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Just caught up with this manga, and it's pretty good! It's called Trillion Game.
In a nutshell, It's the Japanese version of the Silicon Valley show without the faggy shit that comes from being in California.

Plot: Two friends Haru and Gaku plot to gain enough money to have anything they desire at any time: a trillion dollars.
A new work from the mind of Riichiro Inagaki (Eyeshield 21, Dr. Stone), drawn by the veteran artist Ryoichi Ikegami (Crying Freeman, Heat, Sanctuary).
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So I finally got around to watching 86 and I have to say I'm impressed. The first few episodes felt like a disjointed riff on Attack on Titan, but once it started to click around 5 episodes I got hooked fast. The first half of the series has a high bodycount and really plays up the "horrors of war/anyone can die" feel, hence the Attack on Titan comparison. These earlier episodes tend to show the same event from two different perspectives and really like juxtaposing relatively lighthearted character moments with brutal combat and character deaths. It takes some getting used to. However, around halfway through the series breaks away from this format and goes off in a different direction. It settles in on a core cast of 5 characters from the first half in a totally different setting, allocating its character development between this much smaller group as opposed to the cast of 20+ in the first half.

While there's plenty of action, it does feel somewhat secondary to the characters and worldbuilding. The visual and art direction is astoundingly good. Lush backgrounds adorn almost every outdoor scene. Even the blatantly CGI fight scenes work well due to a cohesive aesthetic and pitch perfect sound design. They feel frantic, chaotic, and above all else dangerous. But the real meat and potatoes is what happens in between the action. Unlike AoT which has a bad habit of killing off characters for shock value and doing nothing with it, 86 gives both the action and the tragedy time to breath by giving surviving characters time to come to terms with both the losses they've endured and their own emotional baggage. It's a series which paces itself well and balances out what could be an edgelord story with a great deal of humanity.
Slow start but highly recommended if you want a war drama that leans towards sentimentality. I do hope they make another season.
 
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so i finshed watching Gungrave

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!? WHY DID IT HAVE TO END LIKE THAT!? IT DIDINT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS!

i went in excepting hot action with alot of guns and explosives but instead, i got a origin story about two punks that claims a a Mafioso organization ladder. the action was dry as hell (to be expected for a early/mid 00 anime) but the characters, story and the build up for it all was worth it. i didn't like Brandon at first, thought he was TOO quit and honestly thought he was a mute but his friendship with Harry and his relations with Big Daddy, Bunji and Maria made it worthwhile. i really liked harry too, even after Killing Brandon. his rise and fall made for a good story about a man born from nothing, getting the things he could only dream about and losing everything he really loved in the process. i did like that the character's did care for eachother even after turning into undead monsters showing that in the end, all they wanted was a place too belong (a Family)

i will not lie. the final episode made me cry manly tears. Brandon forgiving Harry for what his done, Harry regretting killing Brandon all those years ago. reminds me of metal gear solid 4 with two old man just going out in a blaze of glory for old times sake. in their final moments, they became friends again

will looking into the ps2 game at some point and i heard the ps4 game is coming out soon.
 
Lester Jones said:
In a nutshell, It's the Japanese version of the Silicon Valley show without the faggy shit that comes from being in California.
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Like it so far from what I read, similar manga is King's Viking with the premise being about a socially fucked up savant hacker and a cunning angel investor tapping into his talent. Although King's Viking more into being a story about white hat hacking and the Savant's side of the story.

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Started Konosuba. I love it. Just finished Episode 3 (the one with the cabbages) and I hope this show keeps up it's quality.
 
DrearyDoomguy said:
So I finally got around to watching 86 and I have to say I'm impressed. The first few episodes felt like a disjointed riff on Attack on Titan, but once it started to click around 5 episodes I got hooked fast. The first half of the series has a high bodycount and really plays up the "horrors of war/anyone can die" feel, hence the Attack on Titan comparison. These earlier episodes tend to show the same event from two different perspectives and really like juxtaposing relatively lighthearted character moments with brutal combat and character deaths. It takes some getting used to. However, around halfway through the series breaks away from this format and goes off in a different direction. It settles in on a core cast of 5 characters from the first half in a totally different setting, allocating its character development between this much smaller group as opposed to the cast of 20+ in the first half.

