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I didnt think nge was much of a mind screw, but then i didn't take the last two episodes seriously.

Since were doing anime openings we like, but favorite might be from Oda Nobuna no Yabo, Stiens;Gate and Gulity Crown. Damit! Spice and wolf too! So many good OPs! Be warned. The spice and wolf op might be considered nsfw by some.

Spice and Wolf's OP is such a dreamy song. It's gorgeous.

Guilty Crown's three OPs are all solid, pity the series doesn't live up to it's music.

I linked one of Macross Frontier's OPs "Lion" on the last page, and it's one of my favorite OPs.

Outlaw Star's "Through the Night", Angel Beats "My Soul, Your Beats" are both excellent. Sirius from Kill La Kill is a solid recent OP that is getting lots of play on my zune. Go To The Top by Koda Kumi from Muu Luv Alternative Total Eclipse is probably the best thing about that particular anime, While Infinite Love by Cloverfield X from Bodacious Space Pirates proves that combining the powers of an Idol Group and a guitarist from Megadeth is only winning. Another common play for me is Make My Day by Piko from Binbougami Ga! (Good Luck Girl!) which I won't... yeah I'll link it again, what the hell why not? And a final classic is from You're Under Arrest, Love Somebody!

Are the new NGE movies wrapped up or is that still open ended?

 AduroT wrote:
Are the new NGE movies wrapped up or is that still open ended?

3 of 4 are out.

My all-time favorite OP:

I jam out to this song all the time (the actual version, this is a piano version of the GBF op1 with lyrics),



and I feel compelled to play this song before every cardfight I am in.



There are just so many anime that have a good soundtrack/OP. I'll man up and admit it; I like the soundtrack for the love live anime. I find it relaxing. The soundtrack for Non Non Biyori is incredibly relaxing as well (like the anime). Even Gundam seed/ seed destiny have some good OPs and EDs. +1 for me liking the Guilty Crown soundtrack, too.

Just finished attack on titan anime, and read the manga up as far as they have printed. This show is DARK. First time through I missed the "additional ending" after the credits in the final episode of season 1, episode 25. It's 4 seconds of WTF, HOLY GAKK!

 conker249 wrote:
Just finished attack on titan anime, and read the manga up as far as they have printed. This show is DARK. First time through I missed the "additional ending" after the credits in the final episode of season 1, episode 25. It's 4 seconds of WTF, HOLY GAKK!

Eh hem,

Read the manga in full to try and make sense of it, but nothing so far in 53 chapters. this is my theory I made about that.

Watching Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - Heart Throb, and I gotta say...



That's my theory at least.

Oh, and regarding Attack on Titan:

I like that theory. Can we please get a second season? I REALLY wanna see

Meanwhile in anime in real life land...
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-01-27/appleseed-armor-comes-to-life-with-robotic-exoskeleton

Eeyup. that's what a lot of people don't get when they see the current generation of exoframes- the only real difference between what we have now and what you see in anime/superhero stuff is battery/runtime and the layers of armour/padding. Heck, we're fast approaching the point where man-portable self-lifting devices are a thing.

Anvildude wrote:
Eeyup. that's what a lot of people don't get when they see the current generation of exoframes- the only real difference between what we have now and what you see in anime/superhero stuff is battery/runtime and the layers of armour/padding. Heck, we're fast approaching the point where man-portable self-lifting devices are a thing.

That, and legs. Legs are kinda important.

Actually we can do a lot with mechanical legs so far. Really the limits are power, power conversion and like Anvil said, runtime.

That suit is friggin' awesome.

Ironically, Sagawa Electronics, makers of this exoskeleton, were a front used some of the villains in Ghost in the Shell (manga). They were also a target of the Laughing Man in Stand Alone Complex.

And that's why it's an Appleseed Landmate instead of a Tachikoma. :p

But yeah- anyone who thinks we can't do legs, take a look at the Big Dog. We could essentially have robot cavalry at this point if we wanted.

 dementedwombat wrote:
I've been a designated anime abstainer (don't want to say hater because that's too strong but not someone who has been interested in it) for most of my life. Mostly because some of it is seriously messed up weird and also because some of the "hardcore anime fans" I have met make me despair for the entirety of the human race.

