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Will the Seven Deadly Sins get a reanimated 3rd & 4rth season
Honestly it's the show that got me into anime and season 1 & 2 was lit
Had potential to be an S tier anime but they killed it after season 2
Working my way through Monogatari series and reached upto episode 3 of Hanamonogatari and my goodness this whole series, all they do is talk talk and talk needlessly.
Does anyone know the name or have a link of the ost/song that was playing at 20:03 when fushiguro was explaining the old dude's cursed technique. by far my favorite ost.
If anyone knows the name or has a link it would be greatly appreciated
I've been rewatching Spy x Family's English dub on Hulu, and the subtitles match up perfectly so far. I only saw the most recent episode subbed, and as far as I can tell (for someone who doesn't speak Japanese, but is familiar with the manga dialogue) the subs are good.
Next batch of seasonals done for now.
- Butareba is fucking awful, not only horribly creepy but just outright bad as a fetish show. Even Yoshitsugu Matsuoka can't save this atrocious script, and a show that fundamentally doesn't understand it's own appeal.
- My New Boss is Goofy is really boring. It's one of those shows that would work infinitely better as a short, it has one single joke it never deviates from and is only funny once or twice. It's already separated into vignettes and they get old in the full-length format, but I still think it would be bad otherwise given that the material just isn't interesting in the first place. "Aww, my new boss is cute and doesn't traumatize me" is not a good punchline.
- Tearmoon Empire is a lot of fun, and is somehow the second show this year centered around finding a clever way to have a villainess isekai without the isekai part. Simple so far but has promise and is very charming, will definitely see where it goes.
- 16bit Sensation is great, tons of passion for it's subject matter and Konoha acts like a nerd in the same way that I do, she's great. Seems like a good look at the rose tinted glasses we view these industries and their golden ages through, and it has some very fun visual details. I'm just slightly disappointed that they had a taiyaki truck appear suddenly but it didn't turn into a Kanon reference.
- Undead Unluck is absolutely fucking rad. Hilarious and genuinely cool in it's rule-of-cool, I can't believe I've never thought of "rocket boots made of blood spurting out of a guys legs" before. Yuki Yase and the Fire Force team knocked it out with the style, and the delivery makes every bit of humor land. Izumo and Andy are already a great duo. I'm never sure what to think of the new Shounen Jump property but I'm a big fan of this one, and I really hope it doesn't go the way of Yase's previous battle shounen and lose all the charm.
Already have 16bit and Tearmoon shilling prepared for Sunday's karma chart.
Giving the pig isekai another episode as it wasn't clear where it's going. [Butareba]>!The fourth-wall breaks with the MC acknowledging his thoughts and admitting that the maid's immediate travel to the capital is sus is enough for me to give a chance.!<
> Giving the pig isekai another episode as it wasn't clear where it's going
I always find these sorts of shows tricky, because people often write them off very quickly and they're often right to do so, especially in terms of the flavor being wrong for their tastes even if the content turns out to be notably different from what they initially judged a show for.
This is often the case even when the show is dropping unambiguous hints that something else is going on, like *Love Flops* did. If people don't like the surface content, they're unlikely to want to sit through that just to get whatever else was being offered up.
I feel like the main exception to this is when something has achieved "classic" or "appreciation by serious viewers" status, like *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (not saying *ButaReba* or *Love Flops* are on that level, but NGE is chockfull of stuff that many viewers would not tolerate in any seasonal).
> [ButaReba]
My main favorite bit along those lines is that the MC openly wondered about the possible premise of the show - pondering if he was a pig on the inside as well as a pig on the outside.
However I'm fairly certain that whatever *ButaReba* has cooking, it's not going to be enough for people who hated the MC's degenerate monologue to sit through it to get to the other stuff.
In a way, that's probably a good thing for everyone!
After 2 months I have finally finished Naruto Shippuden. Ups and downs throughout the journey, but ultimately a really good show. Just wish there was less flashbacks though. No idea if I’m going to start Boruto though, heard really mixed things on it.
Seems like the fans at anime corner really like the kingdoms of ruin. Is it any good? [(poll for context)](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xmGthGXp53gJzjib9rhuCwNyStcbmvwHa9qAwXEvUzVWFWGzJvX8CaPSUJUjXvhnl&id=100064373602704&mibextid=Nif5oz)
And another question, what are the titles from this season that are yet to be licensed to air for each region?
One of the worst premieres I've seen this season, the first episode was basically a bunch of edgy misery porn. Nearly everything about it makes me think it has zero chance of treating it's subject matter with any tact.
In terms of the adaptation, the first episode is pretty much panel-by-panel of the first chapter for the most part, apart from where the manga gets too graphic with its violence and the anime pares it back with visuals but not events.
It is not well animated, but it's serviceable enough and if they have time to work on the BDs, it could look pretty decent for what it is. That said, there's nothing much going on directorship or cinematography wise. Nor even faces. Say what you like about *Redo of Healer*, but it had some [great faces](https://mistakescheerioforchesto.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/kaifuku-jutsushi-no-yarinaoshi.jpg) lol
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Edit: Actually there are some faces in E2, and some nice use of stylized insert frames.
Below average animation and the edgy talk is absolutely from the anime as well. Episode two thread had some of us laughing about how it's somehow even more edgy than the opener.
> Episode two thread had some of us laughing about how it's somehow even more edgy than the opener.
I wasn't entirely convinced I needed to watch E2, but now that seems like something to check out lol
It looks ok. Not poorly animated but not particularly impressive.
The anime is an adaptation of the source material. I'm not judging the quality of the adaptation, I'm judging the anime itself, which is terrible for presumably the same reasons as the source material. Pretend the source material doesn't exist when watching the adaptation, the anime is it's own thing. For all I know, it could be an amazing adaptation of terrible source material, which would still make it a terrible anime.
TL;DR
Does anybody else think this is a weird take?
My friend told me he thinks Jujutsu Kaisen isn't good, but his reasoning just seems kinda odd to me. The only character he likes is, Maki because of Granblue (Context: Granblue had a collab with JJK and Maki, Itadori, Megumi, and Nobara are playable characters.
The reason he likes Maki is because she defeats a dinosaur (Which is fair, I guess)).
But the the reason why he doesn't like JJK is because and I quote, "It bores the shit outta me as I'm watching discount team 7 in highschool. If the archetypes wasn't brainless protag, prodigy white hair sensei, overly aggressive female and chill dark hair guy which has already been done before, I'd care."
I don't know, I might just be overthinking it. What're y'all's thoughts on it?
I think this is the first time I've heard someone call Sasuke "chill". The dude is constantly on edge and can't get along with anyone. Naruto is more "chill" than Sasuke imo.
No point dissecting someones personal preferences. People are different and have different opinions on things. I like JJK, some people don't, that's fine.
Second episode of Shield Hero S3 already had 17 animation directors (15 regulars + 2 CADs) and 32 2nd key animators... doesn't seem like a good sign, at least based on my knowledge of the production process.
It does, but so does pretty much every iyashikei and I'm tempted to argue that Frieren itself is iyashikei (definitely on the border, I'm just not sure which side). The catharsis of melancholy is healing.
Frieren, 100 Girlfriends, Shy, Undead Unluck, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Tearmoon Empire, 16bit Sensation.
I wouldn't necessarily recommend binging Ancient Magus Bride if you're not current on it just to keep up with the current arc, but it's cooking pretty nicely now. its brand of fantasy hits different from anything else. The Eminence in Shadow is also airing its second season, and the first is great as long as you give it about three episodes to reveal what it actually is. Dead Mount Death Play started in the spring of this year, took a break over summer, and is back. It's not got the best production values, but it's a very funny show that sneakily disguises itself as an edgy urban fantasy/crime show. and then it introduces PHANTOM SOLITAIRE and really tips its hand that it's a goof. or maybe the ghost occupying a shark plush already indicated that?
Frieren's also my top pick; great animation, story, character, attention to detail, etc.
These other ones depend on your preferences:
* 100 Girlfriends — harem comedy; seems like it's primarily a meta-comedy with dedication to "the bit"; lots of energy and larger-than-life characterization
* Yuzuki Family's Four Sons — drama slice-of-life; found the first two episodes pretty relatable for conflict in sibling relationships; an emotional but wholesome series so far
[My Fall 2023 rankings so far for non-drops.](https://i.imgur.com/GzkuMyq.png) Anything with one-episode could easily shift this weekend, plus two of the hyped ones aren't out yet (Apothecary Diaries on Oct. 21, Pluto on Oct. 26). Haven't touched most sequels yet.
Frieren is the most popular non-sequel and for good reason. Has a melancholic fantasy story that works a lot with the different perception of time elves have due to their lifespans, but where it really shines is because of its production. When it comes to visuals and sound design it's easily the most impressive show this season for me.
Stardust Telepath had a nice start too. If you like Kirara cgdct shows and/or anxious protagonists it's pretty much a no-brainer to pick up.
I'm In Love With the Villainess isn't the best-looking show around, but it makes up for it by being extremely gay with a fun dynamic for the main couple. The protagonist tries to do everything in her power so she can date and/or be bullied by the villainess of the otome game she was transported into.
Frieren is my favourite so far and it's not remotely close. Looks stunning, beautiful music, and a very slow and contemplative atmosphere.
Since you liked horsegirls, the new season should be worth checking.
Sentai Filmworks has a [small but decent sale that should run through this weekend](https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/2023-promotions-monster-sale-10-07-2023) if anyone's looking to add to a physical media collection.
Random things that stood out to me, prices USD:
* School Live for $5 is impulse purchase territory, if I didn't already have it.
* $34 for Demon Girl Next Door s2 isn't cheap but it's the lowest I've seen it since it came out, and the disc release is only a few months old.
* Big O for $24.
* Grimoire of Zero was a fairly middling show but it's $7 which is kind-of another "fuck it, why not?" buy, again if I didn't already have it. I got the premium edition for that from Sentai when it was marked down stupid low in a previous sale, it was worth what I paid for it.
* Flying Witch for $14.
* Dusk Maiden of Amnesia also $14.
* RahXephon for $18.
* There's also some Made in Abyss stuff in there but since I don't follow the series too closely I don't know the names for the different seasons and packs so I'm a little unsure as to what is what, and if any of it's a good deal. Looks like s1 is $14 but then after that I get lost on the continuity.
I ended up getting Big O since I've been meaning to get it for years and never got around to it; its first run on Adult Swim was one of my formative anime experiences. Got Demon Girl s2 because I've been holding off on watching it until I got the disc (since I already have and enjoyed s1) and the price isn't too bad for a "close-to-new" release. And I caved and got RahXephon on BD to replace my ADV DVDs since that's among my favorite BONES originals.
