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* ''RebuildOfEvangelion'': The films do some things worse than the original series, especially the poisonous and unchanging Shinji-Asuka relationship, but in so many other ways are big improvements, and not just the technical aspects. Neon Genesis Evangelion had an unrelenting message of "You're alone and it's your fault", the films are nearer to "We're alone and it's our responsability".


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* ''RebuildOfEvangelion'': The films do some things worse than the original series, especially the poisonous and unchanging Shinji-Asuka relationship, but in so many other ways are big improvements, and not just the technical aspects. Neon Genesis Evangelion had an unrelenting message of "You're alone and it's your fault", the films are nearer to "We're alone and it's our responsability".
* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'': The writing starts out bad, really bad, but the visuals are stunning all the way through and by the second season the writing has caught up. By the end it has a lot more to it than could be expected.
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* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': It's a bit less spectacular than Gurren Lagann, but has more comedy and uses themes better. Quite a few problems, yet the energy and imagination makes it unique and compelling. On that note, I found Gurren Lagann was better the second time: once used to the stupidity I could focus on the amazing visuals, voice acting and music.

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* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiyaNoYuutsu: I am intrigued by the SpeculativeFiction side (nothing new, but it fits in without trouble) and even more so by the two leads. Haruhi, let's face it, is a terrible person, but I can't help but admire her. Yuki Nagato is the first character for whom I felt any sort of attraction (despite already knowing [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]]). About Endless Eight... watch the first, any of the next six and the last. The rest of the second season is worth seeing.

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* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiyaNoYuutsu: LightNovel/SuzumiyaHaruhiNoYuutsu: I am intrigued by the SpeculativeFiction side (nothing new, but it fits in without trouble) fine) and even more so by the two leads. Haruhi, let's face it, is a terrible person, but I can't help but admire her. Yuki Nagato is the first character for whom I felt any sort of attraction (despite already knowing [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]]). About Endless Eight... watch the first, any of the next six and the last. The rest of the second season is worth seeing.



* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'': Has its problems (a silly premise, shallow characters, contrived ending, seems not to acknowledge how bad its antiheroes are) but it has tight plotting that builds up to a truly apocalyptic climax, the sometimes very campy action is made bearable by black humour, and it shows Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion's Shinji without the scorn heaped upon him, turning him into the adorable moëblob he should always have been.

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* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'': Has its some big problems (a silly premise, shallow characters, contrived ending, seems not to acknowledge how bad its antiheroes are) but it has tight plotting that builds up to a truly apocalyptic climax, the sometimes very campy action is made bearable by black humour, and it shows Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion's Shinji without the scorn heaped upon him, turning him into the adorable moëblob he should always have been.



* ''Film/WolfChildren'': Taking a fairy-tale premise and treating it with the utmost seriousness. It works fine.



* Robin Hobb. He can make fantasy that requires no suspension of disbelief.

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* Robin Hobb. He She can make fantasy that requires no suspension of disbelief.

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* ''RebuildOfEvangelion'': The films do some things worse than the original series, especially the poisonous and unchanging Shinji-Asuka relationship, but in so many other ways are big improvements, and not just the technical aspects. Neon Genesis Evangelion had an unrelenting message of "You're alone and it's your fault", the films are nearer to "We're alone and it's our responsability".



* ''Film{{Gravity}}'': Predictable but perfectly convincing.

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* ''Film{{Gravity}}'': ''TheLegoMovie'': I've played with Lego since my earliest memories [[note]]And I was disappointed at the lack of Lego in-jokes, there are actually more DC references[[/note]], but this film is for everyone, with the passion and energy of loving fans together with knowing how to make fluid animation and good comedy. Just don't bother with looking at it in political terms, it is entirely about toys and how to play with them.
* ''Film/{{Gravity}}'':
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Engrossing, despite a slow start (and end), a massive war that never kills anyone in the main cast, and some bad moments of protagonist-centric view and some preachy episodes. Well planned storylines and an epic outlook made it a landmark in television.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Engrossing, despite a slow start (and end), a massive war that never kills anyone in the main cast, and some bad moments of protagonist-centric view and some preachy episodes. Well planned storylines and an epic outlook made it a landmark in that had not been seen before on television.


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* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': I could make any number of criticisms on minor points, but overall it's a wonder of story, character, art and animation. The sequel Korra is not as good with the writing, but still worth seeing/


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* Robin Hobb. He can make fantasy that requires no suspension of disbelief.


