Lucky_Deity
Pokémon Master
Haven't played the games but I was surprised as to how fun the Akiba's Trip anime was, was expecting it to be quite the generic ecchi show but it had a charm to it. I should give it a re-watch sometime.
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Haven't played the games but I was surprised as to how fun the Akiba's Trip anime was, was expecting it to be quite the generic ecchi show but it had a charm to it. I should give it a re-watch sometime.
Otomo
Thousand Master
Dropout Idol Fruit Tart
Episodes 2+3
Funny but nothing dodgy.
Golden Kamuy S3
8+9
Swords, fights, shooting.
Seitokai Yakuindomo S1
Forgotten how dirty it is
Will never watch it again, until tomorrow.
Cyber City Oedo
Episode 3
Love the opening song.
The best stuff is short, like Pet Shop of Horrors and Hantsu X Trash.
Overlord S1
I watched the Carne Village and the later cemetery episodes.
Golgo 13
15 Eva Heading for the Sea
Did he have to?
19 The Glass Fortress
A good mission
21 Garimpiero
Taking down a gang
23 Jetstream
Duke Togo is on a plane that's hijacked. Oh dear.
Episodes 2+3
Funny but nothing dodgy.
Golden Kamuy S3
8+9
Swords, fights, shooting.
Seitokai Yakuindomo S1
Forgotten how dirty it is
Will never watch it again, until tomorrow.
Cyber City Oedo
Episode 3
Love the opening song.
The best stuff is short, like Pet Shop of Horrors and Hantsu X Trash.
Overlord S1
I watched the Carne Village and the later cemetery episodes.
Golgo 13
15 Eva Heading for the Sea
Did he have to?
19 The Glass Fortress
A good mission
21 Garimpiero
Taking down a gang
23 Jetstream
Duke Togo is on a plane that's hijacked. Oh dear.
Dragon Slayer
The Wildcard
Farming Life in Another World (English Dub) Episode 6
Reign of the Seven Spellblades Episode 2
The Devil is a Part-Timer!! Season 2 Part 2 Episode 13
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Episode 2
Reign of the Seven Spellblades Episode 2
The Devil is a Part-Timer!! Season 2 Part 2 Episode 13
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior Episode 2
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
Dropped: Masterful Cat on episode 2. This is episodic
/comedy and I think would appeal to someone who likes this and is into cats.
Dropped: Liar Liar on episode 3. This show really fails to make the games interesting, I usually love high stake game shows, but this is the worst one I've seen so far of this type. Death Parade, NGNL, Kakegurui, Tomodachi Game all had way more interesting games.
If anyone hasn't seen it yet but also likes the above shows I mentioned, check out the live action Alice in Borderlands as well.
Despite being ecchi tagged, Ryza has more fan service than this does. Don't even remember any ecchi at all!
I'll do a better rundown of shows in a week or so but highly rec Undead Murder Farce so far a couple of eps in.
/comedy and I think would appeal to someone who likes this and is into cats.
Dropped: Liar Liar on episode 3. This show really fails to make the games interesting, I usually love high stake game shows, but this is the worst one I've seen so far of this type. Death Parade, NGNL, Kakegurui, Tomodachi Game all had way more interesting games.
If anyone hasn't seen it yet but also likes the above shows I mentioned, check out the live action Alice in Borderlands as well.
Despite being ecchi tagged, Ryza has more fan service than this does. Don't even remember any ecchi at all!
I'll do a better rundown of shows in a week or so but highly rec Undead Murder Farce so far a couple of eps in.
Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
I've been wanting to try this one but then I think I saw there's an anime version as well and decided I'd watch one or the other - which would you recommend?
Lordhippos
Pokémon Master
The live action one on Netflix is really good, it's 2 seasons and best of all, it's completed the adaptation. Definitely recommend it. Prefer it over Squid Game on balance (though Squid Game is yet only 1 season).
I haven't seen the anime version to compare with, but the adaptation feels well done and I didn't want to spoil it by trying out the anime one. As far as I understand it the anime OVA doesn't cover much of the events, so my rec still goes to live action version.
