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Apr 29, 2016 5:40 AM

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Grotesqueness said:
"..I have very high hopes for Perrine. I just started it, but unfortunately, my progress will be very slow.."

Perrine Monogatari is great.
May 2, 2016 6:24 PM

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Yes! I recommend Perrine. Yeah, it's very slow, but it works in the show's favor because it's taking its time to make you care about the characters and their plights before the big, dramatic stuff happens.
May 3, 2016 9:20 PM
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Just Finished the first season of Zeta Gundam and I liked it, maybe a little disappointed considering how much I had heard about it over the years. The animation is perfect and you can tell the show had a better budget than first Gundam. I dont care for Camille or anyone on the Argama the way I did for the White Base crew. My favortie Character so far is Four, very interesting character and the idea of the Psycho Gundam is pretty cool.

Started watching first Gundam again but this time on Blu Ray, its an amazing jump in picture quality from my old bootleg. On a big screen you can almost see the cel on top of the background, beautiful stuff. The first episode where they were able to put a lot of effort is particularly good.
May 7, 2016 8:44 AM

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I'm currently watching the ova of Sukeban Deka, not as epic as the drama but it's refreshing and with a few good action scenes.
May 10, 2016 7:36 PM
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Finished the Dead World Sunsa stage of Votoms. The first half was pretty mediocre but the second half was great.
The episode where Chirico is wandering the desert, running out of air and being followed by the woman out for revenge for what the red soldiers did to her planet was the highlight of the season for me.
May 23, 2016 4:01 PM

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Started watching Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan. I hope it's not disappointing like many other Clamp anime and that I can finish it ...
Jun 4, 2016 6:05 PM

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Finished Gundam 0079, Zeta, Char's Counter Attack, and F91. Having barely more than brand name recognition of Gundam before I started 0079, I went into Zeta with balanced expectations... the infamous trope of idiot young lovers wrecking everything became a farce, but despite that frustration I mostly had a blast. The second OP's chorus is MAGIC, an instant all time favorite. (The reused animation of Kamille giving a thumbs-up in the middle of Four's flight is super awkward, though!)

I wish there were a short fan-edited movie cut of ZZ (is there?), because I missed at least one major character death by skipping it (and I don't feel like watching only the 5 minute death scene clip). I liked F91 although it was messy - it at least subverted certain outcomes I'd come to expect from the previous three stories. Surprised to find I can now legally watch Unicorn on CR as it airs in episodic form. Gonna be a good time.

I finally picked up Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (1992) at the incessant recommendation of a hardcore 90's Toonami fan I know at work, and as of episode 15 I like it, but apparently I have to go a lot farther than I'd planned to get to the good stuff. Well, alright.
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Jun 4, 2016 11:14 PM

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Ooh, Unicorn is great, but I strongly recommend you to watch it as OVA first, because the original 1 hour format is a lot better and the way different endings blend in is special. Also MS IGLOO is pretty cool - it shows one of the first battles of 1 year war from Zeon's perspective, and I think they're having a re-watch on reddit right now too. And the Origin, which gives a lot more background on Char and Sayla is awesome too, the last episode should come out by the end of the year.

The only reason I'd watch ZZ is for all the scenes with Haman Karn, but even the way they wrap her story up is kinda unsatisfactory.

YYH's best part is arguably The Dark Tournament arc and it ramps up pretty well to that point. The problem is it becomes a bit boring and uninspired afterwards. Some say it's because YYH's creator was pressured to make it more like Dragon Ball, which ran at the same time and was insanely popular. They wanted more fighting, tournaments, etc., but he got really fed up with it.
BoltzJun 4, 2016 11:17 PM
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Jun 5, 2016 3:23 AM

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Started the Gunnm OVA, was pretty good.
Jun 5, 2016 3:41 AM

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Yep, I have the manga in my epic top trio, along with Akira and Nausicaa. New chapters are still being released even today. It's also interesting how Yukito Kishiro's drawing style has changed - he used to tint panels almost completely in black and now he uses a ton of white space and even character outfits went from black to white.
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Jun 5, 2016 3:55 PM

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I remember first hearing of Battle Angel Alita when it was announced as a James Cameron movie project over a decade ago, and with a title like that I've been interested ever since. I should get to that... and Akira. I own Nausicaa in physical form, but I haven't got far yet. (Apparently Cameron finally gave up on directing Battle Angel since he's devoted his life to Avatar sequels, and Robert Rodriguez is directing it with a planned 2018 release date.)

