Good Animation Thread

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I liked the previous thread, even if it was dead most of the time.

I was talking to a friend that really hates anime, and I was talking to him about some anime being great. I mentioned JoJo part 1 to him, and ended up watching it again. I'm now hooked on it. The other parts of the anime are terrible and have homosexual references, but part 1 is perfect. Solid plot, solid message, solid animation, and no filler/junk. The first episode is kind of ragebait and boring though. I would not recommend any other part of JoJo.


It probably has some Christian references if you look hard enough, but I mean, it's from Japan. Hard to tell with them.
 
Supposedly some fantastic storytelling has been done in anime; for those of us who for whatever reason never ventured into it and - as in my case - gradually cut back on entertainment of all types, it is a daunting prospect to learn about it without sinking a lot of time into it. I am so utterly disgusted with virtually all of the "show" that engulfs us that I have been looking in different places.

After looking at a bit of several anime programs a few years ago, I happened upon Elfen Lied which turned out to be fortunate and is still the only anime I and the wife have watched at any length. It is on Amazon Prime and probably numerous anime portals. There are only 13 episodes so not a big time commitment. We have watched it several times. Without giving anything away, I would describe it as a story that opens looking like sci-fi horror, but morphs into a rom-com and finally a philosophical-tinged fantasy. Very thoughtful tale - and the music and art for opening and closing are surprising, with the most overt Christian references. Parts may go a little beyond PG-13, especially at the beginning and in one dark episode toward the end, but very few. Nothing graphic, just hints of disturbing events. Mostly it is sweet and interesting.

I have heard Legends of Galactic Heroes is excellent, but looks like a big time commitment.

Here is the theme song of the show without any other context. It has more meaning if you happen to know Latin but in the show itself the Latin has English subtitles. But this gives an idea of the storytellers' sensibilities.

 
I watched Frieren recently and I really enjoyed it. They've recently announced a second season. Looking forward to it. I am fully convinced that anime is the key to saving our civilization. I'm only being partially ironic when I say that. I truly do believe it played a part in my awakening from my turbolibtard stupor years ago. Anime girls embody an ideal of femininity and beauty which certain people would have us forget about. There are obviously a lot of degenerate anime, but at its core, I think anime as a medium is a very positive thing, and young men such as myself often create friendships using our enjoyment of it as a starting point.
God's lonely asperger said:
I was talking to a friend that really hates anime, and I was talking to him about some anime being great. I mentioned JoJo part 1 to him, and ended up watching it again. I'm now hooked on it. The other parts of the anime are terrible and have homosexual references, but part 1 is perfect. Solid plot, solid message, solid animation, and no filler/junk. The first episode is kind of ragebait and boring though. I would not recommend any other part of JoJo.
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I definitely agree that JJBA is very flamboyant at times, but I personally did not find that it happened very often or that it was unbearable, and apart from that, I didn't really find problems with it (other than maybe the fact that it sometimes uses shock value and some scenes can get, as the name would imply, quite bizarre, which I did find unpleasant but does not happen often enough to ruin the whole thing for me). I think all of the different protagonists up until Part 6 are very positive and heroic masculine figures. JJBA certainly does not promote things like feminism or transgenderism.

I think JJBA is a net positive with many parallels to traditional stories from centuries past. Look at Part 3 (Stardust Crusaders) for example. What are the motivations of the main characters in Part 3, which compel them to travel across half the world to hunt down a vampire and his underlings? Three of them are fighting for the sake of their families, one of them is fighting to repay a debt to a man whom he admires for saving his life, one of them simply wants to kill the vampire for being an abominable and incredibly dangerous creature that should be eradicated, and one is just a literal Boston Terrier who is inexplicably highly intelligent and I don't even remember what his motivation was but yeah you get my point. Part 5 (il vento d'oro) in particular I found to be filled with very traditional archetypes and tropes, and I think it's subtly a very pro-Christian story.

Now, each part is written years if not decades apart from the next, and in my opinion, Part 5 was the last good part (and in fact the best part). Apparently, Mr. Araki (the author) became something of a turbolibtard at some point after making Part 5. I did not find Part 6 to be actively malicious or disgusting like a Hollywood movie would be, or at least nowhere near to the same degree as a Hollywood movie, but there is a certain underlying vibe of girl power, the main villain is a gay RoCath priest turned vampire worshipper, they make Jotaro quite weak for no reason other than to hand the spotlight to the main character who is a woman, and so on. I dropped Part 6 midway through and have no desire to finish it. I would definitely be willing to rewatch Part 5 at some point, however.
 
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For a relaxing anime with no real plot but just slice-of-life episodes, my all time favorite is The Helpful Fox Senko-san. I enjoy watching it at night before bed. It's a feel-good and relaxing anime. Some episodes even have helpful tips to relax ( eg, what type of Japanese tea to drink that will make you feel calm just before bed )

Another relaxing anime is My Senpai is Annoying. Hilarious in some parts.

For a red-pill anime, two of my favourites: Cautious Hero & Rise of the Shield Hero.

Rise of the Shield Hero got the western femiNazis up in arms because it was about a gamer guy who was transported to a fantasy world where he was falsely accused of sexual harassment. Rather than just give in against a misandrist society that didn't believe his innocence, he went rogue and fought back. Let's just say, in the end, the girl who falsely accused him got what she deserved.

The Western feminazis didn't like that it seems.

How dare a male fight back against false sexual harassment accusations!

