currently i am watching Rozen Maiden, and it is better than i thought.
Started watching Astarotte no Omocha, its very interesting for now, the main heroine is very good too.
I am re watching Yuru Yuri as of now
Yuru Camp
Rewatching Shuffle! after years
Dragon Maid S is missing something from season 1 but I can't put my finger on it.
My Next Life as a Villainess s2 on the other hand feels like a continuation of season 1.
>>19
It might have to do with the fact that it is directed by a different person since the one in charge of S1 died in the arson attack.
Idaten is a refreshing take on the 'teens with superpowers' formula. Being stronger than the villains and removing them the moment they appear instead of wasting whole arcs fighting them or leaving them to reappear in the future is something I fully welcome!
Heike Monogatari
Poster number 15 has bad taste. Haruhi was fun but Ouran High School Host Club has the better Haruhi.
I bet you're one of those people who unironiclly thinks you have to have a high IQ to understand Rick and Morty TV isn't that deep anon LOL.
>>18
Not that poster, but if I were him I don't think I would take the guy that doesn't know how to spell unironically seriously when in a discussion about high IQs.
>>14 knows, because he sucked them all
>>21
Hehe, cuck.
Yes Haruhi season 1 was fun but season 2 sucked ass.
Have you ever realized how unnatural and cringy the dialogue is in a lot of anime?
When I was a teen, I used to watch loads of moeblob anime and thought it was nice and cute etc. but then my irl Japanese friend told me that nobody actually talks like this in Japan except chuunis and manchildren.
Then I started paying closer attention to what the characters were saying, their mannerisms, etc. And now I've come to the point where I can't even watch an anime without cringing, unless the dialogue is realistic.
Does anyone else here feel the same?
Watch documentaries.
>>1
Sometimes the autism of anime is funny... And sometimes give me cringe. However, now I can accept more autism form Japan. Nya~
>>17
The problem I think OP is getting at is this:
Maybe some of those complains are mine. I watched season 1 and 2 of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" (English dub) on Netflix, and while it was interesting and had its high points, I felt like over all it was sorta lame. Sometimes I would switch over to the Japanese audio to hear the interesting Engrish.
It felt like the show was directed towards children and teenagers, which is not a problem to me insofar as it is still appealing to me. However, some stuff only children and teens can really like. As an adult I do like watching "Courage the Cowardly Dog" (so far), probably more than I liked watch Jojo. Maybe the difference is one is more in the action genre and the other is more in the humorous genre.
Try watching the new Hunter X Hunter anime after watching the old one.
>Speaking of bad animes, should I watch the "Death Note" anime series on Netflix? I've heard that there is some controversy around the Netflix version of it, like they changed some things that they shouldn't have or something.
No idea. It probably was about their adaptation being absolute shit that raped the original. I watched the review shitting on it 4 times already, maybe it excuses the existence of it somewhat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njmCtiO_Xj8
>if you listen closely to the dialogue in a lot of movies you'll notice it's quite stilted and doesn't really sound much like how real people speak, even movies with good actors
Especially movies with good actors.
There is a reason, why a genre called "mumblecore" exists.
Isn't this a copypasta? I swear I heard the same thing about the AVGN.
>>22
It reads like a pasta, but I've been seeing a surprisingly large amount of non-pasta critiques on AVGN/Nostalgia Critic/TGWTG/(etc) that runs along the same lines as of late. This is especially true since Mister Metokur released his series on TGWTG and related parties.
Not super surprising, all things taken into account, since AVGN/TGWTG was largely something that Millenial/early Zoomer kids would watch in their teens. That particular generation has always struck me as being incapable of realizing that some of what they enjoyed in the past is stupid and letting bygones be bygones, so they tend to let out that particular neurosis by reeing about it on the Internet instead. lol
I love media that embraces a distinction between realistic speech and dramatic speech. I don't care if it's not realistic. It is a dramatic form. It is inherently artificial. It should embrace that and pull all the tropes that make us like it to begin with.
When are they going to get off the boat?
welp
May Miura sensei forever sail on the boat to paradise.
