| Re:zero season 2 was an immense disappointment and pretty much killed any interest I have in the series. But that's just me. |
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| dunno about sao but rezero is still big. we are expecting a season 3 announcement this year as well. rezero is still just getting started, it's peak fiction. it's never gonna die out. |
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| I bet Re:Zero will still get its hype for the season 3. And it was always memed to death. SAO I'm not so sure |
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| SAO isn't dead. No way they won't make an anime adaptation for Unital Ring. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| Not really, they’re both still very popular to this day. |
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| Yeah, i think they ran their natural course. |
| I'm really not sure about Re:Zero. A lot of people don't like it because of season 2 (the second half was boring so I don't blame them), but there's also a lot of people who like it, myself included. They do have something at AnimeJapan this year, so I'm hoping they at announce something. As for SAO, I feel like it's hard to find someone who likes it, despite it's immense popularity. I don't think SAO is going anywhere, especially with the progressive movies. I would even go as far as to say that the regular SAO light novels will probably receive a full adaptation once they finish up. Possibly the same thing with the progressive novels. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the question and your asking if they have already experience their peak in popularity. In this case, I would say Re:Zero has yet to reach it's height, while SAO has long passed it (at least in most areas outside of Japan). SAO is still really popular, but probably not as popular as it used to be. Either way, I'm still watching both when new content comes out. |
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| Sword Art Online's is over. Re:Zero, honestly I think it should be over. Don't get me wrong, I love the show. But it's presence is smothering 2020s shows. I could not stop comparing it to Mushoku Tensei and I didn't enjoy that feeling at all. I recognize that Re:Zero is the best Isekai of the 2010s, but it spilling in to the 2020s was a double edged sword. |
| SAO still has cultural impact. In Japan, SAO popularized the isekai anime trend that continues to this day, whereas Re:Zero has not had an obvious influence on the content that Japan produces. SAO is big enough that the Aincrad remake, SAO Progressive, is going to get completely adapted. In the Western anime community, SAO, along with Fate/Zero and Attack on Titan, were a lot of people's gateway into anime as anime became mainstream in 2012/2013, so a lot of people are going to remember it. SAO is still among the go-to gateway anime recommendations, up there with Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Code Geass, FMAB, Fate, etc. Re:Zero came out later, when people were into the seasonal anime craze where they watched anime and then forgot all about it 6 months later. Re:Zero will probably never get fully adapted. The web novel story arcs keep getting longer and longer and it still isn't over. At the pace the anime adapts the chapters (which is already relatively fast compared to other shows given that they cut out the OP and ED to fit more story into the time allotted), it would take another 100 episodes to finish Re:Zero, but with the way the current anime industry works that is unlikely to ever happen. Only the MAJOR money makers like One Piece or My Hero Academia or Pokemon get 100+ episodes nowadays. Everyone else gets 12 episodes, maybe a sequel season or two, and that's it. Most anime adaptations never reach the end nowadays. The lack of an ending is one of the reasons why you almost never see Re:Zero recommended as a beginner anime, unlike Eva or FMAB or SAO. |
| I don't know much about Re:Zero, but SAO is still fairly popular in Japan. It just had its 10th anniversary, too. A1 Pictures is going to keep creating shows/movies for it until the money runs dry, and that's not happening anytime soon in Japan considering that the novel is still one of Japan's best sellers of all time. |
| SAO will never die, it has fans and the anime is watched, no reason to stop making more stuff |
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| Dunno about re:zero, there is still One big arc from Sao which is supposed to come out, if I remember well it is called Unital Ring, not to mention Progressive series x). [From what I remember Unital Ring is not last but it is supposed to be bigger than Alicization] I wonder if they'll animate Moon Cradle little arc. I wonder how many volumes are already out from Unital Ring as I've paused reading novels after Moon Cradle to make a break x). And btw Sao is not an isekai, it has the vibe but I ain't including it into Isekai. I forgot it is still debatable till today [?]. Some people consider Sao to be dead, don't forget that it had 10th anniversairy while Bleach which hasn't died just cameback after 10 years so yeah... Titles are not dying that quick, even Gladiator is receiving a sequel after 24 years x) [Planned for 2024] |
| You just named two really bad anime and called it the heyday. And thank god yes it's over. Hope they don't make another sequel, knock on wood. |
| My subjective reviews: katsureview.wordpress.com THE CHAT CLUB. |
| "Are SAO, and Re:Zero heydays over?" Not sure about "heyday" but anime will never recover from those two. |
epidemia78 said: This might be the first time someone shares my exact thoughts on season 2.Re:zero season 2 was an immense disappointment and pretty much killed any interest I have in the series. But that's just me. |
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| I haven't seen much talk about SAO but I think Re:Zero is still pretty popular, maybe s3 will bring back it's "heyday" but who knows, maybe it's run it's natural course already |
| The Asuna and Rem figures alone will fund infinite seasons of the show. |
