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My final rankings for the Summer 2019 season (dropped series not included) Kimetsu no Yaiba (9/10) Fruits Basket (8/10 Vinland Saga (8/10) The Ones Within (7/10) Dr. Stone (7/10) Fire Force (6/10) Demon Lord Retry (6/10) How Heavy are your Dumbbells? (6/10)O Wasteful Days of Highschool Girls (6/10) O Maidens in your Savage Season (6/10) Gegege no Kitaro (6/10) Lord El Melloi II (6/10) Danmachi season 2 (5/10) Mix: Meisei Story (5/10) Demon Girl Next Door (5/10) To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts (5/10) Magical Sempai (4/10) Cop Craft (4/10) Are you Lost? (3/10)

I watched the original a long time ago & honestly remember very little about it. I ‘d watched Ultimate more recently but it was still years ago (I believe it was on Toonami/Adult Swim) and it made more of an impression on me. Ultra-violent horror isn’t really one of my favorite genres, but was still a standout example. My alltime favorite horror series is probably Shiki, though I enjoyed Devil Lady too. Ironically I’m just about to try watching Higurashi (When They Cry) including Kai & Rei what with Halloween coming up.

When I was a pre-schooler I got a coffee can stuck on my head. This was back in the days when they were made of metal and you had to use a can opener to open them leaving the edges jagged. My mom who was a compulsive worrier anyway, was frantic and afraid to try and remove it. In what can only be described as divine intervention my uncle just happened to stop in to visit. He had 4 kids of his own and calmly told her he had dealt with this problem before . Don’t remember how, but he did manage to remove it without leaving me looking like Wade Wilson.

Comic Party maybe? https://myanimelist.net/anime/289/Comic_Party?q=Comic Also, I believe Genshiken had some episodes where they were working on a dojinshi for Comiket. For that matter a lot of series have a subplot where a character is trying to become a mangaka (Harima from School Rumble comes to mind)

Looks like Funimation picked it up https://www.funimation.com/forum/topic/19145/fall-2019-master-thread-list

I’m through episode 6. Have to admit I’m struggling somewhat with this series. Seems like every episode introduces some new concepts of a particular branch of magic that is key to that particular case. While I’m able to get enough out of the explanation to have at least a general idea of what was going on, I’m still left feeling I missed something. Some story elements as well It seems like we’re just now moving into the main arc, so maybe some of it will be explained. I still intend to finish because I like some of the characters (particularly Gray & Reines), but so far can only rank it as a 6/10.

Demon Slayer is on Hulu. So is Gun x Sword which has some similarities to Trigun. Cannonbusters on Netfix has some similarities to Trigun & has an irreverence similar to One Punch Man, but also has some profanity & crude humor. For something similar to One Punch Man, there’s Mob Psycho 100, but unfortunately it’s only on Crunchyroll & Funimation. Tiger & Bunny is on both Netflix & Hulu and I believe is similar to One Punch Man though I haven’t seen it.

Welcome. I watch anime and ramble on about it ... good thing there are more creative and interesting members here.

Welcome to the forums, hope you enjoy it here

We’ve been having the hottest temperatures of the year this week, but supposed to cool off for the weekend. Don’t think it’s rained in at least a month, which is causing all the leaves to come down.

Rewatched episode 0 today before moving on to episode 1. You definitely need to watch Fate Zero first to really get into this series & personally thought episode 1 was a better starting point because it explains how it got to that point instead of just throwing you into things. Oh, and Gray is a sweetheart

The comparison for me is that both seemed to deal with the old school method of doing something versus the modern, technology enhanced method. Agree that SU’s music is largely over rated. I have it on hold for now, but what I’ve seen makes it an entertaining and positive series.

With some new series beginning later this week, decided to make a catch-all topic people can use until it becomes clear which ones have enough interest to warrant their own topics for discussion. For me:

Finished Fate Zero over the weekend. Truly epic, but a bit too soul crushing for me at times. Hope the follow up series offers at least some redemption for the characters. Plan to binge Lord El Melio this week as we transition between seasons. Probably won’t get around to starting Stay Night and Unlimited Blade Works until at least November.

Fate Zero Truly an epic story, beautifully animated with many likable characters. Which unfortunately makes the amount of bloodshed and tragedy almost unbearable at times. While the ending does offer some faint glimmers hope to potentially be realized in future series, I was still left with a heavy feeling. 8/10 (may change upward once I watch the follow up series)

No Guns Life, maybe? (it’s also getting an anime adaption)

I was actually surprised that they decided to do the next arc as a movie instead of a second season (though much of episode 19 was movie quality to begin with). I fully expect it to get a US release because I was actually doubtful Konosuba would be popular enough make it locally for me (further than the others I’d seen, but still less than an hour drive. Plus airing on Toonami ought to help the chances.

If you go to Anime News Network and do a search for “stage play”, you’ll see this is actually a trend in Japan

So, the past year or so I’ve noticed more anime movies (not just Ghibli) getting showings at nearby theaters. Granted, many were just a single showing on a weekday night, but was wondering if other members here had taken advantage and what they thought of the experience. For me, I saw the My Hero Academia movie & Promare and am planning to see the Konosuba movie in November. Sadly, I don’t really have any IRL friends who are into anime, but it’s still fun reacting along with everyone else to what’s happening on screen. And while the theaters hadn’t been packed it’s still drawn a decent audience, again given the strange show times.

Woke up to the low 50s, currently sitting at 90.

Welcome to the forums As far as recommendations out of 2019 series, Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) is probably the hottest thing right now. The Promised Neverland & Rising of the Shield Hero are notable as well. Since you like Berserk, maybe Vinland Saga & Dororo. For slice of life My Roommate is s Cat is funny, but also has some feels. While Wasteful Days of High School Girls is just silliness. For romance/tearjerker maybe try the Fruits Basket remake. Hope you stick around. btw, 25 ain’t old (especially around here ) And I just finished the 1st half of Fate Zero and am enjoying it alot. Especially the pairs of Saber/Irisveil & Rider/Waver. On that note, the Lord El Melio series that’s just winding up centers on an adult Waver Velvet.

Welcome to the forums Just join in the conversation on any topics that catch your interest, people are friendly here. Sharing some of the anime or manga you enjoy may be a good place to start.

Welcome to the forums Battle Angel Alita was the first manga I really got into as well, though I did burn out during Last Order. More recently I tried getting into Mars Chronicle, but not really feeling it. Still hoping it will get s more complete anime adaption someday (it happened for Boogiepop, Fruits Basket & soon Blade of Immortal). Anyway, hope you enjoy it here.

One thing I find interesting about isekai series is if you look at early examples, a number of them actually had shoujo characteristics (Magic Knight Rayearth, Vision of Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi) as opposed to the current trend focusing on harems and OP MCs . Of course another trend in isekai is parodies or at the very least series that don’t take themselves all that seriously, for example Konosuba, Demon Lord Retry & Isekai Quartet.