That's interesting — I've heard about Cowboy Bebop rather widely, but everything I'd seen made me think the characters and plots just wouldn't be my cup of tea (in the "it's fine, but not my thing" sense). I'm intrigued to hear that you seem to have had a similar reaction. So I'll be interested if I still get that impression from a mediated viewing experience.
As for Tutu, I know one or two folks on my flist have enjoyed it, and I thought I might maybe someday check it out if I could find a way to do so, with my Netflix-not-having ways. (That's a huge advantage of the mediated approach, too — links! That are apparently legitimate and above-board! I ... hope!) I didn't look too deeply because it looked less noirish SF and more maybe-fantasy, which I find more intriguing. So I'm more hopeful about that one. And it helps to know what genre to expect, so thanks for the comparison to Madoka!
I should perhaps have mentioned that I've watched one other anime: FMA. Love! My getting into it was entirely random and fortuitous: A friend and I tripped over and got sucked into what I later learned was the third episode. (I did later see the first two episodes, but I have my doubts that they would have won my interest the way seeing the boys' backstory did.) I still don't feel I know most of the anime tropes, or even have a feel for how many different anime (sub-?)genres there are, but I did learn a few very minor things through FMA. (The faux-Western setting and the dub helped a lot, though, I think. I'm all about subs for live-action films, but I've heard compliments for the FMA dubs even from folks who otherwise prefer subs. And I know sub-vs-dub is a conflict in anime fandom, heh; staying far away from that ....)
I have an Ed figurine on my desk. I named one of my cats Winry.
I got into the FMA manga (I think the only manga I've actually read) because I was enjoying the anime so much, and I was clear that the two were ultimately following different plots. Unfortunately, I got into the 'verse before the manga closed in Japan, and I was relying on the delayed US/English compilations, so I kept having that "re-read the entire series to this point to remember the details" problem.
Even with all that, I hadn't known Brotherhood was coming out, and when I did hear of it, I had trouble finding out its difference from the first FMA anime for a while. (I get it now.) I even bought the series to watch with the same friend, but we never found the time, so now I'm figuring to wait until the planned "Mark Watches Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" series, since I'm enjoying the mediated experience and want to see how much (if at all) it enriches my experience of a work I'm already familiar with.
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As for Tutu, I know one or two folks on my flist have enjoyed it, and I thought I might maybe someday check it out if I could find a way to do so, with my Netflix-not-having ways. (That's a huge advantage of the mediated approach, too — links! That are apparently legitimate and above-board! I ... hope!) I didn't look too deeply because it looked less noirish SF and more maybe-fantasy, which I find more intriguing. So I'm more hopeful about that one. And it helps to know what genre to expect, so thanks for the comparison to Madoka!
I should perhaps have mentioned that I've watched one other anime: FMA. Love! My getting into it was entirely random and fortuitous: A friend and I tripped over and got sucked into what I later learned was the third episode. (I did later see the first two episodes, but I have my doubts that they would have won my interest the way seeing the boys' backstory did.) I still don't feel I know most of the anime tropes, or even have a feel for how many different anime (sub-?)genres there are, but I did learn a few very minor things through FMA. (The faux-Western setting and the dub helped a lot, though, I think. I'm all about subs for live-action films, but I've heard compliments for the FMA dubs even from folks who otherwise prefer subs. And I know sub-vs-dub is a conflict in anime fandom, heh; staying far away from that ....)
I have an Ed figurine on my desk. I named one of my cats Winry.
I got into the FMA manga (I think the only manga I've actually read) because I was enjoying the anime so much, and I was clear that the two were ultimately following different plots. Unfortunately, I got into the 'verse before the manga closed in Japan, and I was relying on the delayed US/English compilations, so I kept having that "re-read the entire series to this point to remember the details" problem.
Even with all that, I hadn't known Brotherhood was coming out, and when I did hear of it, I had trouble finding out its difference from the first FMA anime for a while. (I get it now.) I even bought the series to watch with the same friend, but we never found the time, so now I'm figuring to wait until the planned "Mark Watches Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" series, since I'm enjoying the mediated experience and want to see how much (if at all) it enriches my experience of a work I'm already familiar with.
But it's kind of hard to keep waiting .... :)