xdaniel Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 So, yeah, general anime thread. I'm currently following 4 series: IS Infinite Stratos, Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu, Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara Ne!! and Mahou Shoujo (Puella Magi) Madoka Magica. And Madoka Magica... ... is a nightmare. Literally. Worse than Ga-Rei Zero or Alien Nine in my opinion, if those ring any bells. Cute-looking magical girl anime where the girls die horrible, gruesome deaths? Yes, you get that here. Only one girl so far, but I believe that Madoka will be the only one left alive once it's over. And yet I want to see what happens next. Begging the creators for mercy with every episode from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell-Tale Heart Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Is there any Anime that's dark and has Gothic castles and such? But not too much violence? (Too much= that's all it is ever about) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 I shall drag this thread out again, just like I recently dragged out my MyAnimeList account again! http://myanimelist.net/animelist/xdanielDZD - missing a bunch of series I dropped, but the completed series list is mostly, well, complete (missing ex. Evangelion, Beck, and probably a few others...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcaith Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I've been working my way through Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, still need to finish watching 2nd GIG and Solid State Society. Love the series and I'm kind of sad to be getting to the end of it. Going to start watching Desert Punk soon, finish watching Eden of the East (since I've managed to lose the series twice due to hard drive failure and then accidental deletion ; ) and maybe rewatch Burn-Up! Excess. Yet to watch FMA: Brotherhood all the way through, I'm interested to see how closely it follows the manga, though. So far it's pretty close. I've started reading the Freezing manga, and watched the first two episodes of the anime. It's very interesting to see a Korean working in a Japanese publication, and I plan to follow this to see how it develops. So far it's quite interesting, though some of the character names make me cringe a little. Been reading Tsubame Syndrome too, and the art changes over the course of the manga are surprisingly swiftly. Whether it's down to editorial interference or simply the artist changing as the production developed, I don't know but it's a bit disconcerting. Going to track down Violinist of Hameln too sometimes soon, and see if I can find a group that's still working on the second manga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Episodes 11 & 12. SPOILERS naturally, so if you're actually watching it and have not watched the finale yet, DON'T CLICK this link: http://xdany87.livejournal.com/141638.html And if you want something more professional: http://randomc.net/2011/04/21/mahou-shoujo-madoka-magica-11-12-end/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destroyer4292 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Just finished watching Elfen Lied, Akira, and the original Ghost in the Shell. I'm currently wathching Gunslinger Girl and the Witchblade anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Fire Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 地ç„少女 グラビテーション ソニックX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 That game I can play as well Watching... AãƒÂャンãƒÂル 電波女ã¨éÂ’春çâ€Â· 花咲ãÂÂã„ã‚Â㯠ã¾りãÂ⠋»りã£ã ã‚らã„㶠日常 俺ã®妹ãÂ΋“んãªã«å¯愛ã„ã‚Âã‘ãÂ΋ªã„　(True Route) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckofchaos Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've only gotten into anime relatively recently, so I have only seen Death note, Cowboy Bebop, and Evangelion. I guess it is nice to start with the classics Plan on watching Bleach soon And of course I watched Dragonball Z religiously when toonami was still around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 (edited) That made me wonder just now... What was the first show I watched knowing that it was what we know as "anime"? I think the quartet of Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball (not Z), Digimon Adventure and Pokemon might've been that for me, back in 1997/1998 or so. Prior to that, I had already seen shows that I now know were anime, but those are the first ones where I knew right from the start that they were from Japan - in the case of Pokemon with a detour via the USA, Dragon Ball with a detour via France -, etc., etc. Sailor Moon I don't really remember much of nowadays - besides that Mercury might've been my first "2D crush" come to think of it, followed by Pokemon's Misty -, I still like the original Dragon Ball way more than Z or GT, I've been a really big Digimon fan for the longest time (not so much now, but still very fond of it) and can still sing along a bunch of the German songs from the first few seasons - DA's opening and DA/DA02's evolution themes ftw! -, and while the Pokemon anime got pretty boring halfway through Johto or so, I'm still playing the games (at least Gen 1, 2, 5 and 4's HG/SS). EDIT: In fact... Now playing in WinAmp: Digimon Adventure - German Opening "Leb deinen Traum", German version of "Butter-fly" by Kouji Wada Edited April 27, 2011 by xdaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've watches quite a few animes... shall I list them? No? Well too bad, I'm doing it anyway. Trinity Blood Bleach Higurashi no naku koro ni Higurashi no naku koro ni Kai Higurashi no naku koro ni Rei One Piece Death Note Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (That counts, right?) Soul Eater Umineko no naku koro ni Hellsing Hellsing Ultimate Black cat Blassreiter Black Blood Brothers Tales of the Abyss Tales of Eternia Tales of Phantasia Tales of Symphonia Tales of Symphonia: Tethe'alla Hen I'm sure there are some a lot that I forgot to put here, but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destroyer4292 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 As of now: Finished Witchblade. Still watching Gunslinger