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Dr. Stone: New World ep 10
Infiltration.

KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World ep 10
Party problems.

Mashle ep 9
Face off.

Yamada-kun ep 11
Asking for advice.

Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc ep 10
Too strong!
 
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc (Japanese audio) - Episodes 1-4

Due to work and those showcases I've not been able to watch any new anime over the weekend but one that I did want to get through was the latest season of Demon Slayer. Interesting departure of sorts as we just have Tanjuro without his buddies which I find to be a positive otherwise we would have had the same repeated gags over and over once again.

The season ends this weekend so I plan to catch-up in time for it.

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Heavenly Delusion (Japanese audio) - Episodes 1-4

I ran a poll on Twitter for which four shows I should start first and this one won by a large margin. I've been aware of the manga for a few years now but this anime is really good. If you're interested in the story concepts for The Promised Neverland and The Last of Us then you'll love what this series has to offer. There's also LGBT themes which is interesting to see. Watching it on Disney+ and using the player for anime which was concerning at first due to how their first anime titles had dubtitles but this one had the proper subtitles which was handy.

Unrelated to the series but I do plan to watch the other three shows I listed in the poll that I made (Dead Mount Death Play, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World), so those will be watched soon. I don't want to overdo it otherwise it would feel like forcing myself to watch it for the sake of it, but when the opportunity is right I will check them out. Also do let me know if My Home Hero is worth a watch as I'm interested in watching that series as well.
 
Skip and Loafer episode 11 Attention.

Tokyo Mew Mew New~♡ 2nd Season episode 23 Allegiance.

Banished From the Hero's Party I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside (Rewatch) episodes 11-13 (Complete. This held up pretty well from my initial weekly viewing.) 3.5/5

Battery The Animation episodes 1-11 (Complete. A series that was rather dull when it was wasn’t being mean-spirited in places.) 2/5
 
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc (Japanese audio) - Episodes 5-7
Heavenly Delusion (Japanese audio) - Episodes 5-7
 
Hell's Paradise ep 10
State of mind.

World Dai Star ep 10
The Phantom Menace.

My Home Hero ep 11
Head to head.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury s2 e9
Storm force.

Skip and Loafer ep 11
Lost and found.
 
KonoSuba -An Explosion on This Wonderful World! episode 11 Cheering up.

Battle Athletes OVA episodes 1-6 (Complete. An interesting enough premise for a series, I’m curious to see how the TV series will differ.) 3/5

Battle Athletes episodes 1-5
 
KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! (English Dub) Episode 9

KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World Episode 10

KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Episode 11
 
Otaku Elf ep 10
A day in the life.

The Dangers in My Heart ep 11
New Years.

Blue Orchestra ep 10
Express train.

Insomniacs After School ep 10
Passing the baton.

Oshi No Ko ep 9
Deception is the name of the game.
 
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc (Japanese audio) - Episodes 8-10
Heavenly Delusion (Japanese audio) - Episodes 8-11
 
Dr. Stone: New World episode 11 Revival. (Complete. A start to another great season - this is becoming one of my favourite overall anime of recent years.) 4/5

Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage episode 10 Welcome back. (Complete. Some of the stories were entertaining and others less so.) 3/5

The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 episode 35 Get better.

Yuri Is My Job! episode 11 True face.

Battle Athletes episodes 6-18
 
Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 (English Dub) Episode 33

Dr. STONE: New World (English Dub) Episode 9

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV (English Dub) Episode 20

Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2 Episode 35

Dr. STONE: New World Episode 11 (Complete... for now.)

The Legendary Hero is Dead! Episode 11

Yuri is My Job! Episode 11
 
The Venture Bros. Season 3 - Still very entertaining, will prob watch Season 4 soon :)

The Quintessential Quintuplets Season 2 (English dubbed) - Heartwarming and cute, I hope the movie gets a UK Blu-ray release soon :)

Sing a Bit of Harmony (English dubbed) - I enjoyed this and it was well dubbed, it got me all emotional near the end. It probably could have been even better and I will watch it in Japanese with Eng sub at some point to compare, but it was def worth seeing :)

Street Fighter (1994) - Actually I think this is better than people say as it kept me entertained for it's entire runtime! I don't usually give numerical ratings to things on here but I'd rate it like a 6 or 7/10 not 4/10 like it has on the IMDb, it's a fun, silly sort of film, and i also give it credit for having it's heart in the right place. Like DGMW the acting quality is variable but eh I had a good time with it :)
 
RadFemHedonist said:
Street Fighter (1994) - Actually I think this is better than people say as it kept me entertained for it's entire runtime! I don't usually give numerical ratings to things on here but I'd rate it like a 6 or 7/10 not 4/10 like it has on the IMDb, it's a fun, silly sort of film, and i also give it credit for having it's heart in the right place. Like DGMW the acting quality is variable but eh I had a good time with it :)
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You're so freaking cool.

How not to Summon a Demon Lord S2
Episode 10
I liked the ending.

Golden Kamuy S3
Episodes 7
Meh

Beautiful Bones
Episodes 7+8

Zatoichi
Takeshi Kitano version
Magic. Samurai Yakuza

Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Takeshi Kitano
A retired 75 year old Yakuza is forced to get the gang back together.
I now know what a Toilet Samurai is. 😲
 
Heavenly Delusion - Episodes 6-8 [English Audio]
This keeps amping up the intrigue, sorta astonished in a way this on Disney+ though. Episode 8 in particular is just terrific.

Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King [English Audio]
This was fun, it is more or less what you would expect for a film where its original for the anime and also takes place before where TV anime is currently, but it is an excuse for the series characters to show up and have more of an animation budget to boot. Perhaps its too padded, but I had a good time.
What is really awesome though is, despite being on Netflix, all of the English cast from the Funimation/Crunchyroll dub return (well over 2 dozen here, no Takagi-san Season 2 or Saiki K style recasts) and it has the sound of that dub retained here too. All the new cast members fit in and just having Steve Blum as one of Conrads' goons is kinda wild and seems like a fancast with unrealistic expectations, but it actually happened. Great job all around.
 
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Dead Mount Death Play (Japanese audio) - Episodes 1-3

From the creator of Baccano! and Durarara!! comes a reverse isekai story with a pretty intriguing premise. Not many are talking about this series from what I've seen, but it's definitely got the Durarara!! vibe in terms of the setting and tone. There's a lot of comedic expressions and fanservice sprinkled throughout but what we have on offer is promising. This is also a split-cour series, so Episodes 13-24 will air this Autumn.

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I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too (Japanese audio) - Episodes 1-3

Somehow this was made by the creator of The Fruit of Evolution, and you wouldn't notice it. I'll give credit where credit is due, because this isekai is like a hybrid between our world and another world so it's not a reincarnation or summoned tactic like most stories are, but we do have Yoshitsugu Matsuoka voicing our main lead who fits the role really well. The other credit I want to highlight is its rather distinct art style, which stands out a lot from the rest of the isekai out there and I really like how its translated here in anime form, especially with the CG scenes. The budget is obviously low but because of how nice the artwork is, I actually don't mind the panning still shots you have throughout. I look forward to the harem that is incoming.
 
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