Anime appreciation thread~!

Just started Durarara!!  I'll keep watching because it's pretty interesting, although I'm not entirely sure as to what's going on.  Also, I'm still in the middle of the Patlabor TV series and just finished Robotech: The Macross Saga.  The further I got into Robotech, the better it got and it reminded me a lot of the original Mobile Suit Gundam (still prefer Gundam, though). 

I'll probably be ordering the Attack On Titan blu rays soon, too, as they're both $20 on Funimation's website right now.  Way cheaper than anywhere else I've seen.

MillsLayne wrote: Just watched the first episode of Attack On Titan for the first time and man, it doesn't waste any time getting right into the effed up territory as you see this kid's mom get eaten while their town is overrun with giants.

sleeper wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Welp, after finishing all the Monogatari series out right now (though a series of shorts, Koyomimonogatari, is airing now), I hopped over to another show based on a Nisi Oisin light novel series, Katanagatari. So far it's a well executed, fun, colorful, if unoriginal shonen show.  I've watched Katanagatari and it didn't leave a particualrly good impression on me, it's far too wordy for it's own good, has a tendency for the action to be off screen and the final twist felt really out of character.

To me, the wordiness is one of it's main strengths actually. The tangents, the questions asked, the character traits revealed make it feel a bit more realistic, or novel-like. The action is rather underwhelming, though, and sometimes the art style can be too "cartoon-y." As well, it occasionally pulls in shonen tropes I didn't really want to see. It's not a hugely memorable series, to be honest, even though I'm enjoying it. There's not been much that's intrigued or moved me, yet. My reaction to the show is summed up this way: "Nice." 

Polymorphia wrote: Welp, after finishing all the Monogatari series out right now (though a series of shorts, Koyomimonogatari, is airing now), I hopped over to another show based on a Nisi Oisin light novel series, Katanagatari. So far it's a well executed, fun, colorful, if unoriginal shonen show.

I've watched Katanagatari and it didn't leave a particualrly good impression on me, it's far too wordy for it's own good, has a tendency for the action to be off screen and the final twist felt really out of character.

I'd started watching the more recent Durarara!! series and realised I'd forgotten too much of what had happened previously so I've gone back to the start to watch it all again.

Welp, after finishing all the Monogatari series out right now (though a series of shorts, Koyomimonogatari, is airing now), I hopped over to another show based on a Nisi Oisin light novel series, Katanagatari. So far it's a well executed, fun, colorful, if unoriginal shonen show. 

Finished the Patlabor movie timeline a while ago and now I'm almost through Great Teacher Onizuka.  So dumb and hilarious and I love it!

I'm working my way through the Patlabor movie timeline right now.  I only have Patlabor 2 left after watching XIII last night. 

I liked Shinji as a character. Maybe because, sadly, I could relate to him. He's a surprising character in and inherently unrealistic genre, which, I think, is why he's as polarizing as he is.

watching smile precure k

MillsLayne wrote: Finished Neon Genesis Evangelion for the first time yesterday, watching both the original 25th and 26th episodes, and The End of Evangelion.  The End ending is a lot better than the original tv ending, although it's still fairly hard to know what happened, if there even is a clear ending or if it's just supposed to be interpreted however the viewer feels happened (if THAT even makes sense) .  I liked the whole thing a lot, and I'll probably watch it again in the future to try to understand it better, although Shinji annoyed the hell out of me on numerous occasions.

I think the annoying aspect of Shinji was an adequate plot device. If anything it makes him seem like a real child rather than just another "pubescent boy becomes mech pilot" character. I really love the loose interpretation of the Judeo-Christian Apocalypse mythos that went into the creation of this anime. It took quite a lot of imagination and a quite a bit of research to get this done. It may take a rewatch or two to fully understand the anime, and even then you'll still be scratching your head. I don't know if I'd recommend the newer films though. I just finished 3.33 and it left me very unsatisfied, though 2.22 was good. I'd have to wait to see the final installment before I make a final verdict.

While on the subject of rewatch, I'm on my first rewatch of Steins;Gate and am now catching a lot that I missed when I first watched it, especially with the events that took place in the pilot.


Edited by EloyFan - January 10 2016 at 14:33