Ive never seen that but Ive heard people talk about it. I might give it a watch!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:22 (five years ago) link
This comment in the wiki is bemusing: "Ueda had to answer repeated queries about a statement made in an Animerica interview.[4][6][7] The controversial statement said Lain was "a sort of cultural war against American culture and the American sense of values we [Japan] adopted after World War II".[8] He later explained in numerous interviews that he created Lain with a set of values he took as distinctly Japanese; he hoped Americans would not understand the series as the Japanese would. This would lead to a "war of ideas" over the meaning of the anime, hopefully culminating in new communication between the two cultures. When he discovered that the American audience held the same views on the series as the Japanese, he was disappointed."
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
Haha that's great
It's a very quick watch. I don't remember many details anymore but I recall being swept up in the mood of the whole thing. fairly different from Ghost in the Shell, which explores some similar areas
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:35 (five years ago) link
64. Sailor Moon42 points, 3 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
I'll always have a soft spot for Sailor Moon, which was an important show for me growing up. The plot of the English dub was enough to hook me, but it was watching some of the subbed Japanese episodes (borrowed from a friend) that really opened my eyes. One, I realized there was this secret wealth of great shows that were never aired in the US. I absolutely loved the tape trading culture of anime and how everything was so hard to find. Two, it was the first time I paid attention to cultural differences, which eventually bloomed into a love of travel
That said, near zero desire to go back and rewatch it
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
62T. Gumby44 points, 3 votes, 1 firsts
62T. Xavier: Renegade Angel44 points, 3 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:28 (five years ago) link
61. Liquid Television47 points, 3 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:30 (five years ago) link
60. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power49 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:31 (five years ago) link
I watched this because the internet seems to adore it, but I except for the episode the introduced us to Bo’s dads (which is genuinely excellent episode and easily the funniest of the series), I had a hard time enjoying it. I still contend that Catra is the protagonist in a Lucifer/Paradise Lost register.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:34 (five years ago) link
77. The Criticrewatched a few episodes for this poll. the first episode involves jay dating an actress who viciously dumps him when he gives a bad review of her acting. the other episode i watched ended with a parody of the crying game revelation scene with the woman secretly being barney the dinosaur. yeah, this hasn't held up. i remember the Shockwave™ episodes being even worse.
76. Rugratsi remember some parents of young children being superfans of this in rec.arts.tv. i thought it was just ok. good theme song.
74. Astro Boyone of my votes. one of my first experiences with serial storytelling. the circus episode is engrained in my mind -- i guess my parents had it on tape.
68. TMNTthis was a pleasant comedy show for kid me. i grew out of it before it ended.
64. Sailor Moonanother one popular on usenet, especially among people who knew little about anime but thought they were experts. "some noobs think sailor moon is for adults because it's anime, but it's not REAL anime", etc. i liked the episode where a bunch of main characters died before being brought back. it was a combination of several episodes into one for the english market.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:36 (five years ago) link
59. Magic Roundabout, The (1965-1977)49 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
58. X-Men (Fox Kids, 1992-1997)49 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:53 (five years ago) link
I voted for this though I'm pretty sure it was a nostalgia trip for me. I wlll say that it was my first sustained exposure to the Phoenix/Dark Phoenix saga (I only read the Claremont comics much later into adulthood), and I ate it up like a kid eating glue.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link
57. Ulysses 3150 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:55 (five years ago) link
56. DuckTales (1987-1990)51 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:56 (five years ago) link
I watched the hell out of DT as a kid. I still remember the episode where the British butler screws up the triplets' baseball game because he doesn't understand the rules. The episodes with Gizmoduck were probably my favorite because I expect he was the Poochie of the era and I didn't know better.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
55. Rocko's Modern Life51 points, 6 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link
54. Sealab 202152 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
i liked the episode where a bunch of main characters died before being brought back. it was a combination of several episodes into one for the english market.
just two! the last two of the season. they're heartbreaking :(
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link
53. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist52 points, 5 votes, 0 firsts
vinnie! it's worth it! ok there are many not-great sailor moon episodes but idk i also just love to watch it. the villain designs, the outfits, the infinitely recurring transformation scenes, the increasing queerness from season to season. it's like gay comfort food for me.
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:06 (five years ago) link
52. Ivor the Engine53 points, 3 votes, 1 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link
also sailor moon has a really compelling narrative about friendship and eternal love and time travel and interdimensional beings and utopian moon kingdoms, it kicks goddamn ass
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
i love the look of mr benn and ivor. never seen them before today.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:11 (five years ago) link
51. Hey Arnold!53 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:14 (five years ago) link
That's the last one for today! Tomorrow, we'll get 50-41, and get to see the handiwork of Lovely Assistant Thermo!
Sealab TOO LOW
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link
Hey Arnold is all-time for me purely on the basis of the episode where Helga goes to therapy
Noteworthy for being a show set in a city (forget if it’s literally New York or just extremely New York-like) when I feel like the suburbs, or at least detached single family housing, were the predominant setting for kid and family shows.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
60. She-Ra and the Princesses of PowerAfter the initial arc of adora leaving the horde, there's a series of episodes that are so inconsequential that they could have been 80s she-ra episodes. it does improve once the story kicks back in. haven't made it to season 2 yet. by the way, the first two volumes of noelle stevenson's lumberjanes are well worth seeking out.