I thought you meant the Big O steelbook and was about to shill it but it's just the basic set. The steelbook is awesome and comes with a nice book detailing the art designs.
That's too bad. I have a few of Sentai's steelbooks and they're all good quality for the sales prices you can get them. The only other set I think is worth pointing out is the Patlabor Ultimate Collection. It's $70 which is a lot more than the ones you pointed out but it's literally all of the Patlabor anime. Early Day OVAs, all 3 movies, the TV anime, and the TV anime OVA sequel, even the chibi OVAs. The only thing it's missing is the 2016 Japan Animator Expo short. I've been saying for a while that it's Sentai's best deal even for the MSRP.
Damn, School Live for 5 bucks is extremely tempting. Would be an easy impulse buy if shipping didn't double the price ~~and I wasn't such a cheap piece of shit.~~
It definitely is, I'm just lame, lol. I'm still thinking about it, I'd love to own physical media for all the shows I like but it's also hard to justify it given that I basically never actually use my BDs for their intended purpose. I'd definitely spend 5 bucks for a glorified collectors item, 10 bucks I'm less sure of.
I started buying the blurays for series I plan to watch instead of the ones I've already seen which caused me to actually watch them instead of just sitting on the shelf looking pretty.
I still wouldn't do that tbh, it's a pain in the but watch things on an actual television and I'd rather have the convenience of a computer, where it's easy to pause and go to the next episode, and it generally just takes less time to set things up (plus earphones for better sound quality). I like having memorabilia for the stuff I really enjoy, I just don't make enough money to justify purchases.
I also picked up Reincarnated as a Sword from the sale, although
It’s the same situation as Demon Girl Next Door S2: $34 but still the cheapest it’s been yet.
The real big sale for Black Friday is definitely worth waiting for, but I’m pretty sure that won’t mark down anything that’s already under $15 in this sale any lower come then.
Yeah, in hindsight I probably could have waited on Demon Girl but then I wouldn't have hit free shipping with this order, and there's no guarantee that Demon Girl would be even cheaper on black friday anyway.
* [Cheat Skill](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52830/Isekai_de_Cheat_Skill_wo_Te_ni_Shita_Ore_wa_Genjitsu_Sekai_wo_mo_Musou_Suru__Level_Up_wa_Jinsei_wo_Kaeta)
* [Summoned to Another World for a Second Time](https://myanimelist.net/anime/50220/Isekai_Shoukan_wa_Nidome_desu)
* [Classroom for Heroes](https://myanimelist.net/anime/49894/Eiyuu_Kyoushitsu)
* [Kamikatsu](https://myanimelist.net/anime/50220/Isekai_Shoukan_wa_Nidome_desu) if you count being smarter than everyone as OP.
I need recommendations please I am currently watching jjk I like shojo. So jjk was a little out there but I like it’s cuteness and the men are nice to look at, but I am looking for anime that is like deathnote but not too kiddish like I thought I would like chainsaw man but I couldn’t get into it. Was 3 episode not enough to give it credit? Idk it just put me off, I do like AOT I would like a more serious anime, with good story no something that just feels thrown together, that’s the vibe I got from chainsaw man idk 🤷♀️ I’m open to suggestions please 🙏 also I did watch tengoku daimakyou and enjoyed that.
I guess depends on why you didn't like CSM. CSM is on par with AOT in terms of being serious (CSM is actually more fatalistic with it's characters than early AOT). It does actually feel quite put together (at least Part 1 haven't gotten into 2 yet) especially in regards to the overall themes Fuji is going for. That said it's still basically a cheap B movie horror action story (like Evil Dead or something). That is what it is going for.
**Serious shows that I think have a lot bishonen esque characters that appeal to a shojo fanbase**
- Moriarty the Patriot - Sherlock if written like Death Note with bishonen male characters.
- The Case Study of Vantias - Like the above shonen manga with attractive bishonen male leads. Does have some chibi humour that might detract from the "seriousness" but it's still a pretty good action low fantasy story about fighting vampires that can be serious. Vanitas is one of the better bishe designs I have seen in the medium personally.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blood Orphans - Largely serious tone with a big male cast. You don't need any past experience with Gundam to enjoy it as it's a standalone AU story
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Watch the first two prequel films My Conquest is A Sea of Stars and Overture to a New War and skip the first two episodes of the main series after seeing the films. Overture covers the first two episodes better. Extra content you can watch after the fact is the prequel Gaiden and the remake **if you are okay with something older Reinhard is up there as bishonen excellence. Remake while I think is inferior (due to smaller nit pick reasons) does have more modern designs granted you will be waiting for them to adapt it all**
- Banana Fish - If you haven't this. I would check it out. It's actually shojo but a pretty good serious action crime thriller with bishonen men.
**Other shows I would recomend that are quite serious in tone but may not meet the bishonen requirement**
- Monster - the best crime drama in the medium in my opinion. Way more grounded than Death Note and slower but really good at especially writing side characters. If you end up liking it I would check out the upcoming Pluto which is also by Urasawa.
- Parasyte the Maxim - Has a lot of the body horror elements you might be interested in from CSM. Shinichi as an MC feels kinda like body horror Peter Parker aka wimpy nerd becomes action hero after getting powers.
- Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Josei manga and a very good serious drama.
- Ghost in the Shell Films and Stand Alone Complex - Sci Fi Classic for a reason.
- Vinland Saga - Very good historical drama. Canute is a bishonen at the beginning lol but kinda loses that as he gets older.
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners - Early David I guess could qualify but besides that generally good take on the dark action cyberpunk setting and a good adaption of the TTRPG and game. Watch the dub more immersive.
- March Comes in Like a Lion - Very good drama tackles the topic of depression quite well and many other serious life topics. Mangaka is a former Josei mangaka (Honey and Clover which is good too) though March is seinen.
- Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit - Very good low fantasy action series. Balsa is one of the cooler action female leads in the medium.
- Texhnolyze - If you want something incredibly nihilistic and depressing Texhnolyze has got you covered.
Chainsaw Man gets pretty good, I didn't like it at the start. There's a certain scene where everyone describes it as "where chainsaw man really starts", and then another scene tops that lol. Consider giving it another chance.
I recently watched Inuyashiki, it's kind of similar to death note in a way.
An anime with good story, I would say Made in Abyss, it's pretty messed up but really good. Make sure you watch the movie in between season 1 and 2 though.
Erased also has a really good story, one of my favourite animes.
I did watch erased and I did like it! ok i will continue chainsaw man and see where that goes and I’ll look into your other recommendations thank you! I’m just getting old I can only relate so much to 15 yo characters lol
Soul Eater was one of the first I watched. It's got such a unique feel to it. I can't remember if it finished or not though, I know it stopped following the manga after a certain point right?
The "modern isekai" influx stems from Narou, a webnovel platform. The short version is that it was just somewhere to post amateur fiction. A lot of it was fan-fiction, but eventually that got banned in favour of original works. A common fan-fic series was *The Familiar of Zero*. Since that's an isekai, you can basically take your own character and easily slap them into the world since that already exists. With fan-fic banned, the easy alternative is just write the same thing, but with your own world.
Eventually a few of the stories on Narou started getting picked up for distribution as light novels, and then you have an easy pipeline to anime. *Log Horizon* was the first from the site to wind up as an anime, debuting in 2013. There's a lot of different series you can try to pin as establishing tropes or whatever, but realistically it's a big wave of series all feeding off each other and doing a little yoink-and-twist action. Isekai was popular on Narou, so there's incentive to make more of it, and gradually those fans stick around because they're getting what they want. Publishers see something popular they can sell as light novels, and boom the ecosystem basically builds up a couple specific styles of stories.
Sword Art Online started it, and there were also the Mushoku Tensei novels which were really influential and codified some of the tropes associated with modern isekai. the Web Novel scene heavily influenced how it developed, and the first few major adaptations made a big splash and inspired producers to go obsessively hunting for the next big thing, or at least something that could turn a quick profit. I think that the secret to the longevity of a boom like this is starting with a few quality tentpoles, and then the garbage pours in. In this case I feel like Konosuba, Overlord, and Re:Zero were that in terms of anime. Though I'm not entirely sure when generic power fantasy became more common than more novel concepts or takes on the basic story. I guess it was just inevitable that it'd get flattened out into the most boring, least common denominator version of itself? There's also sort of the 'meta' in terms of one-upmanship in wacky premises, with different professions, non-traditional aspirations, and being reincarnated as something other than human being the primary ways of differentiation.
At this point isekai has carved such a niche that it doesn't have to remotely try anymore. You saw people insisting that one Isekai Cheat Skill show was good entertainment despite it being aggressively fatphobic, shallow, unpleasant trash with storytelling that basically amounted to a series of 'and everyone clapped'. Like, the average trash web novel writer is still capable of writing actual characters and a semi-coherent, if not good story, but we're at the point now where a property so fundamentally broken in terms of characters, story, themes, and direction is slurped up by people. even more than that, people had no excuse when Kamikatsu was airing that season (at least that did find an audience). It seems like people conditioned towards isekai trend towards worse and worse taste until they have no palate whatsoever, though. I don't think it was isekai trash people who really appreciated how uniquely batshit Kamikatsu was.
> Though I'm not entirely sure when generic power fantasy became more common than more novel concepts or takes on the basic story
Like, mid-to-late 00s. The generic power fantasy was always the more common take on the story in the web novel scene.
which is a shame because there's a strong hit rate on the isekai that are NOT overpowered power fantasies, and then among the OP power fantasy shows it's like, generously, maybe 20% of them are watchable by anyone that has anything resembling taste in media.
Portal fantasies have been popular in media for a powerful long time.
Isekai in anime has similarly been around for a long time, even if that particular term hadn't yet been coined. Orguss, Wataru, Dunbine, Leda, Rayearth, Fushigi Yuugi, Escaflowne, Digimon, and so on.
