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No. 479822
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>>479762I really like this ''genre'' of cozy apocalyptic setting. I wish picrel didnt get canned and got a proper anime adaptation. Another one i wish had gotten an anime adaptation is Ryoko.
No. 479892
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I'll endure any bug-eyed new Blood Plus adaptation as long as they dont retcon Diva's daughters' ahem, origins.
Early 2000 anime did have some interesting female rapist villains where their intentions were not even remotely played for laughs and/or titillation. Dante's goal in the first FullMetal Alchemist adaptation was literally keeping Edward as a sex slave
those were the days
No. 479896
>>479892>That spoilerShe
what?
No. 479903
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>>479896I had just finished watching Blood plus (this was in 2006) and feared she'd end up pulling a Diva on Ed
and/or Al too for good measure, I mean his character really parallels Riku if you've seen both series back to backZoomers shitting themselves over muh evil mommy Makima "abusing" Denji wouldnt survive these Y2K gigastacies.
No. 479908
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>>479823Gundam, Wind Breaker season 2, new Uma musume anime, Yaiba remake, Witch Watch, Lazarus, Anne remake, Apocalypse Hotel, Shoushimin series season 2…Watching a lot more than usual tbh.
No. 479927
>>479896tl;dr Dante in 2003 FMA
is a body-snatching old woman obsessed with her former lover Honenheim. Once she learned Ed and Al existed she snatched the body of someone Ed had crushed on and tried to seduce him (didn't work because she smelled like Honenheim) and then she was going to do the same with another of Ed's love interests and keep Ed as her sex slave because Honenheim's young cute son.>>479903>zoomers wouldn't survive the 2000s gigastaciesSo true anon.
No. 479947
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>>479944>>479892Contrary to popular belief as long as a male character is cool his literal rape charges will be forgiven, downplayed or ommtited as a character flaw. Same shit doesnt fly for women. See any Greek Mythology fan and how they woobify (?) well known rapists like Zeus or Poseidon but one cannot go a second without pickmes reminding you how Selene is A FEMALE RAPIST WITH A CAPITAL R AND JUST AS BAD as those fuckers.
I would kill for a Blood plus remake and/or new content just to unironically stan Diva.
No. 479957
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>>479925It's okay, you'll enjoy it if you like goofy concepts and cute girls doing cute things type of anime + sports, since it's about anime horse girls racing each other kek. Like
>>479930 said season 1 is just kinda whatever though, it improves in season 2 but imo season 3 was kind of a downgrade again (still better than season 1 though). This new one that's coming out is a spinoff but I enjoyed the first episode.
No. 480352
>>479970it also has really bad direction, like some of the shots are on the screen for such a short time it's hard to figure out what you're looking at, especially when they introduced the character at the end they could have let the image linger for a moment so you can actually take a good look at her but no. I was looking forward to it but dropped after this one ep, it's only going to get worse.
Also new Gundam is amazing
No. 480380
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The 12 episode count is a little concerning but I hope it turns out good in the end
No. 480416
>>480380The first episode was a snoozefest + random music videoesque scenes. The overall story diresction was choppy and the animation felt very half done in certain scenes.
They need to introduce this cutie(picrel) Now if they don't want to only be known as shitty witch from mercury.
No. 480457
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>>480380How many people are watching? Maybe it's better to contain all discussion in
>>>/m/299164 No. 480676
>>480658Yup. A lot of the criticism is "I wasn't paying attention/I don't care enough to follow what's going on/I blame the author for things the anime messed up on/I don't like the genre so it must be bad" too.
I hate it, especially when the retarded misinfo ends up filtering out people that would have otherwise liked it. They'll take some rando's word that something is shit, but can't take the initiative to watch something themselves.
No. 480680
>>480672I can name a ton honestly, in fact a lot of my favourite anime are that.
But, I'm specifically thinking about Sunday Without God: while not a favourite of mine, I really liked it since I thought the premise was kind of novel (then again I didn't usually watch anime like it when it first came out 12 years ago) and I was genuinely saddened it wasn't as well received as I thought it would.
When I was on SeventhStyle back then (that site is dead thank god), so many people were harsh on it (including those who watched it) that it made me lose nearly any faith in wanting to watch similar anime to that, but then I stumbled upon a review from a popular anime site that had a kindly written, unbiased positive review of it, so it made me feel a bit better about it, but not much.
There are a number of other anime that I really liked only to get soured by reading a lot of people's online thoughts, sometimes due to constructive criticism but especially for more pointless reasons too.
No. 480813
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Yo does anyone have a hot guy show they can rec me ala bungou stray dogs. Not necessarily some reverse harem shit just a good show that has some hot dudes in it. I've been rewatching steins gate but I am too straight to stand some of the annoying ass female characters. Like if your gonna be annoying at least be a hot man.
No. 480814
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>Blood Plus lore video in 2024
>Made by a moid, but defends and explains her motivations and goals
>Female and male comments claiming Diva as their favourite villain and how she was just a product of her fucked up environment
feels good man, long live the Blue Queen
No. 481294
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Any nonnies watching Rock is a Lady’s Modesty? Looks cute.
No. 481324
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I'm so annoyed with blue period, it would have been perfect to watch with my normie mom who loves art and there's no fan service or coom at all! But of course there had to be a tragic backstory male crossdresser in there so now I can't show it to her. Even though he's not an actual troon and doesn't claim to be a girl he elicits sympathy for them by proximation for someone like my normie mom who doesn't know the difference. I wish he at the very least was less central to the story but nooo he just had to be the most prominent side character.
No. 481338
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Do nonas here like lucy?
No. 481476
>>481473Goto's backstory messed me up, I can't say I didn't see it coming but I was so blindsided it's insane.
I thought the twist would be that he's a virgin loser who pretends he has a girlfriend to cope with his loser status in a comedic way, not that his high school sweetheart got possibly kidnapped and murdered after school and he nevee got over it even a decade later until he turned into a schizo. It was really well done imo. I need to rewatch the anime, watching it as it aired was already a wild ride but binge watching it 12 years later must be fun too.
No. 481512
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>>479892I love Gyokuen from Magi. One of the best shounen main antagonists. It's her own son right here btw. She killed her husband and elder sons and left him alive just to taunt him for his weakness. Although her goal has nothing to do with men, she only sees motherhood as way to create more vessels.
Too bad the anime stopped right where the good parts of manga begin. Second half of the manga is so good…
No. 482255
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Recently I've started to watch the classic Cardcaptor Sakura. Should i watch all the filler episodes or just skip them?
No. 482673
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I'm so tired of this getting so many adaptations while many manga can't get even one.
No. 482676
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>>482673At least this one looks better than the last one.
No. 482717
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I was watching Gag Manga Biyori and suddenly a chupacabra showed up, I've had an irrational fear of them since childhood and had to stop watching the episode kek. It showed up out of nowhere and actually scared me.
No. 482998
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Anybody watching Chuuzenji-sensei mononoke kougiroku?
No. 483029
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>>483026I wish they had stuck to CLAMP for his book adaptations.
No. 483181
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/a/ REFUGEES WELCOME(no they aren't)
No. 483307
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Finally got some time to watch the recent Re:Zero season and its pretty good so far. Does this season have more lolishit characters than usual or did I just forget how many there were during the wait for a new season? It might be just me but it was really noticeable in the first episode
No. 483359
>>482998Holy shit, I will be now that I know about this, thanks
nonnie.
I've always loved the mamga adaptations of these novels, it's my dream to be able to read them in JP one day (since the only English print of his books costs $600 to get your hands on with no digital, legal or illegal, available)
No. 483480
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>>483359Oh shit. I bought
Summer of the Ubume more than 10 years ago and now it's worth so much?! How do I sell it, so that the selling platform doesn't keep half of the money? Genuine advice needed.
No. 484102
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>>483627Yeah, I have to think of a way fast.
No. 484377
>>484105Koumei always steals the entire scene whenever he's on screen and without him the entire show would have been just another run of the mill idol anime. Absolutely loved his rap battle against Kabetaijin (and the people behind the fansub did such a fucking amazing job with that scene too kek). Too bad it's fucking impossible to find that full scene without weird-ass cuts on youtube.
>>484109I think the song and dancing was supposed to be some sort of failed callback to the parapara trend of the 2000's, at least the official mv gives me that impression
No. 484416
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>shinchan suddenly appears in my precure episode
nonas whats happening…
No. 484613
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Some time ago I saw Vampire Princess Miyu (the OVA, not the series) and it reminded me of some nonnas. Sometimes I see nonnas talk about wanting more morally ambiguous female characters, so I think some of you would like this.
I haven't seen that much vampire anime, is it a Japanese thing for vampires to have yellow eyes? The vampires in the Toho vampire trilogy (not anime) also have yellow eyes, but that could be a coincidence.
No. 484664
>>484613Wow, I haven't seen someone mention Vampire Princess Miyu in YEARS! It's sad how it's so off the radar for so many, you'd think it would have resonated with the Jigoku Shoujo fans but I guess it's too old for them even back then for them to notice it.
I really should revisit this show, for me these old OVA animes just really hit different. I don't know if it's the muted colors, the different pacing, nostalgic sound quality, the music… they just feel so different in a way I've always enjoyed.
No. 484999
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Have any nonas ITT watched picrel? What were your opinions on it in terms of characters, world building etc? I quite enjoyed it, I love a tragic anime and this one caught me off guard. Kiyoko was my favorite, and I couldn't help but think that Novem would be good husbando material for some kek. I wish there was more to it though, especially on the gilgamesh itself or the supernatural abilities. It's been a few years since I last watched it so I'm excited to give it a rewatch.
No. 485560
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I'm currently watching Frieren and I love it so much! Please no spoiler because I haven't finished it yet. The next season is supposed to come in January so I'm very happy! I love Fern and how stoic and strong she is. Also as a German the names in the show are hilarious to me.
No. 485601
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>>484999As someone who owns the series on DVD and was autist-level obsessed with it as a young teen, you could say I've watched the series before kek.
>CharactersKiyoko is indeed the best character. She suffers a lot of heartache, has a great deal of injustice inflicted upon her, she has an annoying kid brother, etc. I have nothing but love and compassion for her.
She wins in the end, sort of, so I always end up feeling vindicated on her behalf once the credits start rolling. Worst character is Chairman Yuki
who was stealing organs from his feminized clone. The Countess at least has her sympathetic moments, even if she's a cruel and selfish asshole, but that bastard deserved a lot more than he got.
>World buildingI love the post apocalyptic dreariness of the world. I love how grimy and miserable it is. I love that the sky is a giant mirror pointing back at the world so that there is no mistaking what human society has been reduced to, even if they tried to hide from it. I love that everything is awful and the cause of it all can be traced back to a singular moment of weakness from a person that absolutely knew better.
Girl, he's happily married and has a child. Get the fuck over it maybe? I love that the show is about love, in more ways than one.
>Novem as husbandoYes, yes he was. But really all the Gilgamesh are hot, what with their bondage-adjacent outfits.
