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Post by drhickman1983 on May 13, 2022 14:47:10 GMT
The last anime I really enjoyed was Devilman Crybaby. The aesthetic seems designedto be purposefully off-putting, and it initially seems like it's going to be a fairly cliche story, perhaps with with tedious pervy fan service, but it ends up having a really human, empathetic core.
The og Devilman manga was very influential, it's pretty clear to see how it influenced berserk with it's protagonist/antagonist relationship being right at the centre.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 14:48:01 GMT
Claymore was cool. It's pretty much The Witcher, but they're all ladies in white rather than men in black. Came out before the games got popular too, so the writer must have been a fan of the original novels.
Berserk was cool until the end of the first arc, which I guess is right at the end of the original adaptation. The event.. that happens. Put me off the franchise as a whole. I did have the game on Dreamcast though, which I think came out before the show was officially localized.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 13, 2022 14:49:42 GMT
Claymore was cool. It's pretty much The Witcher, but they're all ladies in white rather than men in black. Came out before the games got popular too, so the writer must have been a fan of the original novels. Berserk was cool until the end of the first arc, which I guess is right at the end of the original adaptation. The event.. that happens. Put me off the franchise as a whole. I did have the game on Dreamcast though, which I think came out before the show was officially localized. You should definitely read on after the event. |
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Post by drhickman1983 on May 13, 2022 14:52:27 GMT
The event is unpleasant, but to it's credit the manga does quite a bit too move past it without diminishing the events, and it does look at the outcome and trauma of the event
The latter episodes actually really lean into the importance of relationships with others, as Guts moves past being just a revenge driven love wolf. It's a gradual, but believable character arc.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 14:54:39 GMT
The last anime I really enjoyed was Devilman Crybaby. The aesthetic seems designedto be purposefully off-putting, and it initially seems like it's going to be a fairly cliche story, perhaps with with tedious pervy fan service, but it ends up having a really human, empathetic core. The og Devilman manga was very influential, it's pretty clear to see how it influenced berserk with it's protagonist/antagonist relationship being right at the centre. I think the last anime I started was the mecha Trigger one (can't remember what it was called). Loved KLK, TTGL and FLCL but just couldn't get into that one. I think it was the girl bending over in front of the boy in the mecha just seemed too dumb
Hunter x Hunter is a brilliant fighty manga/anime. I was never into DBZ, Bleach or any of that stuff but HxH is amazing. Antangonist is a paedo though (but that's anime for you)
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Post by Onny on May 13, 2022 14:58:14 GMT
Some later berserk panels are easily among the greatest comic panels ever drawn. The detail which goes into Guts’ cloak alone, Christ. And what a tragedy that it will never be properly finished.
I absolutely love Akira. I didn’t think much of it when it came out - Fist Of The North Star was much more what I thought anime “should be” - but over time it has really grown on me. It remains one of the few films I’ve actually purchased digitally because I want to stream it whenever I want.
Anyway, an unpopular opinion: My Neighbour Totoro is a bit boring and meandering, really.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 14:59:46 GMT
Anyway, an unpopular opinion: My Neighbour Totoro is a bit boring and meandering, really. The last time I tried watching it I had to turn it off because the screaming kid just annoyed me too much. Can't remember if it was the US or JP dub but fuck that noise |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 15:02:37 GMT
I was bored by Totoro the first time but enjoyed it the second time. It's not my favorite Ghibli either though.
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Post by drhickman1983 on May 13, 2022 15:03:01 GMT
I think a lot of Ghibli's films are a bit meandering. They're charming and usually enjoyable but they sometimes feel a bit wishy-washy. The artistry is usually good of course. But beyond the surface and ambience they're sometimes a bit empty.
*Charming and enjoyable perhaps doesn't apply to Grave of the Fireflies.
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 15:06:34 GMT
I'm not really a fan of Ghibli beyond Nausicaa and Mononoke. The character animations seem too exaggerated and lavish for me
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Post by EMarkM on May 13, 2022 18:34:09 GMT
I have no knowledge of, nor interest in, manga, anime or Japanese culture generally, despite an obsession with Japan in my teen years when I studied judo.
However, I did own a VHS of one of the “proper” edits of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend.
It was…interesting!
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Post by Aunt Alison on May 13, 2022 21:42:36 GMT
I have no knowledge of, nor interest in, manga, anime or Japanese culture generally, despite an obsession with Japan in my teen years when I studied judo. However, I did own a VHS of one of the “proper” edits of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend. It was…interesting! That was basically my exposure to manga as a child as well. Along with Akira (just caught it on Channel 4 late one night/morning and had no idea whatsoever what I was watching (similiar to the sexual content of the former) and some other random manga videos I got which probably no one has heard of now. The ones I can remember are Judge, Laughing Target, Crying Freeman and Project A-KO
A lot of Urotsukidoji has stayed with me and although it went over my head at the time, I get it now (they were raping them)
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Post by Sarfrin on May 13, 2022 21:49:00 GMT
I have no knowledge of, nor interest in, manga, anime or Japanese culture generally, despite an obsession with Japan in my teen years when I studied judo. However, I did own a VHS of one of the “proper” edits of Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend. It was…interesting! I feel like you probably shouldn't follow that first sentence up with an opinion about Japanese culture, but I know very little about it either. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 13, 2022 21:57:47 GMT
Berserk is great. Shame it will probably never get finished now.
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Post by Danno on May 20, 2022 22:42:38 GMT
PJ Harvey is fucking tedious
And that's generous.
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Post by Vortex on May 20, 2022 22:55:06 GMT
PJ Harvey is fucking tedious And that's generous. My wife would agree with you. As per the thread title, i strongly disagree. She's made some great albums. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 20, 2022 23:21:30 GMT
PJ Harvey is fucking tedious And that's generous. How so? |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on May 20, 2022 23:28:07 GMT
That’s probably the spiciest take of the whole thread. She is a national treasure.
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Post by スコットランド on May 20, 2022 23:48:46 GMT
PJ Harvey is fucking tedious And that's generous. That's the worst post I've ever seen, stop drinking or whatever would make you come out Sith such a thing. She's fucking incredible, an amazing talent, wonderful voice, guitarist,pianist, saxophonist and amazing, amazing songwriter. |
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Post by スコットランド on May 20, 2022 23:56:14 GMT
 Sprt yourself out, Danno! |
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Post by スコットランド on May 21, 2022 0:00:41 GMT
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Post by Ulythium on May 21, 2022 0:01:09 GMT
Polly Jean is awesome. Always has been.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 21, 2022 0:03:36 GMT
Oh Danno...
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 21, 2022 0:06:12 GMT
I'm sorry that you smell, Danno.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 21, 2022 0:06:31 GMT
(smell like poo)
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Post by スコットランド on May 21, 2022 0:09:03 GMT
I mean , FFS
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2022 5:22:08 GMT
I preferred the stuff she did with Duncan.
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Post by cubby on May 21, 2022 5:28:45 GMT
Seems like Danno wins the thread. So much butt hurt.
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Post by dfunked on May 21, 2022 7:37:59 GMT
Haha, yep. People seem to be forgetting the meaning of this thread.
Which is... Erm...
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on May 21, 2022 7:39:00 GMT
It's that Danno smells. A rare popular opinion!
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