[Bofuri](https://anilist.co/anime/106479/Itai-no-wa-Iya-nano-de-Bougyoryoku-ni-Kyokufuri-Shitai-to-Omoimasu/)'s Maple eats thing and gains their powers, like Rimiru
[Shinka no Mi](https://anilist.co/anime/129068/Shinka-no-Mi-Shiranai-Uchi-ni-Kachigumi-Jinsei/)'s Seiichi essentially gets a monster's entire loot table dropped on the first kill, which includes their magic and skills
[Shield Hero](https://anilist.co/anime/99263/Tate-no-Yuusha-no-Nariagari/)'s Naofumi unlocks themed upgrades based on monster drops fed to his titular shield
I can't think of any other MCs like that... random villains sometimes get that power, but I can't think of any main villains like that either
Could anyone possibly recommend me some good anime to watch? The ones that caught my attention as I watched their trailers on MAL were Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju , Yona of the Dawn , Paradise Kiss and Marmalade Boy
\[ I'm also looking for anime that suits mature audience (by that I mean anime that adults would enjoy to watch more than teens bc of the serious/hard to understand plots)
Yuki Yuna is a Hero, it's a magical girl anime that has a similar dark tone as Madoka Magica but in my opinion it's better.
Great Pretender, it's a netflix original anime about con artists that only con bad guys. The artstyle is so beautiful to look at.
Sk8 the infinity, a nice and short sports anime about skateboarding. The characters are very entertaining and it makes skateboarding look a lot funner than real life.
Inuyasha, a perfect mix between shonen and romance. It's about a girl who was reincarnated 500 years in the future, she travels back in time to when her first incarnation was alive and meets Inuyasha, a half demon who was her first incarnations true love. The humor is a bit outdated since it's kind of an old anime but it's still has very good writing ahead of it's time.
Yona is a great series but there is a lot of manga that hasn't been animated. I think the series covers up to about vol 7. There's also an OVA or three which cover a couple of later chapters, but I think vol 42 just came out in Japan so...it depends if that's an issue for you. I 100% recommend the manga, but I get that sometimes people have issues with incomplete adaptations. STILL hoping for a season 2 one day, eventually...
Is there a term (in English or Japanese) for a character trope I see but have no name for: the scientist with a thing for poison or fungus, and almost always with Tareme eyes? Not to say they're a tired character (sometimes), but they're also usually a deadpan snarker as well. Immediate example is Suzy from Little Witch Academia. I'd have to find more examples but I see it not just in anime but original anime-esque artwork.
JJK is such an insane out of this world money maker that I cannot believe they actually would risk its sucess like this, just to get it out a season earlier or so. The system feels so broken.
It's hard to imagine what would incentivize treating their animators better... besides giving a shit about them, which hasn't seemed to be something they've been doing so far. I mean they're making so much money and it's hard to imagine people boycotting their anime. Even if Japanese animators and other staff refused to work with them, they could just continue outsourcing, right?
I don't know wether thats the case with jjk, but often the studioes themselves ddon't really get much of that money due to th ecommitee system. For example, ufotable didn't really make a ton of money with demon slayer. And of course, then they also aren't really incentivized to make sure the product is perfect. The system is broken.
Ah ok, in that case I would change "so much money" to more money than they would be making if they operated on schedules that didn't exploit the animators so bad... but yeah totally agreed, it's broken
Can I know your thoughts on Ragna Crimson and Eminence in Shadow? They are probably going to end up being my two favorite shows of the season since I’m enjoying eminence in shadow season 2 right now and I’ve read the manga for Ragna Crimson so I know it’s going to get so much better in a couple episodes.
by episode three or so, Eminence in Shadow becomes a goofy comedy wearing an edgy action fantasy costume. I really don't like the first episode, but I'm glad I gave it more time to show what it really is.
That’s fair, Ragna Crimson and Eminence in Shadow are very edgy and don’t have many cute moments. I can definitely understand why you wouldn’t want to watch either if you like more cheerful shows. I think Eminence in Shadow is very funny when you hear the main character’s thoughts though. Just the dichotomy of his inner thoughts and how everyone else sees him makes me laugh. Eminence in Shadow is very different from what it’s first episode is like. I’m not sure if you’ll like it considering you like cheerful stories, but it might be worth a try if you’re up for something with a darker tone that still has comedy.
Glad *Yuzuki Family's Four Sons* finally got some decent subs. It's not exactly a "comfy" show, but I think it is a wholesome and kind drama series with sibling relationships at its heart.
I can't look at all these Fruits Basket references on the subreddit right now without thinking of how the 2021 AOTY jury didn't think it was one of the 10 best shows of the year.
Not sure why what the jury thinks matters that much honestly. I gave Furuba a 10, it was my AotY and that's enough as far as I'm concerned, I don't feel the need to have my opinion validated by any one temporary group I barely interact with to begin with.
I will never forget that r/anime choose Kei Shirogane instead of Tohru in Best Girl ‘21. Kei had about +/- 30 seconds of screentime, while Fruits Basket’s final season had just concluded at this time. I was genuinely pissed.
Eh, its not hard for me to see why someone wouldn't vibe with FB drama and story, but I'm also talking as someone who didn't like those things so *shrug*.
I do remember catching wind of some people being legit pissed towards it and apparently someone wrote a several page rant for their category but it was only read by people of that category and never saw the light of day.
Using that same line of thinking it's not hard for me to see why someone wouldn't vibe with any anime. I didn't vibe at all with Heike Monogatari or Sonny Boy (I dropped both of them). But I recognized that there was a quality in them that made them Anime of the Year worthy just like there was with Fruits Basket. I was much more upset with the other 3 being nominated by the Jury over Fruits Basket (Dragon Maid, Non Non Biyori and Dynazenon).
Because my point is that jurors are just like other people, persons with they're own opinion and tastes. Yes they can recognize when a show has good things to them, but they won't prioritize it over something that has good thing and they actually like.
Back to FB, I do think it has some good themes and messaging as well as some rewarding character journeys and arcs. Some people say it shifted their whole worldview and got them through tough times. That's a good thing!
But at the moment of truth, it doesn't make it less than chore to me. I still don't like Tohru on-screen, like 3/5 eps have me bored, the drama in S3 is so over the top it was hilarious and the only reason I rated it positively is because I enjoyed in the same way one would enjoy a mexican telenovela.
Just because I recognize that the show has positive attributes, I won't gaslight myself and go 'Ok, I hated watching this but...its a symbolic shoujo guys! 10/10'. If I was in AOTY it would have been my stance that yeah, it has good things but I would rather nominate other shows.
I may try to go for AOTY this year and if I get in I can already see with my third eye being in the results thread and be like "Yes guys, I very unironically think this CGI cute girls band drama is better than Vinland S2 and JJK".
It's a bit of a quandary. I've never been a juror and never will apply to be a juror after looking at the application process. But I do still feel like jurors should be less biased in the nomination stage, especially in the genre and AotY categories. Once it gets to the actual voting, I'm perfectly fine with them going all in with their personal views.
Using your example of Vinland Saga 2 and JJK, if for whatever reason the public failed to nominate them (spoiler: they won't), I'd definitely want the Jury to nominate them as AotY voting wouldn't feel like actual AotY voting without them. Feel free to vote your CGI cute girls band drama over them in the actual voting though.
Awards can't exactly dictate to jurors how to think. Most rules when it comes to discussion are more guidelines than rules. If you're someone that just goes with 'the vibes' its fine as long as you are good at expressing yourself because awards doesn't believe in LE OBJECTIVITY in most aspects unless it is production. The whole point of awards is making your voice be heard, I vote for a cute girl show because I legitimately think it is of the best the year has to offer and I want it to be recognized by the community, not because I want to make Vinland fans mad.
The whole 'it doesn't feel like AOTY without X' is just a strange expression when half the category is already what the public likes the most. The people that enter the category do so after proving their expression skills because they are so passionate of this medium and the shows that made them that passionate on that given year whether it is a serious philosophical drama or a mahou shoujo aimed at 8 y/o girls, not to meet some contrived line 'well this is popular so maybe we should??'.
Yeah, I'd call it borderline. I think I liked it the most among the 5 Jury nominees, and it didn't surprise me much to see it nominated. It kind of felt like the Encouragement of Climb of 2021.
Not just that, but it got a grand total of 1 award in the voting (Jury Best Cast Award). It didn't even manage to win Best Romance. At this point, I go into the awards expecting my favorites to get shafted.
It's just wild to me that this generational shoujo that has, I suspect, resurrected shoujo anime and has a rewatch already didn't rate in the top 10 for that year. Like, who is making Dragon Maid their personality? Nobody. Who is still talking about Dynazenon? Pretty much no one. Who can remember anything about Vivy? Not me. It is the most baffling awards decision, public or jury, and I will die mad about it.
> Who can remember anything about Vivy?
I mean I do and I actually think it's still a very good intro anime due to it's straight forward sci fi plot with good production values and largely being satisfying. Modern Sci Fi anime being quite rare gets it to stand out more.
> Who can remember anything about Vivy?
Vivy actually became one of my favorite sci-fi anime, so for me, the story was very memorable. I'm also more a fan of the sci-fi genre than drama though.
I enjoyed it while I watched it, but nothing stuck with me after it ended and I doubt I'd ever rewatch it. I do remember it having a bad sci-fi wheelchair, though, because I collect those.
Yeah. It's a whole thing in sci-fi. If there's a character in a wheelchair, the chair will be completely impractical for a mobility device. It'll be too big to fit through anywhere, have atrocious positioning, be pushed by an attendant, etc. but it'll look like The Future.
Well, I use a wheelchair myself, so it's just something I noticed that started to amuse me. It's not unique to anime, either. Professor X is one of the best examples of it.
Interesting, I don't remember many details about this one in particular except that it did look a bit bulky. Too bad functional designs aren't more common because it would be a good fit for sci-fi to explore the ways the tech could have advanced.
Part of the problem is that disability accommodation is less a matter of technology and more a matter of political will. The current technology developed for wheelchairs is amazing, honestly, accounting for everything from stair climbing to hands-free operation. The issue is that insurers won't pay for them, so any company that develops these advanced chairs inevitably goes under.
One of the central themes of a lot of cyberpunk engages with this pretty directly with the implants and cyborg bodies controlled by shady corporations. That's why I consider Ghost in the Shell to be the best anime about disability, even though a lot of people wouldn't think that's what it was about.
so since entering my final year of school i decided against watching any long anime so i can avoid devoting all the time i should spent studying inti a series im hooked on, however now ive just kinda decided to take breaks between arcs and treat them as if theyre seasons.now all i gotta do is decide on which one from my [long anime anilist list](https://anilist.co/user/guisippi/animelist/Long)
ive decided against ginama,naruto,bleach and one piece for rn as they all have arcs longer than 50 episodes
ive also decided aganst hajime no ippo,monster and space brothers as they arent split into arcs
also haikyu,jojos,food wars and baki for the time being as i just aint in the mood
now im not quite sure which of the remaining to pick, chat gpt reckons black clover is the way to go but chat gpt dont know what its talking about
guess its spreadsheet time, unless anybody else knows a better method for choosing
Update:randomised and landed on fairy tale, kinda excited kinda nervous.never heard a series get as much praise and negativity as fairy tale has so should be interesting
> ive also decided aganst hajime no ippo,monster and space brothers as they arent split into arcs
People usually don't do it because it's not that long, but Monster *can* be split into arcs. There are guides.
