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Watched the movie Colorful a couple days ago. I liked it quite a bit.
Never heard of it, what's the gist? Like, what kind of anime is it?
An unnamed soul who has passed on is given a "second chance" at life in the body of a 14 year old boy who has recently committed suicide. It's kind of a drama but, obviously with some supernatural elements. While the subtext is dark, the tone is surprisingly light, or, rather, bittersweet. Based on a Japanese novel of the same name.


Sounds cool. Have you watched Paprika?
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Watched the movie Colorful a couple days ago. I liked it quite a bit.
Never heard of it, what's the gist? Like, what kind of anime is it?
An unnamed soul who has passed on is given a "second chance" at life in the body of a 14 year old boy who has recently committed suicide. It's kind of a drama but, obviously with some supernatural elements. While the subtext is dark, the tone is surprisingly light, or, rather, bittersweet. Based on a Japanese novel of the same name.


Sounds cool. Have you watched Paprika?
No, but I plan to sometime. I need to watch more of Satoshi Kon's work in general.
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Re-watched "Aoi Bungaku Series". I think it's very good, especially the four first chapters. Now, I'm watching one anime called "Mushishi Zoku Shou".
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^Have you seen the first Mushishi series?
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^Have you seen the first Mushishi series?
Nope. It's its prequel, isn't it? I'll take a look..
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^Have you seen the first Mushishi series?
Nope. It's its prequel, isn't it? I'll take a look..
Indeed. I would definitely recommend it. I'm watching Zoku Shou as well.
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Pretty cool psychological horror + the ridiculous auto-tune metalcore opening, still better than most.
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Pretty cool psychological horror + the ridiculous auto-tune metalcore opening, still better than most.


I read the manga long time ago. It was awesome. Clap
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I guess the anime must be quite different from the manga, given the fact it was published in 1989 or something like that. Still, you can easily tell that the plot differs from the contemporary trends - more focused on character development and less on cheap tricks playing on viewer's emotions. [MILD SPOILER] The final twist with Tamiya Ryouko was my favorite part so far. Very classy.[/MILD SPOILER] 

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So, I've finished the show and I must say I'm not completely sold on it. On one hand it has a good premise and classy plot, on the other hand, it's tad too moralizing (a trait many anime hold). Still I liked the unexpected outcomes of some of the protagonist's dilemmas and the more seinen than shounen approach to storytelling. Generally a very good show with some problems. 

I'm not sure what to watch next. I usually get tired of anime quite fast and need several months before I start watching again. Oh alright, I still haven't finished Texhnolyze.
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Just started watching Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season. It seems to be good Thumbs Up

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Amazing OST, amazing show, jesus I love Yoko Kanno. 

For the soundtrack alone, Terror in Resonance is worth watching. Also, the show is a meaningful commentary on the modern Japanese (not only) society.
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Watching Mononoke, which is basically like a horror version of Mushishi. So far, the people are probably creepier than the monsters.
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Don't know if Watamote was brought up. Hilarious anime, featuring what appears to be japan's version of ADTR playing the theme song. LOL




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Finished few series since I last posted. Currently, I'm watching Tatami Galaxy and it's brilliant.
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Watching Bakemonogatari. Don't know how I feel about it, yet.
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^Oh I liked this one a lot.
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It started off rocky, but now I'm getting into it. The art is obviously amazing. But it was distracting at first and didn't seem to be trying to create any sort of mood or unified aesthetic. The dialogue seemed contrived at first, too. But once the pacing started to slow down, everything fell into place. It should have started with a better exposition of the characters. But I think the creators didn't want you to grow tired of them. Still, it's taken some time for me to grow any sort of attachment to them, because they didn't develop them that well in the first two arcs. Really, it seems like the entire show tries very hard not to be boring, maybe in order to compensate for the long dialogue sequences.

I don't know about the theme music for every new arc. I'd have rather the electrifying intro to the first episode be the main one. It would have set the mood better. But I guess this has its own charm too.
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Well, it's amazing how first impressions differ and I'm glad you're willing to look past some things that do not necessarily work for you Smile For my part, the exposition was elliptical but therefore intriguing - the fact that we got to know the characters only by the way they engaged into social interactions, made me curious about the cause of their idiosyncrasies. 

To me, the structure of this anime is very postmodern in a way many writers (like Murakami) structure their books. Not just formally, though, but also in the way its magical-realism story is handled. 
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I'd agree, but, at least from my experience, Murakami actually provides a ton of character exposition before progressing too far into the plot. That said, he does write in novel form. It's interesting to see that kind of form adapted to anime. I can't say I wasn't intrigued from the beginning, either. Just mostly from an intellectual standpoint and not from an aesthetic one, at first.

I definitely haven't seen anything like it. It does remind me a little bit of Tatami Galaxy (the dense dialogue, the magical realism, and the sexy minimalist visuals, though Tatami is much less serious) and Mushishi (the reliance on Japanese mythology and a protag with hair covering one of his eyes solving problems related to spirits of some sort).


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