petrov27 wrote: Shield Bro I feel a little odd about - I actually wish there had been more world building or background on the bad guys - maybe next eps will give that? Honestly aside from the poor townsfolk I don't give a flying turd about the kingdom and religious order that the heroes have ostensibly been summoned to protect given how they have treated SheildBro himself...
That's kind of the point, the world is harsh and hateful, just like the real world.
Sure, sure, but so far all of that harsh and hatred is directed at ShieldBro at an almost comical level vs. the other summoned heroes who are just having a lark and everyone just totally kisses their rear ends in the Kingdom. I mean thats fine, certainly its there to make you root for the MC all the more, but at times it seems over the top...
Did you not watch the last few episodes? The ones showing a collapsed nation to the north, starving refugees, all because of the Bow hero's idiocy? Great lark there!
BaconCatBug wrote: Did you not watch the last few episodes? The ones showing a collapsed nation to the north, starving refugees, all because of the Bow hero's idiocy? Great lark there!
I get where he's come from though. Bow Bro never really gets in trouble for his gak. Neither does Spear bro or Sword bro and for most of their time in the plot they constantly end up making more trouble than they resolve, yet most of the in-universe populace seems to give them more props, credit, and respect. None of them ever really get called to task for fething up all the time, not even when the plot largely moves past them and they become irrelevant.
It is a weakness of the series early plot imo, and I really hope the anime manages to get into some of the later arcs cause they're much better with much lest wangst.
I can tell you that the reason the shield hero is treated poorly, while the others are not, has already been hinted at, and does get explained (most likely by the end of the season if my guess is correct)
So apparently Type-Moon has pulled a Gainax, where they've been making so much money over the past few years *stares at Fate/Grand Order* that their own accounting department gave up on keeping track of all of it and just started shoveling the money into bank accounts to be sorted later.
Except they never got around to the sorting and the Japanese IRS has come knocking for its money XD Actually kind of a tragedy, cause the head that's gone up on the chopping block is one of the guys who really made the company's abnormal corporate culture work, and I'm worried they'll never find a suitable replacement in the pretty straight lace Japanese business market.
LordofHats wrote: So apparently Type-Moon has pulled a Gainax, where they've been making so much money over the past few years *stares at Fate/Grand Order* that their own accounting department gave up on keeping track of all of it and just started shoveling the money into bank accounts to be sorted later.
Except they never got around to the sorting and the Japanese IRS has come knocking for its money XD Actually kind of a tragedy, cause the head that's gone up on the chopping block is one of the guys who really made the company's abnormal corporate culture work, and I'm worried they'll never find a suitable replacement in the pretty straight lace Japanese business market.
Yikes. Even the yakuza have the sense to pay their taxes....
Definitely something to keep an eye on, if only so we get the third Heaven's Feel movie.
Speaking only from what I've heard on fan sites, this is apparently a common problem in the manga/anime industry. Especially among smaller production houses the people involved are often not the most business minded and they run afoul of technicalities and minor mistakes that become big problems once their franchise starts pulling in $20 billion a year.
But surely at least someone would have the sense to say "Hey, we have a lot of money now and we don't know how to sort this out. We should hire an accountant! And hey, its not like we cant afford it!"
So I binge-watched my way through the first season of Code Geass for the first time while ill. Why are people so sympathetic towards Lelouch while hating on what's-his-face-in-the-Lancelot? Like, the only reason reform from within the Britannian system didn't work was because Lelouch messed up Euphie by mistake. Am I missing something or have I just come across a strange part of the fandom?
AlmightyWalrus wrote: So I binge-watched my way through the first season of Code Geass for the first time while ill. Why are people so sympathetic towards Lelouch while hating on what's-his-face-in-the-Lancelot? Like, the only reason reform from within the Britannian system didn't work was because Lelouch messed up Euphie by mistake. Am I missing something or have I just come across a strange part of the fandom?
Side effect of being the protagonist to an extent. Both characters have sympathetic backgrounds, but LeLouch is the "hero" of the story while Suzaku mostly just gets in his way. You can easily reverse that statement and the same could be true but Suzaku isn't the primary POV or who the audience is encouraged to root for. At the same time, I feel like the narrative acknowledges LeLouch's faults, and the character himself tries to grow from them or at least make up for them (often not in the best ways) so there's a solid character arc to him throughout the series. Suzaku kind of goes from being a wangsty kid who killed his dad to a wangsty kid who wants to kill his best friend because his girlfriend got messed up by accident and kind of stays that way right up until the end of the series.
Also involved are events of season 2, where Suzaku kind of goes... full douche. You never go full douche.
EDIT: It also probably doesn't help that, given plot reveals later in the series, reforming the Empire in way Suzaku wanted to was ultimately a moot point.
Lelouch still has his flaws and while he may be someone who thinks he's a chess master, he is not an awesome warrior or has things go off without a hitch. He stays true to his ideals and works towards that end goal he so desires, even if the road he takes is a pretty messed up one with a lot of bodies along the way.
Suzaku is one of those "Honour before reason" types to a fault. Which makes the geass put on him all the more delicious. He pays for this all in the end though with his "death" and the second geass placed on him.
I liked neither of them much, always liked large ham Gottwald and Kallen more.
Also! OPM season 2 going live later today, aw yiss!
I'm rather pleased to discover today that Record of Lodoss War got a big re-release on Blueray/DVD combo with HD of some parts and generally good quality on the rest!
Now I just need to get that and some kind of blue-ray playing software for my computer (darn you MS why can't you just put it into WMP like you have for DVD's!!!)
OPMs2 seems to be lower quality, I mean it's only the first episode, but the fight scene felt rushed and didn't look as good as previous fight scenes imo.
That being said, this season is in for a wild ride.
Yeah, I follow the Youtube anime community a bit and they where all Freaking out over how bad the trailer was.
I didnt like this episode, but that was more because it felt like a prologue rather than an actual episode.
But I love Saitama, his relaxed attitude with king was great.
Shieldbro continues to be a reverse Slime in having a somewhat lacklustre adaptation with better source material (opposed to Slime's lacklustre source material with a better adaptation). Still enjoying it though.
Watched Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san because MEMES and it's silly and enjoyable.
Vaktathi wrote: Just watched the new OPM, saw some slight animation differences but overall thought it was solid, looking forward to more.
