[TV] The What Anime Are You Watching Thread!
GasBandit
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The streaming service hokey pokey continues. Remember when Funimation swiped half the good stuff from Crunchyroll? Well, now they've merged, and it's all coming back.
www.polygon.com
Funimation folds into Crunchyroll to create one giant anime platform
All the anime, all in one place
GasBandit
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Eh, not really. The Japanese words for the title are
Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan
Fa_____ Bi_____ __niku ______
Basically FBNK because they can't have a consonant by itself.
The laziest abbreviation though would have to be KonoSuba... because it's just the first 4 characters of
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
("God's blessing on this wonderful world!")
GasBandit
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Sentai's pulling all the HIDIVE anime off Crunchyroll, in case anybody thought the Funimation merger was the end of their problems and/or a reason to relax on the whole piracy thing
www.siliconera.com
Shows Leaving Crunchyroll in March 2022 Include DanMachi, No Game No Life
www.siliconera.com
Ah, so the Japanese method of abbreviating things is like how "Nylon," "Canola," or "Modem" came to be.
Also all these rights holders need to get their acts together. Some day I'm gonna want to binge all the stuff I've missed, but by then there will be nothing left that isn't ARRR.
--Patrick
The first season was a good adaptation of the first five volumes. Animation, sound design and pacing are excellent.
GasBandit
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They just announced a second season is in production, 5 years later. And here I'd thought they'd abandoned it long ago.Masamune-kun's Revenge
Genre: Romance, Comedy, High school
Fanservice: Little
Premise: A fat kid gets treated cruelly by the girl he likes, and moves away to spend the next 8 years working unceasingly to resculpt his body into teenage perfection, then he changes his name and moves back home - bent on getting revenge on her by making her fall in love with him, then spurning her. Hilarity ensues.
I was rather dubious of the concept, but I'm glad I gave it a chance, this was actually pretty enjoyable. The main beats of the A-plot are telegraphed pretty obviously, but there are nice little surprise twists and character development along the way, and good supporting characters. It's a pity there's no word on season 2 yet, as the plot is still ongoing by the end of the first season. But if and when there is a season 2, I do look forward to seeing it.
'Masamune-kun no Revenge' Gets Second Anime Season
The official website of the Masamune-kun no Revenge (Masamune-kun's Revenge) television anime announced on Saturday that a second season, titled Masamune-kun no Revenge R, is in production. The first anime series produced by Silver Link. aired in 12 episodes in Winter 2017. An original video...
myanimelist.net
GasBandit
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On the other hand, "Rising of the Shield Hero" season 2 is seeming extremely tedious to me, despite the show going back to its roots for soundtrack.
Maybe it's because I kept reading the manga so I know that I don't like the current plot arc. In fact, it got me to drop the manga.
Maybe it's because I kept reading the manga so I know that I don't like the current plot arc. In fact, it got me to drop the manga.
I watched some of the first episodes for the new shows of this season but not this one. Sounds interesting as long it didn't turn in another "Full Dive".
GasBandit
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It's a lot closer to Villainess than Full Dive, but is not trying to be zany-wacky-cute-uwu like the path Villainess went down.
I, too, got tired of Full Dive is Shitty partway through. I guess the same can be said for Villainess, though - they drove the "MC is completely oblivious to the fact everybody wants her" schtick into the ground and kept going til they hit mantle.
We're only 2 episodes into Trapped in a Dating Sim, so it may be too soon to tell, but so far the feel I'm getting from it is better. Not saying it's must-see-TV or anything, but so far it doesn't suck.
So far, my "if you only watch one Anime this season" recommendation is still very firmly Kaguya-sama, and I'd be really surprised if that changed.
But if you watch two, watch My Dress Up Darling.
Well, I guess technically that was last season. I'm just watching the dub, so I'm behind.
GasBandit
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Sooo I don't know what to make of Skeleton Knight in Another World.
I took a look because one of my favorite Manhwa is "Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon." But it's not quite that.
It's all over the damn place.
First it seems like it's trying to "Goblin Slayer" by having the very first scene being the protagonist saving an underaged girl from an attempted rape that was rather more graphic than it needed to be - so much so that I had to go double check to make sure it wasn't from the same people who made "Redo of Healer." Then it channels "Overlord" by showing the protagonist's origin story as a gamer who "fell asleep" playing his favorite game and woke up in it, with all his overpowered gear that makes him stupidly invincible, oh and a curse that makes his unarmored form look like a skeleton (though he is apparently not undead, he gets hungry and can taste and smell and get drunk), so he has to keep his armor on at all times lest everyone turn on him. Sort of like if the "Momon" character from Overlord was the whole story instead of an alter ego of the MC.
And then the show immediately tries to become silly, lighthearted, and even times flirts with trying to be endearing and wholesome.
And that's all in the space of two episodes. My neck hurts from all the whiplash and I'm wondering if it'll be like Wandavision where it's a different genre every episode or something.
I'm sure that's not the actual intent, but it needs to pick a damn lane and stay there.
I took a look because one of my favorite Manhwa is "Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon." But it's not quite that.
It's all over the damn place.
First it seems like it's trying to "Goblin Slayer" by having the very first scene being the protagonist saving an underaged girl from an attempted rape that was rather more graphic than it needed to be - so much so that I had to go double check to make sure it wasn't from the same people who made "Redo of Healer." Then it channels "Overlord" by showing the protagonist's origin story as a gamer who "fell asleep" playing his favorite game and woke up in it, with all his overpowered gear that makes him stupidly invincible, oh and a curse that makes his unarmored form look like a skeleton (though he is apparently not undead, he gets hungry and can taste and smell and get drunk), so he has to keep his armor on at all times lest everyone turn on him. Sort of like if the "Momon" character from Overlord was the whole story instead of an alter ego of the MC.
And then the show immediately tries to become silly, lighthearted, and even times flirts with trying to be endearing and wholesome.
And that's all in the space of two episodes. My neck hurts from all the whiplash and I'm wondering if it'll be like Wandavision where it's a different genre every episode or something.
I'm sure that's not the actual intent, but it needs to pick a damn lane and stay there.
Yeah, the tonal shift ist really strong. It's like the characters of "The Slayers" find themselves in the setting of "Goblin Slayer". During episode 2 I thought the whole time the little girl get ripped apart by the monster.
GasBandit
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What if Jem and the Holograms but EDM and the manager was a 3rd century Chinese general?
I was turned on to Ya Boy Kongming by @Denbrought , watched its first 3 episodes.
It's a pretty chill watch. I like the EDM-scene setting. Nothing earth-shattering, but definitely decent and I've put up with far less for far longer. I'll keep watching it I think.
I was turned on to Ya Boy Kongming by @Denbrought , watched its first 3 episodes.
It's a pretty chill watch. I like the EDM-scene setting. Nothing earth-shattering, but definitely decent and I've put up with far less for far longer. I'll keep watching it I think.
GasBandit
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There's some other song it reminds me of but I can't quite recall it. I want to say it's some trance/eurodance anthem... almost like All I Ever Wanted by Basshunter, but that's not the one. It's been driving me mad.
I know what you mean, there is something but I can not put my finger on it.