No.47192 [Last50 Posts]
As the title says. I'll start: Seikai no Monshou. A 'Space Opera' with qt blue haired space elves set during a war and follows a normal human MC who has been elevated to the nobility in the blue space elf empire. Lots of spaceship battle scenes, drama and romance. All around decent anime.
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No.47194
>>47192
> Seikai no Monshou.
My fucking nigger you have some taste! I'll add The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, is a anime about a fool who some how becomes a captain and a good one at that despite being a fool. It's heavily implied that Tylor is one of the smartest people in the show but just enjoys acting the fool
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No.47197
I've been wanting to make a thread like this myself.
Arete Hime: featuer film telling a fairy-tale set in a medieval-esque kingdom with an unique art style.
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No.47198
>>47197
Looks good I need to check this out.
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No.47199
>>47194
Looks like it was made by the same studio that helped on Eva and Ping Pong so it has to be good.
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No.47200
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
>>47198
It's suprising how litle known it is, the first half of the film which is set in the castle town looks amazing. It feels a lot like a Ghibli film but with a different artstyle.
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No.47204
>>47199
It's a fun show.
>>47200
It reminds me of an old fantasy novel illustration come to life in animated form.
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No.47206
>>47197
Another one that I already mentioned in another thread: Hyouge Mono. It's more well-known than Arete but at the time of airing, it was so unpopular that the fansubbing group who originally did subs for it dropped it halfway through.
It's set in the Sengoku period but rather than focusing on action, it focuses on the tea ceremonies Japanese rulers held. That may sound boring but it's a very amusing ride, especially thanks to the main character who is what I could only describe as a teaware otaku. The show certainly gives you the feeling that Japs have always been the same when it comes to obsessing over seemingly useless crap, the items they obsessed over just changed over time.
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No.47207
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No.47208
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Brain Powerd is something not many people bring up, it's a really weird show.
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No.47240
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No.47246
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No.47254
>>47192
pic related. it wasn't amazing, but it had enough good aspects to be worth a watch. in particular, the revenge plot of the antagonist against the japanese government is hilarious in its' 'all according to keikaku-ness'
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No.47271
>>47254
Man I loved Speed Grapher.
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No.47275
>>47192
Which should I watch first? Seikai no Senki/Banner of the Stars or Seikai no Monshou/Crest of the Stars ?
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No.47277
>>47275
>Seikai no Monshou
First
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No.47280
>>47275
Why the fuck are you asking here? This is the fifth or whatever time someone asks something in a unrelated thread even though we have a thread for QUESTIONS THAT DON'T DESERVE THEIR OWN THREAD. Fuck off to /a/, it's pretty obvious that you're another faggot who wants to give this place the image of a shitposting board.
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No.47283
>>47280
Are you serious? My question was related to a recommendation in this thread, it doesn't seem particularly off-topic.
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No.47285
>>47283
Oh shit, I'm sorry. I'm just getting paranoid I guess.
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No.47302
>>47192
Finishing this series off now. It's goddamn refreshing for the two lovebirds in a show to not be hamming it up/being dense/conveniently tripping and falling into each other's privates.
I have a physical need for this era of sci-fi to be revived.
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No.47351
Teito Monogatari: horror/supernatural OVA made by Madhouse with great animation. The main antagonist of the series is known to have been the inspiration for M Bison (Vega in Japan) from Street Fighter.
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No.47377
>>47197
>>47204
>Arete Hime
It's very loosely based off some American feminist fairy tale Studio 4°C acquired the rights for, but the director didn't feel comfortable with the feminist shit so he rewrote most of it. There's still some feminist horseshit floating around, but it's so heavily diluted and deemphasized to focus on other themes that I'm not surprised other anons miss it entirely.
>>47208
>>47240
pic related
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No.47379
>>47377
>It's very loosely based off some American feminist fairy tale
Source?
