Board 8 > post anime here and I will talk about them

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tesagure bukatsumono

I don't have a great handle on your tastes but it still strikes me as maria-ish somehow
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Yankees posted...

I could never bring myself to finish TTGL. Flashy and over the top, with not a single character I remember liking. If it pays homage to classic mecha, I certainly didn't see it.

Hmm, there are certainly a lot of riffs on classic series like Getter and Mazinger. Have you not watched much Getter?
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I haven't watched either of those series; I'm not big on mecha. I haven't seen much mecha so it's entirely possible it went over my head. And this was back in 2007 or 2008 that I tried to watch TTGL so take it with a grain of salt.
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Ah. Spiral Energy is basically Getter Rays, and there are a few other things in common. TTGL is more about super robot series than real robot series.
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whoops, posted a TTGL spoiler without warning :(
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I think ttgl is more of a nod towards the genre of super robots over the years. It starts all 80s then moves to 90s tropes and deconstructs itself midway. Not a fan of the show, that's just what I've been hearing alot
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Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil)
@TexasZea



The rotoscoping for this show looks a lot better than still images, so I figured I'd do it some justice with a few animated pictures. This is a show I really loved. I'm not really a ranking type person but you could say this is more or less my favorite anime. I think the anime and the manga are both great for different reasons, and so it's hard for me to compare the two against each other. If you're not aware of the reputation of this show it was one that garnered IMMENSE fan backlash almost immediately. The more standard style of the manga was replaced with realistic characters who had been rotoscoped based on real people, and the first impressions did not look too great -- this didn't sit well with fans. The resulting backlash caused the show to pretty much have no chance of commercial success. Many people just boycotted it on principle. All in all it's a pretty interesting little adaptation that says a lot about the anime industry and the fans. These kinds of events always fascinate me and it's cool to think about why some shows will succeed and others will fail.



The directing in this show is unlike most any other that exists. The story is also fairly unique, although I will say a few things. After reading more works from the same author a lot of his stories tend to give off a similar vibe. This makes sense, of course. Someone who writes multiple stories will often have their own style. Anyway I'm not sure where I'm going with this exactly but it's hard to say the story is truly unique when it's part of a collection of works that all have similar themes and tone? Even if they're all written by the same guy, I guess. Plus there are a few other things out there that will remind you of aku no hana, at least if you're speaking purely about the manga. As for the anime... Jeez, I don't know. I can't think of any examples off hand. There's probably a reason this show bombed; and there's a reason why nobody would dare to try making something like this again.

The show is very slow, very deliberate, low stakes, it's weird and awkward... it's unappealing, really, in a lot of ways. You would be totally valid in saying that it was outright boring. I was actually worried when I went to do a rewatch of the series that I would find the scenes to be too slow paced and not enjoy it. I was seriously thinking that what I considered to be a top tier anime, likely my favorite, might not be so good on the second watch. Although I can also say that when I did watch it a second time I was still pretty much captivated the whole way through. I mentioned before in regards to some series how having a unique visual style and being weird was enough to please some people, but for me that didn't matter because they don't fit my specific taste of weird. This is the exact show that fits my exact perfect taste of weird. I can fully understand why it's not well liked, and even why most people wouldn't even give it a chance. But that doesn't change how I personally feel about it.



It's really hard for me to talk about the story and characters without posting spoilers. Ultimately this is because the events of this story are not truly driven by plot. The story is driven entirely by the characters, the actions they take, the choices they make, and the realizations they come to about themselves. For me to say anything about how I felt about the characters or their development would ruin the experience for someone attempting to experience this story for the first time.



I could give an interesting summary and try to appeal to make people watch this, but honestly the weird kind of person who would like this story in the first place is probably already intrigued and I'd only serve to ruin it for them by spoiling what this story is ultimately about.
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Planetes
@Turnsniper



And now we start a day with write ups for a few shows I haven't seen before. Interestingly, of this next group, I know almost nothing about them. I don't even have any kinds of impressions or ideas for what it could be about. It looks to be a sci fi series set in space. I wonder if it's supposed to be closer to the realistic side of things or if it has more of an unrealistic plot?

