| For everyone who remembers the trials and tribulations involved with getting to school on time as a teenager, Chio's School Road is for you! It's my newest goofy pleasure! |
 May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| @PhillyFlash Chio's School Road was a great time from start to finish. Manana is one of my favorite characters because of how hard she embraces her loser lifestyle and is quick to drag anyone she can down to her level. |
| Watched the first episode of Tower of God on Crunchyroll last night and found it most interesting. |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
PhillyFlash said: Watched the first episode of Tower of God on Crunchyroll last night and found it most interesting. I just caught up with the first 2 episodes of Tower of God. Agree, looks like this could be an interesting show this season. I'm also watching: Gal & Dino (first ep was a bit strange, will persevere, as strange can be fun) Honzuki S2 -go Maine! My Next Life As A Villainess Princess Connect Re Dive Shachibato Shironeko Tsugu Tsugumomo Just finished Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, absolutely loved it, especially the music! |
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| Watching Tower of God and Fruits Basket S2 of the current airing, otherwise I've recently started March Comes in like a Lion which I'm really enjoying! |
| Watched the first episodes of HameFura and Kakushigoto today. Will probably watch these two series through to the end. I'm hoping that the former doesn't go downhill like Netjuu no Susume(sic) did. The latter I suspect won't stumble given the show's DNA. |
| I originally planned to pick up a lot more, but many were delayed due to covid. Of the ones released, I've started watching: Appare-Ranman! BNA Gleipnir Kami no Tou Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle From previous seasons I've got Black Clover and Plunderer, and from the backlog I've already gotten to the halfway mark of Kimetsu no Yaiba. |
| I'm also now rewatching DBZ to pass some time! |
| I guess these shows I started yesterday are seasonal: Arte Drifting Dragons |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| What I'm currently watching along with some thoughts now we're half way through the Spring season: Appare-Ranman - really enjoying this historical comedy based on wacky racers, sad to see it on hold. Gal & Dino - quirky show with a super hot live action gyaru, Kaede, although the anime version is hotter. Not for everyone this show. Honzuki S2 - such a beautifully intricate look into the workings of a fantasy world. Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater - on hold atm Kaguya sama S2 - on par with the brilliant S1 Tower of God - loving this so far Wave, Listen to Me - Minare, the MC is one of those MC you instantly fall in love with OreYubi - interesting premise & story for a vanilla hentai My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - this has been a surprise hit for me. The writing is superb. PriConne - much better than I ever expected, funny cgdct with a bumbling guy Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! - it's ok, the standard isekai model anime Shironeko - nice animation & some flashy battles, nice to look at Tsugu Tsugumomo - following on from the astounding S1, I love Kiriha & Kazuya together, they match well |
23feanorMay 10, 2020 1:49 PM
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| Just when I thought I had my fill of isekai shows, I went and started a new one last night: The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
Summer 2020 looks pretty bleak with all the Corona fallout, here is what I plan to watch.
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| Here we go, the first Corona themed anime ... Hulaing Babies Aratame: Staying Babies: The girls formed a hula club but the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has halted further club activity. It will outline various preventative measures against the virus. |
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| A new season is finally underway, here's what I've picked up so far (including shows rolled over from last season that were suspended due to the virus): Appare Ranman (continued from Spring after being put on hold) Deca-Dence - this looks really interesting, great premise and interesting characters Dokyuu Hentai HxEros - simply ecchi with a plot and aliens Gal & Dino (continued from Spring after being put on hold) Houkago Teibou Nisshi/Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (continued from Spring after being put on hold) The Misfit of Demon King Academy - fantasy school with OP protagonist Monster Girl Doctor - ecchi romance Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time - another ecchi romance, bordering on hentai. A guy becomes a fighting champion & wants to get married to his sexually innocent sweetheart, however he is now the target of many women after becoming champion. A story of how he deals with being tempted. Will he hold out for his sweetheart or will he succumb to temptation? Re: Zero 2nd Season SAO Alicization War of the Underworld S2 The God of Highschool - hype shounen battle tournament Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out - easy watching SoL series My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU S3: Oregairu Season 3 - the final installment in the Oregairu franchise. Expect lots of angsty teenage melodrama. Will Hachiman end up with a girlfriend, who will it be, Yukino or Yui (I'm for Yui)? A last minute addition: Lapis Re: Light - a cgdct fantasy magic show for some easy relaxed watching |
