I don't think I've seen one of these threads in a minute, so why not? shrug-outta-hecks

Here's what I've had going on -

Completed:

Good:

Giant Robo: the Day the Earth Stood Still - Great OVA! I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys G Gundam since the first few episodes of this essentially helped Imagawa get the job as the first non-Tomino TV Gundam showrunner. From what I know, they didn't license the actual stories from the manga, so Imagawa and crew made shit up whole cloth and use characters from miscellaneous Yokoyama manga. It gives it this really manic energy when guys with random super powers and Romance of the Three Kingdoms characters are all fighting each other like a kid playing with a box of their parents old toys. Very light on actual robot fights, but the animation is gorgeous.

Getter Robo: Armageddon - More 90s super robots. I didn't like it as much as Giant Robo, but this goes pretty hard and was enjoyably edgy as fuck.

Rose of Versailles - Delightful 70s classic. It has me wanting to watch more Dezaki stuff - maybe Space Adventure Cobra will work its way in soon.

OK:

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 2 - Wasn't bad, but it just didn't have enough to interest me.

.hack//Sign - This was a favorite of mine back in the old days. It's good for an advertisement/prelude for the PS2 games, but I don't think I would recommend it otherwise. I also watched the Intermezzo and Unison OVAs - they're eh.

Kill La Kill - I watched this on a whim after watching Cutie Honey (1973). It's not bad, it's just not really my thing.

Musha Knight Commando: SD Gundam Scramble - Probably cool if you were like 10 in Japan in the early 90s. vivian-shrug

Bad:

Cross Ange - Please check CWs before considering this, but wow is this an interesting train wreck of a show.

Ongoing:

Legend of the Galactic Heroes - 30/110 so far. Still liking it a lot, but I'm just slowly working my way through this one. I couldn't imagine binging through it.

  • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    I really really need to get around to Dougram. I love Armored Trooper Votoms, so I've been meaning to dig into other Ryosuke Takahashi directed series.

    0079 is on and off but it's worth it for Char.

    oooaaaaaaauhhh 0079 is probably up there in my all time faves. If you catch the Gundam bug, be sure to watch Zeta, ZZ, and Char's Counterattack. Even if you don't catch the Gundam bug, watch Turn A Gundam because it's literally the best anime of all time ever I will die on this hill.

    Giant robot cartoons have become my "weird 30-something year old" obsession after ages of not watching anime lol.

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      7 months ago

      Dougram fucks, watch it nerd.

      I'm so far past having the Gundam bug, I got the gundam brainrot. My next targets would be 0080, Zeta and like, Turn A yeah. This is a Turn A forum apparently!!

      Giant robots is kind of a personal weakness too, I become a standard-issue "DUDES ROCK" person for big robots blowing shit up. Thank you Unjust Depths...