Anime |OT| Spring 2019 - Kappas and Stray Dogs and Fox Girls, Ara Ara~

NaDannMaGoGo · Apr 1, 2019

Maybe I'll just read the Mob Psycho manga. I just kinda wanna know what the deal with his ??? persona is. Considering the very first sequence of S1 and Mogami saying something along the lines of "oh, so that's how it is" it's all but guaranteed this get tackled.

I'm in this weird place where S2 made me less interesting to the point where I don't mind not seeing it in glorious animation first. In addition, it seems like this adaptation might have been rather lacking in adapting some of the emotional highs thanks to rushing Mogami's arc and apparently skipping some "100% emotions" part in this finale.

sinonobu · Apr 1, 2019

Nemesis162 said:
Unlike what people were thinking due to amazon rankings, Kemurikusa didn't reach 10k or 20k but 5k on it's first week

Still makes me laugh that people genuinely believed that this would sell over 15k copies lololol.

Now we wait till we see Kemono Friends s2 selling decently.

Hagi · Apr 1, 2019

I'm slowly getting back into watching current anime and now that Ultraman is out on UK Netflix I thought I'd give it a whirl seeing as I liked the books and the original live action shows.

Ultraman 1 - 2

I'm not really sure what I expected from this visually but I didn't expect it to be so ugly? I'm not opposed to CG shows but it doesn't really do this any favours. Background are low detail at times, action scenes have no weight, framerate is weird and just generally the art direction is poor.

Its a shame as I really like the suit designs and while the story isn't amazing by any means I do enjoy the manga for what it is, a slightly more serious take on Ultraman. I'll probably finish the season but I don't think in the end up i'll think highly of this adaptation.

Twig · Apr 1, 2019

I read volume nine if Slime last night and man they skipped that entire volume in the anime!

Why. What is up with the wackass pacing. I appreciated finally getting ANY of Veldoras perspective, but I'd be willing to sacrifice that for the lost content and better pacing.

UltraGunner · Apr 1, 2019

Ultraman 01

I'm pretty ambivalent towards 3d cg anime, and while there where some of things about it that I don't like here, mainly the needlessly low framerate for certain shots, the action scenes themselves were pretty well done and smooth. I'll probably watch through the rest later tonight

DNAbro · Apr 1, 2019

Moara said:
Are you suggesting that the Telepathy Club isn't important!?!?

(yes)

It's not like they are the body improvement club or anything.

Deleted member 3925 · Apr 1, 2019

Didn't realize there was a new thread. Hyped for Attack on Titan and Carole and Tuesday, but not really looking forward to much else.

cheesekao · Apr 1, 2019

Most of you probably aren't going to watch this but apparently the upcoming Shoumetsu Toshi anime has already wrapped up production before it has even aired. It's always nice to see something like this happen and hopefully it will be the norm some day.

effingvic · Apr 1, 2019

Legit pissed about the Antarctica x Yuru Camp April Fools thing. Why they gotta hurt us like that? I want that to happen so damn bad.

Anime April Fools just seem mean spirited :|

Lord Arcadio said:
Someone just spent $500 to gild the MP100 thread on reddit 100 platinums just so it can win against Kaguya. Smh....giving money to Reddit and only a bot benefits.

What a stupid pissing contest. The person at Reddit who came up with gilding posts / threads is looking like a genius.

ezodagrom · Apr 1, 2019

Twig said:
I read volume nine if Slime last night and man they skipped that entire volume in the anime!

Why. What is up with the wackass pacing. I appreciated finally getting ANY of Veldoras perspective, but I'd be willing to sacrifice that for the lost content and better pacing.

