first movie is more like the ovas, 2nd is off doing its own thing
― ciderpress, Thursday, 24 September 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
That's a beautiful piece of music.
As a young anime watcher the Patlabor movie totally confounded me with how little action there was. But then Wings Of Honneamise was similarly uncommercial for such a big production. Then I remember even the Fist Of The North Star feature length turned all the outrageous fantasy violence into a horrible disempowering downer of an ending and the very commercial seeming Street Fighter Alpha mortified me by having my favorite characters brutalized in such a depressing fashion by some schmuck who isn't even in the games.
It's weird looking back on all that and I wonder if anime is still doing this to kids these days.
I was 9 or 10 years old when the school janitor loaned me Akira and it made me feel really sick but I mostly liked it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 24 September 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
the body horror stuff in akira still ooks me out
― orson around (clouds), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
can't remember if i said this here but my kids' mother-in-law bought them the entire series of tokyo ghoul
they are 11 and 9 years old
i think it's....... a bit fucking much
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
yeahhhhhhh probably not age-appropriate
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:42 (three years ago) link
i was still watching pokemon when i was 12. it was brand new at the time though and thus probably cooler than it is to tweens now
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
my 9-y-o is dunzo with pokemon
they are HUGE fans of carole and tuesday. need 200 more episodes ASAP to wash the taste of tokyo ghoul out of my mouth
11-y-o is also starting to read assassination classroom, which i feel like would probably be actually illegal in the united states
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
i would say the age i saw akira at, 13, is the perfect age to see akira
pokemon/sailor moon/dragon ball z were my world at ages 11-12 but they were all airing "new" episodes at that time. evangelion broke open the rest of the anime world for me but i didn't see it in full until i was 14. i definitely watched ninja scroll not long after akira and i liked it but i was def 1) too young to be watching it 2) ninja scroll is the fucking worst trash. i think if my parents were at all interested in what i was watching they would've probably have not let me see a lot of these, but they had checked out of controlling the media i consumed by the time i was 7 or so? i grew up watching robocop and schwarzenegger and james bond movies, ultraviolence was my bag until psychologically and metaphysically deep art were my bag lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
in fact, anime basically conducted that transition
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
mtv and the simpsons were the last battles my parents waged and they lost both
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
my dad shunned the simpsons ever since they went up against the cosby show. 'i don't watch cartoons' was his line.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
my mom was really strict about that stuff until i hit high school and then she went back to work and stopped caring much. so i basically went straight from pokemon to cowboy bebop
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
though bebop wasn't nearly as violent as i remembered on a rewatch, it probably just seemed that way at the time due to that jump lol
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
xps Ass Class is actually pretty wholesome for the most part (except for the sexy honeypot teacher)
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
ultraviolence was my bag until psychologically and metaphysically deep art were my bag
"evangelion was my bag but then evangelion was my bag"
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
lol
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Just finished the two Devilman OVA’s from 1987/1990 and W O W, these were fucking amazing. The monster design was WILD, like so creepy and grotesque, and it had a lot of v filmy touches to it. Super fun to watch.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 25 October 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
I am quite fond of them, I thought they were genuinely spooky at times but the fight with the demon bird lady in the second one didn't do much for me and it goes on a long time.
Always found it tad troubling that the blonde guy is perfectly happy to kill people to become a demon.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 25 October 2020 22:50 (three years ago) link
Fiiiinally finished Bubblegum Crisis and started the 3-episode AD Police Files OVA and it’s incredible, it’s a lot darker grittier trashier then Bubblegum Crisis, as someone w a soft spot for both cyberpunk and sleazy 90s OVAs this is perfect
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 2 November 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Tatami Galaxy, episode 1: this guy talks way too fucking fastCat Soup: I tried to watch this a few months ago but I rewatched it last night and I like it a lot more, prob bcz I already knew it was kinda dark. Weird and fun!Megazone 23, Part I: hahaha this is ridic and I love it so much, it is SOOO distinctively 80s and there is even a mall montage w pop music over it and I really enjoyed the direction it went in
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
i finished the patlabor ova and it was quite nice even though, in this particular year, watching a show about the police clashing with environmental activists was... hm. last episode did have a quite funny joke and the expense of commies tbf
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 9 November 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
gotta log back into hidive and watch the movies now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 9 November 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
i'm also glad that the ova ultimately did not deal too much with them apprehending "criminals" or "environmental terrorists" and kinda ended up being a cops vs. the military story
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 9 November 2020 00:43 (three years ago) link
the movies are incredible, enjoy
― ciderpress, Monday, 9 November 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
I liked that the OVA was a drama with robots instead of like ACTION anime!
