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Daily Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - September 01, 2026

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 11h ago

Happy September, everyone! What anime did you finish watching in August, and what anime do you hope to finish watching this month?

As for me, I finished:

  • Dragon Ball

  • Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara in Flames

  • Michiko & Hatchin

  • Napping Princess

  • NieA_7

  • One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island + Movie 7: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle + TV Special 4: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy + Episode of Alabasta - Prologue + Movie 8: Episode of Alabasta - The Desert Princess and the Pirates

  • The House of the Lost on the Cape

  • The Wonderland

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

  • You can see my thoughts on these shows over on CDF.

And for September, I have plans for:

  • My Summer 2026 seasonals

  • Hyouka

  • Probably Welcome to the Ballroom to knock that off my on-hold list after finishing YGO GX?

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u/wloff 8h ago

It's been mostly rewatches and catching up on seasonals for me this month.

I did finish something though...

Slow Loop - 7/10

A nice, chill, relaxing time with a fun cast of characters. It had glimpses of greatness when it brought up the heavy themes of past grief and new family members in a very bittersweet, healing fashion; I do wish it leaned even more on that side of the story. Still, I liked it.

Grand Blue Dreaming season 1 - 7/10

I had been planning to catch up on both seasons of Grand Blue in time for the third season. Well, that didn't happen. I think it's because Grand Blue turned out to be less like a show I want to binge and more like a show I like to see an episode or two of when I need a good laugh. It's a lot of fun though, ridiculous and funny in a very "old school anime" way, if that makes sense.

Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun) - 7/10

Another long-term project for me, I started watching Railgun in May and finished in August. Overall a good time, I liked the idea battle shounen episodes mixed with pure slice-of-life. The ratio was maybe just a bit off, there was so much slice-of-life that I sometimes got a bit bored and didn't watch more for several weeks. I'll probably continue with Railgun 2 next... eventually. Not sure when I'll get to it.

Misaki no Mayoiga (The House of the Lost on the Cape) - 7/10

Watched for the summer movie rewatch. A nice, vibe-y movie which fell apart a bit in the end. It's no Ghibli quality, but I had a good time with it.

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!) - 4/10

Let's just say it's not for me... enjoying this series would require liking one of the least likeable characters in anime I know. Sometimes the show is about to hit some interesting themes, but instead of making the best of them, it derails off to utter boredom and hilariously convoluted pseudo-philosophical banter dialogue that doesn't make any sense. At least the uniforms are cute. I'll keep watching through the third season though, maybe it'll miraculously get better!


In September...

Hikaru no Go rewatch, Monogatari rewatch, Yuri on Ice weekly rewatch, at least one more summer movie rewatch, in Weathering with You~

Also, finishing up the summer seasonals~

Other than that... I'll try to do Oregairu s3 against my better judgment. I don't think I have anything else specifically planned, so I'll probably just start some older stuff purely based on what I'll happen to feel like.

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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 6h ago

I tried watching My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU a while back and dropped it after the first few episodes for the same reasons you're not enjoying it.

at least one more summer movie rewatch, in Weathering with You~

I'm rewatching it today.

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u/IXajll https://myanimelist.net/profile/ixajii 6h ago

Misaki no Mayoiga (The House of the Lost on the Cape) - 7/10

I have extremely mixed feelings about this one. The first half is legit 9/10 amazing, but the second half drops all the way down to 5/10 quality at best, story-wise. Would be so much better and an overall fantastic movie if they never introduced any of the unnecessary/boring supernatural plot and just kept it as a family SoL set in a new and unfamiliar environment.

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u/wloff 5h ago

Yeah, I didn't even mind the fantasy elements because the Japanese folklore ties felt appropriate, but when [House on Cape]grandma whipped out some knives and started to throw hands with the big bad monster I thought the movie had lost the plot, in more ways than one.

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u/GondolaMedia 10h ago edited 10h ago
Title Thoughts
Kashimashi: Girl meets Girl Our boy turns in to a girl and gets 2 girls pining over her. It was mostly fine but I really liked how much focus was placed on our love rivals and their growth. The TV-series ends with a rather unsatisfying conclusion but the OVA episode really saves the series for me.
Kuttsukiboshi Rather charming OVA when you consider it was mostly done by one man but it goes off the rails very quickly and I couldn't get past some baffling choices our characters made.
Fragtime I had a good time with this one. Nice coming of age story about falling in love and learning to love yourself.
Blue Drop What if we combined aliens and all-girls private high school? We get something that's fine.
Tachibanakan Triangle High school boarding house full of pervy characters. It was okay and good for a few chuckles and it being short was probably it's strongest aspect.
MariaHolic + Alive Very hit and miss for me. Kanako is the most down bad lesbian I've ever seen and Mariya was very rough at the start but I slowly came around to him. Matsurika best girl.
Nodame Cantabile Finale Nice end to a very good series.
Happy Sugar Life . Misery loves company and I had a good enough time with this one. I think the story could have used few more [Happy Sugar Life]normal people like Shouko because it felt that it was just the worst people you know interacting with each other.
Wataten + movie Cute enough story especially when it tone downs the creep factor with Miyako.
Talentless Nana Thoughts here. I read few chapters of the manga from where the anime ended and I would like a second season please.
Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne Started out really strong with some thought provoking concepts and it was even somewhat prophetic at points. Still I could have used less sleazy ecchi and by the end it turns in to [Mnemosyne]worse devilman

For my September plans I will finish the first season of Uta no Prince Sama and I doubt I will continue with the series after that unless something captivating happens in the latter half. Not sure what else I will pick up.

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u/zambonijesus 8h ago

August was a busy month for me in the real world, so not many completions:

  • Madlax (2004)
  • School Rumble (2004)
  • Desert Punk (2004)
  • Genshiken (2004)
  • Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004)

September is if anything busier, so I don't know if I'll finish any non-seasonals. I'd like to finish Monster and I have one disc left for Nana that I've kept putting off. I usually end up watching something off-book so we'll see what happens.

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u/Tomorrow_Big 10h ago

In August I finished...

  • Sweet Blue Flowers

In September I plan to finish...

  • Skip and Loafer

  • Wandering Son

  • Yona of the Dawn

  • ... too many seasonals

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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 8h ago

This month turned out to be busier than expected. I only finished half of the anime on my original plan-to-watch list, but there was also one new addition that I added on a whim. A mix of highs and lows, with quite a few pleasant surprises.

