ISO: Episode recs to give the flavor of the show

[amedia]

I recently won an item at a charity auction for Ukraine: someone is going to draw the Guardian ensemble as kitty cats (Neko Atsume-style) for me!!! (SQUEEEE!) However, this person is unfamiliar with the series. I'd like to be able to recommend a handful of episodes rather than asking her to watch all forty.

I have found lovely lovely screencaps on this group, but I poked around the tags and I didn't see anything like "The Five Essential Episodes" - please forgive me if I missed such a discussion!

I'm not trying to pimp her into the series, just to give her a feeling for the show and the characters. What would y'all recommend?

Comments

[amedia]

SO MUCH LOVE for those episodes!!!!

I think I'm deffo going to go with 1, 2, and 4, and then figure out what more I need to convey with later eps.

I figured I could also add a few music videos for flavor; of course, my absolute favorite is bonibaru's wonderful ChuGuo vid "Brighter than the Sun," but there are SO many other good ones!!!

[awanderingcoyote]

AHHHH! MUSIC VIDEOS! Yes!!!! That can definitely give a good flavor of Guardian :D :D :D

[china_shop]

Ooh, vids are an excellent idea! Clever! (Your artist might really appreciate that option, too, if they're not into the show. :-)

[trobadora]

Vids! what a great idea!

Can I recommend Man on a Mission?

[awanderingcoyote]

Oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I love this video!!!!!

[trobadora]

Right??? There are a lot of fantastic Guardian vids, but this one is my favourite. :D

[china_shop]

Ahhhh, thanks so much for linking that. I haven't watched it in years! (I want to leave another Youtube like and it won't let meeee!)

SO GOOD, OMG!

[trobadora]

It was the first Guardian vid I ever watched, and it remains my favourite. :D

[amedia]

WOW WOW WOW. I had missed that one and it is AMAZING!!!!

[trobadora]

It's my all-time favourite! In a fandom really not lacking for good vids, this one still stands out.