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No.47384
>>47377
I'm not familiar with the story it was adapted from but there were still a lot of obvious feminist themes in them as you said; the MC being deemed possesed because she does not behave like a woman and goes against her father's wishes, the wizard who promises to fix her by marrying her after which she turns into a beautiful woman and is locked up etc. Anyway, it wasn't too bad and is only present in the middle section of the film, the first and latter section mainly revolves around just showing off the world it takes place in.
I thought it was funny that the villain kind of looked like a kike by the way.
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No.47387
>>47379
The Clever Princess by Diana Coles
The book sounds like hamfisted propaganda to me (could be wrong since I've never read it). The anime does a lot to flesh out characters and sections intended as feminist strawmen into something much more interesting, so despite its source material I'd say it's still worth seeing.
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No.47486
Legend of Basara. Haven't seen it myself but I'm reading the manga and I like it so far.
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No.47697
I'm currently watching Brigadoon: Marin to Melan, not sure how underrated it is but I've never really seen anyone talk about it online before I started watching. It's like no other show I have seen, there's a lot of heavy moodswings, one moment it feels like a comedy show for children, the other moment the MC is bullied for an entire episode or people are killed or injured by aliens. It kind of feels like Samurai Flamenco's older mecha sister if I have to compare it to something.
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No.47859
>>47697
I actually saw this on VHS in anime north years back.
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No.47862
>>47697
Correction: it's more like Samurai Flamenco mixed with Evangelion and maybe a little drop of monster-catching anime like Pokemon and Digimon. The more I watch, the more I feel likes the show is trying to take the piss out of as many anime trends of its respective era as possible but it does so in a very subtle way.
>>47859
I'm not really a fan of conventions myself, did you ever end up rewatching it?
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No.47869
I watched the Spirit of Wonder OVA yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot. It centers around an absurd invention and the inventor's landlord. The name is perfectly suited for it, since that's the kind of feeling it gives off with the ridiculous invention and light mood. It kind of reminds me of Verne-era science fiction.
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No.47923
>>47192
>Seikai no Monshou
That show made me hate elfs.
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No.47945
>>47192
>>47197
>>47351
These have English names you posturing tryhard faggot.
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No.47952
>>47945
>Is saying this on a board that is weeb HQ
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No.47953
>>47862
>did you ever end up rewatching it?
I did and I enjoyed it.
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No.47994
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No.48148
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No.48152
Not at all a hidden gem as the second season aired 2 years ago but I feel like Uchouten Kazoku is not nearly as popular as it should have been. Recommended if you like the Monogatari series.
The same goes for Kyousougiga.
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No.48153
>>48152
I barely remember this.
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No.48311
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>>47697
I don't want to turn this into my personal blogposting thread or anything but I just wanted to say:
DAMN
This show gets darker every episode. I've never seen something with this many plottwists and moodswings. And here I thought maybe I was still watching a children's show.
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No.48314
>>48311
Naru taru says hello.
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No.48457
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No.48459
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No.48788
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>>48311
The suffering continues.
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No.48807
>>48459
>current year plus 3
>still using hooktube
>not invidio.us
get on with the times, anon!
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No.48925
>>48788
She's had a rough life.
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No.48970
Recently went through the Master of Mosquiton ova set again and loved it. Excellent 1920's period piece that spins the usual vampire set up on it's head, and hopefully one day a company will save it from adv's tomb
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No.48974
>>47923
The show made me want to fuck elves.
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No.48989
I've never heard anyone talk about "Scorching Ping Pong Girls" (Shakunetsu no Takyuu Musume). I only became aware of it because of some webms of its excellent electronic soundtrack; I think I saw some stills before that but assumed they were from a random older show because of the character designs, which look "early 2000s moe" and out of vogue. I was surprised to learn it had aired fairly recently.
