The new top dog (in anime) (tie, that is)
[ side note: I use this site for keeping track of anime I watch and want to see. I use it mostly to remember what I want to watch, but I also use it's "top 5" as a way for me to occasionally think about what I consider the best ]
Well, just a couple days ago I finished watching Haibane Renmei for the second time. The first time became a marathon run, just like Elfen Lied was, but this one was a bit more interesting to me.
When Tech TV was still around, they aired an anime series called Serial Experiments LAIN. I never thought this series was the greatest thing ever, but I thoroughly enjoyed it when I watched it. I remember biking to the first Magic store I regularly visited, passing by a power substation and hearing the sound, then even going so far as to trying to incorporate that note and the idea behind that note into some music I was writing. I just watching the series, but I always didn't like just how empty it was. You needed to really pay attention to go through the series, understanding everything. Some people like that kind of thing, but I tend to like listening to anime and being able to move my attention around if I need to.
Haibane Renmei's main designer is the same as LAIN, and the story shares a similar style to LAIN (very thematic, large amounts of allusion). However, the story is much deeper and conversational than LAIN, bringing the discussions between characters into light as a route to expression. It seems like I'm trying to grasp at little things here to explain the differences, but you really need to watch the two series to see just what is different about them.
But what I loved abou this series the most was just how good it was for "easy watching", like one of my other favorites, FLCL. It never pressed itself to you and forced you to pay attention, though watching it closely would mean a deeper understanding. You can just sit back, let this go, and just love the entire series for what it is.
The other thing about this series, though, is that this is the second series I have watched in recent months (the other being TokiKake) that I genuinely thought "Hey, this is a series I could use to introduce other people to anime." My mom's seen me watching a good number of series, and sometimes I get the feeling that she gets the wrong impression of why I watch anime. (I think most of this comes from when Ghost in the Shell was on [as] regularly, as that's usually when she stopped by my room when she went to bed) My older brother currently has my copy of FLCL, as I thought he'd be interested in a series that is like that. (He suggested Paprika to me, and they feel kind of similar) I never could really think of a series my parents would be interested in seeing, though I was looking at TokiKake for this summer among a couple other possible candidates. This one, though, will probably be first.
Next ones I'm looking at running through: Air, Gurren Lagann, and finally starting up xxxHolic. I may also restart Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei...
Well, just a couple days ago I finished watching Haibane Renmei for the second time. The first time became a marathon run, just like Elfen Lied was, but this one was a bit more interesting to me.
When Tech TV was still around, they aired an anime series called Serial Experiments LAIN. I never thought this series was the greatest thing ever, but I thoroughly enjoyed it when I watched it. I remember biking to the first Magic store I regularly visited, passing by a power substation and hearing the sound, then even going so far as to trying to incorporate that note and the idea behind that note into some music I was writing. I just watching the series, but I always didn't like just how empty it was. You needed to really pay attention to go through the series, understanding everything. Some people like that kind of thing, but I tend to like listening to anime and being able to move my attention around if I need to.
Haibane Renmei's main designer is the same as LAIN, and the story shares a similar style to LAIN (very thematic, large amounts of allusion). However, the story is much deeper and conversational than LAIN, bringing the discussions between characters into light as a route to expression. It seems like I'm trying to grasp at little things here to explain the differences, but you really need to watch the two series to see just what is different about them.
But what I loved abou this series the most was just how good it was for "easy watching", like one of my other favorites, FLCL. It never pressed itself to you and forced you to pay attention, though watching it closely would mean a deeper understanding. You can just sit back, let this go, and just love the entire series for what it is.
The other thing about this series, though, is that this is the second series I have watched in recent months (the other being TokiKake) that I genuinely thought "Hey, this is a series I could use to introduce other people to anime." My mom's seen me watching a good number of series, and sometimes I get the feeling that she gets the wrong impression of why I watch anime. (I think most of this comes from when Ghost in the Shell was on [as] regularly, as that's usually when she stopped by my room when she went to bed) My older brother currently has my copy of FLCL, as I thought he'd be interested in a series that is like that. (He suggested Paprika to me, and they feel kind of similar) I never could really think of a series my parents would be interested in seeing, though I was looking at TokiKake for this summer among a couple other possible candidates. This one, though, will probably be first.
Next ones I'm looking at running through: Air, Gurren Lagann, and finally starting up xxxHolic. I may also restart Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei...
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