Seems like the production committee wanted the anime to go even further than it went (which means it would be even more rushed), but the author of the novel managed to convince them to stop where it did, if the following is accurate:
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1774049#msg57219528

SolidSnakeBoy · Apr 1, 2019

Mob Psycho 100 S2 END

Incredible animation job.i enjoyed mob's growth this season. Strong supporting cast and I liked the screen time Reigen got. I did not find the main conflict to be very compelling, guy gets corrupted by power is saved by deeply good and equally powerful force...pretty standard. Run with the Wind still has my vote for AotS.

UltraGunner · Apr 1, 2019

Mob Psycho 100 II 13

I know this is a cliche but what a tour de force this show was. Every episode was like the penultimate episode of another show animation wise. It was also great to see Mob transform from a timid pushover to someone with actual confidence. I hope we get a season 3.

Cornbread78 · Apr 1, 2019

Kind of random, but why does there seam to be 0 interest in this show?

https://myanimelist.net/anime/38098/Mix__Meisei_Story

Same author and setting (school,) as Touch (which still can't be watched anywhere) and Cross Game, which is one of my all-time favs.
Both anime's ar3e universally well regarded, no?

Is the source material for this one just really bad?

Dedication Through Light · Apr 1, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Kind of random, but why does there seam to be 0 interest in this show?

https://myanimelist.net/anime/38098/Mix__Meisei_Story

Same author and setting (school,) as Touch (which still can't be watched anywhere) and Cross Game, which is one of my all-time favs.
Both anime's ar3e universally well regarded, no?

Is the source material for this one just really bad?

stories set decades later are usually never as highly regarded as original series.

RuffMadman · Apr 1, 2019

Top 5 this season. Probably one of the best seasons in a while as well.

1. Run with the Wind
2. Kaguya
3. Mob Psycho 100
4. JoJo
5. Dororo

Cornbread78 · Apr 1, 2019

Dedication Through Light said:
stories set decades later are usually never as highly regarded as original series.

It doesn't sound like it's related at all outside of the setting/theme

Chase · Apr 1, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Kind of random, but why does there seam to be 0 interest in this show?

https://myanimelist.net/anime/38098/Mix__Meisei_Story

Same author and setting (school,) as Touch (which still can't be watched anywhere) and Cross Game, which is one of my all-time favs.
Both anime's ar3e universally well regarded, no?

Is the source material for this one just really bad?

I will be watching to see if there is a dog named Punch.

Looks like they cast voice actors that are siblings as siblings in this series. Neat.

Pitou · Apr 1, 2019

Should I watch the Aria series

DNAbro · Apr 1, 2019

Eyeshield 96-105

Amazingly the worst filler is the actual filler football games. The non-football games are so much better because they don't have to pretend to make something worth caring about. The one episode games just don't work. School festival episode was cute though.

fertygo · Apr 1, 2019

bbd23 said:
Should I watch the Aria series

Yes.

icyflamez96 · Apr 1, 2019

Voltt

The general consensus is that the first two arcs are better in '99, the third arc is good in both for different reasons, and the fourth is better in 2011.

So what's considered the 3rd arc? The whole hunter exam is one arc. Is the tournament tower considered 1 arc as well? And now I'm on a part where Kurapika is about to be a bodyguard for that girl. Is that arc 3?

Voltt · Apr 1, 2019

icyflamez96 said:
Voltt

So what's considered the 3rd arc? The whole hunter exam is one arc. Is the tournament tower considered 1 arc as well? And now I'm on a part where Kurapika is about to be a bodyguard for that girl. Is that arc 3?

Yeah, the Hunter Exam's the first, Heaven's Arena's the second, and York New is the third. I guess there's technically the arc with Killua's family before Heaven's Arena, but it's so short that I don't really count it.

