What anime are you watching now?

[Ohayotaku]

Princess Connect ReDive season 2 - honestly think this series is at it’s best when it’s NOT trying to advance the bigger story (which seems confusing, gloomy & not it’s strong point) & focuses on just having fun with it’s cast of wonderfully eccentric  characters. Besides I’m already getting my fill of heavy subject matter with Attack on Titan & Requiem of the Rose King.

[Animedragon]

On 2/8/2022 at 9:04 PM, Animedragon said:

I've just started re-watching Fushigi Yugi.

I've now finished watching Fushigi Yugi. This time round I'm not going to bother watching the OAV's. They're not bad, but not as good as the TV series.

[MediaConsumesMe]

Started watching Gurren Laggan and Black Lagoon. Enjoying both so far. 

[Animedragon]

On 2/12/2022 at 1:56 AM, Soramee_ said:

Just finished Chobits. I didn't expected it but at the end I cried... like big tears. This may seem bizarre to cry at the end of an anime but I've really really loved this one. 10/10. I'm going to buy all the volumes of the manga for sure. 

Crying at the end, or even in the middle, of an anime series isn't all that unusual some anime have a habit of sneaking a tear-jerker scene in when you least expect it.  The Chobits manga is a good read and not too different to the anime.

Having finished Fushigi Yugi I thought something a little less serious was needed, so I've started watching Please Twins.

[Aldarion]

Just finished Casshern Sins. I will likely start rewatching Kaikumeki Valrave (I didn't finish it first time around) soon if I get time.

[Lelouch]

Currently watching soul eater  

[Wodahs]

On 2/12/2022 at 9:56 AM, Soramee_ said:

Just finished Chobits. I didn't expected it but at the end I cried... like big tears. This may seem bizarre to cry at the end of an anime but I've really really loved this one. 10/10. I'm going to buy all the volumes of the manga for sure. 

 

On 2/16/2022 at 10:37 PM, Animedragon said:

Crying at the end, or even in the middle, of an anime series isn't all that unusual some anime have a habit of sneaking a tear-jerker scene in when you least expect it.  The Chobits manga is a good read and not too different to the anime.

Having finished Fushigi Yugi I thought something a little less serious was needed, so I've started watching Please Twins.

if thats how you went with Chobits , then i suggest you check out Plastic Memories

https://myanimelist.net/anime/27775/Plastic_Memories?q=plastic memories&cat=anime

ive also watched Please Twins which i believe is the second season first being Please Teacher

you two would probably also enjoy (if you havent seen them) the EF: series of animes starting with ef: A Tale of Memories.

On 2/12/2022 at 11:26 AM, efaardvark said:

Not (yet) watching but looking for Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish..

 

 

just seen this and now want to watch it after watching the trailer

Edited February 18, 2022 by Wodahs

[Animedragon]

45 minutes ago, Wodahs said:

 

ive also watched Please Twins which i believe is the second season first being Please Teacher

you two would probably also enjoy (if you havent seen them) the EF: series of animes starting with ef: A Tale of Memories.

 

I think that technically Please Twins is spin-off or side story not a second season of Please Teacher, but who's worrying about such details. (did you guess correctly which was the twin before it was revealed?)

The EF series, ef: A Tale of Memories and ef: A tale of Melodies is one of my favourites and has some great characters and character interactions, but be warned, that Melodies has some slightly disturbing plot lines and is quite tear-jerkingly sad in places.  Both series have a rather avant-garde presentation style, which works rather well.

Edited February 18, 2022 by Animedragon

[Belldandy]

Any suggestions on good Seinen anime to watch? Other than Attack on Titan please. 

[Ohayotaku]

On 2/19/2022 at 5:24 AM, Belldandy said:

Any suggestions on good Seinen anime to watch? Other than Attack on Titan please. 

Vinland Saga • Dororo • Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress • Golden Kamuy • 86

Back on topic: Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department - thought the 1st half of the most recent ep was actually one of the funnier Valentines Day segments (along with the Isekai Quartet ep) 

 

Edited February 20, 2022 by Ohayotaku

[Animedragon]

I've just finished True Tears. An interesting little series with lots of mixed up relationships between the main characters, but everyone seems to have got their lives sorted out in the end.

I feel like a change of pace for my next series, so I'm going to start on Starship Operators.

[Wodahs]

14 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I've just finished True Tears. An interesting little series with lots of mixed up relationships between the main characters, but everyone seems to have got their lives sorted out in the end.

