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What's After Hours' favourite anime?

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  • #152
    Links234
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    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



    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.

    Ah yeah, Kogepan is great :D

    FMA: Brotherhood takes a little bit to get into, and the start is quite uneven. Lemme explain! The first Fullmetal Alchemist anime was released in 2003, while the manga was still running, and when it got to the point where the show had caught up to the manga's plot they ran out of material to work with and essentially had to make up their own plot. The second adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, was released in 2009 and was much more accurate to the manga, and all the better for it too.

    The problem we run into is that they felt the first adaptation covered the early plot pretty well and that Brotherhood didn't need to spend much time on it. They also added an odd new first episode that was original to the anime. So the events that are in episode 7 of FMA are covered in episode 4 of FMA:B, it really dashes through things, and that's where we get that uneven pacing from. Stick with it for a while and it finds its stride. ;)

    Cowboy Bebop is fantastic and it has a downright incredible soundtrack, keep watching until episode 5 at least, because that's when you'll start to get a feel for it. The movie is worth a look too, and has some great action in it, this should give you an idea (not really any spoilers):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utLWiscq8d4


  • #153
    [Deleted User]
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    Samurai Pizza Cats


  • #154
    The Backwards Man
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    Tony EH wrote: »
    My god...

    "Music" from hell.
    Sweden actually, Hell is in Norway.


  • #155
    Makaveli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Four pages in, had no idea anime was so popular on boards. Nice to see :)

    There has been a dedicated forum for years.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=506


  • #156
    Links234
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    Started watching Code Geass, it's been described as Death Note with Mecha and I can certainly see why. Really not gone on the art style, but I'm gonna stick with it ;)


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  • #157
    Tar.Aldarion
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    lelouchhhh! It's awesome.


  • #158
    Links234
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    There's two movies out on DVD fairly recently that I wanna see

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CrNNs-37As


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i20rGNN-3A


  • #159
    Smidge
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    Would "Thundercats" be considered anime?
    If so, then thats my favourite.
    If not, then I don't like anime :D

    Edit.. Christ I was around 10 when that came out!!!
    I thought I was younger watching it


  • #160
    Links234
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    Smidge wrote: »
    Would "Thundercats" be considered anime?
    If so, then thats my favourite.
    If not, then I don't like anime :D

    Well it was animated in Japan, though US produced, so... kinda? :)


  • #161
    Smidge
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    Links234 wrote: »
    Well it was animated in Japan, though US produced, so... kinda? :)

    It was on when I was a kid, and I loved it. The same actually now as I think back as He-Man and She-Ra. Loved that too.
    I think what ruined that type of thing for me was Pokemon.
    Driven demented by that(damn kids :D)so I was/am

    Edit...Just thinking, I loved the Anime part in Kill Bill so maybe I do like it!
    Just in the right context I suppose


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  • #162
    conspiracycat
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    Fullmetal Alchemist


  • #163
    Links234
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    Smidge wrote: »
    It was on when I was a kid, and I loved it. The same actually now as I think back as He-Man and She-Ra. Loved that too.
    I think what ruined that type of thing for me was Pokemon.
    Driven demented by that(damn kids :D)so I was/am

    Edit...Just thinking, I loved the Anime part in Kill Bill so maybe I do like it!
    Just in the right context I suppose

    Well, the anime scenes in Kill Bill were done by Production IG, really incredible animation studio, so if you liked that maybe you could check out more of their works. They did the sci-fi classic Ghost in the Shell. Another I loved was Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmmoBsMw5w0


    It's pretty dark, but incredible, it's set in an alternate history where Germany occupied Japan post-WWII.


  • #164
    Links234
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    This is another movie I'd really like to see, got a real Ghibli Spirited Away/My Neighbor Totoro vibe off it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYIb9Ui2T0


  • #165
    CJ Haughey
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    Do tg4 show these cartoons anytime?


  • #166
    Links234
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    I'm afraid you'd be out of luck there CJ Haughey


  • #167
    mzungu
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    Perfect Blue was great.
    Death Note started well but was all over the shop at the end.
    Spirited Away was a bit so so.

    Those are the only anime's i've watched.


  • #168
    Links234
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    Perfect Blue was incredible :D

    Yeah, watching Code Geass, it's very "Death Note with mechs" indeed. Really not a huge fan of the art style, the design of the Knightmare Frames is pretty cool in the start, but they go a bit OTT then.


  • #169
    My name is URL
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    Only one I've ever watched is Death Note, and that's only because my housemate at the time had it on DVD and I needed stuff to binge watch after having a knee operation.

    I did enjoy it but wouldn't really go out of my way to watch any other anime series tbh.


  • #170
    Links234
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    I loved Death Note :D

    Absolutely galloped through the whole thing


  • #171
    PopePalpatine
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    I just checked my MAL account, I haven't seen Death Note since three years ago. Then again, I don't tend to re-watch shows.


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  • #172
    Manic Moran
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    Girls und Panzer.

    Now being made into a movie, I'm one of the technical advisors,


  • #173
    Links234
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    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Girls und Panzer.