23feanorJul 12, 2020 4:53 AM
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| With the season fully underway, here's what I decided to pick up, including a few that are returning from pre-COVID (and one I stopped watching): Appare-Ranman! Black Clover Deca-dence Enen no Shouboutai: Ni No Shou Monster Musume no Oishasan Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd season Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld 2nd Season Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! Dropped: Gibiate - I wanted to give it a fair try because I thought there could be some fun in a cheesy B movie plot with time-traveling samurai saving the modern world from a virus that turns people into bug-monsters and I wasn't as put off by the art style as others were, but there were too many problems here to overlook. First, regardless of artistic preference, the animation is just bad everywhere that counts. The bargain basement CG monsters that look like they were pulled from mid-90s cartoons are an assault to your eyes to begin with, but then they move so poorly that it's hard to be scared of them or see them as much of a threat. And then the traditionally animated characters barely move much better. Everything feels very wooden - people float or slide from one side of the screen to the other, with slow or even unmoving sword strikes that don't feel like there's any weight behind them yet are supposed to be able to slice with ease through creatures who aren't even fazed by bullets most of the time (yet succumb to them when the plot demands). It honestly feels like we're watching a slide show or stick puppet theater whenever there's an "action" scene. Combining the above with strange scene wipes and transitions to other characters in near-still shots killing monsters just makes it even worse. It's like someone discovered slide transitions in Powerpoint for the first time and wanted to make sure they used each one in their class presentation. Moving past the animation and art, the plot and characters don't do much to salvage anything. I'm not going to criticize the B-movie monster plot or that the heroes of the human race would be traditional Japanese warriors and martial artists from the past, because I was here for that. But I will criticize the facts that A) the heroes aren't entirely bothered by it nor are they all that amazed or interested in the modern world from a technological or cultural standpoint, B) everyone in the modern world both immediately believes and totally accepts that samurai from feudal Japan popped up in the midst of the apocalypse to help them, and C) the bugs are nigh-invulnerable to modern assault rifles and yet are effortlessly destroyed by swords, wires, and fists/clubs wielded by strong buddhist monks. The only exception to the "immune to bullets" aspect of the bugs seems to be Adam (or maybe it was Brian), who dual wields assault rifles, because everyone knows if something is immune to something else, you only need to have 2 of those things to override the immunity. Of course, the bugs are also occasionally not bulletproof, but this only seems to happen once the samurai shows up to signify that the tide has shifted and the good guys are winning. Maybe he has some kind of "bug-vulnerability aura"? Oh, also the bugs are incredibly weak to tazers, but only one person on Earth seems to use one and no one else said, "hey, that seems pretty useful, why don't we all use those instead of these useless guns?" I won't even get into the obvious bad guy plot twist I can see coming without even finishing the series. |
| Four shows I recently started (in alphabetical order): Monster Girl Doctor Rent-A-Girlfriend The God of High School The Misfit of Demon King Academy |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
After a meager summer season, Fall 2020 is approaching (far too) quickly, and it's packed with interesting shows - partly because of the corona delays from summer. Here's shows I intend to watch from day 1:
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inim said: After a meager summer season, Fall 2020 is approaching (far too) quickly, and it's packed with interesting shows - partly because of the corona delays from summer. Here's shows I intend to watch from day 1:
I'm also really looking forward to Fall 2020, partly due to the Covid crisis we're getting a backlog of shows from Spring finally being released. I don't think I've seen so many exciting shows coming up since I started watching seasonal shows in Spring 2019. Another couple of shows I'm interested in checking out this coming Fall season: Jujutsu Kaisen Majo no Tabitabi/The Journey of Elaina By the Grace of the Gods Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Warlords of Sigrdrifa |
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| Fall 2020 shows I'm interested in watching (in alphabetical order): Attack On Titan, final season Burn The Witch Is The Order A Rabbit: Bloom Iwakakeru: Sport Climbing Girls Noblesse Strike Witches: Road To Berlin |
PhillyFlashOct 6, 2020 12:33 AM
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| I started a mess of new shows over the last few days: Black Bullet The Irregular at Magic High School Gibiate Lapis Re:LiGHTs Diary Of Our Days At The Breakwater Higurashi: When They Cry - New Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Warlords of Sigrdrifa Assault Lily Bouquet |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| @PhillyFlash what did you think of the first episode of the Wandering Witch Elaina? I was blown away and thought it was one of the best first episodes I've seen in ages. I love magic and fantasy when done well and the level of detail in the settings (family cottage and the witches tree house were extremely visually appealing) look stunning. |
