What anime are you watching now?

[efaardvark]

16 hours ago, Bulleje76 said:

These romantic animes like Tomo-Chan Is A Girl are really wasted on me. I really cannot watch them. For me the charm of anime is that with drawing you can create any scenery you want and any storyline and any special effect. if i want to watch romantic stuff i just watch a normal romcom movie

I get what you're saying but I'm ok with romcoms, or anything really.  As long as there's a story.  My favorites are "hard" science fiction and anime is one medium where the authors can create anything they want.  Nothing better than a really good science fiction story that keeps the science part real but nevertheless still manages to blow your mind with their vision.  Unfortunately those are pretty rare so in between I do romcoms, or whatever. 

The ones that I don't get are the ones that just go on and on and on and never really resolve anything or get anywhere.  Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story so if something seems like it is just dragging on I tend to lose interest.  It is very rare for me to stick with something beyond a season or two unless the story is exceptional enough to keep me engaged.  Too many plot repeats or filler episodes and I drop it.

[Admiral_Fall]

Picked up Cosmo Warrior Zero today it's been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I'm a huge Captain Harlock fan! So of course I'm here to tell you how awesome it was right? I of course was woefully disappointed when I put it in. It has all the pieces of a good show and it falls flat on it's face. I rushed through 7 episodes (mostly because I'm sick and stuck in my room) the only good writing in this show is shockingly the episode previews. I'll get done with a episode, and think "wow that was something... I think I'll rest and let that bad taste out of my mouth" only for the episode preview to promise me a good episode next time and I think "Well I cant stop on that sour note" and fall for the oldest trick in the book lol. Either way I'm going to finish this tomorrow, because I spent like 20 dollars on the dvd a year or so ago and I'm already halfway through so I might as well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited March 2, 2023 by Admiral_Fall

[Animedragon]

4 hours ago, efaardvark said:

Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story

I totally agree with you. A good story needs a beginning, a middle and an ending, stories that are all middle aren't really stories they're soap operas!*

And for me stories have to have good endings, one thing that really annoys me is anime that either have a bodged ending or a final episode where the story just stops without any hint of resolution. I don't necessarily want everything neatly tied up, but I do want a believable closure to the story. 

 

* for those unused to the term 'soap opera', they're those TV dramas that are usually shown every evening and follow the lives of a bunch of characters who live in a small area. Some of these shows run for decades and ultimately just reuse the same storylines but with different characters each time round.

[Bulletje76]

9 hours ago, efaardvark said:

I get what you're saying but I'm ok with romcoms, or anything really.  As long as there's a story.  My favorites are "hard" science fiction and anime is one medium where the authors can create anything they want.  Nothing better than a really good science fiction story that keeps the science part real but nevertheless still manages to blow your mind with their vision.  Unfortunately those are pretty rare so in between I do romcoms, or whatever. 

The ones that I don't get are the ones that just go on and on and on and never really resolve anything or get anywhere.  Like I said, I prefer animes with a story, and I think endings are a really important part of a story so if something seems like it is just dragging on I tend to lose interest.  It is very rare for me to stick with something beyond a season or two unless the story is exceptional enough to keep me engaged.  Too many plot repeats or filler episodes and I drop it.

I am big fan of the isekai genre. Do you like that? If so i have some great recommendations

[efaardvark]

45 minutes ago, Bulleje76 said:

I am big fan of the isekai genre. Do you like that? If so i have some great recommendations

They’re ok in moderation.  I’m kind of turned off by them lately though since everything seems to be crowding into the genre.

[Animedragon]

I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found.  I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success.

I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list.

[Bulletje76]

50 minutes ago, Animedragon said:

I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found.  I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success.

I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list.

What is the full name of Hyouka? Cause i believe i have it for you

I have this one:

 

Hyouka 2012
Group: Coalgirls
Video: BD 1920x1080 10-bit h.264 (6417 Kb/s - 13079 Kb/s)
Audio: Japanese 2.0 16-bit FLAC ~600 Kb/s
Subtitles: English Styled ASS (Mazui)
Size: 37 gig
 

[efaardvark]

8 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I had intended to watch Hyouka lunchtime today because it looked interesting, but although CR says it's available subbed no matter where I looked I couldn't find the sub version anywhere. So after wasting 20 minutes clicking everywhere I gave up and decided to watch Horimiya, another series that looks interesting, but I had the same problem, the sub version was nowhere to be found.  I tried both again this evening with the same lack of success.

I'll give both another try tomorrow and if the subs still can't be found I'll move on to another series on my list.

Some of the newer additions to Crunchy have both, at least if you're using the web interface.  Start the first episode then click on the gear thing at the bottom and make sure your audio is set to Japanese and your Subtitles/CC is set to English.  You can make these the defaults by setting them in your profile.

