・anime

[mighty cape]

Damn Demon Slayer pulling off god tier animation breathing style: unlimited budget works

[lucid dirge]

Agreed that new kny episode went hard

[shadow knot]

LOL that’s pretty cool

I get Horimiya because CloverWorks but I almost forgot that they’re rebranded off A-1 Pictures so the 86 reference made sense

[severe tinsel]

omfg

the new demonslayer episode

im actually speechless

like my jaw

dropped

holy shit

[hidden jay]

Fr

[ocean dagger]

slowly catching up with demon slayer

[severe tinsel]

why is hellsing so underrated

i mean i just started it

https://tenor.com/view/alucard-approves-gif-5420176

[ocean dagger]

holy shit that demon slayer episode was so good

[mighty cape]

Today was the ultimate Win for demon slayer and AoT fans.
Peak animation
Peak writing
Peak voice acting
Peak fiction

[dawn socket]

i wanna watch demon slayer so bad but math testtt

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[young thorn]

Nou

Demon slayer first

[dawn socket]

cant

have to restore honor by not just using algebra calculator

[young thorn]

Yikes

Watch it on Ur way to skl

[shadow knot]

are you watching Ultimate or the original Hellsing?

[topaz linden]

Nah man, Abridged all the way.

[tribal ice]

I felt the cut off in KNY today is illegal

Can't wait a week

[shadow knot]

the way it ended was just brilliant

for the new episode

of Demon Slayer

definitely rivals, if not, outclasses the iconic Episode 19 moment

just the whole episode itself got that raw hype

[topaz linden]

Apparently next week is the last episode of the season

[shadow knot]

Abridged > Ultimate > original Hellsing ofc

[topaz linden]

45 minutes long too

[shadow knot]

yep

[hot notch]

Marin at the end of the latest sono bisque doll. Nothing more needs to be said. I really like Ninym but it's gonna be hard to give her best girl of the season if Marin keeps popping off like that.

[tribal ice]

Oh it'll be the last?

I didn't see that around

[topaz linden]

https://twitter.com/kimetsu_off/status/1490335723458908165?t=IS8k4YhetSOM0DHN5lFyeQ&s=19

鬼滅の刃公式 (@kimetsu_off)

第十話『絶対諦めない』をご覧いただいたみなさま、ありがとうございました。
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次回予告第十話はこちらから
https://t.co/2VLiOcm5YN

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[tribal ice]

Thank you!

45mins of art

[ocean dagger]

it pushed back aot's release time by 20 mins lol

[tribal ice]

The EP was just too beautiful

Demon slayer slaying

[mighty cape]

Demon slayer ending was illegal cliffhanger

[nimble tree]

Anyone here?

[dawn socket]

holy shit the demon slayer ep

[mighty cape]

Yes

[dawn socket]

rengoku vs akaza looks mid as hell compared to this ep

[mighty cape]

Yep

[lucid dirge]

Dude new aot episode

Holy shit

[mighty cape]

Eren looking like a whole demon

[topaz linden]

Was looking for more stuff to color... man, Journey of Elaina has super pretty LN art...

[plucky mantle]

oh god, i remember how dark some episodes of wandering witch are 💀

also, i gotta love how they intentionally avoid fanservice on that anime

[topaz linden]

Yee, folks also were surprised to find out just how Chaotic Neutral the MC could be (funny enough, she's even more so in the novel)

[ocean dagger]

is the anime series good?

[topaz linden]

I personally found it pretty enjoyable. It really is less of a "overarching goal" thing and more of a "journey to nowhere in particular" though (no set overall goal, just people and situations she encounters on her journey)

Characters are pretty well written, and the action is really well done imo

[ocean dagger]

ooh because I've been planning on watching that show for awhile now (more like procrastinating but we are not going to talk about that)

[topaz linden]

Has one of my all-time favorite magic fights in it too 👀

https://youtu.be/wrPDOLeJwJQ
What it lacks in animation budget, it more than makes up for in sound effects, music, character performance and action choreographing.

(Spoiler for Ep 1)

[ocean dagger]

ill watch it after I finish Princess Connect s1 and s2

[topaz linden]

I've heard PC s2 is a trip lol. The clips seem great

[ocean dagger]

yeah the animation is absolutely gorgeous in s2

[vast linden]

AYOOOOO LETS GOOOOOO

[ocean dagger]

it looks pretty well done, and the sounds are satisfying lol

[topaz linden]

the sounds are so damn good

I just wish it had the budget to have animations that lived up to the rest. But for the budget they had, they did their best, and I respect the hell out of it.

[ocean dagger]

yeah its pretty good, and honestly impressive also

it makes up for it, even if it doesn't look good

[stiff birch]

I'm a bit upset that they could animate that wind magic thing decently but the fire part is so funny to look at

and the stones

the rest are good

[topaz linden]

Good for the budget, but they lacked the destruction visuals to give them proper impact (like the first few shots she fired)

That's not saying they're "bad", just that there's areas where a different studio or more funding could have made something better

That's not saying they're "bad"

Was someone saying they aren't good?

[mighty cape]

jake theyre a troll

[topaz linden]

[stiff birch]

yea, I'm on this league

[mighty cape]

and now theyre gone :3

[stiff birch]

like, it could be better

[topaz linden]

Was trying to see if I could bait them into having to explain themselves lol

[stiff birch]

but that's not bad

[stiff birch]

lol

[stark sentinel]

Amazing ep

[dawn socket]

WALLPAPER WORTHY

[stark sun]

THIS WAS PEAK ANIMATION

PEAK EPISODE

OH MY LAWD

[shadow knot]

better than episode 19 tbh

[stark sentinel]

Sorry this was better

After just finishing this ep

[mighty cape]

Demon slayer ep felt like a 20 min movie, Aot was straight heat too. And the ending got me smiling and shit... I read the manga but the anime makes it so much better

[stark sentinel]

I havent read aot

I did read all of demon slayer tho

Demon slayer was great action and for me aots story is amazing 👏

[stiff birch]

I've stopped watching AoT since the 1st part of last season is airing due to time limitation of me to do it

all I know is the new opening is banger af, and the CGI much better compared to the 1st half

probably gonna binge when it finished airing+got some extra time

[stark sentinel]

You should its definitely a top tier anime

[stiff birch]

no doubt

[ionic coral]

Does anyone think mihoyo might’ve copied re zero with raiden shogun?

[hot notch]

What...?

[ionic coral]

Season 1 episode 16 8:52

[hot notch]

What exactly do you think is copied

[ionic coral]

She pulls the weapon out of her boobs

I don’t think it’s actually copied just wanted to point it out for no reason at all lmao

[stiff birch]

there's no originality nowadays, anything could inspire anything and that anything probably become better than the anything it inspires before

[mental lynx]

I don't really remember that details lol

guess will take a look at the episode again tonight after I got home from work

[topaz linden]

Not sure if the timestamp or episode is off, but there's nothing like that at this bit

[ionic coral]

Ig the timestamp is different for the website I was using

[ionic coral]

So it’s actually 8:42 animixplay was just 10 secs behind

[topaz linden]

Oof

Unrelated, but coloring in the Journey of Elaina art has me rewatching the show...
Saya is adorable (fairly spoiler free)
https://youtu.be/XzEVDZTrn0g

[severe tinsel]

I usually start with the original

[shadow knot]

Ah, I watched Ultimate because it’s more faithful to the source material and it’s more cooler

https://tenor.com/view/anime-alucard-hellsing-hellsing-ultimate-gun-gif-12403295

[ashen cobalt]

more ppl need to watch takt op destiny

[topaz linden]

Okay, sooo...
I watched a bit of Princess Connect S1, thought it was fun, but never got around to finishing it

Then I saw my feed flooded with folks talking about the newest episode, so I binged Princess Connect S2 Ep 1-4 just to see what's up...

