The all things Anime related thread.

just Scott · 11 May 2009 at 18:42

Gurren Lagann is great. Wait until you get near the end, it gets so unbelievably crazy. Probably the most fun series I have ever watched.

Started Kanon yesterday. Won the coin toss against Clannad.

lsg1r · 11 May 2009 at 18:46

SkeeterPSA said:
tokyo 2040

I thought that was the better one out of the ones I've seen but I suppose everyone has different tastes.

Yeah Godannar isnt very good from what little i have seen. The attraction was that the anime art looked very nice and hear theres some nice bouncing er moving along hehe so its all terrible then is it?

I stopped after 2 episodes

Demoniser · 11 May 2009 at 19:46

H2F Scott said:
Gurren Lagann is great. Wait until you get near the end, it gets so unbelievably crazy. Probably the most fun series I have ever watched.

Started Kanon yesterday. Won the coin toss against Clannad.

Crazy just can't do TTGL justice but its a damn good ride from start to finish

the mechs just keep getting bigger....and bigger...and bigger...and bigger...

i think it holds the record for biggest robot in any form of visual media...ever LOL.

SkeeterUK · 11 May 2009 at 20:15

Just watched 8 and someone died at the end.

Wonder how it will be now.

memyselfandi · 11 May 2009 at 21:37

SkeeterPSA said:
Shuffle - This was some excellent harem. It started ok but got really good after a few eps. Loved this to bits.

The Third, the girl with the blue eye. - This was just plain awesomeness. Its post apocalyptic. Its got great animation. Its got a great flow to the show, the characters were well developed tho some could have been better fleshed out like the daughter of the killed legend mechanic (cant remember exact details there as it was awhile ago for me watching it). But overall defo one of my fav anime's of all time for me.

I've watched a lot of harem anime and I have to admit I don't think very much of Shuffle. It had a lot of potential but it didn't follow through very well. I tend to find that the best series in this genre are those where you can empathise with the characters but with Shuffle I just didn't care by half way through (and was already down the path of hoping the character with mental issues would just stop whining already).

The Third is a great series though, (had some excellent booklets in the DVD cases on the singles release).

H2F Scott said:
Gurren Lagann is great. Wait until you get near the end, it gets so unbelievably crazy. Probably the most fun series I have ever watched.

Started Kanon yesterday. Won the coin toss against Clannad.

Demoniser said:
Crazy just can't do TTGL justice but its a damn good ride from start to finish

the mechs just keep getting bigger....and bigger...and bigger...and bigger...

i think it holds the record for biggest robot in any form of visual media...ever LOL.

I wanted to like Gurren Lagann ... but it just got too stupid for me ... particularly due to what Demoniser says above. Mecha which get more powerful over the series is ok, Vandread for example, but this was just silly.

In my opinion Clannad > Kanon ... but Kanon is very good too ... just a bit emotionally heavy going at times ...

Finished rewatching Otoboku this evening (which is silly) and watched #6 of K-ON! which was funny (pantsu!). Hopefully I'll watch some more of Fafner tomorrow and maybe start Jinki Extend.

lsg1r · 11 May 2009 at 23:52

Demoniser said:
the mechs just keep getting bigger....and bigger...and bigger...and bigger...

i think it holds the record for biggest robot in any form of visual media...ever LOL.

I think cybertron and unicron (the planets in transformers) might give them a run for their money

memyselfandi said:
I wanted to like Gurren Lagann ... but it just got too stupid for me ... particularly due to what Demoniser says above. Mecha which get more powerful over the series is ok, Vandread for example, but this was just silly.

I'll admit gurren lagann was a bit 'what the ...' near the end but when you think about it the whole premise was a little weird to begin with (kamina using simons xxxx in his battle with viral - no normal person would do that!) and I was thinking this is rubbish for a couple of episodes but it did get better as it went on luckily. I think I just had to realise this is going to be daft after having watched the fairly serious mecha approach with gundam, rahxephon and fafner

memyselfandi · 12 May 2009 at 07:24

It's almost summer time .... and looking at this there appears to be quite a bit I may be interested in

If I list:
Cobra:Rokunin no Yushi
Element Hunters
Needless
Canaan
Umineko no naku kora ni
Hetalia Axis Powers 2
Ukkari Penelope

... those are the ones I'm not interested in .... the rest look interesting (so the above is a shorter list to type).

(main link to site here if above link breaks)

Phatjayunoi · 12 May 2009 at 08:12

Spice and Wolf II especially! I loved the OVA that was released a few weeks back and so I cannot wait for more Horo and medieval economics.

Demoniser · 12 May 2009 at 12:12

lsg1r said:
I think cybertron and unicron (the planets in transformers) might give them a run for their money

the Tengan Toppa Gurren Lagann was several times larger than those

SPOILERS

The TTGL and Anti-Spiral mech/person/thing were throwing galaxies at one another iirc in the final episode

Demoniser · 13 May 2009 at 16:15

Just working my way through the first half of Clannad, its nice to go back to the light hearted part lol. Fuko is just the ultimate comedy relief and Sunoharas beatings are genius.

memyselfandi · 13 May 2009 at 17:38

Watched Jinki:Extend today .... it was ok, cute characters and lots of action but I did find the plot a bit confusing in the second quarter or so (not helped by working at the same time).

