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Nebula
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
England780 Posts
January 18 2010 16:59 GMT
#3881
Any dark sci-fi anime out there like Ergo Proxy?

I've yet to find anything remotely as enjoyable as Ergo Proxy. I'm a little sad that i've finished it . Most anime people talk about in this thread look/are hilariously bad :/
<3
Mystlord *
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
January 18 2010 18:56 GMT
#3882
On January 19 2010 01:59 Nebula wrote:
Any dark sci-fi anime out there like Ergo Proxy?

I've yet to find anything remotely as enjoyable as Ergo Proxy. I'm a little sad that i've finished it . Most anime people talk about in this thread look/are hilariously bad :/

Hello my fellow Cyberpunk anime lover! I'm assuming that's the genre you're referring to. Here's some more:

-Ghost in the Shell
-Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
-Akira
-Bubblegum Crisis
-Metropolis
-Boogiepop Phantom (This isn't exactly cyberpunk, but it's dark, confusing, and really cool)
-Neon Genesis Evangelion (Doesn't fall into the cyberpunk category, but it's very interesting)
-Serial Experiments Lain
-Texhnolyze

Some of the most well known ones off of the top of my head.
It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of doods.
UFO
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
582 Posts
January 18 2010 18:59 GMT
#3883
Code Geass the best anime ever.

Death Note runner-up .

< 3
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
January 18 2010 19:02 GMT
#3884
+ Show Spoiler [Death Note] +

Death Note should have ended right when L died. I hated the last 13 or so episodes because it just never had that same feeling that L made.
sooo lame and the ending was absolutely terrible T_T



Code Geass however was pretty good. I think the second season got a little messy though
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 21:00:48
January 18 2010 19:09 GMT
#3885
I agree.

+ Show Spoiler +
I couldn't even watch the Near/Mello arc because it was so bad. I just watched the last episode, fuck L's death.
RIP Aaliyah
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
January 18 2010 20:09 GMT
#3886
Doctor, talk in spoilers please.
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
January 18 2010 20:21 GMT
#3887
Watching now and then here and there

Pretty sad :< Damn like, everything sucks atm
Zooey
Profile Joined October 2006
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 20:57:27
January 18 2010 20:50 GMT
#3888
On January 18 2010 18:44 Mystlord wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2010 16:35 Zooey wrote:
On January 18 2010 09:13 Shauni wrote:
On January 18 2010 07:09 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I'm type nothing I watch whatever looks interesting to me. Both DEEP anime and moe.


only type B uses the definition DEEP since it ridicules serious anime.

both you and testie are type B's obviously, no need to act defensive.

Good point.

On January 18 2010 10:18 Mystlord wrote:
Hanamaru Kindergarten is the biggest pile of =_= that I've ever seen. It does nothing new other than introducing children in place of teenagers (which although is different from all other mainstream anime, narrows the focus down so much that it gets kind of boring). Disregard whatever I've said if you're looking for mindless entertainment though.

I'm surprised I don't see more adoration of Hidamari Sketch here though. It seems right up a lot of people alley in terms of character design, overexaggerated faces, and Lucky Star certain elements.

I'm finding that the only good anime this season is durarara!! Everything else is just "meh" UNLESS we see a dramatic turn around in Ookami (which might or might not happen, considering it's AIC).

Lucky Star, while admittedly very good, was overhyped and leeched off a lot of Haruhi's success. Hidamari Sketch on the other hand is not as well known. It's too bad considering it rivals Lucky Star (besides the numerous otaku references which get quite repetitive...) although it seems like that will soon change with the addition of that new character...

I believe that duraraararar is some sort of shounen anime.

Surprising.

l _____ l X

Lucky Star was overhyped? Yes. Yet there was just something about it that caused a major upheaval in the fan base after it was aired, so it deserves major respect for that. It pretty much defined the genre.

And Hidamari Sketch is VERY well known. I think it was the most anticipated anime out of the Winter batch from early polling.

The difference is apparent when looking at this thread and the discussions about Hidamari and when looking at a site like MyAnimeList (53k members for Lucky Star while only 8k for Hidamari, 32927 ratings by users versus 3275).

Not as well known at all.

As for Lucky Star defining the genre, well, I hope you're not talking about Slice of Life.
Shizuru~
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Malaysia1676 Posts
January 18 2010 20:58 GMT
#3889
+ Show Spoiler +
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 04:09 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I agree.

I couldn't even watch the Near/Mello arc because it was so bad. I just watched the last episode, fuck L's death.



Thats where TTGL succeeded... somewhat of+ Show Spoiler +
building an awesome character then kill it midway through thats gonna make even penguins rage, but still manage to be awesome till the very end of the series... thats where Death Note failed.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11554 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-18 21:03:20
January 18 2010 21:02 GMT
#3890
On January 19 2010 05:58 Shizuru~ wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 04:09 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I agree.

I couldn't even watch the Near/Mello arc because it was so bad. I just watched the last episode, fuck L's death.



