Statistics
Anime Stats
Days: 22.4
Mean Score:
8.20
- Total Entries147
- Rewatched2
- Episodes1,423
Manga Stats
Days: 11.1
Mean Score:
7.82
- Total Entries34
- Reread0
- Chapters525
- Volumes114
All Comments (13) Comments
Since you rate the Rose so highly, might I implore you to watch Brother, Dear Brother as soon as you possibly can? Same director, same mangaka, same type of story, but with all 3 significantly evolved from that time in the 70's. It's truly wonderful, and one of my all-time favorites.
Brings to mind the (less artistically deep) situation with some Macross fans and the currently airing Macross Delta, which I skipped ahead to even though I've only seen SDF Macross, because I like watching anime as it airs. Some say its "magical girl" idols singing on the front lines aren't true to the tone and strengths of Macross, and I can see their point, but I'm loving it.
I can deal with slow-paced - Solaris is pretty slow, there's a five-minute section of just driving on highways in 70's Japan, which looked like the future to Soviet audiences at the time. :D https://www.quora.com/In-the-Tarkovsky-film-Solaris-what-is-the-deal-with-the-overly-long-highway-scene-through-Tokyo/answer/Graeme-Shimmin
Now you've got me curious especially about Ozu and Taste of Tea... maybe I'll take a break from anime sooner than planned.
So which live action Japanese films would you recommend? I majored in film studies in college, but to my surprise there wasn't much actual film study involved, and I've never watched a lot of foreign films. After watching the original Solaris, I plan to fix that, whenever I'm reasonably caught up on anime, which may take another year or so.
My favorite Japanese live action film of the handful I've seen is The Snow Woman. Very magical.
Cool. For the longest time I thought Gundam was a sterile, joyless hard sci-fi/political thing that I wouldn't be able to get into, so I'm glad that's not the case at all. Well, maybe Gundam Wing is, from what I've heard. :D
Great, I hope you love it :) I haven't started Harlock yet myself.
I saw what you wrote about the special feeling of classic anime and I agree - for me there's a sort of feeling of nostalgia for memories I don't actually have. What I've seen of Leiji Matsumoto's work does it more than anything, it's just magical. Ever seen the 2003 classic-style music film he directed for Daft Punk? IMO it's a fantastic use of 67 minutes. I didn't even like that Daft Punk album before I saw it, but now I love it.