| Hey everyone, Decided to create an interest thread for a possible re-watch for MAL: Later Years. I've taken part in a number of r/anime re-watches and got a lot out of each experience. We would chose a series and then watch one episode per day (or per week if that would be easier and people are busy), then we would discuss each episode in a thread. If more than 5 people are interested then I'd be happy to organise and post the threads each day. We would just need to agree on a series to watch. I find group watches useful as one episode per day makes it easier to get through shows that I make not watch otherwise, eg for me shows such as Ergo Proxy, Simoun & Mai-Hime. A few shows I thought of for a group watch may include Baccano, Serial Experiments Lain, Elfen Lied, Barakamon, Hellsing Ultimate, Kokkoro Connect, Princess Principal, Sarazanmai, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Tamako Market, Saga of Tanya the Evil & Zombieland Saga. I'm open to suggestions of shows, most of the reddit watches I joined were for shows not on my ptw list. We could whittle down the shows and then vote on our top pick? If we need approval from Mal Later Years co-ordinator or there are rules for group watches then please let me know. Post a response and if there's more than 5 people interested then I'll volunteer to organise the daily (or weekly) threads. Also please post any suggestions for possible shows to watch. |
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WampaStompa said: I'd be interested. I haven't seen any of those, so it'd be first watch for me! Great, any particular shows you've think may be good for a group watch? |
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| Barakamon and Baccano! seem really awesome! I've always been interested in Elfen Lied since hearing about the influence it had on Stranger Things, and I also think Kokorro Connect sounds pretty good! |
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33orion77 said: I think it could be interresting. As for possible shows it's a tough question. I'm open to watch or rewatch almost anything because I think the worth in this exercise is the discussion. The ones you named are fine with me but I guess I should at least put out a few names so let's say: Beck, Samurai Champloo, Kanon(2006), Devil May Cry Glad to have another person interested and thanks for the recommendations (I've seen Devil May Cry but non of the others, Samurai Champloo would be great although it's 22 eps long, if people are ok with a longer show then that would be a good pick maybe?). Hopefully we'll get another couple of people on board. @Inim and @filifjonkan have both expressed interest, so along with Wompa Stompa that makes 4 (not including me). |
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33orion77 said: Brief comments on the suggested titles. Cc: @23feanor @filifjonkanI think it could be interresting. As for possible shows it's a tough question. I'm open to watch or rewatch almost anything because I think the worth in this exercise is the discussion. The ones you named are fine with me but I guess I should at least put out a few names so let's say: Beck, Samurai Champloo, Kanon(2006), Devil May Cry Samurai Champloo - Already watched and rated 10/10. Thus out for me. Beck - On PTW, neutral stance. Would watch, but it's not high priority. Kanon(2006) - Not on PTW. I need to watch a KEY-KYOANI visual novel (Air, Kanon, Clannad), but I would prefer Clannad (+AS), which is what I have on PTW and which has high priority there. Devil May Cry - Not on PTW, low priority. Action oriented shounen, not really my cup of tea but would watch as it is short. WampaStompa said: Seen them all except Kokorro Connect, which I was close to add to PTW several times but always set back in favor of other romcoms. I'm ready for it :) I have limited interest in rewatching Baccano! which is one of those shows which is both popular and critical acclaimed, but which didn't click for me. As in rated it very low and had to force myself to finish it. Maybe a 2nd try can change that.Barakamon and Baccano! seem really awesome! I've always been interested in Elfen Lied since hearing about the influence it had on Stranger Things, and I also think Kokorro Connect sounds pretty good! 23feanor said: Already watched: Baccano!, Serial Experiments Lain, Elfen Lied, Barakamon, Sarazanmai, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Tamako Market, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Ergo ProxyDecided to create an interest thread for a possible re-watch for MAL: Later Years. On PTW already: Hellsing Ultimate, Princess Principal, Simoun, Mai-Hime Not on PTW: Kokkoro Connect, Zombieland Saga From your suggestions, my top 3 preferences in order are: Mai-Hime, Simoun, Hellsing Ultimate My own suggestions from the pre-2010 era (I "need" shows here to complete badges, got them all > 2009). Those shows are high on my PTW and would be scheduled soon anyway. Mai-HiME - Influential dark magical girl show. Trigun - Space Western, shounen spirit but bebop-cool (so they say) and funny. Bokura no - Psychological mecha with suffering teens along the lines of EVA. Casshern Sins - Artsy, cyberpunkish dystopian road movie along the lines of Ergo Proxy & Co. Claymore - Medieval fantasy with R+ grade nudity and gore, similar to Berserk (1997) in that. |
