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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
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    Promised Neverland Season 2 was maybe the biggest letdown for an anime I've had in a while. It felt like a new Attack on Titan in the first season. I appreciate they probably got told "hey one more season and no more!" but God damn

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  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
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    normally I’m extremely against telling someone the thing they’re watching is bad/gets bad. let people enjoy things and make their own determinations.

    so when I say this I hope it carries weight: the promised neverland season 2 is my exception to that rule. it’s so insultingly bad it retroactively ruins the true genius of the first season. season 1 is worth watching but really truly pretend it ended there; the taste in my mouth is so bitter it makes me wary of every future anime I’ll enjoy just in case the subsequent followup could possibly maybe be even as slightly disappointing as tpn’s second season

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I get that feeling. It's how I feel about Rise of Skywalker. I genuinely liked both prior disney movies, then watched it, and now I hate them all.

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
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    y'all I'm REALLY digging digimon ghost game

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Slow Loop, the new cute girls fishing show, is pretty good. Very relaxing. I might be slightly biased though.

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  • AstharielAsthariel The Book Eater Registered User regular
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    And to add to what was said about The Promised Neverland manga:

    Yeah, it gets worse after first arc (shown in the first season), but it's not, like, terrible, it still is mostly good, and even at it's worst I consider the story to be decent. I think reading the manga until the end is a good idea if you enjoyed first season of the anime.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
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    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I'm two episodes into Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and I'm enjoying it a lot more than I expected.

    Shinji Aramaki directed it! (Bubblegum Crisis mecha designer, notably)


    Shinichiro Watanabe(Cowboy Bebop, Blade Runner: Blackout, Excel Saga) was involved too, apparently.
    I'm curious if the anime has much to do with the themes of the original story/movie, rather than just taking the latter's aesthetics, however since "what if Blade Runner, but with cool over the top action!" threatens to give me a migraine I'll let someone else take the plunge and determine if there's more there.

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  • ArcTangentArcTangent Registered User regular
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    Akebi is certainly the best looking and best animated new show of the season so far and it's not even a close competition. I'm still not much of a fan of iyashikei though, and this is that as fuck. Her eyes are disturbingly moist. She's perpetually blushing. The background art alone probably cost several interns their marriages. She yells at everybody about how shy she is but how much of the best she's trying, and then she smells some feet.

    And this stupid sage reincarnation thing is practically a shot for shot remake of that demon lord reincarnation thing from a couple years back, except sub out the horny mother who wants to fuck her reincarnated god child for... nothing. He literally just spawns as a teenager godling with infinite power level and decides to go to high school and perv on teenagers, I guess. God, I want this trend to go away.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
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    My Dress Up Darling (aka Sono Bisque Doll) is adorable and fluffy and deserves a watch, imo.

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  • Shenl742Shenl742 Registered User regular
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    Random question.

    But, aside from Kentaro Miura, what are ya’lls favorite Mangaka as artists? Not for the stories, but how they set up a panel and the effect their art has on you.

    I am saying aside from Miura because he’s the GOAT as far as I’m concerned.

    Don't think about this too often...

    I suppose CLAMP, Kaori Yuki (Angel Sanctuary and Count Cain), and Araki. Just off the top of my head

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
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    Currently the first artist that springs to mind is Ryōko Kui of Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
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    Junji Ito and Naoki Urasawa are the ones that just immediately come to mind

    EDIT: Oh, definitely Tsutomu Nihei

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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I really found the art in Chainsaw Man impressive. But even more so in the Look Back one shot. That's Tatsuki Fujimoto.
    But one pick for me would be Urasawa for the character work.

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    My Dress Up Darling (aka Sono Bisque Doll) is adorable and fluffy and deserves a watch, imo.

    Did they make Gojo smaller and meeker in the anime? I always got the impression he was taller than most of his class, and was more of the quiet stoic type.
    Random question.

    But, aside from Kentaro Miura, what are ya’lls favorite Mangaka as artists? Not for the stories, but how they set up a panel and the effect their art has on you.

    I am saying aside from Miura because he’s the GOAT as far as I’m concerned.

    Eiji Masuda for My Monster Secret. Facial expressions and comedic pacing are great in that manga.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    My personal pick is Yoshihiro Togashi. If you have only ever watched the anime of Hunter x Hunter, you owe it to yourself to read the manga. The art is next level and the paneling is amazing. He has an extremely firm grasp on how to make action readable and how to sell how a character is feeling.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 14
    Random question.

    But, aside from Kentaro Miura, what are ya’lls favorite Mangaka as artists? Not for the stories, but how they set up a panel and the effect their art has on you.

    I am saying aside from Miura because he’s the GOAT as far as I’m concerned.

