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After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network.
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Madoka was not that good in the departments that people said it was "AWESOME" in, but I still really liked it. I had fun watching it, so whatever.
I don't understand how you guys can vote AB over Tatami Galaxy...like wtf is wrong with you people. Oh wait I guess most of you guys haven't watched it so the jokes on you.
Texhnolyze is awesome but I wouldn't recommend it as something you just do for a "mile stone." I'd recommend it as something you sit down and think about for a long time rather than "OH I WANT MY 500th ANIME GAIZ."
Tatami Galaxy is perfect for a milestone anime because it thematically has that kind of quality. It's also got really moe and enjoyable characters, a great relatable story, gives you an emotional rollercoaster better than almost any other anime on your list with a solid mix of drama and comedy, better art than Madoka, a great OST, a great opening song, and is just an overall well written and executed story that manages to be really endearing and memorable despite its repetitive narrative.
How you guys managed to put Tatami Galaxy in 4th place honestly is really saddening. It really should be neck and neck with Texhnolyze and maybe above it considering I don't think Souma would really enjoy watching so much suffering for his 500th anime.
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On October 20 2013 10:16 Akagi wrote:
After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network.
Monogartari has some discussion scattered throughout. Have you watched Nisemonogatari or Nekomonogatari? Those might be better to watch before the second season. Though I people seem to like Nise less than Bake.
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On October 20 2013 10:22 Slaughter wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 10:16 Akagi wrote:
After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network. Monogartari has some discussion scattered throughout. Have you watched Nisemonogatari or Nekomonogatari? Those might be better to watch before the second season. Though I people seem to like Nise less than Bake.
nise took "watch it for the plot" to a whole new level 
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On October 20 2013 10:51 synapse wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 10:22 Slaughter wrote:On October 20 2013 10:16 Akagi wrote:
After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network. Monogartari has some discussion scattered throughout. Have you watched Nisemonogatari or Nekomonogatari? Those might be better to watch before the second season. Though I people seem to like Nise less than Bake. nise took "watch it for the plot" to a whole new level
Awe yeah
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SEEDs best design was the strike
AGE's best design was like, the Genoace. In general its designs are pretty crap outside of that
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Canada8036 Posts
On October 20 2013 10:16 Akagi wrote:
After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network.
There's not an awful lot to discuss about monogatari beyond "that was great" and "nisio so troll". Plus everything that needs to be said is said on irc anyways.
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edit, woops wrong account
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On October 20 2013 11:17 Spazer wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 10:16 Akagi wrote:
After stopping anime for a couple years now, I recently decided to try watching some shows again. I tried to get into a bunch but couldn't find anything I was interested in. The shows I actually liked so far are Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari.
I was wondering 2 things: can you guys recommend me other shows that are similarly more serious and more complicated story/characters. Doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated or serious, some comedy or genre mixtures is fine, but has to be not so simple and predictable as the average anime fare. Thanks a lot in advance for helping me save time!
Also, I just started watching the 2nd season of Monogatari, and was just wondering how come it's not very popular for discussion here? It seems to be an amazing show imo, I can see it as a live action show on a major TV network. There's not an awful lot to discuss about monogatari beyond "that was great" and "nisio so troll". Plus everything that needs to be said is said on irc anyways.
this pretty much. There's really not much left to say about Monogatari other than getting in here once a week and stating how awesome it is. Gets boring after a while. It's a show that's really hard to discuss in general.
Edit: It does get a bit of discussion on irc but not much either to be honest other than me asking wether the new one's already out.
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Well after neko shiro, I wasn't particularly compelled to try to start any talk about monogatari other than how Tsukihi is awesome in s2 and continues to be in s3. At that I think owarimonogatari part 1 is out, I should go find a copy.
EDIT - or not, weird, thought it was supposed to have released already.
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On October 20 2013 11:46 Ecael wrote:
Well after neko shiro, I wasn't particularly compelled to try to start any talk about monogatari other than how Tsukihi is awesome in s2 and continues to be in s3. At that I think owarimonogatari part 1 is out, I should go find a copy.
EDIT - or not, weird, thought it was supposed to have released already.
Is any of the written media for sale in english? I couldn't find anything besides the LN on baka tsuki.
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The genoace was just a crappy looking GM anyways
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On October 20 2013 11:53 Slaughter wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 11:46 Ecael wrote:
Well after neko shiro, I wasn't particularly compelled to try to start any talk about monogatari other than how Tsukihi is awesome in s2 and continues to be in s3. At that I think owarimonogatari part 1 is out, I should go find a copy.
EDIT - or not, weird, thought it was supposed to have released already. Is any of the written media for sale in english? I couldn't find anything besides the LN on baka tsuki.
Nope, if not JP then your only hope is Chinese or Korean.
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On October 20 2013 12:20 Ecael wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 11:53 Slaughter wrote:On October 20 2013 11:46 Ecael wrote:
Well after neko shiro, I wasn't particularly compelled to try to start any talk about monogatari other than how Tsukihi is awesome in s2 and continues to be in s3. At that I think owarimonogatari part 1 is out, I should go find a copy.
