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Anime |OT| Spring 2018 - We've dived in too deep!
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So a page for Dragon Pilot is up on Netflix and doesn't show up as error page when like it usually does if it's not available in the region yet. Has the staff listed as well.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80241960
https://www.netflix.com/title/80241960
Don't worry they're just putting it up to make the months long wait even more agonizing.
You are about to watch something very ... unique, to say the least.
Meglo Box Episode 2:
This is quickly becoming as a favorite of mine, its story beats are pretty well worn, but this is a storyline that is always going to work for a sports story provided the build up is not fucked around with, WWE take copious notes.
This is quickly becoming as a favorite of mine, its story beats are pretty well worn, but this is a storyline that is always going to work for a sports story provided the build up is not fucked around with, WWE take copious notes.
wotakoi 01
say romance is dead
I rather go through this instance in either MH, warframe or diablo than be forced to go through last guardian again.
My last line of hope is on a string please don't do this to me.
Saw this on twitter and I think that this will be interesting to post here the TV Rankings for anime in April 2 to 8. why not lol
Sazae-san 12.0
Doraemon Crayon Shin-chan Haru da! Eiga da! 3-Jikan Anime Matsuri Doraemon 9.1
Detective Conan 8.9
Chibi Maruko-chan 7.4
One Piece 5.9
GeGeGe no Kitarou 5.1
My Hero Academia 4.9
Pokémon Sun & Moon 4.1
Hugtto! Precure 3.4
Snack World 3.2
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-06/japan-animation-tv-ranking-march-26-april-1/.130024
Sazae-san 12.0
Doraemon Crayon Shin-chan Haru da! Eiga da! 3-Jikan Anime Matsuri Doraemon 9.1
Detective Conan 8.9
Chibi Maruko-chan 7.4
One Piece 5.9
GeGeGe no Kitarou 5.1
My Hero Academia 4.9
Pokémon Sun & Moon 4.1
Hugtto! Precure 3.4
Snack World 3.2
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-06/japan-animation-tv-ranking-march-26-april-1/.130024
Doreiku 1
Nice to have another mind games gambling series with a female protagonist. Surprised I never heard of this before seeing as how few there are of those.
I wonder if they'll touch on the idea of someone having zero sense of obligation, since that kind of destroys the whole game.
Nice to have another mind games gambling series with a female protagonist. Surprised I never heard of this before seeing as how few there are of those.
I wonder if they'll touch on the idea of someone having zero sense of obligation, since that kind of destroys the whole game.
I just watched some videos of the lines and crowd control and its kind of mesmerizing how well organized everything is.
*looks up December tickets*
The choreography in the second half of the OP was really cute. I'll have to check this out.
What anime is this? And yes, yes she is.
Tada Never Falls in Love 2
Boy, that moved right into standard "after school club activity" without missing a beat! I think it might've been nice to get to know everyone during daily school life before the club stuff came into focus, but since part of me is here for the photography stuff, I'm not as bothered by how quick the show is moving to establish everyone and their inevitable pairings. I can't say that anything that happened here was necessarily bad, but it has a very weightless feeling to it. Nothing is particularly funny, nor are any of the moments outrageously cute or heartwarming, but it is pleasant to watch in a very calming sort of way, reminiscent of how I enjoyed something like Flying Witch. I don't think that was the intent of the creators, but that was what I took away from this more than the first episode. That said, I'm still undecided if I want to continue after I finish the third episode because I've yet to find a real hook to be invested in other than admiring how pretty the show often is.
Megalo Box 2
A solid follow-up to the first episode, and one that sets things in motion for the inevitable showdown waiting at the end. The fight looked quite good despite not showing too much specific animation by often keeping the camera in the POV of one of the fighters. It's a solid technique because it helps drive home the physicality of the boxing, but I am sad that it makes the fight feel like a series of inconsequential blows with each stage of the match defined by a single, strategic blow. I'm well aware that might be more satisfying, but it makes everyone feel like they're one step away from being Glass Joe when I feel boxing is as much a sport of stamina as it is of strategy and skill. While I liked the visual design of parts of this episode more than the first, I still don't feel the low resolution is doing the show any favors. I want to give it one more episode just to see where it's going, but I'm not convinced I'll keep seeing things through to the end here.
