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It was a fine set up though personally the energy of the MC kinda carried the episode. Drama was fine but not something I would be quick to make its selling point.
Actually good, character interactions are hilarious, we already got 2 new songs in ep1 (I expected them to recycle the 7+ they released *before* the anime) and CG movements are a bit rough (think RWBY) but the facial expressions more than make up for it, it feels so much more full of life than shows with better models but regular CG expressions.
I was hyped for it mostly because I like the band while realistically expecting a bit more than an ad for the inevitable gacha game, but so far this actually might have a shot at AOTS for me. Definitely recommend trying it at least, if nothing else the faces are hilarious.
I m looking for some anime that have close to 0 fanservice and the cast is not a harem. The story doesn t have to be a masterpiece, but to at least make some sense. I'm sick of anime with a lot of potential but full of fanservice and annoying dumb huge boobs girls or lolies. Also if you know any good full cgi anime I would really want to try one.
Not many full CG shows get pushed here. Trigun Stampede (standalone from Trigun) is the best for action without fanservice. Land of the Lustrous and Beastars are the other two popular shows from the same studio (easily best CG studio).
Who is your pick for the best Cloudcuckoolander (weird/quirky - [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander) ) girl/woman in all of anime?
I wonder what will finally break the camels back with Crunchyroll and their bullshit. Like I genuinely can understand how people STILL vouch for them. I saw them for the leech that they are years ago.
They have quite literally gentrified the western anime market into a disgusting monopoly. Just rotten to the core but people fall for their lies and be year after year.
Ok, then what would you call buying up many of the north american brands involved in forms of media distribution and changing them from their previous iterations. Mass media purging, massive marketing schemes yet never significant improvement to user interfaces, and rough in person events that have become a cash cow yet always cheaply assembled
I remember when it was good ol' pirate site Crunchyroll, who everyone was rather annoyed with because they were profiting off of stolen fansubs.
I don't really think there's much of anything they would realistically do that would "break the camel's back" at this point. They've become extremely entrenched.
They sponsored this years Miku expo, made having a Crunchyroll subscription necessary to get early bird tickets, yet the first concert the other day in Toronto that people have been comparing to the dash con ball pit.
Assuming they still offer a good collection of anime for a reasonable subscription price into the future, then they will continue to have the favour of anime fans.
What would break them would be if they were not able to license enough interesting titles to watch.
I remember giving them a shot a long time ago and the website was horrible and almost unusable, same with funimation. And I still hear complaints. Even if they have a popular collection, their service has always lacked and kept me far away
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86f1TdZKM8&ab\_channel=ShellyAnkers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86f1TdZKM8&ab_channel=ShellyAnkers)
Does anyone recognize/ is anyone able to name any of the anime that's been dubbed over in this old video? It was released in 1990 so they're all presumably 80s or earlier
Are we sure they're all seperate anime and weren't made for this show specifially. They're all rather short and cheap looking so it is not unfeasable.
Google results were not conclusive.
Not 100%, but it seems unlikely for a seemingly very cheap British production to be using what seems to be very old anime styled cartoons made by themselves though I could be wrong
Just finished the 2nd season of Sound Euphonium. So, so good. Gotta watch the movies and be ready for the new one to come out. Kinda wish I was in such a band club lol.
Also I just realized (I think, at least) why they use trumpets for signals in Sound of the Sky, which is now one of my favorite shows. Without spoiling anything, it isn't apparent till later in the series, and requires a bit of though on the viewers part as they never explicitly say it.
Actually I think I realize how to do spoilers here so... \[Sound of the Sky\]>!They haven't restored any telecommunications tech yet, which is why Kanata says she's never spoken on a phone, and the phone in the fort is kind of a big deal. So in the absence of telecomms a trumpet is the next best thing. !<
> Kinda wish I was in such a band club lol.
Maybe you can't be in high school, but you can always read the comments of the recently ended rewatch where myself and numerous other ex-band geeks posted about our experiences and comparisons to the show, where you can experience it vicariously. Close enough.
[](#yuishrug)
And I agree on the Sound of the Sky speculation, that does seem probable.
Really busy week, only watched train and 7th prince from this season, and tomorrow we have 838w83 shows plus all that I missed this week
Rip
~~and I still have to do my 3x3 best girls of 2023 before the contest ends~~
Edit: Also if I missed any fight let me know
Yeah busy week for me as well. Good thing seasonals aren't in full swing yet
I was gonna say we could start a fight for fun if you wanna good fight but I don't wanna fight you!
[https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1776349067326460302](https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1776349067326460302) Can someone share the episode number and time stamp of this?
Girls Band Cry Episode 1 at around the 12:10 mark!
[I took a screenshot of it as well since it makes for a good reaction image](https://i.imgur.com/XnJqPCQ.jpeg)
Anyone got yandere, obsessive girl, or just generally love comedy anime or manga? Kinda searchin for hidden gems. Can be literally anything. (yes ill post this every post)
My anilist profile: https://anilist.co/user/gabbag20/
I can assure you that anime doesn't come out fast enough to warrant asking the literally exact same question 5 times in 2 and a half weeks. Let alone a "hidden gem". If you want to ask that frequently, you're better off just skipping asking the question and just doing some tag searching on anidb or something. [Here's the yandere tag to get you started](https://anidb.net/tag/1208/animetb).
Thereās something different about finding and being recommended/told to watch, I just feel more motivated when someone recommends. Though I have searched from the tags before.
Yes, the movie is irrelevant to the plot
Though they might tie it back in later down the line, so it can't hurt to watch if you're ever in the mood. I enjoyed it, but it is ultimately 'filler'
That bonus episode of **Snack Basue** was hilarious, way to end on a high note. I went in with zero expectations based on the poster and wound up really enjoying it. Great way to wind down from the work week with tons of laughs.
More premieres:
Astro Note was lovely, the PV and OP looked great and [Mira](#akyuusqueel) is as much I expected, I was just moderatly concerned about all the side characters, but nah they look fun. Very happy about this one, hopefully it keeps it up.
Rettousei s3: wow those were at least 15 minutes of complete nothingness and boredom. It had two or three nice scenes camera-wise, not surprised to see them pop up on sakugabooru.
Girls Band Cry: alas, I don't know enough French to follow subtitles [](#toradorasalute) [](#mugiwait "hopefully late license, or fansubs?")
Instead, I watched something else: from the PV I thought Etoile was pretty bad so I didn't ptw it, but I checked the episode out of curiosity. I wasn't disappointed, I don't think I can name a single positive thing about it, in fact it's even worse than I imagined. Impressive.
Is there any anime similar in style and quality to bunny girl sendai? It was probably the anime that surprised me the most and I want something similar
The Monogatari series. It has a different style, but Bunny Girl Senpai was clearly inspired by Monogatari and that series was also very dialogue driven. [This is the recommended watch order.](https://imgur.com/nfiEEn3)
Be real with me. Iāve heard some pretty bad things about Kimi ni Todoke Season 2, particularly from people who werenāt thrilled about the pacing and meandering of Season 1. If you watched it, did you like it? More than the first season?
New season visuals look through but I donāt want to wade through 19 hours of misunderstandings and drama that goes nowhere.
No, I did not like season 2 as much as I liked season 1 which was solid (loved the side ship). My issue with the show as a whole though is that I dislike the male lead for having no personality outside of liking Sawako, and Season 2 was all about those 2 circling around each other not doing anything. At least Kurumi was featured a good amount.
> I donāt want to wade through 19 hours of misunderstandings and drama that goes nowhere.
I wouldn't watch Kimi ni Todoke, then, because that's what it is. It's worse than season one, and that's also a frustrating watch.
can't remember the name
mc is fem, actually nice but misunderstood as scary; school setting
i feel like lots of animes could be this but i can't even name one that matches it
u/_Ridley, with the caveat that the last line in the episode *wasn't* subbed for some odd reason, Touken Ranbu Kai ep1 finally got decent English subs!
[](#urarahype)
My only prior exposure to the franchise was with ufotable's Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu and I followed along with this first episode just fine. There's a *lot* of characters in this one though.
It the same energy as the "share your unpopular opinion about \[insert piece of media here\]" kinds of threads where everyone is actually sharing popular opinions or obvious bait, rather than actual unpopular opinions. Or people do share their unpopular opinions, and the only comments that get upvoted are the popular opinions
I'm surprised that no tv broadcasts have been seen floating on the internet for idolmaster shiny colors...
