The search for anime that isn't complete and utter dogshit

🍁 Aria 🔮 · February 12, 2018, 02:01:32 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 12, 2018, 01:58:23 PM

speaking of which, my MAL's average rating actually increased by 0.01 with my last update

Verbatim · February 14, 2018, 04:38:34 PM

As I wrap up 1995, I think it might be safe to skip all of the following:

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Ranma ½: Battle ga Ippai 29-nin no Korinai Yatsura
Iczer-Girl Iczelion
Utsukushii Chikyuu wo Yogosanai de
Atashi Tenshi Anata Akuma
Dragon Ball Z Movie 12: Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Gokuu to Vegeta
Slam Dunk: Shouhoku Saidai no Kiki! Moero Sakuragi Hanamichi
Marmalade Boy Movie
Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte: Alice kara, Rin-kun e
Macross 7 Plus
Blue Seed Omake
Yamiyo no Jidaigeki

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS
Tenchi Muyou!
Magic Knight Rayearth II
Bit the Cupid
Kuma no Puutarou
Yanbo Ninbo Tonbo
Dirty Pair Flash 2
Idol Bouei-tai Hummingbird
Kouryuu no Mimi: Mina no Shou
Udauda Yatteru Hima wa Nee!
Lupin III: Kutabare! Nostradamus
Crayon Shin-chan Movie 03: Unkokusai no Yabou
Totsuzen! Neko no Kuni Banipal Witt
Tobe! Pegasus Kokoro no Goal ni Shoot
Tokai no Butchy
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Special

Ranma ½ Super
Ranma ½: DoCo Music Video
Mechano: Scientific Attack Force
Yamiyo no Jidaigeki (OVA)
Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Ryuuken Bakuhatsu!! Goku ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru
Slayers: The Motion Picture
Slam Dunk: Hoero Basketman-damashii! Hanamichi to Rukawa no Atsuki Natsu
Macross 7 Movie: Ginga ga Ore wo Yondeiru!
Hajimari no Boukensha-tachi: Legend of Crystania
Ninkuu (Movie)
Kazu & Yasu Hero Tanjou
Top wo Nerae! Kagaku Kouza
Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season Picture Drama
Lupin III: Harimao no Zaihou wo Oe!!
Private Eye Dol

El Hazard: The Wanderers
Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho II
Macross 7 Encore
Captain Tsubasa: Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth
Akazukin Chacha OVA
Dirty Pair Flash 3
Shin Kaitei Gunkan
Haou Daikei Ryuu Knight: Adeu Legend II
Gakkou no Yuurei
Yamato Takeru: After War
Bad Badtz-Maru no Otoko Dokyou no Omoiyari
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black Dream Hole no Kiseki
Macross Plus Movie Edition
Azuki-chan the Movie
Heong-geuli Beseuteu 5
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS Gaiden: Ami-chan no Hatsukoi
Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach Specials

Unless anyone can give me a reason to try any of these.

if it's part of a larger series that i've already dropped, i'm probably not gonna bother
if i can't find it on the internet (or if i have to dl/buy it), then i obviously won't bother either

Doctor Doom · February 14, 2018, 05:51:29 PM

Maybe reconsider Gundam Wing on the grounds that it was one of the pioneers of anime in the west.

Verbatim · February 14, 2018, 05:54:40 PM

Quote from: Doctor Doom on February 14, 2018, 05:51:29 PM

Maybe reconsider Gundam Wing on the grounds that it was one of the pioneers of anime in the west.

not a bad idea, since i'm planning on capping it off by rewatching EVA as well for similar reasons

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 14, 2018, 06:56:46 PM

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Verbatim · February 17, 2018, 09:40:10 PM

all right, time to shovel off the last few scraps of the '95 plate

as usual, i don't have a lot to say about any of this stuff, because it's mostly just random garbage that nobody else likes either, yet i'm still obligated to watch in order for me to be able to say "i've seen every anime ever made"

Nurse Angel Ririka SOS (Studio Gallop, 1995, two episodes) I wish I had more to say about these dumb mahou shoujo shows, but they just never offer me very much. 4/10

Catnapped! (Studio Hibari, 1995, completed) This is one of the most obnoxious things I've ever seen, but I'd be lying if I didn't at least somewhat appreciate the imaginative visuals to SOME degree. 2/10

Neighborhood Story (Toei, 1995, one episode) More of the same bullshit, but credit where credit's due to the art style, which is fairly unique by anime standards. You can still tell it was made in Japan, but it's kind of striking all the same. 3/10

Galaxy Fraulein Yuna (J.C.Staff, 1995, one episode) I am now watching OVAs that were released and made to be watched exclusively on old PC-ROM games that nobody played in the mid-90s. I have officially lost control of my life. 2/10

Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy (AIC, 1995, one episode) This one's kinda interesting. It's an OVA that "recasts" characters from the Tenchi Muyo! series, giving them entirely different roles in a totally disconnected(?) show. Almost as if they weren't just cartoons, but real people playing characters. I've never seen anything like that before. Points for originality, I suppose. 3/10

