I'm watching Frieren. There's a whole thread here with my thoughts on it. At the moment it's got Beebop vibes for me which I haven't felt in a long, long time. It'll probably settle to a Full Metal Panic level of rewatchability for me, but honestly at the moment I wait for the next episode constantly thinking about it.
I've been going through the first 4 seasons of Fist of the North Star. It's pretty great overall.
Part 3 feels like such a filler season, though. Season 2 was peak. However, season 4 may be great since it's the finale to the events of Part 2.
Jojo and Yakuza stole so much from FotNS, which itself heavily rips off both The Road Warrior and the Bible...to the extent you can sometimes predict things that will happen out of left field.
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In regard to ones I've finished, from the 70s and 80s, I can highly suggest Casshan and Macross. Both are wonderful series.
No one talks about Casshan, but it's the original inspiration for Mega Man, Vanquish, and Metal Gear Rising. It also has one of my favorite anime villains- the eccentric Braiking Boss.
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I've been going through the first 4 seasons of Fist of the North Star. It's pretty great overall.
Part 3 feels like such a filler season, though. Season 2 was peak. However, season 4 may be great since it's the finale to the events of Part 2.
Jojo and Yakuza stole so much from FotNS, which itself heavily rips off both The Road Warrior and the Bible...to the extent you can sometimes predict things that will happen out of left field.
In regard to ones I've finished, from the 70s and 80s, I can highly suggest Casshan and Macross. Both are wonderful series.
No one talks about Casshan, but it's the original inspiration for Mega Man, Vanquish, and Metal Gear Rising. It also has one of my favorite anime villains- the eccentric Braiking Boss.
I generally avoid old anime with too many episodes... It was difficult getting through the original Mobile Suit Gundam... I don't think I want to put myself through that again.
You could really mostly watch part 1 and 2, which is 57 episodes. Part 3 wasn't great, aside from one amazing fight. I can't speak for part 4, though. FotNS is kind of worth seeing for how insanely influential it is. SO many things in anime are inspired by it. Even some of Jojo uses it as references.
Post by Siegfried Witting on Mar 5, 2024 5:06:28 GMT
Been watching Spy X Family, and here's my thoughts so far, I like it, but it doesn't grab me like some other anime do, mainly due to the school stuff with Anya being kind of boring. Also the show's world building is confusing and makes no sense.
Wife and oldest and I are watching Jujutsu Kaisen. Animation is solid, not as much of the 3dcg as there is in Chainsaw Man, more hand drawn which I like. Story is pretty solid, fight scenes are great. Some of the shots are sublime (the animation sequences on Gojo Satoru's eyes can be quite incredible).
Also started Solo Leveling. Serviceable story, animation is....alright. Some scenes are generic in color and line work, some are incredible to watch (not ufoTable level but still). It's alright so far, not a waste of time.
I have a plethora of show's I wanna start, though. My backlog is ridiculous lol.
JJK seems extremely popular right now. Is it that good, or is it one of those things that's popular due to appeal to the common denominator?
I think it's a little bit of both, tbh. I think Solo Leveling just has the manwha community behind it, it doesn't seem especially GOOD or anything. JJK has a really solid story behind it, some great humor (I like my humor quick and dry), and the action is solid. It's definitely shonen, but....not MHA/Naruto levels or anything. Apparently there was an event that happened a few weeks ago towards the end of S2 that broke the internet community (at least on Instagram, all the weeb streetwear shops I follow were freaking out), so we're anticipating that as we hit the last 7 episodes.
So far I'm really enjoying JJK. I normally prefer shows like Frieren or Violet Evergarden (introspective, beautiful stories), high fantasy (Lodoss War, even Shield Bro), or mecha (Gundam obvs, Escaflowne, Eva, etc). And some weird shit like Made in Abyss. But JJK is a fun shonen escape, and it's great to have decent shows to watch with my weeblet and watch her get obsessed like I did at her age.
So, would you say "it's a competent shounen" is an accurate descriptor of the show? Nothing revolutionary or ground breaking, but just really solid? As I mentioned before, I find it difficult to get into a lot of modern anime. So much is just a tease for LN.
So, would you say "it's a competent shounen" is an accurate descriptor of the show? Nothing revolutionary or ground breaking, but just really solid? As I mentioned before, I find it difficult to get into a lot of modern anime. So much is just a tease for LN.
Yeah "Competent Shounen" is a great way of putting it. Above average, and the animation can be REALLY good. You can tell what's 3dcg and hand-drawn, and the cg isn't even bad. It's blended well.
So, would you say "it's a competent shounen" is an accurate descriptor of the show? Nothing revolutionary or ground breaking, but just really solid? As I mentioned before, I find it difficult to get into a lot of modern anime. So much is just a tease for LN.
Yeah "Competent Shounen" is a great way of putting it. Above average, and the animation can be REALLY good. You can tell what's 3dcg and hand-drawn, and the cg isn't even bad. It's blended well.
I checked out a fight from it. I think I see what they're doing. It seems to be the same technique Redline did, where they 3D animate, but then trace over it to draw complex things with a 3D shape. That said, the backgrounds look rendered. At a glance, I'm not a fan. Then again, I hated Jojo's animation when I first saw it.
Yeah "Competent Shounen" is a great way of putting it. Above average, and the animation can be REALLY good. You can tell what's 3dcg and hand-drawn, and the cg isn't even bad. It's blended well.
I checked out a fight from it. I think I see what they're doing. It seems to be the same technique Redline did, where they 3D animate, but then trace over it to draw complex things with a 3D shape. That said, the backgrounds look rendered. At a glance, I'm not a fan. Then again, I hated Jojo's animation when I first saw it.
See it doesn't bother me as much as it does others. It only bugs me when it's done poorly. I MUCH MUCH MUCH prefer hand drawn style animation, traditionally done backgrounds; 80's/90's will always be king for me. But some studios, like Mappa and ufoTable, do a really good job with modern techniques, so I'm okay with it on the whole.
Where it bugs the shit out of me is like...Netflix's shows they've licensed/co-produced (like BLAME or the most recent Gantz, or GITS: 2049 or whatever) where it's fully CGI and they call it "anime". Or in shows like Overlord where they just do horrific looking 3dcg on the armies or whatever and it's just fuckin TERRIBLE. I suffer through it for Overlord bc I like the story, but if I see that cheesy shit I'm usually out.
