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Bro you must be my alterego fr. I've had two separate people in my life mention that they saw something on 'my' letterbox account thinking it was me but it's your account. Because I now also go by 'PeekingPanda3' (more appropriate than pervert).

how is panda kopanda so good

Hmmm, well, I'm not too well-versed in the recent stuff either, but let's see if I can help.

Kyousougiga was really good (and it's short. Matsumoto is a promising new director. I see you didn't like the ONA but, that plops you right in the middle and it's nonsense).
Shirobako is good so far (an anime about the anime industry and art in general [the making of which is always tough, thankless, and ruthless, but worth doing anyways])
Mirai Mizue is a good fella to take note of. He creates abstract animations according to a selected musical piece (check out last year's Wonder, his short using music from Pascals!)
Speaking of independent animation, there's been tons of great stuff from that sector (Kubo Yutaro has been releasing great stuff! Airy Me is great! Midori-ko is light in terms of plot, but its animation is astounding!)
You haven't watched Takahata's Kaguyahime, yet? If you're a fan of him, this comes highly recommended.
You're not the biggest KyoAni fan, right? Then their recent stuff (Euphonium, Tamako Love Story, Hyouka [supposedly]) may not be up your alley, but I liked them.
Since you like Mononoke, I'd recommend Nakamura's Kuuchuu Buranko!
Are you watching the Animator's Expo shorts? There's some real goodies in there (20min... is by far my favorite)

I'm sure there's more out there, I haven't been keeping that up-to-date myself.

;_; hehe, the top 100 isn't so bad though; any list that has stuff like LOGH, Mushishi, etc. is good imo :)

btw, what brought on the anime-watching? iirc you've only got back into anime earlier this year, right? Interested in any shows you missed out on during the past few years?

True haha.

Oh, right. I deleted all my ratings except for 8 and above + I also uprated a bunch of stuff. I was thinking about keeping only my 10 ratings, but I want to give props to all the stuff I greatly enjoy (which is, really, the only stuff that I care about rating)

Thank God for Texhnolyze

Yea, I've heard that it's the worst Yuasa TV anime, which is a shame. From what I saw, the animation was nice and that one episode with the secondary character who falls in love with a monster . But, you don't like Kaiba!! That was my middle school fav. Episode 3 is terrific and 4 isn't so bad either. I actually remember not liking the second half as much as the first for some reason, but idk what I'd think now; it's due for a rewatch. At the least, stellar animation.

Which episode was your favorite, by the way? I'm not sure which one I'd choose, personally. But, if the specials count, then the newest one takes the cake. Splendid it was. And I haven't even touched part 2 yet so I might do the same thing you're doing!

Yeah, I was worried too since ping pong doesn't seem to be the most engaging sport and I don't really know much about it even though I play it every so often; but that ended up being ancillary to the meat of the story-- those fantastic characters. And yeah, I agree. Those Yuasa moments do come out regularly although I didn't really notice any of those low-angle shots he's fond of. The last match in particular had lots of beautiful Yuasa moments. The only thing is that the animation was kinda lackluster, even though he usually places such a large emphasis on it-- time constraints I guess.

And you finished Kemonozume! How was that?

Wasn't the latest Mushishi special the fucking bomb?? and the second seaosn was soooo good, it was even more consisitent than the first season. and the second half of the second season airs.... today? yesterday? oh boy.

and you're watching pingpong too, eh? very good yuasa work and aoty so far, even though yuasa's directing is more restrained this time around.

I can't remember much from Victory, but what little I do remember wasn't good. Although I remember watching some of the character's deaths off youtube and that was pretty funny.

That's an understandable call. Gundam's so massive and wildly inconsistent that it's fascinating and exhausting. I wasn't that big on 08th, but I know it's one of the most popular ones and episode 8 was pretty decent.

Edit: And I just noticed, you haven't seen Mind Game yet???? I'd highly recommend it; it's better than Tatami Galaxy, I think.

I think exactly what you think when I look at most anime on my list. I'm a dreadful time-waster.

Are you going to skip it and head straight to 08th?

Panda papanda kopanda~!

I just checked my criticker, and you're my #1 match.

Yeah, both Gundam and Dougram have politics in it, its just that Dougram focuses more on it and is the more "mature" of the two. Both are great series though (Did I say that already?)

Doctor Who, huh? I've been meaning to start on it, but its daunting in its length.

Dougram had a terrific beginning and while I think its slowing down, its still a very good series. It starts with a surprisingly complex political plot for a children's show and reminded me of LOGH at times.

The original Gundam is also terrific (You can always go through the compilation movies if you don't want to go through the series itself) and I thought Votoms is overrated. But then again, I haven't reached the supposedly "good" parts yet in that.

Breaking Bad is a good series, but I think its a wise decision to wait through until the fifth season is done. There's not much waiting to be had. And: Have you ever heard of "The Wire"? Whenever tv series come up, I always tend to recommend this since its become my new obsession since I finished it, four months ago.