In order of release, it's S1 > OVA > S2. You could probably watch the OVA after S2 though without any real problems. They're all pretty disjointed from each other; a few people here started Mushishi with S2 I believe.
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In order of release, it's S1 > OVA > S2. You could probably watch the OVA after S2 though without any real problems. They're all pretty disjointed from each other; a few people here started Mushishi with S2 I believe.
Who can really say what the chronology of Mushiishi is?
Either way, the OVA sort of sucks.
As is generally the case with Mushishi, the order doesn't matter.
But if you'd prefer to follow the release order anyway, the special (I don't think it's an OVA) was made right before the second TV series. Then again, it's the animated adaptation of a short story that was written long after the original comic both TV series are based on, so...
The stories aren't even in the same order in the original comic and in the TV series...
That being said, the special (the animated adaptation, that is) briefly shows a bunch of characters from the first TV series, and that would imply it's set after those particular stories.
santeesioux
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SAO and Attack on Titan are shows i think i may have like when i was 15, but then i remembered i liked Cowboy Bebop and Trigun when i was 15. (I also liked Inuyasha so it evens out i guess)
RurouniZel
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SAO deserves to be criticized at every turn.
KuwabaraTheMan
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News shamelessly stolen from kvin on Twitter:
PENGUINBEAR WEBSITE HAS A COUNTDOWN FROM FIVE
I bet it's five weeks
THE LESBIAN BEAR STORM IS COMING. BELIEVE.
It's finally happening! Minimum second best anime of the decade guaranteed.
News shamelessly stolen from kvin on Twitter:
PENGUINBEAR WEBSITE HAS A COUNTDOWN FROM FIVE
I bet it's five weeks
THE LESBIAN BEAR STORM IS COMING. BELIEVE.
Hype train a comin'.
AquaWateria
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Is there a chance that Sentai will re-release SNAFU for a BD release. Since there's only a DVD release to buy.
All these upcoming social game adaptations - Kantai Collection, Girlfriend (Beta) and iM@S Cinderella Girls - makes me curious how their anime will handle the massive cast of characters present in each. Since more of Girlfriend's cast was announced - and it includes a lot of big name VAs - I'm hoping that at least one of them takes the Sengoku Collection method. Anthology anime can be pretty great when done right.
firehawk12
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With Sentai, who knows. I suppose at least there's a chance anyway.
This song makes me want to watch Aikatsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLXFLv67xC4
Im really hoping for that.
I have several shows in my cart but on indefinite hold until a bluray comes out. Yes thats right companies, you just have to release a bluray and Ill buy buy buy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLXFLv67xC4
Im really hoping for that.
I have several shows in my cart but on indefinite hold until a bluray comes out. Yes thats right companies, you just have to release a bluray and Ill buy buy buy!
Turin Turambar
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I think the Ova is one of the best pieces of Mushishi 0_o
Turin Turambar
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It almost seems as if Trigun is good when you say it that way heh.
Cardcaptor Sakura 09
Kero was being really passive-aggressive to Syaoran in the Kero Corner this week. Forced to cover his outfit by the producers, but didn't necessarily want to. Between Fly, Jump and now Sword, Sakura has enough stuff in her arsenal that she's more or less a classic magical girl. And again, the teacher-student romance angle. It's in this episode that I've realized that CCS has a much bigger and more fleshed out cast of side characters compared to Sailor Moon, though they're slightly different in their focus as magical girl shows anyhow.
Kero was being really passive-aggressive to Syaoran in the Kero Corner this week. Forced to cover his outfit by the producers, but didn't necessarily want to. Between Fly, Jump and now Sword, Sakura has enough stuff in her arsenal that she's more or less a classic magical girl. And again, the teacher-student romance angle. It's in this episode that I've realized that CCS has a much bigger and more fleshed out cast of side characters compared to Sailor Moon, though they're slightly different in their focus as magical girl shows anyhow.
Trigun is a great time!
NaDannMaGoGo
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I've asked this myself a bunch of times, too. There's just too littlenigh nothing reallygood about this show to be this successful.
However it probably really does boil down to the fact that wish fulfillment is quite strong after all. Perhaps large parts of the younger audience have an easy time imagining themselves as this badass womanizer Kirito.
Also a strong OP can do wonders. It's not even really a favorite of mine but it has a catchy song (-intro at least) so maybe that added a bit, too.
Otherwise though...nice backgrounds, even though they're disjointed from one-another and feel like generic fantasy stuff.
edit: From a reddit thread about unpopular anime opinions:
So like every male anime protagonist.
"i <3 jude"
Kirito isn't even a real womanizer, though. He doesn't have the smarmy charisma of a Tony Stark, or a Peter Quill; he doesn't even have the stoic, passive aura of charm like a Jotaro Kujo. He's just a vapid, personality-less Gary Stu who attracts women because they're written to be attracted to him, not because he actually has any attractive traits as a human being. He's pure wish fulfillment in the dullest, hackiest expression of that idea.
