No.41
>>40I've been watching The X-Files. I remember it from when I was a kid and remember my mom commenting that it was scary and I wasn't allowed to watch it, although I wasn't interested in it at the time.
The last episode I watched I wasn't impressed with at all.
No.42
Hitoribocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu
No.49
Anime wise, City Hunter. It's been fun. There are obviously better episodes than others with its episodic nature. My favourites are usually the dumb ones involving children or aspects where Ryo isn't really protecting someone but and we see their perspective until Ryo saves the day in the end.
I wish Kaori was used a bit more, that one episode where she had to defend Ryo with his revolver and botching the shots due to the kickback and STILL taking out bad guys was fantastic and wish she did shit like that more than just being "le big hammer" girl
I wish the best theme in the show would make a return though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7q-Ytc1B4. I loved hearing this during a scene where Ryo had to turn the tables or do something impossible and he pulled through.
I'm also going through all the Ghibli movies before I head to Japan in a week, gonna see the Ghibli museum and want to be up to date. Saw Wind Rises today and liked it. Only 4 left.
TV wise. I'm watching The Sopranos for no real reason. I just remember I downloaded it and decided to give it a shot a month ago to see if it was as good as people say. I like it, but surprised it's more about family drama than action. I always thought it was similar to Breaking Bad in regards to danger and suspense but really there's never any of that and it almost feels like a sitcom at times with everyone having their own A and B plots. On Season 6 now, I know how it ends so it's sad to think about Tony and his family in a lot of scenarios.
No.96
I recently watched the first episodes of Am I Actually The Strongest? and Saint Cecilia & Pastor Lawrence.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/52969/Jitsu_wa_Ore_Saikyou_deshitahttps://myanimelist.net/anime/52082/Shiro_Seijo_to_Kuro_BokushiStrongest? is pretty comfy so far and Flay is really hot and funny so I'll probably be watching it for her. Cecilia & Lawrence is a really comfy and cute slice of life romcom. It would probably be easy to joke about it being based and trad or something. I would recommend it to anyone that wants to see a cute loli romcom or is generally sick of lewd nuns like me.
I'll probably wait until every episode is released to continue because I want to watch an episode per day without having to wait and I don't like having a torrent file for each individual episode.
No.99
>>40Anime?
Quite a few things:
>Arc the Lad>Battle Programmer Shirase>Birdy the Mighty: Decode>Gundam '79>rewatching Gundam 0080>No Guns Life>Rose of Varsailles>Scrapped PrincessThe last regular TV show I watched was some reruns of Star Trek: Enterprise
No.100
>>42Nice to see someone watching the true Bocchi show.
>>98I had no idea there was an adaptation in the works. Maybe I really will read the manga now.
No.189
Recently lots and lots of youtube videos about creepy ARGs, analog horror and spooky games. I started watching SAO with my friend as a guilty pleasure/so bad its good watching and we have been having fun laughing together at silly writing. At the same time, I realize that this anime isn't as bad as I remember and I've been maybe a bit too harsh on it in the past.
I really like the form of ARG and analog horror, I find it incredibly comfy despite the dark subject matter. I often watch the series itself then I will watch a video explaining it to check if I missed any details or secrets I wouldn't be able to find otherwise (Like alternate accounts of creators where they post pictures and other stuff).
I really like White Stag Education, because my favourite Analog Horror series is Gemini Home Entertainment, and White Stag feels REALLY inspired by GHE. The style is incredibly similar, and although it uses a lot of generic tropes that started with GHE, I think it uses it very well and in some ways even more subtly than GHE did.
GHE uses a lot of "Video that starts as normal but quickly turns into creepy at third or fourth position", but while GHE was a bit more on the nose with it, White Stag still uses that trope but a bit more subtly? In GHE the footage would distort and become weird to the point where it is obvious that the work tries to creep you out. But in White Stag, this also does happen, but in a way that feels more realistic to something produced in the world of the series.
There is a moment where the first video gives us an acronym SAFE, which is supposed to keep us safe while hiking.
S stands for "Stay on the trails" and introduces the idea of "false trails", there is a moment where music cuts out while the video warns us that we will not return if we go on a false trail. The "YOU WILL NOT RETURN" is shown without music and in red writing. But afterwards, the video goes back to normal. This felt to me less as if the video was trying to shock me in some way, but as if the in-universe creators of the video were trying their best to make sure that we get the point. It didn't feel like some outside force was trying to make the video overly spooky, rather as if it was super important and they meant to give us a strong warning. Later on F turns to "Fear the forest" but it's also treated in a way as a safety tip rather something that was intentionaly made to be creepy.
