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Zin5ki
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I shall admit that we have had better days... |
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Beltane70
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One thing that was really disappointing was that Hulu had all of Dirty Pair up for streaming until some time last month. Had I known that it was going to be taken down so soon, I would have binge-watched the entire collection!
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varmintx
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And Crunchyroll has it.
Best quote of the day: "Leave voter on BBC: 'I'm shocked & worried. I voted Leave but didn't think my vote would count - I never thought it would actually happen.'" |
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Anime World Order
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There is no Ashita no Joe mentioned because that series is not streaming. You can only watch the sequel series which picks up where the first left off.
Given the choice between the Galaxy Express 999 TV series--which is streaming, yes--and the Captain Harlock television series directed by Rintaro as a representative "Leiji Matsumoto anime from when he was good that people can see streaming," I don't think it's in any way controversial to pick Rintaro's Harlock. Nor do I think it's a daring statement to say that the truly great Galaxy Express 999 anime is not the television series but the first two theatrical films (also directed by Rintaro), and while both are sold in the US, neither are streaming. Again, I'd have recommended Yamato over all of the above were it available.
Even if one were to accept the premise that this is "the weakest entry" in the list (primarily due to abundant filler which I've advised be skipped over), Fist of the North Star is still something for which roughly 30 years later they are continuing to make new merchandise, new animation, new comics, new games etc for. This is no minor feat. Consider this: of all that came out in 2015, how much of those anime are remembered now? What in the mid-2040s will people look back on and remember even having existed? If even the alleged weakest entry on the list managed to stand the test of time to such a degree, then I'd say it's a pretty solid set of recommendations. |
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doomydoomdoom
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Pitch-perfect list. Every pick is MANDATORY for anime buffs. FotNS, Cobra, Lupin, Dirty Pair are all beyond the shit. Fist of the North Star is my favorite manga of all time, and the anime only expands on the beauty. That's an excellent and concise recommendation for watching the series too. I had to skip around a bunch of the early episodes because so much was filler. Late part of the series has cool animation and great music where it matters, but I don't blame anybody for stopping short of completing the anime.
I would go so far as to say that when you can scrape together the bucks, pick up DVD copies of all of these. Good good list. |
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horseradish
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DuelGundam2099
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Never seen most of this list, but I have seen Patlabor in its entirety. Not only would I not recommend it to anyone aside from the third movie, but from a genre standpoint Patlabor is easily outclassed by most of Gundam and- Hey wait a second
>realizes most of the decent classics never got licensed let alone streamed Oh.... This makes me sad.  As for everything else, there are too many entries in their franchises so I have no real interest in watching any of them (at least for now, I may have to pick some up so I can sneak back to some forums).
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jroa
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Going by what you've said here and elsewhere, I am going to make my position as clear as possible. 1. I didn't say that half of the titles on the list were bad. No, they're all perfectly valid entries for this feature. In fact, I didn't even question the idea of putting together this list nor its usefulness. There's nothing wrong with that. However, I think the readers of this feature should be allowed to prefer certain shows to others and comment on them. 2. The only entry that I actually criticized on any deeper level was Fist of the North Star. Again, I am not saying the show isn't iconic nor memorable. It's clear that people remember it even to this day. It was very popular and played an important role in the development of the industry. But the quality of the writing just isn't great. There are plot holes, arbitrary power or skill fluctuations, dumb situations and obvious cases of retroactive continuity. This doesn't only happens in the filler episodes either, though they will also be an issue for many potential viewers . 3. As a matter of fact, I think both Kill la Kill and Code Geass are better than Fist of the North Star. They're not exactly masterpieces nor shining beacons of perfection in terms of writing or originality, but there's more to either of them than to Kenshiro's adventures. In other words, I like both shows and don't think they're immune to criticism. Ironically enough, it's actually rather likely that in 20 or 30 years both of them may be considered appropriate for the purposes of drafting an equivalent list. Why? Because, beyond whatever opinions you believe to be socially acceptable right now, they were both very popular shows, regardless of any controversies or criticisms involved (which, as FOTNS has proven, doesn't prevent a sufficiently popular anime from becoming memorable or iconic). Needless to say, the same could be said about things like One Piece, Naruto and Bleach, among other titles. Last edited by jroa on Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Azmodeus
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Woe, thy name is "region locked".
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Souther
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Granted, Hokuto 2 isn't that good, but it isn't that bad lol. I'd rather have it than be without it.
A good portion of the time, civilians die when Kenshiro's not around, or he gets there during the middle of their dying with barely enough time for last words, or they're dead already. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Not to toot my own horn but I myself have personally watched all 200+ episodes of Lupin across all 4 TV series. It's really not that hard to pull off (especially if you skipped the first 30/31 episodes of Series 2 but yet watched almost all of Series 1 despite having already completed it years earlier ).
And for what it's worth it's episode count is considerably less than some of the more longer animes that Japan still has on TV less so if you pluck out non essential episodes of which they're were quite a few in Series 2 & 3. |
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jroa
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You have made a decent point about that issue, but it's still awfully convenient in those cases too. Why? Because whenever the show wants Kenshiro to arrive right at the perfect moment to save anyone, he will most certainly get there on time, no matter where he was supposed to be before. Thus you can argue that time isn't treated consistently. That said, I'll be flexible and cut the series a little slack here since this is also common in many other shows from this genre and aimed at the same audience. |
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Anime World Order
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Given that you are electing to not respond to me on my Twitter, which you're clearly reading, my recommendation to you is to say "instead of watching THAT entry on the list, watch THIS instead for the following reason." Then I can say "here is the reason why I picked what I did instead of that." In any case, what you are attributing to poor/convenient writing in Fist of the North Star is in fact part of the central theme of the series, which mirrors that of Greek tragedy: the struggle against or acceptance of fate. The fact that Kenshiro for all of his power is still unable to save everybody is not some cheap deficiency of narrative. That is specifically and explicitly what the story is about.
Most of the major Gundam anime titles are not available to be watched streaming anyway, and when they are it's often via some confusingly curated Youtube channel where the videos are only accessible for very short periods of time. My praise of Patlabor (here, for example) is with regards to its versatility of genre: it can be mystery, procedural drama, comedy, surreal. With the exception of a few of the later "AU" television series and some of the shorter OAVs, Gundam is pretty rooted in the kind of story that it's telling. It is rather odd for a Gundam fan to express hesitation to watch anime on the grounds of "these things ran too long and had too many sequels." 
Recommending only Patlabor WXIII to people as you have is an extremely wild outlier of a position to take. Most fans of the series dislike it (I personally do not) because members of the cast from the remaining OAVs, TV show, and films are only seen for a few minutes. This is probably because it was never originally meant to be a Patlabor film at all. In the event you meant to only recommend people watch the second movie--possible given that it frequently appears on lists of greatest anime movies of all time--I personally recommend fans watch other Patlabor first beyond just the first movie so they can contextually know who these characters are and what the status quo is. The second film is certainly excellent on its own merits, but it was intended as a finale after all. |
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ConnormonCat
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OH I sure do love not getting those Crunchyroll shows in Australia
I haven't seen Harlock or Rose of Versailles in so long. I wanted to rewatch them but looks like I won't be able to... |
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Responder
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I live in Australia, so none of these are available, to my knowledge.
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