What the absolute fuck

Where the hell did this production value come from?

||https://youtu.be/MFqyUJmWix0|| If not for Demon Slayer, I'd be tempted to say this might be the best animated show of the season...

[shadow knot]

LMAO

no anime can hold competition to ufotable’s demon slayer this season

in terms of that spicy animation 🥵

[stiff birch]

aeugh

[topaz linden]

Idk man, there's some insane storyboarding going on in PC...
(And pretty much all 2d too, which is the crazy part. Even KnY normally needs CG + some insane composting for its fancier shots)

Still putting KnY on top for now, but this is just episode 4 😅 no idea where tf they go from here

[shadow knot]

Yeahhh still doesn’t really compare to Demon Slayer’s

[stiff birch]

hmmm

[topaz linden]

Here ya go

[stiff birch]

oh wow thanks!

hmmm

these scenes reminds me of Fate Apocrypha

or Grand Order Babylonia

[topaz linden]

The music gave me MHA S1/S2 vibes lol

[stiff birch]

yea

all it needs is some better SFX and there we have it

[topaz linden]

...now I need to see this with You Say Run as the BGM

[stiff birch]

[shadow knot]

I think the sfx sounds fine overall

[topaz linden]

Either way...
You see this shit miHoYo?
This is how you spend your Gacha money.

[shadow knot]

genshin anime when

[stiff birch]

they had Honkai tho

but not on Genshin

[stiff birch]

we technically got one
as an ad

[topaz linden]

I mean, I'd be happy with a Honkai quality animation too

But yeh, at least more than a 30 second ad ;-;

[stiff birch]

I'm gonna be blunt here, but the ad itself isn't that good if we talk about animation

add more frames to make it a bit fluid, then it's good

[topaz linden]

I dont mind the frames tbh (lower frame rates can be a style choice). The characters themselves just looked a bit off. Especially yae 😅

https://tenor.com/view/yae-miko-genshin-impact-smile-miho-yo-genshin-gif-24764069

[stiff birch]

IKR

that's been bugging me too

Yae seems like another character instead of Yae we know

also Ayaka

looks weird

[severe tinsel]

Definitely

[quaint bane]

Maybe bc the mouth is too high up, giving her a more kiddie look than a woman? My attempt at making her look more Yae-ish by just changing the mouth

[outer surge]

Listen of it ? Seems cool

[plucky mantle]

this scene is so cute, i love it.

[mighty cape]

every panel is sick in csm

the teeth is what make fujimoto characters appealing

maybe just me

and everything is messy but intricate

example

[mighty cape]

This stuff is still trending lol

[hot notch]

Dude it's really popping off. I started watching the whole show after the first time I saw this clip

[dawn socket]

i accidentally became a LiW reader help

[tribal ice]

It's goooood

[dawn socket]

i’m enjoying it and that’s the problem because i have exams

[tribal ice]

Oh f

[hot notch]

LiW?

[dawn socket]

kaguya sama

love is war

guya

aka akasaka

not oshi no ko

etc

[stray relic]

Bro…….

[hot notch]

His name is fun to say

[dawn socket]

really fun tbh

[hot notch]

"aka akasaka aka akasaka aka" just saying this over and over remind me of the one song Ron does in "Rons gone wrong"

[dawn socket]

LMFAO

KAGUYA SAMA SPOILER

IM CONTINUING THIS SHIT

[hot notch]

When Aka Akasaka is more in tune with the current entertainment landscape than 95% of the entire entertainment industry

[dawn socket]

I FUCKING LOVE IT BRO

[hot notch]

The closest thing we have to a Vtuber anime is Belle and it probably will be for a very long time

[dawn socket]

spoiler ok ||hes not a vtuber but DAMN HES A YOUTUBER GIVING OUT LIFE ADVICE AND GETS LIKE 50K SUBS AND 800K YEN DONATIONS WHEN HIS DAUGHTER WALKS ON SCREEN||

[exotic oracle]

Vtuber

Akasaka Aka sensei is indeed a frequent guest on vtuber live streaming

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/chess-belle-words-can-hurt-hurt-vampire-owari-no-seraph-gif-21719821

Totally forgot this person was named belle

They literally never bring her up again after the end of the S2 arc

Owari no seraph for any who interested

https://tenor.com/view/mamoru-hosoda-belle-belleanime-ryūto-sobakasu-no-hime-ryutosobakasunohime-gif-23701891

This is the belle I was talking about earlier

Good music. MC is voice by Kaho Nakamura whose voice is amazing (been listening to her stuff alot recently)

[hot notch]

Also I don't mean to keep beating a dead horse but this is what a game anime should be. Like Priconne doesn't make nearly as much as Genshin does but they have the funds to put into something amazing like this. Hell even Azur lane had a half decent anime. The whole production of this scene from the actual fight to the music, pacing, music (my god I love the music), and even the epic onetake of her ||flying around the golem and then them all going inside)|| is so good. It makes it feel like you're watching an rpg battle and it does it soooo well. Also the scale of this entire battle is perfect. Rarely do you see anime actually make use of scale like this.

Sorry I rambled a little there it's just I've been wanting to talk about that scene for a bit.

[topaz linden]

Even the non-action bits have been really well done. Like, during the "group huddle" thing, pretty much every character had some expression/response to what the other characters were saying, it wasn't just one head talking at a time

The storyboard has been fantastic (a lot of the scale usage is probably thanks to that)

[hot notch]

Like wtf this mobile game anime is putting a lot of shounen to shame

[hot notch]

Also is there no sound to this clip or is my audio bugging

[topaz linden]

No sound, it's from sakugabooru

Was too lazy to try and track down the specific clip myself somewhere else

[hot notch]

Man even the shadows at the start are really good

What studio is this?

[topaz linden]

Yeah...
Honestly, I'm just as big of a fan of good character acting animation as I am action animation, so it's been a very welcome surprise in both departments 😅

[topaz linden]

In-house, apparently

CygamesPictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CygamesPictures

[hot notch]

What.... They have a full on in house animation department that can put some of the big studios to shame

I guess passion for the project really makes a difference. Things like this and MT that have teams formed specifically to make them really show the difference. Since this is all in-house that means they also probably avoided the biggest problem with the anime industry which is the fact that the studio makes almost nothing from the production and the corporate board gets to keep all the profits. (Bad explanation but it gets the point across)

[topaz linden]

Looking through some of the animator names they roped into this though... props to them for bringing in some crazy external talent too for animating this stuff.

Before this, their key animators did work for Mob Psycho, Fate Babylonia, Takt Op, OPM S1, etc.

[hot notch]

This is going to be the best mobile game anime for a long time imo

[topaz linden]

(Also, new episode dropping any minute now. Hyped to see how tf they follow that one up)

[hot notch]

Unless Mihoyo comes out with some crazy budget adaptation I don't think anything it gonna come close to beating it. (I had heard once that the honkai shorts cost in the millions to produce so we know they have the budget)

Ima actually delete that gif because I know you said you were playing through honkai and that was probably a spoiler

How far are you into honkai Jake?

[hot notch]

I'm still going through S1 but I'm hype too

[topaz linden]

Literally just finished Chapter 12 last night lol

[hot notch]

Yep that thing I sent was defo a spoiler than glad I removed it

[topaz linden]

Funny enough, also hit Lvl 80 last night (don't ask how I'm still on Chp 12 at that level)

[hot notch]

Bruh I'm lvl 76

[topaz linden]

Luckily, I'm apparently too early in the story to know wtf that was spoiling. I know of the character, but nothing about them

[hot notch]

How long have you been playing?

[topaz linden]

Yeh... Basically did daily expeditions every day for the last year of my Masters before I actually got to start playing story stuff around Christmas time.

