As we’re all able to “talk” on here, I’m frequently guilty of forgetting that many of us aren’t even on the same continent. And quite shocking to realize how restrictive “legal” access to streaming content is, beyond the boundaries created by “exclusive” streaming rights. As much as American anime fans ••••• about it, seems to be much worse everywhere else.
For myself, I’ve been holding off on trying Disney+ until they make Summertime Rendering available. Comments I’ve been seeing is that it’s one of the year’s best anime & being a paranormal mystery sounds to be in my wheelhouse.

Gotta love the hustle when employees aren't being submissive to terrible work ethics anymore. 

Good luck, hopefully you get the other position.

yep and thanks

well the excitement maybe over will find out more mon/tue

but it seems like they may have given a false expectation of the wage they were offering now and if its so im not going to take that much of a pay cut from where i am

Same but probably worse. Anime just doesn't seem to be entertaining to me anymore. Not even shows that I used to like. I find myself checking the time or letting a series run in the background while I distract myself with other things. I used to watch when I was younger, then somewhere in high school I took a decade long hiatus from it. Casually got back into it but in the last two years the same lack of interest has crept back.

Streaming shows and old television series again put a lot into perspective. I really missed living, breathing people on the screen. The reason I couldn't even keep an anime character/art pfp up as well. It didn't resonate. There's only a small number of anime I still like. One or two per year I end up watching all the way through and liking but the newer anime I seem to drop like flies. Didn't even finish the new episodes of Attack on Titan, an anime I ended up enjoying a lot over the course of its run. Don't know why but the Sports genre seems to be keeping steady. Probably the only genre I still get enthusiastic about. 

Tried everything but I think my love for anime is something I'm growing out of entirely. It's a little bittersweet... 

Still love manga though!

The latest season of Kaguya-sama in particular has been underwelming for me, though Science Fell in Love & Shield Hero haven’t been that engaging either. Bookworm has probably been the best of the sequels so far. While I’m still enjoying Spy x Family, it’s been sillier than I expected & wish it would take things a bit more seriously.  The ones I’m enjoying most at the moment are Executioner & her Way of Life, Birdie Wing & Heroines Run the Show.

in the company i currently work for im a yard supervisor so i do the load ups/unloads i operate all types of machinery , and im the senior driver as to all the tickets i have and thats also why with the big jobs it me thats usually doing them as the others arnt as qualified

all tho my department is currently a sub department of 5 people with around 130 in the department completly , working for a small company of around 3500 tractors(rigs)

That's incredibly impressive! I've always seen how difficult the work is and have so much appreciation for the drivers. 

My uncle, well he was actually a friend of the family's but I grew up around him, was a driver all his life. He would stay over at my father's when he was passing through. He'd tell all kinds of stories about being out on the road or just the trouble him and my father got into during their youth. It's funny because his family comes from a long line of wealth. Bunch of doctors, architects and lawyers. They offered him work that would have set him for life but he loved driving and getting his hands dirty. He was pretty old school and tough as they come. Unfortunately he passed two years ago from complications with Covid. Being a heavy smoker with a bad kidney didn't help him much. I miss his booming, cheerful voice. I'm always reminded of him when I see a driver! Good memories.

well it went to air did you see it was it as good as the others ?? you might have to write a review

yes it was a similar type movie (superhero theme base) i did enjoy darkman

It is actually MUCH older than that, as the movie is based on a radio drama character from the 1930’s thru the 50’s  which is also where the catch-phrase originated https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow

He’s even been credited as an inspiration for Batman (and a certain anthromorphic Disney crimefighter  )

      oh and as a disclaimer it had no sway to my user name ,  that's a different story  

About time, will be glad to have 1 less subscription to pay for. I’m glad they’re keeping CR as the active site since I find it more reliable & they still have forums/comments.

Crunchy streams ok but the site really, really needs an overhaul.  I mean, seriously, hire a web designer who has moved beyond web 1.0 already!  I haven't seen a web site as bad as crunchy's since MySpace.  Half the text descriptions are unreadable on my phone or pad.  (And Crunchy's own app isn't much better!)  The whole practice of overloading the "season" drop-down needs to stop too.  Random example... currently for "The Rising of the Shield Hero" you have to select "S1" if you want the English dub.  There are 4 separate "S3" entries to select from, depending on if you want German, French, Spanish, or Portuguese dubs.  If you want the original Japanese audio/subs version then you have to select "S9".    Who came up with this nonsense???  Things like language and sub/dub preferences need to be *in* preferences.  Or at least have their own appropriately-named drop-downs and not be called "seasons".