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 1 - PASSED... SORT OF
Oh, come on! Not another show this season with a middling first episode! How many of those have I suffered through?! I had really high hopes for Wotaku, and all I can say so far is that it's... okay, purely on the quality of the source material, IMO. This looks like one of the cheapest shows I've seen from A-1 Pictures in a while, at least visually speaking. Considering the simplicity of the material and the fact there's such a small core cast, why does Wotaku look like it has the technical quality of a rushed Deen show at times? Did no one at A-1 have any faith in this show? While Noitamina doesn't necessarily hold the place of prestige it once did, I still get the impression it's a place where studios looking to make a name for themselves will pour their best effort into making material for it like Wit Studio did with After the Rain last season. Compared with A-1 Pictures' slice-of-life style comedies from the last year or so (Demi-chan, Saekano ♭, Blend S, even Eromanga-sensei), this looks phoned in from an animation quality perspective.
It's not just the look of the show that feels rough, either. A lot of the comedy is solid and feels incredibly easy to relate to given my own personal experiences in the work place, but I don't feel its conveyed as well as it could be. In comparison to Tada Never Falls in Love, where the humor is so well-strung together that it elevates average material into something that's moderately more enjoyable than it should be, Wotaku often seems to alternate between trying too hard to make a joke land or breezing by something that seems like it could've landed with more comedic weight. I didn't find myself laughing as much as I thought I would mainly because the jokes felt mistimed, which is odd for an A-1 comedy: they usually have that much distilled down to an art.
That said, the qualities that people who've read more than I have did shine through all these production issues and I am interested in seeing what kind of relationship hijinks await our two couples, but I had really hoped I wouldn't be sharing my reservations about the Wotaku's overall quality that so many other shows this season have suffered upon initial impressions. These are the kinds of shows I think A-1 Pictures excels at making, so to see this many issues with a show in a genre they technically and artistically represented well last year is a real shame, especially with source material that feels like it stands out from the rest of their library.
Boy, that moved right into standard "after school club activity" without missing a beat! I think it might've been nice to get to know everyone during daily school life before the club stuff came into focus, but since part of me is here for the photography stuff, I'm not as bothered by how quick the show is moving to establish everyone and their inevitable pairings. I can't say that anything that happened here was necessarily bad, but it has a very weightless feeling to it. Nothing is particularly funny, nor are any of the moments outrageously cute or heartwarming, but it is pleasant to watch in a very calming sort of way, reminiscent of how I enjoyed something like Flying Witch. I don't think that was the intent of the creators, but that was what I took away from this more than the first episode. That said, I'm still undecided if I want to continue after I finish the third episode because I've yet to find a real hook to be invested in other than admiring how pretty the show often is.
Megalo Box 2
A solid follow-up to the first episode, and one that sets things in motion for the inevitable showdown waiting at the end. The fight looked quite good despite not showing too much specific animation by often keeping the camera in the POV of one of the fighters. It's a solid technique because it helps drive home the physicality of the boxing, but I am sad that it makes the fight feel like a series of inconsequential blows with each stage of the match defined by a single, strategic blow. I'm well aware that might be more satisfying, but it makes everyone feel like they're one step away from being Glass Joe when I feel boxing is as much a sport of stamina as it is of strategy and skill. While I liked the visual design of parts of this episode more than the first, I still don't feel the low resolution is doing the show any favors. I want to give it one more episode just to see where it's going, but I'm not convinced I'll keep seeing things through to the end here.
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 1 - PASSED... SORT OF
Oh, come on! Not another show this season with a middling first episode! How many of those have I suffered through?! I had really high hopes for Wotaku, and all I can say so far is that it's... okay, purely on the quality of the source material, IMO. This looks like one of the cheapest shows I've seen from A-1 Pictures in a while, at least visually speaking. Considering the simplicity of the material and the fact there's such a small core cast, why does Wotaku look like it has the technical quality of a rushed Deen show at times? Did no one at A-1 have any faith in this show? While Noitamina doesn't necessarily hold the place of prestige it once did, I still get the impression it's a place where studios looking to make a name for themselves will pour their best effort into making material for it like Wit Studio did with After the Rain last season. Compared with A-1 Pictures' slice-of-life style comedies from the last year or so (Demi-chan, Saekano ♭, Blend S, even Eromanga-sensei), this looks phoned in from an animation quality perspective.