I was level 70-something and still on Chp 5

[hot notch]

I've been playing seriously since around last April and it's been great

[hot notch]

What's your favorite Valk that you own

[topaz linden]

Seele, 100%.
Can't beat Best Girl (well... until I get Nyx that is)

[hot notch]

SSS SP nice

[topaz linden]

She was the one I did daily expeditions for until I maxed out
Only has 2 S characters and a bunch of A's when she hit SSS

[hot notch]

Just a fair warning that I'm sure you already knew but Nyx is heavily gear dependent so I hope you have crystal saved up

Also the new Princonne episode is up on animix

[topaz linden]

I just want her to stand there and look pretty on the bridge 👀 (got a few decent characters for actual gameplay lol)

[topaz linden]

Lets gooooo

[ember cairn]

hmmm... its just me or did Ousama Ranking quality dropped considerably on the second half? both in animation and in story.

[hot notch]

Was it good?

[topaz linden]

...

...this is episode 5 right?

[hot notch]

Yea

[topaz linden]

...

That shit hit like a season finale

[hot notch]

Okay.... That's kinda crazy

[topaz linden]

Crazy amount of lore dump, several emotional moments, some huge reveals, and a perfect climax to top it all off.

...this is episode 5... right?

[hot notch]

That's what animix says

Also hair up Karyl is.... Mhmmmm

[topaz linden]

what the absolute fuck...

Also, they skipped both the OP and ED for this one...

[hot notch]

Princess connect better then demon Slayer?

[topaz linden]

(I mean, that's just up to personal preference tbh. But I personally am enjoying it more. Goddamn.)

I don't even know where to start 😅

[hot notch]

I gotta catchup fast then

[hot notch]

Bro this is season finale type stuff wth (Priconne S2 ep5 spoiler)
||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuEg328Umc8||

[topaz linden]

What'd I tell you

(dont know if you just watched that clip or the whole episode yet, but the big plot reveal was also pretty damn huge for an Ep5 reveal)

[hot notch]

I haven't seen the whole episode yet but I'm sure it'll be great

"PRINCESSSSSSU STRIIIIIIIKU!!!!!!!!!!!"

[topaz linden]

Vague-ish spoiler: ||They finally explain how and why he lost his memory...||

[hot notch]

Looking forward to that

[topaz linden]

The bit afterward is what does it for me. I'm a sucker for the "emotional scene with ED playing over it" gimmick

ReZero used it all the time and it was great

[hot notch]

And that's totally a season finale thing to do. But this is episode 5. Priconne coming for the best fantasy award this year.

[hot notch]

This show honestly reminds me of Konosuba just a lot more wholesome

[topaz linden]

Helps the main dude's panic yell sounds just like Kazuma's

[hot notch]

Because this show has the really good character chemistry that Konosuba is basically known for, it has the wacky absurd situations, really good "main attack" animation (Princess Strike vs EGGGGGGGSPLOOOOOOSION), but with cute idol type characters instead of whatever Konosuba had.

[topaz linden]

https://youtu.be/jrD8R9_oikQ?t=22

[hot notch]

"Ah aniji-sama"

[topaz linden]

Crunchyroll continuing to have clever af titles

[hot notch]

Have you seen the ones for the recent boruto clips?

[topaz linden]

I don't watch most of the stuff they clip, but I browse through their youtube page every now and then just to see the titles

[hot notch]

Well the past 3 boruto ones are connected I believe and they all make some sort of water pun because they're in the land of waves

Yeah "Pier Pressure" and "Tensions rise to high tide"

Also "Rumors of dismembering my children have been greatly exaggerated"

[topaz linden]

Personal favorite

[hot notch]

Crunchyroll's Motto

They can make any clip interesting if they give it a good title

Also I'm surprised nobody was talking about World Trigger with clips like this
||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQ4uyoPKFU||
||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWxB01HJRA||

[topaz linden]

I think I remember giving Season 1 a shot and not really caring for it

[hot notch]

I've been watching S1 and it's not great but S2 and 3 look like they popped off

The thing I like about World Trigger is the power system. The abilities and the strategies they use are right in my wheelhouse.

[thin flower]

Dude I think ur in love or you have some weird crap going on

[hot notch]

whelp I said a banned word apparently

part of the reason I like world trigger is because Kenji Kawai's ost gives me huge Gundam 00 nostalgia

Same way Sirius the Jeager gave me huge Gundam IBO feels (Masaru Yokoyama used almost identical styles for the two shows)

[hot notch]

Does anyone know which chapter of the manga the Tokyo Revengers anime leaves off on

[proven plover]

Chat find me a discord server for weebs

[topaz linden]

discord.gg/hutao

[proven plover]

This chat

Istg

[topaz linden]

[proven plover]

When will demon slayer s2 end?

Ep 11?

Or 12

[topaz linden]

Next episode is the last one, yeh

It's a double-length one

[proven plover]

And AoT?

How many EP

[topaz linden]

Haven't been following it

[proven plover]

U watch chinese animes?

[topaz linden]

Looks like two more?

[topaz linden]

a very small handful

[proven plover]

Is it AoT?

[topaz linden]

That's AoT, yeh

[proven plover]

Which ones?

[hot notch]

Only one I've watched is "Daily Life of the Immortal King" S1 but I've heard Link Click is good (that's Chinese right?)

[proven plover]

Yes watched link click

[topaz linden]

The Legend of Luoxiaohei (Watched the movie and S1 + S2)
Spare Me, Great Lord (currently watching)
Planning to watch Link Click soon as well.

[proven plover]

How is spare me?

[topaz linden]

Has the same weird pacing issue and lack of context/explaining that a lot of Chinese anime suffers from, but production-value wise its really good

OP and ED are bangers

https://youtu.be/AKTerwR9lco

[proven plover]

I see
Im really looking for some action animes
Ppl be only suggest me jojo and HxH

Basic ones

I have watched those

[topaz linden]

Legend of Luoxiaohei is a pretty strong recommendation I'd say.
It flip flops back and forth between Nichijou-esque comedy and some pretty impressive animation, and that's in spite of its cartoon style.

The movie does a more serious take on things, and has a really good EN dub too IMO.

Anime sample:

Movie sample:

[proven plover]

How is the story?

Or is it just action

Like fate

[topaz linden]

Movie story is pretty solid. Kinda Ghibli-esque (they actually make a few direct ghibli cameos cause China doesn't give af about copyright ). Classic "rivals forced to work together, over time learning to overcome their differences"

Anime story is kinda subtle tho. One of those that gradually builds up over time. Not quite as serious as the movie tho, tho it still has its moments

[proven plover]

Should i watch the movie only then?

[topaz linden]

I liked both. Movie works with or without the anime tho

Could watch that and decide for yourself I suppose

(It's technically a prequel to the anime, though it came out after)

[proven plover]

btw can u suggest me some jap anime also

Which are not well known

[topaz linden]

Genre?

[proven plover]

Like HxH or jojo

Action

Thriller

Good story

Anything but not ichi

Dark anime is more pog

[hot notch]

Like no echi at all? Or is a little okay?

[proven plover]

A lil booba is okay
But touching it and showing pantsu 24/7 is not welcome

[topaz linden]

From the New World - Post-apocalypse dark anime about a tribal society of humans with psychic powers. Dark af, and a very unique tone to it. High recommendation.

SSSS.Gridman - A meta-take on the mecha vs kaiju genre. Still plenty of action and big fights, but a story that's a pretty unique and darker take on the genre than usual (I'm not normally a mecha fan, but I liked this one).

Cop Craft - Reverse isekai buddy cop drama. Suffers from budget cuts towards the end, but the characters are well written and the story is pretty good (takes place on a city bordering the modern world and the fantasy one, so you got gritty street crime with magic mixed in)

[hot notch]

SSSS.Dynazenon (sequel to Gridman) is also a good watch if you end up liking gridman

[proven plover]

From the new world ichi?

[topaz linden]

Not that I remember, no?

