Obligitory Animes Thread

Which anime eras are you into?

  • Old School

    Votes: 29 17.7%

  • New School

    Votes: 13 7.9%

  • Both

    Votes: 107 65.2%

  • Anime? What's that?

    Votes: 15 9.1%
  • Total voters
    164
mizuiro-kitsune said:
I now have a whole list of things to add to my DVD collection:

Fate/Stay Night
The new Yu Yu Hakusho set
Black Cat
higurashi no naku koro ni (When They Cry)
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Glad funimation picked up the first season but its just not as good without Kai. Hopefully that'll come out on DVD here so I won't have to import. Good news though, theres a Higurashi OVA slated for sometime this fall/winter.
 
what does everyone think of casshern sins? So far I think its very well done. i saw the live action movie "casshern" and I thought it was ass, so its nice to see that this anime is as good as it is.
 
I'm going semi-old school atm. I'm watching Monster Rancher on youtube. That Genki...hoo boy -_-
 
After seeing Code Geass and Death Note for about the 2nd or 3rd time each I stopped reading this thread - those shows are this generation's Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Hypocrite that I am, I'm still gonna recommend something:

Watch Gintama.

Edit: Decided to read the last page too. The only respectable Macross was 'Macross'. That's it. Macross Frontiers is showing portential though, seeing how it at least vaguely resembles a sequel to the first one instead of just a slapped on name to an unrelated story. Have to see the rest of it.
 
Countee said:
After seeing Code Geass and Death Note for about the 2nd or 3rd time each I stopped reading this thread - those shows are this generation's Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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I can't believe you just compared Code Geass to Evangelion...bring back crucifixion and witch hunts!!!

Death Note fell off when L died.

Didn't anybody else feel that Geass was fucking boring?

Last thing I truly enjoyed watching was Ghost In the Shell SAC; for the most part. Some episodes were so incredibly irrelevant that I just stopped watching for a while.
Although I won't argue the fact that SAC felt somewhat pretentious...if anybody else felt the need to address that.
 
Jlikew00t said:
Last thing I truly enjoyed watching was Ghost In the Shell SAC; for the most part. Some episodes were so incredibly irrelevant that I just stopped watching for a while. Although I won't argue the fact that SAC felt somewhat pretentious...if anybody else felt the need to address that.
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The show does try pretty hard. But many of the episodes and especially the main arcs made me feel like I was watching something truly entertaining. Overall it was very enjoyable but its not a favorite worthy of re-viewing.
 
whitey said:
what does everyone think of casshern sins? So far I think its very well done. i saw the live action movie "casshern" and I thought it was ass, so its nice to see that this anime is as good as it is.
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Casshern Sins is moving along very slowly. Where was the dog in episode 4?

I don't think I can do this wait for a whole week thing to watch an episode of Gundam 00. I get mad as fuck whenever the current week's episode is over.
 
Jlikew00t said:
Yep, exactly how I feel.

As for Geass being boring over SAC...Geass reeked of cliché.
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???

I'm not sure I understand this...how does cliché equal boring? Soulcalibur isn't boring because you have two people with over-sized swords fighting each other (see every single Final Fantasy game). What exactly about Geass did you find cliché? Because if you've seen more shows like it, I would love to know so I can watch them.
 
am64 said:
What exactly about Geass did you find cliché?
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read dune, then watch some old gundams (0083 stardust memory and 08th ms team is a good place to start.) Code Geass isn't breaking any new ground. Its just got a nice layer of polish.

while i'm up on my soap box I would like to add that people should also look at naruto and read a harry potter book. I find those 2 also have alot in common.
 
What elements does Gudnam share with Code Geass? Does the difference go deeper than big robots fighting each other?

I'm not sure I follow on the Naruto, Harry Potter comparison. The main guy, his obligatory female friend, and his guy friend go on a quest to do good stuff. Other than the focus on growing up, I don't see much in common. There are plenty of bildungsroman stories out there.
 
I find geass takes alot form gundam with the whole "who is the real enemy" idea. You walk into gundam thinking zeon are the bad guys which the whole "colony drop" and what not, but you still sympathize with them. same with lelouche. especially since his best friend is fighting for his enemy.

as for the harry potter comparison

for starters, replace ninja with wizard next time you watch naruto. you'll soon see what i mean.
 
Whitey, I can see where you are coming from with the potter/naruto similarities. But I just have to say, Harry's boner for Ron is NOTHING compared to the boner Naruto has for Sasuke.
 
God, I have Vanilla Salt stuck in my head. My favorite Yui Horie role in a while. Throw in Kugimiya Rie and Toradora becomes automatic win.
 
whitey said:
I find geass takes alot form gundam with the whole "who is the real enemy" idea. You walk into gundam thinking zeon are the bad guys which the whole "colony drop" and what not, but you still sympathize with them. same with lelouche. especially since his best friend is fighting for his enemy.

as for the harry potter comparison

for starters, replace ninja with wizard next time you watch naruto. you'll soon see what i mean.
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I think Code Geass still had enough orignality on its own to not be considered cliche =/ . But yeah, the idea has been used before.... But I don't know of any anime that I could honestly say, "I've never seen something like that" exept for maybe Full Metal Alchemist and a couple others. In my opinion CG's one of the better recent animes out there. Since its end, I still haven't found another anime that I've thought was worth following =(.
 
I've been watching Tytania recently and really, it's just a modern day Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I'm quite a fan of LOGH, so Tytania is really enjoyable for me. I'm still actually watching LOGH these days. I've been watching it for a couple of years now and Central Anime is still subbing LOGH.

We're currently on the 6th Chapter of Spiral Labyrinth. It's just as great as the TV series. I'm also watching Tales of the Abyss. I'm just glad it follows the game to a T. I'm glad to not see a repeat of the ToS anime, lol.

Other than that, I've also been keeping up with the second season of Junjou Romantica. Still as funny as the first season was, which is certainly good, lol. Oh, and also watching One Piece.

I just wish Instantz would hurry up and sub episode 373. Eh..oh well, lol.
 
Just finished My-Otome: Zwei (not bad) and my copy of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time should get to my by the end of November. I heard it was a good moive so I can't wait.
 
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