Anime/manga

[Jehuty]

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Jesus, Fractale continues to impress me. Easily one of the best anime to come out in years.

[John Mora]

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What would you say it resembles or aspires to be? The first episode was charming, but a magic loli girl appearing at the end had me skeptical that it was really aiming to do anything different than the rest of the pack.

[Jehuty]

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What does it resemble? Miyazakis work. With far more adult undertones.

What does it aspire to be? Thats a diffcult question to answer. The guy that made it thinks hes 'saving' the anime genre from its over abundance of generic harems and shonen stories. I would watch more Episodes before making a judgment Mora, it develops slowly. If you liked Eureka Seven, you'll like Fractale.

The characters are actually realistic too. With typical anime tropes being discarded purposefully.

[Funk]

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I haven't watched an anime in YEARS that wasn't directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

I do plan on watching Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo soon, based solely on the fact that I really enjoyed the material on which it is inspired. I'll post after-thoughts of it if I ever actually get around to watching it.

[Jehuty]

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If you like Miyazaki, you would like this series. Yutaka Yamamoto is the director, his previous work includes Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Lucky Star. He is apparently a bit of a nutcase, and is retiring if Fractale isn't a hit.

[Magus]

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It's a requirement to be a nutcase to direct anime, apparently.

Those're some attractive screenshots, I might check this out~

SOME TIME. :V

[Funk]

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They need to release this in the U.S.A. because I WOULD WATCH THIS:

[John Mora]

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If the director was concerned about saving anime, he should've thought of that before making Haruhi and Lucky Star.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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10 steps back, 2 steps forward~

[Jehuty]

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I loved Haruhi, I miss seeing the series.


Lucky Star not so much.

[John Mora]

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Haruhi is half to blame for the last 5 years of anime.

[Denmo]

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this whole "anime" thing is just a fad. It'll blow over in time.

Speaking of Haruhi.

[Jehuty]

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Haruhi is half to blame for the last 5 years of anime.

I assume you're referring to art style?

[John Mora]

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And the moeblob/otaku-bait high school comedy template that seems to have overrun the land.

The art style doesn't help, no.

[Jehuty]

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I certainly won't disagree, but I don't see how that makes Haruhi individually bad :X

Also, I blame Lucky Star and KON more than Haruhi, I hate moeblob.