I'm also very worried about the lack of competition this brings to the market segment.  AT&T's tenure was bad enough but at least that seemed to be mostly due to benign neglect.  I doubt clueless indifference will be an option with Sony however.  Since they became a media distribution company they've consistently found ways to screw their customers whenever given half a chance.  Remember the rootkit fiasco?  That alone makes me want to immediately uninstall the crunchyroll app from my phone and go exclusively web-based!  Definitely not getting warm fuzzy feelings from this merger/buyout.  

the best platform the parent company owns i feel even tho it didnt have the forums/comments was the animelab one they got rid off when they merged that in to funimation

ill be glad to see it all in one spot (even tho it fully hasnt happened yet) at crunchyroll finally too

and yes the rest of their site needs an overhaul too to fix stuffs , neaten things up and help improve navigation

https://myanimelist.net/anime/50204/Tokyo_24-ku?q=Tokyo 24th Ward&cat=anime

tokyo 24th ward is currently airing on crunchyroll and i thing im going to run with it this season

hoping so it looks interesting so im hoping its a watcher not a dropper

ok is seems im on the orient express

two others also aired as a similar time

Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward

which i recon ill run with after watching the first episode

and

World of Leadale

ill check out but still currently not sold on after the first

nicee

https://myanimelist.net/anime/45560/Orient

i believe this will air in japan in a few short hrs

to air 00.00 6th jan japan time

being that both sister companies crunchyroll and funimation will be airing it

i wonder how long till it hits a streaming service , tho id think form previous anime they both have ended up streaming crunchyroll seems to usually be the first showing them

https://myanimelist.net/anime/42072/Kenja_no_Deshi_wo_Nanoru_Kenja

https://myanimelist.net/anime/48414/Sabikui_Bisco

well i found Monkey King Reborn on bilibili and now ive watched that one too

yeh ive been watching that (tho im alittle anoyed with the 17.5 and 18.5 eps)

crunchyrol this season ive been watching well

86 EIGHTY-SIX of course

The Faraway Paladin

The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an aristocrat

and

The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made

had some others but dropped them

there are 3 others im watching on funimation but let my anima lab sub go as funimation has a shit streaming viewer and other problem so i cant see why im paying to use and told them that (they should have kept the animalab player in the takeover atleast)

but was bored enough and with a lack of material to watch i binged re rewatched SAO up to season 3 alicization

then came across Shingu

I’m watching all of those CR titles myself. Though I Keep swearing I’m gonna drop Fruit of Evolution (total garbage fire). Same with Platinum End. Went into it knowing it wouldn’t measure up to Death Note, but  

Production delays keep getting more frequent (Paladin had one over the weekend too). There are ways to make recap & cast/crew specials entertaining, but when it’s just clips cobbled together, it’s an obvious stall tactic. Personally I feel like if they need more time to finish or try to maintain quality, it would be  better to just skip a week. But I guess that would leave gaps in the tv schedule in Japan.  New Demon Slayer arc is supposed to start Sunday, so fingers crossed .

Agree about Funi’s player. Increasingly the subtitles cut out on the Roku app & I end up finishing on my phone. I consider it worthwhile largely for Mieruko-chan & Mushoku Tensei. And while Rumble Garandoll  is a harem series, it’s at least funnier & less cringe than Fruit of Evolution.

On the Netflux front, 12 eps of Girl Jojo is supposed to go up tomorrow & new season of Aggretsuko in a couple weeks. 
 

The upcoming anime season looks pretty sparse except for the conclusion(?) of AOT. Maybe I’ll finally make a dent in my backlog list (I keep saying that too  )

Sorry for the long response  

Platinum End is one of the ones i mentioned i dropped

and if i had more to watch id drop Fruit of Evolution too

but for me its a bit thin this season with anime to watch

Hiiiiiii! How have you beeen? It’s been soo loong Oto-san! 

same as usual not bad thanks , Hime~sama , you ?

Hihi, I’ve been here and there but I’m doing fine. It’s nice to see some familiar faces here! Yay!