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[dragontamer5788]

I'd be better off rewatching GITS.

GITS isn't Studio Trigger though (Kill la kill, Gurren Lagaan style art).

Trigger ain't GITS either. Though I also don't think Trigger is a good match for Cyberpunk so...

 

[Chomiq]

But WHICH GITS? I believe there are at least three iterations of the anime series and two or three movies.

OG movie + SAC S1 & 2

 

[80251]

OG movie + SAC S1 & 2

The OG movie was good but I read they whitewashed some of the dialogue in the beginning (i.e. deliberately mis-translating some of the dialogue). Wasn't the OG movie re-released with better animations (GITS 2.0?)?

I watched some episodes of the third(?) iteration of GITS: Arise. It wasn't bad.

Do you have any opinion of the Netflix GITS?

 

[nguyen]

GITS vs Cyberpunk

Some people sure love to dismiss new and better shows out of nostalgia

 

[Tartaros]

The OG movie was good but I read they whitewashed some of the dialogue in the beginning (i.e. deliberately mis-translating some of the dialogue). Wasn't the OG movie re-released with better animations (GITS 2.0?)?

On the contrary, the re-release butchered the original.

 

[jormungand]

GITS vs Cyberpunk
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Some people sure love to dismiss new and better shows out of nostalgia

I loved GitS SAC 1 and 2 season, and Im enjoying Cyberpunk Edgerunners. i dont think theres a similarity on the character/story wise.

 

[Kei]

New Cyberpunk anime from Netflix is pretty lit, 18+ and carry the same vibe as the main storyline of Cyberpunk 2077

Adam Smasher is so badass
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Thanks for the heads up on this one, it really really makes me want to start over and play the game all over again! It just feels so RIGHT!

 

[jormungand]

Thanks for the heads up on this one, it really really makes me want to start over and play the game all over again! It just feels so RIGHT!

Show was pretty good, it made me look for all the Easter eggs in-game. locations, weapons, and people.
You know where i am, wearing somebodys jacket and close by.....its Rebeccas shotgun

 

[Kei]

Show was pretty good, it made me look for all the Easter eggs in-game. locations, weapons, and people.
You know where i am, wearing somebodys jacket and close by.....its Rebeccas shotgun
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Yea it was fun to look for all the little things that crossed into it and how well they brought the different systems into the anime.

Dammit I really do want to go back and play it all the way through again lol. I think I had around 60-65 hours in for my first playthrough. (finished it) It's been a good while now since then so it's about time I feel like I could go back and not feel like I JUST did this lol. I finished in December 2020 but it doesn't feel anywhere NEAR like that long ago!?!

 

[nguyen]

Yea it was fun to look for all the little things that crossed into it and how well they brought the different systems into the anime.

Dammit I really do want to go back and play it all the way through again lol. I think I had around 60-65 hours in for my first playthrough. (finished it) It's been a good while now since then so it's about time I feel like I could go back and not feel like I JUST did this lol. I finished in December 2020 but it doesn't feel anywhere NEAR like that long ago!?!

CDPR should really add BD contents into CP2077, so much wasted potential :/

 

[Kei]

CDPR should really add BD contents into CP2077, so much wasted potential :/

That would be amazing. I'd also love another storyline with a different character (we'll see what the DLC is like). Honestly I wish I could simply change the main characters name from V to something else even if it didn't change the game hugely. I just want a different name because of how my ending went.

 

[dragontamer5788]

Summer Season had Overlord. I didn't post much about it because we're in S4 and its kinda difficult to discuss with how complex of a story it has become. Its good, but just not really easy for generic anime talk IMO.

I'm interested in Lycoris Recoil. I'm mostly in it for the memes/jokes about "non-lethal bullets" that penetrate car doors and knock-out the opponents. Its almost got this Girls und Panzer effect where "clearly bullets don't work like that", but they wanna have cute girls doing battle-gun things so... whatever. Maybe it works out? I did like Girls und Panzer btw, lol for what its worth. The fight scenes do look rather well done and intense, even if the bullet physics / gun physics are laughably inaccurate.

