Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 300: The Meaning of Anime

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Summer anime, coming soon to you! Surprised Oshi no Ko is the first.
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
Counting airing ones I've almost completed right now I'm at 434 anime, plus almost 8000 episodes according to MAL. 2000 more and I'll still be at less than half of what Mac's seen!
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321 completed according to my anilist. Thought I was gonna be at like 250
does anyone even read this
513, nice.
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high five to the 30-299 crew
On a related note to this poll, today out of desperation I clicked on one of those "what anime should I watch?" quizzes to see what it would give me. One of the questions was something like "how many anime have you watched", and the options were "0", "2-5", "10 maybe" and "I feed on anime".

It recommended Fairy Tail which there is no chance of me listening to that recommendation.
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
pyresword posted...
On a related note to this poll, today out of desperation I clicked on one of those "what anime should I watch?" quizzes to see what it would give me. One of the questions was something like "how many anime have you watched", and the options were "0", "2-5", "10 maybe" and "I feed on anime".
My brother hates anime and even he's watched almost 10 (Death Note, Monster, Knights of Sidonia, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Pluto, Girls Last Tour, School-Live, ReZero, and The Junji Ito Collection (despite me telling him not to)). Granted, he only finished two of those, but still. 10 is a really low highest option for a quiz like that is what I'm getting at lol

Also if you're that desperate for anime recommendations, you should finally watch Sagrada Reset! I remember you expressed interest in it during my big anime ranking but I don't think you ever did.
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576 according to MAL. But probably closer to 500 since I padded a bunch of specials and commercials that WL was gracious enough to provide a long time ago lmao
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Going by MAL, I've watched through 442 TV series. Honestly it was probably barely at 400 a decade ago.

GranzonEx posted...
576 according to MAL. But probably closer to 500 since I padded a bunch of specials and commercials that WL was gracious enough to provide a long time ago lmao

Hey, that Windows 7 commercial is legit!

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WhiteLens posted...
Going by MAL, I've watched through 442 TV series. Honestly it was probably barely at 400 a decade ago.

Hey, that Windows 7 commercial is legit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBq-FFM5VhM
Hey I remember watching that! Still can't believe they got Mizuki Nana to voice a Windows character.
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MAL says I've completed around 240-250...but I bet it's more than that. I've probably forgotten so many when I didn't have easy access to CR or Funimation as a handy tool. Between TV, VCR, Netflix, Funi, and CR, I had to have watched and dropped probably closer to 500-750. Sticking with a third of that is probably fair.
"Evening caress, Always yearning, I must confess, The stars aren't burning"
Copernicus - Candlemass
checked a-p, looks like i've finished 475 full length anime (factoring in episodic web anime it goes up to 539)

it was definitely nowhere near that till about a decade ago lol

overall, it's currently 1234 total entries
According to anilist I'm at 167 anime and 88 manga.
"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris
MAL includes commercials and music videos, but refuses to include Scott Pilgrim. Joke site.

That's why you gotta go with Anilist instead!

Of course I haven't updated that in like 6 years....
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think i'm in the 100ish range, haven't watched that many in the last decade or so
yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness
I'll cross over 300 at the end of the season

296 completed
256 dropped
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I've got 489 on MAL between watching, completed, on-hold, and dropped, with probably about 2/3 of that being stuff I finished.

Edit: Oh wait you can view it all easily on the profile page: 10 watching, 385 completed, 46 on-hold, 48 dropped. (On-hold and dropped are functionally the same for me)
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
I reject the 500 post.

It's not even the best Isekai this season!
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I admit not to watching the newest season of Konosuba, but the show wore out its welcome pretty quickly with me for the first 2 seasons. (I assume that's the one from this season you mean)

I've been liking Reincarnated as a Slime decently also but I think even fans of the show are just in "yeah cool more TenSura I guess" mode right now.
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
The true best isekai is ReZero and it won't be back until the Fall season.
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Definitely Konosuba. I think from a character performance perspective this has been the best season yet, especially in this back half.

I don't watch Slime, but it sounds like even it's fans are getting a bit bored just from what I'm seeing, yeah.

But even outside this season....Re:Zero S3 hits in 3 and a half months!
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Robazoid posted...
My brother hates anime and even he's watched almost 10 (Death Note, Monster, Knights of Sidonia, Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Pluto, Girls Last Tour, School-Live, ReZero, and The Junji Ito Collection (despite me telling him not to)). Granted, he only finished two of those, but still. 10 is a really low highest option for a quiz like that is what I'm getting at lol

Damn that's a high quality list to watch and still hate anime

I'm glad I managed to Brando Sando in anime form not only you but also your brother. It had the intended affect on him at least
The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG
As for total anime, I really should get around to updating a list of everything I've seen. I'd guess I'm over 100 for sure but definitely well below 300
The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG
CoolCly posted...
Damn that's a high quality list to watch and still hate anime

I'm glad I managed to Brando Sando in anime form not only you but also your brother. It had the intended affect on him at least
Actually, Rokka was one of the two he finished (the other being Death Note). We watched it together earlier this year, I recommended it because he's a big fan of games like Werewolf and Mafia.

He kinda enjoyed it but not really, which is what forced us both to acknowledge that anime itself just isn't his thing.
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Re:Zero is probably my #2...?

