#watch boogiepop and others.

[jotadoul]

i was having Election Sickness so after putting it off for like 10 years i finally agreed to rewatch escaflowne with anka because they've never seen it.

to contextualise this, i feel like i have to write a timeline of escaflowne in my life because i was orbsessed with the film and to a lesser degree the series— all interest orbited folken. i dyed my hair blue and painted his little teardrop on my face in 7th/8th grade until my mom got me a ... i don't know what it was. some kind of temporary tattoo... paint? i had to scrub it off with alcohol pads each day. yeah. first kintype. i saved up $300 in high school (2006/2007) by selling off entire sketchbooks to buy a cosplay of him that i've never worn because the maker referenced colours from one of the prominent scans online, which skew far warmer than the blue in the film. HUGE L.

following escaflowne, i made a dramatic 200pg comic when i was 12-13 about guys with wings living on a floating fortress, and brother drama. but the series never held my attention in the same way. i have theories...

full disclosure i'm 100 years old, and i've seen the series many times... i own the special box sets of the bandai version of the show & film. the show had a grip on me for years, but i'm pretty sure that even at the time i couldn't tell you why. many things about it rubbed me the wrong way— i was clearly drawn to it, and reacting strongly to something about it, but at the time i wasn't love with it.

i always prefered the film for its gorgeous, stunning actually, handling of colour and light. like there is such a lusciousness to it. it is an unbelievably beautiful work of art and i recommend watching it even just as something to look at, like, everyone's skills are on full display. i also really genuinely adore adaptations— as a concept, especially if in as direct conversation with the source as this film is.

when i got into escaflowne as a kid, it was at the exact time i was also watching/reading Berserk, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Boogiepop Phantom, the Animatrix... Memories and Paranoia Agent would follow soon after. and i was enjoying the emotional realism of those series, paired with more naturalistic art.

but escaflowne's incongruous packaging fooled me. it is exactly as brutal and emotional as those other series, but you have to peer through the shojo veneer and see that the shojo tropes are actually threads being followed to their often uncomfortable conclusions— they're being given gravity, rather than being left at a surface level of importance. it isn't cliche, it's examining cliche, and setting a new standard in doing so. on rewatch it's really interesting to see that sincerity in something that could easily be written off as a "shojo love triangle." instead, these so-called tropes coexist with the gruesome, dark, despairing, uncomfortable. and it's completely different from the type of "shojo/moe but GRIMDARK... moe but GURO, are you TRIGGERED? i'm SUBVERTING the GENRE"

escaflowne isn't doing Cute But Edgy. it's neither cute nor edgy. it's edgy if Berserk is edgy, and i don't consider Berserk edgy at all— to me it doesn't intend to provoke from that immature place. it's earnest, and difficult, and really sad. and as i rewatch escaflowne, i'm impressed by what lies beneath. there's so much i missed when i saw it as a kid. and stuff i missed even in the last time i watched it as an adult. but i can also see very clearly what i didn't miss, and what kept it in rotation, remembering scenes and songs for the rest of my life, and citing the pacing in my approach to comics.

escaflowne has really interesting cinematic qualities that i associate with live action. i'm wholly convinced by long shots that likely, partially, exist for economical reasons— but they make sense in the flow of the narrative, and they're framed such that you can rasily imagine, without even trying, how it would 100% work shot for shot with actors and sets. i do not want this, of course. i'm just saying they set it up with filmic sensibility.

really smart strange pacing, mood shifts, and a level of uncompromising brutality more associated with shonen, a level of heartwrenching that only the right combo of hope and hopeless can evoke, and emotional discomfort with a maturity— an observed perspective— that i associate with something like chainsaw man.