Forgot to mention I also finished SDF Macross. I thought it was great for the first few episodes, but it became overall a negative experience. I'm not a fan of love triangles in general, but this one imploded when I eventually hated both Minmay and Ichijou. The show's general tone is more light and fun than Gundam, so when consequences are even more dire than in Gundam, it feels not so much sad as bizarre and out of place. The Macross may have the worst starship captain I've ever seen in a hero role. (Well, admittedly I never watched Star Trek: Voyager....) And critically, I wasn't impressed by the songs - very weak compared to even the small number of pre-90's anime songs I know so far.

Then there's that final arc, intriguing in concept but awful in execution, which I ranted about in the Episode 30 thread. Frustration of various kinds is common in anime, but in this show it was extreme.

The show had a lot of cool ideas, and I could see it being enjoyable to anyone who isn't bothered by these things. It's just not for me, with one exception. The courtship and parenthood of Max and Milia is AMAZING. One of the best side stories I've ever seen in anything. I loved every moment of it.

I saw that Macross Delta was currently airing, figured it would be fun garbage, discovered a show I'm legitimately greatly enjoying. As for the rest... I would be inclined to skip 7, but the very plausible idea that I might like 7 more than SDF is hilarious, so I have to at least give it a shot. But not soon.


Boltz said:
Ooh, Unicorn is great, but I strongly recommend you to watch it as OVA first, because the original 1 hour format is a lot better and the way different endings blend in is special.


Thanks for the reply :) I had read the thread about that, but I'm reluctant to turn down the chance to support it. If it's that important, I suppose I can.

I plan to watch IGLOO, Origin, War in the Pocket, Thunderbolt... I've just been racing to get to Unicorn ASAP. :D Problem is, aside from G Gundam and Turn A, not a single alternate universe series sounds appealing.

Yeah, The Dark Tournament is what my coworker recommended. Okay, then I'll feel better about putting it on hold after that. Thanks. :)
Jun 5, 2016 10:28 PM

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Yeah, I haven't enjoyed any AE (alternate universe) Gundams either. Maybe IBO, but I put it on hold since I have better things to watch right now. But the ones that are side stories set withing UC are really rewarding. In fact I watched the 0080 (War in the pocket) as my first Gundam and it's what pulled me into the franchise.

Macross in general can be a bit hit or miss. The direction in SDF was all over the place in the second half, I mostly liked it, but don't feel a need to rewatch it. I'd rather see "Do you remember love?" again which is kind of a retelling, but it has a high budget production and makes its own cuts - the love triangle plays kinda the opposite way at the end and there's one of the most memorable moments with Minmay singing while a huge space battle rages on.

One of my favorites is Macross Zero, mostly for its environmental drama aspects, but most people don't like it. Macross Plus is pretty popular - I mostly enjoyed it, it's unique and had lots of action, but I didn't care much for the characters really. Frontier was passable at best, I only liked the references to the older series. 7 and Delta are the worst tortures I can imagine for me (waterboarding doesn't even compare) :P .
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Jun 6, 2016 8:01 AM

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Boltz said:
Maybe IBO, but I put it on hold since I have better things to watch right now.


Ha, likewise! Well, not necessarily better in my case :D

I hope I like DYRL more, I just want to take some time before I watch it. Odd that the love triangle would change, given that it's supposed to be an in-universe movie about Space War I. I guess that's typical for Hollywood adaptations of real stories. :)

Looks like you only watched the first episode of Delta, which doesn't represent it well - the MAL score has gone up from around 6.9 to 7.18, and it keeps rising. I was enjoying the idols being magical girls on the battlefield, but there's been pretty much none of that since the first episode. :D However, based on reactions I've read, I guess you probably still wouldn't like it if you didn't like Frontier.