I could recommend watching it purely for the soundtrack, which was done by MONACA, the same studio of musicians that did the music for Nier Automata along with a number of other shows. It has bizarre, energetic electronic music that is like nothing you've heard in an anime before. It might seem a little out of place at first in show about a high school girls' sports team, but I fell in love instantly. Each important girl has their own theme that matches their personality perfectly, and the songs progress in a way that matches the action on screen very well. I listen to the soundtrack by itself sometimes now, and again, I can really recommend watching this just to put context to the music, if you're into this kind of sound.
As for the story itself, it's a sports anime. I've never watched a sports anime other than this, so I have no idea if it would be considered derivative or not, or how common the themes expressed in it are, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and empathized on a level I was not expecting to. An innocent new girl with a passion and talent for ping pong joins a club and starts defeating everyone she faces one by one. Seems like pretty standard fare. The first arc, however, focuses on her senpai, the club leader and ace of the team that finds herself being pushed aside by the existence of this newcomer, and the emotions that come with that. She's jealous, scared of losing her position, feeling increasingly socially isolated and blackpilled about the nature of her relationship with her fellow club members, yet driven all the harder to defend her position. It's a look into her heart that I think anyone that has earnestly tried to compete at something or defined himself by his skill at one thing can relate to, and without spoiling anything, has a satisfying "healing" conclusion.
Takkyu Musume is about the experience of trying your hardest, the intense feeling of competing 1-on-1 that can't be matched by anything on this earth. If that speaks to you on some level, give it a watch.
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No.48997
Phantom Quest Corp and god does it have a good OP.
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No.49004
>>48989
Great show, Kururi was super cute
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No.49016
>>47254
GOD I remember that show being shown on animondays on the sci-fi channel I think. Thanks for the blast from the past anon
FILTHY WHORE SKIN!!!
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No.49049
I mentioned this one in the stream thread as well but Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran (made by Madhouse) is a great fucking show that I for some reason have never seen anyone talk about. It feels like a comedic/lighthearted version of those "silent wanderer"-type shows such as Kino's Journey or Mushishi. It's about a female samurai and her retarded friend who enter a new town every episode that has its own trouble going on, be it an evil cult, a corrupt mayor who has banned sake or two rival gangs fighting over the control of their town. A lot of the episodes play out like those old samurai films such as Yojimbo.
The only explanation(s) I could think of for its obscurity is that the show's cover on MAL looks atrocious and that it aired alongside some much more well-known series like Cardcaptor Sakura and Big O.
>>48989
The OST was great and the actual ping pong matches were fun to watch but the issue with the show that there were barely any of said matches. Half of the show is just a failed CGDCT series, I say "failed" because the characters aren't really fun enough to watch to sit through entire scenes of them just standing around and talking.
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No.49068
>>49049
We finished watching that on the /animu/ stream a few weeks ago. Myao-chan is a goddess.
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No.49111
>>49049
>>49068
I don't follow the streams, so thanks for this!
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No.54063
Fuse: Teppou Musume no Torimonochou: so underrated I had forgotten about it until a second ago. This is defintely an anime I'd describe with the term "hidden", even though it's from 2012 and it's a film rather than a TV series (mentioning this because seasonal shows get forgotten all the time but it's rare for films) I have NEVER seen anyone talk about it online but it's damn great. I'll admit that in terms of animation and art it's not on par with a Ghibli film or whatever but the worldbuilding is fucking fantastic and it still looks better than most 2012 anime I guess.
Also, if you liked either of these two >>48152 you will like this as well because it has a similar atmosphere and artstyle.
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No.54065
just finished rewatching Kado: the right choice. animation is half or more CG and there are a few choppy scenes but the show is really carried by its story.
it's about an alien anisotropic that comes to earth bringing 4 gifts to advance humanity, but he of course has his own motivations for doing so. our MC, shindo kojiro acts a negotiator for the human side whose philosophy regarding negotiations is not to try to take as much as you can from the other side while giving nothing back but rather to make sure both sides feel like they got something out of the deal.