it's just weird with the art. i understand why it's paired that way: it's intentional trickery. i just wish the style was a bit more like nobuteru yuki's other (contemporary) work. like the layouts and moods add to such a lifelike quality... the film maintains so much more realism in its figures and approach, BUT, watching the film, you do get the unequivocal impression this is what it was always supposed to be. even just citing simple examples, the background/environment paintings and atmospheric colour are as tasteful, the heaving, slow weight of the mecha was always intentional... so much of what's there already appears. but you really have to forgive the oddness of the faces to see it! which is frustrating!

so. everyone i think agrees, even without ever seeing it, that the escaflowne OST is on beast mode. it is undeniably hardcore. but in watching it, the series rewards you by doing something i don't immediately associate with most anime— creating an unsettling mood by, for example, pairing hopeful music with distressing scenes, and vice-versa. escaflowne does a Lot of showing rather than telling, using cues like this to create an atmosphere of discomfort and wonder. i've said it 100 times, but one of my favourite moments in FILM (like all of film, lol) is when/where "i can't stop loving you" plays in rintaro's Metropolis. which is almost actually literally the same as Araki titling the last chapter of Stone Ocean "what a wonderful world." this type of editing and combination of themes is heartbreaking to me, and i think escaflowne succeeds at this, interweaving it throughout the series.

the tv anime also spares time and attention for strangely lifelike movements, which are mostly absent in the film because everything in the film is allowed such lushness and fluidity that these small, subtle, characterising movements and emotionally affecting timing/cuts that elevate a 20-min episode aren't the same type of crucial in a more broad, epic presentation. however, the 20-min episodes of escaflowne— as the series progreses, like specifically in the back half— FEEL like epics on their own. so much gets packed into each but the timing, how information is dispersed, is like... insane. i can't describe it. because if i were to say it feels longer, that'd almost imply it were dragging— which is rarely the case. it is a VERY tight show where everything is relevant yet there's no pre-existing lore with which to be weighed down; everything happens in real time, cause and effect, showing, not telling.

i don't watch a lot of (mainly post-00s) anime because— and this is a critique of Myself more than anything— i struggle to focus on stuff that's more... if not more stylistically cartooned, then more emotionally cartoonish. like there's a withholding of emotion, or an exaggeration of it. obviously i love the 1993-1994 JJBA OVA (favourite film of all time) for many of the same reasons— taking something "silly" and earnestly creating an experience from it: "okay, if that's true, how would it feel?"

but i straight up can't watch the JJBA tv series because in trying to follow the manga to a T/be "for the fans", it's a cheap, ugly, atmospherically empty, soulless reproduction with groverhaus layouts. it sucks to look at. it really fucking sucks. there is no direction. it's vacuous. but the OVA is gorgeous not because it's simply hand-drawn animation, but because it's directed with cinematic intention. colour, light, focus and intensity of emotion... the DIO fight in the OVA is stunning and scary and full of unbelievably clever animation. but i have a whole website in progress about this :^)

in escaflowne, in spite of the stylisation, i 100% buy the approximation. i don't judge Good Cartooning by an ability to stylise life naturalistically! i'm just always pleasantly surprised by when/where that Is achieved with abstraction.

escaflowne is somehow a very complicated optical illusion, a Magic Eye. anka compared it to ballet lol, like in swan lake where if you look long enough you see the animal movements being mimicked with profound efficacy, but if you're multitasking, if you look away, that immersion easily shatters. there are just some crazy little shifts in facial expression, like when teeth are gritted while talking, when eyes glance around the room or become just slightly glassy, when the honorifics shift, timing of reaction, sparing seconds for interstitial characterisation, paired with tone, paired with music, paired with colour, that make this special in a way i didn't know How to understand as a kid. the visual language i had any fluency in didn't cover escaflowne. i needed to spend more time with it. but something clearly gripped me from the jump because i was Not the same after hahaha

i thought i was supposed to be invested in the love triangle/hexagon/whatever, but that was a total diversion from what actually transpires, what is actually being given weight here. it is very scary and very sad lol!