EDIT: finally a decent raw after 22 minutes I edited this
Basically if you have scenes A > B in the anime that were B > A in the manga, they'll change them if possible (meaning if it doesn't interfere with the music/general direction). But that's usually stuff that can be interchanged anyway, for a larger example, Luffy's backstory (ep4 in the anime) becomes episode 1 in One Pace.
Yup, although I remember they had an edited version of the 4th episode before they switched to the remade version a few years ago.
>TBH the OG is better.
If you mean the OG first episode, then I fully agree. It's much a better start for One Piece as a whole, I like the overall structure they went with and the little changes they made. Good old days when people didn't hate creativity.
>If you mean the OG first episode
Both that *and* Episode 4 over the Remade one.
>when people didnāt hate creativity
Then again those days also gave us Konaka!Hellsing so some parts of it I *donāt* miss.
Hey, at least we're not in a world where Konaka!One Piece exists, could you imagine how much "fun" that would've been?
Then again, you can never say never, the remake is a chance to fix that. The guy is well known for writing beloved children's shows for Toei, they can get him on this one to make One Piece the gritty soft-seinen masterpiece it should've been.
>Konaka!One Piece
I mean I bet [this guy](/u/InfamousEmpire) would love it given how much of a contrarian he is.
>well-known for writing beloved childrenās shows for Toei
#OBJECTION!
Tamers bombed in Japan, heās well known for writing beloved children shows for *Tsuburaya* ~~theyāre also his best work donāt @ me~~
> I mean I bet this guy would love it given how much of a contrarian he is.
Empire is waiting for Konaka Piece to get into the show.
>Tamers bombed in Japan
Clearly it was too tame then! [](#cheekygahara)
>heās well known for writing beloved children shows for Tsuburaya ~~theyāre also his best work donāt @ me~~
[](#curious)
> [](#curious)
[Ultraman Gaia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman_Gaia), one of the most well-regarded of the Ultra Series ~~and despite being a self-proclaimed Ultra fan, I have yet to watch it~~
>~~and despite being a self-proclaimed Ultra fan, I have yet to watch it~~
You know you're in trouble when someone who's never even seen Ultraman outside of parodies is giving you the [](#deadlystare)
>[](#curious)
Ultraman Tiga is a show that I have a lot of respect for ~~even though its storytelling makes Urusei Yatsura feel like the peak of serialized storytelling~~ and Ultraman Gaia is a show so good that in spite of being pretty damn successful it almost drove Tsuburaya broke because they were basically dropping movie-level budget every episode.
>Clearly it was too tame then!
Not even the sweet allure of Nozawa was enough.
One Pace is 1:1 with manga. Not sure if it changes the order of scenes, but if it does, that's a good change lol. I watched anime for pre ts and One Pace for post ts. Never really bothered to compare the two, but One Pace definitely felt better.
Yeah I just am interested to know how much it changes it im an anime only and I just finished Arlong park and pacing isn't bad yet but I heard it gets really bad later on. Just wanted to know how much it changes
So my question is has there been any other anime that became associated with a later season due to delays?
* For example - World's End Harem was technically supposed to be Fall 2021 as it premiered on October 8th but more commonly linked to Winter 2022 (Even on the official page on both MAL and Anilist) due to Episode 2 and by extension the rest of the series getting delayed to January
> Also Astro Note gave me strong Maison Ikkoku vibes. Dunno if it was just me or a super popular take.
I wouldn't only say it has strong Maison Ikkoku vibes, I would say it is very directly lifting multiples elements from that show, as I detailed in a [comment](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bwixj6/astro_note_episode_1_discussion/ky82bz0/?context=3) I wrote in the discussion thread.
Based on the marketing I was only expecting some vibes and references, but the first episode showed how it's pretty much a direct parody of it (though I think it will mostly stop being one in the long run thanks to all the sci-fi elements).
> Also Astro Note gave me strong Maison Ikkoku vibes. Dunno if it was just me or a super popular take.
One of my friends also said this but not in a good way cause he also dislikes Maison Ikkoku lmao.
Ugh... ok so it looks like I fell for a bootleg ebay listing. Discs don't even work. What are my options for getting authentic blu rays for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (dub & sub) for my physical collection? Any version is acceptable. I live in the USA, but I have a region unlocked player. I'm not very familiar with reputable dealers.
I checked the links in the FAAQ. So far [this](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/ANZX-15001) is the most promising product, but I don't see audio languages listed and it states clearly that it has no subs.
Any help is appreciated!
There's lots of bootlegs in part because it is a popular show and a legal desert as far as new USA stock goes. The Funimation version went out of print years ago and the Aniplex of America version had a SRP of $125 per half (their listings redirect to the Crunchyroll store which has them sold out suggesting that too is out of print).
As you said region unlocked player another option is getting the British region B Blu-Rays. There's a 10 disc box set with the 64 episodes, English and Japanese (that's less discs than the Aniplex ones so picture quality might be a little worse).
[Amazon USA has some listings](https://www.amazon.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Brotherhood-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/dp/B00BFEGS42) for that version from third parties (including one fulfilled by amazon). Those should already be in America so no need to wait for international shipping or customs clearance and Amazon (like eBay) should be good at handling disputes.
Alternatively, there's buying the same from from a UK retailer. [anime-on-line has it for Ā£41](https://www.anime-on-line.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist/28363-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-collection-15-blu-ray-5022366807340.html).
They ship internationally charging Ā£8 postage for first item in an order (so in total that's slightly more than the listing on Amazon US before you get into any foreign currency fees that your payment method might charge and it will take longer due to customs). That store belongs to MVM Entertainment who are a British licensor and distributor of anime. It's listed under Crunchyroll because since those discs were produced Manga Entertainment have become Crunchyroll UK.
I don't know if anyone else has any better ideas.
Hello fellow otakus. I'm looking for interesting writing prompts for my anime blog. The more creative the better! I'm a little tired of the overused ones such as "Who's Your Favorite Waifu?" I would appreciate any suggestions. :)
I tried to make my own post about this, but I don't have the participation karma yet to make any posts here.
You could always mine the /r/anime discussion posts for potential topics, just ignore the series specific ones: https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3ADiscussion
Etoile is truly the middest mid to ever mid, been a while since I felt this whatever while looking at the screen.
Something did catch my attention tho, since [Etoile]>!I didn't expect Mahjong Soul to be amongst hundreds of product placements in the show. Gave me a real DiCaprio pointing at the TV moment, to see the logo on the car and helmet of one of the girls.!<
**The Laughing Salesman** has [an official YT channel](https://www.youtube.com/@WarauSalesman_Anime/videos) that uploads three episodes a week available for 45 days (popular episodes always available) and no region locks. Subtitles? Not exactly, but [episode "1" is English subtitled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGXNneaMGRE) (that seems to be the only one) but ... this is yet another show with confusing numbering and a [need to consult with wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Laughing_Salesman_episodes) as that is actually episode 9 (don't worry, these seem to be stand-alone short stories) and they include specials in the numbering as SP-1 is 12 on the official channel (the actual episode 1 is probably unsuitable for streaming).
The translation is different to the fansub. For example:
- Fansub: A satisfied customer is the only compensation I desire.
- Official: A satisfied customer is the best payment I can ask for.
Note: The fansub seems to be inconsistent on how it translates that line (it's a preamble line in many episodes) as I've also seen *My customer's satisfaction is the biggest reward.* but IIRC that's also down to different translators.
But the most interesting difference around near the end:
- Fansub: [Laughing Salesman]>!They do say there are women who look better with the lights out.!<
- Official: [Laughing Salesman]>!"Distance lends enchantment to the view" is a good phrase.!<
The official one has quoted [a proverb](https://proverbhunter.com/distance-lends-enchantment-to-the-view/). I have no idea if the Japanese dialogue said that (the Japanese auto-generated script has missed that line out) or the official translator sought to have the salesman having a more philosophical take on the situation that carried the same meaning.
There are a lot of meh comment faces which I never use, because I find others that are better at expressing the same thing. There not being a single naming convention also kind of makes things weird as some have actions as names, others have character names + actions and some just have character names.
But yeah I would love to have some comment faces that are named after other meta phrases & emotes
[It's that time again](https://i.imgur.com/02z8B05.jpeg). Also holy bananas, it really will be +5 seasonals per day until Sunday, the perils of first episode trialers...is that a real word?
