/animu/ - Anime & Otaku Culture

I never really watch seasonal stuff. Does it just fade into obscurity?

>>102174

All the best shows had their seasons, mate.

We have seasonal threads every season

>>102188

That's an insult to Aqua, at least she has some sort of character trait.

I hate this show so much, every episode is OP MC is Amazing in the most shameless way possible that makes the lame attempts at humor or romance they tack on feel incredibly out of place.

Of course normalfags eat it up.

>>102191

>That's an insult to Aqua, at least she has some sort of character trait.

Maria is an expressive, unrefined tomboy that cares for her childhood friend. She's a cutie, you faggot.

>being this mad about wish-fulfillment isekai

It's a comfy, fun, very pretty show with some nice girls. Even the plot's interesting, at least so far. It's my favorite for the season.

>>102193

Not him and I like the show but you have to know that it's schlock.

>>102195

I genuinely think it's quality entertainment. You sound like one of those pretentious types that want to appear sophisticated on anonymous anime boards.

>>102197

Nah I'm very aware of my shit taste. I love bad anime as well as good anime. You don't seem to had the same level of self awareness though and you take entertainment to automatically mean good. It's a bad anime but it's one of my favorites from this season.

>>102198

>it's a bad anime

Objectively speaking, given the art, worldbuilding and characters of the show, it's no less than an 7.5 to 8 out of 10. It's clearly far above the average for the last decade of anime.

>>102191

>lame humor

You didn't laugh when, in the second episode, all the other prospective students at the entrance exam showed off their magic and spell chants?

>>102196

the trouble with sequels is they have to live up to the nostalgia enhanced memories of the original. that said, the tournament arc was fucking lame.

>>102202

>the more powerful a character is, the harder it is to challenge him or her, and thus the harder it is to create a meaningful conflict featuring the character

waiting to see how it pans out for magic show. OPM solved this problem by not focusing on saitama and letting the henchmen fight the A-rank heroes and spending a lot of time worldbuilding (showing how the hero association functions, how the ranking system for the heroes manifests rivalries and disharmony). in contrast, magic sword gary stu is OP but no one else really even comes close, so they don't even have a speedwagon to comment on how strong MC is during a fight.

>>102232

>but no one else really even comes close

Have you watched the later episodes? The main villain is probably stronger than he is. A dozen of the demonoids are much stronger. I wouldn't mind if it were the other way around, though. I like the comfy smartphone approach to isekai.

>>102235

i mean on the "good guy" side, all of his friends get btfo constantly - mc is the only one even capable of fighting

Oreimo is running.

>>102239

Well you better go catch it.

Did the Spring thread hit bump limit already? Otherwise this thread should be locked/anchored.

>be kid in highschool

>find this book called 'Darwinia' about a semi-cataclysmic event wherein the continent of Europe disappears and is replaced with an alien landmass full of exotic creatures and bizarre half-man mutants

>ends up being really good, the details of the exploration of the new continent are very well-written

>always wished there was a show with a similar plot and setting

>Gunjou no Magmel comes out a few weeks ago representing itself as exactly that

>it's episodic trash which never allows any characters to develop and focuses so much on angsty faggotry that it ignores the possibilities of exploration

>complete shit-tier show

Thanks Monkey's Paw, you motherfucker.

We already have https://8ch.net/animu/res/93747.html but fine.

I'm watching Saranzanmai and Afterlost and rewatching 4/10 shows from 2011, some of which I have to watch in 5 minute chunks because of the cringe-inducing dialogue, because they're more memorable than the shit currently airing.

>>102253

Why are you thanking good literature?

>>102254

>Why are you thanking good literature?

smug.jpg

>>102254

>pasting a URL instead of linking to the post

hownew.ru

>rewatching 4/10 shows from 2011, some of which I have to watch in 5 minute chunks because of the cringe-inducing dialogue, because they're more memorable than the shit currently airing.

I feel the same way. At least I haven't seen most of the older, good stuff so my backlog is about as large as large gets. I have almost no desire to watch any new media these days, let alone seasonal shows. I think Keijo was the last one I cared about, and even then I was only in it for the absurdity rather than genuine investment.

>>102274

>you're new

Yeah. As new as the no threading feature like we're still in the 90s and this is a forum.

>At least I haven't seen most of the older

I have though. But rewatching is fun.

>>102232

>nostalgia enhanced memories of the original

S2 has a shit execution even ignoring S1, except for a few moments. Pacing is all over the place, devolves into a slideshow way too often, character art goes off model constantly, camera zooms in so close that you can't see properly, cuts to a different view and/or blurs the screen every time it's supposed to show the most important points in action (probably so they can avoid actually animating it properly), soundtrack is shitty and unfitting, and the whole graphical style is "dirty" and strains your eyes...

>tate no yuusha

I've never seen an anime go off the rails like this one. It started out promising with betrayal, a meToo accusation and an edgy tone. The protagonist sets out along on his quest, he intimidates shopkeepers, buys a slave and is set on revenge. But after a few episodes, it's like someone took over from the original writer. The guys forgets about the roastie, risks his life for the people that ostracized him. And the companions that turned their back on him are retconned from being obviously corrupt and complicit, to simply being incredibly, unbelivably stupid. He also teams up with a talking chicken that is guest-starring from some kids-show. The other party member, a raccoon girl, is so sweet and mild-mannered that she has no hard feelings towards the slave trader who would have had her die alone in a cage. She's even happy to trade with him while there are other slaves in the back room. The townspeople that didn't want to have a monster-girl kid eat in their restaurants in the first few episodes and were fine with monster-children slaves on the streets, accept her fully without any complaint in the later ones. They even gush over her. Suddenly everyone, including the king and nobility, hates slavery. But if everyone in power loathes it, why is it both legal and conspicuous? None of this shit makes any sense.

