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1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2. Trigun 3. Attack on Titan 4. Neon Genesis Evangelion 5. Gurren Lagann

I know I watched the first few episodes of this, but fell off. Might need to revisit. I do recall liking the impression the story gave me that there was essentially a battle anime going on well away from the main protagonist that he was barely aware of. Always had a fondness for the trope of "There's a high-stakes plot in the setting that the actual protagonist doesn't know/care about".

Those several years were a bit of a renaissance or golden era. The content producers were talented and had good stories, but the big Sonys and Disneys hadn't yet taken over and dumbed down most of the content to push it into the mainstream.

I agree that was the peak of anime and manga.

Welcome! I come from a time before PCs, cellphones, or the Internet. Been coding since before the 486 was invented. My tastes are .. eclectic. Mostly into science fiction but I'll watch or read (almost) anything for the entertainment of it. Fan of Ghost in the Shell. Books are mostly hard science such as from Niven, Clarke, or Heinlein. Music is largely prog metal with a theme, such as Threshold's "March of Progress", Blind Guardian's "Nightfall in Middle Earth", or Ayreon's "Universal Migrator" albums. Games are mostly about crafting & building. Minecraft is a staple. Kerbal Space Program is my all-time favorite. Rockets and space exploration pays the bills. Don't be afraid to say "hi" if you see me around.

For me, it just takes away the whole point of art, If you let an algorithm do the interesting part for you, you're not making art, you're just making content

What would you do if you could go back 10 years, and what would you do differently from what you're doing right now?

Currently watching Red Dwarf for the first time - quite a riot.

Villain, because the villain sets the circumstance in which the hero exists. Looking at it this way, the villain here can be just whatever constructed the circumstance, i.e., the context of the hero, and thus does not need to even be a character and can be practically any contextual problems that justify the hero's existence.

While not always true, heroes are frequently defined as much by the villains they clash with as anything else, and the villain and their machinations frequently serve as the thing that grounds the journey of the hero and makes it feel like a journey rather than aimless wandering, the villain's defeat often being the ultimate goal. Guts' whole story in Berserk is centered around his desire to get revenge on Griffith for destroying the Band of the Hawk. Midoriya's becoming the "greatest hero in the world" is inexorably intertwined with his conflict with Tomura Shigaraki and the latter's desire to tear the world down. Amuro Ray's legendarily messy rivalry with Char Aznable remains one of the most famous in the medium of anime to this day. Put shortly, I'd pick the villain.

The biggest problem is always not being able to access full anime series in different countries. Some countries have limits, which is the same problem as Netflix.

Humans do learn from other artists, but we aren't trained on millions of works in the same way AI models are. We imitate and develop our own style over years, while AI is designed to extract patterns from vast datasets at a scale no person can. Whether that difference matters is up for debate, but I think it's a meaningful distinction.

Hey, I'm 62 and still working. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Congrats on making it this far at least.

500 page novel IN A DAY is insane!! That's crazy impressive

The day is ending and my ACTs are all done. I actually didn’t read that much manga when I finished, but it’s fine. I don’t know why I suddenly wanted to come back to the forums, I posted on tumblr for a bit in my time gone to try and makes gifs for anime I felt was under-appreciated and have a space to discuss anime, but got burnt out fast since I was doin it daily and the reach is poor. I picked up art again though. Gonna start postin on twitter when i have enough courage. As for the manga review, I finished volume 1 of Dance in the Vampire Bund, got further into Kuroyuri apt, and started Saekano. Oh, where do I even begin with Vampire Bund. I’m in love with Nozomu’s style, it’s so sick and gothic and cool. The portion of the first volume where Akira walks through the streets with all the partying vampires, it fascinated me to see a lot of the crowd were designed with piercings and a lot of western rave, emo, and punk style of the time in mind (2005 to be exact). It makes sense, I think most of the vampires are sposed to be from europe and the americas. Mina is an adorable heroine, but beyond her cuteness and elegance is a highly intelligent and calculating character. As I read on, I realized that nowadays this series would be considered lame, it’s very of its time. It kind of envokes the feeling I get feom Shadow the Hedgehog, and ir did not surprise me that there were plenty of AMVs to stereotypically emo music of the 2010s and lady gaga. I was born a little late to that stuff, but I desire a return of AMVs. I made one almost two years ago for CubexCursedxCurious. I couldn’t watch any of the Vamp Bund ones since I didn’t want to be spoiled on the anime. All that aside, it’s so far a 8/10 at least. I’m waiting to get more volumes before I make more judgement on the story. As for Kuroyuri Apartment, well. It’s nice, very cute and clean style. I could tell immediately it was released around the same time as Himouto Umaru (2016-2018 was definitely a good time for slice of life) However, outside of being cute with an interesting enough premise— it’s kind of bad. I was expecting a cute daddy-daughter dynamic story, but kind of got an almost-harem-somehow-not-ecchi comedy. It’s fine, but not good by any means. Yuzuki Gao seems to make a lot of mediocre work, but has a nice art style. Last, Saekano. Which, I’m actually only a couple of pages into. I was really interested in Eriri which is why I grabbed it when I saw it at the bookstore. She reminds me a lot of Kanzaki H. Aria? Twintailed tsundere, half english and half japanese. All I could gather in the little I read was a bit generic, but I’m sure once I get further I might like it. The girls are very cute, Utaha is gorgeous and Megumi looks quite cute. I’m excited to see if the whole game plot is realized. For today, that’s all I have. Tomorrow will be an anime day because I’m watchin a lot right now, so perhaps a review of whatever I watch. Goodnight folks -w-