As for your spoiler, I'm the type of person that enjoys a great deal of ambiguity in the media she consumes, so I never had much issue with being kept in the dark around certain aspects of the show. I would have liked to see more from the Gilgamesh faction though. We get a few solid moments with a handful of them, but the rest are either given a single personality trait or none at all. In exchange for a few more Gilgamesh crumbs, they can take back Toru pissing himself. Please and thank you!
No. 486476
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>>486474I gotta rep my king.
No. 486577
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>>486474We desperately need more mellotune.
No. 486585
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>>486474We’ll make the top 3 this year I’m sure of it
No. 486587
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>>486474I wanted to vote for Jewelpet but I think they have a better chance of winning. I just love bunny characters.
No. 486592
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>>486474I wanted Fenneko but I'll take what I can get
No. 486594
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>>486474They look so adorable how could I not
No. 486932
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Rewatching older anime made me realize how much i miss traditional backgrounds.
No. 486961
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>>480813You could watch Ouran or Gintama if you haven't seen them yet.
>>481100There's also a troon side character for some reason, but at least they didn't make him look like an uwu girl and indistinguishable from actual women. Kinda funny that I haven't seen as many trannies self inserting into him as other anime characters that aren't actually trans because he isn't cute enough though.
>>486932Same but not just the backgrounds, I miss the look of older anime in general.
No. 486968
>>486966Relax. It doesn't take place in
present day, present time. Again, Cowboy Bebop (and the Earth slums it portrayed) influences are clear.
No. 487339
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Some role choices are so ironic.
No. 487411
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Is it worth watching El Hazard if I've seen like 3 pics of this guy and I find him hot?
No. 487420
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>>487411It's an isekai harem, so if you can tolerate it…
No. 487618
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>>487420I literally just want to watch it for him
and the gorgeous 90s anime art, so if the booba fanservice is completely or mostly kept separate from his character, I'll be able to mentally filter it out and enjoy the story. From his description, he sounds extremely cute.
>insanely arrogant and power-hungry>sides with the villain>obsessed with his rival (the protagonist) to the point of paranoia>legitimately smart>has a secret soft side (gap moe)>>487583kek
I agree, but he's a high school student. I was surprised.
No. 487782
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sO pROgReSSiVe
No. 489473
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I'm watching the Netflix Rose of Versailles right now and while it's visually so so beautiful the pacing and story telling is so retarded. Idk if I can finish it. What's with the random songs??
No. 489609
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>>489473Is the pacing weird in the sense of being rushed? I haven't seen it, but I was expecting that to be an issue. There already was a movie adaptation of RoV (picrel) and it famously has horrible pacing because of trying to cram 40 episodes worth of stuff into two hours, so I don't know why they decided to do it again if not just for the 50th birthday gimmick.
No. 491028
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I watched this on a whim and it was waaaay better than I expected, so much that I'm kind of confused it isn't considered an anime classic.
The Animation, camera work, the background art is just… chef's kiss—it kind of becomes a clusterfuck on the end middle part and the main villain kind of got underutilized, but overall it's still a pretty great animu movie from the great era of Y2K. I wonder why no one talks about it? It's way too overlooked for having such high qualify—is it the non-kawiwi character designs?
If you're interested in brotherly bonds, gorgeous background art, or that sweet sweet 2000s anime aesthetic—you should definitely check this out.
No. 491034
>>479892>Blood PlusI feel like a corpse getting re-animated… I have not heard of that title in a
long time.
I'm kind of surprised they're going to do another title considering the huge (unintetional) meme that was Blood-C.
No. 491075
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Has anyone here watched Genshiken? It's about early otaku culture and in second season there's an American blonde fujoshi
No. 491273
>>490154Yes, it's a spin off with Oguri cap. You can watch it without the other ones.
>>491028>I'm confused it isn't considered an anime classicIt is in certain circles, just a little less known and more of a niche thing.
No. 491609
>>491028I watched this as part of an anime class in uni, and the main reason it was part of the syllabus was because it was a collab between a Japanese studio and a non-Japanese director.
I’m guessing it never really caught on as a classic since it came out during a time when anime just started to penetrate the mainstream outside of Japan, so there wasn’t really an appetite for arthouse animation or atypical anime (Studio 4C is most well known for their Western IP collabs like the Animatrix).
No. 491848
>>491762I only watched the first season of Index and it bored me to tears. It felt like a couple of unrelated mini-stories squashed into one. (The openings are killer though)
I'm sorta kinda planning on watching Railgun mostly for Misaka, but Kuroko's psycho lesbian shtick seems to kind of grate me.
No. 491855
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>>491762I've thought about reading it for Touma but not sure if he's worth it.
No. 491861
>>491762Like
>>491848 I watched Index but mainly for Accelerator and found it to be a snoozefest. Beyond powerlevel autism and typical moid power fantasy slop I don’t get the appeal.
To me Misaka will always be the face of the Raildex franchise. All of the other protags (besides Accelerator) are forgettable but she was so iconic she has a site named after her.
No. 491863
>>491855He is kinda cute in the manga/ln illustrations but his personality is your typical boring LN self-insert protag.
>>491848>>491861Based nonas, Mikasa is great. If you're interested in Accelerator he has his own spin-off anime, its kinda boring but an okay watch if you just want more Accelerator.
No. 491867
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>>491863Damn. I really like the "seemingly self insert mundane man > suffering menhera" pipeline but it's something that needs to be a long slow burn and is near impossible to find.
No. 491877
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>>491876Oh I havent tried ORV yet but I enjoy Re:Zero for that same reason kek. I'm always on the lookout for these types of guys
No. 491878
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>>491877It doesn't go as far, but it's pretty alright, bit fujobaity. Pretty sure it's getting an anime adaption soon.
No. 491884
>>491877Off topic but one of my main problems with Re:Zero is that despite being probably one of my favorite characters early on, Emilia gets so fucking boring in the later arcs. I know the author apparently really loves her so the only conclusion I can draw from it is that he saw how Rem was more popular (and how stupid incels simply couldn't understand why Emilia was mad at Subaru's idiocy at that royal election hall) so he overcorrected in an effort to make more people like her but really it just felt like he stripped her a lot of her agency she had early on. It's like she has no charm left.
When I first watched Re:Zero back then I thought it was so obvious that Rem was more of a narrative device to represent this sort of misogynist wish fulfilment for a retarded shut in who wants a literal obsessive and completely subservient maid that will support even their worst most selfish decisions with a bright smile and no questions asked and that the narrative was making the denial of that the point of his arc. Well, I still think that was somewhat the original intent for that but I guess millions made in merchandise later sort of shows money talks louder ig.
No. 491893
>>491884With Emilia, a lot of it has to do with Puck actually being a terrible father. He very intentionally raised her as sheltered and dumb as possible. She wasn't allowed to style her own hair or choose her own clothing, it was in the contract that he would do everything for her. This was cut from the anime, but before season 2 she had never even seen her own reflection. All mirrors were taken out of her rooms and she would leave it to Puck.
When Puck leaves, she becomes dumber because she no longer has him telling her what to do. In the books she spends days having temper tantrums, screaming and crying for Puck and pulling at her own hair.
With Rem, her deal is that she's paranoid, asocial and has a major guilt complex. She had severe baggage as a child because she was emotionally neglected while her sister was pushed as a political martyr for a race war group. Twins were considered a bad omen and she would have been murdered as a baby if her sister wasn't a reincarnation of their god.
When her village was massacred and her sister left permanently crippled, she hated the part of herself that was happy over it and decided to live the rest of her life as a substitute for her sister. Riswaal then blackmailed both sisters using each other and made them sign a contract to work as maids, though tbf the kingdom is also very racist and they wouldn't have been able to find work easily since Rem lacked any education.
When training to be a maid, they attacked the estate she worked at and murdered everyone, the only survivor was a baby she helped give birth to. She hunted down and tortured the murderers, but it still left her with even more baggage. She had no sense of self value as anything other than recompense for her sister and friends who died.
She's not subservient or obedient, she's just very passive aggressive and hates herself very much.
No. 491924
>>491893Nonna, I know their internal motivations, unfortunately for me I am autistic enough to be caught up with the light novel of the series because I like the story enough. I just don't think having somewhat of an internal logic means a character is good.
Rem's characterization doesn't work in her favor when her character is basically only ever used for fanservice, she never mirrors Subaru's lack of self esteem in any way that truly matters or that is truly interesting and I would argue it's the opposite, she ends up becoming just a nothingburger character until she wakes up again. The most interesting part of her personality, the deification of her sister and her putting Subaru on a pedestal is never explored further because she justs serves as a backbone for Subaru after he fucks up and then literally gets on a comma after giving a melodramatic speech and forcing him to sort of confess to her (and then loses her memories when she wakes up so any sort of interesting development on that front is lost). The backstory works a lot better for Ram, who is a thousand times more interesting to me because her current state and her relationship with Roswaald showcases the two sides of what it means to be the one being worshiped and also the one doing the worshiping.
On the other hand, my comment on Emilia was less about her arc in season 2 but rather about Season 3 and the Pleiades Tower. I think stripping her of Puck was a great opportunity (and also sort of necessary for her plot progression) and while I appreciate SOME of her character regression, I think the story goes overboard with it. Even if Puck was her advisor, when she first saved Subaru it's clear that was a choice she made herself, when she called herself Satella to him Puck is even surprised by how daring she's being. In the royal election conflict she's open about why she's upset with Subaru, she explains that she doesn't understand him, that she cannot read his mind and that he upset her by going against the one thing that she asked him not to do. That was actually extremely mature and I was super excited to see her stand her ground on it, I don't see how those things only happened
because of Puck (I actually disdain that notion because it would minimize her strong characterization and sort of imply it's nbt actually her but rather Puck). Of course losing her father, her most trusted and strongest companion would leave her in a particularly vulnerable state so her being indecisive in Season 2 was actually something good, I think, but in the following arcs she still lacks that inner strenght that she showed initially and the "omg EMT is so innocent and pure" jokes starts to grate me.
I was particularly annoyed about her reaction over discovering about Subaru's feelings over Rem, I think a more natural reaction over finding out the guy who has been on your ass since day 1 promising you he loves you the most and only you actually has feelings for this other girl wouldnt be to say you're going to make him look only at you, but rather to feel either a sense of betrayal and anger. sure, one thing is when Rem was comatose, but after she wakes up and is alright, I hate that none of her jealousy is ever expressed outwards or in any way in a negative… wouldnt it be more interesting if this made her feel insecure? if she's Satella shouldnt she enbody envy more?? I kind of want to see her crash out over it idk give me some real drama I want to see her having discussions with Subaru again No. 491940
>>491924I still think Emilia will eventually work out, given in Wrath route author note
there's a distinct point made that at the end when Subaru dies, it's not specific whether it was Ram or Emilia that did it and that Emilia did kill somebody in that room. Personally, I think the crash will happen when Rem sets her foot down about changing her mind about the relationship after what shes figured from her talks with Priscilla and forces Subaru to choose between them. I do think one of the issues with Rem in arc 7/8 is that Subaru is consistently trying to run away from her because he's idealized her to the extent that he believes what she wanted was an actual "hero" and not somebody who she wants to strive to be like.That being said
I personally don't think Emilia is Satella, but rather related to Satella by blood, like her niece through her father's side or something. Given that they're both still alive at the same time and her mother was Minerva. No. 491947
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What's an anime you'd recommend everyone to try at least once in their lives?
