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Log Horizon S2
Episode 1
Bought this a good while ago from the MVM Blu-ray clearance sale. £1.99 each part.
Haven't watched S1 but I'll get the hang of it. Hopefully, Kanami will be in all the episodes.

The Greatest Demon Lord is reborn as a Typical Nobody
Episodes 1+2
Is it original? No.
Is it as good as Misfit/Demon Academy? No.
I'll still enjoy it.
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Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc
What Hidamari Sketch does is very good but I find myself somewhat disappointed that this was more of the usual we'd expect from the series. It really doesn't feel like a finale. Still good fun though (especially if you want to remind yourself of when SHAFT wasn't a dying studio).

ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. - Regards
This OVA presents a solid epilogue with much of the fun expected from the series. Also interesting is Keiichiro Saito being promoted to co-director. We'll be seeing him return to Madhouse later this year with much of the same team on Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.

Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Pretty funny coincidence is I only recently watched Tomohisa Taguchi's Akudama Drive before this. It does prove however that he's very competent at different genres when comparing the super exaggerated violence of Akudama Drive with the more grounded drama of Tunnel to Summer. An interesting plot with great lead characters and art direction. Only real issue is the ending however. Would've preferred that to play out somewhat differently. Other than that it's a pretty solid film.
 
ActionFaust said:
We'll be seeing him return to Madhouse later this year with much of the same team on Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
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Frieren definitely looks like it will be one to watch.

Rui said:
Reign of the Seven Spellblades ep1: I thought this looked horrible from the screenshot on Crunchyroll and that it would be another of those dumb 'guy goes to magic school and gets slapped by the local redheaded tsundere before revealing that he's actually super-strong' shows, but somehow it ended up as a massive Harry Potter rip-off instead.
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Yup this is basically Harry Potter so I'm giving it a chance. I always wanted a Harry Potter with a darker tone, so when they said that 20% of all students go mad and don't make it through the school (which is definitely not Hogwarts) I was sad that it wasn't 80%!

I found it a little unrealistic that these 6 characters all became fast friends so quickly. The way the magical school stuff is handled in Ancient Magus Bride is way better and more grounded.

I finished Sakura Quest. This anime was OK but loses out to this studios other works like Shirobako. The concept was interesting but they seemed to go into a cycle of try stuff out, fail, repeat.
 
Bungou Stray Dogs 5th Season episode 52 Framework.

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Wander the Dungeon episode 3 Strange material.

Undead Murder Farce episode 3 Head investigator.

Detective Conan episodes 234, 238-244, 246-247, 249-250, 253
 
Farming Life in Another World (English Dub) Episode 7

The Devil is a Part-Timer!! Season 2 Part 2 Episode 14

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Episode 3
 
Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season episode 27 Stay.

Rurouni Kenshin (2023) episode 3 Student.

Spy Classroom Season 2 episode 14 Surrounded.

The Devil is a Part Timer! Season 2 Part 2 episode 14 Thanks.

Detective Conan episodes 254, 258-259, 263, 266-270
 
Rurouni Kenshin ep 3 (dropped)
This is quite boring. Kenshin started the show already OP and in a really dull way, he whips out his sword and knocks everyone over in one strike and completely bloodlessly too because he's sworn off killing! So there's zero tension, even when it looks bad for other characters he suddenly appears. Already mentioned his dialogue is weird too, that it is!
Also apparently they've cut a load of the comedic aspect of the original too, so it comes off as really po-faced!

Reign of the Seven Spellblades ep 3
A new way of life.

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale s2 e3
Hitting the books.

Undead Murder Farce ep 3
Questionable behaviour.
 
HWR said:
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Wander the Dungeon episode 3 Strange material.
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By the way have you read the LN or manga this is based on? I wonder what people who haven't read the source material think Shirley is? Because the anime appears to be trying to give the impression of a doctor or medical worker of some kind. Whereas in the LN it is made blatantly clear what her actual job is, which is...
she runs a brothel and actually dresses like this in that condom scene.
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It's such a drastic change in character design that it mind as well not even be the same character.
 
 Thursday

Non-Anime

Secret Invasion - Episode 5

 Today

Amanchu! (Japanese) - Episode 9 - 12 + OVA + Specials 1 - 7 (Complete)

This was a lovely little show, already a big fan of Iyashikei anime and this is up there with Aria, Flying Witch and Non Non Biyori for me.

I do hope AL can release S2 eventually but I will watch it on Crunchyroll for the time being.
 
Detective Conan episode 271-272, 274-275, Detective Conan Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street (Film), 277-280, 284-293, 301
 
Just watched:

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Eps 13-14.

Wow, this show just keeps getting better and better as it goes, and the quality of the writing is amazing. Again I will say, the writing for this is on par with Violet Evergarden. This is definitely my favorite series of the season, and it would have been my favorite of last season by far except that I didn't start watching it until just 3 weeks ago. I burned through the first cour in only two sittings, and I'm glad I waited until now to watch these two episodes together, as they were basically a two-part arc. I really hope this gets a nice physical release, and much sooner than later. I wish it could be a title for AL to release, so we could get it in a nice CE with digipak, but...
 
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