Okarin tutturu~! The Japanese Anime & Manga Thread II [POST YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS]

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by Grumpy David » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:39 am

Saint of Killers wrote:One Piece: Punk Hazard is such a great arc. I think it's the "Goldilocks" arc (i.e. the length is just right) and it sets multiple plot points up for down the line.


Absolutely agreed. One of my favourites although I was getting fed up with the anime at that stage. The 1 chapter per episode pacing has annoyed me for years but in particular:

Caesar Clown is no actual competition in the manga for Luffy doing a Gear 3 Haki embedded punch in the final fight whilst the anime shows a tug of war style push against each until Luffy's punch breaks through and then lands.

Great moments in the arc though are Law being part of the Crew / Zoro being insanely bad ass and again having a post time skip fight arc where his opponent is vastly below his level to provide any sort of challenge. And Luffy's inhalation of the poison gas with no issue and the reaction faces from everyone. :lol:

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by Saint of Killers » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:56 am

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Saint of Killers wrote:One Piece: Punk Hazard is such a great arc. I think it's the "Goldilocks" arc (i.e. the length is just right) and it sets multiple plot points up for down the line.


Absolutely agreed. One of my favourites although I was getting fed up with the anime at that stage. The 1 chapter per episode pacing has annoyed me for years but in particular:

Caesar Clown is no actual competition in the manga for Luffy doing a Gear 3 Haki embedded punch in the final fight whilst the anime shows a tug of war style push against each until Luffy's punch breaks through and then lands.

Great moments in the arc though are Law being part of the Crew / Zoro being insanely bad ass and again having a post time skip fight arc where his opponent is vastly below his level to provide any sort of challenge. And Luffy's inhalation of the poison gas with no issue and the reaction faces from everyone. :lol:


It's in the name. Guy's a clown. He comes off as a classic comical heel and yet he still manages to be utterly detestable and dangerous. Making him physically super strong on top of that is unnecessary.

Yes, Luffy snorting the poison up was amazing :lol: I also loved Usopp warning Law on how the alliance was going to pan out. Oh! And Vergo's fate! strawberry floating hell. (Him being cut up and the pieces left hung on the railing.)

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by Qikz » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:47 am

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Saint of Killers wrote:Space Dandy is my favourite of his work.

Of the three I've seen, I'd say Cowboy Bebop's my favourite Watanabe anime. Space Dandy is for sure under rated tho imo


You gotta watch Carole and Tuesday if you haven't seen it yet. It's brilliant.

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by Saint of Killers » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:52 am

Qikz wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:Space Dandy is my favourite of his work.

Of the three I've seen, I'd say Cowboy Bebop's my favourite Watanabe anime. Space Dandy is for sure under rated tho imo


You gotta watch Carole and Tuesday if you haven't seen it yet. It's brilliant.


I did a search under his name on Netflix yesterday and that came up. I added to my watch list.

I hope they add Cowboy Bebop back at some point...

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by VlaSoul » Sun Apr 11, 2021 12:00 pm

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Saint of Killers wrote:Space Dandy is my favourite of his work.

Of the three I've seen, I'd say Cowboy Bebop's my favourite Watanabe anime. Space Dandy is for sure under rated tho imo


You gotta watch Carole and Tuesday if you haven't seen it yet. It's brilliant.

I'll check it out for sure man

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by Ironhide » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:04 pm

Was beginning to think Diamond is Unbreakable was going to be slightly more upbeat than previous JoJo arcs, and then:

Kira arrives on the scene and murders Shigechi :shock:

Probably the creepiest anime villain I've ever seen, carrying a severed hand in your jacket pocket is definitely disturbing to say that the least.

Also getting some American Psycho vibes from him.

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by Jam-Master Jay » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:05 pm

Ironhide wrote:Was beginning to think Diamond is Unbreakable was going to be slightly more upbeat than previous JoJo arcs, and then:

Kira arrives on the scene and murders Shigechi :shock:

Probably the creepiest anime villain I've ever seen, carrying a severed hand in your jacket pocket is definitely disturbing to say that the least.

Also getting some American Psycho vibes from him.


The way he talks to Shigechi is unsettling for many reasons but the calm and almost soothing delivery of "no, no, no, no, no, no, you must die" adds so much, and then to threaten the parents. Shigechi may have been a bit of a greedy little gooseberry fool but man, he was just a middle school kid who died wanting to protect his family and friends.

