MediaConsumesMe

Kirei Kotomine - he seems a cool dude to chill and have some spicy curry with. 

Shogo Makishima - I think he and I would agree on many things. 

Hi all, long time no post, my old PC fan bit the dust and I never got the account set up on the new PC. Luckily got a replacement fan, as I need the Old PC back for files and stuff I still had locked away on the memory drive.

I don't really remember the last thing I'd been watching around the time the PC crashed, but this month watched Fate/Strange Fake when it released and then watched the Sinner of the System movies right in time for Psycho Pass Providence coming out start of next month in UK theaters. 

Fate/Zero

An action packed battle royal where seven masters and seven servants fight for possession of the Holy Grail.

There is more Fate but a lot of those have a little bit of romance 

Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Space Battleship Yamato
Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin (or another Mobile Suit - big series but this is a good starting point).
Fate/Zero (or another Fate - big series but this is a good starting point). 
Psycho Pass
Claymore
Monster
Berserk
Madoka Magica 

Those are a few shows that might be worth a spot. 

23 hours ago, Bulleje76 said:

Ahhh come one. SAO was the first of it's kind. It set ground for a generation of other isekai. Further more i prefer one saying " i dindt understand it"  instead of claiming stuff. It is very clearly explained in the anime why Kayaba did what he did . It is explained on many levels.

If you like anime and than saying you dont like SAO, is like saying you like italian food but cannot stand risotto

Love the arguments, however to counter the some of you're points, firstly it not 'I cannot understand it' but rather its a little to childish for my taste. I got into anime in my adulthood, so I lack nostalgia for entry anime of my generation. If a show was directed at teens and young adults and I'm now watching it as an adult for the first time, I often will find issues with it which prehaps younger viewers wouldn't have noticed. As a kid, I myself grew up with the Prequels and whilst I love those films dearly I'm the first to admit their faults. 

Also one might like a certain style of food, such as British cuisine yet despise the Cornish Pasty, so disliking a certain dish even prehaps a staple is not the mark of some one who inherently hates a certain style of food. Same goes for Anime, I generally have not liked Isekai, but love other Anime genres. 

51 minutes ago, Bulleje76 said:

This hurts on so many levels

The truth as a way of doing that

I know it not a Manga but it feels more appropriate to post this here than in the anime section. Currently I've been working on an English translation for Volume 5 of Apocrypha. I've almost done Chapter 1. However the OCR translations I have end on that chapter. I hope at some point to find either a direct scan on the novel other chapters so I can translate them as well. Also Volume 3 is missing the final chapter, chapter 4 and if anyone knows off a direct scan of that chapter or has the light novel and is willing to share. I'd be much appreciated. 

I would say Witch Hunter Robin, I hated that show so damn much. The absolute boredom I felt watching it has been burned into my mind. 

14 hours ago, viruxx said:

Finished Tomo-chan is a Girl. I enjoyed this series quite a bit this season. One of the better rom-coms I've seen lately. Also, I finished Nagatoro 2 over this past weekend, and I have to say, I enjoyed the show for the most part throughout, but I'm highly dissatisfied with how they ended that season. Just felt like Naoto and Nagatoro would have been further along in their relationship by then. I 'unno...

All I've been watching lately has been Nagatoro 2 and Tomo-chan. I think I'm ready to shift gears away from simulcasts for a time and try to watch some older titles. My preference is that most or all of the episodes of a show are dropped and ready for viewing back to back. The plan is to dig in and watch Fate/Zero. I began watching that series near the end of last year, but I never made it past the second episode. My apologies, @MediaConsumesMe. I shall correct this error.

You gotta get onto Fate. It so good - Zero is a great starting point followed by Unlimited Blade Works and then the Heaven Feel Trilogy. You can then if you dare circle back to Stay Night.

After that, it pretty much which ever of the spinoffs you want. I've seen them all up to Solomon (no release in UK still) and the upcoming Strange Fake.

The first dragon in an anime I ever saw, fly high Sieg. Fly high. 

Holy shit it set to premiere on the second of July!!!

I must have been asleep when this got announced, the wait has been long but the end is in sight. 

Can't wait to watch this episode. I hope it only the tip to was is to come. 

