Reminds me a little of Saya no Uta, but with more comedy.
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Lovecraftian type monstrosity taking on the form of a girl?
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Completely different genre. The anime is only using Lovecraft as a gimmick
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I.....never considered them to be the same, I was just saying that reading that particular aspect makes me think a little of Song of Saya when reading it.
I don't think someone can easily mistake Saya for a lighthearted comedy or anything....althooouugh.....
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As someone who did read some of Lovecraft's stories and Saya no Uta, I'm finding this post hilarious.
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It's more like Lucky Star really...
It has nothing to do with Lovecraft besides the names of the creatures.
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Look "Guilty crown". :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_Crown
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I watched the first season and all I can say is that it was horrible. Entertaining for the first couple of episodes, but just goes downhill quickly. Only watch if you really like harem comedies.
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I'm not too fond of the show, it repeats the same kamen rider W joke far too oft to be funny and has no bearing on character development or story. The characters themselves are relatively flat, unchanging through both seasons, but they have some charm to them because of the voice actors.
In short, I think it's a niche otaku anime for people who like pop culture references with a few gags. I have found it rather dull and the execution of the jokes left me desiring more than just a typical tsukomi.
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Watched it. 0 points in horror if that's what you're expecting. The plot doesn't go much further than "my everyday life with a bunch of monsters which tag along on everything I do in convenient female human forms."
Worth checking out if you are interested in lighthearted comedy,though. (A large part of the jokes are based on the relationships between characters,but aside from that it's a matter of personal preferences).
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just a bit curious and also interested, but what would you actually rate highly for horror for you in anime, ive watchedseveral horror anime and none really made me look around in the dark in the slightest except for the first arc Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni which actually made me curl my toes and body in futile self protection. I would like the idea of better animated horror since most reality horror movies are very cheesy unless they go into the unknown like aliens or demons
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I've more or less given up - Horror is not a popular anime genre,so new series don't come out often enough for there to be a reasonable chance of a good series every so often. Most series tagged with it fall either into the mystery category(e.g. trying to catch a serial murderer/deduce who he is) or gore(e.g. lots of people exploding into pools of blood,spraying their brain out,eaten by monsters,etc.),while I consider real horror to be extremely plot-centric while balancing between keeping things hidden and keeping things scary. Even when it's a balance of both(which filters out the vast majority of titles),the design often makes them fall short on some point or another,often several together(e.g. too focused on non-horror content,not properly making the responsible characters horrifying,giving characters a constant way to fight back with a high chance of success).
I think visual novels,as a medium,excel in this category: Often,they will cause you to feel much more related to a character than a normal novel or movie could,thus making you,in a sense,"fear for your own life". They still fall short due to their low amount,and while not being immune to any of the problems animes have,it opens up new troubles(like dealing with sexual content); But I feel in general,a good-made vn will often deal with those situations much better,which makes it really enjoyable to read.
I'm not sure if you were around back then,but when I did weekly spotlights,a short horror vn I recommended to people new to visual noels was Phenomeno. I think it's a great way to see if you're interested in what horror vns have to offer.
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Horror is a very popular genre in anime. Kiseijuu and Tokyo Ghoul are recent shows that I can think off the top of my head. Though Tokyo Ghoul's manga is better and the anime is actually pretty bad and the second season suffers from a the same issues and more including TERRIBLE animation quality and in fact is more sped up then the first season. Kisejuu is fantastic and worth watching.
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Those are pretty light-hearted compared to Kara no Kyoukai and Psycho Pass. But even so the presence of blood and death, torture, murder or the supernatural still isnt enough to make these shows truly thrilling, becase you know that at the end of the day it's all just animation, unlike movies. Corpse Party comes pretty close though.
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Ghost Hunt - Bloodstained Labyrinth arc is probably the best I've seen in anime horror
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hehe so much text, I don't know myself how I would word what horror counts to me but as I said about the first arc of Higurashi the part where it makes it seem as something is following but it never shows it and it talks about how the only way to keep yourself safe is to not turn around, that part creeped me out a lot, I was too scared to turn around and look at my sister who was watching behind me.
