next level anime

[darkrezin]

Dunno if anyone here is into quality Japanese anime, but I thought I'd throw out a recommendation for one of the most amazing series I've ever seen, Kaiba. You can download it here. It's about 3.1GB and you'll need the latest codecs to play it - something like Perian on Mac or CCCP codec pack on Windows.

I'm pretty confident this is one of the most mind-bending, psychedelic and heavily psychological stories you'll ever see. I never thought this genre could be so complex and emotive, even after watching stuff by Shinichirō Watanabe and Hayou Miyazaki. I think it will even appeal to people who don't watch anime at all. It's definitely not a typical violent mecha/cyberpunk series

[dawman]

http://www.cccp-project.net/
I love those, plus the music, especially the synth stuff, is always top shelf.

Thanks.

[Shroomz~>]

Sounds interesting. Downloading the first few parts now.

cheers,
Mark ~ surfing while sharc Scopes.

[Tau]

Thanks for the suggestion and link.

What language is this in?


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[Tau]

wow, that was a fast download... the episodes are in japanese only, but I found some english subtitles that seem to match here.

T

[darkrezin]

Tau - the MKV files have embedded subs so you shouldn't need to download any other stuff

[Tau]

yes, it's true, the subtitles are embedded... I didn't notice that 1st time. Anyway, I'm watching this on a Mac, using VLC seems to work well, even without downloading extra codecs.

The drawings are quite peculiar, they seem to be made with MSPaint at times Takes a while to get used to, but once you get into the story, it doesn't really matter much. I'm on episode 4 now, and the plot is still unfolding, but it's quite an interesting story. My only complaint is the theme and credits songs - they're awful, even for anime...

Anyway, I'm enjoying this very much - my thirst for proper sci-fi is temporarily quenched!

Thanks again,

T

[darkrezin]

Definitely recommend Perian - some of the later episodes simply won't work in VLC.

The style is very unique yes This guy's stuff (Masaaki Yuasa) is always very individual and different - his film 'Mind Game' has lots of different styles going on all over the place, and his previous series 'Kemonozume' had a very sketchbook kinda style. Personally I think it's great, most anime follows the same old rules and it gets boring And yep the theme songs are weak When you use Perian and QT player, you can jump straight to the episode, skipping the theme song completely.

Glad you like it - it is indeed brilliant sci-fi, most original thing I've seen for years. I think it's around episode 8 that things start to get really crazy...