The characters wear big clunky astronaut suits which leads me to believe it's a more grounded series, but it'll be hilarious to know if I'm way off the mark.

Chargeman Ken
@Xeybozn



I know literally nothing of this and I've never even heard of it before! It looks to be on the older side of things, having a style I'd typically associate with 70's anime. I was curious enough about this one just based on the images so I had to look it up. Apparently it was in the 70's but it only aired for a few months. It had "poor production quality" and has become a bit of a meme since then.

I'm not familiar with this meme. I wonder if Xeybozn nominated it for that reason or if he actually watched the series and liked it without knowing about its meme status. Statistically speaking he's more likely to be the type who knows of the series through the meme.

Erased
@Simoun



This aired in 2016, a year when I didn't watch or even pay attention to anime very much. That being said, unlike the last two, while I know very little about Erased I have actually heard people talk about it. I know at least a few different people who mentioned enjoying the series or at least following it while it was airing.

Apparently it's some kind of drama with a time travel plot. I feel like I've been worn out on that premise for a really, really long time now. It's actually pretty common for visual novels to use time travel and different timelines as a source of drama; it's an easy way to implement the idea of different routes or choices and make it seem like the gameplay is connected to the story. The issue is that after the first guy did this everyone loved the idea and copied it. This leads to the concept being very played out in VNs and, coincidentally, anime as well (since many anime plots are lifted directly from visual novels or inspired by them).

To be fair to Erased it's actually based on a manga. But the manga was published in 2012, and this would already have been after the point when this "time travel = drama" idea was already mainstream. So yeah he doesn't get full points for originality or anything either.
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Just curious since my knowledge of TT in the media is weak. What manga/anime/VN first started this plot device.

Also, I mean I guess you can see it that way but it was never really about the ability to do so (it was kind of involuntary / reactionary an ability). The show/manga's more endearing quality is on the protagonist's moral compass and the lengths he goes thru to save 3 women in his life.
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Yeah, Planetes is hard sci-fi in a near future setting, but it seems to be way too obscure for its own good (I don't think it was even mentioned once in that top 100 list thing) It's the most recent 10/10 I've given to an anime and I can't recommend it enough, though.

Shiki
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Turnsniper posted...

Yeah, Planetes is hard sci-fi in a near future setting, but it seems to be way too obscure for its own good (I don't think it was even mentioned once in that top 100 list thing) It's the most recent 10/10 I've given to an anime and I can't recommend it enough, though.

Hey, I nominated it for that list. Not sure if anyone else did though!
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Planetes is pretty neat in a lot of ways. I didn't like the guy that much though so it sucked when he became the main character.
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I've actually been working my way through Chargeman Ken lately, and I'd say "poor production quality" is an understatement. It's fascinating to see a show that fails so completely in every possible way. Definitely a great "so bad it's good" kind of show.

Also, nominate Sound of the Sky.
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With regards to Planetes I have actually heard the title before, just didn't know anything about it. And I did more or less already know it was some kind of space setting. Chargeman Ken is I think the only series posted in this topic that I've never even heard of before.

Simoun posted...

Just curious since my knowledge of TT in the media is weak. What manga/anime/VN first started this plot device.

"Started" is a word that makes me feel like I'm not qualified to answer the question either. Stories about time travel are probably way older than anime or manga, and to be honest there's probably examples of anime and manga which predate this current trend.

As for the trend itself, I would say Steins;Gate is the super popular title which I had in mind when I first thought about time travel stories rotating back into the mainstream again. You can say that every story has been told before while certain subjects just become more or less popular over time. Interestingly Steins;Gate aired in 2011, while Erased was published in 2012. So basically during the height of S;G popularity, a drama about time travel, the author of Erased decided to write his own drama about time travel.

