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[Akumetsu]

Onepunch-Man will get an anime... *fangirl noises*.

Best Shounen after HxH for me... I just love how different it is.

 

[teluoborg]

And it's made by the team that's behind HxH 2011 right ? I was kinda scared when it was announced that the animation wouldn't do Murata's art justice so I guess I can relax now.

But it's gonna take forever to come out seeing how slow the original and the remake are advancing.

OPM is also one of my favorite mangas, I think what I like the most is how the one gag of the whole manga makes the whole story hilarious no matter how serious and dramatic it gets.

 

[Panda Yuki]

My friend convinced me to watch One Piece recently and I'm honestly glad he did. I always avoided it, because I always heard it associated with all those plotless shonen like bleach and dbz, but One Piece has pleasantly surprised me with how well written it is.

 

[ぱみゅ]

And it only gets better.
Except for few things that make no sense, but overall is very good despite being so long.

 

[teluoborg]

As long as you skip the fishmen arc, this thing was a mess.

 

[Izanagi97]

My friend convinced me to watch One Piece recently and I'm honestly glad he did. I always avoided it, because I always heard it associated with all those plotless shonen like bleach and dbz, but One Piece has pleasantly surprised me with how well written it is.

Yep, don't **** with Oda's storytelling.

So far, it has the least deus ex machinas out of the 4 major anime/manga (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto, Fairy Tail) since Oda thinks ahead. The other 3 have enough to have nicknames for them (Plotkai for Bleach, Plot no Jutsu for Naruto, and Nakama Power for Fairy Tail)

 

[Panda Yuki]

Yep, don't **** with Oda's storytelling.

So far, it has the least deus ex machinas out of the 4 major anime/manga (One Piece, Bleach, Naruto, Fairy Tail) since Oda thinks ahead. The other 3 have enough to have nicknames for them (Plotkai for Bleach, Plot no Jutsu for Naruto, and Nakama Power for Fairy Tail)

I actually never minded op characters in anime, as long as the story itself is good and characters are likable. My problem w/ bleach and dbz is that nothing ever happens in them, but I'd personally defend fairy tail and One Piece since they actually have some amount of entertainment value. Naruto, on the other hand, I haven't watched enough of to have a solid opinion of (though what I have watched hasn't really stuck my interest).

 

[ぱみゅ]

Bleach's pace is terrible, the storytelling is SLOW AS EFF. I bet most people could literally read all the manga in one single sit. The pace alone overcomes its depth.
DBZ is awesome but that's about it, after Frieza's saga (which was amazing btw) it all was about who's the strongest Saiyan who can beat the bad guy. Original Dragon Ball is waaaaay better (specially because it's about the actual Dragon Balls).
Naruto is awesome at the beginning, but the more the story advances, the more drama arises. Battles aren't about who's strongest anymore but about who has the deepest feelings.
Fairy Tail... I think is disappointing. I loved Rave and expected something equally awesome and well-written, but I got an ecchi manga with some people hitting each other occasionally where the good kids never lose a single battle, ever.
One Piece has amazing characters on amazing setups, I mean, it obviously has gaps here and there and some weak arcs (like Skypiea), but they always begin with simple stuff and escalate to become huge messes (that make sense if you paid attention), and I do appreciate that kind of storytelling.

/imo

 

[teluoborg]

Fairy Tail... I think is disappointing. I loved Rave and expected something equally awesome and well-written, but I got an ecchi manga with some people hitting each other occasionally where the good kids never lose a single battle, ever.

But that was Rave's main plot too, no ? Like power of friendship all the way and the bad guys are secretly good guys that turned evil because they were sad.

And then Fairy tail, it probably has some qualities but I stopped reading after seeing how low on imagination the author was running ("Hero of last manga was named spring ? Let's call this one summer so I can do 2 more mangas after that, what a genius ! And we need a mascot so let's take the same one, it'll pass as fanservice so it's kay").