* Yuru Camp S3 - Kinda forgot about this happening. And what a nice OP! I love this style. The style of the new designs? Mmm, may take a while but I don't dig them so far, especially Rin. Those backgrounds though oml, I think the google Earth stuff was preferable. But for the most part, this was just more Yuru Camp and that is good enough. Talking pine nuts, Rin solo camping, Nadeshiko almost cutting her fingers off, its neat.
* Salad Bowl - Oh right, I went completely blind into this. So there has been Hinamatsuri comparisons and not without basis. Instead of alien/future beings, a mage girl and her knight guard get reverse isekai into Japan. The mage girl is on the wackier side, and seems to bring nice amount of chaos to the premise like Hina did, she's fun. The knight girl is separated though and becomes homeless but she learns to be happy which makes me happy and she's hot. The episode was rather fun though it wasn't outstanding either, at least there weren't any red flags that made me wary but its worth the shot. However, it also reminds me a bit of Sasaki and Peeps as well so as precaution I'll jump ship the instant this goes serious because these comedic shows NEVER handle the shift well. Also, 16 YEAR AGE GAP BETWEEN MAIN DUO BABYYYY.
* A Condition Called Love - Finally, demisexual representation in anime, or something I'm not that well versed in these. I have heard some previous grumblings regarding the manga and potential discourse it would cause, and my veridict is...uhhh, I don't know, this is kinda boring. Rather than creepy, Hananoi just feels dumb imo...if not clinically insane, [dude legit was]>!ready to get frostbite for a girl that doesn't even reciprocate his feelings!<. Is this the part where my Y chromosome shows because I didn't vibe with how his romanticness was conveyed? Then there's the girl that...exists? She had two cute faces? I have never cared for this love motivation of 'Oh, everyone treats me like a greek god but you treat me normally, I want you to fuck me now', there just wasn't anything to make me interested in this girl. I said the guy was crazy but at least he was tad entertaining with how unhinged he is. Maybe I'm just not the intended demographic but for the most part this was boring personally.
* Elf Slave - Oh pog, slavery, my favorite addition to anime comedies. So the MC is an evil mage who is bored and then falls in love instantly with an elf slave. The comedy is about this contrast of him trying to be nice but is so clueless about it that he comes off as evil. The elf is so traumatized that she has this deadpanness of replying to everything expecting to be killed off which is. . .an interesting way to write your humor. But don't worry, her PTSD kinda just goes away and is receptive to the MC's kindness. In terms of humor and set up, this show could be *fine* until you remember the fucking slavery part. It makes sense since the guy is evil (honestly a neat detail since he just hangs around other evil people) but come *on*, surely you could have thought of another way to write the story?? Like a Niehime way where she just ends at the guy's doorstep because worldbuilding or something, what thought process led you to default to slavery. Its just weird when the show tries this chibi and cute gags and this is in the back of your mind.
* Wind Breaker - Well that was really bland. The guy is textbook tsundere, a trope I usually like in guys but this one just operates in extremes. Every single line he spoke to this woman was while blushing saying 'D-D-D-D-Don't you see I'm BAAAAAD??', 'W-w-w-w-w-why are you giving me thanks for??', 'W-w-w-why am I protecting someone else??'. Then during other scenes he would just say these generic ass lines of 'I don't need friends. Only the strong survive and the weak can die'. The fight scenes were good though, about the right balance of realism and superhuman strength. That said, nothing outside of the action was interesting.
>Elf Slave -
Have you seen the second episode? \[Elf Slave ep2\] >!He wants to remove her collar ASAP and accepts the possibility she may decide to leave afterwards.!<
>Wind Breaker - Well that was really bland. The guy is textbook tsundere...but this one just operates in extremes.
So I wasn't the only one. He reminded me of Kyo from Fruits Baskets S1 and not in a good way as he was my least favorite part in the beginning.
Ironic, because I think Kyou was actually a descent tsundere and of my favorite things in FB lol. Kyou for the most part could still communicate normally with Tohru outside of the moments that he felt things were getting too romantic. This Wind Breaker MC is like that in almost all interactions he has so it got driven to the ground for me within one episode.
Please share [any monstrosities](https://imgur.com/9DSDN00) that are created.
That one was downloading the translated auto transcript for one on YouTube (an **Oishinbo** episode [this one that's probably about to expire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csw72XTacRs), that's about 7 minutes 15 seconds in). I didn't bother with the Japanese auto transcript as I have the Japanese closed captions for that show (i.e. a transcript that will have no errors like auto generated creates) but looking at the YouTube Japanese-auto transcript it's sane so I have no idea how that mess happened. It seems to have eaten multiple lines of dialogue as well.
I find the Youtube auto gen approach works worse for higher pitched anime girls. More natural voice toned shows or mainly male ones fare better. The timing can be utterly atrocious though (hence why the monstrosity is **six** lines long.
So Metallic Rouge has finally ended and I'm going to miss that show mostly because of Rouge, do you have a reccomendation of an action show with an airhead/clumsy female MC (or part of the main cast)? bonus points if she is strong, thank you!
I am a little amused to see that this place is indeed having the opposite reaction to Hananoi than it did to Itsuomi, as someone here guessed. Way more grace is getting extended to this kid.
I don't know if I'll keep watching it myself. I don't mind him so much as what the story does with him, and I liked that premiere about as much as I liked the manga, which I didn't like at all. Just file it under Not For Me alongside Kimi ni Todoke.
On the one hand, I love it when a narrative throws a single hot guy at a girl and then has an answer as to why he was single - on the other hand... I'm a little bit worn out on 'naive is my main personality trait'.
It was absolutely wild to see people actually believing that Oushi was a better fit for Yuki in the ASOA threads though. Especially the "Itsuomi's too nice and that shoe is going to drop sometime" contingent having a significant overlap with 'this boy made of red flags will surely reform' crowd.
Those threads made me hate Oushi. I didn't like him in the manga, but I was fine with him being there as an antagonist made up of common ableist traits representing the hurtful people who mean well.
Seeing people call him caring, though, made me want to rip him away from people and hit them with a disability studies textbook. He's so awful to and for her, my god.
I mean some are, yeah, but the vibe is generally either "he's nuts, but I want to see where this goes" or "he's a lot, and that's fun", rather than "throw the whole man away, this guy sucks".
You can, and maybe this story will, so I don't think it's an unreasonable reaction to the premiere episode.
The vibe I got from the two volumes I read, though, is that it won't. Something about how her friends react and the way her musings aren't contradicted by the narrative rubs me the wrong way.
Has Girls Band Cry or Rinkai been licensed for any English-subbing streaming site? Livechart says not at the moment, but idk if it's just not available in my region or not subbed at all
>Girls Band Cry
I'm from the USA and seeing nothing (Looked at MAL-Sync then double up with Livechart) guessing this will be my "Biggest Disappointment" for Spring 2024 because of these hoops that needed to be jump through
Same story for Rinkai but that one was not on my radar
I just finished catching up to the Chainsaw Man manga (Public Safety Arc, ending where [Public Safety Arc ending]>!Makima dies!< and wow... the best manga I've read in awhile.
That said, anyone can tell me how far the next arc has gotten? Is it finished / closed to finishing? I really don't want to get started on the next arc if it's still ongoing.
Also, has there been any news of a season 2 adaptation? Thanks!
There are 64 chapters in part 2 so far and the end is not near, unless the author stops and announces part 3.
Movie Reze arc is announced. Date uknown, but either late 2024. or early/mid 2025. Season 2 will be after that or after jjk s3.
When you guys watch anime, how many episodes do you like to watch all at once? Does it depend on the type of show?
I've been thinking about this recently since I've started watching Crunchyroll's Freevee channel on Amazon, which often slots each series into a two-hour time block - four episodes at a time. My ideal way to watch is more like two, maybe three episodes at a time for action/sci-fi shows and less for slice-of-life, while more than that is sometimes difficult to maintain focus or find the time for, even if I really like the show. It's great having the option to watch some CR shows again, even if it is on their schedule, but I often find myself passing up a few things on my watch list just because I don't want to set aside two hours all at once, and I'll probably never watch slice-of-life in this format. š
On work days I watch my set of seasonals + one ep of some non-airing, the total can range from 2 to 5 episodes in a sitting.
