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Despite being sunny, it supposed to stay below 80F today (a welcome relief) . Supposed to approach 90 tomorrow though.
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https://www.livechart.me/summer-2024/tv
Honestly not much on my radar yet. Will continue to watch MHA & Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction on CR & Blue Archive on it’s youtube channel. Will resume Reincarnated as a Slime 3 at some point. Plan on watching season 2 of Oshi no Ko & The Cafe Terrace & it’s Goddesses. Plan to rewatch season 1 of Tower of God before starting season 2.
First impressions of what I’ve watched so far:Suicide Squad Isekai - entertaining enough & I’ve already watched 3 of 10 episodes, so sure I’ll finish.
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human - will stay with it for now
My Wife Has No Emotion - first ep was nonstop cringe. Perhaps I’m being unfair, but doubt I’ll even attempt any more.
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Finished Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Final episode score: 9/10. Overall season score 7/10.
Visually breathtaking, but at least half the character exploration felt like extended “Taisho Era Secret” segments. Perhaps to be expected since it was a short transitional arc.
And yes, I’m sure I’ll be paying to see the moviesExpected viewing schedule through mid-week:
finish The Duke of Death & his Maid season 3 (final season)
finish Tonari no Yokai-san
sample Spice & Wolf remake
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Finished Mushoku Tensei II part 2. My anime of the season, will be hard to knock off as my anime of the year. Already looking forward to the announced season 3.
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“I finally get it. I’ve realized I was still a kid, just a brat using old memories to act grown-up. Now I’m a parent with a kid of my own, so I figure I need to grow up fast. But I’m sure I’ll fail plenty more times. I’ve got to change little by little, worrying the whole time. I can’t become an adult any other way. Is’t that how you did it? I’ll work hard. I’ll protect what you left behind, like you did for me. Well, see you again. Next time I’ll bring the whole family. “ - Rudeus Greyrat, Mushoku Tensei II part 2 episode 12
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“It’s true that I’m a genius, but when you consider the whole world, I’m probably not as special as you might think. But still … I’ll always be by your side, no matter what happens. I promise you. If something terrible happens we won’t have much of a choice but to accept it as our new reality. If that’s the case, do you know what the best thing to do is so you don’t lose hope? Protect one person. You can’t worry about everyone. Just one is enough. You’ll have to make sure you protect that person to the very, very end. That strong feeling will become your strength, you understand? And so with that in mind: Who will you protect?” - Hiroshi Nakagawa, Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction episode 5
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Finished Wind Breaker. Clearly intended to be a delinquents with hearts of gold series to tug on the viewer’s heartstrings. Unfortunately the characters seem to have gimmicks instead of personalities. As result I didn’t find them particularly endearing or entertaining. The season’s pacing seemed odd too, somehow managing to end on a cliffhanger that didn’t actually feel exciting. The action & fight sequences were pretty cool though. Honestly not sure if I’ll invest any time on season 2 next year.
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Suicide Squad Isekai episodes 1-3 on Hulu. Actually found it pretty entertaining
Knew going in it would be more about style & irreverence than substance & originality. Though I ‘m sure there will be some relevance to
Harley & the princess being lookalikes
Clayface is the the character they modified the most to fit an anime personality & is my fave. Biggest criticism is the animation was actually pretty janky a lot of times (surprising since WIT is supposed to be handling it). I think James Gunn’s 2021 Suicide Squad movie is a pretty good litmus test for whether you’ll enjoy it ( not a direct sequel or anything though)
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16 hours ago, Animedragon said:
I watched an unusual anime the other day, it's called Girls' Last Tour. It takes place in a world where almost the entire population has been wiped out following some unexplained apocalypse and and follows the adventures of two young girls as they journey through the ruins of civilisation in their trusty Kettenkrad, which is a rather neat half-track motorcycle built by the Germans in WW II.
The city they are exploring has many different levels and as they find strange places, some of which are derelict and decaying others are still functioning and have a high level of technology.There's not much in the way of storyline and each episode consists of two or three incidents which are only connected with each other by the fact that they are events along the way in the girl's journey. As befits an abandoned city, the background artwork is drab and dull, and even dark in some places, but it conveys the atmosphere of a decaying city very well. The background music is excellent has a haunting style that fits the visuals perfectly.
It would be easy to give up on this series after a couple of episodes, but in doing so you'd miss out on a series that is both unique and intriguing.
1 hour ago, efaardvark said:I watched that a while back too. Kind of slow and there was a lot of strange stuff that was never adequately explained before moving on but ultimately an entertaining series.
It’s definitely more of a “mood” series than a story one. Stands out as being a rather unique niche. As stated, overall enjoyable but a bit gloomy to be one of my go-to relax/destress/recover series
That would be Yuru Camp. Recently finished season 3. The new “softer” character designs took some getting used to & I don’t feel like the nature scenes meshed as well, but remains charming. Amazing that I still want another season despite following it’s usual formula. But it gave some “B” characters some attention & mixed up the pairings to emphasize new dynamics (Rin/Ayano). And even introduced a couple potential newcomers.
