Anime recommendations

[Lantyssa]

I'll laugh when the ninth ep is titled the same.

[Furiously]

Ok - I just bought season one of Black Lagoon. It definitely got better as it went on. Remmy is a bit of a caricature but the rest of the characters are pretty good and interesting.

I liked the last episode of the season the best with the drug addled driver and the racist remarks flowing from one character to the other. I felt like it was Gran Tarino all over again.

[Bzalthek]

The best episodes are in season 2 (in my opinion) with the fucked up twins.  I can't say anymore without ruining it.

[jakonovski]

Hey, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is pretty sweet. Unlike Canaan, which was painfully boring and apparently designed by a committee fueled by liquid cliche.

[Hoax]

The best episodes are in season 2 (in my opinion) with the fucked up twins.  I can't say anymore without ruining it.

It gets even better in season 2, the only legitimate complaint people can have is they focus much of it on just Rock and Revy but the episodes with Chan Dutch and Benny are golden.  I'll be sad as fuck if there is never a 3rd season though I think I remember rumors that one was in the works some time ago when I followed that sort of thing.

[Bzalthek]

Yeah, there's a season 3 in the works but it will be OVA and rumor has it not until 2010 mid to late.  Which sucks.

[jakonovski]

I wonder if this is a good place to ask. In the late 90s I saw an anime (OVA? Series?), the identity of which has been periodically puzzling me ever since I remembered it again a couple of years ago.

It's a sci-fi anime, set in a dystopian future city, involving dimensional and/or time travel. I think the protagonist was a woman.

[Bzalthek]

I'm afraid that's a little too vague for me to go on chief

I'll take a few stabs in the dark though,
Bubblegum Crisis?  Serial Experiment Lain?

[jakonovski]

Naw, I saw it in 97 or 98. I'll probably never know, but at least my search brings up other interesting stuff: Demon City Shinjuku, Cyber City Oedo 808, Doomed Megalopolis.

Edit: maybe it was Silent Mobius! Oh man, I got a lot of watching to do.

[rk47]

Huh, saw Marvel licensed Animation work. On top of the recently announced Halo : Legends, we're going to see Ironman and Wolverine Anime in 2010 . Seen the trailer on youtube, Ironman looks sharp. Wolverine, not so much.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/07/26/iron-man-wolverine-anime-trailers-impress/

[Bzalthek]

Wow, that Wolverine was really fucking pathetic.  They turned Logan into some emo goth ninja lanky fuck.

But yes, Iron Man was pretty tight.

[schild]

I was about to say after watching the Iron Man one "Yea that's cuz the Iron Man one is made by MADHOUSE." But then I watched the wolverine one and was like 'wtf b-team.'

And then I stopped caring because Wolverine is stupid and RDJ isn't in Iron Man.

[Lantyssa]

It might be worth mentioning for our viewers at home work that some of the side-bar stuff on that site is NSFW.

[jakonovski]

It might be worth mentioning for our viewers at home work that some of the side-bar stuff on that site is NSFW.

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I must go...ascertain the truthfulness of these allegations. Thoroughly.

[Simond]

I'll laugh when the ninth ep is titled the same.

From today's ep (eighth of the season, seventh named 'Endless Eight')

 

[Jain Zar]

Gotta love a shitty experiment played on the viewers.

Its Where's Waldo meets Groundhog Day.

Which equals a shit ton of lost viewers.

[stray]

I never heard of X (tv series) until recently, but it's pretty good! I think your typical shonen stuff would play out this well if they limited it to 20ish episodes.

[Simond]

Kyon-kun, denwa~ 

The loop ended this week, though. Or, well, it should have done - ask again next week to make sure

[stray]

Damn Claymore is better than I thought it'd be. Hope it holds up..  (it really got good once it flashbacked to the backstory with the character Theresa).

[Bzalthek]

Claymore is hot shit, yes.  Even with the drastic departure from the manga towards the end (it was damn near picture perfect before that), it still holds up as hot shit.

[stray]

Not that the story is the same (because it's pretty original for a fighting series), but it just sort of reminds me of Ninja Scroll. One of the closest I've seen come to it in quality (and brutality), not to mention accomplising that without being close to a knockoff. I get the impression though that it's sort of fallen under the radar.. ?

