General anime thoughts/discussion thread.
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Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
That show seems under-appreciated to me, I really liked it 
I wondered if people were put off by the fact that it was Sherlock related, but I liked the way the focus was on Moriarty instead.
For anyone who likes mystery anime but hasn't seen Moriarty the Patriot yet, get it on thy watch list!
I wondered if people were put off by the fact that it was Sherlock related, but I liked the way the focus was on Moriarty instead.
For anyone who likes mystery anime but hasn't seen Moriarty the Patriot yet, get it on thy watch list!
Girls with Guns
Chuunibyou
I liked it so much I imported the 6 Japanese singles with English subtitles for that series, before the western releases even came out, and then I got those too. I believe @Gemsy-chan picked up the Japanese releases of Moriarty the Patriot, too,
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Metabee177
Completely Average High School Student
I need to watch more slice of life anime and spy family too.
Metabee177
Completely Average High School Student
I need to watch more slice of life anime and spy family too.
Otomo
Thousand Master
I'm more an action fan.
However, I recently watched After School Dice Club and really enjoyed it and so that would be my recommendation.
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AgeOfBoredom
Great Teacher
I don’t know if I’m missing something g or being a dumbass… but is there a way to legally watch Sound! Euphonium: Our Promise: A Brand New Day?
I’m motoring my way through season 2 and then I already have Liz on bluray ready to go. But I’d like to watch the next movie before starting season 3. Is the only option here to import it from Shout Factory?
I’m motoring my way through season 2 and then I already have Liz on bluray ready to go. But I’d like to watch the next movie before starting season 3. Is the only option here to import it from Shout Factory?
Dai
Death Scythe
The US Shout release is the only option for the Our Promise movie, unfortunately. At least it's affordable compared to those extortionate Pony Canyon US sets for the TV series.
Also there's no legal way to watch the Ensemble Concert movie in English.
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day is available on the Amazon version of the Crunchyroll app. You can do a free 7 day trial and watch it there and then cancel before you get charged for having a 2nd CR sub.
Watch Sound! Euphonium: The Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day | Prime Video
The next piece begins! Kumiko is now in her second year at Kitauji High School, and with a new year comes new problems. As if making it to Nationals wasn't hard enough, Kumiko is tasked with mentoring the concert band's troublesome first years - each with their own distinct personality and...
www.amazon.co.uk
Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Yeah I believe the only option here is to import it, though I'm surprised and disappointed that crunchyroll didn't get it added on before season 3 came out. But far more disappointed we didn't get some nice CEs on that and season 2 from AL.
Okay now I'm getting confused, is this some new trend where crunchyroll have titles via Amazon but not on their own app. I presume having a crunchyroll membership does not necessarily give access to their Amazon version?
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Nope, having a regular CR subscription does not give you access to the Amazon channel version, hence why I suggested just picking the 7 day trial on the Amazon CR channel and then watching what you can't get direct off the CR site and cancelling.
My guess is that the Amazon CR channel for some reason has access to content that is region locked to USA only on the CR website.
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Another example would be Amanchu season 1 & 2 are in the Amazon CR channel, but became unavailable months ago on the CR site in the UK.
Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
That could well be it, but would also mean it's something they will cotton on to and block off as well in due time
adamclark83
Student Council President
What I find strange and almost predictable is how many anime shows there are that keep repeating the exact same scenarios:
1. Girl who finds she's a doomed princess in her favourite game and tries to change her destiny.
2. Guy gets sucked into his favourite RPG game where he's a loser or reset to level 1.
How about coming up with something new??
1. Girl who finds she's a doomed princess in her favourite game and tries to change her destiny.
2. Guy gets sucked into his favourite RPG game where he's a loser or reset to level 1.
How about coming up with something new??
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
I largely agree, though I will defend some of the doomed princess shows for making the point that the villainess sometimes isn't that bad but gets treated worse than the male love interest guy who does really bad things but cuz he has a traumatic past (and perhaps is conventionally hot) gets to be a hero? And that's not me arguing that women never do really bad things! Just that I think it's worse to uhhh "r-word assault" someone, than to humiliate them in public a bit, not that either is good and not that all these shows are particularly well written or interesting. I miss the classic shoujo isekai such as Magic Knight Rayearth, Escaflowne, and The Twelve Kingdoms so much!
Do you have any more original ideas for anime that you would like to see made? (That's not a dig, I'm genuinely interested)
I'm trying to think of an idea for an anime that offers something new or at least fairly new for anime (as in maybe something that's been done somewhat in western media but is not so common for anime)
AgeOfBoredom
Great Teacher
I started Yowamushi Pedal yesterday and I just wish that the one female character got to join the club as a cyclist rather than as their manager… 
That said, I’m two episodes in so who knows where it will go. Still loving it though, I’m a sucker for a sports anime of a random sport (especially if it’s not in Shonen Jump).
@RadFemHedonist I’m also here for Escaflowne (not seen or read the others tho).
That said, I’m two episodes in so who knows where it will go. Still loving it though, I’m a sucker for a sports anime of a random sport (especially if it’s not in Shonen Jump).
@RadFemHedonist I’m also here for Escaflowne (not seen or read the others tho).
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
I started Yowamushi Pedal yesterday and I just wish that the one female character got to join the club as a cyclist rather than as their manager…
That said, I’m two episodes in so who knows where it will go. Still loving it though, I’m a sucker for a sports anime of a random sport (especially if it’s not in Shonen Jump).
@RadFemHedonist I’m also here for Escaflowne (not seen or read the others tho).
I too enjoy a solid sports anime!
I'd def recommend MKR and 12 Kingdoms, though 12 Kingdoms is incomplete in anime form and ends on a bit of a cliffhanger - if that doesn't bother you too much though, you'll be richly rewarded, also both series have pretty solid dubs IMO. MKR is some proper vintage CLAMP and I loved it as much as Chobits and Cardcaptor Sakura (which is a lot)
BrokenPhoenix
Hunter
I started Yowamushi Pedal yesterday and I just wish that the one female character got to join the club as a cyclist rather than as their manager…
That said, I’m two episodes in so who knows where it will go. Still loving it though, I’m a sucker for a sports anime of a random sport (especially if it’s not in Shonen Jump).
@RadFemHedonist I’m also here for Escaflowne (not seen or read the others tho).
Yowamushi Pedal is very good. I had a period where all I would watch was sports anime.
Major (2004) is the best sports anime that I have seen - the manga was published in Shonen Sunday. Unfortunately, there's no official Western DVD or blu-ray release for it. The series spans the life of a boy obsessed with baseball. I knew very little about baseball going in, but the characters and plot do hook you in and you'll pick up the rules quite easy even if you don't know them.
I went down the baseball anime rabbit-hole after that. Some other very good ones are Ookiku Furikabutte, One Outs, Cross Game, and Diamond no Ace.
The sport of baseball seems quite culturally important to Japan, so they seemingly tend to make quite good anime about it!
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AgeOfBoredom
Great Teacher
@BrokenPhoenix have you seen Mix? I’ve only seen the first season and need to catch up on the second. I really enjoyed what I’ve seen. It’s the sequel to Touch (where some of the kids from that are the parents of the kids now, but you don’t need to have watched Touch).
Dai
Death Scythe
A variety of shows are still being produced. What's changed is the signal-to-noise ratio. The quantity of anime series produced has been increasing on a near-yearly basis for well over a decade. Rather than leading to more variety, it's led to more homogenised trend-chasing. Plenty of other shows are out there (this season alone we have stories as varied as Bartender, Train to the End of the World, and Jellyfish Can't Swim at Night), but it's easy for them to get buried under the tidal wave of isekrap.