even stuff like making adult man allen increasingly suck shit as he goes on, letting him be disappointing, because of course he would be— but making hitomi and van's interactions very natural and easy in a way they don't register as important because they're so accustomed to chasing the unattainable. lol. so fucking cool dude

back to folken. goated. wife of all time. ultimate. my first n'doul. one of my favourite ever Types of Guy is "ultra depressed fuckup who in his quest to do good misses the forest for the trees and consequently eats shit; serves cunt entire time" LIKE LITERALLYYYYYY and they need to have PATHOS... I LOVE A SWAGGY MARTYR.

wow long post. anyway i'm smacking my forehead. i was right. i've always been right about everything in my whole life. he's called folken because he done folked my dumb ass UP

[marabarl-and-marlbara]

hey mara i'm actually a sub but i don't know how to contact you privately there. your last letter to me mentioned i should start my publication, so i've finally decided to pull the trigger. the only problem i really have right now is that i feel as though i communicate through a language that isn't my own.

i was drawn to your account because of this reason. we believe in very, very fundamentally different things, but you speak through a word that reminded me of my own. but ideally i would want to carve out a place for myself, that doesn't have the surface baggage of reminding someone of something unintended, with no similar meaning -- that muddies the message.

maybe this is a weird ask. just wondering if you might've had a similar experience, and any advice you would want to give. hope you're well

hello again anonymous; you should be able to just message me on substack using their direct message system;

my answer will be a little blunt/harsh because i think it's important to answer "with heart un-occluded" so we don:t misunderstand the intentions of each-other; for me: i have zero interest in helping others further their beliefs or deepen a personal search for a faith that is not adhering to the readings from Outside, from the patterning--it's a sentiment mentioned in the prior answer: the language had to be curated slightly because I don't like inviting a congress over my faith though it were a general exploration of the esoteric, philosophical, christian, such-and-such;

^ that is at the surface of everything, and i'd like that to be understood; but: i also don't want to discourage people from "following their own hearts" or to foster natures that would cause a person to stagnate unhealthily; give up on passions, excitements, whatever; i don't think these two are mutually exclusive, but i will stand firm by not wanting to be used as a platform for another to delve; so, to your question: you will always be misunderstood, and there will always be confusions and miscommunications--it makes me think of the Boogiepop episode i like to quote at people and tell to watch,

people, and others, exist almost indistinguishable from air and water: basically every-where and necessary to live, but completely corrosive. that corrosion extends to thought and language, too; if you want to carve out a place "for yourself" outside of your own internal thought: you have to open it up to the weathering of others, and in-turn: open yourself to being weathered by others; if you wish to be a perfect niche to yourself there is no better cave to lose yourself to than a pure disconnective carcass with a language untouched by any of this illusion;

to your pursuit: simply follow it--Christianity should make people groan when it is referenced, but I like to think of the willingness of Enoch to be God's wild fanatic in the eyes of society, though unrespectable and deranged to 'the city,' out in his wilderness he is a pure and wild element devoted to something unafraid of the hate and thorn of others: I think that is respectable.

Be respectable to yourself first, anonymous, and keep in mind (with a Christian groan) that the first death is guaranteed no matter the belief or language; you yourself are a great work slowly carved from a precious stone and each passing second you chip away a final form composed of small Sin and small Virtue--try to make each second a virtuous one, and be true to your dumb hand carving out that dumb little final image, cause it's all you, anonymous: dumb and precious, and lets leave it at that.

it:s episode 6 of Boogiepop and Others.

[yurisorcerer]

Free web-television service PlutoTV has a couple of anime channels, and I often wonder about why they're programmed the way that they are. In addition to a couple channels that just show endless loops of One Thing In Particular (there's a One Piece channel for example), there are two main ones; Anime All Day and Crunchyroll TV.