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| Ooooohhh Beck would be good! I'd be down for that. |
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| Reading through the comments it seems the front runners for a group watch are; Kokkoro Connect Beck Hellsing Ultimate Zombieland Saga Princess Principal I'm not a big fan of re-watching shows, otherwise Mai-Hime or Simoun would be a good pick, plus as I watched them for a reddit watch a few months back so have the memories & analysis of the show and discussion fairly fresh in my mind. I was thinking of giving it till mid next week to see if anyone else is interested, but we have 5 people including me now anyway so am happy to organise the group watch. When we've picked a show we can think of when to start the group watch (1 episode per day and thread posted at say 5pm BST, so if anyone has any commitments soon and wants to start it sooner or later let us know, we can be flexible here, there's no rush). This is just some fun and for good discussion so nothing's fixed. I was thinking that if everyone could pick their top 3 shows out of the 5 listed above and the one with the most votes gets chosen (1st place gets 3 points, 2nd gets 2 points and 3rd place gets 1 point), then show with most points gets chosen. My picks would be: 1st - Princess Principal 2nd - Kokkoro Connect 3rd - Zombieland Saga @inim @filifjonkan @WampaStompa @33orion77 |
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| My preferences within that 5 candidates are the same as @33orion77 's. |
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| 1. Beck 2. Kokorro Connect 3. Baccano! |
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| So it looks like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad is our winner. Luckily it's also subbed and dubbed on Funimation, which makes it easy to access. When shall we start, next Monday 9th November? I'll post a thread at 5pm BST each day for discussion, is that time ok with everyone? Am looking forward to this! @WampaStompa @inim @filifjonkan @33orion77 |
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23feanor said: The schedule is fine, I'll watch in German sub but that shouldn't make much of a difference.So it looks like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad is our winner. [...] When shall we start, next Monday 9th November? I'll post a thread at 5pm BST each day for discussion, is that time ok with everyone? About the daily threads, why bury our discussion in a club forum? We should just use the official episode threads, because it helps watchers who come after us as an added value. It feels like the "natural" place for me. |
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filifjonkan said: 23feanor said: So it looks like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad is our winner. Luckily it's also subbed and dubbed on Funimation, which makes it easy to access. When shall we start, next Monday 9th November? I'll post a thread at 5pm BST each day for discussion, is that time ok with everyone? Am looking forward to this! @WampaStompa @inim @filifjonkan @33orion77 Hi! I am fine with Beck and looking forward to discuss with you guys. What does BST mean? It means British Standard Time, so that would be 6pm for you. @inim I hadn't thought of posting the discussions threads in the show tab. It wouldn't be an much of a group watch if we use the existing threads & discussion may be muted if it's in a public forum. Plus i don't mind creating the threads here in mal later years. |
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filifjonkan said: Hello, everyone! I have started to watch Beck now. Two episodes today.. Peace /Fili Hey, I've started a thread for episode 1 already, here's a link. We'll be watching & discussing one episode per day but there's no rule, watch as many episodes as you like, but please only discuss each episode in turn so as not to spoil the story. I'm watching it dubbed, what version are you using sub or dub? Hope you're well! |
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| I'm sorry, I can't post into that. It feels terribly wrong to me to use a forum of a group of 421 people for a per-episode level discussion like this. In no time our threads would outnumber the discussion of many years. I'll start and use the regular episode threads. Sorry for this, but I really can't do it. |
