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

Luciana · January 22, 2018, 07:02:22 PM

You know it's odd

Verb is watching more anime than some of the "weebs" on this site, which really gets my noggin joggin

Maybe it's just the best industry to critique since it's just too easy sometimes.

Verbatim · January 22, 2018, 07:07:23 PM

Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:02:22 PM

You know it's odd

Verb is watching more anime than some of the "weebs" on this site, which really gets my noggin joggin

Maybe it's just the best industry to critique since it's just too easy sometimes.

you should watch devilman crybaby

Luciana · January 22, 2018, 07:09:59 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 22, 2018, 07:07:23 PM

Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:02:22 PM
You know it's odd

Verb is watching more anime than some of the "weebs" on this site, which really gets my noggin joggin

Maybe it's just the best industry to critique since it's just too easy sometimes.
you should watch devilman crybaby

I still haven't watched the shows I told myself I would

Verbatim · January 22, 2018, 09:09:01 PM

Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:09:59 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 22, 2018, 07:07:23 PM
Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:02:22 PM
You know it's odd

Verb is watching more anime than some of the "weebs" on this site, which really gets my noggin joggin

Maybe it's just the best industry to critique since it's just too easy sometimes.
you should watch devilman crybaby
I still haven't watched the shows I told myself I would

it's ten episodes

Dietrich Six · January 22, 2018, 10:32:46 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 22, 2018, 06:56:45 PM

Quote from: Dietrich Six on January 22, 2018, 04:24:40 PM
Have you reviewed cowboy Bebop yet? That shit is mad depressing son.
yeah, but i wasn't super into it

i had mixed feelings about it, since some of the episodes are very good, but they were mixed in with some pretty dull ones as well

the ones that were good really left an impression on me, though, like the first episode and the lobster episode

I always viewed the full episodes as a sort of plateau on the rollercoaster. You know it's going to drop soon, but at least you can be comfortable for a bit.

Edit: that was meant to say dull

MarKhan · January 23, 2018, 05:31:54 AM

Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:09:59 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 22, 2018, 07:07:23 PM
Quote from: Luciana on January 22, 2018, 07:02:22 PM
You know it's odd

Verb is watching more anime than some of the "weebs" on this site, which really gets my noggin joggin

Maybe it's just the best industry to critique since it's just too easy sometimes.
you should watch devilman crybaby
I still haven't watched the shows I told myself I would

Watch Kigeki, it`s 10 minutes long.

Big Boss · January 23, 2018, 08:04:32 PM

Quote from: Dietrich Six on January 22, 2018, 10:32:46 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 22, 2018, 06:56:45 PM
Quote from: Dietrich Six on January 22, 2018, 04:24:40 PM
Have you reviewed cowboy Bebop yet? That shit is mad depressing son.
yeah, but i wasn't super into it

i had mixed feelings about it, since some of the episodes are very good, but they were mixed in with some pretty dull ones as well

the ones that were good really left an impression on me, though, like the first episode and the lobster episode

I always viewed the full episodes as a sort of plateau on the rollercoaster. You know it's going to drop soon, but at least you can be comfortable for a bit.

Plus the soundtrack is super nice to listen to.

Verbatim · January 24, 2018, 12:15:31 PM

i'm finna have the best 3x3 ever

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · January 24, 2018, 01:24:23 PM

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Elai · January 24, 2018, 02:09:25 PM

whats a 3x3 scale

Verbatim · January 24, 2018, 02:10:39 PM

Quote from: Snake on January 24, 2018, 02:09:25 PM

whats a 3x3 scale

like the picture i posted except it's 3x3 rather than 2x2

your top nine favorites, basically

Elai · January 24, 2018, 02:11:51 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 24, 2018, 02:10:39 PM

Quote from: Snake on January 24, 2018, 02:09:25 PM
whats a 3x3 scale
like the picture i posted except it's 3x3 rather than 2x2

your top nine favorites, basically

oh ok

Dietrich Six · January 24, 2018, 03:48:38 PM

>no mention of outlaw star or cowboy Bebop

Do you even anime?