Girl, and now Trigun, Hellsing, Desert Punk, and Gantz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcaith Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Trigun is a classic. Love it. Badlands Rumble, the new OVA isn't too bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell-Tale Heart Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I was watching Pandora Hearts, but I stopped and started buying the Manga. I'm planning to start on MushiUta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destroyer4292 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Decided to add on Cowboy Bebop, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, and Gundam Wing. *sigh* I want my Toonami back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Cutting my list of "have to follow!" down to: AãƒÂャンãƒÂル 花咲ãÂÂã„ã‚Â㯠日常 俺ã®妹ãÂ΋“んãªã«å¯愛ã„ã‚Âã‘ãÂ΋ªã„　(True Route) Leaving those here on the "will try to follow" pile: 電波女ã¨éÂ’春çâ€Â· ã¾りãÂ⠋»りã£ã ã‚らã„㶠Also: Hell yeah, K-ON! (Season 1) will be released here on DVD, starting this July! And here I was thinking we'll never get it and I'd have to get the US DVDs if at all! Now, you German publishers you, what about Index and Railgun, Bakemonogatari, Madoka Magica...? EDIT: Caught up with 電波女ã¨éÂ’春çâ€Â· - that is Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko - as have to say: ... well, I don't know what to say! It's just... weird and great; just "Shaft being Shaft"! And also, AãƒÂャンãƒÂル - that is A-Channel - is "approved by mom"! XD Well, that means that I showed my mom episode 1 of the show, thinking that she might like it, which is exactly what happened. And we're the same opinion: Tooru is sooo adorable! <3 Edited May 14, 2011 by xdaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Little bump for a little list. Shows that I watched/am watching currently since the Spring 2010 season: - Working!! - K-ON!! (S2) - Mitsudomoe - Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi - Seitokai Yakuindomo - Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga nai - Shinryaku! Ika Musume - Sora no Otoshimono Forte - Puella Magi Madoka Magica - IS: Infinite Stratos - Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!! - Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu! - Hanasaku Iroha - A-Channel - Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko - Nichijou Thus, total amount of shows: 16. And the amount of those shows that I could or could have watched legally via Crunchyroll: 1, Shinryaku! Ika Musume. And for some perspective, the current season. The last four shows are currently airing in Japan, two of which, as far as I know - Hanasaku Iroha and Nichijou/My Ordinary Life - are available via Crunchyroll, and zero of which are available via CR in Germany. Sure, they're trying their best to license stuff and even with international rights and all, I believe that, but that's still a pathetic result if you're living outside the US, isn't it? I wonder what keeps them from getting licenses for ex. Germany as well, the hope of the Japanese companies for a German publisher to license their shows? Tch, forget it. We barely get anything, or at least barely anything I'm interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Fire Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 ソウルイーター Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Just finished watching A-Channel. Great show, great characters, a 9/10 from me. Gonna miss Tooru <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell-Tale Heart Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I started on Shiki, which is about an epidemic that turns out to be so much more. I like it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Yes, I insist on digging this thread out again periodically Anyway, of the current season I'm watching... - Usagi Drop - Nekogami Yaoyorozu - Mayo Chiki! ...and am still following Nichijou. I kinda stalled on Hanasaku Iroha after around episode 10; not really dropped, but not watching it anymore either. Also ended up preordering the first volume of K-ON!'s first season, which'll be released here in 1-2 weeks or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Am I weird for importing Japanese manga when I just barely understand the language? Then again, it's Madoka, so I just had to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdaniel Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 I really need to drag this out again right now to rant. Crunchyroll will simulcast Nisemonogatari. Fuck them. Why the hell do they think they need to simulcast something that's a sequel to a show that's never (officially) been seen outside of Japan? I'd imagine that without having seen Bakemonogatari, you'll only understand half of the show, if even that! Plus, yet again, "Sorry, due to licensing limitations, videos are unavailable in your region." I wanted to fucking watch this because I have seen Bakemonogatari, because it was awesome and because I was hoping for the sequels to be animated since the day the first series ended! And considering the nature of the source material and the anime adaptions, I bet only half of Crunchyroll's audience will even appreciate and/or understand it! I sure hope there's some fansub group out there who's still gonna sub the show regardless, or at least someone who's gonna rip their subs and give them some proper styling and all. Because if Bakemonogatari was any indication, this'll again be filled with typical Shaft-style walls of on-screen text. ...phew, rant over. But if I won't be able to watch this in some way or other on Monday at the latest, I'll be very, very mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 You have every right to be mad. That's total bullshit. This was sent from a magical space satellite in the Andromeda Galaxy. Hurr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dekupk5 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Get some new anime sites, like gogoanime for example, it has more than 1 kind of video streamer just to satisfy your needs...... Pi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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