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* ''YugiohTheAbridgedSeries'': Much imitated but never surpassed. A unique combination of jokes and voice acting (Little Kuriboh can bring up a running gag twenty times without it being stale).
* ''Mirai Nikki Abridged'': One of the few followers that comes close. Doesn't parody the original so much as give it a slight push into comedy.
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* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'': When I first watched it, it seemed like so many one-off gags and out-of-place action sequences. But going back over it, with the wonderful English dub, I realised how much it all connected together into a story about budding sexuality and teenage troubles. It takes many ideas from Evangelion and plays out better.


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* ''Kiss Me Deadly'': There are many things to see in this film. How a rather misogynistic and very red-baiting pulp thriller was turned into a deconstruction of itself. What it said about contemporary society, consumerism and alienation. But what I noticed most was how a film noir comes close to full horror.
* ''Film/DoctorStrangelove'': Less topical now, but no less funny and engrossing. It manages to satirise everyone involved without turning them into mere caricatures.
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* ''Film{{Gravity}}'': Predictable but perfectly convincing.


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* ''Night Watch'': The Russians beat Hollywood at its own game with a few percent of the budget. Doesn't make much sense, but visually striking in all sorts of ways. It's the sort of film you have to watch more as a roller-coaster ride than a narrative.


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* Douglas Jackson. He can portray Roman border wars in all their bloodshed and still make me wish both sides could win.

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* ''Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene'': I can't point to anything it does wrong.



* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Gainax out-gainaxing themselves. It's the sort of flippant humour I love best. And Funimation's dub is great.

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* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Gainax out-gainaxing themselves. There are parts I will not rewatch in a million years, but the diversity of its episodes ensures there's always something to like. It's the sort of deadpan, slightly flippant humour I love best. And Funimation's dub is great.



* Film/LawrenceOfArabia: Nevermind that the real Lawrence was not as tall and handsome. It shows us why he was such an admired leader, and the burden that came with bearing the cause of an entire people.
* Film/{{Inception}}: It does fail to follow its own rules several times, and barely resembles real dreams, but the pacing, tension, imaginative setups and character drama make it a very good example of crossing genres.

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* Film/LawrenceOfArabia: ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'': Nevermind that the real Lawrence was not as tall and handsome. It shows us why he was such an admired leader, and the burden that came with bearing the cause of an entire people.
* Film/{{Inception}}: ''Film/{{Inception}}'': It does fail to follow its own rules several times, and barely resembles real dreams, but the pacing, tension, imaginative setups and character drama make it a very good example of crossing genres.genres.
* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'': Everything you expect in film noir done just right. Made me feel tense like few other works did.
* ''Mildred Pierce'': Everything you don't expect in film noir done just right. I'm told things were toned down from the novel, but it was still a highly subversive work when it came out, and still today is surprising and telling in its attack on contemporary ideas on women.
* ''Pickup on South Street'': Samuel Fuller pitched it as an anti-communist film, but if it espouses any way of thinking, it's anarchism. Very vivid characters, and thoroughly an exercise in what they could get past the censors.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Entrancing, mysterious, dialogue-driven and with powerful characters. And when it gets disturbing, it's intended.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Entrancing, mysterious, dialogue-driven and with powerful striking characters. And when it gets disturbing, it's intended. [[labelnote:Specifically]] Araragi is a harsh look at a certain type of otaku and how they see the other sex; around powerful women his own age, he's passive and stumbling, around girls who are socially below him he lets his desires take free rein. Shaft plays an insidious game with regards to the fanservice, giving these same otaku what they want while making them feel guilty for it, but they certainly do it well.[[/labelnote]]


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* ''Anime/UchuuKyoudai'': It takes everything slowly, but uses that time to build up a perfectly believable cast whose individual ambitions I could feel like my own.

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* I like Pixar films in general, but especially ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.

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* I like Pixar films in general, but especially ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (the first half at least) and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.



* Film/{{Inception}}: It does fail to follow its own rules several times, but the pacing, tension, imaginative setups and character drama make it a very good example of crossing genres.

