[Guyver Spawn]

Has anyone seen Little Witch Academia? I only know of it by name and the crossover episode in Space Patrol Luluco. I enjoy Trigger Studio works from the few titles that I've seen, so I do want to watch it. Should I watch the movies on Netlfix first before I see the TV series?

[Annuga]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

Has anyone seen Little Witch Academia? I only know of it by name and the crossover episode in Space Patrol Luluco. I enjoy Trigger Studio works from the few titles that I've seen, so I do want to watch it. Should I watch the movies on Netlfix first before I see the TV series?

Yes, you should watch the movies, as they're great

[ZeoRangerV]

You should watch the movies because they're great, by they aren't necessary for the series. The movies just throw you in while the first episode of the series is an origin story.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

Just watched the three Rebuild of Evangelion movies.

And holy shit, they were actually good! I watched the 1.11 way back when it was originally released and didn't think much of it. What a difference a few years makes! I think back in the day I was too distracted by the changes to the source material that I couldn't watch the movie as its own thing. A little distance allowed me to do just that, and I was mighty impressed.

But not as impressed as I was after I watched 2.22. That shit blew my mind. One of the best anime anythings I've seen in forever. The way it recontextualizes the events of the last 3/4 of the series was so interesting, and the ending is one of the most powerful climaxes I've ever seen, in any movie, ever.

3.33 was also good, but it was admittedly a little lackluster after the excellence of 2.22. The character interactions weren't quite as strong as I was expecting, which was a bummer considering how stellar the character work was in 1.11 and 2.22. The 14 year time jump was an exciting idea, but I think it brought with it a certain degree of (intentional) confusion that made it difficult for the characters to ever get on the same page. The stuff with Kaworu was still super good, but 3.33 didn't clear the bar set by 2.22

I can't wait for 3.0 + 1.0 (the fourth one). I expect it to sidestep the problems with 3.33, now that Anno has had some distance (and thus perspective) and he's had time to recharge his creative batteries. I'm so excited to see how out-of-control bonkers the conclusion ends up being! Hell, even if it's bad, it will no doubt be craaaaazy entertaining.

[Sunred]

Chugging through these:
Tiger Mask W
Dragon Ball Super
elDLIVE
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Tiger Mask W is always fun, and I really like the one-shot/slice of life episodes that Dragon Ball Super has.
Toei has got my money with these two shows.
elDLIVE feels like Men In Black meets Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in terms of tone and good to see Amano do stuff with comedy in it after finishing Psycho-Pass.
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. is great to watch without thinking.


TIGER MASK W <I prefer the ending than the opening, also for all you Gaim lovers, both opening and ending songs are by Shonan no Kaze the folks who gifted us with Just Live More

Dragon Ball Super

elDLIVE

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

[Electric Turahk]

Finally kinda breaking out of my anime funk and started KonoSuba.

[Helios]

Anime never really interested me. I only watched Pokemon when I was a kid. That was it. My friend recommended Attack on Titan and I've been watching it for a few days now. I have to admit it's really good.

[Guyver Spawn]

This is what I watched in January. I didn't watch much due to being busy with work. So this is what I watched.

Guy: Double Target - The first anime that I watched in 2017 and I decided to check out after hearing about it over the years. Trashy ultra violent anime from the 80's and 90's are a guilty pleasure of mine. Titles like Mad Bull 34, Apocalypse Zero, M.D Geist, Baoh, Genocyber and Angel Cop are over the top violent and often incredibly cheesy. These titles have so much blood and guts that they are so much fun to watch. Guy: Double Target is just as fun as those anime titles, but I feel like it could have been better though.

The animation was pretty good, the action was nicely done and the monster designs are awesome. The bad dubbing makes these type of anime enjoyable because the dub is so awful on every level. Like titles such as M.D Geist, you don't get much a strong story in the anime since the story and the characters are poorly written. However the anime makes up for it with over the top violence, gore, nudity, bad dubbing and sex scenes. My biggest issue with the anime is that last episode felt really rush.

This anime felt like it was made to be a 6 or 13 episode OVA, but we end up getting two episodes instead. I think this anime was capable of a lot more than just two episodes. Overall, Guy: Double Target is a new guilty pleasure of mine. I recommend Guy: Double Target for people that like Urotsukidoji: Legend of Overfiend, M.D Geist and other 80's-90's gore titles. If you don't like any of those types of anime, avoid it. I give Guy: Double Target a 7/10

Babel II (1992 OVA) - I remember hearing about Babel II growing up and my blockbuster had VHS copies of this anime back in the day. Seeing that it's from the creator of Tetsujin 28-go (Gigantor), I finally decided to check it out for the first time. I end up really enjoying this anime. The animation is pretty great for its time and the music is really good too. I had to watch the dub since subs for the Japanese version is hard for fine until the new DVD release is out. The dub from Streamline Pictures is not bad, but I would like to watch it subbed again one day.

What I enjoy about this anime was the story because I find the idea of the Tower of Babel being link with Aliens to be really cool. I also found the villains to be cool and interesting. Our main hero "Koichi Yamano" is a pretty cool character but I felt like they rush his character development pretty quickly. His powers to summon three powerful beings (A a shape-shifting black panther, Giant Robot and a Rodan type of monster) to be pretty awesome. Too bad those beings didn't do much in the anime.

Another issue that I had with the anime was the supporting cast felt weak and the last act of the anime feels very rush. While this anime is not great, I think Babel II was very enjoyable from start to finish. It had a cool premise and awesome action sequences. If you want something with strong character development and deep writing, you won't find it in this anime. If you enjoy old school OVAs or 90's Shonen anime with cool fight scenes like DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho or Flame of Recca, I suggest to give this anime a watch. I give it a 7.5/10

I'm now curious to check out the manga, the original 1973 TV series and the 2001 reboot TV series.

[barnstenchfartface]

Haven't posted here in a while. Haven't had many opportunities to watch as much what with school starting up and most importantly being preoccupied translating some manga. But I've been watching some stuff.

10 episodes into the second season of Kaiji. It's pretty great.

8 episodes into JoJo. It's something.

Also watching a whole gaggle of seasonals...wasn't planning on watching as many as I am, but I'm liking most of what I'm watching. Or at least what I've seen of what I'm seeing. Not really caught up with a lot of them.

Youjo Senki is cool, horrible art direction on the female characters aside.

Little Witch Academia is fantastic.

And...I think it's just those two I'm up to date with? Lots of stuff on the backlog. I'll post my thoughts on them when I get to catch up.

[Guyver Spawn]

After catching up with the manga, I'm now watching Ajin: Demi-Human Season 2. I don't think anyone expect for me watches and reads Ajin. I personally recommended to check it out. If you get sick of Shonen anime every season, it's a good Seinen series to check out (Seeing that most people feel like Seinen anime seem to be produced less after 1998). The show and manga has great action, great characters and really well told story in my opinion.

This month will be the 30th anniversary of Bubblegum Crisis which is one of my favorite anime series. So I will re-watch and watch all of the Bubblegum Crisis anime for the next few months. I will be watching them in the order that they are released:

Bubblegum Crisis
A.D Police OVA
Bubblegum Crash (The only Bubblegum Crisis anime that I never seen)
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
A.D Police 1999-2000 TV Series (This one is going to be painful to rewatch)
Parasite Dolls (I never seen this one neither)

Afterwards, I will watch Kaiji, Pyscho Pass, the rest of the Record of Lodoss War anime series (The OVA's, TV series and the movies), Noragami Aragoto and whatever is still in my on hold list on MAL.