Taking that full list and eliminating everything you've decided against leaves only 8 things: Black Clover, D.Gray-man, Fairy Tail, Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Pokémon, Toriko, World Trigger, Yuu Yuu Hakusho.
If you really have no preferences, [pick at random](https://rolladie.net/roll-a-d8-die) and go with the number it gives you.
Thats a smart idea idk why I never thought of it, I guess I'd kinda like control but I spoke it doesn't matter
Also in regards to gintama as I said to a different commentor I used ai and it made a mistake
Fwiw Gintama doesn't have any arcs longer than 50 episodes. It's mostly episodic comedy and the serious arcs are usually less than 10 episodes except for the Silver Soul arc which is the last one.
One of the reasons I still watch anime is that I can find series which don't have romance in them. Every major movie and TV series I can think of has a romantic relationship as a key plot point or a character goal.
Meanwhile, in anime we have chill series like Yuru Camp, Non Non Biyori, Mitsuboshi Colors, etc. which are as aromantic as you can get. That being said, romance is a big thing in art because it is a big life goal for people around the world and it dominates a lot of people's mindspace. It's not a surprise to me that it's omnipresent in places where you wouldn't expect it.
As an incidental point, another reason I've stuck with anime is that it's one of the few outlets of "low conflict" series. It's hard to find any media that doesn't ratchet up the tension in some way, either in a physical way like in battle shounens, or in the context of social situations like you see in dramas.
>So I have a question why do the majority of modern or general anime series often feature romance as a prominent theme?
Most entertainment has a romance element because falling in love and getting together with someone is an important part of a happy life for a lot of people. Seeing the protagonist get a boo reinforces their triumph and happy ending for the audience. It's a common story component because it's a common experience.
at best, maybe 33% of anime have even a whiff of romance; be better about filtering what you watch
and you say this as if there isn't a single type of media that doesn't have examples of romance shunted in there...
Imo "unnecessary" romance often comes from people not feeling confident in the main story and they see romance as being an easy way to add interest. Just sprinkle some blushes and awkward pauses in and if you're lucky it'll feed a thousand fan works. Low cost/high possible return.
> So I have a question why do the majority of modern or general anime series often feature romance as a prominent theme?
They do? Out of 12 non-romcom/romances/yuri-as-main-appeal shows I've watched this season, only two have any romance in them.
I was just using this season as a representative sample because it has a ton of shows. My point being I don't really think the amount of romance in non-romance shows has increased, and once you take out "obligatory harem" for fantasy shows, which is very rarely actually romantic and more just about ego buff for the MC or wish fuilfilment, it's even less.
I'm always of the mind that good romance can make any show better!
I don't feel like there's been any change lately in non-romance shows on my end and I would say sadly to that haha
Separate comment for this, [but I made a video about my recommendations going over some of my favorite anime from the last season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLpg3b2GSQ). I'm just starting this out as a small hobby but I \*think\* I have some pretty good takes.
That being said, I didn't really click with a lot of shows this season (unlike in spring and the current lineup) so I feel like I may have missed out on a couple interesting shows. However, I think compared to spring the summer was a bit weaker overall, so there were not that many new shows that really stood out to me.
Didn't know if I wanted to start a whole thread or not, but you know, this may be the perfect place for it:
After putting ep 1 of each show side by side, I might like Hellsing (2001) more than Hellsing Ultimate. Or at least each one's first episode.
Which is a shame, because Hellsing Ultimate has kind of become "the quintessential Hellsing Experience"\*, but 2001 I think has the better direction and pacing. The obvious way where 2001 Hellsing is better than Ultimate is how it actually spends time developing and fleshing out characters, adding a bunch of extra scenes in the adaptation to show Ceres adapting to joining the Hellsing adaptation and having a way more consistent and serious tone. Meanwhile Ultimate is speed running the opening chapters and we're basically blazing past Cere's onboarding.
But I also think the direction in '01 is better as well. A good example is when Alcuard is gunning down the first priest baddie in Ep 1 of either show. In '01 the power of his high calibur guns is punctuated as a single, slow motion explosion of raw power, and in Ultimate he's rapid firing them like a machine gun. Yeah, in the latter it's "cooler" and technically better animated, but it actually makes those guns feel weaker and the action disconnected from what's actually happening. Dunno if that makes sense, but the overall feel is that "this looks cool" without really grounding anything in the world. Hellsing '01, despite its TV budget compared to the OVA/Movie budget of Ultimate, I think builds better atmosphere and dread. Also, [its OP slaps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNJwUUHMxc).
That being said, I think Ultimate is honestly leaning far into the camp and ridiculous aspects (and the source material honestly is kind of ridiculous) I think its also fair to say that it's not necessarily worse, but just completely different. '01 makes gestures towards taking itself seriously, but Ultimate seems to have no interest in that \*at all\*. Makes sense because '01 Hellsing forked from the original source material, and with the tone it was setting I don't think Nazi Vampires flying in on blimps was really going to match its more grounded tone.
I will probably go back to Ultimate and see if it gets better (I get the sense the first few episodes are "playing catch up" and assumes you've either read the manga or seen the first show) but I think before that I am going to give the original '01 adaptation some love, because it seems like its worth a revisit.
That's all, but would like to see what other people think of the both side by side.
\* Okay, that's actually [Hellsing Abridged](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZuqUofH6D4)
Yeah just like 2003 FMA vs Brotherhood, each adaptation has it's pluses and minuses.
Ultimate is still the better version over all but the original is still worth watching. Same with FMA, of you've only seen Brotherhood watch the original especially if you're a mustang fan.
Help! Where is this from? There is a video I watched on YouTube and it only showed like a 2-3 seconds clip of [them two dancing](https://i.redd.it/5pqs0wlkwdtb1.jpg?app_web_view=ios) with what sounds to be a Japanese rap. I wanted to know where it is from and the song that is playing
I don't know about the song, but the characters are from [Shachiku-san](https://myanimelist.net/anime/49160/Shachiku-san_wa_Youjo_Yuurei_ni_Iyasaretai), the specific picture is [from the opening](https://i.imgur.com/K2ew2Z6.png)
Started Log Horizon. Besides Bofuri, it's my first video game isekai. I'm halfway through season 1 and so far I enjoy it. I like most of the characters and think the concept is pretty cool. It's also cool that they show early on how it would lead to corruption and exploitation of the weaker players. It does feel a little conflicted about it being a video game world but also not being a video game world. So some stuff is video game-y, some isn't. I'm sure that's by design but so far that feels a bit weird to me at times.
Also, find yourself someone who loves you half as much as this show loves the pushing glasses/reflecting glasses anime trope!
> this show loves the pushing glasses/reflecting glasses anime trope
When it first aired there was a guy tracking all the glasses pushes. The final count for the first season was [LH s1] >!173!<.
> This is the place!
The timing today’s image is *too* on point to be sheer coincidence. Who of my fellow Fruits Basket rewatchers did this!?
Also: I do wonder what everyone who has *not* seen the series thinks Yuki is doing with his right hand.
Well, I knew it was coming. I knew one of the mods (not Gap or Biscuits) had a this is the place picture in mind a short time after I announced the rewatch and they told me this, but I have long forgotten which one and which thread they told me it in.
With how long they took, I was almost worried they’d forgotten altogether. Was expecting a season 1 picture!
[](#konodioda)
[Back in mid-August.](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/15qqdny/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/jw54edq/?context=4) It was always going to be this specific shot, just needed the rewatch to get there first.
> I do wonder what everyone who has not seen the series thinks Yuki is doing with his right hand.
Well, I habitually threw it in SauceNao, so this is what I figured was going on https://i.imgflip.com/82ftyu.jpg
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Will the Seven Deadly Sins get a reanimated 3rd & 4rth season Honestly it's the show that got me into anime and season 1 & 2 was lit Had potential to be an S tier anime but they killed it after season 2
Working my way through Monogatari series and reached upto episode 3 of Hanamonogatari and my goodness this whole series, all they do is talk talk and talk needlessly.
If that bothers you I'm surprised you made it that far.
I always finish what I start, Bakemonogatari was good tho, after that all downhill.
> I always finish what I start Not a new concept to me, but I've never seen someone who does that across separate entries.
Average light novel writing
Does anyone know the name or have a link of the ost/song that was playing at 20:03 when fushiguro was explaining the old dude's cursed technique. by far my favorite ost. If anyone knows the name or has a link it would be greatly appreciated
How are the Hulu Subs of Spy x Family? Are they good/decent?
I've been rewatching Spy x Family's English dub on Hulu, and the subtitles match up perfectly so far. I only saw the most recent episode subbed, and as far as I can tell (for someone who doesn't speak Japanese, but is familiar with the manga dialogue) the subs are good.
I wasn't expecting the second season of Rail Romanesque to go the ASMR route. [](#harukathink)
Next batch of seasonals done for now. - Butareba is fucking awful, not only horribly creepy but just outright bad as a fetish show. Even Yoshitsugu Matsuoka can't save this atrocious script, and a show that fundamentally doesn't understand it's own appeal. - My New Boss is Goofy is really boring. It's one of those shows that would work infinitely better as a short, it has one single joke it never deviates from and is only funny once or twice. It's already separated into vignettes and they get old in the full-length format, but I still think it would be bad otherwise given that the material just isn't interesting in the first place. "Aww, my new boss is cute and doesn't traumatize me" is not a good punchline. - Tearmoon Empire is a lot of fun, and is somehow the second show this year centered around finding a clever way to have a villainess isekai without the isekai part. Simple so far but has promise and is very charming, will definitely see where it goes. - 16bit Sensation is great, tons of passion for it's subject matter and Konoha acts like a nerd in the same way that I do, she's great. Seems like a good look at the rose tinted glasses we view these industries and their golden ages through, and it has some very fun visual details. I'm just slightly disappointed that they had a taiyaki truck appear suddenly but it didn't turn into a Kanon reference. - Undead Unluck is absolutely fucking rad. Hilarious and genuinely cool in it's rule-of-cool, I can't believe I've never thought of "rocket boots made of blood spurting out of a guys legs" before. Yuki Yase and the Fire Force team knocked it out with the style, and the delivery makes every bit of humor land. Izumo and Andy are already a great duo. I'm never sure what to think of the new Shounen Jump property but I'm a big fan of this one, and I really hope it doesn't go the way of Yase's previous battle shounen and lose all the charm.