S;G is also the popular example which I know of. Typically there are indicators in culture which sometimes go unnoticed or unrecognized. I certainly don't claim to be an expert on every anime that has ever aired. It's possible there was a series in 2009 or 2010 that was fairly successful and made studio executives feel confident that making a S;G adaptation could work ... in which case you could say that theoretical Show X is what really kicked off the trend.

And by extension you could also say that Erased may not have been directly influenced by S;G either. I mean first of all it could just be entirely a coincidence. I'm not saying it has to be true that the author was influenced by it. But secondly, there could have been something that was influenced by S;G and then the author of Erased saw this theoretical Show Y. If Erased was influenced by Show Y, then the author could have been influenced by S;G without ever knowing it since it would have been indirect.

Simoun posted...

Also, I mean I guess you can see it that way but it was never really about the ability to do so (it was kind of involuntary / reactionary an ability). The show/manga's more endearing quality is on the protagonist's moral compass and the lengths he goes thru to save 3 women in his life.

I'm just giving my shallow, surface level of impressions here on a show that I've never seen before. I looked at the promotional material, looked at some summaries, and said what I think about those ideas. Judging by how well it lines up with the timeframe I was thinking of when I wrote that, obviously the idea has some merit. Either way this doesn't really reflect anything about the quality of Erased. It's just an observation I made.
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Xeybozn posted...

I've actually been working my way through Chargeman Ken lately, and I'd say "poor production quality" is an understatement. It's fascinating to see a show that fails so completely in every possible way. Definitely a great "so bad it's good" kind of show.

I don't know why I am this kind of person but this is the kind of statement that makes me more interested to watch it
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I can't imagine an anime starring Aaron Eckhart being bad.
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Simoun posted...

Just curious since my knowledge of TT in the media is weak. What manga/anime/VN first started this plot device.

I think maria is right in that steins;gate is what made it a big trend currently but I think that YU-NO is what inspired so many VNs to have time travel/alternate universes in the first place. could be wrong though.
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YU-NO doing it with VNs would make sense. Higurashi+Umineko were probably influential as well.
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TexasZea posted...

Simoun posted...

Just curious since my knowledge of TT in the media is weak. What manga/anime/VN first started this plot device.

I think maria is right in that steins;gate is what made it a big trend currently but I think that YU-NO is what inspired so many VNs to have time travel/alternate universes in the first place. could be wrong though.

Interesting. I didnt know it was such a popular plot device
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planetes is astounding

it makes me sad that you haven't seen it, solely because i would love to see your take on it and relive it a little by reading it!
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Maria-sama ga Miteru
@Tom_Bombadil



This is a show about characters who attend an all girls school. There is no "and" in that sentence. I just described the entire plot. It largely revolves around the relationships between what are called 'big sisters' and 'little sisters' which is sort of a mentor and student dynamic between an older student and a younger student. This very concept is capable of creating a ton of drama for the characters because for many of them this is one of the most major things going on in their lives. Although it's not really fair to say that -- we see other personal problems and issues come up over the course of time in order to add drama and move character stories and relationships forward.

Interestingly, I learned that this 'big sister and little sister' thing is actually a real thing in sororities in the US. Imagine my surprise the first time I heard one of my friends say something about her 'little sister' and then had to explain to me that she didn't actually have a sister and it was a sorority thing!

Dang I'm on a roll when it comes to actually talking about the series so I'll try to stay on topic a bit more. This series is also probably one of the classically more well known 'girl on girl romance' series that doesn't actually have almost any actual romance between girls. Now there are a few elements to this aspect of the series which make it pretty interesting from an anthropological standpoint. First of all is the fact that you'll probably almost never see people talking about or bringing the show up... even though it used to be heavily discussed in the past. I think I touched on this with my previous write up for Lucky Star but it once again comes down to how the landscape of anime has changed in the last decade or so. It's not just that this show is old, but it's actually obsolete in a lot of ways. The overwhelming number of comedy and drama series now have almost all female or mostly female casts. There's often at least one or more female characters who have sexual undertones between each other, either played for laughs or other reasons. And most of the times these shows have some other kind of plot or premise driving them forward. Basically what I'm saying is this; something that used to make Maria-sama ga Miteru unique is now actually a component of many other shows which offer much more on top of that one aspect. And when you take that away, Maria-sama ga Miteru is basically just a soap opera about young girls who mostly don't have any real problems to deal with at any point in time but who treat their minor day to day issues with an inflated sense of drama.

