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kitten320 · 2015-04-17, 19:51

Aaaannnddd... I'm back. Wow, it sure was a while since I updated here! Well I have watched several titles so here we go =)

Read Or Die OVA - Can't say I was impressed. It seemed kind of slow and action wasn't really that exciting neither did I like any of the characters. Though I liked slight drama towards the end. I rate it 6/10.

Tari Tari - It wasn't as engaging as Hansaku Iroha and some of the drama felt slightly forced. However, it still was a pleasant watch with some nice music and characters. I do like this sort of shows after all, slice of life with an actual story and some drama in-between. Are there any more shows like this? After seeing Glasslip horrible rating and reviews, can't say I'm very interested.

It is 7/10 from me.

Redline - It was a while since I watched it but style was nice even though I was not as impressed with animation as most, there were quiet a few still frames from what I remember. But as action it worked so 8/10.

Lovely Complex - romance aren't exactly my thing unless they are unique and this one was. It did take time to get used to animation and most voice acting was just bad, especially Seiko. Still find her voice weird. There also were tons of clichés but all of them were solved very fast without going overboard and it is rare to meet a romance male lead that is not tall, cool and handsome. Risa differs as well, not tiny. Most of the jokes were quiet fun, Nobuko deserves an award for best supporting role. Those two totally deserved most of the smacking she gave them. Over all it was fun so 8/10

Kill La Kill - surprise surprise, I actually enjoyed it. Yes, animation is weird and goes over the top like TTGL but the thing is, Kill la Kill established itself as an exaggeration series from a get go. The moment Gamagori entered the room, you knew what to expect and series followed the rules it established. 1 star uniforms are this strong, 2 star are stronger and 3 star are even better. With some research, they got improved and so on. Series created the rules and followed them, TTGL never had any rules to begin with. Robot just got bigger whenever they felt like it so yeh...

Mako is a weird one, she and her family were pretty flat as characters but did eventually start to develop some sort of purpose and personality even if it was small. Besides Mako was considered as an odd ball even by characters. Actually lots of things that you find weird, were made fun of in the actual show like stripping, Mako's antics, that weird nudist beach robots and etc. So things like this did not bother me here since they all were part of the set up from a get go.

Though there is way too much fan service, at least it was for both genders. While a lot of people prefer first half, I liked second one more when series started to have some sort of plot even if it was not complicated one. Ending was slightly underwhelming.

It's not really something that I would re-watch, but for a one time watch it was good enough with some really cool soundtracks so it's 8/10. I'm glad that I gave it a go.

Hikaru no Go - ah, I might have to spoiler tag this one. But over all series are strong and engaging, first 10 or so episodes had me on the edge, I really like this sort of atmosphere. However,...

Spoiler for spoilers ahead:

But over all series were really enjoyable with lots of memorable moments, wish there was more of an actual conclusion but otherwise it was good. Wouldn't minds to watch something similar, 8/10 it is.

Next am thinking of watching:
Eden of the East
Last Exile
Ookiku Furikabutte

If there are any other titles you want to point out form my list, go ahead =)

Draco Spirit · 2015-04-18, 14:22

Just watched Eden of the East today funny enough. Its a very interesting show that makes you think, but I think the series itself doesn't fully answer all the questions its raises.. then again I've yet to watch the movies!

kitten320 · 2018-12-01, 19:13

Heya! I haven't been here for a long time, not much time for anime in last year and few other shows I wanted to check out in between but I am still trying to go through your recommendations^^

Just now finished Slam Dunk and felt like giving my opinion on it.

Spoiler for Slam Dunk Review:

Soo... I can see where appeal is coming from. Purely Basketball wise it is much better than supernatural KnB. However, there are 3 major things that kept really annoying me and ruined the experience for me. To start with, pacing... 17 episodes for one game? Seriously? 6 episodes to represent just 3 minutes of a game??? Seriously?! Talk about dragged out. While games were enjoyable for most part, the dragginess kept killing excitement especially when you know what is coming but have to wait tons of episodes before you see it. Makes you want to just skip.

Another problem is MC himself. It took him all 101 episode to actually become decent... like yeh he is a rookie but main problem is his idiocy. If he was an actually interesting character with a brain, I would not mind it. But Sakuragi is soooo DUMB that watching him becomes unbearable. It's like staring at a 5 year old child in an adult body. Just painful.

Sadly Rukawa is no better but opposite. An outright boring, over powered character who only says only word in whole show "Moron". Can we replace him with Sendo, please? And can we make Kogure the main character? I much rather watch him train and improve and come out of a shadow than deal with Sakuragi's childish antics -_-

Also kill all of female cast. Never seen so much narrow mindness in one show... Apart from Aya, the only good female character that actually feels real and does not go into crazy fangirl mode even though Miyagi deserved it far more than Rukawa. Actually this show's main problem is forcing unstoppable "humor" which stops being funny after several repetitions. To be fair, most of it was never funny to begin with.