So watched OPM S2:E2. After two episodes in, the series as defiantly taken a step back from season 1 particularly with some of the fight detail and the humor is "off". It's a shame that they couldn't bring back Shingo Natsume as director and instead handed it off to Chikara Sakurai whose biggest credits to date appear to be his stint on the Naruto TV series and a couple of Naruto Shippuden movies.
ITs fight are not up to par, but I always think second season never live up to first. First seasons always have the things going for them, nothing to live up to, nothing to compare it too.
But I find the humor still good.I love Saitamas weird confidence, where he knows he can take everyone in a fight and likely win, but never outright says it or really believes it.
Also Fubaki is kinda nice, I like the idea of a female counterpart of Genos, Higher ranked that Saitama, but learning from him.
Overread wrote: I'm rather pleased to discover today that Record of Lodoss War got a big re-release on Blueray/DVD combo with HD of some parts and generally good quality on the rest!
Now I just need to get that and some kind of blue-ray playing software for my computer (darn you MS why can't you just put it into WMP like you have for DVD's!!!)
You CAN'T just say that and not provide a link!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, I just realized something. The majority of Western Isekai is in LITERATURE.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court[i], the entire [i]Ring of Fire series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland... John Carter of Mars, and even things like Tarzan and [/i]Don Quixote[/i] could be argued as Isekai as well. You could even argue The Time Machine.
In a way, a lot of Western Isekai works feature time travel or time manipulation in one way or another, which I think is interesting.
Overread wrote: I'm rather pleased to discover today that Record of Lodoss War got a big re-release on Blueray/DVD combo with HD of some parts and generally good quality on the rest!
Now I just need to get that and some kind of blue-ray playing software for my computer (darn you MS why can't you just put it into WMP like you have for DVD's!!!)
hotsauceman1 wrote: ITs fight are not up to par, but I always think second season never live up to first. First seasons always have the things going for them, nothing to live up to, nothing to compare it too.
Whats somewhat ironic is Mob Psycho 100 season 2 IMHO was just a good and at times better than season 1 and there have been several series that did imrpove after season 1. Though granted, OPM season 1 did set the bar high, but if Mob Psycho could pull it off, why not OPM which argueably is bigger and more popular. I can't help but think given the studio and director doing OPM season 2 that they went with the B team and it shows.
As for other shows this season here are some of my early favorites;
Fruits Basket (reverse harem?)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (best shounen of the season?)
Cinderella Nine (more cute girls doing cute things, but with Baseball!)
Kono Oto Tomare! (I'm a sucker for music focused redemption stories)
Fairy Gone (charcter designs look awesome and world setting seems original)
I’m not a fan of the character design for Fairy Gone so far, and putting legs on their cars and trucks is stupid imho. Demon Slayer is rather awesome so far though. I’m really looking forward to seeing more of that water sword we’ve seen glimpses of in the credits.
* Carole & Tuesday: for the Watanabe goodness
* Hitoribocchi no OO Seikatsu: if you want adorable and cute
* Kimetsu no Yaiba: looks really good and I hope the story delivers
* Kono Oto Tomare!: Interesting, for now. It has potential but we'll see.
* Sarazanmai: for weird, strange but fun. It has a good kinetic energy to it
and
* Fairy Gone: I really want to like it but they don't make it easy. The character designs are good, worldbuilding are interesting, the animation is okay, but the direction, storytelling, and cinematography are a letdown. It's like somebody messed up the third jump in a triple jump competitions. It's all "okay, good, now just don't mess up the landi… ah no!". There's potential but the first two episodes don't fill me with confidence for the rest. There are these good bits but it's all overshadowed by its generally lacklustre presentation. It could have been actually good and it's frustrating that it isn't.
hotsauceman1 wrote: ITs fight are not up to par, but I always think second season never live up to first. First seasons always have the things going for them, nothing to live up to, nothing to compare it too.
Whats somewhat ironic is Mob Psycho 100 season 2 IMHO was just a good and at times better than season 1 and there have been several series that did imrpove after season 1. Though granted, OPM season 1 did set the bar high, but if Mob Psycho could pull it off, why not OPM which argueably is bigger and more popular. I can't help but think given the studio and director doing OPM season 2 that they went with the B team and it shows.
the studio change from madhouse to J.C. Staff and the director change have hurt it pretty badly, which is a damn shame.
I've started watching this one called Black Clover on Cruchyroll, it is quite fun but is going at a breakneck pace and the main character is really loud!
I binged that a couple months ago and have been keeping current since. Main dude is Super screamy. He gets a little better as the series goes on, or I just got used to it, but yeah, it’s really annoying at the start.
Haha yea! I've hit a snag to be honest. During each episode Crunchyroll shows 7 adverts, but on the xbox app there is just 1 advert for the xbox play service.
There is over 70 episodes of this series, I'm not sure I can take watching the same advert 500 times!
Kroem wrote: Haha yea! I've hit a snag to be honest. During each episode Crunchyroll shows 7 adverts, but on the xbox app there is just 1 advert for the xbox play service.
There is over 70 episodes of this series, I'm not sure I can take watching the same advert 500 times!
Kroem wrote: Haha yea! I've hit a snag to be honest. During each episode Crunchyroll shows 7 adverts, but on the xbox app there is just 1 advert for the xbox play service.
There is over 70 episodes of this series, I'm not sure I can take watching the same advert 500 times!
You could ad blocker
It's too late, they got me... Yuri is master, hail to the great Yuri
Asta is very shouty, but he is fantastic at crunches and he is weirdly motivating given how hard he works at everything.
I really want to like Fairy Gone, but the terrible CGI monsters and pacing ruin it.
I mean, if you are going to use bad CGI make everything bad CGI. It wouldn't be as jarring then.
Shield hero did the same thing in the latest episode, which was disappointing.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I really want to like Fairy Gone, but the terrible CGI monsters and pacing ruin it.
I mean, if you are going to use bad CGI make everything bad CGI. It wouldn't be as jarring then.
Shield hero did the same thing in the latest episode, which was disappointing.
I've said it before, the Shield Hero adaptation is seriously disappointing, because the source material was so good.
So does anyone know if Dragon Ball Super: Broly is on a legal streaming service in the UK? I'd like to watch it but the DVD is like £15. English dub preferably as I can't stand the Japanese voices!