Twig · Apr 2, 2019

ezodagrom said:
Seems like the production committee wanted the anime to go even further than it went (which means it would be even more rushed), but the author of the novel managed to convince them to stop where it did, if the following is accurate:
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1774049#msg57219528

Wow. I am not a huge fan of the adaptation in general, but I still enjoyed it well enough. But holy shit they wanted an entire other volume thrown in there?

how

sinonobu · Apr 2, 2019

Kemono Friends Episode 12 (End)

Man that was such a great ride. While there were some elements where I felt like bit lacking compared to the original, I think overall, it was an worthwhile sequel that improved a lot compared to the original. CG/animation felt like a huge leap overall, and the story was just as engaging as the original. Both the returning & new cast of friends were all great. Especially loved the dynamics between Kyururu and Caracal, which was quite different & refreshing compared to Serval and Kaban's dynamic in the og. Overall, a fantastic show as expected from Kimura, and I really hope we see more of this franchise!

I cried when the Yokouso Japari Park played during Kaban and Serval scene ;_;

Shard Shinjuku · Apr 2, 2019

Mob Psycho 100 II Episode 13:

All of that effort and animation being dedicated to one of the blandest villain I have seen in a good long while is actually impressive in its own way but also goes to show that no amount of pyrotechnics is going to be an actual subsitute for charisma.

MikeHattsu · Apr 2, 2019

bbd23 said:
Should I watch the Aria series

It's a must-watch

zulux21 · Apr 2, 2019

I wonder if this will be just a cruel april fools day prank (which they already did a different prank for the day)
or announced soon as legit.

Deleted member 5535 · Apr 2, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Kind of random, but why does there seam to be 0 interest in this show?

https://myanimelist.net/anime/38098/Mix__Meisei_Story

Same author and setting (school,) as Touch (which still can't be watched anywhere) and Cross Game, which is one of my all-time favs.
Both anime's ar3e universally well regarded, no?

Is the source material for this one just really bad?

The manga from what I know on impressions is good. I think most people are not going to watch thinking that it's some sort of sequel to Touch and thinking that they need to watch it first. It's the only reason for why I think it has so few people on MAL, for example (and probably many of those are manga readers of the series)

zulux21 · Apr 2, 2019

Nemesis162 said:
The manga from what I know on impressions is good. I think most people are not going to watch thinking that it's some sort of sequel to Touch and thinking that they need to watch it first. It's the only reason for why I think it has so few people on MAL, for example (and probably many of those are manga readers of the series)

There's no thinking... it is a sequel to Touch.
It's 26 years later though so I doubt there is a heavy connection.
It's also not as well received as the original Touch manga (but still well received in general.)
I might give it a try, but while I loved Cross Game, I couldn't get into Touch at all.

Yonafunu · Apr 2, 2019

Time for end-of-season rankings

1. Run with the Wind
2. Mob 2
3. Kaguya-sama
4. Dororo
5. The Promised Neverland
6. Jojo

Edit: forgot about Boogiepop but I haven't watched the last 5 episodes or so.

Punished Goku · Apr 2, 2019

So Rezero is insane. I'm only on episode 8 but I'm starting to suspect Emilia might be the witch. Especially since earlier on she called herself Satella. But Saberu's life is fucked up man. Suffering indeed.

ezodagrom · Apr 2, 2019

Twig said:
Wow. I am not a huge fan of the adaptation in general, but I still enjoyed it well enough. But holy shit they wanted an entire other volume thrown in there?

how

I know, right?
Index III ended up in a worse situation, and the result shows. It had to cover 9 novel volumes in 26 episodes, resulting in the anime being awfully rushed to the point where it doesn't makes sense.

VN1X · Apr 2, 2019

Is Dororo a monster/case-of-the-week type show? I won't bother if that's the case.

NaDannMaGoGo · Apr 2, 2019

VN1X said:
Is Dororo a monster/case-of-the-week type show? I won't bother if that's the case.

Like 4-5 episodes out of the 12 so far were Demon-of-the-week and those episodes were also the by far worst afaic. Majority was still related to the "core plot" and there was a good amount of progression on that.