57. Ulysses 31watched an episode for the poll. fascinating SF/F setting, with some surprisingly good animation, but then the need for kid-friendly sidekicks is a big negative. i am guessing daft punk liked it.
56. DuckTalesi was watching the annotated foodfight on youtube, and one of the notes was "you could be watching ducktales right now". a note to keep always in mind.
53. Dr. Katz, Professional Therapisti ranked this pretty highly. a highlight is laura the receptionist, a great creation with a perfect voice acting performance. the recent audible podcast episodes are good too.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:33 (five years ago) link
She-Ra’s most recent batch of episodes really start going places. Catra is the best character and Scorpia is my strong wife.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:33 (five years ago) link
i think sealab was the first of the williams street adult swim shows i saw and i've never really revisited it but it seemed very funny to me at the time
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:38 (five years ago) link
ugh brad, you are so good at making me want to listen to and watch things, but I don't think you're gonna get me this time. I have a strong desire to go back and rewatch many specific moments, but there's SO much filler in between those moments. maybe someday an AI can figure out exactly what I liked and only show me that stuff
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link
xp
77. The CriticOrson Welles voiced by the guy who did Pinky kicks serious ass.
Sealab TOO LOWFOR REAL
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWW--w4SRs
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 02:49 (five years ago) link
x-men the first from my ballot to place and tho i don't know how the show would hold up now here really the nostalgia was irresistible - not only an animated staple but essentially my introduction to the x-men and still to my mind the core true x-men team (even tho maybe kitty would've been better in the jubilee role...).
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
Maurice LaMarche is a legend
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 03:33 (five years ago) link
MOVE IT FOOTBALL HEAD
― normal fucking rockman (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 03:59 (five years ago) link
Tangentially related but have people seen this Youtube series?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut0MovHdKvY
The Garfield installment is truly epic.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 04:37 (five years ago) link
And by epic I mean cursed.
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
Magic Roundabout and Ivor the Engine way TOO LOW. I’m going to assume people just haven’t seen them. I’d have thought maybe The Magic Roundabout would have had some transatlantic success because of its cult stonery vibe, but perhaps not. It was originally a French show that a British studio wrote completely new scripts and characters for. It is mad and timeless and has the best theme tune ever.
I’ll wait for imago to wake up and eulogise the wonders of Ivor the Engine, which was my second place vote.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 07:13 (five years ago) link
Magic Roundabout was my #13 and Ivor the Engine was near the bottom. My ballot was almost entirely based on childhood nostalgia but the placing was somewhat arbitrary.
― The Pingularity (ledge), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 07:19 (five years ago) link
I should have been gentler in my previous post, as the spirit of the shows would prefer.
In my excitement I didn’t even notice Hey Arnold. As a child I loved it for its depiction of a world that wasn’t resolutely cheerful. Most of the characters are poor and a lot of the games and fun the children have (from memory) are improvised in the streets around fantasy stories. It was a lot about finding hope and lightness in dark places, and not at all in a maudlin or melodramatic way.
― tangenttangent, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:10 (five years ago) link
Sailor Moon infinitely too low you savages, knew i shd've voted
― a wagon to the curious (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:28 (five years ago) link
Agreed. The second part of the second season (which Netflix is calling season 3, but it's quite obvious they just cut season 2 into two halves so they could release the first half earlier) is some really strong stuff, so I would recommend anyone who was lukewarm about first season watching these episodes too, before passing judgment. Scorpia is indeed awesome, and I love how they've made Catra into a three-dimensional character with understandable motivations, while still refusing to give her a clichéd "hidden heart of gold" redemption arc.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 08:43 (five years ago) link
Ah shit Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31 and Hey Duggee all would've done a lot better if I'd got round to a ballot.
― chap, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 09:00 (five years ago) link
I’d have thought maybe The Magic Roundabout would have had some transatlantic success because of its cult stonery vibe, but perhaps not. It was originally a French show that a British studio wrote completely new scripts and characters for. It is mad and timeless and has the best theme tune ever.
Otm. Missed voting in this but it would've been high on my ballot (and I never saw it as a child). It really is the best theme tune of all time.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 09:13 (five years ago) link
My 1 and 2 have landed outside the top 50 :(
They're about as different as two animated shows could be, but Ivor The Engine is the loveliest thing imaginable and Xavier: Renegade Angel is pure, delirious chaos
Here inside five minutes I hope you can understand why Ivor is, was, and shall always be my #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLM5Lt6jOQ
also I was another Magic Roundabout vote obv
― imago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 09:15 (five years ago) link
I ended up cutting Ivor the Engine but I just remembered Idris the Dragon, who I *adored* as a child. All dragons are called Idris in my brain b/c of that lil guy. Damn.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link
yeah I could have easily posted the Idris introduction episode
― imago, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 16:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jHIN9dB.jpg
50. Maxx, The56 points, 4 votes, 0 firsts
― Johnny Grottan from the Skeks Pistols (Leee), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 17:20 (five years ago) link