Anime All Day tends toward a very small programming library of mostly "classic" anime, I've seen Jojo, Hunter x Hunter, and Death Note on there, mainly, with the occasional appearance by Great Teacher Onizuka, a horror/mystery thing of some stripe (both The Devil Lady and Boogiepop Phantom seem to crop up pretty often) or occasionally something truly old and busted in the wee hours of the morning (Ronin Warriors for example). The overall library seems pretty small and there are a lot of repeats. If you watch this channel enough, you will eventually see everything on it, I'm pretty sure. The Crunchyroll channel is where I start scratching my head a little.

As far as I can tell, the Crunchyroll channel is actually deliberately programmed, in that shows run in blocks of about 2 hours, usually with each show taking up a weekly timeslot, often twice on their given day in that week. But the actual programming is kind of nuts, I've seen everything from absolute banger thriller anime (this channel is how I first found out about Noir), mostly-forgotten 00s sci-fi like Burst Angel and Vandread, to much more recent stuff like Ayakashi Triangle, Scar on the Pretear, and The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious, or even just---sorry for using this term---slop isekai like Arifutera which that one in particular seems to run on there all the damn time. These things will air back to back with no real regard for flow or structure, and sometimes the shorter ones air in the same slots a couple of times in a row over the course of a few weeks. I assume to give parity to the longer shows? But I'm not really sure. It just seems really random, but surely somebody is programming this stuff, since it airs in an actual structured format, I guess my point of confusion is just why it's structured like this. A little bit ago I randomly tuned in to find out that someone had dusted off 10 year old kemonomimi idol anime Show By Rock and stuck it on there.

I wonder if there's some kind of pattern to it or if whoever's in charge of this is basically just throwing darts at a board.

I will also note that the one commonality is that whatever ends up on the Crunchyroll channel is nearly always the dub. The only times they seem to run subbed anime is when there just isn't a dub for a series at all, and I've only seen that once or twice.

Also! The Crunchyroll channel has two unique ads to it compared to the rest of PlutoTV. Unsurprisingly, these are both for shows on Crunchyroll, one is for Attack on Titan and the other is for Jujutsu Kaisen. I can't imagine who in the world would possibly be watching the Crunchyroll channel on PlutoTV and not have access to either a CR account or some other way to watch those shows, if they want to, so I don't know why that's what you'd pick to advertise, but maybe this is why I don't work in marketing.

[silvanoir]

are there any other anime you've seen or know of like red garden that are somewhat hidden gems or backlist series that are somewhat obscure?

I have watched a lot of anime.. spent most of the early 2000s doing so... quite a bit of it now obscure/not remembered. I have all these on DVD, some may be out of print, no idea where to stream them. Good luck!

5 Centimeters per Second (movie)- Slice-of-life that progresses through time. The prettiest scenery I've ever seen.

Armitage the III (movie)- cyberpunk, if you liked Ghost in the Shell, you'll probably like this (robot lady cop)

BoogiePop Phantom (tv series)- This would be the most like Red Garden, I think in that its spooky things happening to students and made in the early 2000s.

C-control (tv series)-- for those who like Digimon and are familiar with the horrors of capitalism. Like, if you ever thought the devil was in charge of electronic finances. But also like anime monster battles.

The Count of Monte Christo (Gankutsuou) (tv series)- if you liked the patterned look in the opening of Red Garden, all the art is like that. Very pretty if unfaithful adaption of the book.

El Cazador de la Bruja (tv series)- an amnesiac witch protected by a female bodyguard, on the run through desert towns. I think this would be for those who like Trigun, but wish it was more about 2 girls who were friends and developed a bit of more-than-friends feelings for eachother.

Haibane Renmei (tv series)-similar to RedGarden in that these girls have died and been reborn into new bodies and new roles in life, but there is no fighting, only self-discovery.

Jormungand (tv series)- a female weapons dealer adopts a child soldier boy onto her ship, and she has, to quote the back cover "a warped plan for world peace"

Kamisama Kiss (tv series)- would appeal to those who like Fruits Basket

Millennium Actress (movie)- made me cry! the mysteries of an actress' past are revealed through the roles she's played.