Thats where TTGL succeeded... somewhat of+ Show Spoiler +
building an awesome character then kill it midway through thats gonna make even penguins rage, but still manage to be awesome till the very end of the series... thats where Death Note failed.


Yeah TTGL was able to become better while Death Note just popped T_T
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Mystlord *
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
January 18 2010 21:36 GMT
#3891
Completely agree about Death Note. Just so fail.

On January 19 2010 05:50 Zooey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2010 18:44 Mystlord wrote:
On January 18 2010 16:35 Zooey wrote:
On January 18 2010 09:13 Shauni wrote:
On January 18 2010 07:09 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I'm type nothing I watch whatever looks interesting to me. Both DEEP anime and moe.


only type B uses the definition DEEP since it ridicules serious anime.

both you and testie are type B's obviously, no need to act defensive.

Good point.

On January 18 2010 10:18 Mystlord wrote:
Hanamaru Kindergarten is the biggest pile of =_= that I've ever seen. It does nothing new other than introducing children in place of teenagers (which although is different from all other mainstream anime, narrows the focus down so much that it gets kind of boring). Disregard whatever I've said if you're looking for mindless entertainment though.

I'm surprised I don't see more adoration of Hidamari Sketch here though. It seems right up a lot of people alley in terms of character design, overexaggerated faces, and Lucky Star certain elements.

I'm finding that the only good anime this season is durarara!! Everything else is just "meh" UNLESS we see a dramatic turn around in Ookami (which might or might not happen, considering it's AIC).

Lucky Star, while admittedly very good, was overhyped and leeched off a lot of Haruhi's success. Hidamari Sketch on the other hand is not as well known. It's too bad considering it rivals Lucky Star (besides the numerous otaku references which get quite repetitive...) although it seems like that will soon change with the addition of that new character...

I believe that duraraararar is some sort of shounen anime.

Surprising.

l _____ l X

Lucky Star was overhyped? Yes. Yet there was just something about it that caused a major upheaval in the fan base after it was aired, so it deserves major respect for that. It pretty much defined the genre.

And Hidamari Sketch is VERY well known. I think it was the most anticipated anime out of the Winter batch from early polling.

The difference is apparent when looking at this thread and the discussions about Hidamari and when looking at a site like MyAnimeList (53k members for Lucky Star while only 8k for Hidamari, 32927 ratings by users versus 3275).

Not as well known at all.

As for Lucky Star defining the genre, well, I hope you're not talking about Slice of Life.

So you're comparing a 3 year old anime with a RABID fanbase with a not even month old anime? That's quite a comparison.

And I realized that the poll I was referring to was on 2ch . So at least it's welcome in the Japanese community.

I mean these parody style shows. The first thing you think of when you hear parody + slice of life + little girls will always be Raki Suta.
It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of doods.
aers *
Profile Joined January 2009
United States1210 Posts
January 19 2010 01:10 GMT
#3892
He's comparing the first season of Hidamari, which aired the season prior to Lucky Star.

Anyway, Hidamari is popular enough to get 3 seasons in Japan, and that's the only market that truly matters. Foreign fans don't really buy R2 DVDs.

Lucky Star is also rather popular. Something of note however is that its DVD sales regularly dropped with every release, so I get the feeling it started alienating fans as the series went on..
doktorLucifer
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States855 Posts
January 19 2010 01:27 GMT
#3893
Durarara! is pretty good. I am a bit disappointed by the first few minutes of Dance in the Vampire Bund, so I didn't finish it or watch ep 2. Does it get better? I liked the manga quite a bit.

Legend of Koizumi looks like it'll be fucken awesome.
Zooey
Profile Joined October 2006
103 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-19 10:21:47
January 19 2010 10:08 GMT
#3894
On January 19 2010 06:36 Mystlord wrote:
Completely agree about Death Note. Just so fail.

Show nested quote +
On January 19 2010 05:50 Zooey wrote:
On January 18 2010 18:44 Mystlord wrote:
On January 18 2010 16:35 Zooey wrote:
On January 18 2010 09:13 Shauni wrote:
On January 18 2010 07:09 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
I'm type nothing I watch whatever looks interesting to me. Both DEEP anime and moe.


only type B uses the definition DEEP since it ridicules serious anime.

both you and testie are type B's obviously, no need to act defensive.

Good point.

On January 18 2010 10:18 Mystlord wrote:
Hanamaru Kindergarten is the biggest pile of =_= that I've ever seen. It does nothing new other than introducing children in place of teenagers (which although is different from all other mainstream anime, narrows the focus down so much that it gets kind of boring). Disregard whatever I've said if you're looking for mindless entertainment though.

I'm surprised I don't see more adoration of Hidamari Sketch here though. It seems right up a lot of people alley in terms of character design, overexaggerated faces, and Lucky Star certain elements.

