The Batlord

Just watch the first Mobile Suit Gundam first and don't worry about later series unless you decide you care. It takes its time and is pretty slow-burning and gives you a surprisingly epic tale of warfare for a PG-13 show. It's definitely worth your time, which surprised me as I was a true Gundam hater after seeing later series that were just about selling Gundam toys. I might even watch some tonight if I don't decide to play Tales of Vesperia. So either I'm watching anime or playing a JRPG. ****ing weeb I am I guess.

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MicShazam

Ok I might. I'll read up on it a bit at least.

Haven't watched as much anime as I used to during 2018. I've still got a Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig box set that I haven't watched more than one episode of long ago. Should get around to finishing that some day.

The Batlord

I don't watch nearly as much anime as I used to either and I'm very highly tired of a lot of anime tropes, but the first Mobile Suit Gundam was one of the shows that made me think that I still had gas in the tank to watch more a few years ago. It has a lot of the teenage protagonist schtick you're probably used to but it's also one of the series if not the absolute core series that popularized that schtick, but because of this it's also not beholden to the rules. It's not a shonen anime genre show, it's a trend setter and there's a very good reason why it set trends. Because the teen warrior fighting a war was engaging and original enough to wow people into ruining the idea.

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MicShazam

I'm definitely ready for some anime that's about adults and not about insecure 14 year olds that somehow are the only ones that can save the world.

Which reminds me. Did you ever get around to watching Paprika?

The Batlord

I'm still waiting till I'm high. I feel that I'd be wasting the opportunity to watch it the first time if I wasn't blazed as ****. After that I can watch it as many times as I want but I'll not watch it the first time without a solid bowl behind me.

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MicShazam

I'm crossing fingers you'll like it when you get around to it. Definitely top 5 anime material for me. Although I probably shouldn't hype it too much.

The Batlord

For some reason I feel like asking if you've watched Voices from a Distant Star? I know you love Gunbuster so I suppose you'd have interest.

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MicShazam

Gunbuster was the first anime I ever watched, so it's got a special place in the weeb section of my heart.

Never watched Voices From a Distant Star. I feel like I've heard the title before several times, so it must be fairly well known.

The Batlord

It's got the same time displacement plot of Gunbuster, but in a much more condensed sense. It was also created by one single person and is a pretty amazing show of just what one person can do with animation. It's only 25 minutes long though so you don't need to invest any time.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3737vn

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Oriphiel

Yup. Played both. They're not fantastic. Still had some fun with them, though.

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