[Animedragon]

1 hour ago, efaardvark said:

Some of the newer additions to Crunchy have both, at least if you're using the web interface.  Start the first episode then click on the gear thing at the bottom and make sure your audio is set to Japanese and your Subtitles/CC is set to English.  You can make these the defaults by setting them in your profile.

Thank you. Yes, I'm using the web interface and have my audio set to Japanese and Subtitles/CC set to English in my profile, I also tried using the gear icon to set the audio to Japanese with English subtitles but when I did that CR displayed "Something went wrong, try again later" error message. So perhaps yesterday was just a bad hair day for their server, I'll see what happens today.

Oh, and thank you for confirming that the 'gear icon' does what I thought it did..

10 hours ago, Android Rebel said:

Out of curiosity, how many anime titles are on your plan to watch list?

Since December last year when I joined CR my list has had 18 anime titles some of which had more than one season, so that could be said to be 23 titles.

I've three left to watch, hopefully. Now you might think that by watching that much anime in three months I've been doing a lot of binge-watching, but I usually watch two episodes mid-day while I eat my lunch and another two while I have my evening meal, so that's four episodes a day, and at an average of 24 minutes each that means I spend just over an hour and a half a day watching anime, which I think is a reasonable amount.

When I clear the list I'll have watched 18 new series, well new to me, so I think I may take a bit of time off from new stuff and re-watch some of my old favourites from my DVD/Blu-Ray collection.

[Animedragon]

@efaardvark - Today I tried again and the little gear icon did what it's supposed to do and let me watch Hyouka subtitled .  CR's server must have just been having a bad day yesterday. So thank you for your helpful suggestions.

So far I'm enjoying watching Hyouka.

[Ohayotaku]

Watched the first half of Attack on Titan’s finale.  It may have been unavoidable considering everything at stake, but most of the dialogue felt like scripted speeches instead of actual conversations. And it looks like the high profile final battles have been reserved for the 2nd half (though one character did go out in a blaze of glory here). The 2nd half is currently scheduled for sometime this fall. Of course it will also have it’s share of emotion as Eren, Mikasa & Armin finally have their reckoning.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Ohayotaku

[Admiral_Fall]

On 3/1/2023 at 11:07 PM, Admiral_Fall said:

Picked up Cosmo Warrior Zero today it's been sitting on my shelf for a while, and I'm a huge Captain Harlock fan! So of course I'm here to tell you how awesome it was right? I of course was woefully disappointed when I put it in. It has all the pieces of a good show and it falls flat on it's face. I rushed through 7 episodes (mostly because I'm sick and stuck in my room) the only good writing in this show is shockingly the episode previews. I'll get done with a episode, and think "wow that was something... I think I'll rest and let that bad taste out of my mouth" only for the episode preview to promise me a good episode next time and I think "Well I cant stop on that sour note" and fall for the oldest trick in the book lol. Either way I'm going to finish this tomorrow, because I spent like 20 dollars on the dvd a year or so ago and I'm already halfway through so I might as well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Spoilers]
As I said a few days ago I picked up Cosmo Warrior Zero, and I have to say there is really nothing redeemable about this show. I was hoping that the "big epic space battle" at the end would have some kind of redeemable quality but it was a big letdown. The plot of this show is a complete mess, and feels like a much longer anime that was chopped up into smaller "important" pieces. With unexpected twists and turns in all the wrong places, the loosely connected plot turns into spaghetti within the last 7 or so episodes. Character arcs are started and fulfilled mid episode, a romance forms out of nowhere,  and absolutely nothing is satisfying. Zeth Vorder one of the main "villains" aboard the Hellcastle is dead set on destroying Zero and the Karyu in the final fight. Why exactly? I'm not sure, Zero has basically done nothing the entire series and should be seen as more of a sore under the machine mens thumb than it's greatest threat. The only reason I can come up with is because he's supposed to be a super important and cool character, and the Karyu is supposed to be the best ship in the galaxy but neither make the cut. They try and explain this with "they hate us because we love eachother" type excuse but even that is a poor excuse. Overall this anime stinks, I don't really like to say that because I was kinda excited for this, but it really does. Gets a 3/10 from me (extremely harsh but it left a sour taste in my mouth.)

A story that pins an upcoming captain against the legendary Captain Harlock seems like an amazing concept but it was very poorly executed. In fact that isn't what this show is even about despite what the synopsis might tell you, Zero and his misfit crew just sort of shadow Harlock and form an uneasy alliance with him.

[Admiral_Fall]

Got home super late, but I wasn't quite ready for bed so I started up the 95 Slayers, I'm only 2 episodes in but It's a petty fun and funny show, definetly will be watching more throughout the week !

[Ohayotaku]

Less than a month left in the Winter 2023 season

Finished season 3 of Iruma-kun. Honestly kinda weak compared to previous seasons, but still hoping for a season 4. Wound up dropping Bofuri 2 at the half-way point. Giving too much screen time to too many characters who aren’t particularly interesting or entertaining, without actually making them interesting/entertaining. And they overused Maple’s “Atrocity “ form to the point it’s not amusing anymore.

