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Mar 25, 3:33 AM
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Besides Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo do you think Shinichirou Watanabe has ever reached that same height at any other point in his career? Or do you think even those two aren't anything great? Will his next work Lazarus change sth in his track record? Are you looking forward to it? If so, what expectations do you have? How would you rank all of his works that you've watched?

I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year. Everything looks the same. Besides Witch Hat Atelier which we still haven't gotten a release date Lazarus is the only other new anime that looks interesting even more so with Chad Stahelski (The Matrix, John Wick) helming the action sequences. At the same time however I've also heard that Watanabe fell off after Samurai Champloo with Carole & Tuesday being his bottommost. So here I just wanna have the correct expectations with Lazarus. I did like Terror in Resonance but I haven't seen the rest of his works.

Also you can recommend me other new shows from 2024 onwards that you consider different from the rest. Ik that many people love the 2020s era but you cannot but admit that anime's running out of ideas lately. Tho I might give you the benefit of the doubt that I'm the one who's missing the good stuff so if you can please help me out as well as others like me coz that'd be much appreciated.
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Mar 25, 3:35 AM
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Zankyou no Terror is definitely my favorite.

@TRC_Randy I simply liked the story a lot. I found it intriguing.

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Zankyou no Terror is definitely my favorite.

@TRC_Randy I simply liked the story a lot. I found it intriguing.

@Serafos What did you like about it?
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Well not much fan of Cowboy Bebop but I do enjoy Space Dandy I think that's my favorite of his work because I like the classic 80s mc like Ryo Saeba and LupinIII with a little slapstick

I don't know about Lazarus because it goes back being a Cowboy Bebop it kind of little scary if you expect like Cowboy Bebop not being own identity

(Wish we got more Space Cobra, City Hunter and LupinIII) But I excited for Cat's Eye returns)
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From those you listed I only didn't watch Macross Plus - Zankyou no Terror is my favorite, then Sakamichi no Apollon, Spaceโ˜†Dandy and Carole & Tuesday, still I love each one of them dearly [for one reason or another]

I need to rewatch Zankyou no Terror, but just thinking about it gives me chills. The music? The tragedy? The art? The guys?, I love it!!!

and I'm looking forward too Lazarus :D

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does that include the old guys too?

I mean yeah, I didn't really care about the writing but the direction is ridiculously good.
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does that include the old guys too?

I mean yeah, I didn't really care about the writing but the direction is ridiculously good.
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does that include the old guys too?


The detective was hot as hell, so the husbando count is 3 in this one.



"but the direction is ridiculously good." right? I love it!

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I'm hoping for something special.

Bebop is a masterpiece.

I enjoyed Space Dandy, but it was a bit of fun, Sakamichi no Apollon was great, interesting setting and that signature love of music being central to it.

Champloo is magnificently stylish and I love the characterisation, but it's not got the depth of Bebop or Sakamichi no Apollon.

Zankyou no Terror... took me a while to get my head around it... but once I saw it as being the story of the detective and not the kids it clicked better for me... it's good but lesser than Kids on the Slope.

I haven't seen enough of Carole & Tuesday to have a firm opinion on it... it seems fine, again, love of music shines through but the first episode did not grab hold of me and scream you'll still be talking about this show in 20 years like Bebop did...
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I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year. Everything looks the same. Besides Witch Hat Atelier which we still haven't gotten a release date Lazarus is the only other new anime that looks interesting


You should watch the trailers for the upcoming donghua lord of the mysteries

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I'm hoping for something special.

Bebop is a masterpiece.

I enjoyed Space Dandy, but it was a bit of fun, Sakamichi no Apollon was great, interesting setting and that signature love of music being central to it.

Champloo is magnificently stylish and I love the characterisation, but it's not got the depth of Bebop or Sakamichi no Apollon.

Zankyou no Terror... took me a while to get my head around it... but once I saw it as being the story of the detective and not the kids it clicked better for me... it's good but lesser than Kids on the Slope.