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* Film/LawrenceOfArabia: Nevermind that the real Lawrence was not as tall and handsome. It shows us why he was such an admired leader, and the burden that came with bearing the cause of an entire people.
* Film/{{Inception}}: It does fail to follow its own rules several times, and barely resembles real dreams, but the pacing, tension, imaginative setups and character drama make it a very good example of crossing genres.



* Philip Pullman. His Dark Materials suffers from being overtly anti-Christian (while most Narnia novels are subtler, but have other problems) and cramming in too many things towards the end, and the ending is both anti-climactic and rather contrived. But I prefer them to Harry Potter because they are grander in scope, have a more coherent setting and more emotionally charged.



* Videogame/YumeNikki: I did not find it all that scary, once I learned hardly anything could harm the player character, and certainly not compared to Videogame/TheWitchsHouse by the same developer (which I cannot recommend because of the ending, pure trolling that left it with much less emotional impact than it should). But it is haunting and intriguing, leaving plenty of tea leaves for the audience to read (I myself can only take seriously that she is troubled, had some violent and perhaps sexual trauma, does not fit into society and is resentful towards the world). But you will need a walktrough at some point, with all the hidden and stochastic events.

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* Videogame/YumeNikki: I did not find it all that scary, once I learned hardly anything could harm the player character, and certainly not compared to Videogame/TheWitchsHouse by the same developer (which I cannot recommend because of the ending, pure trolling that left it with much less emotional impact than it should). But it is haunting and intriguing, leaving plenty of tea leaves for the audience to read (I myself can only take seriously accept that she is troubled, had some violent and perhaps sexual trauma, does not fit into society and is resentful towards the world). But you will need a walktrough at some point, with all the hidden and stochastic events.
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* Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: Her Morland Dynasty novels, family disfunctions through the ages, deserve all their hundreds of pages. Impeccably researched and psychologically compelling.


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* Videogame/YumeNikki: I did not find it all that scary, once I learned hardly anything could harm the player character, and certainly not compared to Videogame/TheWitchsHouse by the same developer (which I cannot recommend because of the ending, pure trolling that left it with much less emotional impact than it should). But it is haunting and intriguing, leaving plenty of tea leaves for the audience to read (I myself can only take seriously that she is troubled, had some violent and perhaps sexual trauma, does not fit into society and is resentful towards the world). But you will need a walktrough at some point, with all the hidden and stochastic events.
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* Michael Wright. Whatever the degree of autobiography he uses, he can make almost-normal life into fascinating prose.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh. Sometimes falls flat, but when it works it's hilarious.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh. Sometimes falls flat, flat (more often in the second season), but when it works it's hilarious.


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* Jasper Fforde. Very silly novels for intelligent people.
* Chinua Achebe. He is valuable enough for the perspective of colonialism from the other side, but he is exceptional in showing personal conflicts that resonate universally, the interlocking layers of colonial rule and a glimpse of the rich oral tradition of the Ibo.

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* ''{{Diabolik}}'': Inevitably there are some weak issues [[note]]The worst I've seen is one from the eighties that made me want to hit a wall when the tough, cold-blooded Eva Kant ''faints'' when she hears Diabolik is declared dead, which happens every 5 issues or so.[[/note]] and the lack of continuity (there are only four recurring characters) is a problem. But in general it gives gripping intrigue/thriller plots with good art.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': An enchanting set of stories, that shifts to a different style each time.

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* ''{{Diabolik}}'': Inevitably there are some weak issues [[note]]The worst I've seen is one from the eighties that made me want to hit a wall when the tough, cold-blooded Eva Kant ''faints'' when she hears Diabolik is declared dead, which happens every 5 issues or so.[[/note]] and the lack of continuity (there are only four recurring characters) is a problem. But in general it gives gripping intrigue/thriller plots with good monochrome art.
* YokoTsuno: Confusing, sometimes confused, but mesmerising.
* LifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck: Don Rosa is the consistently best Disney comic author I know. Historical references, a wealth of hidden details and a sort of restrained cartoonishness make it his magnum opus.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': An enchanting set of stories, that shifts to a different style each time.issue.


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* Tom Lehrer: His muse may not have been fettered by taste but it certainly knew how to do black humour.
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* SpeakFriendAndEnter: Is it restricted to doors? The description is at odds with the title and the examples.

