Fall 2018 Animu - Indeed, it is so very so; the ride, it never ever ever EVER ends (unfortunately)

[ItsaRandomUsername]

I wonder if he's acquainted with Mike Hawk.

In other news, I'm in love with Doug & Kirill. It's a slightly weird return to the Tiger & Bunny setting, but sure as hell not an unwelcome one.

[Deathhappens]

Yeah I can relate to you on that part. I dunno why, Kirito in the underworld felt like a vibrant playful kid. Outside he felt...super dull for some reason. Like he was just going through the motions of a script, if that makes sense.

Or maybe I just like Shotas, I dunno, literally no teenager in this show is my type, at least I can feel like hugging him in that form.

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Nero clone? Who? The only person who gives off a fate vibe is Alice, and she's more like saber

Alice is basically Saber, but iirc she distinctly noted to have olive eyes. Hence, Nero.

[Deathhappens]

Anyway, watched first episode of Index 3 yesterday. Might be an aftereffect of how LONG we've been waiting for this, but that opening hyped the shit out of me.

in fact, here you go, enjoy



ITEM, GROUP, BLOCK and the rest, Terra the clown, the princesses and Queen of British Halloween, Aqua of the BACK THE FUCK UP vs Kanzaki, Acqua vs Knight Commander, the Amakusans, Mugino, Accel vs Kakine... holy shit this season is gonna be great. Not much to say about the actual episode, it got through the requisite "Touma's life sucks" gags and packed Touma to Avignon pretty neatly. Misaka warming up to unleash the Vending Machine Kick might be the highlight of the episode, along with Imagine Breaker getting a nifty new sound to go with.

[Deathhappens]

So I watched a bunch of stuff tonight, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Highschool Juliet: Was actually fun even with the cringe of people actually calling the Montegues Black Doggies. All it needs is for best bro Mercutio to appear.
Colours of the Future: Strange, but not as dull a first episode as Glasslip so I'll keep up on it. MC seems like the endearing kind of stupid, and the show is gorgeous.
Girl In Twilight: This looks like some Sliders stuff here. I'll give it a few episodes to see if there's a plot worth speaking of.
Spyce: I liked it better when it was Princess Principal. It had more style. Also was that one girl on a motorized unicyle?
Run with the Wind: I don't mind sports shows about obscure ones, but this seems a bit much. Convincing a chainsmoker and an otaku to run a marathon is a bit farfetched.
Bloom into You: This seems like a more restrained Citrus. But I liked how stupid and over the top that show was.
Lolicon maid: I'm torn. The maid is really cute, but it's also steers so hard into loli that its unsettling. It's like someone say the Koko/Valmet relationship of Jormungand and decided to roll it back ten years.
Radient: Really Generic. Guessing the MC is also related to the demon king or something.
Goblin Slayer: Well made, but not compelling. The characters have almost no personality and there's no real plot. And if you're going to have an overleveled character stomping mobs, they need to be interesting.
Gridman: Did anyone else notice the choppy cuts in that first argument when red hears things and blue thinks he's crazy? Like every line ended a half second to soon?
Sumo: There's two kinds of high school sports anime, first are the ones where the MC is a noob who starts from nothing, like Ippo and Haikyuu. Second are the ones where the MC is a notorious superstar at a low tier school who has to build the team himself, like Kuroko and this one. I can never get invested in the later because it never seems like the characters grow or improve. They're already at the top of their game so any drama in the show needs to be carried by the less experienced players.

Just saw that. Lol, I'm glad someone else thought of Valmet and Koko too.
Read the first couple chapters of the manga (couldn't find more translated) and got the same vibe re:loliconism. Hopefully it gets more wholesome later on.

[bassgs435]

Don't expect Uzamaid to get more wholesome or less lolicon. The author has done loli hentai manga. It's OK if it doesn't though. Not everything has to be for general audiences. Sometimes you're just aiming to please a niche. And that's OK. I won't go further into this discussion, just popped up to inform people who seem unaware of the author's past works

[AmADo VII]

seasonal Kirara anime, this time it's cheerleading.

now they have excuses to do a lot of Kirara jump.

[Solomos]

Index 3: I’m not completely sure why but the first episode was so unengaging that I could barely pay attention to it.

Xuan Yuan Sword: This will probably be a train wreck. Pacing is inconsistent, narrative shifts on a dime, and the animation being all over the damn place. Can’t say I’m not interested though. EDIT: Studio Deen. Explains a lot.

