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Dom Cruise said:
So, I was reminded of an anime I forgot about from 2002 called Witch Hunter Robin, which might have aired on Adult Swim, I can't remember, but if it did I never watched it.

It looks very 2002, which is appealing to me, is it worth watching?
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Yes

According to Doug Stone on his Facebook, Michael Lindsay was in rather poor health at the end of the 2000s/start of the new '10s so he moved away to Maryland. He got remarried and had two children before his passing. Another friend from outside the business said that Michael had always had a frail condition and that it had finally caught up with him (mainly from liver failure, but the friend said there were plenty of other problems).

So sad for Digimon fans, on top of losing Robert Axelrod in the same month.

Why do the good eggs always die?
 
It's that time again for more out-of-context anime images that make you sigh, "Oh, Japan."

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Ruin said:
Also for anyone who doesn't know Murcielago has a spinoff manga now with the sniper chick from the murder mansion arc as the main character.

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Murciélago ARAÑA Manga - Mangakakalot.com

A spin-off of the series Murciélago featuring the character Reiko Kuchiba.
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Having now read the majority of the manga.....
I don’t trust that police lady at all. And this is a manga full of serial killers and crazy people.
 
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for anime to watch soon with my roommate but I've pretty much exhausted all of the normie and normie-adjacent stuff that isn't shit like SAO, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, etc.

Afro Samurai (pretty meh tbh)
Code Geass
Fist of the North Star (after Raoh dies, there is no more FOTNS)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Jojo parts 1-5
One Punch Man (season 2 was shit)
Yu Yu Hakusho
City Hunter
Hunter X Hunter (taking a break before the Chimera Ant arc)
Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one
(We tend to juggle at least 4 series at a time)
Bobobo Bo-Bobobo
Death Note (Up until the part where Light tries to get his dad to use the Death Note)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Like the last 3 episodes are left)
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
Ghost Stories (IDK when)
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing the Series
Ghost in the Shell (p much everything, movies and series wise)
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
FLCL
Konosuba
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Naruto (or really any long running series)

If anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
 
>not finished Hellsing Ultimate (plans to drop)
>queued Hellsing the Series

Why. How. That's not normal.
 
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
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Arguably it gets much better when Police Girl starts being the main character instead of baggage in her arc. Skip the adaptation though, it's pretty meh.

Skip Inuyasha it's too damn long and it's all filler. It also pissed me off how every problem could be solved with Miroku's black hole hand but main antagonist left his demon bees everywhere to counter it even when he was otherwise completely uninvolved in the episode.
 
The Hellsing TV series is worth watching IMHO as long as you don’t mind deviation from the manga's plot. The main villain kinda sucks but it fleshes Seras out more, plus Alucard and Integra have a few nice moments together. There's basically less action and more focus on the characters themselves, but if that's not your thing you may wanna skip it. You should definitely finish Ultimate though, along with the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist.

That aside, I recommend Trigun, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni.
 
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Remove Goat said:
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for anime to watch soon with my roommate but I've pretty much exhausted all of the normie and normie-adjacent stuff that isn't shit like SAO, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, etc.

Afro Samurai (pretty meh tbh)
Code Geass
Fist of the North Star (after Raoh dies, there is no more FOTNS)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Jojo parts 1-5
One Punch Man (season 2 was shit)
Yu Yu Hakusho
City Hunter
Hunter X Hunter (taking a break before the Chimera Ant arc)
Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one
(We tend to juggle at least 4 series at a time)
Bobobo Bo-Bobobo
Death Note (Up until the part where Light tries to get his dad to use the Death Note)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Like the last 3 episodes are left)
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
Ghost Stories (IDK when)
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing the Series
Ghost in the Shell (p much everything, movies and series wise)
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
FLCL
Konosuba
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Naruto (or really any long running series)

If anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
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NOIR BITCH. WATCH NOIR
 
Remove Goat said:
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for anime to watch soon with my roommate but I've pretty much exhausted all of the normie and normie-adjacent stuff that isn't shit like SAO, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, etc.

