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RJ MacReady said:
Having never been a serious anime or manga fan, I've really been enjoying One Punch Man. The art is beautiful and the characters are tolerable and interesting. God awful formulaic, focus tested character designs have always been what's held me back from getting into weeb shit.
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One Punch Man got me back into watching anime again. I liked the anime so much, that I bought the first six volumes of the manga. I plan on getting the rest a bit later.
 
scorptatious said:
Currently re-reading Oyasumi Punpun. I think this manga ruined me on most other manga. It's hard for me to get into them because they just aren't as good to me.

Also, found something relatively disturbing I didn't notice before:

I was kinda wondering why Punpun chose not to wear glasses despite his bad eyesight.

Then I got to the scene after Punpun gets raped by his uncle's girlfriend and remembered she was the one who bought him the pair...

Implications unsettling.
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I binge read it over the course of a week because after the first few chapters, I was hooked. Call me a pussy but it was genuinely upsetting and I think what stopped me from crying was knowing that it isn't a dramatised biography of someone who actually exists. When I was done, I was aching in sorrow. The one reason I can't say it's a favourite is that it wasn't enjoyable to go through. I greatly admired the art, the writing, the pacing, the skill in which the author enthralled me despite how horrible everything was... but it was just that. Horrible. I don't think I could read it again unless sat next to a loved one and the pets after a good day because the story of events drains me of emotional wellbeing, jesus christ.
 
I want a S3 of Saekano. I already know how it ends, I just want to see the worst confession in history to be animated and somehow the smartest character in like the last 10 years of romantic comedy just kinda go with it because love?
 
RJ MacReady said:
Having never been a serious anime or manga fan, I've really been enjoying One Punch Man. The art is beautiful and the characters are tolerable and interesting. God awful formulaic, focus tested character designs have always been what's held me back from getting into weeb shit.
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Try Mob Psycho 100, it's by the same author, and it's even more unique from a visual point of view.

Also, Reigen is easily one of my favorite comedic characters ever!

ETA: Also try:
  1. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,: Some very unique looking characters, and some of the weirdest, yet fun fights, all glorious overacted.
  2. One Piece: Easily the most mainstream (And longest running) of the bunch, but the character designs can be very weird as well, visual conformity definitely isn't on the top of Oda's list, fantastic world-building & some excellent character work.
 
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So uh... I started Dragon Ball GT today.

Anyone got some advice? Something tells me the episode "Like Pulling Teeth" can't be much further from the truth (but then again, that's how Toei Animation shows always feel like to me, especially the Dragon Ball franchise). It's also fucking hilarious how this all could've been avoided had Emperor Pilaf not been stupid enough to stay on the Lookout to make his wish.

You're such a card, @Emperor Pilaf.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
So uh... I started Dragon Ball GT today.

Anyone got some advice? Something tells me the episode "Like Pulling Teeth" can't be much further from the truth (but then again, that's how Toei Animation shows always feel like to me, especially the Dragon Ball franchise). It's also fucking hilarious how this all could've been avoided had Emperor Pilaf not been stupid enough to stay on the Lookout to make his wish.

You're such a card, @Emperor Pilaf.
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GT suffers heavily from poor execution. There are a handful of great moments but they're few and far between. When GT aired in the States Funimation skipped the entire Black Star Dragon Ball saga with a recap episode, I feel that's a pretty telling sign.
 
Ore Twintail is one of the most ridiculous things to be adapted to anime. It is about aliens coming over to steal twin tail (hairstyle) power from girls to power Zulu or w/e and the only way to fight them is for a boy that loves the haircut to transform into a loli with twin tails. It has so much cheese you'd think it was made in Wisconsin. Had it on my hdd forever since the original broadcast was low budget af and was fixed in the bd but even then the show is not so good and more of "I'm watching this because of how ridiculous this is" kinda thing.
 
