What anime are you watching?
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That's the Moro Arc, which is pretty fun.
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Started watching Golden Boy yesterday. I knew it was going to be pretty pervy but wasn’t prepared for just how much of a degenerate Kintarou is. It’s hilarious but damn, dude is out there licking toilet seats and drinking bidet water...
It definitely has that early 90’s anime charm though and some of the animation is awesome. Shame it’s only 6 episodes.
Not a fan of the intentionally over the top dub though.
It definitely has that early 90’s anime charm though and some of the animation is awesome. Shame it’s only 6 episodes.
Not a fan of the intentionally over the top dub though.
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Watched a vid on youtube (which I regret cuz the guy was like a less attractive Josh Gad and stood way too god damn close to the camera) talk about that SuperGobot toy that was a spacey car:
Anyway, dude mentioned that the car's design originated in the Space Adventure Cobra series. Ive heard of it, but never watched it. Anyone know if its any good?
Anyway, dude mentioned that the car's design originated in the Space Adventure Cobra series. Ive heard of it, but never watched it. Anyone know if its any good?
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Yessir. Besides VOTOMS, it was the best directed anime season created for broadcast in 1983. Look up the late Osamu Dezaki. He made numerous brilliant contributions to the medium, each Cobra film & tv adaption chief among them.
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Watched the first Patlabor movie last night. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this and the sequel. I actually hadn’t seen the series or OVAs at the time so it’s interesting to watch this with a new perspective. I think the movie does a good job of carrying over a lot of the goofiness and more lighthearted aspects while keeping the story serious. It definitely feels like an Oshii movie but not as contemplative and grim as a lot of his stuff. The animation and art direction are fantastic and while there’s not a lot of action the couple scenes there are are exemplary.
I’ll probably watch part 2 in the next day or so. I remember that one being a bit more Oshii.
I’ll probably watch part 2 in the next day or so. I remember that one being a bit more Oshii.
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Patlabor 2- This was definitely more in line with GITS. Slow, heavy on atmosphere with lots of lingering shots and a ton of exposition. I appreciate it for different reasons than the first and would probably rate this one just a smidge higher. It’s fantastic looking with incredibly well done action and a very fitting lowkey electronic score.
I think the entire franchise is highly underrated, it’s got a lot to offer.
I think the entire franchise is highly underrated, it’s got a lot to offer.
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I realized I had never actually watched "Rebuild of Evangelion." I thought it was ok. I enjoyed finding out how it expressed the series' mythology and some of the themes differently, but there were some odd choices
As a side note I haven't watched any "new" anime in years, since the last seasons of Attack on Titan & JJBA. I used to just start checking things out off of Nyaa but I don't really have the time to do that anymore. Any suggestions? Also to those who have Crunchyroll - I saw a ton of promising looking shows there but at the same time was wondering if they do for anime like they do on Netflix and Hulu.... basically make a lot of hollow "in house" high margin content
As a side note I haven't watched any "new" anime in years, since the last seasons of Attack on Titan & JJBA. I used to just start checking things out off of Nyaa but I don't really have the time to do that anymore. Any suggestions? Also to those who have Crunchyroll - I saw a ton of promising looking shows there but at the same time was wondering if they do for anime like they do on Netflix and Hulu.... basically make a lot of hollow "in house" high margin content
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Of new/newish stuff?
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Sentenced to be the Hero
Delicious in Dungeon
Not really sure about how much 'in house' content Crunchyroll makes. I believe they're owned by Sony now (if memory serves correctly) so if they're not already doing it, it's only a matter of time.
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SCARLET
It was released to theaters last week on IMAX and this week to general theaters so I went and saw it with the roomie.
I legitimately had no real interest in seeing this film other than because it was an anime on the big screen that wasn't a gay shonen battle anime, an isekai or something with horse girls racing.
The film is about a girl that dies regretting not being able to avenge her father, who was betrayed by his brother, his crown and wife stolen and then executed after they lied about him being a traitor working with the country's enemies. The titular character, Scarlet, is transported to a sort of purgatory called 'Otherworld' where souls go to try and make their way to the 'infinite land', an escape from the desolate realm they are currently in to something better. There's a lot of Dante's Inferno here, characters on a spiritual journey through a barren wasteland filled with desperate souls that have factionalized in order to improve their chances oand, perhaps, survive the journey to, ostensibly, paradise. Early on, there's even a wall with the words 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here' that Scarlet and her sole companion, HIbiji (a paramedic from modern day Japan, as the Otherworld exists outside of time and space, so people from all over history and the world can end up here), come across at the infancy of their journey.