Not in order but Bungou Stray Dogs Attack on Titan The devil works part time JJK Assasination classroom HM: Spy X Family

*Hands him an Ouija board* Maybe not

And your opinion on death itself? Famous Last Words: The Animated Musical [Grim Reaper Intro] You never get a second chance to make a first last impression! So if you see me coming, think fast. Because these words could be your last! [Chorus] Famous last words! Famous last words! They're the very last things that they said. Famous last words! Famous last words! Now all of these people are dead! [Verse 1] General Sedgwick didn't like to duck. He said, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist—" [Gunshot] Whoops, out of luck! Marie Antoinette was very polite. She stepped on the executioner's foot and said, "Pardon me, sir, I didn't do it on purpose," then she lost her head. [Chorus] Famous last words! Famous last words! They're the very last things that they said. Famous last words! Famous last words! Now all of these people are dead! [Verse 2] Oscar Wilde was sick in bed. He looked up at the wall and said, "The wallpaper is terrible, one of us has to go." Pancho Villa was shot in his car. He said, "Don't let it end like this, Tell them I said something... something." [Bridge / Outro] So remember when you're about to die, Don't just wave and say goodbye. Say something clever, or funny, or deep. Before you go to permanent sleep! Famous last words! Famous last words! Now all of these people are dead!

Hi Myth, welcome, it's good to have you! What Jpop groups do you like>?

I like Wage war, The Amity Affliction, The Plot in you, Bad Omens, Dayseeker, Driveways, Bullet for my Valentine, Make them suffer, Cold rain, Like Vultures, Avenged Sevenfold I know a little of, Currents, Trivium, All That Remains, August Burns Red, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying I've been listening to Vkei and Jrock recently like dir en grey (I know not all of these are technically metalcore but they all fall under the umbrella of rock and metal)

GitS, Eva, Monster, and Steins;Gate are all awesome. Nice faves, mate.^^ Also, as a fellow ecchi fan, what're your faves? : p

Sorry that I didnt upload an intro earlier,, I didnt know we could so ;-; but just have an intro now and here it is! Hi, my name is crozziebow or you can just call me crozzie. my interest in anime has been ongoing for around 4 years but its only really blooming now, especially with APH, and Lucky☆star. (ФωФ) I am an agender paraboy! (he/they/it) and i am achillean^_^, I am black (jamaican-american) and I love comics/Manga too and I am open to Manga recommendations:D And a little bonus trivia about me is that I have a fear of any sudden noise, loud or quiet. + a fear of high pitched repetitive beeping(rooted from my 6am school alarmΣ(＞Д＜)) Thank you for reading!! bye bye!! I'll be checking the forums later (*＾3＾)/～☆

Shows if notification is given as an answer to the user.

He is one of my favorite characters, I love drawing too, I think I will do more detail about his eye in that pic.

Time, like an ever-rolling stream Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day.

