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The terrifyingly prescient ‘Serial Experiments Lain,’ 20 years later (2018)

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Post by ChoGGi »

monus21 wrote: post #102
riskable wrote: post #93

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> The isekai genre is definitely overused at this point Yet somehow we can't get enough of it! I mean, I know I'm a sucker for isekai. Some of it is poorly animated with terrible stereotypes (for anime) and far too much fan service but it's not isekai that's cliche it's the story that's being told inside of it that could be. I'd argue that isekai is one of the best and truest forms of sci-fi: Instead of just "drama,…

Yeah, I know what you mean. I've read far too many isekai manga/manhwa than I should have (not super into anime). Shield Hero was good but FFF-Class Trashero probably tops the lot for me. Really good storytelling and incredible character development.

If you like FFF, you may enjoy Master of Gu.

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Post by anotherman554 »

trentnix wrote: post #47
honkycat wrote: post #35

Serial Experiments Lain is everything wonderful about anime. It is violent, dark, scary. In summary: ADULT. Anime tells stories in a visual format that for years and years you simply could not get anywhere else. Adult genre fiction was not well represented in American media. Even today, adult American cartoons are almost entirely "sitcom" format. They don't want to ever end, and they do not want to tell a story, they…

A month or so ago I finally watched the Neon Genesis Evangelion series after hearing about it for more than 20 years. After slogging through a few episodes of predictable awkard-teenagers-pilot-giant-robots-to-save-the-world it finally reveals itself as a stunning exploration into the minds of troubled youth who are, effectively, subjected to a barrage of traumatic crises. It's a deep, rich world with complex charact…

If you aren't turned off by the girly aspect of it (The director previously worked on Sailor Moon) Revolutionary Girl Utena is comparable to Evangelion in terms of being ambitious and Avant-guard. (The movie is meant to be watched after the show. There's a fan website with a bunch of essays analyzing the show still active, there's a lot of subtle stuff going on in it, it was also partially inspired by japanese avant guarde theater in the 70s counterculture era.) I feel the dub hurts the material because the actors sound like they are doing children's theater so it's best watched subbed.

Big O is also a good show though it gets better as it goes along. It gets kind of abstract and embraces a sort of "theater of the absurd" sort of atmosphere so don't go into it expecting a typical narrative to the story.

If you like American superhero movies or comics at all Tiger and Bunny is a great Japanese show with a unique take on them.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica was sort of described as a "deconstruction" of Sailor Moon type shows, a writer with a horror background does a grim and gritty story that starts off like a Sailor Moon sort of thing and goes somewhere else.

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Post by anotherman554 »

bsanr2 wrote: post #158
flobosg wrote: post #69

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If you liked the subversion aspect of NGE, then Puella Magi Madoka Magica might be up your alley. EDIT: Add Revolutionary Girl Utena to the list, although it might be considered somewhat repetitive and way too symbolic.

The most galaxy brain moment is when you realize that the repitition is not only purposeful but thematically crucial.

Yeah Utena takes stock footage designed to make the show cheaper a la Sailor Moon and turns it into symbolism which informs the narrative.

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k_sze wrote: post #153
baybal2 wrote: post #116

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> Legend Of The Galactic Heroes I only recently found that it was a cartoon originally. I read it as a novell like 20 years ago.

Did you read it in original Japanese or translated?

Chinese translation

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Post by filoeleven »

bullfightonmars wrote: post #164
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I dunno whether these count or not, but I enjoyed the hell out of Kid Cosmic, Steven Universe, and Adventure Time. These maybe aren't the same kind of show as your traditional animes, but they all really resonated with me during Covid times.

I have fallen in love with Adventure Time. Not only is it something my son and I can watch together, but tells real coming of age stories that are relevant to both kids and adults. Adventure Time is deeply empathetic to the human condition. To communicate this connection it rewrites all the rules about how the world works and forces you to navigate them with no explaination. To a child this is taken as a mater of cou…

One of the Adventure time animators (and maybe creators?) is also behind Hilda, a book series and now a fantastic Netflix cartoon adapted from them. It’s a made for children 8 and up, and genuinely enjoyable as an adult too. The world is beautiful, the soundtrack is great, and the adventures are lots of fun.

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Post by henriquemaia »

scruple wrote: post #156

How are people watching all of these different animes? I don't see many of the titles listed in comments here available for streaming online or through any of the torrent sites in aware of. I recently subscribed to VRV so that I could easily watch Attack on Titan and a few others but it's missing Lain and a lot of the other titles mentioned in here.

https://4anime.to/

https://animepahe.com/

There are more like those. Telegram anime chat channels are also a good source to anything anime.

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