Spiral Nemesis!?
Seriously i thought no one watches Anime on HN. Since this landed on the front page it means there is still quite a few.
Off Topic: When we discovered Gravitational wave, i wonder and asked how far are we from creating Goldion Crusher, aka Gravity Shockwave Generating Division Tool.
That, and - for me, at least - most technology / startup news stories don't give too much room to drop references to my favorite cute, harmless, adorable magical-girl animes like Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the homage Yuki Yuna Is A Hero.
(and by "harmless" I mean "dark psychological horror with a death toll rivaling _Game of Thrones_")
SPOILERS!
If you want real spoilers go watch the train scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k
Wow, they made that a lot worse in the dub. Or maybe it was always that bad and I couldn't tell because of Japanese politeness in the original script.
Damn.
Oh, right. That'd be a spoiler. :P
Really? Anime is a firm fixture in geek culture, and whilst there are plenty of people that don't like it, I'd suggest you're more than likely to find fans in the HN audience.
Gurenn Lagann is a great anime, pretty short but it's a good ride whilst it lasts. I kind of miss the OVA era of anime, most anime now seems to get dragged out too long (such as Naruto, still relying on fillers to pad out the story even though the manga finished over a year ago). When anime was distributed on video tape or DVD the creators couldn't really fall back on fillers, and the stories were better for it.
I prefer series where they stop airing the series for a year to continue production
I agree to a point. A year seems about right to keep interest high. Sometimes the wait can get too long though. I enjoyed the first series of Attack On Titan, but it looks like we'll have to wait until 2017 for the second series, meaning there was a gap between series of 4 years. It'll have to be something pretty special to make it worth the wait IMO.
Surprisingly, this submission has done way better on HN than it did when I submitted it to /r/anime or my G+. I'm just glad somewhere properly appreciated it...
I suspect you know this, but... infinitely far, sorry. :P