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| Both are some of the worst pieces of fiction ever written by human civilization (Only Naruto, AoT are far worse) |
| If you want to reply to my posts, come up with valid arguments instead of ad hominem HIGHER LEVEL THINKERS ONLY |
| They are still popular shows, so nope...... |
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| I don't know about SAO, but Re:Zero is unfortunately still quite popular and people are hyped about it. |
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| Sao is kind of dying but Re:Zero is still pretty big they keep pumping out merch/figures left and right still so I would say that Re:Zero isn't dead as of yet. |
lick_the_lemon said: I remember SAO & AOT came around same time & blew up immediately introducing people to anime, but now in 2023 its not even fair how fucking far apart are both series in terms of quality, writing & reception. while SAO feels like immature attempt from 10 yr. old to hamfist story into his wet dreams. AOT is in completely different leaugue written by professional writer influenced by literature & seminal works in fiction, even comparing them sounds like a bad joke. Yeah, comparing them is a joke, SnK writting is so shitty than even the worse of SAO cannot compare to it. |
| I would say both are still popular, just that they havent gotten new seasons, I don't know a why for Re:Zero but SAO is still publishin the next arc after Alicization, so it is still not ready for a new anime season, in the meantime they are adapting Progressive with movies. |
lick_the_lemon said: Ionliosite2 said: average weeb detected with no taste in media, sniff imaginary pussies mfYeah, comparing them is a joke, SnK writting is so shitty than even the worse of SAO cannot compare to it. Sorry, just because I don't think Shingeki no Kyojin is some class of good series that means I have no taste in media? lmao. And I don't even get the last part, what do you mean with that? |
| Yes it's over for them isekai just like penaldo |
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| While I disagree with that statement, their heyday isn't over. |
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| Not sure. Couldn't care about anime adaptations when I have books lined up and still skyrocketing. The Re:Zero heyday isn't over until its original source is over. |
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| ReZero doesn't even feel like an isekai. It's a Psychological thriller at this point. I don't complain, it's my favorite isekai and I hope it gets the s3 everyone is expecting. Dunno about SAO |
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epidemia78 said: hey me too :)Re:zero season 2 was an immense disappointment and pretty much killed any interest I have in the series. But that's just me. nah i personally feel that the "heyday" or whatever arent over. there is still a large following and ppl are just doing their own things until the next season of the rezero anime (which might or might not come thanks mushoku tensei :)) also, i personally feel rezero's popularity is much lower than SAO's popularity. A comparable show in terms of popularity to rezero would be no doubt konosuba |
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| Sword Art Online is currently remade as movies and they are actually good. ReZero still has tons of source material to adopt. |
TsutanaiFuun said: dunno about sao but rezero is still big. we are expecting a season 3 announcement this year as well. rezero is still just getting started, it's peak fiction. it's never gonna die out. The MILF isekai is the peak of isekais, Re:Zero is just offensively repetitive and slow paced, with annoying characters. |
| @JaniSIr i don't know which isekai is the milf isekai but i absolutely love rezero😁 |
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| Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't SAO just get another game recently? I can't imagine a "dead" series getting another game. |
TsutanaiFuun said: @JaniSIr i don't know which isekai is the milf isekai but i absolutely love rezero😁 The full title is "do you like your mom and her two hit multi-target special attack?" or something like that. Now you know why everyone calls or the milf isekai. And I absolutely despise Re:Zero, that anime is the one that was so bad, I learned to drop anime very quickly for any reason. |
JaniSIr said: i see. i'll check it out.do you like your mom and her two hit multi-target special attack JaniSIr said: ah sad to hear that. i really got into it right from episode 1. i recently even rewatched it fully. will rewatch it again if season 3 is announced (just to celebrate).absolutely despise Re:Zero, that anime is the one that was so bad, I learned to drop anime very quickly for an |
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TsutanaiFuun said: JaniSIr said: i see. i'll check it out.do you like your mom and her two hit multi-target special attack JaniSIr said: ah sad to hear that. i really got into it right from episode 1. i recently even rewatched it fully. will rewatch it again if season 3 is announced (just to celebrate).absolutely despise Re:Zero, that anime is the one that was so bad, I learned to drop anime very quickly for an Good luck with your no drop challenge lol I liked it, but there is a reason why it's at 5.55 lol Re:Zero was good until the first checkpoint. After that it was basically repeating itself... |
JaniSIr said: haha xD. and yes these days even i'm feeling like dropping some animes only because they are not anything exceptional and i don't have time to watch all the generic/boring/normal stuff these days. i've put a lot of animes on hold this season.TsutanaiFuun said: i see. i'll check it out. ah sad to hear that. i really got into it right from episode 1. i recently even rewatched it fully. will rewatch it again if season 3 is announced (just to celebrate). Good luck with your no drop challenge lol I liked it, but there is a reason why it's at 5.55 lol Re:Zero was good until the first checkpoint. After that it was basically repeating itself... |
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