I haven't seen enough of Carole & Tuesday to have a firm opinion on it... it seems fine, again, love of music shines through but the first episode did not grab hold of me and scream you'll still be talking about this show in 20 years like Bebop did...
@rbp_pbr2 I've been hesitant with Kids on the Slope due to the fact it's a school setting. Or is it more than just a musical-school story? Besides the manga ended just 3 months before it aired so there could be a rushed/cliffhanger ending but I hope not.
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I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year. Everything looks the same. Besides Witch Hat Atelier which we still haven't gotten a release date Lazarus is the only other new anime that looks interesting


You should watch the trailers for the upcoming donghua lord of the mysteries
@fanaticrat thanks but I'm not in the mood for Chinese language. Not right now.
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@fanaticrat thanks but I'm not in the mood for Chinese language. Not right now.
@TRC_Randy Missing on some really good shit, at least consider watching it later

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@TRC_Randy Missing on some really good shit, at least consider watching it later
@fanaticrat yeah that's why I said not right now. Plus, unlike Lazarus I didn't even know someone made such a show until you told me. Not to mention regardless if the trailer is this good no one knows how good the ACTUAL show will be.
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@rbp_pbr2 I've been hesitant with Kids on the Slope due to the fact it's a school setting. Or is it more than just a musical-school story? Besides the manga ended just 3 months before it aired so there could be a rushed/cliffhanger ending but I hope not.
@TRC_Randy

It's one of three shows I can think of that has any engagement with the Vietnam War and how it affected Japanese society if that helps :) It seems anime hardly ever touches that little window of Japanese radicalism in the 1960s.

I liked the ending, partly because its unusual setting let it have an out that usually you don't get with a story where the central characters are 2 boys and a girl.

I found it really interesting because it's an interesting reflection on both modern western influence in Japan and the Catholic themes which go back a wee bit longer lol
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@fanaticrat yeah that's why I said not right now. Plus, unlike Lazarus I didn't even know someone made such a show until you told me. Not to mention regardless if the trailer is this good no one knows how good the ACTUAL show will be.
@TRC_Randy As someone who has read the source material, I will guarantee you that its going to be really good. Also many people who watched the 1st episode in an offline screening event said its good and true to the source + even the author is overseeing the production, so-
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Wasn't Space Dandy a project shared between multiple teams and directors?
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To me even Champloo isn't quite on the level of Bebop, but the only time he really disappointed me was with Zankyou no terror which was just painfully average and not all that interesting or well written/directed imo. Sakamichi no Apollon, Macross Plus and especially Space Dandy are all great as well, just slightly different and I also quite liked Carole & Tuesday, although probably not quite as much as the others I mentioned. But the only one I barely enjoyed at all is Zankyou no Terror. But even the goats can miss once. After all Yuasa also did 'Japan Sinks: 2020' and Dazai did 'Hakugei'. The only one of my favorite directors that doesn't have any obvious weak link in their filmography seems to be Takahata.
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TRC_Randy said:
I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year.

It’s time to start watching some donghua (Chinese animation) instead.
Start with Ne Zha & Ne Zha 2. Better than any anime that aired this year.

China is the future.
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Terror was pretty good, Space Dandy might be better, but I haven't watched it yet.
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TRC_Randy said:
I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year.

It’s time to start watching some donghua (Chinese animation) instead.
Start with Ne Zha & Ne Zha 2. Better than any anime that aired this year.

China is the future.
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Champloo > Space Dandy > Bebop > Apollon (dropped) > Terror (dropped)

Not a fan of Watanabe, but I'm still curious to see Lazarus.

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Also you can recommend me other new shows from 2024 onwards that you consider different from the rest. Ik that many people love the 2020s era but you cannot but admit that anime's running out of ideas lately. Tho I might give you the benefit of the doubt that I'm the one who's missing the good stuff so if you can please help me out as well as others like me coz that'd be much appreciated.