Finished watching in August:

1) Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid & Invisible Victory (10/10, rewatch) - My all-time favorite. This half of the series is even more action-heavy, with some great character development. Even after watching it so many times, I'm still noticing new things about this story.

2) Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler (9.5/10, rewatch) - I watched this DVD again on a whim. I really like this story as a continuation of the Frieza saga. The concept of the spaceship absorbing planets and building an army is cool, the battles are exciting as always, there was a good mix of lighthearted moments in between the action, and each character had their time in the spotlight.

3) Your Name (9.5/10, rewatch) - The first half of the story is a great intro to the characters and setting with plenty of fun body-swap humor, which makes the second half following the big twist all the more emotional because it did so well with building up that connection to Mitsuha, her family and friends, and the place itself. It was cool seeing it again after reading the Another Side: Earthbound companion manga, which added more depth to the side characters and the town's history.

4) Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi (9/10) - The story has a lot of the things I love about Star Wars - cool spaceship and lightsaber battles, creative alien world designs, a strong hero/villain rivalry with a history between them and their jedi master(s). The nuance between light side vs dark side was nice too, and I like how it ended in a way that wrapped up the story well but leaves enough open to continue it if they want. Probably in my top 5 shows I've watched this year.

5) The Wonderland (8.5/10) - I really enjoyed this movie! The world designs were beautiful, both the picturesque summer vibes of the small town in Japan and the varied environments of the mirror world. Akane's cute family cottage, Chii's quirky shop, the shepherd village with the big fluffy sheep, the human-sized talking cats in the capital, the snowy town that could have been a Christmas card picture, the underwater scene with the giant fish that brought to mind Avatar: The Last Airbender's elephant koi riding scene, and the miniature fairy/pixie homes in the trees were all so wonderfully designed in a way that made the world feel lived in. The story was nice too, with some cool twists. The characters were fun and quirky with good banter, and I liked the balance between ths serious quest and lighthearted humor.

6) Waiting in the Summer (7.5/10) - The mix of sci-fi and slice-of-life was pretty fun, even though its occasional fanservice comedy isn't for me. The jokes that came from their various misunderstandings were good, liked Ichika imagining the Men in Black were going to take her away. The love polygon has been handled well too, with the characters being considerate of each other even when frustrated. The final episodes were wild, and pretty exciting to watch. For a fairly relaxed sci-fi romcom, I wasn't expecting the shift into action, but it was a lot of fun. I would have liked the ending to be less vague. This was a nice show to watch on a whim though, and the summer vibes were fitting for the season.

7) Napping Princess (6/10) - This movie was a lot like a wacky anime version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, from the structure of alternating real world and fantasy children's story segments to Kokone's dad having fallen in love with the candy automobile heiress and creating a clever product of his own which took some time before her father/the big boss saw value in it, and the evil henchmen trying to steal it. Unfortunately, I don't think it worked as well here. It was much less clear what was reality and what was a dream, which lowered my enjoyment when I had to frequently suspend disbelief at the more outrageous scenes, only to find out later that it technically makes sense because she just imagined the whole thing. I kind of admire the attempt of such an ambitious story. There were some very cool designs like the transforming mecha bike, the stories Kokone's dad told her were sweet, and I liked the ending. It took too long before I felt any sort of investment in these characters though, and the blend between reality and fantasy often didn't come together in a satisfying way.

8) The House of the Lost on the Cape (5/10) - I enjoyed the first half of the movie before all the supernatural creatures came in, when the story was just focused on Yui, Hiyori and Kiwa making a new life together. Honestly, I think it would have been a lot better if the story continued along this route, showing a granny adopting two girls and healing their trauma through kindness, and left out the supernatural stuff from the second half entirely.

Planning to finish in September:

  • Full Metal Panic S1 & Fumoffu (always rewatching)
  • Weathering With You & Suzume (rewatching for my rewatch)
  • Honey Lemon Soda (coming to Hulu this month!)
  • Erased (one of the best shows I've seen this year, so far)
  • Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
  • Yuri on Ice
  • Area 88 (with the upcoming rewatch)
  • Mission: Yozakura Family (still playing catch-up with this one)
  • Fruits Basket S1 (really should get back to this too if I have time)

I'll also be starting Hikaru no Go for the rewatch as well, which won't finish by the end of the month but I still wanted to give it a shout-out.

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u/DeadCaveman https://anilist.co/user/DeadCaveman 7h ago

Just a bit of Gundam for me: Char's Counterrattack (Rewatch, still my favorite piece of the series), War in the Pocket, and Stardust Memories.

More Gundam coming up, I'll be watching 08th MS Team and Unicorn next. After that, I think I'll hit some 2026 seasonals I skipped over, try to play some catch up before the end of the year.

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u/overuseofdashes 4h ago

CCA does a lot of interesting things but it took me 3/4 attempts over course of 10 years. I really like how diverse the gundam ovas are. So far I've seen War in the pocket, origin and unicorn.

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u/AwaySpell https://anilist.co/user/awayspell 6h ago

Finished in August:

  • Great:
    • Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
    • Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!
  • Good:
    • Eren the Southpaw
    • Kill Blue
    • Kirio Fan Club
    • The Ribbon Hero
  • Okay:
    • Akane-banashi
    • Always a Catch!
    • An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess
  • Meh:
    • Martian Successor Nadesico

Favourites this month were Nakamura-kun and Pardon the Intrusion. I'd heard a lot of good things about Nakamura-kun going in, but Pardon the Intrusion came as a surprise. The former was just really well done—it was fun and pathetic and at times painfully real—and the latter was chaotic fun and the most invested I'd been in a while in a potential throuple ending to a love triangle plot.