It's not just the look of the show that feels rough, either. A lot of the comedy is solid and feels incredibly easy to relate to given my own personal experiences in the work place, but I don't feel its conveyed as well as it could be. In comparison to Tada Never Falls in Love, where the humor is so well-strung together that it elevates average material into something that's moderately more enjoyable than it should be, Wotaku often seems to alternate between trying too hard to make a joke land or breezing by something that seems like it could've landed with more comedic weight. I didn't find myself laughing as much as I thought I would mainly because the jokes felt mistimed, which is odd for an A-1 comedy: they usually have that much distilled down to an art.
That said, the qualities that people who've read more than I have did shine through all these production issues and I am interested in seeing what kind of relationship hijinks await our two couples, but I had really hoped I wouldn't be sharing my reservations about the Wotaku's overall quality that so many other shows this season have suffered upon initial impressions. These are the kinds of shows I think A-1 Pictures excels at making, so to see this many issues with a show in a genre they technically and artistically represented well last year is a real shame, especially with source material that feels like it stands out from the rest of their library.
Yuri Kuma Arashi Ep. 2
Yep, still uncomfortable and don't know what the fuck is going on. I know Ikuhara is all about symbolism® and things will start to make more sense but it's going to be an uncomfortable ride along the way. The creepiness does help offset the fanservice, but does the average viewer recognize how fucked up so much of this is? Dear god, I hope the predatory lesbian trope is properly addressed when all is said and done.
Yep, still uncomfortable and don't know what the fuck is going on. I know Ikuhara is all about symbolism® and things will start to make more sense but it's going to be an uncomfortable ride along the way. The creepiness does help offset the fanservice, but does the average viewer recognize how fucked up so much of this is? Dear god, I hope the predatory lesbian trope is properly addressed when all is said and done.
The PVs looked pretty mediocre, so not surprised that the full show does as well. I think you should get used to the idea that a studio's output is not going to be consistent, especially when staff is not being shared between productions. A-1 Pictures in particular is very dependent on freelancers - there is some strong animator/director talent that tends to hover around A-1, such as Noriko Takao or Masashi Ishihama or Toshifumi Akai, but those groups of talent are busy elsewhere, such as on Darling in the Franxx. The A-1 shows you reference from last year all had notable animation talent attached to them, especially Eromanga-sensei. It's important to look beneath a studio name to the actual people involved.
This is on Amazon right? Right?wotakoi 01
and people say romance is dead
A Place Further than the Universe 01-02
So far it's just amazing. The girls have great chemistry and are all fun, with the VAs only improving upon it. and of course the themes of the story so far are wonderful.
If it's gonna be like that for the rest of it, it will have a place in my top shows.
So far it's just amazing. The girls have great chemistry and are all fun, with the VAs only improving upon it. and of course the themes of the story so far are wonderful.
If it's gonna be like that for the rest of it, it will have a place in my top shows.
Amazon US is taking forever to get it out while the rest of the world has it already
I legitimately do not understand how every other western country gets a simulcast at the same time besides America. Like, they clearly have the english version ready and done, there's no excuse for this
Was there a legitimate reason why Violet Evergarden was available everywhere else besides US during its airing?
GeGeGe still in the 5.0's like Super is impressive.
CUrious if Heroaca will always be > Time Bokan 24 performed.
Dorei-Ki Episode 1:
::watches for about 9:30 seconds and then gets to a rape scene::
Yea, I am going to pass on this one.
::watches for about 9:30 seconds and then gets to a rape scene::
Yea, I am going to pass on this one.
Man, I feel profoundly sad whenever Netflix acquires an anime for the season. I don't want to wait 3 months to watch something that should have been simulcasted.
Oh sweet. Definitely catching this after work tonight then.
The chase scene at the end of episode 2 was so well done. My feet hurt watching them run with heels though.
Also, since Wotakoi debuted today, I think that this term needs a bit of explanation.
A thing that few people maybe know is that wotaku is a new word to replace otaku by the more hardcore otaku in Japan and essentially is the same thing. Since otaku became more acceptable in japan in the last decade, "normies" began to use it to identify themselves and some of the more hardcore created this to differentiate themselves from the rest since it became pretty mainstream. lol So yeah, in some way they're hipsters.
