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Dandadan is fantastic stuff. Really digging Ouran High School Host Club though Episode 8 doesn't exist*
- *This episode felt very out of place compared to the previous ones and I can totally see why fans of the show just ignore it/pretend it doesn't exist. Very misogynistic in its messaging when Haruhi tries to defend a group of girls against a pair of pervert boys (with the Host Club characters all blaming her for not remembering she's a girl/acting girlish enough & demanding an apology??) with a very weird quasi-sexual assault? scene between Kyouya and Haruhi that feels way out of left field. Tamaki acting so insulted/angry at Haruhi feels OOC for him too.

Started up the 2024 version of Ranma 1/2 on Netflix (done by MAPPA), greatly enjoying that one too. Fun, comedic stuff. I'd heard of the original run but never got around to it. Big fan of all the characters and the contrast between Ranma/Akane and the usage of the other sisters/fathers.

Mecha-Ude is solid. It's a decent watch and I can see the appeal around the concept. I think CWM may be more into this one than I am but I'm also enjoying Dandadan and Ranma 1/2 more so that kind of knocks this down a little through no fault of its own.
 
My funny ghost show may have taken things a bit too far this week.
 
I didn't feel great about the small child being kidnapped by the yakuza!
 
I guess you can't post a spoiler and quote at the same time. Weird.
 
This feels like a really slow season. Only one show so far I'm really into and it's a sequel. A lot of meh. Winter is usually the slow season but I don't think it's ever been this meh.

Sequels, Sequels, Sequels:
Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga: I haven't actually started this season yet. I don't think it's ever been as good as the original season but it's been good enough that I haven't dropped it.

Ishura 2nd Season: The first season started out interesting and then kind of just wandered around. I'm giving it another chance. The animation quality is great so that helps.

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2: First season was a fun goof on the harem bullshit so this is one of the few highlights of the season.

Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow: I love this show. I don't know if @Brooklyn Zoo tried this but I highly recommend it. The loser to hero formula is usually pretty boring but this one works by being very original and having excellent fights, animations and an interesting setting.

New shows:
I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths: I've only watched the first episode and it was ok. Just another "oh he's actually really strong!" adventure/comedy that we've seen a million of.

Even Given the Worthless "Appraiser" Class, I'm Actually the Strongest: This is a geek to hero transformation but far less original and focused more on comedy.

Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!: loser officeworker goes to work for the DemonLord. This feels like a drop.

Sakamoto Days: The first episode was pretty good and Alexa Bliss voices a character! I know the show has a ton of hype and Netflix is making it the big anime of its season. It has actual potential.


Feels like a good time to catch up on other shows overall. Spring has the return of Fire Force, Wind Breaker, Go Go Loser Ranger, A My Hero Academia Spinoff, and a ton of new stuff.
 
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The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2: First season was a fun goof on the harem bullshit so this is one of the few highlights of the season.
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Holy shit I didn't know Season 2 had started up on that one. That was a kinda dumb show I really liked (S1 should not have worked as good as it did considering its premise but they really leaned into the absurdity/stupidity) so I gotta check this out.
 
Been watching Devil May Cry on Netflix (dunno if this counts as anime?) and it's been alright. There's also a show called WitchWatch which dropped on Netflix that looks up my alley and could be fun.

Finally Fire Force Season 3 just dropped, hell yeah.
 
Ok at least an episode into most things this season now:

Lots of Sequels!! And a Prequel!
Fire Force: We've had a couple years since the first season of this. It's by the Soul Eater guy. Fun Shonen nonsense.
Go! Go! Loser Ranger!: I really liked the first season of this take on the "bad guys maybe being not as bad as the good guys"
Wind Breaker Season 2: I'm a sucker for fighting animes with more and more absurd gangs and the power of friendship and this is one of the best I've seen in a long time.
Aharen Is Indecipherable 2nd Season: I find the flood of "awkward girl and stoic/weird boy" or vice versa animes to be much more fun than the endless isekai's and this is a easy watch.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes: Kind of what it says. A prequel well before the main series that focus's on vigilantes. Doesn't immediately seem as good as the main one but it's still MHA!