The primary question the show asks is should humanity accept the alien's gifts or should we advance at our own pace?
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No.54072
Please watch Earth Maiden Arjuna, thank me later.
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No.54075
Kagewani
A series (2 seasons) of very short episodes with a very distinct art style and some pretty good monster designs.
The series starts off with a monster of the week theme as the main character investigates sightings and reports of cryptids, but develops into an overarching plot about a biotech company trying to weaponize the cryptids
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No.54076
Sengoku Basara is the most absolutely dumbass fun show I've ever seen.It's an anime based off a Capcom game that took the Dynasty Warriors formula and cranked the anime bullshit up to 11. There's no really much to the show other than just watching to see come amazing fight scenes and to see how hilariously ridiculous shit gets but there's enough of a plot and character shennanigans to keep it interesting. Within the first 5 minutes of the show, you'll see a dude with an eyepatch wiedling six swords while riding a horse with exhaust pipes and handle bars, and a guy that can cause tornados with each swing of his axe ride two horses straight up a wall. I fucking love this ridiculously stupid show.
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No.54094
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No.54100
Love Figure 17, never hear a peep about it though. Part little girl slice of life and part monster fights. Each episode is also 45 minutes.
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No.54154
>>54065
>animation is half or more CG and there are a few choppy scenes
This thread is for good anime, faggot.
>>54072
It's been on my backlog for a long time.
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No.54156
Joker Game
based on a series of spyfiction novels, the show follows the exploits of the members of D Agency, a new branch of the japanese intelligence services that is not tied down by the imperial army's antiquated mindset.
As the series progresses the agents clash with spies from various allied and enemy nations during WW2 as well as rival branches of the japanese army.
It's like a detective/murder mystery show with lots of investigating and trickery.
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No.54163
>>54072
Watched it two year ago. The author must've been a member of an esoteric order, there's no other explanation for such a conundrum of esoterism and politics.
>>54154
It's nothing extreme, but buckle the fuck up for the wave of /fringepol/ that's gonna it you.
Watch it with no pretenses and you'll be fine.
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No.54207
Jormungand
Based on a manga by Keitarō Takahashi tells a story of an arms dealer and a daughter of a logistics magnate by the name of Koko Hekmatyar who has a dream of world peace, but CIA big guys among others stand in the way of its realization
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No.54260
>>54207
It's not super popular but people talk about that all the time, Mainly complaining about the ending. Anything with that level of /k/ in it usually has a solid following.
>>54156
How dare you describe that show in a way that makes it actually sound good.
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No.54268
>>54156
>generic mediocre seasonal anime from 2 years ago
>hidden gem
Oh fuck off, you stupid nigger. Seasonalfags really are the cancer killing anime.
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No.54402
>>47197
Just watched Arete Hime because of your suggestion. It was pretty comfy, and hit a little close to home with the whole "People are capable of what they believe themselves to be capable of
>>47377
I think it was just the right amount of feminist propaganda, wherein; not so much about "women run the world shitlord" and more "not just women, but anyone has a shot at accomplishing what they want. You have limited time on this earth so the worst thing to do is squander it". Didn't make me cry, but made me take plenty of heavy sighs. Solid 7/10
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No.54406
>>54075
The 2nd season was fucking terrible
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No.54432
>>54402
>Solid 7/10
That's too harsh, it's at least a 8.
If you want another extremely underrated children's film, you should watch Omae Umasō da na/You Are Umasou. It's about a T-Rex who has to raise a herbivoric dinosaur because he thinks he's his dad. It sounds extremely corny but if you're like me and get emotional at pretty much anything related to fatherhood and fractured relationships between parents and their children, this will get you. It's the only anime that ever made me bawl my fucking eyes out.
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No.54488
>>54432
I think I saw that one four or five years ago because demo recommended it. It was alright.
>That's too harsh, it's at least a 8.
