MoogleMaestro

Hmm, it’s difficult.

Moribito has good character development for it’s woman lead character. And while GitS is definitely a bit male-oriented as a series, I would say that the character development of Motoko is pretty good in each of the series I’ve seen (The movies, Stand alone complex 1 + 2) but still definitely a bit light on character development.

I think it might be a good idea to tell us what series you didn’t like so we know how low the bar is.

Does GKIDS know this movie is not for kids? All I remember is lesbians turning into cars.

I think this every time GKIDS publishes an anime. They did End of Evangelion and Redline as well, so they don’t really publish things “for kids”. It’s kind of an awful name, in that respect.

I really love the art parallel’s this manga wears on it’s sleeve. The fact that Coco’s solution to being inadequate compared to others is to embrace the parts of her that make her “unique” and do what she knows in a new and creative way is so apt to the artistic process.

It will show up, eventually. I wouldn’t be surprised if they move it to the start of the next episode as a gag.

Really love the manga so I was excited for the show.

I’m a bit concerned that the pacing of the TV show is a bit slow and would have preferred that the Mother/Daughter interaction was handled a little bit more abridged compared to the manga. Comic pacing can generally be a bit more punctual despite covering a lot more due to pacing being “flexible” based on reader engagement, if that makes sense.

Overall though a very faithful adaptation. But I do worry that some people might bounce off the show if it doesn’t “get to the point” fast enough, I’ve seen people seemingly thinking this will be a magical girl slice of life show and it definitely isn’t that…

How have people felt about this show, long term?

I’ve been putting off watching it because I’m super into the old show and not sure this can live up – but maybe I’m willing to give it a shot as the old show definitely had it’s fair share of problems compared to the original manga release.

Good shit to him. He’s 100% right here.

6 year old is a bit of a tough territory here, stuff like Rumiko Takahashi works (Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha) almost seem like they’d be fine but they probably tackle slightly too mature subject matter and would be better in early teens age.

This is a bit of an old school recommendation, but you might enjoy checking out the original Astroboy, old Tatsunoko shows and stuff like that. The older anime tends to skew a little less “mature”. However, sensibilities of what is ok for kids in America vs Japan always makes this difficult. For example, Detective Conan is a great kids anime by Japanese standards, but showing murder victims and kidnappings might be a little much by American standards. So YMMV.

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart or Doctor Robotniks Ring Racers. It’s a good time if you have friends and there are still regular players online.

I had really mixed feelings about the reboot.

Triguns original run was great but technically incomplete because the Manga was in hiatus dues to production issues. When he eventually continues Trigun it became a completely different story in some ways (and in other ways not, without getting too detailed.)

So the idea of a remake was fine if it was going to be closer to what the Manga became except… It didn’t, it’s now a third take on the same story with some major differences again from both the original show and the manga.

I hope the next season is better, because the framework of where the show is heading post the first season ending does potentially have potential, but they need to nail the episodic structure better imo.