[wheat aspen]

That new demon slayer episode was MENTAL

[proven plover]

From the new world looks pog

I saw trailer

I like this kinda anime

[topaz linden]

It's very well done, so if you like that stuff, should be a fun ride c:

[ocean dagger]

Princess Connect is now my comfort anime

[topaz linden]

...have you watched today's episode?

[proven plover]

Nice suggestion on that one
I hope you have more suggestions
I hate mecha
I wont watch any mecha anime even it is rated 10/10

[ocean dagger]

i’m still on s1 😭😭 im trying to reach s2 while savoring s1

[topaz linden]

(To be fair, Gridman is more a deconstruction of the mecha genre than a mecha anime. There's mechs, but they arent the focus of the story)

[topaz linden]

S2 is honestly S-tier, so you can look forward to that.
But oh boy, it starts hitting the feels and it starts hitting them hard.

[proven plover]

Even i skipped code geass because it had mecha involved
Just watched thr ending on YT and called it a day

I Just cant tbh

[ocean dagger]

oh god i’m not ready for that, i have my tissues ready

also infinite animation budget be like 😭😭

[hot notch]

I know that's your opinion and that's fine but damn are you missing out

Mecha is lit

[ocean dagger]

fr it is

[topaz linden]

Only been able to sit through two of em lol

Generally cant stand the genre either

[proven plover]

I like anime w dark ending

Or sad

Like devilman crybaby

Pog anime

Death note

[topaz linden]

Bunny Girl Senpai 👀

[hot notch]

Whats the other mecha? I know the one is Gridman is the other Dynazenon?

[proven plover]

Really?

[mighty cape]

your lie in april 😔

[topaz linden]

Nah, Dynazenon's on the list to watch eventually, but haven't yet.
Other one was Knights and Magic cause I liked how enthusiastic the MC was about designing everything

[proven plover]

Watched
Its my fav

[topaz linden]

It's the only ending I've seen that makes you feel sad, but also feel guilty for feeling sad...

[proven plover]

But its ichi ig

[topaz linden]

?

[proven plover]

The poster

[topaz linden]

Literally only relevant for like... the first episode lol

If you're talking about the bunny suit

[proven plover]

How is darwins game?

[hot notch]

I liked Darwin

[proven plover]

I wanted to watch fire force because action seemed lit but my friend said story is meh

Same w fate

[ocean dagger]

fate 😳

[topaz linden]

If you liked Your Lie in April, would recommend watching Bunny Girl Senpai.
Minor spoilers for Ep 1 to clarify the poster:
||The series has the MC helping out several friends with supernatural issues. Main girl's issue is people have stopped seeing her, so she was wearing the outfit when the MC spotted her to try and get reactions out of people. The bunny outfit never comes up again iirc||

[proven plover]

Pog

[ocean dagger]

yeah there’s no ecchi at all in bunny girl senpai so dw

[topaz linden]

MC also is like... the anti-harem MC lol

[ocean dagger]

the title is just misleading lol

[proven plover]

How is shiki?

[ocean dagger]

OH YEAH LOL

shikimori?

[proven plover]

No Shiki

Horror

Anime

[ocean dagger]

oh i’ve never watched that 😭

[proven plover]

My friend recommended it when i asked sad/dark ending

Horror animes are mss

Idk if they have any good one

[ocean dagger]

mahou shoujo site is pretty dark

honestly afraid to start that anime

[topaz linden]

Started watching that one, pretty interesting so far

[proven plover]

Nope

Its bad

[topaz linden]

I'm on Ep 3 so far

[ocean dagger]

i’ll take a look at it once i finish priconne

granted that’s if i don’t procrastinate

[topaz linden]

Good priorities 😤

[ocean dagger]

facts fr

one of the reasons why priconne has like a massive animation budget is a gacha game that cygames owns 😭😭

[topaz linden]

and the animation is in-house too, which is crazy for what they're putting out

[ocean dagger]

it’s really impressive honestly

hope that it gets another season if there’s enough source material 🙏

[topaz linden]

Apparently quite a bit. A lot of the stuff is almost 1:1 with the in-game cinematics

[ocean dagger]

fr? i’m glad to hear that honestly

i’ve been slowly getting into the game and it’s pretty fun, pretty casual too

[proven plover]

I wonder how is higurashi

New ones

[topaz linden]

S2 has started focusing a lot more on the actual overarching story of the game, so that might be part of it. but the screenshots I saw on reddit (would share, but they're major S2 spoilers) looked almost 1:1

(Though naturally, the anime version was... well, better animated)

[ocean dagger]

yeah it was ofc, but i’m looking forward to seeing more of the major plot

[shadow knot]

I can invite you to a personal server I frequent in where we talk about anime if you want

[shadow knot]

• Great Pretender (con artists being con artists)
• Rainbow (boys stuck in jail and brotherhood intensifies)
• Kaiji Ultimate Survivor (best gambling anime you’ll find)

[shadow knot]

If you want more obscure picks then:

• Angel’s Egg
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Texhnolyze
• Garden of Sinners

oh, and Kaiba too
tho it’s quite psychosexual at times but not DVMN Crybaby’s levels

[plucky mantle]

when u just wanted to watch bunny girl senpai and u suddenly learned about quantum physics

[shadow knot]

Pretty sure the quantum theory explanation was bullshit in it but I went along with it and enjoyed the rest of the series lmao

[topaz linden]

I just wrote it off as the science girl being slightly chuuni lol

[shadow knot]

So true

[shadow knot]

I remembered seeing clips or 2 about the anime and then this meme appeared

[ocean dagger]

😭

too much pain

i've seen clips of it as well and its pretty traumatizing

[shadow knot]

Yep

[ocean dagger]

kinda have to be mentally prepared to watch it or else you will literally be taken by surprise haha

[shadow knot]

[ocean dagger]

why did this scene make me laugh

[dawn socket]

no that’s just sad

[ocean dagger]

it makes me sad too

touches my soul

[wheat karma]

mannn wheres my great pretender s2

[shadow knot]

Lol never gonna happen

it def should tho

cuz I really hate the last arc and they should redeem it by continuing the series

[wheat karma]

tru, that ending fell flat but its nothing too destructive

s2 might fix it

[shadow knot]

Yuhh

[nimble hazel]

.

[uneven sluice]

Ah great pretender was really good

Wit is really doing some great animes after leaving aot

Great pretender , vivy , ousama

[dawn socket]

kaguya sama spoiler

ok then wow

[topaz linden]

Okay... so I took a shot at it. Without the voice-only audio to work with (not available til the Bluray release), had to make due with what I had, but the song synced up surprisingly well 👀

^Princess Connect Season 2, Episode 4 spoilers btw

@hot notch Since we were talking about the scene/series earlier... 👀

[hot notch]

The drum solo going down the valley is lit

Ahhhh the breakdown right as the big hand comes up and shakes the girl off into the onetake is really good

[hot notch]

Thats really good

[topaz linden]

You Say Run really does go with everything

[hot notch]

It's comical how it really does

[topaz linden]

The original is still peak You Say Run tho (Todoroki vs Midoriya)

And tho it might earn me looks of disapproval, I still firmly believe the most hype version of that is the English Dub

[bitter kelp]

What's this anime called?

[topaz linden]

Princess Connect

https://tenor.com/view/anime-princess-connect-priconne-anime-scary-scary-gif-24718473

^best girl (well, besides the detective ||Both of them||)

[shadow knot]

LMAO @topaz linden

[topaz linden]

Personal preference really.
KnY was visually more impressive, but I enjoyed this one more.

[shadow knot]

did you see the fight scene for the demon slayer episode?

[topaz linden]

ye

How could I not when my entire twitter feed was full of it

[shadow knot]

ah true, I barely use Twitter

nor TikTok

only socials I use is IG

[topaz linden]

Twitter is great for fan art, as long as you make sure to filter who you follow to avoid literally anything else lol

[stiff birch]

hmmm

digitally enhanced scenes vs fully hand-drawn animation technique

both are good

[toxic brook]

any anime suggestions

i need some to watch

[stiff birch]

what kind of anime you want/like?

