i just find myself confounded with how popular of a character she is, as though she were a naruto character

Japan has a fascination with characters who act prickly and unapproachable but, deep down, really just want to be loved, even though the story beats the viewer over the head with how self-destructive this behavior is because, like any extremely popular genre-breaking and defining work, a lot of NGE's supposed fans haven't watched it.

Fans in the west like her design and the mountains of porn and rarely have much to say about her personality because, like any extremely popular genre-breaking and defining work, a lot of NGE's supposed fans haven't watched it. Tangentially related: the masturbation scene is believed to be a commentary by Anno on how fucked up it is to treat such broken and sick people as fetish material -- which is what the series is best known for, right after how dark and depressing it is.

Because, like any extremely popular genre-breaking and defining work, a lot of NGE's supposed fans haven't watched it. Or, I guess, just missed the point or didn't care or whatever.

Monster (Madhouse, 2004, five episodes) The plot is actually pretty intriguing, but I don't know if it's 70+ episodes intriguing. I like the slow pace and the atmosphere is great, but what's lacking to me is the overall presentation. The art style is incredibly fucking bland. Believe it or not, you can have and maintain a gritty and realistic tone and setting without making everything look so visually uninteresting. Everything else seems fine, but I just don't really have an interest in continuing at this point. Like I said, the story is interesting, but it's not that interesting. Maybe if it were 20 episodes long. 6/10

Trigun (Madhouse, 1998, three episodes) Really nothing special. I may have been more into it as a preteen, or something, but I'm just far too jaded to appreciate dumb shit like this in my adulthood. 4/10

Aggretsuko (Fanworks, 2018, completed) Okay, so the premise of this one pretty much speaks for itself: it's a slice-of-life comedy with Hello Kitty-esque characters where a cute little panda-looking thing copes with the daily grind of her soul-crushing desk job by singing death metal at a karaoke parlor. If that concept alone doesn't sound absolutely precious to you, you can safely avoid watching it, because the show is very much presented as is. I, for one, thought it was delightful, and certainly something unique in the sea of homogeneity that is modern anime. Just don't tell anyone I said that. fun/10

Castle in the Sky (Studio Ghibli, 1986, completed) 5/10

Fist of the North Star (Toei, 1984, one episode) 1/10

Quote from: Verbatim on May 17, 2018, 07:52:47 AM

Fist of the North Star (Toei, 1984, one episode) 1/10

why does every character drawn by this guy look like desty

maybe i should just watch every netflix anime

they're literally 2 for 2 right now

i'm trying to keep up with some 2018 stuff in general in the background so i can make a list at the end of the year, but the sheer amount of crap that gets made season after season nowadays is pretty fucking overwhelming

haha ffs I have a picture of me before I had the haircut, and I really do look like a Fist of The North Star character minus the buffness

i'm gonna watch RWBY

maybe i should just watch every netflix anime

they're literally 2 for 2 right now

i'm trying to keep up with some 2018 stuff in general in the background so i can make a list at the end of the year, but the sheer amount of crap that gets made season after season nowadays is pretty fucking overwhelming

There are some pretty big misses in Netflix's lineup. That cg animation is hard to stomach.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 17, 2018, 04:37:04 PM

maybe i should just watch every netflix anime

they're literally 2 for 2 right now

i'm trying to keep up with some 2018 stuff in general in the background so i can make a list at the end of the year, but the sheer amount of crap that gets made season after season nowadays is pretty fucking overwhelming

There are some pretty big misses in Netflix's lineup. That cg animation is hard to stomach.

Blame! looks pretty good as far as CGi Anime goes. It's fucking parsecs beyond Clangserk, for sure.

Quote from: Verbatim on May 17, 2018, 06:16:23 PM

i'm gonna watch RWBY

no no no dont do it Verb!

TOO LATE eight episodes in

it's quite bad, but i did expect worse

Verb, I would prefer not to give a rundown of 30+ threads, so what would you consider decent?

Quote from: Azumarill on May 11, 2018, 12:40:21 PM

verb you need to get a job

have one

oops you're fucking stupid oh well

sick burn

also everything you like is shit and you should be humiliated for all eternity

yikes

that's what i say every time i have to look at one of your avatars

Quote from: Verbatim on May 18, 2018, 08:15:22 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on May 18, 2018, 08:12:56 PM

yikes

that's what i say every time i have to look at one of your avatars

try a little harder kiddo. you're almost there. you can do great things. i believe in you

i'm not trying at all