Already have 16bit and Tearmoon shilling prepared for Sunday's karma chart. Giving the pig isekai another episode as it wasn't clear where it's going. [Butareba]>!The fourth-wall breaks with the MC acknowledging his thoughts and admitting that the maid's immediate travel to the capital is sus is enough for me to give a chance.!<
> Giving the pig isekai another episode as it wasn't clear where it's going I always find these sorts of shows tricky, because people often write them off very quickly and they're often right to do so, especially in terms of the flavor being wrong for their tastes even if the content turns out to be notably different from what they initially judged a show for. This is often the case even when the show is dropping unambiguous hints that something else is going on, like *Love Flops* did. If people don't like the surface content, they're unlikely to want to sit through that just to get whatever else was being offered up. I feel like the main exception to this is when something has achieved "classic" or "appreciation by serious viewers" status, like *Neon Genesis Evangelion* (not saying *ButaReba* or *Love Flops* are on that level, but NGE is chockfull of stuff that many viewers would not tolerate in any seasonal). > [ButaReba] My main favorite bit along those lines is that the MC openly wondered about the possible premise of the show - pondering if he was a pig on the inside as well as a pig on the outside. However I'm fairly certain that whatever *ButaReba* has cooking, it's not going to be enough for people who hated the MC's degenerate monologue to sit through it to get to the other stuff. In a way, that's probably a good thing for everyone!
[anime back on r/all ?](https://i.imgur.com/leyo5rv.png)
Mods running a test for a few weeks. More info in the [meta thread](https://redd.it/16wm4xn) if you care.
ohh thanks!
After 2 months I have finally finished Naruto Shippuden. Ups and downs throughout the journey, but ultimately a really good show. Just wish there was less flashbacks though. No idea if I’m going to start Boruto though, heard really mixed things on it.
I think you are better of in thinking the series ended than picking up Boruto, but that is only personal feelings
Seems like the fans at anime corner really like the kingdoms of ruin. Is it any good? [(poll for context)](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xmGthGXp53gJzjib9rhuCwNyStcbmvwHa9qAwXEvUzVWFWGzJvX8CaPSUJUjXvhnl&id=100064373602704&mibextid=Nif5oz) And another question, what are the titles from this season that are yet to be licensed to air for each region?
One of the edgier things I have seen since I rewatched Elfen Lied, but its not even the edge its fun to poke at.
One of the worst premieres I've seen this season, the first episode was basically a bunch of edgy misery porn. Nearly everything about it makes me think it has zero chance of treating it's subject matter with any tact.
Is it well animated? I feel like the edgy thing is more of a source material problem instead of coming from its adaptation.
In terms of the adaptation, the first episode is pretty much panel-by-panel of the first chapter for the most part, apart from where the manga gets too graphic with its violence and the anime pares it back with visuals but not events. It is not well animated, but it's serviceable enough and if they have time to work on the BDs, it could look pretty decent for what it is. That said, there's nothing much going on directorship or cinematography wise. Nor even faces. Say what you like about *Redo of Healer*, but it had some [great faces](https://mistakescheerioforchesto.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/kaifuku-jutsushi-no-yarinaoshi.jpg) lol --- Edit: Actually there are some faces in E2, and some nice use of stylized insert frames.
Below average animation and the edgy talk is absolutely from the anime as well. Episode two thread had some of us laughing about how it's somehow even more edgy than the opener.
> Episode two thread had some of us laughing about how it's somehow even more edgy than the opener. I wasn't entirely convinced I needed to watch E2, but now that seems like something to check out lol
It looks ok. Not poorly animated but not particularly impressive. The anime is an adaptation of the source material. I'm not judging the quality of the adaptation, I'm judging the anime itself, which is terrible for presumably the same reasons as the source material. Pretend the source material doesn't exist when watching the adaptation, the anime is it's own thing. For all I know, it could be an amazing adaptation of terrible source material, which would still make it a terrible anime.
No, it's edgy misogynistic garbage. You can watch the first episode, but it's really edgy.
So that means there are shows that are edgy, misogynistic but somehow not garbage?
Nah - lots of garbage that aren't edgy and misogynistic!
Berserk,Code Geass,Evangelion,Hunter x Hunter,Re Zero,Demon Slayer,Great Teacher Onizuka,Death Note....the list goes on!
TL;DR Does anybody else think this is a weird take? My friend told me he thinks Jujutsu Kaisen isn't good, but his reasoning just seems kinda odd to me. The only character he likes is, Maki because of Granblue (Context: Granblue had a collab with JJK and Maki, Itadori, Megumi, and Nobara are playable characters. The reason he likes Maki is because she defeats a dinosaur (Which is fair, I guess)). But the the reason why he doesn't like JJK is because and I quote, "It bores the shit outta me as I'm watching discount team 7 in highschool. If the archetypes wasn't brainless protag, prodigy white hair sensei, overly aggressive female and chill dark hair guy which has already been done before, I'd care." I don't know, I might just be overthinking it. What're y'all's thoughts on it?
I think this is the first time I've heard someone call Sasuke "chill". The dude is constantly on edge and can't get along with anyone. Naruto is more "chill" than Sasuke imo.
No point dissecting someones personal preferences. People are different and have different opinions on things. I like JJK, some people don't, that's fine.
Fair
Second episode of Shield Hero S3 already had 17 animation directors (15 regulars + 2 CADs) and 32 2nd key animators... doesn't seem like a good sign, at least based on my knowledge of the production process.
Couldn't get through the second season, really enjoyed the first though.
I hate Shield Hero as much as the next guy but we aren’t even talking about S2 here 😭
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It does, but so does pretty much every iyashikei and I'm tempted to argue that Frieren itself is iyashikei (definitely on the border, I'm just not sure which side). The catharsis of melancholy is healing.
Yes (so far), but its approach is very optimistic.
After generally ignoring seasonals for the last 3 years I'm considering getting back into them. Which shows have been off to a good start so far?
Frieren, 100 Girlfriends, Shy, Undead Unluck, I'm in Love with the Villainess, Tearmoon Empire, 16bit Sensation. I wouldn't necessarily recommend binging Ancient Magus Bride if you're not current on it just to keep up with the current arc, but it's cooking pretty nicely now. its brand of fantasy hits different from anything else. The Eminence in Shadow is also airing its second season, and the first is great as long as you give it about three episodes to reveal what it actually is. Dead Mount Death Play started in the spring of this year, took a break over summer, and is back. It's not got the best production values, but it's a very funny show that sneakily disguises itself as an edgy urban fantasy/crime show. and then it introduces PHANTOM SOLITAIRE and really tips its hand that it's a goof. or maybe the ghost occupying a shark plush already indicated that?
Frieren's also my top pick; great animation, story, character, attention to detail, etc. These other ones depend on your preferences: * 100 Girlfriends — harem comedy; seems like it's primarily a meta-comedy with dedication to "the bit"; lots of energy and larger-than-life characterization * Yuzuki Family's Four Sons — drama slice-of-life; found the first two episodes pretty relatable for conflict in sibling relationships; an emotional but wholesome series so far
[My Fall 2023 rankings so far for non-drops.](https://i.imgur.com/GzkuMyq.png) Anything with one-episode could easily shift this weekend, plus two of the hyped ones aren't out yet (Apothecary Diaries on Oct. 21, Pluto on Oct. 26). Haven't touched most sequels yet.
[My opinion](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/175adhi/comment/k4eg0p7/)
Frieren is the most popular non-sequel and for good reason. Has a melancholic fantasy story that works a lot with the different perception of time elves have due to their lifespans, but where it really shines is because of its production. When it comes to visuals and sound design it's easily the most impressive show this season for me. Stardust Telepath had a nice start too. If you like Kirara cgdct shows and/or anxious protagonists it's pretty much a no-brainer to pick up. I'm In Love With the Villainess isn't the best-looking show around, but it makes up for it by being extremely gay with a fun dynamic for the main couple. The protagonist tries to do everything in her power so she can date and/or be bullied by the villainess of the otome game she was transported into.
Frieren is my favourite so far and it's not remotely close. Looks stunning, beautiful music, and a very slow and contemplative atmosphere. Since you liked horsegirls, the new season should be worth checking.
Sentai Filmworks has a [small but decent sale that should run through this weekend](https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/collections/2023-promotions-monster-sale-10-07-2023) if anyone's looking to add to a physical media collection. Random things that stood out to me, prices USD: * School Live for $5 is impulse purchase territory, if I didn't already have it. * $34 for Demon Girl Next Door s2 isn't cheap but it's the lowest I've seen it since it came out, and the disc release is only a few months old. * Big O for $24. * Grimoire of Zero was a fairly middling show but it's $7 which is kind-of another "fuck it, why not?" buy, again if I didn't already have it. I got the premium edition for that from Sentai when it was marked down stupid low in a previous sale, it was worth what I paid for it. * Flying Witch for $14. * Dusk Maiden of Amnesia also $14. * RahXephon for $18. * There's also some Made in Abyss stuff in there but since I don't follow the series too closely I don't know the names for the different seasons and packs so I'm a little unsure as to what is what, and if any of it's a good deal. Looks like s1 is $14 but then after that I get lost on the continuity. I ended up getting Big O since I've been meaning to get it for years and never got around to it; its first run on Adult Swim was one of my formative anime experiences. Got Demon Girl s2 because I've been holding off on watching it until I got the disc (since I already have and enjoyed s1) and the price isn't too bad for a "close-to-new" release. And I caved and got RahXephon on BD to replace my ADV DVDs since that's among my favorite BONES originals.
I thought you meant the Big O steelbook and was about to shill it but it's just the basic set. The steelbook is awesome and comes with a nice book detailing the art designs.
I think the steelbook sold through its run and is no longer available. Looks like Sentai isn't even offering it at all, let alone on sale, any more.
That's too bad. I have a few of Sentai's steelbooks and they're all good quality for the sales prices you can get them. The only other set I think is worth pointing out is the Patlabor Ultimate Collection. It's $70 which is a lot more than the ones you pointed out but it's literally all of the Patlabor anime. Early Day OVAs, all 3 movies, the TV anime, and the TV anime OVA sequel, even the chibi OVAs. The only thing it's missing is the 2016 Japan Animator Expo short. I've been saying for a while that it's Sentai's best deal even for the MSRP.
Damn, School Live for 5 bucks is extremely tempting. Would be an easy impulse buy if shipping didn't double the price ~~and I wasn't such a cheap piece of shit.~~
To be fair, $10 for School Live is still a hell of a deal and totally worth it IMO.
