Anime |OT| Fall 2018 - Puppets Ain't Ever Going Off Model

Sterok · Dec 16, 2018

Aikatsu Friends 36

Industry focus plus Mio being a boss makes this a good episode. Momone knows how to get far in life. I swear every time someone takes a plane trip it gets cancelled or delayed. Try to be a little more creative with how the show is in crisis please. Good thing Mio is a master of padding. Meanwhile Momone plots to take everything from her sister.

Hugtto Precure 44

I like how anime characters in general are just desensitized to this shit. Ruru really gets into her role, but Emiru truly impresses by emulating her Maho Girls senpai. So yeah, Saaya wants to become a doctor after starring with her mother, which I think we all saw coming. Which is fine, but Minami had a really similar plotline not that long ago, so the repetitiveness is apparent. Cool mom is pretty cool at least. Saaya has gotten the rawest all season, and her conclusion isn't as good as Homare's, but it's satisfying enough. With Santa dropping in at the end, I think I'm gonna blame Haa-chan even though she won't appear.

HosannaExcelsis · Dec 16, 2018

Baka_Bishie said:
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: ~~Golden Wind~~ Vento Aureo 11
Boy, this fight really outstayed its welcome for me by the end. Narancia is not the kind of character with enough interesting dynamics to carry a sequence that has lasted this long by himself, and honestly the pacing of these two episodes has left the show feeling like it ground to a halt for a conclusion that didn't feel particularly clever or noteworthy. A lot of people have said that these last couple of episodes have felt a lot like the more lackluster segments of Stardust Crusaders, but I think the thing is that most of the fights in Part 3 were very appropriately paced.

I respectfully disagree on this point - the Stardust Crusaders anime is sluggishly paced overall and the vast majority of fights take longer than they should. It probably should have been half the length, or at least 3/4 as Diamond is Unbreakable and Golden Wind are. There were some strong individual episodes of Stardust Crusaders (especially when Soejima was involved), but as a whole the series lacked the energy that Parts 2 and 4 had in their anime adaptations. Part 5 is feeling similar to 3 in that way - some strong individual episodes and moments, especially when Yasuhiro Kimura is involved, but overall the spark that really pulled me in to 2 and 4 are missing. It doesn't help either that the cast dynamics feel a bit weak - Giorno's crew so far don't really have the chemistry that the main casts of past parts have had.

But as long as Kimura keeps showing up every now and then to work some magic I'll feel like the anime is worthwhile in the end. I don't regret watching Stardust Crusaders either despite its issues.

Dedication Through Light · Dec 16, 2018

Tsurune Episode 9

I cant imagine Seiya has that many fans, and wow is he lost without Minato in his life. lol. Oh well, one of the weakest episodes IMO.

Teasing kacchan never gets old though.

Trejo · Dec 16, 2018

Jexhius said:
[Gridman] - 11

To add insult to injury, most of those fights and visually lacklusture and poorly choreographed.

I know, I know, opinions and all that. But that, right there, is some straight up bullshit.

In my opinion, of course.

N3WTYPE · Dec 16, 2018

i came here to say i finished Yormoi and cried at ep 12 10/10 would recommend
:'^)

Steroyd · Dec 16, 2018

Trejo said:
I know, I know, opinions and all that. But that, right there, is some straight up bullshit.

In my opinion, of course.

I think it's more, ymmv.

The fight scenes are a homage to the Kaiju battles of yesteryear some may see it as nostalgic some will see it as archaic.

Deleted member 5535 · Dec 16, 2018

Grexeno said:
it's almost like Gridman has no idea who the main character is

It's clearly Akane who's the main character even if she's the antagonist, that's her story. Yuta is the protagonist but that's it, just because he's on the good side.

fertygo said:
Gridman's fight scene is delightful, there's clearly lot of effort in there to replicate the looks of morning kids show like ultraman or random mech show for kids in japan.What "shit got real" shift that we talking here? the latter half of this show still have same structure of the first half and have significant focus to Akane and Anti instead, nothing suddenly got rapid up.

There's homage to Ultra series and all since it's also made and owned by Tsuburaya but the Gridman anime is pretty much the sequel of the original Gridman tokusatsu and it has elements of it's western adaptation as well. The SSSS means on the name means Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad after all, which was the name of Gridman adaptation on the west. It was a Power Ranger situation like with Super Sentai.

Oldmario said:
christmas came early

Whoa, they reached it. I really didn't though that would happen.

Chase · Dec 16, 2018

Tsurune 9
Impressed that they found an effective way to justify/explain Seiya's obsession with Minato. Structured his life around a perceived notion of dependency to alleviate his guilt (or out of obligation?) , and now that notion has been stripped away. Strong episode, interested to see how this gets resolved.

Utena 16
I love how wacky the comedy episodes get.

Deleted member 5535 · Dec 16, 2018

Jexhius said:
[SAO Alicization] - 11

After last week's descent into utter madness, the series has returned to being 'watchable' again. I was concerned because the episode briefly returned to the 'real world' but that trip didn't overstay it's welcome. It did add more sci-fi nonsense into a plot that's already overloaded with AI, virtual worlds, electronic souls etc.

