Shinmaru

That is correct! Really, I just wanted to show people dressed up like Nazis, so I thought I'd throw out a nudge anyone could pick up on.

Gah, I still need to catch up with [b]Hourou Musuko[/b], myself. For some reason, I get the sense that I should wait until the end and watch it all at once. I dunno. It will be watched eventually, though. [b]Madoka Magica[/b] is pretty interesting so far. Shinbo isn't taking any any prisoners, both with the visuals and the story. I especially like how becoming a magical girl is an actual weighty choice with real consequences outside of "you'll have awesome powers and kick ass every week". [b]Gosick[/b] I just dropped. It's the kind of mystery series that annoys me most: There's really no way for viewers to be engaged in the mysteries, because only Victorique knows what's going on, and the devil is in the details no reasonable viewer is going to spot or know about. It's like [b]Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro[/b] from a few years back, except not even as enjoyable as that because it isn't even a tenth as bizarre. [b]Level E[/b] might be my favorite show of the season so far. It's absolutely hilarious, and this is coming from someone who has been frustrated with anime comedy lately. At this rate, Baka will go down as one of the great asshole characters in anime comedy. He's a riot. Took me a while, but I finally finished the [b]Patlabor[/b] TV series. Loved it as much as the other entries in the series. Maybe the absolute height wasn't quite as good as the [b]Patlabor[/b] movies, but it makes up for that with fantastic character development for everyone in the series, where the movies focus mainly on Noa, Asuma and Goto. I particularly liked the episodes that focused on Ota. He's the most adorable gun nut you'll ever see. Now I'm watching the [b]New Files[/b] OVA. It's basically stuff that didn't make it into the TV series for time reasons -- finishes off a major storyline (maybe), and has some bizarre comedy episodes. I mean [i]really[/i] bizarre. I'm just halfway through, so I'm sure there will be more weirdness to come ...

I have seen many things, but not everything! A very wtf image I saw literally a few minutes ago: [img]http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7792/wtffo.jpg[/img]

That looks like [b]Moribito[/b], I believe.

[quote name='AvalonAngel' timestamp='1296195249' post='704473'] [font="Tahoma"]Alexa your display name gives me a headache :([/font] [/quote] Protip: Tell your head to stop being such a pussy

[quote name='Morbo' timestamp='1296173336' post='704462'] Gonna try and guess, possibly [b]Clannad[/b]? [/quote] LOL There would be many angry fans if that monstrosity were in [b]Clannad[/b]! [quote name='Desbreko' timestamp='1296190059' post='704471'] [color=#4B0082]Looks like [b]Ookami Kakushi[/b] to me.[/color] [/quote] Winner winner, chicken dinner.

Sir, I accept your challenge! I'll just toss out whatever I think might strike your fancy ... [b]Baccano![/b] would be a good one. Prohibition-era gangsters, immortals and goofballs, all clashing in a convoluted set of stories that somehow string together and climax in an effective way at the end. One warning, though: The first episode is notoriously confusing. I don't know anyone who has skipped it and watched the rest of the series, but don't let it turn you off if you do watch it. At least give the second episode a shot. Given that you're a musician, you might like [b]Beck[/b]. It's about a group of guys who start a band and climb the ladder from the bottom up. I normally watch shows in Japanese, but the English dub for [b]Beck[/b] is fantastic -- one of the best I've heard. It really captures how teens at that age speak to each other without trying to sound too cool or snarky in a forced way like Diablo Cody wrote it or something. And it pays homage to rock in lots of cool ways. [b]Berserk[/b] is one I liked way more than expected. It comes off like a brooding, ultraviolent "MAN, THIS ANIME ISN'T FOR KIDS YOU KNOW" type of series, but it's written and constructed in a surprisingly intelligent way, and the characters are great. I normally don't like this type of fantasy, but [b]Berserk[/b] is awesome. [b]Black Lagoon[/b] might be up your alley, too. It's like every big crazy action movie from the '80s rolled into one show, except [b]Black Lagoon[/b] actually has a brain to go along with the brawn. Also have to throw a shout out to [b]Monster[/b]. It's relatively lengthy for anime (74 episodes), and it's slowly paced, but the story and characters are fantastic. The dub is pretty good, too -- I don't think it's necessarily better acted than the Japanese, but it feels more natural to me because the show isn't set in Japan.

I am probably the only one here who watched this, but whatever. [img]http://shinmaru.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/hiroworldsbiggesthorror.jpg[/img]

[b]Hanamaru Kindergarten[/b], my good man.

Playing [b]Ghost Trick[/b], on the recommendation of good ol' [s]Ace[/s] The Professor. Basically a [b]Phoenix Wright[/b]-style story (noir-ish supernatural murder mystery) with [b]Professor Layton[/b]-style puzzles (basically manipulation of objects to achieve certain effects). The mystery's not bad so far, and I'm at the two-thirds point at the moment, so I'm sure there will be crazier plot twists to come, as is the norm with Shu Takumi's stories.

[quote name='Vicky' timestamp='1296050074' post='704367'] Des and Shin would chew a filthy toenail? Ewwww. Disgustingles. [/quote] We're both horrible, disgusting people. Animals, really.

[quote name='Sangome' timestamp='1295825507' post='704163'] [color="#9932CC"][font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]Des, you sound so quiet. It's actually kinda cute. *shot*[/font][/color][/quote] A man who loves the moe also lives the moe. [quote name='Lyndy' timestamp='1295826703' post='704165'] [color="#556B2F"][font="Times New Roman"]Oh yeah, naked 3rd grader...WTF[/font][/color] [/quote] Yeahhhhhhhh, you have to take the bad with the good with that movie. Again, I think the [b]Nanoha[/b] flick is good, but I could definitely understand people being squicked out by that. [b]Nanoha[/b] is definitely made for people with ... specific tastes. (Of which I am not one, I might add! There's just enough good in the movie for me to look past that crap.) [quote name='Magus' timestamp='1295891798' post='704213'] "I'm the only non-white entity around"... WHAT?! I'm not white. Thought you'd know that by reading this thread by now. [/quote] I haven't read everything in this thread, so I probably missed it. I try not to assume race or gender on the Internet, though, haha. [quote name='wikipediafounderjimmywales' timestamp='1295895045' post='704222'] [font="Garamond"]That was cute, I love Shin's voice xD and his f-bombs, WAY TO GO MY BROTHA.[/font] [/quote] Why thank you!

You are correct on both counts.

Haha, it threw me off at first because that same mask (or something similar to it) is worn by a character in the [b]20th Century Boys[/b] manga, so it took me a couple of seconds to remember [b]Sasameki Koto[/b]. [img]http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/131/dawwc.jpg[/img]

wtf chocolate in Smarties is just unnatural. This is an outrage. I am outraged.

That's [b]Sasameki Koto[/b], I believe.