[Hindenburg]

Claymore is Berserk with less exposed tits. 
Angel Densetsu was pretty good, though.

[stray]

Suzuka..

I can't believe I sat through all 26 eps, but it was streaming on Hulu so I decided to have it play in the background. By the 25th episode, I was expecting the guy to commit suicide. Such a brutal series for something that falls under the slice of life category (and not even a wacky slice of life series.. this might be the most mundane one I've ever seen). Then in the 26th episode, it redeems itself, and I'm like "Oh... "

But goddamn. No one deserves this kind of punishment.

[rk47]

I haven't followed Masked Rider series for a while since they went full-retard mode after Kabuto ended. But recently I've heard of 'Masked Rider Decade'. My god. This is 'Rider Crisis in Infinite Earths'. Commemorating 10 years worth of production, they decided to create a new one, Decade, and made him revisit the previous 9 incarnations (Yes, 9 Years of Riders!). That's just like The Brave and the Bold Batman visiting Adam West's Universe! Pure  . The first episode is absolute fan service, the only bad thing about it is that they can't get the original actors to play the older riders (It's been 10 years lolz) and changes to the 'alternate universes', but other than that: Absolute Must-get for Rider fans.

TV Nihon has subs up.

[fuser]

I drift in and out of watching anime every couple of years. Caught The Sky Crawlers (love oshii's films), my god the character art , scenes, and not to mention the whole attention to detail on the aircraft. Dear god the audio quality with the supercharger whine of "The Teachers" J5. The loving detail to the aircraft designs bring back such good memories of the wings of honneamise.

There's so much symbolism going on in the diner its unreal down to the man sitting on the steps. Black panther racing indeed!

[AutomaticZen]

I haven't followed Masked Rider series for a while since they went full-retard mode after Kabuto ended. But recently I've heard of 'Masked Rider Decade'. My god. This is 'Rider Crisis in Infinite Earths'. Commemorating 10 years worth of production, they decided to create a new one, Decade, and made him revisit the previous 9 incarnations (Yes, 9 Years of Riders!). That's just like The Brave and the Bold Batman visiting Adam West's Universe! Pure  . The first episode is absolute fan service, the only bad thing about it is that they can't get the original actors to play the older riders (It's been 10 years lolz) and changes to the 'alternate universes', but other than that: Absolute Must-get for Rider fans.

TV Nihon has subs up.

Decade is great if you just take it as the creators having a lot of fun with the whole Kamen Rider concept.

[stray]

Sword of the Stranger... pretty good film if you want a quick dose of action. Not really much meat to the plot, and the characters aren't particularly memorable... but they're not horrible either. The action on the other hand is superb.. top notch.. and the music is quite good. These alone can still probably keep your interest.

[stray]

Is it me, or is Nana like the best slice of life anime ever? A part of me feels bad, because I think it's audience is women. Not me.  But it's really well done, I think.

I've seen the first (live action) movie, but the anime is tons better.

[Bzalthek]

I loved Nana.

There are actually a lot of chick-flick anime that I enjoy. 

[Stormwaltz]

Haven't had a chance to see the anime, but Jamie and I are both addicted to the manga.

[stray]

Well they put money into it. The animation is well done. Not sure how accurate it is storywise as I've never read the manga, but it's extensive in it's own right (I think 40 something episodes).

[Bzalthek]

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[schild]

Is it me, or is Nana like the best slice of life anime ever? A part of me feels bad, because I think it's audience is women. Not me.   But it's really well done, I think.

I would buy the limited editions of any version of Yotsuba that came out on DVD, or even better, blu-ray. It's pretty much the best kid's view of things ever. Also, very slice of life, though wacky at times. Of course, it's only a manga right now.

[Rendakor]

Started watching Umineko no Naku Koro ni today; it's pretty interesting. A murder mystery with some supernatural elements, by 07th Expansion (and thus, prone to spats of ultraviolence). I'm only on the fourth episode, but given the way they are numbered (1-1, 1-2, etc), I'm expecting them to restart the story several times like Higurashi did. It worked pretty well there, as an adaptation of a visual novel.

[stray]

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Ah yeah..

Well I hope they make more. Reminds me of Great Teacher Onizuka ending somewhere along the 40 something mark too, and leaving me hanging. :\