I want to finish this month:

  • Gundam Hathaway 2 - really excited to watch this, possibly later today.
  • Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble? - the last spring seasonal I really want to get to.
  • I want to watch some non-recent series for a change before I start summer seasonals, but I have no idea what to pick. Kind of eyeing Guin Saga or Blassreiter, or I might scour some threads and see what catches my eye more.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 10h ago
Title Score/10 Comment
A Girl and Her Guard Dog 4 As far as shoujo age-gap romances go it could be a lot worse outside of a couple of facepalm-inducing moments, never really liked any of the characters though.
You Are Ms. Servant 5 Vibe felt a little off most of the way through, and then the season [ends with] a lot of unresolved things hanging in the air; Hitoyoshi's dad is distant and mother hasn't been a factor at all, he confessed to Yuki but thought she wasn't romantically interested in him, and she seems to be coming around to the idea in the very last scene but she's just thinking by herself.
Sengoku Night Blood 3 Forgettable otome VN adaptation where a girl gets passed around to a bunch of hot guys skirmishing.
Nobunaga Teacher's Young Bride 3 Ecchi harem that does a couple of novel things.
First Line - Can see why it was nominated in shorts last year.
Sea Cat - Weird niche things from before 2000 are fun.
Superflat Monogram - Hosoda really likes doing his one thing over and over, huh?
The Last Blossom 8 Sub timing issues aside, solid film from the creators of Odd Taxi in a similar niche even if it doesn't reach the same heights as the show.

This month should have a couple more things on my bingo board and a bunch of airing shows wrapping up. Those will push me to my next MAL milestone (1600), so I need to figure out what film I'm watching for that.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 10h ago

Those will push me to my next MAL milestone (1600), so I need to figure out what film I'm watching for that.

Ooh, nice!

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u/BarbaricGamers https://myanimelist.net/profile/HiIAmAnime 9h ago

Just the one show for me in August.

Anime Score Notes
Kingdom Season 2 7 So much better than season 1, especially in the animation department. It really got into the proper ugly stuff of war around this time period. The main battle was really interesting and entertaining. The fighting choreography is often still silly with the Tokyo Drift horses, but it is well done otherwise.

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u/RapBert 9h ago

Nothing finished in August for me, life is just too busy and there are too many good seasonals.

Im September, I plan to watch Reincarnated as a Sword in preparation for the new season. I also have The Ninth Jedi lined up, and maybe finally Zombieland Saga Season 2 and the movie.

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u/octopathfinder myanimelist.net/profile/octopathfinder 8h ago

Finished in August:

  • Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames movie (8/10)
  • Poketoon 2026 (8/10)
  • The Ninth Jedi (7/10)
  • MHA: I am a hero too (5/10)
  • The Ribbon Hero (5/10)

For September, it’s just seasonals.

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 4h ago

Finished:

  • Dragon Ball
  • Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi
  • The Ribbon Hero
  • Tales from Earthsea
  • Only Yesterday
  • Your Name.
  • Odd Taxi: In the Woods
  • Castle in the Sky

Anime for September:

  • Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Rewatch
  • Reincarnated As a Sword: Rewatch
  • Starting DragonBall Z
  • Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood
  • Akira
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995 Movie): Rewatch

Right now my main binge atm is Link Click, so probably finish that. My next planned binge series I want to say is Haikyuu!!. Although I might get back to finishing Akane-banashi S1 since I put that on hold and do want to watch S2 weekly.

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u/goncix https://myanimelist.net/profile/goncix3000 4h ago

Let's see. In August, I finished:

  • Kirio Fanclub - 7 (picked it back up after dropping in season. one of the rare times I appreciated spoilers. needed them to get interested again.)
  • Artiswitch - 5
  • Heartcatch Precure! - 6 (my first Precure. was for a contract. learnt that not all kids shows are boring as hell, but can't say it enticed me to watch more Precure)
  • Gintama Jump Festa specials from 2005 and 2008
  • Gundam Thunderbolt Part 2 - 5

I don't know for the whole of September but soon I will be finishing Black Clover, its movie and any specials, Gintama, Umi ga Kikoeru and a few seasonals. And possibly Danganronpa 3 in all its parts. Looking forward to some surprises too.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 3h ago

but soon I will be finishing Black Clover, its movie and any specials, Gintama

Nice on both of these! Have you been enjoying them?

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u/goncix https://myanimelist.net/profile/goncix3000 3h ago

Largely, yes. Black Clover is not what I would call a masterpiece but for a lot of its run it's been fun enough. I enjoy big casts and magical hierarchies and such. I have been let down by some of the big payoff moments though so I'm just trying to roll across the finish line now (12 eps left) and be ready for the new season. Will be getting a 6 from me.

Gintama is much better but I massively prefer its comedy - 19 episodes left there. Looking to be a strong 7 (which in my scale is really good score.) Also Katsura is easily the best purely comedic character ever for me, so any moment he shows up makes everything better.

Definitely looking forward to more of Gintama than more of Black Clover. How do you like them?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 3h ago

Gintama is my favorite anime of all time and Black Clover has been living so rent free in my head 24/7 (literally, I predicted a thing in it in my fucking sleep) for the past several months that it actually hindered my ability to watch other anime, so yeahhh I'm a fan of both.

I can't fucking wait for season 2 of Black Clover.

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u/goncix https://myanimelist.net/profile/goncix3000 2h ago

Oh nice! Who are your favorites (from both)?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 2h ago

My Gintama top 10:

  1. Okita

  2. Gintoki

  3. Takasugi

  4. Tsukuyo

  5. Hijikata

  6. Katsura

  7. [redacted because you're on season 1]

  8. Shigeshige (aka SHOGUN KAYOOOO if you don't recognize him by name)

  9. Kagura

  10. Otae

My Black Clover top 10:

  1. Yami

  2. Julius

  3. Mereoleona

  4. Zora

  5. Charlotte

  6. Nero

  7. Yuno

  8. Asta

  9. Fuegoleon

  10. Klaus

How about your favorites from both? Doesn't need to be a top 10, I just went with that because I already had both lists on-hand from each show's respective rewatch haha.

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u/goncix https://myanimelist.net/profile/goncix3000 1h ago

Ah someone who gives me ranked top 10s when I ask for favorite characters is someone who is very near and dear to my heart. And voila I actually have them too hehe

Gintama (we share only 3 but I find it really fun to see rankings of especially big cast shows): - I can't seem to fix the stupid message but Katsura is first and Kagura is 2nd lol

1.Katsura

  1. Kagura

  2. Shinpachi

  3. Yamazaki

  4. Hasegawa

  5. Elizabeth

  6. Gintoki

  7. Hata

  8. Kondou

  9. Otose

Black Clover (5 here! not bad!)

  1. Noelle
  2. Fuegoleon
  3. Nozel
  4. Patry
  5. Gordon
  6. Mereoleona
  7. Yami
  8. Zora
  9. Henry
  10. Asta

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky 1h ago

Nice.

