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I need to hurry up and finish Psycho Pass and Black Lagoon. When I do, I plan to finally tackle the Fate franchise, Kill La Kill, and Death Parade. Then, work my way down my Hulu list.
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01.24.2016, 12:33 AM
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Finially forced myself to sit down and finish Psycho-Pass. Overall, I was impressed. Great animation, great soundtrack, and probably one of the better sci-fi anime I've seen. Didn't leave me enthralled 100% of the time, but good nonetheless. Now, to finish Black Lagoon, tackle the Fate Franchise, and then Kill La Kill and Death Parade. After that, Arren will be excited, because I finally decided to take on Revolutionary Girl Utena! Excited.
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Post last edited by FlareNetworkC on 01.31.2016, 12:14 PM.
Oh nice! Sounds like it'll be a while before you get there though. Anyway, I can't speak for the others you listed, but Kill la Kill is another great show.
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02.01.2016, 06:09 AM
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I wasn't really considering it before, because I tried watching it a couple years ago, but seeing as I wasn't even a teenager then, I didn't get a lot of it, so I dropped it. Figured it was time to give it another go.
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02.01.2016, 06:59 AM
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Watching "Salaryman Kintaro" in Netflix sections... I may go to online viewing...
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02.08.2016, 12:57 PM
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Husky, if you don't have Hulu, I highly recommend getting it. It's free, and there's almost 800 anime on there. the entirety of Clannad, Mirai Nikki, Cowboy Bebop... lots of other great stuff. It's not illegal, either, which makes me happy.
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02.09.2016, 08:37 PM
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hahaha, I was up to 3am, watching the online show... Watching ALL of Salaryman Kintarou... IMO, a very good story... All the woman looked alike, though...
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02.10.2016, 01:59 AM
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Very close to being done with Black Lagoon. I just have to watch the OVA series and then I can move onto Fate/Stay Night. It's an amazing series, with great action, dialogue, and great use of setting.
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02.10.2016, 06:23 PM
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Finished all of Black Lagoon. An amazing series, easily in my top ten of all time, maybe even top five. Hope the Fate franchise can live up to it.
Update: Started Fate/Stay Night 2006. So far, it's incredibly boring, badly animated, and the dub is cringeworthy. But I don't want to switch to subs because I want to watch Fate/Zero in dub, and I don't wanna switch halfway through. So, I guess I better slog through it to get to the good stuff.
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02.12.2016, 08:32 PM
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The Fate/Stay franchise has a vast fan following so something good must happen eventually.
I watched the first ep of Black Lagoon a while ago but wasn't drawn in, I should give it another go based on your comments.
Its dangerous to rate a series right after you've watched it however. It may seem amazing because its fresh in your mind. Mentally review it again in a year or two.
From what I've heard, the first Fate anime isn't very good. But because the franchise as a whole is so popular, other series were made later that were apparently much better.
As for using the subs/dub, I don't think you should force yourself to endure it just so you don't have to switch. You might like it more without the dub, and ultimately isn't that the most important thing?
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@Flare
hahaha, reminds of a book I read long, long ago...
"The Source" by James Mitchner...
I decided to read it because other books of his had been good. I was also intimidated by the length, over 900 pages and decided to attack it, lol...
About the first quarter to a third was, to me at the time, slow and boring and tedious, But, I learned, as I went on with it (stubborn?) I found that the storyline all began to come together and without the early portions of the book the latter part would have not made sense. Those of you who may have read it, know what I mean.
Altogether, the book was enjoyable, and it amazed me just how Mitchner was able to weave it all together as he did.
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02.13.2016, 01:03 PM
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@Arren - I might just try that. The only voice I actually like is the main female lead. It's very rare that a series has a dub and I use the sub instead (Higurashi, Attack on Titan, and Another are the only exceptions that come to mind), but I might have to try the sub.
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02.13.2016, 02:52 PM
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I finished Fate/Stay Night 2006. It got better as it went along, but still wasn't great.
On to Fate/Zero!
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02.18.2016, 06:10 PM
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So, I started Fate/Zero, and let me say....
I can not recommend this show enough. It is beautiful, dark, funny, action-packed, deep, heartwarming. All in just the first four episodes.
Honestly, if it continues at the quality it's been going at so far, it could challenge Steins;Gate as my favorite anime by the end. Let's hope.
Watching Boku Dake ga Inai Machi... it's engaging and just a touch bizarre. I quite like it. Only 2 more eps left.
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Finally finished "Salaryman Kintaro"...
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03.13.2016, 07:15 PM
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Started watching "Moonphase" today...
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I'm really stoked about this anime.
I was thinking just the other day that a figure skating-centred one would be nice, it seems a popular sport in Japan after all...
Ha, I know it's just another in this spate of sports anime full of handsome young men that have been so popular lately, like Kuroko no Basuke and Free!. There's a rugby one out soon too I believe. Not complaining. :'D
Edit: oh wow, apparently the choreographer for this has choreographed shows for Yuzuru Hanyu. Sweet.
01.24.2016, 12:33 AM
Anyway, I can't speak for the others you listed, but Kill la Kill is another great show.