For the record I enjoy this show somewhat. I think the plots and seasons vary in quality, but there are parts that I enjoyed. I also do think that pretty much everything I just said above is true, though. This is probably not a show I'd recommend to anyone anymore. It does hold a pretty special place for me though as one of the first shows, probably within the first 10 or even 5 anime, that I ever went out of my way to watch of my own volition. I don't know that I'd say it has any value beyond that.
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That Aaron Eckhardt pic there is awesome. XD

On Ippo from earlier, it has a bit of community/team aspect, since there's a gym with other characters. Takamura, the pompadour'd big dude at the gym is almost a second protagonist, his huge feud with this guy Hawk is the main arc of the second Ippo anime series for example. And Ippo has a lot of cool rivals and friends. Great sense of humor and overall slice of life atmosphere to it too, and music by that guy who did Trigun etc which I dig.

To throw a second anime in the hat, I'll go with... X (the TV series)
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Psycho_Kenshin posted...

On Ippo from earlier, it has a bit of community/team aspect, since there's a gym with other characters.

I get that but it's not really the same as when you're standing on the pitcher's mound and you have a group of people behind you. Or in volleyball when they say "everyone on this side of the net is your ally." That's the kind of feeling I love about sports since it forces you to place your trust in an ally and vice versa.

When you're standing in the ring you really are just standing in the ring relying only on your own abilities. Other people can train you, support you, and cheer you on, but there's never a moment when you have a teammate who needs to block a punch for you.
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True, true. At least he's got an old guy in his corner to rub his shoulders and say cranky cool stuff.
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bump. I'll get back to write ups tomorrow.
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Monster (And BONUS 20th Century Boys)
@LordoftheMorons



A very slow paced anime that is fairly different from a lot of things that get made. I had a lot of trouble making it through the anime due to the slow pacing, so I can't say much about it, but I did read the entire manga so I'll talk about that instead. Also just a good chance in general to talk about why I often prefer manga over anime and some good reasons why.

Anime almost always cuts material (because they think viewers don't have the attention span) or adds unwanted material (to pad the story for time or budget reasons). Both of these things tend to negatively impact the quality of the overall story the original author told.

Anime relies on a director, while manga has no such restriction. Let me explain what I mean here. If I'm watching Monster and there's a scene where two characters are having a conversation... the director needs to decide how quickly the actors will deliver their lines, even how long of a pause there is in between each line. There could be still shots of characters reacting to different lines, and those can vary in timing. You can have different shots of objects around the room or emphasizing the scenery. All in all two different directors could make the scene last 30 seconds or 3 minutes. The difference could be even bigger than that! In the manga the same conversation is two pages long and 11 panels. There's no changing that. You simply read through the dialogue at your own pace. For me, especially because I tend to read quickly, I greatly prefer this pacing.

