> What I love about this show is that it's “realistic” science fiction
Exactly what I like in the show, however the very next sentence
> There's no faster-than-light travel, no crazy artificial gravity or dopey aliens. It's just people like us, in an actually possible world.
I disagree with - there are clearly fantastical elements in the story and although I like them as fantasy, I'm disappointed they're there in the first place.
I guess I'm sort of echoing the complaints of Game of Thrones (TV series) fans that liked the intrigue and disliked the actual fantasy. I disagreed with them (Ice and Fire is a "fantasy series after all) and understand some people will think I'm complaining too much, but I'm still looking for actual "hard" sci fi on the level of quality and production value of The Expanse
You might be interested in the anime Planetes[0], which tried hard to be technically accurate and grounded in known reality. The Japanese space agency served as consultants, and as far as I know there are no fantastical elements in it.
I think its interesting... the older I get, the more I roll my eyes whenever anime is mentioned. In my formative years, cowboy bebop was my favorite show... maybe my hesitation towards anime today is some concern that nothing could be as good as cb; or is my imagination not as good and i require live action
filming?
Curious if others have experienced similar; im 30+
Cowboy Bebop is a great show with nothing else like it. I feel the same, but I still enjoy CB, Princess Mononoke, Grave of Fireflies etc. My immediate association with anime is a over sexualized cartoon with way to many episodes (knowing that's not true for the anime I have watched).
Unfortunately, space opera and science fiction don't seem to be as popular in anime now as they once were. I wouldn't say nothing could be as good as Cowboy Bebop, since "good" is subjective. There are certainly anime with the same quality of animation, and now that Japan actually cares about the international market, the quality of English dubs and subtitles has gone up.
There is still good anime being made IMO, just not in the same genre as CB, since that no longer sells. Most new anime seems to be isekai (please God make it stop), shonen fantasy/horror, slice of life and, to quote Gigguk, "I can't believe it's not hentai."
But there's so much new anime out now that Sturgeon's Law kind of guarantees most of it is going to be crap.
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 25.8 ms ] thread> What I love about this show is that it's “realistic” science fiction
Exactly what I like in the show, however the very next sentence
> There's no faster-than-light travel, no crazy artificial gravity or dopey aliens. It's just people like us, in an actually possible world.
I disagree with - there are clearly fantastical elements in the story and although I like them as fantasy, I'm disappointed they're there in the first place.
I guess I'm sort of echoing the complaints of Game of Thrones (TV series) fans that liked the intrigue and disliked the actual fantasy. I disagreed with them (Ice and Fire is a "fantasy series after all) and understand some people will think I'm complaining too much, but I'm still looking for actual "hard" sci fi on the level of quality and production value of The Expanse
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes
There is still good anime being made IMO, just not in the same genre as CB, since that no longer sells. Most new anime seems to be isekai (please God make it stop), shonen fantasy/horror, slice of life and, to quote Gigguk, "I can't believe it's not hentai."
But there's so much new anime out now that Sturgeon's Law kind of guarantees most of it is going to be crap.