Anime/manga megathread

[Don Vito]

Trust me, I was surprised to find something good in this particular store.

I almost bought a Yu Yu Hakasho dvd, but went with Blade Runner instead.

edit: HARUKO IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!! <3

 

[Fat-Elf]

I noticed the first two volumes of Mirai Nikki in a kiosk yesterday. I was in a bit of hurry so I didn't buy them. I'll probably get them when I get outside this weekend.

 

[Alberto7]

Get those badboys! If they're for cheap, even better. Unless there's a dedicated manga/anime place near you, you never know when you might find them again.

Also YES, I can't have enough love for Haruko. I was listening to the OST yesterday so I just had to bring her back. The music in FLCL is so stupidly cool. I want a left-handed Rickenbacker 4001 to hang on my wall so bad.

Ggrrrruuuunnggyy no Hamuustta!

GAH! So f*cking dope.
Song is Ride On Shooting Star, by The Pillows.

Also, Don, what's your avatar of? She struck me as awesome when I first saw her.

 

[Don Vito]

I still need to check out The Pillow's other songs outside of FLCL.

The girl in my avatar is Chidori from the game Persona 3. There's a movie/anime adaption of that game that I need to watch at some point.

And I have to say, It's nice to occasionally watch anime without reading subtitles. I should do it more.

 

[Alberto7]

Oooohh right! I've watched reviews and trailers of the Persona 4 anime, and I really dig the art and the character design. It's got a lot of style, artistically. I should check it out some day (or, even better, play the game, whenever I do happen to get a non-Nintendo videogame console, or whenever I stop having a shitty, underpowered computer)

Whenever I watch Black Lagoon again, it'll be the dubbed version. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference for me though, whether I watch dub or sub. I normally prefer sub, but if the dub is good, I'll go for it. I watched the English dubbed version of Ghost in the Shell, and some times I forget that it didn't have subtitles.

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And I forgot to say before. Last night I FINALLY watched The Garden of Words. It's so f*cking dreamy. The plot is almost exactly the same as 5 Centimeters Per Second (which I hear applies to all other Makoto Shinkai films). Very short and simple romantic story (it's only 45-minutes long), but I felt it was well developed, although maybe a little too fast-paced, given its short running time. The characters are likeable and even relatable. The romantic elements are endearing and the film is able to dig down into your heart, assuming you're able to relate to those dreamy and sort of idealized stories of a distant and unattainable love.

... but nobody gives a shit about that, because HOLY SWEET MOTHER OF GOD ALL THAT EYE CANDY!! It deserves to be watched in NOTHING but 1080p, because it looks friggin' GORGEOUS. It is, by far, the most detailed and beautiful art that I have ever seen in any animated medium ever, and the animation itself is equally as jawdropping. Literally any still from the film is worthy of becoming a poster, and I would happily use it as my desktop's wallpaper.

Story/plot/characters/all that jazz: 8/10

Music: 8/10

Art and animation: Billions/10

I'll leave this here again:

That trailer really doesn't do the art and animation justice, even if it already looks beautiful.

 

[Somnium]

Props to Don Vito for the amazing avatar. Just preordered the localization of the first Persona 3 movie today! Also just received the third Madoka Magica movie (holy ....ing awesome collector's edition) so I'm planning on watching all 3 sometime soon.

In Steins;Gate news, I've had like 4 of my friends watch it so far. One of my friends, who's favorite anime are Kino's Journey and Welcome to the NHK, said "Holy shit dude I've never watched an anime that made me want to rage quit with sadness before, and I've seen a lot of anime.". Another, who's really into Evangelion and Fate/Stay Night, text me "Dude Steins;Gate left me all mad twisted inside and I haven't even finished it yet. Makes these gloomy days even gloomier and now I'm listening to a bunch of old OSTs and the nostalgia doesn't help. You've broken me...". And to think I was about to overlook Steins;Gate because I had heard it had a comical side to it. Now I realize that without the comedic breaks that show would be 110% unfiltered depression fuel. A couple of us are planning on getting together on Thursday to watch the movie though. Gonna have us a good old fashioned brotherly cry sesh lol.

 

[Alberto7]

^ I liked every single word in that post.