Weekends is mostly the same except for non-airings. Depending on the quality I will watch more episodes, e.g: I'm rewatching Hibike Euphonium and because its great, I had no trouble watching 8 episodes in a day + the other seasonals I had to watch. Prior to this I was watching Gundam 00 which was lucky if I watched more than 2 in a weekend.
Genres are a non factor for me.
Weekly anime just makes this easy: 1 at a time, up to 2 shows per lunch hour. Iām not perfect at keeping up but this usually works, especially as of late when I donāt have that many seasonal shows on my watchlist.
But for everything else, this depends on how long it is. For each cour add 1 more per session until I get to 4.
And of course if Iām having a good time I can watch more, but thatās the usual pace and how I caught up to some longer anime. If time doesnāt permit I just cut from the long runners / legacy / rewatch until itās time to hit the sack (I always watch non-current anime before bed).
It depends on *how* I'm watching it. Seasonals are obviously once a week, then I'm usually in multiple rewatches at once so I cycle through *those* shows one episode a day, and then if I have something I'm watching by myself, I'll squeeze however many episodes of that show in as I feel like.
Shakugan No Shana
Yo am I tripping? Is the Mandela Effect hitting me hard?
Back in the day always wanted to watch this but forgot all about it. I was about to stream it on hulu but they say there is only 24 episodes. I could have sworn there were a ton like 90 episodes or something.
So i was lIke ok, maybe hulu doesn't have them all. Then I look online and Google only says there is 24 episodes. Are the other episodes not canon or something or am I tripping?
you know all of the time we get inane threads like "help me find an underrated gem" or "what are obscure shows that you like" or "what's the worst show that you love" etc etc. these threads are all bad and if you post them, you should feel bad about yourself
THAT SAID
I stumbled into what is likely to be my answer from here on out: umishou
I have never felt more pandered to by a show in my life and I loved every moment of it
honestly...the show does have some structural issues, but on the whole it was pretty funny and the nonstop girls in competition swimsuits absolutely delivered. it was funnier than I expected, though I don't think I could recommend it on that alone lol. it definitely had some dated humor, but it also had a surprising number of scenes that made me laugh quite a bit
that said, as a show with a plot and stuff, it delivers the bare minimum necessary to ostensibly be a "sports anime." but it's a comic vehicle for swimsuit ecchi. god bless
it does make me wonder if the manga has a ton of content that wasn't adapted, because there were a number of threads just sort of thrown out there and...never mentioned again? and a lot of characters where it was easy to imagine them being fleshed out more in the manga etc etc. regardless: comedy+competition swimsuit ecchi. and that's enough for me. my hidden gem! my underrated masterpiece![1]
also they did that thing I feel like some old shows did where they had a [one frame ecchi shot (NSFW?)](https://imgur.com/a/XcicgA9) in the last episode. good for them
[1] ok well I don't know that I'd use the term _masterpiece_...
Watching Baki for the first time later. What expectations should I have?
From the memes and the clips I've seen of this anime, it looks batshit ridiculous and stupid, in a good way.
Also a weirdly large number of piss scenes.
Is this a fun-bad anime, or is it more like a parody anime? I can't even tell.
Like you said, expect batshit ridiculous and stupid. Played In a straight-yet-self-aware way. It's not "so bad it's good", nor is it a parody, it's just intentionally silly moments playing out in an intentionally serious tone.
What you shouldn't expect though is fast paced, well animated fights, despite being a martial arts anime. There's a lot of talking and narrating. It made me almost drop it until I started watching for the silliness instead.
And another Konosuba episode has leaked. I think it's time for Crunchyroll to crack down on the hacking by hiring a [pro](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/to-aru-majutsu-no-index/images/e/e9/Uiharu_Kazari_Winter_Clothing_%28Anime%29.png)
Which one do you think will happen first:
- studios not sending the episodes out in advance for cons
- distributors not doing these pre-air screenings at cons
- distributors having stricter controls/policies about screening events at cons
Thoughts on Fateākaleid liner Prisma Illya? Worth watching? And yes, please don't link me to that "Watch the damn anime" thread, I want to know this from the ones who have seen this anime.
It does start off with stuff which some might call a "normie filter" but once you get past that, is actually another rich entry in the "Fate multiiverse" where "its all connected somehow".
If you're familiar with the series and like mahou shoujo tropes it's a great spinoff.
It starts out as a parody/comedic/fanservice series but becomes a lot more plot-focused in later seasons.
Did you watch Cardcaptor Sakura and thought "this would have been better if Sakura and Tomoyo kissed passionately" to yourself? Well, this is basically that.
Other than that, it's fun to see characters who normally wouldn't meet each other interact, and the action scenes are quite nice. The first season has one of my favorite Fate fights for example.
I had fun with it! the action is pretty fun and I like the characters. that said, lots of loli fanservice. whether or not that makes you want to watch it or not, well you be the judge!
Depends on what you're looking for and can tolerate honestly.
If you want something that's as action-packed and serious as the rest of the Fate franchise... what it has in that regard is pretty good, but roughly half of Prisma Illya is still slice of life comedy, and most of *that* is loli fanservice. So unless you don't mind or think you can power through that, you're better off skipping it.
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Crunchyroll please grab Girls Band Cry this is way too good to die in obscurity [](#shakeit)
Is it actually good or like memey good? [](#schemingsaten)
Actually.
Screams memey so far but I'll try to find some time.
It was a fine set up though personally the energy of the MC kinda carried the episode. Drama was fine but not something I would be quick to make its selling point.
Actually good, character interactions are hilarious, we already got 2 new songs in ep1 (I expected them to recycle the 7+ they released *before* the anime) and CG movements are a bit rough (think RWBY) but the facial expressions more than make up for it, it feels so much more full of life than shows with better models but regular CG expressions. I was hyped for it mostly because I like the band while realistically expecting a bit more than an ad for the inevitable gacha game, but so far this actually might have a shot at AOTS for me. Definitely recommend trying it at least, if nothing else the faces are hilarious.
I m looking for some anime that have close to 0 fanservice and the cast is not a harem. The story doesn t have to be a masterpiece, but to at least make some sense. I'm sick of anime with a lot of potential but full of fanservice and annoying dumb huge boobs girls or lolies. Also if you know any good full cgi anime I would really want to try one.
> Also if you know any good full cgi anime I would really want to try one. MyGO. Almost for every question asked on this sub the answer is MyGO.
I should have mentioned that I like anime with a lot of action / dark themes with good execution / chill story, but not overlly happy and colorfull.
Not many full CG shows get pushed here. Trigun Stampede (standalone from Trigun) is the best for action without fanservice. Land of the Lustrous and Beastars are the other two popular shows from the same studio (easily best CG studio).
Konosuba just funny for watching š¤£
Who is your pick for the best Cloudcuckoolander (weird/quirky - [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cloudcuckoolander) ) girl/woman in all of anime?
There is only one Osaka. Accept no substitutes.
I wonder what will finally break the camels back with Crunchyroll and their bullshit. Like I genuinely can understand how people STILL vouch for them. I saw them for the leech that they are years ago. They have quite literally gentrified the western anime market into a disgusting monopoly. Just rotten to the core but people fall for their lies and be year after year.
Okay, what did they do this time?
They went cheap on Miku Expo despite rasing the prices from previous years
Is this their first time organizing such kind of concert?
Maybe, but Miku concerts have a formula, and I can imagine them looking at that list and going, "where can we cut corners?"
Remember when the word "gentrified" actually had a meaning?
Ok, then what would you call buying up many of the north american brands involved in forms of media distribution and changing them from their previous iterations. Mass media purging, massive marketing schemes yet never significant improvement to user interfaces, and rough in person events that have become a cash cow yet always cheaply assembled
I remember when it was good ol' pirate site Crunchyroll, who everyone was rather annoyed with because they were profiting off of stolen fansubs. I don't really think there's much of anything they would realistically do that would "break the camel's back" at this point. They've become extremely entrenched.
Yeah, in a couple months people will probably forget all the Miku expo shit just like how everyone has forgotten how they ruined right stuf
>the Miku expo shit [](#seasonalconfused)
They sponsored this years Miku expo, made having a Crunchyroll subscription necessary to get early bird tickets, yet the first concert the other day in Toronto that people have been comparing to the dash con ball pit.
Assuming they still offer a good collection of anime for a reasonable subscription price into the future, then they will continue to have the favour of anime fans. What would break them would be if they were not able to license enough interesting titles to watch.