18 hours ago, MarathonGuy1337 said:

Finished re-watching Fate Zero 

Really enjoyed the re-watch

Glad you enjoyed it. 

Also I'm still watching Zeta Gundam and Yu Yu Hakusho. 

9 hours ago, Ohayotaku said:

@MediaConsumesMe

Fate Zero is by far my favorite of the franchise. I was actually somewhat disappointed by the Lord El Melloi entries considering Waver & Rider were one of my favorite duos. They seemed to put a great deal of emphasis on the intricacies of the magic system & the politics of The Clocktower & I felt like I kinda understood a lot of it & kinda didn’t  I’m aware that Zero had it’s share of that as well, but it seemed easier to follow, maybe because there was more action/combat. I started Stay/Night a long time ago but never finished even though I have individual discs for the whole series. It & Unlimited Bladeworks have been sitting on my PTW list for far too long.

I haven’t really been a fan of the Grand Order entries though I feel they were ok. Surprisingly I actually enjoyed the more humorous Grand Carnival specials. Even though I haven’t played the FGO game, my knowledge of mythical/legendary characters & gacha game basics enabled me to get almost all the jokes 

You know I've not watched Grand Carnival yet, got it on Blu Ray but I've been busy with other shows. I'll likely watch it soon.

As for Stay Night 2006 and Unlimited Blade Works 2014, UBW has got the nicer animation, art style, fight scenes ect... and its story is pretty good with the fight between Shiro and Archer and Gilgamesh playing a big role in the narrative as the lead antagonist. 

But 2006 has Saber as the romance partner - so that's a huge win for that series. 

51 minutes ago, Ohayotaku said:

I suppose I’m thinking in the 100+ episode range, which is simply too long IMO with few exceptions. MHA is currently on 136 & I made it to around ep 150 of One Piece before burning out, which is barely the beginning. I’ve probably seen 100+ eps of the Dragonball franchise, but currently have no plans on watching any more. Attack on Titan will have less than 100 eps in it’s total run, though the way they’re handling the “Final” season has made it feel longer & I’m definitely ready for it to end. I’ve only seen around 50 eps of Inuyasha so far, though I still plan watching more. Generally 70-100 eps is really pushing things for me.

Their is a total of 140+ episodes in Fate. For the serious Shows. That adding Prototype, Apocrypha, Grand Order, Zero, Unlimited Blade Works, Stay Night and Extra together. Plus specials. I also added the films, but that only like six or seven. 

Didn't realise how much Fate I've watched/consumed. 

I guess it doesn't feel that big when you break it down into its spinoffs and main series. 

I've got to be honest not watched that much shonen - I've watched Hunter x Hunter and am watching Yu Yu Hakusho. I think that's cause I like Togashi style, but he is technically writing a battle shonen series with those like Dragon Ball. 

Sometimes I wonder if some of Fate is technically shonen and some of the other stuff I've watched as well. 

I mean some of it might well be, I know Death Note is a shonen just not a 'battle shonen'. And stuff like Gundam is shonen mecha? - I think, at least it was intended for boys 12 to 18 when it aired I suspect. Then again Gundam is so old, was shonen even a thing?

Okay so I've not watched many that aren't tied to existing series, so sorry but you might need to do some homework before you can watch them. 

Okay so first Fate/Stay Night Heaven Feel - now this is perhaps not the best entry point to the series - but this is peak animation, so when you get here it is well worth it. 

So the first is Presage Flower, followed by Lost Butterfly and ending with Spring Song. 

Moving on from Fate, I'd recommend Madoka Magica Rebellion. 

This is a pretty awesome film, it is a sequel either to the series or two the movie adaptation of the series (beginning and eternal). So you could watch them as three movies, or a 12 episode anime with a sequel film. 

Okay something a little older and a standalone to boot, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, I found it a pretty engaging movie with obviosuly awesome animation and backgrounds as you can expect from 80s Anime. 

And finally the end to the epic saga, this probably won't be the only recommend for this movie as @MarathonGuy1337 is a pretty big Gundam guy but if you ever watch the Gundam trilogy or the first series, check out Chars Counter Attack for at least the pretty visuals and the epic sendoff to the biggest rivalry in anime history. 

