The Coalies Are Back In Town

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Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Coaltide Bar'n'Grill
The receipts will flow and wank will spill
And if the coalies wanna fight, you better let 'em
That jukebox in the corner blastin' out my favorite song
The nights are getting longer, it won't be long
Won't be long 'til Yuletide comes
Now that the coalies are here again

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Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

I'm looking for short animes (< 24ish episodes) to broaden my tiny wading pool of canons! Preference to historical and then it's open season. Tell me why you like your tiny anime canon!

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Have you tried Moriarty the Patriot? It's a Holmes adaptation but from Moriarty's point of view. Very slashy including brother incest if that's up your alley. It's two seasons and the ending is open season for fic, pretty much.

I'm also very curious to see it anyone shows up wanting Vanitas no Carte, which is period vampires. It is...extremely anime, with pretty and interesting people engaging in all sorts of hilarious or melodramatic circumstances. Lots of horny blood drinking and ships of various combinations. Only 12 eps, the last one is airing this week. The setting itself is really interesting too and I could see someone really making use of the new worldbuilding tag (if that goes through?).

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding Moriarty the Patriot. The vampire one sounds interesting too.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

House of Five Leaves! It's a historical series about a shy ronin who gets hired by a group of bandits, and it's lovely. 12 episodes.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Seconding this!! The manga is even better an available in English.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

91 Days, a 12 episode mafia anime set in the US during the Prohobition era that follows the revenge quest of Angelo Lagusa, whose parents were murdered by a mafia family when he was a child.

Joker Game, a 12 episode anime set mostly pre-WWII about a fictional Japanese spy agency that focuses mostly on cool spies doing spy stuff.

Both anime have a lot of slashy potential!

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind is a TV movie about a country girl in ancient China who's trying to become the concubine of the Emperor (because she hears it's an easy life with lots to eat). Once there, she has to deal with court intrigues, secret plots, and more.

It's a fun movie with lots of interesting female characters, and I quite enjoyed it. (and no, it's not a real Ghibli movie, it just shares a character designer)

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Erased (on Netflix in my country) aka Boku Dake ga inai machi is 12 episodes, has some lovely characters, and a suspenseful, tight plot! It's a small fandom that focuses on a guy who is sent back in time to solve a series of child murders - except he's stuck in the body of his 12 year old self, and he might be the murderer's next target.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

+1 Erased is excellent, both the anime and the live-action version. LOTS of child endangerment, though, if that might be a trigger.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

It's a little bit over (26 episodes) and fairly recent history (1950s), but the 2004 Tetsujin #28 series is very good. It's about a young boy in post-war Japan who inherits a giant robot that his father built in the last days of the war, that he's now trying to use for good. Along the way he has to deal with all the terrors and war crimes the adults around him committed back in the war.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

There's no way you haven't seen Mononoke, but... holy shit Mononoke. Edo period-ish and then a time skip to 1920-ish. Synopsis: a travelling medicine seller investigates and banishes spirits. Vibes: like an acid trip through kabuki hell. I'm rewatching it for the first time in ages and goddamn it's still a masterpiece of art horror, 100% gorgeous 100% grisly. Absolute miracle that something as fresh and sharp as this was produced during the moe boom era. (3 + 12 episodes)

The Photo Studio is a wonderful animated short about a girl getting her photo taken over the years and the photographer who tries to get her to smile for the portraits. Spans most of the 20th century. (16 mins)

Not really a rec since it only just started (3 episodes so far), but if you want some Epic History in your historical anime then there's a Heike Monotagari adaptation. Personally, I think the show is all over the place, but it's by Science Saru so the design has that exceptionally clean, stylized quality and it will probably make all the Best Of lists at the end of the season.

Re: Canon Recs - short anime

[(Anonymous)]

Oh yes indeed Mononoke. I did peek at Heike Story, though I am dubious. Will pick it up if someone requests it though.