What's After Hours' favourite anime?

J. Marston · 24-02-2015 01:33AM

Space Dandy is great too. Very funny.

Same guy who was involved with Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop, Shinichiro Watanabe, is the main guy behind it.

He's behind Terror In Resonance too. Supposed to be good as well but I haven't watched it yet.

Links234 · 24-02-2015 01:51AM

Flood wrote: »

No offence was meant on using that abbreviation, I didn't know. Learn something new every day.

Who in the 1960s had televisions in Ireland to be watching Japanese cartoons?

No problem, everyone makes mistakes

And no idea, but that's when Japanese cartoons started making their way west, and sure there were plenty more in the 70's and 80's. In fact, a lot of kids shows from the 80's were either existing Japanese shows re-titled (Voltron for example), or they were productions that were animated in Japan (like Thundercats).

YouSavedMyLife · 24-02-2015 01:55AM

Souten Kouro
Shingeki no Kyojin
Sengoku Basara

Most Anime series are pure ****. And look how hip i am with my Japanese sounding Anime.

Also Ghibli movies.
Akira
Ghost in the shell
And that Street Fighter Animated movie with English dub. Only time I have ever watched something Japanese and prepared the dub.

CJ Haughey · 24-02-2015 01:56AM

animes are for kids.

The_Valeyard · 24-02-2015 01:57AM

CJ Haughey wrote: »

animes are for kids.

No, a lot of it really isn't .

Links234 · 24-02-2015 01:58AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Was battletech anime?

Are you thinking of Robotech? If so, yes, it was adapted from several Japanese shows, but mainly Macross.

CJ Haughey · 24-02-2015 01:58AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

No, a lot of it really isn't .

i guess post 121 contains adult content.

SharkWhale · 24-02-2015 02:03AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Not a fan of speed racer....used to annoy me!!!

Enjoyed Astroboy.

Was battletech anime?

I think twas a book. A mad book series

BlaasForRafa · 24-02-2015 05:23AM

Links234 wrote: »

In fact, a lot of kids shows from the 80's were either existing Japanese shows re-titled (Voltron for example), or they were productions that were animated in Japan (like Thundercats).

Yep, Japanese studios did a huge amount of work for western companies in the 70's through to the 90's.

Just look at the list of stuff done by Tokyo Movie Shinsha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS_Entertainment even stuff you wouldn't expect.

Then there's Tatsunoko production, not only did they do Gatchaman, Macross and Evangelion, they did one of my favourite "american" cartoons when I was a kid, Dungeons and Dragons, this is one of the best episodes, The Dragons Graveyard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_eN1oJRyfA

Links234 · 24-02-2015 11:51AM

Yup! I think a lot more people have watched Japanese animation than they think

Canis Lupus · 24-02-2015 12:37PM

Links234 wrote: »

Are you thinking of Robotech? If so, yes, it was adapted from several Japanese shows, but mainly Macross.

Think Robotech is different. Battletech was great. If you play pc games you've probably played Mechwarrior at some stage.

http://www.battletech.com/

Apart from the older stuff like Ulysses (and I've just checked) Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, The Centurions and (possibly M.A.S.K (nothing in the wiki to say it was animated in Japan) then the only 'recent' anime I saw and loved was Spirited Away. I actually watched it not knowing what it was at all at all so it was a good surprise.

I know you like your Japanese stuff so you've probably seen this although it's not anime. Jiro Dreams of Sushi, really nice movie/documentary? on the best Japanese sushi maker. I challenge you to watch it and not want to go get some sushi.

Mark Hamill · 24-02-2015 04:06PM

Links234 wrote: »

This is why I'll probably never ever watch any of the "Big Three" Naruto/Bleach/One Piece or similar shows that just go on and on endlessly. Hell, Detective Conan is currently up the 760+ episodes isn't it? And how many movies? No freakin' chance of watching that. :pac:

Well, One Piece should be ending at about episode 1000 or so (at about epside 500 the maker said at the time that he was about half way through), but I totally recognise it is a big time sink (I have fond memories of 10/11 hour marathons of it

).

Links234 wrote: »

Nah, one thing I love about anime is that shows are often self-contained stories, there's a very distinct plot set out from the start and they stick to it and wrap it up after that. So you'll often get shows that just feel like they've concluded perfectly.

Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Steins;Gate
Monster

And so very, very many more...
One show I've finished watching recently was From The New World (Shinsekai Yori) and oh my god, it's left me stunned. What an incredible storyline, dark as hell and the plot was just meticulous, then that ended... left me haunted, still thinking about it.

I do like the shorter ones as well, like Cowboy Bebob, FMA and the likes. Sometimes it nice to get a self-contained story, wrapped up and ready to watch in just a few sittings.

No love for Hellsing or Hellsing Ultimate on the thread yet? I got into it through Hellsing Abridged, thinking the show wouldn't as crazy as the abridged series, but there are times when they could interchange scenes and you'd be hard pushed to tell :pac:.

I just realised that I may have watched as much abridged shows as actual animes. Dragonball Z, Naruto, Yugioh, Hellsing, Pokemon (One Kids Entertainment) and One Piece (None Piece), Code Geass (Code MENT) and Black Lagoon (Dark Swamp) all have great abridged shows on youtube.

Ruu · 24-02-2015 04:22PM

I have the Dungeons and Dragons boxset (minus the final episode of course) which I think you can find a script online.

Tar.Aldarion · 24-02-2015 04:23PM

I like both hellsings yep.
Love Deathnote, Elfen Lied, Code Geass, FMA...DBZ

Plenty of films too, wolf children, garden of words, children who chase lost voices, grave of the fireflies

, most things from studio ghibli etc

o1s1n · 24-02-2015 04:49PM

Links234 wrote: »

They kinda did the same thing with the Berserk movies, they removed so much plot and so many characters, it was unreal. One thing that really annoyed me was that they removed the Queen of Midland even, which is a bit crazy because
Griffith's eventual imprisonment doesn't make as much sense
. The icing on the cake was removing Guts' origin story, I mean that's pretty god damn integral. It's like the movies just did some big flashy battle scenes, for people who're already familiar with the story.

I think the idea really was the trilogy to be more of a 'recap' and that from that point they'd tell more of the saga. But as with Eva it's pretty much up in the air at this point. It's a pity, because Berserk makes Game of Thrones look practically tame, it really needs a proper adaptation. The anime from the 90's was kinda cheap and nasty, but story wise it was a lot better than the movies.

Those recent Berserk movies were absolutely pants. Stupid me got my hopes up in advance too. Some of the animation (especially the CGI stuff) was beyond shoddy and amateur. Really disappointing, I hate wasted potential like that.

I loved the Berserk anime. The animation is a little '90's cheap' alright, but after a few episodes something really clicks with it.

It's amazing how gory it seems until you read the Manga though. Holy god, Kentaro Miura's mind must be one scary place :eek:

The_Valeyard · 24-02-2015 04:50PM

Four pages in, had no idea anime was so popular on boards. Nice to see

Samsgirl · 24-02-2015 04:52PM

Did anyone else read the thread title & think it was animal misspelt?

The_Valeyard · 24-02-2015 04:53PM

Samsgirl wrote: »

Did anyone else read the thread title & think it was animal misspelt?

No. Lol. But I am glad very few people have mixed it up with Hentai.

Mal-Adjusted · 24-02-2015 04:54PM

I absoloutly loved Dragonball as a child & recently started getting the DVD's. Other than that, i'd say Gundam Wing. I haven't watched too much recently, being aprehensive of getting into something with hundreds of episodes. I quite like Claymore while i think shows like Blue Sub 6 and Angel Beats are rough diamonds.

CJ Haughey wrote: »

animes are for kids.

I thought you'd have the decency to stay in your grave after fuc%ing us all in the 70's :P

Maguined · 24-02-2015 04:58PM

My top three in order:
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
The Vision of Escaflowne

Links234 · 24-02-2015 07:17PM

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Think Robotech is different. Battletech was great. If you play pc games you've probably played Mechwarrior at some stage.

http://www.battletech.com/

Apart from the older stuff like Ulysses (and I've just checked) Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, The Centurions and (possibly M.A.S.K (nothing in the wiki to say it was animated in Japan) then the only 'recent' anime I saw and loved was Spirited Away. I actually watched it not knowing what it was at all at all so it was a good surprise.

I know you like your Japanese stuff so you've probably seen this although it's not anime. Jiro Dreams of Sushi, really nice movie/documentary? on the best Japanese sushi maker. I challenge you to watch it and not want to go get some sushi.