This film was NOT what I was expecting it to be. I was thinking that, other than Hibiji (who I initially assumed was 'isekai'd' into Scarlet's world), it was going to be a feudal adventure story set in 16th century Denmark with some fantasy elements. Instead what I got was something more existential and spiritual. That doesn't mean I suddenly became more passionate about the film. I remained an interested observer just willing to let the story come to me. In this respect, it's very much like watching something by Werner Herzog, but don't take that to mean that I put this on the level of his best works. The film expects you to take a 'wait and see' approach rather than theorycrafting or trying to understand the narrative as it goes. Maybe there's a lesson in there about how people tend to craft narratives. I don't really know.
Mana Ishida is FANTASTIC as Scarlet. She really brings it with this performance and is the clear standout here. I was completely impressed with her. Everyone else ranges from very good to serviceable. They are mostly 'good to average anime cast.' But man, Mana is tremendous in this movie.
The CGI in the trailer was offputting to me but, somehow, I liked the textures on the characters on the big screen and they felt like they had more 'grit' when writ large. Makes me wonder how the Berserk 2012 trilogy would have looked to my eyes on a big screen, and I think that this film needs to be experienced in a theater to truly appreciate the vision of its director, Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Mirai and others). The story itself is mature and dark, addressing humanity's inability to put aside its own grievances in order to break the Hobbsian cycle and talks a lot about the elevation of the self's ambitions over the needs of the many and the common good. This is never more evident than in the primary obstacle Scarlet and Hibiji face on their own journey to the Infinite Land: her uncle Claudius, who also ended up in the Otherworld (along with all of his conspirators) and has organized the lost souls there into an army to gatekeep the entrance to paradise. He is waiting for his wife (the one he stole from his brother Amleth and, yes, the story is inspired by Hamlet) to die and end up there so they can leave together. His ambition to keep others out of a place that he considers his own and not share it with those of lesser status is at the heart of the kind of human selfishness Hosoda is directly addressing. We could all live happier if those that made decisions about civilization were concerned with making everyone's lives better.
I wouldn't call the film thought provoking or revolutionary and it becomes strangely sentimental in the third act but perhaps that's appropriate, given the themes and what Hosoda believes is missing in so many of us, which is less 'kindness' and more 'self awareness'. I also wouldn't call any of its twists surprising.
What I will say is that Hosoda is absolutely right about this: the first step towards breaking the cycle is forgiveness. Someone needs to be able to forgive in order to lay their animus down. Simply choosing not to pursue it just leaves it to fester, grow and infect one all over again, itself a sort of personal, internalized Hobbsian cycle.
But the real question Hosoda is asking is: who, exactly, needs to be forgiven in such cases? And by who?
I will give it a 3.75 out of 5. Not quite a 4 but better than a 3 or even a 3.5.
Here is a trailer:
It was released to theaters last week on IMAX and this week to general theaters so I went and saw it with the roomie.
I legitimately had no real interest in seeing this film other than because it was an anime on the big screen that wasn't a gay shonen battle anime, an isekai or something with horse girls racing.
The film is about a girl that dies regretting not being able to avenge her father, who was betrayed by his brother, his crown and wife stolen and then executed after they lied about him being a traitor working with the country's enemies. The titular character, Scarlet, is transported to a sort of purgatory called 'Otherworld' where souls go to try and make their way to the 'infinite land', an escape from the desolate realm they are currently in to something better. There's a lot of Dante's Inferno here, characters on a spiritual journey through a barren wasteland filled with desperate souls that have factionalized in order to improve their chances oand, perhaps, survive the journey to, ostensibly, paradise. Early on, there's even a wall with the words 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here' that Scarlet and her sole companion, HIbiji (a paramedic from modern day Japan, as the Otherworld exists outside of time and space, so people from all over history and the world can end up here), come across at the infancy of their journey.
This film was NOT what I was expecting it to be. I was thinking that, other than Hibiji (who I initially assumed was 'isekai'd' into Scarlet's world), it was going to be a feudal adventure story set in 16th century Denmark with some fantasy elements. Instead what I got was something more existential and spiritual. That doesn't mean I suddenly became more passionate about the film. I remained an interested observer just willing to let the story come to me. In this respect, it's very much like watching something by Werner Herzog, but don't take that to mean that I put this on the level of his best works. The film expects you to take a 'wait and see' approach rather than theorycrafting or trying to understand the narrative as it goes. Maybe there's a lesson in there about how people tend to craft narratives. I don't really know.
Mana Ishida is FANTASTIC as Scarlet. She really brings it with this performance and is the clear standout here. I was completely impressed with her. Everyone else ranges from very good to serviceable. They are mostly 'good to average anime cast.' But man, Mana is tremendous in this movie.
