Anime recommendations

[Simond]

Is that made by the guy who did Utena?

Oh yes.  

[Lantyssa]

I think he's found some stronger drugs.

[Evildrider]

I don't watch too much anime, but since it was zombie related I ended up watching High School of the Dead.  I think it's pretty  myself.   

[Hoax]

I don't watch too much anime, but since it was zombie related I ended up watching High School of the Dead.  I think it's pretty  myself.   

Yeah if they let that guy do character designs for any more shows I know I'll be watching them.

[Simond]

Mawaru Penguindrum ep.4 report - delusional stalker girl, cut down on your daily "Rose of Versailles" intake. It's for your own good. (Didn't help that teacher kept looking more like Akio in every fantasy scene).

[Simond]

From Otakon:
 

[Stormwaltz]

My god, it's full of spoilers.

Also: "I wish I could ride a narwhal naked whilst holding a dildo." 

[Simond]

http://randomc.net/2011/09/20/fall-2011-preview/
Hope you like sequels!

[Simond]

Update!

Penguindrum's pacing is very Utena-like...it spends a good half-dozen or more relatively light-hearted 'wacky hijinx' episodes setting everything up, and then makes a hard left turn into  -ville. And then still throws in random silliness (usually just before swerving back into   mode. Mood whiplash, thy name is Ikuhara).

Oh, and the Yume Nikki series is so much better than the OVA it's not even funny. Hated the OVA? Give the series a go. Liked the OVA? 1) Seek help. 2) You'll like the series even more.

[Fordel]

Any idea if there going to make a 'Birdy the Mighty: Decode' season 3?

[Furiously]

I'm up to episode 10 in Angel Beats. I'm impressed so far. And I might have cried.

[Segoris]

I'm up to episode 10 in Angel Beats. I'm impressed so far. And I might have cried.

It is a series with an uncanny ability to make you teary one second and laugh your ass off the next. Good luck fighting back those tears at the ending

[Furiously]

Watched Eureka Seven and wasn't that impressed.

Also took in magical shopping arcade abenobashi. The number of references was staggering was worth it for starblazers, jaws and back to the future. Not sure what the ending was supposed to mean.. I'll just chalk it up to Japan and Gainax being Gainax.

[Quinton]

Has the last five years or so seen any quality space opera style anime? I've been out of sync with what's airing for years, but am curious if there's any quality stuff in that sub genre that's turned up in recent years.

[Stormwaltz]

Has the last five years or so seen any quality space opera style anime? I've been out of sync with what's airing for years, but am curious if there's any quality stuff in that sub genre that's turned up in recent years.

Quality? Not that I know of. Gonzo crapped out a series called Glass Fleet back in '06.

[Quinton]

Update!

Penguindrum's pacing is very Utena-like...it spends a good half-dozen or more relatively light-hearted 'wacky hijinx' episodes setting everything up, and then makes a hard left turn into  -ville. And then still throws in random silliness (usually just before swerving back into   mode. Mood whiplash, thy name is Ikuhara).

Had to check this out, since I really enjoyed the giant pile of bizarre that was Utena. 

I dunno about "relatively" light-hearted, given that in the first episode .

Definitely reminds me a lot of Utena, especially the extremely strange sequence near the end of ep1.

[Simond]

http://randomc.net/2011/12/26/winter-2012-preview/
Bleah. At least Penguindrum was amazing.

[Stormwaltz]

I will give Mouretsu Pirates a try.

The trailer shows the ship maneuvering using reaction control thrusters, which places the series above Mass Effect's cutscenes in terms of realism.

[Stormwaltz]

Hey, anybody want to know how much it costs to license anime?

[Fabricated]

I picked up Redline on BluRay.

A fun watch but it feels like it was supposed to be like 30-minutes to an hour longer; prolly because it missed multiple deadlines and went overbudget I hear. Don't get pulled in by any overarching plotlines because half of them get thrown out the window and the ending is pretty abrupt, just enjoy the crazy shit and good animation.

[Rendakor]

Started watching Another which is new this season. It's a very creepy horror anime; the first few episodes were slow but it builds up really well and shit starts to hit the fan by episode 3. Anyone else watching this?

[Bzalthek]

I watched the first episode.  I plan to catch up this weekend.  It's one of the few I'm interested in this season.  Or the last few seasons.  Anime is in a rut lately.

[Rendakor]

It gets good. My only complaint with it is that they like to reveal things to the viewer before they reveal them to the main character, but that's always been a pet peeve of mine.

[Bzalthek]

Started watching Another which is new this season. It's a very creepy horror anime; the first few episodes were slow but it builds up really well and shit starts to hit the fan by episode 3. Anyone else watching this?