Kitaro will probably get it and I think MHA too in those positions.
A thing that few people maybe know is that wotaku is a new word to replace otaku by the more hardcore otaku in Japan and essentially is the same thing. Since otaku became more acceptable in japan in the last decade, "normies" began to use it to identify themselves and some of the more hardcore created this to differentiate themselves from the rest since it became pretty mainstream. lol So yeah, in some way they're hipsters.
Kitaro will probably get it and I think MHA too in those positions.
Wotaku ep.1
Love that this is an all adult cast. That makes two shows this season (Megalo Box) that will be better watches without all the HS tropes mixed in.
As for the episode, I think I got more of a chuckle watching him play Monster Hunter on a Switch more than anything else, but I look forward to seeing more...
Love that this is an all adult cast. That makes two shows this season (Megalo Box) that will be better watches without all the HS tropes mixed in.
As for the episode, I think I got more of a chuckle watching him play Monster Hunter on a Switch more than anything else, but I look forward to seeing more...
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 1
Oh, it's one of those rarities, an anime starring actual adults instead of high-schoolers. Wasn't expecting that. Even a concept as generic as "romcom where they're all otaku" feels fresh when it's transplanted to a workplace setting. Plenty of relatable to be found here. Liking it already.
Oh, it's one of those rarities, an anime starring actual adults instead of high-schoolers. Wasn't expecting that. Even a concept as generic as "romcom where they're all otaku" feels fresh when it's transplanted to a workplace setting. Plenty of relatable to be found here. Liking it already.
Wasnt Netflix receptive to comments from users, I guess anime fans grumble and complain silently without telling the company to change their simulcasting methodology.
Unless I'm mistaken Netflix doesn't usually put a page like that up unless they are gonna add something to it relatively soon.
You will have ZERO idea what is going on at the end.
The show is an utter mindfuck and is full on super ultra mega lesbians throughout.
They're probably not changing that model of binging since most of their costumers do it. At the same time, they want it dubbed for different languages so if a production isn't like Kyoani (the majority), there's 0 chance of a simulcast if it's an TV anime.
So nice of Netflix to drive people to pirate sites in an age where most things get simulcast.
They did the same thing with Children of the Whales where they put the show page up well in advance of the show being added. I'm expecting this to not post any time soon.
Eh. They have had pages up for stuff for ages in the past before release. Don't think it really means anything.
Are they? I doubt there are people contemplating buying a netflix subscription just because niche anime show 2027 is not premiering until 3 months from now. And no one is going to cancel their netflix because its not on. There is nothing for netflix to lose.
Full version of the MEGALO BOX Ending Theme is already out on iTunes/Apple Music (and presumably other services). Just look for "Kakattekoiyo" by NakamuraEmi.
Netflix sitting on shows doesn't help the industry curb one of its bigger problems and instead helps to legitimize it. I'm sure Netflix doesn't care but I'm sure pirate sites love the extra traffic they get when shows are held up for months due to licensing and preferences of the platform.
Megalo Box 2
I like how this pays tribute to Ashita no Joe without being a mere rehash. For example, Nanbu telling J.D. that people like them don't get to think about tomorrow is a role reversal of Danpei's admonitions to Joe to box for the sake of tomorrow. (Nanbu even uses the same Japanese phrase that Danpei regularly uses.) Using the "average joe" billboard as motivation for the name J.D. chose for his fake ID was a clever way to introduce the original name into the proceedings.
I like how this pays tribute to Ashita no Joe without being a mere rehash. For example, Nanbu telling J.D. that people like them don't get to think about tomorrow is a role reversal of Danpei's admonitions to Joe to box for the sake of tomorrow. (Nanbu even uses the same Japanese phrase that Danpei regularly uses.) Using the "average joe" billboard as motivation for the name J.D. chose for his fake ID was a clever way to introduce the original name into the proceedings.
It also doesn't help that Netflix goes after shows it knows are highly anticipated.
It's basically "well these 5 shows will probably be big next season except for whichever one Netflix eats"
YeahI really liked that. That way it's a cool name even if you don't know about the original seies.
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