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Akira a 5?! But the beautiful animation! I wonder if I hadn't been so intoxicated by the art if I'd rated it that low, too. The pacing, in the anime at least, had issues from what I remember.

Hey my memory is fazt regarding the show so recalling it might be difficult. Anyway its basically the group of people living outside the dome. I always under the impression that life is unsustainable beyond the boundaries, which wasn't the case. Where they ever exiled or something? This has to be linked to the drones monitoring the whole area to which they would hide from on a daily basis. I remember that one kid getting sniped which I can vividly imagine right now. Really sad scene that was. Rel did get sick after she was exposed to the conditions which makes sense as she is an inhabitant of the Dome itself.

Ergo Proxy is a show that requires full attention for the most part, similar to that of Serial Expreiments Lain and Texhnolyze. Each of these shows have their unique narrative although one can argue that Texhnolyze is relatively linear with its plot but just slow paced and lethargic in general.

Ergo Proxy is a very good mystery as it leaves you hints and other clues as to why certain events happened. Every twist and turn does have its fair share of foreshawdowing. Good world building as it is a good example of a post apocalyptic setting but I have one gripe which I can't explain due to the spoilers :)
The main characters such as Vincent battling their inner demons got me intrigued as well.

Incoming message. Seems like you sent me a friend request in June 2015? Have we talked before?

The 2017 production is going to be a re-adaptation of the main novel series, so basically a remake. There were some changes to the plot of the anime series, but of what I've heard, they're relatively minor (Dusty - the FPA soldier who looks almost just like Yang, was introduced much earlier in the anime than he was in the books) changes, so it should be the same thing.

Yeah, I think a lot of that has to do with the lore of the Nasuverse that sadly the Kara no Kyoukai adaptation never really explores too much. I wasn't really able to grasp a lot of the backstory and what-not either.

Ah, that's unfortunate. I think that if one is in the right mood they can appreciate series like that, but it's very hard to binge. It took me months to complete Mushishi, and several months to get through just twenty six episodes of Natsume.

That sounds pretty good, thanks for the info. In most cases, I really don't mind if a series has flaws, so much as that I simply find it entertaining and fun to watch, and considering that I've been feeling a bit burnt out on anime, that sounds great, so thanks!

I think LoGH's greatest strengths are the thoughtful narrative, and the sheer scale of the world. There are a lot of series that tell us how large the stakes of the series are (like say, Attack on Titan), but by fully fleshing out the history of it's world, bouncing back between a ton of different character's perspectives across the galaxy during the war, I think LoGH has an unmatched scale in the anime world (from what I've seen so far). Also as aforementioned, though it's something I'm definitely not always in the mood for, I love the pacing style of the series, taking it time to flesh out every aspect of the story.

I agree with you on the art aspect. If there's one thing that I definitely find disappointing, it's the aesthetic. Even for it's time, the animation just isn't very good, and the Sci-Fi elements are implemented very badly as far as more superficial things go. I mean, people are still using paper letters to communicate in the Space Age, and many planets' surfaces don't look technologically developed whatsoever. I do like what the manga is doing with that (better art directions, and some explanation for the undeveloped planets: the Empire withholds advanced technology from the commoners), and I have really high hopes for the 2017 anime series, which is going to be done by Production I.G. that made Psycho-Pass and Ghost in the Shell, both of which had absolutely stellar art and animation.

Nice to hear you've been enjoying Kara no Kyoukai. I personally feel as though that series is one of those that most likely work much better in their source material rather than as a movie series, though the fifth movie you've next to watch is among my favorite anime movies (in fact, on second thought, it may actually be my favorite). The story has some very awesome surreal, dimentia-esque elements, and a ton of mystery and action, which paired with the superb presentation made it a highly enjoyable experience.

It's really a shame that ufotable (the studio behind Fate/Zero and Kara no Kyoukai) limits themselves to making Nasuverse and video game adaptations. I mean, I love Fate/Zero and like KnK, but Fate/stay night was undeniably very inferior to Zero, and I don't really see anyone trying to defend God Eater, which they produced last season.

Natsume is very good, but I'd honestly recommend watching Mushishi first. Both are episodic (basically, Natsume has some two-three episode arcs sometimes), and rely on atmosphere, and feature the main characters helping people with a problem related to a supernatural-ish species (youkai in Natsume, mushi in Mushishi), and usually the focus is on emotional/heartwarming stories in each episode, but Mushishi is honestly leagues ahead of Natsume when it comes to the presentation/aesthetic, and the beautiful art. I mean, compare this:


To Natsume's:


Also worth mention is that I think Mushishi's historical setting captures the fantastical feel of it's stories much better than Natsume's modern one. By no means though is Natsume a bad show though, I'd just recommend watching Mushishi first.

What do you think of Erased, by the way? I've been debating with myself whether to watch it or not, given how popular it's been, and I've been wanting to watch a slightly more serious series lately.

How are you liking Legend of the Galactic Heroes?

LOL :P

glad to see you can binge watch it now :o ( It's great )

Monster is what a lot of people call a "slow burner". There are some arcs that are more slice of life than thriller, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I don't think. The slow moments are still fairly intriguing and even insightful.

Regarding Haibane Renmei, Rakka's existence in that world is the conflict. Other conflicts do arise, but her trying to come to terms with her death, how she died, and what awaits her next is the whole crux of the series. Ugh, it's so depressing...

Some people truly enjoy it though, and appreciate its worldbuilding, but I'm not into it at all. What do you think of Monster and Haibane Renmei so far?

It's basically a lot of heavy breathing, grunting, and angry and stern faced people being angry and stern faced. If you're into that, you'll love it.

Just focus on watching Monster :D, it's great.

Gintama is very good, I started to like it after episode 15 + but I do have to say the first two episodes were atrocious writting at its finest.

Oh, those last two episodes were truly atrocious, I agree. The plot points were certainly not explained very well (in fact I don't think Eva's story to be good overall), many various theories as to the universe Evangelion is set in and the overall plot are in fact are based on content that wasn't present in the actual anime, which I find rather disappointing. There's still plenty of ambiguity in EoE as well, but thankfully it is a better ending.

The characters are alright in my opinion. They were developed by giving them severe psychological problems like depression and parental issues, which was a bit redundant I suppose, but there's actually a fair bit of nice writing that goes into them in my opinion. They weren't portrayed the best in terms of getting the viewer to relate or sympathize with them though, hence a lot of the hate for Shinji, and in fact I might even be able to say that is a "flaw" of the show since it fails to portray it's characters in a manner that incites sympathy or even, oftentimes, interest.

Ping Pong is pretty good. I personally wasn't a big fan of the art-style, but the character development is outstanding, even for it's peripheral characters.

L was great I guess, but I prefer Light alot compared to L. Maybe because he actually had some characters development.