Just noticed the Gunbuster reference in your sig. Love it. :)
Jun 6, 2016 8:30 AM

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I like how they changed things up a bit in DYRL. It's like in real life when wars and stories are portrayed with different interpretations and usually more idealistic :) .
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Jun 6, 2016 8:45 AM

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Okay I'll do the ellipses thing :D



Alright so spoilers for SDF Macross:



I mainly associate DYRL with Otaku no Video - the scene of fans obsessing over leaked designs, and wanting the MC's girlfriend to cosplay as Minmay.
Jun 7, 2016 4:12 PM
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nDroae said:
(Apparently Cameron finally gave up on directing Battle Angel since he's devoted his life to Avatar sequels, and Robert Rodriguez is directing it with a planned 2018 release date.)



Cameron handed over the movie to that hack?! I have been waiting patiently 10 years for him to make Alita, what a bunch of crap. I think even promised he was going to do it...

I love the first Battle Angel Alita series, its dark, intricate hatching and good use of zippa tone. Certain story sections were amazing, my favorite arc by far was the MotorBall section. Last Order's art on the other hand is pretty lazy with little care for backgrounds and little more than lineart for characters . I didnt care for the story either except for a few world building parts here and there. I dropped the series at around the 9th volume.
Jun 7, 2016 4:22 PM

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MeteorBear said:
Cameron handed over the movie to that hack?!


I'd rather just wait longer too :P

James Cameron said:
Robert and I have been looking for a film to do together for years, so I was pumped when he said he wanted to do Battle Angel. He's very collaborative and we're already like two kids building a go-kart, just having fun riffing creatively and technically. This project is near and dear to me, and there's nobody I trust more than Robert, with his technical virtuosity and rebel style, to take over the directing reins. We're looking forward to learning a lot from each other while we make a kick-ass epic.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-cameron-robert-rodriguez-teaming-832157

Well, at least Cameron's not as completely detached as Spielberg is as executive producer of the Transformers movies. ;)
Jun 7, 2016 10:11 PM

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Last Order's art on the other hand is pretty lazy with little care for backgrounds and little more than lineart for characters .

Hmm, I can't really agree with that. Here's some fantastic panels from the Last Order: http://imgur.com/a/PtpCg . It's true that Yukito Kishiro has shifted his art style from predominantly black and smudgy (a shame, since he was really good at heavy tinting) to almost completely white and clean, but he kept most of the original ingredients:
- panels with huge, large-scale constructions
- fierce action with characters getting smashed to pieces and getting visually deconstructed
- Alita drawn in various forms and cool poses
- the story gets a bit lost into side chapters once in a while (like in the original), but then comes back with incredible clarity and it keeps the equal ratio of gritty action mixed with heavy philosophical segments
- Alita still questions what it means to have real intelligence and real body against artificial ones, that theme keeps coming forward in various ways

I like how Kishiro expanded the setting and made a whole little universe of his own. The new Mars Chronicles saga is just shaping up, but I think it's going to be pretty interesting. I think a proper long-running anime of Alita would be amazing, it's definitely one of the great manga epics.
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Jun 8, 2016 11:32 PM
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I still have volume 3 because it was so jammed packed with cool ideas and characters. I thought that stuff was way more interesting than the fighting tourney she entered.

His shift from doing screen tones by hand to on the computer was my biggest disappointment, it just doesnt look right to me. Combine that with his dialing back of detail and shadow on many of the pages and I was even more disappointed. But he also did way more than 9 volumes this time. Hes a great artist and storyteller though, I was being a bit of a wet blanket as usual.

I did about 20 pages of a manga about 8 years ago. I did half the pages with hand applyied screen tones and the other with the computer. Its slower by hand but worth it too me.
Jun 12, 2016 11:40 PM
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Watching Giant Gorg and Future Boy Conan, about half way through both. Favorite Conan episode was the one where Conan meets the red headed kid and they become best friends. The episodes where these two together are together are always fun and when they were seperated at Industria I felt the show lagged a bit. Looks delicious the pig made me smile everytime I heard his name called.