I can't and won't recommend the series, but it's enjoyable hokum on a Saturday.

"Electronic souls" and AI are the same thing, both are fluctlights. lol The only difference is that one is considered artificial intelligence because it's a artificial fluctlight and not a natural one like for a normal human conscience and soul that has a body, unlike those fluctlights that live in a virtual world accelerated and don't have a physical body on reality... for now, since the robot model appeared. :P

Hypron · Dec 16, 2018

Baki 26 - End

So Baki's over. It'll come out in one or two days in the rest of the world.

This last episode is pretty much setting up the next arc, so I'm wondering if there's already a sequel planned.

Hellwarden · Dec 16, 2018

Honda-san 11

Yep, you really do appreciate the kind customers in retail. It's true.

WATCH THIS SHOW COWARDS! Quit focusing on weak human emotions like robots and love! Those things are fleeting breaths before the all consuming horror of working retail!

Are you feeling it guys? Are you feeling it now?

blurr · Dec 17, 2018

Hellwarden said:
Are you feeling it guys? Are you feeling it now?

our local Kemono Friends hype-man Narag is feeling it no matter what it is

Narag · Dec 17, 2018

Season of Friends

ibyea · Dec 17, 2018

Attack on Titan S2
Great season. I liked the first half better because of the general "under siege" vibe, and the Sasha centered episode was great. Second half delivers more on the emotional component because of certain big revelations, and it is good to see Eren have stuff going on other than being angry.

Taruranto · Dec 17, 2018

The NTR of Seiya 9

Noice.

The anime is putting greater emphasis on Seiya's fixation of Minato in order to milk some drama. I... can't say I'm exactly a fan of it. They also basically completely cut Seiya's relationship with Kaito, though maybe they'll still put a scene with them the next episode?

phaze · Dec 17, 2018

Shang truly is the Kirito of our times.

StarCreator · Dec 17, 2018

N3WTYPE said:
i came here to say i finished Yormoi and cried at ep 12 10/10 would recommend
:'^)

Marathoned the last four episodes with a friend over the weekend (my second viewing, but his first) and yeah, might have started to tear up a little there.

He's also completely caught up with Slime now from not having seen it at all

Futabaisthebest<3 · Dec 17, 2018

Hellwarden said:
Are you feeling it guys? Are you feeling it now?

What's feeling? Is that good tasty?

Narag · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 12

lmao i think gale's gonna scam the viewer one more time next ep

Shard Shinjuku · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 2, Episode 11:

That dragon just could not catch a break.

Futabaisthebest<3 · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 - 11

Blasphemy sword realizes she possess an insane one.

Also, next week will be last one. :(

blurr · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 12

The Monk turned out to be quite the character and SBD is getting a taste of her own medicine.

Hellwarden · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 12

Best beatdown of the year.

xEik · Dec 17, 2018

Never has watching a puppet have his face beaten to a pulp been this satisfying.

Steroyd · Dec 17, 2018

Slime - 12

Ya dun fucked up son.

xEik · Dec 17, 2018

Is Gabiru this season's Iok Kujan?

Jexhius · Dec 17, 2018

Nemesis162 said:
"Electronic souls" and AI are the same thing, both are fluctlights. lol The only difference is that one is considered artificial intelligence because it's a artificial fluctlight and not a natural one like for a normal human conscience and soul that has a body, unlike those fluctlights that live in a virtual world accelerated and don't have a physical body on reality... for now, since the robot model appeared. :P

I think they're two distinct concept.

1) The "human soul" exists can be digitized and put into a videogame
2) You can create an artificial intelligence that resembles a human consciousness.

One is not predicated on the existence of the other, even if they do support each other in the narrative.

Steroyd said:
I think it's more, ymmv.

The fight scenes are a homage to the Kaiju battles of yesteryear some may see it as nostalgic some will see it as archaic.

I wont argue that the battles are meant to be homage (because the show has a fetish for referencing other works) but I would dispute that acting as a homage is an excuse for being boring. Plenty of other works have referenced the same source material: The Big O, Giant Robo, Evangelion, Shin Godzilla, Pacific Rim - and all of those works have managed to create action set pieces filled with drama and excitement.

Hellwarden · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy season 2 is the cautionary tale of how intense horny can destroy even the most passive man.

Master Milk · Dec 17, 2018

Akanesasu Shoujo

Was anyone besides me watching this? This was one of the few anime that I've actually enjoyed this season. It seems like it might not be that popular though. There were some unresolved things, but nothing that takes away from the story being told.

. . . bolding doesn't really stand out that much, does it?

Hu3 · Dec 17, 2018

No one here is excited about.

Yakusoku no never land " the promised never land" ?, it's one of the greatest psychological and mystery mangas.

Dedication Through Light · Dec 17, 2018

Hu3 said:
No one here is excited about.

Yakusoku no never land " the promised never land" ?, it's one of the greatest psychological and mystery mangas.

Id vehemently disagree, its just yet another in the has too many characters in a routine action series#8975 w heavy inspiration from YA films.

