YOU GUYS THERE'S NEW MADOKA MAGICA AND IT'S AMAZING

It's a different set of magical girls entirely. It just started up on 1/4 so only 3 episodes out at the moment. I'm still a little sketchy on the name but if you search for Madoka Side Story on the bootleg anime website of your choice you should find it easily enough.

I love that it hits the ground running with weirdness. I guess they assume if you're watching this you've already seen the earlier stuff. The only shared character so far is Kyubey, still doing horrendous things and preying on the minds of children. The artwork, witch design and labyrinths are killer so far.

I had no idea this was coming but Madoka Magica is one of the few animes I get hyped about. Can't believe how good the first two episodes were. Check it!

Sounds like our tastes are pretty similar, so I'll have to check out this Ascension of a Bookworm series, then.

But the important question is...does Gen Urobuchi have writing credits? If so, instant classic. If not, well, it still sounds promising. I'ma have to take a look-see.

I can't find that name on the wikipedia credits but I have no idea how accurate that is. I have to say, it feels like a natural/logical extension of the first series. I'm glad they disconnected from the cast entirely. It's a whole new group of magical girls but they're mostly still going through the same shit. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone but uh yeah...Kyubey is still just the worst.

I went in having no expectations and I'm thrilled with the first 2 episodes. Definitely going to be watching the 3rd tonight, and then I have to wait like some kinda scrub.

Gen Urobuchi is the guy who created and wrote Madoka Magica (along with Fate/Zero and Psycho-Pass).

I'm watching Chihayafuru for the first time and it's surprinsingly entertained.

Damn straight. Chihayafuru is a goddamn classic, as far as I'm concerned.

I recently saw the corpse party OVA's it's just four episodes and I was pleased by it. Good explanation on the plot, some chilling horror moments and a shocking ending. I also watched the first season of a Chinese anime called Cupid's Chocolates which was a good harem and has nice humour and additionally I tried watching Dagashi Kashi and it's just dumb. Only the characters are animated to be attractive and it's so boring. Seriously I couldn't watch up to two episodes. Finally I just started watching Toradora which is also a pretty good slice of life anime albeit a bit old.

How i managed to miss this? I'm instantly hyped!

Lately i was really impressed for very different reasons by Kill La Kill and Vinland Saga:
The first walked for it's whole duration the thin line berween awesomeness and total sillyness, managing to be enterataining every single second

The second was a grim tale with great writing and twists, and also some unexpected atmospheric moments that made it very memorable. Who tought that anime vikings could work so well?

Promised Neverland was also good, with a lot of tense cat and mouse moments. I had to susped my disbelief a lot, but i'm really interested to see where the story is going

I just finished the original visual novel and big chunk of S;G0 and I am absolutely in love with the series. Why do I love seeing fictional characters suffer so much?

Wow, haven't been around lately but it's nice to see one of my threads is still active after almost 10 years.

dont know this has previously been posted before

Watching Macross Plus OVA for the first time in like 15 years. It still holds up.

word. the beauty, charm and artistry of animation in general died when cel animation was completely phased. not even a fan of cgi integrated with cel animation in 90s anime, eg macross plus, ghost in the shell, vision of escaflowne, cowboy bebop

this needs to be remastered for a blu ray release asap. shame its only a 48 min ova but...

Recently watched March Comes In Like a Lion in it's entirety - what a masterpiece. One of the most honest and down to earth depictions of tragedy, loss, and general depression I've ever seen in any fictional media, let alone anime. Kind of similar to the classic Welcome to the NHK (one of my all-time favorites), although it's nowhere near as brutal and doesn't really delve deeply into "extreme" stuff like suicide or hikikomori shit. It moreso just feels very real, I guess...the characters are all brilliantly written and feel like real people, and I honestly can't remember if I've ever related to a fictional character on the level that I have for Rei Kiriyama, there were several moments concerning isolation and loneliness that really hit me hard on a deeply personal level - but in a good way, of course. It also helps that the animation is fucking gorgeous...yeah, this show is a solid 10/10.

I watched a few classics from my childhood over the last weeks/months, namely Wolf's Rain (rarely see people mention this one, but I loved it and it has one of the best endings of any anime I've ever seen), and the unforgettable classic Paranoia Agent (an absolutely effortless masterpiece, a stroke of genius without a doubt!), but then I ended up at another from my childhood, Ergo Proxy which I felt as a little "ehhh?". Basically, this show starts out really strong with a cool cyberpunk thriller aesthetic and I was totally sucked in, but eventually it changes genre into something more boring and quickly loses alot of it's steam...by the end I felt like it was trying too hard to seem "deep" and just kind of fell flat for the most part. The ending felt very hackneyed and forced, and ultimately hard to follow due to poor writing.