Giant Gorg is a great adventure show too. The DVD picture quality isnt as spetacular as some of the other discotek releases. Yasuhiko is amazing as always and if you have seen other stuff he directed like Crusher Joe or Venus Wars you know what to expect. His art style is perfected at this point and pretty awesome. Not a single character looks the same and there are a lot of characters in the show. Gorg is fast paced and easy to watch with a little bit of every thing.
Jun 30, 2016 5:34 AM

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Re-watching Space Cobra and Trigun ;)
Jul 19, 2016 3:30 PM

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Trigun is technically too new to be officially "old school"... and I've still never watched it :D It's there with Hellsing and Cowboy Bebop in my Funimation queue. Well, I got a yearlong subscription, I'll get to it.

I just finished Sailor Moon (1992) season one, having not seen more than glimpses before. Loved it. I'd say it's about tied with Yamato for my favorite pre-'94 show so far. http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1514556#msg46985288
Jul 19, 2016 7:50 PM
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New here, so lemme get things out: I LOVE ME THE CLASSICS!

Currently I'm watching the original Dragon Ball, as well as eventually starting the Buu saga in Kai (I know, I'm cheating). Almost done Sailor Moon season 1, and nDroae and I have been sharing our thoughts via PM together and enjoying it.

I've also watched lots of Urusei Yatsura 2-3 years ago before I truly managed to get into the anime world back in May.

I love all the series I mentioned above!
Jul 20, 2016 4:13 PM

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I have already watched 13 episodes of Fantaman aka Golden Bat from 1967 and I wouldn't recommend it. Firstly, anime definitely targets children up to 12 years old. Plot, characters and their actions are way too naive and stupid for older people. Every episode looks basically the same, only minor villans change. I must really praise it though for the amazing set of characteristic towards Golden Bat and his main rival, dottor Zero. They both look beautifully. I will end it because I watch it with italian dub and I treat it as a lesson in the language I am currently learning but apart from that it's quite monotonus anime.
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Aug 18, 2016 8:59 AM

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I'm currently starting SUPER DIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS. Sorry for the caps. It's my introduction to this Macross in general and it's pretty good and engaging so far.
Aug 18, 2016 10:26 AM

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Demetan said:
I'm currently starting SUPER DIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS. Sorry for the caps. It's my introduction to this Macross in general and it's pretty good and engaging so far.


Its nice to see someone else knows about Kerokko Demetan. I only ever got to watch the first 3 episodes in English which AnimeSols released, but that show really made a big impression on me as a classic anime fan and as a fan of Tatsunoko Productions. Its way, way cooler than people realize. Just a pity we probably won't be seeing it in English for a long time...
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Demetan said:
I'm currently starting SUPER DIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS. Sorry for the caps. It's my introduction to this Macross in general and it's pretty good and engaging so far.


Its nice to see someone else knows about Kerokko Demetan. I only ever got to watch the first 3 episodes in English which AnimeSols released, but that show really made a big impression on me as a classic anime fan and as a fan of Tatsunoko Productions. Its way, way cooler than people realize. Just a pity we probably won't be seeing it in English for a long time...


It was very popular here in the province of Quebec,Canada and also in France. I have the DVD boxset of the entire thing. I agree with you that it's very underated. It's a powerful, poetic, melancholic and beautiful masterpiece of anime. It is very something to watch this as an adult. Intense stuff.
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Demetan said:

It was very popular here in the province of Quebec,Canada and also in France. I have the DVD boxset of the entire thing. I agree with you that it's very underated. It's a powerful, poetic, melancholic and beautiful masterpiece of anime. It is very something to watch this as an adult. Intense stuff.


Cool man. I guess you watched a French dub or something like that? Sounds like its as good as I've been hoping for. As I said I've only seen the first 3 episodes but even just that small amount has convinced me that's its probably Tatsunoko Production's masterpiece. Definitely one of the top 3 or so of the classic anime I'd really like to see subtitled someday.
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SUPER DIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS was a fantastic watch. I'm back with a re-watching of Captain Herlock the 1978 series. One of my all-time fav.
Sep 20, 2016 12:43 AM

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I have just started watching Hokuto no Ken, I have only seen 10 episodes but it seems interesting!
Sep 20, 2016 6:23 AM

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So I just started Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae. It's cool so far. I'm also watching Ryuuseiki Gakusaver.
Sep 29, 2016 2:43 PM