I only have the show at a high 7/10 so it seems wrong but there's not exactly much competition. I guess Slime is close also but it's probably less consistent.

Even Mushoku Tensei only at an 8/10 but I do consider it a cut above the rest I've seen. Isekai not exactly the most likely genre to drop masterpieces down.
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
Someone seeing 10 anime and one of them being Rokka is wild.

I loved that show. Really should read the LNs because my understanding is that it barely scratched the surface.

Also is there any other anime that has 2 completely distinct OPs in a single cour?
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Re:Zero was one of the first anime isekais I experienced and it set an unreasonable standard for the genre.

CoolCly posted...
Damn that's a high quality list to watch and still hate anime
Some people just straight-up don't like animation, period.
It's Reyn Time.
pyresword posted...
Even Mushoku Tensei only at an 8/10 but I do consider it a cut above the rest I've seen. Isekai not exactly the most likely genre to drop masterpieces down.


You gotta check out some stuff from before it was a trend.

Twelve Kingdoms is a masterpiece.

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Re zero is the only one I've seen and it's not even that great.
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CoolCly posted...
Damn that's a high quality list to watch and still hate anime

No shonen in there, makes sense
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Did he figure out the culprit ahead of time? I love watching it with people to see if they can figure it out.
The batman villians all seem to be one big joke that batman refuses to laugh at - SantaRPG
I had no idea Twelve Kingdoms was available anywhere but would have started it already if I knew. Will probably start it tonight >.>

There's also Escaflowne which I haven't seen though I'm more hesitant on that one.
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
Just don't get your hopes too high. No matter how surprisingly good it is, it's still an isekai!

I read quite a few isekai/reverse isekai as a guilty pleasure.
"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris
Thankfully Twelve Kingdoms got added to Crunchyroll at some point. It was in Amazon for a bit, taken down. Then that asiacrush thing, not sure if it's still there.

I got the blurayyyyyys~
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KamikazePotato posted...
Some people just straight-up don't like animation, period.
What's weird is my brother usually likes animation. He loved Castlevania and Invincible. It's a totally different animation style but he liked Arcane too. We talked a bit about why he bounces off anime so hard but we couldn't nail down what it was. It isn't subtitles because we grew up together watching foreign movies like Battle Royale and various ones from Hong Kong.

Like he was kinda enjoying Rokka until the one cat guy assassin showed up and had an annoying laugh and talked with "nya" in his sentences. That one guy really dragged the anime down for him, lol. Meanwhile an anime connoisseur like me didn't even register him as the slightest bit abnormal or annoying.

CoolCly posted...
Did he figure out the culprit ahead of time? I love watching it with people to see if they can figure it out.
He was convinced it was Maura and was kinda angry when it wasn't her, lol
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Reverse Isekai wise, Re:Creators also just too fucking top notch anime. Absolutely love it.

Of course, there's 100% no legal way to watch that anymore. They never even released it on home video and Amazon took it down around 2 months ago.

Fuck Anime Strike.
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Re:Creators is great but I wasn't counting that yeah. I think I probably still like Mushoku Tensei more, but it would be the easy #2 pick if not #1.
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
"Loser gets transported to another world where he is super powerful and surrounded by women" does not appeal to me in the slightest. I'd love if we could get more MagiRevo or Executioner and Her Way of Life
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I mean I guess Fate/ is also kind of reverse isekai though huh. Can't say I've ever thought about it in that context
I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways.
Kobayashi's Dragon Maid best reverse isekai
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Dropkick on my Devil is a reverse isekai now that I think about it, that's the actual best isekai then.
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My MAL is at 299, but I haven't updated it recently, so I guess I crossed over this year.
Just killing time until the world ends.
Mushoku was probably the best isekai after S1, but it's a lot less consistent than Re:Zero.

UshiromiyaEva posted...
Also is there any other anime that has 2 completely distinct OPs in a single cour?
Monogatari has at least 2 distinct OPs in every cour!
All the stars in the sky are waiting for you.
I need them to announce the anime for the JK Prostitute Isekai.

People say it's good!!
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MacArrowny posted...
Monogatari has at least 2 distinct OPs in every cour!

Ahhh right.

When I watched Monogatari is was a Blu-ray rip that did not play the OPs. I didn't even know the show HAD OPs until I was caught up on it, and was watching the currently airing season. Tragic!
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Mysterious Disappearances is a bit of a clumsy show, but man it can get to you sometimes when it wants to.
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MacArrowny posted...
Monogatari has at least 2 distinct OPs in every cour!
And most of them are really good

(Not all of them, but a very solid majority of them)
Still the best.

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Mobilezoid posted...
What's weird is my brother usually likes animation. He loved Castlevania and Invincible. It's a totally different animation style but he liked Arcane too. We talked a bit about why he bounces off anime so hard but we couldn't nail down what it was. It isn't subtitles because we grew up together watching foreign movies like Battle Royale and various ones from Hong Kong.

Like he was kinda enjoying Rokka until the one cat guy assassin showed up and had an annoying laugh and talked with "nya" in his sentences. That one guy really dragged the anime down for him, lol. Meanwhile an anime connoisseur like me didn't even register him as the slightest bit abnormal or annoying.
Anime can be very...quirky.

It has a lot of tropes and gags that if you haven't encountered them before can just be very weird and off-putting.
"Hope is allowed to be stupid, unwise, and naive." ~Sir Chris
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