I really like that about the series and think more analog horror series should do that. It really helps the immersion whenever they don't put their focus on shock value (even though the later videos still do it to some extent, but that's fine, it's a good trope) but on making the videos terrifying simply due to them feeling realistic in the world, and the implications of them being scary in themselves.
We don't need constant random jumpscares of spooky faces appearing whenever something creepy is supposed to happen like in FNAF VHS or the videos suddenly getting creepy and distorted. (White Stag did the jumpscare thing only once now) The implications can be scary on their own.
Still I love this medium and I want to see more interesting analog horror. If White Stag goes on to do more cool stuff it might become my favourite in stead of Gemini, or at least get close.
No.263
>>256Watch Riding Bean too, it's also pretty good!
No.265
>>256Great anime that I need to rewatch. Crazy that they got Peter Erskine to do the music for it.
No.304
>>303Glad you liked it. If you've got 11 minutes to spare, give Bean Bandit a watch too. It's a kickstarted anime that isn't that good but it's okay for what it is.
No.307
Not an anime, but I recently started reading Subahibi. I haven't read that much yet and I don't know whatever it is I am in for, but the vibe I feel from it agrees with me.
No.308
>>299I've been thinking about watching that. I rarely watch cartoons, but I have been watching My Adventures with Superman.
No.315
>>304I just watched it, it felt like a trailer or something, it was a bit strange. Why did they used that Rally, I liked the brown Rally much better.
I also watched Scramble Wars: Tsuppashiru! Genom Trophy Rally. I don't know any of the characters other than the Riding Bean cameos, but it was hilarious. The art is cute too. I don't understand why it has such a low score on MAL, I really enjoyed it. It is also a goldmine for reaction pictures, I might watch it again just to take proper screenshots.
No.324
>>315>Why did they used that Rally, I liked the brown Rally much better.That's the original Rally. She was changed in GSC for some reason I forget.
Never heard of Scramble Wars, might give it a watch.
No.327
>>308If you liked Adventure Time or the kind of humour in general I think you'll like it, it doesn't have too many episodes either yet.
No.498
>>471Finished it 2 days ago, made me cry.
No.503
I was watching Serial Experiments Lain but after one episode put me in a really weird mood I had to take a break and I keep forgetting to pick it back up. It's really interesting, although rough around the edges
No.563
>>562I just finished watching that a few days ago and it wasn't depressing until I heard how the manga ends so I'll just pretend the manga isn't canon
No.573
>>471What's another anime like Gosick? I like the pre-WW1 setting.
No.681
>>680I need to watch this again. The one time I saw it, I was only half paying attention. I ended up ruining my own experience and remember next to nothing about the movie.
No.752
>>40Oh man, been a while since I posted on wapchan but I might as well add something here, haha. Been watching Hunter X Hunter 2011 but incredibly slowly (1 episode a day) hoping to finish it and see if I like it more than I did 1999 after the Hunter Exam. I never liked Nen and even made a thread about my HxH 1999 opinions on this site but it might've just been explained poorly in that version and this time they'll speed through it and it'll be better. I also hear the Chimera Arc is incredible so can't wait to watch that and
probably be disappointed by it.Not sure what I'll watch after that though, maybe finish Under Ninja and start up Dungeon Meshi and Frieren since I've been wanting to experience the former since I first heard about it and anon's on /a/ told me it'll get an anime "real soon" (2015) and everyone won't shut up about Frieren so I might as well watch that too and see if it's good or "feelings slop" as a few people I know call it.
No.755
>>40the second season of kakegurui -- kakegurui xx! basically, it's a gambling anime mixed with supernatural and horror. it's been fun, everyone in this anime is a mess!
>>752this reminds me. since you mentioned /a/, why not 'otaku no video'? i hear it's a classic, and unlike most anime, it's also an educational documentary that goes deep into the lives of hikikomori in japan.
No.756
>>40I just started watching Spice and Wolf. I remember watching the first episode several years ago and I didn't really like it back then so I dropped it. Now I'm actually enjoying it. I guess my taste has changed a little bit.
No.981
>>832I haven't thought about Kinmoza for a LONG time.
