The General Anime Thread...

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Yes but it's not a school-girl thing.

Yes Bakuman and Freezing are back up and running!
 
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Master of the Martial Hearts is an awesome series. There were times when it seemed rather stupid and pointless, but the ending was actually pretty cool. And it was short and and sweet and didn't BS around like some series. (looking at you Bleach)

Now, on to RIN: Daughters of the Mesonyme.
 
-> Hello y'all! :)

sumbrownkid
Is there any anime that is not based around teenagers but around college students or young adults? I'd like to see an anime that isn't too childish but not too serious at the same time.
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AOS-
You're looking for Slice of Life shows.....
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sumbrownkid
That's the kind of stuff I like, thanks for finding the words for me.:)
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^ I'm into that genre a lot SBK! Clannad & Lucky Star are excellent choices, but I can give you some suggestions too:

- Please Teacher/Twins series 👍
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Azumanga Daioh! 👍
- Genshiken 👍
- Comic Party series
- Ah! My Goddess! TV series 👍

jeffgoddin
"Welcome to the NHK" is another good one, focuses on college age young adults, and very funny.
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^ I'll try that out next time!

AOS-
Clannad isn't really slice of life. but the first season has a ton of those moments, humourous too.
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^ Um, Clannad is slice of life IMO. It almost deals with each characters obstacles in life as an individual. Sure there are a lot of gaps throughout in between the series, but it really does not affect the entire series as a whole. ;)

AOS-
No one else is looking forward to World God only Knows? The show's funny.
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^ I miss Elsie and her Firetruck escapades!

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^ Too bad the anime takes too darn long to make...its been a while I haven't read the manga version too. :(
 
imo, Slice of Life doesn't include magical stuff like Clannad does with the Parallel Dimension and travellnig back in time.

Anyway,

Elsie's Cooking? or Sanae's Bread + Akiko's Jam?
 
Yeah, while Clannad is great, it certainly does focus on 14 year olds in school, so that's not what SBK was asking for, and I'd call it more of a romance/harem/comedy anime than slice of life.

I'd add Cowboy Bebop, Baccano!, and Rurouni Kenshin to the list of titles SBK might be interested in. I'm sure he already knows Bebop. Baccano is a fairly short series which is a mix of funny and serious, great pacing after the first couple introductory episodes (since there's quite a cast to introduce), set in American 20's. Rurouni Kenshin is a very long series (300 episodes?) with plenty of adult characters and some kids, also balance between funny and serious but more funny, set in Meiji Japan (1880's?) about a Samurai who was the bloodiest killer of them all during the revolution but who now carries a wooden sword and uses it to defend the weak.

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Trigun is another good not-too-serious, not too childish series. It has moments of both, but, it's pretty well balanced.

Also, Rin is a pretty cool series so far. The episodes are 45 minutes each and there is six of them. Lots of adult situations, and action mixed in with a little bit of gore and good voice acting. pretty cool.
 
Stop: MAJOR SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED BOTH CLANNAD SEASONS


You can't possibly not want to watch Clannad, esp for this. :p
 
^ I haven't been to that episode yet! DAMN U! :grumpy:




































~> j/k :sly:
(not watching it...)
 
Sum Brown Guy,
I also recommend Devil May Cry... it's totally Slice of Life.... in Dante's life that is.
 
jeffgoddin
Rurouni Kenshin is a very long series (95 episodes) with plenty of adult characters and some kids, also balance between funny and serious but more funny, set in Meiji Japan (1880's?) about a Samurai who was the bloodiest killer of them all during the revolution but who now carries a reversed-blade sword and uses it to defend the weak.
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Fixed. :sly: Plus the fact I enjoyed watching it. :)
 
-> Representing my Anime-ness during a Japanese charity car show last Saturday:

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^ Watching Clannad: After Story ep. 10-11

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^ Watching Clannad: After Story ep. 10-11

^ Nice! For the good cause! ;)👍
 
AOS- -> Clannad dub wasn't THAT bad, Negima! WAS bad. ;)

SS -> I go by my animes in viewer distribution (as in weight distribution in cars). By 40% (in standard english), 50% (in JDM-speak), & 10% (in Pinoy-spec). :sly:
 
SuperShouden
I didn't think it was that bad. And not everyone watches all their anime in Japanese.
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Yup. I almost always watch anime in English, unless the dub is exceptionally bad or there is no dub available.

Subtitles are sometimes more accurate, sure, but I find that dubs usually connect on a more emotional level for me. Some of the English voice acting might be a little poor, but I'm sure some of the Japanese voice acting is too. The only difference is that with Japanese, I'm less able to tell between good or bad voice acting.

On a somewhat related note, my copy of Evangelion 2.22 arrives tomorrow. I've already seen it subbed a couple of times, but I can't wait to watch it dubbed. I like watching Evangelion dubbed in particular, because I find hearing all that techno-babble much sexier than reading it.
 
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Kah-Toe-Me, Na-Geese-Ah, Ta-Moie-Ya :yuck:
the way they pronounce names was a big turn off after knowing how its properly pronounced
 
yaywalter
Yup. I almost always watch anime in English, unless the dub is exceptionally bad or there is no dub available.

Subtitles are sometimes more accurate, sure, but I find that dubs usually connect on a more emotional level for me. Some of the English voice acting might be a little poor, but I'm sure some of the Japanese voice acting is too. The only difference is that with Japanese, I'm less able to tell between good or bad voice acting.

On a somewhat related note, my copy of Evangelion 2.22 arrives tomorrow. I've already seen it subbed a couple of times, but I can't wait to watch it dubbed. I like watching Evangelion dubbed in particular, because I find hearing all that techno-babble much sexier than reading it.
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Case in point: Inuyasha...although, I have to say, after watching other anime, the English dub of Inuyasha isn't that great either, but it's a heck of a lot better than the Japanese. I know, I've tried to watch it in the Japanese and couldn't stand it.
 
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nk4e
Is the club dead?
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^ Dead!? Thats harsh, after I contributed few pics couple of pages ago...

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AOS-
Kah-Toe-Me, Na-Geese-Ah, Ta-Moie-Ya :yuck:
the way they pronounce names was a big turn off after knowing how its properly pronounced
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^ Better than if it was pronounced in Tagalog like:

JDM = American = Pinoy (and its local meaning)

Ko-To-Mi = Kah-Toe-Me = Kutu-Me (flea on me)
Na-Gi-Sa = Na-Geese-Sa = Na-Gisa (got grilled on a stir fryer)
To-Mo-Ya = Ta-Moie-Ya = Ta-Mu-Yah

^ The same thing happend in Saber Marionette series. But in some way, some Tagalog squatter-talk works just to keep the fanbase wider...

:indiff:

SuperShouden
Case in point: Inuyasha...although, I have to say, after watching other anime, the English dub of Inuyasha isn't that great either, but it's a heck of a lot better than the Japanese. I know, I've tried to watch it in the Japanese and couldn't stand it.
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^ I've watched both versions. I must say, Ocean Studios did a great job compared most of 90% of mainstream USDM Animes the were ever released, but that my opinion. :)
 
Ahaha, that's the best expression Elsie's ever displayed. it always makes me think of an upset dead fish
 

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