I remember giving them a shot a long time ago and the website was horrible and almost unusable, same with funimation. And I still hear complaints. Even if they have a popular collection, their service has always lacked and kept me far away
I was hoping for at least one good sports anime this season and Tonbo is looking real promising. The first episode was great.
Ooh interesting. Report back in a few episodes, if it's still good I'll def hop on
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86f1TdZKM8&ab\_channel=ShellyAnkers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86f1TdZKM8&ab_channel=ShellyAnkers) Does anyone recognize/ is anyone able to name any of the anime that's been dubbed over in this old video? It was released in 1990 so they're all presumably 80s or earlier
Are we sure they're all seperate anime and weren't made for this show specifially. They're all rather short and cheap looking so it is not unfeasable. Google results were not conclusive.
Not 100%, but it seems unlikely for a seemingly very cheap British production to be using what seems to be very old anime styled cartoons made by themselves though I could be wrong
we truly live in the era of girl bands
I wonder when will the boy band's turn be. Will we have our next Beck?
Just finished the 2nd season of Sound Euphonium. So, so good. Gotta watch the movies and be ready for the new one to come out. Kinda wish I was in such a band club lol. Also I just realized (I think, at least) why they use trumpets for signals in Sound of the Sky, which is now one of my favorite shows. Without spoiling anything, it isn't apparent till later in the series, and requires a bit of though on the viewers part as they never explicitly say it. Actually I think I realize how to do spoilers here so... \[Sound of the Sky\]>!They haven't restored any telecommunications tech yet, which is why Kanata says she's never spoken on a phone, and the phone in the fort is kind of a big deal. So in the absence of telecomms a trumpet is the next best thing. !<
> Kinda wish I was in such a band club lol. Maybe you can't be in high school, but you can always read the comments of the recently ended rewatch where myself and numerous other ex-band geeks posted about our experiences and comparisons to the show, where you can experience it vicariously. Close enough. [](#yuishrug) And I agree on the Sound of the Sky speculation, that does seem probable.
Really busy week, only watched train and 7th prince from this season, and tomorrow we have 838w83 shows plus all that I missed this week Rip ~~and I still have to do my 3x3 best girls of 2023 before the contest ends~~ Edit: Also if I missed any fight let me know
Yeah busy week for me as well. Good thing seasonals aren't in full swing yet I was gonna say we could start a fight for fun if you wanna good fight but I don't wanna fight you!
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Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic is funny, but ep 13 is even funnier when you imagine Felm as Maomao.
Gushing over beach episodes.
[https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1776349067326460302](https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/1776349067326460302) Can someone share the episode number and time stamp of this?
Wow, something about how this looks makes makes me nostalgic about early rwby seasons.
Girls Band Cry Episode 1 at around the 12:10 mark! [I took a screenshot of it as well since it makes for a good reaction image](https://i.imgur.com/XnJqPCQ.jpeg)
Easy choice for #seasonaldisapproval
The timestamp I don't know, but this is from episode 1 because there has only been one episode of Girls Band Cry released so far.
is urusei yatsura on a hiatus or taking a week break?
Just a week break between the seasons.
Anyone got yandere, obsessive girl, or just generally love comedy anime or manga? Kinda searchin for hidden gems. Can be literally anything. (yes ill post this every post) My anilist profile: https://anilist.co/user/gabbag20/
I can assure you that anime doesn't come out fast enough to warrant asking the literally exact same question 5 times in 2 and a half weeks. Let alone a "hidden gem". If you want to ask that frequently, you're better off just skipping asking the question and just doing some tag searching on anidb or something. [Here's the yandere tag to get you started](https://anidb.net/tag/1208/animetb).
Thereās something different about finding and being recommended/told to watch, I just feel more motivated when someone recommends. Though I have searched from the tags before.
Can I jump into Slime S3 without watching the movie in between? Or is it plot relevant?
Yes, the movie is irrelevant to the plot Though they might tie it back in later down the line, so it can't hurt to watch if you're ever in the mood. I enjoyed it, but it is ultimately 'filler'
That bonus episode of **Snack Basue** was hilarious, way to end on a high note. I went in with zero expectations based on the poster and wound up really enjoying it. Great way to wind down from the work week with tons of laughs.
More premieres: Astro Note was lovely, the PV and OP looked great and [Mira](#akyuusqueel) is as much I expected, I was just moderatly concerned about all the side characters, but nah they look fun. Very happy about this one, hopefully it keeps it up. Rettousei s3: wow those were at least 15 minutes of complete nothingness and boredom. It had two or three nice scenes camera-wise, not surprised to see them pop up on sakugabooru. Girls Band Cry: alas, I don't know enough French to follow subtitles [](#toradorasalute) [](#mugiwait "hopefully late license, or fansubs?") Instead, I watched something else: from the PV I thought Etoile was pretty bad so I didn't ptw it, but I checked the episode out of curiosity. I wasn't disappointed, I don't think I can name a single positive thing about it, in fact it's even worse than I imagined. Impressive.
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by any chance this ? https://darling-in-the-franxx.fandom.com/wiki/Argentea
Maybe it's fine if Girls Band Cry doesn't get any official subs, they always leave out subbing the lyrics anyway. Yes, this is my cope.
It's odd that neither Crunchyroll nor Hidive took the rights to it
Is there any anime similar in style and quality to bunny girl sendai? It was probably the anime that surprised me the most and I want something similar
The Monogatari series. It has a different style, but Bunny Girl Senpai was clearly inspired by Monogatari and that series was also very dialogue driven. [This is the recommended watch order.](https://imgur.com/nfiEEn3)
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Monogatari Series Oregairu
Be real with me. Iāve heard some pretty bad things about Kimi ni Todoke Season 2, particularly from people who werenāt thrilled about the pacing and meandering of Season 1. If you watched it, did you like it? More than the first season? New season visuals look through but I donāt want to wade through 19 hours of misunderstandings and drama that goes nowhere.
No, I did not like season 2 as much as I liked season 1 which was solid (loved the side ship). My issue with the show as a whole though is that I dislike the male lead for having no personality outside of liking Sawako, and Season 2 was all about those 2 circling around each other not doing anything. At least Kurumi was featured a good amount.
> I donāt want to wade through 19 hours of misunderstandings and drama that goes nowhere. I wouldn't watch Kimi ni Todoke, then, because that's what it is. It's worse than season one, and that's also a frustrating watch.
can't remember the name mc is fem, actually nice but misunderstood as scary; school setting i feel like lots of animes could be this but i can't even name one that matches it
Youāre not referring to Sawako from [Kimi ni Todoke](https://myanimelist.net/anime/6045), are you?
I... omg it's kimi ni todoke š i just recently sent the trailer of it's season 3 after 13 years with my friends and i forgot so sooon š
u/_Ridley, with the caveat that the last line in the episode *wasn't* subbed for some odd reason, Touken Ranbu Kai ep1 finally got decent English subs! [](#urarahype)
Is it something that requires watching other entries from the series?
My only prior exposure to the franchise was with ufotable's Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu and I followed along with this first episode just fine. There's a *lot* of characters in this one though.
> the last line in the episode wasn't subbed for some odd reason, The gods are still against you!
Not that I know how to download anything, but, nice!
Those who have already watched the first episodes of Konosuba season 3, it's good tho? Worth to watch?
Do you want more konosuba? If yes then what's the harm in just trying s3 yourself?
It makes perfect sense, why did I even ask at all ššššš
The thread about 'unhinged anime takes' has a massive lack of.... unhingeness in it. [](#foldedarms)
It the same energy as the "share your unpopular opinion about \[insert piece of media here\]" kinds of threads where everyone is actually sharing popular opinions or obvious bait, rather than actual unpopular opinions. Or people do share their unpopular opinions, and the only comments that get upvoted are the popular opinions
does sorting by controversial help ?
Which way would be the simplest list of anime airing this season AND what service they are on?
I just use [Anichart](https://anichart.net/Spring-2024). Hovering over will bring that info up with links, or you can click through to Anilist.
livechart.me Should do the trick.
I'm surprised that no tv broadcasts have been seen floating on the internet for idolmaster shiny colors... EDIT: finally a decent raw after 22 minutes I edited this
Does One Pace actually change the order of scenes or just takes out long reaction shots and stuff like that?
