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Link Posted: 7/9/2024 11:38:16 PM EST
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Link Posted: 7/10/2024 12:20:29 AM EST
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Link Posted: 7/10/2024 12:48:59 AM EST
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
No Longer Allowed in Another World

Just started ep 1, but truck-kun is looking a little old...

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Senpai is taken from Japan ca. 1948. That's part of the gag. It's a video game based system, but he's from WAAAY before the first video game appeared.
Link Posted: 7/10/2024 3:51:56 PM EST
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We watched the live action Golden Kamuy movie the other day.

Being as it's Japanese... they actually CARED about the original matter.

We really liked it, and the casting was great. It covered about the first half of season 1.


...


They are filming the next one already.

Link Posted: 7/10/2024 4:17:53 PM EST
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This just popped up on my feed:



Mods please delete if this breaks any rules, sorry.
Link Posted: 7/10/2024 6:19:59 PM EST
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This just popped up on my feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAY46ZjSV4

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saved for later
Link Posted: 7/10/2024 7:04:29 PM EST
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Never in my life have I been more pleasantly suprised by how much I enjoyed a VA than I was for Monica Rial’s little sister.

And since I couldn’t pick between two applicable gifs, y’all get both.




Link Posted: 7/10/2024 8:17:05 PM EST
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Originally Posted By ZF-1:
This just popped up on my feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAY46ZjSV4

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Watched the original anime, it was only three episodes though.
Link Posted: 7/11/2024 1:49:00 PM EST
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Just started watching the first episode of The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies (Katsute Mahō Shōjo to Aku wa Tekitai Shiteita).

It's a bit early to draw any firm conclusions, but it seems to have a lot in common with 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess (Hime-sama "Gōmon" no Jikan desu), at least as far as the writer's predilection for absurdist comedy is concerned.

I haven't yet seen enough of "Magical Girl" to be certain of whether or not it milks a single comedic plot point over and over and over again in the manner that "Torture" does, but I'm already detecting enough echoes of that possibility to raise my suspicions.

Yeah, 'echoes' is the wrong word here, because evidently the "Magical Girl..." source material predates that of "Torture" by at least several years - so maybe "Torture" was the "influencee" rather than the "influencer".

My take on "Torture" was that it was dumb and predictable and repetitive to an extreme degree, but it was also pretty funny. I do generally appreciate a skillful combination of "dumb" and "funny" (with Mashle season 1 as a good example of that). However, with "Torture", that was not nearly enough to convince me to watch the entire season all the way to the end - maybe I will return to it at some point, though.

I haven't made any decision yet about "Magical Girl", but at least so far it hasn't seemed to be nearly as funny as "Torture". The Magical Girl protagonist is a bit overdone on the 'sticky-sweet' side, while at least so far the Evil dude has not been all that evil. Maybe time will tell.

https://mahoaku-anime.com/

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Link Posted: 7/11/2024 6:00:41 PM EST
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Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.
Link Posted: 7/11/2024 6:36:27 PM EST
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Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe:
We watched the live action Golden Kamuy movie the other day.

Being as it's Japanese... they actually CARED about the original matter.

We really liked it, and the casting was great. It covered about the first half of season 1.


...


They are filming the next one already.

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Hope they keep the jack the ripper scene in...
Link Posted: 7/11/2024 6:46:54 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.
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The flipping between the CGI sections and cell drawings is some of the most jarring I've ever seen.
Link Posted: 7/11/2024 7:03:28 PM EST
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The flipping between the CGI sections and cell drawings is some of the most jarring I've ever seen.
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.
The flipping between the CGI sections and cell drawings is some of the most jarring I've ever seen.
Eh... not as jarring as KamiKatsu, which had pretty good animation, but then this

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First one being pretty jarring after the intro.
Link Posted: 7/11/2024 8:50:49 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.
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In ep. 2 the MC was unexpectedly hard-core.

That 'soul eater' that he faced was nightmare-inducingly freaky.

His tactics in fighting it were both unpredictable and surprisingly effective (the former leading to the latter).

He's been figuring things out 'on the fly' - but on-the-job training when you're up against hordes of monsters whose goal is to kill you cannot be much fun.

Maybe now that he has an 'instruction book' of sorts there will be a 'getting started' section that he can take advantage of.

Link Posted: 7/11/2024 9:03:47 PM EST
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Originally Posted By targetworks:

In ep. 2 the MC was unexpectedly hard-core.

That 'soul eater' that he faced was nightmare-inducingly freaky.

His tactics in fighting it were both unpredictable and surprisingly effective (the former leading to the latter).

He's been figuring things out 'on the fly' - but on-the-job training when you're up against hordes of monsters whose goal is to kill you cannot be much fun.

Maybe now that he has an 'instruction book' of sorts there will be a 'getting started' section that he can take advantage of.