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>>491762I used to post in the /a/ threads back when it aired. It was really fun even though the anime itself is such a moidy shitshow. Accelspammer also made a point to make index into a staple /a/ anime kek. I haven't watched anything past the second railgun season though, so I'm officially 12 years out of the loop.
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>>491947Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Semi-OT(?), I recommended it once to a guy who said he doesn't watch a lot of anime (but likes long, serious stories and space opera-ish fiction) and some weeb tried to tell me that LoGH is just for hardcore anime fans and that it's too much to recommend to someone who's new to the medium. Bullshit. Shut the fuck up, weeaboo. I like it
precisely because it's so different from the vast majority of anime, it's almost completely devoid of anime tropes and cliches. You don't need to be a hardcore weeb who only consumes isekai haremslop and obscure loli hentai to enjoy it.
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>>491955Does LoGH have homoerotic tension, family feuds and in general interesting family dynamics? Is LoGH world has cynical or rather idealistic tone?
I started watching Gundam and enjoying the family and political drama, I love how it shows horrors of war without shock value.
> I like it precisely because it's so different from the vast majority of anime, it's almost completely devoid of anime tropes and cliches.But I think it is already a good adversary enough. Genuine story driven shows without perversion and unfunny humor are so few.
No. 491961
>>491955LOGH is very different to stereotypical anime so I totally agree it isn't the worst thing to recommend to a non weeb, it would be ideal for anyone who likes space operas, historical fiction, military and political themes, etc.
>>491960It has all that and more, it's a much more sophisticated series than gundam.
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>>491961>It has all that and more, it's a much more sophisticated series than gundam.I'm sold, thank you
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>>491963I just sold myself a rewatch kek have a watch order guide
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>>491960LoGH has something for (almost) everyone. It's a genuinely exciting story, with lots of drama and the occasional bit of comedy. It has husbandos for the yumes, fujobait for the fujos, practically zero ecchi fanservice, famous seiyuus for the koebutas, beautiful animation (sometimes) for the sakugafags, cool battles for the action fans, military aesthetics for the military autists, political themes for the 200 IQ Staceys, and history autism for the historyfags. Only thing it's lacking is cooler and more relevant female characters, which Gundam definitely has more of.
Speaking of Gundam, I got into LoGH after watching the first three Gundam compilation movies and wanting more like that. I became obsessed with LoGH and now can't get into the other Gundam shows kek, I recently started watching Zeta because of all the Kamillefags on here, but the writing and pacing just feel awkward, so I dropped it after 8 or so episodes. Can any Gundamfags tell me how to meme oneself into liking it? I really, really want to enjoy it and hopefully get to watch Gundam Wing and Iron Blooded Orphans which are the shows I'm the most interested in.
No. 491982
>>491976Is Golden Wings really
that bad, or is the problem just that it's too "girly"?
>Yoshiki Tanaka's original novels from the '70s, which most of the above are based on, have never been fully translated into English, professionally or otherwiseWow, this pic is super old. All the novels are available in English now.
>First off, the series isn't licensed>The best option, by far as subs go, is Central AnimeAlso outdated, the series has since been licensed by Sentai Filmworks. Some people still prefer the old fansubs, others prefer these official subs.
No. 492020
>>491940Hopefully you're right! I do see your point about Wrath If but
just that being the initial reaction pissed me off immensely (mostly bc I always thought Subaru was toeing the line too much between them for my liking and it's a bit worse to me that Emilia had no idea whatsoever that was happening and specialy considering how naive she is, it feels like he was going behind her back idk), but I don't really see when that wil happen considering they are supposed to be separeted in the next act. Also, I agree with you about post-comatose Rem, even if I can't help but roll my eyes a little bit considering the moid-tendencies for the anime, I think it's a much more interesting position she is at now, my only gripe with it is that it feels a bit too late?? Like, I'm too invested about way too many side characters rn to care that much for it but at least I don't want to skip chapters when she appears anymoreNow, about Satella
I definetly see that being the case too, specially because I simply don't believe in the theory that Subaru and Al are the same person, but I think their appearances are just too similar for them to just end up as cousins. Maybe some weird form of twins or clones? It did seem like Satella had a special relationship with Minerva too No. 492058
>>491947Death Note
no bully pls and maybe Your lie in April? Idk they're not necessarily my faves
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>watching yu yu hakusho
>genuinely saddening moment talking about grief
>random ass shot of yusuke that caught me so off guard
>so much so that i had to rewind 10 times
I mean I don’t mind, I greatly enjoyed it actually. Just surprised because you seldom see shots like this of male characters
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Anyone know of any good mystery animes? I'm looking for something that isn't too goofy that keeps me on the edge of my seat. Doesn't matter how old or new it is, I just don't really know where to look because most lists recommend only the obvious picks like Monster, Paranoia Agent, Death Note, etc.
I watched ID: Invaded a while ago and really enjoyed that
No. 492142
>>492020>I simply don't believe in the theory that Subaru and Al are the same personKek I don't either. It's too easy of an answer, and they both just don't quite fit into each other when it comes to likes/dislikes.
Al is emulating Subaru, but imo it's more that his own ego was broken down in one way or another, whether he was somebody isekai'd or if he was somebody who was forced to take in memories of Earth somehow.The thing with Emilia and Satella is really weird
Minerva "died" too early for Emilia's birth to make real sense to begin with. I don't think they're twins, but something happened with Minerva's pregnancy/Emilia's birth to the extent that 300 years manage to pass with Emilia still being a child. Minerva's authority might have been able to grant her the ability to keep Emilia alive in her stomach, and it is mentioned that elves were involved with her death, it could be that something was done at that point. Honestly, the answer being clone each time doesn't sit well with me, so I'm hoping that there's more to it.>(mostly bc I always thought Subaru was toeing the line too much between them for my liking and it's a bit worse to me that Emilia had no idea whatsoever that was happening and specialy considering how naive she is, it feels like he was going behind her back idk)Honestly, I think that was a bit intentional in that he is definitely toeing the line and its eventually going to go wrong. I really hope I'm not proven wrong in this lol, but I do think its going to be a messy love triangle rather than a harem, the story is way too centered around obsessive love and jealousy for it to not happen, but the story's detours and side characters really clog up the view, especially when it comes to Vollachia which wasn't meant to be an arc to begin with.Btw who do you think is going to win the election?
I don't think it can be anyone other than Felt. No. 492155
>>492124I really hope this gets a season 2 one day.
I wouldn't say Odd Taxi is "edge if your seat" but it has a nice vibe to it, Erased is also good.
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>>492124Shinsekai yori is an unconventional mystery, but in my opinion it was very good and kept me guessing. To keep it as spoiler free as possible, it's set in a society where everyone has psychic/telekinetic abilities, and a group of friends tries to uncover its history after they learn something they shouldn't have. The manga (which I haven't read) has some sexualised covers, but I genuinely don't remember a SINGLE moment of fanservice in the anime so that's a plus.
Rape is briefly mentioned once, to describe someone's crimes, but it's not shown on-screen. The story is dark as hell and it's kind of a slow burn though.
No. 492324
>>492155Would be neat with a season 2, but iirc ID: Invaded was in development hell for like 10 years or so… I don't know how popular it was in japan, but it feels like most people didn't pay it much attention? You'd think it would have more of a following considering Miyavi did some of the music.
>>492284ayrt, Shinsekai Yori is one of my absolute favorite animes of all time. It is not based on a manga though, the anime is based on a novel which it follows fairly closely. The manga strives so far away from the OG novel it's basically just a hypersexual doujinshi.
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>>491034>I feel like a corpse getting re-animatedreally showing my age here, right nonna?
that one episode did leave a impression on many of the women i've talked to about the series, maybe cuz it was the first time seeing female abusers on screen so explicitly and not even remotely played for the god-i-wish-it-was-me moid crowd
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>>492350time to shill 2003 fma's Elrics because i refuse to take Brotherhood as canon. If it wasnt for Shamballa these two would had kicked the bucket at some point after the end of the 2003 anime, shit was depressing as fuck for all parties
No. 492375
>>492142>Kek I don't either. It's too easy of an answer, and they both just don't quite fit into each other when it comes to likes/dislikes. Exacly, like yeah they're clearly connected but I feel like they are just way too different and even different to how Subaru behaves in the If stories.
People love to point out that they both have star names but conviniently ignore that Aldebaran, the star, is known for seemingly following Pleiades but not actually being a part of it. I've also seen people proposing he's a Subaru or Flugel clone made by Echidna from pieces of his memories but for me it just sounds like a rehashed version of that same theory trying to fill some gaps in logic. I don't think what Echidna meant with them having the "same origin" was anything more than the isekai/Japan aspect plus I do hope they don't go overboard with cloning plotlines. What's your own personal thought on it tho?Also, about the love triangle
I do hope you're right about it! Being fair with Tappei he never really indulges in Subaru glazing that much the fandom sure fucking does tho, I'm so tiredddd of seeing posts about how Subaru "deserves" both or either of them as if they're trophies for him being a normal good person like genuinely I hate moids you could scream the point of the story to their faces and they still won't fucking get it and he usually gets his dues whenever he's being stupid and selfish so there's hope. People got overly attached to an off hand joke that Rem makes that is supposed to show how ridiculously low her self esteem is because they consider the "battle" lost already. I hope it gets messy tho I want to see Emilia angry at him again because I have been pissed off on her behalf for too long plus it's been nice seeing Rem stand for herself moreNow, about the election
I need to admit that I'm way too biased because Reinhard and Felt grew into becoming my favorites and while I used to be a Crusch truther, there's really no one else that could be, Felt is just too primed for it. Also, going off on vibes alone, I think it's set up to mirror the starting scene of the very first LN, where Felt runs away with Emilia's badge and Emilia is unable to get it back because she stops to save Subaru as in, it will end up being between Felt and Emilia maybe with a headstart for Emilia and then she'll prioritize saving Subaru over it or something. I'm very excited nonetheless No. 492401
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>>479903>>480814Third entry for the Y2K female anime molesters. I wonder if there's more? Kek
No. 492414
>>492401Boob windows on otherwise sleek stylized outfits look so out of place.
She's based for groping her cutie brother though
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>>492375>>492375>What's your own personal thought on it tho?Honestly, I've been racking my head around it for a good while,
I also hope that he's not just a clone/au Subaru looped back to the past, it would feel like a cheap answer for something meant to be one of "the three great mysteries" of the story, in the same way people try to make Pandora responsible for everything. Personally, I think Al is someone who was broken down and molded into who he is now, not artificially created by Echidna.
I definitely agree on you with the "Following Star" bit. I've been wondering if his name's other deal, "Eye of Taurus" might also be a clue but it could be more of a hint about how his power works, with how he needs to "lock in" on a territory like a bullseye for it to work.
