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This Week in Anime - Anime That Feels Like a Bad Trip




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Vaisaga



Joined: 07 Oct 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 10:45 am Reply with quote
Gankutsuo was peak trippin'!
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Bargain Hunter



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:08 am Reply with quote
Oo-oo-oo-oo, I've got one! Coincidentally, I started watching The Melody of Oblivion recently. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to drop acid without going through the expense of buying tabs, just check it out. I absolutely adore it in all its fever dream glorious insanity (although oddly enough there are actually cogent elements that are introduced and developed).
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FishLion



Joined: 24 Jan 2024
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:20 am Reply with quote
I still have yet to dip into GoHands myself, but describing them as "Breenian" might be the push I need, the mix of wild plotting and over-the-top yet also barely thought out visuals is super compelling
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Hellsoldier



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:21 am Reply with quote
Being clear here, the only one of these I know and loved it Utena.

But it is true: Anime is a drug. A safe kind of high, to paraphrase Hendrix (about music).
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Triltaison



Joined: 03 Jul 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:24 am Reply with quote
I'm surprised at the lack of Masaaki Yuasa stuff mentioned. Kaiba and Mind Game in particular.

Vatican Miracle Examiner is kinda odd. The plots are a little unhinged, but it's the camera work that steals the show. It doesn't use static shots. Every shot that would be static is a camera pan at the exact same speed in random directions. It kinda makes you seasick after a while when you notice that the camera Never. Stops. Moving.

Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi and Welcome to the NHK are deserving mentions for entirely obvious reasons.

Also, the movie Catnapped is weird.
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Greed1914



Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:53 am Reply with quote
Unfortunately, GoHands falls prey to trying to make everything visually interesting instead of using some restraint to highlight anything they really want to show off. I still remember some very interesting shots throughout K even though most of it was relatively standard looking. Handshakers didn't need dynamic shots of classmates talking at school, and it ended up being a distraction.
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