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

(+) Yeah! (+)

Some people have said that isn't really him, but a social media person in charge of his account that's been making those tweets.
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Hm... I do have another group where I do all of this... should do final rankings post season here? Would anyone even care?
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I'm always interested in rankings!

I also finished Plastic Memories. Yep, the ending got me. I'm such a sucker for this type of story but I enjoy these feelings in an odd way so I guess that's a good thing. Awesome anime.
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I really liked it! The first half had some issues, but the second half was excellent.
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WickIebee posted...

Hm... I do have another group where I do all of this... should do final rankings post season here? Would anyone even care?

I- I thought we were that group ()
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WickIebee posted...

Hm... I do have another group where I do all of this... should do final rankings post season here? Would anyone even care?

I always post mini reviews after a season and I know at least a few people enjoy reading others' thoughts, even if nobody comments.
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I read all such posts but pretty much never respond, yea
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how much screen time does Merlin get in 7DS?

asking because I'm a huge Sakamoto Maaya fan and will watch almost anything with her as a main

plus Amamiya Sora is also a main, though she needs a new agent because she's not getting any of the other big roles in the upcoming season other than that furry battle anime

and yes I'm already watching Fate Apoc, need to savor the Sakamoto Maaya since she's pretty much close to retirement at this point

tfw she's brought in to replace Tanaka Atsuko as Motoko in Ghost in the Shell and they're both pretty much retired :(
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I have such bad luck with favorite seiyuu

Hayami Saori has a good 10 years left in her

Amamiya Sora doesn't get enough roles

Sakamoto Maaya almost retired

Horie Yui pretty much retired

Kayano Ai hit her peak and isn't getting a lot of roles

Kotobuki Minako isn't very popular

Minase Inori is focusing on her music career

Hidaka Rina isn't very popular

feelsbadman
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Merlin was barely in S1 of SDS. Maybe a couple minutes?

Maaya Sakamoto was awesome in Kizumonogatari and ReCreators at least.
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KommunistKoala posted...

I read all such posts but pretty much never respond, yea

I'm also guilty of basically never responding to them.
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From what I remember without knowing how much season 2 of SDS will cover, Merlin gets a fair bit more screentime
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Like one of the more prominent sins for a while
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Maaya Sakamoto was awesome in Kizumonogatari and ReCreators at least.

She's very underrated in Kizu. Her subtle use of 3 different tones for her character is underappreciated.

KommunistKoala posted...

From what I remember without knowing how much season 2 of SDS will cover, Merlin gets a fair bit more screentime

good to hear, I'll add that to my plan to watch
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GranzonEx posted...

Hayami Saori has a good 10 years left in her

I wish she had a good 0 years left in her, really hate her as a voice actress.
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WickIebee posted...

GranzonEx posted...

Hayami Saori has a good 10 years left in her

I wish she had a good 0 years left in her, really hate her as a voice actress.

get out
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Her first, I'm tired of hearing her talk as every single character. I've dropped shows because of her being the lead... as when she is the lead... She doesn't fucking act.
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whoa

she needs more lead roles and more OP/ED
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Someone doesn't play Fate/Grand Order.
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Saori Hayami isn't the greatest, yeah. Definitely limited range. Sounds pretty much the same for both Servants I have that she voices in FGO, and mostly the same in anime in general. Sometimes I hear her and think she's Mamiko Noto, and then I'm disappointed when it's not her since Mamiko's so much better.
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WhiteLens posted...

Someone doesn't play Fate/Grand Order.

blame Brave Exvius
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That post was meant for Wickle. She literally voices 4 characters in Grand Order.
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I've started watching Love Live! I'm only three episodes in but it's enjoyable so far. It's already throwing surprises at me, too. I really thought they would name their group Love Live, and when that curtain opened for their first concert... yeah. Luckily Honoka was there to hold everyone together!

Love Live character preferences are apparently serious business, so while I still haven't really gotten to know a few of the characters I want it on the record that my favorite so far is easily Honoka. She's so earnest.
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WhiteLens posted...

That post was meant for Wickle. She literally voices 4 characters in Grand Order.

And I dropped it... So just another thing I dropped and she exists in, nothing new here.
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Robazoid posted...

I've started watching Love Live! I'm only three episodes in but it's enjoyable so far. It's already throwing surprises at me, too. I really thought they would name their group Love Live, and when that curtain opened for their first concert... yeah. Luckily Honoka was there to hold everyone together!

Love Live character preferences are apparently serious business, so while I still haven't really gotten to know a few of the characters I want it on the record that my favorite so far is easily Honoka. She's so earnest.

