Anime for people who hate anime

I’m about four episodes into the black rose storyline and it's really good! It’s getting pretty damn creepy too, I’ll bet the creator is a horror fan. I’m curious about how some of the characters actually end up in that interview room...

show only gets weirder enjoy the ride

and the black rose arc is prob the most repetitive wrt duels... things get a little less predictable after

the last two episodes of the black rose arc.... i've watched them so many times and they still make me go "wtf was THAT"

WTF was THAT indeed. Loved Utena, and was fully expecting further symbolic bafflement at the end, so it didn't disappoint (not really happy about certain developments/changes from the manga, but never mind). I might re-watch those two Black Rose episodes and the final episodes before they're taken down.

Managed to finish Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo too, pretty great "anime for people who hate anime". Loose adaptation of the story, set in an anachronistic future/past, 19th Century Europe with huge airships and art-deco cars and digital screens, and, like, aliens hanging around all over the place; The Count is basically Space Dracula. Interesting mix of eastern and western art styles, some janky 3D environments that are dated now, but still fit into the visual aesthetic. Pretty emotional too, the final episode had me welling up.

may not surprise you that as someone who saw the anime first i can't stand the manga

the utena manga was a pretty separate project to the anime, one isn't an adaptation of the other or anything, they just came up with the character designs & vague plot outline together & then the anime staff did their own thing & the manga artist did her own thing, only occasionally discussing concepts. i've never really seen anyone who's read/watched both say the manga is particularly worthwhile at all

That makes sense. The series was a lot better and more memorable than the manga overall, though I wanna go back and give it another read. But next: the movie!

The movie is v special and it's debatable whether it's a complete retelling set in a parallel universe or if it's a continuation set within the same continuity as the anime series (I am firmly in the latter camp)

going to try "So I'm a Spider, So What?" which was a fun manga

one of many many series where the lead is reincarnated as a minor character in a role playing game

theres so many of those now that i am fatigued of them just by their existence without even having to watch any

so i'm a spider's manga is pretty good!

one of many many series where the lead is reincarnated as a minor character in a role playing game

sword art online was just the right mix of compelling and amateurishly bad to cause a bunch of aspiring nerd writers to think 'i bet i could do this better' and it's turned into a huge feedback loop

March Comes in Like a Lion is definitely worth a watch-- it'll make you cry from happiness, kawaiiness, and sadness

all of the good parts of monogatari's direction without all the indefensible shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWnvzR_hrDA

i'm so sick of mmorpg animes

I haven't seen the anime, but Erased doesn't really fit in that list, really loved the manga. (Though I guess it heavily involves "reincarnation" of a sort.) Weird to see how different the anime style is from the original. I know it's on Netflix (as is the live-action version?) Anyone seen them already and can tell me if it's worth the time?

Haven't read the manga, but I enjoyed the Erased anime. Didn't set my world on fire but worth seeing. Little bit meandering at points, but given the short length, easy to overlook

Lately I've been watching Haruhi Suzumiya, which I know is pretty well-known but I'd never seen. Liked the weird ordering of episodes and the overarcing plot, but as usual the fan service sucks and it was too cliched at times to really recommend. It's been a looong time since I've seen an anime I loved

I decided to give Serial Experiments Lain a re-watch over the last week. I had vague memories of a "cool" show that went way over my head; I was worried it would just turn out to be dated and pretentious. By the third or fourth episode, I was completely hooked. Like one poster says upthread, the best approach is to just take it all in, and maybe reach your own conclusions, since we're only being fed bits and pieces of a larger story anyway (or at least, that's how I see it).

btw a very poor english translation of the playstation lain game, which precedes the show and is significantly different from it afaict, is online here: https://3d.laingame.net/#/game

friend of mine is working on making the translation better

whaaaaaat

wow now I want to rewatch Lain

https://blog.alltheanime.com/books-leiji-matsumoto/

the one episode that's mostly the history of computers >>>>>>

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— てんげるまん🌀tengelmam (@fcbliebe1900) April 15, 2021

I cannot stress enough just how much you need to stop whatever it is you are doing and watch the opening titles of this documentary. I promise you're not ready for what's coming. https://t.co/UenN1Zs9iO

— non anime enjoyer (@VoltySquirrel) May 27, 2021

I could have posted that on a more specific thread, but that would spoil the surprise!

omg lol

trailer for TV series that adapts Japanese literature classic Tale of the Heike
starts airing in Sept and has an amazing staff list including director Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird)
super excited for this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OQpRQ8syqw

yeah looks great. excited to see yamada working in a different visual style, as much as i like kyoani stuff

The stylish film noir thriller ODDTAXI is the best anime I've seen in years. While there's no direct connection, it feels like it carries forward Satoshi Kon's legacy, to the point that one episode could almost slot right into the first half of Paranoia Agent. Beautiful animation, great soundtrack, and some of the finest writing I've ever seen in an anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kdvfKp1EG0

anyway all of anno's pre-eva miyazaki-inspired series nadia is on hulu and i recommend it; it's very digressive but also very charming

― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Sunday, September 13, 2015 7:49 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love that i said this six years ago and am just now picking up nadia again. gonna finish it this time!!!!!

will try oddtaxi!

odd taxi is a masterpiece

where/how are you guys watching it?

it's on crunchyroll i think. also the usual suspects.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/oddtaxi

thanks.

my usual t o r r e n t sites don’t have it but i’m not on any anime specific ones tbf

n/m "found" it

i'm only 15 episodes in and nadia is surprisingly brutal. i guess i shouldn't be surprised given anno made evangelion after but this is still significantly more traumatized than gunbuster

watched Odd Taxi this week and loved it, wasn't the furry bullshit it looked like from the outside

i am currently working my way through Haijime no Ippo which follows the manga INCREDIBLY faithfully and is great before bedtime stuff. Season 1 is 75 20 minute episodes, which is insane.

i've reached nadia's infamous filler arc, where the main characters are stranded on a deserted island for like seven episodes. it's godawful, even the animation is bad

the show before this arc started was kind of a masterpiece

thats the only thing i know about nadia because literally everyone has the same reaction to it

i was hoping it was not as bad as everyone has said for years and years. it is

nadia's vegetarianism is one of my favorite things about her character but they devote so much energy in the deserted island arc to making her look obstinate and stupid in her vegetarianism and i'm like... so angry about it

they can't even draw nadia's hair right from scene to scene lol

Nice video about Cyber City Oedo 808 and cyberpunk in general.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOoQDtuehoo
I've never actually seen this. A friend gave me a loan of it and the vhs player instantly chewed it up (I've never bought into VHS nostalgia, they were shit). No region B bluray yet, but I'm waiting.