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  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    >it's one of those things where there is no clear number 1



    Fair enough.



    >Maus



    Never heard of it. I should check it out.
  • NyktosNyktos
    edited 2012-07-09 20:39:29
    a little muffled

    how have you never heard of maus, seriously


    Entirely unrelated, but I just watched RahXephon episode 15, and aside from the tearjerkeriness, is it just me or does young!Makoto look like he should actually grow up to be Sorin Markov? (I guess the only person who could possibly answer this is Juan.)

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.

    I wouldn't still say its a fighting series. I think of Saint Seiya or Dragon Ball or Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Fist of the North Star or JoJo's Bizarre adventure or the previously discussed Soul Eater. Those are fighting series, which are not necessaritly restricted to shonen, even when its conventions and pitfalls are conflated with the demographic. The fighting in Fullmetal Alchemist is there to progress the plot rather than just be there to be cool or entertaining.

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person

    I have to say the absolute best moment in Maus is when the writer realizes that the different animals representing different groups of people analogy has been stretched too thin, and then just starts drawing people with animal masks on. 

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm probably going to go for Blame, Biomega, and maybe Yatsubato.

  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    how have you never heard of maus, seriously
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    Entirely unrelated, but I just watched RahXephon episode 15, and aside from the tearjerkeriness, is it just me or does young!Makoto look like Sorin Markov?



    Besides the hair and the chin I don't really see it. 


    I have to say the absolute best moment in Maus is when the writer realizes that the different animals representing different groups of people analogy has been stretched too thin, and then just starts drawing people with animal masks on.  

    The masks actually represent someone acting as someone they were not. For example, whenever the jews were hiding as polish people, they were drawn as mouses with pig heads. 


    It's funny because I think besides the first three animals (Pig!Polish, Cat!Nazis and Jewish!Rats) the others don't really appear until the very end when the coalition of allies arrives.

  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    INUH: Have you read Pluto? It's also Urasawa and I actually think it's better than 20th Century Boys.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    I haven't (I think I said that but I might not have >.>)
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    You should. It's his take on Astro Boy and it's very Asimov-influenced too.

  • AlkthashAlkthash
    I'm a damn twisted person
    Oh geeze I've been dumb. Forgetting to toss out Akira for Crimson's list.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Sounds pretty awesome.
  • KrakenKraken
    Has anyone here read Otoyomegatari?
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Wait, Weavel's a girl?

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.

    Of course not. It's a doujin, it's non-canon.

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    @Juan:

    Besides the hair and the chin I don't really see it.
    It's mostly the hair, admittedly.

  • fourteenwingsfourteenwings
    There is love everywhere, I already know

    New Dragonball movie is coming out. Yet more retro stuff, but this time it's something nobody really asked for...

  • FirebertFirebert

    Speak for yourself.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    >This time it's something nobody really asked for


    >Implying people actually ask for more Dragon Ball movies

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    JHM,


    I like horribly depressing things myself.


    Have you seen Bokurano? I guess it is kind of like Evangelion because of the whole dark mecha with middle schoolers plot, but I think it takes a different enough approach from that series to make it not seem like a copycat. If you can stomach the scary and depressing parts, I feel like it may be a good fit for you or anyone else who is into horror and/or dramatic stuff.


    That being said, I can certainly see how someone might find it overly angsty or lacking in depth so this may be entering into your mileage may vary territory.



    I've read a bit about Bokurano before, and again, it's on my list.


    Anyone want to serve me up some more misery?

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.

    As long as it's not Dragonball Evolution style.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    ^^Berserk?

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    i've heard that reading claymore is both suffering and joy.

  • FirebertFirebert

    If you want something like Bokurano, there's always Gantz, which is like a sci-fi Berserk/Claymore.

  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2012-07-10 13:29:32

    I haven't seen Bokurano yet, but based on what I've heard about it... (EDIT: er... wait, you haven't seen it either...  Oh well, it doesn't really affect my recommendations)


    Alien Nine might be vaguely similar, in that it's about children being forced into traumatic situations in order to protect the world.  Though it's pretty seriously flawed, and the anime is cut extremely short (four episodes, so it only covers half of the first manga).  Still, I liked it a lot anyway, though I don't necessarily expect that other people would.


    Saikano (aka. Saishuuheiki Kanojo, but nobody actually calls it that) is probably a better recommendation, though I haven't actually watched past the second episode yet.  It's a romance anime where the girl is part of an experiment that turns her into a superweapon.  Or something.  Drama ensues.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!

    ^^Except Gantz isn't very good.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    The Tatami Galaxy has been removed from my to-watch list.  Madoka has been added.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    Meduka's excellent albeit also lacking.

  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2012-07-10 13:55:02
    Has friends besides tanks now

    I'm gonna have to recommend against Gantz as well. Didn't even get past one episode without using attempted rape as drama, and beyond that it looked like a show that would have tried my patience.


    Actually, I wonder if anyone here remembers my pitifully failed attempt at Let's Watch-ing it? I mean, I still went in expecting it to be bad, but I had no idea it was going to start so terribly.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    I think the moment that represents everything that Gantz is and why it annoys me is that scene where the pink-hair girl gets her vagina licked by a dog

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