Anime recommendations

[Bzalthek]

Heh, yeah.  That cat thing is seriously creeping me out, too.

[Stormwaltz]

I've watched the first two episodes of Madoka, and I'm enjoying it. Mami is pretty awesome - partly because she uses magical flintlock muskets the way John Woo characters use pistols, party because she always has that little smile that says, "Oh, dear boy, I'm so much more than you can handle."

What?

So given what I've seen so far, she's probably going to be the Roy Fokker - the awesomely competent role model who dies midway through the series.

Anyway, like it, but it doesn't scratch the Mahou Josei itch I've been feeling. What I want is something like Nana or Honey & Clover, but with magic. The closest thing to this I can think of is Someday's Dreamers.

[Bzalthek]

the awesomely competent role model who dies midway through the series.

heh

This is the only anime I must watch as it airs.  The first since I started paying attention to new releases.

edit: Speaking of which, Episode 8: Shit just got real again.

[cironian]

This is the only anime I must watch as it airs.  The first since I started paying attention to new releases.

edit: Speaking of which, Episode 8: Shit just got real again.

Yeah, I like how starting at the third episode the series keeps getting more and more creepy. Feels like a really well-done deconstruction of the whole genre, much better than I expected it to be. I also like how even before Ep.8 they always gave you the vague feeling that

[Bzalthek]

This is the only anime I must watch as it airs.  The first since I started paying attention to new releases.

edit: Speaking of which, Episode 8: Shit just got real again.

Yeah, I like how starting at the third episode the series keeps getting more and more creepy. Feels like a really well-done deconstruction of the whole genre, much better than I expected it to be. I also like how even before Ep.8 they always gave you the vague feeling that

[Bzalthek]

Upcoming anime for Spring.  Some of it actually looks pretty interesting

[Simond]

They've made a Toriko anime? 

[Rendakor]

Deadman Wonderland, Sket Dance, and Hidan no Aria will all get at least an episode or two.

[Simond]

Time for some anime history. Nihon SF Taikai is the Japanese anime con, and when it's held in Osaka, it's called DAICON. (Dai = Great, so "Great Con(vention), and daikon = Japanese radish. It's a pun, see...oh, never mind). Anyway, DAICON III was in 1981, and DAICON IV was in 1983, and for each one the same group of fans came up with an animated intro video. Like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-840keiiFDE

Said group of fans called themselves DAICON Film when they were still all amateurs. When they decided to actually make a go of it as a professional studio, they changed their name.

To Gainax.

And for their next trick, Anno got a job animating the God/Giant Warrior scene in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. He wanted to make a sequel, Miyazaki said 'no', so Anno decided to take a few ideas from Nausicaa (ridiculously powerful artificial giant humanoids, a character whose mother went insane and thought a doll was her daughter, the whole "Mankind over-reached in its pride and technology and brought an apocalypse down on itself" thing) and make his own series.

[Bzalthek]

Starting to feem?

[AutomaticZen]

Ao no Exorcist is a decent Shonen manga, I'll give the show a try.  Deadman Wonderland as well.


Lotto no Omocha... what?  Really?

[LC]

Time for some anime history. Nihon SF Taikai is the Japanese anime con, and when it's held in Osaka, it's called DAICON. (Dai = Great, so "Great Con(vention), and daikon = Japanese radish. It's a pun, see...oh, never mind). Anyway, DAICON III was in 1981, and DAICON IV was in 1983, and for each one the same group of fans came up with an animated intro video. Like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-840keiiFDE

Said group of fans called themselves DAICON Film when they were still all amateurs. When they decided to actually make a go of it as a professional studio, they changed their name.

To Gainax.

And for their next trick, Anno got a job animating the God/Giant Warrior scene in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. He wanted to make a sequel, Miyazaki said 'no', so Anno decided to take a few ideas from Nausicaa (ridiculously powerful artificial giant humanoids, a character whose mother went insane and thought a doll was her daughter, the whole "Mankind over-reached in its pride and technology and brought an apocalypse down on itself" thing) and make his own series.

A very very very similar bunny girl sequence appeared in the Densha Otoko opening:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-63xA5bMEw8

Then later in Getsumen To Heiki Mina:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getsumento_Heiki_Mina

[Rendakor]

FlCl has one too, where Haruko is screaming "Daicon Five!", but that's just Gainax being themselves.