[toxic brook]

anything with romance,shonen can't remember the other genres

[shadow knot]

I’m with hand drawn all the way because a lot of old anime are imo better than a lot of today’s anime but the digital shit they got going has untapped potential and ufotable tends to unlock it for the most part

[toxic brook]

lol

[shadow knot]

Kaguya-sama Love is War and Oregairu for romance

[stiff birch]

^

[shadow knot]

for shōnen, I’m assuming you watched AoT and HxH right?

[stiff birch]

though I don't watch Oregairu, but I can assure you Kaguya-sama is great

[shadow knot]

yeee def consider, S3 for Love is War is next season too

[stiff birch]

yea, I'm just all in for good looking animation, be it digital or hand drawn

[toxic brook]

i watched aot

[uneven sluice]

Mob psycho

Bungo stray dogs if you into mystery

And hunter hunter for peak shounen

[mighty cape]

Amagi Brilliant Park is a good anime, quite funny.

[uneven sluice]

For romance you can also watch horimiya

[ashen cobalt]

magi if u like fantasy

[proven plover]

Akudama drive ( action)
Link click ( time travel)
March comes in like a lion ( sad drama)

Shiki ( horror)
Darwins game ( thriller)

Nagi no asukara ( slice of life / romantic)

91 days ( gangster thriller)
Btoom ( action)
devil man cry baby ( action)
Orange ( romance)

There u go champ

[ocean dagger]

her reactions are so good and top tier 😭😭

[hot notch]

Glad we can agree on best girl. All of the main girls are good picks though.

[ocean dagger]

for me it’s between pecorine and karyl

[hot notch]

Yea peco peco is a close second but Karyl fits my preferences better

[hot notch]

Glad someone else has watched NagiAsu

[ocean dagger]

i love the mc since he doesn’t talk much

[hot notch]

PowerPoint presentation? Did he actually watch it?

[proven plover]

Im the greatest weeb

I have watched best animes

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/nagi-no-asukara-anime-manaka-gif-23215365

[low remnant]

could i have some anime recommendations

[hot notch]

What genres

[low remnant]

dunno whatever you recommend

[wheat karma]

noragami

[hot notch]

Princess Connect: Re Dive. The animation is done in-house by the same company that makes the game and they brought in many experienced key animators. Also since it's done in-house it benefits from the things as Mushoku Tensei (also a good watch if you can stomach the MC for the first 8 episodes) where the people working on the show are passionate about the source material.

[uneven sluice]

Vinland Saga (drama )
Kaguya Sama (rom com)

Steins Gate ( sci fi)

Nichijou ( comedy)

[low remnant]

hmmm

[uneven sluice]

Aot ( action )

[low remnant]

watched

[uneven sluice]

Re zero ( fantasy /drama)

[low remnant]

also watched

[uneven sluice]

Tensura ( isekai)

[low remnant]

ty for the recommendations

[low remnant]

watched

[uneven sluice]

then watch the above if you havent watched those

[low remnant]

il maybe watch sains gate probs

[uneven sluice]

yah its really good

[low remnant]

oke its a psychological right?

[uneven sluice]

yes

[low remnant]

nice

[uneven sluice]

psycholigcal then you can watch monster and relife as well

https://myanimelist.net/anime/30015/ReLIFE

[low remnant]

ya i googwld it

il ad this to my psychological list

[uneven sluice]

nice

[low remnant]

theyre all psychological

iguess its my fav genre

[uneven sluice]

vinland is kinda psychological as well

[low remnant]

vinland?

wiat il google it

[uneven sluice]

vinland saga

[low remnant]

think i have heard of it

[plucky mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/urasekai-picnic-otherside-picnic-sorawo-kamikoshi-toriko-nishina-toriko-gif-20062236

anyone else watched Otherside Picnic / Urasekai Picnic?

[proven plover]

Psycho pass is dog poop bro

The s1 is only good

[shadow knot]

He did, but kny’s recent episode sets the bar too high to the point where PC’s production looks like a powerpoint

[low remnant]

Its a psychological anime and it wasnt that bad

[shadow knot]

Psycho-Pass got the Tokyo Ghoul treatment

Only watch S1, S2 is pushing it, afterwards it’s trash

[proven plover]

I would never suggest someone this anime

[shadow knot]

I would suggest someone to watch only S1

and it’s really good for what it does in that season

[proven plover]

I wont
Cause if someone watches s1
They Will be eager to watch next seasons

Then they Will waste their time

[shadow knot]

lol that’s pretty fair

I would just beg them in that case haha

[proven plover]

Its human nature
If i say s2 and s3 is shit
They will be like :

Ehh

Lets find out

[shadow knot]

[vital crescent]

I think ayato will get along with him

Btw this is from the touken ranbu anime series

[proven plover]

Yes its touken ranbu

[lament jetty]

does anyone know where I can read manga on laptop

[shadow knot]

she's pogging

[shadow knot]

I use mangasee123

there're other sites such as manganato and mangadex and so on

mangakakalot as well I think?

[lament jetty]

what chapter is demon slayer as of the current episode?

[plucky mantle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DJ_-SgurA&list=RDl2DJ_-SgurA&start_radio=1

i love this opening so much

plus it's yanaginagi

i love her songs ndsjknfgbjkabj

[proven plover]

Suggest anime NOW

[shadow knot]

Ended exactly at 94

continue from 95

but goddamn the manga art looks so shit compared to what the anime brings at the table, I’d probably wait for the anime instead

[proven plover]

How many chapter does the manga have?

I mean ended

W

[shadow knot]

Like 205

[proven plover]

It will end in 2026 then ig

[shadow knot]

@proven plover I gave you anime suggestions lol

[ivory spindle]

International girlfriend

[dawn socket]

do u think they’re gonna make another movie for swordsmith village arc or just s3

[ivory spindle]

Amogus

[proven plover]

Oh shit

Havent saw it

When

How is rainbow

[ivory spindle]

Colourful

[shadow knot]

I personally think it’s amazing

it’s about a group of boys locked up and it goes from there

so you have themes like brotherhood and all that

[proven plover]

Ending? .sad or happy

[shadow knot]

fairly happy

its not like your lie in april or pancreas where it hits you hard

or angel beats
or plastic memories
or anohana

[proven plover]

For sad i mean death note also

[shadow knot]

ah

nothing like that

they’re all happy

trust

[proven plover]

[ivory spindle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/589990208448102406/940584077260623922/Kametsu_Charlotte_-_01_BD_1080pHi10Dual_Audio3D1BF7C6-00h01m18s412.png

oh Charlotte

[shadow knot]

Charlotte sus

[ivory spindle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/589990208448102406/940592347673133106/Kametsu_Charlotte_-_01_BD_1080pHi10Dual_Audio3D1BF7C6-00h01m20s038.png

there’s more

[proven plover]

Which one of those has dark or sad ending

From u suggesged

*ted

[shadow knot]

Probably Utena

https://tenor.com/view/anime-gif-anime-revolutionary-girl-utena-gif-19980020

they did the booba sword first

[proven plover]

Garden of sinners how is it

[shadow knot]

Pretty cool action mystery

[proven plover]

Shiki like end?

[shadow knot]

It has a happy ending

[hot notch]

Guilty Crown does this too

[shadow knot]

they did the booba sword second

[stiff birch]

thanks to Urobuchi just doing the S1 lmao
it was his work to begin with, then he give it to some other people

[shadow knot]

Its been a long time since he made something good

Hopefully Bubble will be a solid start to get him bacc on tracc

[stiff birch]

amen to that

plus the new upcoming PMMM movie

please Bubble be not disappointing bc those staff names are promising af

[plucky mantle]

except it is

[shadow knot]

theres a nsfw anime called Charlotte as well?