>>935I've been meaning to start patlabor for a while now. I really enjoyed the bit I watched, it being quite different from the usual mecha, and also I found it physical for cheap, so it'd really be a waste not to watch.
No.1055
I'm watching an ant crawl across the palm of my hand
No.1061
just watched 5-okunen button!
>>1055could you watch the ant crawl for 500000000 years...?
No.1672
>>40Doing a nice rotation of 3 1981 mecha shows: Godmars, Goshogun and Gold Lightan, all are quite distinct from each other and all are good - I can especially see why Godmars was such a hit with its creative storyboarding. I'm also going to check out Gaoranger, soon, maybe even now.
No.1797
I binged Watamote over the weekend because I needed something I can relate to.
No.1798
For some reason I have issues motivating myself to watch anime, even though I know I'll really enjoy it, I still can't motivate myself for some reason, might any of you friends have an idea as to why?
>>1797This is one I really want to start watching.
No.1811
>>1798Commitment. Watch some shows that are just a few minutes each or a movie to get back into the feel for it.
No.1815
>>1798I mostly watch one or two seasonals with the odd old show or movie here or there a few times a year.
Dedicating time to things is a tricky thing. Often people like anime, but watch less of it because they enjoy other things more (or are addicted to something). That's fine too.
The trick for me to start anime is that I have to REALLY want to watch it because there's a dozen shows every year that I "could watch", but that doesn't really make me feel like I need to. If I don't get this feeling, I just won't. No backlog, nothing. I'll just let it go and wait for something else another season. Already watched an obscene amount of anime so I'm generally not missing out on anything either way.
No.2389
Been watching Kanon, prety intence so far but I'm soldering in.
No.2555
>>2549I hope you at least understood the other two shorts, anon.
(I was confused too)
No.2561
I've been returning to my roots and watching a lot of pokémon lately, mostly from the Advance Generation era. The last thing I watched was Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, which I haven't seen in 15 years or so. This one always stood out to me for some reason, maybe because it was the last film I watched before taking a break from the anime for so long. I also had a big crush on Haruka/May for most of my childhood, so seeing her in a motherly role created some strange feelings.
Conceptually this is still one of my favourite pokémon films. The sea temple is a cool idea and the sequence with Ash saving the temple is one of the best in the entire franchise. For a pokémon film the story is pretty ambitious and it's one of the few newer films that feels like something more than just a really long anime episode. The music definitely carried the film, but I guess that's true even for the anime. I enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to.
There were also some disappointing things. In terms of CGI use this is one of the worst pokémon films, with some scenes looking like a PS2 cutscene. It's unfortunate because the handdrawn background art and colour palette in all these films are usually gorgeous, but this only draws even more attention to the ugly CGI. The side characters were unusually weak for a pokémon film, which is odd when you consider that this is still apparently the longest one. It didn't matter that much since the focus was always on Haruka and Manaphy, but it made the ending scene feel kind of random. In general the film felt disjointed, like they had to cut a lot out. There was a lot of build up with Team Rocket that went nowhere, in the promotional material Ash is at some kind of steering wheel that's not in the film, etc. The final Team Rocket scene was them being pulled out of the temple into the ocean and you didn't even get a quick shot at the end to show they were okay. It's very strange.
Watching the film with "dubtitles" was kind of shocking, though. I had my suspicions, of course, but the localisation was much worse than I anticipated. For example, there's a scene where Team Rocket come out of hiding and in Japanese the joke is that they're so sore that they can't talk, but in the dub they're making all kinds of bad puns, culminating in them breaking the fourth wall directly and teasing Diamond and Pearl.
No.2565
>>2561My only real experience with Pokémon throughout my life other than collecting cards lightly like everyone else were the older movies I'd see on TV every so often, Pokémon Ranger and Temple of the Sea included. I might actually watch some of the few I missed. Super comfy watching.
No.2581
>>2565They're very comfy! I think they're all worth watching if you like pokémon. I've seen the first 10 and I don't remember any of them being bad or unwatchable.
>>2576I mean, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea came out the same year as the first Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, which still looks good today. They just didn't have the budget or interest for a pokémon film.
But in general I think CGI rarely looks good in anime. It rarely integrates well with the hand drawn art so it just looks janky. The pokémon films have amazing artistic direction otherwise, so the simplistic CGI just clashes even more.
The first film is great, though, yeah.