 

[Akumetsu]

Shounen... I pretty much gave up on all 3 ongoing "Major" ones. The quality isn't as great and the cliques... meh.
HxH > All (not the films though).
Or stuff like Onepunch / I don't want this Kind of Hero because they dump on the whole shounen-cliches.

I need to give Fairy Tail one credit though, there was a Twist towards the end of the manga that was pretty amazing and actually had feels to it... otherwise it's boobies + magiceffects.

Tower of God is btw. a decent shounen if you don't mind it being a manhwa.
I would recommand to stay away from the Noblesse though.

 

[Izanagi97]

Starting to get annoyed at the times Oda takes a week long break. I know he has some sort of ailment, but he always does that at cliffhanger bits.

Also, April will be the next set of OP dubbed episodes.

 

[Panda Yuki]

I understand the reasons for the hate fairy tail gets, and it definitely has its flaws, but it's also dumb simple fun, which I think can be good every now and then. Its really good for when I'm in a bad mood.

 

[LasermasterA]

Tower of God is btw. a decent shounen if you don't mind it being a manhwa.
I would recommand to stay away from the Noblesse though.

Yea there are obviously some good manhwa out there and some bad ones, just like manga. Tower of God is pretty good but the rate at which it is advancing will lead it for quite a few years considering the author follows the power scaling that he decided linearly. Although he did take a leap before to not drag out the main character's development to a certain degree.

 

[ぱみゅ]

But that was Rave's main plot too, no ? Like power of friendship all the way and the bad guys are secretly good guys that turned evil because they were sad.

But it at least had a deep backstory, like the whole Resha Valentine thing. I mean, it wasn't a 10/10 manga, and the fact Haru had the ability to make everyone his friend is silly, but it at least was redeemable.

 

[teluoborg]

I don't say Rave isn't good, just that it's the epitome of generic shonen. I read it when I was discovering mangas and enjoyed it a lot, but got bored by it in the end because as I was reading more and more stuff I figured out what the standards and cliches were, and that Rave was using all of them (except maybe the tournament arc, thank god).

That's the same reason that makes me dislike Fairy Tail : it must be good considering how much success it has but it doesn't bring anything new. And when you've read a metric ton of shonen that counts.

Anyway yeah Tower of God is good (or at least the first 2 seasons, I haven't gotten on the train yet) and yes it's probably going to take 10 years to complete. Another shonen to follow right now is boku no hero which has a lot of potential, good characters and a very pleasing artstyle.

HxH is the best shonen I've read so far, I love everything, even the walls of text that explain the subtleties of each power, even the chimera ant arc (I cry everytime I read the end). It's just too bad it has now reached the Berserk status (ie : the author will probably die before they get off the damn boat).

 

[Akumetsu]

Stealth Symphony kinda has a Fairy Tail feel to it (it has a lot more elements than magicstuff however, from cyber, Monsters, Magic, normal, "present", etc.).
Only 20 Chaps which is a bit disappointing by the potential it had. The story and chars are nice though.

 

[nessokman]

I'm so far behind on ever series I was reading now. Maybe I should have not done our school's musical. I have time for nothing.

The only shonens I have greatly enjoyed recently have been-
--Blue Exorcist: I just enjoy the art and characters. It's a pretty fun series.
--Kuroko: First sports themed series I've watched seriously. I've enjoyed it greatly.
--magi: If I made a teir list of shonens, I'd easily put magi at SS class. I absolutely love every aspect of it. It never really has a boring chapter.

Others I won't list, HXH is god, but I'm just going to consider it ended until the author gets off his ass and starts writing again.

 

[Akumetsu]

Gotta read the Ping Pong Manga... the anime was awesome.

 

[nessokman]

Let me just take a moment to appreciate Magi's most recent chapter. I don't think anyone saw that coming. Shinobu Ohtaka you just became my favorite person.

In other news, the second half of Unlimited Blade Works begins Saturday.

