Also, if we're broadening the discussion to manga as well, I've been reading Homunculus very slowly for a while and I just started Vagabond. I also follow Berserk (when it updates every several months), and uh.......Naruto. Mostly because I want to see it to the end, and also be amused over how ridiculous and stupid it's become. Because boy has it become ridiculous and stupid.
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The Parasyte manga is one of my favourites. Graphic violence, gorgeous art, alien perspectives and rumination on the nature of humanity?
Yes. Yes, those things.
Joe showed me screencap of the anime. I wasn't impressed. Aparrently Mugi's voice sounds about right, though, which is something. |
If I end up really liking the anime by the time it's over, there's a good chance I'll check out the manga to see what it's like. Also to see anything that may have been censored in the anime, like how the penis-arm is only shown for like...maybe one frame in the anime?
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I really like Bahamut. It feels more like a western movie than anime and that's pretty neat. Mappa's other production this season, Garo, is the same sort of setting but feels like some kind of play. Highly recommended.
Best anime currently airing is Shirobako. It's an anime about working in the anime industry which was stealth marketed as a cute girls show. Very well informed and in depth with a lot of heart and crushes ill founded ideas about the industry (Most notably four episodes in and they haven't mentioned the word 'budget' once, It's just not important in the making of a hand-drawn animation).
As for Gunbuster stick with it. The ending is worth every second of frustration and boredom if you're not big on it. It's the perfect ending. Even people who hate the show adore it.
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I'll keep Garo in mind although I'll probably push it off until I'm done watching/reading another thing, just because I can sometimes be a wuss when it comes to following multiple stories at once. It's the main reason why I said above that I've been reading Homunculus for a while now. I've taken so many breaks.
I don't have a clue about the anime industry so I'm not sure if most of the commentary it makes would go over my head. I'll check it out, though...eventually.
And yeah I'm definitely going to stick with Gunbuster. It's only six episodes so it's not like it's that big of a time commitment, and so far it hasn't made me too bored. Also now you've made me curious about the ending.
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The opening is kind of uh hilariously bad though. I like it!
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My god, yes it is. Holy shit.