Troyaferd
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I think I will pass on this one. I really like the Fantasy Genre, that is the reason I gave it a try.
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I think I will pass on this one. I really like the Fantasy Genre, that is the reason I gave it a try.
Sakura
Member
Hasn't been anything good since Unicorn. There's been some OVAs here and there that are good, like Origins and stuff, but they aren't really new stories. All of the TV series have been pretty bad.
I know you are probably already watching now, but it is absolutely nothing like re:zero and I'm surprised you got that impression. It is a comedy.
Card Captor Sakura
Fate/Zero isn't very good, and it's a prequel that assumes you already know the story of which it is a prequel to. Even the nerds who think Fate/Zero is the best Fate thing ever don't typically recommend you watch it first.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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Rezero can be a comedy.
I got in to Fate starting with Zero and it worked out fine. I'd recommended giving it another 2-3 episodes and see if it clicks. If not it might not be for you
Troyaferd
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After Zero I found Unlimited Blade Works to be good, but very average. The Heavens Feel movies are awesome. We still need the third one though.
Troyaferd
.After Zero I found Unlimited Blade Works to be good, but very average. The Heavens Feel movies are awesome. We still need the third one though.
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Doom85
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I mean, I think Steins Gate is the 2nd best anime of the 2010's that I've seen, with The Tatami Galaxy being the only beating it. But if you dislike the cast THAT much, then just drop it.
Man if you were to actually do the storyline in canon order, Goku would look like the biggest Mary Sue to ever Mary Sue.
Movie 1: Roshi takes 50 years to learn the Kamehameha.
Movie 4: Goku learns it in a day.
Roshi's reaction:
Bros...
Man if you were to actually do the storyline in canon order, Goku would look like the biggest Mary Sue to ever Mary Sue.
Movie 1: Roshi takes 50 years to learn the Kamehameha.
Movie 4: Goku learns it in a day.
Roshi's reaction:
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The anime is fine but it IS based on a VN adaptation that is far superior to it. You might as well play that if you can. As for it being the second best 2010 (I assume you meant the decade since S;G came out on 2011) It wasn't any better than even the stuff that aired in 2010 alone, ie Kaminomi, Occult Academy and Ika.
Troyaferd
Banned
I got in to Fate starting with Zero and it worked out fine. I'd recommended giving it another 2-3 episodes and see if it clicks. If not it might not be for you
After Zero I found Unlimited Blade Works to be good, but very average. The Heavens Feel movies are awesome. We still need the third one though.
I may give it another few episodes, but like you say I already think it`s not for me. I find the characters implausible and bland and the dialog writing awful. The animation is alright through.
MagnesG
Banned
Unlimited blade works. It's the same premise with different perspective, different path route for VN.
Troyaferd
Banned
I see. Do you think it`s better than Fate Zero?
I always liked great Fantasy Stories, but the Genre is so much hit and miss. Any recomendations for other good Fantasy Anime Series with great story and atmosphere and at least realistic and interesting characters?
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
You are asking for realistic characters in Fantasy cartoons? Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita.
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MagnesG
Banned
IDK man. Maybe you could search on myanimelist yourself, read reviews there etc. At this point I've gotten dull at recommending, people had such broad taste on things so you never know if you'll like it or not.
Give me a couple of your favorite anime.
Troyaferd
Banned
why not?
I already have tbh, but I could not find any
favorite "fantasy themed" Anime would be Berserk, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, The Legend of Princess Kaguya, Mononoke, Angels Egg.
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MagnesG
Banned
Finish off all of other Ghibli movies.I already have tbh, but I could not find any
favorite "fantasy themed" Anime would be Berserk, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, The Legend of Princess Kaguya, Mononoke, Angels Egg.
Nagi no Asukara
Kyoukai no Kanata
Tiger and Bunny
Aldnoah Zero
Guilty Crown (controversial)
Of course there are tons more but I'll stop here.
Troyaferd
Banned
Movie 1: Roshi takes 50 years to learn the Kamehameha.
Movie 4: Goku learns it in a day.
Roshi's reaction:
And then after 15 additional movies of Roshi doing absolutely nothing he comes back and competes with some of the strongest characters in existence. Ahhhhhh, the joys of Dragonball.
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Fbh
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Man what a disappointment Promised Neverland ended up being.
The first arc was really fun but ever since they escaped the farm it started going through a steady decline and just kept getting worse.
I also tried watching Dorohedoro but I'd rather read through the manga again than watching it in Ps2 animation quality.
The first arc was really fun but ever since they escaped the farm it started going through a steady decline and just kept getting worse.
I also tried watching Dorohedoro but I'd rather read through the manga again than watching it in Ps2 animation quality.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
What did you think of totally not Korean HxH?
O-N-E
Member
One more episode to go for the season and I haven't watched HxH yet.
However, my impressions are that the show is entertaining, but suffers from an overpowered Mary Sue MC who is aided by allies and targeted by enemies whose motivations are not entirely clear. I also feel like the betrayal count in the series could reach meme-levels.
I mostly watch for Khun and other characters that aren't MC.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
You should go watch HxH after this. You'll notice the similarities immediately. Or by the Hunter Exam. Soon enough.
My brother and I just watched this week’s Tower of God. We were both dumbfounded by the end. The show has a lot of explaining to do. I want to know more about Rachel really. Why even go through the length of pretending to be crippled and pushing off Baam at the last minute?
MagnesG
Banned
Read the webtoon.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Because
Rachel
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Might as well after the finale. Can I not start with the first episode of the Webtoon?
MagnesG
Banned
Sure, I think you wouldn't miss much even if you skip them.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
The art gets slightly better.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
I still dont get the similarity between Hunter x Hunter and Tower of God yet.