I feel like a change of pace for my next series, so I'm going to start on Starship Operators.

ive watched true tears and marked it completed in myanimelist tho other than remembering that ive watched it i dont remember much of it

tho i dont remember watching Starship Operators nor did i make any flags in animelist the trailer seems oddly familiar ill have to check out to see if i have watched it

ive done that a few times , watched something and not updated it to myanimelist

[Otaking66lives]

Aura Battler Dunbine

[MarathonGuy1337]

Finished Gurren Lagann 

Its like the anime equivalent of levelling up 

Bye... for now

[Animedragon]

10 hours ago, Wodahs said:

ive watched true tears and marked it completed in myanimelist tho other than remembering that ive watched it i dont remember much of it

tho i dont remember watching Starship Operators nor did i make any flags in animelist the trailer seems oddly familiar ill have to check out to see if i have watched it

ive done that a few times , watched something and not updated it to myanimelist

True Tears is good little anime, but not all that memorable.

Starship Operators is a Sci-Fi series with an unusual, different and interesting storyline. In it we see not only the space battles but also the political battles that are going on behind the scenes. It's also got a good soundtrack and a rather haunting ending song.

[Clavius]

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

[MediaConsumesMe]

I finished Gurren Lagann with MarathonGuy other week. I guess, now I have to choose to go back to Witch Hunter Robin (10 episodes from the end) or move on to another show. Next show is Samurai Champloo which I hear is pretty good. 

[Animedragon]

I've just started watching Violet Evergarden from what I'd seen on-line I wasn't sure what to expect from this series. I'm up to episode 6 so far and finding to be really good.

I'll be back with some more comments when I've finished watching it.

[efaardvark]

Aggretsuko, the death-metal singing (karaoke only) red panda

[Ohayotaku]

Caught up on Ranking of Kings. I feel like it’s somewhat overrated but still an enjoyable fairytale style series ( as in folklore, not the series with Natsu & Happy  )

On 2/24/2022 at 3:59 PM, Animedragon said:

I've just started watching Violet Evergarden from what I'd seen on-line I wasn't sure what to expect from this series. I'm up to episode 6 so far and finding to be really good.

Thanks for reminding me I still need to watch the movie for this (already watched the series & the 2 specials). Letting my Netflix subscription lapse after tomorrow so I can switch to HiDive for a month or two (planning to binge the latest season of Takagi & Lupin). Of course I subscribe to CR & Funi year round for seasonal series.

2 hours ago, efaardvark said:

Aggretsuko, the death-metal singing (karaoke only) red panda

I enjoyed seasons 1- 3 but season 4 not so much.

Edited February 27, 2022 by Ohayotaku

[Animedragon]

On 2/24/2022 at 8:59 PM, Animedragon said:

I've just started watching Violet Evergarden from what I'd seen on-line I wasn't sure what to expect from this series. I'm up to episode 6 so far and finding to be really good.

I'll be back with some more comments when I've finished watching it.

I've now finished Violet Evergarden and found it to be one of the most interesting and original series I've seen for a long time. While many of the episodes were self-contained one-off stories they didn't appear that way and the series retained it's continuing overall storyline. It was interesting to watch Violet's character slowly change from an ex-soldier who couldn't do anything with being given orders to a confident young lady who could make her own decisions and follow them through and in doing so helping so many other people through the letters she wrote.

This anime is definitely going to the top of my rewatch list.

[Lelouch]

Currently finishing akame ga kill 

[efaardvark]

23 hours ago, Ohayotaku said:

I enjoyed seasons 1- 3 but season 4 not so much.

Not unusual unfortunately. 

Speaking of which I'm kind of nervous about Love is War for that very reason in fact, now that they've announced a 3rd season.  Fingers crossed. 

[Animedragon]

3 hours ago, efaardvark said:

Not unusual unfortunately. 

Speaking of which I'm kind of nervous about Love is War for that very reason in fact, now that they've announced a 3rd season.  Fingers crossed. 

While I've not seen Love is War I share your concern for studios who keep releasing new seasons of series.

I think it's often far better to end a series while it's still on a high rather than keep making sequels and run the risk of over-milking the franchise.  Sometimes a 2nd or 3rd season works well, other other times it doesn't I can think of a couple where it would have been better if they'd not been made. I also think this applies to non-anime films and books.

[Otaking66lives]

Right now? Original Dirty Pair