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Still watching: -Berserk (a huge improvement over the first cour, finding it's feet now) -AoT/SnK (decided to read the whole manga last week, tired of waiting) -Seikaisuru Kado (the quiet little gem, good mix of scifi/politics) -The Royal Tutor (less boys love, more perfectly pitched laughs) -Kabukibu! (Chiayafuru meets Rakugo meets high school club trope, but interesting background) Ready to drop: -Eromanga Sensei (as soon as it gets pervy rather than funny, nope) -Sakura Quest (still treading that thin line, and doing nothing new) -Alice and Zouroku (well, that felt like a finale at Ep5, no? No idea where it's headed) I've kept Granblue and Zero Kara Hajimeru on the backburner to binge watch later, as the first few eps were generic as hell, bar the former's artstyle (airships !) and the latter's script by what I've heard. Think it'll be better to zip through when need be. But yeah, still feels thin for my tastes tbh. Still found time to fire through Fam The Silver Wing over the past fortnight seeing as the BRs showed up really cheap. Not the best extension of the Last Exile universe, but AIRSHIPS ! The Russian influenced jet pods are a particular fave. |
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oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@oldschoolsoviet I wasn't the biggest fan of Fam, though I think the original Last Exile might just have set expectations too high. It seemed to spend a bit too much of its first half treading water. By no means a bad show, though.
My current anime-with-daily-exercises show (the 24ish mins of an anime episode fits fairly well with my evening 25 mins of cardio in front of the TV) is No Game No Life, which is one from my back-burner I missed when it first aired. Been pleasantly surprised by this. I'd dismissed it as just another genre show at the time, but it's more unconventional than I'd realised, plus actually funny in places. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMost recent episode of AoT S2 was nothing short of amazing.
I love how such a critically important reveal and a build up for 4-5 years was initially done so casually, almost as a backdrop conversation whilst the others were talking.
It's great for me because I intentionally stopped reading the manga at this particular reveal, so everything from here on out is new for me (well except the royal family guff, which they're keeping to an absolute minimum).
This episode also typifies why I generally don't like reading mangas; music. I think a large part of AoTs success is the amazing music (already listening to S2 soundtrack at work), and you just don't get that when reading the manga. -
tadcaster2014 13 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI wish season 2 of AoT was longer!! -
tadcaster2014 13 posts
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Registered 4 years agoWhat's your opinion... S1 or S2 of AoT??
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caligari 17,956 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe-Bodybuilder wrote:
Hah, wow - just watched it and I can't agree more. It really was one of those 'whoops, I must have misheard that' moments. Fantastic stuff - now another four days of waiting until the next - hnnnn!
Most recent episode of AoT S2 was nothing short of amazing.
I love how such a critically important reveal and a build up for 4-5 years was initially done so casually, almost as a backdrop conversation whilst the others were talking. -
Ror 20,336 posts
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Registered 12 years agoReally must get caught back up with AoT. I've only watched the first ep of season 2. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agocaligari wrote:
Haha, I really enjoyed that. It was certainly opposite to the usual set up, and I thought it was clever, especially as the flashback added extra content to the character's initial response.
The-Bodybuilder wrote:
Hah, wow - just watched it and I can't agree more. It really was one of those 'whoops, I must have misheard that' moments. Fantastic stuff - now another four days of waiting until the next - hnnnn!
Most recent episode of AoT S2 was nothing short of amazing.
I love how such a critically important reveal and a build up for 4-5 years was initially done so casually, almost as a backdrop conversation whilst the others were talking. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years agoRor wrote:
If you've held out this long, you're better off just waiting for 5 more episodes till it concludes and you just watch it back to back.
Really must get caught back up with AoT. I've only watched the first ep of season 2. -
Ror 20,336 posts
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Registered 12 years agoYeah, I'd kind of decided to do that anyway, as I started watching another show in-between episodes 1 and 2, but I don't know... Might jump back in. -
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oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Saw the name on the front and thought "wow, a blast from the past !"
Have to say, TRT was a tad.....underwhelming ? There's certainly a beauty to it, and lil' splashes of Ghibli charm here and there, but it's definitely more 'European' than 'anime', and kept reminding me of Tintin for some reason. Would still recommend it to others despite my personal niggles with it.
And yep, AoT certainly improves with the score. The Vogel In Kamfig remix that kicked in just got the hairs up on end, and after spoiling myself with the manga there are plenty more moments to look forward to.