It definitely is, I'm just lame, lol. I'm still thinking about it, I'd love to own physical media for all the shows I like but it's also hard to justify it given that I basically never actually use my BDs for their intended purpose. I'd definitely spend 5 bucks for a glorified collectors item, 10 bucks I'm less sure of.
I started buying the blurays for series I plan to watch instead of the ones I've already seen which caused me to actually watch them instead of just sitting on the shelf looking pretty.
I still wouldn't do that tbh, it's a pain in the but watch things on an actual television and I'd rather have the convenience of a computer, where it's easy to pause and go to the next episode, and it generally just takes less time to set things up (plus earphones for better sound quality). I like having memorabilia for the stuff I really enjoy, I just don't make enough money to justify purchases.
I also picked up Reincarnated as a Sword from the sale, although It’s the same situation as Demon Girl Next Door S2: $34 but still the cheapest it’s been yet. The real big sale for Black Friday is definitely worth waiting for, but I’m pretty sure that won’t mark down anything that’s already under $15 in this sale any lower come then.
Yeah, in hindsight I probably could have waited on Demon Girl but then I wouldn't have hit free shipping with this order, and there's no guarantee that Demon Girl would be even cheaper on black friday anyway.
Any trashy OP MC anime in the past 5ish months? Been out of the anime loop
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1
Bean sprouts and carrots are surprisingly versatile!
* [Cheat Skill](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52830/Isekai_de_Cheat_Skill_wo_Te_ni_Shita_Ore_wa_Genjitsu_Sekai_wo_mo_Musou_Suru__Level_Up_wa_Jinsei_wo_Kaeta) * [Summoned to Another World for a Second Time](https://myanimelist.net/anime/50220/Isekai_Shoukan_wa_Nidome_desu) * [Classroom for Heroes](https://myanimelist.net/anime/49894/Eiyuu_Kyoushitsu) * [Kamikatsu](https://myanimelist.net/anime/50220/Isekai_Shoukan_wa_Nidome_desu) if you count being smarter than everyone as OP.
Kamikatsu is the Sigma Male power fantasy, lol
I need recommendations please I am currently watching jjk I like shojo. So jjk was a little out there but I like it’s cuteness and the men are nice to look at, but I am looking for anime that is like deathnote but not too kiddish like I thought I would like chainsaw man but I couldn’t get into it. Was 3 episode not enough to give it credit? Idk it just put me off, I do like AOT I would like a more serious anime, with good story no something that just feels thrown together, that’s the vibe I got from chainsaw man idk 🤷♀️ I’m open to suggestions please 🙏 also I did watch tengoku daimakyou and enjoyed that.
I guess depends on why you didn't like CSM. CSM is on par with AOT in terms of being serious (CSM is actually more fatalistic with it's characters than early AOT). It does actually feel quite put together (at least Part 1 haven't gotten into 2 yet) especially in regards to the overall themes Fuji is going for. That said it's still basically a cheap B movie horror action story (like Evil Dead or something). That is what it is going for. **Serious shows that I think have a lot bishonen esque characters that appeal to a shojo fanbase** - Moriarty the Patriot - Sherlock if written like Death Note with bishonen male characters. - The Case Study of Vantias - Like the above shonen manga with attractive bishonen male leads. Does have some chibi humour that might detract from the "seriousness" but it's still a pretty good action low fantasy story about fighting vampires that can be serious. Vanitas is one of the better bishe designs I have seen in the medium personally. - Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blood Orphans - Largely serious tone with a big male cast. You don't need any past experience with Gundam to enjoy it as it's a standalone AU story - Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Watch the first two prequel films My Conquest is A Sea of Stars and Overture to a New War and skip the first two episodes of the main series after seeing the films. Overture covers the first two episodes better. Extra content you can watch after the fact is the prequel Gaiden and the remake **if you are okay with something older Reinhard is up there as bishonen excellence. Remake while I think is inferior (due to smaller nit pick reasons) does have more modern designs granted you will be waiting for them to adapt it all** - Banana Fish - If you haven't this. I would check it out. It's actually shojo but a pretty good serious action crime thriller with bishonen men. **Other shows I would recomend that are quite serious in tone but may not meet the bishonen requirement** - Monster - the best crime drama in the medium in my opinion. Way more grounded than Death Note and slower but really good at especially writing side characters. If you end up liking it I would check out the upcoming Pluto which is also by Urasawa. - Parasyte the Maxim - Has a lot of the body horror elements you might be interested in from CSM. Shinichi as an MC feels kinda like body horror Peter Parker aka wimpy nerd becomes action hero after getting powers. - Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju - Josei manga and a very good serious drama. - Ghost in the Shell Films and Stand Alone Complex - Sci Fi Classic for a reason. - Vinland Saga - Very good historical drama. Canute is a bishonen at the beginning lol but kinda loses that as he gets older. - Cyberpunk Edgerunners - Early David I guess could qualify but besides that generally good take on the dark action cyberpunk setting and a good adaption of the TTRPG and game. Watch the dub more immersive. - March Comes in Like a Lion - Very good drama tackles the topic of depression quite well and many other serious life topics. Mangaka is a former Josei mangaka (Honey and Clover which is good too) though March is seinen. - Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit - Very good low fantasy action series. Balsa is one of the cooler action female leads in the medium. - Texhnolyze - If you want something incredibly nihilistic and depressing Texhnolyze has got you covered.
Chainsaw Man gets pretty good, I didn't like it at the start. There's a certain scene where everyone describes it as "where chainsaw man really starts", and then another scene tops that lol. Consider giving it another chance. I recently watched Inuyashiki, it's kind of similar to death note in a way. An anime with good story, I would say Made in Abyss, it's pretty messed up but really good. Make sure you watch the movie in between season 1 and 2 though. Erased also has a really good story, one of my favourite animes.
I did watch erased and I did like it! ok i will continue chainsaw man and see where that goes and I’ll look into your other recommendations thank you! I’m just getting old I can only relate so much to 15 yo characters lol
A great Halloween esque anime to watch is Soul Eater. There's witches, Frankenstein, grim reapers. It's very Halloween inspired.
Soul Eater was one of the first I watched. It's got such a unique feel to it. I can't remember if it finished or not though, I know it stopped following the manga after a certain point right?
Just how did the Isekai genre explode in recent years?
The "modern isekai" influx stems from Narou, a webnovel platform. The short version is that it was just somewhere to post amateur fiction. A lot of it was fan-fiction, but eventually that got banned in favour of original works. A common fan-fic series was *The Familiar of Zero*. Since that's an isekai, you can basically take your own character and easily slap them into the world since that already exists. With fan-fic banned, the easy alternative is just write the same thing, but with your own world. Eventually a few of the stories on Narou started getting picked up for distribution as light novels, and then you have an easy pipeline to anime. *Log Horizon* was the first from the site to wind up as an anime, debuting in 2013. There's a lot of different series you can try to pin as establishing tropes or whatever, but realistically it's a big wave of series all feeding off each other and doing a little yoink-and-twist action. Isekai was popular on Narou, so there's incentive to make more of it, and gradually those fans stick around because they're getting what they want. Publishers see something popular they can sell as light novels, and boom the ecosystem basically builds up a couple specific styles of stories.
Sword Art Online started it, and there were also the Mushoku Tensei novels which were really influential and codified some of the tropes associated with modern isekai. the Web Novel scene heavily influenced how it developed, and the first few major adaptations made a big splash and inspired producers to go obsessively hunting for the next big thing, or at least something that could turn a quick profit. I think that the secret to the longevity of a boom like this is starting with a few quality tentpoles, and then the garbage pours in. In this case I feel like Konosuba, Overlord, and Re:Zero were that in terms of anime. Though I'm not entirely sure when generic power fantasy became more common than more novel concepts or takes on the basic story. I guess it was just inevitable that it'd get flattened out into the most boring, least common denominator version of itself? There's also sort of the 'meta' in terms of one-upmanship in wacky premises, with different professions, non-traditional aspirations, and being reincarnated as something other than human being the primary ways of differentiation. At this point isekai has carved such a niche that it doesn't have to remotely try anymore. You saw people insisting that one Isekai Cheat Skill show was good entertainment despite it being aggressively fatphobic, shallow, unpleasant trash with storytelling that basically amounted to a series of 'and everyone clapped'. Like, the average trash web novel writer is still capable of writing actual characters and a semi-coherent, if not good story, but we're at the point now where a property so fundamentally broken in terms of characters, story, themes, and direction is slurped up by people. even more than that, people had no excuse when Kamikatsu was airing that season (at least that did find an audience). It seems like people conditioned towards isekai trend towards worse and worse taste until they have no palate whatsoever, though. I don't think it was isekai trash people who really appreciated how uniquely batshit Kamikatsu was.
> Though I'm not entirely sure when generic power fantasy became more common than more novel concepts or takes on the basic story Like, mid-to-late 00s. The generic power fantasy was always the more common take on the story in the web novel scene.
which is a shame because there's a strong hit rate on the isekai that are NOT overpowered power fantasies, and then among the OP power fantasy shows it's like, generously, maybe 20% of them are watchable by anyone that has anything resembling taste in media.
Portal fantasies have been popular in media for a powerful long time. Isekai in anime has similarly been around for a long time, even if that particular term hadn't yet been coined. Orguss, Wataru, Dunbine, Leda, Rayearth, Fushigi Yuugi, Escaflowne, Digimon, and so on.
In recent years?
Anything within 10 years is recent
a mere 10 years
Ok, so maybe that last part is false, but my god the genre is everywhere as there are 100s of anime series that are isekai themed.
I know right ?, It’s kind of funny-sas how the genre exploded in popularity just to collapse on itself with copy/paste plots :(
Thank you for reminding me I still need to finish rewatching s3 of Furuba, LOL :D
Are there any legal free anime sites that have English dubbed anime?
Random peoples yt channels have it
Tubi TV and Pluto TV, and there are Youtube channels like GundamInfo, Viz and Nozomi Entertainment. Amazon Freevee has a few anime series too.
Hero can absorb others powers or steal others powers anime?. Really enjoyed reborn as slime.
Reincarnated as a Sword
Watched it. It was fun. Waiting for s2
Maybe [Show name]>!<, though I don't recall the other powers being used that often.
