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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 466166" data-attributes="member: 151">No because then it would be interesting to me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I've been into anime for a few decades now, so I think I qualify.  I started watching anime with Captain Harlock and Cyborg 009.  God, I'm old.Anywho, Beserk is one of the most intelligently written anime you'll come across, as well as one of the most graphically violent.  WORD OF WARNING: THE ANIME FINISHES AT A VERY VERY BAD POINT.  I can't describe to you how damaging the end of the series is, if you're not prepared for it.  Luckily, the manga continues on far after the anime.  Hope still holds for a second anime series, which we refer to as 'How Gats got the DragonSlayer, and got his groove back'. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Most recent enjoyments for me have been Kare Kano (thank you Otakon), Hellsing, Vandread (both stages), Great Teacher Onizuka and Blue Gender.  Getter Robo is fun in a silly way, even though it tries to be Giant Robo, and kinda fails, IMHO.  Magical Shopping District Abenobashi is a great parody series from Gainax, if somewhat uneven and a little too heavy on the eetchi jokes for me.  GTO was, in particular, a series I was sure I wouldn't like...but turns out I was very wrong.  It steadily grows on you.  Kare Kano is at turns sweet and romantic or madcap and cynical.  And sometimes it's painfully real.As to the issue of subbed versus dubbed: in some cases yes, other cases no.  I prefer dubbed merely because traditionally, dubbed voice acting was considered an afterthought.  These days, quality voice acting is appearing.  I actually prefer the english Big O cast, for example.  The voice acting on the dubbed version of Bebop is quite good, as is Trigun, Hellsing and a lot of other more recent dubs.  Pioneer is particularly good.And of course, Spirited Away is, like most Miyazaki films, not just a great anime...it's one of the great movies, period.</blockquote>

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