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Fall season with a lot of top-tier shows (Spy x Family, My Hero Academia, Golden Kamui, Mob Psycho100).

I always like checking out the less popular shows though. Reincarnated as a Sword looks like the strongest Isekai this season. The 1st episode was a lot of "standard Isekai" setup (main character becoming overpowered), but with the whole "becoming trapped until Fran wields him" changes the formula a good chunk. A lot of Isekai kind of have this toxic power-relationship between the lead male and the lead female that kinda grosses me out (Konosuba plays it off as a joke and it works IMO... but Shield Hero was kinda icky for me for example). Reversing the setup with the girl (Fran) wielding the blade this time seems to avoid the issue.

Based on 1 episode... I'm looking forward to Reincarnated as a Sword. Its a much better relationship between the lead male/female. But not too much to go on quite yet, the story has only just begun.

Gonna have to give a negative / bad review to Eminence in Shadow episode 1. I liked the idea of the synopsis but the main character is too much of a psychopath / nutcase. I'm not sure how I could ever find his story interesting. Maybe its for the people who want to follow the mind of a villain, but... its just not fun for me? Overlord is a fun villain to watch (despite the large scale death/destruction he does). The main character in this one seems like a punkass kid who doesn't deserve any kind of real power. I usually try not to drop an anime from just the 1st episode, but... its not working for me personally. Its like if Daimian Wade (aka: Robin #4) was a chunibyo in all the worst ways, lol.

 

[3x0]

Bleach anime finally started the 1000 Year Blood War arc, pretty good overall episode. Some slight differences compared to the manga chapters, but overall very close adaptation.

 

[Mussels]

Summer Season had Overlord. I didn't post much about it because we're in S4 and its kinda difficult to discuss with how complex of a story it has become. Its good, but just not really easy for generic anime talk IMO.

I'm interested in Lycoris Recoil. I'm mostly in it for the memes/jokes about "non-lethal bullets" that penetrate car doors and knock-out the opponents. Its almost got this Girls und Panzer effect where "clearly bullets don't work like that", but they wanna have cute girls doing battle-gun things so... whatever. Maybe it works out? I did like Girls und Panzer btw, lol for what its worth. The fight scenes do look rather well done and intense, even if the bullet physics / gun physics are laughably inaccurate.

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Fall season with a lot of top-tier shows (Spy x Family, My Hero Academia, Golden Kamui, Mob Psycho100).

I always like checking out the less popular shows though. Reincarnated as a Sword looks like the strongest Isekai this season. The 1st episode was a lot of "standard Isekai" setup (main character becoming overpowered), but with the whole "becoming trapped until Fran wields him" changes the formula a good chunk. A lot of Isekai kind of have this toxic power-relationship between the lead male and the lead female that kinda grosses me out (Konosuba plays it off as a joke and it works IMO... but Shield Hero was kinda icky for me for example). Reversing the setup with the girl (Fran) wielding the blade this time seems to avoid the issue.

Based on 1 episode... I'm looking forward to Reincarnated as a Sword. Its a much better relationship between the lead male/female. But not too much to go on quite yet, the story has only just begun.

Gonna have to give a negative / bad review to Eminence in Shadow episode 1. I liked the idea of the synopsis but the main character is too much of a psychopath / nutcase. I'm not sure how I could ever find his story interesting. Maybe its for the people who want to follow the mind of a villain, but... its just not fun for me? Overlord is a fun villain to watch (despite the large scale death/destruction he does). The main character in this one seems like a punkass kid who doesn't deserve any kind of real power. I usually try not to drop an anime from just the 1st episode, but... its not working for me personally. Its like if Daimian Wade (aka: Robin #4) was a chunibyo in all the worst ways, lol.

Oh its back?

*downloads*


weirdest thing is since i started on ADHD meds, i've had *zero* interest in TV shows and movies. I've fallen behind and ignored the things i used to watch obsesively, but also doing better in life overall and happier with it - really weird tho, and unexpected to think legal meth = no watch anime

 

[jormungand]

GUNDAM the Witch from Mercury Prologue, great start.