Oh I know about Battletech, played a few of the Mechwarrior games on the PC, and freakin' adored Mechcommander. Speaking of which, that's available as freeware now, must download it and give it a whirl for old time's sake. But some folks have often confused Robotech with Battletech, so I was making sure if that's the one the poster was refering to

And no I've not actually seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi, I must get around to it at some point. I do watch a fair bit of Japanese movies too, not just anime.

o1s1n wrote: »

Those recent Berserk movies were absolutely pants. Stupid me got my hopes up in advance too. Some of the animation (especially the CGI stuff) was beyond shoddy and amateur. Really disappointing, I hate wasted potential like that.

I loved the Berserk anime. The animation is a little '90's cheap' alright, but after a few episodes something really clicks with it.

It's amazing how gory it seems until you read the Manga though. Holy god, Kentaro Miura's mind must be one scary place :eek:

I actually didn't mind the CGI at some points, it's something that I could've easily put to the back of my mind if it wasn't for the fact that so much was cut out. It improved quite a bit for the 3rd movie, and I'd actually say that the 3rd was a step up from the series because

they introduced the Skull Knight

, but the first two were practically clip-shows in comparison.

As far as CGI goes in general, there's some studios that do it well and some that don't. Well done it can be blended pretty seemlessly. Ufotable are a master of this, but as far as I know they have their own in-house CGI team.

I really must read the manga again, I only read a few books of it. But yeah, Miura's just... :eek:

Littlekittylou · 24-02-2015 08:16PM

Angel Beats !

The Rose Of Versaille.

Cowboy Beebop

Erufen rîto ..Yeah i know i was surprised too!

Speed Grapher...bodily fluids nuff said

And very special mention ...Akira

Tengen toppa gurren lagann

i got into naruto in the manga series first then anime the the sasuke spin off..

Kureimoa

The Mysterious Cities of Gold

SUPER SAILER MOOOOOON!!

Akikan!...fizzy drink cans turn into pretty women...sometimes sponsorship makes weirdness

Space Dandy

There is an episode of south park where it does Akira forget the name of it

Akira was the first adult anime i ever saw ...

i had seen super sailor moon as a kid and repeats of mysterious cities of gold though

Mesrine65 · 24-02-2015 08:18PM

Todd McFarlane's SPAWN, Afro Samurai or Archer.

Littlekittylou · 24-02-2015 08:20PM

Maguined wrote: »

My top three in order:
Samurai Champloo
Cowboy Bebop
The Vision of Escaflowne

Cowboy beebop is the biz!

Links234 · 24-02-2015 09:30PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Four pages in, had no idea anime was so popular on boards. Nice to see

I think a lot of people might not specifically be fans of anime, but will have watched some anyway, you know? Like they wouldn't specifically seek out anime, but will have seen some. How many people in AH would have seen Spirited Away for example? In fact, I imagine it would be pretty hard these days to have never seen any anime at all.

shruikan2553 · 24-02-2015 09:40PM

The only anime I ever watched was Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I did watch Avatar and legend of Korra as well but they are anime style not actual anime.

Boom_Bap · 24-02-2015 09:49PM

I've only ever watched 2, Mila Superstar is the one I've watched the most. Only watched it because Mrs. Bap bought them and forced me to watch (in German). It's about volleyball I think.

I cant recall the name of the other, something about a bunch of lads that are training to be footballers. This was on German TV a few times, I only remember that the kids used lots of swear words and was on well before the watershed.

Tony EH · 24-02-2015 10:26PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

OK, I'll do serious answer too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvq9r6R6QAY

My god...

"Music" from hell.

Tony EH · 24-02-2015 10:49PM

Anyway...

'Akira'

I haven't seen anything that has come remotely close to it.

24-02-2015 10:50PM

One I forgot to mention earlier (though I'm sure I've mentioned it on boards before) is Kogepan.

Ten episodes, each about 4 minutes long, about a depressed bread roll who got burned in the oven. Ridiculously cute and also quite touching.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB687F748E5E33E04

Links234 wrote: »

How far into it did you get? It's one I think that needs some time to get into, the earlier episodes are quite rushed and it is a bit kiddish, but once you get past that it's really incredible. It's got a huge sprawling plotline that just comes together wondefully towards the end, and some amazing action.

Not very far, about 2 episodes I think. It did seem very rushed and a bit too slapsticky for my tastes. The plot sounds interesting though, I might give it another chance. Though since I've heard nothing but positive things about Cowboy Bebop I'll probably make that the next anime I try.

What's After Hours' favourite anime?

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