Anime/Manga - Discuss Japanese cartoons and comics here; NO CULTURE WAR DOOMPOSTING!

  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
I need to tap your memory. There's some anime that I watched a good 20 years ago, back when you had to watch anime in three parts on Youtube. I remember absolutely nothing about it, except for part of one episode. The villain is playing a guitar and singing some song, where he uses the word "Hospital" a few times. Since most of the song was in Japanese, that's the only word I know from it, and he pronounces it Hos-Pi-Tal (rhymes with Mal from Malcolm). I think that "Hospital" was the name of the group that the protagonist was fighting, but I'm not sure.

I can't find anything about this on Google or Bing, because when I search for "anime with villain group called hospital," I just get a bunch of "articles" about the best villain groups in anime. Similar results with other searches I've tried.
 
Banana Hammock said:
I need to tap your memory. There's some anime that I watched a good 20 years ago, back when you had to watch anime in three parts on Youtube. I remember absolutely nothing about it, except for part of one episode. The villain is playing a guitar and singing some song, where he uses the word "Hospital" a few times. Since most of the song was in Japanese, that's the only word I know from it, and he pronounces it Hos-Pi-Tal (rhymes with Mal from Malcolm). I think that "Hospital" was the name of the group that the protagonist was fighting, but I'm not sure.

I can't find anything about this on Google or Bing, because when I search for "anime with villain group called hospital," I just get a bunch of "articles" about the best villain groups in anime. Similar results with other searches I've tried.
Click to expand...
Excel Saga?
 
HexFag said:
Excel Saga?
Click to expand...
No, definitely not Excel Saga. I don't think this anime ever got very big.

I want to say that the main character got experimented on by Hospital, or something, so he decided to destroy them? I could be completely mistaken about that, though, or mixing it up with one of the many other anime I watched around that time, so don't take this as gospel.

Edit: Holy shit, I found it. https://myanimelist.net/anime/1048/The_SoulTaker__Tamashii-gari
I have no idea why my 16-year-old self decided to save the lyrics to this verse (it's not even a full song) in a text document, but it let me find the name of this anime, so nice work young Banana Hammock. I'll have to re-watch it to see if it's as good as I thought it was back then. Probably not, given that I remembered almost nothing about it, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
 
Last edited:
vern said:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6pKt9OsxwWcOne of Fujimoto's oneshots is getting a movie

Wonder how well this'll do since CSM underperformed a bit because japs for some autistic reason hated the anime's director and in turn the show itself, this time there's a new guy so can't use might have a better chance honestly.
Click to expand...
I hope they do a hand held live action adaption of Goodbye Eri as well. I specify live action because that one shot feels like it's built for it with the editing tricks they do, I can practically imagine the indie movie feels of the panels.
 
Shadfan666xxx000 said:
Naruto gets good towards the end of its first real arc about the bridge and then it picks up from the Chuunin exams arc. So you basically quit just when it got good.
Click to expand...
Yeah pretty much. I remember the end of the bridge arc--that whole arc gave me a bad first impression honestly, cuz in the manga a chapter would end with Naruto being all like "I'm gonna show that kid what a real hero is!" then the next chapter he's trying to walk up trees and talk with some girl (or was it an incredibly girly-looking boy? I can't remember) and then... Naruto's group doesn't even beat the villain. He ends up being backstabbed by his own subordinate (said boy Naruto was talking to).

It gave me the feeling every story was going to be as anti-climactic as possible.

And Chuunin Exams just had "tournament arc" written all over it and by that point I was tired of those.
 
skykiii said:
Yeah pretty much. I remember the end of the bridge arc--that whole arc gave me a bad first impression honestly, cuz in the manga a chapter would end with Naruto being all like "I'm gonna show that kid what a real hero is!" then the next chapter he's trying to walk up trees and talk with some girl (or was it an incredibly girly-looking boy? I can't remember) and then... Naruto's group doesn't even beat the villain. He ends up being backstabbed by his own subordinate (said boy Naruto was talking to).

It gave me the feeling every story was going to be as anti-climactic as possible.

And Chuunin Exams just had "tournament arc" written all over it and by that point I was tired of those.
Click to expand...
I'd go read it again or just watch it from the chuunin exams arc. It has some of the best fights in the series and sets up the secondary cast very well while also beginning the real overarching plot. It's essentially the real beginning of the series
 
skykiii said:
Yeah pretty much. I remember the end of the bridge arc--that whole arc gave me a bad first impression honestly, cuz in the manga a chapter would end with Naruto being all like "I'm gonna show that kid what a real hero is!" then the next chapter he's trying to walk up trees and talk with some girl (or was it an incredibly girly-looking boy? I can't remember) and then... Naruto's group doesn't even beat the villain. He ends up being backstabbed by his own subordinate (said boy Naruto was talking to).

It gave me the feeling every story was going to be as anti-climactic as possible.

And Chuunin Exams just had "tournament arc" written all over it and by that point I was tired of those.
Click to expand...
The bridge arc was way more dark and cynical than the rest of the series, with the ninjas being portrayed as ruthless mercenaries that are tossed aside once they outlive their usefulness. After that it gets way less cynical. The Chunnin exam only becomes a tournament in the latter half but it has some of the most iconic fights in the series and it ends in a bang.
 