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23feanor said: @PhillyFlash what did you think of the first episode of the Wandering Witch Elaina? I was blown away and thought it was one of the best first episodes I've seen in ages. I love magic and fantasy when done well and the level of detail in the settings (family cottage and the witches tree house were extremely visually appealing) look stunning. I found that debut episode to have been most charming, and yeah, the animation was remarkable. Can't wait to watch more. Meanwhile, I started three new shows last night: Noblesse Iwakakeru: Sport Climbing Girls Jujutsu Kaisen |
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PhillyFlash said: 23feanor said: @PhillyFlash what did you think of the first episode of the Wandering Witch Elaina? I was blown away and thought it was one of the best first episodes I've seen in ages. I love magic and fantasy when done well and the level of detail in the settings (family cottage and the witches tree house were extremely visually appealing) look stunning. I found that debut episode to have been most charming, and yeah, the animation was remarkable. Can't wait to watch more. Meanwhile, I started three new shows last night: Noblesse Iwakakeru: Sport Climbing Girls Jujutsu Kaisen I found that I had too many seasonal shows on the go in Summer, so I'm desperately trying not to over fill my watching list. My plan is to only start about 10 shows in the first couple of weeks of the season (sequels like Danmachi & Haikyuu, plus Wandering Witch, Kuma Bear, Sleepy Princess..) and then pick up a few more shows in about weeks 3-5, as this lets me watch the first few episodes all together. Only problem is that it's so hard to do with all these great looking shows. Noblesse is one of the shows I'm going to start this week but the other 2 are ones I'll pick up later. I'm going to try and use this time to watch some classic fantasy & sci-fi shows (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Escaflowne, Slayers etc) and then catch up with seasonal shows in a few weeks. That's the plan, now just got to try and stop myself from picking up and watching these tantalising shows. This season has the potential to be the best of the year by far imo, although that's not hard with all the delays and problems due to covid. Hope you enjoy Diary of Our Days & Lapis Re:Lights, they were my top picks for the last season & a couple of the shows I watched as soon as each episode dropped each week. Look forward to seeing what you thought of them. |
23feanorOct 8, 2020 1:45 AM
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| We're now well into October and despite my plans to curb my seasonal watching, I've ended up starting a lot more shows than I wanted to. So far I've picked up the following shows: Adachi to Shimamura Acudama Drive Assault Lily: Bouquet Danmachi S3 Guraburu Haikyuu S4 Iwakakeru Sports Climbing Girls Jujutsu Kaisen By The Grace of Gods; Kamihiro Kings Raid Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Wandering Witch: Journey of Elaina Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Rail Romanesque Tonikawa: Over the Moon For You I'm waiting for the dub version of Noblesse (not announced yet but expected), The Day I Became a God, Warlords of Sigfrida & Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World. As well as maybe Moriaty the Patriot. I've been impressed with just about every show I've seen so far this season. |
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Started: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni GOU Assault Lily: Bouquet Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Majo no Tabitabi Tonikaku Kawaii Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020) Iwa Kakeru!: Sport Climbing Girls Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Maoujou de Oyasumi Munou na Nana Noblesse Adachi to Shimamura Akudama Drive D4DJ: First Mix Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen Ochikobore Fruit Tart Maesetsu! Kamisama ni Natta Hi Continuing: Healing Good Precure |
| Added Adachi and Shimamura to the pile and it looks plenty charming! |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| This season I've decided to pick up a couple more shows than I normally would limit myself to: 100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III Jujutsu Kaisen Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Magatsu Wahrheit: ZUERST Majo no Tabitabi Senyoku no Sigrdrifa Strike Witches: Dai-501 Tougou Sentou Koukuudan ROAD to BERLIN I may end up dropping Kuma and/or 100-man as I'm not super into isekai right now but I picked them up because Kuma seemed cute and funny and some people were saying how the 100-man manga is much more brutal/difficult and has some good twists coming, but so far they're both just ok and fairly standard. From previous seasons I'm still watching Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou and Black Clover and I've pulled Double Decker! Doug & Krill out of the backlog. |
Winter 2021 is a season of high profile sequels, but pretty void of fresh shows. In particular, there's no interesting seinen in Winter 2021, just a few ecchis. I'll pass on Dr. Stone because S1 was meh. I'll postpone SnK and Log Horizon because I haven't caught up with the franchises yet. This still leaves an impressive number of sequels as must-watch:
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inimDec 3, 2020 3:27 AM
