What anime are you watching?

[Average Joe]

Rewatched all of it and the movies (most of them for the first time) a few years back and found myself appreciating it a lot for what it is and how important it was, but ultimately didn't enjoy it that much.

Visually, there is some top-tier artistry to be found, but story-wise it's a bit of a muddled mess. The movies honestly make the experience much worse for me since immediately after watching them all (often just a day between), I couldn't stop mixing them together so what happened in what movie is a total mystery to me without reading a full synopsis.

I also kind of hate it when artists go back and try to "fix" aspects of their older works and the films feel like that to the nth degree.

I'd still consider the series a must-watch if you're into anime as whether you like it or not it is still a very important piece of work in that medium.

 

[wataru330]

About to be watching the Riding Bean re-issue whenever it ships. AnimEigo just sold to Crunchyroll/RiteStuf/somefuckingbody-_______ (Happy retirement, Robert!) can’t remember I’m faded.

Tl;dr-delux BRD set just restocked, for the last time. This is the last OEM AnimEigo release. If that shit matters to you, cop it!

 

[LoneSage]

About to be watching the Riding Bean re-issue whenever it ships. AnimEigo just sold to Crunchyroll/RiteStuf/somefuckingbody-_______ (Happy retirement, Robert!) can’t remember I’m faded.

Tl;dr-delux BRD set just restocked, for the last time. This is the last OEM AnimEigo release. If that shit matters to you, cop it!

Cool. Love Riding Bean. Thanks to you mentioning it, I'm listening to Road Buster right now.

When I was a teenager, I messaged Phil Perry on MySpace telling him I loved his songs on Riding Bean. I didn't expect a response but soon afterwards his wife responded and told me something about his experience doing the Riding Bean soundtrack. We messaged a few more times and she invited me to go with them on a cruise, I guess a thing they were doing for Phil's fans. A pity those messages are long gone from cyberspace now.

 

[2Heed]

Appreciate the feedback on Evangelion. I'd heard it had a depressing, muddled plot with pretentious, pseudo-philosophical rhetoric. Doesn't sound like it'll be my next go round.

AoT is pretty heavy and dense (this 4th season is almost like a new show thus far with its time jump, shift in locale, and new characters) and something tells me I'll need a palette cleanser after this. What are people's thoughts on Trigun?

 

[LoneSage]

What are people's thoughts on Trigun?

Haven't watched it in over 20 years but I was surprised how much I liked it (the fans were big weebs), no idea if I would now. There were some cool ideas, great animation, and memorable villains. Shouldn't take long to power through in 26 episodes.

 

[Average Joe]

Trigun rules.

It's pretty short and self-contained, so it's not like it requires a big investment of time.

It has a lot of great characters, themes, and honestly pretty slick animation/art/style that makes it sort of timeless.

They put out a movie in 2010 that can give you a good feel for the show if you just want to watch that to see what it's about.

 

[The Chief]

she invited me to go with them on a cruise

How was the cruise?

 

[radiantsvgun]

Since I have a real lunch break at my current job, I’ll zone out and watch some shows. I’m currently watching Tekkaman blade, i enjoyed the bad USA dub as a kid and the show itself still holds up imo.

The sub episode are on YT. Here

 

[wataru330]

About to be watching this one. The kids and I will be there opening weekend!

 

[Sammy/SNK-FAN]

Currently into 80’s and 90’s OVA’s. Just watched Geno Cyber (crazy art), Appleseed, Gall Force: Eternal Story, Riding Bean (one of my favorites), and Gunsmith Cats. Theses nothing quite like the old hand drawn cell art!

 

[terry.330]

Been re-watching Ghost in the Shell: SAC, it's better than I remember. I think initially I was disappointed because it's so clean and modern looking compared to the original movie and even 2. I still think overall it's a little too sterile looking and the animation quality could be a bit higher, though there are definitely moments where you can tell they put in some extra effort. Story wise is where it really shines, cyber crimes and political intrigue done in a mature and intelligent way. Even the stand alone episodes are well thought out, hell they're some of the best ones actually.

 

[LoneSage]

Very suitable a user with the name kuze liked your post.

Been re-watching Ghost in the Shell: SAC, it's better than I remember. I think initially I was disappointed because it's so clean and modern looking compared to the original movie and even 2. I still think overall it's a little too sterile looking and the animation quality could be a bit higher, though there are definitely moments where you can tell they put in some extra effort. Story wise is where it really shines, cyber crimes and political intrigue done in a mature and intelligent way. Even the stand alone episodes are well thought out, hell they're some of the best ones actually.

Last week I walked exactly like the guy who got knocked the fuck out by that huge guy who started blasting away in the hallway in the episode with Fidel Castro clones.

Great first season.

 

[GhostSeed]

 

[terry.330]

Watched a couple of City Hunter OVAs

Bay City Wars
Million Dollar Conspiracy

Both were pretty enjoyable and like most things CH have a nice balance of comedy and action. My only gripe is that neither had an intro, just a title screen and then the credits rolled on top of the first couple minutes of the movies. Felt like a missed opportunity since so much of the anime in that era have incredible intros. Nothing better than a highly stylized old school anime intro set to some city pop.

 

[herb]

Pretty hyped for this: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/la...ndam-30th-anniversary-illustration-side-story

 

[Average Joe]

Pretty hyped for this: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/la...ndam-30th-anniversary-illustration-side-story

I'm not super into Gundam, but Mobile Fighter G is one of the series I love and I always wondered why they never made more stuff like it.

 

[herb]

I'm not super into Gundam, but Mobile Fighter G is one of the series I love and I always wondered why they never made more stuff like it.

Same here. It's the only Gundam I enjoy since it's rid of all that goofy ass geopolitical stuff

 

[LoneSage]

Same here. It's the only Gundam I enjoy since it's rid of all that goofy ass geopolitical stuff

LMBO I feel triggered and I'm not even a Gundam fan

 

[100proof]

The wife and I went to the Spy Family movie the other night. It was more or less an arc/110 minute episode of the show: equal parts silly, cloyingly wholesome and over-the-top action-y. They squeeze in every character where they can, reuse a lot of footage from the show and it doesn't move the larger story an inch but that's anime movies for you. I'd certainly recommend it to those who enjoy the show and if you're not interested in watching ~25 episodes of the show, it explains the premise pretty clearly up front so you can still enjoy yourself for under two hours.