Seraph Of The End premiers Saturday. I can't help but be hyped, even though I'm almost always disappointed by series I get hyped for.(I'm looking at you Akame Ga Kill anime)

Seraph is made by the studio behind Attack On Titan, so we can at least expect beautiful visuals.

 

[Izanagi97]

Going back to the Oda break thing (The guy needs his rest, I get that), he is on yet another one when the end of 783 threw a curve ball that will be mentioned in the spoilers

Spoiler

Gear 4th is going to appear. The two best guesses on what it will involve (2nd was blood flow, 3rd was bone) are either muscle or vulcanization.

 

[finalark]

So, speaking of Fairy Tail, is anyone else here watching the series again now that the filler is over? I managed to get all caught up on the manga (from chapter 82 btw) in the amount of time it took for them to get to Tartarus.

On the note of Fairy Tail VS. Rave Master, I'm hugely bias towards the latter since it was the first manga series I ever read and it's what got me into Japanese media in general. Last year I decided to reread the whole thing for fun only to discover that it's really not all that great and it doesn't really hold up. It comes into its own later on, but upon rereading it after having so many more series under my belt I can't help but feel its really derivative. Doesn't help that most of the characters look like they're right out of the pages of a learn to draw manga book.

Fairy Tail has its flaws, I'll agree wholeheartedly. The characters who should get focus don't, the fan service is way to gratuitous for its own good, Mashima relies way to heavily on Nakama Power/unexplained bull**** to pull his characters out of tight spots (remember that time Erza was robbed of all her senses but manged to win anyway? Yeah, I thought that was nonsense too) but its a ton of fun and has had me hooked for years now, so clearly it's doing something right.

 

[nessokman]

With chapters 159-161, Magu has transcended normal manga into god teir.

Magi is love, Magi is life.

 

[CJ Falcon]

For me, no other manga comes close to the greatness of Berserk. Beautifully drawn, great story, great characters, and most importantly: way, way, wayyy over-the-top graphicness. I love how every chapter has something eye-popping to look at. I really wish they would adapt more of the series to anime since all that's been covered so far is the first story arc and the story only gets better and better after that.

(Please don't take my signature seriously.)

 

[nessokman]

For me, no other manga comes close to the greatness of Berserk. Beautifully drawn, great story, great characters, and most importantly: way, way, wayyy over-the-top graphicness. I love how every chapter has something eye-popping to look at. I really wish they would adapt more of the series to anime since all that's been covered so far is the first story arc and the story only gets better and better after that.

(Please don't take my signature seriously.)

I used to think excessive gore was cool, but now I find too much to be overwhelming and unnecessary, that is, unless the scene calls for something like many people being brutally maimed or piles of dead bodies.

I'm more attracted to series with dark settings or tones. I was naturally drawn to series like hellsing, Soul Eater, and attack on titan (it had its dark moments).

I do enjoy colorful shonens as a break from darkness, and colorful but action filled series like kuroko keep me going well.

My friends are in love with it, but Tokyo ghoul isn't much of my style. I have it my standard five episodes and it couldn't hook me.

 

[finalark]

My friends are in love with it, but Tokyo ghoul isn't much of my style. I have it my standard five episodes and it couldn't hook me.

I thought Tokyo Ghoul was alright. I'm willing to let its violence and gore slide due to it being an action-horror series, thus making it appropriate. But yeah, back when I was in middle school I too thought that excessive blood and gore was cool. Probably because I thought it made me bad ass or something stupid. Anyway, Tokyo Ghoul had a really neat premise and lots of room to expand, but had the same problems that nearly every twelve episode anime I've ever seen has. The story lacks focus and tries to cram in too much, most of the characters are tossed on way side and forgotten about, the series forgets that it's only got twelve episodes and not twenty four so it crams the entirety of its narrative into the last three episodes, ect.

I haven't seen much of the second season, but I think I'm going to give the manga a read one of these days.