I see what you mean about ep 3.  If I remember, it was ep 3 in Madoka when "shit got real" too.  Still have 2 more eps to catch up on.  The only thing I don't like is the cliche hesitant oft-surprised protagonist.

[Simond]

I will give Mouretsu Pirates a try.

The trailer shows the ship maneuvering using reaction control thrusters, which places the series above Mass Effect's cutscenes in terms of realism.

And it even (mostly) fits their personalities.

[SurfD]

Not sure if i should post this here, or in the Computer help thread, but I recently updated Firefox to version 11, and now www.animeseason.com (which i have been using to stream some shows like Mouretsu Pirates) is completely borked.  The page worked fine in my old version of Firefox (a 3.6 release i believe), but it is completely hosed when FF 11 tries to render the page.  Page works fine in the latest version of IE as well.  No idea what gives.

Any thoughts?

[luckton]

Not sure if i should post this here, or in the Computer help thread, but I recently updated Firefox to version 11, and now www.animeseason.com (which i have been using to stream some shows like Mouretsu Pirates) is completely borked.  The page worked fine in my old version of Firefox (a 3.6 release i believe), but it is completely hosed when FF 11 tries to render the page.  Page works fine in the latest version of IE as well.  No idea what gives.

Any thoughts?

Chrome gives me a big fat "THERE BE MALWARE HERE! YOU SHALL NOT PASS unless you really want to..." error message when I hit that site.   

[SurfD]

Not sure if i should post this here, or in the Computer help thread, but I recently updated Firefox to version 11, and now www.animeseason.com (which i have been using to stream some shows like Mouretsu Pirates) is completely borked.  The page worked fine in my old version of Firefox (a 3.6 release i believe), but it is completely hosed when FF 11 tries to render the page.  Page works fine in the latest version of IE as well.  No idea what gives.

Any thoughts?

Chrome gives me a big fat "THERE BE MALWARE HERE! YOU SHALL NOT PASS unless you really want to..." error message when I hit that site.   

Yeah, i got that too, checking the info on that seemed to indicate that the site might have been flagged as having compromised adds or soemthing on it a few months ago.  I run with No-Script installed though, so I generally dont worry about that.

[Simond]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPH_iZsU4xA

[Rendakor]

Not sure if i should post this here, or in the Computer help thread, but I recently updated Firefox to version 11, and now www.animeseason.com (which i have been using to stream some shows like Mouretsu Pirates) is completely borked.  The page worked fine in my old version of Firefox (a 3.6 release i believe), but it is completely hosed when FF 11 tries to render the page.  Page works fine in the latest version of IE as well.  No idea what gives.

Any thoughts?

Chrome gives me a big fat "THERE BE MALWARE HERE! YOU SHALL NOT PASS unless you really want to..." error message when I hit that site.   

Yeah, i got that too, checking the info on that seemed to indicate that the site might have been flagged as having compromised adds or soemthing on it a few months ago.  I run with No-Script installed though, so I generally dont worry about that.

I can't tell if this is current (since the post date is from 2014) but the page you linked loaded fine for me, once I allowed it with NoScript.

[SurfD]

Not sure if i should post this here, or in the Computer help thread, but I recently updated Firefox to version 11, and now www.animeseason.com (which i have been using to stream some shows like Mouretsu Pirates) is completely borked.  The page worked fine in my old version of Firefox (a 3.6 release i believe), but it is completely hosed when FF 11 tries to render the page.  Page works fine in the latest version of IE as well.  No idea what gives.

Any thoughts?

Chrome gives me a big fat "THERE BE MALWARE HERE! YOU SHALL NOT PASS unless you really want to..." error message when I hit that site.   

Yeah, i got that too, checking the info on that seemed to indicate that the site might have been flagged as having compromised adds or soemthing on it a few months ago.  I run with No-Script installed though, so I generally dont worry about that.

I can't tell if this is current (since the post date is from 2014) but the page you linked loaded fine for me, once I allowed it with NoScript.

Yeah, About a week after I noticed the page go all crazy it fixed itself. No real idea what was up with that.

[Stormwaltz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPH_iZsU4xA

I suppose all the hardcore anime fans left Edmonton before they could be post a warning not to let a grade-C animation studio work on their flagship franchises.

[Rendakor]

I'd never even heard of the production company until I googled them. The only thing on their Wiki page that I recognize is Baka Test.

[Hoax]

Straight Jacket was the coolest visually of this list. But neither it nor Freezing nor Baka Test (though I did enjoy Baka Test) were high quality.

[Rendakor]

Since it doesn't appear to have been mentioned here, I found Steins;Gate a good enough anime that the thread deserves a necro. It's basically Welcome to the NHK meets Back to the Future; the main character is a self-proclaimed mad scientist who's trying to invent a time machine. Has anyone else seen it?