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[Cornbread78]

Alice ep.4

Zouroku is the best character of the season without a doubt. Such a well written character outside of the "wise old man" tropes. Great dialogue between him Sana and the evil bitch in this episode...

 

[Ascheroth]

The King's Avatar (Quan Zhi Gao Shou) 1-4

Smuggest MC this season. Looking forward to more, and glad this is scheduled for 60 eps.

Yo what, this has an anime?? And 60 eps!?
I liked the webnovel quite a bit, although I'm only 170 chapters in so far.

 

[pbayne]

Caught up on shit

Pokemon

Why does Ash need so many waifus? The little owl is so adorable, steals the show.
This show is good. So good that it actually makes me maybe consider the possibility of potentially actually playing a pokemon game again.

Monster Hunter

This Cheval going sith story-line was pretty good for a while but its gotten kind of ridiculous all of a sudden.

Digimon

Offmon is cute i suppose. Show is still fine but my interest is waning a little.

KiraKira Precure

Yep its a precure show alright.

Tiger Mask

Kevin did a styles clash. This show is truly phenomenal.

 

[Turin Turambar]

[Eccentric Family S2] - 3

I feel like there are two kinds of people.

People who want Benten to stand on them.
People who want Benten to get her comeuppance.

This episode manages to please literally everyone.

Speaking of, a gift from the someone of PA's twitter

 

[Joe Molotov]

Pokemon

Why does Ash need so many waifus?

Gotta catch 'em all?

 

[Cornbread78]

Grimoire of Zero ep.3

Well, outside of the ridiculous LN moment in the clothing shop, this was decent. Didn't realize Zero was old enough to drink
.

 

[John Blade]

Still my favorite arc mostly coming down to how it feel realistic in a normal dating couple way. The ending is actually the same as the game best ending which still work well. You got to see Ai struggle of been alone by herself without her lover, Tachibana, and this is mostly because of how heretic both of their life with little time been together. Eventually, both find the time to be together and use it as much as they can with little time they have. Got to love the odd situation they put them self into near the end when the teacher saw them near the love hotel of the city. Overall, a good arc and still cement me a bit of the better arc of all if you want something somewhat realistic.

 

[Dio]

Yo what, this has an anime?? And 60 eps!?
I liked the webnovel quite a bit, although I'm only 170 chapters in so far.

Yeah. It's also surprisingly good looking.

Probably the first Chinese animation show for me that's consistently good looking enough to compare with the shit Japan pushes out every season. Hope they can keep this up for 60 episodes.

The studio working on this kind of feels like they're trying ufotable techniques with less budget, but it looks good enough to compete with the Japanese stuff this season.

 

[Taruranto]

Atom #2

This is really bad and the noses action is not enough to keep me interested.

 

[Jex]

[Little Witch Academia TV] - 16

I can (somewhat) see where people are coming from with their critiques of this episode, but I don't feel the same way. As with the last string of episodes, I feel like this is actually part of the 'real' LWA TV series that actually feels crafted as opposed to just crapped out like the first cour.

What makes this particular 'wacky' adventure different to the kinds of adventures that Akko faced in the first cour of the series? Well, there's actually a number of important differences:

- Actual, serious stakes (perhaps outrageously serious stakes?)
- Akko isn't an idiot, she's actually coming up with ways to solve a problem
- Akko actually commits wholeheartedly to a task
- Akko experiences actual character growth
- Akko's is actually somewhat charming

I suppose you could just sum up the reason why this episode works by harping on the fact that the writing here actually works. In the first cour of the show, the characters would happen into some wacky situation that they needed to solve. But nothing about those situations, or the way they were resolved, meant anything for the characters. This isn't true here. In this episode, the way Akko handles the situation and how she experiences character growth is the actual point of the episode. Hurray!

I'm not saying that the episode is flawless. There's plenty of things to complain about:

- We visit Lotte's home and family but learn basically nothing about them. The scenario that has to be solved is basically incidental to the character's visiting Lotte's home. In a better show, these two things would actually be tied together.

- Speaking of Lotte, both her and Sucy are completely useless non-characters who show zero signs of character development. This is not only really boring, but completely inexcusable considering we are 16 episodes into the series! Side characters in Doremi get more fleshed out in a single episode than the supporting leads in this show!

- Akko's moment of self-doubt felt completely forced and unbelievable. It came from nowhere and went nowhere. It did not ring true to her character.

Still, basically a decent episode.

 

[John Blade]

When Chinese animation become better than Japanese animation and when more audience want more of it over the Japanese is the day I will weep a bit.

 

[Yohane]

is the day I will weep a bit.

But why?

 

[John Blade]

But why?

I weep happily of how much have chance. They're few anime show/movie in China I like to see a translate for. They is one under the name Combat Armor Steel Wings which I kinda want to see the show as it does look good for how old the show is. A link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggnBF2SYiEk

 

[Joe Molotov]

When Chinese animation become better than Japanese animation and when more audience want more of it over the Japanese is the day I will weep a bit.

but muh chinese girl cartoons!

