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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    shadowane wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Speaking of, it seems mind-blowing that the JP version of Solo Leveling apparently gives all the characters Japanese names despite being explicitly Korean?...

    They have the proper names everywhere else, sure, but you'd think Japan would have matured on that front by now.

    I'm watching the sub and everyone has Korean names. Not sure what you are talking about? Pronunciation?

    Apparently the JP dub in Japan was different than the global one, or so I've heard.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    And in more health-related hiatuses, Ghost Reaper Girl enters indefinite hiatus.

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  • The Cow KingThe Cow King a island Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    glad nothing else happens and it's just a nice wrap up cooking show from here on out

    A simple exit of the dungeon what a fine circular story

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I've reached the third opening of Diamond is Unbreakable. While Chase did grow on me, Great Days rules and feels more in line with the tone I loved from Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    LET THE VOICE OF LOVE TAKE YOU HIGHER

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I was actively following (ie. watching each week) 7-8 shows this season, and added several more to my backlog.

    Looking at the spring season, I only see a tiny handful that immediately jump out to me so it might be a good time to tackle some of the backlog.

    Also Loser Ranger is going to be on Disney+ for some reason?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Lars wrote: »
    I was actively following (ie. watching each week) 7-8 shows this season, and added several more to my backlog.

    Looking at the spring season, I only see a tiny handful that immediately jump out to me so it might be a good time to tackle some of the backlog.

    Also Loser Ranger is going to be on Disney+ for some reason?

    What, seriously? That's terrible news.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Ah yes, Loser Ranger, that absolutely kid-friendly media where *checks notes* the Red Ranger brutally murders his protege in the opening chapter at a lunch meeting and nobody bats an eye.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Madican wrote: »
    Ah yes, Loser Ranger, that absolutely kid-friendly media where *checks notes* the Red Ranger brutally murders his protege in the opening chapter at a lunch meeting and nobody bats an eye.

    Yeah, this ain't no Quint Quints. Completely different tone.

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I finished up season one of Ranking of Kings. Very weird, almost old (?) art style for the show, but certain scenes really crank up the animation to 11. Good show, I don't know that it needs a second season though. The first season tells a great story that ties everything up nicely.

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  • DysDys Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Season two is mostly a lot of "unseen adventures" of things that happened in between episodes, so I think the show creators agreed with you on that!

    That being said, season two ends with a "what happened next" immediately after the season one endpoint, and kind of teases continuing story content from the manga?

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The JP voice cast of Frieren listed the top 3 moments for their character:
    Atsumi Tanezaki (Frieren):
    1. Episode 23: Frieren + Mimic =Comedy Gold
    2. Episode 10: "Aura, kill yourself."
    3. Episode 10: "As they deceive humans with words, so shall you deceive them with your mana."
    Episode 17: Stark and Frieren have a heart to heart while looking for medicine for Fern.

    Kana Ichinose (Fern)
    1. Episode 15: The Dance, or When We All Officially Boarded The USS Fern/Stark
    2. Episode 26: Fern vs. The Prehistoric Toddler
    3. Episode 3: A meaningful gift from master to apprentice - and mother to daughter.

    Chiaki Kobayashi (Stark)
    1. Episode 12: When there's meaning in a burger.
    2. Episode 11: Hot (literally) Kraft on Stark action.
    3. Episode 15: Yup, The Dance, Are You Really Surprised?

    Nobuhiko Okamoto (Himmel)
    1. Episode 14: Proposing to an elf that puts neutron stars to shame.
    2. Episode 28: Pointing out that saying goodbye winds up being embarrassing if you meet again, so best not to.
    3. Episode 1: A 50 year promise kept.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Frieren finale:
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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Also, this looks fun, if super meta, coming from Mappa:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lEkMojnYyw

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  • neverreallyneverreally Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I like slice of life shows about animators, but i never like the bits where we enter their world of imagination. Really kills it for me..

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Mappa.

    Making a show about animators.

    Way to read the room, guys. Or is this supposed to be a PR attempt? Like if Amazon released a movie about how great it is to work in their warehouses?

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Also, this looks fun, if super meta, coming from Mappa:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lEkMojnYyw

    If people thought it was evil for Mappa to cut a single line of dialogue in Chainsaw Man about being in a union, I think they should feel much more strongly about them choosing to do a show about an animator who crunches a lot and single-handedly carries productions. Because... that's just kind of horrible for them, specifically.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm looking at the dungeon assembly in Episode 12 of Delicious in Dungeon and there is such, a fucking role reversal here, I fucking love it!

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I love the running gag in Diamond is Unbreakable where the adventures of our heroes/punishment of the villains leads to a new tourist oddity/urban legend in town. I burst out laughing at the fate of Enigma's user.

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    No need to watch Frieren anymore, entire series got summarized in one picture:
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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I started Apothecary, and I enjoy it so far, but boy does that first episode break off the shifter when it comes to pacing.
    "Watch out for kidnappers!"
    "Oh I got kidnapped, ah well"
    "Now I'ma run this joint"


    Also, Berserk get. How's the dub?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Iruma chapter 342:
    I knew it was coming, but not the extent. That sure is Sylvia in the throes of madness. What a page turn.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Separately:

    https://youtu.be/HS1zsxreqvw?si=hdp-LNSMawV35VzM

    Re:Zero Season 3.
    Who's ready to suffer on repeat, again?

