http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=112930 WOW. $500 for quite possibly one of the most overhyped things ever.... FUCK YOU Aniplex, DIscotek and Right Stuf are my homies, besides, ROV, which is 40 episodes long and contains a good bit of extra content and lush packaging will be what, $60, which is pennies compared to Aniplex's "SMART" business rules. Oh, and Gurren Lagann is $500 for an upscale..... *claps sarcasticly*.
Recently started Utena, very interesting so far, has quite a bit of Evangelion esc cryptic but intriguing writing, and has possibly one of, if not, the coolest transformation sequence I've seen.
It was pretty fantastic. He was performing heart surgery like virtually every other episode. I like medical anime as per stuff like Monster, even though it wasn't as much of a factor in that one.
RoV is pretty good so far, I mostly just want to get to the French Revolution part because I know a whole lot of shit is gonna go down. Oscar is aristocracy so she's in as much danger as the Queen herself. Andre is my favorite since he's a total bro. Oscar is pretty fab though too.
I'm quite interested in hearing ya thoughts on 3.33... personally, I loved it. If you enjoy the darker portions of the original series, then this is pretty much a return to that style. Also feels like a cross between Back to the Future part 2 and Empire Strikes Back in terms of atmosphere and gritty vibes. Also, stunning visuals and music.
Kun? If you don;t mind me asking, whats ya birth date? Just curious, as we seem to share the same year.
I've got another month of college to go, which shall be nice for me to have freedom, so I don't have to hang around chavs and get into a certain type of politics.... not George Lucas space politics, mind you.
Just started watching the Phoenix series, I loved the Dawn arc, very manly tears focused, and has some lush animation and character designs, I can tell it's something I'll enjoy but savour, due to the arcs being quite depressing.
I see you've started the original Hunter x Hunter.... isn't that Nippon Animation, same studio behind all the WMT shows?
Just finished my first anime show of 2013, which is Paranoia Agent by Satoshi Kon, and man that was quite the enjoyable series. I really enjoyed it's mixture of mystery, psychological character drama, and with some black humor thown in. Also, quite the 4th wall breaker in the last seconds
with the healthier version of the old man writing down the japanese character of ani, which implies he know's he's in an anime.... oh Kon. You and you're strangeness... we need more of it, the good kind, if ya get me jist.
Know any other good psychological / thriller shows?
I'm thinking of going for either Terra e or Nobody's Boy Remi next, both look very interesting.
Mars has a very rare combination of a romantic shoujo, but none of the fluff and sugar attached to the genre(most of the time). It deals with some subject matter that's probably a bit too much for some readers, and it definitely does not shy away from the psychological aspects of the characters' personalities.
Unfortunately, human beings do have that side to them, and it can be ugly when certain situations bring it out.
But you're right, it wasn't brooding or it didn't denounce anyone or anything. Matter of fact, it came out very positive. I was very happy to read a story like this; Mars has got to be my favorite shoujo of all time now. If it ever got an anime, I'd be over the fucking moon.
What did you think of Masao? He was like a shoujo version of Johan, imo. I can't say that I liked him since he was a scumbag. But he definitely had that memorable presence to him. He was a coward, but the way they developed him also made him slightly horrifying and demented at some points.
He's basically what Rei could have become if he had no one to support him. Masao had no one, and the loneliness and alienation drove him insane
I plan on reading Kare Kano as my next shoujo, I can only hope it's just as good.
