New Anime? Anything good?

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:42 pm

I had huge expectations of Ergo Proxy; but it completely failed me. I probably shouldn't have had those, only because it was done by the same studio that did Samurai Champloo.
It just tries way too hard to be deep and dark, but comes off forced and dull.

I'm currently watching Yuyu Hakusho. Lawlz

Roadie Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 66

I'm going to have to agree with Barapapa on Ergo Proxy, its classy, it has one of my favorite songs as the ending (Radiohead's Paranoid Android), it looks cool, and it has interesting ideas...

That have all been done before better in shows such as Lain, Ghost in the Shell: SAC etc. The show is refreshingly unotaku, but horribly stale in a completely different light - its a bland thoughtful alternative anime...

Shame, because I liked it at first...

If you want a good anime to watch right now, Kemonozume or Flag are going to be your best bets. Kemonozume is particularly good, and will surprise you along the way Smile

. In fact its devoid of everything that makes anime annoying and contains everything that makes anime great. I hope Yuasa gets more work!

In addition a new studio 4C antholgy Amazing Nuts was also released, but the music they put the pilot clips to (its a compiliation of pilot films constructed as music videos) leaves a lot to be desired. Also too much 3d CGI for them, I was kind of disappointed, but its not very long at around 20 mins, and the 1st (the one with the cop in the inner city with the Imaishi-esque direction) and 3rd (the one with the fighting people and bright colors) would make pretty cool shows.

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:38 am

No, Amazing Nuts wasn't too good. The graphics were all pretty enough and pleasingly varied, but the music was all the most godawful dreck you could possibly imagine. Just goes to show that having great visionary/directional skill doesn't have any relation to taste in music...

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:09 am

I only liked the first bit of Amazing Nuts visually. The music was okay-ish too. At least compared to the shitfest that followed.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:26 am

Nodame Cantabile has to be the most enjoyable thing out there right now. It's goofy, it's heartwarming, it's like a breath of fresh air.

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:38 pm

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If you want a good anime to watch right now, Kemonozume or Flag are going to be your best bets. Kemonozume is particularly good, and will surprise you along the way Smile. In fact its devoid of everything that makes anime annoying and contains everything that makes anime great. I hope Yuasa gets more work!

Belated response, but better than nothing I guess. But I was pretty pumped about Kemonozume from whenever Cloe pointed it out to me at ANN, and despite some uneveness and slight letdowns that are inevitably associated with being the follow-up to Mind Game its one of the best shows I've watched in some time. The only problem is I fell behind at episode 7 or so and keep putting off watching the rest of it. I'll have to get to that soon.
As for Flag, the first episode was interesting, but it really didn't inspire me to seek out more. I'm always cynical when it comes to that kind of socio-political story, but maybe I'll give it another chance.

Fan Boy Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 18

Kemonozume is deliciously off-the-wall. Occasionally, it's even really good. That episode with the two old people travelling I though was brilliant.

It's not really new, but I started watching Akagi. It's uh.... Well, it's really 2-dimensional and typical in every way but it's enjoyable just as much. It has a tendency for overexplaining things, but the series just oozes this kind of badass atmosphere that makes me like it.

Not really watching much anime besides that and not really planning any titles either. I'm kind of curious about the upcoming Claymore adaptation though. I semi-enjoyed the manga and I think it could work.

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:20 pm

Tonight I watched the first episodes of Bokurano and Ookiku Furikabutte. Bokurano's was pretty good. It reminds me a bit of Monster's treatment, not overly flashy but they nailed the atmosphere pretty well, and it came off as elegant. Ookiku was as fidgety and obnoxious as I'd expected, but they did a good job of keeping a quick pace to prevent it from bogging down in all the emofagness. I guess I'll keep watching it.

I also plan to watch Moonlight Mile and this new Gainax thing with the funny name.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:32 am

First of the new season I watched:
Claymore 1-2
I didn't think the manga was that good or anything; but it was decent. And I think the anime might be better than that.
Excellent production values and less retarded-looking villagers.

Street Musician Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 530

I watched the first 3 episodes of Tengen Toppa Guren-Langan (or however you spell it. What Stephen referred to as the Gainax thing with the funny name.); all in all it's pretty entertaining, it follows basic good-old-robot-action-flick guidelines, looks pretty enough, and doesn't take itself very seriously. Plus I had a good laugh at the "gattai!" scene. And the show features lots of drills. Fucking drills. Now there's something we don't see enough of these days.

Seirei no Moribito, on the other hand, seems to be A Very Serious Story and I'll probably wait until I have a half-dozen episodes or so to run through before I make a decision on it.

Bokurano I'm watching right now, and Oofuri I'll probably pass on. PS it's nice to see that the term "emofag baseball" I coined seems to have stuck as the official label for the series.

Fan Boy Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 18

Yeah, Tengen Toppa is pretty easy fun. I heard somewhere it's from the director of Dead Leaves, which actually kind of surprised me.

I checked out Claymore, and I thought it sucked badly.

I guess that was to be expected.

Street Musician Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 530

Oh man, Gurren Lagann went downhill pretty quickly: apparently they had Osamu Kobayashi, who handled most of the directorial aspects (storyboard, art, effects) for Beck, manning the helm for episode 4, and it looks like he was hitting the bottle pretty heavily.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:45 pm

Kobayashi? I love that guy...

Fan Boy Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1

Nah, Gurren-Lagann 4 was pretty cool and probably the best anime-related thing to be shown this year other than the TokiKake DVD. I guess Kobayashi is certainly very niche and his juvenile, rough and unpolished yet honest and urban style isn’t really for everyone.

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:15 am

Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo = pure goodness. Bring that shit over here!