Cornbread78 · Apr 2, 2019

Nemesis162 said:
The manga from what I know on impressions is good. I think most people are not going to watch thinking that it's some sort of sequel to Touch and thinking that they need to watch it first. It's the only reason for why I think it has so few people on MAL, for example (and probably many of those are manga readers of the series)

zulux21 said:
There's no thinking... it is a sequel to Touch.
It's 26 years later though so I doubt there is a heavy connection.
It's also not as well received as the original Touch manga (but still well received in general.)
I might give it a try, but while I loved Cross Game, I couldn't get into Touch at all.

Hmm. I've never been able to watch touch since it doesn't stream anywhere, but where this is so far in the future, I should be fine watching it as the references would be very vague.... hopefully.

VN1X said:
Is Dororo a monster/case-of-the-week type show? I won't bother if that's the case.

The first 10 episodes were structured similar to that, but there is definitely a larger overarching plot to the story that is followed as well, so it's not your classic "episodic" approach.

Dedication Through Light · Apr 2, 2019

BLack Clover 77

New OP and ED songs are great, love the visuals in both, also the kid Langris and Finral moments in the ED are emotional, as well as the usual AstaYuno.

Episode was pretty epic, Yuno doing his wind move in Alecdora's attack gave me lots of feelings because I like Alecdora and want him and Yuno to be friends, but Alecdora feels like Yuno isnt worthy, but now that he fought him maybe he will change. Epic.

Noella versus Solid was amazing, total destruction. I wish he could change as much as Nozel does/did.

Also lol.

E_i · Apr 2, 2019

zulux21 said:
I wonder if this will be just a cruel april fools day prank (which they already did a different prank for the day)
or announced soon as legit.

Horray! I take what I said before about you Sentai.

VN1X · Apr 2, 2019

NaDannMaGoGo said:
Like 4-5 episodes out of the 12 so far were Demon-of-the-week and those episodes were also the by far worst afaic. Majority was still related to the "core plot" and there was a good amount of progression on that.

Cornbread78 said:
The first 10 episodes were structured similar to that, but there is definitely a larger overarching plot to the story that is followed as well, so it's not your classic "episodic" approach.

Cheers.

I watched the first episode yesterday and found it interesting but also inconsistent in terms of tone. Might just wait until all episodes have been released to see what the verdict is then.

peyrin · Apr 2, 2019

I get the complaints about Mob fights this season being rushed but seeing as they've all been pretty run-of-the-mill shounen stuff and condensing them made space for the more character-focused arcs which imo are the best things the show has put out yet, it hardly seems like a downside to me. Always thought the first season was overrated in that regard but this season has definitely cemented it as one of the classics.

Winter 2019:
1. Kaguya-sama
2. Mob Psycho 100 II
3. Run with the Wind
4. The Promised Neverland
5. Boogiepop

Was looking like a pretty sparse season but all the big hitters delivered. Bring on spring @ikuhara

Cornbread78 · Apr 2, 2019

Oh, we doing Ranks now?

1) Mob Psycho
2) Sword Art Online
3) Kaguya
4) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
5) Domestic Girlfriend/Quints

Michiko & Hatchin ep. 1-3
What a start. It goes from action to cringy with the child abuse part and then immediate relationship building in just three episodes. It was structured and paced really well and drew me right into the characters and their lives. I'm going t really dig this one hopefully.

SliceSabre · Apr 2, 2019

Kemono Friends Season 2 END

So everyone shows up at the end for the grand battle and defeat the evil monsters and get to celebrate together as friends....but wait...

WHO WAS LEFT OUT OF THE BIG MOMENT!? OH RIGHT DOMESTIC DOG STILL WAITING AT HOME IN A DARK HOUSE BY HERSELF FOR A MASTER WHO IS NEVER RETURNING

I HATE THIS SHOW NOW

HStallion · Apr 2, 2019

I'm still giving the AotY to MP100 season 2 even with the slightly lackluster ending unless their is a gigantic surprise later this year. Some other rally good shows but nothing hit quite the same highs for me and even the weaker moments still shone brighter than the best of a lot of other contemporary anime.