Ep 1.... am i watching High School Musical with a bunch of Korean pop stars and idols trying to pilot a mecha???
i wanna be positive but goddamn.
I need to go and rewatch IBO and 00..... ffs i enjoyed Gundam Build Fighters with my son when he was 8y.

..... Golden Kamui S4 Hellyeah need to finish S3....
...Bleach..... i enjoyed the show till ichigo started turning into anything, a super duper shinigami burger cooker with no backstory or reason.

 

[GoldenX]

i wanna be positive but goddamn.

No no, GUNDAM.

 

[dragontamer5788]

The Simpsons is apparently making a big anime reference in next week's "Treehouse of Horror".

Treehouse of Horror is always a fun segment where the Simpsons do something really experimental for Halloween. Death Note + Anime crossover sounds like it fits the format extremely well (probably just an 8-minute segment or so).

This particular segment got a preview already. It... looks like the Simpsons actually knows what they're doing here. The characters fit the parody very well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1584835469191581696

This little rule change seems extremely fun:

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Ep 1.... am i watching High School Musical with a bunch of Korean pop stars and idols trying to pilot a mecha???

Soooo... Macross?

Macross wasn't bad though, lol. It was just... weird and different.

 

[kapone32]

OG movie + SAC S1 & 2

Totally enjoyed Gits Season 1&2 it goes down a path we don't with AI, which is pretty thought provoking.

 

[jormungand]

The Simpsons is apparently making a big anime reference in next week's "Treehouse of Horror".

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Treehouse of Horror is always a fun segment where the Simpsons do something really experimental for Halloween. Death Note + Anime crossover sounds like it fits the format extremely well (probably just an 8-minute segment or so).

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This particular segment got a preview already. It... looks like the Simpsons actually knows what they're doing here. The characters fit the parody very well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1584835469191581696

This little rule change seems extremely fun:

Spoiler

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Soooo... Macross?

Macross wasn't bad though, lol. It was just... weird and different.

i watched Macross i think when i was eating a lot of anime and i mean a lot, at the same time, didnt find it bad maybe cuz i wasn't expecting a Gundam story.
Just finished 86, really liked it
...Spy X family really refreshing and fun

 

[Hyderz]

Finished Cyberpunk Edgerunners.... i wasnt ready for the emotional damage for the last episode...

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Meanwhile:-

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590720957676949504

 

[dragontamer5788]

Isekai Uncle was the funniest first few episodes I've seen in a while. Good comedy, good "inverted" Isekai. Having the Uncle be a "Sega" fan who has been gone for 17 years is perhaps the most hilarious setup.

"How's the console wars? Where's Sega?"

That's... probably the funniest thing to say after a 17-year Isekai journey as you come back home. Unfortunately, it looks like the studio in charge of this has collapsed as the 8th episode was in production, so I don't have any expectations for a "proper ending". I'm guessing this just cuts off after episode 7 in the middle of everyone's development.

You can see a ton of Sega references in the OP as well.

The overall plot is a romcom though, where the Nephew + his romantic interest are trying to interact, and the Uncle keeps "helping", to pretty hilarious comedic circumstances. There's of course the parallel romantic plot going on inside the Uncle's stories from his Isekai journey that inspires what the Uncle does in the real world (and the audience gets a peak inside of the 17 year Isekai plot he's had every now and then). I do like the overall story structure, though its a shame that the studio basically imploded before it could be completed...

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The other anime I've been enjoying is Reincarnated as a Sword, where the main character is a (psychic) Sword, but it seems like his full potential is only possible while being wielded by someone else (ie: Fran, the catgirl). While its your typical "overpowered Isekai main character", the dependence on a wielder for the full potential makes Fran the main character, rather than the Sword.

