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Finished Space Dandy season 2. I remember liking season 1 a lot but it's been years since I watched it so I went into S2 pretty cold. Wasn't enjoying it at first, as many of the early episodes were pretty light on entertainment value and heavy on self-indulgence - just empty showcases for artsy animation with only the slightest shell of a premise to prop them up, or even worse, lapsing into the kind of self-conscious "cleverness" beloved by the reddit faggot audience who soyface when they see a reference to Schrodinger's cat. Thankfully it really picked up around the middle with some great episodes that actually featured jokes, stories, characters etc., and it ended on a high note.

I noticed that both of my favorite episodes (ep 7, where Dandy and Johnny start a band, and ep 10, where Dandy poses as Scarlet's boyfriend) were written by Kimiko Ueno, who was also the lead writer of Cowboy Bebop and Macross Plus. Sadly she died of cancer last year so rest in peace to her.
 
From Kaginado, I really love the failed major heroines party
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Shlomo Goldbergstein said:
Finished Space Dandy season 2. I remember liking season 1 a lot but it's been years since I watched it so I went into S2 pretty cold. Wasn't enjoying it at first, as many of the early episodes were pretty light on entertainment value and heavy on self-indulgence - just empty showcases for artsy animation with only the slightest shell of a premise to prop them up, or even worse, lapsing into the kind of self-conscious "cleverness" beloved by the reddit faggot audience who soyface when they see a reference to Schrodinger's cat. Thankfully it really picked up around the middle with some great episodes that actually featured jokes, stories, characters etc., and it ended on a high note.

I noticed that both of my favorite episodes (ep 7, where Dandy and Johnny start a band, and ep 10, where Dandy poses as Scarlet's boyfriend) were written by Kimiko Ueno, who was also the lead writer of Cowboy Bebop and Macross Plus. Sadly she died of cancer last year so rest in peace to her.
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My favorites were Wacky Racers and the Planet of Limbo.
 
Just saw the end of FLCL after watching it over a week or two. Really fun show.
I know enough to avoid the sequels that just came out.
Disappointed that the BPD headcase didn't get smacked over the head like she royally deserved but at least Naota isn't stupid enough to go with her.
Kind of an inconclusive ending really, everybody moves away. I hear the same thing happens in the original Evangeleon ending but I know enough to steer clear of *that* mess.

Anyway, I think I'll read the manga (If it's translated) because I accidentally read a spoiler for it and it sounds interesting.
 
albert the programmer said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZLm2t0TcKNQ
Look out, Takagi-san — looks like you’ve got new competition :O
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The problem with that manga is that I find Sakurako Mikage to be the most interesting character but she barely appears in it anymore outside of group scenes, although I suppose I should look forward to the anime adaptation anyway considering it'll likely only be based on early chapters where Sakurako was a lot more prominent.
 
Finally got around to watching Otome Game is Tough for Mobs. Its surprisingly charming, as quality as the animation and artstyle are.
The best moments are definitely when the main character acts like a complete cunt.
 
This seems like an appropriate time to ask, what's everyone's favourite use of color in anime?

In The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, I love the subtle use of a cooler colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "missing" and the warm colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "present".

COOL PALETTE:
WARM PALETTE:

Man, that warm yellow sunlight just before sunset when
Kyon wakes up in the hospital
towards the end of the film hits you hard after two hours of largely gloomier colours (not counting the
trip back in time to July 7th, three years earlier).
 
sasazuka said:
This seems like an appropriate time to ask, what's everyone's favourite use of color in anime?

In The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, I love the subtle use of a cooler colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "missing" and the warm colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "present".

COOL PALETTE:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=splPOCJZZUgWARM PALETTE:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4aIjQkKjDbg

Man, that warm yellow sunlight just before sunset when
Kyon wakes up in the hospital
towards the end of the film hits you hard after two hours of largely gloomier colours (not counting the
trip back in time to July 7th, three years earlier).
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Kaiba has a nice, mostly muted color palette. It's easy on the eyes yet vibrant. Idaten Dieties has a really vibrant color scheme with some cool textures to match. I really like how it looks.
 
