yu yu hakusho is good, but the dark tournament dragged a bit at times.. my favorite arc is the one that comes afterward, the sensui arc, I also like the last arc where they go to hell, though it has a somewhat abrupt end. i still recommend hunter x hunter to anybody who liked yu yu hakusho, it actually has a really interesting power system which places strict rules on what its users are allowed to do, and the quality of the battles is on par with jojo's bizarre adventure.

At 12/4/13 07:37 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Been watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time in years. I had forgotten that it actually didn't start out being like DBZ.

I never actually saw the anime, I just played the PS2 game.
I beat it, but I remember it being really hard, but really fun.

Anyhow, is it worth watching? I just finished Blue Exorcist and I need something to fill the void.

At 12/24/13 03:02 PM, UncleCubone wrote:

At 12/4/13 07:37 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Been watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time in years. I had forgotten that it actually didn't start out being like DBZ.

I never actually saw the anime, I just played the PS2 game.
I beat it, but I remember it being really hard, but really fun.

Anyhow, is it worth watching? I just finished Blue Exorcist and I need something to fill the void.

If you enjoyed the game, I suppose you could give it a try. The pace is a little slow but it was fun to watch for the most part.

At 12/24/13 11:53 AM, DeIirium wrote: yu yu hakusho is good, but the dark tournament dragged a bit at times.. my favorite arc is the one that comes afterward, the sensui arc, I also like the last arc where they go to hell, though it has a somewhat abrupt end. i still recommend hunter x hunter to anybody who liked yu yu hakusho, it actually has a really interesting power system which places strict rules on what its users are allowed to do, and the quality of the battles is on par with jojo's bizarre adventure.

Could be worse, in the manga of YYH, the demon tournament was in the background for the most part so it barely received any attention. The worst part was how the manga ended however so it's understandable why it was never adapted into the anime, I mean spirit world being taken over by terrorists lasted for one chapter. It has some promise as a final arc but it was rushed however.

Just watched Summer Wars on Toonami a week or two ago. Thought it was an interesting watch. Anyone else catch it?

At 12/24/13 06:48 PM, Wegra wrote: Just watched Summer Wars on Toonami a week or two ago. Thought it was an interesting watch. Anyone else catch it?

The first hour because Adult Swim airs that shit so fucking late. It would have ended at 2:30. I ain't got the metabolism for that shit.

At 12/24/13 07:09 PM, sweet21 wrote:

At 12/24/13 06:48 PM, Wegra wrote: Just watched Summer Wars on Toonami a week or two ago. Thought it was an interesting watch. Anyone else catch it?

The first hour because Adult Swim airs that shit so fucking late. It would have ended at 2:30. I ain't got the metabolism for that shit.

Really? Come on, I can always last until at LEAST 2:30.

Although it doesn't really matter anyway, since I haven't had cable for about 3 months now.

Us broke-ass honkies gotta stick togetha

At 12/25/13 11:32 AM, Wunderbar wrote: tried a few chapters of Kiseijuu... strongly recommend if you're not a fan of sleeping.

I don't remember Kiseijuu being all that scary, it's pretty gross I guess tho

At 12/24/13 03:44 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote:

At 12/24/13 03:02 PM, UncleCubone wrote:

At 12/4/13 07:37 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Been watching Yu Yu Hakusho for the first time in years. I had forgotten that it actually didn't start out being like DBZ.

I never actually saw the anime, I just played the PS2 game.
I beat it, but I remember it being really hard, but really fun.

Anyhow, is it worth watching? I just finished Blue Exorcist and I need something to fill the void.

If you enjoyed the game, I suppose you could give it a try. The pace is a little slow but it was fun to watch for the most part.

When I was rewatching it, I was actually enjoying the beginning when it was slower than when it started getting more into action.

At 12/26/13 10:36 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: When I was rewatching it, I was actually enjoying the beginning when it was slower than when it started getting more into action.

