Ahh I see. I just thought they were obscure because people I know haven't heard of them. Whoops
I also forgot to mention Symphogear but you've probably heard of that one too.
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Outside of maybe the last one (though I doubt it), I have no idea how these are considered obscure, to be honest?
If you want to go for obscure, try out the Korean knockoffs. Here's one for example (yes, it's real):
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All I want say here is in regard to current CN programming:
Dragonball Super is honestly one of the worst things I have ever seen.
(And yes, I watched Z and the rest of them all the time as a kid, I know DB.)
Dragonball Super is honestly one of the worst things I have ever seen.
(And yes, I watched Z and the rest of them all the time as a kid, I know DB.)
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I had a crappy VCD of this I bought overseas! It was worth it!Outside of maybe the last one (though I doubt it), I have no idea how these are considered obscure, to be honest?
If you want to go for obscure, try out the Korean knockoffs. Here's one for example (yes, it's real):
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Toriyama is pretty much the mangaka with the most knockoff and fake of his manga in existence.And even the guy who's currently drawing Super was doing a knockoff/doujin/fake sequel before he started doing actual Dragon Ball work for Shueisha.Outside of maybe the last one (though I doubt it), I have no idea how these are considered obscure, to be honest?
If you want to go for obscure, try out the Korean knockoffs. Here's one for example (yes, it's real):
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Is this obscure to some: Domu?
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Yeah, Toyotaro. He used to go by Toyble when he was doing his Dragon Ball AF manga, and then he went to Shueisha and asked them to draw manga for Dragon Ball. They put him on the Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission manga to see if he could handle it, then he got put on the Super manga.
He's an.. okay artist. At his best he's a Toriyama-lite who struggles with line weight, at his worse he draws characters with either no neck or really bad ones and sometimes gives people really, really angular faces.
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One thing that surprised me is that he said he doesnt have a personal style and that his style is Toriyama.Atleast being a copycat paid off for him.
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I've seen Toyble's doujin on Yahoo Auctions. I didn't know he got to do official work.
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Yeah, it's pretty cool actually. He's not my favorite Dragon Ball fan artist, that distinction belongs to Young Jijii, who can almost perfectly mimic Toriyama's style circa the Androids/Cell saga.
Toyotaro/Toyble may not be my favorite, but it's still really cool that he gets to work on official stuff.
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Still it's one success story in all this.
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So random question, but does anyone remember the name of this anime/manga where this guy starts going out with a girl, but it turns out she's this living weapon meant to defend against either aliens or invading forces of the world, but the more she uses her powers, the more weapon and less human she becomes? It's mainly focused on the tragedy of war, loosing her humanity, and the guy being her main link to keeping her humanity. It's a one word, title, the girl's name, I think. Starts with an "S".
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I think it's called She the Ultimate Weapon.
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That's the one.
Christ, that's a depressing series. Both the manga and anime, though the manga does have the happier ending, in a way.
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So I just finished watching a hidden, obscure (I think in the West, only) gem of an OVA called Wild 7 and I highly recommend it if you're a fan of violent action-oriented schlocky anime. I couldn't find a sub, so it was probably a wonder a dub found its way onto YouTube. There was a TV sequel, but I can only find the Spanish dub.
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Girls und Panzer,
Its as dumb as you think
And K-On
Because why not?
Its as dumb as you think
And K-On
Because why not?
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So I think this could be an interesting topic (whether you watch the video or not). Are Netflix and Amazon Prime killing (great) anime, or not? If they actually are, is it not the fault of the international audience? Do streaming sites like Crunchyroll and FUNimation need to make changes in the future to make anime more accessible?
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In answer to the first question, great anime largely died out long ago.
In answer to the last, anime has long since lost any hope of being accessible in the USA. It pretty much blew its first chance at making it on the American scene, and that's why it's as niche as it is. I don't expect it to get better.
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Honestly streaming is saving Anime in the western market. Let's be real here for the longest of time it pretty hard to get you hands on the latest anime without pirating it. It also didn't help that most official DVD and VHS were priced stupidly high for hand full of episode. and you can pin the some of the blame on anime being niche to Japanese business not getting how western market works. Now with streaming makes it so much easier to watch anime legally.