    Now being made into a movie, I'm one of the technical advisors,

    Girls und Panzer was fantastic, the concept was absolutely bonkers and you'd think a show about schoolgirls competing with other schools in freakin' TANKS! Would be a bit of a novelty at best, but it was shockingly good!

    Those tank battles were incredible, it was absolutely tense edge of your seat stuff, and just a far better show than you'd expect. Looking forward to the movie so! ;)


  • #174
    mzungu
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    Links234 wrote: »
    Perfect Blue was incredible :D

    Any other anime's in a similar dark psychological vein you would recommend?


  • #175
    bnt
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    Links234 wrote: »
    Are you thinking of Robotech? If so, yes, it was adapted from several Japanese shows, but mainly Macross.
    I remember Robotech very well - pretty epic, hard-hitting stuff compared to the other kids' TV of the 80s. Some deep philosophical themes about the cost of war, on top of the visible impacts on the characters and the wider population. A main character dies about halfway through, after which his fiancée basically gives up living, becomes an alcoholic, and later sacrifices herself to save her friends. Other main characters have to make hard choices about the how to live during wartime. It also has possibly the most annoying character I've ever seen on TV - Minmay - who basically ruins the lives of everyone around her.

    The "Macross" part of the series stays pretty close to the Japanese Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime, then the other series are connected by saying a whole generation has passed and e.g. a baby daughter in the first part is a soldier in the second part.

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  • #176
    Links234
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    mzungu wrote: »
    Any other anime's in a similar dark psychological vein you would recommend?

    You might want to try Paranoia Agent from the same director, it's a fairly short 13 episode show, it's incredible and a serious head-f*ck. There's probably a load more that I just haven't seen though :p

    Actually, what is it about Perfect Blue you want to see more of though? Is it a general dark psychological thriller that you'd like to see more of, or specifically a main charcter questioning reality? Does it have to be real-world based? I could probably give you a better recommendation if I know more ;)


  • #177
    mzungu
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    Links234 wrote: »
    You might want to try Paranoia Agent from the same director, it's a fairly short 13 episode show, it's incredible and a serious head-f*ck. There's probably a load more that I just haven't seen though :p

    Actually, what is it about Perfect Blue you want to see more of though? Is it a general dark psychological thriller that you'd like to see more of, or specifically a main charcter questioning reality? Does it have to be real-world based? I could probably give you a better recommendation if I know more ;)

    Id be interested in both dark psychological thrillers and once where main characters question reality....but of both themes are present in the one anime then all the better. Definitely does not have to be real world based, I am open to any kind of setting.

    I will try out that Paranoia Agent though :)


  • #178
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Watching this atm

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

    "The robin in the garden,

    That was me,

    I'm still here, Loving you..

    Until we meet again. "



  • #179
    The Strawman Argument
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    Outside of Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon and Isao Takahata, I've seen absolutely no anime which has felt like it was coming from an auteur or any kind of creative force rather than a cost-cutting production line. Even the ones that I found distinct enough in some way to grab my interest (Cowboy Bebop, FLCL and the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) felt utterly disposable on the whole.
    Kon's definitely the most interesting to me in terms of how he relates to anime as a whole; the Ghibli stuff has always felt extremely disconnected from everything else coming out of Japan whereas I find it a lot easier to see how Kon fitted into the system over there and yet he still managed to knock out works that were entirely his own.

    Akira's pretty cool too, mostly because the soundtrack is absolutely class.


    Thanks for reminding me of Paranoia Agent btw! Keep forgetting to check it out.

    Anyone able to give any feedback on Future Boy Conan or Barefoot Gen btw?


  • #180
    Sephiroth_dude
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    The Strawman Argument wrote: »
    Outside of Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon and Isao Takahata, I've seen absolutely no anime which has felt like it was coming from an auteur or any kind of creative force rather than a cost-cutting production line. Even the ones that I found distinct enough in some way to grab my interest (Cowboy Bebop, FLCL and the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) felt utterly disposable on the whole.
    Kon's definitely the most interesting to me in terms of how he relates to anime as a whole; the Ghibli stuff has always felt extremely disconnected from everything else coming out of Japan whereas I find it a lot easier to see how Kon fitted into the system over there and yet he still managed to knock out works that were entirely his own.

    Akira's pretty cool too, mostly because the soundtrack is absolutely class.


    Thanks for reminding me of Paranoia Agent btw! Keep forgetting to check it out.

    Akira is brilliant, I have loads of the old 90's manga on vhs but I cant watch them because our video machine broke.

    "The robin in the garden,

    That was me,

    I'm still here, Loving you..

    Until we meet again. "



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  • #181
    Links234
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    mzungu wrote: »
    Id be interested in both dark psychological thrillers and once where main characters question reality....but of both themes are present in the one anime then all the better. Definitely does not have to be real world based, I am open to any kind of setting.

    I will try out that Paranoia Agent though :)

    Well, Monster is pretty incredible, which is about a doctor who is suspected of murder and goes on the run to find the real killer, though it doesn't really have the main chracter questioning reality. I hear Serial Experiments Lain is amazing, but I still haven't gotten around to watching it (I really have a list of stuff as long as my arm that I plan to watch, but a few episodes a day of a show is my usual pace.)


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