The Anime Society 5: Tentacles For All!

Oh, you...

I'll watch it when the weather less happy and sunny.

A Norwegian friend once told me he couldn't take one anime series seriously because the main character's name meant 'Mushroom' in Norwegian. Can't remember what series it was, though. Myself, I don't think I've seen any Japanese names that sound like Welsh words before, humourous or otherwise.

I'm not joking. I take my anime as super cereal srs bsns. A connoisseur if you will

Oh and also watch: Haibane Renmei, Steins;Gate, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Tengen Toppa, Gundam 00, Bacanno!, Beck, NANA, Kaiji and Gintama <-- Funniest Show ever. Don't know if you've seen any of these but off the top of my head, these were all great/phenomenal.

Madoka is just... no... Sorry if I offend anyone, but the only mahou shoujo I can endure is Sailor Moon.

Errm, the entire reason that Madoka was amazing was that it wasn't a mahou shoujo show in the typical sense. It became very dark, very brutal and very, very interesting. Also, how can you not love Kyubei?

Comparing Puella Magi with Sailor Moon is like comparing Gundam with Doreamon.

I'm just not into magical girl settings at all, I like Sailor Moon because it's pure nostalgia. I've heard a lot of good comments about the show, but even after watching some preview bits and checking out screenshots I'm just not into it. I do know it gets a "dark twist" but it doesn't raise my interest in a bit. Once again I'm going to say: just not into it.

I like Doraemon more than Gundam.

I don't get how you can't like a setting? Surely it doesn't matter if they are magical girls, as long as the characters are good, the story engaging and there is a lot of interesting stuff. Would you watch it if they weren't magical girls? That's like saying you wouldn't watch Death Note because its set in Tokyo or because Light is a student I can't see what a setting has to do with how interesting an anime would be. I can't stand mahou shoujo anime but I'm glad I gave Puella Magi a chance. But fair enough, different tastes I guess. You're still going to watch Rainbow though right?

I wasn't stating one was better than the other, I was just saying the comparison was off

I'm just not into magical girl settings at all, I like Sailor Moon because it's pure nostalgia. I've heard a lot of good comments about the show, but even after watching some preview bits and checking out screenshots I'm just not into it. I do know it gets a "dark twist" but it doesn't raise my interest in a bit. Once again I'm going to say: just not into it.

I like Doraemon more than Gundam.

I'm just not into magical girl settings at all, I like Sailor Moon because it's pure nostalgia. I've heard a lot of good comments about the show, but even after watching some preview bits and checking out screenshots I'm just not into it. I do know it gets a "dark twist" but it doesn't raise my interest in a bit. Once again I'm going to say: just not into it.

Errm, the entire reason that Madoka was amazing was that it wasn't a mahou shoujo show in the typical sense. It became very dark, very brutal and very, very interesting. Also, how can you not love Kyubei?

Comparing Puella Magi with Sailor Moon is like comparing Gundam with Doreamon.

I just gave Madoka a try and all I have to say is: nah. It just isn't a series of my taste, it just didn't convince in the first three episodes. I have to be honest, the biggest thing that kind of "turns me off" is the style of the characters and the whole setting of "oh let's put cute looking characters in a dark place". I kinda feel like I'm in lower secondary again, when my friends were trying to convince me that Naruto is a really good series, I just need to look deeper. Ok, to you that might've sounded a bad comparison, but to me it's good. Just not into them and to you (or my mates back then) I cannot give a proper answer why. No offense.

Tried it, not interested. Moving on.

And yes Facticity, I will try Rainbow, but after I've finished the Space Bros.

Ok fair enough.

You might be waiting a while to finish space bros.. its only just started and is supposed to be about 50 eps.

I just gave Madoka a try and all I have to say is: nah. It just isn't a series of my taste, it just didn't convince in the first three episodes. I have to be honest, the biggest thing that kind of "turns me off" is the style of the characters and the whole setting of "oh let's put cute looking characters in a dark place". I kinda feel like I'm in lower secondary again, when my friends were trying to convince me that Naruto is a really good series, I just need to look deeper. Ok, to you that might've sounded a bad comparison, but to me it's good. Just not into them and to you (or my mates back then) I cannot give a proper answer why. No offense.

Tried it, not interested. Moving on.

And yes Facticity, I will try Rainbow, but after I've finished the Space Bros.

Now I'm interested, how dark are we talking though?

I'm glad to hear about Kyodai and Rainbow There is actually a live action coming out of Space Bros here in Japan. I would catch it but my japanese isn't quite that good.

Sad to hear about Puella Magi, but fair enough. Although, a fair try would be 12 episodes or so, then you can decide whether you like it or not

I'm going to have to force my sister to record something for me then.

I personally don't think a series is worth watching if it doesn't get me in it in the first couple episodes. I don't have an infinite amount of time to use, so I'm better off focusing on series that are able to catch my attention from the start. Twelve episodes is waaay too much of a wait.

I have to be honest, the biggest thing that kind of "turns me off" is the style of the characters and the whole setting of "oh let's put cute looking characters in a dark place". I kinda feel like I'm in lower secondary again, when my friends were trying to convince me that Naruto is a really good series, I just need to look deeper.