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Itinerary through the weekend:
Finish Mysterious Disappearances
Finish Wind Breaker
Finish Kaiju No. 8
Finish Mushoku Tensei II part 2
Finish Go! Go! Loser Ranger
Finish Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc
Finish Duke of Death & his Maid season 3
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@Wickett Agreed on all counts & I like the OP/ED as well. Hope it gets a 2nd season.
And even though it was a couple years ago, 86 was probably my favorite recent mecha series. Would like it to get a 3rd season (cour?) but haven’t heard anything about one.
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While I still have some titles to finish & check out, I think my Top 3 of the Spring 2024 season are locked in:
Mushoku Tensei II part 2
Kaiju No. 8
Yuru Camp season 3
Honorable Mentions:
Train to the End of the World
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction
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Apparently Ranma 1/2 is getting a remake
I don’t know that I ever qualified as a “fan” but it was one of the first anime I experienced on VHS back in the 1990’s & I do have some fond memories (particularly the 1st season & the 2nd movie). So I’m sure I’ll at least give it a look.
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Bochhi the Rock had a lot of the same type of cringe humor.
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My introduction to anime was Star Blazers back in the 70s/80s. In addition to changing all the characters names to sound more western (Derek Wildstar, Nova Forrester, etc.), the most blatant change was renaming the ship from Yamato to Argo. In case you didn’t know, the Yamato was a WW2 Japanese battleship that was sunk by the US & a symbol of national pride to Japan (which made it kind of an odd choice anime to adapt into a kids’ cartoon in America). When the 2199/2202 remake movies were released in the US, they still called it Star Blazers for nostalgia purposes, but at least they used the Japanese names for the characters & ship. I remember reading about numerous other changes like the doctor drinking juice/soda/milk instead of booze, but it was fairly obvious what it actually was.
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On 6/18/2024 at 4:32 PM, Animedragon said:
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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian.- I've seen a lot of comments about this one, most of them favourable, so I guess it's worth a look.I’m planning to give it a look as well.
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While I didn’t enjoy it as much as it’s related series Soul Eater, I am admittedly impatient to see how it ends (could always read the manga which has ended but, nah). As to when, no official announcements. Same thing as Tanya the Evil season 2 (announced in 2020, got a single OVA ep a year later and reassurance it was still go & then nothing). Sequels are just taking longer (just got Konosuba 3 this year, Tower God season 2 in July & no date for My Dress-up Darling 2). My understanding is the Studio who did Fire Force 1 & 2 was busy with Undead Unluck until recently, but no idea what their itinerary is going forward.
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CR started listing their summer roster (debuting July)
https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2024/6/18/summer-2024-anime-crunchyroll
Honestly not seeing much to be hype for. Will likely continue Reincarnated as a Slime, MHA & Dededede. Planning to watch 2nd seasons of Tower of God, The Cafe Terrace & it’s Goddesses, Oshi no Ko (though that’s Hidive). I’ll inevitably find some new seasonals, but planning to try to take care of some backlog series like the 2nd cour of the Ruroni Kenshin remake ahead of season 2 this fall, Catlevania: Nocturne & Scott Pilgrim. And still haven’t watched live action One Piece & Avatar:TLA
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My MAL profile page lists 20 of my all-time favorites, plus my 10 favorite anime movies. Also my favorite 10 from 2023 (will update with 2024 once June is over).
https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ohayotaku
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I recently saw Castle in the Sky at the movies as part of Fathom Events’ Ghibli Fest. Like wise planning to go see When Marnie Was There for the first time in a couple weeks.
Also watched My Oni Girl on Netflix, but it really didn’t hold my interest.
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ALL of the “Big 3” are overrated IMO. One Piece is actually the one with the greatest appeal for me as I watched up to around ep 150 before burning out & it is the only one I even remotely consider revisiting some day.
The anime I’ve stayed with the longest is probably MHA (just watched ep 141) & frankly seasons 4&5 were disappointing & what got me interested again in season 6 was that it at least seemed to put the “End” in sight. It’s an rare series that can keep my interest for 100 episodes & most need far less. A satisfying conclusion can lead to an enduring legacy, conversely dragging things out to cash in on a pre-established fandom inevitably leads to embarrassment. And not just for anime (Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who, The Simpsons, etc.)
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Hope you find things to interest you here & decide to stick around.
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ah, Vysache from Shangri La Frontier, the most badass bunny since Usagi Yojimbo.
Clan leader
and mystic blacksmith (the singing while forging was very Tolkein-esque)
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The retro revival continues
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-07-01/clamp-magic-knight-rayearth-manga-gets-new-anime-project/.212711
honestly not sure how to feel about this given the lack of details at this point. Both seasons of the original tv series are in my all time favorites & I think it’s my favorite CLAMP series overall. Updated visuals (like they did with the Sailor Moon Crystal movies) might be nice, but I’m hoping they don’t attempt a sequel after all this time given my impression of CCS Clear Card & Yashahime. And I didn’t like the alternate storyline OVA at all.