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I'm super curious about Garden of Sinners, I helped assist a little with a fan translation project and I thought that the story was very interesting! I haven't read Tsukihime, I've only heard of it but it sounds interesting.

You're right that I've read School Days and Clannad! I've also read Saya no Uta, Higurashi (all time fave), Narcissu, Doki Doki, Totono and some Umineko too. Then there's games with VN-like elements like Corpse Party and Danganronpa that I've enjoyed very much too.

The anime is really something 🤣 but you've read the VN so you know what you're in for! Sekai is for sure my fave, I think that she's very interesting and I like that in my characters!

hi! yes I do and yes I have

Hey thanks for the birthday wishes buddy! Means a lot to me. How have you been? :)

Np, man. I hope that it went well, also what gifts did you get? Sorry for the late response

No wonder Hamdou's voice sounded familiar haha, I only knew that Taiga's seiyuu also voiced Garterbelt from P&S. To me, the saddest part of the Rwandan Genocide was that it could've ended very quickly if any foreign intervention occurred since it was mainly UN peacekeepers there. The US, UK, Belgium (whose policies started the genocide in the first place), France, etc just watched it happen and saw millions of refugees flood to the DRC and Burundi. Also, that Hutu and Tutsi were just class distinctions, not any linguistic or ethnic ones (the former were cattle ranchers and the latter were the elites).

I do wonder how long Sara would've survived with the kids, especially because Hellywood would've been even more desolate and distressing. Do you think that Abelia had a thing for Hamdou for why she dealt with him for so long?

I loved Samumenco, Masayoshi and the spirit of that show lived on in Bravern. I loved all of the toku references and parodies, I didn't mind the Flamengers arc either or the infamous Guillotine Gorilla that made people drop it back in the day. I was more bothered by the introduction of Sawada as a major villain out of nowhere. The Gotou twist also very suprised me too, it all adds up to why we never saw his girlfriend.

I'm watching Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei right now, it's funny to see the mecha references. It aired in the same season as TTGL, so there were tons of references for that and for Seed. Also nice picks for the mecha ops. Also, I love the SMT pfp, that reminds me to play the Digital Devil Saga games

Thank you again for your response. Its good your able to ahng long stories with complex plotlines, since as someone without that kind of time it leads me to drop alot of things. Also i looked into internet archive and its quite a complex system but ill get used to it hopefully. Ill probably try ot read it online via a PDF since thats the only sucesful way ive been able to read a visual novel.

The Nasuverse is highly prestigious and large which makes it very intriguing. You mentioned it being connected to fate, did the author or maybe people who worked on the team also create garden sinners? its a movie and it looked similar. I thought it was just the same studio at first but i ebbeilve its also in the same verse becayse of the simialrities. From the way you described Tuskihime is seems to be more interesting then fate. Fate relies on characters so having an actual plot would be good for once. I personally hate the holy grail war concept, since without the deep rooted background shown in Kireri backstory it sortve wouldve sucked.

You described the story in so much detail + added alot of videos essays tot he point i ddint need to do any extriior reseearch. I tried you link and it worked quite well actually, i played it for like 5 minutes tho so i bookmarked it and ill revisit when i have the time. Not the bggest fan of playing or so ill probably end up watching a gameplay on YT. You mention the manga in your little "guide" but there are only 74 chapters? does it cover everything becuase it seems quit brief if its only that many chapters.

Is it possible to consume the entire franchise within just reading the manga, or would be be preferable to play the game instead. You mentioned prequels, and these are adapted in a manga right? Also im not trying to repeat words but its all a little confusing so could you list out the i would watch the prequels, if there are any plus sequels let me know. It feels like im reliving understanding the fate franchise again. I watched a video essay and i could not be more confused, and its the primary reason people stray away from fate even though its an outstanding series.

I just watched the "Metly Blood Full Opening" vid you attached and it sounds very notasglic and nice. Reminds me of watching soul eater lmao. What do you mean by "Fan animation" by the way, is it a fannon thing of Tuskihime or?

