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Anime anyone?
philharmonic:
Just in case anyone cares here's what I've been watching lately:
Aoharu x Machinegun: basically Ouran Host Club meets Sabagebu (I like because trap reminds me of Amanda Bynes)
Charlotte: i donno Minority reportish (mc is kinda siscon)
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Food porn that gives hints on how to (like the tasting reactions)
Himouto! Umaru-chan: lil sis transforms into adorable animal brat (*gushes* cuteness overload)
Monster Musume: H game made into an anime (yeah it's that bad but I like it)
My Love Story: sweet (my waifu watches this with me)
My Wife is the Student Council Pres: short episodes (like that there are 2 versions for each episode well worth watching to compare them both)
Wagnaria!!: Is this what goes on at Dennys?! (funny and cute sometimes)
All of these are available to watch on Crunchyroll so perhaps on another post I'll list my pics for stuff on Funimation
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: philharmonic on 01 Sep 2015, 14:11 ---My Love Story: sweet
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This is curious. It's utterly predictable fluff, well beyond the point of being boring - and yet... it's just so nice that it still draws me in every time. It's almost embarrassing, but I refuse to feel ashamed of it!
Anyway, I have just watched the little-known series Infinite Ryvius. What can I say? If you are interested in Evangelion (and even if you are not) then you owe it to yourself to watch this. Many similar themes are covered (childhood trauma, facing the past, finding a way forward), though the reactions of the protagonists to their childhood traumas are different from their Evangelion parallels, and their resolutions are correspondingly different. The production is almost flawless, in that the pacing is maintained perfectly up to a nicely judged and satisfying ending - no budget or timing problems here, nor uncertainty about what the ending means. Maybe this means that Evangelion still has the edge in tension, but this is clearly the closest thing to it that I have seen. Animation is good where it counts, and never less than adequate.
People generally compare it with The Lord of the Flies, because it depicts the breakdown of a society of isolated children, but I think the Evangelion comparison is more useful.
But forget analysis - as I said above, watch it!
Emoroffle:
I almost forgot to mention, I recently watched Kyoukai no Kanata. Interesting work. It's a story dealing with social outcasts set against the backdrop of a hidden world of mages and monsters in modern times. The two main characters are a guy with a fetish for glasses and a girl who can use her blood as a weapon.
Welu:
Anyone have any anime horror recommendations? The gorier the better. Psychological is good too.
philharmonic:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 01 Sep 2015, 15:00 ---
--- Quote from: philharmonic on 01 Sep 2015, 14:11 ---My Love Story: sweet
--- End quote ---
This is curious. It's utterly predictable fluff, well beyond the point of being boring - and yet... it's just so nice that it still draws me in every time. It's almost embarrassing, but I refuse to feel ashamed of it!
Anyway, I have just watched the little-known series Infinite Ryvius. What can I say? If you are interested in Evangelion (and even if you are not) then you owe it to yourself to watch this. Many similar themes are covered (childhood trauma, facing the past, finding a way forward), though the reactions of the protagonists to their childhood traumas are different from their Evangelion parallels, and their resolutions are correspondingly different. The production is almost flawless, in that the pacing is maintained perfectly up to a nicely judged and satisfying ending - no budget or timing problems here, nor uncertainty about what the ending means. Maybe this means that Evangelion still has the edge in tension, but this is clearly the closest thing to it that I have seen. Animation is good where it counts, and never less than adequate.
People generally compare it with The Lord of the Flies, because it depicts the breakdown of a society of isolated children, but I think the Evangelion comparison is more useful.
But forget analysis - as I said above, watch it!
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I'm unashamed for liking My Love story. True it is kinda fluffy but is refreshing to see a growing relationship out in the open unlike so much other anime where the couple try to keep that hidden or secret.
--- Quote from: Welu on 02 Sep 2015, 06:54 ---Anyone have any anime horror recommendations? The gorier the better. Psychological is good too.
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I'd recommend Another. If you haven't seen it already I wouldn't want to spoil anything there but it was the first thing I thought of.
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