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I like Lorenz from fire emblem
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How many body pillows we all rocking?
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No
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I adore first season of Pokémon and the first two seasons of Sailor Moon (can never find a good stream for seasons three and four 
) but have never really ventured beyond that.
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We have a very enjoyable NGE thread if you’re a fan and want to chat about it
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No, can’t stand it.
Still waiting for the other seasons to appear 
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Is this a bit or something? Quite confused
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It’s definitely a bit something
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I don’t think I really like anime but I loved Full Metal Alchemist and really enjoyed Attack on Titan.
And One Punch Man if anyone saw that.
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I’ve got friends who love watching anime, and one other friend who cosplays all the time and goes to the conventions. One showed me this episode of a show where the guy breaks the 4th wall a lot, comedy type stuff but can’t remember what it’s called.
Enjoyed One Punch Man and late last year I had Baki and then Kengen Ashura on whilst working in the background, was cool, just fighting for most episodes so was like a prettier Street Fighter or Tekken.
I’m about 9 episodes into NGE, watch about one episode every 2 weeks, have to be in the mood for it, not grabbed me but it’s enjoyable and has a lot to it.
Might give that Lakeith Stanfield anime on Netflix a go, probably wouldn’t if it wasn’t for him being in it.
Neon Genesis Evangelion recently won me over to anime. Since then I’ve watched Serial Experiments Lain (incredible, will need multiple re-viewings to unpack), the Evangelion rebuild movies (too pointless and fan servicey for my tastes), Devil Man Crybaby (gave up 6 episodes in) and Ergo Proxy (a nice slow burner). Could any seasoned anime fans recommend something dense and atmospheric along the lines of NGE and SEL?
Ooh good shout - I read the Death Note manga yonks ago. Does it mostly follow the same story beats?
I would like to get into Gundam but it’s a bit daunting given all the various offshoots, movies, reboots and the like!
My daughter really likes Cowboy Bebop and NGE. I was talking to her about my resistance to the genre recently and trying to get to the bottom of it.
I feel like I’ve got a deep-rooted prejudice toward it and I think it’s entirely because of the depiction of the characters. Often the hair, but mostly the faces - the big eyes, the pointy chins, the tiny noses etc. It feels very juvenile to me and it’s massively distracting.
I dipped into the NGE thread the other day and the way people were talking about it made me feel like I’m missing out. Maybe I need talking therapy to get past it. Or perhaps there’s a Youtube video out there called something like “So, you think you hate Anime”.
Maybe I’ll get past the aesthetic and watch it and still not like because it just isn’t for me - after all, I’ve watched enough Marvel to know that I’m not very excited by those stories - but at least I’ll have given it a fair crack. And if I love it…
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Disney has not dissimilar stylisation in its animation (massive eyes, tiny noses), but obviously we tend to grow up with that and accept it as standard.
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I love studio ghibli, pokemon, dragonball z and akira. I haven’t delved much deeper but whenever I watch it I tend to like it. If attack on titan is good I might check that out.
Oh absolutely, but I don’t really see Disney stuff being much discussed as adult entertainment. Outside of Pixar of course.
I’m going to watch a couple of episodes of Cowboy Bebop and NGE to see if it’s for me.
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Really love The Disastrous Life of Saiki K although I’ve only seen the dubbed first season and the couple of episodes that Netflix made. It’s a comedy about a psychic teenager trying to draw as little attention to themselves and live as normal a life as possible. Really hope they dub the other seasons at some point.