Anyhow, with regards to Monster, I thought it was a great story but it didn't particularly blow me away in any fashion. By the end I honestly felt a little bit disappointed if I'm being totally honest. I know those statements sound a bit weird together but with the level of quality and the unique premise Monster really sets itself as something that has the potential to be perfect. In the end I only rated it an 8/10 which does feel like a bit of a "disappointment" in that sense. Urasawa has a tendency to tell very detailed and long stories with a deliberate pace, which is a good thing. It all leads to a conclusion that was built up from the beginning. The extra details and story elements, character development, and subplots you pick up along the way enhance your enjoyment of the story as a whole. I will also say that his stories, the ones I've read at least, tend to take place in settings that are very near to real life but not... quite the same. Of all these elements I feel like Monster does them fairly well but it doesn't QUITE get the formula right: The final conclusion of the story didn't feel like it was worth all of the build up, at least not for me. The semi-realism ended up being a hangup for the story because, honestly, there are many points where you're left wondering how deep this mystery goes. Does it push the boundaries of common sense? That's how I often felt at times. In a good way, if I'm being unclear. But then in the end I feel like the solution and answers never become weird enough and everything feels too mundane in a way.
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Now, enter 20th Century Boys. If those are my criticisms of Monster I feel like 20th Century Boys is where the author perfected these elements. We're told enough information up front to understand the correct level of 'weirdness' of this world and so it doesn't set our expectations too high. And the level of weirdness that it offers is just different enough from reality to feel fantastical, yet not quite so different that it breaks the feel of semi-realism. A lot of the story is dedicated to explaining elements we thought were impossible, and bringing to light how they were achieved through semi realistic methods.

I also felt like I enjoyed the overall story and its conclusion a bit more. It was more focused. I remember sitting there reading volume after volume for DAYS until I had finally worked my way through the entire story, and I didn't feel like a minute of that time had been wasted.

I'll also add that 20th Century Boys has a diverse cast of almost universally likeable protagonists and this helped with my enjoyment a LOT. Monster has this problem where the story relies on Tenma a bit too much to do everything. Now, in 20th C.B., Kenji is definitely the lead protagonist. But the story doesn't rely on him doing so much by himself and being backed so firmly into a corner. I think Tenma's situation added to the feeling of tension in Monster, but it had the unintended consequence of making the story feel smaller as it revolved solely around Tenma for so much of the time.

In terms of memorability, too, I'll just mention that I remember so much more about the story beats and great moments in 20th Century Boys just by thinking about it. Conversely, for Monster, while I thought the story was great I could barely tell you what any of the great moments were. Considering I read them both around the same time it's pretty obvious which one had a stronger impression on me!

Monster is a story that made me think "wow that was a great moment" while reading parts of it, but I haven't thought about it much since then.

20th Century Boys is a story where, when I'm remembering great moments in manga, specific scenes from this series spring to my mind.

Anyway, all in all, both of these stories are pretty great but I think one of them is more or less just the author's formula perfected while the other serves to highlight some of the things which hold his stories back from being perfect. I'd recommend that anyone should read both of these manga. Once you get started it should be pretty hard to stop! If you're anything like me, though, don't bother with the anime. It's much faster to fly through the story and get the answers you're craving if you can go at your own pace instead of being held by the pace of the director.
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20th Century Boys is such an amazing series. When it's good, it's my favorite work of fiction ever.
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yeah I couldn't quite give it the 10/10 but it's definitely very close.
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Monster's my favorite anime, but I can see where you're coming from.

20th Century Boys is even better, though.
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I had the unfortunate circumstance of reading 20cb then Monster, which diminished my love for the latter. Still both are better than most I've read and 20cb alone ranks one of my top 3
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Monster is way better than 20CB and this general belief otherwise baffles me
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MariaTaylor posted...

Anime relies on a director, while manga has no such restriction. Let me explain what I mean here. If I'm watching Monster and there's a scene where two characters are having a conversation... the director needs to decide how quickly the actors will deliver their lines, even how long of a pause there is in between each line. There could be still shots of characters reacting to different lines, and those can vary in timing. You can have different shots of objects around the room or emphasizing the scenery. All in all two different directors could make the scene last 30 seconds or 3 minutes. The difference could be even bigger than that! In the manga the same conversation is two pages long and 11 panels. There's no changing that. You simply read through the dialogue at your own pace. For me, especially because I tend to read quickly, I greatly prefer this pacing.

one of the big issues i had with monster - which i only watched, didn't read - was how melodramatic it was, and how annoying it could be to watch the flashbacks and OH NO! GASP! moments. so i like this a lot specifically in this context!
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th3l3fty posted...

