Board 8 > Anime & Manga Topic 177: Winter is coming... But can we skip to spring?

(+) Yeah! (+)

man, the Spring season looks like it'll be absolutely stacked. without even getting into new shows, it already has My Hero Academia, Full Metal Panic, Steins;Gate 0, Food Wars/Shokugeki no Soma, and Tokyo Ghoul. a bunch of the new shows look intriguing too, the season's just loaded.
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pjbasis posted...

What do you mean by wildly different?

Well, here's the first few seconds of Crunchyroll vs Netflix for Attack on Titan Ep2

"Over a hundred years ago, humanity suddenly found itself faced with a new predator. They were far more powerful than humans."

"They first appeared over a hundred years ago. Giant humanoid creatures with a taste for our blood. The brute strength of these aberrations was more than a human many times over."

They get the same point across and I haven't done any kind of deep comparison, but from this alone it looked like more than just slightly different word choices or whatever and if I extrapolated that to the entire anime it would be a lot of differences.
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yikes second set of subs sound too literal and unnatural
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I think Girls' Last Tour would probably be one of my favorite anime if I liked Yuuri more...
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I would like GLT if the writer had common sense.
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None of the girls have moles, so I'm actually interested in why you hate this show so vehemently. You didn't explain before.
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and with that Ballroom e Youkoso is over.
not sure if i like that more than Tsurezure Children for the year.
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LapisLazuli posted...

I'm actually interested in why you hate this show so vehemently.

Alright, since you are... My attitude is a set of time frames. Most specifically, expirations.

1) Rations lose their taste after ~3 years.
2) The potato thing is really awkward, as they stated they were rations made from like mashed up potatoes, but they grew on plants. Plants would wilt after so long if not kept in sunlight and watered.
3) Beer will become toxic if left in direct sunlight and they found the bottles in direct moonlight.
4) Now we take all this... and put it to the city. Moving up, it probably would have taken a decade or two to fully clear out that city.

So where is there any accuracy to how empty the city is and the time frames where life could have been sustained with the food that exists?

In other news, basically my arguments are pointless in the end, but I essentially hate how the author clearly lacks in researching just how things work.
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Oh well....you're allowed to hate it for those reasons, I suppose. <_<
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Yeah, it's my weirdest criticisms of a show to date. Should have seen me earlier in the season where I essentially chalked everything up to humans never existed.

And was even worse about my criticisms as I basically trashed the show as if no one is allowed to like it. But ever since the graves episode I shut down that argument and finished it as it's just my anthropology. I'm too invested in wanting to understand what happened in the post-apocalyptic setting which isn't the goal at all. Which makes it ultimately the worst... story I've seen with this setting.

That's the rest of it.
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WickIebee posted...

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-16/yu-yu-hakusho-manga-gets-new-animated-work/.125368

Doesn't quite say if it's a rework or like an OVA/Movie. Also there's a mobage that'll come.

It's just some bonus thing on a bluray release.
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Hey, I just realized Amazon doesn't screw over Canada after all. Strike doesn't exist, but a lot of their anime (maybe all of it, I haven't checked) is available on regular Prime Video here, and my brother has Prime. This opens things up for me!

I just watched the first episode of Girls' Last Tour and I love everything about this so far. Post-apocalyptic settings are great and I like that it has such a narrow focus on these two characters.
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GranzonEx posted...

how goes the One Piece adventure with the mrs.?

oh uh, we haven't watched any in a few weeks

part of it is she's already seen the beginning and I've already seen AND read everything pre-timeskip so it feels like a huge commitment and both of us would rather be doing other stuff

she has been watching ancient magus bride and likes it though
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TexasZea posted...

GranzonEx posted...

how goes the One Piece adventure with the mrs.?

oh uh, we haven't watched any in a few weeks

part of it is she's already seen the beginning and I've already seen AND read everything pre-timeskip so it feels like a huge commitment and both of us would rather be doing other stuff

she has been watching ancient magus bride and likes it though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvJp1sPrt9M
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Well I got around to starting season 2 of Saekano. Honestly I'm a bit surprised I enjoyed that as much as I did especially with there being a 2 year gap or whatever between when I watched season 1 and season 2. So far it seems like the show hasn't lost its touch during that transition though, so that's a good thing.
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Yay, my Tomoko Kuroki/Watamote figure got here today! I just hope the compulsion to buy figures from awesome anime doesn't become a regular thing, I'm not sure I could afford it.

Also, Anime-Gataris Episode 11 sure was something special! I enjoyed it a lot, can't wait for the finale.
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manga 1000 beated
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how many of it are doujin one shots?
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I really don't think the "TV" qualifier is needed at this point, Lustrous is just the best looking CG anime around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJBrzPo_VA8

I mean, what's the current best, Expelled from Paradise? This looks better than that.

Not comparing to things like Gantz, of course, that's a different type of thing.
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darn i missed out on list fun

whatever

1.Haruhi (2006)
2.Code Geass (2006)
3.Steins;Gate (2011)
4.Fate/Zero (2011)
5.FLCL (2000)
6.Nozaki (2014)
7.Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (2014)
8.Shirobako (2014)
9.Madoka (2011)
10.Kill la Kill (2013)

maybe: Monogatari, TTGL, Black Lagoon, Shokugeki

looking at those years i suspect there's some imprinting or something going on

To be fair I'm pretty sure that if there were some kind of "Best Year in Anime" popularity contest, 2011 and 2006 would probably be the front-runners.
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GranzonEx posted...

how many of it are doujin one shots?

