Anime Thread. [Prob not 56k safe]

**Maguspk** · 2010-02-15 23:42

Originally Posted by Souj

speaking of; is there a decent subbed release for the second movie out yet?

relevant to my interests.

**octopus** · 2010-02-16 01:34

Originally Posted by Man0warr

Yeah, one of my favorite manga and anime.

No clue how they will fit it all into the anime with only 6 episodes left!

6 episodes to cover 27 chapters... is not impossible I guess... especially the later baseball centric chapters can probably be done quickly.

**Zilong** · 2010-02-16 02:36

lol, 27 chapters of adachi mitsuru's shit is like 5 minutes of anime

not even kidding

**Sylvrdragon** · 2010-02-16 02:42

Re: Evangelion

They ran low on budget around the last 2 episodes of the original series, so the final 2 episodes are terribad. The movie End of Evangelion is the ending that was supposed to be.

Re: story/plot heavy anime

Bokurano (not to be confused with Boccano) is all story and characters. There's a touch of action, but it's really only a backdrop for getting the story across.

**Ishido** · 2010-02-16 02:54

Originally Posted by Ker

http://i49.tinypic.com/2qav6o6.jpg

Glad to see a lot of Blogs are having same opinion on how this episode turned out.

Definitely worth it if it keeps going in this direction. PTSD, in my anime? It's more likely than you think.

**Ker** · 2010-02-16 03:38

Originally Posted by Souj

Rebuild movies.
speaking of; is there a decent subbed release for the second movie out yet?

Once the movie is released, which would be May 26 (ordered mine today).

Definitely worth it if it keeps going in this direction. PTSD, in my anime? It's more likely than you think.

Same here, they explained enough of the back story but still had enough mystery to keep you guessing.

**Sylvrdragon** · 2010-02-16 03:50

I've added quite a few Animes to my watch list thanks to all the recommendations recently, but I don't know where to start. My list for the moment is

Hellsing Ultimate
Gungrave
Index > Railgun
Wolf and Spice
Dennou Coil
Eden of the East

I think I want something serious and epic at the moment. Action optional. What on this list can fill that position? And/or: Do any of these fall under the category of "OMFG You haven't watched XXXXX yet? What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?" (regardless of genre)

(I will eventually get through all of these, this is just an ordering question)

Somewhat unrelated; I've seen Macross Frontier on quite a few lists. Can it function as a stand-alone? Wiki has it as a sequel of some really old stuff. Is that old stuff worth watching/required?

**Kaylia** · 2010-02-16 04:07

Watch macross zero for the eyes candy before, and maybe one old macross movie.

but yeah, it can works as a stand alone.

**Elcura** · 2010-02-16 04:11

You can watch MF if you haven't seen the other series. As for what order, I'd go (based on what I've seen and like):

Dennou Coil > Eden of the East > Wolf and Spice > Hellsing Ultimate > Gungrave > Index > Railgun.

Though, I wouldn't watch the last two at all.

**Eaglestrike** · 2010-02-16 04:13

Originally Posted by Sylvrdragon

Somewhat unrelated; I've seen Macross Frontier on quite a few lists. Can it function as a stand-alone? Wiki has it as a sequel of some really old stuff. Is that old stuff worth watching/required?

Macross Frontier was the first Macross I watched. I saw one of the previous series after Frontier, couldn't stand the poor animation to watch more. It's a standalone series, you might get a few extra things from having watched it all first but you won't miss it. There's like a 50-60 year time-skip between them.

For "serious and epic" of those lists either they don't really fit that description or I haven't seen it. But if you like intelligent banter, Spice and Wolf is a "OMG why haven't you watched this yet?" series. If you like anime with well-thought out plots and characters it's a must-watch asap.

Some people love Dennou Coil but I just couldn't get into it. Maybe I should give it another shot but after 9~ episodes I wasn't hooked and eventually gave up on the series.

**Max™** · 2010-02-16 04:18

Serious and epic: Eureka 7 Season 2.

Gurren Season 2 as well.

Really though you gotta watch the first seasons to fully get everything.

**Gokulo** · 2010-02-16 04:22

Eureka 7 is 1 season 50 episodes - not to get him confused when he looks for it. There's also a movie with remade story: Koukyoushihen: Eureka Seven - Pocket ga Niji de Ippai.

**Eaglestrike** · 2010-02-16 04:28

Sora no Woto:

Spoiler: show

**Baha** · 2010-02-16 04:30

Originally Posted by Man0warr

It was an anime ending, since Brainsbase never does sequels. The novel ends with Murasaki's father telling her that she is allowed to leave the compound and go to a normal school and find her own husband when she grows up blah blah, shes not as major a character from then on.