Yeah, with casts as large as these two have, it's definitely easy to not have a lot of overlap in favorite characters.

If you like the kind of art I make, the Black Clover album is safe for you (I haven't done any of the characters from the Spade Kingdom Arc yet) if you wanted to take a look. I've been having a ton of fun making them, even if [Black Clover]the devil's design legitimately terrifies me so I had to make both of his while constantly scaring myself. Can't say the same for the Gintama one though, it's got actual spoilers for some of the later seasons/the Be Forever Yorozuya movie.

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u/goncix https://myanimelist.net/profile/goncix3000 21m ago

Oh lovely stuff. I especially like the Asta and Yuno ones (number 8 and 9).

I will look forward to seeing the Gintama ones....a few years later lol I like taking breaks every 50 eps or so for Gintama.

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u/vancevon https://myanimelist.net/profile/vancevon 10h ago
Anime Score Thoughts & Feelings
Classroom of the Elite III 6 It's so bad it's good. Literally none of the arcs make any sense and crumble under the slightest scrutiny, but it's also just really funny. There were also some compelling character development moments with Horikita, I guess.
Bokurano 7 Some of the individual stories were absolutely incredible and felt like being punched in the gut repeatedly. But it was also a bit repetitive.
Love Live! School Idol Project 2 2 Extremely boring. The cast has literally zero stage presence, and you never get the sense that these people are actually stars who know how to work a crowd, write music, or perform. When we see them on stage, they look like automatons without heart or soul, and, honestly, that goes for the writing as well. The diet episode might be literally the worst thing I've seen in my entire life.
Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches 9 Finally an anime with a realistic and appropriate amount of kissing. A really funny romantic comedy full of hijinks, adventures, and a really cool narrative arc of all of these lonely people coming together and finding meaning in their lives.
Do You Love Your Mom An Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? 9 An absolutely amazing cast of characters, and so many wonderfully stupid jokes. I can't believe this didn't become an isekai subgenre. What a shame.
Prince of Stride: Alternative 7 So many pretty boys, just incredible. Also really soundtrack and sound design. When they pass the "baton" you really feel it. The art style was also really cool, with so many bright, contrasting colors, and the course designs were creative and fun. Unfortunately, the writing and drama was very hit or miss.
Re:Zero Season 2 (part 1) 9 There are a lot of problems here in terms of pacing and the grander narrative, but my God the suspense and horror is like nothing else.

Aside from seasonals, I'm currently watching A Certain Scientific Railgun (which is alright), Flowers of Evil (incredible but also hard to watch - I'm not sure if I like just how much I vibe with and relate to Nakamura) and Yosuga no Sora (tbh I was hoping for a scummier protagonist but oh well).

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u/wloff 8h ago

The cast has literally zero stage presence, and you never get the sense that these people are actually stars who know how to work a crowd, write music, or perform.

But they are very cute.

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 10h ago

Completed in August:

  • Sonny Boy
  • ToHeart
  • Scorching Ping Pong Girls
  • Tsuritama

3/4 were groupwatches. I'm really bad at motivating myself to watch non-seasonals on my own recently.

September Plans:

  • some 15 seasonals
  • Nichijou (a third of the way through so far; contract)
  • Nisekoi (contract)
  • whatever anime swap gives me

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u/Jusenkyo_5 8h ago

How did you feel about Sonny Boy?

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 1h ago

Can I just say "it's complicated"? Okay, that'd be a boring answer.

I think it's fascinating as an exploration of different social contracts and conditions in our society through metaphors and recreation of existing dynamics in different worlds. How well they landed varied a lot though. Sometimes they were the tower or the dog episode, sometimes they didn't do nearly as much for me. Also, I didn't really grow all that attached to any of the non-dog characters, which made the episodes where the themes didn't hit me a bit hard to care about. Hence, it's complicated.

But what's a lot less complicated is that the audiovisual production is just out of this world. So much stunning background art and very purposeful sound design with only occasional, usually impactful uses of music.

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u/Infodump_Ibis 9h ago
  1. Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise. For its time the most expensive anime created, figure has since been beaten by a factor of 10 (at least) but some cuts really ooze of an animator had a lot of time on their hands. Surprised the Zambian space programme wasn't also an inspiration as the initial parts do have a similar hardly anyone is taking this seriously sentiment. The original 90s UK release [removed]the rape attempt which reduced the age rating from 15 to PG (I watched the 15 rated version) but that would leave the next scene making little sense. That bit and a few other parts are probably why it's left revered by otaku and industry rather the mainstream like Ghibli/Shinkai.

  2. Royal Space Troop Honneamise Pilot. This was on the DVD extras. Bandai wanted a short video made for a then proposed 40 minute OVA (with blew up into something bigger). Visually it's a much brighter and somewhat Studio Ghibli style. A lot can change in 4 years (just ask Sparks of Tomorrow - that was the ad for the novel).

  3. MHA I am a hero too. It's ya show MH Ayyy. Very short and another bolt-on to the already long (and somewhat retconning) epilogue [if I were to rephrase a Dril tweet]turning a dial that says Deku's hero rank and watching audience reaction. At least the song was in English so no lyric subs (despite the official clip and French subs having them) was not a handicap.

  4. Sound of the Sky. Doesn't quite fulfil the potential and the tone is messy, you can have one given episode be comedy and then the next be deeply serious including the comedy classic end it with a serious arc. I think episode 8 (comedy ep) [was my lowpoint](I can not find humour in someone forced to hold their pee). If you can forgive that it's got some detail and slowly revealed lore. Cuenca makes for a setting you don't typically see in anime and almost worth watching for that alone.

  5. Sound of the Sky Specials (episodes 7.5 and 13). 7.5 is [too hot for TV trash](underage drinking inc. girls getting frisky with one-another) but 13 was a nice epilogue, character motives and lore dump stuff that really could have been more prominent during the series itself but there were different priorities. That's way things sometimes are.

  6. Pokémon movie 8 Lucario and the Mystery of Mew I thought Sonic 2006 was the only time a blue blur and a princess met but it happened here (must have a thing back then). I sort of felt it was a couple movie ideas bolted together but there were [a few twists along the way]Aran's past and Kidd initially seemed like like redux of movie 4 villain but turned out to be doing things for content because they could rather than should (ofc like most content creator types no training on ethical behaviour academic/journalism good practices). Mew was also quite animalistic with the stealing toys thing, it's like how foxes steal shoes.