I think I have maybe two doujin on there, and one was because of the manga challenge
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2006-2008 are my favorite years for animes.
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pretty sure 2007 and 2008 are my top two years but I've never thoroughly checked
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2011 is my favorite because that's when I fell in love with anime

2012 was magical too because I discovered so many new anime I love and a lot of sequels to anime I loved came out in 2012
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I was going to say 2009 should be a contender, but it had both Index and K-On so nope
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Either 2011 or 2013 for me.
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I remember when I ran the 2009 AotY contest on OT and rigged it to try and make K-ON! lose in the first round...good times.

http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?edit=1&tid=345574&tclass=OT (if you're curious)
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wow the hate against K-on

what did the poor girls do to anime to deserve such hate
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I figured KnK6 was a bottom-seeded entry that had some fans, and K-ON had some haters, and whaddya know? Top seed down in the first round.

Haruhi S2 losing R1 was fun too.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Haruhi S2 losing R1 was fun too.

well deserved

if there's one Summer anime I don't hold in high regard it's Haruhism
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Holy fuck episode 11 of Animegataris

how does an anime go from being kinda mediocre to this amazing

the last few episodes have been good to great what a ridiculous improvement

I can't think of any anime that's improved like this other than maybe Ayakashi, and that cheated by literally being three different animes
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UBW rewatch beated

The last episode the guy that stopped Shirou near the end. That was Waver isn't he? I looked at the credits and his name is Lord El Melloi the second.
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He changed his name when he joined the Mages Association. He's in the beginning of Apocrypha, too.
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He also goes by Zhuge Liang
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2011 is incredibly stacked in terms of an anime year. Here is what came out that year

Madoka Magica
Is this a zombie?
Steins;Gate
Ano Hana
Nichijou
Gintama'
Hanasaku Iroha
Denpa Onna
Tiger and Bunny
Usagi Drop
Yuru Yuri
Mawaru Penguindrum
The iDOLM@STER
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Fate/Zero
Guilty Crown
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Chihayafuru

I don't even like all these shows but like the top end of the year was incredibly stacked. There's argument that 2006/7 was more consistent overall but I mean the amount of shows being released more recently has gone up quite a bit. Like from a sheer view point standard you basically have a year where multiple shows that have been topping favorites list for the past few years now have aired.
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I'd have to do some research, but uhhhh.....that seems strong.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

I figured KnK6 was a bottom-seeded entry that had some fans, and K-ON had some haters, and whaddya know? Top seed down in the first round.

Haruhi S2 losing R1 was fun too.

People were still annoyed at endless 8. Personally I enjoyed haruhi getting out of the pool 8 times.
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Also I don't have access to that bracket?
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Holy fuck episode 11 of Animegataris

how does an anime go from being kinda mediocre to this amazing

the last few episodes have been good to great what a ridiculous improvement

I can't think of any anime that's improved like this other than maybe Ayakashi, and that cheated by literally being three different animes

Without spoiling how does it get better exactly?

Animegataris has been on the "its ok but I dont need to follow this especially since im behind" thing (I only watched ep 6 yesterday)
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Animegataris remains the only show I liked but dropped.

Considering I kept going with Zodiac Wars I probably made the wrong call there.
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so I've actually been watching anime everyday the past few days. I've been watching three shows since that accommodates my ADHD pretty well. just have to be selective and also stay away from trying to watch a ton of airing stuff and I should be good this way for awhile...

anyway, my plan right now is to watch one newer show, one older show, and something long so I've been watching tsukigakirei, GTO, and catching up on dragon ball super. these are all things I was watching over the summer and then plans changed. once I finish GTO, I'll probably replace it with something new too because I've missed a lot of recent stuff. I've actually done a better job at keeping up with anime this year than I have the past few but still a good amount of shows I want to watch.
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WhiteLens posted...

He also goes by Zhuge Liang

oh man it would be awesome if he answers to Kongming as well
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KokoroAkechi posted...

2011 is incredibly stacked in terms of an anime year. Here is what came out that year

Madoka Magica
Is this a zombie?
Steins;Gate
Ano Hana
Nichijou
Gintama'
Hanasaku Iroha
Denpa Onna
Tiger and Bunny
Usagi Drop
Yuru Yuri
Mawaru Penguindrum
The iDOLM@STER
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Fate/Zero
Guilty Crown
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Chihayafuru

I don't even like all these shows but like the top end of the year was incredibly stacked. There's argument that 2006/7 was more consistent overall but I mean the amount of shows being released more recently has gone up quite a bit. Like from a sheer view point standard you basically have a year where multiple shows that have been topping favorites list for the past few years now have aired.

it was the perfect time to get into anime

that list is insane
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2011 was the only year I ever put in the effort to rank and writeup every anime I watched so I guess that speaks to its quality
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The irony being that's when I went on hiatus because of my shit taste.
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that feel when we're considered old fellas now

I used to be able to do 12 episodes of anime in one sitting and now I'm lucky if I can sit through 3 in one sitting
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hey guys want to rec me stuff from this year? favorite genre is generally drama, I like things with character depth and twists.

stuff from this year I've enjoyed:

scum's wish (actually have only read the manga still but I like it more than any anime this year besides maybe attack on titan)
attack on titan
dragon maid
worldend
rakugo shinjuu
interviews with monster girls

yeah I basically just watched stuff from winter and then some spring whoops

finishing LWA is next. re:creators and made in abyss are probably after that. I've paid pretty minimal attention to fall shows.
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Why is Connect stuck in my head?

I miss ClariS.
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Koe no Katachi
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