Tbh I like reading the more silly out there theories like "what if Subaru's parents had another child?" and "he's the cashier from the first episode!"(tbh they do kind of look alike, ouc attached), it's a little annoying when people stick to the most straightforward theory instead of having a bit of fun with it.>I'm so tiredddd of seeing posts about how Subaru "deserves" both or either of them as if they're trophies for him being a normal good personLol same,
they also have a habit of whitewashing Subaru when a part of what makes him an interesting character is the fact that he's an incredibly needy and obsessive landmine of a guy despite his well meaning intentions.>Now, about the electionI never thought of it being a parallel, that makes a lot of sense tbh. I quite like it. I remember Tappei mentioning somewhere once that he was very specific about the how the anime would portray that scene because it held secrets, I wouldn't be surprised at all if this was what he was talking about. No. 492582
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>>492369I think 2003 fullmetal alchemist is the anime that has left the strongest impression on me ever since I initially watched it 7 or so years ago. Brotherhood instantly became my favorite anime and gave me that feeling of emptiness but then I watched 2003 and it changed me. For a 12 year old me, it was very heavy and the last few episodes in particular filled me with indescribable feeling of sadness and emptiness tenfold. After I finished it I couldn’t stop thinking about the ending for months, it’s really emotionally heavy for a kid.
I think Edward elrics death is the only time I’ve cried so hard over a show, game or whatever to the point where I nearly threw up. I’ve rewatched it twice way back when and I can’t wait to rewatch it as an adult, I’m getting chills just thinking about it. 10/10 best anime ever made
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>>492476NO FUCKING WAY
>its just a recolor with webtoon re-formatingoh well, its better than some pretentious remake made by a Gendie with tumblr-level art kek
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>>492595>>492476not to sound shallow but what was the production team smoking when they made everyone in Brotherhood look so ugly?!
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A bit ot but speaking of, anybody excited for her new anime coming out? Pretty sure it's slated for this year.
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>>492644protag be looking like the result of a one night stand between Eddy and a Ishvalan chick, sign me up
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>>492647There's also a character that basically looks like a female version of Ed
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>>492664growing up I always felt this eldest daughter energy from him. I see gender retards transing him all the fucking time but I had always got this raw female energy from him (and that is before i even watched the original Japanese dub) that goes beyond him just looking pretty
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>>492670I mean, this is the creator of FMA, soooo
No. 492690
>>492671Some of you underestimate how some artists really don't know how to draw, still get their shit published because of the story and that's the only reason why they mostly draw cutesy girls, the least details the "cuter" they become so they get a pass. These types also don't know how to draw grown men at all. They get popular anime adaptations by competent studios later so the art style looks more intentionally cutesy like with Clannad for example like
>>492682 said. I remember not wanting to watch the anime back then because it looked ugly to me in a "it's not a style I like" then I saw what the VN looked like and it looked ugly in a regular, incompetent way instead. This applies to most Kyoani series.
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>>492690>Some of you underestimate how some artists really don't know how to drawI agree, there are artists that master the fundamentals and develop a more stylized style that works on their favour (say, yoh yoshinari) but others have NOT and stick to what little notions they have of anatomy and composition and its shows in every aspect of their work.
The fact the Scums wish author feels confident enough to draw Euphoria levels of high school sex drama with her style is surreal
No. 492712
>>492690This is so true, most moeshit artists have no idea how to draw males other than "female character but boring" or "hideous fucking beast with poorly drawn realistic features". All they know how to draw is a specific kind of childish teenage girl with bug eyes.
>>492004Kek nonna
that's a battleship, though No. 492716
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this smug shrimp could get it well into his forties
No. 492981
>>492884>>492787took the words right out of my mouth nonna, this is very much it. Take this pic by Yoh Yoshinari for example, the scene is fairly simple yet you can tell how the artist has a better grasp of anatomy and can get away with using more simplified shapes and very few pencil strokes, knows his way around character acting and how atmosphere is created even with few elements.
Scums wish and other works by the author have a very limited visual range that could only be enjoyed if this is your first time watching anime or if you're a impresionable teen, this is why I dont understand the hype about stuff like Oshi no Ko in regards to both story and artwork
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>>492981i am retarded i forgot to embed the pic
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watche doremi ann hug ur mama
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Would've never known this was an upcoming Love Live anime if it wasnt for being alreafy told. I know art style changes aren't unheard of, but doing it this late in the game after already having like 10 different series feels like a weird choice. At least it doesnt look as cheap as the Nijigasaki anime
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>>492119yyh really surprised me with how likable everyone was. was a fun read.
>>492124maybe:
dennou coil
baccano
shinreigari
mokke
durarara
parasite
>>492462its better and you dont need to have seen the original
are any of you watching stuff from the season right now? my list shrunk a lot after watching some 2nd and 3rd episodes so its mostly gundam, yaiba, BNHA right now and still unsure about kowloon, mono, witch watch, to be hero and wind breaker. might watch fire force for arthur though kek.
No. 494997
>>494989Witch Watch is cute, but it's very "anime romcom" if you're not into that sort of thing.
Apocalypse Hotel is worth watching imo, it has a neat dance number opening too.
I've also heard good things about To Be Hero, but I haven't watched it yet.
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>>495020i mean i dont hate sol, i like barakamon for example, but that one has an overarching plot that develops too over time even if most of the episodes have sol-like pacing and scenes. just these episodical ones where nothing ever changes are a bit annoying to me.
also WW was kinda random in quality to me. some scenes were really good/funny, some stuff was just weird and felt out of place for me. might watch another episode.
and the hero stuff surprised me a bit. i really hate 3d in anime so i was biased, but the story has some interesting turns that were keeping me interested. the style also changes kinda randomly wich is weird. need to watch another ep too i guess.
i also forgot moonrise, saw the first ep of that the other day and i liked it. might be okay too.
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>>495132You can’t say fansub and forget this classic
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>>495166The most famous one imo
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>>495132I always love when I'm watching an old anime on a pirating site, and they use the fansub. My favorites are the ones where the TL just adds their own opinions and commentary or text emoticons. If TLs still did this today I'd find it annoying and try hard, but seeing it in a sub from the 2000s is charming.
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>>496290Your friends will not respect you if you don't show off that autism.
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It truly was, the peak
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Sequel when?
No. 497883
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I know it's coomer bait moidslop but sometimes those waifus just hit just right
No. 497908
>>497121Yeah…
>>497580The ending is so incredibly iconic and referenced so much in other anime/manga that it's almost unavoidable that you'd get spoiled about it eventually if you like anime beyond a surface level. A shame about getting more stuff beyond that spoiled too though
No. 498416
>>495023AH isn't going to spoonfeed you an overarching plot from what I can tell so far midseason but there are very consistent themes and growth from the main character over time. Also every episode has its own self contained plot that I personally feel has more tightness and momentum than the usual SoL. I roll up to every week not knowing what the show is going to serve me but at this point I trust that I'll have a good time.
I'd recommend at least trying it.
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>>498416alright, ill check it out, it sounds good the way you describe it.
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Promare is the only anime film I'd pay to experience again in cinema.
No. 498836
>>498815Kanon is part of the “seasons trilogy” (Kanon, Air, Clannad) that made Key famous but rewatching it as an adult, I don’t think it aged very well.
The atmosphere and music is A+ but watching Yuichi interact with the girls made me cringe. It feels like an adult man interacting with a bunch of sped children. Makoto is the worst offender, she was so immature.
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Does anyone here like Bocchi the Rock? I'm trying to get into it but I can't. The female friendship dynamics are too unrealistic. I say this because I was also an anxious and shy retard in high school and no one is truly this kind with a socially inept girl that fucks up constantly like this. It also suffers from the "everyone is a color coded nice girlie!!" syndrome that a lot of anime has.
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I have been avoiding watching Haifuri because i was expecting a dissapointment of kancolle proportions, but holy fucking shit i was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. I am on episode 2 and my jaw dropped at the plot twist, this is not your granny's cgdct.
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>>501891That's exactly why i didnt want to pick it up at first. It has that love live soulless look.
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does an anime with realistic sibling relationships exist? i want something funny and low effort to watch after work and the stories i've read of siblings beating up on one another just to do it are kekky
No. 502280
>>502278Looks like a generic cgdct but
on the first episode the protagonist's ship is attacked by the school director out of nowhere and they are forced to attack back, sinking the ship and leaving the director in a coma, after that they are labelled as mutineers and have to find out what the fuck happened before they get captured or sunk I was expected something light-hearted like GUP, a fantasy sport with ships, caught me off guard.
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>>502282I love Moyashimon.
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>>502125I'm an only-child and it's a short-anime but I liked Please Take My Brother Away a lot
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I've always been a super casual anime watcher. Sometimes I read manga. It took me until recently to fully realize a lot of the animes don't follow the whole manga, for some reason I subconsciously had it in my mind an anime can only be made once the manga is done because otherwise they don't have the full story and that didn't make sense to me! So it just now clicked that I can go back to old favorite animes and read more of the stories I used to love because half the story is left in the manga.
Are there any animes you've watched that you feel aren't complete until you've read the manga after?
No. 503338
>>502125I've said this in the past threads but the Ushiromiya siblings from Umineko are pretty realistic in terms of the
toxic siblings variety. Them squabbling for the money and the constant backstabbing was eerily reminiscent of my own aunts and uncles, kek.
Fullmetal Alchemist has a pretty grounded depiction of the Elric brothers. So much so that I get confused why they get shipped, no offense to the fujoshis who do but there is nothing even incest baity about it? But they're probably just only children so idk
No. 503340
>>503334my first thought was moriarty the patriot. iirc the anime is finished with two (?) seasons because they cut out everything that happens in the middle and then tacked on an ending. so the ending feels very rushed and doesn't fit the pacing of the rest of the show.
also a lot of shojo series that got adapted into anime never got a second season because the series was still ongoing, like ohshc. fruits basket had major plot points rewritten because the manga was still ongoing, but at least they made a remake that covers the whole series now.
No. 503342
>>502134I've always found it ironic that the "no males should exist" rule that's meant to placate moids' feelings about getting "cucked" by a 2D XY—unironically paves the way to have more fleshed out female characters whose goals aren't motivated around being some cheerleader/love interest for another male character (which, let's admit, are self-inserts for the male audience anyway).
But it's also kind of fucked for fleshed out female characters to exist, half of the population have to be yeeted out of the picture. It's like these writers can't imagine a female character whose characterization revolve around dick (like the Sword Art Online author who admitted that he can't write female characters unless they're love interests).
No. 503512
>>503507Escaflowne and Gankutsuou.
Also +1 for Baccano except I actually bought the DVDs for that series back in the day, but it's so short you can easily watch it in one or two sittings
No. 503524
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>>503507I binged all of 1999 Hunter x Hunter (including OVAs) in one day. I had already seen several episodes before binging it, so it took me 20 something hours to finish the rest.
I was so obsessed with this show. While the 2011 anime was airing, I would tune in to japanese live streams so I could watch it asap.
