for slowburn action/drama might I second
- cowboy bebop
- samurai champloo
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VivianRixia@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
So you want an adventure anime with chill travel vibes and maybe some action, but not focused on action.
- Fullmetal Alchemist is the original GOAT of Adventure anime if you’ve not seen it already. Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
- Spice and Wolf gives similar chill vibes following a merchant and wolf god companion. Watch the 2024 remake.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DonnaSaturno@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Cowboy Bebop is a masterpiece 💗 I have yet to watch Samurai Champloo
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
same person created them, Shinichirō Watanabe.
his other works are supposedly in the same universe.
- Cowboy Bebop
- Samurai Champloo
- Space Dandy
- Terror in Resonance
- Carole & Tuesday
can’t say anything for the last three as I haven’t seen them though.
His wiki page also warned not to confuse him with Shinichi Watanabe, which created Excel Saga. I can confirm it’s absurdly funny and remember getting drunk watching it with friends in the early 2000s.
if that’s your jam, I’d also recommend Colorful by Torajirō Kishi. it’s a sex comedy centered around perverts objectifying women and their panties.
DonnaSaturno@ani.social 2 weeks ago
What?? The plot of “Colorful” sounds pretty crazy by today’s standards! Now this feels like a “must watch”! Thanks for bringing this little gem to light! 👍
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 3 weeks ago
For spice & wolf, the original is still great too
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
The original is going to remain unfinished though, while the remake plans to continue the story… at least for now.
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Oh for sure, but it’d be a shame to not watch such a classic imo. It ends unfinished, but it doesn’t leave with any cliffhangers or anything.
DonnaSaturno@ani.social 2 weeks ago
I have watched both FMA series already, and I love both for different reasons. I know Spice and Wolf, but never got my attention, is the remake finished or ongoing?
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Remake is ongoing. The main story is 17 volumes and the remake season 1 covers the first 5. Season 2 is scheduled for next year.
The original series wrote itself into a corner by skipping volume 4 which included events crucial to later in the story, and it also covered up to volume 5, so you don’t have to watch it.
DonnaSaturno@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Looks interesting, so, I will consider it. Thanks for the recommendation! 👍
Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
Watch the 2024 remake.
I see someone woke up today and chose violence lol.
I kid, of course – as a lover of both versions of FMA, I understand how the slight change in tone & story appeals to different people; and I’ve yet to see the Spice & Wolf remake, I’ve just only heard about the criticisms people had with the things it changed.
Deyis@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Watch Brotherhood, not the original.
Wrong - watch the original up until they get to Rush Valley (around ep26 or so IIRC) and then switch over to Brotherhood. Or just watch all of the original and then Brotherhood.
Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.
Unboxious@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Brotherhood tries to rush the first half of the original into 3 episodes which ruins the pacing.
I was curious so I took a quick look and it’s actually about 28 episodes.
Deyis@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
If you’re wanting to be pedantic, it squeezes the first half of the original into 10 episodes; Brotherhood hits Rush Valley at episode 10 whereas they arrive in the original at episode 26 (almost exactly halfway of the original 51 episode run).
Unboxious@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Again, you’re calling the 2003 anime the original. Rush Valley isn’t the halfway point of the manga; they arrive there at the start of volume 5 (out of 27).
edit: a lot of the stuff you’re accusing them of skipping was actually just filler, like the train thing at the beginning.
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
True, but its more complicated to recommend like that. And I found the pacing of the original to be too slow for my liking. I agree that Brotherhood rushes through those first stories too fast, and skips two arcs that matter for no reason, but the original was slow and boring, even if it told the stories properly.
Deyis@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I mean, if you can enjoy the pacing of Frieren, you can enjoy the pacing of the original FMA.
I obviously don’t want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn’t seen it but the rush in Brotherhood robs some crucial plot points of any emotional impact and is lesser for it.
- VivianRixia@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I think Frieren does the slow pacing much better than the original FMA, but that’s a fair take.
Unboxious@ani.social 3 weeks ago
If you’re talking about the Tucker family that whole thing actually gets even less time in the original original FMA - that is to say, the manga. I think it’s all over in 2 pages or something crazy like that.
I think FMA is better than Brotherhood for the first part. I believe you’re supposed to switch at the episode titled “All Is One, One Is All” because it has the same title in both series. So you watch 27 episodes of FMA, and then start Brotherhood with episode 12
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Or just watch both in full. While the ending of Brother hood was vetter than FMA’s ending, I think FMA’s ending was still good
ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The originals ending is a scrambled mess IMO because they ran out of manga/LN content and had to make up their own thing. I really don’t think it turned out well at all.
I do agree that it fleshed out the earlier arcs better but that’s because they were dragging their feet for time and new content. The pacing of Brotherhood is just right from start to finish.
true!