 

[Alberto7]

Right, so I've begun prodding into the new season. Watched the first episode of a few shows, but the only ones that really stuck and that I'm definitely going to follow are these two:


Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin | AniList
It has a slightly Haruhi-ish feel to it (part of the Haruhi staff being involved in this is probably a reason why), and it's friggin' hilarious. This first episode kind of reminded me of the beach episodes of Haruhi. The fact that it's supposedly about treasure hunting adds to the whole Haruhi thing. Loving the main characters presented so far, and the art is great. I have a thing for anime and eyes, and I always look at how they're designed, and I'm liking the eye design on these characters.


No Game No Life | AniList
Getting to see an L/Lelouch cross-over voiced by Kirito in an SAO-like world dipped in rainbows where all matters are settled by playing board games... now that shit blew my mind. It's hilarious, pretty to look at, and the animation is wonderful.

Honorary mention goes to Sidonia no Kishi and Isshuukan Friends (One Week Friends). Sidonia was really awesome, and the premise is really cool, but I'm still undecided about the animation. The latter was really, really cute and adorable, but the way they presented the story was slightly different from what I had imagined. Feels will be had, methinks. Will follow these two as well.

Still waiting for Mekaku City Actors to come out tomorrow, which people have been getting me hyped over.

Have you guys watched anything yet?

 

[bouVIP]

The only new anime I've watched is Soul Eater Not! and No Game No Life. No Game No Life is definitely one I'm going to keep up with.


Also just started watching Inari Konkon. Pretty interesting so far.

 

[Alberto7]

I haven't watched Soul Eater yet, but that spin-off sounded kinda strange. I guess I'll watch it whenever I finish Soul Eater.

Just watched the first episode of Mekakucity Actors, and it delivered. My impressions from the first episode is that it is definitely on the weird, psychedelic side, but it's actually quite funny, and the art is great, if only because of how weird it is and how much I liked character design. I also just found out it's directed by Akiyuki Shinbo (who directed Madoka Magica, among other things) and produced by Atsuhiru Iwakami (who produced Fate/Zero, Kara no Kyoukai, Madoka Magica, Magi, and Sword Art Online). In other words, this sounds promising, and kind of explains the strangeness/brilliancy of the first episode.

 

[Ralyks]

Just started Sword Art Online now that they added it no Netflix. Possibly my new favorite Anime, probably behind only Cowboy Bebop, but side by side with Darker Than Black.

 

[MFB]

Just started Sword Art Online

 

[angelofdeath]

This is just for the manga.

If you like football, or even if you don't, Eyeshield 21 is awesome.

Feng Shen Ji has amazing art and great story. Full of epic.

I just got into Shokugeki no Soma. It's a cooking manga... never thought I'd get into that but it is great. Full of food porn and hilarious as well.

Prison School makes me laugh out loud all the time.

Also try Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO).

There are also cool Manwahs (korean): The breaker, The breaker new waves, Noblesse, Tower of God.

These are full of awesome.

 

[Alberto7]

Just started Sword Art Online now that they added it no Netflix. Possibly my new favorite Anime, probably behind only Cowboy Bebop, but side by side with Darker Than Black.

Just you wait...

 

[bouVIP]

This is just for the manga.

If you like football, or even if you don't, Eyeshield 21 is awesome.

Feng Shen Ji has amazing art and great story. Full of epic.

I just got into Shokugeki no Soma. It's a cooking manga... never thought I'd get into that but it is great. Full of food porn and hilarious as well.

Prison School makes me laugh out loud all the time.

Also try Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO).

There are also cool Manwahs (korean): The breaker, The breaker new waves, Noblesse, Tower of God.

These are full of awesome.

omg I love Shokugeki no Soma!!! It's so great!

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

just started watching wangan midnight, got to ep 3, liked it so much i went ahead and ordered the live action movie.

 

[Ralyks]

I... hope thats a good thing?

 

[sakeido]

I really, really liked SAO but show was mega rushed. Be prepared.

I just got a 120" screen put in my house so I want to blow my mind by watching some of the best animated stuff out there... all of Studio Ghibli is on the list since I own all their stuff anyway, maybe Akira. Other suggestions?

 

[Alberto7]

Jesus Christ. What I would give to watch The Garden of Words Blu-Ray on a 120". I reckon that most of the newer Kyoto Animation works would look astonishing, too. The newer Evangelion films must look spectacular, too. The fight scenes in Seirei no Moribito are crazy; they have to look incredible on such a large screen.

 

[bouVIP]

All this SAO talk makes me so pumped for SAO 2 in a few months. Still have yet to finish reading the Gun Gale Online volumes, but I definitely like it more than the Fairy Dance Arc.