~*Winter Break Anime Fun!*~

[Sweet Angel]

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Update: If you want in the skype group add mauralanbarn its danceflashrevo, he would be happy to assist since I'll be working most of the daytime and he's on break xD

[.Layne.]

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Supernatural: Mars of Destruction


best anime IMO
won't regret it

[tosh]

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Mars of Destruction is beautiful. A+

[Svaz]

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You should definitely watch Tokyo Godfathers around Christmas (it's a movie rather than a series)! It's by the talented Satoshi Kon (who also helped in stuff like Paprika, Millennium Girl, and Paranoia Agent, the series) who passed away some amount of years ago, iirc. It's both Christmas themed, warm, and a bit unusual with their selection of characters. It's a really sweet movie, I think.

As far as series go, I generally suggest Tatami Galaxy (Slice of Life/Drama) because it has some metaphysical aspects to it (and even some magical realism; an entire subplot/concept is lifted directly from 100 Years Of Solitude) without being too polarising due to the coming-of-life schoolage aspect to it (but I feel like this is a theme in most anime lately...). There's a bit of comedy to it, too. It's in somewhat the same vein as Welcome to the NHK! but it has a stronger female character in it, I think, and it's a bit more versatile despite the Groundhog Day effect of repeating the same span of time. If nothing else, the person that recommended that should check this out!

Baccano! seems like a good start because it has a little bit of everything; an intriguing plot, somewhat endearing characters, accessible comedy, and it follows different characters around, so if some of the protagonists bother you, hey, you'll eventually get to see some others instead. Madoka is an alright series, especially since it takes a well established, pre-existing theme and kind of inverts it, but I feel like it'd be more appreciated by someone exposed to magical girl fare first (Cardcaptor Sakura, Sailor Moon, etc.).

A nice handful of series here are classics, and the only reason I'd recommend against them is because it's generally pretty fun to go out and explore new offerings. Cowboy Bebop (admittedly a personal favorite), FLCL, GTO, Lain, Akira, etc. are all pretty solid series, but I feel like a lot of people have probably seen these before because a) they've been around for a pretty long time and b) they've also been broadcast in the US, sometimes even with dubbing. Definitely worth watching any of them, though. I feel like Lain is a bit underrepresented sometimes, for example. Oh, Samurai Champloo and Trigun also fall here I guess, I'm just not really familiar with either of them to any meaningful degree so I feel it'd be fallacious to assert either are good.

I also feel like some of the series suggested are pretty polarizing and perhaps inappropriate for application in this particular manner; stuff like Lucky Star, Yuru Yuri, K-ON!!, and even CLANNAD are kind of poor choices to start with since a lot of the characters are fairly one dimensional and ultimately not terribly compelling as far as storylines go; it's all farcial emotional stuff (and in Lucky Star's instance, a lot of anime references that not a lot of people will appreciate unless they're well versed or using a guide or something) and fairly bland stories. S-sorry. I also feel like Princess Jellyfish is in a similar vein due to the Amars and their general misandry, but only from threads I read about it. I kind of enjoy the series, but the ending was a bit weak, and from the suggestions, there are better things to start with. Nichijou is also pretty good and I like it a lot; it's varied, it's a bit dynamic, kind of a composite of vingettes, but some of the humor is a bit weird/drawn out, I think? I like it as a series, but feel like there are better things to start out with, again.

Series that I altogether dislike: Higurashi, Mirai Nikki, Shingeki no Kyojin on the merit that they're mostly slaughterfests and pseudointellectual, sort of like how I feel about Elfen Lied. Higurashi in particular seems weird outside of a VN format, since it has to adopt this groundhog day quality to it with the protagonist hanging out with different characters which seems kind of obnoxious and unnatural, a necessity of adaptation rather than a thematic element of it. Ergo Proxy is probably good, but I found it dull to the point of being offputting.

[danceflashrevo]

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Maybe kaiji. It's p.good. I'd put this one under action. It's about a guy (named Kaiji) that has to gamble for his life because he's so in debt. The animation might take a bit getting used to but I like it :3

[FontSize72LOL]

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As far as series go, I generally suggest Tatami Galaxy (Slice of Life/Drama) because it has some metaphysical aspects to it (and even some magical realism; an entire subplot/concept is lifted directly from 100 Years Of Solitude) without being too polarising due to the coming-of-life schoolage aspect to it (but I feel like this is a theme in most anime lately...). There's a bit of comedy to it, too. It's in somewhat the same vein as Welcome to the NHK! but it has a stronger female character in it, I think, and it's a bit more versatile despite the Groundhog Day effect of repeating the same span of time. If nothing else, the person that recommended that should check this out!

Yeah, its a pretty great show. Tatami Galaxy has a pretty wierd animation style, and the only thing i had an issue with on that series was how fast everyone talks so the subs were pretty hard to keep up with. But both this and Welcome to the NHK were very solid shows.

Taste.

[shenjoku]

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I'm not really sure what to post for genres. I guess I enjoy action/adventure stuff the most since the main kind of stuff I like is FMA: Brotherhood, Trigun, Hunter x Hunter (especially HxH omg so good). It's hard to remember all of them as well since there are so damn many and I've seen little bits and pieces of a lot of them that I don't remember the names of. But yeah, <3 me some anime. I'd totally be down for this. I've been using http://www.animeseason.com/ to watch stuff lately, which seems to have a nice selection.

[Sweet Angel]

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Updated ~

ATTENTION

I went through the anime mentioned and have narrowed down to the three genres based on main interests. That being:

Comedy
Psychological Thriller/Horror/Supernatural
Drama/Slice of Life

Sorry action genre~ but I believe most of the interest was in the others, if the majority of you disagree let me know otherwise

With that being said the polls are up!
Decide one anime from each genre you would like to watch.

Comedy: http://strawpoll.me/911468
Psychological Thriller/Horror/Supernatural: http://strawpoll.me/911545
Drama/Slice of Life: http://strawpoll.me/911573

I'd also like to point out a few anime shows mentioned are not on the lists, this is due to how many episodes there are in them and time constraints.
Clannad is highlighted in green in the op because after story is recommended with it.

There is also one more poll I'd like for you guys to take, I've talked with a few in the group chat and we've decided on a possible 2 showings, one in the morning and one at night because of lack of availability at certain times. If anyone is interested in a morning/afternoon showing (12pm EST) Let me know as well.

Time availability poll: http://strawpoll.me/911623

Again, if you're interested in joining the group chat let danceflashrevo know :3, his Skype is also listed in the op~

[kjwkjw]

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ATTENTION v2

I've made a separate poll where you can select multiple anime for each genre. This should give us an idea of the number of people who are interested in watching for each and every one of the accepted suggestions. If you're interested in joining us for this event, please vote in this poll as well!

The form can be found here.

[NeoMasterPie]

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watashi wa goddamn T-Time with that all, day, animay y'all

#tgs

[shenjoku]

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NANI?!?!?!!!?!?!

I'm in for 12am

[Izzy]

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Cowboy bebop was put under comedy.

[dragon890x]

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Looks like I'm in! :3

[Sweet Angel]

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Cowboy bebop was put under comedy.

lol i really had no idea where to place it :3 but i felt bad for the couple genres with only two other anime's had to give it another chance somewhere xD

Looks like I'm in! :3

Welcome to the group! Along with you others as well!

The anime's will probably be picked after christmas so please keep an eye out~

[MoonlightUsagi]

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Hmm this looks interesting. Mind if I join? xD