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FreedomEclipse · Sep 28, 2019

djisas said:
did u watch Macross Zero?

of course!

bubbleawsome · Sep 28, 2019

Found this a few days back, fits this thread. An old 80s animation for a convention done by 12 guys. Apparently a bunch of them went on to found Gainax

GoldenX · Sep 28, 2019

Mister Anno included.

Anarchy0110 · Sep 28, 2019

Really cool little moment, I wish I can watch the full movie tbh:

bubbleawsome · Sep 28, 2019

GoldenX said:
Mister Anno included.

The city explosion at 4:30 feels incredibly Evangelion.

Space Lynx · Sep 28, 2019

bubbleawsome said:
The city explosion at 4:30 feels incredibly Evangelion.

NO SPOILERS!!!!! YOU BAD NO COOKIE FO YOU

GoldenX · Sep 28, 2019

bubbleawsome said:
The city explosion at 4:30 feels incredibly Evangelion.

Not enough crosses.

potato580+ · Sep 28, 2019

mazinger or getter robo G

also loved tenggen tonpa

robot zombie · Sep 30, 2019

I don't know why, but I wanted to sit down and Watch Blood: The Last Vampire today. All I feel after watching it now is how disappointed I was when I later saw Blood+. Not that Blood+ was at all bad... I thought it was great. Looking back, it doesn't stand out that much to me, but I do remember how the character and plot development throughout the whole saga had me repeatedly really feeling for the characters in ways I don't very often... and on top of this was a layer of "OMGGGG this is so corn-ball..." But yet it still got to me! Felt like the pacing was a bit stretched at times, but it came back around every time. Ended up being a lot darker than you'd expect from a show that's message is all about who your family is and what that means - and I really appreciated that about it. Anybody who's never seen it but maybe heard of it and put it aside should probably watch it. Pretty well-executed. Dunno that it fares all that well strictly as a vampire show. It's really used more as a plot device than anything else. To me it was more of a shonen with a vampiric sheen.

It was just so not what I wanted walking away from the Movie. B:TLV was just a classic vampire hack-n-slash with cool, gritty artwork. One of those hyper-violent early 2000's thingamajigs. Just a lot of fun. Blood+ was like, this epic saga stretched across an epoch. Meanwhile the fights and animation weren't nearly as interesting. Honestly, the show is still better imo. You get a lot more out of it. But I feel a much stronger pull towards the movie. I think it's just that the movie gave so little... just this short little rush that made me want more. While Blood+ was like a journey. Finishing it was like coming home from a good, long road trip.

Just so we're clear, not talking about the 2009 live-action abomination! Still trying to figure out why and how that wound-up existing. I'm talking about the movie that came out ~2000.

In the spirit of campy vampire stuff I'm going back to Hellsing Ultimate next. AAAAAAAAAA-MEN! And then maybe Vampire Hunter D.

Space Lynx · Sep 30, 2019

robot zombie said:
I don't know why, but I wanted to sit down and Watch Blood: The Last Vampire today. All I feel after watching it now is how disappointed I was when I later saw Blood+. Not that Blood+ was at all bad... I thought it was great. Looking back, it doesn't stand out that much to me, but I do remember how the character and plot development throughout the whole saga had me repeatedly really feeling for the characters in ways I don't very often... and on top of this was a layer of "OMGGGG this is so corn-ball..." But yet it still got to me! Felt like the pacing was a bit stretched at times, but it came back around every time. Ended up being a lot darker than you'd expect from a show that's message is all about who your family is and what that means - and I really appreciated that about it. Anybody who's never seen it but maybe heard of it and put it aside should probably watch it. Pretty well-executed. Dunno that it fares all that well strictly as a vampire show. It's really used more as a plot device than anything else. To me it was more of a shonen with a vampiric sheen.

It was just so not what I wanted walking away from the Movie. B:TLV was just a classic vampire hack-n-slash with cool, gritty artwork. One of those hyper-violent early 2000's thingamajigs. Just a lot of fun. Blood+ was like, this epic saga stretched across an epoch. Meanwhile the fights and animation weren't nearly as interesting. Honestly, the show is still better imo. You get a lot more out of it. But I feel a much stronger pull towards the movie. I think it's just that the movie gave so little... just this short little rush that made me want more. While Blood+ was like a journey. Finishing it was like coming home from a good, long road trip.

Just so we're clear, not talking about the 2009 live-action abomination! Still trying to figure out why and how that wound-up existing. I'm talking about the movie that came out ~2000.

In the spirit of campy vampire stuff I'm going back to Hellsing Ultimate next. AAAAAAAAAA-MEN! And then maybe Vampire Hunter D.

Have you seen the Netflix Original anime of Castlevania? It's only 4 episodes long, but very well done.

Also, I just started playing Castlevania Lord of Shadow on steam, its fantastic game for being made in 2013... very well optimized for PC, like amazingly so. This game never got enough love.

Solid State Soul ( SSS ) · Sep 30, 2019

When You fire the English Voice Actors

When You Fire all The Animators

kurosagi01 · Sep 30, 2019

FreedomEclipse said:
You need to get her to watch Ninja Scrolls or Vampire Hunter D. Maybe 'Shadow Skill' but that wasnt really that great. Its quite echi more than anything.

I managed to get hold of a good copy of super dimension fortress macross 1984 and just skipping through it a little. There is something so beautiful about the oldschool animation style. I dont know if its because im watching some sorta BR remaster but the cell shading and colour pallete just seems so much more realistic the way it was done.

I will be getting her to watch Ninja Scrolls eventually, never really gave Shadow Skills a proper watch before and only seen bits here and there years ago.

I also got decent copy of 1984 Macross downloaded and old-school animation is art, today its just who can bring the most fan service with modern technology art doing all the work.
I am still after a blu-ray set of 1984 Macross with english subtitles but we will never get a official release because of god damn Harmony Gold.