From what i read so far about your reveiw of the story, an attempt of explaining it to me its bit too much information and my response to you right now is supper dry becuase its 2AM and words are getting blurry but it doesnt seem very interesting i wont lie. Plus i would abosulety love to check it out i just had a few questions that i mentioned in my sentences through me replying to you. As i mentioned i prefre reading manga, but would that ruin the experience or maybe dull down anything from the original material? overall, just let me know either i should read the manga, VN or the game (not perfered but if i have to i will)

Thank you for your long ass response and paragraphs since they are very appeircated and i wasnt exppecting you to give so much insight. Its very clear to me how much deification you put into it. Thank you again :)

I don't go out of my way to familiarize myself with seiyu outside of the handful that have caught my interest. I do really like when they select complete outsider's for a series. Ayako Yoshitani was the voice of the heroine and performed the op and ed of Mysterious Girlfriend X and pulled the roll off perfectly. I would hope for something like that for BC as well, especially considering Kinuko Omori was an outsider to the industry. Satelight really might be the best pick not only does Symphogear look closer to BC than anything Wit has ever done the music elements of the newer Macross have definitely stuck out. AIC only doing the newer Tenchi seasons is a bit of a red flag for me. Not to mention at this point the Megazone 23 remake seems unlikely to come out. As much as I hate to say it, I think AIC is done for as a main studio once the Tenchi funding dries up.

I'm suprised to hear Eureka Seven was viewed as an Eva clone. It feels like such a far cry from Eva. I watched a few episodes of Brain Powered recently and it wasn't bad. Definitely something I'll come back to in the future. I think the Dunbine dub simply relied on old European languages to get some pronunciations correct. I haven't seen it so I have no idea what was changed from the Japanese version. I think it's kind of like how Eureka Seven or Mandarake are pronounced differently in Japanese than they appear in English. I never saw Gravion, but Gasaraki probably isn't worth finishing for the mecha. It's less of a mecha show and more of a dry political drama.

Overman King Gainer is definitely on PTW. The robot does have a sort of feminine look. I can occasionally tolerate bad pacing for an interesting show. I was actually talking to my mother in law recently about it. She's really into european costume dramas and she was telling me she's more into the sets and costumes than anything else. The show or film could be terrible, but she'll watch it anyway just because of the aesthetic. I know I've watched a ton of bad series for reasons as shallow as this character design looks nice or this robot is cool.

I think the current state of anime production led to what you're describing. These days there are an insane number of shows coming out every season compared to the past. It's similar to the OVA boom, and there were a ton of awful OVA. They're both made to make a quick buck, but OVA had the advantage of a short run time. It may be that a lot more time and care was put into older TV anime because they were more expensive to produce. These days there are so many tools that make anime production cheaper that it's not a suprise that it seems harder to find an anime that will hold your interest. You'll find a diamond in the rough from time to time, but you really have to look for it. Not to mention with older series you know what to look for Gundam wouldn't have been such a lasting success if it wasn't any good. The generic Isekai of the season will be forgotten as quick as it came.

My interest in toku is mostly just the Showa era toku. The cheap special effects are so charming, but I'll always be an animation first kind of guy. I recently rewatched the Guyver OVA it's a classic. The best toku anime has to be the Giant Robo OVA. They're both inspired by the same manga, but the toku adaptation was first. ;)

I'm not suprised that multiple people would be involved in the design process. Clamp art doesn't translate to animation all that well. There's always the initial design rules too which it sounds like he was responsible for. The Betterman video I watched was this one. Horror and Mecha are such an interesting combination, I also wish we could see more of it. The VS cross over is a staple of SR series I bet it's interesting. Although, I do wonder how well a SR series would translate as a novel. I've never heard of brigadoon, but it does look like something I would enjoy just going off the image here on mal.

I'll probably get around to fafner some time after watching seed. I finally watched Zeta and ZZ recently and am in the middle of the Votoms sequels and spin offs. It will definitely be a while before I get around to it. I might be wore out on the mecha genera for a while by the time I get finished with Votoms. I wouldn't be suprised if there was some Nadesico influence considering it's popularity. Nadesico was a massive hit in Japan. It's likely thanks to the popularity of Ruri, but it was still a great mecha show. The 2d to 3d shift in mecha animation was always a sore spot for mecha fans. I definitely prefer 2d, but some of the 3d animation has been great. I was pleasantly suprised by the 3d in later Votoms OVA. I was reluctant to start it having heard that it was cg, but once I did It quickly grew on me. I also really enjoyed the SSSS.Gridman and SSSS.Dynazenon series' take on 3d. The deliberate choice to animate the monsters like guys in suits added so much personality to the 3d animation.

