Anime' - Whatcha Watchin? (Is it good?)

Demon_G_Sides · 2009-03-19T10:39:38.000Z

Been watching a lot of Gundam 00. Something about a Sniper Gundam just makes me giddy with happiness.

Alan_Dunkin · 2009-03-24T09:55:57.000Z

Cat Shit One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs

— Alan

barstein · 2009-03-24T10:25:41.000Z

Alan Dunkin:

Cat Shit One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs

— Alan

The soldiers on both sides are so cute, I can’t decide who’s actually evil!

Dirt · 2009-03-24T10:29:49.000Z

I hear they’re making a sequel to Full Metal Alchemist. I wonder where they’re going to start the story from?

Tankero · 2009-03-24T10:30:05.000Z

Is this serious or just a well-produced joke?

Dirt · 2009-03-24T10:38:47.000Z

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-20/new-fullmetal-alchemist-tv-anime-series-confirmed

Alan_Dunkin · 2009-03-24T10:44:07.000Z

Tankero:

Is this serious or just a well-produced joke?

If you’re referring to Cat Shit One, it most definitely is not a joke.

— Alan

Angie_Gallant · 2009-03-24T11:13:48.000Z

I finally watched Gurren Lagann. It lived up to the hype.

Angie_Gallant · 2009-03-24T11:15:39.000Z

André Costa:

Geass season 1 was awesome … season 2 was good but not as good ;_;

Season 2 has LOYALTY, goddammit.

MatthewF · 2009-03-24T13:21:08.000Z

Demon G Sides:

Been watching a lot of Gundam 00. Something about a Sniper Gundam just makes me giddy with happiness.

Lockon Stratos, SNIPING THE TARGET!

Morberis · 2009-03-24T16:54:14.000Z

Alan Dunkin:

Cat Shit One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4QBZfjtqs

— Alan

Oh my god, there’s just something hilariously funny about that. And no I never did like Happy Tree Friends.

belgerog · 2009-03-25T05:49:20.000Z

I’ve been watching Gundam 00 too, the mecha design is awesome, all gundam’s are cool, especially Tieria Erde’s.

However I’m not yet getting the tension from character motivations that I did with Gundam Seed. It’s a mecha anime, but that did actually happen in Gundam Seed. Not to say it’s bad, actually it’s pretty good, but I loved Seed.

Does it get better (I’m at episode 7)?

Andre_Costa · 2009-03-25T09:43:41.000Z

Angie Gallant:

I finally watched Gurren Lagann. It lived up to the hype.

Really? Despite all the OMGZ_BEST_ANIME_EVER comments i have always seen about it all over the interwebs, i couldn’t really get into into after 7-8 episodes :|

KaoFloppy · 2009-03-25T10:22:08.000Z

André Costa:

Really? Despite all the OMGZ_BEST_ANIME_EVER comments i have always seen about it all over the interwebs, i couldn’t really get into into after 7-8 episodes :|

You are just not HOT-BLOODED enough.
Normally I roll my eyes at this kind of anime, but Lagann gave me several quarter-to-three watching sessions. It definitely gets way better later, but I don’t remember when things starts to pick up.

Andrew_Mayer · 2009-03-25T11:44:23.000Z

I believe it’s around episode 8 actually.

You have to like the OVER THE TOP in anime.

But Gurren Lagann takes it ALL THE WAY OVER THE TOP, and I salute them for it.
It’s everything that Evangelion was trying not to be.

Demon_G_Sides · 2009-03-25T13:48:51.000Z

Scry:

Lockon Stratos, SNIPING THE TARGET!

cute anime voice Target Destroyed!

Yeahhhhh.

Anyways, just re-watched the Afro-Samurai series. The directors cut was much better than the series alone.

And I also watched the entirety of the Zoids: New Century with Liger Zero and the interchanging armor. God that was an awesome show.

Alan_Dunkin · 2009-03-31T23:06:06.000Z

Spring preview:

http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2009/03/30/spring-2009-preview/

Honestly not a whole lot interesting, though I’ll most definitely watch Eden of the East. No interest in Fullmetal Alchemist, and especially not a renewed version of the original show. Queen’s Blade looks like its one hair short of hentai, and Basquatch’s animation looks great but… basketball playing mecha? Ugh.

— Alan

Warning · 2009-04-01T04:45:20.000Z

I’m slowly working my way through Twelve Kingdoms. I’m up to episode 7 or 8 now and liking it a lot. It’s very different and I find myself needing to write names down or I miss things (Keiki vs. Kou vs. Kei and Yuki vs. Youko for example). I don’t mind as it seems very intelligently written and I’m thinking the chances of a giant robot showing up is zero.

Gendal · 2009-04-01T07:29:21.000Z

Warning:

I’m slowly working my way through Twelve Kingdoms. I’m up to episode 7 or 8 now and liking it a lot. It’s very different and I find myself needing to write names down or I miss things (Keiki vs. Kou vs. Kei and Yuki vs. Youko for example). I don’t mind as it seems very intelligently written and I’m thinking the chances of a giant robot showing up is zero.

It gets better! It can kind of drag in parts but it’s still easily my favorite Anime series. It’s adapted from a series of young adult novels from Japan, which are being brought over 1 per year by Tokyo Pop. So far 3 have been released, and I can say at least the first two seem to be good translations.

Once you finish Twelve Kingdoms (it unfortunately ends abruptly) I would recommend checking out Mushishi, it’s the other anime that I still think of fondly.

I just finished Detroit Metal City, which was surprisingly funny if you don’t mind the crudity. I had no idea what to expect going in, which is probably a good way to tackle it.

Kevin_Grey · 2009-04-01T08:09:37.000Z

Gendal:

It gets better! It can kind of drag in parts but it’s still easily my favorite Anime series. It’s adapted from a series of young adult novels from Japan, which are being brought over 1 per year by Tokyo Pop. So far 3 have been released, and I can say at least the first two seem to be good translations.

Hasn’t the author pretty much given up on the series though?