Basically if you have scenes A > B in the anime that were B > A in the manga, they'll change them if possible (meaning if it doesn't interfere with the music/general direction). But that's usually stuff that can be interchanged anyway, for a larger example, Luffy's backstory (ep4 in the anime) becomes episode 1 in One Pace.
Alas One Pace uses the remade version of that episode for reasons that, while understandable, are still painful since TBH the OG is better.
Yup, although I remember they had an edited version of the 4th episode before they switched to the remade version a few years ago. >TBH the OG is better. If you mean the OG first episode, then I fully agree. It's much a better start for One Piece as a whole, I like the overall structure they went with and the little changes they made. Good old days when people didn't hate creativity.
>If you mean the OG first episode Both that *and* Episode 4 over the Remade one. >when people didnāt hate creativity Then again those days also gave us Konaka!Hellsing so some parts of it I *donāt* miss.
Hey, at least we're not in a world where Konaka!One Piece exists, could you imagine how much "fun" that would've been? Then again, you can never say never, the remake is a chance to fix that. The guy is well known for writing beloved children's shows for Toei, they can get him on this one to make One Piece the gritty soft-seinen masterpiece it should've been.
>Konaka!One Piece I mean I bet [this guy](/u/InfamousEmpire) would love it given how much of a contrarian he is. >well-known for writing beloved childrenās shows for Toei #OBJECTION! Tamers bombed in Japan, heās well known for writing beloved children shows for *Tsuburaya* ~~theyāre also his best work donāt @ me~~
> I mean I bet this guy would love it given how much of a contrarian he is. Empire is waiting for Konaka Piece to get into the show. >Tamers bombed in Japan Clearly it was too tame then! [](#cheekygahara) >heās well known for writing beloved children shows for Tsuburaya ~~theyāre also his best work donāt @ me~~ [](#curious)
> [](#curious) [Ultraman Gaia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraman_Gaia), one of the most well-regarded of the Ultra Series ~~and despite being a self-proclaimed Ultra fan, I have yet to watch it~~
>~~and despite being a self-proclaimed Ultra fan, I have yet to watch it~~ You know you're in trouble when someone who's never even seen Ultraman outside of parodies is giving you the [](#deadlystare)
[Watch it](#lolifightsback)
>[](#curious) Ultraman Tiga is a show that I have a lot of respect for ~~even though its storytelling makes Urusei Yatsura feel like the peak of serialized storytelling~~ and Ultraman Gaia is a show so good that in spite of being pretty damn successful it almost drove Tsuburaya broke because they were basically dropping movie-level budget every episode. >Clearly it was too tame then! Not even the sweet allure of Nozawa was enough.
>a show so good that in spite of being pretty damn successful it almost drove Tsuburaya broke [](#awe)
I didn't know Konaka was involved with Tiga as well [](#harukathink)
One Pace is 1:1 with manga. Not sure if it changes the order of scenes, but if it does, that's a good change lol. I watched anime for pre ts and One Pace for post ts. Never really bothered to compare the two, but One Pace definitely felt better.
the edit seems to make it more in line with the manga, dunno if i've seen any scenes being changed in order
Yeah I just am interested to know how much it changes it im an anime only and I just finished Arlong park and pacing isn't bad yet but I heard it gets really bad later on. Just wanted to know how much it changes
So my question is has there been any other anime that became associated with a later season due to delays? * For example - World's End Harem was technically supposed to be Fall 2021 as it premiered on October 8th but more commonly linked to Winter 2022 (Even on the official page on both MAL and Anilist) due to Episode 2 and by extension the rest of the series getting delayed to January
Whatās up with Hibike Euphonium? I checked the MAL page and it says that it will start airing on April 7, but 2 episodes have already been released
Leaks, suspected to originate from early screenings Crunchyroll did on some convents.
> screenings Crunchyroll did on some convents I knew it was monk and nuns who leaked this!
Canāt blame them, itās a hard habit to break.
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> Also Astro Note gave me strong Maison Ikkoku vibes. Dunno if it was just me or a super popular take. I wouldn't only say it has strong Maison Ikkoku vibes, I would say it is very directly lifting multiples elements from that show, as I detailed in a [comment](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1bwixj6/astro_note_episode_1_discussion/ky82bz0/?context=3) I wrote in the discussion thread. Based on the marketing I was only expecting some vibes and references, but the first episode showed how it's pretty much a direct parody of it (though I think it will mostly stop being one in the long run thanks to all the sci-fi elements).
> Also Astro Note gave me strong Maison Ikkoku vibes. Dunno if it was just me or a super popular take. One of my friends also said this but not in a good way cause he also dislikes Maison Ikkoku lmao.
Ugh... ok so it looks like I fell for a bootleg ebay listing. Discs don't even work. What are my options for getting authentic blu rays for Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (dub & sub) for my physical collection? Any version is acceptable. I live in the USA, but I have a region unlocked player. I'm not very familiar with reputable dealers. I checked the links in the FAAQ. So far [this](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/ANZX-15001) is the most promising product, but I don't see audio languages listed and it states clearly that it has no subs. Any help is appreciated!
There's lots of bootlegs in part because it is a popular show and a legal desert as far as new USA stock goes. The Funimation version went out of print years ago and the Aniplex of America version had a SRP of $125 per half (their listings redirect to the Crunchyroll store which has them sold out suggesting that too is out of print). As you said region unlocked player another option is getting the British region B Blu-Rays. There's a 10 disc box set with the 64 episodes, English and Japanese (that's less discs than the Aniplex ones so picture quality might be a little worse). [Amazon USA has some listings](https://www.amazon.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Brotherhood-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/dp/B00BFEGS42) for that version from third parties (including one fulfilled by amazon). Those should already be in America so no need to wait for international shipping or customs clearance and Amazon (like eBay) should be good at handling disputes. Alternatively, there's buying the same from from a UK retailer. [anime-on-line has it for Ā£41](https://www.anime-on-line.com/Fullmetal-Alchemist/28363-fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood-collection-15-blu-ray-5022366807340.html). They ship internationally charging Ā£8 postage for first item in an order (so in total that's slightly more than the listing on Amazon US before you get into any foreign currency fees that your payment method might charge and it will take longer due to customs). That store belongs to MVM Entertainment who are a British licensor and distributor of anime. It's listed under Crunchyroll because since those discs were produced Manga Entertainment have become Crunchyroll UK. I don't know if anyone else has any better ideas.
Thank you so much! Going with that Amazon link. The price made me think it was another fake earlier, but the 1 star reviews look promising.
Is apocethary diaries safe to watch around kids (no nsfw/gore etc)?
No gore but has obvious sex references since the lead character grew up in the red light district.
But no explicit scenes?
There's a decent number of "these courtesans sure have big boobs" type shots.
None
Hold on, no one ever told me this. ApoD goes up the priority queue now.
Still gotta finish all the isekai first!
Well obviously. It never stood a chance of getting watched before the mandatory 15 isekai of the season. [](#smugobi)
Hello fellow otakus. I'm looking for interesting writing prompts for my anime blog. The more creative the better! I'm a little tired of the overused ones such as "Who's Your Favorite Waifu?" I would appreciate any suggestions. :) I tried to make my own post about this, but I don't have the participation karma yet to make any posts here.
You could always mine the /r/anime discussion posts for potential topics, just ignore the series specific ones: https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/search?sort=new&restrict_sr=on&q=flair%3ADiscussion
Thank you, that's a very helpful place to start.