YYH really hits its stride in the Sensui arc imo. People talk about the Dark Tournament as the highlight and it is a really good arc, just as the ones before it were, but the Sensui arc is where the show takes the fast pace action of the preceding arcs and combines it with more cerebral, mind game-y elements that keep the show from getting stale and makes all confrontations between characters unpredictable and exciting.

It's the same element that made Hunter X Hunter so good when Yoshihiro Togashi started writing that after YYH.

Best Animes of 2013?

Take your pick? Do you believe this is accurate?

Kotaku link
Do you believe this is accurate?

Nope.

Majestic Prince is my favorite from this year and I'm disappointed it didn't get mentioned at all. The story/twists were predictable, but the fight scenes were good eyecandy -- particularly Jiart//Izuru and MJP//Klein -- and redeemed the whole thing.

Also, Illuminati finished scanning/translating the Rookies manga a few days ago. It's a fantastic sports series, so I highly recommend it.

I just watched the second Gintama movie. It was easily one of the best things I've seen in years.

At 12/28/13 09:06 AM, UncleCubone wrote: Best Animes of 2013?

Take your pick? Do you believe this is accurate?

Attempting to establish an objectively best anime is such a fruitless task. As for me, I could only finish Hataraku Maou-sama out of those five, though I'll give Silver Spoon another go someday. I thought my favorite would be a SoL as usual, but PSYCHOP-ASS cyberpunked its way to number one. Kin-iro Mosaic is also up there, with Non Non Biyori. C3-Bu wasn't exactly good, but it was a hell of a ride worth mentioning. Aku no Hana was... Something else.

Unrivaled worst anime of the year goes to Kotoura-san, what a trainwreck.

Favorite movie was Kotoha no Niwa/The Garden of Words. That Shinkai Makoto is one glorious motherfucker.

Have people seen Space Dandy yet?

Do people know of some other animes that have obvious influence from America? The only other one I know of is Heroman.

At 12/30/13 07:55 PM, BurningJesus wrote: Have people seen Space Dandy yet?

Do people know of some other animes that have obvious influence from America? The only other one I know of is Heroman.

No. It's not premiering until this weekend, I believe it is. They're saying it's coming out in America before Japan, even. I'm pretty excited about it though. Shinichiro Watanabe does really good work. Everything of his I've seen has been gold. I'm wondering how much it was influenced by Cowboy Bebop though. Aside from the fact that Dandy is obviously meant to be more humorous, the trailers always make me think Bebop.

On another note, did anyone else catch Trigun: Badlands Rumble on AS this past weekend? I liked Trigun when it was on, but haven't gotten around to watching the dubs online yet. Right now I'm finishing off Love Hina (for the second time), and I'm thinking I may give Azumangah Daioh a try next. Back to the point of the Trigun movie though... it was really good. I was actually impressed by how good it was. Anyone who hasn't seen it should give it a watch at some point.

At 12/30/13 09:25 PM, AmateurPsychonaut wrote: On another note, did anyone else catch Trigun: Badlands Rumble on AS this past weekend?

No, but I've seen it. It's pretty good.

At 12/30/13 01:03 PM, Nevermind wrote: Favorite movie was Kotoha no Niwa/The Garden of Words. That Shinkai Makoto is one glorious motherfucker.

I thought Garden of Words was pretty lame. Would have been better as a full length movie or an actual short.

At 12/31/13 08:02 AM, Jackho wrote:

At 12/30/13 01:03 PM, Nevermind wrote: Favorite movie was Kotoha no Niwa/The Garden of Words. That Shinkai Makoto is one glorious motherfucker.

I thought Garden of Words was pretty lame. Would have been better as a full length movie or an actual short.

I disagree. I found it long enough to build up properly and not long enough to drag on.

At 12/31/13 01:16 PM, Conal wrote: Why is Attack on Titan so popular? My friends keep telling me to watch it.