 

[nessokman]

I thought Tokyo Ghoul was alright. I'm willing to let its violence and gore slide due to it being an action-horror series, thus making it appropriate. But yeah, back when I was in middle school I too thought that excessive blood and gore was cool. Probably because I thought it made me bad *** or something stupid. Anyway, Tokyo Ghoul had a really neat premise and lots of room to expand, but had the same problems that nearly every twelve episode anime I've ever seen has. The story lacks focus and tries to cram in too much, most of the characters are tossed on way side and forgotten about, the series forgets that it's only got twelve episodes and not twenty four so it crams the entirety of its narrative into the last three episodes, ect.

I haven't seen much of the second season, but I think I'm going to give the manga a read one of these days.

I just wasn't able to get into it.

Soul eater had a really badass art style and animation by studio Bones. I would greatly appreciate it if they would pull a brotherhood, and remake it, the manga' send wasn't the best, but it beat the hell out of the anime ending. Also events after the battle for brew in soul eater is where the series strayed getting more action packed than it already was.

 

[finalark]

I've been crossing my fingers for a more faithful adaptation of Soul Eater for a while now. I'll agree the ending was pretty lackluster, but at least it had denouement. Unfortunately, it seems like the series is more interested in drawing in the moe crowd more than anything. But now that both the anime and manga for SE NOT are over I wonder if there are any other plans for the series in the works.

Hopefully Bones will give us another anime, but we'll see.

 

[nessokman]

I've been crossing my fingers for a more faithful adaptation of Soul Eater for a while now. I'll agree the ending was pretty lackluster, but at least it had denouement. Unfortunately, it seems like the series is more interested in drawing in the moe crowd more than anything. But now that both the anime and manga for SE NOT are over I wonder if there are any other plans for the series in the works.

Hopefully Bones will give us another anime, but we'll see.

After the battle for brew, soul eater's manga takes a turn for weirder and darker, that material is right up bones' alley.

Let's not mention soul eater not! Because it is certainly NOT soul eater.

I wish Curque du Freak could have gotten an anime. It was adapted from a British book series, and it is actually pretty dark as well. So many opportunities missed...

 

[ぱみゅ]

On the other hand, I began watching two animes (I don't follow news, but they are apparently from this season, I just randomly bumped into them).

First off there is Punchline which is... weak. Nothing but a silly ecchi so far, though the characters are promising, I might want to give it a second chance solely thanks to Strange Juice.

And also Plastic Memories. A magnificent work with great characters, and a huge emotional rollercoaster, I found it really fun (and I rarely have fun with my series) and then incredibly sad (might be a bit off, I've been sensitive to death lately). One episode a week is not enough.

 

[CJ Falcon]

So does anyone like Parasyte: The Maxim? I watched about half of it but then my friend spoiled the whole ending for me and now I don't feel like watching the rest, but I liked what I did see for the most part. He did say though that the last episode is pretty lame.

 

[Izanagi97]

Just need to wait a few more days before I can go to a manga reading website (or do a search) to check out One piece and a certain power up that is spoilered

 

[finalark]

So does anyone like Parasyte: The Maxim? I watched about half of it but then my friend spoiled the whole ending for me and now I don't feel like watching the rest, but I liked what I did see for the most part. He did say though that the last episode is pretty lame.

I read the manga years and years ago when I was about thirteen and I really liked it. I haven't seen more than the first few episodes of the anime because I want to reread the manga first (it's not very long, only eight volumes IIRC). From what I've seen, though, it seems like its a pretty solid adaptation. Yeah, it changes a few things (most notably the setting has been updated to the 10s rather than the 90s) and the protagonist has his everyman qualities played up a bit more, but it seems pretty solid.

 

[nessokman]

I've almost given up on finding a new series that suits my desired qualities in a show.

I doubt I'll find a series as well written story wise, great characters,action packed, and as philosophical as magi.

