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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NormanicGrav" data-source="post: 563357" data-attributes="member: 119">For this season I have watched the following:#1: Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 1#2: Astra Lost in Space#3: Cannon Busters#4: Cop Craft#5: Demon Lord, Retry?#6: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2nd Half)#7: Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?#8: Dr. STONE (1st Half)#9: Fruits Basket 1st Season (2nd Half)#10: Given#11: Hensuki: Are you willing to fall in love with a pervert, as long as she's a cutie?#12: How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?#13: If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord#14: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II#15: Isekai Cheat Magician#16: Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac#17: To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts#18: Vinland Saga (1st Half)#19: YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World (2nd Half)Best Anime of the Season: Astra Lost in Space There were some pretty good anime shows throughout the Summer but the one show I watched that I felt was an almost perfect series is the anime adaptation for Astra Lost in Space, a sci-fi comedy series that is not only complete but is really good all the way through with a lot of tension and questions that received answers bit by bit. The only drawback was the presentation in terms of the aspect ratio is not perfect but it works in various shots throughout the series. Outside of that though, the series gets a 9/10. Honourable mentions for AOTS is the second half of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the first half of Dr. STONE, Given, How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?, and the first half of Vinland Saga.Favourite Opening Song: "Mukanjyo" by Survive Said the Prophet from Vinland Saga There were quite a few solid songs that I often replay on Spotify, but the one that I really enjoyed the most was Survive Said the Prophet's Mukanjyo because of the build-up to the chorus and how it plays out in the end. It works really well to the Vinland Saga visuals in the opening as well. Honourable mentions for my favourite opening songs include "FLARE" by Void_Chords feat.LIO from Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest, "Good Morning World!" by BURNOUT SYNDROMES from Dr. STONE, "Kizuato (キヅアト)" by Centimilimental from Given (this was VERY close to being the best choice), "Onegai Muscle (お願いマッスル)" by Hibiki Sakura (Ai Fairuz) & Naruzou Machio (Kaito Ishikawa) from How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?, "PANTA RHEI" by MYTH & ROID from Isekai Cheat Magician, "PEGASUS SEIYA" by The Struts from Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiacs and "MOTHER" by Konomi Suzuki from YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World.Favourite Closing Song: "Torches" by Aimer from Vinland Saga So I initially wrote this section as 'there wasn't anything memorable about the ending songs this season' but upon reflection, there were, in fact, some good choices throughout each title but there was only one that stood to me in terms of replayability and that was Aimer's Torches. Torches is more of a sad song when I think about it but the chorus is really nice and it works well for Vinland Saga's story. Honourable mentions though they aren't that close to the top spot but may as well be worth mentioning include "Connected" by Tilarna Exedilika (Mayu Yoshioka) from Cop Craft, "One Step Closer" by INTERSECTION from Fruits Basket 1st Season, "Marutsuke (まるつけ)" by Given's Mafuyu Satou (Shougo Yano) from Given, "Macho a Name? (マッチョアネーム？)" by Naruzou Machio (Kaito Ishikawa) from How heavy are the dumbbells you lift? and "Kami no Suushiki (神の数式)" by Asaka from YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World. Best Animation: Given Now you're probably wondering why I didn't mention Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for this slot considering that one episode which went viral on the set. Well, I already mentioned it for Spring so it gets disqualified here ha ha ha. I did consider Vinland Saga for this choice but I felt the CG was not polished enough so upon further reflection on the shows I watched throughout the season I decided to go with Given. Given's animation is simple but consistent and the work done during the opening/closing sequences and the actual music performances were really solid and well-done. Not the best thing mind you but enough to be in good quality. I do like the character designs as well and the comedic moments are drawn well.Honourable mentions include Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest for being so god ******* awful it makes me cry, Astra Lost in Space, Dr. STONE, How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II and Vinland Saga.Best Music: Given When I look back at the summer season, there is one piece of music that I often replay constantly. That piece of music is a song that was shown during an episode of Given, for spoiler reasons I won't mention it but it is so impactful that I wanted to keep listening to it and the band's music constantly. Given, like Kono Oto Tomare in the last season, has the advantage of having music being one of the core aspects of the anime in terms of performances. Given's music is really good and is a nice change of pace from the usual epic soundtracks we get from time to time. I mean I still liked Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's music but I felt choosing that over Given would be unfair and predictable. Best Waifu:(Disclaimer: These are my preferences and you can take your criticisms elsewhere)[SPOILER]Everyone listed below is a winner.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/otadD3Kl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Shinobu Kochou, from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Mitsuri Kanroji would have taken the best girl slot for the show if she had more screen-time so for now she's an honourable mention. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/fJ36p2gl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Medhi, from Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?. I bet you thought I would mention Mamako now didn't you? That would very awkward if you think about it ([ISPOILER]she's still an honourable mention tho[/ISPOILER]).<img src="https://i.imgur.com/b0Fh0Ipl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sayuki Tokihara, from Hensuki: Are you willing to fall in love with a pervert, as long as she's a cutie?<img src="https://i.imgur.com/r2aviI9l.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Hibiki Sakura, from How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?. Honourable mentions from the series are Akemi Souryuuin, Ayaka Uehara, Gina Boyd, and Satomi Tachibana.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/UbfP7gMl.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Haruhime Sanjouno, from Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II. Honourable mentions from the series are Ais Wallenstein and Ryu Lion.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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