Attack On Titan (the first season was very good)

Is there going to be more than one season? I have 4 episodes left in S1 and was wondering where they were taking it or how they were going to wrap it up.

Awesome show, though. Also really over the top at point (character gets emotional over something small, starts screaming irrationally, screen starts shaking, and whooshing noises play for extra effect...ANIME), which is particularly funny given the show's dark context.

AoT S2 should be a given, considering the acclaim and super fast integration into non-otakus "anime of choice", right up there with SAO and before, Naruto, One Piece, DBZ. If anything, I'd recommend it for new people that are curious of "these Japanese porny cartoons. I mean they're not all porn, right?" along with FMA and Cowboy Bebop, for example and for breadth. After that, it's just a matter of "so what do you like about X, and would like more of it?".
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And obviously, KILL LA KILL upped its ante again, much like how its spiritual predecessors always upped its ante. Anime needs more over the top WTFness (but not too much) than the constant slice of life blah. So far though, every season has it recently.
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Speaking of over the top, go watch Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (2012). A phenomenal adaptation for a manga epic that has be going for at least 20 years. Also loved it before it was cool.

I can't quite explain why I liked Kill La Kill, maybe none other than it's by the original guys that did NGE, Gurren Lagann and Panty, Stocking and Garterbelt to name a few. Some would say that even the studio makes the plot as they go, and I would believe that lol. At least they probably do have an ending planned, but details schmetails.

What I think happened though is that it never took itself seriously serious, but comically serious. I can switch off my brain for that. Something like say Shinsekai Yori (which is an amazing world-building "after the end" anime), where this is serious serious, I would not appreciate the level of nonsense of Kill La Kill. This I think was what happened when I tried watching Valvrave, a fairly recent Sunrise mecha show with space Nazis and space vampires and space twitter. And time traveling, if I were to believe the blog posts.

Suffice to say I'm a fanboy, and I shouldn't be trusted lol (on Kill La Kill at least).

Don't worry, I prefer the old Tom & Jerry shows much more than the modern ones. Although I do hate how Tom has always been shown to be the evil one, mostly. (loves cats).

In my timezone, I should be asleep...

I pirated the AoT manga. Too interested...must see what happens. I recommended it to a coworker who is also very picky about anime. He crushed through the season in two sittings. Can't wait to learn more about the history, universe, titan motives, etc.

Gurren Lagann was another one of my favorites. Every episode more ridiculous than the last. So over the top.

Sadly, up until recently, pretty much the only way to enjoy Japanese media that came out within the last three years was to pirate.

Is the manga actually getting good? I read up to chapter 40-something sometime last year, but lost interested because all the faces looked the same and it was hard to keep up with what was happening to Eren every new month. It also seemed like the mangaka keeps introducing new plot devices and then never goes anywhere with them, which was frustrating for me.

Damn, thanks for reminding me I need to watch more of TTGL. I got through the first 5 episodes one night and haven't touched it since because of school and Rewrite.

Started Elfen Lied last night. Pretty gruesome. Should be a fun watch.