Verbatim · January 24, 2018, 05:07:11 PM

Quote from: Dietrich Six on January 24, 2018, 03:48:38 PM

>no mention of outlaw star or cowboy Bebop

Do you even anime?

as a matter of fact: no

what the flaming cunt is this garbage

Dietrich Six · January 24, 2018, 05:52:02 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on January 24, 2018, 05:07:11 PM

Quote from: Dietrich Six on January 24, 2018, 03:48:38 PM
>no mention of outlaw star or cowboy Bebop

Do you even anime?
as a matter of fact: no

what the flaming cunt is this garbage

Bruuhhhhhh, pagawasunfah

Verbatim · January 28, 2018, 11:50:31 PM

Street Fighter II V (Group TAC, 1995, five episodes) Given that I'm already a pretty big Street Fighter fan, I kind of expected to find some enjoyment out of this, especially when it has a decent premise for the source material. But I didn't, really. It takes itself far too seriously, all the fight scenes are pretty laughable, and overall, it wound up being far too slow-paced for me to even finish. 5/10

Wedding Peach (KSS, 1995, one episode) I cannot believe that this Not-Sailor Moon has over 50 episodes to watch of it. 2/10

Azuki-chan (Madhouse, 1995, one episode) This isn't even close to my demographic, and I'm not quite deep enough into my insanity to where I can start imagining myself as a little Japanese girl before I start watching shows that are intended for them (I'm getting there, though). 5/10

Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger (Shaft, 1995, one episode) 1/10

Soar High! Isami (Group TAC, 1995, one episode) 4/10

801 T.T.S. Airbats (Studio Fantasia, 1995, two episodes) 3/10

Makeruna! Makendou (OLM, 1995, completed) 1/10

Sotsugyou: Graduation (Unknown studio, 1995, completed) 2/10

Lesson XX (Unknown studio, 1995, completed) 3/10

Ruin Explorers (Ajia-Do, 1995, two episodes) 4/10

the bottom of this barrel is vast and spacious

Verbatim · January 30, 2018, 01:36:27 PM

Here's (almost) everything I still need to watch from 1995, for reference:

Shows:

Sailor Moon SuperS - Apparently, this is just season 4 of Sailor Moon. Why is it listed as a separate show on MAL? I'll get to Sailor Moon eventually, but I probably won't consider it a 1995 show.

Tenchi Universe - I need to watch the OVA, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki, first.

Magic Knight Rayearth II - Obviously, I need to watch the first Magic Knight Rayearth.

The World's Most Famous Tales - Shitty anime adaptations of fairytales Disney already did perfectly. Might not bother.

H2 - Looks kinda interesting. It's about baseball, and I didn't know they played baseball in Japan.

El Hazard: The Wanderers - Already tried and didn't like The Magnificent World, so I'm not sure about this.

Wild Knights Gulkeeva
Jura Tripper
Bonobono
Bit the Cupid
Kuma no Puutarou
Yanbo Ninbo Tonbo
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
Sorcerer Hunters
Saint Tail
Neighborhood Story
Mojacko
Touma Kishinden Oni

Some of this stuff is so obscure, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia article.

As for movies, we have:

Elementalors
Catnapped!
Tobe! Pegasus Kokoro no Goal ni Shoot
Tokai no Butchy
Whisper of the Heart***
Red Hawk: Weapon of Death
Kazu & Yasu Hero Tanjou
Memories***
Gotou ni Naritai.
Heong-geuli Beseuteu 5

*** = i'm looking forward to these

I'm only counting original movies that don't seem to be part of a larger franchise, so things like Legend of Crystania and any DBZ movie are excluded. Movies adapted from manga alone are fine, but in general, films that are based on shows just tend to feel like glorified episodes of that show, which is not at all what I'm looking for when it comes to film.

I won't bother posting the mountain of OVAs and specials I still need to sift through.