Spent the past two days now firing through the Chihyafuru manga, seeing as any continuation seems scarce despite the slew of sequels for everything else. I'm beginning to wonder if this is the start of a very slow descent, seeing as Gangsta is something else I'd like to catch up with given the abrupt ending it received.....I blame you lot. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years ago@oldschoolsoviet yeah, I'm looking for the The Vogel In Kamfig remix online. Love it. -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWell, what better way to spend a flu-filled, rainy Saturday than catch up.....
Started with Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) that I've been looking forward to, and it lives up to the wait. Perhaps a bit heavy on the teen melodrama, but goddamn if it isn't well done. Followed that up with Blame! which I believe should be available everywhere on Netflix by now, and holy shit, Polygon are striding leaps and bounds with their distinctive CGI. Making a coherent story out of the source material should be commended too, even if something more "arty" would've tickled me more.
And what's this ? A Berserk episode that quite frankly is a world away from the mess of last year ? They've even thrown in a bit of troll rape and exposition ? It's still cracking along at a crazy pace, but it's finding a groove now. Time to seen what visual treats SnK provides to round off the afternoon. -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Registered 15 years agoSee, after plying it with praise, Berserk went back to potato Berserk last week (Ep21). Some absolutely awful, awful South Park-esque animation and cuts, and really collapsed back into the bad habits I thought it had shaken free of.
There's a recap this week (yawn) and everyone's praying that the money saved on thon shoddy slide show of 21 will lead to an epic 23/24 of pure, unadulterated Berserker armour fun.
I wish I could be as confident.
Summer season is looking rather bleak, with Made in Abyss and a pair of Vatican miracle inspectors looking likely highlights. Centaur schoolgirls and cleanliness OCD footballers just don't do anything for me I'm afraid...... -
Got an e-mail today from crunchyroll... they are finally releasing Dragonball Super in the UK \o/ -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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AoT S2 OST now available from the usual sources. Tis quite good. -
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Registered 13 years agoSpeaking of.... the last episode.
It's been a while since I read the manga so I've probably forgot. But I don't recall them skimming through so much back story and revealing so much of the plot in one quick go like that.
I'm hoping it means they're gonna skip past all the dull as shit royal blood crap.
Still.. only 2 episodes left I think. Hopefully the Next season will be along quicker this time as well. It should be pretty much easy to sort out as well if they plan to end on a certain cliff hanger style decision that occurred a little back.
They're got a start and end point ready so no excuses or waiting to see how the manga goes blah blah. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years ago@oldschoolsoviet yeah hadn't a listen today. So far really liking. Sawano is such a genius. -
The-Bodybuilder 17,871 posts
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Registered 17 years ago@KRadiation They seem to be skipping the royal backstory bollocks, thankfully.
I actually got bored of the manga when it focused so much on it. -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI could honestly see them ending this season at the point where Hannes gets eaten by a familiar face.
The explanation of it's identity could serve as a swift explanation and onto the civil war.
Season of rebooted Kabaneri to go first however..... -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Registered 15 years agoKNIGHTS OF SIDONIA S3 !
Announced along with a second Blame! movie. I love Polygon ! -
Ror 20,336 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI started watching Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? the other day. Not sure what I think... haven't watched another episode since, but it wasn't particularly bad or anything. Hmm... -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@oldschoolsoviet If they want to get me excited about it, it has to be better than S2. I really, really liked S1, but S2 diluted everything that was good about it and added a load of unnecessary harem bollocks.
@Ror DanMachi gets much better after the first episode. I actually dropped it at that point when it first aired and only picked it up again much later, after various people said "no, it gets much better". It's not a top-tier show, but it's reasonably entertaining. -
Ror 20,336 posts
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Registered 12 years ago@Rogueywon Thanks Roguey, I'll give it a few more episodes and see how I go. As I say, I didn't necessarily dislike it, but it didn't really grab me either. -
oldschoolsoviet 6,968 posts
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Completely, but the harem bollocks was in the manga too unfortunately. I remember checking the manga out to make sure.....
Doing some investigating, and it seems one season is enough for a full adaptation, although the "neatly-wrapped" ending is regarded as shit too. So, yeah, perhaps I should temper my enthusiasm. Still, dat sound design, and the hope of some anime original tweaks should help. Right ?
In other news, Berserk has swung straight back to a "pretty fucking decent" episode. I've no idea what'll happen from week to week any more, nor do the staff it seems. -
AoT ends.
Flipsake I don't wanna wait till the next season.
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