[mighty cape]

📸

don't talk about nsfw stuff thanks

[smoky maple]

What is the genre of this anime btw??

[stiff birch]

supernatural/scifi, drama, school, romance

ah

COMEDY

[vital crescent]

She kinda looks like elysia

Pink hair

Blue eyes

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/elysia-honkai-impact3-ely-wiggl-wigg-gif-23831807

[topaz linden]

Elysia's Not Just a Cutie

[exotic oracle]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/005/797/5b1.gif

[exotic oracle]

2nd season when

[dawn socket]

the op for that was a banger iirc

[ivory spindle]

isn’t he like.. 500 years old?

[proven plover]

Shiki dont Have happy ending

[ivory spindle]

if shikimori isn’t just a cutie then what is she

[ocean dagger]

a hottie

[fringe current]

almost thought she was aubrey from a game called omori

lol

[hot notch]

Man Charlotte brings back some memories. I remember the first time I watched that I had a huge test the next day but ended up staying up till 5am to finish it anyway

https://tenor.com/view/charlotte-takajo-breakdance-fast-anime-silly-spinning-gif-17505399

[fringe current]

yeah I remember binging it with a friend

it was pretty fun

[shadow knot]

Charlotte was really promising I’m sad the second half doesn’t hold up

[hot notch]

The Charlotte cameo in "The day I became a god"

[tribal ice]

Watched 3eps of my dressing darling and apparently it's all ecchi?

Idk how to feel about it tbh expected more from the high rating

[proven plover]

[hot notch]

It's not all echi. Also I'm not really sure why you expected a show to not have echi based on a high rating. The real place that My Dress Up Darling shines is its character animation and how that animation expresses emotion. Also Marin, nothing more needs to be said.

[mighty pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/marin-bisque-kitagawa-marin-kitagawa-bisque-doll-gif-24546837

[proven plover]

[mighty pelican]

just taking measures to make a costume.

[hot notch]

Yes episode 2 did have quite a bit of "echi" but imo it was some of the least echi, echi I've ever seen. I personally consider 'echi' to be when there's the over sexualized scenes where the mc accidently does something to the love interest like grabbing a place he shouldn't. Throughout the entire episode Gojo was very obviously uncomfortable and tried his best to keep his hands off of Marin (like a true gentleman). The most echi part was probably when she put her heel on his thigh.

Also I got a warn for the "The day I became a god" cameo scene I sent earlier. rip

I was like "when did I bypass word filter for this word" and then I saw my message was removed and I was like "oh, I'm stupid"

[mighty pelican]

yeah, think it was the leg spread scene. I think the anime is pretty wholesome, sexy things aside, love their interaction so far.

[hot notch]

Lots of really good main duo chemistry this season

Marin and Gojo, Wein and Ninym

[topaz linden]

Karyl and Pecorine

[hot notch]

Also why is there a bunch of NSFW gif links at the end of the banned words doc

[hot notch]

When Yuuki is no longer the main character

Though I mean lets be honest Yuuki was never the main character

Nobody watches the show solely for Yuuki

[topaz linden]

Nah, folks have just established that Kokkoro is basically his wife in all but name

Nobody else is even in his orbit

(But yeh, show is less "Yuuki and friends" and more "Waifus and this potato brain they collectively babysit")

[hot notch]

I heard someone describe it as 3 girls and their pet lobotomyte

[topaz linden]

For Season 1? Absolutely lol

But he's just potato brain now (a slight improvement in brain function)

[hot notch]

I like how you had to edit that 3 times for clarity

[topaz linden]

You saw nothing

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/priconne-pecorine-priconne-anime-kokkoropreconne-yuuki-priconne-gif-17099125

[tribal ice]

I just felt that the second EP was a bit over as u said even gojo was uncomfortable, I'm still at the 4th EP so all I've seen so far is echi didn't see anything wholesome yet except how she's accepting his hobby.

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/princess-connect-anime-re-dive-pecorine-surfing-gif-19041084

[hot notch]

Poor Kokkoro

[topaz linden]

('x')

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/priconne-yuuki-vomit-fish-epileptic-gif-24451895

That's a Konosuba moment right there

[topaz linden]

was looking for this one, couldn't find it

The sound effects/dramatic yells have all been very Konosuba-esque

[hot notch]

Yea this show is just Konosuba but more of the stuff I like and less of the isekai parody humor

Also unlimited budget

[topaz linden]

It's Konosuba if Konosuba ever got an S3/S4 (The light novel starts getting really good around where the movie starts/S2 ends)

S1 and S2 had the humor, but later stuff had both the humor and character development/story

[hot notch]

If they ever start actually leaning into Kazumin I'll pick Konosuba back up

https://tenor.com/view/kazuma-sato-konosuba-smile-smirk-anime-gif-16686762

https://tenor.com/view/megumin-konosuba-explode-boom-gif-13780914

[topaz linden]

They started leaning into it hard where the movie picked up the story... Movie just cut it almost entirely out

[hot notch]

Yea if the director of the anime gets off his anti-kazumin high horse I'll watch it

[topaz linden]

[hot notch]

So I caught up with Tokyo revengers manga the other day (from the anime it's almost 200 chapters) and holy crap I wasn't expecting the feels

I won't spoil much but it's not fair. I can't believe the mangaka did that.

Poor (massive humongous spoiler) ||Emma-chan|| they didn't deserve to be done like that.

[shadow knot]

It ain’t like DxD ecchi or anything but Marin has her risqué moments

[hot notch]

I like this. Risque is definitely the better word since echi implies something sexual which Gojo was trying to avoid there.

[shadow knot]

As for Tokyo Revengers

They should’ve ended after Tenjiku arc, the whole last arc was unnecessary and awful right now

[hot notch]

Yea it's weird. I know it's kinda Tokyo Revengers thing to introduce a bunch of new characters at once but like there's absolutely no way all of these people are coming out of the woodworks now and we're never mentioned before.

[shadow knot]

Oh yeah for sure, introducing a multitude of them was kinda the no go

[hot notch]

Also because (Massive spoiler) ||Draken dies|| no matter what happens he's gonna break even and most likely gonna end up at a net loss

[hot notch]

Also they just completely gloss over this event it's not focused on nearly enough

[shadow knot]

Yeah..

[hot notch]

Like he just doesn't care

He just accepts it immediately

[shadow knot]

Takemitchy ||saved Hina|| which was the main point of the series and everyone is safe and sound. I don’t know why he would try to ||save Mikey||

https://preview.redd.it/kqn6rmy0r2e81.jpg?auto=webp&s=241288ccf5086709e28f525b4c98200b58727629

Also this corny ass line killed me

[hot notch]

I get why he would try to ||save Mikey|| but like dude you're literally just ||screwing up everyone else's futures||

[shadow knot]

FOR REAL

[hot notch]

I agree that it should've ended after Tenjiku arc. Imo, I think that the mangaka though that ||Kisaki's death|| was too anti-climactic to be the end and is forcing himself to write a new ending

Like no matter what ending we get it just wont be better than the aftermath of the Tenjiku arc

[shadow knot]

Yeah I would’ve been fine with an ||anti-climatic|| death

JJBA DiU did this as well and it’s still one of my favourite Parts

[hot notch]

Or maybe the author just forgot to ||tie up the lose ends with mikey's dark impulses|| and thought that whatever this current arc is would be a good way to fix it

[shadow knot]

That might be it ^^

[hot notch]

This arc is so stupid

Unless the mangka somehow pulls a great ending out of his ass or does something cheap like ||sending takemitchy back in time further or a solo leveling webtoon-esque ending|| there's almost no way to salvage this

[haughty fjord]

please tell me I'm not the only person mad about this year's anime awards...

who is the boy that chosen as best boy...

and some others too

it feels weird...

