Hi everybody! It is time for what I am sure is everybody’s favorite thread of the week, the weekly general thread! How have things been going for you with the winter season this past week? I have seen a lot of new faces in this community over tha past week (it’s anybody’s guess as to why), so if you have recently joined us, feel free to introduce yourself in this thread as well! If you are searching for something to say, here are some example discussion starters to inspire you:
- Is High Card about how to register for your medical marijuana card?
- I feel lied to by Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! I was waiting in the snow for a train that was late the other day, and no gals started talking to me. Instead, I just got literal cold feet.
- I wonder if that little robot bird from Metallic Rouge was also running linux like its forebear, the Ingenuity copter?
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This comment led me to wonder if there was an anime series about rocketry. I knew there were shows that had mostly realistic depictions of space travel (Planetes for instance) and orbital mechanics. However, I was looking for something like October Sky, but anime. The closest I found was Rocket Girls, which I had not heard of prior to this. So, that was interesting, I might have to check it out.
There’s Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise. If you can ignore the strong christian overtones.
And my personal fav, Oh! Edo Rocket.
These look great as well! Both Rocket Girls and Oh! Edo Rocket came out in 2007, which must have been a bit of a blind spot for me anime-wise. Looking back at that time period, I was pretty busy with school and had recently started dating my (now) wife. So, I guess I had other things to do with my time.
Irina the vampire cosmonaut - when it was airing the r/anime threads ware a delight. Someone went to the muzeum and asked a bunch of questions about spacecraft and gear shown in anime. Space Brothers - I watched just a couple of episodes but the show is quite realistic.