Rewatching Genshiken this evening (I see that Genshiken 2 vol 1 has been resolicited for August although now without an Artbox

)

Not really sure what I'll be watching next at the moment as I'm awaiting a couple of packages from TRSI. As I rewatched Clannad series 1 the other week so I may rewatch After Story now I have it all in 16:9 (although I do have a bit of back log of current things to catch up on)

lsg1r · 13 May 2009 at 17:59

memyselfandi said:
Not really sure what I'll be watching next at the moment as I'm awaiting a couple of packages from TRSI. As I rewatched Clannad series 1 the other week so I may rewatch After Story now I have it all in 16:9 (although I do have a bit of back log of current things to catch up on)

What about tuaro majitsu no index, I actually thought it turned out ok as a series

If you want a mecha type thing take a look at the remake of daiking the legend of daiku maryu as it might keep you entertained for a few days

memyselfandi · 13 May 2009 at 18:57

lsg1r said:
What about tuaro majitsu no index, I actually thought it turned out ok as a series
If you want a mecha type thing take a look at the remake of daiking the legend of daiku maryu as it might keep you entertained for a few days

Toaro Majitsu No Index .... yep it is pretty good ... but unfortunately I watched that last month

Hmmm ... haven't heard of the other one though ... will have to take a look.

lsg1r · 13 May 2009 at 19:33

memyselfandi said:
Toaro Majitsu No Index .... yep it is pretty good ... but unfortunately I watched that last month

Hmmm ... haven't heard of the other one though ... will have to take a look.

grrr you're almost as bad as me at finding something new to watch

I'm currently watching tales of the abyss, had a dull patch around episode 3-6 but its picking up quite nicely again now.

memyselfandi · 13 May 2009 at 21:12

I really need something non-mecha, well non-actiony .... action wise I'm watching Desert Punk which is ok so far but I need something more relaxing for upstairs before bed viewing.

More of a slice-of-life, romantic comedy, harem, drama sort of thing ... think Clannad/Genshiken/Please Teacher/Maria-sama sort of level of excitement ...

Trouble is I've seen a lot in this sort of area while I don't mind rewatching things I'm sure there's somethings I've missed ...

lsg1r · 13 May 2009 at 22:12

memyselfandi said:
I really need something non-mecha, well non-actiony .... action wise I'm watching Desert Punk which is ok so far but I need something more relaxing for upstairs before bed viewing.

More of a slice-of-life, romantic comedy, harem, drama sort of thing ... think Clannad/Genshiken/Please Teacher/Maria-sama sort of level of excitement ...

Trouble is I've seen a lot in this sort of area while I don't mind rewatching things I'm sure there's somethings I've missed ...

ok what about the please teacher side story - please twins, it has some of the same cast but has a different story (I watched this first)
Other options which I can think of are
utawarerumono, more of a story rather than a set thing
Nagasarete Airantou - stuck on island harem story
innocent venus - haven't seen it all but seems like it might fit your requirements
Glass Fleet - The Legend of the Wind of the Universe aka Garasu no Kantai - think space pirates meets old fashioned england - actually better than it sounds (also streaming on funimation site)
seto no hanyome - mermaid saves boys life, mermaid must marry or kill boy, family objections etc etc etc
Nogizaka Harukia no Himitsu - girl has secret which boy finds out about become friends while protecting secret etc

memyselfandi · 14 May 2009 at 05:55

lsg1r said:
ok what about the please teacher side story - please twins, it has some of the same cast but has a different story (I watched this first)
Other options which I can think of are
utawarerumono, more of a story rather than a set thing
Nagasarete Airantou - stuck on island harem story
innocent venus - haven't seen it all but seems like it might fit your requirements
Glass Fleet - The Legend of the Wind of the Universe aka Garasu no Kantai - think space pirates meets old fashioned england - actually better than it sounds (also streaming on funimation site)
seto no hanyome - mermaid saves boys life, mermaid must marry or kill boy, family objections etc etc etc
Nogizaka Harukia no Himitsu - girl has secret which boy finds out about become friends while protecting secret etc

Please Twins - got and seen.
Utawarerumono - currently on it's way from TRSI via bargin bin sale
Nagasarete Airantou - looks ok but not very available
Innocent Venus - got and seen
Glass Fleet - in same shipment as Utawarerumono
Seto No Hanyome - seen, also plan to get the Funi release later in the year
Nogizaka Harukia no Himitsu - seen

ANDARIAL · 14 May 2009 at 07:37

Nagasarete Airantou
Nogizaka Harukia no Himitsu
Yup gotta agree with these 2 both enjoyable easy relaxed Animé

memyselfandi · 14 May 2009 at 07:58

ANDARIAL said:
Nagasarete Airantou
Nogizaka Harukia no Himitsu
Yup gotta agree with these 2 both enjoyable easy relaxed Animé

It would be nice if the second of the two were licensed, after all it did generate enough interest that a second series is supposedly in production.

It doesn't look like I'll be able to obtain the first series listed though.

Phatjayunoi · 14 May 2009 at 10:52

For Romance stuff, the ones that top my head from recently to a few years ago are;

Bokura Ga Ita,
Nodame Cantabile,
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien OVA ~Next Season~,
Lovely Complex,
Itazura na Kiss,
KimiKiss ~Pure Rouge~,
Skip Beat!,
White Album,
Hatsukoi Limited.

Really loving Hatsukoi Limited at the moment and it is certainly a better adaption than Ichigo 100% was, thought that one was enjoyable too.