[hot notch]

I think it's perfectly fine that bojji won best boy. It's a literal crime Roxy didn't win best girl though.

[haughty fjord]

idk I thought Mikey might be the best boy

but I agree best girl should've been another girl too

[limpid gyro]

the series went to shit

its actual trash now which is sad

s1 of the anime is great

and some of the other arcs are aswell

[shadow knot]

I wouldn't want Mikey to win ngl

[limpid gyro]

but it started killing off too much

and now it doesnt know what to do w itself

[shadow knot]

yeah wakui is on crack writing TR now

[limpid gyro]

especially considering ||hina is safe and sound, everyones ok but mikey is an edgelord||

[shadow knot]

yet ||Takebitchy decides to go all out just to save Mikey||

[limpid gyro]

i get it like

[shadow knot]

because he wants to "save everyone"

[limpid gyro]

hell naw bro

[shadow knot]

I think the most alarming one was Tensura S2 winning best fantasy instead of Mushoku

[limpid gyro]

mha kinda bad too

mha is cringe in general

[shadow knot]

it's been bad

[limpid gyro]

but after the war arc n stuff it aint the same man

rogue deku was super awesome

then not really

[shadow knot]

yeah

[limpid gyro]

Aot is prob gonna keep anime of the year

mha s6 aint even competition at this point tbh

bleach is returning but who knows

chainsaw man still has to get an exact release

studio bones kinda fucked it up in s5

[haughty fjord]

mha still continues after s5?

[limpid gyro]

ye

s6

[haughty fjord]

I didn't even finish it

[limpid gyro]

its already announced and scheduled for fall 2022

its not worth it

s5 has 2 or 3 good episodes

[haughty fjord]

it gets boring after some time

[limpid gyro]

the rest is filler-ish trash or straight up filler

s1-s4 were good

s5 not so much

[haughty fjord]

yeah I left it at s5

[topaz linden]

Which is a shame, cause S5 was basically filler before what should be a really hype next season...

Honestly wish they had skipped or heavily cropped it, cause I figured this would happen

[hot notch]

What.... Tensura should not beat MT in any category

[shadow knot]

ye its a shame

[topaz linden]

Probably just trying to avoid controversy sadly

[hot notch]

Tensura is good don't get me wrong but better a better fantasy than MT?

[hot notch]

You're probably right but I can still be angry

[haughty fjord]

yeah this year's awards are really weird...

[hot notch]

If Orsted vs. Dead End doesn't get nominated for best fight this year we're gonna have problems

I can bet you though that best fights will be capitalized by AoT and DS though

[topaz linden]

Odakawa winning "Best Protagonist" is especially weird to me...
Cause like, Oddtaxi is amazing and all that, but the Odakawa isn't really a particularly exceptional protagonist. The show's pretty much carried by its supporting cast... Odakawa is just the "normal guy" to bounce them off of...

[hot notch]

Atleast Eren didn't win it

[haughty fjord]

yeah best protagonist too...almost every category tbh

[topaz linden]

ODDTAXI for best director is fitting at least

Vivy not winning a single thing is a surprise tho

[hot notch]

AoT won best OP?

Why

[haughty fjord]

yeah Vivy was only nominee in some categories i think

[topaz linden]

Fucking Sk8 the Infinity got best VA performance?

[haughty fjord]

Idk Aot op not bad but there are a lot of better ones...

[hot notch]

Not a single MT girl was nominated for best girl

I feel like MT getting nominated for anything at was just a form of damage control so there wouldn't be outrage at them not giving it anything

I would've given best protag to Ai or Joe tbh

Horimiya winning best romance is like the only one I completely agree with out of all the nominees so far

[haughty fjord]

same

[hot notch]

And TYE winning best Drama. thats good

Tanjiro and Gojo won almost every dub VA award

[ember cairn]

Demon Slayer Mugen Train winning best animation its kinda unfair ngl

[hot notch]

Pretty sure DS won everything it was nominated for

(excluding dub awards)

[topaz linden]

lowkey still kinda annoyed at Slime getting the best Fantasy nomination.

Like... I get the 70% jury weight meant MT wasn't going to get the win, but Slime dropped the ball quite a bit with its second season. And this is as someone that was hyped for it.

[hot notch]

Tensura did not deserve best Fantasy in any way shape or form. MT, TYE, Vanitas, and RoK all deserve it more. (Wonder Egg was a weird nominee for best fantasy imo)

[topaz linden]

Ranking of Kings would have been my next choice after MT tbh. Even as a fan of the Slime series, it wouldnt even pop on my list until at least 3 or 4 options down

Slime manga is on a whole different level though. Which makes the anime all the more painful

[topaz linden]

Slime 2 pacing was weird af.
Felt like they were dragging things out to have the ||big invasion|| be the season highlight...
Then they just rushed through that and spent most of their time on the long af council meeting

[hot notch]

Most of the season was a lore dump and not in a good way

[topaz linden]

[hot notch]

https://tenor.com/view/tensura-rimuru-tempest-raphael-nardi-gif-20873997

Only interesting parts of the season were when Rimuru commited mass murder

[topaz linden]

Even that was disappointing tho

[hot notch]

I said interesting not good

[topaz linden]

At least the manga did it well

[hot notch]

Well Tensura anime is more aimed towards kids I think. Probably had to dial it down a bit for TV.

[topaz linden]

The original LN bit was definitely not kid friendly tho

[hot notch]

No I bet it wasn't

Same thing with MHA S5 watering down some Shigaraki scenes because they were too bloody

The guy who did the original key animation for the scene where the doctor is performing the procedure on shigaraki put out his version on twitter and it was way more graphic

All the budget for S5 went into like 3 fights from Joint Training arc

[topaz linden]

From when Rimuru met the ||King of Farmus after defeating the army||:

||Uh… Wow, is this guy a genius or what? How much does he need to talk down at me, making me as uncomfortable as possible, until he’s happy? And why’s he working under the assumption that I’d gladly pay him anything? Does he really want to piss me off that much, just so he can taste more pain during his inevitable death? Is he one of those?||

||Unaware of my confusion, the old man just kept on talking, up to the end. Right. Let’s take off his right leg to shut him up.||

||He started screaming, but I had taken pains to keep him alive again, so I let him be. No need to cauterize the wound or anything; I just cast Dark Flame to burn off the relevant blood vessels, so nothing came out. A pretty useful way to keep someone alive, I thought.||

[hot notch]

||Rip that guy||

Bikini Rimuru is cursed.

My eyes have been blighted

But she's a girl, which a bikini is made for. Pretty sure Shuna wore a 1-peice

Might be wrong though

[topaz linden]

Nah, dude got the ||flesh box|| treatment. Which is arguably worse.

[hot notch]

What is the ||flesh box|| treatment?

Sounds ominous as shit

[shadow knot]

Rimuru in a bikini

[hot notch]

Its cursed

Look away

[topaz linden]

||"The land of Farmus was in a state of mass confusion that day. Their lord, King Edmaris, had returned in a shocking state of affairs.||

||There, in the royal castle’s audience chambers, the collected nobility of the nation gasped in horror. There, atop the throne, a box had been reverently laid upon the cushion. Inside was…a cube of meat, a nauseating mixture of geometry and biology with the king’s face buried in the center. It was alive, its eyes a tad glassy as it stared out of the box, but fully conscious nonetheless."||

Diablo knows how to send a message.

