At 5/2/11 10:48 PM, Bladebound wrote: watched the first episode of a show called "Bacanno" with a friend. Very impressive art style and surprisingly brutal, though the first episode jumped around frequently and was a little hard to follow.

Baccano's an absolutely fantastic series. It's a bit hard to keep track of in the first few eps but once you figure out the various timelines it becomes amazing. There are some amazing characters in it, and it has some really stunning moments. Sure a lot of people just go "Oh isaac and miriam they're so wacky ahahaha!" but there's so much more to the series than that. You will do very well to keep with it and wait out the first ep or two until it starts to make sense.

After watching the series, I went back and re-watched the first episode and it's amazing just how straightforward it seems being aware of what is actually going on, and also just how much of the plot it gives away if you pay attention and make connections enough.

Also at the suggestions of a friend, I'm tentatively starting to read manga.
At his suggestion I started reading The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer. It's somewhat of a parody of shounen, in a way. It's essentially about a boy who's approached by a talking animal, who offers magical powers and a wish of his choice in exchange for helping to save the world. Sounds pretty standard, but it's full of subtle jabs at cliches and tropes, absolutely stellar humour, and some pretty decent drama too. Suffice to say I'm enjoying it.
Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Baccano's an absolutely fantastic series. It's a bit hard to keep track of in the first few eps but once : you figure out the various timelines it becomes amazing.

thanks for the input! Glad to know I'm in for something good.

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:
Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

Sanctuary, Legend of the Strongest Man Kurosawa, Apollo's Song are my favorite.

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

Eden - It's an Endless World
Homunculus
Mx0 (despite being unfinished/canceled, still an enjoyable read)
Maison Ikkoku
Dogs: Bullets and Carnage

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

Love Hina
A.I. Love You
Monster
Lupin III: World's Most Wanted
Vampire Hunter D
Basilisk
Chunchu
Ghost in the Shell
Parasite
Peacemaker Kurogane

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 5/2/11 10:48 PM, Bladebound wrote:

Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

Liar game

Can I join teh animu club?

Also, anyone here like Touhou? I've been fucking crazy on Touhou recently, just finished TH06 on normal and about to go for it on high.

At 5/2/11 11:29 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 5/2/11 10:48 PM, Bladebound wrote:

Anyone have any manga they recommend I read? Pref some kind of action/drama/comedy type thing but I'll take all sorts.

Ikigami

Steins; Gate 5 was great :3

At 5/2/11 10:48 PM, Bladebound wrote:

At 5/2/11 05:27 AM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

At 5/2/11 04:27 AM, Bladebound wrote:

At 5/1/11 10:12 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

Yup, I was ignorant in this situation (I'm definitely not one for trolling). I wasn't aware that streaming had a real bad rep, or that Death Note and FLCL get shit on a lot, as all I've ever seen for FLCL is praise... and I really enjoy both of the shows.

I honestly don't really care about FLCL at all, I tried to get into it many times before, and it just didn't work for me at all.

On a different note; I have been introduced to a few animes as of late via Netflix and just recently watched the first episode of a show called "Bacanno" with a friend. Very impressive art style and surprisingly brutal, though the first episode jumped around frequently and was a little hard to follow.

Baccano is an amazing series that I'm now starting to rewatch again, after I stalled about halfway through the series due to outside obligations, one of the few anime series that lives up to the hype by a lot of people. Also I'm getting into Tiger and Bunny and Needless very soon, which may be to my liking.

It has certainly been a while.

At 5/2/11 02:53 AM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

I think it shows a lot of potential honestly.

Sure you do, because yur a fukin tool, lmao

while that explains it. By the way ichigo isn't a shinigami anymore. He uses em up fighting aizen.

