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comment by Apathetk

I haven't looked at Gargantia myself, with the exception of Knights of Sidonia and Gundam 00, I don't generally like giant mecha anime.

I've watched the first two episodes of Psycho Pass and while the story is pretty good and the animation is good, I just absolutely hate the premise of the show. "Oh, you have criminal thoughts? Deadified! Associated with a criminal? K-worded!" Not my cup of tea.

I really enjoy Studio Ghibli movies, but haven't seen Arietty yet, despite having a boxed set of all/most of the Studio Ghibli movies.

I totes forgot that Nausicaa was a manga. I've never read any of Irving's novels/works, would you recommend them? Aside from the various manga I'm reading, I currently reading notes from a small island by Bill Bryson.





shotmaster0  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think Psycho Pass' premise presents a really interesting moral scenario. If you had a system that could always detect violent criminals (non-violent criminals are simply locked up), is it a reasonable thing to use deadly force against them? What does that do to society? It's very death note-esque. If you like sci-fi anime then I would recommend giving it another look and try focusing on the potential utilitarian morality of the premise rather than its immediate distaste.

kleinbl00  ·  3453 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Arietty is The Borrowers. It's fun. My favorites are Nausicaa and Spirited Away.

I'm really liking Prayer for Owen Meany so far. It's likely the last of these books to get a review.