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So I finally decided to get a Premium Membership at Daisuki.net and started watching Mama is a Fourth Grader. So far, it seems cute and funny. Mirai is adorable and Natsumi seems pretty good so far. I can't wait to see the rest of the series. But good God, Izumi is terrible! Not only is she a freeloader of the worst kind, she's a total hypocrite and I suspect she doesn't care about Natsumi, her ten-year-old niece, at all! I swear, I want to beat this woman with a tennis racket! To anyone who's seen the series: PLEASE tell me she gets better later on! I have only seen the first episode, though. I plan on watching more when I get the chance.
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I'm in the "process" of watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam. I put airquotes there because of how little time I have to actually watch anime atm. And I'm still steadily watching old Lupin III. I'm really loving both, and I'd love to start delving into the works of Osamu Dezaki and Miyazaki's pre-Ghibli stuff. (of course before/after Lupin too)

I also have an interest in checking out the Go Nagai adaptations, though I highly doubt I'd ever try to make it more than a few episodes with each lol, seeing as they're hundreds of episodes and made to sell toys. Minus Devilman that is.

And of course I plan to keep watching Gundam, and I'd love to check out the Yamato series. Yeah, 70's anime especially was pretty badass.
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Rewatching SDF Macross. What I would give to see this on Blu Ray! Speaking of Blu Ray, Escaflowne blu ray comes out soon. Escaflowne counts right, it was 94?
Nov 14, 2016 9:38 PM

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Currently working my way through watching Oniisama e and bitches be crazy in that show LOL. I've seen Osamu Dezaki works before and know they have a lot of drama but this one so far might even beat RoS in that department but I do like it so far.
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Urusei Yatsura it is. 120 episode. I don't expect, that some anime can enter my personal Top 1. If you watch it you will know why (or maybe you already knew).
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I'm watching Zillion and Yawara! and i will start watching Plawres Sanshirou soon
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I've been watching Harlock SSX (Arcadia of My Youth sequel). I'm somewhat impressed with this series, generally feels a lot higher quality watch than the original, but the feel is pretty different. The underlying commentary about slouchy humanity isn't quite as prevalent as the episodic space odyssey I think. Which I guess is good so I'm not just watching the same show again.

random thought: I almost wish sometimes that Harlock got the Yamato 2199 treatment instead of that meh cgi movie
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I watched -> Crusher Joe The Movie
Mar 26, 2017 12:20 AM
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That ones a favorite. I know its simple but I love it. Discotek is releasing a remaster in a couple months.
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I've generally moved older shows to the bottom of the list, because most of them are long and there are still a lot of newer shows I want to see first. Here's what I've seen since I last posted. (I've noticed that this thread gets used to post completed shows as well as those in progress, making the "Last Completed" thread a bit redundant....)

Shinzou Ningen Casshern / Casshan: Robot Hunter (1973)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/4810/Shinzou_Ningen_Casshern
Watched on HiDive - https://www.hidive.com/tv/casshan

I haven't seen Casshern Sins yet, and I wanted to check out the original first. I was going to only watch the beginning and end, but instead I watched it all, mostly at 4x speed. Normally I'd never watch at anything but 1x, but several factors combined here. Mainly, this show does not have a legendary reputation outside Japan, and I'd rather skip it entirely than watch it at 1x speed. Also, my interests were to read the show's text and see the art. I didn't need to have a valid experience of its direction, performances, animation, etc. I got what I wanted out of it.

Casshan was directed and co-written by Hiroshi Sasagawa, director of the earlier Gatchaman. I agree with a reviewer who wrote that Casshan is the better of the two, which is ironic since I initially was highly impressed by Gatchaman - one of its early episodes had dealt openly with the sudden death of a child's father, something I expect would not have been allowed at the time in cartoons for sheltered American kids. (A few years later, Bridge to Terabithia was written with the goal of combatting that unpreparedness. Or so I read; I wasn't born until 1987.) But Gatchaman's enjoyability was inconsistent after a few more episodes, and I have it on hold at 12. Casshan has the same rating according to MAL, but it features large doses of death and suffering on a regular basis. Newly introduced characters are seldom alive by the time credits roll. In one episode, children play with a suicide bomber robot made to look like a clown toy, only to be killed when the robot explodes. This is followed by a montage of the same thing recurring in innumerable other towns. All this doesn't make it "better" than Gatchaman, but it may be more enjoyable for adult viewers. Then again, Gatchaman has a slightly higher MAL score.