Verbatim · January 30, 2018, 01:56:04 PM

"Why don't you just watch things that you expect to enjoy" - question one of my weeb friends is always asking me

anime is the only medium where you can expect to hate everything you watch, if you just watch any old thing

whereas i can play pretty much any video game, no matter what it is, and find something to enjoy about it—and even then, you don't have to look very hard to find good stuff

the same applies to film, literature, and especially music (while there are some genres i strongly dislike, i can point to exceptions pretty much everywhere)

but it seems with anime, where everything is garbage, you're pretty much supposed to go into it having a perfect understanding of what you like, rather than being open about what you could end up liking, because otherwise, it's just too hard to find anything worth watching

and this is an art form that i'm supposed to take seriously

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · January 30, 2018, 06:43:28 PM

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Azumarill · January 31, 2018, 03:08:38 PM

verb is a bizarre person

Verbatim · January 31, 2018, 03:57:17 PM

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verb is a bizarre person

whatever it takes

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Verbatim · January 31, 2018, 04:04:16 PM

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Quote from: Verbatim on January 31, 2018, 03:57:17 PM
Quote from: Azumarill on January 31, 2018, 03:08:38 PM
verb is a bizarre person
whatever it takes
To impress people online? 😂😂😂😂

sure

Deleted · January 31, 2018, 04:06:12 PM

Quote from: Azumarill on January 31, 2018, 03:08:38 PM

verb is a bizarre person

In other news:
Shocking discovery! Green Grass!

Verbatim · February 01, 2018, 01:03:37 PM

Quote from: MarKhan on January 22, 2018, 05:08:35 PM

Texhnolyze actually seems cool, looking forward to watching it.

Dietrich Six · February 02, 2018, 03:58:22 PM

If you don't bump outlaw star up on your list I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore.

Verbatim · February 02, 2018, 09:02:22 PM

Sailor Moon (Toei, 1992, three episodes) The wonderful thing about shojo series is that they tend to have the coolest and most fleshed out female characters in the entire industry. So to that end, I respect Sailor Moon as a franchise quite a lot. Do I personally enjoy it, though? No, not particularly. Not just because it's for girls, but because none of the plot threads or themes are really resonating with me, and the bubbly aesthetic is threatening to give me diabetes. 5/10

Whisper of the Heart (Yoshifumi Kondō, Studio Ghibli, 1995) Yep, it's a Studio Ghibli film all right. Impossible to hate, yet also impossible to love or be thoroughly impressed with. It make sense how one of the more obscure Ghibli films is also one of the most middling, and I only like it less the more I think about it. 4/10

Mobile Suit Gundam (Sunrise, 1979, three episodes) The appeal of these stupid mecha shows may forever elude me. It's just a nonstop deluge of ridiculously dumb shit being battering rammed repeatedly and relentlessly into my fucking face. Anime at its anime-est. Fuck characters, fuck plot, let's just have mindless action scenes all the time. No thanks. 2/10

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (AIC, 1992, two episodes) Quite run-of-the-mill outside of the cool character designs. I don't know why I expected more. 4/10

Bonobono (Group TAC, 1995, three episodes) Sure, I can get behind stuff like this every now and again. It's for kids, but it reminds me a lot of Peanuts or Calvin and Hobbes, in that there's a lot of stuff for adults to take away from it, too, making it wholesome, yet thoughtful. But both of those two comic strips are something I have personal attachments to, so I'm naturally going to gravitate towards them more on an emotional level. I'm also not gonna sit through 40+ episodes of it. But hey, whatever. I don't hate this. 6/10

H2 (Production Reed, 1995, three episodes) Paint drying. Ice melitng. Watching H2. The show is about baseball and is about as entertaining. Which is to say, not very. 3/10

The World's Most Famous Tales (Toei, 1995, two episodes) Just. Watch. Disney. These things do not need to exist in any capacity. 1/10

Magic Knight Rayearth (Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 1994, one episode) 4/10

Wild Knights Gulkeeva (Sunrise, 1995, one episode) 2/10

Jura Tripper (Ashi Productions, 1995, one episode) 2/10

I can't find streams for these shows anywhere:

Bit the Cupid
Kuma no Puutarou
Yanbo Ninbo Tonbo

Verbatim · February 02, 2018, 09:22:45 PM

Quote from: Dietrich Six on February 02, 2018, 03:58:22 PM

If you don't bump outlaw star up on your list I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore.

wasn't even on it because i haven't heard of it before

what is it

Ásgeirr · February 02, 2018, 11:41:19 PM

would you read a mango

Korra · February 02, 2018, 11:45:33 PM

Hey, have you seen the Street Fighter II movie? Its pretty good.