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Anyone seen much of Black Clover? It's starting to turn into.....something. Still not sure if it's going to be any good but the main character is less annoying now and the animation on the fight scenes is improving episode by episode.

I guess the lack of posts is indicative of how crappy/forgettable the summer season has been to date. I honestly can't remember a season in the last 5 years that was so underwhelming overall. Is it too early to talk about what to watch this fall?

Yeah, walking pretty much nothing new. Overlord, Academia, Boruto, One Piece, Dragonball... I think that’s it? Just new seasons of old shows.

Overlord and Angelmois for me, the rest of this season and the next one are looking to be very disappointing indeed.

At least next season..

Yup, this season was very disappointing, so much so I decided to watch My Hero Academia just to pass the time.

I hope you were already watching Academia! It’s definitely one of my all time top favorites!

 AduroT wrote:
I hope you were already watching Academia! It’s definitely one of my all time top favorites!

I only started on wednesday. I've never been a fan of long running shonen stuff without a clear ending or story to tell. My self imposed rule is that if a show runs for more than 100 episodes, it's retroactively bad. That being said, it's a good show for what it is. I am pretty sure I could supercut the seasons and lose half the runtime though.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
I hope you were already watching Academia! It’s definitely one of my all time top favorites!

I only started on wednesday. I've never been a fan of long running shonen stuff without a clear ending or story to tell. My self imposed rule is that if a show runs for more than 100 episodes, it's retroactively bad. That being said, it's a good show for what it is. I am pretty sure I could supercut the seasons and lose half the runtime though.

The series is not one of the 50 episodes a year death marches. It seems like they have found a balance in releasing one (two cour) season per year (meaning about 25 episodes per year, the first season is an exception). Overall there's not much filler that just leaves everything else in stasis so things move along quite quickly (even if some stuff could be cut even more for more impatient viewers). If I remember correctly even Deku's training montage before enrolling is technically longer (in in-universe time) than everything after that until even season three.

They also manage to balance the budget and animation quality rather well. While there's the occasional dip in quality it all stay relatively high (with some moments/episodes of really great animation). The story and characters are all also quite fun and interesting. It's a really competent shounen series.

How far are you now, already in season 2?



And if you want something else that's also really good try Haikyuu!!. It's really, really nice (fun/good story/great character development/…) and moves along quickly. Here's a "compressed" match against a filler team (from season 2) so there are a few mild spoilers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBB7EtT7E9M

I will admit I have enjoyed it so far. I like the fact that the main protagonist isn't a mary sue who manages to win everything and have all their accomplishments handed to them on a silver platter.

Don't forget that there's actual, long-term consequences for the protagonist's Determinatoring. it's not even that he's just working for his 'getting better-ness' but his mistakes actually stick around.

I watched the end of franxx

What the f-

 Crazyterran wrote:
I watched the end of franxx

What the f-

Yeah, I know, right? They started off so well ;(

 Crazyterran wrote:
I watched the end of franxx

What the f-

Yeah, watching the last few episodes or so and you ask yourself "lets see how they'll make that work" and they just kept going as if it's all 100% clear and simple.

FWIW, I greatly enjoyed Kakegurui (LA), and am finally getting around to watching Gurren Lagann

Gurren Lagann pulled a Gurren Lagann far more effectively than FranXX did.

 BaconCatBug wrote:
In fairness, western animation uses female voice actors for young children characters too.

Like Yugioh?

Planet With is funky. Not 100% sold on it, but it's just strange enough to be interesting. The mecha stuff is pretty straight-forward, but the characters are quirky (especially the cat sensei and the nurse).

Never heard of Gegege no Kitaro before now, but I like it. The train episode was very creepy for a kid's show. And this is definitely a kid's show.

Holmes of Kyoto is a decent character piece. The mysteries are pretty boring, sadly.

 BrookM wrote:
Overlord and Angelmois for me, the rest of this season and the next one are looking to be very disappointing indeed.

At least next season..

Yep! Very interested to see how the anime version of goblin slayer is done.

My comment was mostly a reaction to what I think is a very weak original show lineup this season. Though Planet With is growing on me. There are also a couple that I have my eye on now to binge when the season's are done.

That said, the only continuing series I am keeping up with at the moment is Overlord.

 Lord of Deeds wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Overlord and Angelmois for me, the rest of this season and the next one are looking to be very disappointing indeed.

At least next season..

Yep! Very interested to see how the anime version of goblin slayer is done.