  7. Style of Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch. I assume this Crayon Shin-chan spinoff is the time those who grew up with the work in 90s but now find themselves as the mid-30s salaryman. The vector graphic art is rather basic and it's technically a 30fps anime but this is a show about the lunches and some office life stuff on the side. Not planning to visit Japan so it's interesting to see the types of restaurants, little thing like how long it takes to get served and from what I can tell the menu prices are still accurate (and surprisingly cheap, at least compared to where I'm from).

  8. The ribbon hero. The constant screen shake (like it's an old film on a wonky projector) really got on my nerves and made for a terrible first impression. My fresh impressions or perhaps to put it another way, a figurative dog's dinner (i.e. confused mess or muddle). Which, the post or the movie...whynotboth.jpg?

  9. Burn the Witch. It's almost delightful how on the nose shounen it is with some very I'm going to leading comment into exposition dialogue (it's blunt but gets viewers up to speed) and being so overdone and puerile it is almost a anime style cartoon (I may re-visit this point in September). London setting felt under-used as merely a few landmarks in the background (maybe that is a Occident viewpoint or using the streets or locations is a process they're unfamiliar with) but WTF at this cringe dogwhistle, teen edgelord titlecard (via initials to do that) right there.

  10. Witch Hat Atelier. It's a good watch (with some genuinely great animation) but might want to hold off a bit due to a cliffhanger ending (more to come is confirmed so this is a temporary issue). I don't prescribe to anime guides for "begginers" or starters but this is a good inclusion for those as there's no typical anime baggage/hurdle.

+an aeni but that's for CDF...

Plans for September?

  • The (fewer than I'd like) seasonal shows I didn't drop and/or fall way behind on.
  • Burn the witch 0.8.
  • Ranma ½ (2024) Season 2 would be a good idea before season 3 is out. Main reaosn I've put it off is I have is I've read the manga so it's more of a "how will this panel look?".
  • I have 4 episodes left of Noozles; maybe it's dragged down from a poor 80s dub but not very good kids demographic slice of life anime from the 80s (could be me being an adult as kids things like Precure and Minky Momo are deliberately more interesting to adults). It's also a reverse isekai featuring anthropomorphic koalas.

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u/theangryeditor 7h ago

Just Uchuu no Stellvia

It was pretty good

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u/SpaceTurtleHunter 12h ago

So everyone knows that KareKano (His and Her Circumstances) had a disaster production that lead to its director Hideaki Anno resigning in the middle of the project, and that Redline was an insanely expensive forever-in-production movie that almost bankrupted Madhouse and got its director Takeshi Koike fired. Are there any other popular anime trivia that are completely false and literally never happened?

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u/AdNecessary7641 8h ago

The idea that the 2007 Jojo's Bizzare Adventure movie never got any kind of release outside of theaters because Araki "hated it".

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 12h ago

That the English licensor for Ghost Stories was encouraged to go nuts with it because it was a flop.

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 12h ago edited 12h ago

Ghost Stories was a flop domestically, which is why the dub team got free license to do whatever it wanted. Complete fabrication pushed by Steven Foster.

E: I'll add "Mushoku Tensei is the grandfather of isekai" too for good measure. It was just one of the more popular and downstream influential isekai of the first wave of isekai web novels to be picked up for publication alongside the likes of Re:Zero, Log Horizon, Konosuba, etc.

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u/Korkez11 10h ago

Alice in Wonderland is the grandfather of isekai. Or Divine Comedy, depending on definition.

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u/Player_One_1 9h ago

Odysseus would probably want to have a word, being >2000 years early to the party.

(or maybe he does not count, since his adventures in a world of gods and monsters didn't involve dying? )

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u/Korkez11 9h ago

He doesn't count, he never left his world or his timeline.

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u/wloff 2h ago

Since I can't resist an excuse to mention Hibike! Euphonium:

Everyone will tell you with 100% confidence that all the "yuri bait" in the show was added by KyoAni and none of it existed in the original novel.

Except that's not true at all. KyoAni did indeed add a ton of anime original content in the first season, probably something like two thirds of it in fact; but all the yuri-bait-ish scenes between Kumiko and Reina were already in the novels.

If anything, Kumiko comes off as even more gay in the novels than the anime.

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 12h ago

Ghost Stories being a complete flop in Japan (it wasn't), Miyazaki's "Anime was a mistake" quote (he never said that), and Madoka having single-handedly killed the magical girl genre (it's not dead and even if it were you can't blame one show for that and certainly not Madoka)

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u/baquea 6h ago

Ghost Stories being a complete flop in Japan (it wasn't)

Likewise with Cowboy Bebop, which people make similar claims about. The original airing was a mess, with only half the episodes being broadcast, but it nevertheless ended up as one of the best-selling anime series of all-time in Japan.

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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker 12h ago

wait, Miyazaki never said that? What was the exact quote, then?

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u/SpaceTurtleHunter 11h ago

The original quote appears to be from the Ponyo documentary. Here's the transcript:

こういうことってさ

実際の子供をありありと思い浮かべられるかどうかなんだよ

そういう観察してないと描けない これしてない 何も見てない

自分の自我しか関心がない

そういう日常生活送ってる

日本のアニメーションはね観察によって基づいてないほとんど

人間の観察が嫌いな人間がやってんだよ

だからオタクの巣になるんだよ

Translation by soranews:

You see, whether you can draw like this or not, being able to think up this kind of design [Miyazaki simply said "for things like this", this is the translator's interpretation of what he meant by it], it depends on whether or not you can say to yourself, "Oh, yeah, girls like this exist in real life".

If you don’t spend time watching real people, you can’t do this, because you’ve never seen it.

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know.

It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans.

And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 12h ago

iirc, in the source of the quote he was basically criticizing modern anime creators for being more inspired by previous anime than real people and experiences or something like that

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u/Korkez11 6h ago

It's only tangentially related to anime but after reading some LNs I understand that editor from Tsuki ga Kirei who said that talentless writers can still make a buck as LN authors. LNs feel like bad amateurish fanfics where 90% are wooden dialogues and 10% are barebone descriptions.