AquaWateria
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While true theres just something particularly ridiculous about him in particular.
astrogamer
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Momo Kyun Sword 7
Something stupidly important was lost. Just proves how much Onihime is probably the best girl in the show. Also, some foreshadowing from the humans
Something stupidly important was lost. Just proves how much Onihime is probably the best girl in the show. Also, some foreshadowing from the humans
ThatChairMan
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I honestly believe that I wouldn't dislike SAO as much if it weren't so highly regarded. I might've even enjoy it, the same way I enjoyed a lot of other generic, but fun harem series. It just isn't as good as it's popularity makes it out to be.
There's some truth in the author's wish-fulfillment. Parts of it are exaggerated though. I'm pretty sure the nurse is just teasing him. That or she's a shotacon. Sachi and Silica didn't add romantic tension. Same with Shinon (yet). I think Suguha just soured people. :lol
Admiral Woofington
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I still laugh at how he thought that having a tentacle rape joke with the loli was supposed to be endearing as a comeback scene.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Well popularity definitely plays a role. The only reason I started watching that show in the first place is because of how many recommendations I saw for it. That was mostly on /r/anime before I was browsing animeGAF. At least even on reddit I read that the second half was weaker.
Then I jumped in and even the first episode was kinda boring. But hey, it would probably pick up considering how many people like it and there's some good stuff you can dive into with that premise. But alas...
Yup. Card game peddler.
SliceSabre
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Hanamonogatari
Kanbaru is the most adorable thing ever: http://a.pomf.se/avcnpw.webm
Man. This one. This one was so god damn good. I mean holy shit. Sure there was a whole lot more dialogue and I mean a lot more dialogue it seems than some of the other character's stories but I loved absolutely every minute of it because all of the dialogue and internal monologue felt like it actually mattered and wasn't just there for fluffy or pointless talking like the series is known for doing at times. I was also surprised at how much I liked it as well since Arararararagi plays a relatively minor role in it all.
Excellently done. Bravo SHAFT.
Kanbaru is the most adorable thing ever: http://a.pomf.se/avcnpw.webm
Man. This one. This one was so god damn good. I mean holy shit. Sure there was a whole lot more dialogue and I mean a lot more dialogue it seems than some of the other character's stories but I loved absolutely every minute of it because all of the dialogue and internal monologue felt like it actually mattered and wasn't just there for fluffy or pointless talking like the series is known for doing at times. I was also surprised at how much I liked it as well since Arararararagi plays a relatively minor role in it all.
Couldn't help but feel bad for Namuchi though I never even suspected that she wasn't alive anymore though looking back on it I suppose the hints were there be easily overlooked.
Excellently done. Bravo SHAFT.
I love you Corvy
Doctor Decimate
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i wonder about this sometimes, but i don't know. i feel like i don't even have to be nit-picking to come up with a massive list of flaws and missed opportunities because the show comes off like it wants to be taken semi-seriously. if it seemed like average fun "trapped in a video game!" stuff, a lot of the problems would slide, or at least not be as big of a deal as they are.
Citation needed.
I cant really think of any writers who seem to be as vilified around here (though for me her presence gets me interested). Which I guess is unusual...writers seem non entities, its directors/studios who get talked about more and praised/hated.
Zetsumetsu Kigu Shoujo: Amazing Twins
This show could have been so much more, but it decided to go the safe route. Too much battle shounen and power of friendships save everything than I would have liked to see. Action scenes reminded me of Yozakura Quartet out of all shows and they were pretty much lighthearted and a bit fun, but well this isn't exactly the reason I checked out this anime. Also for a 2 episodes OVA, there surprisingly were a lot of characters that did pretty much nothing.
Probably black rock shooter
Pretty sure it was the one-two punch of Anohana and Hanasaku Iroha followed by Black Rock Shooter soon after.
m_shortpants
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Samurai Champloo 18
Mugen learns to read. This show is hilarious sometimes with it's OTT characters like the reading/writing teacher.
Was Samurai Champloo animated by the same studio that did The Boondocks? The art is sooooo familiar.
Mugen learns to read. This show is hilarious sometimes with it's OTT characters like the reading/writing teacher.
Was Samurai Champloo animated by the same studio that did The Boondocks? The art is sooooo familiar.
Hanairo wasnt bad though.
Admiral Woofington
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The baseball episode in Samurai Champloo is particularly awesome, as great as 'filler' episodes go. It was so awesome that the Boondocks did a Dodgeball episode as an homage.
Still havent seen Black Rock (of course theres lots of shows she wrote for I haven't seen), but those other two are I think the source of my Okada love.
Welp. I enjoyed Anohana and most of Hanasaku Iroha (I feel like the 2nd half was less eventful). Never watched BRS TV.
There aren't too many staff members I really dislike. There's Chiaki Kon, but at least Nodame Cantible got out okay.
That might be my favorite bit in the entire show.
@momsagainstgam's was right
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