It starts to get more action centric in the next novels, dealing more with the underground ninja families, mainly the Hozuki's which is the family that gave Shinkuro his demon horn.

Same thing for the manga (it's on onemanga if you want it), was glad to see it's going beyond where the anime ended. I didn't really care much for the anime ending either, could have used one more episode to show Murasaki going to school and being able to spend time with Shinkuro, but still represent her family at parties and stuff.

Hellsing Ultimate is far more faithful to the manga and a much better series overall than the original. Found the manga pretty cool before the Millenium/Letzte Battalion arc, but when that hits it just gets awesome. Original series didn't even get there so. :/

I had the same thing with Berserk, watched the series, then started reading the manga. The manga is so, so much better, the anime was basically only one arc with the first ep as some sort of prologue that's not followed up on. I don't think you could do the Berserk world justice in animated form without some serious, serious budget though.

Is watching Claymore worth it if I've read all of the manga? (twice, at that ;p)

**Max™** · 2010-02-16 04:35

Originally Posted by Gokulo

Eureka 7 is 1 season 50 episodes - not to get him confused when he looks for it. There's also a movie with remade story: Koukyoushihen: Eureka Seven - Pocket ga Niji de Ippai.

Well, Gurren is basically only one season, but there are points in both stories which clearly divide the course of the first half from the second, so I tend to think of them as different seasons because of that.

**Eaglestrike** · 2010-02-16 04:35

@Claymore- I wouldn't really watch it if you've read it.

**Sylvrdragon** · 2010-02-16 04:44

I've seen Eureka 7 and Gurren Lagaan. I would consider both good (and Kamina has to be the most charismatic and likable anime character I've ever seen), but neither really knocked me off my feet. Haven't watched the E7 movie.

Edit: I don't have a good stream source for Spice and Wolf, so I'm gonna download that one while I stream Dennou Coil.

**Drex** · 2010-02-16 04:46

dennou coil got serious on me fast when i watched it. i was expecting it to be funny and maybe slice-of-life style but a couple of the episodes involving the "illegals" made me feel like i did when i was little watching are you afraid of the dark or something. i think in one scene one of the characters goes to the "other side" and encounters a bunch at the crosswalk to the deadworld, and the walk light starts shining with that creepy music playing while they gesture to her to come over...freaky shit. and the time they're chasing the kids around in the aunt's (or grandma? dont remember now, long time since i watched) house...spooked me. whacked out ending, and a really weird take on "hacking", but i thought it was good overall.

spice and wolf was great. i just finished season 2 yesterday, and i didn't really like how much lawrence's character seemed to bitch out during the amarti arc. he goes through a season of barely taking shit from anyone no matter what's going on, and then turns into a wuss for 5 episodes or so. i've got my fingers crossed for season 3. whoever said it was a "why haven't i watched this yet" anime was right. it doesn't sound like anything special from summaries or synopses but the characters, setting, and storyline/storytelling are pretty much perfect.

baccano was fantastic. at first i was kind of annoyed that the pacing was so fast and i had a hard time keeping up with who was who, but it just takes a few episodes to get into the groove of what's going on, then it's pure awesome until the end.

toradora...i didn't really like the turn it took near the end. i liked it more as an upbeat romantic-comedy school story, and then they had to go and turn it into an angsty lifetime movie. it was extra weird considering the age of the characters involved. it was still a good series overall.

just recently caught up on one piece, awesomeawesomeawesomeawesomeawesome

since eden of the east came up (fuck yeah), did anything ever come of that movie they were going to make of it after it finished? anyone know when it's supposed to come out?

**Baha** · 2010-02-16 04:53

Woops, missed the last page, had topic tab open from yesterday. :/

Originally Posted by Sylvrdragon

Somewhat unrelated; I've seen Macross Frontier on quite a few lists. Can it function as a stand-alone? Wiki has it as a sequel of some really old stuff. Is that old stuff worth watching/required?

Macross Frontier was the first Macross series I watched (well, I did see Macross Plus, but it's not really required). Saw Macross Zero afterwards, but going to second that you see that before Frontier.

Originally Posted by Isiolia

The anime covers the first 12 volumes of the manga, and part of the 13th - basically the same story, but with enough changed that you'd be better off just reading from the start. It's not just cuts to make it suitable for TV, there are plot/character cuts as well.

Most of the first 3 volumes are all in the "future", only at the end of the third volume the story has a flashback to the band of the hawk arc (and a bit before that). Anime was basically one ep before going to that arc iirc. I'd suggest reading all of the manga really, it's worth it. Also gives you more stuff to read before getting enraged with the whole 1 chapter/month deal.

Spoiler: show

**Ker** · 2010-02-16 04:56

Originally Posted by Eaglestrike

Sora no Woto:

Spoiler: show

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