S1 is mostly getting the group together and establishing the, S2 is where the characters thrive.

I will welcome you to the church of Nico Nico Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~
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Honoka > all

Also I didn't like S2 as much as S1 to be honest, though it is mostly due to the story content as opposed to the cast dynamic, which stayed pretty consistent throughout.
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ok so how do you guys watch your anime? I want to start getting into it, but I'm just wondering what the main process for obtaining them is

I'm ok with paying money, but I would prefer not to
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If you don't want to pay, it's torrents. Horriblesubs for new stuff. Tokyotosho or Nyaa for old stuff.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

ok so how do you guys watch your anime? I want to start getting into it, but I'm just wondering what the main process for obtaining them is

I'm ok with paying money, but I would prefer not to

I'm new to anime so I was the one asking that question not long ago! If you want legal streaming, the best options I was given were Funimation and Crunchyroll. They're both free with ads (I found the ads on Funi to be reasonable but Crunchy's ads were a disaster so I just signed up for it) so you should give those a try and see what you think of them. You can get free trials too if there's something specific you just want to binge watch.
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Crunchyroll - By far the largest library.

FUNi - Dubs.

Amazon - Assholes who have been exclusively licensing out all of the best shows lately to ruin everyone's day.
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I've used cruchyroll but it seems buggy as all heck on ps4, which is the only console I have hooked up on the tv

is it better on computer?
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Subbed trailer for Franxx, not that there's much dialogue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWhTQ_eF8Z4

Still, makes me wonder if we're getting a dash of Bokurano here...
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SantaRPidgey posted...

I've used cruchyroll but it seems buggy as all heck on ps4, which is the only console I have hooked up on the tv

is it better on computer?

I only use it on PC and I'd say it's fine 95% of the time. I've had a few instances where videos lock up, forcing me to refresh, and once the subtitles fell a good fifteen seconds behind the voices for some reason. Still, it hasn't happened frequently enough to bother me yet
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maybe b8anime isn't so dead after all
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LapisLazuli posted...

Crunchyroll - By far the largest library.

FUNi - Dubs.

Amazon - Assholes who have been exclusively licensing out all of the best shows lately to ruin everyone's day.

taking our sweet Prime money and dumping it into anime and no longer offering 20% off for special/collector editions of new games
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I'm watching episode 11 of animegataris... WTF is happening.
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OMG a new Cutie Honey series just got announced.

https://natalie.mu/comic/news/262201

Re: Cutie Honey was fantastic, and I cannot WAIIIIIIT to get more information on this. And yes, even I can like a show with a ton of fansevice when it's actually good despite that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0rMFj_LFxY
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lmfao zodiac war
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tazzyboyishere posted...

lmfao zodiac war

I don't wanna talk about it.
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Might be my favorite ending ever. What a brilliant self-parody!
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pyresword posted...

Honoka > all

Also I didn't like S2 as much as S1 to be honest, though it is mostly due to the story content as opposed to the cast dynamic, which stayed pretty consistent throughout.

Man, I would say that lot of Love Live fans prefer Season 2 because it throws out most of the story and stays true to its nature of being cute girls doing cute things.
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...so is Zodiac worth watching after all?
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No
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Mac gonna watch it eventually anyway
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Zodiac moves to the number 1 Most Dissapointing slot for the year now that it's over.

What a fucking MESS. Talk about a show you can see fall apart befor your eyes. Not to mention a show so predictable that you don't see it coming. Like, it's IMPOSSIBLE that they could telegraph this hard and play it straight, but no, it's the same evryyyyy tiiiiiime.
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I don't watch nearly as much anime as I used to, or I probably would. Only 76 MAL entries from 2016...
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Saekano S2 Episode 9

Ok in the grand scheme of things this episode was pretty stupid, but holy shit that was some good VA work. I'd never heard of this VA before (Hitomi Nabatame), but looking her up it turns out she's actually played quite a few other characters I like a lot as well. Definitely gonna pay more attention to her name in the future.
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Man, I really shouldn't browse for random anime when I'm already watching too many at once as it is (and I should be prioritizing 2017 stuff regardless for that awards thing). Now I really want to watch Squid Girl but I probably shouldn't for at least a little while.
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I mean, Zodiac Wars was made to be predictable from the start. It's literally the great Zodiac race but in a battle royale setting. Ox even said such a thing before he died.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

I don't watch nearly as much anime as I used to, or I probably would. Only 76 MAL entries from 2016...

I'm sure there are better show you haven't watched than shit as a fucking Zodiac War. You aren't even watching Magus or Garo this season!
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