Ghost in the Shell (live action) is on TV, it's ok, but it just makes me wish they'd stuck to the story rather than mixing things up and turning it into a Robocop parody
I don't understand complaints about the GITS movie story. GITS has NEVER had internal consistency with itself. The various story arcs all have conflicting information. But thats kinda the point.
Grey Templar wrote: I don't understand complaints about the GITS movie story.
Because it's a randomly assorted hodgepodge of plot elements from different iterations of the franchise thrown together at random in a way that none of them are very interesting anymore with a character arc that completely throws out the window everything that makes the character of the Major interesting and reduces the entire thing into a bland series of cliches, a true travesty for a series that has had a defining influence on cyberpunk in film.
Grey Templar wrote: I don't understand complaints about the GITS movie story.
Because it's a randomly assorted hodgepodge of plot elements from different iterations of the franchise thrown together at random in a way that none of them are very interesting anymore with a character arc that completely throws out the window everything that makes the character of the Major interesting and reduces the entire thing into a bland series of cliches, a true travesty for a series that has had a defining influence on cyberpunk in film.
I disagree. It certainly wasn't the best GITS, but I think it was a perfectly acceptable adaptation. It stayed faithful to the source without becoming cheesy.
Very long time Japanese fan here. Remember the 90s when Channel 4 showed a 3-part series called "Cyber City Oedo:808" back in the early 90s and it was pretty good. Considering I disliked the anime("Manga") thing at the time, it was damn enjoyable. Years later, got hooked on the whole thing...
Patlabor: The Movie was a winner. Loved the detective / action theme and the ending was bloody epic. Shown on BBC 2 during the early hours. it got me hooked for life. The bit where Noa is falling through the collapsing Ark( inside Alfonse ) was thrilling stuff.
There was an anime movie/mini-series that came out probably in the early 90's here in the US that I really want to rewatch and I cant find it anywhere.
I don't remember the name but I do remember sort of what it was about.
It was basically a story of a pre-human civilization that was on mars and ended up wiping itself out with wars/pollution. At the end of the movie the main protagonist decided to hit the big red button and kill everyone off, but with some kind of soul siphon that sent all the martian souls down to earth where they possess'ed the cavemen there.
There was an anime movie/mini-series that came out probably in the early 90's here in the US that I really want to rewatch and I cant find it anywhere.
I don't remember the name but I do remember sort of what it was about.
It was basically a story of a pre-human civilization that was on mars and ended up wiping itself out with wars/pollution. At the end of the movie the main protagonist decided to hit the big red button and kill everyone off, but with some kind of soul siphon that sent all the martian souls down to earth where they possess'ed the cavemen there.
Togusa wrote: I started Carole and Tuesday last night. Only one episode in, but I like what I see so far.
Also color me amazed when I fired up my bit client for the first time in three months and discovered not one, but two(?!) sequels to FLCL??
When did that happen and what rock was I living under?
They both happened last summer. One at the start and the other at the end. The first of them is just awful. It tries to recreate the series visually but has zero of its soul. The second one actually fares better by not trying so hard to look like the original. It understands what makes the original special a lot better, but is still a pale imitation. I'd be curious to see what my response would have been if I had JUST seen the third season and not the abysmal second.
I tend to take a 1-2 year hiatus from watching anime once Ive cought up on one piece and watched whatever else Ive missed.
Now, is it me or has the quality taken a nose dive down a sewer??? There seems to be 100's of some mobile game based adaptaion chinese knock of anime flooding in and they are all absolute trash fire tier garbage posing as anime..
I d have a pretty old school(one could say conservative) taste.
Apart fromt the classic Bleach & co. I love anything mad house gets involved in and hajime no ippo has to be one of my Favourites. But lately it seems half the stuff getting pumped out isint even drawn, its some sort of cell shaded rendering.
Are the years of Darker than black and FMA just gone now?
Does anyone have any recomendations and I've missed something?
One Punch Man a d My Hero Academia are a couple of recent stand outs with more than one season under their belt. Otherwise anime is no different than any other medium. There’s tons and tons of tv and movies constantly coming out. I only find a fraction of it appealing. But everyone finds a different segment of the whole appealing, so they just make what they can.
Hero academia is alright. I like the action animation style.
One Punch man is also good fun. A solid delivery by madhouse.
It seems their output has somewhat slumped. Black Lagoon/hajime no ippo was a masterpiece. But It seems for every decent anime produced we get 20 garbage tier cutsey fairy school girl/ Mobile phone game advertisment.
Ohh well hope the future has some awesome stuff in store.
I tend to take a 1-2 year hiatus from watching anime once Ive cought up on one piece and watched whatever else Ive missed.
Now, is it me or has the quality taken a nose dive down a sewer??? There seems to be 100's of some mobile game based adaptaion chinese knock of anime flooding in and they are all absolute trash fire tier garbage posing as anime..
I d have a pretty old school(one could say conservative) taste.
Apart fromt the classic Bleach & co. I love anything mad house gets involved in and hajime no ippo has to be one of my Favourites. But lately it seems half the stuff getting pumped out isint even drawn, its some sort of cell shaded rendering.
Are the years of Darker than black and FMA just gone now?
Does anyone have any recomendations and I've missed something?
To be blunt you've got Rose Tinted Glasses the size of the moon on. Most anime has always been crap. Most of ANYTHING has always been crap. You simply remember the gems more strongly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
I tend to take a 1-2 year hiatus from watching anime once Ive cought up on one piece and watched whatever else Ive missed.
Now, is it me or has the quality taken a nose dive down a sewer??? There seems to be 100's of some mobile game based adaptaion chinese knock of anime flooding in and they are all absolute trash fire tier garbage posing as anime..
I d have a pretty old school(one could say conservative) taste.
Apart fromt the classic Bleach & co. I love anything mad house gets involved in and hajime no ippo has to be one of my Favourites. But lately it seems half the stuff getting pumped out isint even drawn, its some sort of cell shaded rendering.
Are the years of Darker than black and FMA just gone now?
Does anyone have any recomendations and I've missed something?
To be blunt you've got Rose Tinted Glasses the size of the moon on. Most anime has always been crap. Most of ANYTHING has always been crap. You simply remember the gems more strongly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
Thanks for your input...
I Have to disagree. I went back through the website history on the site i use to stream today back to about 2012, and the quality of the subject matter on the whole has slumped significantly since then. Obviously this is my opinion and maybe I dont see the forest through the trees through the moon sized rose tinted glasses indeed..