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I mostly enjoy ReZero as the story

    I just wish that the character designs were not so Extremely Anime

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    ReZero being the rare isekai where the protagonist doesn't immediately solve all the world's problems by episode 15 sounds kinda compelling to me, but I think I missed the boat on actually wanting to watch it

    The combo of DanMeshi, Frieren, and rewatching Record of Lodoss War has made me so incredibly happy to finally be free of isekai fantasy for a little bit

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    ReZero is legit good, isekai trappings aside.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ReZero is the only isekai i've seen that actually engages with the isekai part of it, how it impacts the protagonist and would affect the people he left behind

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Greatest Estate Developer continues to have some absolutely amazing faces. And also a new problem.
    How do you go about changing a bad future when the world itself not only refuses to change course but actively fights and hardens itself against any attempts?

    Also the Dragon King is Lloyd's idol in laziness.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    And we have a recap of Part 1 of Delicious in Dungeon set to Sleep Walking Orchestra:

    https://youtu.be/92TZBzM9Pg8

    Spoilers for Episodes 1-12.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Bravern ending
    Kind of felt like almost any other episode, to be honest. Isami despairs at every adversity, Bravern tells him to stop being so sad, pulls a new form out of his ass, easily wins, new antagonist drops from the sky, wins again with a couple more new forms and Superbia transforming/power of courage, Smith comes back and everybody just goes home. Like, you could easily have 3-4 more episodes or an entire season continuing on directly after this with more antagonists or kaijuu wandering up out of the ocean in the last seconds.

    Interesting show at least. Rather more of it than goddamned cheat power RPG worlds. Wish Isami had more actual development. He really seemed stuck in doing the same thing over and over until he got the inverse-haircut/fusion with his boyfriend, but he got that (minus hair style change) every other episode already.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So for whatever reason it's been a long time since I went through and bought the few OP/ED that I enjoy as mp3's, and I'm going through some lists, and am curious if anyone has watched Bastard or Shangri-La Frontier and has thoughts on them.

    I've been watching Shangri-La Frontier. It's definitely one of the highlights of this season and the last. And that's despite the premise being a turn-off for me. "What if a video game was good? And one young man had the courage to PLAY that game?" That's seriously it. Like, even Bofuri's charm wore off after the first season (for me). Shangri-La even has some of my anime vr-game pet peeves: unique quests and power ups, and improbably charming npcs.

    But Frontier just kinda makes up for that by being badass, all the time. I don't know why some anime exec thought they'd throw all their resources into THIS show but dammit it works. Our smug gamer protagonists have cool and funny banter while treking through beautiful environments. And really well animated fights. I don't think the show works unless the fights are cool but dammit, they are. And the bits where they play unpolished, glitchy, bargain-bin VR games are the real gem. Oh, and there's also a really badass surprise musical number, we'll just throw that in, no big deal.

    The musical moment. Happens pretty late so I guess spoilers? But nooot really.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Jragghen wrote: »
    So for whatever reason it's been a long time since I went through and bought the few OP/ED that I enjoy as mp3's, and I'm going through some lists, and am curious if anyone has watched Bastard or Shangri-La Frontier and has thoughts on them.

    I've been watching Shangri-La Frontier. It's definitely one of the highlights of this season and the last. And that's despite the premise being a turn-off for me. "What if a video game was good? And one young man had the courage to PLAY that game?" That's seriously it. Like, even Bofuri's charm wore off after the first season (for me). Shangri-La even has some of my anime vr-game pet peeves: unique quests and power ups, and improbably charming npcs.

    But Frontier just kinda makes up for that by being badass, all the time. I don't know why some anime exec thought they'd throw all their resources into THIS show but dammit it works. Our smug gamer protagonists have cool and funny banter while treking through beautiful environments. And really well animated fights. I don't think the show works unless the fights are cool but dammit, they are. And the bits where they play unpolished, glitchy, bargain-bin VR games are the real gem. Oh, and there's also a really badass surprise musical number, we'll just throw that in, no big deal.

    The musical moment. Happens pretty late so I guess spoilers? But nooot really.

    @Jragghen I've fallen thoruhgly in love with SLF and have been cherrily keeping up with the manga - Was delighted at the recent humble bundle that let me get a bunch of the volumes legit.

    The main thing about SLF is from the manga up, it gets why games are fun. It's not afraid to show other games, and show why people love them. And you can see why people would fall in love wiht the world of SLF.

    it also helps the characters are well written - for all that Sunraku is an inhuman game playing machine, he's also Very Human, he's not unstoppable, he gets hilariously owned (Bird poop incident), some of his strategies are just wacky, and it's played up that he's an absoloute werido.

    It really also helps the stakes are low - it's practically slice of life, people just wanna have a really cool time in a game. Makes it a delight.

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Bravern finally: What the fuck even is this show.

    That was great. Just the silliest most insane stuff, cheerily riffing on EVERY SINGLE CLICHE they c ould jam into the last 23 minutes and having a ton of fun with it.

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  • FlamuFlamu 49 Gilded Disc Perceives the Sun Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Okay I lied the best part of SLF is in OP 2 where the song has a sword swing sound effect inserted into it:

    https://youtu.be/VlcjW90l6c4?si=XeSpU8_YM4wIUuAG

    Danger daaanger~

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Finished the final episode of Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete today, and instantly put it in my favorites. What it sets out to do, it does very well, but it's definitely only going to hit for the narrowest slice of an already niche and specific sub-genre.

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