The CGI in the trailer was offputting to me but, somehow, I liked the textures on the characters on the big screen and they felt like they had more 'grit' when writ large. Makes me wonder how the Berserk 2012 trilogy would have looked to my eyes on a big screen, and I think that this film needs to be experienced in a theater to truly appreciate the vision of its director, Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Mirai and others). The story itself is mature and dark, addressing humanity's inability to put aside its own grievances in order to break the Hobbsian cycle and talks a lot about the elevation of the self's ambitions over the needs of the many and the common good. This is never more evident than in the primary obstacle Scarlet and Hibiji face on their own journey to the Infinite Land: her uncle Claudius, who also ended up in the Otherworld (along with all of his conspirators) and has organized the lost souls there into an army to gatekeep the entrance to paradise. He is waiting for his wife (the one he stole from his brother Amleth and, yes, the story is inspired by Hamlet) to die and end up there so they can leave together. His ambition to keep others out of a place that he considers his own and not share it with those of lesser status is at the heart of the kind of human selfishness Hosoda is directly addressing. We could all live happier if those that made decisions about civilization were concerned with making everyone's lives better.
I wouldn't call the film thought provoking or revolutionary and it becomes strangely sentimental in the third act but perhaps that's appropriate, given the themes and what Hosoda believes is missing in so many of us, which is less 'kindness' and more 'self awareness'. I also wouldn't call any of its twists surprising.
What I will say is that Hosoda is absolutely right about this: the first step towards breaking the cycle is forgiveness. Someone needs to be able to forgive in order to lay their animus down. Simply choosing not to pursue it just leaves it to fester, grow and infect one all over again, itself a sort of personal, internalized Hobbsian cycle.
But the real question Hosoda is asking is: who, exactly, needs to be forgiven in such cases? And by who?
I will give it a 3.75 out of 5. Not quite a 4 but better than a 3 or even a 3.5.
Here is a trailer:
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Has anyone here read the 35th anniversary Akira manga? (the story reads right to left, and the sound effects are in Japanese)
Is it better than the Kodansha paperbacks? (which have the story reading left to right, and sounds effects are translated)
Is it better than the Kodansha paperbacks? (which have the story reading left to right, and sounds effects are translated)
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For anyone who buys Blu-rays and DVDs a bunch of older Discotek titles that Crunchyroll stopped selling are now available from MediaOCD. This will probably be the last time they’re available.
Just another reason CR sucks ass.
Just another reason CR sucks ass.
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Witch Hat Atelier is finally debuting in April of this year. It's been on my radar ever since I started reading the manga and discovered they were adapting it.
Think of it as Harry Potter if done by Studio Ghibli. It may look whimsical and has some young moe girls as cast members and everyone else skews to that androgynous male design aesthetic but I assure you, this series can get pretty serious and dark at times. If you watched Fullmetal Alchemist, you know what I'm talking about. Don't let the art direction fool you into thinking this is some moeblob trash. This is pretty serious fantasy with a great magic system, interesting world building and compelling factions with vastly differing philosophies on the uses of magic in the world. It is definitely in my top 5 manga of the last ten years, maybe more. Again, it isn't as fantastic as Frieren but it's pretty damn good in its own right.
Think of it as Harry Potter if done by Studio Ghibli. It may look whimsical and has some young moe girls as cast members and everyone else skews to that androgynous male design aesthetic but I assure you, this series can get pretty serious and dark at times. If you watched Fullmetal Alchemist, you know what I'm talking about. Don't let the art direction fool you into thinking this is some moeblob trash. This is pretty serious fantasy with a great magic system, interesting world building and compelling factions with vastly differing philosophies on the uses of magic in the world. It is definitely in my top 5 manga of the last ten years, maybe more. Again, it isn't as fantastic as Frieren but it's pretty damn good in its own right.
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Fucking finally...
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Well you know there is more coming out very soon I believe this year
Brand New Patlabor series ‘Patlabor EZY’ Hits Theaters Starting May 2026
Now this is a great way to start off the week! Check out the trailer for the brand new Patlabor series! It’s going to be 8 episodes compiled into a three-part theatrical release called ‘…
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I’ve been watching the Bartender series it reminds me of Midnight Diner.
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I saw it in the theater I was expecting a Lord of the Ring type story without knowing much about it, I was wrong
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I'm pretty behind the times but just finished Frieren and Clevatess. I was surprised how much i liked Frieren, the whole idea of a slice of life of adventuring from the perspective of an indifferent elf who outlives the rest of the party and finds appreciation of her fellow travelers after the fact. It shows growth, feels reflective and not to sweetly over sentimental. I'm looking forward to a second season.
Clevatess was pretty decent, I liked it overall. I feel like I wasn't totally on board until ep3 or 4 though. I really liked Alicia's character, her having to deal with Clevatess' indifferent attitude and having to be brought around was interesting.
I'm trying out tower of good right now, not sure if it's worth the watch but I'm giving it a few episodes.
Clevatess was pretty decent, I liked it overall. I feel like I wasn't totally on board until ep3 or 4 though. I really liked Alicia's character, her having to deal with Clevatess' indifferent attitude and having to be brought around was interesting.
I'm trying out tower of good right now, not sure if it's worth the watch but I'm giving it a few episodes.