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submitted 8 months ago by RobotDaniel to c/anime@ani.social

I have watched a lot of the studio Ghibli stuff but not sure what series to start on, looking for recommendations

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[-] slampisko@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I've been wanting to get into OPM myself. What would you recommend to watch first to understand at least 80 % of the references?

[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 7 points 8 months ago

Just watch it, you really don't need to know much about the stuff its parodying

[-] NineSwords@ani.social 1 points 8 months ago

They don't "need" to know the stuff they are parodying, true, but it's a lot less funny without that frame of reference. It's like listening to a Wierd Al song without knowledge of the original.

[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

Oh no, he might not understand that Saitama's shirt says boobs? How will he ever enjoy the show?? I watched OPM as one of my first anime, got almost no references and its one of my favorite anime of all time.

[-] NineSwords@ani.social 1 points 8 months ago

Not what we’re talking about.

[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Just making a point, you can enjoy without getting every little detail

[-] NineSwords@ani.social 1 points 8 months ago

No one disagrees. Our point was that someone enjoys a parody more when they have a frame of reference of what is parodied. I mean it’s the whole point of a parody. One can enjoy OPM but if the same person had seen 500 battle shounen up to the point where they’re fed up with the same tropes, OPM is just a million times funnier than when that is just first anime.

I don’t want to shit on your favorite show here, but it’s just common sense that a parody is better if you know what is parodied.

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