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I can't watch Chinese shows/Chinese Anime quite yet. It took years for Japanese to not sound silly and grating on my ears when watching cartoons. Now here comes Chinese funded Anime and cartoons and my brain can't put 2 and 2 together that it isn't supposed to be Japanese, and the way they speak is almost surreal when I keep expecting Japanese or English.

Maybe later down the line I can handle it. But if I can't even stand spanish dubs anymore for the most part, then I guess years of English and Japanese did it for me.

Hell, I could barely get used to db super in Japanese. I still don't quite like high pitched voices for every grown man in this show

 

[Ascheroth]

Yeah. It's also surprisingly good looking.

Probably the first Chinese animation show for me that's consistently good looking enough to compare with the shit Japan pushes out every season. Hope they can keep this up for 60 episodes.

The studio working on this kind of feels like they're trying ufotable techniques with less budget, but it looks good enough to compete with the Japanese stuff this season.

Oh yes, budget Ufotable is a surprisingly good description, lol.
There's some very noticable out of place CG here (the crowds *cough*), but it looks pretty good in generel.
Hearing chinese is so strange though.

Quan Zhi Gao Shou - The King's Avatar 01

Ye Xiu is a pro player in the super popular MMORPG Glory. He gets kicked out of his team (because they're assholes) and has to hand them his account as well having to retire for a year until he is allowed to get back into the pro world.
Without money and a job, he starts working in an internet cafe. At the same time the 10th glory server opens and he starts from scratch with a new character, that uses a very specialised weapon and build.

Cue him getting underestimated, breaking records, being smug as fuck and teaching other players along the road.

Worth noting that this is not a Virtual Reality game, but a good old Mouse+Keyboard MMORPG.

 

[Qurupeke]

[Little Witch Academia TV] - 16
[...]
Still, basically a decent episode.

Man, it feels so wrong that everyone who posted on the OT and here didn't like the episode and you're fairly positive!

 

[Hellwarden]

The Laughing Salesman Episode 4

I feel for this poor guy. He suffers from the most relatable problem of all.

Fucking people.

Other guy was basically the lead from The Flowers of Evil.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

Golden Boy - Completed

So Mother's Basement did a video yesterday on what he considers underrated or relatively obscure Comedies and Golden Boy was included in the list. I heard about this series before so I figured I'd check out. The dub was so over the top I fucking loved it. It's up there with Konosuba and Daily Lives of High School Boys as the hardest I've ever laughed while watching an Anime.

The legendary "How do you like my swimming" definitely lived up to the hype.

 

[zulux21]

The King's Avatar (Quan Zhi Gao Shou) 1-4

Smuggest MC this season. Looking forward to more, and glad this is scheduled for 60 eps.

as far as I can tell this season will only be 12 episodes.

there was an announcement about 5 seasons but it seems if was for live action stuff based off the IP

I saw the news of the announcement of 5seasons.

I have a good and bad news. Good news is that for the fans there is indeed an actual announcment that they are doing 5seasons.

Bad news is that if you only go for anime, the planned 5season of TKA is not for anime. It is for 网剧. A film.

as well as an off hand comment that they have enough material for 5 seasons but nothing confirmed anime wise.

 

[Haly]

What the hell how did this get here.

 

[pbayne]

Gotta catch 'em all?

More bitching about Ash Why does that fucker need a vacation? His whole life is a never ending holiday.

Scums Wish 1-4

Wow at the sensei playing 4D chess with everyone. Lol there was a scene of someone staring at someone from behind while someone else stared at them from behind, fucking romance inception, i laughed so hard.

I like the show the a lot. Probably my two gripes about it so far are. Too much unnecessary and sometimes clumsy monolouging and exposition. There are a lot of times where the scenes are constructed well enough that i know what characters are thinking without it being spelled out for me. And the ghost version of Hanabi kind of ratchets that up to worse degree. Its not a big problem but i think its one of the cases where "less is more" u know.

And two Moca feels a bit out of place so far. Fair enough she has't got much focus so far so maybe she'll reveal a bit more going forward.

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

And two Moca feels a bit out of place so far. Fair enough she has't got much focus so far so maybe she'll reveal a bit more going forward.

Something I've seen pointed out that I thought was brilliant is the fact that Moca is the only character in the show that talks with an "anime voice" and acts like stereotypical anime character so it makes her stand out more because of it.

 

[Tonton]

Love Live Sunshine 05

This was a pretty fun episode

Yohane is precious

 

[Cornbread78]

DxD BorN ep.3

He did it!

 

[KraytarJ]

Madoka Magica 4
Sayaka finally falls prey to drug dealer Kyubey and now has some rando out for her head because of it. This magical girl business seems like quite the losing investment.

 

[Jarmel]

Noragami Aragoto: 7-12

For some reason it had bugged me that I never finished the show. Maybe because I liked the first season or as it turned out later, I had watched 9 of the 13 episodes so I was almost done anyway. It seemed like everybody dropped this mid-broadcast and going back over some of the mid episodes, I see why. Almost all of the humor is dropped from the show and it's almost entirely drama all the way to the end. The strength of the show has always been the comedy and so by doubling down on the serious aspects, I felt kind of bored. None of this stuff was interesting enough to really grip me and while there are some moments near the end that are well handled from an emotional standpoint, the second half as a whole is just lackluster.