Depends on how you rate. I suppose I should have prefaced that if a show is par, i'll rate it a 5/10 (average is 5 in my mind) so being two standard deviations above average is a good show. I hate it when 7/10 is "average" for most people, doesn't make sense.
For anyone who hasn't seen Magnetic Rose (off of the three piece movie bundle "Memories") watch it tonight. It's an earlier work of Satoshi Kon; director of Perfect Blue, Paprika, Toyko Godfathers, Millennium Actress, and Paranoia Agent. Some of the most impressive visuals I've ever seen and incredibly immersive. One of, if not his best work.
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No.54494
>>54488
>because demo recommended it
Yeah, I also watched that because of him. Same goes for Alien Nine and Blue Submarine No. 6.
>I hate it when 7/10 is "average" for most people, doesn't make sense
I don't consider a 7 an average but rather something that is good/enjoyable but doesn't really go the extra mile. I've always considered a 8/10 something that I really can see myself rewatch and enjoy a lot and which in some field (art, writing, atmosphere etc.) excels in a way that the average anime from the same era doesn't. Meanwhile, a 7 is something I'll watch once and enjoy but probably won't look back on.
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No.54495
>>54494
Well that is how I would describe this show; Something I'll watch once and enjoy but probably won't look back on. Wasn't bad but definitely could have been better.
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No.54538
>>54488
>Depends on how you rate. I suppose I should have prefaced that if a show is par, i'll rate it a 5/10 (average is 5 in my mind) so being two standard deviations above average is a good show. I hate it when 7/10 is "average" for most people, doesn't make sense.
I have the tendency to inflate ratings like that so I use this
https://www.gwern.net/Resorter
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No.54540
>>54494
Same here generally. An 8 or above means I would recommend someone go out of their way to watch it.
>>54538
That is some high grade autism.
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No.54548
>>54260
>spoiler
I don't remember it all that well, but they outsmarted CIA niggers with quantum computing, destroyed globalism and other than crashed planes The fire rises World Peace was achieved, or rather, there were no more wars for Israel because HCLI satellites see everything and prevent global weapons trafficking , right?
What's wrong with Joker game, and are the novels better?
I haven't watched anything recent because I decided I'll learn japanese and then catch up with raws rather than to risk (((localizations)))
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No.54553
>>54548
>What's wrong with Joker game
from what I remember people couldn't handle all the pretty boy main characters and the shota prostitution episode
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No.54555
>>54548
>What's wrong with Joker game
It's "about" spies in WW2 in the same way Youjo Senki is "about" a man trapped in a girl's body. The idea is present and constant but it's rarely actually used to any effect in the stories.
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No.55503
>>54538
Funny since I already did that. Didn't use that source code though, i riced some other loser ranking Kpop idols so it was my anime. I have over 300 watched so I only did my 10,9,8 shows. Still took 5 hours to finish
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No.59617
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No.59619
>Seikai no Monshou
I'm about 90% through this flick and it plays more like a sociology field study into the abh and their culture than a space opera. Am I watching this wrong?
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No.59749
>>47194
>>49049
Dammit. Those were really fun shows and now I'm sad I don't have more good shit like that to watch.
Also what's up with no more good spaceship animes? Even the joke anime had cool ship designs and fighter pilots.
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No.59758
>>59749
Scifi went post apocalyptic and hasn't come down from its tree stand since. Not to say the 90s didn't have good post apocalyptic, A Wind Named Amnesia comes to mind, but the ratio went full on that direction.
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No.59945
I just watched Ihatov Gensou - Kenji no Haru, a 50-minute biographical film from 1996 about a Japapanese writer from the Showa period but all the characters are anthropomorphised cats. It was aesthetically very pleasing; it had a lot of experimental visuals but the more realistic scenes set in the countryside or city on the other hand had very detailed backgrounds. I'd say it's what you would get if you were to combine The Wind Rises with Cat Soup. I've never seen anyone talk about it sadly, I only found it because the director has worked on a lot of these "artsy" anime which I enjoyed and I was looking at what other stuff he worked on. Nyaa has a torrent for it.
