What anime are you watching now?

[efaardvark]

ループ7回目の悪役令嬢は元敵国で自由気ままな花嫁生活を満喫する*

a.k.a 7th time loop

Kind of a different take on the "groundhog day" idea of repeating life until you have the skills and the knowledge to take charge and do it right.  The MC was good but the antagonist was a bit of a paper target and the show wobbles a bit in the last few episodes.  It never completely leaves the rails however and in the end I thought it worth the watch.

 

 

(*What is it with the long-ash anime titles?)

[Sakura]

I am still rewatching Fairy Tail, all the way up to the Tartaros Arc now, but also started watching Black Clover season 1. 

[Animedragon]

I've finished rewatching Aquatope on White Sand. This is a wonderful Slice of Life series about two girls who work in an aquarium. The artwork and animation is excellent, especially the fish and other aquatic animals. The two girls and their friends are believable characters each with their own personalities. The series has a great story and some beautiful background music. This is definitely an overlooked and under appreciated anime.

[Metabee177]

im watching alot of one piece and kaiju no 8. Good stuff!

[Zeref]

DBZ Super.
Previously I only watched around halfway through it, now I will finish it. Before I left off around the tournament of power between all of the universes. 

[KT Pendragon]

These days, I've shifted to watching anime movies due to my busy schedule. Just last night, I enjoyed watching My Oni Girl and rewatched From Up on Poppy Hill!!

[Ohayotaku]

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

Edited June 26, 2024 by Ohayotaku

[Digimon_Sommelier]

*Sigh* It's just not the same. What happened to anime?

[Animedragon]

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.

[efaardvark]

14 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I watched an unusual anime the other day, it's called Girls' Last Tour.

 

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.

[Ohayotaku]

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.

Edited June 27, 2024 by Ohayotaku

[Animedragon]

3 hours 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.

I sort of got used to the slow pace after a couple of episodes and decided that it fitted the story better than a more hectic pace. I would have liked to know what all the strange stuff was, but then it occurred to me that a lot of would probably have been derelict before the girls were born and even if there were notices telling what the stuff was would the girls have even understood them. I think that not knowing added to the atmosphere of the series and the sense of what had been lost.
It's definitely a series I'd like to watch again some time.

 

[jovana99]

i'm going to start Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Kodi

Edited June 28, 2024 by jovana99

[Ohayotaku]

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)

[Sakura]

I just found out Dragon Ball Hereos is a thing even though it's relatively short and I don't know why I didn't know this, but anyway I'm watching that now. 

[Ohayotaku]

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.

[Animedragon]

This evening I re-watched I Want To Eat Your Pancreas. This is a beautiful film and the story is both uplifting and heartbreaking.

[Ohayotaku]

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.

[efaardvark]

Watched Unnamed Memory.  Overall it was ok but I'm a bit upset with how the first season ends.  I felt like the last episode obliterated the whole first season.  The next season now has to be way better than the first to make up for it.  I don't want to post a spoiler but I have to say that Tinasha & Oscar had better meet again and have an even better relationship in a way that doesn't invalidate the first season.  I have some trepidation since in general I rarely find second seasons better than the first.  On the other hand I feel the characters are (or will be) better positioned in their respective lives to meet again on the same level.  The potential is there.  It's all in Tinasha's hands now.  (And the writers' of course.)  I'm definitely going to be interested in seeing how it all sorts out.

BTW, I never did manage to shake the feeling that Tinasha is a grown-up Yumiella.    One of those things that once you see it...

Edited July 1, 2024 by efaardvark

[Ohayotaku]

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 movies

Expected 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

[Animedragon]

SO, with the final episodes of the spring anime series aired it's time for some binge watching .

First up is, of course, Yuru Camp season 3, oh but hang a minute, it's not that simple! A new season is just too good an excuse/opportunity/reason to rewatch the first two seasons.  Rin and Nadeshiko are such great characters individually, but together they form an awesome team!! The rest of the cast are great too.