Noein (tv series)- I don't know how to explain it, its weird? Time travel, other dimensions. Unique art style. Did air on American TV, but was promptly forgotten about after.

Rahxephon (tv series)-what if Neon Genesis Evangelion was less depressing? Not sure how I feel about the ending. Technically a happy ending. but. hmmm.

Shangri-La (tv series)- posted about it on Tumblr years ago, an anime that addresses global warming with a spunky girl fighting for a better future, so may be even more relevant now than when it was made

The 12 Kingdoms (tv series)- Japanese people transported to fantasy worlds may be a common genre now, but this is when it wasn't all the rage, and it has very thought-out worldbuilding.

[bluecube92]

Anime List *UPDATED*

Anime I have watched:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Medabots Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Astro Boy (2003) Transformers Cybertron Seven of Seven Powerpuff Girls Z Case Closed (Detective Conan) Saru Get You On Air (Ape Escape anime) Megaman NT Warrior Viewtiful Joe Spider Riders Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Lucky Star Digimon Monster Rancher Nichijou Tama and Friends Hamtaro Revolutionary Girl Utena Sherlock Hound Montana Jones Samurai Pizza Cats Serial Experiments Lain Azumanga Daioh Slayers Paranoia Agent Kaitou Saint Tail Dinosaur King The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya The World of Narue Magic User’s Club Phi Brain Puzzle of God Dennou Coil Mawaru Penguindrum Nanana’s Buried Treasure Tiger and Bunny Yuri Kuma Arashi Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-Hen (TMNT OVA) Descendants of Darkness Alien Nine Ninja Nonsense Samurai Deeper Kyo FLCL FLCL: Progressive FLCL: Alternative FLCL: Grunge FLCL: Shoegaze The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Princess Tutu No Game No Life His and Her Circumstances Lupin the III Part One Kanon (2006) Pretear Kino's Journey (2003) Samurai Champloo Golion Ghost Hound Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Little Witch Academia (TV) Cowboy Bebop Kino's Journey (2017) Steins;Gate Monster Strike Ghost in the Shell: Arise Robotics;Notes Martian Successor Nadesico Grimoire of Zero Eden of the East Steins;Gate 0 Ergo Proxy Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Erased Chaos;Head SSSS.Gridman Michiko and Hatchin Emma: A Victorian Romance Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Occulitc;Nine Chaos;Child Terror in Resonance Heroman Sarazanmai Blood Blockade Battlefront Shingu Secret of the Stellar Wars Star Driver The Reflection The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Samurai 7 Fruits Basket (2001) Ouran High School Host Club Beastars Neon Genesis Evangelion Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 BNA: Brand New Animal My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Polar Bear's Cafe Blood+ Carole and Tuesday Fruits Basket (2019) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Allison and Lillia Noein Appleseed XIII Puella Magi Madoka Magica Figure 17 Cyborg 009 vs Devilman Freedom Project Kill la Kill The Way of the Househusband SSSS.Dynazenon The World Ends With You Odd Taxi S-Cry-Ed Devilman Crybaby Eden The Vision of Escaflowne Death Parade Phoenix Godzilla Singular Point Super Crooks Akudama Drive Durarara!! K-ON! Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story The Orbital Children Stellvia Dirty Pair Trigun Black Butler SK8 The Infinity Shaman King (2001) Cyber City Oedo 808 Spy x Family Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle The Prince of Tennis Trigun Stampede xxxHolic Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Darker than Black Planetes Shaman King (2021) given High-Rise Invasion Spice and Wolf Code Geass Gunbuster Chobits Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts RG Veda Boogiepop and Others Boogiepop Phantom Time of Eve Pluto Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Mushishi Fate/Stay Night Witch Hunter Robin Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill Kurokami the Animation Monster Dawn of the Witch Shakugan no Shana Please Teacher! Please Twins! Fate/Zero Suicide Squad Isekai Go! Go! Loser Ranger! Ya Boy, Kongming! Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works (TV) Restaurant to Another World Macross Plus Dragon Dentist Delicious in Dungeon Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Planning to watch next year: Beastars season 3 Part 2 The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Toradora Sanda