Also, Attack on Titan? It's pretty cool. Finally got around to watching it after years of avoidance and....first season was some nice, dumb fun. A bit over the top and perhaps a little cringey at times, but very fun and I had a total blast watching it. Second season I liked a little less but was still enjoyable...but damn, the third season hit me like a ton of bricks. For a show that started out with a very simple premise (people are getting eaten by monsters and we have to stop them), it's unbelievable how complex and well-written it ends up being. I had my own expectations as to what the "twist" was going to be - something I felt was obvious, but I watched that get shattered in a very satisfying way . Really stoked to watch the upcoming 4th season now!

So I've watched the Gantz and Rurouni Kenshin live-action and I surprisingly loved them (much more RK than Gantz, though). Might I potentially like the animes and even (gasp) the mangas for these series? Or are these like the Killswitch Engages of the Japanese pop art world?

I've been meaning to catch March Comes in Like a Lion, but I just haven't gotten around to it. And I've heard the same sentiments regarding Attack on Titan, and it, too, is on my plan-to-watch list.

The Gantz anime is hot garbage, from what I've heard, but I've also heard the manga is great if you're into its bleak setting.

The Rurouni Kenshin anime is an interesting beast: The 95-episode TV series is pretty great, although it has moments of wacky comedy that don't gel well with the samurai drama going on. There is an anime movie that came out around 2013 but it's entirely useless. And then there's the two OVAs that came out around 1999-2000: Tsuiokuhen (Trust & Betrayal) and Seisouhen (Reflections). Seisouhen is lovingly animated but also pretty useless, but Tsuiokuhen is a goddamn classic samurai anime and is, in my opinion, even better than the TV series.

So your assignments are:
- Gantz manga
- Rurouni Kenshin TV series
- Rurouni Kenshin Tsuiokuhen OVA

if you've never seen this classic you're a poser

Angel Cop is a "classic" in the same way that Yor: Hunter from the Future is a "classic."

A classic bag of hot garbage that has been forgotten for good reason.

Will do. I myself would recommend people check out the Gantz and Rurouni Kenshin live-action movies if you've not seen them, although perhaps purists would disagree. If nothing else, the production values for all were nothing short of stunning. Gantz had some of the best CGI I've ever seen for a non-American movie, and RK had sword fights that could go toe-to-toe with the very best from China, with nearly no wirework and zero CGI blood/effects, just pure skill.

RK trilogy felt like a real-life portrayal of Nioh. Hope Morrigan checks it out.

Been wanting to see Hokuto No Ken for the longest time, and I feel like it’s time I rewatched the Classic Berserk

Anyone seen the old OVA series Bastard!! from 1992? It's decent - pretty generic fantasy shit overall, not too dark or gory, the story is basically your typical power metal lyrics. It's pretty fun though, some decent animation and has a very nice "old school" charm about it.

...the only reason I'm bringing it up is because one of the characters is called King Di-Amon and he looks like this:


Needless to say, a pretty cool little reference! Also worth noting is that the main character's dubbed voice is none other than Daran Norris, mostly known as the voice of Timmy Turner's dad on The Fairly Oddparents. Needless to say I had an absolute blast hearing that voice recite such ridiculous dialog!

the reloading animation at the start is so lit

I saw recently evangelism plus the end of evangelism. I loved the final two episodes. I don't know why people bash them. I got the meaning of life from there: keep your on identity and be yourself. Amazing anime.

I also saw the 1st season of Kakegurui on Netflix. I like how wooden relationships are due gamble and Mazami or whatever is a cool protagonist. How can you get turned on by playing cards though?


I'm definently watching the 2nd season.

glad i held off buying the australian blu ray. the discotek release will be the definitive version for sure

I am really enjoying Death Note quite a bit. Someone recommended Full Metal Alchemist to me, but I really don't like the style that the cartoons are drawn in. I don't know much about anime, but really want to watch more horror type anime. Does anyone have any other horror anime they can recommend to me?

For horror i liked the first season of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni and Kiseiju.
I still have to see it but i'm told that Perfect Blue it's really great, i hope to catch up soon.