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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.

In ep. 2 the MC was unexpectedly hard-core.

That 'soul eater' that he faced was nightmare-inducingly freaky.

His tactics in fighting it were both unpredictable and surprisingly effective (the former leading to the latter).

He's been figuring things out 'on the fly' - but on-the-job training when you're up against hordes of monsters whose goal is to kill you cannot be much fun.

Maybe now that he has an 'instruction book' of sorts there will be a 'getting started' section that he can take advantage of.

As I have read ahead in the manga, if it's close to the og source, then he will stay hardcore. His powers, while op, are limiting and his use of them is pretty cool.

We also get some insight as to how the world is, the MCs classmates, the goddess, and pretty much a bunch of decent world building.

It's one I'm looking forward to watching.

Also, some brutal shit in the manga (a few selected screenshots from scanlations)
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Link Posted: 7/11/2024 9:07:53 PM EST
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Originally Posted By beitodesstrafe:
We watched the live action Golden Kamuy movie the other day.

Being as it's Japanese... they actually CARED about the original matter.

We really liked it, and the casting was great. It covered about the first half of season 1.


...


They are filming the next one already.

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I'm very concerned about that one...fight...?
Link Posted: 7/12/2024 1:06:58 AM EST
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Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Eh... not as jarring as KamiKatsu, which had pretty good animation, but then this

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

First one being pretty jarring after the intro.
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack:
Originally Posted By Liaztraht:
Failure Frame is different from the manga, both in art and some story, but it's close enough.

It might be following the LN.

Either way, it's gonna be a good one.
The flipping between the CGI sections and cell drawings is some of the most jarring I've ever seen.
Eh... not as jarring as KamiKatsu, which had pretty good animation, but then this

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

First one being pretty jarring after the intro.
I beg to differ Here's the animation at the start of ep 1.
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There's one spot where he's walking where he's barely a stick figure there's so little detail, and he's posed so much like an old video game character.
Link Posted: 7/12/2024 1:27:36 AM EST
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Penny Polendina, a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Rwby but it’s Penny Polendina being wholesome
Link Posted: 7/13/2024 12:54:49 PM EST
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Suicide Squad Isekai continues to be a disappointment.  The isekai aspect of it is trash (and not in a good way) so all you’re left with is the novelty of seeing a team of B-list DC characters fumble their way through a generic fantasy setting.  Also, with the exception of Harley, all of the characters aren’t the least bit interesting.

There are only 10 total episodes so I’ll probably finish it, but if it was 13 episodes I’d probably bail and definitely if there were 23+ episodes.
Link Posted: 7/13/2024 1:23:13 PM EST
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Everything “suicide squad” sucks.
Link Posted: 7/13/2024 1:54:47 PM EST
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So, there's a harem anime in the summer season, and it's wholesome...no, not "wholesome", wholesome.

Should we call it Rin-Chan Wants to Hang Out?

Rin-chan Feeding Senpai And Acting Like A Cat ?? | Giji Harem | Episode 1 | Anime Movements
Link Posted: 7/13/2024 2:04:58 PM EST
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Link Posted: 7/13/2024 6:33:34 PM EST
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If you haven’t yet seen Blue Eye Samurai, I very highly recommend it.

Besides Arcane, I can’t think of a show (of any kind) I’ve seen in the past decade that I thought was better through its first season.

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It's like someone at DC just can't believe that nobody else likes their shitty franchise.

Also I'm watching failure frame and I almost admire the way in which the elevens remake the same thing over and over. It's horrible, trite, and generic, but also so hilariously watchable. Not so much this particular show, just the way they play the revenge power fantasy isekai angle. But they don't even try and play it off, which makes it funnier. A western show could never lean into the deliberate derivative nature of the genre so hard and unironically.

The 3d is horrible and not ironically funny like kamikatsu was though.
Link Posted: 7/13/2024 11:24:37 PM EST
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It's like someone at DC just can't believe that nobody else likes their shitty franchise.

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From what I heard many years ago, DC was at that point some time ago.  They wrote the stories that they liked, then blamed the fans when the fans stopped buying the comics.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 12:23:15 AM EST
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"Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?" got off to a promising start...


Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:31:43 AM EST
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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:16:04 AM EST
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Pic of the shooter
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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 4:39:13 PM EST
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Has anyone here watched Moriarty the Patriot?

If so, what are your thoughts on it?  What other anime would you compare it to?

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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 4:42:01 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:
Has anyone here watched Moriarty the Patriot?

If so, what are your thoughts on it?  What other anime would you compare it to?