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No.59948
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No.59949
There are still people who don't know Binchou-tan. It's about a young girl who lives alone in the mountains. She has to work hard in the city to earn a little money. If I had to make a list of comfy anime this would be #1. Also great relaxing orchestral soundtrack. Too bad it's onyl 12x12 minutes episodes.
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No.59963
>>59948
>show that aired a year ago
>hidden gem
Seasonalniggers trying to shit up this thread yet again.
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No.60285
Not really a "gem" but Detective School Q was a fairly entertaining detective anime based on a manga about a school that takes and trains children with some special talents into detectives for the first few episodes and then they tackle on real life problems and some mysterious corporations.
Its not amazing but its good enough to watch for the mysteries.
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No.60304
>>60285
wasnt there a spin off about the "odd detectives"? like some girl who claimed to speak with the dead and other ones
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No.60305
>>59963
And it barely got talked about when it was airing compared to much shittier stuff that season.
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No.61398
>>60305
That doesn't make it obscure. Eeverything that gets aired every season gets talked about to a certain degree because seasonalniggers like you will watch anything as long as it's new. Maybe if you stopped giving a shit about being "part of the conversation" and forcing yourself to watch the latest episode of whatever CG-ridden messes are airing now you would come to understand terms like hidden gem and underrated.
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No.61401
muh evil seasonal fags ruining anime for me
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No.61412
>>61401
Typical cuckchan-tier reply which you can expect getting on this place.
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No.61413
SPACE DANDY
Seriously. They made a big deal about this show and tried to hype it up, but it seemed like no one gave a shit. It's some of Watanabe's best work yet. It's totally hilarious, and visually amazing. The only way I'd be more impressed with the visuals was if it was entirely hand drawn. I was at a convention and Funimation was running a promo reel of all their properties that would be out on bluray/dvd/ soon. Everyone cheered for generic shonen show #9001 and collectible card game show #9002, but I was the only one cheering for Space Dandy like a damn fool. It actually has a good dub, too.
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No.61416
>>61413
Probably would have done a thousand times better with a coherent plot that wasn't taken over by a different director every other episode. The arc where he helps the orphan space loli was great purely because it gave Dandy a chance to actually be more than an intergalactic skirt flipper.
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No.61421
>>61416
>different director every other episode.
Pretty much every episode. It was done on purpose. Watanabe purposely wanted different opinions and ideas in every episode. Just like character models aren't strictly adhered to. Almost every alien in the show was designed by someone different, to make sue that they were all truly unique.
>>61416
>it gave Dandy a chance to actually be more than an intergalactic skirt flipper.
Oh, I get it, you haven't even watched the show.
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No.61423
How is banner of the stars fucking underate or hidden? It is constantly on lists of best anime made. Jesus fucking christ I hate how 8ch is nothign but third world spics that don't watch or understand anything any more because they are shit for brains monkeys mimicing their betters.
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No.61427
>>61423
It could be worse. You could be posting on /a/.
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No.61429
>>61423
>How is banner of the stars fucking underate or hidden?
By being unknown by a lot of people, that's what a "hidden gems" thread is for
>It is constantly on lists of best anime made.
No shit sherlock! It's almost like some anime can be very good without being well known. Thus making it a hidden gem. If everything that were good was also well known, then normalfags would be fucking savants.
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No.61431
did you really expect this had any chance to be a decent thread when it was destined from the start to have newfags and jaded elitist spergs collide with each other over what is old and obscure enough?
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No.61439
>>61421
>Oh, I get it, you haven't even watched the show
It was 90% slapstick comedy with more animation budget than it deserved and nothing you accuse me of will change that.
