Seeing as how the man gave us Psycho Pass and Gaim, which are some of the best in their genre, he has already won me over as being one of the only few people currently producing good stuff in Japan.

Sorry, but I feel that 90% of the anime coming out these days is utter crap. Most of it is just recycled stories with new skins, some stupid romance type that utilizes all of the same tropes, or something that deals with school girls.

For me, Psycho Pass and Tiger & Bunny are the only original anime titles (meaning no sequels/spinoffs/prequels/manga adaptations) released since 2010 that I found to be good. That's not to say everything outside of those suck, but there just isn't anything else I feel the need to ever watch a second time, provided I even finished it the first time.

Well, while we're on the subject of magical girl shows, if that's something she's into, Heartcatch Precure can be accurately described as the knees of several bees. It's quite good.

On another subject, I've started Stardust Crusaders. 2 episodes in. I don't know what it is, but I kinda like this one already. Maybe seeing Joseph as an old man is just fun.

Also started Welcome to the NHK. Only watched three episodes thus far, but I like it.

Couple of airing series finished recently (bunch others ending this week). 3-gatsu no Lion is one of the best shows (certainly one of the best seasonal anime period) I've seen in a while. I'm really glad it's getting a second season.

Meanwhile, Demi-chan wa Kataritai was something. I really didn't end up enjoying the back half as much as the beginning few episodes. It wasn't bad, just...I dunno, as social-commentary-through-monster-girls go, it didn't feel like it had that much to say. Kind of shallow in that respect, perhaps due to how few there were and the shades of harem they decided to throw into it. Maybe I'll enjoy the manga more.

For some reason I now want to know what kind of porn that manic-depressive looks up, I think something is wrong with me.

As for sugguestions as long as it doesn't matter on dub or sub: CardCaptors (still love the dub), School Lives (a little girl like her will love it), G Gundam, Gaiking Legend of Daikyumaru, Trigun, One Punch Man, Machine Robo Rescue, Case Closed, My Hero Academia, Neuro: Supernatural Detective, Deltora Quest (its better if you didn't read the books when viewing as some things are annoying), Power Stone (simple show), Any Digimon series, Genocyber, Hell Girl, Berserk, Overlord, Devil Lady, Elfen Lied, Black Lagoon, Garo, Death Parade. Apocalypse Zero, Ninja Ressurection, Violence Jack, Tokyo Ghoul, Karas, Corpse Party, Black Butler

imo Stardust Crusaders is pretty boring as it takes a bit too long but if you can get through the first half then you're in for a treat
Filler. That's it really, they kept adding more and more filler. Also Naruto's kid is getting his own show too. Gotta milk that cow as much as possible

That depends what is she into?

most of last stuff after the war was cannon material. due to they were adapting the other light novel wish are cannon. due to kishimoto had a hand in making them.

have you watch glitter force with her. due to i ask cause it all depends if she able or intrested in watching subbs or more wanting watch dubbed anime.

It depends on what she is into? For Shojo (Anime for young girls), I think Magic Knight Rayearth, Sailor Moon, Princess Knight, Fruits Basket, Denno Coil and Shugo Chara are some pretty good choices for a seven year old girl. If you want something Shonen related, I think Deltora Quest, Astro Boy, Zatch Bell! and Shaman King are pretty good too for kids if you want to look outside of DBZ, Digimon and Pokemon.

For movies, Studio Ghibli movies are always good for younger kids and I would recommended Castle in the Sky, Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and My Neighbor Totoro if she has not seen those already. Non Studio Ghibli movies, I would recommended would be Night on the Galactic Railroad and Summer Wars (They are both rated PG)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6tkOyR4T0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjLE8BmWfKA

On the second to last episode of Bungou Stray Dogs. I recommend it to anyone but Gosei's niece, she's too young for it

Has your niece seen any PG-13 or R rated movies? If she can handle blood, nudity and swearing in most PG-13 movies, there is a lot of Shonen and Shojo anime that she could probably like. PG-13 movies over the years have become more violent since Kong: Skull Island had some pretty blood scenes.

The girl is 7, parents are usually stricter about TV or movies than videogames in America so PG-13 might be pushing it

:rock: Ending is my favorite track. And did I mention? Both the op and ed are done by Shonan no Kaze aka that band that sang the Gaim op.
I really love how they are trying to emulate the rough art style of the original 60s anime.

Here in the US, people are a bit more stricter with video games since you can interact with them (Remember the controversies surrounding for MK and GTA?).

For a seven year old girl, I also think Carcaptor Sakura, Little Witch Academia (From what I've seen of it, it's rated TV-PG on Netflix), Polar Bear Cafe (There is no dub. Not sure if she can read subs) and Tokyo Mew Mew are pretty decent choices too.

Strict parents would look at the age ratings of those games and not buy them for the kids in the first place
But fuck yeah, Little Witch Academia's an amazing choice even if I haven't seen the anime yet

Age ratings make no sense to me. A show that is TV14 in the US might be rated TVY7 in Japan because they know how to actually discipline their children.

Frankly, I still think the whole ratings thing is bogus and parents should be required to actually parent their child and decide what they want their child to watch and what not to watch.

That's what my parents did. Hell, I wasn't even allowed to watch Nightmare Before Xmas until my mom watched it on VHS first. I wasn't even allowed to watch R rated horror movies until I was 15.

If my parents can do it, then anyone's can.