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I'm curious as well. Been on my list for a while, just haven't started it yet.
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I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 5:45:36 PM EST
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Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/246796/twins_jpg-3266751.JPG

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It's a good palette cleanser from all the trash isekai
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 7:49:44 PM EST
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Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/246796/twins_jpg-3266751.JPG

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It’s on my “give it a try when the season is finished” list, but I generally HATE fantasy anime where the adventuring MC has young kids.  They tend to bog down the story with shit I couldn’t care less about.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:24:16 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:
Has anyone here watched Moriarty the Patriot?

If so, what are your thoughts on it?  What other anime would you compare it to?

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I watched episode 1 awhile back. It was aaiight, but not enough to get me to go back and watch ep 2.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:38:17 PM EST
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I watched episode 1 awhile back. It was aaiight, but not enough to get me to go back and watch ep 2.
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:
Has anyone here watched Moriarty the Patriot?

If so, what are your thoughts on it?  What other anime would you compare it to?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_9781_jpeg-3266710.JPG
I watched episode 1 awhile back. It was aaiight, but not enough to get me to go back and watch ep 2.

It has a great rating on Crunchyroll.

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Of course, I can’t read any reviews for it anymore.

Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:39:09 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:

It's on my "give it a try when the season is finished" list, but I generally HATE fantasy anime where the adventuring MC has young kids.  They tend to bog down the story with shit I couldn't care less about.
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Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/246796/twins_jpg-3266751.JPG


It's on my "give it a try when the season is finished" list, but I generally HATE fantasy anime where the adventuring MC has young kids.  They tend to bog down the story with shit I couldn't care less about.
It's solidly in the trash category, and the story so far is really simplistic, with the withholding of basic information standing in for mystery. Also, I don't find the MacGuffin twins all that cute.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:44:52 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:

It has a great rating on Crunchyroll.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_9787_jpeg-3266944.JPG


Of course, I can't read any reviews for it anymore.

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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack:
Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:
Has anyone here watched Moriarty the Patriot?

If so, what are your thoughts on it?  What other anime would you compare it to?

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_9781_jpeg-3266710.JPG
I watched episode 1 awhile back. It was aaiight, but not enough to get me to go back and watch ep 2.

It has a great rating on Crunchyroll.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_9787_jpeg-3266944.JPG


Of course, I can't read any reviews for it anymore.

I can't speak to the opinions of others, only my own. While I didn't find it bad, per se, I didn't find it good enough for me, personally, to invest more time on. Maybe I'll go back at some point, but that's where I am now. You asked for opinions, I gave you mine. I was unaware you were only looking for affirmation.

I'll admit that part of my reasoning is my distaste for the Japanese habit of taking evil characters/monsters/demons and recasting them as good guys.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:44:57 PM EST
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It's solidly in the trash category, and the story so far is really simplistic, with the withholding of basic information standing in for mystery. Also, I don't find the MacGuffin twins all that cute.
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:
Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/246796/twins_jpg-3266751.JPG


It's on my "give it a try when the season is finished" list, but I generally HATE fantasy anime where the adventuring MC has young kids.  They tend to bog down the story with shit I couldn't care less about.
It's solidly in the trash category, and the story so far is really simplistic, with the withholding of basic information standing in for mystery. Also, I don't find the MacGuffin twins all that cute.

Generic trash fantasy anime is my bread and butter, but I can’t see how the MC having two young children to take care wouldn’t totally ruin the formula.  I’ll give E1 a try in a couple of months though.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:47:24 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:

Generic trash fantasy anime is my bread and butter, but I can't see how the MC having two young children to take care wouldn't totally ruin the formula.  I'll give E1 a try in a couple of months though.
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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:48:03 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:

Generic trash fantasy anime is my bread and butter, but I can't see how the MC having two young children to take care wouldn't totally ruin the formula.  I'll give E1 a try in a couple of months though.
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Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

It's not really my style - but at least for now I'm continuing to watch it to see where they're taking it.

Some other recent series have tried, but IMHO they have failed miserably - for example, the writers of "Fluffy Paradise" gave it their best shot, but they could hardly have come up with a less likable young girl as MC if they had been aiming to do so. Anya Forger of "Spy Family" might have been a contender, but the show has way too much going on with her complicated backstory and bizarre family dynamics for her innate cuteness to take command of the show. The "Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear" franchise also trafficked in 'cuteness', at least as far as the bears were concerned, but that was more of a side story than the main dish. Etc.

Nope, at least so far, the twins in "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" seem to have cornered the market on 'cuteness' every step of the way.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/246796/twins_jpg-3266751.JPG


It's on my "give it a try when the season is finished" list, but I generally HATE fantasy anime where the adventuring MC has young kids.  They tend to bog down the story with shit I couldn't care less about.
It's solidly in the trash category, and the story so far is really simplistic, with the withholding of basic information standing in for mystery. Also, I don't find the MacGuffin twins all that cute.