For anyone who wants, GundamInfo (Gundam's official YouTube channel) is currently hosting all 6 episodes of Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin, a prequel series to Gundam 0079 that focuses on Char Aznable and the Zabi family. It's a pretty good series, if super slow for the first two episodes (things pick up in episode 3).
I tend to take a 1-2 year hiatus from watching anime once Ive cought up on one piece and watched whatever else Ive missed.
Now, is it me or has the quality taken a nose dive down a sewer??? There seems to be 100's of some mobile game based adaptaion chinese knock of anime flooding in and they are all absolute trash fire tier garbage posing as anime..
I d have a pretty old school(one could say conservative) taste.
Apart fromt the classic Bleach & co. I love anything mad house gets involved in and hajime no ippo has to be one of my Favourites. But lately it seems half the stuff getting pumped out isint even drawn, its some sort of cell shaded rendering.
Are the years of Darker than black and FMA just gone now?
Does anyone have any recomendations and I've missed something?
To be blunt you've got Rose Tinted Glasses the size of the moon on. Most anime has always been crap. Most of ANYTHING has always been crap. You simply remember the gems more strongly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
Thanks for your input...
I Have to disagree. I went back through the website history on the site i use to stream today back to about 2012, and the quality of the subject matter on the whole has slumped significantly since then. Obviously this is my opinion and maybe I dont see the forest through the trees through the moon sized rose tinted glasses indeed..
This is part of the reason I've stuck to films as of late, leaving long run shows behind.
Not counting Jojo, I can only think of one or two shows I enjoyed watching over the past few seasons. But in terms of the feature length stuff, there has been a lot of good gems.
Beh, you whippersnappers. Anime hasn't been the same since the 80's and 90's. Bubblegum Crisis (the original, not that 2028 remake thing), Gunbuster, Patlabor, Slayers, Trigun... THOSE are good anime.
I tend to take a 1-2 year hiatus from watching anime once Ive cought up on one piece and watched whatever else Ive missed.
Now, is it me or has the quality taken a nose dive down a sewer??? There seems to be 100's of some mobile game based adaptaion chinese knock of anime flooding in and they are all absolute trash fire tier garbage posing as anime..
I d have a pretty old school(one could say conservative) taste.
Apart fromt the classic Bleach & co. I love anything mad house gets involved in and hajime no ippo has to be one of my Favourites. But lately it seems half the stuff getting pumped out isint even drawn, its some sort of cell shaded rendering.
Are the years of Darker than black and FMA just gone now?
Does anyone have any recomendations and I've missed something?
To be blunt you've got Rose Tinted Glasses the size of the moon on. Most anime has always been crap. Most of ANYTHING has always been crap. You simply remember the gems more strongly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
Thanks for your input...
I Have to disagree. I went back through the website history on the site i use to stream today back to about 2012, and the quality of the subject matter on the whole has slumped significantly since then. Obviously this is my opinion and maybe I dont see the forest through the trees through the moon sized rose tinted glasses indeed..
This is part of the reason I've stuck to films as of late, leaving long run shows behind.
Not counting Jojo, I can only think of one or two shows I enjoyed watching over the past few seasons. But in terms of the feature length stuff, there has been a lot of good gems.
Man I wish I could get into Jojo.. I tried but could not get behind it. Maybe its a classic case of if you go 5 episodes deep you get it
Recently found: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Its 7 episodes in at the time of writing but I think its really good. It reminds me a little bit of the original FMA.. The right dose of seriosuness and dark.
Anvildude wrote: Beh, you whippersnappers. Anime hasn't been the same since the 80's and 90's. Bubblegum Crisis (the original, not that 2028 remake thing), Gunbuster, Patlabor, Slayers, Trigun... THOSE are good anime.
Youngling, please. The original Astroboy, Gegege no Kitaro and Dororo are the best anime.
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AduroT wrote: Demon Slayer is indeed probably the best show on this season.
Its a good Shounen. I was surprised by how well its made and paced.
Anvildude wrote: Beh, you whippersnappers. Anime hasn't been the same since the 80's and 90's. Bubblegum Crisis (the original, not that 2028 remake thing), Gunbuster, Patlabor, Slayers, Trigun... THOSE are good anime.
Youngling, please. The original Astroboy, Gegege no Kitaro and Dororo are the best anime.
If you want a good 60's anime check out Ribon no Kishi. Still holds up imho.
Maybe I'm an anime noob, but I'm at about episode 45 of Black Clover now and I'm absolutely loving it! Asta has gone from annoying to inspirational and I like how they are developing the whole of the Black Bulls not just having the main character do everything (looking at you Dragon Ball Z...)
I feel like the series has really found its groove right now. At the beginning it felt like they were rushing things with events happening at a breakneck pace, now they have slowed things down and we're getting some proper character development.
Kroem wrote: Maybe I'm an anime noob, but I'm at about episode 45 of Black Clover now and I'm absolutely loving it! Asta has gone from annoying to inspirational and I like how they are developing the whole of the Black Bulls not just having the main character do everything (looking at you Dragon Ball Z...)
I feel like the series has really found its groove right now. At the beginning it felt like they were rushing things with events happening at a breakneck pace, now they have slowed things down and we're getting some proper character development.
Kroem wrote: Maybe I'm an anime noob, but I'm at about episode 45 of Black Clover now and I'm absolutely loving it! Asta has gone from annoying to inspirational and I like how they are developing the whole of the Black Bulls not just having the main character do everything (looking at you Dragon Ball Z...)
I feel like the series has really found its groove right now. At the beginning it felt like they were rushing things with events happening at a breakneck pace, now they have slowed things down and we're getting some proper character development.
It's good you like it, but the only reason you like it is because, as you admit, you're new to anime and haven't actually seen the good stuff. Everyone thinks the first anime they watch is the best anime ever because there is no context.
Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter and My Hero Academia all do the shounen tropes better. Even Naruto does it better once you cut out all the filler.
Then there are shows like Cowboy Bebop, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Kill la Kill, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Steins;Gate, Bakemonogatari and the various good Gundams that really show you the best of the medium.
To be fair there’s nothing really bad in Black Clover. It’s competently written and well drawn/animated with flashy characters and okay fights. Really the only flaw is how derivative it is. For me watching BC is like, Naruto when did you end up in Fairy Tail and why does everyone have spell book Zanpaktos?!