EDIT - or not, weird, thought it was supposed to have released already. Is any of the written media for sale in english? I couldn't find anything besides the LN on baka tsuki. Nope, if not JP then your only hope is Chinese or Korean.
Whats always weird is that I find a fair amount of the LN I want translated into random European languages like German or Italian -_-
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Not every book publisher is as m as uta~
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On October 20 2013 12:37 Slaughter wrote:Show nested quote +On October 20 2013 12:20 Ecael wrote:On October 20 2013 11:53 Slaughter wrote:On October 20 2013 11:46 Ecael wrote:
Well after neko shiro, I wasn't particularly compelled to try to start any talk about monogatari other than how Tsukihi is awesome in s2 and continues to be in s3. At that I think owarimonogatari part 1 is out, I should go find a copy.
EDIT - or not, weird, thought it was supposed to have released already. Is any of the written media for sale in english? I couldn't find anything besides the LN on baka tsuki. Nope, if not JP then your only hope is Chinese or Korean. Whats always weird is that I find a fair amount of the LN I want translated into random European languages like German or Italian -_-
There is a good chance of them being machine translations, but idk maybe they are more active than the English translation scene.
On October 20 2013 12:42 Spazer wrote:
Not every book publisher is as m as uta~
Speaking of being M, there is supposedly some guy on bakatsuki doing Horizon and Owari no Chronicle? I can't help but wonder if he is just doing CH->EN
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On October 20 2013 02:06 mrmin123 wrote:Hello TL. Looking for anime recommendations from the last few seasons. Last completed animes include: - Hataraku Maou-sama! (ok) - Yuyushiki (pretty good start, somewhat flat finish) - Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (not bad, but seriously fuck the male protag) Preferences include slice of life, comedy, action if art/budget is good, protagonists with a spine. Recently started animes include: - Servant x Service (dropped after ep 1. Will need convincing arguments to pick up again) - Tamayura: Hitose (reminds me of Sketchbook (boring) more than Aria (great). Considering sticking around for a few more eps before deciding to drop) - Kyouso Giga (good energy so far) Animes I am contemplating starting: - Aku no Hana (synopsis points to spineless protagonists, unfortunately) - Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san (synopsis points to no plot/meddling humor, unfortunately) - Gatchaman Crowds (synopsis points to lame as fucking shit plot and ending, unfortunately) - Tsuritama (synopsis points to yaoi and fishing, unfortunately. But noitaminA, and I usually like noitaminA shows) Animes I started a long time ago and currently don't feel too compelled to complete. If there are any worth finishing please let me know: - A-Channel - Amagami SS - Hen Zemi - Kokoro Connect - Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Please advise thanks. ![[image loading]](http://ishall.servebeer.com/misc/dancedudesanim.gif)
SxS keeps getting better and better with each ep. It was a very good watch, and worth it to stick to through the end.
Preferences include slice of life, comedy, action if art/budget is good, protagonists with a spine. Anime to recommend:
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Binbougami-ga
Daily Lives of High School Boys
Baka to Test
On the subject of Amagami SS. Its purely just to fanboy over your favorite girl, you could totally skip a particular girl's arc (*cough* Sanae) and not feel guilty about it at all, I did it for her in the second season. I found Morishima's, Kaoru's, Nanasaki's, and Ayatsuji's arcs to be entertaining. Could just be my bias speaking here.
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On October 20 2013 11:56 Ushio wrote:
The genoace was just a crappy looking GM anyways
GMs look like crap? You wanna fight? Them some fighting words. Lets fight. Bo9 BW lets gogo
Also, Mecha design was one of the few things I thought Age was decent in. I liked Age-2/Double Bullet, Clanches, Age-1 Titus, Age-3 Fortress, Age-3 Orbital, Age-1 Glansa, and Danazines. Most non-Titus first gen stuff were pretty bland/bad, most second gen-non Age-2 stuff was pretty bland, but third gen had some decent designs.
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On October 20 2013 10:18 Zergneedsfood wrote:
Madoka was not that good in the departments that people said it was "AWESOME" in, but I still really liked it. I had fun watching it, so whatever.
I don't understand how you guys can vote AB over Tatami Galaxy...like wtf is wrong with you people. Oh wait I guess most of you guys haven't watched it so the jokes on you.
Texhnolyze is awesome but I wouldn't recommend it as something you just do for a "mile stone." I'd recommend it as something you sit down and think about for a long time rather than "OH I WANT MY 500th ANIME GAIZ."
Tatami Galaxy is perfect for a milestone anime because it thematically has that kind of quality. It's also got really moe and enjoyable characters, a great relatable story, gives you an emotional rollercoaster better than almost any other anime on your list with a solid mix of drama and comedy, better art than Madoka, a great OST, a great opening song, and is just an overall well written and executed story that manages to be really endearing and memorable despite its repetitive narrative.
How you guys managed to put Tatami Galaxy in 4th place honestly is really saddening. It really should be neck and neck with Texhnolyze and maybe above it considering I don't think Souma would really enjoy watching so much suffering for his 500th anime.
I voted for Texhnolyze.
I agree with what you say here but Tatami Galaxy had no chance of winning, so I had to vote for Texhnolyze. It's just like voting in the US presidential elections huehuehue
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Are the other series worth watching?
