Started watching this series, I just finished episode 17 and holy shit this is unapologetically dark
>people are hunted for sport
>no Shonen tier fighting, people get shot and killed outright
>our protagonists don't give a fuck
>people are callus
>many dark concepts are explored on this adventure.
>no one seems to have loyalty to one another
I was expecting a nice comfy 70's space odyssey, but this isn't the case. It's quite enjoyable though
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why does it have wheels if its in space?
It's cool.
If you want something more lighthearted, I’d suggest watching Yamato or Harlock
I am really enjoying it, it's just that I didn't think it was going to be this dark.
It was an aesthetic choice made to appeal to rich passengers.
The films are good too, with much better animation. But they spoil the series, so watch them after.
Don't be nerd
ah I see
was this scene really necessary?
Thanks user I'll check it out
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Matsumoto’s character designs always have me a bit of a shoujo vibe.
all of his women look the same.
It was the same effect for me user, when I started this series I thought it was going to be a comfy anime. 10 minutes in and I realized this anime is going to be dark as fuck, still pretty kino though
wait till you get to the final episodes, the true depression starts there
I hope you're not watching the censored american release
Picked up.
>113 episodes
What the fuck man, its literally as long as a gundam and 2 macrosses. Its approaching shonen levels of length. I hope its worth it.
I watched this when I was like in elementary school. I actually watched a lot of old 60’s, 70’s anime because in my country we have a children channel with anime 24/7. This and Marvelous Melmo would really leave my crying. Old anime are full of orphans who straggle to fit in society and find happiness.
Every episode is a new planet and a new story, it's like japanese Star Trek so the journey never gets boring
Though there are a few filler episode that repeat the stories from previous episodes
The series can be pretty comfy and it's a great journey because of the epic scale (100+ episodes), but almost every episode has at least one major plot hole. The show is simply too inconsistent, the worst example being the regulations related to the galaxy express itself. If you haven't noticed this by now (although you should have since you're almost 20 episodes in), you'll notice it as you keep watching. Also, some episodes are almost shit tier in their quality, mostly those between episodes 50 and 90 iirc.
My favorite one was the ribless skeleton and his eggs
It's a kids show, some things are simply left unexplained, like in a fairy tale.
I like that one episode where they land on the NA planet
The best episode is the one with the girl and her mother living on that snow planet. The plot twist related to cannibalism was very dark, even more so because they weren't arrested or something, the implications being that they'll keep doing what they did. You don't see that kind of dark stuff and themes in today's kids shows.
Soundtrack is pretty kino, the sad themes really hit you hard
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>that song playing at almost every ending scene in which the train is departing from the planet
It literally got me every single time, one time making me almost cry (the episode with the guy whose colony kills people because of a malfunction so he retires to the colony and makes clones of himself - the music coupled with Tetsuro's one tear shed and his simple remark after reading a diary of the guy almost made me break down).
So fucking good.
melancholy OST
That's a good thing, they are pretty and elegant
This is Leijimoto for you. I genuinely viewed anime as dark as shit because I saw his series when I was 5 and such.
It was only later I realized anime can be lighthearted too, was still a fan of him since I saw his very first series. I wish they would remake Queen Millennia or 999 one day.
dubs are for faggots, I would never watch one/.
I'm still waiting for an english dubbed version.
I want to believe that this is not scripted
Old anime were often long. Even during the early 00s most series still had 26 episodes, the one cours standard started around 2008 or something. Not sure anymore.
Back then I enjoyed seeing shorter anime, but it really only ever works with writers competent enough to know every well what they want to tell and using the time adequately. Most series suffer from on-seasonal lengths.
>Old anime are full of orphans who straggle to fit in society and find happiness.
True.
Hell I remember how hard Treasure Island had hit me. I was very young when I watched it and was sure nothing too bad would ever happen to the protags or friends. I was naive.