Welcome to the second ever general discussion thread for our burgeoning community! I have been incredibly pleased at the quick growth in the number of usernames I have seen engaging with the community as well as the number of submissions being made. Thank you everybody for contributing and making this community great!
Like always, this is the thread in which you can say what you want or ask about any anime-related topic you desire! Excited about the live-action adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho? Interested in the teased anime series for Terminator and/or John Wick? Want to tell everybody about your theory explaining how Baccano! is actually a critique of capitalism? Well, this is the thread! Let it rip and have fun!
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I have a soft spot for some vintage anime myself. I posted in the ml community previously about my experience going back and watching The Vision of Escaflowne from the latter half of the 90’s. One of the things I really liked about it was the animation itself. Something about actual drawn mecha anime just feels different in a good way.
I am actually going through a bit of a spell myself trying to watch anime differently. One of the things I really liked about the anime community on reddit were the random clips people posted. It was a nice, digestible chunk of animation that usually showed a series at its best. So, I have started to pick out 1-2 minute clips from old series that I like and am trying to figure out how to make a webm from them (once I wrestle ffmpeg into submission). However, the point is that going back and watching bits of shows I have seen with the context of wanting to pull out a clip has been interesting. You really do see things from a different perspective.
I am not familiar with Wolf’s Rain, but doing some quick reading on it. It seems as though your criticisms about the 4-episode recap stint are widely shared by others as well.
Ah, Escaflowne. I should probably rewatch that at some point. I’ve got both the movie and the series DVDs around, so it’s more a matter of when than if… I remember the movie being rather different from the series but it’s been such a long time since I’ve seen either that I don’t really remember the details.
Going back to different eras of anime can be neat. I’ve only got a couple shows and movies from the 80s and 90s though. The oldest I have access to right now is Lupin III (the first season from 1971, I think, plus the pilot from the late 60s) since it got a DVD release a few years ago. (I saw some reruns of Speed Racer and Hakushon Daimao on TV when I was kid but I don’t have a copy.) Maybe I should sort my shows by age and try looking at the progression of styles over time. Hmm…