[hot notch]

That is indeed a ||flesh box||

They definitely couldn't show that in the anime

[topaz linden]

The manga and LN are a totally different beast than the anime tbh

The anime doesn't go nearly as far into just how broken Great Sage is

[hot notch]

Anime is happy, LN and Manga are dark

Happy anime sell better so that probably why they cut all that stuff

It didn't have enough of it to be Goblin Slayer so they couldn't brand it as that but leaving it in would hurt is chances of succeeding with children. (potential reasoning)

That or it just has a shitty script adapter

[topaz linden]

[hot notch]

A true ||flesh box||
https://tenor.com/view/cats-box-if-i-fit-i-sit-broken-box-fat-box-gif-16581615

[topaz linden]

They also completely left out one of the defining moments of Diablo's character: The reason he's so devoted to Rimuru

TL;DR: Diablo watched the ||Resurrection|| and considered it such an impossible feat of power and precision that he decided he would live his life just to earn even the lowest seat at Rimuru's table.

Anime had him completely absent from the event.

[hot notch]

I thought the anime had him watch it through like a crystal ball type thing

[topaz linden]

think that was Clayman with the crystal ball?

Idk, been a bit since I watched. I just remember a ton of disappointment

[hot notch]

No I definitely remember at some point Diablo watching Rimuru through some sort of orb thing

[topaz linden]

Ep 24, Season 1?

[hot notch]

Yea that's probably it. I guess they were trying to imply that Diablo was watching the whole time

[topaz linden]

Yeh, which is a bit of a copout (and I think anime original?)

[hot notch]

Well did the whole Shizu and Diablo arc happen in the Manga or LN?

[topaz linden]

I don't recall it at all in the LN or Manga

[hot notch]

So they basically just changed the foundations of his character then

[topaz linden]

yeeep

[hot notch]

Awesome

[topaz linden]

The anime frustrates me cause its sprinkles of potential mixed in with weird and awkward directing choices

[hot notch]

Yea it's weird when directors leave out stuff like that when it will directly make their lives harder down the road as they have to continue to make up new explanations for everything they changed.

A perfect example of this and one that I will never let go if is MT changing how they got the letter in Millis and then skipping the entire encounter at the port.

They just don't introduce a character that will be important later on

@topaz linden do the official EN LNs skip the Millis port encounter too?

[topaz linden]

Remind me again which character this is?

The priest dude?

[hot notch]

||Zeniths sister||

[hot notch]

No but he and the character I'm talking about should be in the extra episode on the disc release

[topaz linden]

Ah her. Well, I don't really see that bit as all that important to her character. She made a cameo in the LN, but even then, it was only to Eris (So she'll probably show up in the OVA episode)

[hot notch]

It's not particularly important for now but she does come into play in Vol 20 (I think, it might be 19 but I'm pretty sure it's 20) of the WN and while they could just introduce her there it would've (imo) made more sense to just include the scene at the port between the Millis and Central continent.

It takes away from a little bit of the connected world that the author made when you just introduce a character later than intended

[topaz linden]

At that point, isn't it essentially just a cameo for fans who've read ahead?
I don't really mind if they leave out bits like that. Just when they change them in ways that impact the overall story/the development of that character (like how the manga completely butchered Rudy and ||his father||'s reunion by changing it from a mutual misunderstanding to ||his father|| just being an ass)

[hot notch]

I get that, I'm just being petty because I like her as a character.

[topaz linden]

You'll most likely get her in the OVA at least lol

[hot notch]

Yea yea but Rudy won't meet her

[topaz linden]

Welp, gotta wait for her reappearance in Season 10 lol (just checked the wiki, she doesn't come back til like LN Vol 20ish after appearing in Vol 5)

[hot notch]

Yea....

Good arc good arc

I'd like to talk about it but that'd be straight spoilers so I must contain myself

[topaz linden]

Yeahh.... I'm only on what's been translated so far of the LN (~Vol 14 iirc)

[hot notch]

Oh I though you were only at 13 or did a new volume come out recently

[topaz linden]

14 came out around Christmas time iirc

[hot notch]

Oh I'm getting 13 and 14 mixed up

13 is when THAT happens

[topaz linden]

Sidenote: Slowly making progress on coloring all of Vol 12 (Turning Point 3's LN)'s illustrations 👀

[topaz linden]

12 is Turning Point 3, 14 ends with Turning Point 4

Once again I praise the author for giving a spoiler-free way to talk about these things

Turning Point 3, so Vol 12

[hot notch]

OK just gonna delete that so no one comes across it by accident

[topaz linden]

But yeh, planning on coloring all of Vol 12's illustrations

[hot notch]

So Volume 15 animated is what I'm looking forward too if 14 is turning point 4

[hot notch]

When do you think they'll have an official TL of vol 15

[topaz linden]

was just checking lol

8 more days

[hot notch]

Ohh only 8 days until I can talk with you about it

[topaz linden]

lets be realistic here...
8.1 days

Well, first thing you do is learn this thing called the alphabet 👀

[hot notch]

Yea if you need an extra day or 2 to read and process that's fine

[topaz linden]

The date that the next volume of the Mushoku Tensei book series gets released in English.

[hot notch]

Dude I'm gonna reread the WN version to get hyped up

Web Novel

[topaz linden]

Well, they had eleven sei, but then they mushed one of the okus, and now they're left with only Ten sei and one Mushed oku...

truly tragic

[hot notch]

A modern tragedy

[topaz linden]

Fans refer to it as
Mush[ed the ]oku[, now I have] Ten[ ]sei
or Mushoku Tensei for short.

[hot notch]

Dude ||Rudues vs Orsted|| (spoiler of an event in vol 15) is so hype I cannot wait to see it animated.

I will literally riot if they make us wait till S3 for it

[topaz linden]

100% will

If they do an S2 and make it two cour, at the pacing of S1, it would just barely end with Turning Point 3

It would take some insane pacing to get to Vol 15 in one season...

[hot notch]

I know but I can cope

[topaz linden]

Cope for S3 man, let it be an experience

With how they handled the the second one, Turning Point 3 will break some folks...

[hot notch]

They can honestly probably cut a lot of the ||Magic academy|| arc (spoilers for S2) and get to Vol 15

[topaz linden]

Still doubt they would get to Vol 15 with that. I'm guessing they condense the Rudy ||ED (illness) arc|| a lot and focus on the post Turning Point 2 and buildup to Turning Point 3 stuff.

[hot notch]

Bro I'm not ready for turning point 3 to be animated

[topaz linden]

I'm working on coloring it, and even that's painful

[hot notch]

I was reading that volume and then that chapter came up as Turning point 3 and I was like "oh shiiiiiii, somethings going down"

[topaz linden]

they stuck fucking Turning Point 4 as an epilogue to Vol 14

imagine getting to the last 20 pages of a book and that's the fucking chapter title

[hot notch]

Jeez

[topaz linden]

I mean, it worked. I'm hyped. But maaaaan

[hot notch]

I'm just gonna reread everything from Vol 13 to 15 so I hype myself for when we talk about it

[topaz linden]

I need to reread it to figure out what the color of some things are anyway, so I probably will too lol

[proven plover]

[merry smelt]

love chuunibyou and other delusions is so good ngl

[topaz linden]

https://tenor.com/view/rikka-rikka-takanashi-chuni-byo-anime-train-gif-24398570

[merry smelt]

I love her 🙌

[woeful sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/rikka-rolling-hand-gif-5040472

[plucky mantle]

https://youtu.be/mkBMvagBwSw

[ocean dagger]

😮

finally after so many months of being delayed

trailer looks sick, looking forward to the second season

so many good animes coming out in April also 😳

[topaz linden]

I'm curious to see how fans react to the direction the series gets taken in after S1

[ocean dagger]

same here, i hope it’s interesting and not… bland

[topaz linden]

I mean, I've read ahead in the manga, so I have an idea of where it goes

but its definitely... "different" than S1's arcs

[ocean dagger]

i’m taking that as something positive 🙏

[topaz linden]

I mean, wasn't necessarily good or bad, just a bit strange 😅
The last episode or two of S1 kinda hints at the vibe they go in

[ocean dagger]

yeah the trailer further expands on that

I don’t have a problem to where it’s headed though

[dawn socket]

maybe it goes downhill from here