SAO 3: I was actually engaged by the first half and it’s attempt to world build. Then the second half remunded me I’m watching SAO.

[R.Lock]

Release the spyce, ep.1.

The show got my interest only for several seconds, and then it was 20 minutes of looking at uninspired kids' show. Talented tongue moments, obviously.

[eddyak]

Yagate/Bloom- I'm surprised at Yuu. Her voice doesn't quite fit what I had in mind, and she's a lot less emotive in the manga, but I'm gonna wait for more before I judge.

Seems like a pretty good first episode so far, though.

[AmADo VII]

Release the spyce, ep.1.

The show got my interest only for several seconds, and then it was 20 minutes of looking at uninspired kids' show. Talented tongue moments, obviously.

MC girls is gender bent Bucciarati.

[Mattias]

Don't expect Uzamaid to get more wholesome or less lolicon. The author has done loli hentai manga. It's OK if it doesn't though. Not everything has to be for general audiences. Sometimes you're just aiming to please a niche. And that's OK. I won't go further into this discussion, just popped up to inform people who seem unaware of the author's past works

And it's hit's a niche I like, but it's the tough eyepatch maid niche. And the loli stuff isn't worth that.

[Rafflesiac]

3 5 B L A D E W O R K S

[Mattias]

All the Anime Part 2:

Double Decker: Not bad but it dosn't grab me either. It's a less interesting Canann. I'll finish up the available episodes but might not keep up on it.
Jingai-san no Yome: A three minute episode which is half a walk to school and half an OP/ED. A whole lot of nothing.
Reincarnation Slime: Who runs down a road after a crime, with a knife in stabbing position but no target? I feel for MC though, no-one wants someone they love to find their hard drive. The Slime is cute, but everything after he wakes up feels like random power handouts for no reason, and that's kind of dull. But Tsundere Dragon saved it for me.
Space Fishing: What? Just, what?
Bunny Girl: Like Monogatari without the meta and the SHAFT. It's intriguing enough to keep up on for now.
Sword Luminary: No seriously, What?
Jeanne and Alchemist: That ED did more to intrigue me than the 22 minutes before it. Not a good sign.
Honda-san: It was alright but not super funny. At elast it didn't overstay its welcome.
Zombieland: Ummm whatcha say... This is great. Fucking MAPPA. So goddamn weird.
Himote House: Ugh. This looks worse than season 1 RWBY. Really strangely edited too. Like everything needs to be as fast as it can.
Bakumatsu: This is Fujo bait, right? That's why everyone is so fabulous and has no idea that a shirt should cover a midriff?

[AmADo VII]

Himote House: Ugh. This looks worse than season 1 RWBY. Really strangely edited too. Like everything needs to be as fast as it can.

not familiar with Kotaro Ishidate series?

it's basically ad-lib show by VA. you don't enjoy the anime but you enjoy your favorite VA doing funny ad-lib.

[ItsaRandomUsername]

Maid show has a fantastic ED. Let's all get swole, everybody.

Also, are we not gonna talk about the fact that, through info via Doug & Kirill, that the Tiger & Bunny setting doesn't even take place on Earth? Because that kinda floored me a bit. Two suns, different continents. Here's to all of us who thought that Sternbilt was merely just a made-up city in the vein of Metropolis and Gotham.

[Laserman]

I don't think that Tiger & Bunny and Double Decker take place in the same world.

[Skull]

Food porn, Lenin and a house full of taxidermized people.

Yep, it's Golden Kamuy all right. All that's missing is the bears.

[eddyak]

Index was... awkward. Awkwardly paced, awkwardly introduced, awkwardly animated.

I really hope that only the first episode or two are going to remain that way.

[Rafflesiac]

Seeing the illustration from Volume 14 of Kamijou and Motoharu falling from the sky made me inordinately happy.

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Me, watching Tokyo Ghoul:

[Mattias]

That SAO episode was trying. I can buy him being a world so real he dosn't realize somethings up. But not needing a popup menu to eat lunch out of stasis but it still spoiling while there. And that bit about the soul being nerve responses really pissed me of. Then there's the assassination attempt which managed to somehow deliver a fast acting drug through two layer of clothing, into the shoulder, and Kirito deciding to use his longer range weapon to stab the guys leg instead of the chest, or just knocking his arm aside or something. An umbrella is nowhere close to a sword but it's at least a minor bludgeon.