• Feirdro@lemmy.world
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    The more middle aged I get, I can just rewatch series over and over. They’re new every time.

    Cuts down on streaming bills.

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    If I stop playing a video game for even a couple weeks I forget everything in terms of the mechanics, crafting, and inventory etc and lose interest.

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    My least favorite is when you go back to watch season 1, enjoy it, then watch the new season and you can’t even finish it due to how different it is

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      Oof altered carbon got me that hard. The first season is so confusing and amazing. The second season… Well

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      Loved the first volume of a new fantasy series. Wait eagerly for Volume II. Nope out halfway through because it stinks.

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      Babylon 5 had the right idea. Do an animated version; you can keep all the original actors and have much wilder special effects

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    This is presently happening with me for invincible. Season two just started and I have no idea what happened to get us where we are.

    But Dr. Who is returning, so I’m rewatching the entire series. Just got to Matt Smith…

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    That’s usually good.

    If it’s been literally years, you know the new writers and director are probably going to screw everything up relative to the original, and there will also probably be a change in cast.

    I’d much prefer to forget the original than have a good memory of it and be disappointed with the changes.

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      This is what came to my mind as well. I feel like its been the final season for a decade.

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        It’s so silly. I couldn’t have created a more fucked up way to release the final season if I tried.

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    Doesn’t happen if you only watch obscure >decade old single season animes

    Never mind the fact that I’ll never find another person who watched and liked From the New World, or Canaan, or Flip Flappers

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      Canaan was the shit! Try finding fans of Bubblegum Crisis, Noir, Eatman, or Bakumatsu Kikensetsu Irohanihoheto; 90s anime kids don’t get together and have rewatch parties lol

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          You’re in for a treat with Bubblegum Crisis. I’d also recommend Nyan Koi, Evangelion (totally not niche but why not), and for a recent anime that has a 90s feel, Megalo Box. I’m a trove of anime suggestions lol

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          18 days ago

          Did you delete your reply? I was going to read it again but can’t find it. I have more recommendations if you want, let me know!

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        I wasn’t kidding about the one year thing, I’m back! All of these shows were great. You weren’t kidding about Bubblegum Crisis, I can’t believe I put off watching it for so long, it was rad as hell. Noir was my favorite of these suggestions, literally the only thing that keeps it from being a 10/10 is the distracting lack of any blood. Bakumatsu was super interesting—it’s cool seeing a show where half of the characters have Wikipedia pages. There’s a certain kind of person who both has a deep interest in the Boshin War and likes historical fantasy, for whom Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto is the best show ever made. I can’t bring myself to say that Eat-Man was good, but the concept is interesting, and I absolutely adore Bolt Crank as a character. '98 definitely improved on '97, but I’m fond of both series

        I haven’t watched everything in your other comment yet, but I did watch Megalo Box, and it’s one of my favorite shows now—makes it to almost every list of recommendations because of the differences between the first and second seasons. It’s crazy how quickly it goes from shounen to seinen.

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          Just found it, here’s a few other niche “older” anime:

          Real Drive - one of my favorite shows that really shows how far technology could go in the future.

          HeatGuy J - another sci-fi futuristic one that premiered on Toonami in 2002; the premise is similar to Blade Runner

          Dennou-Coil - this one deals with augmented reality, and it is what I think we’re getting closer to the more companies invest in AR. It’s also well animated and family friendly.

          The Big O - another one that premiered on Toonami 20 or so years ago, I used to make the joke that The Big O was if Batman was an anime with mechs.

          Desert Punk - I won’t spoil much; post apocalyptic dark comedy.

          Aaaaand one of my favorites with one of my favorite anime openings ever:

          Kyouran Kazoku Nikki - regular dude gets thrown into a marriage with one of the most powerful beings to exist

          See you in a year!

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            A lot of those are already on my list, so I’ll make sure they make it onto my screen this year

            I forgot to talk about the many other shows I’ve watched in the last year! Unfortunately I didn’t grow up watching anime so I don’t have the nostalgia for it that most 90’s kids do, but the turn of the century is my favorite era of the medium. I’ve seen a lot from around then in the last year: Witch Hunter Robin, Wolf’s Rain, Ghost in the Shell, NieA_7, Serial Experiments Lain, Key the Metal Idol, Ergo Proxy, Read or Die

            I really missed out on this stuff when I was a kid. Ghost In The Shell (the films and Standalone complex) would have been a formative experience for me as a teen

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      Personally I see it as a selling feature knowing that an anime is only going to be one or two cour. I don’t like to watch series that never end so it’s nice knowing that the story has a conclusion.

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        Who said that these anime ends after one season? Many times, they have a cliff hanger ending because the producers were hoping to get a second season or they are a faithful adaptation of the first part of a manga that is only half finished.

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      I mean the original is like 6 episodes, right? Thanks for putting that song into my brain btw. “With the kids sing of the future. Maybe kids don’t need the masters.”

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    I want to watch season 2 of Dark but I don’t have it in me to rewatch and get my brain organized for season 1.

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        I am gonna disagree here and say Dark only gets worse over time. To be honest, I have not even finished it, because it became super silly.

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          Then you missed how the end ties everything perfectly together and makes it one of the most consistent time travel stories ever filmed.

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            LOL. You must’ve been watching a different Dark than the one I did.

            Time travel is a difficult trope to do well, because there is so much potential for paradoxes and other confusion. I always find myself going “So, if they could travel through time, couldn’t they just do X?”

            In Dark, it started with a good premise, but the last season was a total wreck. It felt slapped together, like they had to come up with an ending in a hurry.

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              I believe the writers actually wrote much of the story line for the entire show before filming the first season. As such, it’s probably one the most internally consistent time travel stories. That said, I do think season 3 gets bogged down by all of the exposition needed for the story to actually make any sense.

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      I believe Netflix actually has a website with the timelines for each character so you don’t get confused. IIIRC you can tell it what episode you’re on so you won’t get any spoilers.

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    This happened to my wife and I with season 4 or Ozark. Fortunately I found a well made video on YouTube that summarized Seasons 1-3. I was amazed at how much stuff we had forgotten.