Anime/Manga Thread!

[Grod]

Gantz. Fucking epic sci fi human morality and mortality masterpiece. So much over the top violence, despair, death, and failure. Anyone could die at any time, main characters inclusive. Berserk. The author has been writing it for 30 years, and he says he's got 20 plus more years to go. Medieval horror fantasy done masterfully. I find it similar to Gantz in it's overall themes and tone.

[Taosaur]

I gave Fairy Tale a shot and....yeah, no. It's not terrible, but it's definitely aimed at adolescents and doesn't have much appeal beyond that "sex is so embarrassing and oooooh magic!" shtick. Gantz. Fucking epic sci fi human morality and mortality masterpiece. So much over the top violence, despair, death, and failure. Anyone could die at any time, main characters inclusive. Just be clear that you're talking about the manga--the anime didn't even come close. The live action movies actually were not bad, IMO, but more as big crazy fun action movies than anything deep. I suppose they'd be a decent mindfuck, too, if you weren't familiar w/ the story.

[Taffy]

I gave Fairy Tale a shot and....yeah, no. It's not terrible, but it's definitely aimed at adolescents and doesn't have much appeal beyond that "sex is so embarrassing and oooooh magic!" shtick. mhm, it is pretty immature, but I enjoyed what I did read of it. You know those shonen go on forever.

[Grod]

I gave Fairy Tale a shot and....yeah, no. It's not terrible, but it's definitely aimed at adolescents and doesn't have much appeal beyond that "sex is so embarrassing and oooooh magic!" shtick. Just be clear that you're talking about the manga--the anime didn't even come close. The live action movies actually were not bad, IMO, but more as big crazy fun action movies than anything deep. I suppose they'd be a decent mindfuck, too, if you weren't familiar w/ the story. Yeah, I'm talking about the manga. I couldn't even finish the anime. I watched five or six episodes but it just felt so.....lame. Somehow everything that was cool, frightening, or sad in the manga was just embarrassing and bland in the anime. I don't know how they managed to fuck it up so much. I haven't watched the live action movies for fear that they'd have the same quality as the Battle Royale movie. I'll give em a shot. - Also. Taosaur, since you like Gantz, you should check out Berserk if you get a chance. It's pretty great.