Insert Gut’s Theme
I've got some really bad news, guys...
Berserk - Theme of Guts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnC8fYwem2o
Mainly Japanese history.
If WW2 is your thing, you might like "The Cockpit". It is on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juYrhNGH5tM
LoGH
The History Behind Kantai Collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IuCBj7WB0o
Does anybody like to buy anime on VHS, or own any collections from back in the day?
Not going to try and make any hipster argument about VHS being superior to DVD or anything like that. Just think it's neat. It's a good format for enjoying official releases of 90s anime on. The thickness of the boxes also adds to the shelf art charm when you have a complete set. The early history of the anime home video industry is also pretty interesting to me.
I only have Magic Knight Rayearth (complete), some Sailor Moon and some Dragon Ball, I'd like to find some series from the 90s that had small enough runs to get a complete set relatively easy.
>>2
But you can't flip a digital collection for more than you paid when you bought it.
Yes, I have several anime tapes. I have a bunch of DBZ tapes, Pokemon tapes, a few The Slayers tapes and Yu-Gi-Oh tapes, and some movies. I don't look for tapes, but if they appear in second hand stores I will buy them
Speaking of old anime-related stuff, what exactly was this: https://archives.4-ch.net/politics/kareha.pl/1111851720/2 ? Anyone remember http://raspberryheaven.net:53284/ ?
From https://archives.4-ch.net/politics/kareha.pl/1111851720/ :
>Heavy Metal music used to torture (4)
>1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-03-26 15:42 ID:yTVz4Nk9
>http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=U1ZT2AHYZ4QQYCRBAEKSFEY?type=topNews&storyID=8005978
>American soldiers tortured Iraqi prisoners at a military base in Mosul but nobody was court martialed over the abuse, U.S. army documents say.
>
>Deafening heavy metal music was played, and guards threw cold water onto hooded prisoners and sounded bullhorns beside their heads.
>
>Ouch, Heavy Metal. That's mean.
>
Raspberry Heaven was the name of the ending theme for Azumanga Daioh
I just finished getting a complete set of Sorcerer Hunters. I enjoyed the series a lot, watched it for the first time this way.
I have a huge collection of anime on laserdisc. Huge import LD boxes are the peak of physical media, 12 inch art is great. Have stuff like the Maison Ikkoku 24 disc set, the Studio Ghibli box, which cost an incredible amount back in the day (but are cheap now).
My physical collection is 90% bootleg. I have a more official music collection than I do anime/movies. I definitely don't buy expensive anime box sets these days, because I want anime sales to plummet in America and a good majority of the western world. The less money anime makes outside Japan, the less interest Japan has in appealing to the American market, with CGI and western values.
>>10
Older media is pretty affordable. $2-5 a tape generally unless it's highly collectible, but even then they're generally more affordable than DVDs. I'm surprised to see the prices have stayed so low, as I would assume that the market would react similarly to the retro game market - old technology, scarce quantities, will never be made again, and so on - but shit's still the same price you would find at an early 00's flea market or garage sale.
>>11
VHS tapes in general are affordable, but subtitled Japanese anime on VHS/Laserdisc is pretty rare to find unless it's popular stuff like the OP mentioned (sailor moon, eva and dbz). Unless you're talking about RAW anime, which in that case is pretty reasonable no matter where you buy it from. eBay's the #1 home for scammers on the internet and even there I managed to buy a shitton of anime laserdiscs, and even a few animation cels from the original minky momo anime from the same seller.
Inspired by the "What anime really surprised you and why?" thread, I think it's time we fess up and say that that one series we always insult, belittle, or just ignore is actually the one that touched us deep in our heart.
For me the main one that pops into mind is Gravitation. It and couple episodes of Loveless are the only two shōnen-ai animes I've ever seen, but I ended up really liking this to the point that I even read the manga too. I don't even remember why I started watching it, but the drama and dynamics between Shuichi and Eiri kept me hooked. Of course I'll never admit this and have on more than one occasion made fun of Gravitation with my friends, but somewhere deep in my closest is a box with all 12 manga volumes and the anime boxset lovingly packed away.
