Anime Anime/Manga Discussion Thread

Started by Caslon, Jul 17, 2015, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Feb 27, 2021
    Yup once you get going you can blaze thru it, it's mostly just making the decision to commit because there's so many options lol
    I love going into media knowing literally nothing about them so you have no preconceived notions so I'm def down for that, I just added the second two to my prime/netflix. The other one I'll have to download. Thanks!
     
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  2. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

    Feb 27, 2021
    Madoka Magica is the best series ever made
     
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  3. Pandemic
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    Yeah these shows are quite psychological and have plot twists that beg for you to rewind.

    School-Live! is on the popular anime streaming site Crunchyroll which allows for 14 day free trial
     
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  4. Rodamon
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    Feb 27, 2021
    Again, I must say Titans is a series that is well followed by people who are not even into Anime like that. I am not a huge geek neither but d---, if you appreciate the writing in fiction, then this show is for you. It is turning out to be one of the best things (anime/real life) I ever watched.
     
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  5. Don Marshall
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    I always recommend animes like:
    Attack on Titan
    Death Note
    Monster
    Cowboy Bebop
    Rainbow

    ...for beginners, or people who are relatevly new to the genre.
    And then stuff like:
    Code Geass
    Full Metal Alchemist
    Hunter x Hunter
    Inuyashiki
    Dororo
    Black Butler
    Wolf's rain
    Psycho Pass
    Ergo Proxy
    Erased
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
    Yu Yu Hakusho
    Hellsing Ultimate

    etc.

    I only started 3-4 years ago to watch anime(besides the mainstream stuff like DBZ or Naruto) and I am really impressed how well written some of these characters and how deep and meaningful some story elements are. AoT for example is a top 5 show for me across all genres.
     
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  6. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

    Feb 27, 2021
    Yeah its out in Australia/New Zealand, these 2 countries have been handling covid pretty well, life is almost normal again (me still socially distancing locking myself up being a weeb)
     
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  7. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

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    Cowboy Bebop is my favourite anime of all time and I've only seen the dub LOL.

    Shinichiro Watanabe is a genius, I loved Samurai Champloo as well, the influence of western music incorporated into his animes is top notch.
     
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  8. Ordinary Joel
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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

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    Samurai Champloo one of the GOATS, love the mixture of hip-hop with Edo-period Japan.

    @Donkey Kong Country peep that after Cowboy
     
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  9. Chad Warden
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    Chad Warden As Ballin As Possible

    Feb 28, 2021
    for C-Wizzy? It's Samurai Champloo and Princess Mononoke
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Feb 28, 2021
    Started this last night and am really enjoying it—I watched the first episode with subs cuz that's usually the way to go, but as someone familiar with prohibition era chicago it felt really weird hearing all these chicago mobsters speaking japanese lol. I searched online and most people were saying to watch the dub for this so I switched to that and it feels much more natural, they have the accents down and everything. Do you have an opinion on that?

    My friend who's super super into anime (like he told me not to watch a certain anime on netflix because they f----- up the credits music lmao) also said for Cowboy Bebop the english dub is superior.

    Are there any other shows where the general consensus is that the English dub is better? I ask this as someone who watches even english language films with subtitles and who would never ever watch a live action movie dubbed period—I'm just looking for whatever the superior experience is.
     
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  11. Winter
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    Winter Super Comfy

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    Ghost Stories
     
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  12. Chrollo
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    Chrollo ♱ كرولو

    Feb 28, 2021
    Sub is ususally the way to go for me but there are few exceptions where the dub is better/equally as good. Yu Yu Hakusho for example has a pretty dry OV while the (english) dub is much more funnier and lively. Like @Winter mentioned, Ghost Stories has a superior english dub. But only because it didn't do well in Japan, and the japanese studio told the US one that they can do what they want with it. The outcome is a hilariously dark and obscene comedy that hasn't anything to do with the original story lmao. Yugioh is also way better dubbed because it's not taking itslef very serious compared to the OV. I'll doubt that you want to watch that though. So yeah, there are a few decent dubs but most of the time they are absolutely terrible and I would go straight for sub. Glad you enjoy 91 days!
     
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  13. Pandemic
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    @Donkey Kong Country the Ghost Stories dub uses dark edgy Family Guy type humor. Not sure if that's your type of thing. It's completely different from the Japanese version

    Here's an example from the 1st episode (which is the only one I watched so far):



    EDIT: No wait, it's from multiple episodes
     
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  14. Chrollo
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    Chrollo ♱ كرولو

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    Yeah still hilarious lmao
     
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    Ordinary Joel Found a new way to flow

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    Did something different and watched My Neighbours the Yamadas in Viet dub with my girlfriend the other week. Was somewhat cringey but also cute too
     
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  16. Trackz
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    Trackz BARCODE

    Feb 28, 2021
    Man I been waiting patiently to see that movie. Where are you to see it in theaters?
     
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    @Donkey Kong Country I'm sure you'd love this lol
     
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  18. Jakey
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    Jakey You Reckon

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    Australia :emoji_grin:

    I tried watching a few Ghibli movies, but given I didnt grow up with it and in my mid 20's it was hard. Mononoke is my favourite tho
     
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  19. Chazi
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    @Winter how come you didnt watch more Non Non Biyori after season 1? I love it and it seems like a series you would love too.
     
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    I need to watch the whole series. I love the episodes I seen so far
     
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