15 Responses

1. → Reply At 4:33 pm on December 3, 2008, Kiri said:

   It’s on your list already, but definitely check out Mushishi, Baccano!, and Nodame Cantabile.

   You haven’t seen Akira? Come on, man. Grave of the Fireflies. Classic movies need to be seen! Kakurenbo is also pretty neat. Mind Game. Gundam SEED is the best post-2000 Gundam series. Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, and Perfect Blue are all excellent Satoshi Kon movies. The Animatrix is worth watching through at least once. Annnd, that’s pretty much what I’ve got after comparing our MAL lists. :3

2. → Reply At 4:36 pm on December 3, 2008, lolikitsune said:

   Thanks—those movies are all titles I was peripherally aware of, but probably would never get around to watching if someone didn’t shove them in my face.

3. → Reply At 5:02 pm on December 3, 2008, Kiri said:

   Akira you should definitely see before the US live action version comes out (which is probably plenty, plenty of time, but hey).

   I just noticed you gave Paranoia Agent a low score on MAL — if that’s the case, you might not like Paprika or Perfect Blue much, but Tokyo Godfathers is pretty different from Kon’s usual stuff, so that’s still worth checking out.

4. → Reply At 5:12 pm on December 3, 2008, lolikitsune said:

   I just noticed you gave Paranoia Agent a low score on MAL — if that’s the case, you might not like Paprika or Perfect Blue much, but Tokyo Godfathers is pretty different from Kon’s usual stuff, so that’s still worth checking out.

   I didn’t dislike Paranoia Agent for style or execution reasons. I disliked it because it was stupid, and that stupidity comes mostly from the last couple seconds. I have nothing against Kon in theory so I will check out those movies (also I have heard excellent things from many people about Paprika).

5. → Reply At 5:46 pm on December 3, 2008, Baka-Raptor said:

   Touch. It’s slice-of-life, but not the “nothing happens” kind.

   Watch Kaiba and Mushishi. I don’t care for them, but I want to know what you think. Two hippie shows if you ask me. If you disagree about either, we can play Winner Takes All.

6. → Reply At 8:53 pm on December 3, 2008, Lbrevis said:

   You watched Macross F so I recommend going back and watching the original. Or start with Macross Do You Remember Love? like I did which re-tells the series and still looks gorgeous.

   I second Akira, Satoshi Kon movies, Haibane Renmei and any Ghibli movies you haven’t seen. Kaiji is the best thing ever though I can never seem to accurately predict who it will appeal to. Gunbuster and Diebuster too.

   You’ve actually seen more anime than I have so maybe I should be asking you for recommendations. Speaking of which you gave Arjuna a 10? I heard that Kawamori went off the deep end in that with his radical environmentalism. Now I’m intrigued.

7. → Reply At 9:06 pm on December 3, 2008, lolikitsune said:

   @Baka-Raptor:

   Touch. It’s slice-of-life, but not the “nothing happens” kind.

   It’s on my life for you, and I’ll watch it for you. It better be awesome.

   Watch Kaiba and Mushishi. I don’t care for them, but I want to know what you think. Two hippie shows if you ask me. If you disagree about either, we can play Winner Takes All.

   I’m not expecting much from Kaiba, but I’ve heard intriguing things about Mushishi. It’s a must-see.

   @Lbrevis:

   You watched Macross F so I recommend going back and watching the original. Or start with Macross Do You Remember Love? like I did which re-tells the series and still looks gorgeous.

   But Macross isn’t… good! Okay, okay, so maybe it’s important “culture” or whatever. I’ll et to it at some point. Sigh.

   You’ve actually seen more anime than I have so maybe I should be asking you for recommendations.

   Watch School Days. All of it at once (minus the OVAs, which blew). Preferably in a crowded, dark room, on a large screen. Don’t sleep for at least 36 hours in advance. Oh, and be sure you know how the show ends ahead of time. And make sure that the crowd you’re watching it with doesn’t.

   I can guarantee you, that’ll be the best anime experience of your life.

   Speaking of which you gave Arjuna a 10? I heard that Kawamori went off the deep end in that with his radical environmentalism. Now I’m intrigued.

   I don’t know about any of that booooollshit. It is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. And not just in terms of enjoyment. It was powerful, it was well-executed, it was thoughtful, and it rocked. digiboy can probably give you a better explanation of its virtues, as he subscribes to it on a more personal level than I do.

8. → Reply At 1:14 am on December 4, 2008, Michael said:

   Let’s watch Honey and Clover! Again! :3

   (P.S. Also, why do you hate my blog so?! ;_;)

9. → Reply At 1:52 am on December 4, 2008, lolikitsune said:

   I don’t hate it. I’m just not at all aware of when it updates, and thusly don’t comment. IM me links to your posts and I’ll comment. Works every time.

10. → Reply At 2:12 am on December 4, 2008, Michael said:

    You know, I tell people that. I’ll comment on their blogs if they link me. Thanks for the comment, btw. But I wanted to be welcomed back ;_;

    loliki-nii-chan! ;A;

11. → Reply At 2:15 am on December 4, 2008, lolikitsune said:

    /me brushes the Michael off sleeve

12. → Reply At 6:57 pm on December 4, 2008, Lbrevis said:

    Wait, how do you know Macross isn’t good if you haven’t seen it? Macross Frontier was okay but definitely not as good as SDF.

    As for trolling a bunch of people with School Days that would be pretty funny… just as long as it doesn’t end with an enraged, disillusioned audience stuffing MY head in a bag.

    I think you’re the first person I’ve talked to about Arjuna that didn’t make a joke about hamburgers. I wasn’t really keen on it but I’m definitely going to check it out when I have time.

13. → Reply At 7:09 pm on December 4, 2008, lolikitsune said:

    Wait, how do you know Macross isn’t good if you haven’t seen it? Macross Frontier was okay but definitely not as good as SDF.

    Giant robots and galactic songstresses? Boku pasu.

    As for trolling a bunch of people with School Days that would be pretty funny… just as long as it doesn’t end with an enraged, disillusioned audience stuffing MY head in a bag.

    Set it up so that you can’t be blamed. A School Days marathon was being run over night at this convention, and I happened to be there, and no one else knew about the ending. It was sexual.

    I think you’re the first person I’ve talked to about Arjuna that didn’t make a joke about hamburgers. I wasn’t really keen on it but I’m definitely going to check it out when I have time.

    Now that you mention it, I remember at least one funny scene with hamburgers, but eh. It’s kind of like how Aria has one or two whacky scenes—it’s still awesome.

14. → Reply At 2:45 am on December 5, 2008, Zeroblade said:

    Mushishi, Baccano!, Voices of a Distant Star, Princess Tutu, Haibane Renmei, Kino’s Journey

    I personally can’t vouch for the greatness of Haibane Renmei, but going with how everyone seems to love it, it’s gotta be worth something. Princess Tutu is also apparently good but I never got to finish it :(

15. → Reply At 8:05 am on December 5, 2008, lolikitsune said:

    Thanks Zeroblade. Most of those are close to the top of my list in terms of priority.