Monster is way better than 20CB and this general belief otherwise baffles me

For me its the pacing. There was alot of non sequitur moments in there that appeared to drag. But i like how everything eventually came together by the end
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Welcome to the NHK
@tazzyboyishere



I think this is a show about an otaku shut-in... maybe trying to adjust to normal life? Not sure if he fails or succeeds or maybe just wallows in his own filth. I haven't actually seen it.

I'd probably just read onani master kurosawa again before I would watch this.

Shin Sekai Yori
@GenesisSaga



I watched a little bit of this show but couldn't really get into it. It takes place in a fantasy type world but I feel like they didn't explain enough about the world early on enough for me to understand or care what was happening. Wasn't really into the fact that all of the main characters were children. These types of stories where kids run off and get into trouble that is way over their heads are usually not appealing to me unless it's done really, really well.

The last thing I remember was all of the kids being in some place with a bunch of mole people. I just thought the whole thing was so ridiculous and weird. I wasn't sure exactly what I was supposed to be feeling but I didn't think the monsters were scary, I didn't feel like the characters were really in any danger, but at the same time the way the scene is presented makes you think they're trying to make the point that the characters were in more danger than they expected. But at the same time I got no sense of danger from the actual scene. So, all in all, I just got bored and stopped watching.

Teekyu!
@th3l3fty



A tennis show that's not actually about tennis at all. You may be surprised to know that Teekyu is not an exception in that case, but rather that there's an entire category of shows that follow this formula. Off the top of my head would be Sofuteni. Although, to be completely real, Teekyu! blows that show out of the water.

If you're not familiar with 'short comedies' they became pretty popular just within the last 10 or maybe even 5 years. Instead of a full 20 minute show you'll have shows that have 10, 5, or even 2 minute long episodes. Instead of trying to have some kind of plot and character development they just rapid fire jokes at the audience hoping that any joke will land. Honestly, I think Teekyu does this pretty well. There's a few other good shorts and short comedies in particular. Tzurezure Children saw success recently as one of the better shows to come out in recent memory despite being a short, although that did have long enough episodes and enough of a plot to feel like a real show. Hell, the shortened length just left you wanting more.

Back to Teekyu. So basically it's about a character who wants to play in a tennis club... only problem is that all of the other members are complete cartoon characters. You have a spoiled rich girl who doesn't understand anything about how the world works, a clueless pervert character (a requirement in all-girl comedy shows made after 2010), and the last who is basically the bugs bunny of this show. Most of the humor comes from this character, Kanae, doing completely unexpected things. It's hard to explain how or why this is funny but most of the jokes don't even have much set up. Or sometimes they do. That's kinda the beauty of Teekyu; rather than sticking to one formula they completely try to blindside you and suckerpunch you with every single punchline. A character might set up for what is obviously supposed to be a clever pun and then the camera just pans to Kanae dressed up in a fish costume and ruins the joke, but this somehow makes it even more funny.

I haven't seen every episode of Teekyu. Apparently there's like 9 or more seasons now. They just keep making this shit. It's pretty funny from what I've seen, and probably the only danger would be after watching 20 or 30 episodes you might finally get tired of the breakneck speed and style of humor.
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It has been a long time since I watched Monster. I remember when I did, it was the most hyped show on B8 by far... and it just never did it for me. I think you nail it pretty well. I remember being pretty underwhelmed by the climax. Obviously there was quality there, but I just didn't "get" why it was so lauded on the board. On one hand, that may have played a part in my disappointment, though I'm not sure if Monster is a show I would have been interested in at all without all the hype so "eh".
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Some other interesting stuff I'll say about Teekyu. Don't consider this part of the write up but I'm more just musing now that I've completed it.

The opening themes for the seasons I watched were like 30 seconds long, and this was included as part of the fact that the episodes are only 2 minutes. So like 1/4 of the entire episode was just playing the opening theme at the beginning each time.