Vinland Saga 2, as good as the character & world view development has been, hoping there’s at least a bit more action in the 2nd cour.

Continuing to be hype for MHA 6 after being pretty blasé for the past couple seasons. Finally feels like it’s moving towards some sort of endgame, even though I understand the manga is still ongoing.

Tomo-chan is a Girl remains my favorite new show of the season. Though Misuzu & Carol have a lot to do with that.

Nagatoro 2 has actually been pretty wholesome, though the latest ep (10) brought back an ecchier vibe.

Campfire Cooking in Another World, still enjoyable but the underlying gimmick is definitely wearing thin.

Trigun Stampede’s storyline is finally growing on me, though the latest ep (9) had a glaring scene shift without any explanation for it. And I’ll never fully be able to forgive replacing Meryl & Millie with Mary & Lou. Yes, the reference/clip shows my age but also demonstrates what a trope Roberto & the new version of Meryl are to me.

Still need to finish The Eminence in Shadow & catch up on some other seasonals.

On the non-seasonal front, less than 10 eps left to watch of Monster.

Edited March 6, 2023 by Ohayotaku

[MediaConsumesMe]

Well I've slowly been progressing Zeta Gundam and so far so good, it a sharp upgrade from the first series in both its story pacing, and the animation quality.

Rip Capricorn

[Animedragon]

I finished watching Hyouka this evening, it's a series about four friends in their high school classic lit club who spend their time investigating and solving mysteries. The mysteries aren't anything major, mostly just the little odd occurrences that happen and arouse the curiosity of the  club members and make them want to solve them.  The mysteries themselves are quite well presented and thought out. The members of the club all have different personalities and are well drawn and animated, as are the backgrounds. The sound track is interesting because a lot of it is in a soft classical style and at lot of it sounds very much like pieces of music that I know, but before I could identify them they change very slightly and become something else.

Overall I found this to be an interesting and enjoyable series to watch.

[Alphonae]

5 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I finished watching Hyouka this evening, it's a series about four friends in their high school classic lit club who spend their time investigating and solving mysteries. The mysteries aren't anything major, mostly just the little odd occurrences that happen and arouse the curiosity of the  club members and make them want to solve them.  The mysteries themselves are quite well presented and thought out. The members of the club all have different personalities and are well drawn and animated, as are the backgrounds. The sound track is interesting because a lot of it is in a soft classical style and at lot of it sounds very much like pieces of music that I know, but before I could identify them they change very slightly and become something else.

Overall I found this to be an interesting and enjoyable series to watch.

Hyouka is the best low stakes mystery I know of. The subtle romance was great too.

[efaardvark]

6 hours ago, Animedragon said:

I finished watching Hyouka this evening, it's a series about four friends in their high school classic lit club who spend their time investigating and solving mysteries. The mysteries aren't anything major, mostly just the little odd occurrences that happen and arouse the curiosity of the  club members and make them want to solve them.  The mysteries themselves are quite well presented and thought out. The members of the club all have different personalities and are well drawn and animated, as are the backgrounds. The sound track is interesting because a lot of it is in a soft classical style and at lot of it sounds very much like pieces of music that I know, but before I could identify them they change very slightly and become something else.

Overall I found this to be an interesting and enjoyable series to watch.

I liked the way every episode had a kininarimasu moment.    

[Animedragon]

4 hours ago, efaardvark said:

I liked the way every episode had a kininarimasu moment.    

Yes, Eru Chitanda is a great character. Born into a prestigious family she has a refined, dignified and very 'proper' demeanour, until something piques her interest then she becomes a nosy hyper-active person who just HAS to know the answers.  

[Animedragon]

I started watching Horimiya this evening.  Seems like a fun series.

I can sort of relate to Miyamura as quite often at school I was the guy no one wanted in their group.

[Soramee_]

I'm starting to want to rewatch to love ru

 

[Bulletje76]

Watching last season of DanMachi. Very good anime. And yesterday was the final ep of season 4

[Animedragon]

I finished watching Horimiya this evening.  I wasn't too sure about it when I started, but it grew on me .  I thought the artwork and animation were good, and the characters all had different and interesting personalities although I did feel that some of the characters were a bit too similar so I sometimes had difficulty working out who was who.

Overall I found it a highly enjoyable series, and I do like a happy ending .

[MediaConsumesMe]

Fate/Zero season 2 with friends, we should be done by next week if we keep up the pace then its either Attack on Titan Season 2 or Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin. 

[Ohayotaku]

Finished Monster. Honestly I felt like it dragged on a bit too long & some of the side stories got kinda repetitive. And for all the “answers” it gave & it still left you with plenty of questions to ponder, though I’m certain that was intentional. Would definitely recommend for fans of psychological & dark series or anyone tired of anime that feels all the same.

Will provably binge the 2nd half of To Your Eternity’s 2nd season over the weekend.