That said I've been watching Yu Yu Hakisho recently and I love it. It's so incredibly weird but it's weird in a good way and the story is pretty interesting. I think I might follow it up with Fullmetal Alchemist.

After that maybe Robotech or Blue Submarine number 6, or cyborg 009. I have fond memories of those from Toonami when I was younger. Heck, maybe even Trigun or Outlaw Star... now I've got over my irrational fear of Japanese animation anything is possible.

Do yourself a favor and stay away from Blue Submarine Number 6. You don't have to hate anime to hate that one, and liking anime doesn't help much, either.

I cannot recommend Trigun highly enough. I've only heard good things about Outlaw Star, but have never seen it. Robotech is a classic, if somewhat maligned by "die hard" anime fans these days, for being a "horrible Frankenstein blasphemy" created by mixing three separate shows together. Don't listen to the haters, though... Robotech is excellent, and I've seen the Japanese shows it is based on (and apart from Macross, there isn't much to crow about).

If I can make a recommendation, look for Cowboy Bebop. Silly name aside, its bounty hunters in space, with the least anime-sounding soundtrack ever recorded. The opening theme alone is worth the price of admission.

Cowboy Bebop- what happens when you take Anime, and add Chemical Jazz to the mix.

Kinda like how Nobunagun is what happens when you add Chemical Metal, or Gurren Lagann is what happens when you add Chemical MAN.

Robotech is interesting, because it's what Mechwarrior is partially based on- and there's a whole Lloth's web of legalities and copyrights and trademarks that tie through that, Battletech, Mechwarrior, Macross and all the other bits and pieces that 80s television and game execs just didn't want to bother their legal teams about, and so didn't.

When did chemical become a word used for music....

Didn't get the Powerpuff Girls reference?

I was too busy watching well drawn cartoons to watch that bacl then, never cared for it.

HERESY!

Anyone catch Kill la Kill last night?

'Cause I haven't. Need to watch it tonight. LOL! Can't frikkin' wait!

 PrehistoricUFO wrote:
Anyone catch Kill la Kill last night?

'Cause I haven't. Need to watch it tonight. LOL! Can't frikkin' wait!

I just did.. I just watched... and I need a new pair of pants ASAP.



Thank you Trigger, you are Gods <3

Edit: Oh Reddit, how I love thee

I swear, someday (hopefully soon), there'll be a breakthrough on battery technology, and humanity will jump ahead again.

Think about all the things that would be possible with better batteries:
- phones
- laptops
- electric cars
- GIANT ROBOTS (which chicks dig)

Mix that with either a major breakthrough in energy production (solar? Fusion?) and we'll be ready for the future.

I think the energy production won't be so much a breakthrough as a quiet walk down the lane of progress. We're regularly increasing the efficiency of solar panels every year- working to make them thinner and cheaper as well. Eventually the point where the efficiency to cost to weight ratio reverses will be reached, and you'll start seeing Ford or Citroen or whoever coming out with electric cars with integrated solar panels, and the Govt will start installing solar/battery powered streetlamps, and it'll be listed as the 'new, next generation' option for roofing material. Then suddenly electricity will start becoming cheaper and cheaper, with the current power companies utilizing fields of the things and going on ad campaigns about how 'difficult and costly' maintaining your own panels and batteries is- but there will be a few do-it-yourselfers who do it themselves anyways, and they'll tell/help their neighbors, who'll spread it, who'll vlog about it, until suddenly you look around in 40 years and energy (if not the method of producing it) is free.

Yeah, Kill la Kill is definitely amping up the awesome factor, although

Hoitash wrote:
Yeah, Kill la Kill is definitely amping up the awesome factor, although

Spoiler:

the whole mother molesting her daughter thing was pretty creepy.

Spoiler:

The fake-out about the recap episode was hilarious, too.

Yes to all three of these points.

Almost forgot, threw me a bit, too. I do wonder if they'll do anything with that (considering how this show deals with such things, it probably will.)