Battle Skipper (Artmic, 1995, one episode) The only thing I'm skipping here is the rest of this OVA. 1/10

Hyper Doll (Triangle Staff, 1995, one episode) 1/10

Sorcerer Hunters (Xebec, 1995, one episode) 1/10

Kouryuu no Mimi: Mina no Shou (Unknown studio, 1995, one episode) 1/10

Gotou ni Naritai. (Unknown studio, 1995, completed) 4/10

the last things i have to watch now from this year:

Virtua Fighter. I'm saving this one for last, because not only is it based on one of my all-time favorite fighting game franchises, it was also released on my birthday. And it doesn't even look half-bad, honestly. So hopefully, by watching this one last, I'll have ended 1995 on a positive note.

Red Hawk - Weapon Of Death. This is a movie, and it looks very very bad, so I've been putting it off for a long time.

Neon Genesis Evangelion + Death & Rebirth + End of Evangelion. Given that many people still regard Eva as one of the most important shows ever, if not the best ever created, I'm not opposed to giving it another chance. I didn't watch either of the two films last time, because I simply didn't care to, but I'll go ahead and watch them too. I definitely don't expect to completely turn around on this show, having disliked it initially, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to get to the bottom of why people seem to like it so much.

And then Majackou, Gunsmith Cats, The Silent Service, Gakkou no Yuurei, and Shin Kaitei Gunkan.

Then I move on to 1996.

TB · February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM

Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.

Azumarill · February 18, 2018, 11:02:15 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM

Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.

it isn't pointless. it's an attention seeking exercise. and it works really well

Verbatim · February 18, 2018, 11:21:33 AM

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Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.
it isn't pointless. it's an attention seeking exercise. and it works really well

i don't need to seek attention on sep7agon.net, i'm pretty good on that front

that said, all human activity could be reduced to attention seeking

it's practically what we're on the planet for

Verbatim · February 18, 2018, 11:22:42 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM

Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.

like working out?

TB · February 18, 2018, 11:24:52 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:22:42 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM
Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.
like working out?

Not at all actually.

You're not enjoying this are you?

Verbatim · February 18, 2018, 11:27:41 AM

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Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM
Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.
like working out?
Not at all actually.

You're not enjoying this are you?

i'm enjoying it quite thoroughly, actually

nobody loves hating anime more than i do

TB · February 18, 2018, 11:28:39 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:27:41 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 11:24:52 AM
Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:22:42 AM
Quote from: TBlocks on February 18, 2018, 10:53:58 AM
Not to sound like a broken record but this really does seem like a pointless endeavor.
like working out?
Not at all actually.

You're not enjoying this are you?
i'm enjoying it quite thoroughly, actually

nobody loves hating anime more than i do

Well nevermind then, if you're happy then it's less pointless than I anticipated.

Verbatim · February 18, 2018, 11:52:14 AM

http://graph.anime.plus/V3rbatim/profile

this is a cool-ass website

Big Boss · February 18, 2018, 04:59:52 PM

Just finished Samurai Champloo. Was fucking awesome.

Turkey · February 18, 2018, 05:00:03 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:52:14 AM

http://graph.anime.plus/V3rbatim/profile

this is a cool-ass website

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0.41% of all anime

Better step up your game, verb

Flee · February 18, 2018, 07:22:58 PM

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Verbatim · February 18, 2018, 07:38:31 PM

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http://graph.anime.plus/V3rbatim/profile

this is a cool-ass website

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0.41% of all anime
Better step up your game, verb
jesus christ man, that's almost half a percentage point.

and that's just the anime i've bothered to complete

Dietrich Six · February 19, 2018, 05:07:36 PM

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Quote from: Verbatim on February 18, 2018, 11:52:14 AM
http://graph.anime.plus/V3rbatim/profile

this is a cool-ass website

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0.41% of all anime
Better step up your game, verb

Lol he hasn't even touched manga.

How you finna judge something without knowing its roots?

Big Boss · February 23, 2018, 03:51:03 PM

I'm 3 episodes into Devilman Crybaby. This shit is fucking cool. The soundtrack is great.

Verbatim · February 23, 2018, 04:03:35 PM

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I'm 3 episodes into Devilman Crybaby. This shit is fucking cool. The soundtrack is great.

dude, isn't it

it's the one time i've ever been tempted to use an anime avatar

Big Boss · February 23, 2018, 04:15:08 PM

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I'm 3 episodes into Devilman Crybaby. This shit is fucking cool. The soundtrack is great.
dude, isn't it

it's the one time i've ever been tempted to use an anime avatar

I think this is the fastest I've ever been hooked into an anime. It usually takes me like 5 episodes to really properly get into something but I was hooked from episode 1. I love stories with characters that are posessed by a demon of some kind, it's usually the kind of thing I daydream/fantasize about when I'm thinking up my own characters and stuff. Everything about it just seems so damn stylish. I'm kind of getting a Dante/Vergil vibe from Akira and his brother too.