I watched a ton of YTP back in the day. Sonic, CD-I Zelda, Hotel Mario, etc. I still quote old YTP back and forth with a group of friends. I frequently think of this YTP that would scroll across the screen on the 7chan fail board.

Abridged series were another great source of entertainment for me. A lot of the ones I enjoyed are no longer around or even worse are missing an episode or two. Geass Twist was one my roommate and I enjoyed growing up and last time I checked 2/10 episodes are lost. Higurashi is a long VN, but has the advantage of time loops to fill time. It can be fun for the reader to see the scenes over with added context. Umineko is a popular VN I've never really looked into. I know it's popular among Higurashi fans, but I've still never read Higurashi. I'll likely get around to it eventually. I recently reread Stein's Gate and enjoyed it, and will probably reread Saya no Uta here soon. VN are such a big time commitment that I rarely pick them up. Or when I do it takes me a long time to finish them. It probably took 4 years for me to finally finish all the routes in Clannad. I think there's a download link on the AMV hell website I should get them all while I still can. I look forward to seeing your AMV when it's finished.

I really like the Redman figure, but if it would be great if it was just a little bigger. There are some decent redman action figures that have been made over the years, but I prefer the look and feel of sofubi. There's plenty of places to buy comics, but not a lot of places to read them. Although now that I think about it most comics are shipped bagged and boarded. So as long as you have a place to properly store them there isn't that much of a start up cost. Especially if you go to a local comic shop they usually have the best prices on boxes at least.

Even hard sci-fi writers would use the trope of telepathy, telekinesis, ESP, and so on. Usually achieved through some kind of selective breeding process. One of my favorite sci-fi novels, Ringworld played with the idea of isolating a luck gene. Using a lottery system to allow humans to breed, and waiting for a chain of lottery winners. It wouldn't suprise me if it was the inspiration for Votoms. Ringworld was so popular in Japan that the hobby shop that was started by the crew behind the Daicon films was named after a company in the novel, General Products. The premise of Gilgamesh sounds like it would be entertaining. The bad animation can be fun in its own way. I just have so much on my plate to watch first.

If I remember right the license changed hands from Media Blasters to Pioneer. Likely because neither company had a high expectation of sales. Even though violence isn't typically impacted by obscenity laws there is still a risk of public outcry over violence. Even if it's tame compared to popular horror movies of the time, it wouldn't suprise me if Pioneer just played it safe. The worst part about these obscure series is that it's hard to find raws from a Japanese source. I was able to find ISO of the NA version, but I already have the DVD of that version so that doesn't help. I was able to get a set of Japanese VHS tapes of the series ordered so I'll finally be able to see how things were censored. It's one of those instances where I have no choice, but to buy a set. A remake that actually does justice to the series would be great. I wasn't a huge fan of Devilman Crybaby, but it was neat seeing Devilman reimagined in a new style compared to the old versions. It would really just be cool to see anything done with Demon Lord Dante these days.

Jam Project has definitely had some hits over the years. That MAD is really well edited. Many of the bands that referenced old horror and sci-fi movies grew up watching the films in the 50s or saw reruns on TV. There were a ton of horror and sci-fi films in the 50s that inspired future films like The Fly and The Thing. It goes without saying these same films inspired musicians as well. The most popular was undoubtedly The Misfits with songs like I turned into a Martian or Astro Zombies. They also had thier own record label named after Plan 9 From Outer Space. Another great example would be Bauhaus who had a single that's considered to be the first Goth record, Bela Lugosi's Dead. Dracula is much older than most of the movies that got referenced, but it's also Dracula the most well known movie monster aside from maybe Frankenstein's monster. There are more examples, but Im blanking atm.

I had no idea the Trigun movie had the same problem, and the best character in the show no less. I never watched the Trigun movie, but I really liked the original series and manga. Dubs going unfinished was a problem in the VHS days as well. They would release tapes to low sales and release subsequent episodes all subbed. The subbed releases were usually $5-10 more, but were cheaper to produce. When it came time to abandon VHS and move on to dvd there were dub only releases, but there were the dvds that had the subs now. Plenty of sequels went undubbed too like Rhea Gall Force. There were also odd series that got dubs when the rest didn't. Kimagure Orange Road had a sequel that was released by ADV while the rest of the series was released by Animeigo. I've only ever been able to find it's dubbed tape as a promo. I know there's an official version, but there was so little demand for a dubbed KOR tape that they just didn't sell many. A similar thing happened with Urusei Yatsura. The rights to the second movie were held by a different company than the rest of the series. Both CPM and Animeigo wanted to get the rights to everything, but instead we ended up with one dubbed Urusei Yatsura film in the process. Apparently they were both in Japan trying to secure the rights at the same time.