And the king and princess roastie have no good motive for their scheme. They've succeeded fully; everything has pretty much gone to plan for them, and all they've accomplished is screwing over one of the heroes that their kingdom depend on. They're in a life or death scenario and are playing the dumbest of games. Really, what was their goal? To make it known in the medieval-tier fantasy kingdom that the princess is no longer pure and chaste? How the fuck is that in their interest? To spare on expenses from not having to give him rewards? It's the damn king. Even after the shield hero has proven himself useful and strong, they double down and make no effort to mend ties.

I gave up around the tenth episode. Does it get better?

>>102362

>why are badguys bad just for the sake of bad?

Poor writing

>>102362

>I gave up around the tenth episode. Does it get better?

If by better you mean everyone becomes even more retarded and a new "major" character is introduced whose level of retardation and incomprehensible actions and 3DCG eclipse everyone else, then yes.

>>102365

The issue is how self-defeating the actions of the king and princess are. They summoned the heroes as a last ditch attempt to halt a demon invasion. If the heroes fail, they're boned. If they really have an itch for some sadism and power-abuse, why target the shield hero instead of kidnapping some townspeople for their torture chamber in the dungeon?

>>102362

The series peaks with Raphtalia (tanuki girl) talking the shield hero down from the rage shield the first time. It's all down hill from there. Those first few episodes or chapters depending on which medium you are using for the story are great and the rest is flip flopping between mediocre to bad. Is it worth watching is your real question. Depends on how much you want a good story or just something to watch. It's mindlessly watchable but just barely. It's not good though.

>>102433

>every shitty harem trope in the lightest shade possible

>the only decent show this season

:^)

>>102142

>pic

The new ep was pretty good. Besides Senko-san's show, it's the only one I'm looking forward to each week. Thought there'd be more interesting stuff this season.

Is anyone still watching Shoumetsi Toshi? I generally have a hard time watching mysterys week by week but I really liked Boogiepop last season and this was also /x/ so I figured I would try it and so far I'm regretting it. I was doing ok and then there was that random idol episode that didn't have anything to do with other stuff and I kind of lost track of a lot of details because they weren't mentioned for 2 weeks. It might be worth binge-watching for someone later but I'm not really enjoying it right now.

>>104318

>trying to talk down the school shooter

:^)

>>104318

That's Not How Capitalization Works, You Autistic Shitskin.

>>102196

>The isekai crossover is better than OPM S2

there is already a Spring 2019 thread

>>102142

wat show is dis?

>>104449

Boku no mago

>>104449

Kenya no Boku.

>>102440

He said decent. Not good, or great.

>>104694

Why watch an anime that tries its hardest to replicate real life? It's so pointless, when a music anime hires a bunch of shitty artists for their show when you can literally watch a live concert instead. I just don't get it. Same with that Kono Oto anime, the most impressive shots are just traced from real life.

There's nothing Kino about it. The lyrics are bad (so much for working with English artists on your music) And it's not funny either. It would be funny if it happened in real life, but pointless in some no-stakes set-up.

In fact, it was funnier when the Beatles did it. And they did it better at that. In your webm, if it was real, the mic would've been cut in 5 seconds and it wouldn't even have made it on-air.

>>104804

>tries its hardest to replicate real life?

>if it was real

??

>>104808

Learn English pajeet.

Kyuuketsuki-san's show is comfy. I've never seen a cute SOL show that's focused on vampires before. The parts in which Ellie, who has missed the last hundred years, learns about modern tech are interesting. Wish they'd give her more screentime.

>>113509

The bottom once is juicy.

Is the porn dump really on-topic?

>>104804

Next season is looking peak fine already.

>>113530

What are you? Gay?

Like >>113529 ?

>>113547

I wonder how many isekai is getting an anime next season?

>>113547

I'm not watching book loli (I meant to pick it up and downloaded some episodes but forgot) but I get where you're coming from in general. I've only been watching cgdct and comedies as short-forms this year and it's been perfect for me. A lot of good stuff and I never get bored.

>>113509

Garterbelt

>>113524

But those aren't mutually exclusive to side-ties and gartbelts? The garterbelt post even has a bow tie.

>>113547

>>113540

What is it about?

>>102362

It's worth watching if you like the girls.

Otherwise, don't bother.

It was nothing special, but I enjoyed it. It's really a shame that they dropped the premise as soon as they introduced it.

>>102232

>the trouble with sequels is they have to live up to the nostalgia enhanced memories of the original.

There's nostalgia goggles and there's just low quality shit. OPMS2 was terrible. The animation quality was bad, and only marginally improved by the end of the show. And they decided to follow the revised story drawn by Murata instead of the original story drawn by ONE. The revised story is shit. It sucks the humor out of a comedy focused story to replace it with unironic generic battle shonenshit. Also, everything >>102299 said.

>>104804

>Why watch an anime that tries its hardest to replicate real life?

>if it was real, the mic would've been cut in 5 seconds and it wouldn't even have made it on-air.

Make up your mind you damn schizo.

>>113576

They're shorts, just download it and watch few episodes. Also, it's not all so bright and happy as it may seem, I'm not sure what episode they show it (though there are hints from the beginning) so maybe watch more than 2 before dropping it. Name's Null Peta.

>>113579

>Which one is that? Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne?

Probably. The girl that wanted to be average but was isekaied with superpowers.

>>113576

Short-form comedy. But the concept is a loli scientist brings her sister back to life as a robot.

>>113631

>We had a discussion about that in the bunker

Did I miss something. The Autumn thread in the bunker only has my few posts pointing out the similarities, which are quite obviously all the posts of one anon, and a single anon responding to them with a one liner. I wouldn't call that discussion. Was it talked about in some other thread?

>>113651

The familiar only has very little dialogue. At least that's the impression I'm getting at this stage of the show. Really, it's nothing too special, just cute girls doing things, with somewhat original MC gimmick. I've only ever watched in on /animu/ stream, I think, which colours the impression somewhat, but it's pretty fun IMO.

>>113656

It's a comedic show, without any big overarching plot and it's not particularly serious so such small inconsistencies simply don't bother me. It's not a masterpiece, but I don't see anything this season that won't likely be forgotten in a year or two.

>>113685

>It's a comedic show, without any big overarching plot and it's not particularly serious

Funny you say that, because I dropped it during the 5th episode. Y'know? When it tried to take itself real serious with redhair's backstory about her murdered father and the slave trade? Came off incredibly poorly.

>>113691

>When it tried to take itself real serious with redhair's backstory

Only to immediately undercut all the tragic backstories with blonde's

>yeah, my father is a bit angry that I want to be a knight

It might be that watching it on a stream with other people makes a difference too.

>>113694

>It might be that watching it on a stream with other people makes a difference too.

That always makes a difference. You can enjoy even something that's absolute trash if you watch it with other people.

>>113656

>He didn't read the LN before watching the anime

*They aren't strapped for cash, they just don't wanna spend it because they'd rather hoard like a player in an RPG would*

>>113691

The early novels suffered from an inconsistency in tone, so the animu does too. Because for some reason, even though the director took massive liberties, he didn't change the worst parts.

It's still an enjoyable CGDCT, for the most part.

>>113694

>>113696

"Bad Anime Night" sounds fun.

I guess I'll bump this since the last seasonal thread seems to have been deleted.

I don't want to jinx it but I'm kind of happy with the handling of MHA. I like that they take time off instead of trying to make it something that shows every week which keeps the pace reasonable. And the animation quality remains consistent this season. The normalfag fandom kind of sucks but I think their support has made it viable to keep the show pretty good.

>>113899

is this a new season or just an OVA episode?

>>113902

There is a new season of high score girl that's currently airing. It's almost done airing now though.

>>113906

Intredasting. I didn't finish the first one, but since I heard some good things about it, I put it in my backlog to eventually watch it again. Didn't know season two was already airing. Tbh this season I kind or stuck with a couple series that I saw discussed every now and then and forgot about the rest.

>>113909

It's a good series. If you're into retro gaming or fighting games you'll like it. I'm watching a lot of the seasonal anime.. Even garbage shows I should of dropped. Only dropped book loli and some gacha shit.

11th and 12th episode of Azur Lane will be delayed until Mars next year.

https://azurlane-anime.jp/news/news_20191212_01.html

http://archive.is/dt1tw

>>113979

That's kind of weird. I wonder if it's going to be tied in with a movie or something. I'm not going to remember what's going on by then.

>>114013

what the fuck?

>>114013

Try with groid features too

>>114089

which came first, the desire to sell 2d sidescroller game or cute short anime?

now that the season is basically over,

>what did you like?

>what did you hate?

>what surprised you?

>>114089

>>114166

Wouldn't it make more sense to release them together, if the anime was supposed to be just an ad for the game?

Does anyone know how long Fire Force goes on for? They delayed a week or 2 after the great moe fire and another 2 weeks for some sports event on their channel, but it was unclear to me if they were shortening the anime or pushing the episodes off. The last episode was fantastic.

Looks like OP has been upgraded from a powerpoint with voice acting for the time being so that's nice.

>>114194

It was originally supposed to be 24 episodes I believe with the sports break planned. I guess they're still doing 24 episodes with the episodes from the fire just delayed.

The real problem with Dr. Stone is that Boichi sounds like a man with a plan, but he really isn't. He will fill your head with technicalities while his story goes nowhere, pushing the scale of things until you won''t bother anymore.

>>114222

Checked.

>>114222

She looks thirsty in that third pic.

>>114222

finally

>>114478

It would take a little time if you can't really swing at it but you can get through bone with an axe no problem.

>>114557

The winter season in the past years have been pretty good and this one seems like a good one too. Natsunagu! is another tourist anime, the art looks really comfy and I hope they do a good job setting the right atmosphere for the show. I also hope we'll get to see lots of train rides.

Two shows I'm definitely going to try out are Plunderer and Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi. Both shows are action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, and NOT isekai. I'm expecting stupid anime shit but fun stupid anime shit.

>Kuutei Dragons

My expected AOTS despite being CGshit, there are blimps and cooking what more does an anime need? Only problem is:

>>All episodes premiere at once on Netflix in Japan on January 9th

Guessing that I'll have to wait for someone to sub it.

>Koisuru Asteroid (Doga Kobo's CGDCT anime)

If the majority f the show takes place during daytime and not during nighttime when you're supposed to watch the stars then I'm dropping it.

I was also interested in the science-love show but looking at it closer, none of the girls stand out that much and I'm expecting it to be a bit funny at first but then repeat it's formula over and over again, similar to what the wrestling anime did this season.

>>114591

Plunderer is already out and is retarded as fuck.

>>114557

>murenase

Why is everyone colored randomly like skittles

>>114617

Studies have shown that anime promo images displayed in december are about 7.3% more effective if they feature christian themes.

Not-tennis had gays, trannies, and a nice boat ending. It's like they expect a second season that I hope never comes.

>>114617

>looks like berserk2016 all over again

Dorohedoro doesn't look nearly as bad.

>>114617

>>plunderer

>might be cool

see

>>114596

>>114628

>Dorohedoro doesn't look nearly as bad.

This is Netflix's intention. To get you to lower your standards. Don't fall for their Marxist tricks.

>>114627

Seems like that show was supposed to be 24 episodes but they axed it mid-production.

>>114647

Doesn't excuse the first 12 episodes being the way they are.

>>114646

>>114647

>>114627

I strongly feel the show needs a second season. The characters were developed with only small payoffs and the season even ended on a character-breaking twist. They've laid the groundwork for a great show but haven't gone on to actually make it yet.

>>114669

>If the first 12 episodes aren't great on their own, there's no great show

>if the first half hour of a movie isn't great on its own then it's not a great movie

The 12 episodes are made very well, the only issue is that the remaining 60 minutes of the movie never came.

>>114670

Agreed. I don't like movies much to begin with. But since it's the first thing that comes to YOUR mind you should know that much.

>>114670

>if the first half hour of a movie isn't great on its own then it's not a great movie

People learned this from gaming reviews, which are about the last place on earth where you should find your teachings

>>114647

Tranny show ends it's life half way in. Pottery.

>>114675

Just because most things are shit doesn't mean all are. This happens to be true and apply to any medium and it doesn't come from gaming, this has already been said about pulp back in the 30s, read some Lester Dent

Even for a NEET relaxation time is finite, so there's little reason to waste it on something that doesn't respect your time.

>>114675

Wow. A guy that fails 5th grader English is disagreeing with me and trying to talk around me.

Wow. No wonder you think Hoshiai no Sora is perfect. You're retarded!

>>114706

i lost harder than i should have

>>114639

>This is Netflix's intention. To get you to lower your standards. Don't fall for their Marxist tricks.

Saying it doesn't look nearly as bad as berserk 2016 doesn't mean it looks good anon. It still looks like shit, it's just relatively less shit than berserk 2016. Learn that not everything is one or another.

>>114705

Spoken like a true tranny, but where is the actual reply? You only humiliated yourself, bringing things down to the personal level while avoiding the subject. You felt the sting when you were told that your reasoning is a base argument by gamers, eh? So you lashed out angrily. Must have hit a nerve.

Again: it's only ever found in gaming reviews, that games can be safely dropped when not immediately found enjoyable - because later, you will only get more of the same. You cannot apply it to different medium, and as soon as you will try to, it will be a telltale sign for everyone to mock you as a shitty vidya kid. Get mad some more.

>>114749

I'm not disagreeing with what you said to begin with.

>>114778

You expected to show off your cred with a typical reddit rebuttal, but unexpectedly lost your foothold when everyone laughed at the typical tricks. Now that you have nothing to go back to, it's back to feigning status.

I'm happy you feel the burn whenever people notice you talk like a retarded gamer who never really leveled up from console wars threads.

>>114833

How do you know what I expected? I didn't expect anything at all.

>>114856

kek

>>115050

they're raising the stakes to international levels

>>114617

>Darwins Game

It could be a game about puting some random chosen ones into hard natural struggles to gain evolution points everytime they survive, but noooo.

>>115082

>The producers probably don't want a show centered around suicide and moral depravity airing through Christmas and New Year. Enough people in Japan already take their lives due to being alone and depressed during the holidays without a very realistically dark show egging them on.

-t.anidb

next ep is Jan 6

No threads for the new airing shows? All these double-episodes wear me out.

>>115063

They haven't been raising jack shit. It's still the same paper-thin shallow puddle it's been since episode 2 (4). No new viewpoints have been presented or explored. Literally what even happened in this episode?

>muh Canada did thing

>muh teenage son likes sneakers

<america do better

<the killer is here

>>115086

Sounds retarded enough but plausible. This episode focusing on getting gamers to believe their online presence in the games from 20 years ago should have gotten them a smoking hot babe if only they discovered that deposit everyone is using to build cities and shit. But since when do producers care about the anime they shit out in an afternoon?

>>115092

Start a new thread if you want to talk about a specific show.

>>115127

I know, right.

Darwin's was edgefest, not even worth contintuing.

Koisuru Asteroid is typical low effort CGDCT project made by Doga Kobo in the typical lazy way that they are notorious lately. No humor, no cuteness, shitty interactions, and poor visuals without fanservice.

Somali is another oh-so-heartwarming and ascended father-daughter series, where the loli could basically be a boy and nothing would be changed without any trace of trying to appeal to older or male audience.

MagiReco is budget Madoka, but even worse, basically the shittiest kind of gachashit.

But that's basically what I expect of seasonal anime nowadays.

>>115130

>Somali probably IS a boy

Not that it matters, but she is listed as female, I don't see a series like this pulling the trap card.

>>115133

Well yeah, shame about Yuru Camp, it's only airing Heya Camp shorts, which isn't much to speak of.

As for Hentatsu, will check out if it somehow explodes, but I'm not gonna check just because Tatsuki made some nice things.

>>115128

>>115130

Darwin's was okay if you're into battle royal tripe which I'm not.

Koisuru Asteroid was better than your average cgdct and they went a bit further with the yuri undertones than is normal but it's still the same shit.

Somali had nice art and a comfy world, but the plot will probably go nowhere and I'll get bored and drop it later.

>>115132

Agree with this, I'd also stick around for actual astronomy. The fact that the word "astrology" pops up in the subs has me worried.

>>115140

Since you know you'll drop it later anyway, why not drop it already?

>>115145

I don't know that I'll drop it, episode 2 might introduce a story arc.

>>115152

The story is

>humans are bad because they kill monsters

>monsters are all a single race though, they can all live together

>monsters good for killing humans

Saved you 6 volumes.

>>115171

God, that fucking sucks.

Everything this season fucking sucks.

>>115173

>Everything this season fucking sucks.

I'm gonna wait for heya camp, aoi bullshiting will be great even in small doses. also ishuzoku reviewers

>>115174

Ishuzoku Reviewers is the worst.

Somehow any kind of degraded crap is allowed to air on TV, shota going for prostitutes, hermaphrodite angel, actual old woman, grotesquely large breast cowgirls, anything. But loli? Nah, that's bad, we can't have that.

>>115196

Why is Erai so far behind at the moment? I haven't seen this or Magia Record because I want typesetting.

>>115196

I like my lolrandom shit. This show actually can go places if it just executes it correctly rather than trying to be mellow dramatic and serious.

>>115196

1. Deliberately ugly females. Several variations, all repellent in perfect Tumblr fashion.

2. MC sounds male, on top of looking like a goblin. It's going to be hailed a progressive character.

3. Incredibly obvious goal of associating with old masters to gain authority. Ya'll like Miyazaki right???

It's manipulative and pozzed: being well crafted only makes it more effective. Discard my warning at your own risk.

>>115218

It's only manipulative if you lack resolve. Judging from your pozzed speak, you're not as intelligent as you construe. You're already far too manipulated and are literally (attempting) manipulating me as we speak. Ofc being a hypocrite isn't to be unexpected. As such you're a tad predictable I wonder why you even bothered. If the first thing that comes to your mind is the girls aren't cute then I don't wish to discuss anime with you.

>>115196

I'm finding it difficult to stop thinking it's someone's Animation class final project...

>>115223

I do not care much about high class production value anime. There is plenty of them. If its entertaining and just focus's on animation as a medium than being highly detailed i am all for it.

>>115218

/a/ can you please fuck off and stay fucked off?

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-01-06/keep-your-hands-off-eizouken-episode-1-director-discusses-making-of-the-episode/.155059

>One of the key points to animating the first episode was to ensure that the characters' movements were "gender neutral."

>When asked what she thought of Sumito Ōwara's original manga when she first read it, Motohashi said that it didn't feel like it needed to be a story about high school girls in particular, and that it could easily have had male lead characters.

>However, she liked the "gender neutral" feel of it.

>In addition, she mentions that the staff were told not to make the character animations, poses, and expressions "girlish."

>>115247

thanks, that narrows it down

>>115247

I was considering whether to drop it already thanks to the designs.

Them being deliberately ugly by some woke assholes really sealed the deal.

>>115247

After flipping through the original interview at https://gigazine.net/news/20191228-eizouken-mari-motohashi-interview/ , it doesn't read as "woke" so much as "girls being nasty because no guys are around to see them". ANN has a clear agenda so they'll twist shit to fit it.

Doesn't mean the show isn't a woke piece of shit, but don't ever trust ANN's "journalism".

>>115257

This is my thought too, they simply were trying to avoid making a typical generic moe girls start an anime club show so they tried to make them less moe. I doubt they even know or care what the term "gender-neutral" has come to mean in the West.

>>115263

>AL

The fanservice was on point, but the pacing was not. I'd rather they finish up the last two episodes and then get their shit together for season 2. I did enjoy the anime, but it could have been much better.

>>115134

>>115133

Arent the shorts like 10min long? It's not so bad.

>>115281

>very ghibli-esque

I don't mind gibli-esque art.

It's Miyazaqui and his bullshit that's the problem.

That being said, Eizouken does have the warning signs of SFJ fuckery

>>115250

>deliberately ugly

The heralding horn of postmodernism.

Miss me with that shit.

>>115284

No, they are exactly 3 mintues.

>>115281

>name them

koisuru asteroid for example

cleared up the misunderstanding with the childhood friend being a reverse trap and that character being the focus of the promise made, which is something they'd usually string out over a few episodes

>>115301

To be fair, Koisuru Asteroid is just bad.

>>115175

eh, still going by the 3ep rule. least the premise sounds interesting, but yeah, there's a good chance it will end up being shit. gonna wait and see.

>>115416

At least Rifle had SOMETHING to look forward to, even if it indeed was boring as hell. It also had a bit of fanservice.

Asteroid has nothing at all, and the girls are anything but cute. They are vomit inducingly bad designed and bland looking.

>>115418

Are you retarded on purpose?

>>115419

Why did you hit reply if you're not responding?

>>115421

Okay, I got my answer now, retard-kun.

>>115422

Why do you continuously hit reply if you're not responding?

>>115423

I see you have developed a unique coping mechanism, retard-kun. Very charming.

>>115416

>Rookie mistake

I'll bite, explain.

>>115425

Not him, but let me ask.

If you were served a well disguised but actual piece of turd, would you give it 3 bites, or would you spit it out at the first?

>>115425

3 eps are arbitrary, rules shouldn't be arbitrary.

>>115424

Well?

>>115427

>3 eps are arbitrary, rules shouldn't be arbitrary.

beats reading MAL reviews

>>115426

>muh shit analogy

so, "thousands of flies can't be wrong" or "it's shit because everybody else says so"?

>>115429

>>115428

If it looks like shit and tastes like shit, it's shit.

No point in giving it more tries. I can't recall a single anime that turned the series into something completely different at its third episode.

>inb4 madoka

The first two episodes already had the same feeling, only retards with low emotional intelligence thought the Mami death scene was out of place compared to the first episodes.

>>115430

> I can't recall a single anime that turned the series into something completely different at its third episode.

>what is GuP

>No point in giving it more tries.

>implying every anime never gets better or worse during it's run

come on now...

>>115432

>GuP

Shitty otaku bait but cute girls do it genre that does nothing original and would immediately improve if it was actually written by competent folks not trying to sell character CDs.

>Magia Record

Style intriguing just like the original

>Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

Technically awesome but cold

>Saiki Kusuo no Sainan - Shidou Hen

Very fun

>ID INVADED

Too derivative

>Heya Camp

Comfy

>Pet

Interesting but not clear yet

>Orphen

Nostalgic oldschool

>Murenase

Pretty fun

>>115430

Sampling is a sound approach, but you need flexibility. I would argue that a series that turns upside down mid season is still so heavily flawed to be a no.

>>115459

>cold

Cold?

>derivative

Derivative of what?

>comfy

aka derivative but my peepee

>>115461

I never said you can't give a slightly underwhelming series another chance or two.

I said that if a series is outright shit and totally unenjoyable, even spiteful for you after one episode, no reason to bother further.

>>115247

Fake News. I call bullshit. Why even read ANN anyways? Are they not on the "left" and should be discarded as trash? Or are you trying to give them ad clicks and hits without ARCHIVING THE FUCKING PAGE?

>>115257

Agreed. Journalism on ANN is dead so stop giving them clicks or even taking what they say seriously.

>>115470

Back when we watched a crapton of movies for cinema class, we used to have a gem in the rough philosophy. No matter how shitty a film was, you could expect a good 5 mins eventually. Because all things start small from a core idea, which is later developed and ruined. It's a kind of battle weary realism that lets you accept that yes, most of a series is crap, but hey wait for that cool episode.

>ID INVADED

the concept is interesting, I'll give it that. whether it's good or bad will really depend on how the puzzles are presented; do they give you enough information to solve it yourself if you watch closely or is the super gifted mc going to solve it on his own and we're just passengers along for the ride? ep 1 had presented the dead girl as whole while everyone else in that virtual world was fragmented so we did have enough to assume that she was the killer in disguise. big plot twist at the end of the episode though, did not expect that girl to be dead already. 40 years away from retirement, she almost made it; so sad.

didn't like the artstyle, felt lazy.

>Heya Camp

I didn't like yuru camp

>Pet

don't really get the point just yet, not sure if that's a good thing.

not sure what happened to the kid in the beginning or if that was just to introduce the concept they will be using the rest of the anime (valleys to hold bad memories and peaks to hold good memories)

>Orphen

I don't like it; I think the two little shits killed it for me, or maybe the weird magic system that has incantations that are too long, or maybe the gary stu overpowered but underachieving MC.

on the other hand, I did enjoy Roku de Nashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records [ https://anidb.net/a11995 ], which is pretty much the exact same but without the kids and more cute girls.

>Murenase

will probably end up being aots if they can follow up with ep1

kind of has a kemono friends vibe in that the kemonomimi have their animal traits carried over crossed with hitoribocchi's frens quest

I want to fuck Kanamori

>>115533

They can't fight the Dragon!

>>115533

Tripledubs confirm its vast superiority over other animus, just like Nagoya's vs Tokyo.

>>115576

NEVER FORGET!

>>112807

>>115588

Is there actual yuri in this series or is it just baiting?

>>115593

Not much of genre, but the nips tend to simply call them death games.

>>115593

Gantz clone, if not outright battle royale

>>115620

Hard to tell so far. One of the characters is pretty into the other two girls' relationship, but it's not entirelly clear it's gonna develop into a romance.

>>115631

"Battle Royale" includes more grounded concepts. I meant anime that inject supernatural elements into the normal world, and makes it all work with rules, like a game.

>Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu

Same old RPG power fantasy 6/10

>Plunderer

Retarded but daring, some strong scenes

>Iya na Kao Sarenagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai 2

Can't beat that

>Infinite Dendrogram

Yet another RPG, but less gimmicky 7/10

>Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!

Cheap idol show

>Nekopara

Peak anime 2020

>Hatena Illusion

Unremarkable but the magic theme is fascinating

>Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Nagito Komaeda Ghost Story ASMR, truly sensational and unexpectedly dark 10/10

>Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita

Funnier than expected, pantyhouse is a slow and insidious killer

>Runway de Waratte

Womanlet wants to be hardcore, but her dad won't let her 5/10

>Saiki Kusuo no Sainan - Shidou Hen

The true heir to Excel Saga

>>115705

>like old times

>like

Wait, isn't the girl on the right the anon-kun you're such a fucking faggot holy shit from that ancient meme?

Is it some sort of sequel or remake?

>>115705

>>115716

Ooops my bad. She's from the sixty niggers ancient meme instead.

>>115708

>hanako-kun

>dark

>>115716

New season, dude. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T

>>115718

Hold on, big boy who don't afraid of nuttin. I went through all the splatter movies of the 80s but I can still notice when a story has a sense for anguish and the morbid. It doesn't take a drop of blood nor a bodycount, to make a story dark: it's enough to have characters scarred and haunted by their actions, without a safe return to the status quo.

>>115708

>Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu

Boring first episode but has potential once the cast is built.

>Plunderer

Stupid and gay.

>Iya na Kao Sarenagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai 2

If you watched the first season, this is like that but in second season form. A shame that none of the girls are really my thing.

>Infinite Dendrogram

Got interesting as it went along but will probably become generic fast.

>Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!

Interesting in that it shows idols from the perspective of a female fan rather than a prospective idol joining the club/group, and showcases some of the realities of what it's actually like.

>Hatena Illusion

I like to give Chinese anime a go but this one was pretty uninspired. Will give the second episode ago because it wasn't painful or anything but it'll have to do a bit more for me to keep me interested. The fact that the mangaka died before finishing it makes the prospect of an anime original ending pretty exciting.

>Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Episode lost me partway through but I was drinking at the time, will watch another couple because I liked the art and tone.

>Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita

Pretty fun, reminded me a lot of Kaguya-sama but with a cuter main girl and IMO a prima facie better gimmick.

>Runway de Waratte

It's nice to see anime MCs getting shut down hard due to something they can't simply work hard for to change. Even if she finds away around it, the first episode was refreshing for this reason.

>Saiki Kusuo no Sainan - Shidou Hen

Greatest short series since Galko.

Also:

>Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga

Really enjoyed the first five minutes, almost fell asleep through the rest. I think this is one of those shows where the concept is better than the execution.

>Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi

Mediocre fantasy trash, I'd rather try the original.

>Housekisho Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei

Made me feel bad feelings inside.

>number24

As a rugby lad this was a breath of fresh air after the disaster of Try Knights. The props are fat and even the wingers have pecs and biceps. I like the angle of the MC being a manager rather than a player too.

>Muranase! Seton Gakuen

This was a lot of fun, absolutely one of the shows I'm most looking forward to this season.

>Pet

I like mindgame fuckery and the studio produced and interesting (if imperfect) anime mechanical study in Kokkoku as well as the great Golden Kamui so I'll be watching this.

>ID:Invaded

Pretty much as above, mindgame fuckery is fun and it's nice to see an MC who is actually dark rather than a high school kid with unrealised potential.

>Somali to Mori no Kamisama

Pretty world but I think the dynamic between the robot and the girl will get repetitive for someone like me who values stories and character development.

>Darwin's Game

Seems mostly trash but the first episode hit the ground running so hard I'll give it a second go to see if they can make me see past the edgy shounen stuff.

>Koisuru Asteroid

Seems like the upper tier of CGDCT and I like astronomy and overt yuri, but I suspect that these two things will never be delved into.

>Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!

Obvious AOTS contender right here, but that goes without saying at this point because of Yuasa's influence.

>Magia Record

This was better than I expected from a phone game adaptation of an overrated 12 episode show from 9 years ago, mostly thanks to Shaft's animation style.

>>115734

>Show By Rock!! Mashumairesh!!

Based on your description you probably meant Oshi ga Budoukan Ittekuretara Shinu.

>>115737

Oh shit yeah I mixed them up. Mashumairesh is part of a franchise so I didn't watch that. To be fair, I didn't expect anyone to actually read my post.

>>115744

There's pushback on both sides (seasonal general thread VS single anime threads). There's no rule about it, it's left to user's discretion.

I personally think Nekopara deserves it's own thread, but I'm not at home to gather pics/webms to make one though.

>>115744

>>115749

As long as there's some discussion it shouldn't be a problem, the issue's when some retard wants to be the OP for every show in a season and spams the board with one-and-done shitty threads. As long as you put a minimum of work into the thread it should be fine.

>>115744

Seasonal thread is for first impressions and shows that otherwise wouldn't generate enough discussion.

>oda cinnamon

Low effort jokes and low effort animation. I watched like 2 minutes and I regret it 4/10

>Natsunagu!

low effort tourism ad, PA Works did it better by actually making the locations look nice in anime. Natsu looks like shit, it has really ugly background art, and CG characters. 4/10

>Boku no Tonari

bog standard adaptation but it packs up speed rather quickly, while not really something I can see myself be invested in and I feel like it tries too hard and chuunis are overdone, especially here where it's just one long fucking joke 5.5/10 but some of the jokes do land. I'll probably drop this one out of boredom eventually

>Jeweler Richard

A contrived mystery where nothing matters and I'm not invested in any of the characters. I'm somehow supposed to care because of some gems that came from one country and went to another. Wow man so deep. Different shiny rocks with varying colors. 5/10

>number24

Not enough fanservice, 3/10

>uchitama

Mappa used to adapt good source material poorly, now they don't even try that anymore

>science love comedy

Comedy is subjective. This is like Sherrif Evans where it's one joke and you already know the punchline. I don't get how that's funny to some but it's a 5/10 adaptation regardless.

>>115732

>splatter movies

I can't relate. I don't watch movies.

>but I can still notice a sense

aka I can't. Got it.

But it takes literal slideshows, generic unfunny bits that go on for too long and boring teenage girl 'romance' to get a 10/10 from you so I guess that makes us even.

>>115734

>but Hatena will get an original ending, that is exciting

Why? What could there possibly be to be excited about. You've got no time to set up a proper arc to even have a satisfying conclusion within 12 episodes. The first episode already rushed through the first volume. These type of stories are all about the episodic content. Why would anyone care about their endings?

>>115774

>actually I don't know shit, trust me bro

Reading your first post, I figured you'd be a jaded horror fan who needs strong kicks to call something dark. Instead you're just a snowflake claiming authority over nothing.

You literally could have shut up and looked smarter than you do now.

>>115744

Is this what those "cat cafes" are?

Damn I'm missing out

>>115774

>Why? What could there possibly be to be excited about. You've got no time to set up a proper arc to even have a satisfying conclusion within 12 episodes. The first episode already rushed through the first volume. These type of stories are all about the episodic content. Why would anyone care about their endings?

Are you some sort of retard? 12 episodes is plenty to do a story in. Movies do complete stories in the timeframe of 4-5 episodes all the time.

>>115793

I agree. Your post says nothing and it makes you look very smart. 10/10 alright.

>>115815

>comfy

aka boring

>>115818

>12 episodes is plenty to do a story in

As evident by this first episode rushing through the first volume. But I've heard all the possible excuses anime-onlies give already. So you're not surprising on that front.

>my animes for this season and what I've seen of them

>Orphen

Having seen the original two seasons and the LN, I'd say it is much, MUCH more closer to the LN than before, both in story and graphics. I'll keep watching it.

>Magia Record

Decent adaptation of the game, thanks to Shaft's touch.

>Nekopara

>Isekai Quartet S2

Waiting to see it alongside some people, as it was planned.

>Animes for next seasons

>Gundam Build Divers ReRise part 2

First part was decently done, let's see if it keeps going on or if it'll go full AGE

>Fruits Basket S2

Re-watching S1 with the manga alongside, I want to watch what's coming Wedding Dress Ayame for the lulz, everything related to Rin for personal reasons

>Gundam Hathaway's Flash

Motherfucking Hathaway's Flash. Enough said.

>Kud Wafter

Curious about how they'll adapt the risque moments.

>Dai no Daibouken

I can't pass over my all-time favourite manga, especially since the first adaptation only covered a third of the manga, while this one opens up the announcement with the very end of it. Lots of hype over this one, so I'll probably end up disappointed.

>>115823

>

As evident by this first episode rushing through the first volume. But I've heard all the possible excuses anime-onlies give already. So you're not surprising on that front.

Just because a show is shit doesn't mean that all shows are shit. You are retarded. Madoka wrapped up pretty nicely in 12 episodes, for example.

>>115830

So nicely they felt the need to add in scenes later, remove the lazy flash-forward and add a whole fucking movie worth. Definitely how you wrap things up nicely.

>>115720

>toaru Kagaku no Railgun T

Hardly anyone's talking about the most promising anime this season. What's wrong with you fags?

>>115858

because you need to be a tenth level ascended chuuni to understand any of that shit

>>115858

Because it's not comfy at all, despite having a comfy world, at first glance. Too many dark overtones without the protagonists being fittingly dark.

>>115826

picked up

>>115834

<madoka wraps up nicely

>except it doesn't the proof is in the pudding

<n-n-namecall!

If you don't want to back-up your claims why even make them to begin with?

>>115931

What you said was a mixture of blatantly false and irrelevant. The movie was a nice bonus but the show itself was done after 12 episodes. It was also only one example, there are plenty of self-contained 12 episode shows. Off the top of my head I can think of Ano Hana, Tsuki ga Kirei, Ping Pong, Tatami Galaxy, Kemono Friends, Barakamon, Elfen Lied, Kanata no Astra, Robihachi, Sarazanmai, Lain, Shingeki no Bahamut, and Gridman.

There are also plenty of satisfying 12 episode shows without much of an overarching story such as almost any comedy or slice of life show. Then there's more episodic or arc-based shows like Space Dandy and Monogatari. There are even 90-minute movies which have the equivalent of 4-5 episodes to conclude which manage this perfectly. It's definitely possible.

>>115983

You didn't answer my question, instead you replied to me as if I were someone else. Do you not understand how to reply on messageboards or something? I was all excited to be reading a reply, turns out it's nonsense.

>>116002

Is this really how /a/tards talk? How do you guys ever get any meaningful discussion done?

>>116006

>How do you guys ever get any meaningful discussion done?

>implying they do

>>116135

Ionocraft fly by electrically charging air particles to create lift and thrust, so she can probably stop her fall by zapping the air around her just right.

>>116236

Generating sufficient thrust would be in a vacuum and low gravity situations. At most you'd be able to slowly push yourself (density of air is low and particles are too light) not to mention you meet air resistance which slows you back down again.

>>116285

You took screenshots from pretty much the very same scenes I did.

The art in this is very good.

>>116285

>would be best served not being to plotty

Uchi musume did that and it was not good.

>>116092

>>116006

>still no response

Figured as much

>>116288

Yeah I took some others that were from the middle but the beginning and end were definitely when they decided to show off a bit. I hope they keep up the quality.

>>116299

Do you mean Uchi Musume was too plotty or they did what I suggested and avoided being too plotty? I haven't seen it.

Anyways they clearly set themselves up with some heavy themes. I think they could develop those and keep the emphasis on art and worldbuilding but if they try to cover a lot of ground and develop a lot of characters or make a lot of stuff happen it would detract.

But whatever they do I'm interested. Even the moe moments were enjoyable, even though that's not really my thing.

Seems like the only new things I'm watching this season are Pet, Somali and the Golem, ID Invaded and Yatagome-chan 2. I might give other stuff a chance later on, but nothing else jumps out at me. It might not all be good but it's at least interesting.

did some posts disappear? I swear I posted this before and it's nowhere to be found

>>116191

qtots

wonder if she'll eat a yokai and get her eye and leg back

do you think his bodily fluids are also poisonous

>>116214

there are a lot of idol shows this season

previous iterations of show by rock didn't have so many of the non-humanoids, wonder why they did it this season.

>>116348

wish pet weren't so openly homosexual, why does it have to be this way? it can be as smart as it wants, it still comes off as BL

>>116135

magnets, how do they work?

>>115857

>Koisuru Asteroid

its CGDCT, what did you really expect?

>RikeKoi

>muh tights fetish

>orphen

if he can say anything he wants to activate the magic, why does he have to say the most chuuni shit imaginable

>babylon

raised more questions about the morality of suicide. from the legal sense, it isn't illegal to commit suicide, it's illegal to assist suicide; but those who fail to commit suicide should be institutionalized until they are rehabilitated because failure is in my opinion more a cry for help than anything else considering how many ways there are of guaranteeing success.

politician guy, being a politician, should have been more careful with his words when talking to the girl - it doesn't get better but eventually you learn to deal with it or stop caring (which is usually the same)

>>116685

>Do you mean Uchi Musume was too plotty or they did what I suggested and avoided being too plotty?

The latter. There was basically no long term plot. Very low stakes, if there was a problem, it was solved the same episode.

Holy shit Natsunagu looks like absolute garbage, granted it's made by a studio that has only made two other shows both of them being shorts. But it's my fault for having expectations for a show that had no pv or trailer before airing.

Dorohedoro's OP is pretty great!

It fits the weirdness of the series too well.

>>116890

They do that in order to make you buy the blu ray. I understand that it is a business that requires revenue but that kind of practice is scummy at best and I hate it.

>>116954

The CGI is a kick in the gut. It's hard to look at for me. Being one of my more liked manga, it puts a damper on my mood. Hopefully it's good otherwise.

>>116989

They toned down the violence and gore.

When Kaiman cuts the characters the camera avoids showing the bloody cut wounds. They're probably going to censor the nudity too. Background art is pretty nice though.

>>116996

They measure your dick size first.

>>116999

Oops, this post was meant for >>116997

>>117113

>it's a fujo fanfic

do you love her enough to entertain her hobbies, anon?

>>117116

Only if she'll peg me.

>>117112

This is currently my favorite anime of the season.

>>117143

It was mine until I fell asleep during episode two. There was so much talking over nothing visuals that they should have just made it a podcast rather than an anime.

ID:Invaded question

If he doesn't keep his memory from each time he's plugged into the machine, how does he get further each time?

>>117150

Second episode was a missed opportunity to develop an investigative episode.

>>117150

Second episode was a missed opportunity to develop an investigative episode.

One more episode, then I'll drop all the isekai, gayshit and moeshit. Let it be clear that the amount of western minded, LGBT shows this season is absolutely out of control.

>>117160

The only thing that supports this is the short montages that we've seen of him dying various ways a couple of times.

But the way I imagine it is that there are a lot of relatively short deaths and reboots that are off-camera. But that it only shows the ones that advance the plot. Like in the tower one the short montage bit at one point made it seem that he wasn't living longer in a linear way. But he also might be getting smarter or better at it as well, not sure if I believe that yet.

>>117113

why is her prosthetic leg so mobile? it is fluid when it needs to be; is it possessed by youkai?

>>117169

>Let it be clear that the amount of western minded, LGBT shows this season is absolutely out of control.

List the ones you've found.