The problem with defining uniqueness is that in many cases it's relative; I mean that the same anime could be seen as unique or generic, depending on our own point of view. Some examples from 2024 and 2025:

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction:
- aliens invading the Earth (not unique)
- a NON-action, NON-mecha sci-fi about trying to live a normal life despite the looming threat of the aliens invading the Earth (not sure if truly unique, but definitely less common than having our protagonists be the heroes who'll fight the invaders, oftentimes following the "enemy of the week" formula)

Okitsura:
- generic romcom with zero development (not unique)
- learning a lot of interesting facts (65 facts in 12 episodes) about Okinawa and Okinawans (unique)

You've already watched and rated 7/10 the anime I would have recommended the most, so the only things left I would personally recommend you are the above-mentioned Okitsura (only if you're interested in Okinawa) and Gimai Seikatsu (a slow, grounded romance with artsy directing).
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TRC_Randy said:
I'm actually having a problem that I don't have anything new to watch from this year.

It’s time to start watching some donghua (Chinese animation) instead.
Start with Ne Zha & Ne Zha 2. Better than any anime that aired this year.

China is the future.
@Old_School_Akira well Ne Zha 1 was.. uh..adequate.
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The problem with defining uniqueness is that in many cases it's relative; I mean that the same anime could be seen as unique or generic, depending on our own point of view.
I mean one can simply take a look at my profile and roughly tell what I'm talking about but I get you.

Nirinbo said:
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction:
- aliens invading the Earth (not unique)
- a NON-action, NON-mecha sci-fi about trying to live a normal life despite the looming threat of the aliens invading the Earth (not sure if truly unique, but definitely less common than having our protagonists be the heroes who'll fight the invaders, oftentimes following the "enemy of the week" formula)
pretty much it but most unique of all would be Asano's artwork.

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Gimai Seikatsu
ah yes, stepsister. Never thought someone would text me this.
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Wasn't Space Dandy a project shared between multiple teams and directors?
@alshu according to wiki:

Directed by
Shinichirล Watanabe (chief)
Shingo Natsume

Produced by
Masahiko Minami
Motoki Mukaichi
Hirofumi Inagaki
Hirotsugu Ogisu
Yukako Inoue
Yukihiro Itล

Written by
Shinichirล Watanabe
Dai Satล
Kimiko Ueno
Ichirล ลŒkลchi
Keiko Nobumoto
Toh EnJoe
Masaaki Yuasa
Hayashi Mori
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
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@TRC_Randy As someone who has read the source material, I will guarantee you that its going to be really good. Also many people who watched the 1st episode in an offline screening event said its good and true to the source + even the author is overseeing the production, so-
@fanaticrat you should've just said this earlier.
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How much do they pay for your shill service?
@Zarutaku nobody paid me. I recognize peak fiction when I see it ๐Ÿ˜
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Macross Plus
how many Macross entries have you seen? I see myself doing Plus, 7 and F in the future. Hope they're worth it.

Alcoholicide said:
The only one of my favorite directors that doesn't have any obvious weak link in their filmography seems to be Takahata.
I'd say Hotaru no Haka but that's when compared to his other works.
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ah yes, stepsister. Never thought someone would text me this.

I guarantee it isn't the dumb romance you'd expect from the title. On the contrary, the main reason it isn't everyone's cup of tea is that it's super slow (I usually get bored pretty easily, but not in this case).
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As far as I'm concerned, Cowboy Bebop is the only masterpiece on the list, everything else is just very aesthetic and well animated eye candy.

Bot that the other shows are bad, they just cannot even be compared to Cowboy Bebop or be put in the same category.
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Lazarus looks very polished, and the action direction is what's getting me to watch it, but it also feels kind of bland to me for some reason... I hope I'm proven wrong.

I've only finished Sakamichi no Apollon from that list, and it's an easy recommend if you like anime about music, especially jazz. Also, I found Japan in the 60s to be an interesting setting.

One caveat would be that it's based on a josei manga, and that could be why the anime feels a little too melodramatic at times. The storyline being somewhat forced and unsatisfying seems to be a common complaint. I recognize this, but I still like the anime overall.

On his other stuff:

I couldn't get very far into Zankyou no Terror. Maybe I was in the wrong mood back then, but it felt edgy and dull at the same time and really got on my nerves... I might try again at some point.