Hyderz · Sep 30, 2019

any anime worth watching these days? Throw me some titles and ill have a look

but im not into fan service stuff, prefer non mainstream stuff

kurosagi01 · Sep 30, 2019

Hyderz said:
any anime worth watching these days? Throw me some titles and ill have a look
but im not into fan service stuff, prefer non mainstream stuff

What have you watched so far?
Top of my head I would recommend these:
Macross 1984
The first Mobile Suit Gundam show
Tenchi Muyo
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Jojo Bizarre Adventure
Guyver OVA and 25 episode Anime
The Legend of the 4 Kings
Baki

Anyway I have finally watched James Cameron Alita Battle Angel, overall i'm very pleased with it and the only setback id say is the silly added romance was not necessary.

Space Lynx · Sep 30, 2019

kurosagi01 said:
What have you watched so far?
Top of my head I would recommend these:
Macross 1984
The first Mobile Suit Gundam show
Tenchi Muyo
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Jojo Bizarre Adventure
Guyver OVA and 25 episode Anime
The Legend of the 4 Kings
Baki

Anyway I have finally watched James Cameron Alita Battle Angel, overall i'm very pleased with it and the only setback id say is the silly added romance was not necessary.

I was not impressed with Alita Battle Angel, just felt off to me.

On that note, out of that list you just made... can you narrow it down to a top 3 recommendation for those of us with limited time?

kurosagi01 · Sep 30, 2019

lynx29 said:
I was not impressed with Alita Battle Angel, just felt off to me.

On that note, out of that list you just made... can you narrow it down to a top 3 recommendation for those of us with limited time?

It is a right step in moving forward for adaptation of a anime/manga in my opinion.
As for my quick list...Macross, Neon Genesis Evangelion and legend of the 4 Kings.

Hyderz · Sep 30, 2019

kurosagi01 said:
What have you watched so far?
Top of my head I would recommend these:
Macross 1984
The first Mobile Suit Gundam show
Tenchi Muyo
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Jojo Bizarre Adventure
Guyver OVA and 25 episode Anime
The Legend of the 4 Kings
Baki

Anyway I have finally watched James Cameron Alita Battle Angel, overall i'm very pleased with it and the only setback id say is the silly added romance was not necessary.

Out of that list ive seen tenchi muyo and parts of the Mobile Suit Gundam
My all time fav animes are
Slam Dunk
City Hunter
Patlabor
Haibane Renmei
Mushishi
As for Gundam i love 0083 Stardust Memory, The 08th Ms Team and Gundam Unicorn

potato580+ · Sep 30, 2019

am waiting for this

djisas · Sep 30, 2019

Hyderz said:
any anime worth watching these days? Throw me some titles and ill have a look
but im not into fan service stuff, prefer non mainstream stuff

Try the first page of the forum, some of this forum's elderly have made their suggestion, mostly stuff from 00's and earlier I guess...

Top of my head would be Bebop, trigun, Aria the animation, escaflowne, EVA ofc, chobits, black lagoon...
If you want movies, go for any Ghibli movie, or all...

bubbleawsome · Sep 30, 2019

It's pretty hard to narrow down lists without knowing what people already like. Attack on Titan is an easy recommendation for some people, but I also know some people who couldn't get through season 1.
From me the top three 'classics' are probably Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
For top three more story based ones I'd say A Silent Voice, A Place Further than the Universe, and Violet Evergarden
For top three action/fighting it's probably One Punch Man, Mob Psycho, and Attack on Titan. (Extra shoutout to the Ufotable Fate series for being the most technically impressive for fight scenes, but it's hard to get in to.)
For top three 'just chill and watch' shows it's Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Konosuba, and My Hero Academia I guess.

My personal top three are Violet Evergarden, Evangelion, and A Silent Voice. Shoutout to Evergarden for being the single most gorgeous piece of animation I've ever seen.

With so many studios and series out now it's hard to figure it all out. 2018 was a pretty big year with probably 12+ notable shows even if not all of them lived up to their hype, and 2019 has been pretty busy too.

kurosagi01 · Oct 15, 2019

Step aside Shokugeki no soma, the cooking anime i've grew up watching has made its comeback this month.

Megan · Oct 23, 2019

what fall anime are you going to watch

kapone32 · Oct 23, 2019

Escaflowne is my favourite Anime but X the series was nice too. If you are into music Gundam 7 (i think ) was a great watch too. I do have a soft spot for Gundam though especially Gundam Wing.

FreedomEclipse · Oct 23, 2019

Just found out about this but Funimation has worked out some sort of deal with HG to get a lot of rights to the Robotech franchise. which means that this could potentially open up to more Robotech stuff appearing on our screens and im not just talking about all the old stuff.

The downside is that Funimation are just a dumpster fire with the on going Vic Mignogna and fellow voice actors Jamie Marchi & Monica Rial have been known to change lines and go off script to something that injects identity politics into the anime.

And then theres this....

kurosagi01 · Oct 25, 2019

FreedomEclipse said:
Just found out about this but Funimation has worked out some sort of deal with HG to get a lot of rights to the Robotech franchise. which means that this could potentially open up to more Robotech stuff appearing on our screens and im not just talking about all the old stuff.

The downside is that Funimation are just a dumpster fire with the on going Vic Mignogna and fellow voice actors Jamie Marchi & Monica Rial have been known to change lines and go off script to something that injects identity politics into the anime.

And then theres this....

Yep I saw that too, ironically though Vic voiced Hikaru in Robotech and Monica voice Misa Hayase in the english dub.
Also note I believe Funimation is backed by Sony and so is Harmony Gold as Sony is providing the budget for a live action "Robotech" film.

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