Madoka Magica is a must see, and even if it's not exactly an horror it gets really really dark. Promised Neverland was a short but really nice watch, has few horror elements and each episode has you on the edge of the seat

Other than that i've searched for years for good horror stuff in anime but i always ended up really disappointed. I found what i was looking for in manga (mainly Junji Ito's works, i suggest Shiver) and visual novels (for example Saya no Uta, one of the most fucked up thing i've seen)

Higurashi is amazing! Great adaptation of a great VN series. Some it's scenes are very unsettling. One of the few anime series that is actually scary. Other scary ones include Corpse Party, Shiki and Another. There is also a new Higurashi series coming this summer I think. Possibly a remake with animation that I don't really like. Perfect Blue is very surreal and a valuable work of art as well with an unexpected twist. I read you're also into Junji Ito. There is an Uzumaki TV series coming in summer. Have you heard about it? If yes what's your opinion on it?

Shiki is another great suggestion, i liked it a lot!

With junji Ito i'm very wary about animations: i saw Junji Ito Collection and it was disappointing, the animations were awkward and made the story lose a lot of the creepyness. It's really hard to replicate the level of details that Ito puts in his drawings and to build up tension like he does... I'll watch the new Uzumaki adaptation, but i'm not optimistic. If they manage to do well it will be a masterpiece

Every time I watch a movie or introduce one which my kids might like, I keep thinking about a specific one, but I can't remember the name of it.

Synopsis: there's some kind of half man, half machine, super computer, controlling a hi-tech skyscraper, or maybe it's just a building where scientific studies are carried out. And, this machine is trying to kill the people who are occupying the building.

Any idea what it's called? Cheers in advance.

I'm starting with "Angel Heart" since I'm a huge City Hunter fan and that should be an interesting series to follow. It's an alternate story to the original series.

So for awhile now I've really wanted to watch Monster (2004) - I was honestly just dying to see it due to it's seriously cool premise, but due to copyright shit it's not on any of the sites I used and DVD's cost literal hundreds of dollars at least. I don't pirate or use sketchy websites so that pretty much killed it for me. Then...about a week ago I discovered that some motherfucker had just uploaded the entire goddamn motherfuckin' thing (all 74 episodes) onto youtube so yeah, I spent the last week busting through that and all I can say is FUCK. It's truly a masterpiece, one of the best I've ever seen and it completely justifies it's insane length, with such an insanely convoluted and intricate story even one less episode could've ruined it. A solid 10/10 without equal.

After that I watched Erased (2016) and jesus fucking christ it sucked. I actually didn't mind it's first 9 episodes...I thought it was silly and pretty dumb at times but overall enjoyable and fun. But once the "villain" is revealed in a way so lame and obvious it puts Scooby Doo to shame, the show takes a nosedive and ends with this completely toothless, lame, empty, and just utterly pathetic - not to mention rushed - abomination of an ending which ruins the whole experience. That rooftop scene especially is just so...lame . Anti-climactic doesn't even begin to describe it.

You've nailed my thoughts exactly on both series--Monster is a goddamn masterpiece and rightfully deserves its status as one of the anime community's critical darlings, and Erased is a brain-dead show with some good ideas and good production value completely tanked by horrendous execution in its story and characters.

Glenn Danzig is an insufferable piece of shit.

my man. been planing to rewatch it. my favourite anime besides the original 97 Berserk.

Any City Hunter fans?

Been watching Angel Heart, it is an alternate story to City Hunter. I don't want to say much but this series has a lot heart-wrenching moments. Saeba Ryo is still one of the coolest main characters in Anime history.

The series is genius, and that arc in particular is an excellent deconstruction of the genre. What makes it such a great deconstruction is that it's so sincere. The author clearly loves the genre deeply, and isn't deconstructing it because to mock it or undermine it. It's still shounen, and the series is creatively affirmative of its own genre.

The execution of the anime arc left a little something to be desired. The pacing was absolutely glacial. Characters and events were overdramatised to the point that it was almost impossible to know what was even important anymore. I couldn't bring myself to care about some of the new characters that the series desperately wanted me to care about.

I never finished the Chimera arc in Hunter X Hunter.

It became too long winded and I couldn't do it anymore. It felt like it went on for an eternity. Unlike the one before it where they were all on an island basically playing Magic The Gathering. I love Gon and Killua, but I also really liked Kurapika and Leorio. What in the world happened to them?

Also, since the whole series isn't on any of the streaming services I was watching it on my phone off some bootleg website, but I'd much rather watch through something more reliable. Where are you guys watching it?

I want to get back into the show, I just don't know if I can do the whole chimera arc again. It was blistering agony.