Okashi's Blog

Anime Relations: Shirobako

Original thread: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1358273&show=0


List of Challenges:
➤Watch an anime with no voice actors Done
Furiko. Date: somewhere in February.


➤Watch a non-slice of life anime starring a child protagonist (pre-teens)* Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6211/Tokyo_Magnitude_8.0


➤Watch an anime starring non-human (or humanoid) characters Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/589/Ginga_Nagareboshi_Gin


➤Watch an anime that features a non-Japanese title done
Death Parade. Date: 3/27/2015, 10:43 PM


➤Watch an anime where the director (or anyone else important on the staff) has only worked on that one anime. Not yet
Unknown.


➤Watch a movie that is not a continuation of an established franchise, a multi-movie series and is not directed by the following names:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Isao Takahata
- Satoshi Kon
- Mamoru Hosada
- Makoto Shinkai
- Yasuhiro Yoshiura
- Masaaki Yuasa
- Mamoru Oshii Done
Akira. Date: 3/11/2015 3:00 PM


➤Watch a sports anime where the sport in question has a real life Japanese athlete that has actually accomplished something notable internationally within the last five years Done
One Outs. Date: 3/14/2015, 8:20 PM


➤Watch an anime adaptation of a work of literary merit Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/7193/Aoi_Bungaku_Series


➤Pick a (favorite) writer, director, animator, studio etc. and watch their least recognized work Not yet
SHAFT. Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6747/Dance_in_the_Vampire_Bund


➤Watch anything by Tezuka Osamu Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/1520/Black_Jack


➤Watch an anime within the top 500 you've never heard of Done
There She Is!!. Date: 3/14/2015, 9:23 PM


➤Watch a cyberpunk anime** Done
Ghost in the Shell. Date: Somewhere in January.
If that doesn't count, I'll try to watch something else as well.


➤Watch a space opera Done
Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Date: 02-14-15, 12:23 AM
If that doesn't count then Sidonia no Kishi. Date: 02-27-15, 8:35 PM


➤Watch one of the many "girls with guns" anime*** Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/134/Gunslinger_Girl


➤Watch an anime where the opening/ending does not feature a song sung in Japanese Done
Mushishi Zoku Shou. Date: 3/16/2015, 6:35 PM


➤Watch an anime movie that has been submitted for an Oscar Done
Kaguya-hime. God this was awful. Date: 3/12/2015, 7:42 PM


➤Watch Sazae-san Already done


➤Watch a pre-1990s mecha anime that was made by someone not named Tomino Done
GunBuster. Date: 03-01-15, 11:54 PM


➤Watch an anime featured in the World Masterpiece Theater Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=2829


➤Watch an anime from the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s Not yet
Target:
20s: http://myanimelist.net/anime/3930/Issunboushi_no_Shusse
30s: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6852/Ahiru_no_Otegara
40s: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6848/Doubutsu_Mura_no_Daisodou
50s: http://myanimelist.net/anime/6847/Gulliver_Funtouki


➤Watch a debut work of an anime studio/director Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/2129/True_Tears


➤Watch a full filmography of a favorite director (independent or otherwise) Not yet
Unknown


➤Watch a magical girl show where the cover art distinctly does not feature the color pink Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME


➤Watch an anime that is relevant to your major/career/studies Done
Shirobako. Date: 3/27/2015, 3:30 pm


➤Watch a shounen anime where the main character does not possess spiky hair Not yet
Target: http://myanimelist.net/anime/121/Fullmetal_Alchemist