The production cost to profit ratio for this show has to be through the roof. I mean it costs almost nothing to make an episode of this. It's 2 minutes long, you get to re-use the opening to pad for time, the animation quality is really poor, they don't even need writers because I think everything is taken from an already existing 4koma. And on top of this I think the show is actually very popular. So basically spend nothing, make buckets of money. Genius.
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MariaTaylor posted...

I'd probably just read onani master kurosawa again before I would watch this.

this topic sucks
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Icehawk posted...

It has been a long time since I watched Monster. I remember when I did, it was the most hyped show on B8 by far... and it just never did it for me. I think you nail it pretty well. I remember being pretty underwhelmed by the climax. Obviously there was quality there, but I just didn't "get" why it was so lauded on the board. On one hand, that may have played a part in my disappointment, though I'm not sure if Monster is a show I would have been interested in at all without all the hype so "eh".

definitely board 8 loves Monster. it's the first write up where I felt a bit anxious about the reaction I might get, and I wasn't even that critical of it. I still thought it was a great show but I did think it had quite a few flaws.
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NHK isn't really anything like Kurosawa tbh, but the novel is probably the best way to consume it.
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If you're still taking suggestions, Gungrave
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MariaTaylor posted...

Icehawk posted...

It has been a long time since I watched Monster. I remember when I did, it was the most hyped show on B8 by far... and it just never did it for me. I think you nail it pretty well. I remember being pretty underwhelmed by the climax. Obviously there was quality there, but I just didn't "get" why it was so lauded on the board. On one hand, that may have played a part in my disappointment, though I'm not sure if Monster is a show I would have been interested in at all without all the hype so "eh".

definitely board 8 loves Monster. it's the first write up where I felt a bit anxious about the reaction I might get, and I wasn't even that critical of it. I still thought it was a great show but I did think it had quite a few flaws.

I had to deal with Mumei's rage when I told him it was MEH. That is far scarier than anything else!
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tazzyboyishere posted...

NHK isn't really anything like Kurosawa

well now I'm even less interested in it!

ZXAdvent_Lucian posted...

If you're still taking suggestions, Gungrave

yep. I'm at the top of the second page now so if you're nominating stuff you probably won't even have to wait that long.
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NHK is about an actually delusional hikkokomori trying to overcome his crippling anxiety and depression

what makes it stand out is it just feels more "real" than most drama anime

also what makes it stand out is having the greatest OP song of all time
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This is what I have left to do:

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (PUN)
Mushishi (Yankees)
Paranoia Agent (trdl)
Yama no Susume (Granzon)
School Days (FL81)
Doraemon (handsomeboy)
Madoka Magica (Prince Karo)
Pop Team Epic (pk2k)
Heaven's Lost Prophecy (YOMAMMA)
Dragon Ball (FakeAccount)
Haikyuu (pjbasis) <-- I'll definitely get at least this far
Love Live Sunshine (BK)
My Hero Academia (Icehawk)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (zea)
Working!! (lefty)
Girls un Panzer (Hardcore_Adult)
Servant X Service (Granzon)
Fullmetal Alchemist (eaedwards) <- Nominated Brotherhood, I'll just do both.
Gonna be The Twintail (?) - OrangeCrush
tesagure bukatsumono - Tom
Gungrave (ZX Advent)

Let me know if I missed you. Now that I've made this quick reference list I'm unlikely to go back and double check to see if there's anything that slipped through the cracks. eaedwards also nominated Bleach, but I just took the first thing he nominated.
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also sorry for just lurking this topic hardcore. I'm reading every writeup and enjoying them.
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You missed my Shiki nomination
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added it and also psycho kenshin's. I missed them both the first time cause I was skimming past all the 'discussion' posts.
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I love Monster but I never saw the anime. I imagine the pacing is a lot harder to take when you can't...well, go at your own pace.
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Have you seen Utena?
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