almightybismarck said: mwalimu said: The initial western release of "Nausicaa" was a hack job under the title "Warriors of the Wind" that cut more than 20 minutes from the film, in addition to changing all the character names, and promoting it with poster/cover art that featured three male characters who don't even appear in the film. This treatment is what drove Studio Ghibli to adopt an international licensing policy of no cuts, and no changing character names. Nowadays you seldom see character names changed in international/western releases and I sometimes wonder if it would be a lot more common if it hadn't been for Studio Ghibli taking a stand 30+ years ago. Holy sh!t that is one way to butcher a simple job. Thankfully, more recent releases of "Nausicaa" are faithful to the original, while WotW has become little more than a historical footnote. This is something I look out for with any anime that aired outside of Japan prior to the early 2000s, as a lot of it was significantly altered. Sometimes it was for content that Japan was okay with but it clashed with 'western sensibilities', e.g. the 'kissing cousins' in "Sailor Moon". Other times it was an attempt to give it more 'shounen appeal' to attract more male viewers (don't get me started on what they did to "Cardcaptor Sakura"). If I'm going to watch an anime that's aired in the west, I'll make certain to find the original uncut work. |
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Recommendation you have seen hajime kindaichi talking about his grandpa all the time, ever thought how his grandpa solved case? Read the kosuke kindaichi novels or watch the live action series and the movies the devil comes playing the flute and gokumontu Island. He is much more intense and not laid back like hajime kindaichi. The settings is mid 1920s after the war. Kosuke returns from war to solve cases. |
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almightybismarck said: Slimsith said: Robot Carnival is a musical masterpiece, with perfect animation to go alongside the visuals, the short stories and the theme of robots used. To this day, there's been nothing like it and remains one of my favorites, it just sucks that the video quality on "Uknow" sites is really low. I still wish I had the VHS copy. Anyway, people should check out The Guyver and the manga is still ongoing, but MAL won't tell you that. The Guyver  https://myanimelist.net/anime/6016/Kyoushoku_Soukou_Guyver_1989 and  https://myanimelist.net/anime/1336/Kyoushoku_Soukou_Guyver_II Just the OVA's from 1989-1991 It's your 1 man army versus a monster making corporation. The 2005 TV series granted is the same, but the OVA's had art closer to the manga. It's nothing special except that the it's better than the TV series which got only a small bit further than the OVA's. Anyway, that's my annoying contribution. Guyver design looks amazing. [30 characters] That's the look we old-schoolers miss. It's partly why we got hooked in anime. Someone posted AD Police Files, those 3 OVA's were good, but 'The Man who bites his Tongue' was the best. Anyone who wants a simple fun good anime to watch and yes it's Isekai stuff, but it's wholesome and not an endurance challenge, I recommend: EL-Hazard: The Magnificent World  https://myanimelist.net/anime/117/El_Hazard__The_Magnificent_World It's a fun to watch anime, but sadly the [u]"Alternate"[u] Wanderers TV series changed a couple of important characters. It's sequel, El-Hazard 2: The Magnificent World 2  https://myanimelist.net/anime/118/El_Hazard_2__The_Magnificent_World Is more for the type who like the lovey-dovey stuff and concludes the series properly. It's like typical Isekai anime like RE-Zero, Re:Creators, Shield Hero... where the MC's are stuck like chuck and do what they can in the world they show up in, but the the world of El-Hazard is an easy watch at 6 OVA episodes and it's one of those 'light/weird/fun' kind of anime. It's something you can watch with anyone and no one I think can get offended by it, well there is the hot springs thing, but I need to STFU. |
SlimsithMar 21, 2022 12:27 PM
| although it's definitely not unknown, i still think that serial experiements lain is a must watch; like it or not. |
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chiisanatenohira said: golden boy Pixel_Vapour said: I wish more people watched Ashita no Joe. Season 2 was really ahead of it's time. i'd watch it but i really can't take the art & animation of the time maybe reading it sometime That's an interesting take. I can understand it being difficult to get through season 1 though, no matter how amazing it was |
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NickNK said: Original DragonBall, the comedy on the anime is great but most people start at Z I really dislike how slow the 80s anime is. There's a fanmade edit that fixes the pacing, but I feel weird recommending unofficial cuts. If only Toei's Kai didn't skip everything that comes before Raditz, it would be a lot of fun. mwalimu said: Other times it was an attempt to give it more 'shounen appeal' to attract more male viewers (don't get me started on what they did to "Cardcaptor Sakura"). I really liked that, and so did all my male friends. But I admit that if I had to choose between the 2 versions, I would choose the Japanese. |
LucifrostMar 21, 2022 4:51 PM
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Lucifrost said: Because It was based on a gag manga and the show was kinda made for kids too despite the dirty jokes dragon ball hadI really dislike how slow the 80s anime is. There's a fanmade edit that fixes the pacing, but I feel weird recommending unofficial cuts. If only Toei's Kai didn't skip everything that comes before Raditz, it would be a lot of fun. |