I really would like to give anime an 8 but I just can't... it was too painful to wait 5 more episodes to finally see Sakuragi shoot. Only thought going through my mind in lats game was "Just shoot already!!!" So yeh... good series. Full of useful information and over all great character cast like Miyagi. But pacing and two main characters really dragged it down for me so 6 it is.

Heard manga is better, so will check the missing ending there^^

So yeh... any other anime in my already given list on first page that you would like to boost in priority? Especially among sport series that would take into consideration the issues I had with Slam Dunk?

0cean · 2018-12-02, 06:06

Lots of awesome titles in that list,... though, not sure why you think Noir is a mystery anime. It's action.

Taking the cold season into account, you should probably watch Bakeneko+Mononoke. It's a collection of short stories/ghost stories that are perfect for a dark evening. And if you feel like it ended too soon, you can just go on watching Mushishi, which is rather similar.

SeijiSensei · 2018-12-02, 09:07

I reread this thread and have a suggestion that is not an anime -- the NHK's live-action adaptation of the Moribito novels. The material in the anime appears in the first four episodes. The remaining eighteen adapt other novels in the series. Do a search for "earthcolors moribito" if you're interested.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/YsxSZ-sHWyg

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Mad Pierrot · 2018-12-02, 18:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitten320

So yeh... any other anime in my already given list on first page that you would like to boost in priority? Especially among sport series that would take into consideration the issues I had with Slam Dunk?

There is another basketball named Dear Boys with regular skills. However, the animation might be a bit dated.

The new Captain Tsubasa anime by Davids is taking a faster pacing than its slower predecessors if you are interested in association football.

kitten320 · 2018-12-09, 18:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0cean

Lots of awesome titles in that list,... though, not sure why you think Noir is a mystery anime. It's action.

Taking the cold season into account, you should probably watch Bakeneko+Mononoke. It's a collection of short stories/ghost stories that are perfect for a dark evening. And if you feel like it ended too soon, you can just go on watching Mushishi, which is rather similar.

Pretty sure someone named Noir as Mystery on this thread in the past. I'll switch it, thanks^^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Pierrot

There is another basketball named Dear Boys with regular skills. However, the animation might be a bit dated.

The new Captain Tsubasa anime by Davids is taking a faster pacing than its slower predecessors if you are interested in association football.

Cool thanks^^

2015-04-17, 19:51	Link #41
kitten320 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Aaaannnddd... I'm back. Wow, it sure was a while since I updated here! Well I have watched several titles so here we go =) Read Or Die OVA - Can't say I was impressed. It seemed kind of slow and action wasn't really that exciting neither did I like any of the characters. Though I liked slight drama towards the end. I rate it 6/10. Tari Tari - It wasn't as engaging as Hansaku Iroha and some of the drama felt slightly forced. However, it still was a pleasant watch with some nice music and characters. I do like this sort of shows after all, slice of life with an actual story and some drama in-between. Are there any more shows like this? After seeing Glasslip horrible rating and reviews, can't say I'm very interested. It is 7/10 from me. Redline - It was a while since I watched it but style was nice even though I was not as impressed with animation as most, there were quiet a few still frames from what I remember. But as action it worked so 8/10. Lovely Complex - romance aren't exactly my thing unless they are unique and this one was. It did take time to get used to animation and most voice acting was just bad, especially Seiko. Still find her voice weird. There also were tons of clichés but all of them were solved very fast without going overboard and it is rare to meet a romance male lead that is not tall, cool and handsome. Risa differs as well, not tiny. Most of the jokes were quiet fun, Nobuko deserves an award for best supporting role. Those two totally deserved most of the smacking she gave them. Over all it was fun so 8/10 Kill La Kill - surprise surprise, I actually enjoyed it. Yes, animation is weird and goes over the top like TTGL but the thing is, Kill la Kill established itself as an exaggeration series from a get go. The moment Gamagori entered the room, you knew what to expect and series followed the rules it established. 1 star uniforms are this strong, 2 star are stronger and 3 star are even better. With some research, they got improved and so on. Series created the rules and followed them, TTGL never had any rules to begin with. Robot just got bigger whenever they felt like it so yeh... Mako is a weird one, she and her family were pretty flat as characters but did eventually start to develop some sort of purpose and personality even if it was small. Besides Mako was considered as an odd ball even by characters. Actually lots of things that you find weird, were made fun of in the actual show like stripping, Mako's antics, that weird nudist beach robots and etc. So things like this did not bother me here since they all were part of the set up from a get go. Though there is way too much fan service, at least it was for both genders. While a lot of people prefer first half, I liked second one more when series started to have some sort of plot even if it was not complicated one. Ending was slightly underwhelming. It's not really something that I would re-watch, but for a one time watch it was good enough with some really cool soundtracks so it's 8/10. I'm glad that I gave it a go. Hikaru no Go - ah, I might have to spoiler tag this one. But over all series are strong and engaging, first 10 or so episodes had me on the edge, I really like this sort of atmosphere. However,... Spoiler for spoilers ahead: What originally got me excited, eventually turned into annoyance and that's Sai. I know tons of people will disagree since majority loves him but I had hard time relating to his character as series progressed. He turned into an extremely selfish character who only cared about himself and not even once stopped to think about all the awkward situations that he put Hikaru into like for example Hikaru VS eldest Touya match. Like he did apologize but what about initial weirdness of situation? There was way too much focus on Sai to begin with, especially in second half. They might as well call it Sai no Go considering that series ended shortly after he left. The last episodes between 60-70 were just horrible. Hikaru was illogical and really hard to take seriously. To add salt to the wound series decide to expend on this unsatisfactory note by adding filler episodes. Just who does that right before the final? Not to mention that apart from Isumi episodes, none of them had any relevance to that time period. They should have been done ages ago. Thought I would never get through them. Luckily show picked up in last 5 episodes but... just when things were finally starting to get interesting without Sai in the picture, show ends... I really liked idea of Sai's teachings living inside Hikaru and having Hikaru continue on his own. It was a perefct set up for the future, especially after they mentioned that international match and yet even sequel does not cover actual tournament. I want to see Hikaru grow in pro world, see him win attention with his skills, see him fight for titles, win against Akira in one of the big games and finally reach the Divine Move that Sai starved after. But no, it just ends just like that. At least Touya recognized him, some sort of conclusion. So yeh, ending was unsatisfactory same as major Sai focus. I know he is strong, no need to rub it in on Hikaru's expense. But over all series were really enjoyable with lots of memorable moments, wish there was more of an actual conclusion but otherwise it was good. Wouldn't minds to watch something similar, 8/10 it is. Next am thinking of watching: Eden of the East Last Exile Ookiku Furikabutte If there are any other titles you want to point out form my list, go ahead =) __________________ My anime list