I watched the first two and last two episodes at 1x speed. The standouts were probably #9, which has an orchestra playing while robots march on their city (I read that something similar happened in Casshern Sins), and #14, which has a mayor reject Casshan and surrender to the robots, resulting in intolerable suffering for both himself and his people. (It might have been hard to watch at 1x.) I also liked the various (generally tragic) episodes about human heroes and good robots, and the ones with a theme of overcoming prejudice against robots.



Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love (1978)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/3067/Saraba_Uchuu_Senkan_Yamato__Ai_no_Senshi-tachi
^ This movie was retconned by / remade into Space Battleship Yamato 2 (1978)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1651/Uchuu_Senkan_Yamato_2

I watched the movie in August 2016, the sequel series from June to August 2017. I was impressed by the Comet Empire in the movie, but somehow less so in the TV series. I don't even remember the idiot jock character Saitou from the film, which must mean he was alright in it, but in the TV series he was repetitively annoying and (surprisingly) did no more than the bare minimum to redeem himself. Overall I found the show much less enjoyable than the original, though it's said to be considered the best season by fans.

The modern remake may be my most anticipated anime, but I'll finish season 3 and the other movies first. I watched the 2010 live action film and really liked it, until the ending. The first firing of the WMG was crazy hype.

I'm leaving GE999 indefinitely on hold for now; I considered skipping to the "best" episodes, but I'd rather try to watch it all when I have less unseen. Don't know when I'll finally start Harlock, but it should be after I catch up on Yamato and before I pick up GE999 again. Perhaps I'll watch GE999 a few episodes at a time over a few years, I'm in no hurry.



The Rose of Versailles (1979)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/338/Versailles_no_Bara
I watched it January-February this year. My enjoyment was hampered by my (surface-skimming) research into the actual actions of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI, which I wrote about here:
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1592099
I love a story that can make me cry. I was reminded of A Tale of Two Cities and how hauntingly sad it was. In this case, the fictional characters' story turned into such a dogpile of sad things that it just lost me. I had very high expectations going in, so my failure to love the show took a lot of wind out of my sails, in terms of enthusiasm to watch acclaimed older anime.



Shounen Kenya (1984)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2311/Shounen_Kenya
Watched August 2016, after reading https://myanimelist.net/featured/1391/Top_15_Best_Weird_Anime_of_All_Time
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Kenya Boy, along with being one of the more polite things Trump calls Obama, is also the name of a 1984 kids movie considered "one of the worst ever" by older otaku. The founder of animenewsnetwork listed it among his anime Hall of Shame and that guy has seen about 5,000 anime!

But I had a good time watching it. I gave it the same score as Rose of Versailles, a 7.
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A cast of three races riding a snake kaiju through the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey is the kind of thing I wish Masaaki Yuasa would do, but he won't, because he's just not cool.




Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä (1984)
I watched my favorite anime in Japanese for the first time last month. Wooooo. (Normally these days I watch everything subbed, but back when I watched Nausicaa for the first time I still preferred dubs, especially good Disney ones.)
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After watching the Disney dub a fourth time earlier this year (I was showing the film to my mom while visiting her), I watched it in Japanese for the first time tonight, and cried as always. I think the most noticeable change was Asbel's "I could eat a bootful" of chiko nuts, or at least that's what the Disney subtitles reported him saying. In the dub he says "Why does everything that's good for you taste so bad?" (And I just checked to make sure I got the words right... unusual, I got it perfect.)

I really want to watch the Russian dub. And I also found a fanmade edit, using the BD video, cut to match the VHS audio from Warriors of the Wind! Symbolically, the creation of such a thing invites comparison to the raising of the Giant Warrior in the film. Definitely going to watch it sometime.

I was a little disappointed that my favorite line from what I've read of the manga apparently was never in the film to begin with - "Your blood... it washed away my pain."




