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Adventurer's Who Don't Believe in Humanity Will Save the World Episode 3 Past and present.

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skills Episode 2 Entry toll.

Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible Episode 2 Home visit.

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague Episode 3 Date.
 
Professor Irony said:
Nier Automata ep1

I could live with the shonky CGI work if the scenes using it were better directed - the opening part with the aerial battle felt almost comically static. Did like the little post-credit scene with the puppets though, that was cute.
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Interested how you find episode 2, I thought it was much improved overall. The CGI should take less precedence in things after the intro was heavy on it.
 
Devil May Cry
Episode 3
A bit sad

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Episode 5
Oh my God, I really thought she was going to do it for a moment

This is the first anime for a good while that I've wanted to keep watching (since Golden Kamuy). I'm being tough and spacing it out but will still be finished by the weekend.
No action or fanservice, well there was Neo Alraune voiced by the wonderful Sayaka Ohara, and loving it.
 
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defence Season 2 episode 14 Clearing the mind.

Bungou Stray Dogs 4th Season episode 40 Ritual.

Kana of the Great Snow Sea episode 2 Seeking the sage.

The Eminence in Shadow episode 16 Elf hunting.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady episode 3 Come fly with me.

Tomo-Chan Is a Girl! episode 3 Reckless date.

Tsurune -The Linking Shot- episode 16 Synched,

Sherlock Hound episodes 5-14
 
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Summer Time Rendering eps 16-18
More revelations and the history behind the big bad is fleshed out. Also the cliffhanger of episode 18 suggests that the Mary Sue character on the good side might be dead, although they've got a few more shadows on their side now. If she stays dead it ups the stakes again.
 
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense Season 2 Episode 14

Tomo-chan is a Girl! Episode 3

The Eminence in Shadow Episode 16

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady Episode 3
 
Boogiepop Phantom (Finished)

It's a pretty good show; I liked how it would often forshadow the events of the next episode, I also liked how the final episode has a very different aesthetic to the rest, some parts of the show were confusing but the overall narrative at least made enough sense for me to get through it, as I could predict though, it did not manage to scare me, like I say, anime almost never does.
 
The Fire Hunter ep 1
The art looks a bit weird and the lore of the world that humans can no longer get close to fire without exploding is dumb, but I'll give it a couple more episodes.

That's all the first episodes (of the shows airing normally, there's a couple of Netflix shows to binge at some point). Of the new stuff nothing stands out particularly and a fair few might get cut yet!

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro s2 e3
Locker and marathon.

Yuri Isekai ep 3
Goodbyes and introduction.
 
ActionFaust said:
By scare do you mean through jumpscares or atmosphere? I went through quite the horror movie phase a few years back and found movies more effective when they built on atmosphere rather than cheap jumpscares. I loved Boogiepop Phantom's atmosphere though and found it more effective than most horror anime.
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Both can be effective if done right; with that said it's just very difficult for anime to scare me, for comparison I find some games such as Silent Hill or Amnesia the Dark Descent to be scary partly due to the nightmarish audio and imagery; I tend not to get scared of things that look somewhat familiar and Boogiepop uses human (sort of) characters as the monsters, the atmosphere was great in it's own way but it's more what may be lurking within said atmosphere that makes or breaks the potential for media to scare me.

Edit: Amnesia the Dark Descent is an example of something that did this reveal perfectly but I just wanted to add an example of something that did the opposite, the penultimate episode of The Twilight Zone, this one had a very good atmosphere, I really wanted to know what this monster was before it was revealed to be a giant balloon, lets just say that this particular episode will not have any chance of creeping me out again.
 
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One Punch Man S1
Episode 1
I've been wanting this for ages. At the right price. Overall, a bit disappointed. I can feel it slipping down the watch list already.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Episode 6
Lots of giggles.

Wasn't planning to but watched episode 7 right after.
I nearly fell off the couch with laughter.
Might need to give up Anime after the awesomeness of this show.
 
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Episode 14

My Life as Inukai-san's Dog (Uncensored) Episode 3

Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (Uncensored) Episode 3

Spy Classroom Episode 3

The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World Episode 3

Urusei Yatsura (2022) Episode 14
 
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2 episode 14 Visions.

KanColle: Let’s Meet at Sea episode 6 Escort.

Spy Classroom episode 3 Misconception.

Sherlock Hound episodes 15-26 (Complete. As far as Sherlock Holmes media goes this was a fun endeavour and it received a great release from Discotek that’s well worth picking up.) 3.5/5

Shiki (Rewatch) episode 1
 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (REWATCH) - delightful rom-com about two musical and music-obsessed teens who meet one night while Nick is hung up on his ex Triss, and then gradually connect over the course of various wacky misadventures. This is way better than one might assume and I highly recommend it as long as you can handle some gross-out comedy (not rly the main focus but the film does have some elements of that for sure). The leads are great fun and so is the supporting cast :)

Philomena - I've been meaning to watch this ever since I picked up the DVD in a charity shop and I'm glad I finally got around to it, this kind of religious fanaticism has deeply wounded so many women and girls and their children and I really felt for Philomena and her son. I feel like my heart broke a bit in the first few minutes of the film tbh I was crying already 😭 Steve Coogan does a great job in his role too. Regarding the ending I will say this:
Part of me really wanted to see Sister Hildegard get kicked in the face as she was viciously misogynistic and hurt all these poor women and girls and separated them from their kids BUT I found it weirdly vindicating that Philomena forgave her in that at least that is an acknowledgement on Philomena's part that the nuns had done something wrong in the first place, if that makes sense?

The Neverending Story (REWATCH) - Deserves it's reputation as a classic IMO, enjoyable family fantasy film with great imagination and lovely pre-CG effects :)

Gundam 00 (English Dubbed) (COMPLETE) - Worth seeing and the dub is solid, might rewatch at some point :)
 
Before anyone says it's not an anime, I'm claiming it under the Manga Entertainment brand.

Shin Godzilla
First 46 minutes

My attention span is shocking (for TV).
I don't think I'm a monster fan but it was in the HMV anime clearance sale and I spotted a lot of actors from the Takashi Kitano Outrage trilogy in the trailer so I bought it.
Enjoying the mix of disaster and bureaucracy. I don't think there's too much dialogue.

Will save the rest for Sunday after work.
 
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