He's often regarded as the best JoJo villain, and damn you're in for a run of great episodes now he has made himself known.

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by VlaSoul » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:44 pm

Ironhide wrote:Was beginning to think Diamond is Unbreakable was going to be slightly more upbeat than previous JoJo arcs, and then:

Kira arrives on the scene and murders Shigechi :shock:

Probably the creepiest anime villain I've ever seen, carrying a severed hand in your jacket pocket is definitely disturbing to say that the least.

Also getting some American Psycho vibes from him.

Kira's my favourite JoJo villain. His dynamic in the story is pretty unique and he's just generally so creepy; he's a large part of the reason that I'd rank part 4 as among the best parts.

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by Met » Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:28 pm

+1 for pretty much everything said so far. Part 4 is also one of, if not my favourite part for the fact it's a step back in terms of stakes. It's the first time in the series it's not just "old villain round 2" or "Old villain version 2" and is instead just some guy. He doesn't want to take over the world, he doesn't want to kill every single person, he's just a guy who wants to live a quiet life and indulge his fetish in peace. I wish more series would be able to have a stake reset like this without it being relegated to being a filler arc, but that's what makes Jojo's thing of swapping the cast around each time interesting. It's harder to do in a series with stricter power scaling.

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by Ironhide » Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:10 pm

Janken Boy is annoying as strawberry float.

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by Qikz » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:32 pm

I think my favourite JoJo villain of what I've read so far (up to the start of Part 7) is the villain in Part 6. He owns so much.

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by Saint of Killers » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:05 am

One Piece 700s-ish: Absolutely *loving* the arc (Dressrosa) within an arc (Lucy Vs The Arena) structure.

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by Saint of Killers » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:27 pm

Just got through watching Kengan Ashura PT2 Ep8. That was dope af.

Loving the credits song as well.


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by Qikz » Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:38 pm

Finished The Great Pretender season 2 today. Watched season 1 starting last Saturday. Let's just say I really loved it :D

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by Ironhide » Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:32 pm

Another JoJo WTF moment.

Dead cat comes back to life as a sentient mobile plant (that purrs and meows)with ridiculously powerful stand

I love it.

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by Ironhide » Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:48 pm

I did not need to see that.

Hayatos tiny penis :dread:


Definitely on some kind of watchlist now, cheers Araki.

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by VlaSoul » Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:43 pm

Saint of Killers wrote:Just got through watching Kengan Ashura PT2 Ep8. That was dope af.

Loving the credits song as well.

I just finished watching that yesterday, started reading the manga today. The ED is awesome; it's cool to hear Japanese trap music especially since there isn't a lot of it around.

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by Saint of Killers » Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:10 pm

VlaSoul wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:Just got through watching Kengan Ashura PT2 Ep8. That was dope af.

Loving the credits song as well.

I just finished watching that yesterday, started reading the manga today. The ED is awesome; it's cool to hear Japanese trap music especially since there isn't a lot of it around.


What did you think of the doctor versus condemned man fight? The doctor's abilities were so OTT silly. (Obviously the whole show has an element of silliness to it, but that bit pushed it really far.)

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by VlaSoul » Thu Apr 15, 2021 10:30 pm

Saint of Killers wrote:
VlaSoul wrote:
Saint of Killers wrote:Just got through watching Kengan Ashura PT2 Ep8. That was dope af.

Loving the credits song as well.

I just finished watching that yesterday, started reading the manga today. The ED is awesome; it's cool to hear Japanese trap music especially since there isn't a lot of it around.


What did you think of the doctor versus condemned man fight? The doctor's abilities were so OTT silly. (Obviously the whole show has an element of silliness to it, but that bit pushed it really far.)

Yeah what I liked about the show was that it was basically a battle anime with a basis in real life MMA with obvious exaggerations, but that character essentially introduced weapons into it, which sort of took me out of it. I thought the character himself was fun though and the fight itself was alright.

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by Choclet-Milk » Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:38 pm

TWEWY Ep 2 down, and they're taking some massive liberties with the story. About three days worth of story have been spliced up and smashed into one, events from day 6 have brought way forward and changed, and very significant events from day 4 haven't happened at all.

It still looks really nice, but I'm starting to have reservations. :?

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