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| I think i was over optimistic about the level of discussion with so few people so will put a hold on this for now. I wanted to try and see how a group watch might pan out here. Maybe in the future if we get a few more people involved, or we could piggy back on a r/anime reddit group watch, they're usually great fun. Thanks for your interest though. @filifjonkan @inim @33orion77 @WampaStompa |
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filifjonkan said: 23feanor said: I think i was over optimistic about the level of discussion with so few people so will put a hold on this for now. I wanted to try and see how a group watch might pan out here. Maybe in the future if we get a few more people involved, or we could piggy back on a r/anime reddit group watch, they're usually great fun. Thanks for your interest though. @filifjonkan @inim @33orion77 @WampaStompa I see! Maybe sime other time, I hope? I think that I will go on watching the series, it is always nice to watch something different from what I usually watch. Maybe we van exchange thoughts on this show, if you want? Peace //Fimi Good Morning to you, Thank you kindly for the offer but I've stopped watching Beck. It's not really a show I'd normally watch, although I did like the first episode. I was only going to watch it for the discussions, but there just weren't enough people to have a lively discussion. But thank you for your comment, much appreciated! Have a nice day. |
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| I want to say thank you to @23feanor for his effort to create more activity in this club. The rationale to cancel it is fully understandable, and it was worth the try. My lesson learned is that age alone does not make different tastes more homogeneous. Personally I've scheduled Beck as the next 2-cour series to watch after finishing my current one, Last Exit. This takes out some stress, because I currently have a tight IRL schedule and that way can go at a slower pace. |
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inim said: I want to say thank you to @23feanor for his effort to create more activity in this club. The rationale to cancel it is fully understandable, and it was worth the try. My lesson learned is that age alone does not make different tastes more homogeneous. Personally I've scheduled Beck as the next 2-cour series to watch after finishing my current one, Last Exit. This takes out some stress, because I currently have a tight IRL schedule and that way can go at a slower pace. Thank you ^_^ |
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| This may be a bit late. 23feanor, I think your idea for a group watch activity is superb! I am game and even tho I already watched Beck, I'd rewatch it. inim has an interesting if not eclectic list of anime ( I know this b/c I am watching a bunch of his recommended anime ) which in the long run are quite awesome. I hope you reconsider and try to re-start a group watch. |
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| @Antalk a couple of us have continued with the group watch, although using the word 'group' loosely. We're currently watching Golden Time, swapping posts in pm's every day. You'd be welcome to join our next watch if you'd like, although we haven't decided what that will be. Any suggestions? @filifjonkan any ideas for the next show we watch & discuss? |
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| @23feanor Do you all watch on the same night or try to watch an episode or two during the week and pm everyone? As far as ideas for the next show: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ at 47 episodes Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa at 13 episodes Malice Doll at 3 episodes Any anime in the Fate franchise. Yes I have watched most of them but will re-watch willingly |
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Antalk said: @23feanor Do you all watch on the same night or try to watch an episode or two during the week and pm everyone? As far as ideas for the next show: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ at 47 episodes Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa at 13 episodes Malice Doll at 3 episodes Any anime in the Fate franchise. Yes I have watched most of them but will re-watch willingly Thanks for the reply. Atm @filifjonkan & I are watching Golden Time, one episode per day and swapping pm's each day to discuss. We're on episode 18 today. If you want o join our next watch I can easily make a daily thread or send the pm's to you both so we can all join in the daily discussion. We haven't decided what to watch next (will probably start in March sometime after we finish Golden Time next week), but these were the shows that filifjonkan mentioned interest in from my ptw list (i am interested in maybe Serial Experiments Lain or Kobato next): Zetsuen no Tempest Tamako Market Soul Eater Servant x service Serial Experiments Lain Kobato From the Fate franchise I have Carnival Phantasm, Fate Grand Order Babylonia & Fate Apocrypha on my ptw list. |