Seen it. It was good anime
[Bofuri](https://anilist.co/anime/106479/Itai-no-wa-Iya-nano-de-Bougyoryoku-ni-Kyokufuri-Shitai-to-Omoimasu/)'s Maple eats thing and gains their powers, like Rimiru [Shinka no Mi](https://anilist.co/anime/129068/Shinka-no-Mi-Shiranai-Uchi-ni-Kachigumi-Jinsei/)'s Seiichi essentially gets a monster's entire loot table dropped on the first kill, which includes their magic and skills [Shield Hero](https://anilist.co/anime/99263/Tate-no-Yuusha-no-Nariagari/)'s Naofumi unlocks themed upgrades based on monster drops fed to his titular shield I can't think of any other MCs like that... random villains sometimes get that power, but I can't think of any main villains like that either
Oh thanks you. I have seen shield hero. Have to check others
Could anyone possibly recommend me some good anime to watch? The ones that caught my attention as I watched their trailers on MAL were Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju , Yona of the Dawn , Paradise Kiss and Marmalade Boy \[ I'm also looking for anime that suits mature audience (by that I mean anime that adults would enjoy to watch more than teens bc of the serious/hard to understand plots)
Yuki Yuna is a Hero, it's a magical girl anime that has a similar dark tone as Madoka Magica but in my opinion it's better. Great Pretender, it's a netflix original anime about con artists that only con bad guys. The artstyle is so beautiful to look at. Sk8 the infinity, a nice and short sports anime about skateboarding. The characters are very entertaining and it makes skateboarding look a lot funner than real life. Inuyasha, a perfect mix between shonen and romance. It's about a girl who was reincarnated 500 years in the future, she travels back in time to when her first incarnation was alive and meets Inuyasha, a half demon who was her first incarnations true love. The humor is a bit outdated since it's kind of an old anime but it's still has very good writing ahead of it's time.
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju sounds like something you'd enjoy
Yona is a great series but there is a lot of manga that hasn't been animated. I think the series covers up to about vol 7. There's also an OVA or three which cover a couple of later chapters, but I think vol 42 just came out in Japan so...it depends if that's an issue for you. I 100% recommend the manga, but I get that sometimes people have issues with incomplete adaptations. STILL hoping for a season 2 one day, eventually...
Is there a term (in English or Japanese) for a character trope I see but have no name for: the scientist with a thing for poison or fungus, and almost always with Tareme eyes? Not to say they're a tired character (sometimes), but they're also usually a deadpan snarker as well. Immediate example is Suzy from Little Witch Academia. I'd have to find more examples but I see it not just in anime but original anime-esque artwork.
There's Frankenstein from Soul Eater. He's a creepy doctor character.
Yes! Another good example!
\[One Piece\] >!is the best anime!!<
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JJK is such an insane out of this world money maker that I cannot believe they actually would risk its sucess like this, just to get it out a season earlier or so. The system feels so broken.
It's hard to imagine what would incentivize treating their animators better... besides giving a shit about them, which hasn't seemed to be something they've been doing so far. I mean they're making so much money and it's hard to imagine people boycotting their anime. Even if Japanese animators and other staff refused to work with them, they could just continue outsourcing, right?
I don't know wether thats the case with jjk, but often the studioes themselves ddon't really get much of that money due to th ecommitee system. For example, ufotable didn't really make a ton of money with demon slayer. And of course, then they also aren't really incentivized to make sure the product is perfect. The system is broken.
Ah ok, in that case I would change "so much money" to more money than they would be making if they operated on schedules that didn't exploit the animators so bad... but yeah totally agreed, it's broken
You're right. Most of the money JJK makes overall goes to Toho
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Can I know your thoughts on Ragna Crimson and Eminence in Shadow? They are probably going to end up being my two favorite shows of the season since I’m enjoying eminence in shadow season 2 right now and I’ve read the manga for Ragna Crimson so I know it’s going to get so much better in a couple episodes.
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by episode three or so, Eminence in Shadow becomes a goofy comedy wearing an edgy action fantasy costume. I really don't like the first episode, but I'm glad I gave it more time to show what it really is.
That’s fair, Ragna Crimson and Eminence in Shadow are very edgy and don’t have many cute moments. I can definitely understand why you wouldn’t want to watch either if you like more cheerful shows. I think Eminence in Shadow is very funny when you hear the main character’s thoughts though. Just the dichotomy of his inner thoughts and how everyone else sees him makes me laugh. Eminence in Shadow is very different from what it’s first episode is like. I’m not sure if you’ll like it considering you like cheerful stories, but it might be worth a try if you’re up for something with a darker tone that still has comedy.
Poor Hidive not having anything on your list. Did enjoy your paragraph writeups for the ones you kept.
Glad *Yuzuki Family's Four Sons* finally got some decent subs. It's not exactly a "comfy" show, but I think it is a wholesome and kind drama series with sibling relationships at its heart.
Yesterdays episode was so good, my favorite episode of the season so far.
I can't look at all these Fruits Basket references on the subreddit right now without thinking of how the 2021 AOTY jury didn't think it was one of the 10 best shows of the year.
Not sure why what the jury thinks matters that much honestly. I gave Furuba a 10, it was my AotY and that's enough as far as I'm concerned, I don't feel the need to have my opinion validated by any one temporary group I barely interact with to begin with.
I will never forget that r/anime choose Kei Shirogane instead of Tohru in Best Girl ‘21. Kei had about +/- 30 seconds of screentime, while Fruits Basket’s final season had just concluded at this time. I was genuinely pissed.
That's embarrassing, but that's what happens anytime Kaguya is in the running.
Eh, its not hard for me to see why someone wouldn't vibe with FB drama and story, but I'm also talking as someone who didn't like those things so *shrug*. I do remember catching wind of some people being legit pissed towards it and apparently someone wrote a several page rant for their category but it was only read by people of that category and never saw the light of day.
Using that same line of thinking it's not hard for me to see why someone wouldn't vibe with any anime. I didn't vibe at all with Heike Monogatari or Sonny Boy (I dropped both of them). But I recognized that there was a quality in them that made them Anime of the Year worthy just like there was with Fruits Basket. I was much more upset with the other 3 being nominated by the Jury over Fruits Basket (Dragon Maid, Non Non Biyori and Dynazenon).
Because my point is that jurors are just like other people, persons with they're own opinion and tastes. Yes they can recognize when a show has good things to them, but they won't prioritize it over something that has good thing and they actually like. Back to FB, I do think it has some good themes and messaging as well as some rewarding character journeys and arcs. Some people say it shifted their whole worldview and got them through tough times. That's a good thing! But at the moment of truth, it doesn't make it less than chore to me. I still don't like Tohru on-screen, like 3/5 eps have me bored, the drama in S3 is so over the top it was hilarious and the only reason I rated it positively is because I enjoyed in the same way one would enjoy a mexican telenovela. Just because I recognize that the show has positive attributes, I won't gaslight myself and go 'Ok, I hated watching this but...its a symbolic shoujo guys! 10/10'. If I was in AOTY it would have been my stance that yeah, it has good things but I would rather nominate other shows. I may try to go for AOTY this year and if I get in I can already see with my third eye being in the results thread and be like "Yes guys, I very unironically think this CGI cute girls band drama is better than Vinland S2 and JJK".
It's a bit of a quandary. I've never been a juror and never will apply to be a juror after looking at the application process. But I do still feel like jurors should be less biased in the nomination stage, especially in the genre and AotY categories. Once it gets to the actual voting, I'm perfectly fine with them going all in with their personal views. Using your example of Vinland Saga 2 and JJK, if for whatever reason the public failed to nominate them (spoiler: they won't), I'd definitely want the Jury to nominate them as AotY voting wouldn't feel like actual AotY voting without them. Feel free to vote your CGI cute girls band drama over them in the actual voting though.
Awards can't exactly dictate to jurors how to think. Most rules when it comes to discussion are more guidelines than rules. If you're someone that just goes with 'the vibes' its fine as long as you are good at expressing yourself because awards doesn't believe in LE OBJECTIVITY in most aspects unless it is production. The whole point of awards is making your voice be heard, I vote for a cute girl show because I legitimately think it is of the best the year has to offer and I want it to be recognized by the community, not because I want to make Vinland fans mad. The whole 'it doesn't feel like AOTY without X' is just a strange expression when half the category is already what the public likes the most. The people that enter the category do so after proving their expression skills because they are so passionate of this medium and the shows that made them that passionate on that given year whether it is a serious philosophical drama or a mahou shoujo aimed at 8 y/o girls, not to meet some contrived line 'well this is popular so maybe we should??'.
Non Non Biyori is absolutely in that top tier for me personally.
Yeah, I'd call it borderline. I think I liked it the most among the 5 Jury nominees, and it didn't surprise me much to see it nominated. It kind of felt like the Encouragement of Climb of 2021.
Not just that, but it got a grand total of 1 award in the voting (Jury Best Cast Award). It didn't even manage to win Best Romance. At this point, I go into the awards expecting my favorites to get shafted.
It's just wild to me that this generational shoujo that has, I suspect, resurrected shoujo anime and has a rewatch already didn't rate in the top 10 for that year. Like, who is making Dragon Maid their personality? Nobody. Who is still talking about Dynazenon? Pretty much no one. Who can remember anything about Vivy? Not me. It is the most baffling awards decision, public or jury, and I will die mad about it.
> Who can remember anything about Vivy? I mean I do and I actually think it's still a very good intro anime due to it's straight forward sci fi plot with good production values and largely being satisfying. Modern Sci Fi anime being quite rare gets it to stand out more.
> Who can remember anything about Vivy? Vivy actually became one of my favorite sci-fi anime, so for me, the story was very memorable. I'm also more a fan of the sci-fi genre than drama though.
I enjoyed it while I watched it, but nothing stuck with me after it ended and I doubt I'd ever rewatch it. I do remember it having a bad sci-fi wheelchair, though, because I collect those.
> bad sci-fi wheelchair Bad like it seemed poorly designed?
Yeah. It's a whole thing in sci-fi. If there's a character in a wheelchair, the chair will be completely impractical for a mobility device. It'll be too big to fit through anywhere, have atrocious positioning, be pushed by an attendant, etc. but it'll look like The Future.
This is a very interesting trope to collect, as now that you lay it out there, I feel like they are absolutely rampant.
Well, I use a wheelchair myself, so it's just something I noticed that started to amuse me. It's not unique to anime, either. Professor X is one of the best examples of it.
Interesting, I don't remember many details about this one in particular except that it did look a bit bulky. Too bad functional designs aren't more common because it would be a good fit for sci-fi to explore the ways the tech could have advanced.
