Fingers crossed for a complete and well made anime for following manga/original projects-
-Nausicaa Valley of the Wind
-Akagi & Ten: Tenhou Doori
-Hunter x Hunter
-Berserk
-Nana
-Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
-Rurouni Kenshin
-Boogiepop Phantom
-Twelve Kingdoms
-Dreaming Machine
-Despera
-Dousei Jidai
-Kyousougiga remake (with better, more refined art style and tone/atmosphere).
-The Song of Wind and Trees
-Jun: Shoutarou no Fantasy World
-The Horizon (Manhwa)
-Sayonara Eri
Currently reading more books than watching anime.
Priority List
-The Sword of Kaigen
-Flowers for Algernon
-Hyperion
-The Waves
-Realm of the Elderlings
-Always Coming Home
-Parable of the Sower
-On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
-Babel: An Arcane History
-Shuggie Bain
-The Three Body Problem/The Dark Forest
-Book of the New Sun
-Heaven (Kawakami)
-Red Rising
-The Name of the Rose
-Spring Snow (Mishima)
-The Trial (Kafka)
-I Who Have Never Known Men
A re-working of FFVI into an anime with yoshi amano's art and Oshii's direction. Less focus on fantasy adventure elements and more on character psychology and ensemble cast elements. A surreal/dementia atmosphere like angel's egg or Berserk with a larger cast of characters and separate character plot threads that weave together through Kefka would be amazing.
Just a one-to-one adaptation of the Nausicaa manga to complete the movie.
An adaptation of Bioshock into an animated series, with character design and atmosphere similar to Texhnolyze. Also should get the Edward Hopper treatment like Tex did.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. A Science Fiction drama romance with lots of great scenes for experimental animated art direction. Since a big theme in the story are the character's personal drawings and artwork, an anime version would be great for artists and directors to implement unique background styles and designs.
Ojamajo Doremi Remake with more of Mamoru Hosada's direction.
A darker reimagining of Inuyasha, with more philosophical undertones and existential angst. Similar to how Mamoru Oshii did with Beautiful Dreamer. Also more tightly written and concise narrative, with minimal filler that shounen typically have.
A collaborative project based on YU-NO The Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World, with Sogo Ishii (August in the Water/Labyrinth of Dreams) as a co-director or consultant with another head director, to capture that metaphysical mysterious melancholic feel that the original PC-98 game exudes. His directing style would be perfect asset for the original game material that depicting the social malaise and alienated youth in modern Japan, and he knows how to combine a foreboding atmosphere with awkward and silly mundane moments between characters.
It could be first anime that combines hard time travel genre with a contemporary slice of life genre.
But I would cut out almost all the eroge/sex scenes unless it helps develop a character more. Because the recent adaptation of Yu-No seems to really miss the mark in the atmosphere and thematic department.
Checklist
Anime/TV/OVA:
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Wire
Oz
Mr. Robot
San Junipero
Mushishi
Ashita no Joe s2
Wolf's Rain
Ai no Kusabi
Little Busters Refrain
Ojamajo Doremi
Nobody's Boy Remi
Yu Yu Hakusho
Fang of the Sun Dougram
Hunter x Hunter
Windaria
Manga/Comics:
Nausicaa
Kantou Heiya
Strongest Man Kurosawa
Aria
Ten: Tenhou-Doori no Kaidanji
Gogo Monster
A Trail of Blood
Watchmen
Battle Angel Alitta
Real
Dead Dead Demon's Dededestruction
Lone wolf and cub
Quiet Country Cafe
Liar Game
Sandman: Dream Hunters
Inkweed
Uncivilized Planet
Gaksital (Bridal Mask)
The Maxx
The Girl from the Other Side
Movies:
Satantango
The Mirror
Only Yesterday
There Will be Blood
Mulholland Drive
Dead Men’s Letters
Dancer in the Dark
Eureka
A Brighter Summer Day
Marketa Lazarova
A Borrowed Life
Ran
Burning
Mary and Max
Games:
NIER Automata
Silent Hill 2
Metal Gear Solid 2
Mother 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Pathologic
Xenogears
Moon: RPG Adventure
Planescape Torment
The Silver Case, Flower, Sun, and Rain
Death Stranding
Transistor
Visual/Light Novels/Novels:
Boogiepop Phantom
The House in Fata Morgana
Monogatari
Twelve Kingdoms
YU-NO The Girl Who Chants Love
Melancholy of Haruhi
Brothers Karamazov
The Owl in Daylight
Just Above My Head
The MaddAddam Trilogy
Yes, almost at the end in 1 you get to be like a Big Daddy but not exactly one. I liked the game but I felt the gameplay was too clunky and the story, although good, not really of my personal taste. The 2 enhanced the gameplay and I loved the story, I'm someone who has a paternal sense so I truly felt like a father protecting my daughters haha
Minerva's Den was good despite being too short. It had an interesting story and a cool exclusive weapon and a plasmid not found in the main story.
