Recommend me some post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk, psychological stuff!
If I sent you a friend request, it's because I like your taste and I'd like to see your updates to check what other cool things you found. Also, feel free to message me about anything :)
Something happens in my heart when I see Seiya in his first anime cloth... I probably have seen some random episodes of Speed Racer and Kimba before, but I really got into anime when Saint Seiya aired in my country in 1994, and I was 5yo. After its success, there was a huge flood of anime on over-the-air TV. Dragon Ball, Shurato, Ronin Warriors, they'd even show some random OVAs for the kids, like MD Geist and Genocyber, between Sailor Moon and Captain Tsubasa. I also got a VHS of Akira back then and fell absolute in love with it - no wonder I became teenage punk later on. Some anime I watched in the 90's I hold dear are Street Fighter II V, Yu Yu Hakusho and Samurai X (and Akira!).
In 2001, when I was 12, my family got a paid TV service and there was an anime channel. I got to watch tons of random stuff, but also Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Serial Experiments Lain, Jin-Roh, Perfect Blue, Animatrix, among others, that blew my mind and completely changed my view of anime. In 2003 we changed the service and I no longer had that channel, the anime on TV were the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Bey Blade, and I couldn't get into those, my bar was set too high already. I didn't watch anime through the rest of my teenage years.
In 2008 I started watching some episodes of One Piece and Naruto on my lunch break. It was either that or watching the news, but they didn't air too many episodes on over-the-air TV. I got curious to see how the story would continue, but my internet wasn't good enough to watch online, so I looked for the manga. I discovered that manga (of those shounen, at least) are so much better than anime - it's fast paced, they don't repeat the same dialogue ten times per episode, nor have a flashback every five minutes. From there, I started reading a lot of manga, and although friends got me reading stuff I regret wasting so much time on (like Fairy Tail and Noblesse), I also discovered Berserk, Basilisk, Gantz, Attack on Titan, Eden, Death Note...
It was late 2015, I was hanging at a friend's house and he said there was this cool anime I had to watch, I thought he was going to show me yet another shounen, and I was pretty bored at the whole genre already, but he showed me the first episode of Gangsta. and I absolutely loved it. When I got back home I watched the whole thing, there were nine episodes out and I was so excited, but then, like a curse, when I finally got back into anime after twelve years, the studio went bankrupt and the anime was dropped two episodes later, not even completing the season haha.
But now I was back at it and started looking for other stuff. I discovered Ergo Proxy, Texhnolyze, The Sky Crawlers, Darker Than Black, Code Geass, From the New World, Terror in Resonance, Psycho-Pass... I was watching a lot of stuff, and then I found MyAnimeList. I joined on Jan 5, 2016, and the rest of my updates you can see on the site :)
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You should probably try some more Miike then. He has an absurd amount of variety. Gozu reminds me a lot of Lynch, just with an equally weird Japanese sensibility. Maybe Ichi the Killer or Izo or worth a look. I'm trying to remember the titles for his more laid back ones, though. Bird People in China, I guess. He also has that comedy musical the Happiness of the Katakuris.
I assumed the entry was old because of that 2024 post on the forum, but I'm guessing the entry was only added recently, because it wasn't there back when I watched the prequel film. Agreed, it's annoying that you can't follow staff and studios. I wonder if those other ones that were recently added are available anywhere.
I've heard a lot about Pusher over the years. I might look into that eventually too. Thought you might be interested in knowing that that horror anime director is doing a sequel or spin-off of his film series:
Totally agree on Fukui (I think this is the name of the Pinocchio director) and Tsukamoto. Tsukamoto also had some pure horror stuff, though some of it isn't as good. I remember liking his Haze a lot, and it kind of reminded me of the film Cube. I'm pretty sure you'd like Junkhead, btw. Not sure if I ever mentioned to it or if you saw it. It's like a more light-hearted dark comedy version of Blame! I don't mind the audio stuff that much when it comes to avant-garde cinema, but many of these directors become inconsiderate when it comes to repetition and glacial pacing. I think those are my primary complaints. Sometimes it works in their favor, but it often detracts. If you ever end up watching Noroi, I'd also recommend the same director's Okaruto. It's a fairly unique spin that blends a cult, murder mystery, supposed Lovecraftian entities, etc. Shiraishi is very hit or miss, but he's one of the few horror directors in Japan consistently trying to do something different. You've probably seen Miike's Gozu, but that's also worth a look.