Afro Samurai (pretty meh tbh)
Code Geass
Fist of the North Star (after Raoh dies, there is no more FOTNS)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Jojo parts 1-5
One Punch Man (season 2 was shit)
Yu Yu Hakusho
City Hunter
Hunter X Hunter (taking a break before the Chimera Ant arc)
Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one
(We tend to juggle at least 4 series at a time)
Bobobo Bo-Bobobo
Death Note (Up until the part where Light tries to get his dad to use the Death Note)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Like the last 3 episodes are left)
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
Ghost Stories (IDK when)
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing the Series
Ghost in the Shell (p much everything, movies and series wise)
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
FLCL
Konosuba
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Naruto (or really any long running series)

If anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
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I was 99% sure I wasn't going to like Konosuba before I watched it. Got hooked immediately. I'd give it a shot.

If you like hip-hop (not sure since you said Afro Sam was "meh") you could give Samurai Champloo a go.

If you want more horror after Ghost stories, there's Another, which is really good. I also enjoyed the episodes of Chrono Crusade that I saw. A nun with a demon familiar hunt down and exorcise demons.

Since you guys seem to be men of culture as well and enjoy mecha, I'd get into Patlabor. The ova series is good if you like 80's anime with quirky humor but the film is kino. It was directed by Mamoru Oshii, the same guy that directed GitS. He also made another film in the 80's called Angel's Egg. It's one of my favorites but it's weird, just to give you a heads-up.
 
So there’s a chance a Gundam SEED film will be completed after all?

www.animenewsnetwork.com

T.M. Revolution Teases Gundam Seed Film Project's Status

Takanori Nishikawa: Staff told him on Saturday that film is "moving along"
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Singer T.M. Revolution(Takanori Nishikawa) performed on the first day of "Gundam 40th Fes. 'Live-Beyond'," the concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first Gundam anime, on Saturday. At the end of his set, he reported that he asked the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed anime's staff about the announced Gundam Seed film project, and relayed that it is "moving along."

Nishikawa first sang his "Zips" and "ignited" theme songs from the various Mobile Suit Gundam Seed projects, followed by a cover of Daisuke Inoue's "Ai Senshi" (Soldiers of Sorrow) theme song from the second film in the first Mobile Suit Gundam film trilogy. Nishikawa then invited musician Hiroyuki Sawano onstage to perform "Beginning" (third Mobile Suit Gundamfilm's ending theme) and "Vigilante" (Mobile Suit Gundam NT insert song) together.

Before his final song of the day, Nishikawa noted that it has been 15 years since the second Gundam Seed television series, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, aired. He acknowledged that he is still talking all about the announced Gundam Seed film project, long after many had given up hope of its release. He told the audience that he asked Sunrise and Bandai Namco Entertainment that day, "What is happening with Gundam Seed?" According to Nishikawa, the staff responded, "It's moving along." Nishikawa then urged fans to pray for the completion of the film project as he sang the "Invoke" opening theme to the first Gundam Seed series.

Chiaki Morosawa, the head scriptwriter for the two Gundam Seed series, passed away at the age of 56 in 2016. She had been collaborating with her husband Mitsuo Fukuda, who directed both Gundam Seed television series, on the planned Gundam Seed film project. Morosawa had explained in 2008 that the plot for the project was completed, but that she had been ill since the end of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny sequel in 2005.

The first Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television anime aired from 2002 to 2003, followed by Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny from 2004 to 2005. The three-part Mobile Suit Gundam Seed C.E.73: Stargazer anime project followed in 2006. Sony Music Anime Festival '06 announced the planned film project in May 2006.
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SteelPlatedHeart said:
Gad Guard and Vandread are two of my favorites.
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Gad Guard's mechs had to have been designed by someone who worked on Mega Man, right? I swear I know that style.

Vandread was surprisingly fun for being a show about gender politics, although I think the second season had a drop-off. Didn't keep me as invested like the first half did. That twist with the one character caught me off-guard, though, like what the fuuuuck lol.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Gad Guard's mechs had to have been designed by someone who worked on Mega Man, right? I swear I know that style.

Vandread was surprisingly fun for being a show about gender politics, although I think the second season had a drop-off. Didn't keep me as invested like the first half did. That twist with the one character caught me off-guard, though, like what the fuuuuck lol.
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Google tells me Gad Guard’s character design ms were by this guy:
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Masahiro Aizawa - IMDb

Masahiro Aizawa, Animation Department: Mawaru-Penguindrum. Masahiro Aizawa is known for his work on Mawaru-Penguindrum (2011), Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999) and Tekken 5 (2004).
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Based on original designs by this guy:
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Yoshitsune Izuna - IMDb

Yoshitsune Izuna, Animation Department: Planet With
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I actually ended up seeing the second season of Gad Guard before the first because of how it was airing on a cable station, so I’m more attached to the 2nd season. But yeah, good twists.