Otakukidd · Apr 2, 2019

Cornbread78 said:
Hmm. I've never been able to watch touch since it doesn't stream anywhere, but where this is so far in the future, I should be fine watching it as the references would be very vague.... hopefully.

The first 10 episodes were structured similar to that, but there is definitely a larger overarching plot to the story that is followed as well, so it's not your classic "episodic" approach.

Having read all of touch and am up to date with the mix manga. It's very light on the references to touch. There are only 2 characters that are in both so far are side comedic characters. Mix I think is a lot more comedic than touch. Also the majority of the backstory references are to a generation of characters that weren't even in touch . I have theories about where the story is going and how it will tie into touch more but it's just that right now as the manga is still ongoing. also I think there was a anime only episode / movie in the 90s that takes place after touch... I need to watch that.

peyrin · Apr 2, 2019

don't think this was posted yet but here's a neat interview with Yuki Hayashi. mostly just a general rundown of his career but that Rie Matsumoto tease has me 👀

https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2019/03/31/exclusive-interview-with-yuki-hayashi/

GeeseHoward · Apr 2, 2019

Doing ranks huh?

1. Kaguya
2. Mob
3. My neighbor is a cat
4. Gotoubun
5. Ueno

zulux21 · Apr 2, 2019

E_i said:
Horray! I take what I said before about you Sentai.

I think that just leaves Golden Time as shows that I need Sentai to dub that they have.

Swiggins · Apr 2, 2019

1. Kaguya
2. Mob
3. Dororo
4. Quints
5. Domekano

Pretty good season for romance anime...both genuinely good and trashy as hell.

PhantomKnight · Apr 2, 2019

1. Mob Psycho 100 II
2. Kaguya ( still need to finish the last 3 episodes)
3. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
4. Dororo
5. Sword Art Online
6. The Promised Neverland

Enjoyed every show I watched, so it has been a good season for me.
What I am looking forward to this season

Carole & Tuesday(whenever that comes to Netflix)
Attack on Titan
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
One Punch Man

HosannaExcelsis · Apr 2, 2019

I wonder if we're actually beginning to see a (much needed) contraction in the number of anime being released. I felt like this season has a smaller number of shows on average so I double-checked, and my intuition was right. By a rough count, there are only 50 TV anime being released this spring (and a high number of those are shorts/one-off specials), as compared to 74 TV anime in spring 2018. That's a significant decline in quantity. I'll be interested in seeing if this trend continues. Of course, when looking at overall anime production you also have to take into account the plethora of films being released these days. Still, the nature of films vs. weekly TV series make the former more likely to avoid insanely rushed production schedules, so a greater emphasis on films than TV would be good news for animators and other workers in the industry.

zulux21 · Apr 2, 2019

I wonder if this will effect the third season at all.

The official website of Shogakukan's GAGAGA Bunko label revealed on Monday that the 14th and final volume of Wataru Watari's My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected light novel series has been delayed indefinitely

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/da...ies-14th-volume-gets-indefinite-delay/.145308

HosannaExcelsis said:
I wonder if we're actually beginning to see a (much needed) contraction in the number of anime being released. I felt like this season has a smaller number of shows on average so I double-checked, and my intuition was right. By a rough count, there are only 50 TV anime being released this spring (and a high number of those are shorts/one-off specials), as compared to 74 TV anime in spring 2018. That's a significant decline in quantity. I'll be interested in seeing if this trend continues. Of course, when looking at overall anime production you also have to take into account the plethora of films being released these days. Still, the nature of films vs. weekly TV series make the former more likely to avoid insanely rushed production schedules, so a greater emphasis on films than TV would be good news for animators and other workers in the industry.

I wonder if Netflix throwing money at the anime industry, but typically requiring the series to be mostly done before it can air has changed anything.

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