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I rediscovered this Baki x Nissin ad recently. Pretty interesting that in the other commercials the kitsune only has a single tail but the Yujiro one has nine tails.

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Welcome to the forums! We are certainly a place with some nostalgia for anime

Yo happy belated birthday @efaardvark !!!

Welcome to the forums! Good luck with your studies and hope you share some cool anime with us all

Nichijou is upbeat but has relaxing vibes

On 9/8/2023 at 11:27 AM, Clayton said:

I do find it annoying how few American kids understand the significants of a nine tailed fox. Adults too for that matter. As for pokemon a Raiju... 

I mean not a lot of people know the mythology behind other cultures. I doubt a lot of Japanese understand or care about the Jewish significance of the golem despite it being a relatively common enemy in JRPGs.

Mythological creatures are such a broad topic that sometimes its difficult to tell what is the contemporary creator's imagination and what isn't. I find that particularly to be the case with Ghibli films. Is there some giant-bug beast the Ohm are based on, or did Miyazaki just think it'd be cool to have giant bugs?

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Welcome to the forums! I hope it wasn't too long of a bike slide over here all the way from Scotland.

Technically Journey to the West is Chinese mythology, but I love the folksy feeling that those influences bring to the the original Dragonball.

Pokemon also has a lot of references to yokai, kami and Shinto, even though it originated from a fascination with collecting bugs.

And speaking of bugs, Mushishi. There's all sorts of folk mythology that inspires the the creatures Ginko handles, though I don't recall any off the top of my head based off of the more famous myths.

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6 hours ago, efaardvark said:

Not as such.  "Patrick Sylvester" is a fictionalised version of Yukio Mishima.  Google him.

That's fascinating, I didn't realize that there was this connection between him and Ghost in the Shell. The infection of the Individual Eleven virus through an essay and its effects is very similar to the plot of Mishima's Runaway Horses, and of course, the author's own actions.

On 12/26/2022 at 5:18 PM, Dark_Knight206 said:

I am currently watching one piece, blue lock, my hero academia season 6, and jujutsu kaisen.

I have just finished future diary yesterday and am almost caught up to one piece(at 1011)

I just started Blue Lock. I know its not accurate to real life team sports, but interesting concept nonetheless.

7 hours ago, MarathonGuy1337 said:

What show was it you watched?

Please Teacher! I've just checked and it appears there still exists a dubbed version on YouTube. I have no idea how it holds up after all these years, so be warned

Pretty sure it was brought on by finally getting unsupervised internet time as a kid.

I got to finally explore YouTube on my own and I ended up finding a pirated anime that had been uploaded in horrible, horrible resolution. 

It was a short 13 episode rom-com. I can't remember how I found it, but I liked it because the protagonist's tragic love life felt relatable to an angsty teenager. Once you get hooked on the FEELS, becoming a weeb is inevitable.

Catgirls/catboys (catpeople?) are beyond elite. I'm kinda disappointed that there haven't been any notable neko characters this year. Hopefully we'll get some more soon.

Dipping my toes into short-episode series with Space Patrol Luluco. The urge to binge it all in one afternoon is strong, but I think I'm going to spread it out over a week or so so it doesn't get repetitive

Seacliff already put in a good word for the Pokemon Adventures manga above, but it really is a great series. The author, Kusaka, keeps it rooted in the gen I games, but aren't afraid to re-imagine a more detailed version of events and characters. In terms of art, Mato's emphasizes the story's childhood charm without resorting to moeblob cuteness, which is a plus. Every time I reread the series, its incredibly nostalgic.

Bit of an error that I noticed when browsing through the anime database today. Sections where reviews would normally be displayed shows the following text:

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 The message seems to be consitent across available site themes and the web browswers I have access to. Idk if this is a known issue, but today has been the first time I've seen it.

IIRC Tezuka did something like this with his manga. He treated characters like actual Hollywood stars, so they 'played' different roles for different series he produced. Its fun little way to add personality to his fictional universe. I guess it could get confusing if you're not expecting it though?

Started Nichijou.

Hakase seems more malicious than she is in the anime. Poor Nano...

From experiences in coding communities, I'll just say it gets annoying when newcomers ask the same questions without putting in the effort to lurk already existing posts and documentation. Its unfortunate that people are overly hostile towards casual users like this, but it does help set expectations about what participating in technical communities actually entails.

With that out of the way, in communities that are more socially-focused, gatekeeping is an awful thing. We've commoditized culture so much that acquiring specific knowlegde and experience is more important than actually enjoying an activity.

In the anime community, the biggest thing that's stood out to me is the idea that anime is a secret club for socially outcast nerds/geeks/weebs. Anime and Japanese culture has become a lot more accepted (at least in the US)  over the past decade, and that's taken away the stigmatized, but exclusive outsider status these things once had. Its always sad to see literally who's on Twitter and other social media reacting to this growth so angrily... That makes our communities and members seem more negative than we actually are.

Experiencing episode 1 of Dallos for the first time. The blend of 80's music, cel animation and futurist space imagery is rather nostalgic