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No.61441
>>61416
>>61439
The whole point of it was presenting a set of episodic stories about the three main characters which showed off flashy animation and different styles in both visuals and storytelling. Not every show needs a serious plot to tie the episodes together, especially not a show like Space Dandy which was meant to be goofy and insane. Also, they actually did exactly what you asked for at the end of the second season/cour and it pretty much ruined the show.
>>61423
>It is constantly on lists of best anime made
Really? That's the first I've heard of that, neither AniDB or MAL have it on their highest-rated anime list but even on individual lists people are bound to put stuff like Cowboy Bebop and Mushishi on there (or Steins;Gate and Code Geass if they have shit taste). I only found out about it recently because I was on a 90s spree and saw it being compared to Irresponsible Captain Tylor which I enjoyed.
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No.61461
Shimashita
To all this, someone could tell me what is the name of "Watashi", all I know is the goddess of the fairies
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No.61488
>>61461
It seemed like a boring "style over substance" series to me when I saw it. Visually it looks really nice but the plot and characters were kind of boring which is weird because I mainly watched after seeing it getting praised online for it supposedly reflecting modern-day Japanese issues or something. I don't see how the elves, who are hyperactive and constantly multiply, are in any way similar to the new generation of Japanese people who are often introverted and lack an interest in partiticipating in society.
Unless the joke is supposed to be that the Japanese might get replaced by foreigners who seem overly social and energetic to them but I'm guessing that's way too farfetched.
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No.61500
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No.64085
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>>47192
>Watched Dragon Ball Z when it aired on TV
>Watched Dragon Ball Z Kai
>Watched Super when it aired
<Finally watches Dragon Ball
<Holy shit!
>Fanservice in every episode
>lollicon fanservice not even 10 episodes in
>teenage lollicon fan-service the first episode in.
>Constant action and things going on
>The animation ACTUALLY holds up really well and is better than some animation today.
I truly do think this is underrated only because nobody really has taken a chance on Dragon Ball. Should do so. Its as bad as avoiding Ghost In The Shell and not knowing the origins of how anime was influenced today.
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No.64088
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>>64085
Wait til you get to the Red Ribbon Army arc. Better than anything Z or Super ever crapped out. Anime in general doesn't really lend itself to enemies that are individually weak but come in huge numbers, but the Red Ribbon Army made it work amazingly.
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No.64099
>>64085
>>64088
Dragon Ball > OVA's/Films >>>>>> Dragon Ball Z > Dragon Ball GT > Dragon Ball VoreZ > Dragon Ball Spicverse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cancer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dragon Ball SuperSpic
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No.64104
>>49049
I remember watching this one ages ago. All she wanted to do was complete her quest to get drunk but every asshole in existence kept interrupting her and she had to kick their asses. True suffering.
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No.64111
>>64099
you forgot abridged at the very bottom
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No.64119
>>64111
If you're going to count abridged as having a place, what about Buttlord? Where would you put that, out of curiosity?
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No.64500
>>64088
Thanks I will keep watching it to see what happens next. Honestly I did not expect it to be this good.
>>64099
Me> DBZ English dub Nigger.
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No.64508
>>64500
>Honestly I did not expect it to be this good.
No one ever does, and honestly, it's a shame. A generation grew up on the over the top action of Z and so few care about the first half of the story. Classic Dragonball has a sense of adventure that sorta went out the window with Z, which is all the more weird given that Z actually goes to space. When you do get to the Red Ribbon Army, take note of all of the different backdrops for the action and contrast that with the constant greens of Namek - It's jarring. The fight choreography is also really good since this was before battles devolved into beam spam and earth shattering impacts.
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No.66618
>>54072
This show posses some kind of powerful spiritual "comfyness", it's also fucking blatant how the writers of The Legend of Korra ripped BIG TIME from this
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No.66621
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>>54072
>>66618
Looks great. Thanks for the rec.