Hetalia is the other one that I've recently become pretty obsessed with but hide from others. Enough of my friends have seen the anime that I feel comfortable admitting that I like to watch it, but if anyone asks if I've read the web comic I pretend like I don't even know there is a web comic.
So yeah, please share your secret anime loves or better yet, any stories you may have about being caught or something. It'll be cool to read and who knows, you it may even inspire us to watch something we normally would not.
I'm afraid to do anything in public to be honest. I'm gaining nothing and risking a lot, so to hell with it. Friends? What's that?
>>90
That's my line of reasoning. People decide within the first 10 seconds of meeting whether they like you or not. Might as well admit that you like anime
Meeting new people. Ever. How does this even happen to you?
>>92
I don't meet a lot of new people anymore because of the stupid meme flu, but before that, my college had an anime club. It kind of sucked because everyone was always talking over the anime, but it was a way to meet new people
>>93
What type of anime do people watch at anime clubs? I always assumed it would just be battle shonen.
I wouldn't say ashamed because I have chad thundercock self-assurance and I don't feel bad for my taste, but man oh man I fucking loved Mysterious Girlfriend X. It was honestly really charming and cute as fuck. Though, yeah, the ending was a letdown.
READ THE MANGA YOU FAGS.
>implying I can read
Mysterious Girlfriend X was interesting. It had really really detailed art at first, but got to really really good eroticism closer to the end instead.
vtubers
You should have gone after Aniplex instead.
Sorry guys. I made this shitty joke thread when the only news online was "someone set one of KyoAni's studios on fire," then went to bed. Now I woke up and 33 people are confirmed dead and it's turned into the largest mass murder in Japan since WWII ended. I'd delete it if I could.
why'd he do it?
>>3
When the police were arresting him witnesses heard him shouting "plagiarism" (パクりやがって.)
There was a dubious post on 5ch about some train otaku coining the word "barisaku" to refer to something and then getting enraged that Hibike Euphonium used it as slang for a baritone saxophone. It is probably unrelated though because apparently that guy has a twitter account and has kept tweeting since the arson.
it was me, sorry
>>5
Why the FUCK would you do that you goddamn psychopath?
We didn’t start the fire
It was always burnin'
YOU GET TO BURNING
KIMI RASHIKU HOKO RASHIKU MUKATTE YO
Since the world's been turnin'
It's gotta happen sooner or later, maybe they're waiting for the series to end first? How many more volumes is that guy supposed to churn out before they start drawing storyboards?
Anyway, it's a good idea; I'd pirate it... hell, I might even buy it.
>>42
well, maybe some day he changes his mind.
>>44
Considering that tomorrow (2021-06-09) will mark the official fourteen-year anniversary of this thread's creation, I tend to agree...
RIP our collective hopes and dreams of an official Yotsubato! anime or OAV project, I guess.
Time is ruthless.
It can't be made right now. It doesn't follow any of the current trends in anime. You can't count on name recognition in anime because most new fans don't care about old stuff, they just want to consume seasonals.
Wow, me not most. Me special! Yay!
c: reape
>>48
Found the low-functioning autistic~
Sadly can't even deny.
Oh, by the way, "anime fans" is like 1% of anime watchers, practically a vocal minority. Their opinion doesn't matter that much. Depends on anime though, some pander to them so heavily that they are at least half of all the viewers.
>>50
How doesn't their opinion matter if they're pretty much the only ones keeping the industry afloat with a stable stream of money? As far as I remember anime studios make most of their profits from selling merchandise, holding special events etc., and nobody but these "anime fans" is willing to pay for that.
Wow, tv adverts don't count anymore? Amazing, I can see why those are so amazing, they don't have to give a shit about what advertisers think.
Late night anime depends on dvd/blueray sales, but other probably not as much. Not sure if such anime exists even still.
Was pretty good
uhm no it wasn't
It was alright. Girl was cute.
Rewatched last 4 minutes of the final episode about 10 times, really good. Really really good lyrics.