3 hours ago, Ohayotaku said:

I personally liked the pairing of Saber & Irisviel

I do like that one too. but any pairing with Saber is gonna be a good one. For Saber is best girl.

13 hours ago, Noumia said:

Hi everyone!!

 

As far as anime goes, my favorites are definitely Dragon Ball, Attack on Titan and Death Note. I've watched a few others but I'm kinda new to anime actually, so feel free to share any good recommendations if you have them.

Just looking to have a good time and meet some cool people here. 

Fate/Zero, Claymore, Parasyte, Psycho Pass, Madoka Magica, Ergo Proxy, Monster - if you've not seen those defiantly give them a watch they are all awesome and are similar too what your favourites are.

27 minutes ago, Animedragon said:

I quite like Golden Time and think that the car crash incident and its aftermath was fine, but I think that ghost Banri is annoying and unnecessary.

When it happened I remember @MarathonGuy1337 being like 'oh shit that was so badass don't you thing that was so totally random and unexpected' and I was like; 

8 hours ago, Soramee_ said:

now I'm interested... as a golden time fan I wanna hear what is your opinion 

Well if you insist; 

I greatly disliked it, all I'm gonna say is Ghost Banri and that stupid car crash

2 minutes ago, Ohayotaku said:

Finished Monster. Honestly I felt like it dragged on a bit too long & some of the side stories got kinda repetitive. And for all the “answers” it gave & it still left you with plenty of questions to ponder, though I’m certain that was intentional. Would definitely recommend for fans of psychological & dark series or anyone tired of anime that feels all the same.

Will provably binge the 2nd half of To Your Eternity’s 2nd season over the weekend.

I need to rewatch monster man, first time I completed it I rewatched it with my brother a week later and due to how soon I rewatched it I picked up all the subtle forshadowing. 

Fate/Zero season 2 with friends, we should be done by next week if we keep up the pace then its either Attack on Titan Season 2 or Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin. 

On 3/10/2023 at 10:43 AM, MarathonGuy1337 said:

Disappointments and Unexpected Hits. Well I see a little conversation about AOT, so I'm gonna completely ignorer than and the other obvious dead house of Naruto and talk about something different, something older.... something retro... 80 retro. 

Okay lets get started, lucky watching old VHS rips of 80s TV series and OVAs means I have a lot of both disappointments and unexcepted hits.

Gall Force

Gall Force was pretty disappointing when I first watched it a while back now, I think I was expecting something more like Bubble-gum Crisis which where made by the same studio Youmex but maybe I shouldn't have got my hopes up to much as well Youmex was a bit of a mess behind the scenes so kind of make me wonder how the hell they where able to pull of Bubble-gum-Crisis

Armitage III 

This one was sort of disappointing, it was short and for a detective story it felt kind of rushed and thier was little payoff to the whole investigation and mystery 

Onto unexpected hits

Riding with Bean 

This one is great, the only disappointing aspect was that thier wasn't really more of it, in terms of the OVA. fun cast, car chases, fan service and action why didn't we get more of this?

Area 88

My god this is so good, It's just really bombastic and badass, yet deep and introspective at the same time. Okay so imagine Top Gun but with a Anti-War message, which places Shin Kazama, our MC, here into a war he wants no part of but slowly he begins to loss his humanity and end up... will I won't spoil it. If you want to find out I recommend watching the show, honestly its really good and its like either 2 OVAs for the English dub and like I think 3 OVAs for the original Japanese.

Blue Comet ZPT Layzner 

This one was just so cool, I went in completely blind and honestly its one of my favourite mecha series, the Blue Comet itself the titular Mecha of the MC Eiji Asuka, I would really recommend this one if you haven't seen it

And hear I thought you were going to bring up the time you showed me Golden Times...

17 minutes ago, MarathonGuy1337 said:

IDK what your talking about?

Okay well maybe thier might be another genre of anime I prefer but I'll leave it to others to even attempt a guess 

Well I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Mecha. 

Could be wrong, just a shot in the dark really. 

Saber and Shirou 

Gilgamesh and Kotomine 

Rin and Archer 

Caster and Ryuunosuke

Sieg and Jenna 

Achilles and Atalanta 

Berserker and Illya

Mordred and Kairi

Those are just some of the duos from Fate which I felt were pretty cool.