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In spite of it all, I ended up enjoying Strike Witches way more than I intended. I wanted to challenge myself by watching an anime I thought I'd absolutely despise and even though it's still scroteshit at heart, I couldn't help but grow attached to the girls and was genuinely invested in the plot kek. Action scenes were also very fun, ironically enough my least favorite parts were the fanservice because I'm a straight woman. Also Minna is my wife and I definitely do not have a figure of her on my desk
No. 503725
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>>503556Seeing strike witches posted in lolcow is such a surreal feeling considering the anime is unabashedly meant for male audience. Its my guilty pleasure anime and i also own figures of some of the girls. Second season has one of my all time favorite anime episode in it with eila and sanya (sweet duet is also such a wonderful song)
No. 503733
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Part of me is glad we got something new with the release of the movie, even if it's just some still images, but I'm so tired of them milking Hidden Inventory
No. 503738
>>503734Ngl I'm a bit envious they get free shit for the movie release, but Japan in general loves their cute junk. But yea, at this point there's more promo material of HI than any other part of the whole series.
When I started watching the series I thought Gojo and Geto were the main characters, not side characters
No. 503766
>>503759It's too late to add filler episodes imo, it could have worked if they added more episodes before the Shibuya arc to show Yuji, Megumi and Nobara working on smaller missions and showing their daily lives. It would ruin the pacing for the next seasons unless
they decide to animate the month between Gojo getting out of jail and his fight against Sukuna so we don't have tiny flashbacks every five minutes once he dies. They would maybe work on an OAV later that's removed from the main story bit it would just be fanservice.
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>>503575>That episode where Minna defeats an enemy by clenching her ass and crushing it with her buttocks was hilariousHow don't I remember this? That's my goat kek
>What Minna figure do you have? i am saving to get hartmann's nendo.Picrel! I'm also glad this figure is tactical about showing ass without compromising the integrity of her design, since I don't really collect (female) NSFW figures and don't want her ass flashed in my parents face. Also good taste, Hartmann is a cute and I got her from a trading fig blind box a few days ago ironically enough.
>A shame the new seasons lost the soul of the original, that one spin off about idols was straight up shit and a waste of time, it's unappealing to both military autists and idol autistsReally? I heard the newer seasons were actually better, more action and character drama focused with less fanservice. Are you talking about Luminous Witches? I haven't heard good things about it either.
>>503696Surprisingly, there's a practical explanation for it. Basically the striker units (the magical leg turbines they wear) they wear are much harder to use while wearing pants or the likes, as such they are much more dexterous without them. It's very stupid and at the end of the day, just scrotery.
>>503725I have only seen the first season and some OVAs thus far, but you're making me want to pick up the anime again (i was already intending to though, just faster). It's also my guilty pleasure, it reminds me of Hetalia in the sense that's it's so unabashed with its autism that you can't help but appreciate the amount of soul that went into it.
>Second season has one of my all time favorite anime episode in it with eila and sanya (sweet duet is also such a wonderful song)They are so cute together！I heard there's even more Eila/Sanya moments in the later seasons as well, even if I'm a Minna/Mio truther at heart.
No. 503891
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>>503668for the anons that aren't neckbeards
>>503725It's not that weird for coomer shit to get mentioned here because there are so many edgelord pickmes and ex-/cgl/ and /a/ users browsing lc. Just don't summon that one annoying yuri poster
No. 504024
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>>503891>neckbeardsBack in my day, any anime fan could read kana with no problems. People these days just don't want to try
and also watch dubs.
No. 504207
>>503342It’s as if there’s an unspoken sex/gender hierarchy that you can pretend doesn’t exist in these fantasy single-sex casts. I suspect this is why so many nonas in this thread admit to finding enjoyment in watching autistic moe slop like Strike Witches.
Interesting that the opposite style of writing, the “no girls allowed” kind where all women are inconsequential or nonexistent, also has a similar effect. The misogynistic writing unintentionally enables escapism by creating a single sex fantasy land where you can pretend misogyny does not exist since women are out of the picture. You see this a lot with moid-targeted media like JJBA (shounenslop and sports manga are textbook examples). Yes, there is the fujobait angle but that’s more obvious when it’s a female writer invoking this trope (eg Katekyo Hitman Reborn or Free).
>>503344Did we even watch the same show? Sayaka witching out over Kyosuke was clearly meant to illustrate that she was a dumb idealistic teenage girl who got taken advantage of by the magical girl system. Her desperate simping over a guy led to her downfall.
No. 504278
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>>504207As a fujo and one of the Strike Witches fags on this thread, this makes a lot of sense. A lot of the anime I enjoy tend to be homoerotic in nature (or at least to my fujo sixth sense they are) or are women/girls doing fun or cool things. Both of these animanga tend to have a near exclusively same sex cast, and if they aren't then the opposite sex characters aren't very relevant. It's also probably why ensemble shounen slop and harem anime always rubbed me the wrong way despite being fine with other scrotey and moidy content. Maybe it's a case by case basis?
No. 504480
>>504278Ayrt here - I’m also a fujo who occasionally enjoys moe shows and I feel similarly.
>It's also probably why ensemble shounen slop and harem anime always rubbed me the wrong way despite being fine with other scrotey and moidy content. Maybe it's a case by case basis?Probably, everyone has their own individual tolerance level for moid shit too. It’s why I thought Demon Slayer was just alright even if was popular among normie women. For haremslop, depends on how charismatic the female characters are. It’s not a harem, but I surprisingly enjoyed Akame ga Kill since the moid characters were mostly useless while the female characters were driving the plot. It helps that Akame was the de facto protagonist.
No. 504669
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WTF IS THIS!?
No. 504670
>>504285What a throwback. I remember thinking this OP was the best thing ever back when it came out.
>>504669God this series looks so much worse as an anime.
No. 504717
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>>504702>military moeHisone to Masotan did it better.
No. 504802
>>504702>>504735Reasonable, it’s why I’d never recommend it to anyone here or my friends for that matter. I enjoyed everything besides the fanservice
>>504717I’ve been meaning to watch this, looks very cute. Is it good?
>>504736I should clarify that I did it in an attempt to confront personal discomfort since there was a short time period where any scrotery or sexualization of female characters in the slightest would make me drop the anime, this includes series written for and by women, and LC-approved anime. I did it as an exposure therapy thing I guess because I feared losing my interest in anime altogether.
No. 504877
>>504853>>504856iirc a lot of dub voice actors actually do have a background in theater, but imo the reason anime dub acting is so uniquely bad is that they to imitate Japanese voice acting methods, which ends up sounding grating to English speakers. Overacting works in the Japanese context but sounds unnatural and forced in English, and hence you end up with “EVERYONE IS SHOUTING AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY!” sort of scenes. The high-pitched breathy anime girl voices are a unique affliction in the world of anime voice acting. Hearing that kind of voice acting is enough to get me to tune out since the voices are so grating and fake. I know the Nelvana Cardcaptor Sakura dub was widely panned, but at least I give them credit for casting a young girl for Sakura.
The universally agreed upon “good dubs” tend not to suffer from the problems above because 1) the shows have voice acting direction that matches the tone of the show (Cowboy Bebop, FMA Brotherhood, FLCL) or 2) the voice actors shine on their own merits (Yu Yu Hakusho, Yugioh). 4Kids voice actors were legitimately talented, it’s too bad they had crap direction.
No. 505102
>>504874Youre not wrong, but I do remember back in the 2000s when "weeaboo" was the highest insult, watching only subs was somewhat frowned upon because you would be seen as wapanese.
Thankfully this mindset is long dead because I cant stand English dubs, and the nonsense script changes they make.
No. 505120
>>503891>for the anons that aren't neckbeardsNTA but you know you can just highlight the filename in
>>503668 and google it, right?
>>505102Also NTA but AFAIK weeaboos were the ones who didn't actually know Japanese and watched shitty fansubs full of untranslated Japanese terms, which they would then add to their vocabulary in real life. Non-anime fans might've started to call all Japanese media fans weeaboos later, but it was originally an insult used by "serious" anime fans for cringey teenagers.
No. 505178
>>504855This. Some anons here get annoying when women discuss shows they don't like even when they've admited their flaws. You could literally say you think the fanservice is dumb and admit that it's scroteshit and you have shit taste and be on your knees apologizing for your shit taste and people will still be on your ass because they can't fathom someone enjoying something they admit is flawed. If someone is talking about it here it's because they want to engage with other women who have a similar mindset and can reasonably discuss things, not 4chan moids who as you said half the time are just spamming porn and not even discussing anything. It's even funnier when someone calls these types of posters pick mes who only like these shows for male attention when if they really were one they would've just gone to 4chan or find random moids online to talk to about it (extremely easy) instead of seeking other women.
>>504879I remember some dubs also including words like senpai which was also cringe to hear in english.
No. 505276
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Have you ever watched propaganda anime? i really like The Cockpit, an OVA where in the first episode a luftwaffe ace pilot redeems himself by shooting down a nazi plane carrying a nuke bomb on its way to nuking Washington. The episode ends with the emo nazi pilot saying that being a coward is better than ''selling your soul to the devil'' and that the people who drop a bomb would be remembered as the ''coldest people on earth''. The second OVA is about a Ohka pilot(which is a Kamikaze attack-aircraft) crashing on an american carrier. Before the carrier sinks the captain gets informed that they dropped the bomb in Hiroshima, and it ends with the American captain realizing that they are worse than the Japanese. It's majestic, pure kino.
No. 505298
>>505276Yeah, I really liked it. It's not a propaganda anime btw.
>>505290lol mad.
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Also speaking of aviation anime, i HATE what they did to Shin in the anime version of Area88. Holy fuck he was such a cute, pretty husbando and was turned into a Captain Harlock clone. I dont even hate captain harlock and its clones(like the nazi pilot in The cockpit), but i just hate that they did it to make him safer and more relatable to scrotes. I am glad i have the manga and 80s movies to appreciate my beautiful husbando in his 70s bishie glory. I will never get over it, it pisses me off. It doesnt help the 2004 version has
shitty cgi animation. My husbando would never ride a cgi plane, yuck.
>>505279If you don't like war anime then yeah, otherwise it's pretty funny in context. I only watched it because there are only like 6 anime(not including fantasy slop like last exile) featuring hand drawn aircraft animation.
>>505290Ofcourse they dont, its propaganda.
> its also clever how they potray the japanese in this all kawaii and bloby and the "enemy" all rugged and realistic kawaii propaganda at it againI actually thought they looked like racist looney tunes cartoons and it made me laugh. Every other country is depicted as sexy bishies and bishoujos and the japanese look like beans. I love that all the americans are blond with blue eyes.
>i like military otakuism but i fucking hate woobifying these rapistsjapan is too biased to make anime that doesnt woobify the IJN. At least they gave us cute husbandos instead of moe blobs for once
>>505298>It's not a propaganda anime btw. Anon please. Its very obviously biased towards the IJN. The first episode is basically just saying ''even the nazis wouldnt be so cruel as to drop a bomb!!!''. I really like it and its one of my favourite anime, but be for real.
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>>505308I know right? i would rather have a 20min OVA with amazing 2D animation than 25 episodes of shitty sloppy animation and CGI shit. Its why even though i dislike Miyazaki i appreciate his effort into making amazing hand drawn machinery animation. I know japanese animators are fucking slaves and i am dl it for free so it's entitled to complain, but damn i would be more enticed to pay for anime if it didnt rely on 3D so much nowadays.