Oh, maybe so on Herzog. You were watching a lot of these with basically same chara, plot, setting, though it's certainly low key, atmosphere-oriented, and not too exciting. A pretty simple script and the like. More average or slightly above average to me rather than amazing. Herzog from that period can be pretty sparse. I'm not too into that many of them other than Kaspar Hauser. I remember I was reading about the story and was fascinated by it, and I had to watch his film on it.
I think Shimizu's Ring film is okay. But I never liked Ju-on and the countless clones. Dark Water isn't that bad. But it is hard to find unique stuff.
It's true that a lot of those old art films were obnoxious. Like you're talking Weekend's car jam scene that lasted like 10 mins? Just a big middle finger held up to the audience. XD
Kraanerg would probably agree too actually, especially depending on the film. Because a lot of these scenes are borderline art troll stuff. XD
Japan indeed mostly does ghost stories. Either that or some kind of serial killer gorey thing or body horror. One of my favorite live action Japanese horror films is Noroi, and I like many of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films. Cure and Pulse are worth looking into. The latter is basically like tech/ghost horror but feels more unique than the tiresome Ringu and Ju-on horror boom. I generally really like gritty sci-fi/horror pairings. And plenty of sci-fi films are so bleak and often feature body horror, so they come across as horror too. Older Tsutomu Nihei, for example. I like some of Ito's stuff, but I find him pretty hit or miss, and he gets too absurd sometimes. Some Hideshi Hino is also alright. I liked this one manga that's a bit more obscure, though. It's oceanic/Lovecraftian horror:
I actually think the best thing that could happen to Frankenstein is an anime adaptation because they tend to not make "real" horror anime, so it will have a more elaborate or thoughtful script, perhaps. Then again, the main take on Frankenstein I can think of is this piece of shit:
You should probably paste your comment on her profile too. It's a nice overview. You might consider making a list on Letterboxd with the commentary on each film in the opening paragraph and all the films you mentioned added. Most horror lists don't distinguish anything on there.
Yeah, I know a lot of people find Herzog's movie kind of drab. It's also been a long time since I've seen it. I wanna say the score is probably one of the highlights if you like "krautrock" and that more ambient blend of "rock" music. I was possibly too harsh on Coppola's Dracula. A lot of people hate it, but it is an impressive work visually. Definitely a few plot/pacing issues, but I also get the feeling it's one of the better ones. One thing I can think of that's missing from your list you will probably find to be garbage. Jean Rollin made a LOT of vampire films, all quite low budget. The cinematography often looks nice from stills, but actually watching this stuff is dreadfully boring, unless you like a specific kind of underwritten European arthouse horror. It's not my thing and it seems like he's mostly obsessed with attractive women going naked on occasion and some vague Freudian drivel. I wouldn't mind watching Nadja actually. I think it's on my wishlist. I'm not much of a fan of Maddin, but I can see that being worth a watch. Have you tried Shadow of the Vampire? That is one film that gets a lot of attention that you might have overlooked; it's a bit "meta" because Murnau is a character in it, and they're making the film. Near Dark is cinematic at least. Polanski also had that one vampire film, but it seems to get pretty mixed reception. I always heard about Interview with the Vampire too, but I always assumed it was overhyped shit. XD
So are you not into Hammer at all? Any films you feel at least merit a 6/10 or so? Despite having been a horror fan for a pretty long time, I never had any special interest in their stuff and probably only watched 1-2 max, if even that, lol. I'd look at lists and such and never thought any of them looked good and could never figure out why so many people mentioned them.
I think Flesh for Frankenstein was one that I had been on the fence as to whether I should watch or not. While I'm not a big fan of Shelley's novel, I feel there are enough strong scenes and misrepresentations of the monster that there could be a gripping horror/drama TV series based on it. Most Frankenstein films have him as practically super strong + braindead, but he was quite intelligent and tragic in the book. Thematically, it's also much stronger than the adaptations I've seen and both of the Shelley's are pretty interesting figures/writers.