I never understood the ratings either, my mom was ok with me watching adult swim when I was like 9 as long as I didn't repeat the swears. So I could not repeat anything from Lupin the Third and Case Closed.

And a chunk of parents don't even know how to discipline their kids or be good parents. Hell my mom has told me of this one bad kid on her bus (she is a school bus driver), that if this little shit was my kid he would be beaten and his stuff would be either taken away/ broken.

When I was 5-10 years old, I already seen anime like Akira, Vampire Hunter D (The first movie), Lily C.A.T., Demon City Shinjuku, Ninja Scroll, Bio Hunter, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Twilight of the Dark Master, A.D Police (1990 OVA), Crying Freeman, Dominion: Tank Police, Gall Force, Fist of the North Star, Battle Angel Alita, Cyber City Oedo 808 and Armitage III which would have gore or nudity in it. My parents told me that cartoons are not real and don't repeat on what you see on TV.

Heck I even read Spawn comics and play Mortal Kombat in Elementary School. I know every kid is different, I think it is not good to shelter them. I think Shojo like Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth are okay for kids at 7 or 8 years old.

Tokyo Ghoul's anti-prejudice "humans are the real monsters" message kind of falls apart when you stop and realize that the targets of this horrible prejudice kill and eat people on the regular.

Well, except for the part where "humans are the real monsters" has never been the position the story takes.

But sure.

Well TV Tropes cites TG as an example of the trope but whatevs.

The Anteiku ghouls are still just as evil as the Aogiri ghouls as far as I'm concerned.

Tvtropes says a lot of stupid shit.

Have you actually read the series?

Because that's
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sort of the whole point.

Tokyo Ghoul never takes a "these guys are the bad guys because they do x!" or "actually, it's these guys, because they y!" stance. The real villains in the series, if they can be called that, are the institutions that keep people pointing the finger at each other, brewing hate and distrust, that form barriers to compromise and coexistence. And, by extension, the real villains are the people who manipulate and take advantage of these institutions to harm the innocent and propagate their broken system, whether these people are human or ghoul (as they often are).

In-series, ghouls and humans are often shown in sympathetic and justified lights in fairly equal measure, because the underlying point (and the larger theme present in Sui Ishida's works, if perhaps made more explicit in The Penisman) is that everyone is just human at heart, with all the flaws and insecurities that come with that. That the only things standing in the way of understanding are the aforementioned systems that keep people at each other's throats, the tendency of people to think in absolutes...basically a lot of bullshit.

The whole "X group is the REAL monster" shit is the exact thing Tokyo Ghoul is all about denouncing.

Except it all falls apart when you stop and realize that the audience is human, therefore the humans are right in everything they do toward the ghouls and the ghouls are wrong in everything they do because they need to kill and eat humans to survive.

Really can't agree with you at all on these points. Because "the audience is human," does that mean we can't root for and understand the struggles of flying men with capes, armored bug men that occasionally ride motorcycles, or robotic aliens that transform into cars just because they aren't normal people?

You're looking at it far, far too black and white.

Speaking of Tokyo Ghoul, I saw Episode 1 on Toonami and the dub is not too bad. I seen the first two episodes subbed when it came out and could not get into it. I will try to give it another chance before I drop it for good.

Project x zone 2 made me want to look up .Hack stuff because I liked those characters so I picked one at random because I don't see an indication of which series comes first.

I remember watching .Hack//Sign back in the early 2000's. It's a decent show, I say give it a watch.

Just saw live action ghost in shell and it not a bad movie. Story wise major name is revealed and is explain why it some thing else at the same time it ant due to both name are reference. I will say it better the dragon Ball evolution
I only watched the original 1995 animal film yesterday

It's better than Dragon Ball Evolution, but so is getting run over by a train.

The only reason it's called Ghost in the Shell is because it just rips out all of our favorite scenes from the franchise while having a bare bones story that is so generic and cookie cutter. Not to mention I hope you don't like Section 9, because they are wallpaper. Ishikawa, Pazu, and Borma don't even get their names called while some made up for the movie woman character goes on missions. Oh, and Togusa is now a 50-ish year old Chinese man.

I will say the visual beautiful

That's not really a saving grace as ever the most harsh critics at least gave it that
Also there are scenes which really should have had a seizure warning apparently

Well on enjoyed it and it getting mixed for me it film touch need judge by seeing it yourself

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VySDRbfnev4

SAKURA-CHAN! HOORAY!!!

I think My Hero Academy comes back today.
It'll be the first anime I watch as it's released in about 8 years.

It's back, yeah. Apparently it still has pacing issues though hopefully that's only the first episode of the new season

Well from what I've seen is that they tone down the movie from the source material. Making PG-13 Ghost in the Shell to be more Shonen friendly is a bad idea when the manga and anime are Seinen. I know the series outside the 1995 film is not that violent, but the themes are more darker than a movie for kids & teens can deal with. You don't need nudity or gore to make a R rated movie.

True, all you need is sprinkle a couple F-bombs in and this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oBQ7I_ciofo

Gets a hard R despite no other explicit material.

I don't know. I thought the scene at the end with the broken Motoko looked horrendous. The CGI was so bad, like Matrix Revolutions bad.

Might be the only person that said that when other praised it. I mean did not see nothing wrong with it in that scene

started watching the secend ghost in the shell film so far i im not feeling the second film. it might be the cgi they using but i think it making it look out of place i mean even in 2004 they were still handrewing anime so what include cgi.

Whats the difference between the OG Ghost in the shell and ARISE?