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 6h ago edited 5h ago

Even LN authors agree; see Oregairu's author writing a show about seiyuu where the protagonist and her friend take jabs at the LN publishing industry, the source author of the series they're on and LNs only being propped up by marketable-to-otaku waifu designs.

E: as for them feeling like amateurish fanfics, that's because they kind of are. Narou used to be a site people wrote fanfics on (as well as the odd original series like Log Horizon) before those were banned and people were forced to write original fiction, which they still approach it the same as fics. Narou isekai as a whole is kind of the omegaverse of Japanese fantasy.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 6h ago

And those are the basis of a good chunk of the anime coming out these days.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 2h ago

I'm finally caught up with everything (that seemed good to me), Smoking behind the supermarket was the last one!

It's pretty fun (for a 'chill' anime) and I like the girl well enough, but damn, what I would give for it to be about literally anything but smoking;

  • Eating gummy bears behind the supermarket with you!
  • Playing marbles behind the supermarket with you!
  • Opening Pokemon boosters behind the supermarket with you!
  • Pickpocketing passersby behind the supermarket with you!

So many different opportunities!

So I guess I'm now either gonna watch the movies I passed on (Shiboyugi, Zombieland, Madoka if I can watch the other stuff first, the Prison one - is it any good?)...

Or check out the rest of the seasonal trash so I can level my dropped stat on MAL!

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u/Heda-of-Aincrad https://myanimelist.net/profile/Heda-of-Aincrad 13m ago

I'd probably watch any of those anime concepts you listed, especially the Pokémon boosters one, but I just have zero interest in an anime about smoking. I've actually dropped one show in the past because the MC was an obnoxious smoker (not respecting the no-smoke areas and acting like that made him cool, etc).

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u/elkedgar 2h ago

Felt like I actually, finally became an anime watcher this summer. Not that I've never watched it, but it was more occasional, usually 90's OVA type stuff, then I'd occasionally drop in to try out a series every couple of years. Knocked out a bunch of stuff this year, made myself an AniList to keep track (I already do this with the games I play!) and actually have a list of stuff I'm interested in watching coming up over winter/2027. Exciting!

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u/Puddo x3https://anilist.co/user/STPuddo 12h ago

Sunao Katabuchi's short film, FukuFuku Map, for Fukushima Prefecture is now online with English subs.

Speaking of Katabuchi; looks like we might get some new footage for his upcoming movie, The Mourning Children, the coming weeks. Really looking forward to it, especially with the amount of research that went into the movie. Wouldn't expect anything less from Katabuchi though. The man does love the little details.

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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker 12h ago

Thanks, posted the film on the sub now

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u/Puddo x3https://anilist.co/user/STPuddo 12h ago

Think your post is missing the Q at the end of the URL. I get an error at least.

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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker 11h ago

Thanks, reposted the link now

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 2h ago

Finished Victoria of Many Faces. It felt like a nice breath of fresh air for the main trio. The 2 adults act like adults and the kid acts like a kid. Granted Nonna's tomboyness is coming out thanks to Vicky.

Very nice story. It did feel after the first few episodes there was only so much budget they had. So it is a good thing they only had 9 episodes to work with. It is nice to know an S2 is in the works, which I didn't expect.

7/10 I would say. People who love slice-of-life shows should definitely check it out.

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u/Organic_Machine_2324 1h ago

A good 6/10 for me.

- Good Female Lead

  • Nonna is great
  • The action is rare but great
  • The Prison Arc was sensational

The qualms on why it’s not higher:

  • Needed far more incidents like the Ball and Prison to show off her strength and combat
  • Lacked stakes as it felt like the Organisation fight with her was completely avoided
  • The ML Jeff was a huge desperate beg and i can tolerate him but i don’t like him and think he doesn’t deserve them

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u/SSjjlex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Clone_Tau 19m ago

Yea I think this is more or less where I land on it.

Kinda wished we knew there was a S2 from the start, maybe then I would've invested more interest in it since I was kinda expecting this to be a one and done deal *because* it only had 9 episodes. Was totally not expecting a S2 and kinda fucked myself over by assuming it wouldn't get one.

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u/isthatsoudane https://myanimelist.net/profile/ojoulover 7h ago

been watching wangan midnight, because I befriended a car lover who wants us to drive around wangan at night (don't worry, there will be zero speeding lol more about vibes)

I'm about 8 episodes in. I'm quite enjoying the show. it's able to sell the "we are all obsesed with cars" melodrama. the bgm is doing some real heavy lifting though. the bgm is god tier. it's so good. it's the bgm of a show about like perverse eldritch creations fighting god or something and it's about people ruining their lives to drive fast on a highway in tokyo. it's great

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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker 12h ago

This is the place... for gdgd fairies in the big 2020s?

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 4h ago

I'm starting a campaign to load the MC from Love Unseen into a rocket to fire it into the sun. Who's with me?

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u/Wanderingjoke https://myanimelist.net/profile/WanderingJoke 4h ago

What he do this time?

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 4h ago

[Love Unseen] He keeps stalking the girl in the hospital despite how many times she tells him to leave her tf alone, and after listening to her cry her eyes out about her anxiety and regret as she's at the mercy of chemo to give her more time, he hands her paper and crayons and tells her to draw a picture for a fireworks show in two months so they can go together. Like, wtf dude?

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u/Zeallfnonex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Neverlocke 3h ago

I'm not keeping up with this one, but isn't this the one where the premise is that she's blind? Why is [response to your spoiler]drawing a picture or seeing fireworks even an option?

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 3h ago

In defense of the fireworks, that's established early on that she likes the sound and feel of a fireworks show despite not being able to see them, and they've done a bunch of fireworks stuff together leading up to this. The drawing, though, I don't get that one.

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian 3h ago

Oh yeah that one pissed me off too, he's easily the worst MC out of everything I'm still keeping up with

[love unseen]went out of his way to learn braille but still can't read the room

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ 3h ago

It's dogshit writing when it comes down to it. The author has created a situation where the only reasonable move to take would be to leave her be, but if he does that, there's no story. So instead we have to watch the guy and his friends act like complete fucking weirdos because [Love Unseen] she didn't come to school for five days. Most people would just assume she had the flu or something, not sprint down to the hospital to invade her privacy. Don't even get me going on how gross and manipulative it is to sign up as volunteers with the pediatric ward just to keep tabs on her. That's just obscene.