Screenshot_20240214-203248_Facebook.jpg
Happy Birthday and Valentines
 
The Token Ethnic said:
Let me recommend Hakumei and Mikochi:
View attachment 5681886
Click to expand...
I finally got around to trying that, it's exactly what I had in mind except it's a bit longer than what I'd personally consider short (15-30 chapters sounds right). I'll definitely stick with it anyway, I loved the first chapter with the wish granting hawk.

When I was looking for it something else popped up too, Nekomedou Kokoro Tan. Seems it's only two chapters. It sounds depressing and weird, something avout suicidal girls and a magic cat. Basically the exact opposite of what I was looking for but whatever, the art is nice and I'm already downloading shit anyway lol. My only hesitation is it has the "yuri" tag.
 
skykiii said:
Yeah pretty much. I remember the end of the bridge arc--that whole arc gave me a bad first impression honestly, cuz in the manga a chapter would end with Naruto being all like "I'm gonna show that kid what a real hero is!" then the next chapter he's trying to walk up trees and talk with some girl (or was it an incredibly girly-looking boy? I can't remember) and then... Naruto's group doesn't even beat the villain. He ends up being backstabbed by his own subordinate (said boy Naruto was talking to).

It gave me the feeling every story was going to be as anti-climactic as possible.

And Chuunin Exams just had "tournament arc" written all over it and by that point I was tired of those.
Click to expand...
I actually started rereading Naruto from the start recently and I forgot how good of a character Zabuza was. Everyone including me remembers him as a villain but there's actually a few panels talking about how he attempted a coup on the Kazekage and failed so now he's basically only doing mercenary work to fund another one which recontextualized his entire character. I'm honestly surprised the cloud village ended up not really mattering in the long run after how fucked up it was described as in the bridge arc, it wasn't really ever forgotten about but I think it would have been cool if it was a bigger plot point.

The Chunin exams do have a tournament towards the end but there is an interesting twist that happens. Whether you choose to continue reading or not, you should skip to the Gaara vs Rock Lee fight just to experience it's greatness. It is still one of my favorite fights in all of anime and seeing it on Toonami when I was like 10 solidified me as a Naruto fan for life.
 
vern said:
Wonder how well this'll do since CSM underperformed a bit because japs for some autistic reason hated the anime's director and in turn the show itself, this time there's a new guy so can't use might have a better chance honestly.
Click to expand...
I don't get the hate. I saw the show first and was really impressed with the visuals, something I rarely feel when watching animation anymore.
 
TATE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE!! said:
I don't get the hate. I saw the show first and was really impressed with the visuals, something I rarely feel when watching animation anymore.
Click to expand...
The visuals were not bad per se but the subdued "cinematic" aesthetic they went for was not well suited for a story as chaotic and messy as Chainsaw Man. As far as CGI goes it was serviceable, but again it was out of place given the source material.
 
DrearyDoomguy said:
The visuals were not bad per se but the subdued "cinematic" aesthetic they went for was not well suited for a story as chaotic and messy as Chainsaw Man. As far as CGI goes it was serviceable, but again it was out of place given the source material.
Click to expand...
They should have only allowed them to use computers and software from before the year 2000.
 
TATE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE!! said:
I don't get the hate. I saw the show first and was really impressed with the visuals, something I rarely feel when watching animation anymore.
Click to expand...
It was a lot of autism but it boiled down the 3 major points
-the director made some comments along the lines that he didn't want to make it like an anime but a live action adaptation instead and wanted to try something new with the series, which otaku got pissy with and mostly felt like he was using that as an excuse for his lack of skill and taking most of the chaotic fun out from the manga.
- it was promoted ad nauseam around japan that people started to get sick of all the ads telling them to watch the hottest new show of the year
- japs accused them of mismanaging the anime from having a new ED every episode which was money that could of been used to make the main show better, to faking episode previews with 2d animation only for the real thing the be CGI, miscasting most of the VAs, etc.

Like I said lot of jap autism, and mostly overblown tbh. Its mostly water under the bridge since it is getting a movie and a S2 (however they did get a new director). Although one thing that I still find funny is that a lot of japs where getting blocked by the director because there where using Boochi the rock of all series to shit on him, partly because it aired in the same season and partly because is almost sold exactly 10 times more blurays then chainsawman did without any of the hype or promotion it had.
 
Been watching Frieren. I fucking love it. It's such a heartfelt meditation on life, youth, getting old, and the endless March of time. The English dub is actually very good too. Frierens voice actress in English perfectly nails the character. It may be heresy to say this, but I think the English speaking Frieren is better then the Japanese one.
 
This might be dragging on a bit much. For anyone interests in some changes between dub (audio) and subtitles.





 
HexFag said:
Is this show any good? It looks crazy enough to be funny for maybe one episode before wearing out its welcome.
Click to expand...
I originally said that it was too good for what it is. But I'll add that it's surprisingly earnest in loving the genre it plays on (I don't want to say subversion since the magical girls are still good hearted rather than the usual "they are the real evil"). It elevates the joke and the writing since everyone gets a background rather than being a plot device.
1707980713183.png
 
mindlessobserver said:
Been watching Frieren. I fucking love it. It's such a heartfelt meditation on life, youth, getting old, and the endless March of time. The English dub is actually very good too. Frierens voice actress in English perfectly nails the character. It may be heresy to say this, but I think the English speaking Frieren is better then the Japanese one.
Click to expand...
It's a serviceable dub but her voice doesn't match the character very well. The rest are pretty good matches.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom