Springtime Animu(sphere), circa 2023 CE/AD: new season, more JP cartoons

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Isekai 1TK Neesan
Pretty fun. Had great production in several episodes and I loved seeing Asahi grow and be the King to his sister's Saitama.

Kawaisugi Crisis
Pretty funny show. Fun cast. A decent watch for animal lovers

ToniKawa S2
Great sequel. Lots of cute moments and some great development. I like the new characters, too

Rokudo no onna-tachi.
Pretty good show. I like everyone's development and how Rokudo never exploits the spell, and the focus on kindness and standing for your friends. Good show

Birdie Wing S2
While I didn't get the ending I wanted, this was still a crazy show full of crazy stuff that you wouldn't expect in a golf show, so still pretty good

Magical Destroyers
Great show. Great message to keep liking what you like no matter who complains. It's flawed but still a great ride for me

Edomae Elf
Cute show. I like how it shows the effect of eternal life on the elves and the Edo trivia. The girls are all fun to watch, too

[LegalLoliLover]

In terms of Magical Destroyers, there was a missed opportunity to call out Shobon's hypocrisy because, by definition, he himself is an otaku, as well. An indie game dev obsessed with making a wholly "unique" game? Sounds pretty fucking otaku to me.

[Rafflesiac]

DMDP: We're getting a right proper clusterfuck going, nice.
Magus Bride: Someone please protect Philomela's smile.
Tengoku: Damn, what a blueballing read the manga ending. Where's the next season?
Yuusha: I'm glad this got an anime. I'd watch another season. >tfw all we have of Diana are a couple of teases
Jigokuraku: RIP Senta, he was a real one. Yuzuriha is great.

[Rafflesiac]

Oshi no Ko: Suprisingly, I'm a bit disappointed by the finale. It's a shame that they cut Mana leaving the industry as Neo B-Komachi took their first real step into it. I also wanted Kana to get an impact frame like Ai did, but I guess she's not at that level. The mirrored choreography was a nice touch. As expected, Kana's at her best when she's an unrepentant little shit, so it's good to see her back in the game. And thanks to the cut material, WE GET AKANE KINO LOVE MY PSYCHO GIRL LET'S GO SEASON TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO

[TomPen94]

Oshi no Ko: With that manga chapter I totally forgot about the episode. Tbh I hoped to see more of the performance. It ends just as it gets really good. They could've kept it going for a bit after the title drop imo. In the manga it was fine cuz it doesn't have sound but here it could really use a bit more of Kana carrying her newfound momentum for longer.
I do prefer Neo's rendition of STAR T RAIN over the og B-Komachi one tho, and that shot from Ai to Ruby was perfection. It mirrored the shot of when Ruby first learns to dance from the first episode. *Chef's kiss*

They went right ahead and showed us the beginning of Tokyo Blade. Quite looking forward to that arc. Then Miyazaki after that... Poor Kana, it's only gonna be Ls for you.

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Dead Mount Death Play cour 1
Pretty good show. The entire cast is fun to watch, and I love the misteries being set up. Good stuff

Oshi no Ko
Incredible show. Characters are great and there's lots of good emotional moments. A good look into the japanese entertainment industry and the struggles of talents and how economic interests work. Pretty amazing show

Iseleve
Despite the production issues, this is a show I had lots of fun with. I loved seeing Yuuya grow more confident and use his isekai powers IRL. Also the backgroud characters getting impressed at Yuuya was somewhat funny. I like it

World Dai Star
Hidden Gem I loved the development of our main cast, how the plays were animated and the Senses. Pretty cool and fun show

Idolmaster U149
Pretty good. Great production. Great songs. I love it. Pretty cute and funny

Heavenly Delusion
Pretty good show. Great characters, and a very interesting and tragic sci-fi story. I love the idea of having 2 separate plotlines and finding out how they connect. Show looks great, too

Golden Kamuy S4
Pretty good season. Lots of great stuff and progress
Looking foward to final season

Isekai Shoukan wa Nidome desu
Pretty mediocre. Bland art and animation, and very flawed execution. Still, I enjoyed it somewhat. Setsu's fun to follow, at least

Otonari no Ginga
Pretty cute show. Great characters and our leads make a cute heartwarming couple. I had a great time withh this show

[Mattias]

I felt that DMDP ended something like five minutes too early. They needed one more scene with Fire Starter, like a single bomb drop at the start of an interrogation to build hype for part 2. You should be leaving on a "WTF What's going on?!" rather than what they did. Even a reveal of Bone Mommy being someone we know. Really anything to build tension. They made better cliffhangers week to week than they made for a 3 month break.

Still, if you'd told me 6 months ago I'd be enjoying a Durarara derivitive more than a Konosuba spinoff I'd have called you crazy. But here we are.

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Mashle
Pretty fun comedic shonen. Fights and cast interaction are great. Mash is a great MC. Every scene with him is great.

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Jigokuraku
Pretty great show. Great characters, fearsome threatening villains. Love the designs, and finding out more about the island and it's inhabitants. Also, Tao's an interesting power system, and love the fights. Hype for the next part

[Spartacus]

Gundam WfM, thank you very much.

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Gundam Witch from Mercury 2nd half
Love it. Pretty damn good. Great development, and cool robots. Story was great too. My only complaints is that it needed 1 or 2 more episodes and I wanted to see SuleMio kissing, or even a single shot of the wedding. Stilll, pretty good

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Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia
Great romance. Supporting characters were well done, and Ganta and Isaki are great leads. Loved how well developed they were, and seeing their relationship grow. Good stuff

[Mattias]

Insomiacs was the one show I dropped this season. When I fell some weeks behind, it was the only one I didn't binge. Everything it was doing I was also getting from a different show that I enjoyed far more. Which is a shame since I did dig the chill vibes when I was watching week to week.

I think the only things I'm still waiting on are the final episodes of KamiKatsu and Dr Stone.

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Kamikatsu
This show is a mess in many many ways. I still had a complete blast with this show. Absolutely insane show. I love it

[Laserman]

I watched the first Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc episode.
I saw people say that the first episode with the Upper Rank demons in the Infinity Castle was a Bollywood show. I've never watched any of them, but I guess it was the way it zoomed in on the characters?

And just like that, there goes the only fanservice that happened in the manga, hah.

I find Muzan's statement that Daki was holding Gyutaro back to be funny, considering that there being two of them that you had to behead at the same time to kill was one of their greatest strengths.

Man With a Mission and millet sounds like a terrible combination, but the opening sounds so good, I like it better than the Entertain District arcs opening.

The episodes themselves were pretty good, it's a nice start to this arc.

[Laserman]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Episodes 2-4:
I wonder if the quality of the steel in the Sengoku era being better is true in real life. Like whatever practices that they had back then would be better than what they were doing in that time period is interesting.
I don't remember Tanjiro getting that cut up in the manga, or the fight at the building being that brutal either, geez...
That part where he rode Hatengu back was so cool though.

[Laserman]

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc Episodes 5-11:
I finished watching this arc.

One of the things I have to mention is when Kyojuro's sword's guard protected Kotetsu, like it was one last act from him even though he's gone.

Man, Hantengu was so hard to get rid of, and there are four demons that are above him not counting their boss.
I didn't remember him being able to make another body on the spot for him to hide in, so seeing that was a surprise.

I think that Mitsuri got less screen time than Muichiro and his battle against Gyokko. It doesn't help that she wasn't the one to Hantengu either, but when she did fight, it was amazing. It's so cool seeing how her sword move in the anime and how she sheathes it.
Muichiro himself was pretty cool too and had more a clear victory, but to be fair, his opponent didn't have multiple bodies...

It's still amazing and kind of scary that Haganezuka was still able to keep honing that sword even with his injuries, the worst one being that he lost his eye.

I didn't remember how messed up Genya's and Sanemi's past was either, my god. What happened to Muichiro was bad, but what those two went through was so much worse.

As soon as Muzan saw Nezuko surviving in the sun, he was like, okay, no more disguises, no more research or searching, back to my suit and true form in front of the people I'm hiding among.
The way that he just walked over those dead women after he killed them, and how he moved over the one's leg when he left, shows just how little he cares about human lives.

And to think that Tamayo predicted the whole thing with Nezuko happening eventually.

The celebration the villagers gave Tanjiro as he left was so nice of them, it was a great way to end the season.

I really like this season, not much as the last one, but I though it was pretty good.

I have no idea how they're going to turn the training arc into a full on season though.