Aiii · Dec 17, 2018

Dedication Through Light said:
Id vehemently disagree, its just yet another in the has too many characters in a routine action series#8975 w heavy inspiration from YA films.

Well that's a take.

A bad take, but a take.

I'm excited too Hu3. Don't worry, plenty of people will be tuning in.

Moara · Dec 17, 2018

The Promised Neverland is almost guaranteed to be one of the biggest anime next season.

FluxWaveZ · Dec 17, 2018

Hu3 said:
No one here is excited about.

Yakusoku no never land " the promised never land" ?, it's one of the greatest psychological and mystery mangas.

It's definitely great for that for its first arc, which is no doubt the one that will be adapted for the anime.

zulux21 · Dec 17, 2018

Moara said:
The Promised Neverland is almost guaranteed to be one of the biggest anime next season.

I'm really hoping
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen
will be the biggest anime next season.

but realistically it will either be Promised Neverland, Mob Pyscho or Rising shield hero.

Dedication Through Light said:
Id vehemently disagree, its just yet another in the has too many characters in a routine action series#8975 w heavy inspiration from YA films.

are you sure you aren't confusing this with something else?
calling it an action series to start with seems wrong.
It has moments of action but in general it's psychological horror with careful planning and movements. (at least in the first major arc which is what will be adapted for this series, I haven't read past chapter 35-40 or so.)

InceptionLoop · Dec 17, 2018

I hope Shield Hero will be the biggest anime just because Kevin Penkin is the composer.

Grexeno · Dec 17, 2018

I hope Kevin Penkin's score is really good but I don't really care about Shield Hero beyond that.

zulux21 · Dec 17, 2018

InceptionLoop said:
I hope Shield Hero will be the biggest anime just because Kevin Penkin is the composer.

the only reasons shield hero is on my list is because it's a project that has been in the works for a while, has a surprising amount of money involved, and is in a genre that is still fairly popular.

I figure production values and soundtrack will be solid. As for the story, not sure there, of the three I listed there I have little doubts it will have the worst story. But the best story isn't always the most popular :P

KCS · Dec 17, 2018

Master Milk said:
Akanesasu Shoujo

Was anyone besides me watching this? This was one of the few anime that I've actually enjoyed this season. It seems like it might not be that popular though. There were some unresolved things, but nothing that takes away from the story being told.

. . . bolding doesn't really stand out that much, does it?

It was an enjoyable ride from start to finish, even if it was just another mobage ad. The previous episode really surprised me because I didn't think they'd actually do what they did, but the final episode blew me away, even if it left certain things unsaid.

HosannaExcelsis · Dec 17, 2018

Hu3 said:
No one here is excited about.

Yakusoku no never land " the promised never land" ?, it's one of the greatest psychological and mystery mangas.

The manga is great. I don't have total confidence in the anime - the glimpses of footage we've seen in the PV don't look particularly special - but hopefully it'll be fine.

BGBW · Dec 17, 2018

Master Milk said:
Akanesasu Shoujo

Was anyone besides me watching this? This was one of the few anime that I've actually enjoyed this season. It seems like it might not be that popular though. There were some unresolved things, but nothing that takes away from the story being told.

. . . bolding doesn't really stand out that much, does it?

I watched it as well. Does feel like the underdog of the season, which is a shame because some of the ideas on show were fun, what with all the different worlds.

I certainly didn't expect imagery like we got in this final episode. Almost felt like a different show ha ha

Hypron · Dec 17, 2018

Yeah I'm really looking forward to Yakusoku no Neverland. I've already read the manga though, so I'm looking forward to Mob Psycho and Dororo even more since I haven't read them and really want to find out more.

Plus, the quality of the adaptation remains to be seen, whereas MP100 S2 is very unlikely to be a bad adaptation based on the first season.

HosannaExcelsis · Dec 17, 2018

BGBW said:
I watched it as well. Does feel like the underdog of the season, which is a shame because some of the ideas on show were fun, what with all the different worlds.

I certainly didn't expect imagery like we got in this final episode. Almost felt like a different show ha ha

That reminds me of the Video Girl Ai OVA, which did a hard swerve in its last episode from light-hearted romcom to Evangelion-style surreal symbolist tragedy.

fertygo · Dec 17, 2018

Neverland never show any promising trailer so far unfortunately so I'm not hyped.

Mob Psycho 100 S2 and Manaria Friends though looks great in their trailer.

daveo42 · Dec 17, 2018

Slime 12
Gabiru done fucked up.

Grexeno · Dec 17, 2018

Thunderbolt Fantasy S2 12

oh man that was satisfying

NSESN · Dec 17, 2018

I will watch the first TPN episode but I think i might just read the manga instead, not expecting much of the adapatation
Mob Psycho is my most hyped anime adapatation next season and Kimetsu the one after.

Grexeno · Dec 17, 2018

Slime Isekai 12

Local lizardman ruins everything

effingvic · Dec 17, 2018

SSSS Gridman 11

Lmao there's no way this show is going to have a satisfying conclusion.

Futabaisthebest<3 · Dec 17, 2018

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