Seen only one episode so far, I mostly read the manga and the author seems to done a lame job trying to make a flashback. It's pretty interesting but I wouldn't call it the greatest thing, still fun to look at.

With that said, there's a joke going on.

What does Kamille and Eren both have in common?

who here likes the touhou

At 1/2/14 04:05 AM, Cootie wrote: Am I the only one that actually likes the look of older anime much more than modern stuff? Some people think that anime made in the 90's and before looks terrible and dated, but I think the aesthetic is much more pleasing. Something about digitally drawn anime just doesn't look as good to me.

In my eyes modern anime still can't match Akira and it was made in 1988.

I'm right there with you man. I often find myself watching shitty 80s / early 90s OVAs just because of that old art style. Not a fan of CG in my japanese cartoons either.

At 1/2/14 04:05 AM, Cootie wrote: Am I the only one that actually likes the look of older anime much more than modern stuff? Some people think that anime made in the 90's and before looks terrible and dated, but I think the aesthetic is much more pleasing. Something about digitally drawn anime just doesn't look as good to me.

You have to be high if you think you're the only one.

Hokuto no Ken anyone?

WAIFU - The story of an unlikely relationship between a man and his anime figure.
http://youtu.be/O6YobLfVT04

I made this new video and it's very sexy.

At 1/2/14 02:03 PM, Frank wrote: hot glue accidents

lmfao

At 1/2/14 03:06 PM, Gobblemeister wrote:

At 1/2/14 02:03 PM, Frank wrote: hot glue accidents

lmfao

It was hilralious that people would use "hot glue", (and I know it's not hot glue, but its just as sticky) on anime figures like that. Nothing says forever lonely like dumping hot spoolge on a anime girl figurine because they are their waifu, especially with how much they probably paid to get said figure.

This actually made my day.

At 1/2/14 04:05 AM, Cootie wrote: Am I the only one that actually likes the look of older anime much more than modern stuff? Some people think that anime made in the 90's and before looks terrible and dated, but I think the aesthetic is much more pleasing. Something about digitally drawn anime just doesn't look as good to me.

In my eyes modern anime still can't match Akira and it was made in 1988.

Well, kind of. As long as you're not the kind who compares OVAs and movies with bubble economy budgets to regular currently airing TV-series. Anime isn't really that profitable even in Japan, and does have small budgets unless it's Ghibli or something. Most TV-series that had to pay for cels were really limited. Compare Serial Experiments Lain, a TV-series that aired in '98 with Jin-Roh from the same year. Lain hardly moves at all, while Jin-Roh is a movie and can do more. Compare Lain to Haibane Renmei, also a TV-series from the same guys, but a while later without cels and you can see it moving more. I like the way celluloid makes the aesthetic look, but in general the transition to digital has helped the animation aspect by reducing costs for TV series. I've seen lots of movies nowadays that move just as good, like A Letter to Momo that I watched recently. Anime is also not digitally drawn, the final clean up is made on paper with a pen and then scanned. The coloring is what's done digitally, so basically it is the design choices that have changed.

If we disregard the animation and you just like the general trends in character design, I'd agree that I like the 80's at least, even though the shading can get a little much. The 90's went a little too crazy at times, while being really cool at others. The transition to digital coloring in the early 00's was clumsy, but in the late 00's it's better. In general I'm pretty pleased with the aesthetic trends of soft colors and light outlines of the 10's, and also them backgrounds.

Celluloid vs digital is kind of like vinyl vs CD; vinyl has that certain feel but CD is more practical.

Slim pickings for good Winter anime

* Nobunagun
* Robot Girls Z
* Space Dandy (sub vs dub still up for debate)
* Seki-kun: Master of Killing Time

At 1/7/14 06:49 PM, LLStarks wrote: Slim pickings for good Winter anime

* Nobunagun
* Robot Girls Z
* Space Dandy (sub vs dub still up for debate)
* Seki-kun: Master of Killing Time

You could try out Noragami. I found the first episode pretty good.