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| @23feanor I really dont care what the group wants to watch, I am game for anything except yaoi. Even if I watched it, there is a REWATCH button that I can utilize, lol. I wont jump in on Golden Time but as you get to the end of the series, let me know so I can make room and time for the next watch. So yeah, I would like to join. Thanks! |
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Antalk said: @23feanor I really dont care what the group wants to watch, I am game for anything except yaoi. Even if I watched it, there is a REWATCH button that I can utilize, lol. I wont jump in on Golden Time but as you get to the end of the series, let me know so I can make room and time for the next watch. So yeah, I would like to join. Thanks! Ok, I'll let you know when we're planning to watch the next show. I've never seen a yaoi series so don't expect we'll suddenly pick one up now. I'd like to see Serial Experiments Lain or Kobato. I like your anime list and the background. I don't recognise the girl on the body pillow, who is she? I got a body pillow and cover of Coconut from Nekopara recently, my missus wasn't happy, although it's a great pillow to sleep on so she let me keep it, lol. You have watched a lot of series, i like your comments in the tag section, very useful, where you saw it and what you thought. I also like my guilty pleasure anime, currently enjoying Jimihen this season, basically soap/sitcom anime with tits n ass/sex. |
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| I really appreciate the feedback on my TAGS I never thought anyone noticed. I started to add where I found/watched a particular anime years ago b/c it was so bloody difficult to find many anime, especially un-censored anime, that when I did find a site, I would add it to the TAGS so others could watch as well. I work from home and my office is adorned w/ anime and military art and I have a collection of clocks that I have arranged as a "hidden Mickey" on the wall. They are set for the four main time zones in the States, GMT and Tokyo. There are two large blank spots that I plan to hang some shelves and put my small but growing collection of figurines. As far as what the next series to watch, I will let you and @filifjonkan pick and I will join. You two seem to have something good going and I don't want to disrupt the flow. Maybe down the road you chose one of my picks. BTW, the girl on my list is Nina Antalk from Chrome Shelled Regios. |
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inimJul 25, 2021 3:18 AM
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| @inim thanks for putting this together, it's really useful for looking at the next show, which i was just thinking about funnily enough. I'm just watching eps 3&4 of DtB S2 now so will post my thoughts soon. There's also Macross and Sailor Moon that we've mentioned before. Now that we've done a whole franchise I wouldn't mind tackling another longer show as the payoff is worth while. After the dark world of DtB i wouldn't mind a change of pace, maybe Kobato, Sailor Moon, Macross, Silver Spoon, Run with the Wind, Kino's Journey (i've heard that the earlier 2003 version is superior and looking at the mal score there is a vast difference 7.6 compared to 8.3 so maybe the earlier version?). I also haven't seen anything especially melodramatic, outside of seasonals like Higehiro, so Scum's Wish would fit that bill, but maybe for the show after the next one. It's a shame you guys have seen Planetes and said how good it was as that would've been a good show for a watch group. It's on my radar to watch soon after seeing how much you both liked it. Noein looks interesting and it has an english dub, so does Speed Grapher and Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. Strawberry Panic looks good for other reasons, a bit like Mai Hime maybe with the shoujo ai vibes. All good suggestions and definitely shows I'd watch, so thanks. @filifjonkan which shows from the above list do you like the look of, any additions you would you like to suggest? |
23feanorJul 25, 2021 3:21 AM
