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Skip and Loafer episode 9 So far away.

Tokyo Mew Mew New~♡ 2nd Season episode 21 Tormented.

Allison & Lillia episodes 25-26 (Complete. A story of two halves, both of which were quite good.) 3.5/5

All Saints Street episodes 1-6 (Complete. A fun selection of shorts that I wish we got more of, as the series ended rather abruptly.) 3.5/5

Angel Cop (Rewatch) episodes 1-6 (Complete. I had mixed thoughts on my first watch but this time I had a bit more appreciation for the overall series - the better PQ was nice to see too.) 3/5
 
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KonoSuba -An Explosion on This Wonderful World! episode 9 Drain.

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion episodes 1-12 (Complete. Despite what appears to be the budget affecting the animation to varying degrees, and a sometimes-distracting filter, this was a solid historical anime.) 3.5/5

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon episodes 1-2
 
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KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (English Dub) Episode 7

KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World Episode 8

KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Episode 9
 
Lucky_Deity said:
My Stepmom's Daughter Is My Ex (Japanese) - Episode 10 - 12 (Complete)

This was a decent series, not as trashy as I thought it would be going in but still a good enough time (is no Domestic Girlfriend though).
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Reminded me a lot of Higehiro if you've not seen it yet. Scums Wish as well definitely goes into the drama side.

Not much can touch Domestic Girlfriend though.

Dai said:
Oshi no Ko
That feel when you forget it's recap episode week:
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Indeed I remember reading that there was a break for a week :)
 
Dr. Stone: New World episode 9 The sweetest condition.

Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage episode 8 Good bread.

The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 episode 33 Pick-up.

Yuri Is My Job! episode 9 Stomp.

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon episodes 3-12 (Complete. Despite the lacklustre fanservice and predictable subplots this wasn’t a bad watch, but could have been better.) 3/5

Aoi Bungaku Series episodes 1-3
 
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Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 (English Dub) Episode 31

Dr. STONE: New World (English Dub) Episode 7

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV (English Dub) Episode 18

Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Episode 33

Dr. STONE: New World Episode 9

The Legendary Hero is Dead! Episode 9

Yuri is My Job! Episode 9
 
Jujutsu Kaisen Episodes 13-24 (English dubbed, Season 1 COMPLETE) - Kept me entertained, I look forward to Season 2 (enjoyed the OST disc as well) :)

The Quintessential Quintuplets 1-12 (English dubbed, Season 1 COMPLETE) - I can see why people say this is better than a lot of other harem rom-com series, it was enjoyable and cute and I look forward to seeing the second season and the film (my favourite quints are Ichika, Miku and Yotsuba) :)

School-Live! (English dubbed) - Really glad I finally got around to watching this, it reminded me of Angel Beats! Def got me invested i the characters and story :)

The Venture Bros. Season 2 - Just as funny and engaging as I remember and the music slaps, this is for sure the best of the older shows to come out of Adult Swim, mixing its typically edgy dark humour with a varied cast of characters (my faves are, perhaps unsurprisingly, the relatively pacifistic Doctor Orpheus and his teenage daughter), and thrilling stories of derring-do gone varying degrees of wrong :)

Fruits Basket -Prelude- (English dubbed, REWATCH) - This film always makes me so emotional, I'm not big on student-teacher romance plots for obvious reasons but this one feels sincere and well executed and tbf it's the only pairing like that in Fruits Basket so it doesn't feel like the author is pushing it as an ideal. Lil Tohru is sooo adorable! 😭 ❤️

The Jungle Book (2016, Disney) - I appreciate that this isn't a shot-for-shot remake of the 1967 animated film, and on the whole I liked it but it was a bit too kiddy in places and that let it down plus I would have loved to hear an Indian style of music for the score given the setting. As The Jungle Books are still on my list of things to read, I can't comment on book vs. film :)

Wizards (1977, Ralph Bakshi) - A solid watch and I loved the narrator's voice and the beautiful still drawings used in some scenes but a bit overly scattershot in execution, I think Grendel Grendel Grendel did this kind of thing better and also preferred Bakshi's own Fire and Ice. The film also is the second one by him I've seen where a woman gets beaten near the end and it came off as misogynistic and unnecessary. I could see what the film was trying to do with the low-key and somewhat modern style of the dialogue and its humour but because it didn't have masses of wit to it it felt a bit too low key like a bit overly mundane. But I did like that it has a different feel to many other fantasy films, less epic speeches and more "the world's ending but people are still people" :)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000 film, REWATCH) - I have no idea how this is rated so low on IMDb, I always enjoy rewatching it and it's one of the best attempts at making a (mostly) live-action film out of a cartoon - I liked Detective Pikachu but this is funnier and has a fab roster of celebrity cameos XD
 
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Jujutsu Kaisen Episodes 13-24 (English dubbed, Season 1 COMPLETE) - Kept me entertained, I look forward to Season 2 (enjoyed the OST disc as well) :)

The Quintessential Quintuplets 1-12 (English dubbed, Season 1 COMPLETE) - I can see why people say this is better than a lot of other harem rom-com series, it was enjoyable and cute and I look forward to seeing the second season and the film (my favourite quints are Ichika, Miku and Yotsuba) :)

School-Live! (English dubbed) - Really glad I finally got around to watching this, it reminded me of Angel Beats! Def got me invested i the characters and story :)