They tried to get it banned but it didn't work :LOL::LOL::LOL:
 
My first anime was One Punch Man. I really loved it, everything about it was incredible. The worldbuilding, the animation, the voice acting. I had never seen anything like it. That was years ago, and it's rare for me to find an anime that captures that same feeling of immersion and of a kind of awe at the technical prowess of it.

One Punch Man has a lot of soul, it has a massive cast of characters yet it manages to get me to care about all of them and remember all of their names. Each of them is interesting enough that they could have their own series, and all of them get their turn to be in the spotlight.

In a lot of episodes, the main character (the titular One Punch Man) doesn't show up at all as the show focuses on a different character's journeys and struggles, which is really great writing. The author understands that a character who can beat anyone with one punch can become profoundly uninteresting really quickly if not done properly, which is why episodes where he actually is in the spotlight usually focus more on his motivations, his relationships with other characters, and maybe a bit of existentialism, instead of on him beating bad guys, though he does also beat bad guys.

If you just read the synopsis, you will perhaps assume that it's a shallow power fantasy type deal like a lot of anime are, but it definitely isn't.

I don't think I would have continued watching anime if I had started with something more generic. I liked it enough that I'm actually up to date with the manga, I've been reading it for years.

Sad to see that the second season of the anime got butchered so badly, that arc deserved so much better. The first season was made by Studio Madhouse, and many of the greatest individuals in the industry worked on it, so everything about it is excellent. Now, the second season was released many years after the first, and it was made by JC Staff, which is a studio that basically only does, like, romance anime. Obviously they were unable to properly pull off any of the fights, they were basically slideshows, and they made Genos' cyborg parts look like they were made out of cheap plastic.

Apparently the third season will be handled by a different studio. I really hope they do it justice.

I'm going to start watching Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. It's been on my backlog for years. No idea what to expect beyond what the synopsis says. The artstyle seems pretty unique.
 
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From now on, I'm going to try and keep this thread alive even if it's just me in it. I will post my thoughts about Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei once I'm done watching it.
 
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Ping Pong is the best anime series I've seen. Sounds like a silly or simple premise but it is chockful of deep themes about life, competition, coming-of-age, accepting tough realities about your limitations, learning how to be happy, and so forth. Plus it's short and sweet.

 
My friend lent me his Crunchy Roll account and I've been watching Season 4 of 'Thunderbolt Fantasy'. It is a 'Taiwanese puppet production company Pili International Multimedia, creators of Pili ("Thunderbolt") series.' (Wikipedia). I never watched Pili but I saw the show talked about on the internet. Quite frankly I think it is amazing, with each season getting better and better. The synopsis of the first season is 'Set in an Eastern fantasy setting, Dān Fěi and her brother, guardians of a sword known as the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, are pursued by the evil Xuán Guǐ Zōng clan, who seek to obtain the sword for their master, Miè Tiān Hái.'

The names are in Chinese and can be a bit challenging to keep up with who is who, especially because it is dubbed in Japanese and the names are pronounced drastically different, but I get by. Basically anime with puppets. The story, magic as well as sword fighting is really cool and the practical effects are stunning. The puppets look gorgeous and the soundtrack is amazing. It's not like the muppets or the old Jim Henson stuff. I know puppets aren't everyone's cup of tea but I was never really into puppets and this show continues to blow me away.

Also it is surprisingly mature and I find there to be absolutely ZERO wokeness involved, so that's a plus.
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TouchdownTbone said:
My friend lent me his Crunchy Roll account and I've been watching Season 4 of 'Thunderbolt Fantasy'. It is a 'Taiwanese puppet production company Pili International Multimedia, creators of Pili ("Thunderbolt") series.' (Wikipedia). I never watched Pili but I saw the show talked about on the internet. Quite frankly I think it is amazing, with each season getting better and better. The synopsis of the first season is 'Set in an Eastern fantasy setting, Dān Fěi and her brother, guardians of a sword known as the Tiān Xíng Jiàn, are pursued by the evil Xuán Guǐ Zōng clan, who seek to obtain the sword for their master, Miè Tiān Hái.'

The names are in Chinese and can be a bit challenging to keep up with who is who, especially because it is dubbed in Japanese and the names are pronounced drastically different, but I get by. Basically anime with puppets. The story, magic as well as sword fighting is really cool and the practical effects are stunning. The puppets look gorgeous and the soundtrack is amazing. It's not like the muppets or the old Jim Henson stuff. I know puppets aren't everyone's cup of tea but I was never really into puppets and this show continues to blow me away.

Also it is surprisingly mature and I find there to be absolutely ZERO wokeness involved, so that's a plus.
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Woah, a wuxia with puppets? I'll have to check that out!
 
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Exactly. I just finished the 4th season and it was equally amazing. There was a 4th movie released recently that concludes the story but it's not on Crunchy Roll unfortunately
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I gave the first episode a watch. It seems to be a pretty standard wuxia/xianxia story (not a bad thing, I like those) but the fact that it's with puppets is incredibly unique. I like it. Thank you for the recommendation.
 
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Unending Powerhouse Match said:
I gave the first episode a watch. It seems to be a pretty standard wuxia/xianxia story (not a bad thing, I like those) but the fact that it's with puppets is incredibly unique. I like it. Thank you for the recommendation.
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I remember thinking the same thing about the first chunk of episodes but when you reach episodes 12 and 13 there are revelations that will make you rethink what you were watching the whole time and get hungry for more. In my case anyways
 
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