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23feanor said: I'm on the same page, it's always hard to start a 50+ episode show but so far it always paid. While Macross isn't formally on my PTW, consider it to be there. In terms of ~50 episode shows, this is my top 5 from PTW (excluding Sailor Moon & Macross, which both are at the same priority). This is a weird mix with many b-titles because I cleared the real heavy hitters already (Nana, Ashita no Joe, Cardcaptor Sakura, some WMT etc.).There's also Macross and Sailor Moon that we've mentioned before. Now that we've done a whole franchise I wouldn't mind tackling another longer show as the payoff is worth while. https://myanimelist.net/anime/427/Kaleido_Star https://myanimelist.net/anime/122/Full_Moon_wo_Sagashite https://myanimelist.net/anime/1695/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables__Shoujo_Cosette https://myanimelist.net/anime/874/Digimon_Tamers https://myanimelist.net/anime/350/Ojamajo_Doremi 23feanor said: I've seen the 2003 version and all it's many OVAs already, unfortunately. So that interest is in particular into the remake. My experience with the same experiment for Berserk 1997 vs. CGI remake was fine. Not nearly as bad as the elitist lynch mob claimed.Kino's Journey (i've heard that the earlier 2003 version is superior and looking at the mal score there is a vast difference 7.6 compared to 8.3 so maybe the earlier version?). 23feanor said: Well if you need a quick intro to emotion sapping melodrama in anime, here's your starter kit. I only include mature melodrama (despite their school setting Onii-sama & Maria-sama are mature), of course there are many more targeted at teens such as Shaft's ef:Tales, KyoAni's KEY adaptions and so on.I also haven't seen anything especially melodramatic, outside of seasonals like Higehiro, so Scum's Wish would fit that bill [...] Strawberry Panic looks good for other reasons, a bit like Mai Hime maybe with the shoujo ai vibes. https://myanimelist.net/anime/877/Nana - The best genre entry, and it's not even close. https://myanimelist.net/anime/158/Maria-sama_ga_Miteru - Elite school lesbians and their 1st world problems https://myanimelist.net/anime/795/Oniisama_e - Even more elite school lesbians having even more traumatic and existential 1st world problems https://myanimelist.net/anime/4485/Kasei_Yakyoku - 4 episode gateway drug to the genre, quick watch and very different from "normal" anime I've completed Mai-Hime and watched 1 ep of Strawberry Panic. There's a huge difference between both the overall look and feel and the way the yuri elements are played. Mai-Hime in a nutshell is fighting magical girl with not-so-subtle yuri baiting, along the lines of Nanoha and Madoka Magica. Strawberry Panic is privileged girls in fancy dresses discussing their 1st world problems in a mansion in a male-less world where everybody is gay. Basically the dumbed down version of Onii-sama or Maria-sama. Which I liked very much, that's how Strawberry got onto my PTW. EDIT: Just found this pretty accurate top 20 yuri list, hve seen ~half of those. You'll notice that the genre splits into several sub-genres: - Magical Girls (Madoka, Nanoha, Simoun, Mai-Hime, Destiny of a Shrine Maiden, ...) - Elite Schools (Onii-sama, Maria-sama, Strawberry Panic, ...) - Good old school and 1:1 romantic stories (Aoi Hana, Bloom Into You, Candyboy, ...) - Ikuhara-sensei and his weird shit (Yuri Kuma Arashi, Utena, ...) https://myanimelist.net/featured/1045/Top_20_Best_Yuri_Anime_of_All_Time__Girls_Love_to_Love |
inimJul 25, 2021 4:51 AM
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| @23feanor @filifjonkan filifjonkan said: The two remaining shows are very close in my evaluation method, ultimately I think Noein has a microscopic edge over durarara.Hello and greetings from Sweden.. I hope you are doing all right: I am in a pretty good shape, having a four-week vacation is very good for your well-being. I am honored to say what shows would be for the next watch. I have already watched "Silver Spoon", one of those healing SOL-animes, which I enjoyed immensely. I am up for any of the other shows, but Durarara and Noein seemed most interesting, for some reason. Have a nice week! Durarara: + Anidb rating 8.03, MAL 8.15 -> both critics and mainstream agree on it - Written by Baccanno writer, didn't like that show too much + German dub exists, lazy watch - Don't need any tag or genre for mal-badges - Episodic (mostly) - Hasn't many top recommendation I'm interested in or have seen linked - Predominantly slightly-above-average ratings from my elitist review gang (6/10-ish), indicating a well done but mediocre show Noein: - Anidb 7.03, MAL 7.60 -> considering recency bias and obscurity, I guess that's fine. But lower than 8 too. + Gets higher ratings from the bunch of people I care for w/r to ratings, aka "the elitist mafia" - Only EN-sub available, no dubs and no DE-sub + Can use year 2005 for mal-badges + I like the top recommendations and watched all + Seems to be hit or miss, my elitist gang rates it either 3-5 or 8-10, no middle ground ratings. + I suggested the show and should eat my own dogfood |