My comment was mostly a reaction to what I think is a very weak original show lineup this season. Though Planet With is growing on me. There are also a couple that I have my eye on now to binge when the season's are done.

That said, the only continuing series I am keeping up with at the moment is Overlord.

It'll be interesting how or if they censor it, and how far they go into the current story seeing as there's only 25 chapters or so.

Of the new shows, I only really got into Satsuriku no Tenshi and Maou Isekai.
The former is a horror anime about murderers, psychological trauma and edge, and the latter is a silly version of Overlord. Same sort of idea in that the main character is a "evil" character, except whereas you got the impression that Ainz is a pretty intelligent (albeit clueless at times) person who had a life irl, the main character in Maou Isekai is a clueless NEET who's trying hard to bluff his way through everything and hope that no one notices him gaking himself out of nervosity from having to deal with people.
The fact that one of his companions is an elf with huge tits doesn't help his nerves.

Also picked up Holmes of something something, thinking after the first episode it would be about antiques, but instead it's a rather poorly done Sherlock Holmes show that introduced a poorly done Moriarty to act as a nemesis of sorts. But seeing as there is eff all else to watch this season, might as well sit this one out and see where it ends up going.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Maou Isekai.

I've got it on my drive, may watch it when I feel like it. Isekai is so hit and miss all the time.

 Wolfblade wrote:
It'll be interesting how or if they censor it, and how far they go into the current story seeing as there's only 25 chapters or so.

They may go with the light novels instead, which are further ahead of the Manga and while awfully grimdark, not as graphic, only talking about the aftermath for the most part and not the squick like the manga does.

 BrookM wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Maou Isekai.

I've got it on my drive, may watch it when I feel like it. Isekai is so hit and miss all the time.

Yeah, the genre is pretty saturated with Isekai atm. And when its not isekai there's some RPG reference in there somewhere.
If only we had a proper fantasy anime...maybe one where the main character wields a big bloody sword to kill demons, and doesn't look like cgi crap.

Last I heard, still stuck on that boat innit?

I’d be happy with isekai that did not include a total Mary Sue for a change, like Grimgar or KonoSuba.

 BrookM wrote:
Last I heard, still stuck on that boat innit?

I’d be happy with isekai that did not include a total Mary Sue for a change, like Grimgar or KonoSuba.

The lack of a mary sue is one of the good things Re: Zero had going for it. Compared to everyone else in the world, Subaru is pretty weak. No magic, no combat ability, no blessing, not particularly intelligent. Oh sure he's resourceful and stubborn, but that doesn't mean he's smart. If he were smart he wouldn't have had to die some 50 times before reaching a solution. He just has a time warp ability where he has to die in order to use, that he can't even tell people about. It's like playing a super hard rpg, where everyone except for you is a level 100 badass and the only way through is to save scum the feth out of it.

Man, I want more Grimgar. Just... it's so good.

I could go for more Log Horizon myself. That one felt very unfinished. Also No Game No Life.

 AduroT wrote:
I could go for more Log Horizon myself. That one felt very unfinished. Also No Game No Life.

Log Horizon is the Spice and Wolf of the 2010's. It pains me that Season 3 will never be made of either due to it not being profitable enough to do so, it's basically promotional material for the manga.

 AduroT wrote:
I could go for more Log Horizon myself.

Still need to watch the second season, but I really enjoyed the first one as it had none of the angst of SAO and had some fun stuff in there, plus a main character not being a sue.

 BrookM wrote:

 AduroT wrote:
I could go for more Log Horizon myself.

Still need to watch the second season, but I really enjoyed the first one as it had none of the angst of SAO and had some fun stuff in there, plus a main character not being a sue.

The main character not being a mary sue tends to be the indicator of whether a show is worth watching at all nowadays.

Grinding my way through Deathmarch right now and it ticks of too many boxes on why Isekai is so loathed these days. Underage harem, obsession with food and the main character looks and sounds like Kirito, though instead of solo grinding like an antisocial, he simply dumps points into every skill he comes across to instantly master it. Dropped the manga like a brick back then because of this, almost as horrible as the Magical Adventures of Cheating donkey-cave / Konjiki no Word Master: Yuusha Yonin ni Makikomareta Unique Cheat.

After this I'll do the second season of Log Horizon and Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta / And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online?

Also watched Net-juu no Susume a.k.a. Recovery of an MMO Junkie a.k.a. Leave me alone, I want to be an elite NEET from now on. Most enjoyable.