You know what they say mate:...." Everybody wants to get old, but nobody wants to BE old"

I've been a fudanshi for practically all of my life and I'm pretty sure I watched every single bl anime out there. I'm looking for any new ones I never watched yet，I can't keep running on live actions anymore QwQ. Help a fellow rotten boy out!! ٩(๛ᴛ ʏ ᴛ)۶=͟͟͞͞➳

I work as a graphic designer, juggling freelance projects with classes in visual arts. It’s a creative mix, and I love how each job teaches me something new and exciting.

Got a new set of battery cables for one of my solar batteries the other day but I don't like the connectors on them. The ones that came on the cable are aluminum and the bolt hole is too large for the battery's terminal bolts. As a result the metal around the hole - the part that actually connects with the battery terminal and carries the power - is too thin for my comfort. So I'm replacing the lugs on the cable with ones that are a bit more substantial. Mine are solid copper and larger overall but with a bolt hole of the proper size for the battery's bolts. More importantly the surface area for contact with the battery terminal is much greater. The same power going through more metal means less resistive heating and a cooler connection.

Fourth drawing of Reisen Udongein Inaba from anime, manga and Games Touhou, drawn on November 19, 2013 You can see more of my art in Twitter: https://x.com/ToshiroFudo

Yeah, but women can still be tough without hulking muscles. Those women are the types I love to admire.

Hello and welcome to the forums. My own first anime was Ninja Scroll the movie. Very sad and bittersweet ending.

The second one looks like something I'd wake up in the middle of the night too lmao

Welcome! I'm not sure what my first anime was. Like Ohayotaku I'm an old-timer who has been watching anime for a loooong time. For a long time my avatar here was Taurus from Space Angel. That show aired in the early 60s and while it wasn't Japanese it's probably my earliest recollection of an animated TV show along those lines. My earliest recollection of an actual Japan-produced animated show was probably either "Gigantor" (Tetsujin-28) or the Americanized version of "Speed Racer" (マッハGoGoGo) in the 60s. Not sure about dates that far back. I also recall "Star Blazers" (Space Battleship Yamato / 宇宙戦艦ヤマト ) and "Tranzor Z" (Mazinger Z / マジンガーZ) in the mid-80s. There's a few others that I'd recognize but can't recall the names of from back then.

I've been following this japanese artist on twitter called abogado6. He makes illustrations with interesting stories. Most of the time its dark, with critiques on japanese society, but sometimes its about cats too... like this art which he called "make a tiger"

Does One Piece begin with the theme of freedom? I felt like the first episode strongly emphasized the idea of freedom and choosing your own path in life. Do you think freedom is the core theme of the series, or does the story eventually expand into something even broader? Personally, I see freedom and perseverance as major themes right from the start—especially in the way Luffy is so unwavering and determined about his dream.

Hey there and welcome to the forum.

These days i'm watching a korean drama named Gyeongseong Creature. It's a super interesting drama about people turning humans into alien like creatures

Give her a friendly hug because we're friends.

Cobtinuation for Yona of the Dawn greenlit https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-12-18/yona-of-the-dawn-gets-sequel-anime/.232230

My dad loves this one kdrama called Alchemy of the Soul. He's probably watched it three times over, so I started watching it with my sister. It's pretty funny!

The layout/themes I've used on here have never caused me any issue ~ I think they work fine and are pretty great ^^!

I haven't noticed any broken textures or cluttered menus or anything like that. ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

I also enjoy the slice of life genre here is one of my favorites. It's called K-on! its about girls in a light music club in highschool.

I've only read one, I think it was about a guy with bats? I dunno, but I enjoyed it I've also seen bits and pieces of his other work and have been thinking of reading them

OK, i saw Chainsaw Man, and let me just say...you. are. CULTURED!!!! same with Nana, cheers!!!!

That's pretty epic. I'm currently using a 8700k, but would definitely use an AMD based PC for my secondary rig. not sure if youre familiar with the bulldozer architecture CPUs from amd but that was the first and last time i used amd products. i think it was a fx 4100. i mean they were really really good for budget builds back then, espeically if you got them on discounts(which were really really common). ive always wanted to build a second rig for a long time for my living room. and since the zen based rzyen cpus came out in 2017 its just giving me more reason too. ive only heard really good things about it.

I do not drink alcohol no. I was raised Mormon, and still considered a member of that church, though I stopped going because of how few people were there that did not come off as cult members, and was taught to never have alcohol. However, now that I have medical issues, alcohol poses an even greater problem to me than just having to deal with hangovers, brain damage, liver damage, etc.

I just finished watching SAO today. Not sure on what to start on<