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Grew up reading Italian Disney comics (often in French), and later {{Diabolik}}. Yes, Donald Duck makes [[PaperinikNewAdventures a fine superhero]]. The Beano and Dandy too. Late to television but got to know Marvel and DC through their animated series. Reading novels came embarrassingly late (newspapers, magazines and reference books could be taken in chunks; reading a book from start to finish was daunting). The {{Foundation}} and {{Discworld}} series started that.

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Grew up reading Italian Disney comics (often in French), and later {{Diabolik}}. Yes, Donald Duck makes [[PaperinikNewAdventures a fine superhero]]. The Beano and Dandy too. Also Lego, insofar as it had settings and stories back then. Late to television but got to know Marvel and DC through their animated series. Reading novels came embarrassingly late (newspapers, (with newspapers, magazines and reference books I could be taken in chunks; start anywhere and take a few paragraphs; reading a book from start to finish was daunting). The {{Foundation}} and {{Discworld}} series started that.



Recently started with Japanese animation (GatewaySeries: {{Durarara}}) and webcomics.

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More Recently started with Japanese animation (GatewaySeries: {{Durarara}}) and webcomics.



* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiyaNoYuutsu: I like the philosophy (nothing new, but it fits in just right) and I find the two leads very intriguing if not always likeable. Yuki Nagato made me understand the appeal of {{Shipping}} like no other character. About Endless Eight... watch the first, any of the next six and the last. The rest is worth seeing.
* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on, well, anything vaguely philosophical.

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* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiyaNoYuutsu: I like am intrigued by the philosophy SpeculativeFiction side (nothing new, but it fits in just right) without trouble) and I find even more so by the two leads very intriguing if not always likeable. leads. Haruhi, let's face it, is a terrible person, but I can't help but admire her. Yuki Nagato made me understand is the appeal first character for whom I felt any sort of {{Shipping}} like no other character.attraction (despite already knowing [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]]). About Endless Eight... watch the first, any of the next six and the last. The rest of the second season is worth seeing.
* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on, well, anything vaguely philosophical. Pity the protagonist does little more than take in exposition.



* ''Series/LifeOnMars'': Bringing the police procedural back to its roots and dissecting those same roots. Very character-driven. Pity they couldn't end it well.

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* ''Series/LifeOnMars'': Bringing the police procedural back to its roots and while also dissecting those same roots. Very character-driven. Pity they couldn't end it well.


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* Film/{{Inception}}: It does fail to follow its own rules several times, but the pacing, tension, imaginative setups and character drama make it a very good example of crossing genres.
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* The forums of Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft. With millions of players, it's not the most sensible, open or articulate who post there. It is incredible to see so many posts that imply or state that the player base agree with them and it's only because of irrational bias from the developers that they have not acted on it (in real terms, if you said there that the sky is blue, you would plenty of dissenters). And all the myopia that comes from those who play enough to have a stake in the game but not so much that they can see the overall picture. If you built your impression of the game from the forums, the conclusion would be that it is going through its worst period, the last patch ruined it, all playstyles are disfavoured and every class is unviable. It's sad, but can be amusing.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Entrancing, mysterious, dialogue-driven and with powerful characters. And when it gets disturbing, it's intended.



* GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence: Mamoru Oshii has a problem with writing dialogue. It's not bland, or meaningless, or pretentious, and I don't find it boring, but... ''it doesn't sound like dialogue''. It's as if the cast were aware of being in a story and were busy annotating it or adding epigraphs. But if you can swallow it, this film ends up both more philosophical and a better film than the first Ghost in the Shell.
* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on,well, anything vaguely philosophical.

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* GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence: Mamoru Oshii has a problem with writing dialogue. It's not bland, or meaningless, or pretentious, and I don't find it boring, but... ''it doesn't sound like dialogue''. It's as if the cast were aware of being in a story and were busy annotating it or adding epigraphs. But if you can swallow it, this film ends up both more philosophical and a better film than the first Ghost in the Shell.
Shell. Also, no fanservice.
* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiyaNoYuutsu: I like the philosophy (nothing new, but it fits in just right) and I find the two leads very intriguing if not always likeable. Yuki Nagato made me understand the appeal of {{Shipping}} like no other character. About Endless Eight... watch the first, any of the next six and the last. The rest is worth seeing.
* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on,well, on, well, anything vaguely philosophical.



* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': Entrancing, mysterious, dialogue-driven and with powerful characters. And when it gets disturbing, it's intended.



* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh. Sometimes falls flat, but when it works it's hilarious.