Everything else:
Lazarus: From the Cowboy Bebop creator and MAPPA which really sets the bar unfairly high. This is fun so far but its impossible to live up to that.
Summer Pockets: This is a Key anime. If you know what that is you know what that means. A boy with a yet-to-be-specified tragic backstory and an endless parade of seemingly super happy girls who will surely all have cancer or be ghosts or something. I watch it for the lulz. KOAB watches them to cry. I miss you bud.
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho: Dude hunts demons throughout japan for hundreds(?) of years after a tragic incident. This is decent so far but nothing amazing.
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: This feels like something I could easily drop. The tiresome trope of the guy not realizing what a badass he is and all the girls (in this case much younger than him) being in love with him blah blah.
The Beginning After the End: Isekai variant with a sci-fi Arthur-type reborn in a fantasy world. Except he was a total evil asshole in his world because ABUSE i guess and now he's learning to love! It's ok.

I'm also watching this Chinese show called The Super Cube
https://twitter.com/x/status/1913079243761680750

which i don't know if its streaming anywhere legally but @Brooklyn Zoo I highly recommend finding because I mean just look at it. The animation is fucking gorgeous and its the best fighting scenes I've seen.
 

I had no idea they finally managed this. Extremely impressive given how many episodes there are and how far back they were not long ago. I watched the dub episodes at first (until like episode 600? so half way lol) and they were pretty high quality.

OP is the greatest shonen anime of all-time, despite my love for DBZ. It's essential viewing.
 
Finally knocked out several anime: Mai-Otome (in which I learned there's a 4 episode OVA set 1 year after that I should probably follow up with); Ouran High School Host Club (pretty fun series that I'm surprised I didn't try a while ago); and Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (which felt like a normal FT 25 episode run for both the good and bad, lol. Some fun episodes and good villains but at times the arc felt a little draggy and too 'over-arcing big plot' vs. episodic fun).
 
Updated my MAL List including discovering I could change it to English titles rather than having to use the 'Tags' area for that. Banged out the My-Otome OVA and have caught up almost on several anime that I'm watching now.
 
I learned there's a Dandadan movie coming out in the box office thread. Will likely go see that. It's only playing at the Disney outdoor mall and getting in and out is a nightmare, but I think I'm going to force myself to to go regardless.
 
I started up that Mobile Gundam: GQuuuuuuX series and it's a lot of fun. Caveat being my only knowledge of Mobile Gundam is - Giant Mecha things so make of that what you will. I read/saw that the two female leads were/are tied into the Mobile Gundam: Witch From Mercury? I also presume it being about what it is (this being apparently an alternate universe in-between??) ties into another previous Mobile Gundam show too from what I've seen? I'm sure CWM or Tek will let me know if I'm missing much or if it's an MCU situation where I have to see every Series/OVA/Commercial/Recap/Movie/Read the Manga to properly get the full scope like a real Gundam fan #DorkModeUnleashed.
 
Got my ticket for Dandadan: Evil Eye on 6/7. The 11:45 AM Sub showing already was pretty filled, surprisingly (Around 15+ tickets already taken).
 
HarleyQuinn said:
Got my ticket for Dandadan: Evil Eye on 6/7. The 11:45 AM Sub showing already was pretty filled, surprisingly (Around 15+ tickets already taken).
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Pretty full screening about 20-25 people. Really strong set of episodes with a great cliffhanger and intriguing villain. The person who did the animation for the opening is now a Co-Director for Season 2 and you could see/feel that influence especially in the fighting scenes. They did an interview with the directors afterwards and it sounds like there were some interesting decisions re: color and exploring scenes that felt like the Manga but were no longer as rigidly adherent to capturing it allowing for more creative decision making.

Also they revealed Season 2 is coming in July :)
 
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