Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Himu]

You don't have cr? It costs like 6 bux dude. If I have some invites, I'll shoot you one.

[hampster]

You don't have cr? It costs like 6 bux dude. If I have some invites, I'll shoot you one.

Isn't most of the premium anime on crunchyroll also on hulu? I actually saw kenshin on crunchyroll first which is why I went to hulu to watch it. Weird that they don't use the same source material. I'd rather just spend my money on hulu and get the non-anime stuff as well. Either way I don't actually watch enough anime for it to be worth it and there is enough free stuff to fill my time

Got to buy that Psych season pass next month anyway

[Himu]

No, they're not. Most of the premium anime on CR is exclusive to that site.

And I have a guest pass, you're in luck.

[Himu]

I have two more guest passes. People claim them.

[hampster]

Thanks Himu

[Joe Molotov]

Whats a good anime for someone who's never watched any at all ever?

Cowboy Bebop, after that Space Dandy.

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[Himu]

SPACE DANDY STARTS NEXT FUCKING WEEK ;adlkf;sadfj;asdf ;

[hampster]

Does the Space Dandy have cat girls? If not I'll just rewatch Outlaw Star

[Tasty]

SPACE DANDY STARTS NEXT FUCKING WEEK ;adlkf;sadfj;asdf ;

Premiering on Toonami first.

[StealthFan]

I have two more guest passes. People claim them.

Can i get one?

[Great Rumbler]

I have two more guest passes. People claim them.

Can i get one?

Sent! And I got a few more in case anybody else wants one.

[Great Rumbler]

Whats a good anime for someone who's never watched any at all ever?

Films. Don't watch tv yet as it's a large investment. Start with films.

Start with Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (aka Cowboy Bebop: The Movie), branch out into Ghibli: watch Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Whisper of the Heart. If you like those, and you will if you have any inkling of taste, watch Satoshi Kon films: Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers.

Yes, this is definitely where you start if you've never seen any anime before.

I'd also add the movies of Mamoru Oshii: Patlabor the Movie 1 and 2, Ghost in the Shell, and The Sky Crawlers.

[Shadow Mod]

I need to finish Berserk.

[nudemacusers]

Whats a good anime for someone who's never watched any at all ever?

[thisismyusername]

Junior Cull thread.

Do people really not read GAF's "rules" to see what is bannable?

[thisismyusername]

Whats a good anime for someone who's never watched any at all ever?

Films. Don't watch tv yet as it's a large investment. Start with films.

Start with Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (aka Cowboy Bebop: The Movie), branch out into Ghibli: watch Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Whisper of the Heart. If you like those, and you will if you have any inkling of taste, watch Satoshi Kon films: Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers.

Like those?

Then it's time to take the plunge and watch Cowboy Bebop tv.

Disagree with starting with films. Start with Cowboy Bebop's TV series, if the first episode doesn't hook you, then anime probably isn't for you.

If it does, go through the series and do the movie in between since it's a separate side-story, but wait until you get Ed in the TV show before that point. Then finish the series. Then do Lupin or something.

Gibili's films, I don't really consider "anime" despite being animated and from Japan. Probably because Disney stamped their seal on them for the western releases back in the day.

[Trent Dole]

Whats a good anime for someone who's never watched any at all ever?

Films. Don't watch tv yet as it's a large investment. Start with films.

Start with Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (aka Cowboy Bebop: The Movie), branch out into Ghibli: watch Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Whisper of the Heart. If you like those, and you will if you have any inkling of taste, watch Satoshi Kon films: Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers.

Like those?

Then it's time to take the plunge and watch Cowboy Bebop tv.

If you're recommending Satoshi Kon's shit his TV series Paranoia Agent demands mention as well. 12-13 episodes of excellence.

[helios]

Watch Redline. Be amazed. And then watch Samurai Flamenco for some well done drama.

[Great Rumbler]

Gibili's films, I don't really consider "anime" despite being animated and from Japan. Probably because Disney stamped their seal on them for the western releases back in the day.

Disney's influence on Ghibli movies is, at the absolute best, negligible.

[thisismyusername]

Oh, I know. It's just the art-style and stuff make me consider Gibli more "West" than "East."

Spirited Away is the only Gibli film I feel that is straddling the border of "anime" for them. But I've got a weird taste when it comes to the genre.

[Great Rumbler]

I just feel like there's not much to be gained by arguing over what's really anime. It's animation produced in Japan, let's just leave it at that.