While there's plenty of action, it does feel somewhat secondary to the characters and worldbuilding. The visual and art direction is astoundingly good. Lush backgrounds adorn almost every outdoor scene. Even the blatantly CGI fight scenes work well due to a cohesive aesthetic and pitch perfect sound design. They feel frantic, chaotic, and above all else dangerous. But the real meat and potatoes is what happens in between the action. Unlike AoT which has a bad habit of killing off characters for shock value and doing nothing with it, 86 gives both the action and the tragedy time to breath by giving surviving characters time to come to terms with both the losses they've endured and their own emotional baggage. It's a series which paces itself well and balances out what could be an edgelord story with a great deal of humanity.
Slow start but highly recommended if you want a war drama that leans towards sentimentality. I do hope they make another season.
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There is a second season that takes the series down the toilet. It gets caught up in character bloat, annoying sentimental and big brain philosophical moments, scifi plot that falls apart, all resulting in a general feeling of apathy for the characters. I have no idea why it's rated so highly on MAL. People see it as making some profound statement on the themes of war, race, etc when none of that is really there. It's one of the worst scifi military anime I've seen.
 
Car Won't Crank said:
There is a second season that takes the series down the toilet. It gets caught up in character bloat, annoying sentimental and big brain philosophical moments, scifi plot that falls apart, all resulting in a general feeling of apathy for the characters. I have no idea why it's rated so highly on MAL. People see it as making some profound statement on the themes of war, race, etc when none of that is really there. It's one of the worst scifi military anime I've seen.
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Unpopular opinion, but I actually liked the second season better, things actually started moving, the fight scenes weren't nearly as constantly off screen and there wasn't nearly as much hamfisted white (hair) guilt.
From what I hear though, it stears more into romance later on.
 
Atatata said:
Unpopular opinion, but I actually liked the second season better, things actually started moving, the fight scenes weren't nearly as constantly off screen and there wasn't nearly as much hamfisted white (hair) guilt.
From what I hear though, it stears more into romance later on.
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I generally agree. The overall tone shifts pretty drastically but it worked for me. I thought it built up to a pretty heartwarming finale.
 
My only Anime so far were Mirai Nikki, Full Metal Alchemist and now Im watching Sword Art Online.
It is recommended to watch Anime in Japanese I know, but Im enjoying the German Dubs so far since those are the only ones available on Amazon Prime Video.
Need to set up my TV for some Anime Streaming App though so I can watch in Japanese.
 
nichtmeinName said:
My only Anime so far were Mirai Nikki, Full Metal Alchemist and now Im watching Sword Art Online.
It is recommended to watch Anime in Japanese I know, but Im enjoying the German Dubs so far since those are the only ones available on Amazon Prime Video.
Need to set up my TV for some Anime Streaming App though so I can watch in Japanese.
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Just torrent whatever you want, that way you can watch whatever you want whenever you want and do it for free as long as you're willing to sail the seven seas.
 
Tism the Return said:
Just torrent whatever you want, that way you can watch whatever you want whenever you want and do it for free as long as you're willing to sail the seven seas.
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I know but Torrenting Anime with dozens of Episodes is not as convenient as a Movie plus I cant connect my PC to my TV currently.
 
nichtmeinName said:
I know but Torrenting Anime with dozens of Episodes is not as convenient as a Movie plus I cant connect my PC to my TV currently.
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if you set up a plex server hosting all of your torrented anime on your PC or something like that, you can watch it on your TV that way. most modern smart TVs have the app somewhere on there.
 
nichtmeinName said:
I know but Torrenting Anime with dozens of Episodes is not as convenient as a Movie
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How? If it's popular they'll already have a one and done BR rip for a season....Otherwise just go to nyaa, search for what you want, sort by date, filters set to "trusted only" and "english traslated". Viola...Only clutter comes from multiple resolutions on the same episode.
 
HexFag said:
if you set up a plex server hosting all of your torrented anime on your PC or something like that, you can watch it on your TV that way. most modern smart TVs have the app somewhere on there.
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Or just copy the anime onto a USB stick and plug it into the TV, that's what I usually do.
 
Puff said:
How? If it's popular they'll already have a one and done BR rip for a season....Otherwise just go to nyaa, search for what you want, sort by date, filters set to "trusted only" and "english traslated". Viola...Only clutter comes from multiple resolutions on the same episode.
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Dude did say he prefers watching in German, and I dunno the state of German anime piracy.
 
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