 ♪ 𝒜 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒪𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼'𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 ♪ |
| @NickNK Have you considered Dr. Slump? It is yet another old anime I wish others would watch! https://myanimelist.net/anime/3312/Dr_Slump |
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| @Lucifrost Yeah it's a great anime I've watched it too (not in my list tho cause I was too lazy to add lol) , they're the same author akira toriyama(•ω•) |
♪ 𝒜 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓈𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝐼 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒪𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼'𝓂 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒹𝑜 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 ♪ |
| WMT anime in general need more love. Also, there should a WMT revival for sure. |
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ryo-san said: Kochikame is a masterpiece, I just wish any fansubbing group to pick it up, they only aired around 60 episodes in my country.Kindaichi case files and Kochikame both from 1996 so more than 20 years old... That's because of the popularity of the shows in japan and other countries where they were shown compared to rest of Europe and America.. (kochikame was shown in spain on canal tv) |
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Lovely_Hollow said: Ranma 1/2 is a comedy anime from 1989. It was written by the person who wrote Inuyasha. It was something I watched as a kid and is one of my favourite animes of all time. I remember it had some special OVA with other animes from the 1980s like Dragon Ball. Highly recommend if you're looking for a good laugh. The episodes do get a bit repetitive sometiems. i seriously can't believe there's people out there that haven't seen ranma and cardcaptor sakura... But there are.. |
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NekoZamurai said: ryo-san said: Kochikame is a masterpiece, I just wish any fansubbing group to pick it up, they only aired around 60 episodes in my country.Kindaichi case files and Kochikame both from 1996 so more than 20 years old... That's because of the popularity of the shows in japan and other countries where they were shown compared to rest of Europe and America.. (kochikame was shown in spain on canal tv) There's 375 out of which I've watched 312 but I've seen all the special 45 mins episodes and both the movies.. I even took one year Spanish language class just to learn some basic Spanish for the anime and i really love the language but then the virus spread and classes were shut.. and as usual i lost some friends i made there. |
ryo-sanMar 21, 2022 7:39 PM
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| Saint Seiya. Every battle shounen fan who wishes to be more cultured on how many classical battle shounen tropes still present to this day began to take shape -alongside Dragon Ball- should watch Saint Seiya. |
| Saikano, it truly is a tear-jerking work of art and is equally as powerful as Grave of the fireflies with regard to sending an anti-war message. |
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| Oishinbo https://myanimelist.net/anime/1093/Oishinbo?q=Oishinbo%20&cat=anime Many people needs to watch this anime. |
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| None, they'd probably 3/10 them with their crap taste and inability to make the difference between quality animation and ugly-ass photoshop filters. MFW friends of a friend told her "nah Maison Ikkoku is ugly". That's what happens when you grow up with digital cartoons, in a consumerist world that wants you to believe new = better. U_U |
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Sakuta002766 said: Oishinbo https://myanimelist.net/anime/1093/Oishinbo?q=Oishinbo%20&cat=anime Many people needs to watch this anime. All the subbed videos were pulled from youtube, and I believe the new uploads have no English subs. |
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almightybismarck said: ColourWheel said: This reminds me when I 1st saw an Arcade game back in the 80s called "Cliff Hanger". I was at a mall arcade in Colorado at the time and noticed "Lupin the 3rd" was in a videogame but no where on the arcade cabinet did it mention "Lupin the 3rd". They simply called the main character "Cliff". lol What come to their mind when they sh!t these ideas out? I know this is a late reply but back in the 80s laser disc arcade cabinets were all the hype. This included titles such as "Space Ace" and "Dragon's Lair" where even when there was very little freedom to the actual game play and more about pressing buttons at the right time, players still dumped hundreds of dollars in these games. I guess the idea was that someone in the west wanted to capitalize off this idea and turn "Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro" into one of these games. Already being an Animated movie it was easy just to edit it into this type of laser disc game. At the time these specific types of arcade cabinets were the 1st to be able to get players to spend a full dollar for a single credit to play during a time when almost every other game would only cost 25 cents. Since there was no international licensing policy at the time this game was created, the company that produced this game could basically get away calling the game and the character in it anything they wanted. They even referred to "Goemon" as just "Samurai" at the time because they wouldn't think people in the west would care or even know who any of the characters from this franchise are. |
ColourWheelMar 25, 2022 4:46 PM
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