Well, somewhat of a dependence at least. He is a psychic sword who can fly around arbitrarily and cast magic independently of Fran, lol. But its not like the Sword can interact around town, meet with people or stuff. Fran is the face, and she really makes a lot of decisions (even if she's asking the Sword for guidance, its Fran's decision for what to do in most cases)

Still though, the overall dependence on other characters is kind of refreshing IMO. I guess kinda like Konosuba (where Kazuma doesn't have the powers to solve everything by himself and relies heavily upon his flawed allies), but less comedy / more serious.. I'd give this like, 7.5/10, a step or two above something like Knights and Magic (aka: the Isekai except with Mechs anime). You've seen Isekai, they know you've seen Isekai, they get moving with the plot and its all tropey and a pulp-style writing.

It also happens to sidestep a lot of the harem plots that occur in these Isekai shows. The Sword + Fran certainly are in a close relationship, but its obviously platonic and not romantic/haremy. Discussion suggests its following either a Father/Daughter kind of trope, or maybe the more obvious Master/Student. (The Sword is very high level, Fran is low level. Video game mechanics of course...)

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I guess in both "Uncle from Another World" and "Reincarnated as a Sword", the overpowered character is NOT the main character. The nephew (who now is taking care of his magically overpowered Uncle and reacclimating him to Earth-life) is the main character of the first, while Fran the catgirl is really the main character in the 2nd. Its enough of a change that I've enjoyed the first ~4 episodes of both of these shows, though I can get it if people are starting to get tired of Isekai by now, lol.

 

[robot zombie]

Oh its back?

*downloads*


weirdest thing is since i started on ADHD meds, i've had *zero* interest in TV shows and movies. I've fallen behind and ignored the things i used to watch obsesively, but also doing better in life overall and happier with it - really weird tho, and unexpected to think legal meth = no watch anime

I had a similar experience with it. I couldn't do it after a while, though. I was doing art for like 8 years prior. It frustrated me to no end when my skills on guitar shot up by orders of magnitude, only for me to find that I had no ideas and trying to even come up with new things was dysphoric. I could only perfect existing things and learn difficult songs very quickly. When I picked up a guitar as a child, I wanted to explore creative possibilities. It made me irrecoverably sad when on the cusp of adult life and freedom, I could no longer do that. That was harder to cope with for me than the ADHD ever was. It was like losing a dear friend.

It's just more of a goal-oriented mindset. Amphetamine makes the simple act of proceeding towards a task seem easy and almost appealing. It's 'doing things' mode. But that is to say it's not always in line with what enjoying entertainment is about. Art wants you to accept a journey coming to you, when you would rather be the one propelling things forward and meeting new goals. I remember trying to watch things and having my mind slowly filling up with things I could be doing. And the thing is, I actually needed to be doing some of them anyway. I just wish it hadn't had that 'severing' aspect. It's one of those things that settles in over time.

Spoiler: ADHD, adderall, and doing the funs

That's really the issue for me. Adderall made life seem so incredibly boring to me after a while. I was doing everything right, people noticed how much more functional and serene I was. But I lost my connection to meaning. My life on adderall just wasn't quite what I wanted.

I am still happy you are doing well. In most cases, it really is one of the best options available, and life can indeed look starkly different. Many people can't even believe how they used to be before they started taking it, it is such an awakening.

From a non-medicated perspective, managing hyperfocus when it comes to entertainment, is a balancing act. It's not exactly good to just forget everything else in favor of any particular activity. But the thing that sticks with me about it all is how after coming off of two years of adderall and gradually returning to having my non-medicated state be my baseline, I found myself more moved by art and entertainment than I'd ever been before. I mourned for the past self that couldn't appreciate those experiences. It's one of those things where there is a hard line between before and after, and impassable valley. I want to make music that will make people feel with the intensity that I feel a good song at, if possible. I gotta be me in the end, even if it's not the most efficient way to be.

It all has tradeoffs. I don't get to have as many extravagances because I can only spin so many plates without meds - life has to be simplified. For some people, this doesn't work at all. But I'm happier when things are simpler, meds or not. In exchange, I get to have a lot more of a connection to my intuition and have awesome experiences with art. I'm allowed to waste some time, let off that steam. I just budget it carefully. I think even the lack of retention can be a benefit. It's cool to come back to something months later when your memory is so shitty that it *actually* feels like the first time you're experiencing it.