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u/Shmappii 12h ago

Why isn't there any legal avenue for me to watch Tanaka-kun is Always Listless? The world is unfair and it's been forever since I've seen it. Super chill show with a great sense of humor.

Anyways, if you haven't watched Please Excuse My Younger Brothers from this season, please give it a shot. Ito is a ridiculously strong protagonist who keeps cracking me up in every episode. Naomi Oozora also played Kanshi in Witch Watch and Tamamo Cross from Umamusume, love seeing her get a main role and knocking it out of the park. The overall plot of the show isn't groundbreaking, but it's delivered with excellent energy from both the VAs and production.

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u/entelechtual 11h ago

Why isn't there any legal avenue for me to watch Tanaka-kun is Always Listless?

As is usually the case, the answer is that it was on Hidive, and when Hidive licenses a title, you can bet that within 6-24 months it’ll disappear without any notice. Even when, like Tanaka-kun, it’s a Sentai title which is basically in-house.

It’s a shame because I really liked the show, I wasn’t too keen on it in the beginning but it quickly grew on me.

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u/Shmappii 10h ago

I have such a love/hate relationship with HiDive. Their catalog always has just enough stuff that I like, but the interface and frequent loss of various titles is mind-boggling.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 8h ago

Does Hidive have any sublicensed series? I figured it was all Sentai licensing to begin with.

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u/Neo-physical123 11h ago

Just recommended a band on YT called F-272, only have one song so far, “Diorama”.

Heard the song and immediately liked it. I loved Elfensjon and this has very similar vibe. Turns out they’re from the same group as Girls Band Cry? Not too sure, didn’t explore further. Anyway, looking forward for more releases from them.

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u/IXajll https://myanimelist.net/profile/ixajii 10h ago

Sick song indeed. Afaik they are one of the bands introduced for the upcoming GBC gacha game, Canna Lily being another. Maybe they’ll get an anime down the line as well, like Bang Dream does it, who knows.

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u/isthatsoudane https://myanimelist.net/profile/ojoulover 9h ago

it's a great song yeah. curious if the game will have legs

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u/theangryeditor 3h ago

GGWP does pretty well with both the CGDCT aspects and the sports anime aspects. It's fun

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 59m ago

Yeah, I've been pleasantly surprised by the balance and execution overall.

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u/Low-Equivalent8173 12h ago

can anyone help me find the title of an anime 😭 https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/s/cvhmEbeRpw

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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker 12h ago

Mizuki Nana releasing consecutive new anime tie-in singles for this and the upcoming anime season? Are you sure this is 2026?

(She will perform the second opening for Red River)

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u/chilidirigible 12h ago

Pity it's a mediocre adaptation. I guess Tatsunoko has money to... distribute.

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u/isthatsoudane https://myanimelist.net/profile/ojoulover 9h ago

very excited about so much new nana music!

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u/chilidirigible 3h ago

...hang on, that isn't the only news about Nana Mizuki and Red River. (character spoiler, I suppose)

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u/isthatsoudane https://myanimelist.net/profile/ojoulover 9h ago edited 7h ago

this star divine cover by amanesu is pretty great! no clue why the said "unknown" lol. but amane's chops have come quite a ways. wondering if she will be involved in the new revue starlight project? i for one just hope we get some good izumi solos in the hasu anime or related projects...

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u/ActiveAd4980 6h ago

Currently watching Waiting in the Summer and I think I'll drop it at episode 7. I get that I'm not really in that target age anymore, but it's pretty bad. All the characters are horny and jealous of each other and there's an alien and nudist for some reason, and I guess the MMC and FMC is in love with each other because they're MC? Stuff is happening just to happen.

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u/theangryeditor 1h ago

[danko 9]i can't believe mochiko is fucking dead alive

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u/Korkez11 3h ago

I think people who don't understand that Love Unseen MC isn't malicious jerkass but [Love Unseen] a guy who means well but fumbles on every step because he doesn't fucking know how to treat the girl he loves when she a) doesn't remember him, and b) is dying of cancer (that's not something vast majority of population are prepared for by the age of 20, you know) are very unserious, unempathetic and un-smart people. 

[Love Unseen] I'm not even talking about his family situation which makes him desperate to not lose yet another person close to him

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 3h ago

It's perfectly possible to correctly understand his intentions and still want to fire him into the sun because of his actions.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 3h ago

(As I said in another comment, I haven't watched enough of LU to have a strong opinion about the MC, so I'm only gonna speak in general here, but) I'm gonna use that as an opportunity to go on a rant, because YES, 100%;

In fact, I'd go as far as saying that (The opposite of this) is something that always irked me in fanbases/people who defend shows/characters, the idea that "There is a reason!" therefore you can't criticize something/someone...

The reason might make you UNDERSTAND the character/actions;

It does not mean you can't judge or hate them for it.

It's so often the case in TV shows, soon as 'a reason' is mentioned suddenly you can't debate the action, it's all "BUT THE REASON!"

Sometimes it doesn't even matter if "the reason" makes sense, as long as they gave a reason. You can't use critical thinking to assess the reason. You just have to accept it, because they gave it to you.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal 2h ago

Occasionally it's something good where I see what's going on and hate the character but love the show for doing that, but more often it's along the lines of "You wrote yourself into a corner and I see what you're doing to advance the plot but this is just bad and now I hate everyone involved." Sometimes I feel like Nick Fury in The Avengers.

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u/theangryeditor 3h ago

We gotta fire someone into the sun and I'd rather not do it to the blind girl

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 3h ago

I haven't watched enough of it to know what it looks like now, but the way it's presented changes a lot in cases like these;

I think I talked about it earlier in the series, but the MC in [title]Katawa Shoujo is like that at first, becauses it's the same kind of situation (probably even worse for this one given the MC's condition as well), doesn't know how to deal with it, so sometimes he slips up and 'misses' something, and sometimes it's the opposite, he tries to 'do too much'...

But it's kind of a learning opportunity, he stumbles, gets better, he misses something, doesn't miss it the next time, he tries too much, learns that he doesn't need to 'force' anything, just act normal, etc...

So it shows yeah, it's okay to makes mistakes, you've never dealt with a situation like that so no one expects you to get it right on day 1. But at some point you should probably get it right. Or at least do better.

