Anime appreciation thread~!

^ I think Attack on Titan will continue next year.

It's not finished yet? I guess the writer isn't interested on ending the story.

sleeper wrote: Yeah, he hasn't released a new chapter for Berserk in some time now. It has been running for nearly 30 years now so it's not that much of a surprise that he's got a bit bored with it, but the Dark Age is so far considerably longer than the Golden Age and made up of multiple arcs at this point.

sleeper wrote: Really? Maybe he's restarted then, there was certainly a period not so long ago where there wasn't anything.

I have started watching Ghost Hunt recently. After the impact from Attack on Titan it seems nothing special, but it is a very nice, rather calm story so far, though I think it will become more scary during the following arcs. What I particularly like about it is the depiction of the characters as good-willed but fallible persons without the overblown perfection which you see in other stories about esoteric professionals. The only exception is Kazuya "Naru" Shibuya but the others make fun of him for being so narcisstic. It is a well working mixture of slight comedy and scary ghost stories.

I'm currently watching Ergo Proxy, the first three episodes were quite confusing, very fast-paced, but then it all made sense. Great story, I'm really enjoying it so far  The most confusing thing was knowing that Daedalus is a guy after a few episodes, since in Japanese it's voiced by a woman  

^ I never saw any of these. I just thought it was strange that no one mentioned the character in third person and some episodes later another character repeatedly talks about "him" and what "he" did 

MillsLayne wrote: Recently finished Welcome To The NHK and Speed Grapher (both were so good and will warrant a repeat viewing) and now I'm on to Gurren Lagann.  It took me a couple of episodes to get into it, but I'm really liking it now.  Not really the deepest plot as it's basically just good vs. evil with goofy mecha battles, but the characters are very well developed and actually make you care for them throughout.

Watching NHK now actually.

^Very graphic, with violence and some sexual content.  Not too much, though.  Really good and, because I'm terrible at explaining things, here's a the plot description:

"Speed Grapher follows the exploits of former war photographer Tatsumi Saiga, who investigates a secret fetish club for the ultra-wealthy called the Roppongi Club. He tries to photograph the club's "goddess," a 15-year-old, exploited girl named Kagura, but is discovered. As he is about to be killed, Kagura kisses him, granting him the ability to destroy anything he photographs. Saiga soon discovers that Kagura's body fluids, like her saliva, in combination with a certain "virus", can give people bizarre abilities relating to their secret desires, fetishes, and obsessions. Club members strive for the honor of becoming "gifted" via Kagura's power. Saiga soon becomes entangled in this secret underground society and the powerful and corrupt Tennōzu Group mega-corporation that operates it. He attempts to free Kagura, a move that puts the two of them on the run from the Tennōzu Group and blood-thirsty members of the club with bizarre and often horrifying special powers."

Worth a watch, for sure.

Special powers unique to the people that have them is very similar to Darker Than Black.  The style is somewhat noirish and not completely unlike Ghost In The Shell or Black Lagoon (definitely NOT story-wise, but with the style). 

I finished Fate/Zero a few hours ago, and i thought that was some good sh*t. Ufotable did a splendid job for animation but i did see some derps (mainly from the character animation, their downside i'd say) and some frame changes that kind of made me go "whaaaaaa? what the hell??" The budget was definitely saved for the big action scenes, especially the exact midpoint of the series and even the Emiya vs. Kotomine fight (my personal favorite). the dialogue were good overall, since there was much on those, but some were kind of lackluster to me. the ending i actually thought was well done and not underwhelming like people said it was. great segue into the original visual novel. Unlimited Blade Works is next, which I can't wait!!!