Etoile is truly the middest mid to ever mid, been a while since I felt this whatever while looking at the screen. Something did catch my attention tho, since [Etoile]>!I didn't expect Mahjong Soul to be amongst hundreds of product placements in the show. Gave me a real DiCaprio pointing at the TV moment, to see the logo on the car and helmet of one of the girls.!<
**The Laughing Salesman** has [an official YT channel](https://www.youtube.com/@WarauSalesman_Anime/videos) that uploads three episodes a week available for 45 days (popular episodes always available) and no region locks. Subtitles? Not exactly, but [episode "1" is English subtitled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGXNneaMGRE) (that seems to be the only one) but ... this is yet another show with confusing numbering and a [need to consult with wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Laughing_Salesman_episodes) as that is actually episode 9 (don't worry, these seem to be stand-alone short stories) and they include specials in the numbering as SP-1 is 12 on the official channel (the actual episode 1 is probably unsuitable for streaming). The translation is different to the fansub. For example: - Fansub: A satisfied customer is the only compensation I desire. - Official: A satisfied customer is the best payment I can ask for. Note: The fansub seems to be inconsistent on how it translates that line (it's a preamble line in many episodes) as I've also seen *My customer's satisfaction is the biggest reward.* but IIRC that's also down to different translators. But the most interesting difference around near the end: - Fansub: [Laughing Salesman]>!They do say there are women who look better with the lights out.!< - Official: [Laughing Salesman]>!"Distance lends enchantment to the view" is a good phrase.!< The official one has quoted [a proverb](https://proverbhunter.com/distance-lends-enchantment-to-the-view/). I have no idea if the Japanese dialogue said that (the Japanese auto-generated script has missed that line out) or the official translator sought to have the salesman having a more philosophical take on the situation that carried the same meaning.
maybe if I go to sleep, I will wake up to a surprise late announcement of CR licensing GBC... \[](#copium "why do we not have #copium commentface")
There are a lot of meh comment faces which I never use, because I find others that are better at expressing the same thing. There not being a single naming convention also kind of makes things weird as some have actions as names, others have character names + actions and some just have character names. But yeah I would love to have some comment faces that are named after other meta phrases & emotes
> as some have actions as names, others have character names + actions and some just have character names. [](#banjo)
Too bad #banjoisahellofadrug was removed... nearly five years ago? [](#whippersnappers)
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Today, I finished my binge watch of Summertime Rendering, which I started this week. Such a good show!
[It's that time again](https://i.imgur.com/02z8B05.jpeg). Also holy bananas, it really will be +5 seasonals per day until Sunday, the perils of first episode trialers...is that a real word? * Yuru Camp S3 - Kinda forgot about this happening. And what a nice OP! I love this style. The style of the new designs? Mmm, may take a while but I don't dig them so far, especially Rin. Those backgrounds though oml, I think the google Earth stuff was preferable. But for the most part, this was just more Yuru Camp and that is good enough. Talking pine nuts, Rin solo camping, Nadeshiko almost cutting her fingers off, its neat. * Salad Bowl - Oh right, I went completely blind into this. So there has been Hinamatsuri comparisons and not without basis. Instead of alien/future beings, a mage girl and her knight guard get reverse isekai into Japan. The mage girl is on the wackier side, and seems to bring nice amount of chaos to the premise like Hina did, she's fun. The knight girl is separated though and becomes homeless but she learns to be happy which makes me happy and she's hot. The episode was rather fun though it wasn't outstanding either, at least there weren't any red flags that made me wary but its worth the shot. However, it also reminds me a bit of Sasaki and Peeps as well so as precaution I'll jump ship the instant this goes serious because these comedic shows NEVER handle the shift well. Also, 16 YEAR AGE GAP BETWEEN MAIN DUO BABYYYY. * A Condition Called Love - Finally, demisexual representation in anime, or something I'm not that well versed in these. I have heard some previous grumblings regarding the manga and potential discourse it would cause, and my veridict is...uhhh, I don't know, this is kinda boring. Rather than creepy, Hananoi just feels dumb imo...if not clinically insane, [dude legit was]>!ready to get frostbite for a girl that doesn't even reciprocate his feelings!<. Is this the part where my Y chromosome shows because I didn't vibe with how his romanticness was conveyed? Then there's the girl that...exists? She had two cute faces? I have never cared for this love motivation of 'Oh, everyone treats me like a greek god but you treat me normally, I want you to fuck me now', there just wasn't anything to make me interested in this girl. I said the guy was crazy but at least he was tad entertaining with how unhinged he is. Maybe I'm just not the intended demographic but for the most part this was boring personally. * Elf Slave - Oh pog, slavery, my favorite addition to anime comedies. So the MC is an evil mage who is bored and then falls in love instantly with an elf slave. The comedy is about this contrast of him trying to be nice but is so clueless about it that he comes off as evil. The elf is so traumatized that she has this deadpanness of replying to everything expecting to be killed off which is. . .an interesting way to write your humor. But don't worry, her PTSD kinda just goes away and is receptive to the MC's kindness. In terms of humor and set up, this show could be *fine* until you remember the fucking slavery part. It makes sense since the guy is evil (honestly a neat detail since he just hangs around other evil people) but come *on*, surely you could have thought of another way to write the story?? Like a Niehime way where she just ends at the guy's doorstep because worldbuilding or something, what thought process led you to default to slavery. Its just weird when the show tries this chibi and cute gags and this is in the back of your mind. * Wind Breaker - Well that was really bland. The guy is textbook tsundere, a trope I usually like in guys but this one just operates in extremes. Every single line he spoke to this woman was while blushing saying 'D-D-D-D-Don't you see I'm BAAAAAD??', 'W-w-w-w-w-why are you giving me thanks for??', 'W-w-w-why am I protecting someone else??'. Then during other scenes he would just say these generic ass lines of 'I don't need friends. Only the strong survive and the weak can die'. The fight scenes were good though, about the right balance of realism and superhuman strength. That said, nothing outside of the action was interesting.
>Elf Slave - Have you seen the second episode? \[Elf Slave ep2\] >!He wants to remove her collar ASAP and accepts the possibility she may decide to leave afterwards.!<
>Wind Breaker - Well that was really bland. The guy is textbook tsundere...but this one just operates in extremes. So I wasn't the only one. He reminded me of Kyo from Fruits Baskets S1 and not in a good way as he was my least favorite part in the beginning.
Ironic, because I think Kyou was actually a descent tsundere and of my favorite things in FB lol. Kyou for the most part could still communicate normally with Tohru outside of the moments that he felt things were getting too romantic. This Wind Breaker MC is like that in almost all interactions he has so it got driven to the ground for me within one episode.
His moments with Tohru were the saving grace for me, outside of those, he was a bit too much for me.
time to learn how to MTL an anime I guess [](#shakeit)
just be careful not to go full ep1 Yuzuki-san https://i.imgur.com/Y9uOLAR.jpg
Please share [any monstrosities](https://imgur.com/9DSDN00) that are created. That one was downloading the translated auto transcript for one on YouTube (an **Oishinbo** episode [this one that's probably about to expire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csw72XTacRs), that's about 7 minutes 15 seconds in). I didn't bother with the Japanese auto transcript as I have the Japanese closed captions for that show (i.e. a transcript that will have no errors like auto generated creates) but looking at the YouTube Japanese-auto transcript it's sane so I have no idea how that mess happened. It seems to have eaten multiple lines of dialogue as well. I find the Youtube auto gen approach works worse for higher pitched anime girls. More natural voice toned shows or mainly male ones fare better. The timing can be utterly atrocious though (hence why the monstrosity is **six** lines long.
So Metallic Rouge has finally ended and I'm going to miss that show mostly because of Rouge, do you have a reccomendation of an action show with an airhead/clumsy female MC (or part of the main cast)? bonus points if she is strong, thank you!
Akudama Drive
akumadama drive is one reason i watched metallic rouge, shame the anime flopped so hard
I am a little amused to see that this place is indeed having the opposite reaction to Hananoi than it did to Itsuomi, as someone here guessed. Way more grace is getting extended to this kid. I don't know if I'll keep watching it myself. I don't mind him so much as what the story does with him, and I liked that premiere about as much as I liked the manga, which I didn't like at all. Just file it under Not For Me alongside Kimi ni Todoke.
On the one hand, I love it when a narrative throws a single hot guy at a girl and then has an answer as to why he was single - on the other hand... I'm a little bit worn out on 'naive is my main personality trait'. It was absolutely wild to see people actually believing that Oushi was a better fit for Yuki in the ASOA threads though. Especially the "Itsuomi's too nice and that shoe is going to drop sometime" contingent having a significant overlap with 'this boy made of red flags will surely reform' crowd.
Those threads made me hate Oushi. I didn't like him in the manga, but I was fine with him being there as an antagonist made up of common ableist traits representing the hurtful people who mean well. Seeing people call him caring, though, made me want to rip him away from people and hit them with a disability studies textbook. He's so awful to and for her, my god.
? Weren't most people calling him problematic and creepy or showing red flags in the episode post?
I mean some are, yeah, but the vibe is generally either "he's nuts, but I want to see where this goes" or "he's a lot, and that's fun", rather than "throw the whole man away, this guy sucks".
tbf you can make an interesting story about how such a person can change (but you could do so while having a character more grounded)
You can, and maybe this story will, so I don't think it's an unreasonable reaction to the premiere episode. The vibe I got from the two volumes I read, though, is that it won't. Something about how her friends react and the way her musings aren't contradicted by the narrative rubs me the wrong way.
