I'm slowly going through Lucky Star. I've seen a good handful of SoL anime at this point and figured I should get around to it. It's funny and I'm enjoying it, but unlike most other shows I've watched, even of similar make, I can't seem to do more than one or two episodes in a row before moving on to something else.
[TV] The What Anime Are You Watching Thread!
definitely slice of life
I didn't really like Lucky Star. Got repetitive quickly. Eventually I was only watching for Minoru Shiraishi singing and dancing the various ending themes
I didn't really like Lucky Star. Got repetitive quickly. Eventually I was only watching for Minoru Shiraishi singing and dancing the various ending themes
It's definitely not one of my top slice of life shows, but it's not bad. I got more out of Yuru Yuri and Nichijou. entertainment-wise.
Heh, Yuru Yuri was also disappointing to me. Although that's because I didn't like Kyoko and then she got all the screen time. I did like her a lot when she dove down a staircase, hit her head, had a radical change of personality, and then none of her friends thought to call the hospital.
Funny thing is I only got to about episode 5 or so before dropping it during broadcast, ended up grabbing the whole thing and for some reason it seemed to be better a few episodes at a time. I think all in all Nichijou has been my favorite of the slice of life stuff, though for the most part I seem to end up watching romantic/comedy type stuff with the occasional harem show. I've watched Toradora! a few times now, and I end up re-watching Ah! My Goddess and various Tenchi series sometime during the year.
As far as SoL goes, I really liked Minami-ke and Working!!.
But I tend to watch whatever.
But I tend to watch whatever.
I'd call Durarara!!! "slice of life"... only that slice of life is from a town that would make Twin Peaks or Greenvale look normal.
as long as somebody knows what type of show is being generally referred to, who cares?
I wasn't super into Minami-ke, gave it a shot but something just didn't click for me. I do like both seasons of Working!, though.
Chrona's gender is deliberately ambiguous. Everyone will call it "him" and Medusa will refer to it as her "daughter".
Anyone here ever watch Tatami Galaxy? Man I loved that series, probly one of the most original things to come out of Japan in years.
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Okay... this is me eating crow. Mmm mmm. Soul Eater got much better. To the point where I wasn't even sure I was watching the same show anymore. They dropped most of the annoying anime-isms pretty quick, and toned down the over the top stuff. It went from silly to goofy to semi-serious, to downright fucked-up scary. Those little multicolored scrabbling little three-eyed thingies were creepy as hell.
The kishin's revival was messed up, though it was a little disappointing that he turned out to be so human. oh well. Was surprised it was ki shin and not ki shen from their pronounciation. So---dead energy, not energy dragon, I guess.
Well, watching Black★Rock Shooter while waiting for more Smile Precure and Fate/Zero. So far, a girl with an oversized rifle has shot at a giant face. Then a different girl makes a friend. Now she's getting offered different colored walnuts
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I watched a few episodes of BRS. Even after reading up on it in some wikis, I still have no idea what the hell is going on, so I ended up dropping it.
All I know is a little girl tried to shove a candy that looked a lot like a vagina in another girl's face.
I heard it's only going to be 8 episodes long, so at least it has the decency to be short.
I heard it's only going to be 8 episodes long, so at least it has the decency to be short.
Didn't know it was only 8 eps. Apparently Nisemonogatari is only 10, I have the last one downloaded but haven't watched it yet. I've got like 4 episodes of Natsume s4 to watch, too.
I admit it's a pretty original series, and a good shouneny take on the death in general. But does anyone else find it weird how Soul's name is...actually Soul? This is what I find weird, not the confusing super powers, not what happens to the souls the evil souls eat after their eaten by scythes, I'm confused about a character's parents name choice!
His full name is Soul Eater.
Been feeling a jones for You're Under Arrest! lately... keep meaning to pick up that series...
do it quickly man, its out of print...I payed almost 80 bucks to get it all, vol 11 is impossible to find outside box-set 4 which is now redonkulously expensive last I checked.
...... Urge to torrent rising...
No his real name is Soul Evans. Soul Eater is a nick-name that he got when he found out he was a death-scythe. How are people born death scythes? Is it X-men rules?
iirc, he prefers "Eater" since it distances himself from his famous older brother.
Oh I get the name change, but what about his powers? Is it based on Genetics or is it like psychic powers?
You might enjoy Karas. It's a movie in two parts: Karas: The Prophecy, Karas: The Revelation. I think it's a pretty stunning movie to watch with interesting characters.
Also, just going to throw this out there, Full Metal Panic! is one of my favorite animes of all time. And I highly recommend it to anyone.
Full Metal Panic rocks out loud. I include Fumoffu in this assessment.
Anyone else sick of people complaining about filler in cartoons? If you want something exactly like the manga then just read the freaking manga!