I love shows with great dialogue, realistic characters, and plot that ties to deep worldbuidling. The only other show I can think is Legend of Galactic Heroes, which is my #1 animu. Maybe I like these two shows as they’re both originally scifi novel serieses.

Gundams tend to be a bit too goofy for me.

  • sleet01@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Man, I should watch Crest again. In the meantime:

    • I’d rank Harlock, 999, and Yamato up there as far as world-building, although the characters are more “interesting” or “amusing” than necessarily realistic. For Yamato, I think the original and 2199 are about on par - the original seemed more serious, while the remake has much higher visual quality.

    • Cowboy Bebop, although I’d assume you’ll have seen it if you’ve seen Crest and LoGH.

    • Martian Successor Nadesico was an interesting take, more focused but definitely trying to bring a more serious tone… mostly.

    • I definitely feel you as far as Gundams go, although I’d suggest checking out War in the Pocket, 08th MS Team, 0083, or IGLOO as I find the side stories and OVA series to bring much higher quality both in terms of writing and production. Of the mainline series, I think Turn-A and Seed are probably the best you can get in terms of tone and world-building, and even then there’s a lot of goofiness.

    • Have you seen any of Votoms? I haven’t finished it, but it sure has the “bombastic space opera” feel, even though it starts out with a very tight focus.

    • Other than that, maybe Knights of Sidonia? It tries to be less “space opera” and more “hard SF”, but I’d say it’s on the edge - like the difference between Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars.

    • Gekkonen@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Harlock, 999, and Yamato

      I haven’t seen these, so I’ll give them a go. I’ve heard about Yamato and know it was huge back in the day.

      Cowboy Bebop

      Yep, seen it, also I wasn’t honestly a massive fan due to the episodic nature. I know, contrarian.

      Martian Successor Nadesico

      This is a new one too, on the list it goes.

      War in the Pocket, 08th MS Team, 0083, or IGLOO

      I’ve seen Pocket, 08th, and Seed, but not the others. I doubt I’ll watch these. Also obligatory GUNDAM! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZszGvGAR5NU&list=PLJFMcRYOCD5xh6DhuHrTu2Y89FjY3eJra

      Votoms

      I’ve never heard of this one. Looks interesting.

      Knights of Sidonia

      I completely forgot about this show. I think it was on my list earlier already.

      Thank you for the excellent list, sleet person.