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filifjonkan said: @inim since we more or less have decided to watch Durarara, I started to watch another series by the same author, namely Baccano. It is, so far, a series that makes little to no sense, so I hope it gets a grip soon. Take care! Did you finish Baccano, what were your thoughts? I've recently added the priority function to my ptw list and have made Baccano a high priority show. |
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| @23feanor @filifjonkan Durarara!! is coming to an end soon, and so are my current watches. So it's time to pick my poison for this month and I'd like to harmonize the group watch with the other picks. I basically always want a "hard and serious" watch complemented by an "easy, episodic, ideally dubbed" watch. And the third slot goes to some guilty pleasure or hype of the week. So, my suggestion would be to simply use the runner up from last discussion, Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e (2005). As far as I understand the synopsis, this is a more serious (but not dark) mystery (but not overly confusing) show centered around time travel paradoxes. I'd pick a light show as complement in my 2ndary pick then. How about you, that one? |
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inim said: @23feanor @filifjonkan Durarara!! is coming to an end soon, and so are my current watches. So it's time to pick my poison for this month and I'd like to harmonize the group watch with the other picks. I basically always want a "hard and serious" watch complemented by an "easy, episodic, ideally dubbed" watch. And the third slot goes to some guilty pleasure or hype of the week. So, my suggestion would be to simply use the runner up from last discussion, Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e (2005). As far as I understand the synopsis, this is a more serious (but not dark) mystery (but not overly confusing) show centered around time travel paradoxes. I'd pick a light show as complement in my 2ndary pick then. How about you, that one? My top picks would be Macross, Kobato or Run With the Wind, but as always I'm easy. Noein has come to Funimation this week I noticed, but not the eng dub yet. |
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23feanor said: From those 3, in order:inim said: @23feanor @filifjonkan Durarara!! is coming to an end soon, and so are my current watches. So it's time to pick my poison for this month and I'd like to harmonize the group watch with the other picks. I basically always want a "hard and serious" watch complemented by an "easy, episodic, ideally dubbed" watch. And the third slot goes to some guilty pleasure or hype of the week. So, my suggestion would be to simply use the runner up from last discussion, Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e (2005). As far as I understand the synopsis, this is a more serious (but not dark) mystery (but not overly confusing) show centered around time travel paradoxes. I'd pick a light show as complement in my 2ndary pick then. How about you, that one? My top picks would be Macross, Kobato or Run With the Wind, but as always I'm easy. Noein has come to Funimation this week I noticed, but not the eng dub yet. 1) Macross (because I really want a 1982 show to complete a badge) 2) Run with the Wind (because I heared a lot of great things, like Ping Pong the Animation and not really "only" a sports anime 3) Kobato (not now, I just picked a "light" one in https://myanimelist.net/anime/490/Paniponi_Dash It's a bit like Teacher Despair x Hidamari Sketch x Lucky Star, btw, CGDCT comedy from Shaft) |
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inim said: 23feanor said: From those 3, in order:My top picks would be Macross, Kobato or Run With the Wind, but as always I'm easy. Noein has come to Funimation this week I noticed, but not the eng dub yet. 1) Macross (because I really want a 1982 show to complete a badge) 2) Run with the Wind (because I heared a lot of great things, like Ping Pong the Animation and not really "only" a sports anime 3) Kobato (not now, I just picked a "light" one in https://myanimelist.net/anime/490/Paniponi_Dash It's a bit like Teacher Despair x Hidamari Sketch x Lucky Star, btw, CGDCT comedy from Shaft) I've wanted to try Macross for a while and would love to pick it up next. Also DtB and D! have felt a bit 'heavy' for me (DtB in a good way, really enjoyed that franchise) so wanted something a bit lighter and Noein seems a bit complicated, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. So my pick would be Macross but am happy to go with Noein or Run with the Wind (same for me have heard great things about it plus there's an eng dub). @filifjonkan are you ok with Macross, or would you prefer Noein or Run with the Wind? @inim Paniponi Dash, it looks interesting, not sure why i haven't added it to my ptw list as if it's anything like Hidamari Sketch from Shaft I'll love it. Will be interested to see what you think. I've also started Azumanga Daioh, another school comedy that is a cgdct show but at the same time it isn't, it's like Nichijou in that it is just pure comedy. I can't stop watching it. |
