I've been binge watching Anime

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/18/2018 at 19:13 • Filed to: The musings of a 44 year old

Halp. My brain is filled with pouty teenage thoughts and super unrealistic visual representations of humans in a dystopian future filled with super computers and humungous aliens hell bent on humanities destruction.

So far my favorite is the anti-anime series called One Punch man.

I have also watched the feature “Blame” and started the series “Sidonia”

DISCUSSION (26)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:27

The only anime I’ve watched lately is Darling In The Franx earlier this year as I’m a huge Battletech/Mechwarrior fan and love all things mecha.

Otherwise, the only anime-y (bu t not really) type thing I’m currently watching is RoosterTeeth’s RWBY, which just came back for it’s 6th season.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:33

Darling in the Franxx and Gurren Lagann are both excellent (and by the same studio)

My Hero Academia is also pretty solid.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:35

dystopian future filled with super computers

Have you been watching Psycho-Pass as well? Really love that series.

One Punch Man is one of my favourites for making a very common anime theme more ridiculous by making it less ridiculous (or vice-versa, I’m actually not sure). Regardless, it’s one of my favourite animes ever.

Try Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars) if you want something different; it’s about cooking, but it’s very fun to watch. I’ve always thought that it was a very funny take on the “unstoppable hero” character that comes up in anime so often.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/18/2018 at 19:37

Mechas are amazing. I wish someone would come out with a Battletech/Mechwarrior/Armored Core inspired game, crank it up to eleven, and just have these giant mecha duking it out with smaller mecha darting inbetween.

Nauraushaun > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:42

Also school girl upskirts?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/18/2018 at 19:42

Do Elementals and Battle Armor from Battletech/Mechwarrior count as smaller Mecha...?

Some of the Mechwarrior games had them running around!

There are none in Mechwarrior Online, but if you’re in a H eavy or Assault class mech and a bloody little light mech like a Locust is running circles around you, it definitely feels like what you’re saying, haha.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/18/2018 at 19:45

I guess battle armor counts as a really small mecha.

Oh, I hate Locusts. Their name is so apt.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:52

Have you tied Attack on Titan? It has its faults and my god is it going along slowly now, but the animation and plot are prettt great. And I meant plot not “plot”

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/18/2018 at 19:52

Yup! If you play MWO, I should join you sometime! My desktop is currently down and out until we get this whole flooded basement thing sorted though, so that may be awhile...

The Cataphract is my mech of choice. :)

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/18/2018 at 19:54

One reason I like One Punch Man is how all the characters are so stereotyped except him and his hero problems .

promoted by the color red > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 19:54

I also recommend Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan as well as Kill La Kill and Gurren Lagann with the latter being so manly it’ll put hair on your chest many times over.

For something different, there’s Violet Evergarden. It starts slow but it throws some hard emotional punches. Plus it’s gorgeous from start to finish.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Nauraushaun
11/18/2018 at 19:56

Sidonia is pretty racy but I’m sticking with shows my teen age children would watch in the same room as me. I bet there is a huge amount of Anime porn...

BeaterGT > gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/18/2018 at 19:56

Anime about food? I'm in.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/18/2018 at 19:57

I’ll check that out.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/18/2018 at 20:02

I don’t have MWO, but I do have a disk copy of MA2 :Lone Wolf for the OG Xbox.

ktfright | Kinja Neighborhood Black Guy > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 20:05

If you haven’t already seen it, My H ero Academia and Hu nter x Hunter are pretty good after you finish One punch Man. Other than that, I’ve been out of the anime loop, so thanks for the post!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/18/2018 at 20:15

Never played it (never had an Xbox), but glad to find another Battletech/Mechwarrior fan. :)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 20:21

This is every action anime that runs more than 50 episodes:

- First half of the episode is a recap of the last episode

- Second half is dramatic looks and people screaming each other’s names

- Somewhere in between there is 5 minutes of things happening

-cliffhanger so you don't get fed up with this BS and stop watching

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/18/2018 at 20:29

Nailed it.

aquila121 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
11/18/2018 at 20:31

A part of me wants to give Darling in the FranXX a try (I’m a fan of the style/presentation), but the similarities to Evangelion and the “two mech pilots a la ‘Pacific Rim’ + softcore porn posing” has caused me to hold off.

Also [spoiler alert], I heard aliens just kinda show up as a part of the plot towards the last few episodes, so wtf.

Nauraushaun > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 20:36

Hah, good luck. I have found that sexualising school girls is a trait even of animes that aren’t especially low brow. Like Death Note

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 20:37

First arc of Bleach is good, but after that it gets stupid.

One P iece is (was? I’m not current on it) great but it’s approaching 900 episodes now so that’s a very deep rabbit hol e to start going down.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > aquila121
11/18/2018 at 21:22

It was quite a ride (I’ve watched the whole series). I liked it, but the end started to get a bit....odd...in terms of major plot twists that come out of nowhere.

Khalbali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/18/2018 at 21:49

I’m not really into anime and haven’t really watched any in probably close to a decade but am currently rewatching cowboy bebop, still one of my favorite TV shows ever.

boxrocket > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/19/2018 at 00:49

Use Gunslinger Girl as a palette cleanser of sorts. Still anime and robots of sorts (cyborgs), but amazingly detailed (both vehicular and firearms), realistic body types without perversion, and a neat story that very closely follows the source material.

Be advised, though, it only ran for 2 seasons (dammit) and it’s far too easy to binge the whole thing in one sitting.

Azrek > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/21/2018 at 13:21

Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans was excellent, but the ending of Season 2 still has me conflicted.
There was a massive ‘make fun of Anime/Robots’ in one battle as well that I had to rewind like 10 times as I couldn’t stop laughing.