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>>505307> there are only like 6 anime(not including fantasy slop like last exile) featuring hand drawn aircraft animationI don't believe you.
>>505307Being biased =/= propaganda. You can't have propaganda that features a long dead/nonexistent entity (Imperial Army/Navy) in the first place. Calling every war/historical story 'propaganda' is plain dumb. Honestly, something like The Cockpit ruffled your feathers while Kaze Tachinu exists? I find it bizarre.
>even the nazis wouldnt be so cruel as to drop a bombAnd where is the lie?
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>>505308The problem with 3D is that more often than not it stands out (in a bad way), because it's not properly integrated from the planning stage onwards. It's just a means to lower the overall costs and it shows. Funny how you often find better CG in older works than in something coming out in the last 5 years.
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>>505317I think GUP has the best 3D machinery integration. Probably because they dont try to make hyperrealistic tanks but rather more cartoony ones with cell shaded shaders, which blends better into the environment. Fully 3D anime like Kouya no Kotobuki is completly unforgivable.
No. 505322
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>>505313You are taking this way too seriously. Neither the cockpit nor the wind raises offends me. I like both. The idea of japan coping so much about the bomb they had to make a whole anime about how even the nazis were less cold hearted than americans is just really funny, especially if you see the emo luftwaffe pilot from the ova. It's not that seriously. The cockpit is constantly discussed in weeb history forums because of some innacuracies and the obvious bias towards the japanese. You are taking a retarded animu with emo pilots too seriously when everyone else is just having a calm discussion.
No. 505323
>>505318>You are taking a retarded animu with emo pilots too seriously when everyone else is just having a calm discussion.Did you mean to reply to
>>505290 ?
No. 505332
>>505298ntayrt but ‘lol mad’ is a
neat response to the subject of child rape. Are you really that hungry for Japanese microchode? If so you can give up right now, if you’re older than 12 Jap moids will be flaccid.
(infighting) No. 505337
>>505333>>505334Nta but it's an old anime that's people like for the aesthetics, the one wanting to discuss child rape is just you.
This is like wanting to talk about crazy retro Disney cartoons but someone feels like they need to crusade about ww2 propaganda. Yeah, it's terrible but do you really need to fight for war crime awareness on lolcow?
No. 505359
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I rewatched Code Geass R2 after some ~14 years and I have to say I misjudged it back then. It's definitely not a 'trainwreck', even though it derails a bit in the middle. Overall, I appreciate it much more nowadays, although my impressions of some elements are vastly different (even the opposite) from my first watch.
I remember HATING the 'back to school' scenario, but I find it mostly okay now, though it definitely takes too much screentime in a show that is two-cour. Consequently, there is a lack of balance - the story spends too much time on Lelouch leading a double life while the second half of the show suffers from having to cram in too many things in the limited episode count. (Sayoko successfully cosplaying as Lelouch FOR DAYS and nobody suspecting a thing is also too absurd kek.) I don't find Gino and Anya (or the majority of other new characters) a waste of space anymore - on the contrary, I appreciate that an attempt was made to include Britannian soldiers that are NOT genocidal maniacs (because watching Suzaku being surrounded solely with psychos with megalomania was getting old fast). I still find Kaguya and Tamaki as grating as before - two shitty characters that have too many lines to remind you they exist, but neither matters or does anything important in the end.
The show does crumble when the China arc starts and the retardation only piles up until the firing of FLEIJA. Really, the whole China loli empress subplot is the most detrimental element overall for taking so much time that could have been spent on something else and giving nothing in return. I don't know, maybe they were contractually-obliged to shill their Chinese characters and a new robot, but that could have been achieved in one episode at most. Lelouch not teaming up with Xing Ke from the moment they meet in battle (when both of them had the same objective) is such a retard move on his part (and cost them losing Kallen), not to mention having the perfect opportunity to Geass the entire eunuch court + Britannian officials and not taking it. Is mental slowness and a massive fall in IQ a side effect of Geass overuse? Doesn't look like, at least not in a show that gives characters funny red anime eyes to indicate they have been Geassed. Then the MC goes back to school and takes part in some bullshit dating games while Kallen is captured (and possibly tortured), NOT GIVING A SINGLE FUCK ABOUT THE MILITARY, KALLEN, HIS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES - spare me. This is beyond dumb and well out of place at that point. Then comes the cherry on the top - Lelouch inviting war onto the Japanese shores WHEN ANYWHERE ELSE WOULD DO. It's like he wanted Nunnally and his school friends to be killed? He could have started engaging Britannia all over the world, but chose Japan specifically as his first target, because??? He wanted to raze Japan to the ground for some reason? Apparently, the basic strategy of bleeding out your enemy in some remote, sparsely-populated place and swiftly annexing the unprotected territories is not a logical choice of action when you want to keep the damage to minimum? Why the fuck even choose military action at this stage other than as a smokescreen? When you can infiltrate and Geass everybody in power - with the war serving only as a cover-up for the ensuing chaos/casualties among the higher-ups? It still gets worse… THE RETARD ORDERS KALLEN TO KILL SUZAKU WHILE KNOWING FULL WELL THAT 1) SUZAKU CARRIES A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION ON HIM 2) SUZAKU HAS BEEN GEASSED TO LIVE 3) HIS SISTER IS SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY. Imagine having the nerve to character-assassinate your MC in this manner. I could never.
Thankfully, the cringe ends more or less after that point and more fun things ensue.
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>>505359The actual best part of the show - Suzaku and Lelouch teaming up and the aftermath - is allocated too little time, because so many episodes were sacrificed to bullshit and it hurts. It's clear that the writers wanted to include much more, but were forced to make haphazard cuts to fit the two-cour format. I would have done without another school festival episode to actually see the two protags subjugate the world (and Britiannian nobles/other powerful people shitting their pants at Emperor Lelouch's revolution - that would have been so satisfying). It would have been nice to switch the perspective to Suzaku for a bit, especially once he attains the DON'T MAKE AN ENEMY OUT OF ME mode (him roasting Nina over FLEIJA was pure brilliance), but I guess developing the China loli and her subplot was a bigger priority for the production team. Why was I denied seeing Lelouch cackling at the world order crumbling down? Why was his revolution not televised? Why was his (alleged) reign of terror so sterile and devoid of actual terror? He made some people into his puppets and that's it? He put down the nobles who rebelled - is that his biggest sin? He stole some weapon of mass destruction and waved it above everybody's heads (just like every nuclear power in the present time does?)? I don't even know whether this restraint in showing his (alleged) atrocities can be traced back to censorship (can't have the MC do REALLY BAD THINGS) or the limited run-time. Why should the world hate him again? As compared to the shit Britannia pulled under Charles, he seems small-time. Dividing up your country and making the elite mad (and ordering them to clean floors) are prank-tier - not something the entire world (outside of Britannia) should work themselves up about. Which bring me to the Zero Requiem and what a failed concept it is because of the above…
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>>505359No one could never make a show this chaotic, cringe but hilariously fun again
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>>505370I don't know what you can achieve with the Zero Requiem if you aren't even going all out on the 'evil emperor' front? WHY should some poorfag from a nation subjugated by Britannia hate Lelouch and view him as Satan incarnate? On the contrary, the powerless and marginalised would sooner cheer him on while he mops the floor with the elite and kills any entitled shithead who is retarded enough from inbreeding to opposes him. You kidnapped a bunch of representatives from a couple of nations? - Cheers, mate! Keep it up! The world needs fewer loli empresses. If you are a nobody, the Evil Emperor gains nothing from using his (alleged) hypnotic powers on you. You bet their equivalent of AO3 would be filled to the brim with
Emperor Lelouch x Reader pornfics of His Majesty using his powers to make (You) into his sex slave. So what is the Zero Requiem for again? To rile up the masses once their idol gets removed? Just a sideshow for entertainment? I don't see anybody being particularly glad that Lelouch is no more other than the elite (who he messed with) - and once they get back on their feet, why should they concern themselves with the needs and wants of those below them?
Years ago, I thought the Zero Requiem conclusion was poignant and fitting - now I view it as meaningless, plain retardation. I don't see CC going along with the Zero Requiem ever (she chose to live for Lelouch after all) - and Lelouch breaking their contract (and fucking up Suzaku's life even further by making him kill his friend) for such a pointless, '??? profit where' plan. It screams OOC to me. Suzaku never even wanted to kill Lelouch (he didn't kill him after the events of S1, just brought him back, even though he was going mad from grief at Euphie's loss and their relationship was much worse then). You can't just ignore the characters, the world-building and logic to have your dramatic, 'bittersweet' ending. It's not consistent, just drama for the sake of drama.
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>>505380Original edgefests are dead. 'Over the top' is out of fashion. No fun allowed (in original anime)
all hail Urobuchi for Thunderbolt Fantasy though. No. 505402
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>>505396Its more that things are too short to really fill things out before becoming over the top.
Nobody notices if a 13 episode seasonal does some weird shit, you need to lead up to it, have some filler to really round it out.
No. 506968
>>506907Black Butler definitely comes to mind kek.
I was that 14 year old girl. The wait for and the disappointment in the second anime season was intense. Most shoujo and shounen is definitely a 'you had to be under 13 when it came out' but that's kinda built in to the genre imo. I never had any desire to watch BNHA or JJK but I was really into Naruto because it was on Toonami when I was younger. I find that I still enjoy stuff like Inuyasha and Ouran, though, for some reason, and I wonder if it's because I'm just chasing that shipping/romance high from 20 years ago kek.
No. 507197
>>507190Samefag, but I started reading Oshimi Shuuzu as an older teen and even back then I hated his shit, but Chi no Wadachi was cool because I felt bad for the mom, she was the real
victim. Tbh I could watch any anime from my childhood no problem, partially because I already know what's gonna happen, and because I just trust the quality to be decent. Can't say the same about anything modern though. But I remembered I could never get into Sailor Moon, which is a shame because I love the magical girl genre, but the older stuff and especially Japanese stuff are impossible to get into. The westerners did this genre better, I'm afraid.
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i'm curious, were any other nonnas obsessed with inazuma eleven back in the day? looking back it's insane how this series ruled my life. i was 18 when i got into it in 2010 and it had a chokehold on me until like 2014/15. they later released another show, ares no tenbin, in 2018 and i watched it but it just wasn't the same. i was super active in the tumblr fandom and made tons of friends through it but eventually we all moved on and stopped talking and a lot of people simply disappeared because they got older.
No. 507616
>>507584I was a preteen at the time but it was definitely the first series I got into in a big way. I'd stay up late watching it on an iPod touch under the covers.
Hiroto was my favorite character. I still remember all of the old fandom jokes, like Fudou x bench shipping, the overuse of the truck accidents as plot elements, and Endou's stalkers.
The peak of the series for me was probably the world cup arc. Never really got into it post timeskip.
Who was your favorite,
nonnie?