I do like VNs but they are also considered a game and I have too much of a backlog to consider asking for more :(
but aw, I was hoping you would have some good anime recommendations, one explanation that I read was related to how Japan sees horror differently than most countries as they have a very diverse culture with higher beings and demons, so they don't consider most of that horror and more like Lore, but mystery and murder by humans is what they consider horror.
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I've heard Another is good if you liked Final Destination.
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watched, not very scary, if at all. I want stuff that makes you tiptoe quickly at night and make it feel like you closed the door behind you a split second before an invisible hand grabs you.
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I do, it really fun , quite refresh in the genre i think
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Looking up some images at google images and it doesn't seem to be my kind of anime
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Oh lol yes, but I only started liking it after 3rd episode, the anime is really crazy, pervert and very very funny, I laughed a lot watching both seasons, I hope for 3rd season. The story is a no sense, but this make it only even funnier, characters are perverts and make the anime very cheerful, if you plan to watch it, try to watch at least 3-4 episodes, you may not like it just by watching 1 or 2, because of the no sense happening around.
Nyaruko basically is sent to Earth to protect it from that Lovecraft universe monsters who want to dominate the world to get all pervert stuff related to hentai, Doujinshi, yaoi, yuri, etc they have in Japan. Then she falls in love with the main character, there is also another girl like Nyaruko, her name is Cthugha, who loves Nyaruko and always tries to seduce her, and make pervert things and jokes. They can also travel in universe for more than the speed of light, she also has a pet that looks like a mini dragon, who can only say "mi mi mi".
Opening 1st season
Opening 1st season Minecraft version
This songs are funny too :P
I can compare this anime with "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai" in terms of perverseness and crazy characters, jokes and fun, but this one I said is even more perverted, they even show tits in anime besides all the jokes, actions, and other stuff and it's not hentai, in Nyaruko is basically pervert jokes and actions.
She also uses a crowbar to kill stuff, like Gordon Freeman does.
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Haven't seen it but it sounds a little bit like Ore Twintails ni Narimasu, but then less fucked up
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Now I've seen the characters on the MyAnimeList page: They all look the fucking same.
Ore Twintails ni Narimasu obviously didn't learn from the No Game No Life case...
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"H. P. Lovecraft's works are actually races of aliens"
how can you use the works of HP Lovecraft and still be so similar to every other anime ever made. It just seems incredibly generic. I'm just reading though, haven't actually seen any episode, yet.
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Lovecraft characters(or most of them at least) are actually a race that lived on Earth before humans, they just for some reason abandoned our planet, and they want to have the planet back.
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If the aliens were from earth, are they still aliens?
It wasn't just that though, just didn't feelt like quoting everything.
The point i wanted to make was that while i was reading about it, i could pretty much see were this anime was going, because all of it has been done before. high school, aliens, romantic comedy with the boy shes probably going to have to save constantly being the obvious love interest although nothing really happens...
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Everything good happens and could be concluded in the first episode. Goes downhill after that
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There are better comedy shows out there. You'll get sick of the protagonist extremely quickly with this one.
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Watched the first episode, thought it was okay.
It's on my Crunchyroll queue, though.
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Nyaruko is funny, a bit of fanservice. It's a comedy mostly. With a lot of refferences to other anime. That's just about it.
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I'm sad enough after Naruto ended. Have no real interest in following another manga/anime. =\
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You might have trouble enjoying it if aren't an expert in Japanese culture. Be prepared to sit with a web browser open with a list of the multitude of references on hand, because nearly everything in this show is a reference. You can read through the episode one notes if you want to get an idea of what I mean. It's mind-boggling how much stuff they manage to cram in there.
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Not something that I would recommend but I had fun watching both seasons :3
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Wikipedia link
It sounds interesting.
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