Plus the second season has that one Bart episode.
 
Remove Goat said:
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for anime to watch soon with my roommate but I've pretty much exhausted all of the normie and normie-adjacent stuff that isn't shit like SAO, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, etc.

Afro Samurai (pretty meh tbh)
Code Geass
Fist of the North Star (after Raoh dies, there is no more FOTNS)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Jojo parts 1-5
One Punch Man (season 2 was shit)
Yu Yu Hakusho
City Hunter
Hunter X Hunter (taking a break before the Chimera Ant arc)
Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one
(We tend to juggle at least 4 series at a time)
Bobobo Bo-Bobobo
Death Note (Up until the part where Light tries to get his dad to use the Death Note)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Like the last 3 episodes are left)
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
Ghost Stories (IDK when)
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing the Series
Ghost in the Shell (p much everything, movies and series wise)
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
FLCL
Konosuba
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Naruto (or really any long running series)

If anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
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Kaiji (only parts one and two are animated though)
One Outs is a really great baseball animu more in the vein of Eyeshield 21 where games are less coin flips and more the mastermind character coming up with insane strats to win games. Both are good enough to rec even for non handegg/beisbowl fans (though knowing the rules certainly helps) though both anime unfortunately end before getting to the real good arcs (match against dinosaur team in Eye21 and the entire final arc in OO is kino).
Monster

I'll try and think of more.
 
Remove Goat said:
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for anime to watch soon with my roommate but I've pretty much exhausted all of the normie and normie-adjacent stuff that isn't shit like SAO, Tokyo Ghoul, Attack on Titan, etc.

Afro Samurai (pretty meh tbh)
Code Geass
Fist of the North Star (after Raoh dies, there is no more FOTNS)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Jojo parts 1-5
One Punch Man (season 2 was shit)
Yu Yu Hakusho
City Hunter
Hunter X Hunter (taking a break before the Chimera Ant arc)
Mobile Suit Gundam, the first one
(We tend to juggle at least 4 series at a time)
Bobobo Bo-Bobobo
Death Note (Up until the part where Light tries to get his dad to use the Death Note)
Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Like the last 3 episodes are left)
Hellsing Ultimate (probably going to drop it unless it gets much better after when the nazis attack the anglo menace)
Ghost Stories (IDK when)
Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing the Series
Ghost in the Shell (p much everything, movies and series wise)
Inuyasha
Outlaw Star
Soul Eater
FLCL
Konosuba
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Naruto (or really any long running series)

If anyone's got any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
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The anime I always recommend is the R.O.D: Read or Die OVA and it's follow up TV series R.O.D The TV.

The simplest way to describe it is it's anime crossed with British spy fiction and "telefantasy" ala Doctor Who.

The OVA stars a sexy librarian type girl with the power to control paper the way Magneto controls metal, who tries to save the world from an army of cloned historical geniuses up to no good, the TV series follows 3 Hong Kong kung fu fighting sisters named after Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Anita Mui with the same paper manipulation powers and their adventures with the best friend of the sexy librarian girl from the OVA.

I fucking love it, it's my personal favorite anime franchise, I especially love the English dub of the TV series, which is phenomenally good and features mostly actors who didn't do a whole lot of other anime, so it sounds very unique.

It really breaks my heart Read or Die never quite reached the popularity it should have, the OVA was fairly well known for a while as it aired on Adult Swim, but not as many people were aware of the TV series which aired on G4 instead, it's begging for rediscovery.

R.A.E.L. said:
The Hellsing TV series is worth watching IMHO as long as you don’t mind deviation from the manga's plot. The main villain kinda sucks but it fleshes Seras out more, plus Alucard and Integra have a few nice moments together. There's basically less action and more focus on the characters themselves, but if that's not your thing you may wanna skip it. You should definitely finish Ultimate though, along with the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist.

That aside, I recommend Trigun, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni.
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The Hellsing TV series does one really interesting thing and that's in it the Hellsing Organization is more of a police force with Alucard as more of a "last resort" back up, which wasn't really the case in the manga and OVAs.

I think the TV series is pretty good and still worth watching, especially for the dub, which was brought to us by the same guy and studio that did R.O.D The TV's dub.
 
I still need to give the original Hellsing a chance. I loved the hell out of Ultimate.
 
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