I want to find a series that is dark, has a good story, good characters, and has plenty of action. (Gore is good, so long as it isn't excessive)

 

[finalark]

I want to find a series that is dark, has a good story, good characters, and has plenty of action. (Gore is good, so long as it isn't excessive)

*cough*

I don't know about the anime, but the manga fits that bill.

 

[Warchamp7]

I just finished Tokyo Ghoul Root A.

WAT

HELP I'M SO LOST

 

[Akumetsu]

I want to find a series that is dark, has a good story, good characters, and has plenty of action. (Gore is good, so long as it isn't excessive)

Zetman
Just don't watch the anime. Just. Don't. The manga is one of my favs. though.
Gore. Not Berserk lvl however.

City of Dead Sorcerer
It's a manhwa, so maybe you won't like the artstyle.
Team Getname, the author team, also makes other manhwas who are pretty dark/psychological stuff.
Just with a different main genre, like thriller, mystery and romance.

 

[finalark]

My buddy and I decided that some time this week we're going to sit down and watch a popular series that neither one of us has seen. He hasn't gotten his list up yet, but I just finished mine an this is what I got:

Popular animation of Japanese origin that I have yet to view:

- Code Geass
- K-On
- Gurren Lagaan
- Rozen Maiden
- Fate/Stay Knight
- Clannad
- A Certain Magical Index/Railgun (difference?)
- Everything related to Haruhi Suzusomething
- Steins;Gate
- Claymore
- Free
- Everything related to Ghost In the Shell except for GitS SAC 2nd Gig
- Ouran Host Club
- Pyscho-Pass
- Samurai Champloo
- Literally everything related to Tenchi Muyo
- Future Diary
- Akame Ga Kill
- My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute

As previously stated, this is a list of well received/widely known/talked about/influential anime in the past ten years or so that I haven't gotten around to watching. Before my friend and I settle on an anime to watch can anyone gives me some recommendations from this list or at least the general gist of what I'll be getting into?

 

[Akumetsu]

Index/Railgun have different Main Chars but a similiar timeline. Overall good series.

K-On is a pile of moe, but, at least so far I watched it, didn't have a capturing story.
Depends if you're into this kind stuff.

Samurai Champloo is action with a decent story and chars.

Steins;Gate starts off more as a comedy but the story that enfolds is nice and it gets pretty serious and even somewhat dark.

Rozen Maiden is okish. It has lots of elements, from slice of life, action, comedy, etc.
I mainly liked it because of the char design.

Psycho-Pass. Good series, Dark psycholocical stuff with insteresting themes.

Free! Well, more Yaoi. Though the story/char development isn't too bad.

Ouran Host Club. Decent comedy.

My Little Sister... This is a thing. I can see why it's so popular, especially because of the art of fanservice (not ecchistuff), things people can relate to and want to be/have in their own life... but it isn't really hurting the series like other service does.
Not finished watching, but so far it's pretty funny with an ok story Also Kuroneko cuteness Level Op.

Claymore. Watched it a looooong while ago. The ending was meh. Kinda berserk-ish.

Gurren Lagann has a similiar style to kill la kill or needless.

Code Geass is Death Note-ish. Though I never could get into it.

 

[teluoborg]

- My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute

Don't bother. The setting is original and interesting but the development and the characters are atrocious. Watch it if you're into hardcore tsunderes or imoutos but I don't recommend it.

 

[ぱみゅ]

Code Geass was interesting until the second season, I felt everything went downhill there. I didn't even finish it after Shirley's death

Rozen Maiden, RM Träumend and RM Overture are disappointing, series begins nicely, but it slowly tones down, and there is no palpable ending. Unlike the manga. I heard RM Züruckpulen follows the manga well though, but I only watched the first episode and you need the RM backstory to understand it, otherwise is just a mess.

And I can't say much about the rest of the list that haven't been said already, most of the other series listed are hit-or-miss, so it's better if you build up your own opinion.