Anyways, an anime adaptation would be pretty good. Idk why but Infinite has the better chances to get it hypothetically speaking.
I just wanted to ask, what makes Kamimura's stories so good? I love his artwork, and just by looking at some of his panels online tells a great story to me.
I think you kind of responded to the question yourself ^^ . I think Kamimura is a master considering the art of paneling and graphical metaphor, or way to convey some feeling/ideas graphicaly, using the potential of manga as a medium.
Sometime some author seems to me like they rely too much on the dialogue to tell things, kind of forgetting that at the core, manga is not novel, it's a graphical thing. I think Kamimura is fully aware of that, and he very often surprise me with very ingenious and/or lyrical way to convey things. (but I'm not saying text and dialogue are uninportant things though, far from it)
But, from looking at his settings, there seems to be a big Post-war Japan conflict , which I am very interested in. But what did you take away from the stories, both the personal, and the overall setting?
You are talking about "Lady Snowblood" here I presume ? I'm kind of ashamed to say, but it's been quite a lot of time since I read it , so I actually don't remember it that much. So I don't feel like the right person to tell you about it.
Funny thing is, a person close to me (and had read a fair amount of other work from Kamimura aswell) read the manga very recently and told me she really liked it a lot, while in my memories, I did considered it as a "minor" work from the author, somehow. I think it's because I was comming from "Kanto Heya" , which left a very strong impression on me, and is quite different in the fact that it's more of personal drama and not a more historical thing like "Snowblood" (I do tend to prefer more "personal story" and interpersonal drama and such) . I think if I were to re-read Lady Snowblood now, I would rate it better.
I see you are watching Ashita no Joe, you can actually stop right there and go directly to the second season since the first 12 episodes of the second season are a remake of the last 20ish episodes of the first one but better. Almost a waste of time these last episodes so you can skip them.
Wow, I didn't expect this. You have a great profile too - you clearly put a lot of thought into the anime you watch, and it's always great to see that.
I say I avoid dark/dystopian/psychological anime, but I'm always trying to broaden my genres, because there's good stuff everywhere (even among harem/ecchis, much as I generally stay away from those). I've recently started a magical girl show, and even have downloaded Psycho-Pass and Kaiba in preparation to watch them in the near future.
I've sent you a friend request. I definitely have more respect for dystopian sci-fi now, since those anime have helped you like my favourites have helped me.
I can't really explain Nijigahara in just a few simple words, you just have got to experience it for yourself to fully understand it. It's the type of work that holds sentimental value to others when consumed. At the end of the day, this manga needs your full attention to be able to grasp the entire situation that's currently being shown. It teaches every reader something new, something out of the ordinary – what I learned, or got, from it, would be unlike some other reader's life-lesson learned. The manga oozes the credence that everyone has a role in life to play and that everyone plays a vital part in someone else's existence. People having disoriented lifestyles, having complicated mindsets, yet existing in a clandestine past, and living a lie – this is what Nijigahara Holograph is. Funny enough, it is a myriad of emotions with characters that have none. This work of art definitely deserves a lot more praise. It was able to pull off such a compelling story it such a short amount of time, you can clearly see the tremendous work was put in to it, the care and the quality cannot be replicated.
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Minerva's Den was good despite being too short. It had an interesting story and a cool exclusive weapon and a plasmid not found in the main story.
Anyways, an anime adaptation would be pretty good. Idk why but Infinite has the better chances to get it hypothetically speaking.
Sometime some author seems to me like they rely too much on the dialogue to tell things, kind of forgetting that at the core, manga is not novel, it's a graphical thing. I think Kamimura is fully aware of that, and he very often surprise me with very ingenious and/or lyrical way to convey things. (but I'm not saying text and dialogue are uninportant things though, far from it)
Funny thing is, a person close to me (and had read a fair amount of other work from Kamimura aswell) read the manga very recently and told me she really liked it a lot, while in my memories, I did considered it as a "minor" work from the author, somehow. I think it's because I was comming from "Kanto Heya" , which left a very strong impression on me, and is quite different in the fact that it's more of personal drama and not a more historical thing like "Snowblood" (I do tend to prefer more "personal story" and interpersonal drama and such) . I think if I were to re-read Lady Snowblood now, I would rate it better.
I say I avoid dark/dystopian/psychological anime, but I'm always trying to broaden my genres, because there's good stuff everywhere (even among harem/ecchis, much as I generally stay away from those). I've recently started a magical girl show, and even have downloaded Psycho-Pass and Kaiba in preparation to watch them in the near future.
I've sent you a friend request. I definitely have more respect for dystopian sci-fi now, since those anime have helped you like my favourites have helped me.