I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around watching it and wanting more.

Area 88 was a gut-punch I wasn’t expecting. So bleak.

That’s how I feel about Grave of the Fireflies. I’ve only seen the first episode or two of Tokopi, but my spouse and I knew we had to put it down at the time. Maybe someday.

Tomino is far from perfect, but he’s consistently been on the right side of history on this topic.

*peek

TIL.

Is it ecchi? Is it dogs solving crimes by sniffing? I must find out!

Sometimes a stupid gag hits juuuuuust right.

Just according to kekkaku.

Not a fansub, but the pop-up references on the Excel Saga DVDs were great. It’s like reading two rapid fire shows at once!

I watched 2nd Gig and was vaguely aware of more, but the franchise fell off my radar.

I enjoyed SAC much more than the original feature. It had time to world-build etc.

It’s still a gag from an episode that many people haven’t even had the chance to watch yet.

Absolutely. The opening still gives me chills.

Been meaning to check out Space Dandy.

…I’m honestly not sure how to answer. I mean, there were lighthearted aspects. Who names their kids Cookie, Cracker, and Biscuit? 😂😅😢 But start to finish, it was a tragedy in the classic sense.

“Fun” is not a word that comes to my mind when thinking about IBO lol. Intense, gut-wrenching, gripping, cathartic… yeah that sounds more accurate. Either way, seconding the recommend.

If Hollywood buys out much of the anime industry

Sony has quite a head start on this already, Hollywood be slackin.

Going right from Zeta Gundam to the sequel (ZZ/Double Zeta) breaks my brain, even though I know it’s coming. Zeta is played very straight and gets grim towards the end. The tone of ZZ eventually evens out a bit but those first dozen or so episodes of Ragtag Band Of War Orphans Clowning On Every Adult is like a mallet to the nads.

Yazan should not be comic relief. 😤

Echoing others’ thoughts that it very much depends on what the person enjoys in general. But it’s very hard to go wrong with Cowboy Bebop. If they lean towards fantasy, Record of Lodoss War. If they want a movie instead of a series, something from Miyazaki/Ghibli.

Yep, 20th anniversary, re-cut with bits of new animation and a completely different ending. The back and forth between original and new animation is jarring. I haven’t watched them since they came out but I don’t feel like they added anything noteworthy.