Car Won't Crank said:
Kaiba has a nice, mostly muted color palette. It's easy on the eyes yet vibrant. Idaten Dieties has a really vibrant color scheme with some cool textures to match. I really like how it looks.
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(It's funnier if you actually post an example of what you mean by "vibrant color scheme" in this thread while the forum is in black-and-white mode.)


 
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sasazuka said:
This seems like an appropriate time to ask, what's everyone's favourite use of color in anime?

In The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, I love the subtle use of a cooler colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "missing" and the warm colour palette in the world where Haruhi is "present".

COOL PALETTE:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=splPOCJZZUgWARM PALETTE:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=4aIjQkKjDbg

Man, that warm yellow sunlight just before sunset when
Kyon wakes up in the hospital
towards the end of the film hits you hard after two hours of largely gloomier colours (not counting the
trip back in time to July 7th, three years earlier).
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Sonny Boy had some really nice shots, hard to find on youtube though. 1632995098438.jpg

Edit: I'll also add Bakemonogatari. The Kizumonogatari movies were gorgeous. May be an unpopular opinion, but I actually liked the colored cue cards.
 
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Safir said:
We really need a Jap's expert opinion to settle this.
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I don't think it matters.

Like @Johnny Salami I've been watching anime since the late 90s, when the only way to watch it was expensive VHS tapes or recording things from the Sci-Fi channel at 2am. By 2008 things had improved slightly, but it was still £20 for a four episode DVD. I'm someone who has dipped in and out of anime since the mid 2000s.

It's hard to put into words, but there's definitely been a shift.

You don't get hyper violence much any more, and when it does happen it often feels like a cynical attempt to grab headlines. I've never seen Goblin Slayer so I could be wrong, but the outrage about that anime having gore, violence, and rape in it makes me wonder if these people saw Genocyber or Fist of the North Star back in the day.

Modern anime really pours on the fetish material with anime based around loli, monster girls, or other weird fetishs. At the same time, there's not the baseline of sex and nudity that would pop up in 80s and 90s anime, and a female character will almost never get topless outside of hentai. Once again I point to a controversy, this around interspecies reviewers and how an ecchi comedy that (as far as I know) doesn't show anything more than cleavage attracted internet wide outrage. Back in my day one of the three anime normies knew was Legend of the Overfiend. There are likely some boomers out there that still think "manga cartoons" are tentacle rape for that reason.

Contrasting that to today, the normie animes are stuff like The Last Airbender, Full Metal Alchemist, and My Hero Academia. Anime you could safely watch with your boomer parents. There isn't going to be some sudden rape scene, or a scene where the hero punches a man so hard his head explodes.
 
Judge Dredd said:
Full Metal Alchemist
Anime you could safely watch with your boomer parents.
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Lol my mom went on a rant that would make fundies proud when I showed her the first three episodes of the 2003 series and then demanded every anime DVD to be locked away/banned from the house.

So not all boomer parents.
 
Atatata said:
Edit: I'll also add Bakemonogatari. The Kizumonogatari movies were gorgeous. May be an unpopular opinion, but I actually liked the colored cue cards.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cV4vefugekE
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Monogatari as series is a great example of how to use simple visual styles to keep viewers engaged during a show which is 90% people talking and being obtuse

I like Katanagatari's palette as well, on a semi-related note
 
Thomas Talus said:
My favorites were Wacky Racers and the Planet of Limbo.
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The Wacky Races like episode was a stand out. Was it purposely a Redline reference as well?

Kari Kamiya said:
Lol my mom went on a rant that would make fundies proud when I showed her the first three episodes of the 2003 series and then demanded every anime DVD to be locked away/banned from the house.

So not all boomer parents.
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I remember getting a lot of shit for letting Full Metal Alchemist play in the background when I was younger. That and Soul Eater.
 
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