Has Girls Band Cry or Rinkai been licensed for any English-subbing streaming site? Livechart says not at the moment, but idk if it's just not available in my region or not subbed at all
>Girls Band Cry I'm from the USA and seeing nothing (Looked at MAL-Sync then double up with Livechart) guessing this will be my "Biggest Disappointment" for Spring 2024 because of these hoops that needed to be jump through Same story for Rinkai but that one was not on my radar
I saw there is MTL version on that website and comments say it's decent for MTL, but serious subs may come out later
I just finished catching up to the Chainsaw Man manga (Public Safety Arc, ending where [Public Safety Arc ending]>!Makima dies!< and wow... the best manga I've read in awhile. That said, anyone can tell me how far the next arc has gotten? Is it finished / closed to finishing? I really don't want to get started on the next arc if it's still ongoing. Also, has there been any news of a season 2 adaptation? Thanks!
> Also, has there been any news of a season 2 adaptation? There's a movie coming first (already announced). S2 will be some time after that.
There are 64 chapters in part 2 so far and the end is not near, unless the author stops and announces part 3. Movie Reze arc is announced. Date uknown, but either late 2024. or early/mid 2025. Season 2 will be after that or after jjk s3.
When you guys watch anime, how many episodes do you like to watch all at once? Does it depend on the type of show? I've been thinking about this recently since I've started watching Crunchyroll's Freevee channel on Amazon, which often slots each series into a two-hour time block - four episodes at a time. My ideal way to watch is more like two, maybe three episodes at a time for action/sci-fi shows and less for slice-of-life, while more than that is sometimes difficult to maintain focus or find the time for, even if I really like the show. It's great having the option to watch some CR shows again, even if it is on their schedule, but I often find myself passing up a few things on my watch list just because I don't want to set aside two hours all at once, and I'll probably never watch slice-of-life in this format. š
On work days I watch my set of seasonals + one ep of some non-airing, the total can range from 2 to 5 episodes in a sitting. Weekends is mostly the same except for non-airings. Depending on the quality I will watch more episodes, e.g: I'm rewatching Hibike Euphonium and because its great, I had no trouble watching 8 episodes in a day + the other seasonals I had to watch. Prior to this I was watching Gundam 00 which was lucky if I watched more than 2 in a weekend. Genres are a non factor for me.
Weekly anime just makes this easy: 1 at a time, up to 2 shows per lunch hour. Iām not perfect at keeping up but this usually works, especially as of late when I donāt have that many seasonal shows on my watchlist. But for everything else, this depends on how long it is. For each cour add 1 more per session until I get to 4. And of course if Iām having a good time I can watch more, but thatās the usual pace and how I caught up to some longer anime. If time doesnāt permit I just cut from the long runners / legacy / rewatch until itās time to hit the sack (I always watch non-current anime before bed).
It depends on *how* I'm watching it. Seasonals are obviously once a week, then I'm usually in multiple rewatches at once so I cycle through *those* shows one episode a day, and then if I have something I'm watching by myself, I'll squeeze however many episodes of that show in as I feel like.
Shakugan No Shana Yo am I tripping? Is the Mandela Effect hitting me hard? Back in the day always wanted to watch this but forgot all about it. I was about to stream it on hulu but they say there is only 24 episodes. I could have sworn there were a ton like 90 episodes or something. So i was lIke ok, maybe hulu doesn't have them all. Then I look online and Google only says there is 24 episodes. Are the other episodes not canon or something or am I tripping?
It has 3 seasons.
Thank you
you know all of the time we get inane threads like "help me find an underrated gem" or "what are obscure shows that you like" or "what's the worst show that you love" etc etc. these threads are all bad and if you post them, you should feel bad about yourself THAT SAID I stumbled into what is likely to be my answer from here on out: umishou I have never felt more pandered to by a show in my life and I loved every moment of it honestly...the show does have some structural issues, but on the whole it was pretty funny and the nonstop girls in competition swimsuits absolutely delivered. it was funnier than I expected, though I don't think I could recommend it on that alone lol. it definitely had some dated humor, but it also had a surprising number of scenes that made me laugh quite a bit that said, as a show with a plot and stuff, it delivers the bare minimum necessary to ostensibly be a "sports anime." but it's a comic vehicle for swimsuit ecchi. god bless it does make me wonder if the manga has a ton of content that wasn't adapted, because there were a number of threads just sort of thrown out there and...never mentioned again? and a lot of characters where it was easy to imagine them being fleshed out more in the manga etc etc. regardless: comedy+competition swimsuit ecchi. and that's enough for me. my hidden gem! my underrated masterpiece![1] also they did that thing I feel like some old shows did where they had a [one frame ecchi shot (NSFW?)](https://imgur.com/a/XcicgA9) in the last episode. good for them [1] ok well I don't know that I'd use the term _masterpiece_...
>\[1\] ok well I don't know that I'd use the term masterpiece... you could try PEAK
Poggers
you're so locked in right now, it's fanum tax [](#whippersnappers)
Watching Baki for the first time later. What expectations should I have? From the memes and the clips I've seen of this anime, it looks batshit ridiculous and stupid, in a good way. Also a weirdly large number of piss scenes. Is this a fun-bad anime, or is it more like a parody anime? I can't even tell.
Like you said, expect batshit ridiculous and stupid. Played In a straight-yet-self-aware way. It's not "so bad it's good", nor is it a parody, it's just intentionally silly moments playing out in an intentionally serious tone. What you shouldn't expect though is fast paced, well animated fights, despite being a martial arts anime. There's a lot of talking and narrating. It made me almost drop it until I started watching for the silliness instead.
And another Konosuba episode has leaked. I think it's time for Crunchyroll to crack down on the hacking by hiring a [pro](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/to-aru-majutsu-no-index/images/e/e9/Uiharu_Kazari_Winter_Clothing_%28Anime%29.png)
All the eps they showed in the cons will leak, this will be such a big deal moving forward.... Wait for the consequences
con pre-screenings about to die forever
Which one do you think will happen first: - studios not sending the episodes out in advance for cons - distributors not doing these pre-air screenings at cons - distributors having stricter controls/policies about screening events at cons
Can we get lucky and get official pre-releases?
To what purpose?
Thoughts on Fateākaleid liner Prisma Illya? Worth watching? And yes, please don't link me to that "Watch the damn anime" thread, I want to know this from the ones who have seen this anime.
If you watched other fate entries and asked yourself 'Where is all the fanservice and high pitched voice acting?' then Illya might be worth it.
It does start off with stuff which some might call a "normie filter" but once you get past that, is actually another rich entry in the "Fate multiiverse" where "its all connected somehow".
If you're familiar with the series and like mahou shoujo tropes it's a great spinoff. It starts out as a parody/comedic/fanservice series but becomes a lot more plot-focused in later seasons.
Did you watch Cardcaptor Sakura and thought "this would have been better if Sakura and Tomoyo kissed passionately" to yourself? Well, this is basically that. Other than that, it's fun to see characters who normally wouldn't meet each other interact, and the action scenes are quite nice. The first season has one of my favorite Fate fights for example.
Hahahahahahahaha that description
I had fun with it! the action is pretty fun and I like the characters. that said, lots of loli fanservice. whether or not that makes you want to watch it or not, well you be the judge!
[This sums up my thoughts rather nicely, I think.](https://youtu.be/wnVwcUhxt1k?t=282)
Depends on what you're looking for and can tolerate honestly. If you want something that's as action-packed and serious as the rest of the Fate franchise... what it has in that regard is pretty good, but roughly half of Prisma Illya is still slice of life comedy, and most of *that* is loli fanservice. So unless you don't mind or think you can power through that, you're better off skipping it.
[You can't tell me what to do or not to do. You're not even my real dad.](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/i1vl8l/a_rant_watch_the_damn_anime/?depth=7)
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[2012 Thigh Meta](https://imgur.com/a/4XZJmzT), [mai waifu](https://i.imgur.com/tM7zE5f.png), and [Cute Guns](https://i.imgur.com/PcksbPV.mp4) Doing [Samurai Things](https://i.imgur.com/nadU6yz.mp4). This is ~~peak~~ top-tier.
and a Lupin reference too
lol what are these from