[hampster]

Might as well add on to what everyone else has said with anime recommendations for someone new. My personal recommendation would be Ghost Hunt.  Its like those ghost hunting shows except paranormal stuff is real. The story is told in (mostly) self contained three episode arcs so its easy to jump in and it gets progressively more intense as the series goes on. In episode 3 a poltergeist (or maybe a prankster) knocks a chair over. In episode 20 there is blood everywhere

Oh, and S.Cry.Ed. SHINE BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER!!!

[Himu]

Ghibli's trademark style is stylistically Eastern.

[nudemacusers]

Ghibli's trademark style is stylistically Eastern.

I prefer the term 'oriental'

[Joe Molotov]

SPACE DANDY STARTS NEXT FUCKING WEEK ;adlkf;sadfj;asdf ;

[Himu]

TITS

[Great Rumbler]

Might as well add on to what everyone else has said with anime recommendations for someone new. My personal recommendation would be Ghost Hunt.  Its like those ghost hunting shows except paranormal stuff is real. The story is told in (mostly) self contained three episode arcs so its easy to jump in and it gets progressively more intense as the series goes on. In episode 3 a poltergeist (or maybe a prankster) knocks a chair over. In episode 20 there is blood everywhere

Gonna second the recommendation for Ghost Hunt. It's a fun show and I really wish they'd make a second season of it, but they won't.

[Joe Molotov]

TITS

[Himu]

Is that actual dialogue?

[Joe Molotov]

Probably.

[Himu]

It better be.

[Tasty]

Is that actual dialogue?

Based on the Toonami commercial I'd say it's likely.

[Great Rumbler]

The first 9 minutes of episode 1 got leaked to the internet store yesterday. Apparently they showed it off during some TV special of some kind.

Spoiler alert: it's really awesome.

[Himu]

How is the direction and cinematography? Step down from Bebop like Champloo?

[Tasty]

I agree, if someone wants to get into "anime" as most of us weeaboos understand it, pointing to Ghibli does as much good as pointing to Disney.

GITS, Bebop and stuff would be better recommendations.

[nudemacusers]

scar is so tsundere

[Himu]

I agree, if someone wants to get into "anime" as most of us weeaboos understand it, pointing to Ghibli does as much good as pointing to Disney.

GITS, Bebop and stuff would be better recommendations.

Disagree. A lot of the stuff you'll see me suggest, is similar to Ghibli in quality or tone. With that line of logic, I shouldn't suggest Satoshi Kon films either. More than that, many Ghibli films, notably Castle of Cagliostro and especially Nausicaa and Princess Mononoke are extremely anime. Castle of Cagliostro, Miyazaki's first directorial film debut, is a Lupin the Third movie, a film in an already beloved anime franchise. This allows one appreciation for Cowboy Bebop, and later, more Lupin. I suggest this route because: it goes through a nice base of historical roots, shows animes diversity, and can appeal to wide reaching tastes.

Ghibli is a good suggestion, but it dips your toes, and braces for more. Notably, more anime film.

[Himu]

You can't get through Kon films or Cowboy Bebop? My suggestions never fail, sorry. I'm not seeing the difference in quality between say, Ghibli and Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen for example. I pile it all in the "good anime" part of my brain. I've never put Ghibli on a pedestal despite enjoying their films. What is the Oscar Test? How does Kon fail but Ghibli passes?

[MCD]

Animu movies suck. Can't get attached to the characters when most of these movies are artsy fartsy deep crap.

I need good old 25 episodes of animu faggotry to escape my boring life.

[Tasty]

Might as well add on to what everyone else has said with anime recommendations for someone new. My personal recommendation would be Ghost Hunt.  Its like those ghost hunting shows except paranormal stuff is real. The story is told in (mostly) self contained three episode arcs so its easy to jump in and it gets progressively more intense as the series goes on. In episode 3 a poltergeist (or maybe a prankster) knocks a chair over. In episode 20 there is blood everywhere

Oh, and S.Cry.Ed. SHINE BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER!!!

sCRYed is hot garbage, but I guess it's enjoyable enough. Definitely not for the anime faint of heart.

[Himu]

Himu-chan, most of the stuff you recommend doesn't pass the Oscar Test of Anime Tolerance, which basically asks if Oscar can sit through it without wanting to throw a chair through the TV.  Most of Ghibli's stuff *does* pass that test.  Therefore, not anime.