Kind of a game of keeping self-insight. It's an indirect process. Nailing down habits of active time budgeting and mode switching is really the key for me. I just kinda mind how I feel when I do stuff, and compartmentalize different activities into time blocks and moods when I will or will not engage. With practice, I've been able to withhold impulses until the appropriate time - as long as there's light at the end of the tunnel, I'm fine. Though admittedly I'm still learning when it comes to the 'breaking-out' part on the other side of the activity. I do still get a lil stuck from time to time

TLDR ProTip: Once you settle in, know that you don't have to take it every day and that many people dedicate a couple days out of the month when they won't take their adderall, usually when there's gonna be guaranteed downtime, or just leisure outings. I think for those folks, it's more about balancing... a little reset, but that might be a good time to chill and watch some anime or something. Talk to your psych about that. I'm sure they'll have some ideas about how you might work in ways to retain these things. Just my 20 cents.


Speaking of that stuff I rambled about in the spoiler... I watched Violet Evergarden in two chunks recently. I would chill in bed and watch till it was time to sleep. Holy crap man, I can't remember a show that made me tear up as many times as that show did. It's very deep and empathetic storytelling, just incredibly moving... increasingly more so as you settle in with these characters and see how their little worlds breathe. I can see why this show made PTSD vets cry. I was enthralled by the journey. The semi-episodic, slow-paced, non-main-character-focused storytelling reminds me of a more intricate and emotional Kino's Journey (also a gem of a show, similar storytelling to Mushishi, and the initial episodes of Kaiba.) I would say Violet herself actually has a better story than any of those show's mains, though. She's more than a vessel. You do learn her backstory, in full emotive detail. You get the best of both worlds, where you get intimate views into these characters' problems and emotional lives through Violet, just like those shows like to do. But then, all throughout that, you also get to know Violet getting to know herself, by coming to understand these people on a deeper emotional level. And it's fuckin beautiful man! Wow.

It also looks absolutely gorgeous. Excellent all around. That's the best new show I've seen in a goooood while.


Oh, and scrolling up a bit... the first GitS film, along with the two main SAC seasons, may be some of the finest sci-fi anime we've ever gotten. Holy trinity. Sci-fi in general owes a fair bit to Ghost in the Shell. I can't say I feel the same about the new stuff, sadly. But not only are the classics influential, they still hold up today. I'll put the original film right next to Akira in a heartbeat. They're like two sides to that cyberpunk coin. Both iconic, high-concept/high-execution works with big-budget classic animation, and tonally opposite approaches in what they contribute to cyberpunk.

 

[Mussels]

Oh i need to take it, i go braindead from withdrawals if i dont

I get ~3 months at a time so when its due for that i'll look into a slightly lower dose

 

[dragontamer5788]

Akiba Maid War is funny as all hell, in a dark humor / tons of killing way. But I'm surprised at how good the humor has been. The gunfights / action scenes aren't top tier, but the overall setup / humor that goes into all of this scratches my itch perfectly.

The overall plot is... some kind of "Godfather"-esque gang war has broken out (?? always been going on??) in Akihabara's maid cafes. Various maids have joined alliances together, such as the Oink-oink maids (main characters / pig theme) are in the animal-maids hierarchy (aligned with cat-maids, bunny maids, and the like). While other maid groups, such as Casino maids, are running other parts of town. Its completely bizarre, but nails the execution so far. I'm excited to watch more of this as I get the chance.

This is the sleeper hit of the season. Its way better than it should be.

1st episode spoilers:

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The spoiler-video is from the 1st episode. Its the finale of the episode and definitely spoiler material, but its a perfect demonstration of this bizarre sense of dry + dark humor they got here. I would recommend that yall just watch the 1st episode in its entirety so that its given proper context, but I guess if you want to just skip to the punchline, there it is.