[genkinahito]

I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms, Ichiko, Kanata no Senko, Kyokaishaku Momotaro, Hikaru Kujira, Mari’s Story, Japanese Film Trailers

Welcome to the first of three trailer posts The other two posts will follow over the next two days I have been doing a lot of overtime at work and festival work so I have been busy but I have been trying to watch and finish Boogiepop Phantom, a Madhouse anime from the early 2000s. Its description as being a Spooky Sepia Puzzle is eye-catching and true. It requires concentration. What are the…

[lianailia]

Let's see. What's been happening. A lot of cat sitting, which is good because it's money for my trip coming up in ten days! I'm meeting some people from the Slayers Discord and dressing as Lina. I am so excited. I'm getting the costume done. It's my first major cosplay. I will also be wearing it (minus the wig and headband because I'll just have had botox) for the Halloween anime night! It will be the first Halloween in a loooong time that I'll be dressing up! I'm so excited for that one. Even though my friend won't be there, who likes Slayers. The first 2 anime nights went well! First one we had three more people, and had a scavenger hunt with prizes and watched Spy x Family. (Love the show now. Almost season 2 time!) The 2nd one we had two more people but they didn't stay for long since there were games happening. But we painted rocks, colored animal pics and watched Fruits Basket. Oct will be Boogiepop Phantom. I haven't seen it in so long. And the costume contest will be fun. I'm so so happy we switched since there seems to be more of an interest in the gaming place than the library. The people have been really nice so far too and the owners are nice to work with. I'm glad to be making more in person friends. With cat sitting I had two weekends with an established client and then got a new one via my friend. It's her stepdaughter's cat Ava who is going blind. She is so sweet and has the loudest purr I have ever heard. And she snores too! So cute! 🙂 My cat knows when I go to the other cat's house. Lol she actually played with my dad the other day. Sat was the baby shower for my cousin. It was a nice shower and it was good to see family again that I haven't in awhile. But I also had just heard that my uncle in Vegas having stage 4 pancreatic cancer and was near the end. He actually passed away on Sun. I miss him already. I'm glad I could see him a couple yrs ago. But it's never enough time. He was always so cheerful, good with kids, just a big teddybear. I know he is no longer suffering but it's hard for the people still here. I guess he was just diagnosed too. Puts your life in perspective. Which is why I am trying to figure out something for my neck. After my trip I'm seeing a new pain doctor. As my last one was not very knowledgeable. I had an MRI finally after almost a month of hassling and to find out I have mild arthritis. It's not mild. Tonight it's been especially bad. Some of it may be emotional right now, but I know it's not all in my head. Hopefully when I get back I'll figure out a course of action. I did get a red light therapy pad that is just red lights with a little heat. That has been helping and ice. But I need this to stop. I want to get back to enjoying life. Well, that's all pretty much. Sorry for the long one. Oh also doing Slayers Artober and so far it's been really fun and therapeutic. Now to just finish my costume in time.

[f4kef4ngs]

started watching Boogiepop and Others, it is NOWHERE near as good as Boogiepop Phantom :((

[freezing-kaiju]

Tagged by YOU BUNNY!!!

Last song: Sleep Walking Orchestra by Bump of Chicken. Or technically the Kamen Rider Ryuki OP? Or technically Clive’s theme from FFXVI? Depends on what you count but I watched the former and the latter on their own as songs and then watched an ep of Ryuki that had the op in it

Fav color: orange

Currently watching: Boogiepop and Others, Metallic Rouge, Kamen Rider Ryuki, and Kamen Rider Blade

Sweet/savory/spicy: sweet has betrayed me lately, spicy is growing on me, savory is my one true love

Relationship: single!

