Manga & Anime

Hemo Rusticus · May 10, 2020

Shit that looks awesome!

I mighta seen that trailer in a DVD I had, for GitS:SAC or something.

Hemo Rusticus · May 10, 2020

Crunchyroll recently produced their own show, an adaptation of a manga called Tower of God. I'm on the fence 'cause it looks so powerfully derivative, but some of the art looks mad phresh, dawg.

Issacus Divus · May 10, 2020

In that classic 80's style, yessir.

Iáson · May 10, 2020

"derivative" is just what one expects in anime nowadays. I'm not terribly optimistic about the Spring season.

Hemo Rusticus · May 10, 2020

Alas, 'tis but too true.

Hemo Rusticus · May 11, 2020

On the matter of Kami no *Tō, I have passed judgement:

Acceptable! :thumb-up:

Much more tolerable than Beaucoup no Gyro despite a similar level of shōnenical nonsense ('shōnense'), with a killer graphic style & rock-solid character designs. The hero is boring, but at least he's not an effete, sniveling goody two-shoes à la Renton Thurston from Eureka 7 or Deku from the aforementioned anime about a tasty Greek dish.

*This Japanese word, I just found out, comes ultimately from Sanscrit. I'd thought maybe it was just bastardized 'tower' (through Italian or something?)

Adrian · May 11, 2020

Adrian · May 14, 2020

I was recommended an assassin lore manga titled Crying Freeman
I think the concept of this manga is quite interesting.

definitely a manga suited for adult readers. Artstyle is quite realistic (which I find a nice digression from mainstream moe artstyle)

Issacus Divus · May 31, 2020

I just finished Samurai Champloo. How are animes allowed to be this good?

Adrian · Jun 7, 2020

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)

Iáson · Jun 7, 2020

That looks incredibly unoriginal but at the same time extremely worth watching...

Adrian · Jun 8, 2020

Iáson dixit:
That looks incredibly unoriginal but at the same time extremely worth watching...

I think Makoto Shinkai's directs good anime movies (I saw Garden of Words, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Your Voice).

His latest romance movie Weathering with You
I read good reviews, perhaps I'll watch it this week.

Iáson · Jun 8, 2020

I think his films are incredibly beautiful, but they lack substance. Perhaps I'm too demanding, but I think it really does make films better when they have a non-overt ideology or message behind them, even if it's something I disagree with. Shinkai's films are like wonderful dreams; vivid, amazing, engrossing, but when they are over you are left with a sense of anticlimax, as though there was something left unsaid.