I was also obsessed with Elfen Lied when I originally saw it. It was the most violent thing I had seen up till that point. The first episode blew my mind. Having seen all the OVA and exploitation films I have at this point Elfen Lied feels like childs play, but I'll never forget that first time I saw and read it. The scenes in the manga that were adapted were toned down big time. The gore is more detailed, the ways people die are more graphic. I especially remember Bando's death being way more brutal in the manga. I never saw Index, it's a series I've had recommended to me a lot, but I've never picked it up.

AOT is definitely something that would have freaked me out as a kid. I didn't watch many horror films or overly violent content as a kid. Mostly because it wasn't as easy to find in a time before streaming services. AOT took so long between seasons that I eventually stopped caring about it. The action was the one thing the series really excelled at, but the story never kept my interest. I think I remember seeing the fan game you're talking about, but I never played it. Speaking of messed up VN. Saya no Uta is definitely crazy, but I've always heard Euphoria is as crazy as it gets. Most everything I've heard about it is more gross than anything else, but it's still miles beyond anything I remember from Saya.

Figure 17 is one I've heard about, but never saw. Giniro no Olynis Tokito is one I'm not familiar with. Those Hisashi Hirai character designs told me immediately it must be a mecha show. I really like watching obscure stuff too. Collecting on VHS really led me to so many interesting series and OVA. I grew up watching anime on TV as a kid, but didn't really get into it hardcore until I got access to the internet. It gave me so many more opportunities to watch and read about anime that I never would have come across. I first got on mal in 2009 after learning about it through another forum. I remember writing down every series I remembered having seen on a sheet of notebook paper and adding them to my list during class when I was supposed to be doing assignments. It was probably making an account on mal that pushed me further into anime. I wish I could respond quicker to our convo, but the only time I get to reply is on the way to work. Although, starting in a couple of weeks I'll have extra time to reply since my commute will go from 10 minutes to an hour. I'm getting payed to drive an hour into the middle of nowhere Kansas and sew air filters for a few months. So rather than a few weeks between messages it might be just 1 or 2. At least I hope it just depends on how the carpooling situation goes.

Thank you for your response. The main reason i avoid them is yea because of how difficult they are to find, not because they are quite long to read. Ill definitely take "internet archive" into account when looking for this series.

I just did a bit of research and found out that Tuskihime is apart of the Nasuverse, which basically sum up all of the works created by the author, and they a lot made fate. It makes sense why they also have the same ditzy art style. That definitely makes it more trustworthy to read, and knowing itll be good since fate is great as well (i only enjoyed UBW, and zero).

To be quite honest, im not the biggest fan of fate, mainly because of how confusingly large the series is, it'll take a lifetime to finish. However, i am a big fan of the themes, especially seeing archers character and death tied into Emiya Shirou, it was something so outstandingly beautiful.

Thank you for going into so much intuitive detail about the series and educating me on its lore and background as its muchly appreciated and i wasn't expecting so much effort. From your description it sounds very complex, yet also interesting so ill have a go at looking more into the story. Though could you clarify maybe like the order, i found the manga but id rather erad the visual novel since even though you talking so highly of it they always water down the content. Alway ends up turning like shit, for example jobless reincarnation. Also i find it intriguing that its free in your browser, not a big game person but ill check it out. Tell me if youd more-so highly recommend the game over the novel.

And to answer your statement, i am indeed interested in checking out the series.

I dont mind questions, so its alright and to answer your question; i do read lgiht/visual novels however i utmost avoid them since they are impossible to find online. Otherwise i would have tried to read more. I've only read the monogatari series and for Tsukihime i have never heard of it before.

Looked it up and dint look familiar, but it looks nice. Would you recommend it?

Thank you

Happy birthday, hope you have a joyous day. Best wishes :)

Happy Birthday!! Hope you've had a good one.

Happy birthday :3

Happy Birthday, man!!!!! Hope that you'll have a special day, today

is your new profile pic from SMT?

You're welcome!