Black Clover is incredibly derivative even more so than the derivative series it derives itself from. But if you’ve never seen any of those, there’s nothing else really wrong with it. It’s a good series and came out right as all of the others were ending.
BC Iisnt bad. But i dont think its particulary good either. Its a bit run of the mill mediocre but I still watch it.
If you like the shounen type there are plenty things that will rock your world. Im sort of jelous because ive seen pretty much everything and I wont get that first time experiance back. Now someone needs to invent mind wipe so i can watch bleach over and over again.
Like do you guys remmeber Goku going super sayian for the first time? (I think it took about 4 epsiodes ) do you remember that sheeeeeeet!?
My journey started with DB/DBZ when I was 10/11 which is abbout 20 years ago.
I intiialy wrote off bleach after first 3 minutes because the first episeode starts with rukia and I was like "pfff I dont want to watch an anime about some same ass saylor moon type chick stuff" Obviously watched it all since and how wrong was I .
Have definitely learned to set my expectations low when going into new series which meant ive watched some great stuff I would not have.
Heres a question: Which FMA did you guys like more? The original pre shambala movie? Or brotherhood?
I remmeber the original having a lot more sinister undertones and being more tragic.
Kroem wrote: Haha well it looks like I chose to watch them in the right order, I wouldn't have enjoyed Black Clover if I watched the other ones first!
TBH I remember Bleach and Naruto being popular back in school, but even after watching a few episodes I could never get into them.
I wouldn't say that you would not enjoy Black Clover, I am saying the enjoyment would be tempered by the context of other series that set the standards Black Clover is derivative of. It's why a lot of 70's and 80's anime "hasn't aged well", because people watch it and see nothing "new", when they WERE the new that everything else splintered off from.
Netflix is currently hosting Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as its compilation film, and the "ending" movie End of Evangelion. It's old stuff (and super duper maximum angsty), but it is an anime classic so, if you're an enthusiast and have never seen it before it's currently available nice and easy for anyone with a Netflix account.
Kroem wrote: Haha well it looks like I chose to watch them in the right order, I wouldn't have enjoyed Black Clover if I watched the other ones first!
TBH I remember Bleach and Naruto being popular back in school, but even after watching a few episodes I could never get into them.
I wouldn't say that you would not enjoy Black Clover, I am saying the enjoyment would be tempered by the context of other series that set the standards Black Clover is derivative of. It's why a lot of 70's and 80's anime "hasn't aged well", because people watch it and see nothing "new", when they WERE the new that everything else splintered off from.
An unfortunate problem of being a niche genre back when the medium was having those new types of shows but now being mainstream and having new shows just ripoff the old ones.
Older Anime tend to have much stiffer dialogue, though all animated shows at the time tended to have fairly stiff corny dialogue too, and when you have that plus translation hiccups its a recipe for something thats going to feel very dated. Though at this point thats all part of the charm.
Wolfblade wrote: Apparently however with their new dub for it, they've changed lines and therefore meanings and context.
The examples I saw were changing lines about love to like, to minimize a gay character’s feelings.
HOLD UP. They did what?! Man I would have put money on changes in the dub being about making it more accurate since the old dub would have had a more Americanized localization than the dubbing houses do today. They actually took it further away?
Dang, now I may have to consider showing it subbed to my friends instead. Although they've all seen the rebuilds so the gay scenes will be familiar enough not have any changes matter...
Wolfblade wrote: Apparently however with their new dub for it, they've changed lines and therefore meanings and context.
The examples I saw were changing lines about love to like, to minimize a gay character’s feelings.
HOLD UP. They did what?! Man I would have put money on changes in the dub being about making it more accurate since the old dub would have had a more Americanized localization than the dubbing houses do today. They actually took it further away?
Dang, now I may have to consider showing it subbed to my friends instead. Although they've all seen the rebuilds so the gay scenes will be familiar enough not have any changes matter...
Honestly even the subs aren't super great cause the series indulges so much in heavy abstractions and purposefully confusing (and meaningless) esoteric rambling.
As time has gone on I look back at Eva less and less fondly. The series and story are an utter mess, purposeful drivel thrown together by a creator who at the time utterly hated his work and seemed hellbent on taking it on on others. He still seems that way from time to time.
Really the only thing I can recommend about the franchise is that the fight scenes are even to this day, top notch, the memes are still hilarious, and Auska vs the Mass Production Evas in End of Evangelion might be one of the most epic anime battles ever put on screen and is worth watching even if it has a gakky ending.
This thread has managed to make me feel old and young at the same time. I saw my first anime in the uk when channel 4 showed Akira at 2 in the morning shortly after it was released.
After that they showed a couple more random titles then I saw nothing else until we got satellite tv and the original SciFi channel used to play anime movies on a Sunday night for 4-5 hours.
One of the first few I saw on there were Ninja Scrolls and Venus Wars which still remain guilty pleasures.
SeanDrake wrote: This thread has managed to make me feel old and young at the same time. I saw my first anime in the uk when channel 4 showed Akira at 2 in the morning shortly after it was released.
After that they showed a couple more random titles then I saw nothing else until we got satellite tv and the original SciFi channel used to play anime movies on a Sunday night for 4-5 hours.
One of the first few I saw on there were Ninja Scrolls and Venus Wars which still remain guilty pleasures.
Oh yes, nightmare fuel during the early hours, courtesy of Channel 4! I remember others like Shadow Skill and Cyber Oedo 808 during those years.
I never got to experience much of Channel 4 - growing up our TV reception was always very spotty on it. A great shame as I missed most of Babalon 5 which back then was a very dark and gritty and serious sci-fi - esp when compared to Star Trek (at least until DS9 came along).
Of course if Channel 4 was only sometimes there Channel 5, when it came around, was mythological.
My into to anime was the same that of most children of the 80s and 90s. Toonami on cartoon network. DBZ, Gundam Wing. I remember staying up super late one night at a friends house during a sleepover to watch the finale of .hack//sign and then they premiered the first episode of Evangelion after it. I also remember the disappointment of not getting to see the fight against the first angel. It wasn't for another like 10 years before I finally watched Evangelion.
It was weird being a passive anime fan in my childhood but being super into it now, I go back to watch old classics and I'm like "why do I vaguely remember seeing this?"
