Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

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1. PositivetauwauwauMay 11, 2024

   Here's a list of some old and new ones, that an old fart might enjoy

   Monster (Chasing a serial killer)

   Ergo Proxy (Can't describe it)

   Samurai 7 (Sci-fi variant off 7 samurai)

   Last Exile (Post appocapltic world with lots of flying machines)

   Kino's Journey

   Mushishi

   Time of Eve

   Gargantia

   Baccano

   Durarara

   Psycho Pass

   Arslan Senki

   Sunaboju (Desert Punk)

   Witch Hunter Robin

   Hunter x Hunter (old not new)

   Texnolyze

   Darker than Black

   Black Lagoon

   Great Teach Onizuka (One of the old and best)

   Gintama (Comedy, It's at the level One Piece and Naruto disgusing as Comedy, you have to get past 30 episodes)

   Kabaneri of Iron Fortress (Just for animation quality)

   Beck (Music career)

   Golden Kamui

   Terror in Resonance

   Ping Pong Animation (Don't let the animation fool you, it's one of the best stories)

   Area 88 (Story ends abruptly, watch at your own risk)

   Ashita no Joe (Old anime, boxing genre)

   Valkyria Chronicles (War story)

   Scissor Seven (Comedy, Chinese, assassin, in a strange world)

   Shura no Toki (Martial arts, 3 generations)

   A Record of Mortal's Journey to Immortality (Chinese cultivation genre, 3D good animation, faithful adaptation of one of the good novels in this genre)

   Swallowed Star (Chinese cultivation genre Sci-fi variant, great 3D animation)

2. PositivedanielscrubsMay 8, 2020

   I've in the mindset that good chefs can do really good food without too much sugar, salt and fat, but for someone used to sugar it can sometime feel bland, until you start to cut down on it and suddenly you appreciate an oyster (for example) way more. It's the same with action packed, jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper, kind of movies and fantasy-books.

   In that sense the Beck-series with its realism (real police-work) and bland social surface only needed the social commentary to get a grip of you after a heavy non-action diet which to me signifies good authors.

3. PositivejnurmineSep 5, 2018

   Frankly, I don't know which ones produce the best movies in general as this is somewhat subjective. There are gems from all countries and often there is a co-operation between countries.

   However, since I especially like Swedish crime drama, I can give you specific recommendations of crime drama movies and TV-series from Sweden and other countries.

   * Snabba Cash I, II, III ("Easy Money" I, II, III) * Wallander (yeah, the original Swedish one - there are many) * Beck (there are many) * Jägarna ("The Hunters", there's two) * Midnight Sun ("Midnattssol"; TV series taking place in Lappland)

   The latter is a French-Swedish production which is, I think, a good example of what the directive of the article intends to create more.

   In addition to watching a crime drama of the kind which you might not have not seen, you get to sight-see places as they are. I especially liked the visual appearance of The Midnattssol since it takes place in Lappland, which I think is beautiful in a rugged way.

   Also, you may have seen Hollywood remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. There's a Swedish original which can be interesting to watch.

   A Swedish-Danish series called "The Bridge" (Bro) is very good, but I have not seen it.

   An Italian (actually Italian-German) series called "Gomorrah" is very good too, I heard. I have not seen that either, though.

   I have yet to fully explore all the crime drama from other European countries; I've seen some Finnish ones (like "Vares") and they were OK too.

   Hope this helps.

   Edit: forgot Snabba Cash III!