Posted November 11, 2021

Cambrey
Purple Dot Cultist
Registered: Oct 2008
From France

Vinry_.
Stop asking about my other half!
Registered: Dec 2016
From Indonesia

frogthroat
Look behind you, a three headed monkey!
Registered: Apr 2018
From Germany
Posted November 11, 2021
Sorry, I don't follow anime or manga news. What happened with the author?
Tokyo_Bunny_8990: I do think the live action is better than the anime in some respects (more faithful) Wait, what? There's a live action Rurouni Kenshin? I have to watch this. Is it called Rurouni Kenshin or does it have some other name?
edit: 5 films?! Ok, I guess it's film binge time. /edit
Yeah, the opening titles do mention it is based on Jump Comics so I know at least that it is based on a manga. And from the context I guess Jump Comics is some comic book or a comic book company that publishes manga.

edit: 5 films?! Ok, I guess it's film binge time. /edit
Yeah, the opening titles do mention it is based on Jump Comics so I know at least that it is based on a manga. And from the context I guess Jump Comics is some comic book or a comic book company that publishes manga.
Post edited November 11, 2021 by frogthroat

Tokyo_Bunny_8990
New User
Registered: Jul 2021
From Japan
Posted November 12, 2021

The author got arrested for child p*** possession in 2017.
https://www.cbr.com/rurouni-kenshin-why-nobuhiro-watsuki-controversial/
Got a lot of international attention at the time because of


edit: 5 films?! Ok, I guess it's film binge time. /edit

The latest stories come out on shonen jump magazine but if you are only interested in one manga, you can wait for the manga to publish their own compilation which is books of only that manga. The Japanese manga industry is quite different from the US in that regard.

Dark_art_
🔴I'm just glad that cows don't fly YO
Registered: Dec 2017
From Portugal
Posted November 12, 2021
They're actually good. I've watched a bit of the anime but dropped after a while,
There's a freaking good 4 episode anime prequel called Trust and Betrayal, has a much mature setting than the series and is worth every minute, it doesn't treat the viewer as a 5yo child like the series does. Even for those who know nothing about Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X will enjoy this.
Reflection is a 2 episode "ending" and the live action films take those in account.
Worth noting that "Trust and Betrayal" and "Reflection" are the reason I started to watch anime. It's good even for those who don't really like anime or find it generally annoying. No kid voice screaming every 2 seconds, no cute/dumb pet/sidekick created to explain what's going on to 5yo children, no power up names or over the top scenes. Just good old story being told, sometimes by a simple look expression.
There's a freaking good 4 episode anime prequel called Trust and Betrayal, has a much mature setting than the series and is worth every minute, it doesn't treat the viewer as a 5yo child like the series does. Even for those who know nothing about Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X will enjoy this.
Reflection is a 2 episode "ending" and the live action films take those in account.
Worth noting that "Trust and Betrayal" and "Reflection" are the reason I started to watch anime. It's good even for those who don't really like anime or find it generally annoying. No kid voice screaming every 2 seconds, no cute/dumb pet/sidekick created to explain what's going on to 5yo children, no power up names or over the top scenes. Just good old story being told, sometimes by a simple look expression.

LootHunter
Political non-Euclidean
Registered: Dec 2013
From Russian Federation
Posted November 12, 2021

Dragonball z (only because it's a right of passage really)
Castlevania was pretty good.
Instead of watching Dragonball Z, better play Dragonball Z: Kakarot - it would take less time. XD
The first season of Castlevania was good. The rest of the story is inferior to games. IMHO.

JackWhite1328
New User
Registered: Nov 2021
From United Kingdom
Posted November 12, 2021
JOJO is anime for the manliest part of a planet. Especially first seasons, so I hardly recommend you to check them out!

illiousintahl
New User
Registered: Apr 2010
From Australia
Posted November 13, 2021

Dragonball z (only because it's a right of passage really)
Castlevania was pretty good.

Instead of watching Dragonball Z, better play Dragonball Z: Kakarot - it would take less time. XD
The first season of Castlevania was good. The rest of the story is inferior to games. IMHO.
You know the one where they are all like asian even though like the whole thing is basically european maybe partly arabic setting.
Probably wouldn't of been so bad if they did it as an alternate timeline or as like a second age of alchemy thing based further east, but making live action was a bad choice in and of itself and suddenly having all the western characters played by incompatible actors.
I mean it may have worked for final fantasy, but not FMA.
Not to be racist, but it's a bit like recasting the movie 'hero' with actors from shakespears days with not bothering to make them seem congruent.
Why waste your time if you know it's going to be half arsed rubbish anyways; meanwhile throne of blood which is based around macbeth is proof of my point and is quite excellent though arguably not anime which is the focus of this thread.

aCyborg
20 year old dweeb
Registered: Oct 2015
From United States
Posted November 13, 2021
someone probably has mentioned this but One Punch Man

awalterj
maskless bandit
Registered: Nov 2013
From Switzerland
Posted November 13, 2021
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Intro)
Other classics one can easily recommend to anyone regardless of age and even if they say they hate anime:
-Mysterious Cities of Gold
-Heidi
-Pinocchio
Other classics one can easily recommend to anyone regardless of age and even if they say they hate anime:
-Mysterious Cities of Gold
-Heidi
-Pinocchio

oldgamebuff42
Core Commander
Registered: Mar 2016
From United States
Posted November 15, 2021
I'm watching Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and loving every second of it. Some people say the story is confusing, but I'm not having a hard time keeping track of it so far(I'm on episode 37: no spoilers please:)
Post edited November 15, 2021 by oldgamebuff42

WinterSnowfall
Bastard Lunatic
Registered: Apr 2012
From Romania
Posted November 16, 2021
This thread is vastly overrun by "shonen" anime (not that there's anything wrong with that, but they do get quite boring after a while), so to add a dialogue-based slice-of-life brain tease I can recommend Odd Taxi.
Post edited November 16, 2021 by WinterSnowfall

Cambrey
Purple Dot Cultist
Registered: Oct 2008
From France
Posted November 19, 2021
Just watch 20 episodes of this. Who the hell said that the show was getting boring?

Time4Tea
Free speech and honey!
Registered: Jan 2015
From United States

Olive000
New User
Registered: Dec 2021
From Ukraine
Posted December 15, 2021
Sword Art Online (One of my personal favorites. The OST is good and it has a lot of feels. With Sword Art Online 2 and Alicization, expect abt 70+ episodes. Note:Alicization is still ongoing and it’s unknown how many episodes it’s gonna span.)