Comment on [Discussion] These 10 Anime Masterpieces Are a Rite of Passage for Every Fan
nyan@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
Too much lengthy shounen action stuff, some of which isn’t particularly good or original. A couple of those series aren’t even finished, and shouldn’t be evaluated until they are. Some stuff that maybe should be there and isn’t: Utena TV (or any other Ikuhara), Escaflowne TV, any classic Miyazaki movie, Trigun (original 1990s version), any of the better Gundam or Gundam-adjacent series, any of Leiji Matsumoto’s better works, a decent mahou shoujo series, and Grave of the Fireflies (which, whatever else you might say about it, does qualify as a rite of passage and an impressive demonstration of just how much emotion a bunch of drawings can evoke in a human being). And that’s just the older material.
I’d agree with this. It feels like Shounen + the first anime a lot of millennials watched or really cut their teeth on.
Of specifically TV shows I think Evangelion, Dragon Ball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, and Cowboy Bebop should be on this list. Everything else could be purged.
I love One Piece and think it’s great, but it’s a hard sell as ANOTHER long running battle manga series with Dragon Ball Z being right there.
I honestly don’t think anything with the pacing issues of Dragon Ball Z should be on this list. I can’t imagine actually suggesting to someone that they sit through all that when they could be watching Gurren Lagann or something instead.
I couldn’t watch Dragon Balls b/c of their “last time on Dragonball”… then 30s new content, then preview of the next episode style. Maybe the network just had a bad cut. But it seemed that the fights always lasted at least two episodes…
And how is it that Girls and Panzer is not on the list? 😁👍
Despite it’s flaws, I actually really like DBZ Kai as an alternative to the original run.
veeesix@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Love and-uh Peace!