What a strangely roundabout way of asserting that someone has poor taste.

He did not say I have poor taste. No one has told me I have bad taste in anime.

How am I going to sleep tonight?

[Shaka Khan]

Somebody brings up anime and this thread spawns in one day more pages that it did in a week. I mean, the nerve to make fun of gaffots.

[MCD]

Champloo only had one good episode.

[Himu]

To be fair, Satoshi Kon films are nothing like Cowboy Bebop.

Shame you don't like Bebop. But it's similar enough to Lupin that I suggest watching the movie before watching Castle of Cagliostro since people need more Lupin in their lives.

And you are a big exception in this. Cowboy Bebop is universally lauded, even amongst people who typically don't like anime.

[Rahxephon91]

I've tried many times to get into Champloo and it never works. I just hate the characters. Everything else seems ok, but urggh I'll never enjoy it.

[MCD]

I love episodic animu but Bebop didn't hit with me. Just not my thing.

[Himu]

I love the episodic nature of Cowboy Bebop, mostly how the show reveals itself one episode at a time. The universe is so cool, and the way the show builds layers to help create a history without a main plot ever being the focus is extremely skillful. How the later episodes connect the characters, and help them get over their pasts is also expertly crafted. A common complaint with Cowboy Bebop is that it has no story because it's episodic. That's like saying The Simpsons has no story: the setting is what builds it all up into the show people loved. That said, I know it's not for everyone, but I always thought it was ahead of everything else animated and a tv show that it isn't the aforementioned Simpsons.

Samurai Champloo is well made, but it's...not really that great in the long run. Unlike Bebop, it doesn't have a made up world. It takes place in historical Japan so there's nothing to expound upon.

[Himu]

Somebody brings up anime and this thread spawns in one day more pages that it did in a week. I mean, the nerve to make fun of gaffots.

anime > gaf

[Himu]

You don't remember the totally badass fights? The wonderful direction and cinematography? The humor? Even among people who usually say they don't like Bebop, they admit it's visually stunning and not really forgettable.

[Tasty]

Bebop was flawless but I can see how it could get on Oscar's nerves, Ed in particular.

Amazing direction, animation, voice acting (dub), and music from start to end.

[hampster]

Oh, and S.Cry.Ed. SHINE BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER!!!

sCRYed is hot garbage, but I guess it's enjoyable enough. Definitely not for the anime faint of heart.

But its the best type of hot garbage! I'll never forget my first time watching Kazuma fly up and punch that gaint robot

[Stoney Mason]

There is not a lot of anime I like. Especially the stuff that doesn't involve a decent amount of action and is instead about emotions because I don't think anime does that very well. Or if it does, Japanese culture and emotions are so odd to me that it feels weird (I mean based on how anime is. Not necessarily that real Japaneses people are weird or odd). Bebop for me is the best thing I've ever seen in anime. In fact I would go so far as to say I've never found anything for me that hit close to that level again although there are others that I like.

[Sausage]

I loved Champloo's art style and the way it cut down on all the anime faggotry.

[Great Rumbler]

You can't get through Kon films or Cowboy Bebop? My suggestions never fail, sorry. I'm not seeing the difference in quality between say, Ghibli and Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen for example. I pile it all in the "good anime" part of my brain. I've never put Ghibli on a pedestal despite enjoying their films. What is the Oscar Test? How does Kon fail but Ghibli passes?

god damn i hate cowboy bebop so much

someone who knew of my general hatred for anime sat me down in front of that and samurai champloo saying those ones would convince me and i literally never spoke to them again after.

cool story bro

[Great Rumbler]

It's not my fault that there's no room for high-quality art in your IAP world.

[Himu]

I prefer emotional anime. Stuff like Whisper of the Heart, My Neighbor Totoro, Kino's Journey, Now and Then Here and There, Perfect Blue, Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen. I think anime does emotional very well and my tastes err towards serious adult or family-oriented stuff. My personal taste though.

[Great Rumbler]

i just wanna watch the animes with the cute girls but nobody understands meeeeee

[MCD]

I want to rape Misaka Mikoto.

[Himu]

I don't appreciate you treating my friend Oscar like that, dog comrade.

[Great Rumbler]

I don't appreciate you treating my friend Oscar like that, dog comrade.

I'm not a bad dog, I was just trained that way.