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| I ended up picking up some extra shows this season, making it by far and away the most shows I've ever followed during an anime season. The reason, there's so many decent shows out. The additional shows i picked up: Noblesse The Day I Became a God Warlords of Sigfrida Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World I was waiting for the above shows to get dubbed versions before starting them. I also started Dragon Quest: Dai's Great Adventure, D4DJ: First Mix as well as re-starting Gal & Dino now that it's airing again. I have been so impressed with the breadth and variety this season, although i appreciate that this is mostly due to covid which messed up the scheduling for 2020 and many shows got postponed. My top 3 shows so far this season have to be Wandering Witch Elaina, Jujutsu Kaisen and Tonikawa (which might be the single greatest rom-com I've seen, i say 'might be' as it hasn't finished yet, but if it finishes as strongly as it's been going it might get a perfect score from me I like it that much). Haikyuu felt like it has dragged and I've put it on hold for the moment. Danmachi S3 started slowly and i really wasn't that interested, but the last couple of episodes have picked up the story and its got more interesting. The show has definitely taken a dark turn and I'm not sure i like where it's going. It's that time of year when previews for next season are coming out. Apart from a load of sequels there's some intriguing shows to look forward to in the Winter 2021 season. The ones that I'm planning on catching: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Re Zero Season 2 Part 2 Log Horizon Season 3 Seven Deadly Sins Season 4 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Non Non Biyori Full Stop Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies moved to a starter town? Hortensia Saga Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Battle of Kimluck Azur Lane: Slow Ahead Princess Principal: Crown Handler |
23feanorDec 8, 2020 2:25 AM
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| New shows I've started (in alphabetical order): Ex-Arm Heaven's Design Team Laid-Back Camp 2 Non Non Biyori Nonstop Umamusume: Pretty Derby 2 Wave! Let's Go Surfing! |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
| We're now well into the Winter 2021 season, but I've picked up surprisingly few shows so far as I've decided to wait for the dubs for a few shows. The shows I have started from Winter 2021: Azur Lane: Slow Ahead Jimihen! Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation The Seven Deadly Sins: Judgement of Fury Non Non Biyori Nonstop Re Zero S2 Part 2 Tatoeba Last Dungeon Dubs I'm waiting for: Reincarnated As A Slime S2 So I'm A Spider, So What! Dungeon Only I Can Enter Hortensia Saga Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Kimluck Arc Horimiya My top picks from the new shows so far would be Tatoeba Last Dungeon, a well timed parody with fun characters and Jobless Reincarnation, which is a fully fleshed out experience of being reincarnated, although the MC is a detestable person, but hopefully he'll learn to become a better person given a chance. I also dropped Heaven's Design Team, it seemed educational but there was little or no story. It reminded me of a weaker version of Seton Academy: Join the Pack, which contained educational segments about different animals, in addition to the story. Heavens Design Team seemed to have forgotten about the story from what i saw in the first couple of episodes. I've heard good things about Wonder Egg Priority, i don't usually like horror/psychological shows but may check it out. Is anyone watching it, what are you views? |
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| I started High-Rise Invasion (streaming on Netflix) two nights ago. Man, talk about a violent and bloody ride! |
| May the DESU be with you! Always! |
Nothing in Spring 2021 feels like it's a mandatory watch or instant classic in genres of interest to me. I'll start with a handful and wait for feedback by others. I'll give a shot to:
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inim said: Nothing in Spring 2021 feels like it's a mandatory watch or instant classic in genres of interest to me. I'll start with a handful and wait for feedback by others. I'll give a shot to:
I've been looking forward to seeing To Your Eternity/Fumetsu no Anatae since the trailers last year (it was originally planned to air in the Fall 2020 season). I hadn't noticed Pretty Boys Detective Club, i must have glossed over the thumbnail, but if its written by Nisio, who has written some amazing series (Katangatari being a favourite) and produced by Shaft it may be worth watching. I'm also looking forward to Welcome to Demon School Iruma S2, Edens Zero (I loved Fairy Tail so want to see what Hiro Mashima has come up with next), Combatants Will Be Dispatched! and a few of the rom-coms (The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent & The Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose!). Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song also looks interesting. Then there's the isekai's I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level and How Not to Summon a Demonlord S2. |
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| Started three new shows over the last couple of days: Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood Mars Red Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song All three are on Funimation and they look most interesting. |
PhillyFlashApr 15, 2021 12:28 AM
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