No.3173
Casshern. It was mostly monster of the week stuff but it was a fun show. Haven't seen sins yet but it's supposedly much darker.
No.3181
Right now I'm watching Captain Harlock (1979), Samurai Flamenco (not wap), Gundam X, and Ideon with friends.
Only a little bit into Captain Harlock, so mostly I'm just impressed with how stylish it all is. I sing along with the theme song every time.
I'm enjoying Gundam way more than I thought I would. Yes, it loses some of the post-apocalyptic feel after the first couple of episodes and it feels like the world has stabilized on a bit higher of a standard of living than I think is entirely reasonable, but it feels very…refreshing, for lack of a better word. Garrod openly likes Tiffa and is willing to say so, and she clearly returns his affections, which puts them both above 95% of anime couples at the get-go. Newtypes feel less like space magic and more mysterious, like in 0079 (yes I know about DOME, I played Alpha Gaiden, but I'm trying to take the show as its own thing) The adults feel like adults, and the kids are plausible kids that were forced to grow up fast. It's just feels low-bullshit.
Ideon is incredibly Tomino. This is both a good and a bad thing, but mostly good for me. Kitty Kitten :(
No.3191
>>1140I've been having fun with Appleseed recently.
I wouldn't call it great, because I don't think it is a great work of sci-fi, beyond the artwork, but I will call it very good. There are too many issues with the writing to be great. But there's more than enough there to be very good.
I think it does count as the first real 'solarpunk' work, however. So it did innovate in that lens.
Otherwise it is very close to Otomo's work.