NeonKettle

5 hours ago, Ohiotaku said:

Started watching Aggretsuko season 3 & enjoying it quite a bit 

AHHH I cannot WAIT to watch Aggretsuko s3!! The minute my sis comes home tomorrow night we are SO on for it! I’m stoked that you’re liking it!

General update on Re:Zero, (and I apologize if this isn’t the place for this, just let me know ), I just finished episode 7 last night and I am ALL in for this show. I liked it from the start, but it has completely won me over now. My GOD that scene at the beginning with poor Subaru and Rem broke my heart!! I would’ve cried if I hadn’t been so in shock with just how brutal and heartfelt it was! And then the conclusion he comes to at the end of the episode??? Maaaaan that is some good stuff. Excellent episode dude. This show continues to impress me and I can’t wait to watch more.

12 hours ago, Ohiotaku said:

A couple members here are watching it & commenting on it in a topic under the Currently Airing Anime heading. If you catch up before the season is over, feel free to join us, or leave your thoughts afterwards. We’re not using spoiler tags though, so probably want to wait till you’re current.

https://animeforums.net/topic/6026-thoughts-on-the-latest-episode-of-fruits-basket/

Thank you!! If I do catch up I’d love to chat about it with you guys.  

20 minutes ago, Ohiotaku said:

@NeonKettle glad your enjoying Re:Zero, I’m currently watching season 2 & it’s the only thing putting up a serious fight against Fruit’s Basket for my AOTY. Some people wind up not liking Subaru. Without being too spoilery, his response to some situations is far from heroic. But to me, that’s what makes it better than the majority of the other isekai. The idea that someone with psychological & social issues that make it hard to cope irl gets transported to another world & suddenly becomes a hero is ridiculous. Yes, when he gets knocked down he needs someone to help him back up (and sometimes to drag him a ways  ) But he invariably finds the resolve to keep going, even when it seems he’s in danger of becoming irreparably damaged.

Yes totally!! I’ve heard that and I’m super into it.  I’m really looking forward to seeing how the show gives Subaru layers and complexities. I’ve already noticed little shades of it in his well-meaning but awkward personality, even this early in the show. Good writing! I really like that the show has stakes and that it isn’t afraid of letting its protagonist screw up. Very cool.  

And oh my god thank you for mentioning Fruits Basket S2, my sister and I loved the first season and we need to catch up.

I am DESPERATELY waiting on Mob Psycho s3. Oh my god I can’t wait. The second the news breaks on that I’m gonna lose my damn mind.

So I’m three episodes into Re:Zero, I’m totally digging it! I’m not usually into Issekai, but this one has an edge that I think really works because they do such a good job of making you care about the characters. Subaru especially, I can totally root for him as MC.

Now I’m just sitting here on pins and needles, because if I already like the characters this much this show is gonna kill me. I don’t know the details but I’ve heard some stuff goes DOWN. 
 

But hey, I dig a show that can make me care enough to break my heart.  

@RuthisianCodex and @Argas thank you guys so much! I know it’s been like two weeks, but y’all have been so chill and nice. I’m really enjoying being back!  

22 hours ago, Ohiotaku said:

Not sure how I forgot about Isaac & Miria from Baccano. Thanks to @NeonKettle for reminding me.

Totally dude! And agreed, Isaac and Miria are everything.

While I’m here, Jungo and Airi from Devil Survivor 2 are an adorable duo. Love those kids.
 

EDIT: ADGTJJKKK OH!! And Chrono and Rosette from Chrono Crusade!! I feel so dirty forgetting about them, I love them both so much!!

God, y’all have some great taste.

Just a few of mine

And someone already said the best Jojo op, so I’ll just pick another. I mean they all bang, right?

Oh god, so many!  

Ben Diskin 

Justin Cook

Nobuhiko Okumoto

Luci Christian

Takahiro Sakurai

Colleen Clinkenbeard 

Laura Bailey 

Joshua Seth (man I miss this guy )

Keith Silverstein 

Brina Palencia

Linda Young (oh my god, her Genkai?? perfection. total queen. )

Cassandra Lee

Those are the ones that come to mind right away. I’m also kind in love with Jonah Scott rn, he KILLED it as Legoshi from BEASTARS.  
 

Oh oh oh!! And she doesn’t do anime, but shoutout to Nicole Sullivan because I just adore her.  

10 hours ago, AlwaysSearching said:

Hey, that's what I'm talking about! There's a lot more to be said about characters like him than a lot of people would give them credit for. Yeah he is a "save everybody, no one dies" hero, but there's always more going on than just that. There's trauma, there's defying the odds (which he always does in SPECTACULAR fashion), there's the value of life and choosing to take it in your own hands to protect it.

Vash is a special character, there are similar types of characters, but even among them he stands out

Hell yeah dude, totally! Pacifist characters aren’t anything new, not even in 1997 , but Trigun was the first anime I saw that took the pacifism angle really, really seriously, showed what it really means to try to save EVERYONE. It takes a toll! When you see what Vash’s body looks like, it’s ghastly! And that’s just what the poor guy’s been through on the outside! 
 

But he chooses to stick to his guns (HAHA) and do what he thinks is right anyway. Legend. Definitely one of a kind. 

5 hours ago, Ohiotaku said:

Welcome back, hope you stick around 

Thanks man! I just might.

Assuming my friend above me is responding to the Now and Then, Here and There track, that Noragami op is FIRE. Total banger. Loved it the minute I first heard it. 10/10. 
 

Let’s follow up a banger with a banger.

I like both!!! But if Funimation or Viz are involved I usually go dub if I can. I grew up listening to those voices man, they’re part of my childhood.

Vash the Stampede. Oohhh this man just breaks my heart. He just tries so hard!! He wants so badly to protect everyone, and every time he fails he’s devastated. Such a good boy. He’s just tryin’ to do right by his mama, man! He just wants everyone to get along, man!! 

And I really like how he uses humor to cope. It feels real. That scene after...uh...someone goes away~, the one with him eating donuts in a plaza? Where he’s trying to keep it together despite all the horrible crap he’s been through? Damn, that scene still gets me. Poor baby. :’(  

Vash’s aching desire to save everyone, even if it’s ultimately an unsustainable way to live, is still such a sweet and noble sentiment and I love him for it. Add to that a stellar character design and his super charming silly-pants routine and you got yourself a classic. Vash is my hero.

Your Name 

Summer Wars

Tokyo Godfathers ( love me some Keiko Nobumoto ) 

Howl’s Moving Castle ( I like a few Ghibli movies, but Howl’s is my favorite ) 

Promare 

And shoutout to Redline, which is an excellent movie even if it’s not necessarily an all-time favorite of mine personally.

4 minutes ago, XII360 said:

welcome back to the forums or short visit of your childhood memories

Thank you brother! It’s certainly a blast from the past. 

Wowee!! So A4’s still kickin’ after all these years! Wild! 
 

I used to mess around here when I was a kid. Geez, that had to have been close to fifteen years ago now! I’ve been feeling nostalgic lately and I thought I’d dip in and visit my old online haunts. It’s nice that a part of my childhood is still around! 
 

Anyway! Hi, I’m Tori. Massive weeb and animation enthusiast. Nice to meetcha. ; )