The General Anime Thread...

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I watched the entirety of A.I.C.O. -incarnation- last night.

I found it to be a rather interesting show, but I feel like they could have done the story better by bringing the "what is a human?" theme/subplot earlier in the story. The action in the final couple of stages of the journey were also kinda glossed over a bit to speed up the group's progression - but I'm just splitting hairs. It was a pretty solid 7/10 to 8/10 story with good animation and art style.
 
There's also another racing anime airing this season called Overtake, about F4 racing in Japan. Such a weird coincidence after a long dearth of car focused shows.
 
Attack on Titans is finally over. Still having to double take that it's been 10 years since the very first season.

Thoughts on how you felt about how this all concluded?
A part of me wanted to see Eren's will to destroy humanity succeed, because this show has been very good at conditioning us that the task of taking out the titans is a next-to-impossible to come out of unscathed (except for plot armor Mikasa of course), it would've presented one of those dystopian endings where despite all their last ditch efforts, they eventually succumbed to the titans.

But Inevitably the main group finally takes the W after all the losses throughout the show. Finally.

The sudden push for romantic development between Eren x Mikasa and Armin x Annie felt a tad rushed to me, but they needed to resolve it in one way or another.

I liked when Eren revealed his idea of freedom. For him, it was to make the choice to permanently eliminate all potential threats to the Eldian race. As for his friends, he was neither opposed to them going after him or joining him. Whatever was left of the Survey Corps was entirely up to them if they wanted to stop Eren. Eren didn't harbor any evil intent in killing his friends, but he wasn't about to let his friends stop him in completing his mission. It's a predicament we would normally find ourselves making compromises on.

What was a heck of a let down was how Eren lacked foresight despite him thinking so long-term about future-proofing the Eldians' survival. Don't recall the exact wording, but after discussing with Armin, he came to some realization that all his efforts only netted a small return, but at a massive cost of his friends' lives, and that he made a critical miscalculation in all of this.

Say what.......?


Other than AOT, I've also bveen catching up on Spy Family. Currently up-to-date with the latest episode:

Finally we got more Yor assassin screen time. Ever since the first few episodes of the first season, Yor has only been seen being a super althetic awkward wife. All the OP videos we've seen still depict her in her dress swinging the golden needles around, and yet all the attention has been on Anya and Loid's development.
 
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My fandom and geekery was born with Dragonball. RIP Toriyama-san
 
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I am not a big fan of the genre. My friend is and when we hanged out. He would watch it while I fell asleep watching it.
 
I finished season 1 (I say that because it's surely getting a 2nd season) of Chainsaw Man. I absolutely loved it, and the soundtrack has gotten me addicted to breakcore. I can't help but think that Power is what Asuka looks like to anyone whose brain wasn't rotted by Sephy's posts back in the day.

Also, Himeno best girl.
 
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I finished season 1 (I say that because it's surely getting a 2nd season) of Chainsaw Man. I absolutely loved it, and the soundtrack has gotten me addicted to breakcore. I can't help but think that Power is what Asuka looks like to anyone whose brain wasn't rotted by Sephy's posts back in the day.

Also, Himeno best girl.
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we could relive those days.
 
It's been almost 2 weeks and he hasn't replied? That's quite something.

Oh and hi, it's been 8.5 years. This thread has become a ghost town.
 
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It's been almost 2 weeks and he hasn't replied? That's quite something.

Oh and hi, it's been 8.5 years. This thread has become a ghost town.
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The last few threads I come to this forum for are done, so I haven't been returning. Also ever since I took a break from anime to watch TV series involving 3D people, that really helped keep me from 2D people for some time.

I just recently finished Jujutsu Kaisen's 1st season. I can see why people get hyped up about the combat animation. I can't help but think there's a fair bit of plot armor setting up some characters to be unbelievably strong... and maybe it's because I've already had that experience with past shows, that leaves me a bit disappointed. Maybe it's just a shounen formula I've graduated past.

But that leaves me wondering why I enjoy Jojo then. I'm thinking it has to do with the fact the writing lets the protagonist struggle with formidable opponents. Gojo for example has primarily been portrayed being a know-it-all, like he already has all the answers to all his adversaries... and that's pretty lame as if he did, he would predictably be undefeatable.


Also watched Frieren... it's like half-way between a fantasy adventure and a slice of life. I completely forgot about the slice of life bit as there was more action than I'd normally associate with an SOL during the watch. Some regard it as a masterpiece, and I can't find myself agreeing with that. I do like the theme it constantly conveys about dedication to a discipline.
 
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I started watching My Deer Friend Nokotan, I'll give it a solid 7.5/10 for the sensible chuckles I'm getting out of it.

I'm trying to remember what was the last anime I watched as it came out. I think I might have watched the first few episodes of Stone Ocean soon after it came out, and I'm pretty sure CSM was out for at least half a year before I picked it up.
 
I've seen a few anime films over the years (saw Akira in '88), but have never really gotten into the series side of things. The week before last I decided to try some out and made a list. I ended up binge-watching all of Attack on Titan in about five days and absolutely loved it. I'd give it full marks, apart from the ending in which some parts were not as well executed as they could've been. I dunno if anything could top that experience...
 
I just watched the first 2 episodes of DanDaDan, I can see where all the hype came from. The only problem is I now have to wait for the episodes to be dripfed every week.
 
Me and my wife watched the two episodes. During the abduction scene, as we both were cringing a bit and like what in theee hell…, my wife said, “These are school kids, right?”.
 
DK
I just watched the first 2 episodes of DanDaDan, I can see where all the hype came from. The only problem is I now have to wait for the episodes to be dripfed every week.
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The wait between anime episodes is almost as excruciating as the wait between manga chapters. Season 2 is planned. I hope it lasts. Things get really weird. 😅
 

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