Azumarill · February 23, 2018, 04:27:06 PM

the devilman crybaby experience

first 3 or so episodes: oh wow this is cool, dope animation and music

the end of the show: what the fuck

Deleted · February 23, 2018, 09:29:23 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 23, 2018, 04:03:35 PM

Quote from: Big Boss™ Remastered on February 23, 2018, 03:51:03 PM
I'm 3 episodes into Devilman Crybaby. This shit is fucking cool. The soundtrack is great.
dude, isn't it

it's the one time i've ever been tempted to use an anime avatar

Big Boss · February 24, 2018, 02:47:23 PM

top 9

Stark · February 24, 2018, 11:59:43 PM

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top 9

I fucking adored NGE.

Verbatim · February 27, 2018, 12:06:07 AM

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Gainax, 1995, completed) Just changing my score. Originally, I gave it a 3/10, which is still how I feel about it on the absolute worst of days. The new score is what I'd give it on the absolute best of days. I'd elaborate more, but I'm going to withhold my updated thoughts for when I watch the two movies, Death & Rebirth and End of Evangelion. As I explained in my "year-end" list, however, my opinion of the show has substantially increased and I have a lot more respect for it now. It's still not going in my favorites, or anything, but I've come to appreciate a lot of what the show is going for, and I can't wait to extrapolate further on this. I just wanna get the complete story before doing so. 6/10

Virtua Fighter (Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 1995, five episodes) For a show based on a fighting game franchise that I love, which was also released on the exact date of my birth, yet is also geared towards children, this could've been a lot worse. I'm biased in favor of the characters, having already gotten to know them through playing hours and hours of Virtua Fighter 2, 4, and 5 back in the day. But with that said, the show is about as good as you'd ultimately expect it to be. Personally, I'm just kinda glad that it exists. 4/10

Red Hawk - Weapon of Death (Unknown studio, 1995, completed) A shameful, ugly, and embarrassing DBZ ripoff. But apparently, under the definition of anime that I've been using, this isn't actually an anime at all. It was made in South Korea. It's still listed on MAL, though, so fuck it, I guess that's my new definition and qualifier for "anime" now. And no, even then, Avatar: The Last Airbender is still not listed. Neither is RWBY. Neither is Jaden Smith's anime. So I'm not sure how they justify having Red Hawk on the website, but whatever. It was a stupid-ass movie, that's all I know. 2/10

Majackou (OLM, 1995, one episode) Dumb kids' show. 3/10

Gunsmith Cats (OLM, 1995, one episode) Dumb perverts' show. 2/10

The Silent Service (Unknown studio, 1995, two episodes) A boring and uninspired military drama type thing that tries to make a few poignant statements about international conflict, but falls short in too many ways to count. If the show had any characters, it might've been slightly more compelling. 3/10

Gakkou no Yuurei (Unknown studio, 1995, two episodes) I guess this is my first horror anime? But the horror is so fucking tame, I can't even tell if it's trying to be genuinely scary. This is something I might've skipped out on if I knew more about it, but I was suckered in by this really cool-looking poster. To be fair, my principle for watching horror movies has always been, "Don't watch it to be scared. Watch it as you would anything else and rate it accordingly." Basically, if the show doesn't scare you, is it still an interesting story? The answer in this case is no, I'm afraid. 3/10

Shin Kaitei Gunkan (Unknown studio, 1995, one episode) 3/10

All right, now I can officially move on to 1996 (along with the other stuff, like Tecxnolyze).

Already posted, but here's my Top 10 of 1995 in case anyone missed it. I still haven't watched every little thing from this year, but I think I've watched a pretty good amount.

Deleted · February 27, 2018, 12:17:19 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on February 27, 2018, 12:06:07 AM

Gakkou no Yuurei (Unknown studio, 1995, two episodes) I guess this is my first horror anime? But the horror is so fucking tame, I can't even tell if it's trying to be genuinely scary. This is something I might've skipped out on if I knew more about it, but I was suckered in by this really cool-looking poster. To be fair, my principle for watching horror movies has always been, "Don't watch it to be scared. Watch it as you would anything else and rate it accordingly." Basically, if the show doesn't scare you, is it still an interesting story? The answer in this case is no, I'm afraid. 3/10

Don't let weebs fool you. There literally is no such thing as horror anime. Closest you're going to get is stuff like Berserk, Devilman, and Eva which have some kinda-horror elements but are not actual horror, especially considering just how common certain elements are in anime.

The shit that gets considered Horror by your typical weeb is shit like Mirrai Nikki which are 999,999.9 times out of one million just Micheal Bay-tier action anime with alot of blood.

Turkey · February 27, 2018, 02:28:30 AM

Bump for Boy and the Beast, Wind Rises, and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet.

Batch · February 27, 2018, 03:17:40 AM

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Bump for Boy and the Beast, Wind Rises, and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet.

I enjoyed Gargantia quite a bit too. Not sure if Verb will appriciate the fan service in some sections, buts its still an interesting story with a couple of...well twists...cause theyre just weird.

But still, great anime and easily accessible if you have netflix.