The Venture Bros. Season 2 - Just as funny and engaging as I remember and the music slaps, this is for sure the best of the older shows to come out of Adult Swim, mixing its typically edgy dark humour with a varied cast of characters (my faves are, perhaps unsurprisingly, the relatively pacifistic Doctor Orpheus and his teenage daughter), and thrilling stories of derring-do gone varying degrees of wrong :)

Fruits Basket -Prelude- (English dubbed, REWATCH) - This film always makes me so emotional, I'm not big on student-teacher romance plots for obvious reasons but this one feels sincere and well executed and tbf it's the only pairing like that in Fruits Basket so it doesn't feel like the author is pushing it as an ideal. Lil Tohru is sooo adorable! 😭 ❤️

The Jungle Book (2016, Disney) - I appreciate that this isn't a shot-for-shot remake of the 1967 animated film, and on the whole I liked it but it was a bit too kiddy in places and that let it down plus I would have loved to hear an Indian style of music for the score given the setting. As The Jungle Books are still on my list of things to read, I can't comment on book vs. film :)

Wizards (1977, Ralph Bakshi) - A solid watch and I loved the narrator's voice and the beautiful still drawings used in some scenes but a bit overly scattershot in execution, I think Grendel Grendel Grendel did this kind of thing better and also preferred Bakshi's own Fire and Ice. The film also is the second one by him I've seen where a woman gets beaten near the end and it came off as misogynistic and unnecessary. I could see what the film was trying to do with the low-key and somewhat modern style of the dialogue and its humour but because it didn't have masses of wit to it it felt a bit too low key like a bit overly mundane. But I did like that it has a different feel to many other fantasy films, less epic speeches and more "the world's ending but people are still people" :)

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000 film, REWATCH) - I have no idea how this is rated so low on IMDb, I always enjoy rewatching it and it's one of the best attempts at making a (mostly) live-action film out of a cartoon - I liked Detective Pikachu but this is funnier and has a fab roster of celebrity cameos XD
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I feel I was lucky when I watched School Live. Went into it not knowing the plot.
End of the first episode 😱
 
Urusei Yatsura episodes 1-13: Well, I finally got to see how it all started. Nice to learn who all the characters are (and their names, like finding out the little floating kid is Lum's cousin and is named Jaiten/Ten, which was never mentioned in the movies). Still can't see what any woman sees in Ataru, but I have known friends to fall for that type. There was only one moment when he showed any compassion for Lum, and that was at the end of the Christmas episode. Love the theme songs too.

Forgot to ask if anyone knows what this was rated /targeted to on TV in the US, as there are a lot of naked breasts on display and quite a few references to "making a baby" with Ataru. The Blu-Rays say they are unrated.
 
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The Ancient Magus' Bride s2 e9
Disappearing act.

Golden Kamuy s4 e9
First kill.

KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World ep 9
Tempting fate.

Yuri is My Job ep 9
Special someone.
 
Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- Season 2 Episode 22 Trump card.

My One-Hit Kill Sister Episode 9 Partners.

Otaku Elf Episode 9 Maintenance and messy.

Rokudo's Bad Girls Episode 9 Preparations.

The Café Terrace and It's Goddesses Episode 9 Fame to fortunate.

TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You 2nd Season Episode 22 Cravings.

Too Cute Crisis Episode 9 First pet.
 
City Hunter: Goodbye Sweetheart [aka City Hunter: The Motion Picture] (1996)

City Hunter: Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba (1999)

Friend was showing some more City Hunter TV specials, this time the later ones from the 90s (I arrived too late for Secret Service, although I have seen that one before). Perhaps they felt the formula was in need of updating by this point, as both films seem to be aiming for something on a bigger scale than the series, with Goodbye Sweetheart seeing Ryo and Kaori chasing a bomber holding Shinjuku to ransom, while Vicious Criminal pits Ryo against a media tycoon using fake news footage to frame him as a murderer.

Both were a good time though; the production quality is excellent, with some great work on reaction faces and plenty of attention paid to superfluous detail. This is particularly true of Goodbye Sweetheart, which I think is one of the best looking things I’ve seen across the entire franchise, and could easily have been a cinema release instead of a TV special. My only minor complaint is that the iconic city pop / jazz soundtrack has been dropped in favour of slightly non-descript hard rock.

It’s a shame that this was the end of the original run for the City Hunter anime, although it’s nice that they finished on a high.

Fist of the North Star: Raoh Gaiden Junai-hen (2006)

The first of five FotNS films from the 2000s which seem to be generally less-seen, but well regarded by fans, this one is a retelling of Souther's arc from the original series, seeing Kenshiro fighting to take down the self-styled holy emperor who is hell-bent on building a pyramid-like mausoleum using slave labour, while receiving unexpected assistance from adversary Raoh. I actually never made it far enough into the TV anime to see this part, so I can't be entirely sure how faithful it is, but as a self-contained film, I think it works surprisingly well. You couldn't really show it to anyone unfamiliar with the series (you really at least need to know the story up to Raoh's introduction), but you certainly get all the main themes and spectacle one would associate with FotNS, in a narrative that feels complete and not over-stuffed.

This actually made me curious to try the TV series again sometime. I got burnt out on it around episode 40 or so, just due to the repetitive nature of the early episodes, but seeing this made me more curious about 'the good part' which comes later, particularly as Raoh seems to be a more complex character than I was originally giving the series credit for.
 
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