Topic: Manga and Anime discussion

@LN78 I hate Mondays!!

@LN78 to be fair I read a few pages of Beserk and I can see me digging this. Maybe I am a manga man after all.

Been watching Psycho-Pass (Season 1) the last few days and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. Love Akane and Kogami as the two leads and the villain I find rather interesting too 😄

... Though the murders in episodes 6-8 are a little unsettling with the imagery thanks to the whole "artwork" motif to that killer has.

But yeah... Very enjoyable Cyberpunky Crime Drama with some Psychological themes and social commentary.

Good stuff.

Though I've heard season 2 is a bit of wet blanket and season 3 came out recently apparently but is only in Japanese.

I should probably ask for some recommendations as I've only watched 11 anime series and read 2 more series as manga's... So I'm not very well versed in this despite liking my Japanese games well enough.

I haven't even watched Ghost in The Shell for example 😂

@HallowMoonshadow

That's also a fairly accurate description of Ghost in the Shell, so you'll probably enjoy that. The original movie is still one of my favourites, and the original anime series (GITS Stand Alone Complex Season 1 and 2nd Gig) are also wonderful.

In terms of recommendations, it depends on what you're looking for. Studio Ghibli movies are always an easy recommendation (Spirited Away being my favourite of them), Nichijou is a great slice of life comedy series, then there's the more serious shows like Death Note or the action packed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

There's still so much anime that I'm unfamiliar with, so I still feel like a bit of a noob in this subject.

@HallowMoonshadow I’m a bit of a manga veteran these days, having read…150 pages of Berserk, so I would thoroughly recommend that. Beyond that I can only recommend Ghost in the Shell 😂

Although, I did watch Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, both of which I enjoyed to various degrees. I also saw Your Name and Weathering With You recently, which are both very gooey but pretty fun.

Well considering it's a good 5 days later for me to reply I'm sure you've already met Griffith by now @kyleforrester87 and maybe even got past that arc 😂

I have actually read it before but it is rather hazy admittedly and I can barely remember it...

There is an anime series or two I believe not to mention I think there's a trio of films that you might wanna check out if it's got it's hooks into you that bad 😄

A shame it's never going to get finished now though with the creator passing away last year.

I've heard of Jojo a couple of times but never really known what it's about @crimsontadpoles aside from having very flamboyant character/art design ... I'll probably give that a look soon enough though!

I have watched Deathnote before and I'll definitely be giving it another look when I can 😄

I actually didn't know there was an anime for Ghost In The Shell so I'll be sure to give those a look too.

@LN78 I got the Delux book, it’s really nice! I have only read The Black Swordsman and The Brand so far though. I had a stomach virus last weekend and most of the week so just sat around dying and feeling sorry for myself, mostly.

@LN78 yeah it’s weird reading backwards. It got used to it relatively quickly but I still get tripped up on the order when there are a lot of panels on the same page. I paid £40 for this one, didn’t think it was bad considering how big the book is but in reality it doesn’t take too long to get through it!

My final order of anime from RightStuf's Holiday 2021 sale delivered today!

My order from the recent Discotek sale finally arrived!

Just finished up the Jaya Island arc in One Piece the other day, and something about Bellemy's voice was bothering me the entire time as it sounded familiar yet I couldn't exactly place why, until the very last episode when it hit me it was Radditz's voice (from DBZ, dub for what it's worth).

The VA doesn't even do anything to make him sound distinct, it's just 100% Radditz.

My most favourite manga of all time. Really hoping the movie's good.

@ThereThere Spy X Family is really good so I've heard.

No problem, hope you enjoy! I still need to watch both shows myself.

Got a little haul in.

City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes - I fell in love with City Hunter when I watched the first season on Retro Crush, so I decided to nab the recent movie. Watched it this morning & liked it.

New Cutey Honey - I first watched this about a decade ago on a YouTube channel that was uploading a bunch of old US Manga Corps/Central Park Media (which has been defunct) properties & remember really liking it. Needless to say I was excited to find out it had been picked up & remastered for Blu-Ray by a new licensor & am hoping to see if it still holds up.

Maken Ki season 1 - Similar story to the above, as in I watched it probably about a decade ago (though on some pirate site) and remember enjoying it (particularly this first season). I've been eyeing it for awhile and just haven't pulled the gun until now (no matter what I'll probably pick up season 2 eventually just for completionist's sake).

Bonus: Alternate art for City Hunter the Movie under the cardboard slip cover.

@KidBoruto, what a massive haul! Hope you enjoy Medabots, I watched it a little over on Retro Crush and it made me fill like a kid again (I only watched an episode or two when it first came out, so finding it was a bit of childhood wish fulfillment), and had a lot of fun with it.

Also let me know how you get on with Kenichi. I loved the manga when I read it years ago, though the anime didn't seem to really capture it well when I was first made aware of it so I never watched it.

@RR529 Make sure to watch the Jackie Chan City Hunter movie! Absolute steaming garbage but Jackie Chan is always watchable and I have a soft spot for it.

@nessisonett While not technically anime, did you ever watch the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon? That was pretty entertaining actually haha. 😆

@TowaHerschel7 Yep, that was on when I was a kid! Quite liked it actually, it was a bizarre premise but totally worked.

@TowaHerschel7, @nessisonett, I had heard of the Jackie Chan City Hunter but had no idea it was related. Will definitely check it out at some point.

Totally forgot Jackie Chan Adventures even existed, but now that it's been brought up I remember loving it (not sure if I ever finished it, or if it ever did get a proper ending, though). I think it was a Saturday morning cartoon over here, part of the same block as Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Started watching Yona of the Dawn recently and am really enjoying it so far. Feels like what Fushigi Yuugi could have been without the omnipresent sexual assault, weak heroine, and troubling handling of transgender character.

Of course, it's early days for me, so there's always time for the show to show its butt. Unfortunately, it seems like the show never got a second season, so I'll probably have to transition to the manga sooner than later.

Could still get renewed, though. If The Devil Is a Part-Timer can get a second season after all these years, so can anything!