Anime for the uninitiated. Help me out.

almost 3 years ago

I had a jolt of inspiration reading about the film Paprika (2006) from @notacinephile.

My anime knowledge is very low. I've seen several of the big hitters like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, I'm sure I've seen more I simply can't remember.

My limited knowledge of the genre seems to encompass futuristic, dystopian viewpoints that resemble Blade Runner in animation form. While I love this setting there must be more than this and I know there is. I'm sure I'm not the only one who equates talking anthropomorphic animals with the genre.

What would you recommend that would be a good introduction or refresher to the genre? I know the genre is vast, I'm not sure where to look.

I'm paging through my movie database with the tag animation and I'm seeing I have several films I didn't even know I owned. Perhaps I should start there?

Perfect Blue
Spirited Away
Steamboy
Grave of the Fireflies

I'm finally posting in the movie and tv shows community. I'm a little slow but I'll make it there eventually :)

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almost 3 years ago

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@thatcryptodave 62

almost 3 years ago

I wish I could help, BB... but, alas, I cannot. lol
It really would be good too because my daughter is really getting into it. I recently introduced her to Sailor Moon... she was bugging me about anime from when I was a kid. I actually watched SPIRITED AWAY years ago, and it was a beautiful film. A bit strange, but that's kind of the anime thing... isn't it? :)

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@buffalobison 67

almost 3 years ago

Anime is a hard one especially for the different demographics. I haven't watched Spirited Away yet but I'll move that up in my queue. I know of it and have seen pictures I'm sure as I think it's one of the more popular ones. Thanks for chiming in even if you're not sure. You helped me out

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@chromiumone 65

almost 3 years ago

Hello @buffalobison, I don't watch much Anime these days but I ran into the RWBY movies for free on BoobTube First 5 volumes are free with ads( if you don't use ad block 🙂) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rwby
Also recently watched the Arpeggio of Blue Steel series and the Robotech Shadow Chronicles movie.( Robotech is on BoobTube free as well)

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@buffalobison 67

almost 3 years ago

I looked up that RWBY you mentioned and it's by Rooster Teeth. That's pretty neat as I watched their Red vs Blue series in the past. Thanks for the suggestions and the links; more for my list :)

I forget how much content is simply floating out there on youtube.

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@ahmadmanga 72

almost 3 years ago

I'm not sure if you're looking for a specific anime genre, or if you're referring to anime as whole as a genre. I can't help if you're aiming for a dystopian genre anime, as I don't have something to recommend on top of my head.

If you're looking for any good anime, I recommend watching anime movies from different eras before going into a series. Grave of Fireflies is a good movie and it's listed in your post. It's much more depressing than the usual anime though. Anything from Studio Ghibli works.

Another good movie is A Silent Voice, which is a recent one. I wrote about it "a great entry point to anime" in my Hive post.

As for series, In recommend:

Psycho Pass is a dystopian anime that you might love. "In the future, people are judged by a system and criminals are captured before they commit their crimes." It's so perfect it becomes depressing when you think about it.
ONE PIECE if you can handle a long series, it's the 2nd best selling comic of all time for a good reason. Totally worth it!
Attack on Titan offers many philosophical questions, if you want to watch this I recommend sticking until the 5th episode to make judgment about it.
...Don't have time to come up with more now, might go back to this later.

I know this is old, but I think my answer is different than the others. Just found your blog via D.Buzz.

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@buffalobison 67

almost 3 years ago

Oh wow, thank you so much for posting something like this and the time it took. This is exactly what I was hoping for on that initial posting.

The Attack on Titan does sound familiar and I've not heard of the others. I will need to check these other titles out that you mentioned.

As for the age of the post, I noticed that too. Most people I find don't really want to respond to older posts for some reason. I don't get it, thanks again!

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