Anime sucking lately

Originally Posted by Godai

Nothing in recent memory can hold a candle to that good ol' 80s/90s stuff. I absolutely love Kimagure Orange Road, Maison Ikkoku, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Rose of Versailles, etc.

Ahh, another LoGH fan <3 There are good fansubs finally up on the internet if you're interested. Central Anime is the group name, I think, and they're doing the movies, then the OAVs. VERY nice fansubs. Clear and easy to follow, unlike the chinese bootlegs

Touch is one of the best series ever, as well. But it's under most folks' radar...

I'm noticing that my anime tastes differ a lot from the norm. Lucky Star was okay, but I never found myself laughing out loud terribly much. It gave me a smirk from time to time but I deleted it from my External HD without much hesitation (my External HD houses all my keepers. FMP series, LoGH, Touch, Maison Ikkoku, You're Under Arrest, etc).

Also, I strongly agree with Gungrave. The gunfights are pretty lame, but it is such a wonderfully done series. The drama, characters, and their development is just beautiful. Its ending is probably one of the more watery-eyed moments I've had in anime. And I've seen Grave of the Fireflies

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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Mushishi is fucking AWESOME <3 Every episode feels and ends like something done by Miyazaki. The music is gorgeous (I have both soundtracks on my Hard Drive), and the scenery artwork is top-notch. Some folks will gripe about how Ginko and the other characters look, but it is damn nice. Definitely in my top 10.

Every episode (just about) is detached and not much of a particular order can be determined (most of the time). Season 1 ends much like the usual episode. I hope there is a Season 2, but I won't be holding my breath ;(

Two things are pissing me off in modern anime -- the "Mindfuck" and the "Emo-tastic" main character. It probably started before Evangelion, but Shinji was the first glaring emo-character. Someone will MOPE and WHINE and fucking throw a world-class hissy-fit for ten god damn episodes, seems to get better but no! Next episode? BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW. I've seen countless newer anime spin off in to this, regardless of the genre. This also spans in to the "I don't want to kill anyone" thing. Rurouni Kenshin? Well, a reversed blade is believable. But Trigun? "I WANNA USE A GUN BUT I WON'T SHOOT ANYONE =(" Gundam Seed? "ZOMG I KILLED SOMEONE ;__;"

Mindfucks don't need any explanation... It's basically the writers getting lazy and they decide to leave out plot elements in hope of looking "clever" and "innovative". Things are coated in flamboyant colors, the viewer is blind-folded, spun in a circle, and told to decipher things. Once again, Eva is a prime example of this bullshit.

Eva is pretty much the epitome of everything I hate in an anime, really

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Go sulk with Shinji And fap off to Asuka when she's in a coma (did that really happen? My brother mentioned that it did, but I didn't want to touch the series after the main-series ended).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I can't wrap my head around why people even tolerate it. It's a lame, vanilla anime with cut-out character types and ZERO development. The overly cheerful main character pissed me off and it climaxed, like, halfway through the series

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Right. God forbid someone has a different taste in anime :V

How ya doing, buddy?