He is willing and able to do any job he has to prove himself. His travels take him to a variety of locations and a variety of women, each who learns to love - ANN

Sounds rather derp but ill give it a chance since you speak so highly about it. Not looking forward to it because its reviews aren't too positive and seems like typical harem shit.

started abenobashi maahou shoutengai, really love it so far (first three eps), it's great fun. essentially each ep is a parody of different things, with the two main characters trying to get home out of whatever parallel dimension. Full of lots of references and things (even to non anime stuff, 2001 A Space Odessy was poked at a fair bit in 3rd ep for example), interesting to see what other genres its gonna have a go at next.

At 5/5/11 01:13 AM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

Sounds rather derp but ill give it a chance since you speak so highly about it. Not looking forward to it because its reviews aren't too positive and seems like typical harem shit.

I don't know where you get your shitty reviews, but you and they are quite wrong. Golden boy is a very funny show.

At 5/5/11 01:13 AM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

He is willing and able to do any job he has to prove himself. His travels take him to a variety of locations and a variety of women, each who learns to love - ANN

Sounds rather derp but ill give it a chance since you speak so highly about it. Not looking forward to it because its reviews aren't too positive and seems like typical harem shit.

Haven't seen it but since its by the same guy who made Great Teacher Onizuka, its probably pretty good.

At 5/5/11 11:47 AM, Mendou wrote: I don't know where you get your shitty reviews, but you and they are quite wrong. Golden boy is a very funny show.

You probably think love hina and ah my goddess are good too eh? All harem I have ever seen is pretty much the same. Made with the sole purpose of getting teenage boys horny. Like I said im gonna check it out though and give it a fair chance once I get bored of the Rebuild 2.0 soundtrack.

Also was thinking about rewatching the original series again there are a lot of theories about the eva movies being sequels to EoE floating around on /a/ that have some pretty solid evidence to back them up. I dismissed a lot of it as fansub mistranslations but now that I have seen the official copy and there still there it doesn't seem likely. But no one really knows for sure until 3.0 which according to IMDB will be coming out some time in 2012. Image will have some spoilers if you havent seen EoE, 1.11, 2.22 http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7923/
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At 5/5/11 05:42 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

At 5/5/11 11:47 AM, Mendou wrote: I don't know where you get your shitty reviews, but you and they are quite wrong. Golden boy is a very funny show.

You probably think love hina is good

Love Hina is good you god damn newfag go and get some taste.

So, Chobits or Cardcaptor Sakura?

Never read a CLAMP manga before, so I'm not sure what to expect from either.

At 5/5/11 07:48 PM, SomaGuye wrote: Love Hina is good you god damn newfag go and get some taste.

rofl. I am the one with bad tastes cause I don't like your lolicon harem shit.

At 5/5/11 05:42 PM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote:

You probably think love hina and ah my goddess are good too eh?

You're an idiot.

Just watched Ano Hana 4. It was a nice episode but I have a feeling a lot of people are gonna drop it after this episode because of the content.

Boobs and camel toe can't substitute story line. This is fucking retarded. I would rather rewatch Mars of Destruction over another episode of this shit.

Watched Voices from a Distant Star.

Quite moving.

Might watch all 5cm/s at some point, I intended to watch it ages ago.

At 5/6/11 05:06 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

implying a plot of nothing other then a man lusting after boobs is good.

At 5/6/11 06:20 PM, SomaGuye wrote: Watched Voices from a Distant Star.

Quite moving.

Might watch all 5cm/s at some point, I intended to watch it ages ago.

The animation of 5cmps is amazing but the storyline wasn't great. You should check it out if you get the time. I watched a blue ray rip a while ago and my eyes came.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIviMYbW1 Rc
link related to discussion.

At 5/6/11 06:20 PM, SomaGuye wrote: Watched Voices from a Distant Star.

Quite moving.

I never caught on with Shinkai's films. I've seen Distant Star, Place Promised in our Early Days and 5cm's. And every single one was such a lacking, boring experience to me. The artwork is quite stunning, but that hardly makes up for manipulating audiences with a bunch of forced emotion that's about as genuine and moving as cardboard.

Decided on reading CCS.

Also, Rance 8 is looking good. I'm definitely excited for it because Suzume (and possibly Kenshin) is in it.

Happy birthday moetron :D