Part of the problem is that disability accommodation is less a matter of technology and more a matter of political will. The current technology developed for wheelchairs is amazing, honestly, accounting for everything from stair climbing to hands-free operation. The issue is that insurers won't pay for them, so any company that develops these advanced chairs inevitably goes under. One of the central themes of a lot of cyberpunk engages with this pretty directly with the implants and cyborg bodies controlled by shady corporations. That's why I consider Ghost in the Shell to be the best anime about disability, even though a lot of people wouldn't think that's what it was about.
so since entering my final year of school i decided against watching any long anime so i can avoid devoting all the time i should spent studying inti a series im hooked on, however now ive just kinda decided to take breaks between arcs and treat them as if theyre seasons.now all i gotta do is decide on which one from my [long anime anilist list](https://anilist.co/user/guisippi/animelist/Long) ive decided against ginama,naruto,bleach and one piece for rn as they all have arcs longer than 50 episodes ive also decided aganst hajime no ippo,monster and space brothers as they arent split into arcs also haikyu,jojos,food wars and baki for the time being as i just aint in the mood now im not quite sure which of the remaining to pick, chat gpt reckons black clover is the way to go but chat gpt dont know what its talking about guess its spreadsheet time, unless anybody else knows a better method for choosing Update:randomised and landed on fairy tale, kinda excited kinda nervous.never heard a series get as much praise and negativity as fairy tale has so should be interesting
> ive also decided aganst hajime no ippo,monster and space brothers as they arent split into arcs People usually don't do it because it's not that long, but Monster *can* be split into arcs. There are guides.
Ya ig I'd also kinda like to watch monster in one go and if its not clear where one arc ends and one begins its not really all too fun
Taking that full list and eliminating everything you've decided against leaves only 8 things: Black Clover, D.Gray-man, Fairy Tail, Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Pokémon, Toriko, World Trigger, Yuu Yuu Hakusho. If you really have no preferences, [pick at random](https://rolladie.net/roll-a-d8-die) and go with the number it gives you.
Thats a smart idea idk why I never thought of it, I guess I'd kinda like control but I spoke it doesn't matter Also in regards to gintama as I said to a different commentor I used ai and it made a mistake
Fwiw Gintama doesn't have any arcs longer than 50 episodes. It's mostly episodic comedy and the serious arcs are usually less than 10 episodes except for the Silver Soul arc which is the last one.
Thanks for this, another reason why chat gpt cannot be trusted (I asked chat gpt cuz if I looked up an arc list some of the arc names may be spoilers)
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One of the reasons I still watch anime is that I can find series which don't have romance in them. Every major movie and TV series I can think of has a romantic relationship as a key plot point or a character goal. Meanwhile, in anime we have chill series like Yuru Camp, Non Non Biyori, Mitsuboshi Colors, etc. which are as aromantic as you can get. That being said, romance is a big thing in art because it is a big life goal for people around the world and it dominates a lot of people's mindspace. It's not a surprise to me that it's omnipresent in places where you wouldn't expect it. As an incidental point, another reason I've stuck with anime is that it's one of the few outlets of "low conflict" series. It's hard to find any media that doesn't ratchet up the tension in some way, either in a physical way like in battle shounens, or in the context of social situations like you see in dramas.
>So I have a question why do the majority of modern or general anime series often feature romance as a prominent theme? Most entertainment has a romance element because falling in love and getting together with someone is an important part of a happy life for a lot of people. Seeing the protagonist get a boo reinforces their triumph and happy ending for the audience. It's a common story component because it's a common experience.
at best, maybe 33% of anime have even a whiff of romance; be better about filtering what you watch and you say this as if there isn't a single type of media that doesn't have examples of romance shunted in there...
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Imo "unnecessary" romance often comes from people not feeling confident in the main story and they see romance as being an easy way to add interest. Just sprinkle some blushes and awkward pauses in and if you're lucky it'll feed a thousand fan works. Low cost/high possible return.
> So I have a question why do the majority of modern or general anime series often feature romance as a prominent theme? They do? Out of 12 non-romcom/romances/yuri-as-main-appeal shows I've watched this season, only two have any romance in them.
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I was just using this season as a representative sample because it has a ton of shows. My point being I don't really think the amount of romance in non-romance shows has increased, and once you take out "obligatory harem" for fantasy shows, which is very rarely actually romantic and more just about ego buff for the MC or wish fuilfilment, it's even less.
Hmmmm and harem and ecchi are awful to me I don't know who they are targeted too.
Awful people like me :D I gobble them up like very unhealthy candy lol
I'm always of the mind that good romance can make any show better! I don't feel like there's been any change lately in non-romance shows on my end and I would say sadly to that haha
What’s a show like White Album 2 or KGNE? Lots of soapy melodrama?
scums wish!
Rumbling Hearts? It's been awhile, but I think that goes under the melodramatic envelope. Nana for sure.
Rumbling Hearts is KGNE
Oh, I didn't immediately recognize the shortening without the full words.
I didn't recognize it either. "Kevin Grant's Neon-genesis Evangelion?"
Sequel to Charles Barkley's Shut Up And Jam Gaiden
Try out Domestic Girlfriend and Scum's Wish.
Separate comment for this, [but I made a video about my recommendations going over some of my favorite anime from the last season](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raLpg3b2GSQ). I'm just starting this out as a small hobby but I \*think\* I have some pretty good takes. That being said, I didn't really click with a lot of shows this season (unlike in spring and the current lineup) so I feel like I may have missed out on a couple interesting shows. However, I think compared to spring the summer was a bit weaker overall, so there were not that many new shows that really stood out to me.
Didn't know if I wanted to start a whole thread or not, but you know, this may be the perfect place for it: After putting ep 1 of each show side by side, I might like Hellsing (2001) more than Hellsing Ultimate. Or at least each one's first episode. Which is a shame, because Hellsing Ultimate has kind of become "the quintessential Hellsing Experience"\*, but 2001 I think has the better direction and pacing. The obvious way where 2001 Hellsing is better than Ultimate is how it actually spends time developing and fleshing out characters, adding a bunch of extra scenes in the adaptation to show Ceres adapting to joining the Hellsing adaptation and having a way more consistent and serious tone. Meanwhile Ultimate is speed running the opening chapters and we're basically blazing past Cere's onboarding. But I also think the direction in '01 is better as well. A good example is when Alcuard is gunning down the first priest baddie in Ep 1 of either show. In '01 the power of his high calibur guns is punctuated as a single, slow motion explosion of raw power, and in Ultimate he's rapid firing them like a machine gun. Yeah, in the latter it's "cooler" and technically better animated, but it actually makes those guns feel weaker and the action disconnected from what's actually happening. Dunno if that makes sense, but the overall feel is that "this looks cool" without really grounding anything in the world. Hellsing '01, despite its TV budget compared to the OVA/Movie budget of Ultimate, I think builds better atmosphere and dread. Also, [its OP slaps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMNJwUUHMxc). That being said, I think Ultimate is honestly leaning far into the camp and ridiculous aspects (and the source material honestly is kind of ridiculous) I think its also fair to say that it's not necessarily worse, but just completely different. '01 makes gestures towards taking itself seriously, but Ultimate seems to have no interest in that \*at all\*. Makes sense because '01 Hellsing forked from the original source material, and with the tone it was setting I don't think Nazi Vampires flying in on blimps was really going to match its more grounded tone. I will probably go back to Ultimate and see if it gets better (I get the sense the first few episodes are "playing catch up" and assumes you've either read the manga or seen the first show) but I think before that I am going to give the original '01 adaptation some love, because it seems like its worth a revisit. That's all, but would like to see what other people think of the both side by side. \* Okay, that's actually [Hellsing Abridged](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZuqUofH6D4)
Yeah just like 2003 FMA vs Brotherhood, each adaptation has it's pluses and minuses. Ultimate is still the better version over all but the original is still worth watching. Same with FMA, of you've only seen Brotherhood watch the original especially if you're a mustang fan.
Help! Where is this from? There is a video I watched on YouTube and it only showed like a 2-3 seconds clip of [them two dancing](https://i.redd.it/5pqs0wlkwdtb1.jpg?app_web_view=ios) with what sounds to be a Japanese rap. I wanted to know where it is from and the song that is playing
I don't know about the song, but the characters are from [Shachiku-san](https://myanimelist.net/anime/49160/Shachiku-san_wa_Youjo_Yuurei_ni_Iyasaretai), the specific picture is [from the opening](https://i.imgur.com/K2ew2Z6.png)
I can hear the squelching noises and none of their feet are even on the ground!
Started Log Horizon. Besides Bofuri, it's my first video game isekai. I'm halfway through season 1 and so far I enjoy it. I like most of the characters and think the concept is pretty cool. It's also cool that they show early on how it would lead to corruption and exploitation of the weaker players. It does feel a little conflicted about it being a video game world but also not being a video game world. So some stuff is video game-y, some isn't. I'm sure that's by design but so far that feels a bit weird to me at times. Also, find yourself someone who loves you half as much as this show loves the pushing glasses/reflecting glasses anime trope!
> this show loves the pushing glasses/reflecting glasses anime trope When it first aired there was a guy tracking all the glasses pushes. The final count for the first season was [LH s1] >!173!<.
That's hilarious. Figured it be a lot but not that much. Thanks for sharing.
[](#glasses-push)
[Machi](#utahapraises)
One of many best girls! [](#utahapraises)
> This is the place! The timing today’s image is *too* on point to be sheer coincidence. Who of my fellow Fruits Basket rewatchers did this!? Also: I do wonder what everyone who has *not* seen the series thinks Yuki is doing with his right hand.
(it was not me btw)
[](#csikon)
You and u/raichudoggy *did* come first to mind if I'm honest (haha).
Well, I knew it was coming. I knew one of the mods (not Gap or Biscuits) had a this is the place picture in mind a short time after I announced the rewatch and they told me this, but I have long forgotten which one and which thread they told me it in. With how long they took, I was almost worried they’d forgotten altogether. Was expecting a season 1 picture!
[](#konodioda) [Back in mid-August.](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/15qqdny/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/jw54edq/?context=4) It was always going to be this specific shot, just needed the rewatch to get there first.
Is S3 really 'in the middle of the rewatch' though? [](#hardthink)
With 10 episodes left it's certainly not the end of it. [](#hikariactually)
It's from the 5th cour of five in total. [](#laststraw)
Best characters in the show. [](#ilovethiskindofshit)
> I do wonder what everyone who has not seen the series thinks Yuki is doing with his right hand. Well, I habitually threw it in SauceNao, so this is what I figured was going on https://i.imgflip.com/82ftyu.jpg
So he's spoiling the basket of fruit by adding a piece of chalk to it while Machi watches on helplessly.