Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken is definitely going to be a strong contender for AOTY. I love it! I wish this was on Hulu too or something where I could try and get normies to watch it.
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Anime |OT| Winter 2020 - New Decade, Old Contract
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March Comes In Like A Lion Season 1
Finished the rest of it. Overall, a fantastic season. While Rei underwent a ton of development towards the end, I preferred the first half of the season more. I'm in this for the drama! I thought the last couple of episodes were too shogi heavy and since they don't really explain the significance of moves (or visually distinguish the pieces), it was hard to follow what was going on and connect with the players and their emotions. I also would have liked more scenes with the sisters or Kei's family in addition. There's also a lot of random comedic moments that didn't connect with me either, like those scenes with the science club or the arguments Nikaido and the other dude in the workshops get into. They just feel out of place.
That being said, Kei's development as a player and a person during that stretch was lovely. I especially enjoyed the moments with Kei and his homeroom teacher. This show felt like the embodiment of "it takes a village" and having so many people support Kei in their own way throughout really reinforced that feeling.
The show also looks and sounds absolutely incredible. Whenever the first 5 notes of "On The Way Home" plays, I get close to bursting into tears lmao. Every single time. That theme is used often but every scene that its featured in ends up being amazing. I also love that piano tune that plays during the shogi matches as well. The soundtrack is fantastic.
Gonna take a break before starting the next season but I'm very impressed with this show. It's certainly lived up to the hype.
I've seen this show pop up in many AOTD discussions so that's what finally prompted me to take it up again. Sometimes you just gotta give shows another shot!
Indeed. Those stylized scenes of Kei's inner thoughts and feelings were art. SHAFT crushed it.
Finished the rest of it. Overall, a fantastic season. While Rei underwent a ton of development towards the end, I preferred the first half of the season more. I'm in this for the drama! I thought the last couple of episodes were too shogi heavy and since they don't really explain the significance of moves (or visually distinguish the pieces), it was hard to follow what was going on and connect with the players and their emotions. I also would have liked more scenes with the sisters or Kei's family in addition. There's also a lot of random comedic moments that didn't connect with me either, like those scenes with the science club or the arguments Nikaido and the other dude in the workshops get into. They just feel out of place.
That being said, Kei's development as a player and a person during that stretch was lovely. I especially enjoyed the moments with Kei and his homeroom teacher. This show felt like the embodiment of "it takes a village" and having so many people support Kei in their own way throughout really reinforced that feeling.
The show also looks and sounds absolutely incredible. Whenever the first 5 notes of "On The Way Home" plays, I get close to bursting into tears lmao. Every single time. That theme is used often but every scene that its featured in ends up being amazing. I also love that piano tune that plays during the shogi matches as well. The soundtrack is fantastic.
Gonna take a break before starting the next season but I'm very impressed with this show. It's certainly lived up to the hype.
I've seen this show pop up in many AOTD discussions so that's what finally prompted me to take it up again. Sometimes you just gotta give shows another shot!
Indeed. Those stylized scenes of Kei's inner thoughts and feelings were art. SHAFT crushed it.
Babylon 11
Oh boy the wheels are getting loose on this train. This show has some balls in spending half the episode having politicians discuss good va evil semantics. Still think they drive this home.
Oh boy the wheels are getting loose on this train. This show has some balls in spending half the episode having politicians discuss good va evil semantics. Still think they drive this home.
Well, Technically All-Star movie happens on another timeline/continuity that the girls never separate.
On Hugtto crossover on tv. Maho, Kira come from the future (TV Ending) and they didn't experience dream and super star movies.
One day I'll have to sit down and think of all the dumb harem shit I watched while breeding pokemon these past few months and list them all out. I usually prefer dubbed for this sort of thing so I can put my nose to the grindstone but I've also watched subbed during some of my more mindless phases.
I could help you built a great list of trash, lol.
BTW, does anyone happen to know what song is playing in the background of Fate Stay/Night UBW: S2, Ep.10 "Rin x Shirou magic transfer scene" and no, there's no sex in the show so it's a clean version, not Campione' lol
There was a time in 2018 where I spent a whole month binge watching shitty harems. The funniest one was the harem that took place at a school that teaches farming.
Hyouka END
Uh... Yeah. So.
More of this please.
Seemed like kind of an odd way to end with a series with a bunch of single episode storylines right after one that was 6 episodes long (that one was a bit too long imo).
Uh... Yeah. So.
More of this please.
Seemed like kind of an odd way to end with a series with a bunch of single episode storylines right after one that was 6 episodes long (that one was a bit too long imo).
