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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I bet you they probably just didn't feel like doing a new transfer, since the DVD was made from broadcast tapes =) Maybe didn't think it was worth it, lol

rat-salute-2 I am continuing to spread the giant robot mind virus!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

yeah maybe. i bet dougram probably isn't a big seller on home video, very dry (from what i understand) 75 episode anime from 1981 that isn't part of a franchise or anything. suing battletech might be the most money it ever made them

rat-salute

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

i bet dougram probably isn't a big seller on home video

I don't know about video sales, but I found surprising amounts of Dougram merch during my trip to Japan earlier this year. It and VOTOMS had even more than Code Geass lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

huh! the more you know

though code geass probably doesn't have that much merch being sold these days, it's old enough to vote and recent entries haven't exactly been big hits

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

True, even if it was basically the last mechanime that got big.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That sounds amazing hahaha