Ohayotaku

Tired even though it’s just 10 am onna Tuesday. The fact that it’s supposed to be cloudy & rainy/snowy all week isn’t helping. I’ve said it before: animals that hibernate through the winter have the right idea.

This one is on my plan to watch list. Castlevania season 3 is scheduled for early March. Beastars & High Score Girl season 2 are also coming soon.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/animeawards/en/faqs/index.html The above link is what on CR’s site. Even though fans get a chance to vote, their panel of judges votes count more (70/30) and they’re the ones who determine who is nominated. The judges are largely what CR describes as “industry experts” and I think some anime Youtubers. I believe they had a list of judges earlier, but not sure if it’s still accessible. Most of the people on CR’s forums are usually pretty cynical about the official awards, though this year seemed to be more inline. There’s about 15 - 30 subscribers who participate in our own seasonal & annual version on the forums (see link in earlier post)

They’ve gotten a good bit of screen time the past couple weeks.

Started watching Granblue Fantasy. In every regards a typical fantasy rpg, but I’m enjoying it for some reason. Nostalgia maybe?

The school festival arc is getting fun with everyone finding a role to suit them for the concert (band, dancers, fx). Bakugo as drummer comes as no surprise ) And for a more comical villain Gentle & La Brava are perfect (equal parts Youtuber, gentleman thief & stage magician). We even got a bit of mentoring between Allmight & Deku.

Yeah, I know I already posted a similar picture, but Maple getting a magical girl style transformation is a special occasion (not considering it a spoiler sinced it’s referenced in the OP)

Kind of depends on your definition of “all”. They have Fate Zero & Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works but not the regular Fate Stay Night. Likewise they have the Madoka tv series, but not Rebellion which was a follow up movie. They have all of Evangelion & End of Evangelion, but not the rebuild movies.

<raises hand> I agree with your assessment. I don’t think it’s as great as it aspires to be, but still decent. No real surprises & not really emotionally invested in it.

Just finished RE:Zero Memory Snow. An OVA taking place midway through season, it was basically an excuse for everyone to play in the snow & then have a party where Emilia & Rem get drunk Was funny & cute.

Cuteness overload this week This is officially my “feel good” series of the season.

They touched on the major ones, guess I just forget sometimes most anime fans don’t watch as many (or as varied) series as I do https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1055895/-crunchyroll-forum-2019-anime-awards-#58476024 Edited January 16 by Ohiotaku

Yeah, I dropped Dendrogram then gave it a 2nd chance. Then dropped it for good after the latest episode Since you’re liking Bofuri, you might enjoy Ascendence of a Bookworm (season 2 debuts in April). It takes a little time before things get really interesting though. While I’m enjoying Isekai Quartet S2, I am disappointed that Naofumi, Raphtalia & Filo’s involvement has been pretty minimal to this point.

My personal pick for AOTY was Vinland Saga, but not really surprising that Demon Slayer has a wider fanbase/appeal. Vinland Saga has an absolutely epic story & complex characters, but it’s rather bleak (not a “feel good” story). Also not many female characters, certainly none as cute/charming as Nezuko. I will say what little we learn about Thorfinn’s mother & sister portrays them as strong characters worthy of respect. Also Demon Slayer had more exposure via Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu & Toonami while Vinland Saga is Amazon Prime only. Vinland Saga is clearly the more grown up title (seinen) while Demon Slayer is textbook (though impressive) shonen. On a related note, very disappointed that Askeladd didn’t get Best Antagonist. He has to be one of the most complex characters in all of anime. While he’s quite willing to murder, torture, manipulate & betray to achieve his goals, he does have his own creed. And ultimately he is willing to make personal and painful sacrifices to further a goal that was in many ways altruistic. As far as Senkuu from Dr. Stone getting best protagonist, while I had a better opinion of him & the series by the end then I did early on, he’s definitely not my pick. Probably would’ve gone with Tanjiro from Demon Slayer & given Best Boy to Mob. I personally feel that Love is War was over-hyped. Similar to Senkuu, I don’t dislike the MCs as much as I did at first. But the primary appeal was Chika’s antics. Likewise, Promised Neverland was definitely intriguing, but more interested in finding out about the outside world instead of just the orphanage . The fact that MHA got shut out when it usually wins several categories seems to indicate I’m not the only who feels it’s in decline. Kinda surprised AOT not getting a mention though since a lot of the long standing mysteries finally got explained. Kinda disappointed Fruits Basket didn’t get recognized, even if it is a remake. Overall, I think most of the winners deserved recognition, but still too limited IMO.

Funimation is adding a number of “classic” series to it’s site. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-17/funimation-adds-astro-boy-kimba-princess-knight-revolutionary-girl-utena-nadesico-anime-to-catalog/.156543 On a side note, they added Paranoia Agent about a week ago for anyone who’s a fan of Satoshi Kon and/or psychological anime.

Welcome to the forums, hope you enjoy it here I’ve been into anime for quite awhile myself

Looks like the isekai genre shows no sign of diminishing in 2020 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-02-15/crunchyroll-to-stream-the-8th-son-are-you-kidding-me-my-next-life-as-a-villainess-that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-season-2-so-im-a-spider-so-what-anime/.156492

I enjoyed it, even though it’s been a long time since I watched it. Was a different take on the magical girl genre, incorporating a lot of European fairytales, classical music & ballet. I also remember it being fairly dark at times..

Didn’t get as cold as they thought, so just slushy instead of icy.