So I don't know enough about the discourse to know where Love Unseen's MC stands, but seeing people complain about that 3/4 the way into the season, makes me wonder whether the stagnation is an issue, moreso than 'making a mistake'.

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u/theangryeditor 3h ago

[title]

Many mistakes were made indeed. Ah...the days of my youth...like the fresh scent of lemons

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 2h ago

That wasn't a mistake though that was a holy intervention

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u/Korkez11 3h ago

It looks like you haven't read spoilers in my comment, so - no, stagnation is not an issue because FMC herself is... not stagnant, so to say.

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u/BornSeesaw9819 3h ago

I was pretty dumb at 20 lol

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 3h ago

I'm still dumb in my 30's and will continue to make stupid mistakes in my 40's most likely.

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u/Ham_PhD https://myanimelist.net/profile/ham_phd 3h ago

 isn't malicious jerkass but...

So like Minato

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u/Korkez11 3h ago

Aqua Minato is absolutely adorable, agree

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 3h ago

Honestly when you think about it. [Love Unseen]Imagine the girl you finally fall in love with for the first time now disappears on you for a week. Now you learn she says she forgot about it and now says she only has 6 months to live. I can't even imagine being in that scenario. I can't even imagine being in that scenario or what I would do.

[Love Unseen]Obviously he isn't handling it great. But it would be inhuman if he could handle all of that all of a sudden. Like you said he is only 20.

[Love Unseen]If you think about it, it would have been better if he hadn't learned that she was in the hospital because then he could just think she was maybe living good just without him. Now she knows that her cancer came back and she has a low shot of surviving it. Either he gives up on her and you can only imagine the pain he would feel. Or he does what he is doing now.

It isn't a black-or-white situation here.

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u/zambonijesus 4h ago

The best parts of Monster, for me, have been where it feels most influenced by David Lynch. Relatively early on there's an explicit Twin Peaks reference, but more subtly in [Episode 53]there's a whole thing with Eva having a reoccurring memory involving sandwiches and a picnic with Tenma and in particular there's a scene where she is in a park in the present day and there's a couple kissing, another laughing and then a boy offers her a sandwich. It all just reads very Lynchian in tone and style to me.

Probably my hottest take is that it's at its best when Tenma and Johan aren't on the screen.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 2h ago

I guess that adds another TV show besides The Fugitive (the original 1960s show, surprisingly great though I am just picking the best episodes) to check out before I rewatch!

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u/zambonijesus 2h ago

I'm a huge David Lynch stan and love all of Twin Peaks, but for the purposes of Monster you only need the far less weird first season.

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u/IndependentMacaroon 2h ago

Good to know thx

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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin 8h ago

We playing fighting games today.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 4h ago

We playing dying games today

(And loving games I suppose)

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u/Live-Company-5007 https://anidb.net/user/Coffeee 1h ago

Anyone planning to do awards this year?

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u/Organic_Machine_2324 1h ago

Just sitting here thinking it’s crazy that probably the best Romance Anime of all time is airing its second and last season yet so many poor obvious fools have no idea it exists.

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u/Leo-Fong 1h ago

The Maison Ikkoku anime ended 38.5 years ago though.

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u/SpaceTurtleHunter 1h ago

the best Romance Anime of all time is airing its second and last season

but Yosuga no Sora has no second season

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u/LokoLoa https://myanimelist.net/profile/otomon 53m ago

Just binged all of Fancy Lala and man after all of those episodes, I was not expecting the anime to end in such a sad bittersweet note, it was the same as Capricious Orange Road, after all those 50+ episodes of rom com shenanigans, the anime smacks you rigth on the feels with that last episode, I cant think of any newer anime in the past few years that take such a drastic turn in the last few episodes, but would be interested to check them out if anyone knows any.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 4h ago

The "Kurumi tries on lingerie" clip thread makes me feel all conflicted;

Should I enjoy it because horny?

Or should I hate it becauses salty?

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u/I_Cognito 4h ago

You should enjoy the clip and also watch the anime!

As for the contest, yeah it sucks that someone botted it. But that shouldn't sour you on Kurumi as a character. Unless she did it herself of course. But then, didn't you like twisted girls?

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 4h ago

Unless she did it herself of course. But then, didn't you like twisted girls?

I'd like her more if she did it herself, vs someone doing it for her, yes.

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u/I_Cognito 3h ago

Yeah, but there is no way someone as innocent and mentally stable as Kurumi would ever do something like that.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii 3h ago

On the third gif I can hear her say "You. Can. Fix. Me. You. Can. Fix. Me."

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u/cppn02 3h ago

As for the contest, yeah it sucks that someone botted it. But that shouldn't sour you on Kurumi as a character.

Too late. I'll never watch her show for it.

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u/I_Cognito 3h ago

You do you, but this seems silly to me. If someone botted a character you like to the top of one of these contests, would you suddenly dislike that character? Or even the anime the character is from?

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u/ptd163 2h ago

I think it's possible to enjoy the clip, but I don't think I could ever enjoy the anime because of the oxygen thieves that botted the contest.

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u/BladeDancer03 7h ago

Hello everyone, does anyone have any recommendations for bad mecha anime? I'm talking "fun" bad, not "mediocre" bad.

Something along the lines of Cross Ange or Valvrave.

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u/Infodump_Ibis 4h ago

IDK those shows to so to throw out a YMMV maybe Knights of Ramune (aka VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh). The franchise in general gets hornier at it goes on and this is the end point where the girls can finally pilot the robot...they need to be naked to do so. Legendary hero Lamunes is finally acting like a modern isekai protagonist (even though this was the 90s)...by sexually assaulting the girls rather than a taunt and tsundere dynamic for boy and girl, respectively.

That franchise in general depending on your tastes might be considered bad but it's usually middling to good fun in a kids anime way (that's the rails it hit in trying to hit an older audience) including some very gimmicky episodes and setting (e.g. an episode of VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire had bodyswaps). IDK if the CR still have the Discotek sublicense for those.

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u/overuseofdashes 3h ago edited 1h ago

They are sort of like Code geass season 2 but with more sex stuff. They are shows with good production value, are in delightfully poor taste and have stories that boarder on the ridiculous in a fun way.

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u/overuseofdashes 3h ago

My only suggestions are the obvious ones, guilty crown and darling in franxx. People say Cross Ange is very Gundam SEED adjacent so maybe that is worth a shot.