The Wings of Honneamise (1987)
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=53695&show=0#msg52588352
Watched two weeks ago. What's the most tired comment on this, that it's beautiful and boring and the launch scene is absolutely amazing? That's pretty much what I'd say. Also, there's a link tossed around in the main discussion thread which is a must-read for anyone who thinks the attempted rape scene had no thought behind it. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=53695&show=0#msg52588352



Bubblegum Crisis (1987)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1347/Bubblegum_Crisis
Watched August-October 2016. Not much to say, I loved it and want to rewatch it, and Complete Vocal Collection is one of my top played albums of the past year. I only wish it had had a big finale of some kind, any kind. Maybe I'll watch it in a different order next time.



Also, it's after '94, but I'm currently watching Cardcaptor Sakura for the first time.
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I avoided it when it was on Toonami in 2001, because I assumed it was a trading card game marketing ploy. In preparation for the new show, I started it last month and have watched the first 35 episodes so far. I was hoping I'd love it as much as Sailor Moon, which I watched the first three series of last year and which quickly became one of my all time favorite anime. Cardcaptor Sakura has fantastic animation and art, but sadly I'm not getting much joy out of it. I wish most of the romantic crushes didn't exist. The only characters I like are Sakura, Tomoyo, their three normie friends, and Mizuki-sensei. I thought I'd be used to Kero-chan by this point, but his design still looks terrible to me. At least now I'm finally through watching the creepy slow head rotation while he says "Konyanyachiwa!" at the end of every episode. :P

I hope someone gets a laugh out of reading the above. :D The first movie looks like I'll enjoy it more than the show. I'm increasingly impatient for Sakura to get her wings. At any rate I like the show enough to still watch the new series.



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Yo! Just joined MAL after seeing it suggested to me on Reddit. Total old school anime fan who has been out of the loop for about 10-15 years. I've been satisfying my urge to revisit stuff from my youth by binge watching a ton of old shows and movies.

I've tried watching a few newer shows, but they really seem to be missing a lot of the charm of older stuff. I've been watching Patlabor, Nadia, Galaxy Express 999, Gunbuster, Bubblegum Crisis, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, etc., Fun times.
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@garland23 Welcome :) I've similarly gone through long periods of watching no anime, though in my case I didn't see much to begin with.

You might like Shirobako:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/25835/Shirobako

The show itself is modern, but its creators clearly love the classics and it has many reverent references/homages. Some listed here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShoutOut/Shirobako If you don't watch the whole show, I'd still recommend watching Episodes 12 and 19. 19 had extended flashback scenes set in an anime studio in the 70's.

Forgot to mention I also watched War in the Pocket. It was obviously good, but far from what I went in expecting based on the descriptions I'd read. I thought it would be something like Spielberg's War of the Worlds, or even Grave of the Fireflies - no pilot characters, just a group of powerless orphans trying to survive in a mostly abandoned colony. But what it actually was was depressing enough.
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I think the only old school anime so far that I really haven't enjoyed was Yawara. I felt like it was an endless cycle of the main character going back and forth between committing herself to judo.

But I just finished Midnight Eye Goku II, I liked it, it gave off city hunter vibes
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Recently started Mobile Police Patlabor(OVA), nothing impressive but im interested in the movies so im watching this beforehand.
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Started Hokuto no Ken a few days ago. The Fist of the North Star movie was one of the starter animes I saw sometime in the mid 90s. "You're already dead." Such a great line!
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Just started watching the Genocyber OVA (1994). Occasionally like a big helping of ultra-violence and this anime is often cited as one of the most graphically violent ones. Have some of the manga Viz published back in the day. Always liked Tony Takezaki's art (A.D. Police was one of the first anime I'd ever seen).
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I recently started watching anime again after a break, Ive just started a rewatch of Takarajima, and I'm loving it all over again. Really recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
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So nice to know that other people enjoy older anime like I do. I finished all the Captain Herlock series and films and currently watching all the Record of Lodoss War OAVs and tv series. I remember buying the VHS of the first few episodes in the mid-90s for 30$...Fantastic fantasy anime. The soundtrack is so great.

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Demetan said:
currently watching all the Record of Lodoss War OAVs and tv series. I remember buying the VHS of the first few episodes in the mid-90s for 30$...Fantastic fantasy anime. The soundtrack is so great.



Lodoss War rocks! Was one of my favs from the 90s.
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