Doom85
Member
I mean, I only ever watched 30 episodes of Hunter x Hunter, and that was the 90's anime version, but Tower of God's first season here just screams the "Hunter Exam" to me at least as I remember it (it has been like a decade since I saw those HxH epiosdes).
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Still too different to be visualized as similar. I have watched the 2011 anime and read the manga and after the hunter exam(around the first 20 episodes) its just exploration of the wonderful world Togashi created and the various characters in it.
Doom85
Member
Okay, but people are clearly comparing to specifically the Hunter Exam, not the entire series. I mean, when people compared Naruto to Hunter x Hunter, they were saying the Chunnin Exam arc felt similar in ways to the Hunter Exam, not that the two series as a whole were pretty similar.
Even if there are major differences, there can still be significant similarities, I mean that's even how you phrased it. For example, I think X-men and Harry Potter have a decent amount of similarities. Specific people are born capable of special powers the rest of humanity does not have, the heroes attend a special school led by one of the most powerful of them on the planet, and the main villain and his followers believe humanity is beneath the ones with special abilities. Now if somebody starts saying, "but mutants have genetic superpowers that vary among them, while wizards can learn potentially any spell! Also, there's no tournament held for the students at Xavier's! And furthermore-", well, they're missing the point. Yes, there's obviously going to be plenty of differences, it would be possible plagiarism otherwise, but that doesn't override the fact that there are some similarities.
It's not like we're saying the more recent work should be dismissed because it has similar elements to the older work. After all, even most things people believe are "totally original" actually draw inspiration from even older works if you just look further in the past. Hell, I had a friend who was the biggest Star Wars fan I ever knew personally, and even he admitted that he thinks the Star Wars OT has quite a few similarities to the Lord of the Rings books that preceded the SW movies.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Nen and the "classes"
Hunter exam/Heaven's Arena and climbing the tower itself
There is literally a Killua like character with very simular powers...
SirTerry-T
Member
Well, episode 12 of Nami Yo Kiitekure/Wave, Listen To Me has come and gone and I must say I'm going to miss the show. It's been a real standout for me this season and something refreshing in amongst all the isekai and high school magic girl shenanigans we get over and over again.
Time to dive into the manga, I guess.
Time to dive into the manga, I guess.
I did it. I binged the ToG Webtoon from where the anime is now. That is a lot to take in but one thing is still for sure Rachel is a bitch and dare I say a poorly presented character.
Rachel reminds me of a character from DICE (but I don't read this now). She's presented to be this important character but every scene she is in she just repeats the same nonsense. It comes to me that her motive for betraying Baam is still weak even after hundreds of episodes.
But the series does get pretty good up at its highs.
Rachel reminds me of a character from DICE (but I don't read this now). She's presented to be this important character but every scene she is in she just repeats the same nonsense. It comes to me that her motive for betraying Baam is still weak even after hundreds of episodes.
But the series does get pretty good up at its highs.
Celcius
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I finally gave into the hype and decided to watch tower of god. I didn’t think I would like it for some reason but I really enjoyed it. My favorite character is anaak. I just got done binge watching all the episodes on crunchyroll and all I can say about that ending is WHAT?!?!?!
Night.Ninja
Banned
Parasite was amazing not sure why it took me so long to watch it
Thing on a Spring
Member
Dorohedoro is pretty neat on Netflix.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
People don't never listen to my recs
Also Princess Connect was decent for what it was.
Also Princess Connect was decent for what it was.
Tenaciousmo
Member
started watching Kengan Ashura by a rec. from my best friend. I really dislike the art style, the "main" character [fighter dude] is such a self insert its cringe-y. it is getting interesting with everything that doesn't involve main guy. I just dont like main guy ( totally blanking on his name).
That said. Everything involving salary man Yamashita is great, he's out of his element, goes from a publishing thing to managing a fighter, his neet son hasn't seen him in 3 years, he has another one that I havent seen that was a drop-out, his wife left him. YET he gets drunk and makes friend with CEOs and killers.
Yamashita makes the show. I am a fan of Ippo, but never tought i'd enjoy a show that feels like a headrush t-shirt.
That said. Everything involving salary man Yamashita is great, he's out of his element, goes from a publishing thing to managing a fighter, his neet son hasn't seen him in 3 years, he has another one that I havent seen that was a drop-out, his wife left him. YET he gets drunk and makes friend with CEOs and killers.
Yamashita makes the show. I am a fan of Ippo, but never tought i'd enjoy a show that feels like a headrush t-shirt.
i forced myself to watch it, never quite grew on me, I get why one would like it tho.
I dropped it after episode 7 or 8. didn't grab me either, watching it straight after Kono Suba didn't help it's case...
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SLoWMoTIoN
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Read the manga. CGI is trash on Kengan. As for Princess Connect it is extremely generic sure but the MC is a welcome change as he is barely existent. I also saw it mainly because the girls were cute as well. Sounds like you might enjoy "Cautious Hero" though.
Tenaciousmo
Member
I did enjoy cautious hero and shield waifu bofuri.
Sakura
Member
I like the anime, but it is a very loose adaptation of the game. The story in Princess Connect is actually pretty interesting, and it is disappointing to see them largely ignore it.
Labolas
Member
Eh that's why I stated it was good not great. The premise alone was worth the recommend. MC is kinda there for some parts really isn't necessary to the story. Better than a lot of mainstream shonen
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Is that the one with the cute lesbians
Labolas
Member
So far from what I've watched, there isn't a single romance/relationship in it.
Watching the new season of Baki, boy is it dumb but fun to watch.