2018-12-01, 19:13	Link #43
kitten320 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007	Heya! I haven't been here for a long time, not much time for anime in last year and few other shows I wanted to check out in between but I am still trying to go through your recommendations^^ Just now finished Slam Dunk and felt like giving my opinion on it. Spoiler for Slam Dunk Review: Soo... I can see where appeal is coming from. Purely Basketball wise it is much better than supernatural KnB. However, there are 3 major things that kept really annoying me and ruined the experience for me. To start with, pacing... 17 episodes for one game? Seriously? 6 episodes to represent just 3 minutes of a game??? Seriously?! Talk about dragged out. While games were enjoyable for most part, the dragginess kept killing excitement especially when you know what is coming but have to wait tons of episodes before you see it. Makes you want to just skip. Another problem is MC himself. It took him all 101 episode to actually become decent... like yeh he is a rookie but main problem is his idiocy. If he was an actually interesting character with a brain, I would not mind it. But Sakuragi is soooo DUMB that watching him becomes unbearable. It's like staring at a 5 year old child in an adult body. Just painful. Sadly Rukawa is no better but opposite. An outright boring, over powered character who only says only word in whole show "Moron". Can we replace him with Sendo, please? And can we make Kogure the main character? I much rather watch him train and improve and come out of a shadow than deal with Sakuragi's childish antics -_- Also kill all of female cast. Never seen so much narrow mindness in one show... Apart from Aya, the only good female character that actually feels real and does not go into crazy fangirl mode even though Miyagi deserved it far more than Rukawa. Actually this show's main problem is forcing unstoppable "humor" which stops being funny after several repetitions. To be fair, most of it was never funny to begin with. I really would like to give anime an 8 but I just can't... it was too painful to wait 5 more episodes to finally see Sakuragi shoot. Only thought going through my mind in lats game was "Just shoot already!!!" So yeh... good series. Full of useful information and over all great character cast like Miyagi. But pacing and two main characters really dragged it down for me so 6 it is. Heard manga is better, so will check the missing ending there^^ So yeh... any other anime in my already given list on first page that you would like to boost in priority? Especially among sport series that would take into consideration the issues I had with Slam Dunk? __________________ My anime list

2018-12-02, 06:06	Link #44
0cean Transfer Adventurer Join Date: Oct 2017	Lots of awesome titles in that list,... though, not sure why you think Noir is a mystery anime. It's action. Taking the cold season into account, you should probably watch Bakeneko+Mononoke. It's a collection of short stories/ghost stories that are perfect for a dark evening. And if you feel like it ended too soon, you can just go on watching Mushishi, which is rather similar. __________________

2018-12-02, 09:07	Link #45
SeijiSensei AS Oji-kun Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 74	I reread this thread and have a suggestion that is not an anime -- the NHK's live-action adaptation of the Moribito novels. The material in the anime appears in the first four episodes. The remaining eighteen adapt other novels in the series. Do a search for "earthcolors moribito" if you're interested. YouTube https://youtu.be/YsxSZ-sHWyg Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload? __________________ Taking Anime Seriously - Politics by the Numbers - Sports by the Numbers - MAL List - Avatars - Images

2015-04-18, 14:22	Link #42
Draco Spirit Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013	Just watched Eden of the East today funny enough. Its a very interesting show that makes you think, but I think the series itself doesn't fully answer all the questions its raises.. then again I've yet to watch the movies!