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23feanor said: I've only watched 1 episode of PaniPoni so far, and it definitely is a lot like those mixed comedy-CGDCT shows, it has a lot of bizarre humor and it's visually appealing because ... Shaft / Akiyuki Shinbou directed (like Hidamari Sketch). Think: group of school girls like in Hidamari, a lightened up version of the humor of Teacher Despair, and random parody / references like in Lucky Star. And given it's 2005, it's "historically important" for the whole genre as it pretty much is only preceded by Azumanga. We could also pick that one, it's not too late.inim said: From those 3, in order: 1) Macross (because I really want a 1982 show to complete a badge) 2) Run with the Wind (because I heared a lot of great things, like Ping Pong the Animation and not really "only" a sports anime 3) Kobato (not now, I just picked a "light" one in https://myanimelist.net/anime/490/Paniponi_Dash It's a bit like Teacher Despair x Hidamari Sketch x Lucky Star, btw, CGDCT comedy from Shaft) I've wanted to try Macross for a while and would love to pick it up next. Also DtB and D! have felt a bit 'heavy' for me (DtB in a good way, really enjoyed that franchise) so wanted something a bit lighter and Noein seems a bit complicated, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. So my pick would be Macross but am happy to go with Noein or Run with the Wind (same for me have heard great things about it plus there's an eng dub). @filifjonkan are you ok with Macross, or would you prefer Noein or Run with the Wind? @inim Paniponi Dash, it looks interesting, not sure why i haven't added it to my ptw list as if it's anything like Hidamari Sketch from Shaft I'll love it. Will be interested to see what you think. I've also started Azumanga Daioh, another school comedy that is a cgdct show but at the same time it isn't, it's like Nichijou in that it is just pure comedy. I can't stop watching it. Suggestion: Just peek into episode 1 and make an assessment. Even if we pick Macross now, that's a good next pick after and I could halt the watch. It's light and comedic and still interesting for an old elitist fart like myself. So that is perfect material for the group watch, imho. |
inimSep 3, 2021 4:11 AM
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inim said: 23feanor said: I've only watched 1 episode of PaniPoni so far, and it definitely is a lot like those mixed comedy-CGDCT shows, it has a lot of bizarre humor and it's visually appealing because ... Shaft / Akiyuki Shinbou directed (like Hidamari Sketch). Think: group of school girls like in Hidamari, a lightened up version of the humor of Teacher Despair, and random parody / references like in Lucky Star. And given it's 2005, it's "historically important" for the whole genre as it pretty much is only preceded by Azumanga. We could also pick that one, it's not too late.I've wanted to try Macross for a while and would love to pick it up next. Also DtB and D! have felt a bit 'heavy' for me (DtB in a good way, really enjoyed that franchise) so wanted something a bit lighter and Noein seems a bit complicated, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. So my pick would be Macross but am happy to go with Noein or Run with the Wind (same for me have heard great things about it plus there's an eng dub). @filifjonkan are you ok with Macross, or would you prefer Noein or Run with the Wind? @inim Paniponi Dash, it looks interesting, not sure why i haven't added it to my ptw list as if it's anything like Hidamari Sketch from Shaft I'll love it. Will be interested to see what you think. I've also started Azumanga Daioh, another school comedy that is a cgdct show but at the same time it isn't, it's like Nichijou in that it is just pure comedy. I can't stop watching it. Suggestion: Just peek into episode 1 and make an assessment. Even if we pick Macross now, that's a good next pick after and I could halt the watch. It's light and comedic and still interesting for an old elitist fart like myself. So that is perfect material for the group watch, imho. If you're talking about watching PaniPoni next that sounds great. I checked out a few trailers and love the look of it. I've already added it to my ptw list (recently included the priority function and it goes straight in as a high priority) and it's available in eng dub on Funimation. So maybe watch PaniPoni next and Macross after that (and Noein 3rd)? Does that sound ok @inim and @filifjonkan |
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