Generic trash fantasy anime is my bread and butter, but I can't see how the MC having two young children to take care wouldn't totally ruin the formula.  I'll give E1 a try in a couple of months though.
It's already dubbed, so you can put it on in the background
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 8:50:17 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Hunter-Killer:

It has a great rating on Crunchyroll.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/258158/IMG_9787_jpeg-3266944.JPG


Of course, I can’t read any reviews for it anymore.

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Looks like fujo bait.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:02:03 PM EST
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So I took one for the team and watched the first 2 episodes of Plus-Sized Elf. It's a how to lose weight instructional masquerading as an ecchi anime.

First Elf has poor eating habits and can't get "home" because she's gained a lot of weight. Then she goes to a clinic and the guy and girl there give a tutorial on how to lose belly weight by increasing activity, reducing caloric intake in food and  beverage choice. Second elf has a similar issue but her butt has gotten so big she can't do magic anymore as her magician outfit doesn't fit, she's too busy working to do normal workouts so the guy teaches her exercises she can do while standing at work. 3rd girl, not an elf this time has problems with posture and he shows her there's a brace you can wear so you can be a proper and presentable Japanese girl.

Lots of T&A to get the obese otaku and hikikomori to learn how to lose weight and become presentable.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:12:49 PM EST
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack:
I beg to differ Here's the animation at the start of ep 1.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_1_png-3264087.JPG

Here's a comparison of how the MC is 'drawn', and how the CGI shows him.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_2_png-3264088.JPG

And here's a couple of wide shots of one of his battles in the dungeon.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_3_png-3264090.JPG

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_4_png-3264091.JPG

There's one spot where he's walking where he's barely a stick figure there's so little detail, and he's posed so much like an old video game character.
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The CGI reminds me of Ajin and knights of sidonia, it’s very, very cheap… Fuckin’ mocap suits are cheap enough that youtube cringe-fluencers have them, and they make absolutely stunning animations with one or a handful of animators, so I don’t see how the fuck professional studios end up with a finished product like that. Shit, Sodaz puts out animations that put multi-million dollar studios to shame.

Still, the story seems pretty good, so hopefully it turns out to be a banger with lackluster animation that gets a big jump in production quality in S2.
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:21:24 PM EST
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Nice to hear the sound design and see the art in the Monogatari series again

Also
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Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:38:07 PM EST
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Originally Posted By ZF-1:
This just popped up on my feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAY46ZjSV4

Mods please delete if this breaks any rules, sorry.
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ahh yes, to be a little kid in 1999 again
Link Posted: 7/14/2024 9:40:42 PM EST
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The CGI reminds me of Ajin and knights of sidonia, it's very, very cheap  Fuckin' mocap suits are cheap enough that youtube cringe-fluencers have them, and they make absolutely stunning animations with one or a handful of animators, so I don't see how the fuck professional studios end up with a finished product like that. Shit, Sodaz puts out animations that put multi-million dollar studios to shame.

Still, the story seems pretty good, so hopefully it turns out to be a banger with lackluster animation that gets a big jump in production quality in S2.
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Originally Posted By rb889:
Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack:
I beg to differ Here's the animation at the start of ep 1.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_1_png-3264087.JPG

Here's a comparison of how the MC is 'drawn', and how the CGI shows him.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_2_png-3264088.JPG

And here's a couple of wide shots of one of his battles in the dungeon.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_3_png-3264090.JPG

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/214519/failure_frame_4_png-3264091.JPG

There's one spot where he's walking where he's barely a stick figure there's so little detail, and he's posed so much like an old video game character.



The CGI reminds me of Ajin and knights of sidonia, it's very, very cheap  Fuckin' mocap suits are cheap enough that youtube cringe-fluencers have them, and they make absolutely stunning animations with one or a handful of animators, so I don't see how the fuck professional studios end up with a finished product like that. Shit, Sodaz puts out animations that put multi-million dollar studios to shame.

Still, the story seems pretty good, so hopefully it turns out to be a banger with lackluster animation that gets a big jump in production quality in S2.

Well, there is  a reason I was able to pull screen caps from 2 different episodes. The story is good enough (barely) to overcome the horrible graphics.
Link Posted: 7/15/2024 11:59:50 AM EST
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Originally Posted By TheOTHERmaninblack:
I... think I may have found a midcap related anime. Elf-san wa Yaserarenai.

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I finally checked it out and it's chef's kiss for the chubby chaser weeb.

Link Posted: 7/15/2024 12:42:40 PM EST
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Originally Posted By targetworks:
I'm trying, and failing, to think of any series at all comparable to "A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring" which has seemingly redefined the concept of "cuteness" by taking it into overdrive.

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Maybe they could do a prequel series to Reincarnated as a Sword.
Kinan and Framere raise their little catgirl kid, Fran, while working to become Rank D adventurers...

But more likely is a sequel, hinted to at the end of the WN in a 3000 year time skip.
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