Overread wrote: I never got to experience much of Channel 4 - growing up our TV reception was always very spotty on it. A great shame as I missed most of Babalon 5 which back then was a very dark and gritty and serious sci-fi - esp when compared to Star Trek (at least until DS9 came along).
Of course if Channel 4 was only sometimes there Channel 5, when it came around, was mythological.
It really got up my nose that Channel 5 was showing First Blood on a regular basis but we couldn't get the reception! Grrr!!
Shame you missed Babs 5 on C4 because it made for awesome viewing after school. The bit where they declare independence of Earth was like mind blowing and then epic space battles broke out. Happy Days in Space!
Good start, but overall a poor adaptation despite the good source material. Disappointing and I would be surprised if it got a second season instead of being Spice and Wolf'd/Toradora'd.
It was popular enough I’d be surprised if it didn’t get another season. Been surprised before though (no game no life). If they do make more I hope the other three of “our” heroes get less useless. It’s a little ridiculous how weak they were at the end.
AduroT wrote: It was popular enough I’d be surprised if it didn’t get another season. Been surprised before though (no game no life). If they do make more I hope the other three of “our” heroes get less useless. It’s a little ridiculous how weak they were at the end.
Right? I thought the whole point was that they were all super strong, just unwilling to work together. Instead, they just became idiots that didn't know how to fight.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: I don't remember Naofumi becoming a lord in the manga. Or Glass getting defeated by getting super drunk. That was weird.
I haven't read the light novel, but I do know that the Manga has its own continuity separate from the Light Novel, and that the Anime is based off the Light Novel, not the Manga.
Watching 7 Seeds from Netflix. Man this show is not good. I would call it horrible acting on the part of the characters, and just unrealistic behaviors and reactions to given situations. Half way thru the six episodes and I feel compelled to finish it though.
AduroT wrote: It’s weird because their non-anime animated series tend to be good. Voltron, She-Ra, and Dragon Prince are all quite enjoyable.
Probably because Netflix doesn't have much input in the anime series. They're not really theres. They just paid into the development so they could slap their name on it, and it kind of shows in the quality both why anyone would let Netflix slap "Netflix Original" on something that isn't a Netflix Original and why the production values are so consistently low (they couldn't find anyone else to give them money).
Kakegurui, Seven Deadly Sins, and Fate are the only animes they've been involved in that seemed to have any passion in them.
Oh god there’s twelves episodes of it! They apparently weren’t all uploaded yet when I first found it. I don’t know if I have the energy to watch the rest. It’s so bad.
AduroT wrote: Watching 7 Seeds from Netflix. Man this show is not good. I would call it horrible acting on the part of the characters, and just unrealistic behaviors and reactions to given situations. Half way thru the six episodes and I feel compelled to finish it though.
So right before you posted this. The guy next to me at work said "Hey check out 7 seeds on netflix. I binged it last night and it was awesome." First time I had ever heard of it, and now I've got two polar opposite opinions to sort out.
I don’t think this is too spoilery since it’s covered before the end of the second episode, but the set up for what’s going on is...
Spoiler:
A meteor is going to wipe out life on earth. The government decides the only way to preserve human life on the planet is to kidnap five groups of seven kids to cryogenically freeze until the planet is habitable again. These kids are told none of this or given any kind of prep or training. They’re abducted in their sleep so to them they just went to bed as normal and woke up in the post apocalyptic future. Each group of seven kids Is given an adult guide with survival training though, so yay? Also after picking four groups of seven kids based on special skills and talents, they decided to make the fifth group out of rejects and outcasts, for reasons I guess.
I Could forgive the horrible dumb premise if it wasn’t for the stupid and tone deaf reactions they have to any given situation. They’re just so dumb...
A meteor is going to wipe out life on earth. The government decides the only way to preserve human life on the planet is to kidnap five groups of seven kids to cryogenically freeze until the planet is habitable again. These kids are told none of this or given any kind of prep or training. They’re abducted in their sleep so to them they just went to bed as normal and woke up in the post apocalyptic future. Each group of seven kids Is given an adult guide with survival training though, so yay? Also after picking four groups of seven kids based on special skills and talents, they decided to make the fifth group out of rejects and outcasts, for reasons I guess.
Dear god it's like some 12 year olds "oh so clever very original idea" they insist is completely original and isn't a rip off of Battle Royal at all. I think gouging my eyes out might be more entertaining.
Vaktathi wrote: Attack on Titan just wrapped up...finally revealing some things about the world. Pretty pleased with this show still.
Looks like S4 is go for the end of next year and will be the last season, even if the Manga keeps going.
Four seasons for an anime is pretty good going. Although I lost interest in the later part of season one, there is no denying that 'Titan is a special show.
Vaktathi wrote: Attack on Titan just wrapped up...finally revealing some things about the world. Pretty pleased with this show still.
Looks like S4 is go for the end of next year and will be the last season, even if the Manga keeps going.
Four seasons for an anime is pretty good going. Although I lost interest in the later part of season one, there is no denying that 'Titan is a special show.
What did you like most about 'Titan?
Honestly, mainly just the pacing and narrative coherence/consistency. Without those the show would be...awful, but they manage those so well that the rest of it just clicks. The way the show reveals the larger world a bit at a time has worked really well. The show also isnt afraid of killing people off, even if you've grown to really like them, which I like in stories where it makes sense.
Aside from the narrative elements, the horror and action elements are really well done, the visceral terror of a "fee fi fo fum" giant are pulled off fantastically.
Vaktathi wrote: Honestly, mainly just the pacing and narrative coherence/consistency. Without those the show would be...awful, but they manage those so well that the rest of it just clicks. The way the show reveals the larger world a bit at a time has worked really well. The show also isnt afraid of killing people off, even if you've grown to really like them, which I like in stories where it makes sense.
Aside from the narrative elements, the horror and action elements are really well done, the visceral terror of a "fee fi fo fum" giant are pulled off fantastically.
SeanDrake wrote: Ok having established i’m old and the last series I watched was gits stand alone complex.
Can anyone recommend some good stuff I have missed over the last 10 years.
The gems of the last decade or so you ask? Some of these might be a bit older, if only because I'm not sure if you mean that you watched GITSSAC ten years ago, or if it was literally the last "new" anime you watched.
Taking 10 years loosely, my top ten list sir;
Baccano!