Fair lol. Mostly I just want to get through the anilist recommendations so I've seen everything from the franchises I have seen, and then I'll probably just start being much more selective in what I watch after that.
God i feel you on One Piece though. getting through the abysmal pacing of each of those episodes is a slog.
That's why i watch them in batches of 100 episodes every 2 years or so so I'm not burning myself out on it.
i want to punch the me 4 years ago that watched the first seasons of all the isekai and i want to slap the current me who's a hyper completionist and so is forcing myself to watch all of this stuff XD
Oooh that's one I definitely know I need to get on, it's high on my priority list. If I am to recommend one Danish movie I'd say Pusher, the whole trilogy to be honest. Recently rewatched the first one and it's such an experience.
Ah, yes, I remember watching part of that, but I don't remember why I never finished it. Might have been a sub problem or it was around the time that I watched the new one and was underwhelmed with the old. I think I only watched 10 minutes of that one. Looks interesting enough.
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https://myanimelist.net/anime/57797/Calabi_Yau_no_Sukima
I guess you probably heard about this already, as the page has been around for a while, but I didn't see it.
I think Shimizu's Ring film is okay. But I never liked Ju-on and the countless clones. Dark Water isn't that bad. But it is hard to find unique stuff.
It's true that a lot of those old art films were obnoxious. Like you're talking Weekend's car jam scene that lasted like 10 mins? Just a big middle finger held up to the audience. XD
Kraanerg would probably agree too actually, especially depending on the film. Because a lot of these scenes are borderline art troll stuff. XD
https://myanimelist.net/manga/30603/6000
Some of his other works are also alright.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28625/Shisha_no_Teikoku
Yeah, I know a lot of people find Herzog's movie kind of drab. It's also been a long time since I've seen it. I wanna say the score is probably one of the highlights if you like "krautrock" and that more ambient blend of "rock" music. I was possibly too harsh on Coppola's Dracula. A lot of people hate it, but it is an impressive work visually. Definitely a few plot/pacing issues, but I also get the feeling it's one of the better ones. One thing I can think of that's missing from your list you will probably find to be garbage. Jean Rollin made a LOT of vampire films, all quite low budget. The cinematography often looks nice from stills, but actually watching this stuff is dreadfully boring, unless you like a specific kind of underwritten European arthouse horror. It's not my thing and it seems like he's mostly obsessed with attractive women going naked on occasion and some vague Freudian drivel. I wouldn't mind watching Nadja actually. I think it's on my wishlist. I'm not much of a fan of Maddin, but I can see that being worth a watch. Have you tried Shadow of the Vampire? That is one film that gets a lot of attention that you might have overlooked; it's a bit "meta" because Murnau is a character in it, and they're making the film. Near Dark is cinematic at least. Polanski also had that one vampire film, but it seems to get pretty mixed reception. I always heard about Interview with the Vampire too, but I always assumed it was overhyped shit. XD
So are you not into Hammer at all? Any films you feel at least merit a 6/10 or so? Despite having been a horror fan for a pretty long time, I never had any special interest in their stuff and probably only watched 1-2 max, if even that, lol. I'd look at lists and such and never thought any of them looked good and could never figure out why so many people mentioned them.
I think Flesh for Frankenstein was one that I had been on the fence as to whether I should watch or not. While I'm not a big fan of Shelley's novel, I feel there are enough strong scenes and misrepresentations of the monster that there could be a gripping horror/drama TV series based on it. Most Frankenstein films have him as practically super strong + braindead, but he was quite intelligent and tragic in the book. Thematically, it's also much stronger than the adaptations I've seen and both of the Shelley's are pretty interesting figures/writers.
I have no idea why i confused that with anilist haha
God i feel you on One Piece though. getting through the abysmal pacing of each of those episodes is a slog.
That's why i watch them in batches of 100 episodes every 2 years or so so I'm not burning myself out on it.