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
Brad I think you might really love Megazone 23
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
xp wait I literally just said that upthreadanyway incidentally enough I had the first Patlabor queued up and was abt to start watching (and am now 5 minutes in, the animation is stellar) and I just want to point out that every time I watch Patlabor in my head I hear Erykah Badu singing “Paaatlabor, you gon’ hurt your back”
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
tatami galaxy is worth sticking with-- the rest of the episodes aren't nearly as fast as the first one
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 9 November 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
still pretty fast though
made a rare attempt to watch an anime for people who like anime (Kill La Kill) and deeply regretted my decision within an hour, save for the enjoyable overkill of the animation style
like I get that it's making a meta statement about anime but still....not for me, oof.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 9 November 2020 06:16 (three years ago) link
but, yknow, it's good to test yr limits of taste now and again
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 9 November 2020 06:17 (three years ago) link
okay yeah wow the Patlabor movie is in a league of its own, like the OVA is really great but the movie is next-level and I can clearly see why it gets the praise that it does
Simon, what specifically did you hate about Kill la Kill?
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
I really don't know if there was anything I liked about it lol
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Monday, 9 November 2020 14:03 (three years ago) link
aaaahahaha okay fair, I enjoyed its frenetic energy and its twisty turny batshit plot and send-ups of lots of diff anime tropes and conventions but ya it is def not for everyone
what have you watched lately that you've enjoyed?
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 9 November 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Japan’s most evil yakuza makes its cutest househusband! Follow Tatsu’s journey from underworld legend to domestic bliss when the anime adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s hit comedy manga The Way of the Househusband premieres in 2021. pic.twitter.com/V7tdVIaYVc— NX (@NXOnNetflix) October 27, 2020
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 9 November 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
have you read the comic?
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
No, I just thought it sounded funny.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:19 (three years ago) link
I read a bit and it's ok, but not as funny as Hinamatsuri tho
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
ok so the first patlabor movie was several orders better than the ova, and the second patlabor movie was.... a godlike masterpiece?????
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
they're the best anime movies
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 November 2020 03:27 (three years ago) link
pretty much
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
I made it 40 minutes into Patlabor 2 but fell asleep bcz I was stoned, it was v v dialogue heavy! I'm going to rewatch it tonight.
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 13 November 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
i'm prepared to call patlabor 2 the best oshii film i've ever seen. the balance is just right, feels less rushed than ghost in the shell, less philosophy 101 than gits 2, more serious, contemplative, and quietly surreal than urusei yatsura: beautiful dreamer or patlabor 1
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
it also has the best score of any movie ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
hoooooly shit Patlabor 2 WOWit’s wild to think this is connected with the OVA in any way, they’re so thematically different
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 14 November 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/drivemeawaytroubledheart/A lot of really good classic anime and Zelda vibes here.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 November 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
it’s wild to think this is connected with the OVA in any way, they’re so thematically different
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, November 14, 2020 11:27 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
it's wild but also it's like... an active deconstruction of the ova, cf. noa's speech about not wanting to be "the girl who loves a giant robot" anymore
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 November 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
yeah you are so right!!
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 14 November 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
cops questioning their own existence and purpose bc they are maintaining an order and a peace that are in and of themselves fictions, god inject it into my fucking veins
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 November 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
Been meaning to chase down this theme music for Ichi The Killer anime forever, it's hilarious and coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfoZZTmXWG0When I first saw it, I thought it was quite uneventful but I actually think about it quite a lot, especially the way Ichi goes into an inarticulate rage at people who know what he's really like ("you idiot!")
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 November 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link