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ZxC · **Posted:** April 4th, 2011, 6:15 pm

Just finished 5cm per second.

I can't even find words to describe the insane amount of skill that's behind the artwork of this show. That being said, that was pretty much the only good point imo. The story/soundtrack were both so-so.

Jackstick · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 10:38 am

Yeah, the story isn't anything special, and neither are the characters. I liked Part II because Kanae Sumida is an interesting character, but the rest was kind of boring IMO. =\

Good message, though.

ZxC · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 2:13 pm

Aaaand finished Spirited Away today. Very well made, but it's not really aimed for my age. Feels like a Japanese Disney movie

Started Summer Wars too, looks promising.

Rocky · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 3:18 pm

How can you start Summer Wars and not finish it? It's a movie for cryin' out loud. <_<

ZxC · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 3:32 pm

Because I put it on my ipod and I save it for when I'm in the subway.

Rocky · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 3:35 pm

That is a terrible way to watch anime films.

ZxC · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 3:42 pm

Well it works for me.

Anyways, I've also started watching SaiKano. I'm only at episode 3 right now, but I don't really like it. The thing is, I've heard from several people that it's pretty good so I was wondering if any of you had watched it. If so, is it worth it?

Jackstick · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 7:25 pm

Never heard of it. Normally I'd say "It's only 13 episodes, might as well finish it now that you've started it", but even 13 episodes can be hard to get through if it starts to feel more like homework than entertainment.

Pyro3000 · **Posted:** April 5th, 2011, 10:07 pm

Rocky wrote:

That is a terrible way to watch anime films.

ZxC · **Posted:** April 6th, 2011, 10:44 am

Done with Summer Wars, it was pretty good. I've enjoyed it a lot more than 5cm/s and Spirited Away

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Pyro3000 · **Posted:** April 6th, 2011, 11:07 pm

I like to think of OZ as Google if they bought Gaia Online.

Jackstick · **Posted:** April 7th, 2011, 10:41 am

I thought OZ was basically an alternate version of the internet as a whole, not just a website or game/business.

ZxC · **Posted:** April 7th, 2011, 1:35 pm

Sawa-chan wrote:

I like to think of OZ as Google if they bought Gaia Online.

Lol

Downloaded Princess Mononoke, will watch later. What have you guys been watching lately?

Jackstick · **Posted:** April 7th, 2011, 2:19 pm

Ever since my post in Rocky's topic, I've watched...

Series
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann + Movies
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Movies
5 Centimeters Per Second
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Howl's Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Read or Die (technically a 3-part OVA)
Spirited Away

Evangelion 2.0 is #2 of four films in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. The movies are a re-imagining of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion series from 1995-96. If you want to get into Evangelion, then I recommend going back and watching the original series (and the movie End of Evangelion) before watching the Rebuild of Evangelion movies, but that's not entirely necessary. If you do, be prepared for some pretty atrocious mid-90s artwork.

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? is ridiculously stupid and equally enjoyable to watch, but I do not have it in me to actually recommend this show to anyone.

Howl's Moving Castle is another Miyazaki movie. It's good, and I recommend it if you liked Spirited Away. IMO it's not quite as good as Princess Mononoke (my fav Miyazaki movie).

Read or Die is a 3-part OVA (90minutes in total). I don't know if it's your cup of tea, but I'll recommend it anyway because it's awesome. There's also a 26-episode series (R.O.D -THE TV-) which I thiiiiiiink serves as a direct-sequel to the OVA, or maybe it's an entirely different story? Not sure. =\

Pyro3000 · **Posted:** April 7th, 2011, 7:47 pm

Jackstick wrote:

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? is ridiculously stupid and equally enjoyable to watch, but I do not have it in me to actually recommend this show to anyone.

I do. As well as Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu.

Regulus · **Posted:** April 12th, 2011, 11:57 am

ZxC wrote:

Just finished 5cm per second.

I can't even find words to describe the insane amount of skill that's behind the artwork of this show. That being said, that was pretty much the only good point imo. The story/soundtrack were both so-so.

Jackstick wrote:

Yeah, the story isn't anything special, and neither are the characters. I liked Part II because Kanae Sumida is an interesting character, but the rest was kind of boring IMO. =\

Good message, though.

Maybe I enjoyed it a lot more because I could relate to it a lot more. 5CM > Clannad and any other anime I've seen thus far. The artwork was beautiful especially the contrast of the detailed background in comparison to the characters which weren't so detailed. Heck, we barely knew that much of the characters, almost as if to fit your own molding. The soundtrack was a nice backdrop but I really loved the song near the end, One More Time One More Chance; I felt it put together the story nicely. Again, while the story is somewhat simple, it is still a heart-warming one in my case.

For the longest time, I've had a giant list of anime I wanted to watch so hopefully I can get through some of them this weekend since I have no projects/essays to do.

ZxC · **Posted:** April 12th, 2011, 1:12 pm

I tried watching Fooly Cooly a while back, watched ep 1 again and I'm still going "what the heck am I watching".

Rocky · **Posted:** April 12th, 2011, 1:18 pm

You TRIED to watch FLCL?

I'm starting to think you hate all good things in life ZxC. :spite:

ZxC · **Posted:** April 12th, 2011, 1:43 pm

For all I know the other episodes might be awesome, but the first one doesn't make me want to watch them. It's a bunch of nonsense :?:

Maybe some people like the madness/like to try interpreting it, but I don't.

Also, I've watched Princess Mononoke. I think I liked it a bit more than Spirited Away, but both are very well made nonetheless.

Rocky · **Posted:** April 12th, 2011, 2:26 pm

On a side note, I'm watching an anime called Planetes right now, and I highly recommend it to anyone who has run out of anime to watch. It's about trash collectors...

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