#3 best forever
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Why is Scooby Doo in there. I just googled it and Scooby Doo has never been adapted to anime presumably because of its extreme non-anime-ness
i think the western references are in there as jokes like âobviously youâre way too cool for that lame stuffâ
i wonder if enough people had said they wanted to see turtles, theyâd give in and license the turtles anime
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So I take it the deformed vegetable sailors is not One Piece? (I have never watched or read any One Piece.)
itâs popeye
this supposedly comes from 1996, so it predates one piece by a year
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You are mistaken, Scooby-Doo is very anime:
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Hmm not sure I buy it still, that scans as a mix of G.I. Joe plus 80s action movies, struggling to find a trace of actual anime in it.
This is the most authentic anime parody Iâve found on youtube so far (of course there are many):
canonically the most anime scooby doo moment
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Sleazy coming in like Tuxedo Mask when the party needs him, I knew we could count on you
does anyone know if the new GITS is actually part of SAC canon? should i rewatch the og series for the first time since release ?
The Midnight Gospel is up on Netflix. Iâm halfway through the first episode and itâsâŚa well-animated chat? Iâm confused
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Yeah, the animation and visual storytelling in The Midnight Gospel is fantastic.
Re: @Kelthink
Basically, the show seems to be the voice actorâs podcast with another story going on in the background visually. The interviews are always at least thematically linked to whatâs going on, but itâs not clear how much the interviewees are âinâ on it; sort of reminds me of Space Ghost in that way. Sometimes theyâre playing a sort of character in the world, and sometimes theyâre very obviously just talking on a podcast. This disconnect seemed like a flaw at first, but I found it kind of adds to the surreal appeal.
The line between the main character and the interviewer/voice actor is very blurred. The people heâs interviewing sometimes call him âClancyâ, the characterâs name, and sometimes âDuncanâ, the actorâs name. Sometimes they play this for laughs (âWhoâs Duncan?â) and other times they just ignore it or lean into the disconnect. There are a few episodes that are obviously EXTREMELY personal to Duncan and maybe only apply to Clancy thematically.
There is an overarching plot for whatâs happening with Clancy. A lot of episodes only give you little pieces of it, but some give you more. The plot stuff is actually pretty compelling, but again, thereâs not too much of it.
The effect of the whole thing is extremely overwhelming. A lot of the podcasts are about meditation or other Zen-adjacent focuses, and it often lacks the context a real podcast would have. At the same time, thereâs very intricate visual world-building happening in the background. It basically requires your full attention to catch both pieces of it at the same time. The podcast half probably wouldnât do much for me in isolation, but the total effect of it combined is sort of sublime.
I think the novelty alone was enough to propel me through the series, and I donât regret watching it. Itâs certainly unique, but betrayed a bit by the trailers that imply more narrative than there is. I do like where it goes, and the final episode is absolutely heartbreaking and maybe worth watching even if you canât get through the rest of the series.
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that sounds awesome, it sounds like fan animations of podcast bits only official and with a budget
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Thatâs not a bad analogy, but I would emphasize they arenât always linked that directly in the show. Like, sometimes the visuals are giving you a different but complementary story to the podcast. Or the visuals explore a different facet of the overall theme of the podcast. Itâs less literal interpretations and more metaphorical.
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pretty cure is pretty good, but crunchyrollâs stream has audio that sounds like its off a badly worn tape
fuckin hell yeah
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omg yes!!
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