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>>507607wow, i find it fascinating that you were into it without getting in touch with the fandom. i think a huge chunk of the western fandom got into it mainly because of all the fujo fodder from japan. i know i got into it because i saw fanart of hiroto during the aliea gakuen arc and thought he was cute. fortunately i really enjoyed the show, otherwise getting through those 125? episodes of the entire first series would have been painful, kek.
>>507616i was also a hiroto fan when i first got into the show! but while watching i quickly picked up more favorites and i loved fudou and kdfd, kek. during the world cup arc i got really into the american team, too. the fandom was insane during the iego era though, because everyone was dying to see their fave grown up. i remember how insane everyone acted when grown up fudou showed up. i also fondly remember the speculation of who would be endou's wife during iego and how confused everyone was because it was natsumi who always seemed wayyyy out of his league. we all thought they did aki dirty, kek. looking back, it's weird that a children's anime had 3 out of 4 female managers have a crush on the main character.
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>>507648I’ve never read or watched it but I’ve seen takes about how the other female characters are relegated to being useless/sex objects in an attempt to portray the mc in a better light. But these were said by 4chan moids so I’d take them with a grain of salt.
No. 507736
>>507648I have never felt like they wanted us to feel empathy for the pedo emperor. Explaining why he was a pedo doesn't mean they're expecting you to feel bad for him.
I don't think Shenmei is one dimensional. I've only watched the anime but imo she has enough reasons to be upset and bitter. She would be one dimensional if they just made her evil with no explanation or reasons to be upset at her life.
>>507713None of that makes sense. The only women who are portrayed in a bad light and thus criticized by Maomao are the bullies and the maids in your pic who failed to do their job, and none of that is to make Maomao look better. I'm not surprised that a moid interpreted it like that tho, they're so fucking stupid.
No. 507757
>>507626>wow, i find it fascinating that you were into it without getting in touch with the fandom.That's because I watched it on TV. If I had discovered it on the internet it would've meant that I'd already had contact with the fandom to get interested in it in the first place. But years later I discovered some beautiful Japanese fanart of it. It's one of those franchises that get popular because of the sheer diversity of characters and colorful designs, in my opinion. Like Hetalia.
I remember really liking the anime, not just because of the designs, but it was genuinely fun and exciting. Maybe I should get into sports anime. The games seem fun too, but I've never had the chance to play them.
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>>507584I was super into it!! I ended up being more obsessed with inago and its characters because i could watch it since it started and would wake up super early to watch the episodes as they were airing, i stopped watching some point around chrono stone tho
I also woke up early to watch the original series dub when it started airing in my country, too bad the dub wasnt finished
No. 507834
>>507626Haha yeah, because I'd fallen off at that point I remember just occassionally checking tumblr blogs weekly to see if my favorites had been revealed aged up yet. In retrospect I think I might have been more into the idea of my favorites aged up and stayed engaged if I were older, but since I was closer to a kid back then I was just interested in seeing younger characters do stuff, and the new youth didn't interest me. Fudou's reveal was pretty funny, I remember all of the hobo jokes leading up to it.
Ahh, the foreign teams… Inazuma Eleven had a lot of crazy names but Nice Dolphin will always be a legend for me.
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Does anybody else have a "classic" anime or manga that they just cant get into? Ive tried to watch zetsubou-sensei so many times but I just cant enjoy it. The humor is just totally retarded to me and all the characters are boring and unlikable. It just sucks because I really enjoy the artstyle and so many people like it, I wish I could enjoy it too.
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>>508214I can't get into Rose of Versailles, no matter how many times I try. I love the art style but something about it just makes me want to stop watching. Same thing with Utena (but I've seen more of RoV than that troon magnet)
No. 508274
>>508220I was like this with Utena, then i decided to watch it until the end and it was absolutely worth it
>>508214>Gurren Lagann>LOGH>anything by Rumiko Takahashi>>508221Seconded, it's really special as a manga
No. 508302
Are the cardcaptor Sakura fillers worth watching?
>>508236>>508274Gurren lagann is scroteslop that moids like to think have a deeper meaning than it actually does because they can’t admit they wouldn’t enjoy the series if Yoko didn’t flash her titties or ass every 10 seconds, it’s why people who aren’t traditionally into mecha enjoy the series so much. I’ve never seen an adult woman who enjoys the series unless she has arrested development, as expected.
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>>508302I loved CCS so I'm inclined to say yes, they're worth watching
No. 508352
>>508214>Sword ArtFor obvious reasons.
>Mushi-ShiI always enjoy like the first 5 episodes, but then never feel excited to turn on the next ones, so I don’t. I love the art, the atmosphere, the concept, but it’s kind of slow.
>MononokeSame as Mushi-shi, but the medicine seller is peak character design.
More that I can’t think of at the moment.
No. 508442
>>508214Gundam
Gunbuster/Diebuster
Anything by Kyoani really
No. 508458
>>508214I'm not sure if Fate/stay night is considered a "classic" (other than the infamous meme about people dying if when they get killed), but considering it spawned a whole MCUesque franchise I guess it counts.
The original Fate anime was soo boring, it underutilized the "killing game BUT WITH MAGIC!" premise so much. The concept of "heroes" across different time periods and cultures is
such an interesting concept but it isn't even explored thoroughly.
Saber was soo boring too—it's amazing how removing Shirou made her a better character in Fate/Zero. Honestly without Gilgamesh existing Fate's audience would've probably only appealed to chuunis and waifufags.
No. 508460
>>508456>>508455I got memed into watching it because people were saying "abloblooo this anime is shoo sad guise" during its heyday. Needless to say, I was disappointed that I
didn't cry.
No. 508465
>>508448I couldn't even slog through four episodes of Violet Evergarden, it was
so boring and the drama seemed stupid/melodramatic. Beautiful art but the substance just wasn't there, plus all of the characters look like they come from drastically different shows.
>>508352>Sword artWhen I was a kid, I used to cope by saying "oh season
one of SAO was good, it's just season two that sucks!" But now that I'm older I can plainly see that the entire show is just bad kek
>>508460>Needless to say, I was disappointed that I didn't cryI can't remember for the life of me which anime it was, but I tried another 2deep4u sad show which everyone raved about at the time, and I distinctly remember LAUGHING at one character's backstory because it was so fucking absurd.
I'm pretty sure an intruder breaks into her house, lines up her entire family in the living room, and threatens to kill them if she doesn't find an expensive vase in her parent's room. While she runs around searching for the vase instead of escaping through a window while she's unsupervised, the intruders start killing her family anyway (???) and they all just sit there waiting to be butchered one by one. The girl finally finds the vase and struggles to bring it downstairs until there's only one relative left to save (I think it was her dad?) But before she can give it to the intruder, she DROPS IT, smashing it into a million pieces. Obviously this pisses the guy off and he dramatically kills the last relative right in front of her. I can't remember if he also kills her, or if she is for some inexplicable reason spared and kills herself later. The show took place in some kind of afterlife and this was how she died. I honestly feel like most "sad" anime is just wangsty misery porn.
No. 508481
>>508214>Sayonara Zetsubou SenseiI like the art style and was interested in the teacher mc but it's scroteshit. I remembered seeing a bit of the first episode where there were several bath scenes shots of naked girls with an bald irl moid as censorship and thought it was weird so I dropped it.
>The Melancholy of Haruhi SuzumiyaDidn't understand the craze behind it besides the dance but Haruhi was obnoxious and annoying as fuck if not punchable and seeing her groping and molesting Mikuru was disgusting. I hate them both. Mikuru is just as bad for being a retard crybaby and a fanservice character.
>Durarara!!Tried watching it for Shizuo and Izaya but find it to be boring and couldn't follow the plot and its many characters. Also it's scroteshit with the fujo character fondling the glasses girl and seeing Izaya's incestuous sisters kissing each other. It's like it I got fujobaited from all that Shizaya fanart and shipping and thought it's gonna be some decent anime about these two rivalry dudes but ended up getting flashbanged with scroteshit yuri along with it's confusing plot. I never read or seen the entire series but I feel like the creator probably saw all that Shizaya stuff being popular at that time then later shoehorned that nasty scroteshit yuri in because I remembered liking the fujo character and seeing her as a predatory dyke felt OOC.
>Azumanga DaiohWas recommended after Lucky Star but find it to be boring and the humor didn't hit me. Thought the characters look bland and there was a weird zombie-like guy who I always thought of him as a creepy pedo.
>Spice and WolfThought it looked pretty because of the European countryside setting and the fox girl mc but lost interest since it feels like a waifu slop anime seeing Holo naked and an old man mc.
>ChobitsThought it looked cute because of Chii but dropped it since it's ecchi.
>Toradora!>Clannad>Angel Beats!>AnoHanaThought they were boring. Didn't even get to the "emotional" parts.
No. 508504
>>508481>I remembered liking the fujo character and seeing her as a predatory dyke felt OOC.Tbh I'm bi and I felt so disgusted seeing that shit. I went to /u/ at one point and found out from the himedanshis raving about it that the anime director forced that shit in. It literally
was OOC. Why do moids make themselves so hateable.
Reading your list we literally agree on almost everything kek, right down to being rec'd AzuDao after Lucky Star and finding it boring. The one thing that's different is that I liked Haruhi because of how she dragged around Kyon and he had to go along with it for literal time bending plot reasons. I liked how they were "bound" to each other by fate because it seemed romantic, but I agree with everything else, like the groping made me so uncomfortable. Moids make themselves so hateable etc. If Haruhi took out its fanservice and focused on the supernatural aspects and the relationship between Haruhi and Kyon it could have actually been one of the best anime imo. It had potential but it's so dated now.
No. 508536
>>508481I've only read the novels and a lot of what you're describing is surprising to me. I'm the author's fan in general and I don't really think he's ever been big on yuri (and I say this as a lesbian who'd actually enjoy that content in written form from a writer I generally enjoy). His stuff is always straight or, intentionally or not, fujobaity.
What the other
nonnie is saying about it being shoehorned in by the director sounds believable to me.
Unrelated to your complaints, I still don't see the appeal of Shizaya beyond superficial "they hate each other" shipping. Shinra is obviously incredibly straight so I get why fujos don't land on Shinra/Izaya as a ship but Izaya's had far more life-altering history with him that's shaped who he is today. Their backstory in the novels is insane and iirc he's one of the only people who's ever held sway over Izaya. But maybe that's just me being into depressing onesided ships (don't you kind of want to see a guy like Izaya suffer…)
No. 508542
>>508214NGE
It's overrated by loser moids
No. 508548
>>508448While I absolutely thought of it as an instant classic, but it needs more time before it could be considered one - it hasn't even been 10 years since it's release.
I know it seems to be a really unpopular opinion on lc, but I found Violet Evergarden to be the only "sad" anime I ever enjoyed and not considering it misery porn that hits you over the head with how sad it is since the show's theme is about moving on from tragedy and finding your own happiness in a post-war world (I think what makes the emotional beats work is because it's based on a series of novels written by a woman). The slow pace of the first episodes really pays off later in the show, since they mainly works as a way to fully understand Violet and her character development.
That said, the show definitely have a couple of elements I have a lot of problems with though.