I was into Carole & Tuesday at first, but it quickly ran out of steam, had to drop it. Plus I didn't like the main characters' songs. I won't be coming back to this one.
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TRC_Randy said:
Also you can recommend me other new shows from 2024 onwards that you consider different from the rest. Ik that many people love the 2020s era but you cannot but admit that anime's running out of ideas lately. Tho I might give you the benefit of the doubt that I'm the one who's missing the good stuff so if you can please help me out as well as others like me coz that'd be much appreciated.


Seems you are really picky about Anime. The only thing modern I can think of released from 2024 to present that you 'might' like would be "The Fable" if you can stand extremely strong Kansai dialect at times.


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Apollon is the best because it's based on a preexisting story that Watanabe had no hand in.
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It seems it's hip today to dish on Cowboy Bebop and say it isn't good..

But its 27 year history says otherwise, it's his most successful work by far, even if it's very recently fallen out of fashion with Current Gen.
You haven't mentioned Michiko & Hatchin .. he was producer on that, it exists, Macross Plus is neither here nor there; same with Apollon, and I saw hardly any praise of Carole & Tuesday anywhere until maybe this thread today.
The key visuals of Lazarus are basically key jangling that it wants to be the successor to Cowboy Bebop but I didn't see that by the story synopsis.
I'll see how it is by a few episodes, if it doesn't capture me I'll drop it.
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When people talk about Watanabe they fail to mention the short films he has directed, as is the case in this thread, even though they are pretty good as his full length ones. A Detective Story was really great visually and a great detective noir story in itself. Apart from that Kid's Story, Baby Blue and Blade Runner Blackout were pretty well done as well.
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It seems it's hip today to dish on Cowboy Bebop and say it isn't good..

But its 27 year history says otherwise, it's his most successful work by far, even if it's very recently fallen out of fashion with Current Gen.
You haven't mentioned Michiko & Hatchin .. he was producer on that, it exists, Macross Plus is neither here nor there; same with Apollon, and I saw hardly any praise of Carole & Tuesday anywhere until maybe this thread today.
The key visuals of Lazarus are basically key jangling that it wants to be the successor to Cowboy Bebop but I didn't see that by the story synopsis.
I'll see how it is by a few episodes, if it doesn't capture me I'll drop it.
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Michiko & Hatchin .. he was producer on that

Michiko & Hatchin is not directed by him tho so why mention it?

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Easily Sakamichi no Apollon (9/10), and it's not even close. It's the only one I really remember clearly, and the only one I've bothered to rewatch.

I enjoyed the others, too. I gave Carole & Tuesday an 8, Zankyou no Terror an 8, and Space Dandy a 7.

I think Cowboy Bebop (8/10 for me) is mostly deserving of the love it gets. It's not perfect, it's not the Best Thing Ever, but I really think it's a really good series. I wasn't the biggest fan of Samurai Champloo. I would be lying if I said I really remembered anything about it more than 20 years later, but I rated it 7/10 back then (on another site, since MAL didn't exist yet), so I must have liked it fine. Still, I remember not really understanding the hype at the time.

Since I've never been unhappy with one of Watanabe's anime, I'm expecting to enjoy Lazarus, even if it probably won't be a new favorite.



I haven't seen Macross Plus.
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We should start with one question: Should Lazarus be considered anime? It appears to be made for Toonami, and not Japanese audiences, so should it even be on this website? The Rick and Morty anime was the same way, and it is not on this website. If it was, it would certainly have a very low score.
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Ah that Beebop saga... it a wound that will never heal you know...
Spike is dead and still nothing can change it, but there is Live-action TV series, other look for the franchise - gives new hope...
But again Beebop story is something like Shekspere... SAD...
Other work of theese author are also good(cant he brind Spike back? sad...)
Lazarus is upcoming... for me it is like making profits using Beebops succes...
Ok, name that anime Lazarus and make him second cuson of third sister of Spike Spiegel...
Thats how I see it IMHO...
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Easily Sakamichi no Apollon (9/10), and it's not even close. It's the only one I really remember clearly, and the only one I've bothered to rewatch.

I enjoyed the others, too. I gave Carole & Tuesday an 8, Zankyou no Terror an 8, and Space Dandy a 7.