On the animation side, I was really disappointed. The final arc while having some action in it, didn't stir me in the slightest. It felt like a significant step down from the strong sakuga at the end of the first season. There weren't really any showpieces unlike the duel at the pond. I did notice though that the storyboarding was pretty good in a couple of episodes, 6 and 13. 6 was done by Igarashi so that's really to be expected. Episode 13 had some surprisingly good layouts and you can tell that Kawamoto was the animation director for this ep in particular.

This final twist was really fucking obvious.

It's interesting how this cour followed the manga much more closely compared to the first season and yet it feels more lacking even on a narrative front. I think part of this is due to the fact that the arc in the anime doesn't feel complete. It has a decent ending point I suppose but it felt like I watched half of a full arc. In summary I can't really recommend this season even to fans of the first one. The Aragoto OADs are good though.

Oh and the ED is great. I needs more Tia.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Future Card Buddyfight X [Battz] Episode 2 (Engdub)

Gaito and Abygale engdubbed, interesting choices, especially Gaito's as we were so used to hearing Aoi Shouta's voice for him. I kind of miss him as he is in my top 3 favorite voices, but the engdub actor is good.

Batzz is pretty hilarious especially just him coping with his SD version. Best buddy yet.

 

[Trojita]

I just saw the Love Lab blackface clip

Wooooooooooooooooooooooow

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

It's interesting how this cour followed the manga much more closely compared to the first season and yet it feels more lacking even on a narrative front.

Despite what purists say, faithfulness is not always a virtue!

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Noragami Arigato was boring. I didn't finish it and I don't want to, and I liked the first season quite a bit.

 

[Quasar]

Noragami Arigato was boring. I didn't finish it and I don't want to, and I liked the first season quite a bit.

I'm pretty sure I liked it more. It has been a while though. It did make it in my top 10 for the year, I remember that.

 

[GoldCrusader]

Aragoto first part with Bishamon was the part I did not like, I thought the Ebisu? part was pretty cool. It had some pretty emotional stuff, the comedy moments were good and the action parts were cool.

Season 1 was better tho.

BUT Aragoto op is much much better then season 1 op.

 

[Kenstar]

I just saw the Love Lab blackface clip

Wooooooooooooooooooooooow

at first you think 'oh its just gonna be ganguro shit or something'


NOPE

 

[Quasar]

BUT Aragoto op is much much better then season 1 op.

I don't even agree with that. Much prefer the S1 song.

 

[Trojita]

at first you think 'oh its just gonna be ganguro shit or something'


NOPE

I did too. I was not prepared for it to go that way.

For anyone that hasn't seen it, here is the clip in question.

https://my.mixtape.moe/ihrlcs.webm

 

[John Blade]

your wife rides my jambo jet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIZLdclRws
Man...why do i like this weird stuff.....

 

[Trojita]

your wife rides my jambo jet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIZLdclRws
Man...why do i like this weird stuff.....

Did you get through the whole clip?.........

 

[Rebel Leader]

Yeah. It's also surprisingly good looking.

Probably the first Chinese animation show for me that's consistently good looking enough to compare with the shit Japan pushes out every season. Hope they can keep this up for 60 episodes.



The studio working on this kind of feels like they're trying ufotable techniques with less budget, but it looks good enough to compete with the Japanese stuff this season.

That does look good

 

[John Blade]

Did you get through the whole clip?.........

I try but I die at the end.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT Turn 20 Unyielding Pirate (engdub)

Arm episode, alright, loved the pose with Shion just standing above observing the cardfight.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I try but I die at the end.

The video ends on 9/11 footage...

 

[Jintor]

I did too. I was not prepared for it to go that way.

For anyone that hasn't seen it, here is the clip in question.

https://my.mixtape.moe/ihrlcs.webm

oh, Love Lab

I thought you said Love Live and was like "Well, they have gone with facepaint in the past..."

 

[PshycoNinja]

Yay!

 

[Narag]

Looks like I picked a bad day to check the thread.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Looks like I picked a bad day to check the thread.

But thats every day.

 

[John Blade]

The video ends on 9/11 footage...

I know. So random how it end.

Man....wish the guy come back to make video.

Anime PSA: Lolicon XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owa5KcQ9Mxc

Yay!

Hope you like Spice and Wolf. Once done, go read the novel or manga to continue the story.

 

[GoldCrusader]

Looks like I picked a bad day to check the thread.

What's bad?

 

[Cornbread78]

What's bad?

Green Green

 

[PshycoNinja]

Hope you like Spice and Wolf. Once done, go read the novel or manga to continue the story.

I really only buy what I've already seen or something that I am super interested in. I love Spice and Wolf and have the vain hope of a season 3 someday...

Edit: Also, I had some disposable income which I usually don't have for anime. So, more than anything, this is me mostly catching up my collection of some of my favorite anime that are on sale for reasonable prices for what I can spend.

Looks like I picked a bad day to check the thread.

Why are you always a bully?