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Also my fanfiction: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6471776/1/The-Sun-and-Moon-reimagined of Tolkien's Silmarillion]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6471788/1/A-backstory-for-the-Ethereal-Homeworld for World of Warcraft]], and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9272609/1/The-Date-at-the-End-of-It-All for Haiyore! Nyarko-San]].



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* GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence: Mamoru Oshii has a problem with writing dialogue. It's not bland, or meaningless, or pretentious, and I don't find it boring, but... ''it doesn't sound like dialogue''. It's as if the cast were aware of being in a story and were busy annotating it or adding epigraphs. But if you can swallow it, this film ends up both more philosophical and a better film than the first Ghost in the Shell.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Engrossing, despite a slow start (and end), a massive war that never kills anyone in the main cast, and some bad moments of protagonist-centric view and some preachy episodes. Well planned storylines and an epic outlook made it a landmark in television.



* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': Whilst I did get frustrated at its mostly static situation, I loved the humour and especially the lightness.



* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Engrossing, despite a slow start (and end), a massive war that never kills anyone in the main cast, and some bad moments of protagonist-centric view and some preachy episodes. Well planned storylines and an epic outlook made it a landmark in television.
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* Sgoil Chiùil na Gàidhealtachd: In Gaelic, Scottish dialects, standard English or just instrumentals.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh.

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* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh.''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on,well, anything vaguely philosophical.



* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'': Has its problems (a silly premise, shallow characters, contrived ending, seems not to acknowledge how bad its antiheroes are) but it has tight plotting that builds up to a truly apocalyptic climax, the sometimes very campy action is made bearable by black humour, and it makes it takes Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion's Shinji without the scorn heaped upon him, turning him into the adorable moëblob he should always have been.

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* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'': Has its problems (a silly premise, shallow characters, contrived ending, seems not to acknowledge how bad its antiheroes are) but it has tight plotting that builds up to a truly apocalyptic climax, the sometimes very campy action is made bearable by black humour, and it makes it takes shows Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion's Shinji without the scorn heaped upon him, turning him into the adorable moëblob he should always have been.been.
* ''LightNovel/NyarkoSan'': Never mind the references to Lovecraft (and everything else). It's a love comedy / sex farce made by a team who know to avoid the clichés, sexism and voyeuristic fanservice so endemic in the genre. The eroticism comes from the dialogue and characterisation, not displays of flesh.



* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on,well, anything vaguely philosophical.

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* ''LightNovel/KinoNoTabi'': A meditation on,well, anything vaguely philosophical.''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': Some don't like its rhetoric of angst (mostly close-ups of crying) and its utterly threadbare characterisation is a real problem[[note]]The reason Kamijou and Hitomi are hated is that there is nothing to them as believable people, they are just plot devices to Sayaka's tragedy[[/note]]. But its strength comes from a driving plot where every blow is a logical follow-up of what has come before. And while shallow, the characters are powerful. Episode 10 is one of the most harrowing I have ever seen.

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* IndecisiveParody: And maybe IndecisiveDeconstruction. The title and description imply the creators could not stay on a parodic/straight approach to the genre. Yet there are plenty of homages that parody while also giving everything you expect from the genre and those behind it knew exactly what they were going for. "Mixed Parody" would be better.
* JustEatGilligan: A case of someone wanting to use a well-liked line instead of an indicative title. It's fairly well-defined, but the wicks and examples cover all sorts of interpretations of that phrase.



* JustEatGilligan: A case of someone wanting to use a well-liked line instead of an indicative title. It's fairly well-defined, but the wicks and examples cover all sorts of interpretations of that phrase.
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* ''[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html Order of the Stick]]'': Starts off with okay-ish jokes, turns into brilliant drama and adventure. Needs no knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons. The biggest problem is how it treats the goblins: Redcloak makes a fine villain as their leader, but the rest seem to be evil not because they enjoy it but out of a sense of duty. It occasionally looks at the implications of AlwaysChaoticEvil but doesn't follow them through. And if Belkar were an NPC, he would have been killed long ago.
* ''[[http://www.missmab.com/index.php Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'': No, it's not pornographic (though it must be noted that as the author's skill improved, the cast came to wear less covering clothes). The first strips are lame, but from nr 74 onwards it becomes funny, quirky, endearing and one of the cutest things I've seen.

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