    Kaoru Mori, 100% hands down

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    naoki urusawa, inio asano, takehiko inoue, taiyo matsumoto, also miyazaki's nausicaä manga is my favorite thing he's done

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    People have already named most of them, but some of my favorites:

    - Tsubasa Yamaguchi draws Blue Period, which I think is the best designed and laid out comic I've read in years. Like I wanna make a whole effortpost on how incredible chapter 49 is.
    - Kaoru Mori, she of Otoyomegatari and Emma
    - Kentarou Miuru, as mentioned. That two parter background story of Serpico and Farnese's backstory is some of the best looking, best designed comics art I've ever read.
    - Tatsuki Fujimoto, of Chainsaw Man, is real real good
    - Makoto Yukimura, especially his work in Planetes.
    - Tatsu Yukinobu basically superpowers the nothing-much story of Dandadan with his sheer artistic kinetic energy into something hilariously fun.
    - Torajiro Kishi, he of Virgins Empire and MakiMaki, can draw some remarkably horny art without ever feeling like he's tracing porn, nor does he get distracted by the sexy over the emotional core of his stories.
    - ONE kinda deserves special mention as someone whose art is fine at best, but he elevates the hell out of it through incredible panel design.
    - Shuzo Oshimi draws fucked up psychological manga like Flower of Evil and Inside Mari
    - Tatsuya Endo only has Spy x Family but they're definitely a new contender
    - Makoto Hagino is definitely in a slightly lower tier too, but I thought her art in A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow was fantastic, as much as I got pissed at the writing never really committing.
    - Makoto Ojiro has pretty good character art, but some really nice page design. Some of their other stuff hasn't done much for me but Insomniacs After School is great.
    - Nico Tanigawa's page design in Watamote has never been anything special, but the character art has really improved a ton, and helps do a lot of character work. Like the way Asuka is just subtly hotter than anybody else in class, or how Tomoko has gradually started to get more fashionable and take better care of herself.

    edit: And urasawa obviously, his panel layouts are famous

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  • WearingGlassesWearingGlasses Of the friendly neighborhood variety Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yusuke Murata of One Punch Man and Eyeshield 21.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21/One Punch Man.

    Shinobu Ohtaka of Magi and Orient does some insanely detailed work.

    Yasuhira Hara's Kingdom has similarly insane detail.

    In terms of paneling action and flow Eiichiro Oda is very good.

    There are some real gemstone artists, you just have to dig a little.

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Kiyohiko Azuma


    Satoshi Kon


    Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
    https://www.instagram.com/apocalypsecitizens/p/CXv9DSOvIYw/?utm_medium=copy_link

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    while we're on the topic of manga, this blog isn't updated anymore but it has a great archive of translated mangaka interviews

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    naoki urusawa, inio asano, takehiko inoue, taiyo matsumoto, also miyazaki's nausicaä manga is my favorite thing he's done

    oh and q hayashida of course

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  • localhjaylocalhjay Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I just learned about Go Panda Go! And how often it's referenced in other Ghibli films

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    I don't read a lot of manga, but for sheer longevity and variety, I have a lot of respect for Rumiko Takahashi. No one does madcap insanity like her, though I wish she didn't keep coming up with character ideas.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
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    My Dress Up Darling (aka Sono Bisque Doll) is adorable and fluffy and deserves a watch, imo.

    Does the show do the same thing as the manga where it's 99% cute and about relationships and people being Really Enthusiastic About Cosplay and then for the other 1%, all of a sudden it switches to being all about showing us underwear? Because other than that it feels like a show that my kids would probably like, but that 1% is really something I could do without.

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  • LeumasWhiteLeumasWhite New ZealandRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    The fanservice is definitely still there, yeah. But a lot of her costumes are pretty un-safe generally, and there's references to eroge and other adult material that I wouldn't consider great for kids.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
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    I've only read one volume of Witch Hat Atelier so far but that was enough to rocket Kamome Shirahama up the list of my favorite artists because that comic is gorgeous.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
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    Supposedly Attack on Titan's final season resumes tomorrow?

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
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    Akira Toriyama.

    Most are only familiar with the anime but the paneling in DragonBall and Z is exactly why those works worked.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The fanservice is definitely still there, yeah. But a lot of her costumes are pretty un-safe generally, and there's references to eroge and other adult material that I wouldn't consider great for kids.

    Yeah, thinking about it some more I guess there'd still be a certain amount of editing needed to get it to be just down to the "how to make / appreciate costumes / people" parts, because the "this costume I'm making is fairly risque" elements of the plot do matter.

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    My Dress Up Darling (aka Sono Bisque Doll) is adorable and fluffy and deserves a watch, imo.

    Does the show do the same thing as the manga where it's 99% cute and about relationships and people being Really Enthusiastic About Cosplay and then for the other 1%, all of a sudden it switches to being all about showing us underwear? Because other than that it feels like a show that my kids would probably like, but that 1% is really something I could do without.

    I mean the very first costume has them talking, at length, about the fucked up porn game its based on

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    In terms of artists who have blown me away and I think stand above others, the obvious famous two are Kentaro Miura and Naoki Urasawa, but one that also really stands out to me is Tsutome Nihei because every panel of Blame! is fucking incredible.

    edit: Also Kaoru Mori, thanks for reminding me.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    As long as they don't rely on the wolfgirl too much, Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department seems really fun so far. It's just nonstop tokusatsu references/jokes.

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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    y'all I'm REALLY digging digimon ghost game

    I know, right? Definitely feels like they took a risk with new territory for the franchise, but I'm glad they did, it's paying off so far.

    And high five to whoever decided to make Angoramon proverbs a once per episode thing.

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