeal to me, and I'd be half-right: I love G Gundam to death (You all know it's really an SR series), and a couple other Super Robot series that I can't remember right now as well (It's 1 AM and I just got back from work, gimme a break >.>), but I don't like rampant "New and Improved power X" moments a whole deal, other than maybe one or two in the series as a whole.

G Gundam example: Going from Shining Gundam to Burning (God in Japanese) Gundam? That was okay, as it was a one-time thing. Domon inventing new abilities damn near every fight after getting the Burning Gundam? Can't say I loved that aspect so much.

Really, it's just robots with lots of exploding that I like. Big O, the original Gundam, and the "MS 08th Team" Gundam series, for example, are three of my favorite mecha-related animes, but they're more Real Robots than Super Robots (Though the original Gundam goes into some Super Robot territory near the end, what with Elmeth and Zeong, and newtype powers in general)

...What I'm trying to say is, I'll give TTGL another try, but no promises. I find the humor cute, but I'm no fan of fanservice, and the last scene of the first episode involving some pre-teen kid going facefirst into the female leads chest doesn't do anything as far as keeping me interested. FLCL I thought had a nice mix of humor and storytelling, without needing to rely on a lot of fanservice. It was there, yes, but it wasn't in your face about it every time there was a female on screen.

Truce

06-13-2008, 01:36 AM

If we're talking about mecha shows, then I gotta say that Bokurano is something good to watch.

That is, if you completely hate being happy, or if you really enjoy seeing kids have their lives get fucked up and die one after another. But, some people love utterly depressing stuff like that.

Eltargrim

06-13-2008, 01:50 AM

That is, if you completely hate being happy, or if you really enjoy seeing kids have their lives get fucked up and die one after another. But, some people love utterly depressing stuff like that.

Despite my total love for the OP, I absolutely hate seeing kids getting screwed over. Which is why I hope for some utter badassness in Kurenai 11. Because 9 and 10 were breaking my heart :(

bananarama

06-13-2008, 02:52 AM

Despite my total love for the OP, I absolutely hate seeing kids getting screwed over. Which is why I hope for some utter badassness in Kurenai 11. Because 9 and 10 were breaking my heart :(
What? I'd say the ending to episode 10 was rather uplifting. I mean, come on, any episode that ends on this note:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd22/bananaslamma/vlcsnap-284298.png
(If I could photoshop a purple hat and a pimp cane on Shinkurou, I totally would have...
.... Has got to be a good ending, right? :D

Eltargrim

06-13-2008, 02:55 AM

I should rephrase:

All but the last 5 minutes made me sad. The last 5 minutes made me very happy, because apparently the blade got lodged in his spine instead of his elbow.

And yes, that scene made me happy.

Know what doesn't make me happy? A 6-month break 'till new BSG. Or not having internet access through July and August. Yeah. Bummer.

bass_virus

06-13-2008, 01:53 PM

That's a totally lame reason for hating the second half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. :p

Well It's those things and every other anime cliche in the book. The first part while a little predictable still seemed fresh and original, then the time skip shows occurs and it lost a lot of what I liked about it.

Regulus Tera

06-13-2008, 04:59 PM

Well It's those things and every other anime cliche in the book. The first part while a little predictable still seemed fresh and original, then the time skip shows occurs and it lost a lot of what I liked about it.

Well, what I mean is that...

The second half was filled with too much self-righteous bullshit and cop-out power-ups that happened every other episode.

Self-righteous bullshit and cop-out power-ups were ALL around in the first half. C'mon, how is Chouginga Gurren Lagann shooting at every possible vector in the space-time continuum any different from Kamina coming out from the death just to use the GIGA DRILL BREAKER for the first time? Or what about the moment in episode three when the Lagann and the Gurren unite with no foreshadowing at all this could happen? Even the second arc of the first half, the favourite of most people, is full of "self-righteous bullshit", what with Simon going all emo because of Kamina's death, or the multiple hints of seriousness that Lord Genome gives throughout his appearances.

What I'm trying to say is that hating the second half of TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN because of "clichés" and "cop-out powers that spawn out of nowhere" is dumb, especially when you have instances such as Kamina's arse being saved by Kittan from out of nowhere in episode seven or a whole army appearing to help in the battle against the Daigando in episode fourteen. Hell, the "cop-outs" in the second half are way less jarring, considering part of the theme of the series has to do with DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE AND SEEING THE INVISIBLE by oneself. You know, believing in yourself who believes in you and all that shit.