Current obsession: power systems and tokusatsu and MY POLL CHECK OUT MY POLL. And Mononoke 2007

Last thing I googled: solidify rice pudding

Tagging: @thekingofchungus @irazel @solarzilla @neondarklight @myrcci @jerzeyjimmy @cestacruz @akilice @pupmon1 @lucisevofficial @fellhellion @asterizmz @pcktknife @secretlykoishi AND PARA WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR URL AGAIN???

Tag Gaming! Tag nine people you'd like to know better, or don't, I'm not your boss.

@zeroarcana thx for tag 🫶

Last song: Social Suicide by Point North

Fav Color(s): dark oranges/rusty reds

Currently Watching: idk, don't watch tv... Does northernlion count?

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: why choose?

Relationship Status: no

Current Obsession: modded elden ring

Last thing I Googlied: Percy Jackson ao3 (this is so embarrassing dude jesus christ)

Tagging (feel free to ignore): @hamunderverse @sanguine-raven @creature-crow @crow-girl-cock

uhh idk who else to tag, why are there so many corvids??

[gaelic-diary-holder-returns]

It looks like Boogiepop and Others doesn’t have a big following on tumblr, which surprises me since it’s a psychological anime about girls fighting monsters. The Nagi Kirima tag is super empty. 

[itachis]

not me catching up on anime like 3-5 years after i started watching 🥴🥴

[toyourliking]

you know an anime is going to be good when half the comments say shit like "i don't understand what's happening" "took me 8 episodes to realise what's going on"

[marabarl-and-marlbara]

hey mara, what are your top 5 anime? and top 5 VNs?

hey, anonymous;

this isn:t really ordered in any hierarchy and i:ll probably go over five for anime, but these are series i really enjoy, mean a lot to me, and like to rewatch:

boogiepop phantom, boogiepop and others, baccano (really anything by that author i:ll probably love but baccano is my favorite), .hack//sign, .hack//dusk (this one is kinda awful but it means a lot to me), really anything .hack//, the saki series; love akagi (anything by fkmt but the first few episodes of akagi has a great vibe); a big part of me wants to say akiba maid war and akudama drive (the emotional highs for both are so good, & both have some of the best final episodes out of everything listed); a small part of me wants to say stuff like: naruto, dragon ball, hunter x hunter, nabari, majin neuro, trigun -- they:re not series that immediately jumps out as me as "all time favorites" but in the right mood i /love/ thinking about them (i:d always used to daydream about being in the naruto setting and my perfect naruto MMO where you:d be born in the world to a random village -- i wanted to be mist or sound); may-be at the lowest i:d put FLCL, i love FLCL but it:s lke .hack//dusk where it was just time+place; kind of want to say madlax too, honestly, but it:s such a slow show it:d be a struggle to rewatch it (the beetrain phenomenon of making glacial-paced shows carried entirely by scenes of two characters talking), but it:s great

VNs i don:t think i:ve played enough to really have much of a list, but tsui no sora remake / subahibi would be on it; everything team_cpu made would be on it (mostly archangel:nemesis but all of her works seem connected to me, & even despite whatever friction is/was between us she:ll always be a top-tier writer and artist to me that inspires me); i really love 2236 AD but (i always describe it this way) it:s an extremely mid game, with an insanely good opening, /but/ as an entire experience it is perfect, and it is perfect because it is extremely mid (if it were better, and better written, it wouldn:t have as much of an impact at the end -- it has one of the best ending sequences in anything i:ve ever read; here watch the trailer); maybe true remembrance (just a fun sleepy read, enjoyed my time with it); maybe soundless (kinda trauma-porn which i don:t love, but the author did such a good job with the setting that i just enjoyed my entire time spent with it); maybe walk in the sun (a vncup entry! i:ve replayed it ~4 times and it:s just an extremely solid short read that i loved); i haven:t played it in awhile but i remember loving sengoku rance, and i love the alicesoft:s settings (toushin toshi is amazing imo & all the lore in rance is just so much fun); love the narcissu series too (especially 2 & the neet-hiki one) but i try to stay away from reading sad stuff lately;

that:s all that comes to mind; ok thank you anonymous take care.

