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OftenBen  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Scifi club No. 4: Fantastic Planet

I only really remember the ones that I really REALLY enjoyed. I call myself a connoisseur because I don't just binge on anime in general, because a lot of it doesn't sit right on my gaijin palate. So,

Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle above the others, but all Miyazaki is great to me)

Cowboy Bebop, including the movie

Samurai Champloo (Essentially Cowboy Bebop in a different setting, but still amazing to watch and a GORGEOUS soundtrack)

Neon Genesis Evangelion, including the movies. (Yes I know it doesn't make a lick of sense, I don't care, it's pretty and fun)

Akira - Obvious reasons

Ghost in the Shell

All of the .hack// properties that I've seen have been really awesome

Fullmetal Alchemist is pretty good in general, some bad episodes, and Brotherhood is better than the original.

YuYu Hakusho was the tits when I was younger, not sure how it held up to time.

And lately I've been drooling over Attack on Titan.

Edit to include, seriously, go watch Attack on Titan. Strong female characters, refreshing combat techniques, really unsettling enemies/premise.





kleinbl00  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember you talking about Attack on Titan but when I was looking around on Netflix I couldn't remember what it was called. So I'm going to check that out.

Meriadoc  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I... Enjoy it, but I swear to fuck it's 80% people crying.

thenewgreen  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm on episode 3 and there's a TON of crying but I can't say it's unwarranted. Enjoying it thus far.

OftenBen  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Enjoy! Just give it a few episodes to get going, but I think you'll appreciate the aesthetic.

user-inactivated  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

NOBODY HERE HAS SAID GURREN LAGANN. MY DRILL NECKLACE AND I ARE UPSET.

Yu Yu Hakusho is great until it's shit ending.

Attack on Titan is...cool, I guess.

JakobVirgil  ·  3934 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yu Yu Hakusho!!!

I love TV occult Anime my favorites are 3x3 eyes and Mermaid scar.

OftenBen  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can't like Gurren Lagann. I've tried, doesn't sit right with my gaijin palate. Too over the top for me.

And Attack on Titan is more than cool, it's FRESH.

user-inactivated  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You need more over-the-top, Ben. Nothing like robots the size of the universe punching each other in the face with galaxy-sized fists to really pump you up. And that soundtrack. unf.

Attack On Titan is so horrendous in pacing that it almost made me quit. But I'm reading the manga, so there's that.

kleinbl00  ·  3934 days ago  ·  link  ·  

See, and for me the coolest anime I've seen in years is Serial Experiments:Lain. No giant robots, but plenty of Marshall McLuhan references.

OftenBen  ·  3935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's over the top, and there is absurd, GL crosses into absurdity for me, and I can't take it seriously or find it funny. It's like the running gag in Anime that the main character has to be obsessed with food, anything that follows that trope ruins my immersion.