Oh no he didn't! I mean, he better not have! Dammit Dougieflesh what say you?
Best harem: this is a tough one honestly. Probably Campione!, SAO or Kanon(2006) for all different reasons.
Worst Harem: Shuffle!, School Days
Oh, that one looks plenty stupid. I might have to check it out for the lulz
I thought it was great, though wished they had used more minority actors.
best harem is either Ouran High school host club (though technically a reverse harem) or the world god only knows (it's a shame that the rest of the series and the skipped content won't get an anime)
yeah. I would count it but I imagine some people wouldn't.
it's still weird that the world god only knows turned out so good. What clearly started as just turning dating sims real life anime arcs actually managed to get a really fun story and great cast and went places I never expected at the start.
[Spoilers btw]
Again. No, this time it matters—for real. It's because people will follow their leaders, like Simon says, especially if Simon is the Whore of Babylon since that's literally the apex of influence here. In the eleventh hour episode, fundamental morality is what's on the agenda with president Wood of the United States at the helm (legendary MMORPG player by night). A kickoff of gay rights sets the mood to the backdrop of a fetus, a scale, and outer space.
But none of that matters. The villain(s), having been stood up, act out by setting the stage for a group suicide on a scale of hundreds of thousands of "supporters."
Surely POTUS Wood's woodcutting level is high enough to outlast the Whore of Babylon and come out on top.
Forget the wheels, this train runs on faith. Faith that two of the ten commandments should be the golden rules to base legislative policy on. 🍿
Not just any politicians, these were world leaders. At a G7-summit. Adjacent to the ostensibly less important suicide summit. (Both were about suicide anyway.) It's time to hit the breaks. To stop and think.
But none of that matters. The villain(s), having been stood up, act out by setting the stage for a group suicide on a scale of hundreds of thousands of "supporters."
Surely POTUS Wood's woodcutting level is high enough to outlast the Whore of Babylon and come out on top.
Forget the wheels, this train runs on faith. Faith that two of the ten commandments should be the golden rules to base legislative policy on. 🍿
anime of the decade
the final run of standalone felt a bit weird to me the first time too but ive come to appreciate it as maybe the greatest run of the series. the finale still wrecks me
flylo x thundercat not on the same label as everyone else, iirc
Dammit, now I'm going to have to dig through my MAL lost tomm
But of course. The anime ended perfectly for that....
Grumble, grumble, grumble...
Glad you enjoyed S1, and you'll like this one.
RIP that break. :P
I'm surprised you haven't watched this show yet.
That part of the show (ur current arc) is just amazing.... Some of the best content I've ever seen without reservation..
3-Gatsu S2 Ep 4
Me first half
Second half
You guys
What an incredible episode. The storyboarding and animation was NUTS. WHAT. WHAT.
This is also the first time I've seen such realistic animation of cats in an anime. They're finally getting the respect they deserve. Most shows just give up but in some of the cuts the cats looked so fluid and life like I thought it was rotoscoped. That running scene too, holy shit. And those Ghibli ass tears. Jesus. I still cant get over the amount of flexing during just that last scene alone. This episode definitely deserves multiple rewatches.
Lmao I have no self control. I'm the worst
I'm kind of glad I waited until both seasons were done before diving in. Watching it weekly would have been excruciating.
I refuse to believe it gets better than this
Me first half
Second half
You guys
What an incredible episode. The storyboarding and animation was NUTS. WHAT. WHAT.
This is also the first time I've seen such realistic animation of cats in an anime. They're finally getting the respect they deserve. Most shows just give up but in some of the cuts the cats looked so fluid and life like I thought it was rotoscoped. That running scene too, holy shit. And those Ghibli ass tears. Jesus. I still cant get over the amount of flexing during just that last scene alone. This episode definitely deserves multiple rewatches.
Lmao I have no self control. I'm the worst
I'm kind of glad I waited until both seasons were done before diving in. Watching it weekly would have been excruciating.
I refuse to believe it gets better than this
I haven't watched episode 11 yet but whoever thinks that nation leaders think further into the future than whatever years it is until next election has drunk too much Kool-Aid.Look, we have to see 50 years into the future to even begin to appreciate the machination behind Babylon. That's howforesightinsight works, just like G-Reco.
C'est la vie.
You could also watch Kipo on Netflix... it's clearly got some anime roots to it :P
It doesn't leave you depressed afterwards. It talks a lot about depressing stuff but 3-gastu always felt like a warm hug from a friend.
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