[LC]

Densha Otoko was awesome btw and everyone should watch it.

[Simond]

So...the last two episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica finally aired.

...

And they were fucking awesome. Definitely the best series made in the last couple of years, and slots nicely into my personal top five list...possibly even top three.

[cironian]

So...the last two episodes of Puella Magi Madoka Magica finally aired.

...

And they were fucking awesome. Definitely the best series made in the last couple of years, and slots nicely into my personal top five list...possibly even top three.

This man speaks the truth.

[Simond]

^^Would that avatar lie to you?     ◕ ‿‿ ◕

E: Just had someone somewhere else point out that the reason Sayuka's  Imagine that, an anime that actually uses symbolism rather than just "It looks cool, throw it in".

[Segoris]

Watched the entire season of Puella Magi Madoka and it was pretty damn good. Even though there are lots of really solid aspects in there ( such as the witch scenes and Kyubey - who has become one of my favorite characters) I still feel that it was missing something.

Though, even with that said - I'd still say it is a must watch (or at least give a 3 episode chance for) and for me it is definitely a top 10 series, but not quite a top 5.

[Bzalthek]

Hen Zemi is a twisted celebration of abnormality.  It's oddly comforting.

[Rendakor]

Chartfag has summer previews up. Dantalian no Shoka looks weird, but I'll watch the first few episodes because GAINAX. Probably also going to give Kami-sama no Memo-chou, Appleseed XIII, and R-15 a shot.

[SurfD]

Just out of curiosity, where do you guys usually go for your fix of the latest new serieses?  Do you google for fan-sub groups? Watch them from a streaming site?  Have a nice centralized torrent tracker site?  Just recently got back from an anime con in toronto, where I cought a bunch of cool new stuff, but as it has been ages since I did any regular anime downloading, most of my old links are dead or gone, and I am a bit lost trying to find good quality sources for good quality episodes of the stuff I wanted to follow up on.

[Rendakor]

nyaa-torrents is one of the largest trackers still out there; http://www.animesuki.com/ is another good one. If it's not on one of those, I just google "showname fansub" and look for a group I'm familiar with.

[Abalieno]

Huh?

http://www.tokyotosho.info/?cat=1

That's the way, then a lil research about which group is better.

[Bzalthek]

animetake.com is the only site I use anymore.

[Arrrgh]

Crunchyroll is good for streaming.

[Hoax]

Yeah you can use anidb.net to find out who is making the good subs if you really care about getting that better than dvd quality stuff.

[fuser]

Kinda Anime related right?

Starz has picked up Sam Raimi/Rob Tapert project, live action adaptation of Noir

[Simond]

Chartfag has summer previews up. Dantalian no Shoka looks weird, but I'll watch the first few episodes because GAINAX. Probably also going to give Kami-sama no Memo-chou, Appleseed XIII, and R-15 a shot.

Summer 2011 preview: Hope you like vampires or moeblobs!

...wait a second. Mawaru Penguindrum? "New project from the director of Revolutionary Girl Utena"?

[Stormwaltz]

Starz has picked up Sam Raimi/Rob Tapert project, live action adaptation of Noir

Noir came out in my heyday of anime buying, when I spent $300 a month and would watch any series that was slightly decent.

Noir was so dull and self-important, I gave up after one disc.

[Stormwaltz]

Chartfag has summer previews up.

I saw a new Higurashi OVA in there.

Sold, sight unseen.

[Simond]

Mecha Hell
Like AMV Hell but with mechs.


Obviously. 

[Amaron]

Looks like several of the summer shows should be out by tonight or tomorrow night.   I've no clue if any of these are actually any good though.

[Simond]

http://youtu.be/-ZdgpuBdNKg

Yesssssssssssss

[Amaron]

I just watched that earlier. Definitely the most suitable anime to watch while on drugs this season. Kamisama Dolls and Sacred Seven are for the Naruto crowd I'd say. Although Kamisama Dolls has a little potential.

I caught "No. 6" as well.   That one seems like it's going to be the high profile anime this season. 

[Lantyssa]

Is that made by the guy who did Utena?