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No.67322
>>54072
>>66621
Started watching the first episode myself and was getting something of a Noein vibe from it, especially the render style for close ups. Which was apparently right on the money; both are Satelight productions, so I assume there's a sharing of at least some staff.
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No.67335
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Is Belladona of Sadness obscure lol? I think it was pretty noteworthy at the time. It'd definitely worth a watch as it's just a movie so no big commitment there and the art is unique and top notch.
There's this Soviet-Japanese collaborative cartoon film called Lolo the Penguin that was surprisingly good and has some good morals stuff in there. It's for children I guess but Russian children so like 45 US age.
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No.68767
>>61423
This is one series I barely anyone outside places like here or elsewhere talk about.
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No.68786
>>67335
Belladonna of Sadness might not be obscure but it is older than most anime watchers tend to know about. Most of what you'll see in the before 2000s thread will be 80s stuff and maybe some 90s stuff so 70s anime goes under the radar.
>Russian children so like 45 US age.
Makes sense a 7 year old Russian lad has faced more hardship and seen more vodka with their Alcohol Fetal Syndrome misshapen eyes than any 45 year old US citizen.
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No.68804
>>67335
>>68786
It's fairly popular with radfems, popular enough that it got a 4K restoration several years ago and overshadows the other Animerama films. Shame too, since A Thousand and One Nights and The Sensualist are kino.
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No.70513
>>47197
>Arete Hime:
Really liked this one.
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No.70568
Twilight Q is a Twilight Zone inspired two episode OVA from 1987, complete with "We now control your set" preface. The first is the more normal of the two, where a girl finds a camera with a photo from the future. It's pleasant, with all the 80's beach aesthetics you could ever want. The second is absolutely bonkers, being an almost completely experimental work by Mamoru Oshii with a running narration and jumping from sparse extraordinary animation to lengthy slideshows of city photographs with filters on them. If you've ever watched something with great talent but bad budgeting, like Kare Kano, you'll know what that entails.
Apparently this was originally supposed to continue with new talent on each episode, but like many interesting OVA's of the time the money just wasn't in it.
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No.70584
>>54072
What the fuck, I wanna enroll in Greenpeace and Peta now.
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No.75367
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No.75522
I will mention Origin: Spirits of the Past. It is a pretty good movie with an interesting background story.
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No.76857
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No.76860
>>59948
I loved this one
>>75522
Shit I should stream it some time.
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No.77059
A great series ruined by OVAs that fuck up the story
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No.77061
>>77059
The Jazz version of it's OP is fucking amazing.
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No.77062
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I swear people only know this for the theme being covered endlessly on NND
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No.77162
>>77062
It's an average anime that doesn't overstay it's welcome.
And I love it for that
jump force inclusion when
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No.77477
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No.87010
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No.87022
>>76860
Jesus fuck. Flashing her panties would have been enough. But then someone goes and punches in the face.
I remember I tried watching Akiba's Trip back then and dropping it early (don't remember why though).
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No.92500
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No.99426
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No.100302
I just realised that no one in this thread has posted Dantalian no Shoka. It's been a while since I watched it and I remember some questions regarding the plot being left completely unanswered but overall it was very aesthetically pleasing. I'm planning on rewatching it soon.
I feel like the series falls under this unofficial subgenre of experimental/artsy episodic anime, in which I'd also include Panty & Stocking, Space Dandy, Mononoke and Katanagatari.
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No.102898
>>47254
Monster of the week stuff nearly killed it. Also, lots of QUALITY.
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No.105925
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No.105928
>>70568
The second Twilight Q OVA was instrumental in Mamoru Oshii getting his career back on track after Angel's Egg tanked at the box office and he had a falling out with Miyazaki over an unfinished Lupin III movie they were assigned to. Twilight Q was where Oshii met many collaborators that would form Headgear with him and later create Patlabor, which revived Oshii's career from then on.
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No.113964
>>49049
sounds like samurai jack
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No.117505
>>47200
Should really have a stream of this one.
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