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Tenga Toppa Guren Lagan (many memes will make sense to you)
Eureka Seven, do not watch the sequel it'll ruin everything
Psycho-Pass, season one only season two suuuuuuuuucccked (but the movie is pretty good)
Darker than Black, season one only season two suuuuuuuucccked
Mobile Suit Gundam OO (pronounced "Double Oh")
Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans (prepare your feels)
Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, also known as Unlimited Budget Works because the first two episodes were practically movies
I'm going to give a special shout out to Bakumon. It's an anime based on a manga about people who make manga with a romance story twist. It's a really great series and the anime covers the full length of the manga more or less over the course of its three seasons. It's made by the same guys who wrote Death Note, and takes a lot of inspiration from their professional experiences and history while still managing to be light hearted, fun, and bizarrely useful as a treatise on artistic integrity, vision, and passion. I think it's maybe the most criminally underrated (or at least, least talked about) series of my lifetime.
Also, if you like OVAs, Hellsing Ultimate, which fully adapts the manga with excellent animation (and can be followed by TFS' Hellsing Ultiamte: The Abridged Series which is pretty awesomely funny).
Thanks I think I even recognise a few of those, are there any movies you would recommend. I have less time these days to binge watch shows so movies can be more practical.
Based on a review I just bought sword of the stranger and will be watching that later.
SeanDrake wrote: Thanks I think I even recognise a few of those, are there any movies you would recommend. I have less time these days to binge watch shows so movies can be more practical.
Code Geass' 50 episodes were condensed into a movie trilogy... and it's actually really good. It even fixes some of the plot issues the series experienced in its second season retroactively. A few broader plot alterations, and they got a sequel movie called Lelouch of the Resurrection that follows their timeline of events that's pretty good too. There's also an OVA series for Ghost in the Shell called Ghost in the Shell: Arise. It's not as good as SAC, and reinvents some of the characters, but it was still good. If you liked Evangelion, the Rebuild of Evangelion films are okayish.
Some of the better movies of the last few years? Hmm. I don't watch as many anime movies but there are a few that come to mind;
Summer Wars (you might have seen this cause Toonami aired it with a few other films years ago)
Bakemono no Ko / Boy and Beast (This is my favorite of the films listed here, it's an amazing film)
Eiga Koe no Katachi / A Silent Voice (This one is on Netflix right now. It's really good)
Ōkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki / Wolf Children Ame and Yuki (you will cry manly tears)
The Wind Rises (generally considered to be Hayao Miyazaki's magnum opus)
Mirai (I haven't seen it yet but it's supposed to be very good).
My top ten for watching in no order are
Gurren Lagan:I regret not watching this earlier
Code Geass:Second season is kinda trash
Madoka Magica
Aggretsuko
Tiger & Bunny
Little Witch Academia
Hero Academia
One Punch Man
Mob psycho
Meloncholy of Haruhi suzumiya
Finally got round to watching a few episodes of Vampire Princess Miyu. Its one of those I heard about back in the late 90s but only had so much money to spend on anime, which was quite expensive at the time. For light horror it was quite good, and the episode with the disappearing women in the subway was worthy of Twilight Zone and Outer Limits.
Oh yeah! Little Witch Academia, both the two movies and the series, are fantastic.
Kill la Kill is another from Trigger, and thought some don't like it as much, it's filled with ridiculous anime goodness.
Same thing with Darling in the Franxx- another Trigger piece, but with a bit more of a subdued storyline (though the action is still crazy).
I would suggest Land of the Lustrous (Hiseki no ... something), which is on Prime. It's 3D anime done very right.
Rooster Teeth has done some Western 'anime' works which may or may not interest you, such as RWBY and GenLock.
Gotta second My Hero Academia- it's sort of the animated version of that "For everything you do, there's an Asian that does it better" for the Superhero genre, and I can see it replacing Bleach as one of the Big Three, as it's looking like it's going to have very good longevity.
Fate/Zero is also fantastic- it's a prequel to Fate/Stay Night, and I think is overall better for not having to stick to the light-novel stories.
There's all the Isekai stuff ('from another world' that is).
Sword Art Online is VERY divisive. Either you love it, and think it's a classic of science-fiction anime, or you HATE it and believe it should be scrubbed from the annals of the internet. I think it's fantastic, personally, though there are some weak portions. Do your research on this one, the shows get a little tangled.
Grimgar: a Fantasy of Ash is phenomenal. Technically isekai, but it watches more like a gritty drama of survival and pain.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime is a fun one- there's a few 'I was Reincarnated' type series- this one is, I think, the first and most fleshed out, the others sorta copy the idea with greater or lesser success.
Overlord is pretty good. I think it meanders a bit too much, but many like it a lot.
Going back a little, there's some Magical Girl stuff to look at.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is a fantastic series- it's essentially a magical Gundam series disguised with cute little girls in frilly dresses, and where the 'Befriending' meme came from if you've seen that around.
Madoka Magicka, as said before.
Pretty Cure- the various series are apparently pretty awesome on the action front, while again being cute little girls on the face of things.
Hrm... There's the varous Moe stuffs-
Symphony Euphonium I've heard was good
I got a friend who loves "Girls Last Tour".
Girlz und Panzer is well liked.
And then there's the BEST shows- not strictly Anime, but still perhaps some of the best animation to ever come out in serialized format:
Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Avatar: Legend of Korra (opinions are divided on this one, mostly because executive meddling screwed up their production schedule).
These shows are baller. The Bomb. fantastich. Muy Bien. AtLA itself is just... wow.
Watch it, if you watch nothing else.
There's also Voltron:Legendary Defender, and The Dragon Prince, which are being made by essentially splinters of the AtLA and LoK crews, who bring that high quality to these shows as well. Though The Dragon Prince has some issues with odd framerate choices in the first season.
Automatically Appended Next Post: HOW could I forget Konosuba! I blame Aqua, personally.
Anvildude wrote: There's all the Isekai stuff ('from another world' that is).
Automatically Appended Next Post: HOW could I forget Konosuba! I blame Aqua, personally.
I was about to say "how could you forget that one!"
You can try this site https://www.livechart.me/ . You can browse through all the anime seasons by year and sort by popularity and then pick a few that fit your tastes. I'll add a few series that I like (all in alphabetical order, generally with good production values, there may be some repeats but I tired to not post stuff that I remember from other posts):
* 3-gatsu no Lion: Superb drama/slice of life about a professional shogi player (Japanese chess) and the people around him.