I could get hating the tone of the second half for appearing so abruptly and being so different from the beginning, but calling out the "cop-outs" in there while praising or not acknowledging the ones in the first half is hypocritical.

Mike McC

06-13-2008, 07:15 PM

There is not enough talk about Monster in this thread. And too much talk about things that are not Monster.

Rectify this.

bananarama

06-13-2008, 08:49 PM

Dude... Macross Frontier is about motherfucking transforming fighter jets... in space.... Why the fuck didn't anybody tell about this awesome shit sooner?

POS Industries

06-13-2008, 09:14 PM

Fuck yeah, Monster is awesome.

ZAKtheGeek

06-13-2008, 11:19 PM

Somebody's recommended Shigofumi to me. Can anyone clue me in, does this person hate me or are they trying to get into my pants? Answer, if possible, without shades of gray or spoilers.

Eltargrim

06-13-2008, 11:34 PM

Acquiring Monster and Macross Frontier as we speak. Eagerly awaiting the results.

Shigofumi is a girl delivering letters from the dead to the living. I've been meaning to watch this, but I'm a forgetful person :(

Regulus Tera

06-13-2008, 11:40 PM

Somebody's recommended Shigofumi to me. Can anyone clue me in, does this person hate me or are they trying to get into my pants? Answer, if possible, without shades of gray or spoilers.

Acquiring Monster and Macross Frontier as we speak. Eagerly awaiting the results.

Shigofumi is a girl delivering letters from the dead to the living. I've been meaning to watch this, but I'm a forgetful person :(

Is the girl hot? :whee:

Dude... Macross Frontier is about motherfucking transforming fighter jets... in space.... Why the fuck didn't anybody tell about this awesome shit sooner?

I'm more interested in the love triangles and the deculture. But yeah, the variable fighters are awesome, I guess.

Eltargrim

06-13-2008, 11:55 PM

Is the girl hot? :whee:

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2727/snapshot20080613224807xn8.png (http://imageshack.us)

Mike McC

06-14-2008, 12:15 AM

Is the girl hot? :whee:Anyone who asks this about anime should be shot. At the very least shot in the genitals.Acquiring Monster and Macross Frontier as we speak. Eagerly awaiting the results.I'd recommend watching the Macross first, actually, as there's a high probability that almost all other anime will look like crap after watching Monster. Yeah, it's that good.

Eltargrim

06-14-2008, 12:28 AM

I'd recommend watching the Macross first, actually, as there's a high probability that almost all other anime will look like crap after watching Monster. Yeah, it's that good.

Well, that and Monster has another day to finish getting to where it should be.

No matter how awesome, Monster doesn't pierce the heavens. I'm looking for the invisible, mate.

NonCon

06-14-2008, 01:13 PM

Anyone who asks this about anime should be shot.

More like, everyone should ask this about anime.

Mike McC

06-14-2008, 01:57 PM

Dude, that's just creepy.

Regulus Tera

06-16-2008, 05:40 AM

The first GURREN LAGANN PARALLEL WORKS video is out legally at GAINAX's website (http://www.gurren-lagann-movie.net/gurrepala/interview/flash.html). For those of you who haven't heard about this, various members of GAINAX’s staff are pairing TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN music with new, alternate world animations in order to promote the upcoming TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN: GURREN CHAPTER movie. This first one is by animator Watanabe Keisuke, and it combines the song Rap wa Kan no Tamashii da! Muri Otooshite Douri wo Kettobasu! Ore Tachi Gurren Dan no Theme wo Mimi no Ana Kappojitte Yo-ku Kikiyagare!! (which means "Rap is a Devil of a Man! Go Beyond the Impossible and Kick Reason to the Curb! Perk Up Your Earholes and Listen REAL Close to the Theme of Our Great Gurren Brigade!!") with a fantasy setting. In it, Simon, Kamina, and Viral are attacking a fortress to free Nia, and they run into Yoko and the woman who was in Viral’s dream sequence from episode 26.

It's a lot of fun to watch, and it has rekindled my memories of how much I liked the TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN OST (i.e. the second most played song in my playlist is "Libera Me" From Hell, followed by Sora Iro Days in third and Happily Ever After in seventh).

The next video is set to be released June 23rd.

Dude, that's just creepy.

You're welcome.