[slightlybiased]

Boogiepop and Others - The Art of Kouji Ogata 2000 - Mediaworks - ISBN 4840214220

96p, hardcover with dust jacket.  Contains illustrations from the Boogiepop novel series along with video game and other work.

[bluecube92]

My Anime List *UPDATED*

Anime I have watched:

Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Cardcaptor Sakura Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Medabots Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt Astro Boy (2003) Transformers Cybertron Seven of Seven Powerpuff Girls Z Case Closed (Detective Conan) Saru Get You On Air (Ape Escape anime) Megaman NT Warrior Viewtiful Joe Spider Riders Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Lucky Star Digimon Monster Rancher Nichijou Tama and Friends Hamtaro Revolutionary Girl Utena Sherlock Hound Montana Jones Samurai Pizza Cats Serial Experiments Lain Azumanga Daioh Slayers Paranoia Agent Kaitou Saint Tail Dinosaur King The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya The World of Narue Magic User’s Club Phi Brain Puzzle of God Dennou Coil Mawaru Penguindrum Nanana’s Buried Treasure Tiger and Bunny Yuri Kuma Arashi Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu-Hen (TMNT OVA) Descendants of Darkness Alien Nine Ninja Nonsense Samurai Deeper Kyo FLCL The Irresponsible Captain Tylor Princess Tutu No Game No Life His and Her Circumstances Lupin the III Part One Kanon (2006) Pretear Kino's Journey (2003) Samurai Champloo Golion Ghost Hound Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Little Witch Academia (TV) Cowboy Bebop Kino's Journey (2017) Steins;Gate Monster Strike Ghost in the Shell: Arise Robotics;Notes Martian Successor Nadesico Grimoire of Zero Eden of the East FLCL: Progressive FLCL: Alternative Steins;Gate 0 Ergo Proxy Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Erased Chaos;Head SSSS.Gridman Michiko and Hatchin Emma: A Victorian Romance Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. Occulitc;Nine Chaos;Child Terror in Resonance Heroman Sarazanmai Blood Blockade Battlefront Shingu Secret of the Stellar Wars Star Driver The Reflection The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan Samurai 7 Fruits Basket (2001) Ouran High School Host Club Beastars Neon Genesis Evangelion Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 BNA: Brand New Animal My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Polar Bear's Cafe Blood+ Carole and Tuesday Fruits Basket (2019) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Allison and Lillia Noein Appleseed XIII Puella Magi Madoka Magica Figure 17 Cyborg 009 vs Devilman Freedom Project Kill la Kill The Way of the Househusband SSSS.Dynazenon The World Ends With You Odd Taxi S-Cry-Ed Devilman Crybaby Eden The Vision of Escaflowne Death Parade Phoenix Godzilla Singular Point Super Crooks Akudama Drive Durarara!! K-ON! Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story The Orbital Children Stellvia Dirty Pair Trigun Black Butler SK8 The Infinity Shaman King (2001) Cyber City Oedo 808 Spy x Family Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle The Prince of Tennis Trigun Stampede xxxHolic Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Darker than Black Planetes Shaman King (2021) given High-Rise Invasion Spice and Wolf Code Geass Gunbuster Chobits Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts RG Veda Boogiepop and Others Boogiepop Phantom Time of Eve Pluto Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Mushishi

Planning to watch next year: Beastars season 3 Fate/Stay Night Monster

[skinteresting-enough]

So I watched the first three episodes of the new Boogiepop anime, and while it has certainly caught my attention, there's a pretty graphic murder in the third episode.

I won't go into details, just know that my throat is still itching. That often happens when I see someone get hurt, feeling a vague itching on the spot where they got hurt. Doesn't matter if it's live action or animated. Not sure if that's normal...

Either way, if you have triggers regarding throat injuries, you might want to consider skipping this anime.