* A Place Further than the Universe: Adventure series about a bunch of girls who want to go to Antarctica for various reasons (so much better than this description).
*Demi-chan wa Kataritai: About the everyday (school) life of demi-humans and the challenges they encounter.
*Haikyuu: Sports anime about volleyball. One of my favourite series. You don't even need to be interested in volleyball (or sports) to like this one.
*Hakumei to Mikochi: Fantasy Iyashikei about tiny people living in a forest. When you need something soothing.
* Hinamatsuri: Technically it's a (Sci-Fi) comedy but it's so much more. Really great, you should know if it's for you after the first episode. I can't really explain it.
* Houseki no Kuni: Living (humanoid form) gems, and the youngest one is looking for something to do. Also really good, also hard to explain.
* Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru: Sports anime about long distance running. Great ensemble cast of characters.
* Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon: Slice of life comedy about an office worker and her maid (dragon), also touches on the concept of what a family is. The only downside is a character that shows up later: Lucoa (but she's bearable because there's enough of all the other, good stuff)
* Made in Abyss: Great adventure series but also with some harsh moments
* Mob Psycho 100: Don't get dissuaded by the unique art style. It's one of the best.
* Re:CREATORS: For some reason fictional characters end up in the real world and all the issues that entails
* Sakura Quest: Slice of life about young adults working on revitalising a region. It's has comedy but also realistic stuff about trying to do your best in a job you never really wanted, and how different generations (young/old) collide and where they can find common ground. May take a bit to get into but it's also really good.
* Yuru Camp△: Another Iyashikei, this one about camping. It's pure bliss, there's no significant story but if you need to wind down then get some warm food and watch an episode of this.
deepest sympathies for all involved & their families/friends
I'm not sure what the privacy laws in Japan are like, but I wonder if Naoko Yamada was there? She's one of the very few female directors in Japan, and quite talented. Hoping for the best possible outcomes for all those affected. This Senseless violence must end.
That is a pretty high death toll for an arson attack though. Makes me think the building didn't have adequate fire protection.
Details are still scarce, but it looks like he used an accelerate that engulfed the building quickly, it's likely that everyone was already in danger on the upper floors before they even realized their was a problem.
It also sounded like the arsonist managed to hit most of the entrances at once. If that were true then chances are it not only engulfed the building fast, but also meant that even once people were aware of the problem there wasn't an escape pathway for them.
The death toll is shockingly high, esp considering that arson at places like worksites tends to be something we think of as happening in the evenings or night time and thus the number of people at risk is dramatically lower. This is a very brutal and very nasty attack indeed.
Overread wrote: It also sounded like the arsonist managed to hit most of the entrances at once. If that were true then chances are it not only engulfed the building fast, but also meant that even once people were aware of the problem there wasn't an escape pathway for them.
The death toll is shockingly high, esp considering that arson at places like worksites tends to be something we think of as happening in the evenings or night time and thus the number of people at risk is dramatically lower. This is a very brutal and very nasty attack indeed.
AP reported that most of the bodies were recovered on the third floor, in the stairwell to the roof. There was no escape, no hope for these people. They also report that the perp was the victim of his own crime, suffering severe burns. A very painful set of burns.
AP was reporting the man had been sending death threats and claimed they had plagiarized some work of his. All obviously reasons for going full murder moron of course.
Argive wrote: Sorry if this has been brough already, but has anyone seen any of "Vinland Saga" ??
Im massively impressed and cant wait for more.
It's a slow burner right now but I'm liking what I've seen so far, ending right on a cliffhanger at the end of the third episode. Sadly episode four is not happening until next week.
So, I decided to go old school and start watching old 80'/90's cyberpunk stuff again, watched Cyber City Oedo 808.
It was everything I wanted out of it, it was jank and hokey, campy and over the top, dark and misanthropic, with tons of neon and just the right number of mohawks.
All 3 OVA eps are floating around on YouTube, unfortunately I haven't found any high quality versions better than 480p anywhere yet on torrent sites, not sure if this one ever got a release newer than VHS
Got a chance to see Makoto Shinkai's newest movie tenki no ko(weathering with you) on the opening day. If you liked the previous one your name this one shouldn't dissapoint you.
Trailers were done nicely in misleading couple plot points. Or i'm just easily fooled
tneva82 wrote: Got a chance to see Makoto Shinkai's newest movie tenki no ko(weathering with you) on the opening day. If you liked the previous one your name this one shouldn't dissapoint you.
Trailers were done nicely in misleading couple plot points. Or i'm just easily fooled
And loved your name cameo's.
Oooooh I will have to keep an eye out for this one. My wife and I watched the trailer and couldn't figure out what was going on. lol
Vaktathi wrote: So, I decided to go old school and start watching old 80'/90's cyberpunk stuff again, watched Cyber City Oedo 808.
It was everything I wanted out of it, it was jank and hokey, campy and over the top, dark and misanthropic, with tons of neon and just the right number of mohawks.
All 3 OVA eps are floating around on YouTube, unfortunately I haven't found any high quality versions better than 480p anywhere yet on torrent sites, not sure if this one ever got a release newer than VHS
Brilliant series. They did release 808 on dvd at one point, but Rory McFarlane's UK ost was replaced with the japanese ost. A quick google suggests Anime Limited is bringing it to Blu-Ray along with Rory's soundtrack...
I have been reading the konosuba light novels as of late.
Right where the anime left off so Im reading ahead kinda.
Loving it, I know it does the "Loli" stuff and harem stuff, but it does seem to be doing it in a way that is different.
I already preordered the light novels so the come to my house when release date comes
God i have gone full weeb.
hotsauceman1 wrote: I have been reading the konosuba light novels as of late.
Right where the anime left off so Im reading ahead kinda.
Loving it, I know it does the "Loli" stuff and harem stuff, but it does seem to be doing it in a way that is different.
I already preordered the light novels so the come to my house when release date comes
God i have gone full weeb.
I love the konosuba light novels. For a while I had started reading the LNs for any anime after I had finished the seasons, however it got expensive fast so I had to slow down.
I was using bookwalker though rather than getting physical books.
Oh my god that last scene in Blade of Demon Destruction was so beautiful! This show may not have the best choreographed fights, but they’re certainly have the prettiest animation!
