Summer 2015 Anime Thread

Harem is not a word I'd ever use when explaining Sidonia.

Ok just finished Danmachi and fuck they better give us more what a way to end it. What from the summer season is similar or will I not want to miss if I loved that?

Kovaks_sl said:

Ok just finished Danmachi and fuck they better give us more what a way to end it. What from the summer season is similar or will I not want to miss if I loved that?

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Overlord would be the closest thing this season. More about a super overpowered main character than a coming of age story like danmachi though, it is still a similar genre. Gate is fantasy as well but not a dungeon/mmo themed anime.

Edit: God Eater has a lot of potential as well, I'd recommend; God Eater, Gangsta, Overlord, Gate, and Charlotte, this season doesn't have to many stand outs but decent quality all around. There are a couple comedies to look into if you were interested in those as well.

I had no idea what I was getting into with the current season of Fate. Not sure whether there is going to be something more substantive like /Stay or not. Loli harem with heavy splashes of yuri is... not my cup of tea.

Kovaks_sl said:

Ok just finished Danmachi and fuck they better give us more what a way to end it. What from the summer season is similar or will I not want to miss if I loved that?

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Summer season has some really hilarious shows that you should watch just for the laughs, and some other really good shows:

Shimoneta
Prison School
Gangsta
Gate
Overlord
School Live
Charlotte
Classroom Crisis

Moonarchia_sl said:

I had no idea what I was getting into with the current season of Fate. Not sure whether there is going to be something more substantive like /Stay or not. Loli harem with heavy splashes of yuri is... not my cup of tea.

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It's like the third season of that show. Think I got 2-3 episodes in to the first season and decided it was a nope.

I just watched the first few episodes of Overlord yesterday. I like it. Hmm, what else to watch...

Here's some less known older anime I've seen and liked :
Mnemosyne
Gunslinger Girl
Kurozuka
Mardock Scramble
Noein
Shigurui
Shin Angyo Onshi

Pulling down shimoneta now will get the others after that. Thanks.

Speaking of Shimoneta. That rainbow.

Kaige_sl said:

No problem.

I figured you can watch those, then come back to us for more based upon those results. They either fall in with your request, or are worth watching.

Certain ones I didn't mention that others did, were due to not knowing your interests. Knights of Sidonia is great, but the animation and harem stuff can turn people off. Aldnoah Zero had a great 1st season, but the 2nd season that continues the story pretty much pukes all over the series. Mirai Nikki and Deadman Wonderland are pretty good shows except...whiney ass protagonists.

Another is a good show, not sure how you are with horror though.

Fennin mentions Kara no Kyoukai, which is good. Its tied somewhat to Tsukihime.


You have quite a bit on your plate for now, so get back to us when you need more.

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Quite a lot indeed ! Thanks again.
I started with Darker than Black (first one I could get my hands on) as well as Knights of Sidonia (you got my attention when you said "it's great, but the animation can turn people off", so I watched a few episodes right away. I do like that style !)

As for my interests/tastes in anime, I was quite vague indeed, sorry about that. Two of my all time favorite would be Samurai Champloo and Shigurui (the anime, not the manga), which are not sci fi at all as you'll notice . Fav movies : GITS / Akira / Jinroh / Paprika
I really liked Kurozuka (both for the design and story) and Mugen no Juunin. On the opposite, I have been told several times that Kenshin is supposedly very good, but I really can't stand the drawing / looks of the characters.
I loved the ending of Berzerk (for the story, graphics wise it I am not super fan) when all hell breaks loose and it felt like the writers were either drunk, or really high, or both ; as well as the ending of Evangelion (I do like wtf endings)
Other anime that I like : Gantz, Elfen Leid
Manga that I wish there was an anime of : Front Mission: Dog Life & Dog Style ; and Vagabond (up until he becomes a boring rice farmer)
Sword of the stranger, I saw and loved it
Black Lagoon I had already seen, and liked a lot
Attack on Titan I had already seen also. I liked the fact that they didn't mind killing most of the characters, but I am not too found of the setting at all (the kind of 19th-century-almost-steampunk-ish universe).

tldr? : violent stuff, graphics that don't look like they are straight out of the 90's, with scenarios open to interpretation, and where the main protagonists are adults rather than whiny teenagers

Foggy_sl said:

Speaking of Shimoneta. That rainbow.

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That rainbow with the sparkling trail.

Everytime I think Shimoneta can't top itself, it straps me to a rocket and sends me to a whole other level. The love letters, the cookies, and the sparkling trail and rainbow. It's all just so amazingly hilarious. I just can't look away.

I cant get behind School Live - Id have tossed that bitch out the window to be a decoy by now - All keeping some tard like that will do is get you killed.

So I just binged on Shimoneta and got caught up. Realized I was watching censored stuff for 1-3, corrected it for 4-5. Yeah, I love Japan sometimes. One of the few countries out there more sexually repressed than the US.

Gate decided to open up the can of whoop ass and dip into the animation budget a little.