No. 508551
>>508214>Cowboy BebopThe episodic structure felt lame and really boring. Usually the benefit of episodic narratives is that they have more space for things like character interactions/building characters' relationships and worldbuidling, but there's barely any worldbuilding and the show takes way too long for the characters to start showing just a little sliver of caring a bit about each other
I know JelloaApocalipse isn't the best person to quote, but I remember him describing Cowboy Bebop as the characters having little interaction other than the occasional middle finger, and that's more or less how it felt to me and the ending just comes out of nowhere.
Having a character that is literally just "the Unabomber if he was anime" made me kek though.
>Boogiebop PhantomI don't think it's a "I didn't get it thing", but the non chronological order and constantly jumping the episode's main character felt like it just muddled the plot for the sake of being pretentious, and sometimes it felt edgy too.
I remember reading somewhere that the original novels don't even have all the chronological jumps, which makes me wonder if they just did that to be artsy fartsy as a Serial Experiments Lain larp.
>Yokohama Kaidashi KikouThis is only a "classic" with the iyashikeifag subcategory of OVAfags, but I remember there was a period some years ago where people would glaze the hell out of it for being "aesthetic" and especially "relaxing". I watched it and it was just boring.
Had to force myself to push through these (I don't like leaving series unfinished).
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>>508537It was already a classic when it was coming out lol. It spawned a multitude of chat sites that looked like the one in the show. Such good times.
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>>508482THAT'S THE ONE. I just googled it and I got some details wrong but holy kek, it turns out the character
didn't die in the big, horrible tragedy or anything related to it, she died after randomly getting hit by a car. Peak writing lmao No. 508605
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Does Princess Tutu has 38 or 26 episodes? MAL says 38 but every pirate anime streaming websites say 26, I'm confused
No. 508607
>>508605It is 26, but I got intrigued over this odd mix-up and did a quick google search:
"Series Notes:
Princess Tutu is available in dubbed format for free streaming (with commercials) from Hulu.
The TV airing of this show was unusual in that the first half was 30-minute episodes, while the next twelve 30-minute episodes were broken into twenty-four 15-minute episodes to fit a smaller timeslot, followed by the finale which was broadcast again as a 30-minute episode. Thus, MAL and other such sites have this show listed as having 38 episodes (13 full-length, 24 half-length, and one more full-length), while on Hulu and streaming sites it's listed as 26 as the DVDs restored the episodes to the intended format."
No. 508629
>>508625Sorry nonna but this story is so funny KEKKK poor nonita wasnt one of the cool dollars members…
>>508626Same I recently rewatched it and the read the whole manga, I personally really enjoyed it.
No. 508756
>>508459You're not alone, the boys are just too insufferable. I even bought a couple of manga volumes but I still hated them too much. I know it's a me problem, I just hate stupid elitist rich kids like them too much, while other people are able to laugh at them.
>>508214Gundam. I've tried several shows already (new and old), but something about the pacing makes it too boring. It's not that it's too slow but rather, I feel it goes so fast that there's no time to give a fuck about anything that happens or the characters? But I'll keep trying, maybe I'm just not watching it with the right mentality.
No. 508761
>>508214>lucky starugly art style, no likable characters, no memorable/funny/interesting moments, genuinely the most boring thing I have ever seen and I say this as someone who likes other cgdct and slice of life shows that don't have any real plot.
>dragon ballthe ugliest art style and character designs I have ever seen in an anime, filled with random out of place pedo and coomer garbage, I hate all of the male characters and don't like the worldbuilding, autismo powerleveling bs.
>great teacher onizuka main character is a gross pedo - the whole show is just some loser delinquent becoming a teacher so he can lust after high school girls, worst scroteslop anime I've seen.
>neon genesis evangelion and end of evangelionno likeable characters, stupid plot, boring 2deep4u slop filled with random christcuck symbolism - the soundtrack, animation, character/mecha designs and voice acting were good but not enough to really make it worth watching.
I also agree with the other anons mentioning haruhi - I thought it was so boring and also hated the gross fanservice plus didn't like most of the characters. I'm easily impressed and enjoy most of the other "classic" anime, these were the only few that stood out to me as dislikeable.
No. 508820
>>508756I've also tried several gundam shows and the only one I've liked is Orphans. Any show that Tomino actively works in is insufferable because he's a raging autist and it's painfully reflected in the show. The rushed feeling you're describing is because of him. He's desperately trying to convey normal human emotions and interactions but he completely fails at it.
I'm watching GQuux now and it started out nice but it went full retard with some stupid love triangle between the main characters. Still better than anything Tomino has ever touched tho.
No. 508830
>>508820>He's desperately trying to convey normal human emotions and interactions but he completely fails at it. Yes, the characters act super dramatic, but there's too little time to really process what they're going through.
>the only one I've liked is OrphansFunnily enough IBO is one of the Gundam shows I've been wanting to watch. Guess I should just watch the ones I'm interested in, instead of going in release order after all. Thanks, anona!
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>>508214One thing I've realized is that 90% of the anime I "just couldn't get into for some reason" were highly praised by scrotes and scrotes alone, and their main criteria is waifus/fanservice. It explained sooo many of the series I thought I was supposed to like but just didn't, they simply have garbage taste. Anons have mentioned a bunch already.
Otherwise yeah Cowboy Bebop always seemed like one I should have liked, but it bored me. I don't like episodic action, it's not enough time for me to get invested in what's happening on screen. I really only like episodic comedy.
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Anyone else here less bothered by full frontal nudity than the type of fanservice that's permeated anime since at least the 2000's? As in, panty shots, boob groping, etc.
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>>509278Anon, this is from Macross DYRL. The entire movie is just a sakugafest
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>>509368Of course, it's an absolutely stunning movie but without a proper introduction from the original TV anime, you'll probably be a bit lost. With that said I dropped the original anime in 2017 and was still able to follow along fine for the most part. It's one of the crown gems of traditional animation and reminds me why I even like anime to begin with.
No. 509376
>>509184I was actually thinking of posting something about this just a few hours before you made this post, because some anons have warned me about 90s harem anime for moids but they weren't as bad as I expected.
I've noticed that, despite them being harems and having coomer designs, old-school anime for scrotes (at least, the non-hentai stuff) was far more tolerable than the borderline hentai slop we have today. Obviously, unnecessary female nudity for the purpose of giving scrotes jerkoff material was already common back then, but aside from that, it's obvious how much worse ecchi fanservice is now. I don't know, maybe it's the fact that they at least tried to make female bodies look somewhat natural (imo your pic qualifies) and also moeshit and pedoshit hadn't degraded the whole medium as much. Also, what you mentioned, plus female characters designs seemed less blatantly coomer imo.
>>509278I do agree with you, but we can all agree that modern fanservice is worse.
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>>509376Agree with everything you said. Seeing art of 90s harems shocks me because the women dressed in much cuter clothes instead of the hooker wear they’re in today with more realistic proportions to boot. Anime has always been a medium for coomers but as pedoshit became more and more common, the standard started to shift to the point it became the norm altogether. I wonder if it’s why I’m able to tolerate and even enjoy anime like Golden Boy despite it being the antithesis of everything I typically enjoy in an anime.
>>509388Oh don’t get me wrong here, they’re both scrote fanservice and every anime would be better without it. It’s just the casual nudity in old anime doesn’t bother me at all whereas disgustingly misogynistic situational fanservice built on the woman’s humiliation is enough to make me stop watching one altogether.
No. 509412
>>509392>>509394yeah, i have no feelings about, say, the casual nudity in ranma 1/2 (even though that is also borderline annoying when it's done to humiliate akane) but the outright sexual harassment of a 16 year old spergy anime girl with balloon tits and knock knees moaning and sobbing and crying while 5000 people watch her flash her pantsuuu from sixty different angles is disgusting.
>>509403idk if this is what anon is talking about but i remember that dragonball constantly showed us son goku's dick when he was a kid, especially during that travel arc with bulma. but db as a whole is retarded so…
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Directors being such assholes to rewrite scripts as they please is something surprising I learned today:
>MARUYAMA: Did I really write anything for that show? [Everyone starts chuckling] I'd say it's not in my memory, but if I did (and I possibly did), it would've been because there wasn't anyone else available at that time. And then the director would've said, “Can you be a pinch hitter for that?” It would've been a moment in production when we were short on time and budget. If there wasn't anyone else willing to do it—and I would have never volunteered for this—but if there's no time or money, and if it's something to appease the director, I'd just do it. A great director could always take a good screenplay and make a good work out of it. A good one would just rewrite a badly written script and do as he pleases. I think I excelled at coming in as a pinch-hitting writer who could deliver something that could be easily rewritten. >I believe I wrote under a pen name the most for Ashita no Joe, using names like “Kobayashi” and others. This is because Director Dezaki, regardless of who the screenwriter was, would've perhaps used three lines at most from the script and come up with the rest himself. So, most writers would just quit the show in anger and protest. Eventually, there would be no one left, and I thought, “Well, if he's just going to use three lines anyway, I could just write up a general guideline, and he would happily rewrite the script, then make a good show out of it.” So that's how I ended up doing a lot of substitute pen name writing.https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2025-06-18/there-from-the-beginning-an-with-anime-legend-masao-maruyama-at-animazement-2025/.225105 No. 509531
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Criminal. They need to make more josei/shoujo anime.
No. 509581
>>496290Pretty sure anyone who's interested in anime might have already seen Spirited Away though it still holds as one of the best anime films for normies and people who are new to anime. It's a classic.
Your Name can fuck off. I was that one kid who brought her Spirited Away DVD to class movies and many of my classmates including the teacher liked it. I couldn't reccomend it enough.
No. 509836
>>506907Late reply is late, but imo it’s not just about being a certain age, but more so about experiencing the anime in a specific point of time, that changes your perception of the show.
For example lots of anons itt view TTGL as average moidslop, which is perfectly understandable if you saw it for the first time in 2025. However, if you were around during the peak of its popularity then it’s easier to understand why it was so hyped. NGE brought us the deconstruction of the mecha genre and the “power of friendship always prevails” trope at the turn of the millennium; TTGL was the reconstruction of the “love and friendship saves the day” trope. Its main appeal was bombastic spectacle, which was fresh then not anymore. Oldfags will remember TTGLfags on /cm/ (back when it was one of the few female-dominated boards on 4chan) and how they hyped the fuck out of the show. With Viral, Kamina and Simon to say the least there was plenty of material for the girls. TTGL hype was so strong Adiane was one of the few female characters “allowed” on /cm/.
The same can be said about Haruhi, which has aged very poorly. Haruhi got popular around the time anime really started to penetrate the mainstream in the U.S., so the idea of a niche quirky non-linear slice of life/romance with sci-fi elements was practically unheard of for Western audiences who were used to mass appeal exports like DBZ or Sailor Moon. AFAIK the Japanese publishers deemed Haruhi too otaku-ish to have appeal to Westerners but the popularity of fansubs proved otherwise. Memeable elements like the Hare Hare Yukai dance made Haruhi a pioneer of weeb culture. But now the light novel high school slice of life genre is oversaturated to death, and meme-worthy dances are practically a requirement.