Currently/just finished watching/reading anime/manga thread.

[Hiro]

HOLy Fcuk an anime director's works look the same/ . ? ???? WOw

i mean they look almost exactly the same

lol you can't be serious

I am, it was just beauty with no substance whatsoever

[Commander Fuckass]

2deep4hiro

[TooB]

will start Nisemonogatari soon. and before anyone starts, yes, i know the complaints going around for it, and stufff, so you dont need to worry about telling me.

[Nyerp]

xam'd was "good", i guess, but i'm not sure...i really......liked it.............at all......................

[Samus Aran]

i'm not sure you like anything at all

anyway, wasn't it just recently called "Xam'd: The Lost Memories" on MAL instead of its current "Bounen no Xamdou?"

[Nyerp]

yes lol, which i noticed because it was suddenly at the top of my watching list instead of the very bottom

also, i DO like things, just not things that have far too many "deep" monologues and weak main characters and that are just generally weird and meandering so SHUT UP

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

currentyl watching panetesa

[TooB]

just finished Nisemonogatari, will start steins gate soon

[ME##]

currentyl watching panetesa

i hope you like it

[bluaki]

just finished jinrui wa suitai shimashita

it's a great series throughout

[Samus Aran]

watched Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence tonight

brilliant film with a few shortcomings that keep it from being a masterpiece, just like the original GITS film. basically, i think the sequel is just as good as the original, but in mostly different ways.

its production values are very high, but the actual 2D animation isn't really as impressive or interesting as the original's highly stylized, hand-drawn animation throughout. this one sort of over-relies on CG sometimes. but it's still very well done.

thematically, it's also very different, and while it still raises classic cyberpunk questions, they are perhaps questions that are not as...weighty or important. it's like the first film raised the big ones, and the sequel, very much a sequelly sequel, simply expands on it a bit thematically. however, again, it does this very, very well.

i found it very interesting to have a film that focused on batou and togusa, since motoko isn't around anymore. it's nice to have their roles and characterizations expanded upon.

the music is actually better than the first film, i think. more than anything, it's simply less depressing - but this fits the mood, as it's simply not as cold of a film as the original was (tying in with the less weighty themes).

9/10

[strongbad]

watched Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence tonight

brilliant film with a few shortcomings that keep it from being a masterpiece, just like the original GITS film. basically, i think the sequel is just as good as the original, but in mostly different ways.

its production values are very high, but the actual 2D animation isn't really as impressive or interesting as the original's highly stylized, hand-drawn animation throughout. this one sort of over-relies on CG sometimes. but it's still very well done.

thematically, it's also very different, and while it still raises classic cyberpunk questions, they are perhaps questions that are not as...weighty or important. it's like the first film raised the big ones, and the sequel, very much a sequelly sequel, simply expands on it a bit thematically. however, again, it does this very, very well.

i found it very interesting to have a film that focused on batou and togusa, since motoko isn't around anymore. it's nice to have their roles and characterizations expanded upon.

the music is actually better than the first film, i think. more than anything, it's simply less depressing - but this fits the mood, as it's simply not as cold of a film as the original was (tying in with the less weighty themes).

9/10

I actually just watched the first one. I'm stoked to watch this one too.

Also I just started Samurai Champloo. So. Fucking. Cool.

[TooB]

About in the middle of steins gate. "DOO DO DOOOO!!!!"
pretty good. weird characters. awesome tsundere.
liking it, though its a little confusing

[Samus Aran]

tuturuuu

[TooB]

tuturuuu

oh, is it tuturuuu?? whatever.....
you obviously still got it....