I think Cowboy Bebop (8/10 for me) is mostly deserving of the love it gets. It's not perfect, it's not the Best Thing Ever, but I really think it's a really good series. I wasn't the biggest fan of Samurai Champloo. I would be lying if I said I really remembered anything about it more than 20 years later, but I rated it 7/10 back then (on another site, since MAL didn't exist yet), so I must have liked it fine. Still, I remember not really understanding the hype at the time.

Since I've never been unhappy with one of Watanabe's anime, I'm expecting to enjoy Lazarus, even if it probably won't be a new favorite.



I haven't seen Macross Plus.
@palm-tree

You should give Baby Blue a watch as well, it's a part of Genius Party anthology.
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When people talk about Watanabe they fail to mention the short films he has directed, as is the case in this thread
bcoz that isn't my purpose? It's not like I didn't know that he's directed some shorts as well. I'm just not into that right now. Besides, apart from Black Out 2022 (seen this long ago) these "short films" aren't exactly short films as they're part of anthology films that also involved others besides him. Simply namedropping "short films" is a bit of a false advertising.

So I didn't fail anything.
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Seems you are really picky about Anime.
really?

But yes, I HAVE noticed The Fable since it came out. Just hesitant and with Kansai dialect in anime, if done well they actually sound better than standard Japanese. At least for me.
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The key visuals of Lazarus are basically key jangling that it wants to be the successor to Cowboy Bebop but I didn't see that by the story synopsis.
one concern I have when I first saw the KVs and trailer is that it looks like a Bebop-Akudama Drive love child with some parkour-ish sprinkle on.
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We should start with one question: Should Lazarus be considered anime? It appears to be made for Toonami, and not Japanese audiences, so should it even be on this website? The Rick and Morty anime was the same way, and it is not on this website. If it was, it would certainly have a very low score.
@ForgotEyeWasHere if the Japanese are heavily involved in making them then yeah.
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Macross Plus definitely.
Bebop and Space Dandy I find to be kinda overhyped (also not vibing at all with the dubs, prefer the subs) because their originality boils down to "Western TV show BUT ANIME". Not saying they're bad just overhyped for what they are.
And yeah he fell off HARD after Space Dandy.
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@fanaticrat you should've just said this earlier.
@TRC_Randy I guess, but yes i hope you watch it when it comes out lol

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Michiko & Hatchin .. he was producer on that

Michiko & Hatchin is not directed by him tho so why mention it?

https://myanimelist.net/people/6856/Sayo_Yamamoto
@Old_School_Akira I didn't say he directed it, he produced it. If you look up what a producer does vs a director, it's the executive the more important role... why wouldn't we mention it?
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Carole & Tuesday started out decent and remained as such during its 1st cour, only to completely fumble the bag towards the finale and have an ending that rivals other failed high profile originals in terms of how bad it was.
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JoeChip said:
When people talk about Watanabe they fail to mention the short films he has directed, as is the case in this thread
bcoz that isn't my purpose? It's not like I didn't know that he's directed some shorts as well. I'm just not into that right now. Besides, apart from Black Out 2022 (seen this long ago) these "short films" aren't exactly short films as they're part of anthology films that also involved others besides him. Simply namedropping "short films" is a bit of a false advertising.

So I didn't fail anything.
@TRC_Randy

Nice coping you have there, I would expect nothing less from the foremost conceited Monster stan of MAL. Good job!

PS When I said they I wasn't specifically referring to you, but to all people who posted here, otherwise I would have used your name or said OP.
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JoeChip said:
Nice coping you have there, I would expect nothing less from the foremost conceited Monster stan of MAL. Good job!
only JoeChip can bring up Monster stanning in a Shinichirou Watanabe thread. Good job! Talk about coping.

JoeChip said:
PS When I said they I wasn't specifically referring to you, but to all people who posted here, otherwise I would have used your name or said OP.
great. At least I clarified that I'm not one of them.
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"Space Dandy" actually got so good. I was pleasantly surprised by it and it's my favorite out of the ones I've seen that's listed in the poll.
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