Hui said:
Ore Twintail is one of the most ridiculous things to be adapted to anime. It is about aliens coming over to steal twin tail (hairstyle) power from girls to power Zulu or w/e and the only way to fight them is for a boy that loves the haircut to transform into a loli with twin tails. It has so much cheese you'd think it was made in Wisconsin. Had it on my hdd forever since the original broadcast was low budget af and was fixed in the bd but even then the show is not so good and more of "I'm watching this because of how ridiculous this is" kinda thing.
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I binged eight episodes when it first aired out of sheer boredom, and it was the best choice I could've ever made. It wasn't popular at the time, and even though it's of the "so bad, it's good" (and I think it was intentional), I'm legitimately shocked people hate it. But then again, weebs take anime way too seriously, even the parodies.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
But then again, weebs take anime way too seriously, even the parodies.
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The sad thing is that while weebs do take anime way too seriously, you really can't help but feel they have no grasp of what good writing is. Series is doing what they want, like MC is getting together with their "best girl" or having plot armor in their favor, or excessive exposition then the writing's good. Beloved character dies, MC chooses another love interest, or if they are meant to figure something out on their own they start crying about how bad the writing is.
 
Kamen Rider Black RX said:
The sad thing is that while weebs do take anime way too seriously, you really can't help but feel they have no grasp of what good writing is. Series is doing what they want, like MC is getting together with their "best girl" or having plot armor in their favor, or excessive exposition then the writing's good. Beloved character dies, MC chooses another love interest, or if they are meant to figure something out on their own they start crying about how bad the writing is.
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There's a reason that I watch other things along with anime.
 
Finished watching all the Macross series. Pretty fun, but I really don't understand why anyone takes that show seriously.
Out of all of them I enjoyed Frontier the most with 7 being a really close contender, but my God that show had fucking filler up the ass. Apparently Delta is supposed to be the worst Macross, but I don't get why anyone feels that way.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
I binged eight episodes when it first aired out of sheer boredom, and it was the best choice I could've ever made. It wasn't popular at the time, and even though it's of the "so bad, it's good" (and I think it was intentional), I'm legitimately shocked people hate it. But then again, weebs take anime way too seriously, even the parodies.
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The BD made it look like less ass but it is still Reptile pedo space ppl vs gender swap and friends
 
GeorgeDaMoose said:
Finished watching all the Macross series. Pretty fun, but I really don't understand why anyone takes that show seriously.
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Because MUH ROBOTECH! It has to be serious because it was serious for an American cartoon in the 80s, disregarding how some aspects of Macross were parody like Nadesico.

As for Delta, that second half. Try watching that week to week rather than binging it. It quickly killed the hype the first half built up as they tried to stretch out what was originally planned as a movie into a whole cour.
 
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lol they weren't kidding when they said the televised version blew.

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@wagglyplacebo as a robot
 
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now that's random:my theater here is going to screen the first Sora no Otoshimono movie in December and the Hetalia movie in January.Really random stuff...
 
Kamen Rider Black RX said:
Because MUH ROBOTECH! It has to be serious because it was serious for an American cartoon in the 80s, disregarding how some aspects of Macross were parody like Nadesico.

As for Delta, that second half. Try watching that week to week rather than binging it. It quickly killed the hype the first half built up as they tried to stretch out what was originally planned as a movie into a whole cour.
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I have no idea what Robotech is to be honest, I just mean that when I look up Macross music on Youtube I tend to find people finding that show emotional when really Macross is just about singing songs at aliens until everything is okay because CULTURE while UN Spacy bombs everything and somehow gets away with it. Oh and really shitty love triangles. Wait I almost forgot, its also about the good characters murdering tons of civilians and then shrugging it off because everyone in Macross pretends to take the high ground despite actually being the reason Ontario is nothing more than a cloud of dust in the original Macross (that scene was art).
As for Delta, I'll gladly take that second half over episode 25-37 of Macross 7. I would have probably dropped Macross 7 during that fucking dry spell, at least I was comforted with Delta being slow by the fact that it was only 26 episodes. Delta was also the only show where I really wanted the bad guys to win because up until then UN Spacy was always somehow the lesser evil (until the bad guys true plan was revealed because I think the writers realized they made them more sympathetic than fucking UN Spacy).
 
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