I'm finding that the only good anime this season is durarara!! Everything else is just "meh" UNLESS we see a dramatic turn around in Ookami (which might or might not happen, considering it's AIC).

Lucky Star, while admittedly very good, was overhyped and leeched off a lot of Haruhi's success. Hidamari Sketch on the other hand is not as well known. It's too bad considering it rivals Lucky Star (besides the numerous otaku references which get quite repetitive...) although it seems like that will soon change with the addition of that new character...

I believe that duraraararar is some sort of shounen anime.

Surprising.

l _____ l X

Lucky Star was overhyped? Yes. Yet there was just something about it that caused a major upheaval in the fan base after it was aired, so it deserves major respect for that. It pretty much defined the genre.

And Hidamari Sketch is VERY well known. I think it was the most anticipated anime out of the Winter batch from early polling.

The difference is apparent when looking at this thread and the discussions about Hidamari and when looking at a site like MyAnimeList (53k members for Lucky Star while only 8k for Hidamari, 32927 ratings by users versus 3275).

Not as well known at all.

As for Lucky Star defining the genre, well, I hope you're not talking about Slice of Life.

So you're comparing a 3 year old anime with a RABID fanbase with a not even month old anime? That's quite a comparison.

And I realized that the poll I was referring to was on 2ch . So at least it's welcome in the Japanese community.

I mean these parody style shows. The first thing you think of when you hear parody + slice of life + little girls will always be Raki Suta.

I'm not comparing Lucky Star to the new Hidamari, I'm comparing it to the first season's Hidamari (which is the most logical considering people will watch the first season before moving on, thus most fitting for comparison). Seeing how you assumed it was the third season's figures should further highlight the differences.

Defining the genre in parody, I don't really know much else that also have the chibi look and is slice of life. Hidamari doesn't have enough of the parody but it seems like it's the closest thing.

And I am very glad they are making a new season of it. It is probably the best series I've ever watched. Lucky Star has its moments but there's just that SHAFTO style. The bgm is also very pleasant.
Mystlord *
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10264 Posts
January 19 2010 10:22 GMT
#3895
Oh oh, you meant the original series.

Well if it's well known enough to get 3 seasons, 1 OVA, and 2 Specials, it must definitely have some sort of big fan base in Japan. Regardless, we've kind of drifted into semantics now, so I'm just going to stop talking.
It is impossible to be a citizen if you don't make an effort to understand the most basic activities of your government. It is very difficult to thrive in an increasingly competitive world if you're a nation of doods.
BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-19 14:01:16
January 19 2010 12:32 GMT
#3896
Sorawoto is prettty epic

Im really looking forward to the rest of it

I expect some amazing haibane renmei plot development to happen soon

edit: KOONNNNNNN
Oddysay
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada597 Posts
January 19 2010 15:16 GMT
#3897
anyone have watch hellsing ultimate ova

my friend talked to me about watch that but man that fucking crazy ,`

he show me one scene where one litle girl hide from thief , and they kill the father and kill the mother too , and she see everything . and the guy say im going to fuck her , the other say she dead , no worry she still warm , and he begin to fuck her while the litle girl cry and watch everything .

of course after they kill the litle girl too .

how they can make anime like that ? anyone who love something like that must be crazy or some kind of psycho . seriously someone here watch this hellsing ultimate ova ?
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
January 19 2010 15:19 GMT
#3898
is that a Halo OVA I espy

what is japan thinking, adopting things from the West?
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Shizuru~
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Malaysia1676 Posts
January 19 2010 15:33 GMT
#3899
On January 20 2010 00:16 Oddysay wrote:
anyone have watch hellsing ultimate ova

my friend talked to me about watch that but man that fucking crazy ,`

he show me one scene where one litle girl hide from thief , and they kill the father and kill the mother too , and she see everything . and the guy say im going to fuck her , the other say she dead , no worry she still warm , and he begin to fuck her while the litle girl cry and watch everything .

of course after they kill the litle girl too .

how they can make anime like that ? anyone who love something like that must be crazy or some kind of psycho . seriously someone here watch this hellsing ultimate ova ?


i thought Elfen-Lied was already way over the top for some hardcore shit, but man, the scene u described is way way way much fucked up...

now i gotta check it out out of curiosity
SkelA
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Macedonia13069 Posts
January 19 2010 15:51 GMT
#3900
On January 20 2010 00:16 Oddysay wrote:
anyone have watch hellsing ultimate ova

my friend talked to me about watch that but man that fucking crazy ,`

he show me one scene where one litle girl hide from thief , and they kill the father and kill the mother too , and she see everything . and the guy say im going to fuck her , the other say she dead , no worry she still warm , and he begin to fuck her while the litle girl cry and watch everything .

of course after they kill the litle girl too .

how they can make anime like that ? anyone who love something like that must be crazy or some kind of psycho . seriously someone here watch this hellsing ultimate ova ?


Ye im watching and its one of my favorite animes!

And i think that scene is not completly true it was just an illusion caused by Zorin
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