[Ohayotaku]

On 6/30/2024 at 9:45 PM, Ohayotaku said:

finish The Duke of Death & his Maid season 3 (final season)

Finished last night. While the series never fully overcame some of the tonal elements that felt awkward to me, the final season put forth it’s best efforts & gave it an enjoyable enough resolution. Season 3 score 7/10. Overall series score 6.5/10. 

In addition to resuming Tonari no Yokai-san, I’ll probably watch the premiere ep of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian  as part of my relaxation period this evening. 

Edited July 3, 2024 by Ohayotaku

[Ohayotaku]

Made it through episode 7 of Tonari no Yokai-san but regretfully it’s becoming a chore to continue. My initial motivation for watching was my curiosity/interest in yokai/folklore & it certainly stands out as something “different” than other anime. But it’s determination to try at look at every philosophical angle without legitimizing or discrediting gets frequently tedious & feels pretentious. There’s a difference in acknowledging complexity and being open minded & “navel gazing”.  Likewise it’s overall message seems to be one of living in the moment, but it continually riffs on the past & future. While I have avoided specific spoilers, comments I’ve seen suggest there are some surprising “twists” to come, but at this point I question if any potential pay off is worth additional time invested.
 

So I’m setting it aside for now to see what the Spice & Wolf remake does for me. Guess that’s “my truth of the moment”

And I’ll continue to sample shows from the Summer season.

[Wickett]

I was going to make a whole topic about this but probably more appropriate to simply summarize and post it here.

I finished 86, which was by Crunchyroll's rating a classic high-quality anime. I hated it. I'll put the rest in spoilers just to be safe than sorry for anyone who potentially hasn't seen it.

Spoiler

I won't go on and on, but to anyone in this thread who may have seen it and remembers very many of the details, the story dragged on and on with basically no reward whatsoever. There are times when sadness makes a story deeper, and there are times when sadness is used to imitate deep meaning but fails miserably. 86 is the latter. Code named Reaper, the main character, is a gifted soldier with both physical and emotional scars working through the meaning of his existence and wanting to hope for a future. Even after what should have been a major growth point for him midway through the story he still, for some reason, hangs onto the baggage as though it just happened yesterday. That baggage then gets spread over to a young princess girl in the Federacy who I can't even remember the name of at the moment, and between his problems and her annoying character in general, the whole show's direction fighting what is the final boss in the anime is lackluster and ill-explained at best. Characters died left and right the whole story until the very end when all four of his comrades survive what no other character could survive for 21 previous episodes, leading up to the single biggest disaster the story had seen yet.

One of the largest elements to this story and the way the anime kicks off, is the strained relationship between their handler (a royal young woman graced to live in the city while the seriously oppressed 86 die all day in battle and treated less than human) and Nouzen (Reaper). Good tension, good chemistry, great opportunity for romance maybe. Long story short, she thinks they all die later and she's walking in their footsteps. Come to find out, Reaper and his four friends live. Yay. Awesome. They finally meet in person after many struggles and it's a truly great moment. Too bad they ruined it two minutes earlier by showing a scene timestamped three months into the future where all five of the 86 are dead and she's putting their badges into a lockbox. You wait that whole time for an offscreen killing. Empty sadness, nothing meaningful about it. I realize it may be just me, but in my personal opinion, this is one of the most overrated anime I have ever watched.

 

[efaardvark]

Started watching Sankarea.  Again, I think.  (I'm not sure but the first few episodes seem very familiar.)  Might not finish it due to that.  It's also pretty odd.. zombie-obsessed boy meets depressed girl who commits suicide by drinking boy's potion, which instead turns girl into perfect zombie gf so boy turns on air conditioning full blast and keeps girl in his room.  Yeah.  Like I said, pretty weird.  Not the strangest anime I've ever seen overall but probably in the top 10.