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Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers (1990)
After hearing rumours from an old man in Spain, Lupin tries to trace the manuscript of Hemingway’s lost final novel, which is said to reveal the location of untold riches hidden somewhere in the Mediterranean. The catch? The book is locked in an unbreakable strongbox, on an island torn apart by two warring gangs of heavily armed treasure-hunters, where Jigen has joined up with one side and Goemon with the other.
While it brings back most of the staff from the previous Lupin tv special, Goodbye Lady Liberty, I feel this film lacks the same sense of flow. Both the setup and journey from beginning to end feel unnecessarily complicated, and occasionally seem to be foregrounding the wrong elements. It might have been nice if we’d spent a little more time with Maria, the terse bartender stuck in the middle of the island, and Mash, the vicious mercenary leader who has a bone to pick with Jigen, for instance, rather than the violent blowhards leading the expedition. While there are no obvious dips in the animation quality, it also feels like this film was produced on a tighter schedule than before, with a few odd leaps in narrative logic and some noticeable shortcuts being taken towards the end.
These are minor nitpicks, however, in what is otherwise a very solid film. The quasi-desert of the island isn't the most visually interesting location, but damned if the film doesn't try to make it look good - there are some particularly striking shots of Lupin riding a white horse through a murky battlefield, and a weirdly pretty one of a mercenary collapsing in a glittering cave during the finale. There are also lots of really great little character moments and individual gags, such as Lupin and Fujiko committing a mini-heist with the sort of calm detachment more akin to a married couple on a mini-break, or Jigen and Fujiko getting Goemon hyped up to break the strongbox by giving the uncomprehending swordsman a massage and a quick smoke. It doesn't feel as much like a theatrical film this time around, but the overall impression is of the filmmakers working very hard to hide their limitations.
Taking the franchise as a whole, I wouldn't quite put this one on the very top tier, but it's definitely up there as one of the stronger specials, and I would still recommend it to anyone looking for a robust retro adventure.
After hearing rumours from an old man in Spain, Lupin tries to trace the manuscript of Hemingway’s lost final novel, which is said to reveal the location of untold riches hidden somewhere in the Mediterranean. The catch? The book is locked in an unbreakable strongbox, on an island torn apart by two warring gangs of heavily armed treasure-hunters, where Jigen has joined up with one side and Goemon with the other.
While it brings back most of the staff from the previous Lupin tv special, Goodbye Lady Liberty, I feel this film lacks the same sense of flow. Both the setup and journey from beginning to end feel unnecessarily complicated, and occasionally seem to be foregrounding the wrong elements. It might have been nice if we’d spent a little more time with Maria, the terse bartender stuck in the middle of the island, and Mash, the vicious mercenary leader who has a bone to pick with Jigen, for instance, rather than the violent blowhards leading the expedition. While there are no obvious dips in the animation quality, it also feels like this film was produced on a tighter schedule than before, with a few odd leaps in narrative logic and some noticeable shortcuts being taken towards the end.
These are minor nitpicks, however, in what is otherwise a very solid film. The quasi-desert of the island isn't the most visually interesting location, but damned if the film doesn't try to make it look good - there are some particularly striking shots of Lupin riding a white horse through a murky battlefield, and a weirdly pretty one of a mercenary collapsing in a glittering cave during the finale. There are also lots of really great little character moments and individual gags, such as Lupin and Fujiko committing a mini-heist with the sort of calm detachment more akin to a married couple on a mini-break, or Jigen and Fujiko getting Goemon hyped up to break the strongbox by giving the uncomprehending swordsman a massage and a quick smoke. It doesn't feel as much like a theatrical film this time around, but the overall impression is of the filmmakers working very hard to hide their limitations.
Taking the franchise as a whole, I wouldn't quite put this one on the very top tier, but it's definitely up there as one of the stronger specials, and I would still recommend it to anyone looking for a robust retro adventure.
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Geriatric hedgehog
Pokémon Master
Good stuff, thanks dude. That's really good to know and I concur a completed adaptation is usually better than a partial one but moreso if rated highly.
D1tchd1gger
Shrine Maiden
Reign of the Seven Spellblades ep 2
First lessons.
The Gene of AI ep 2
Going beyond.
The episodic part was a bit melodramatic, but the overall plot stuff is quite interesting still.
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today ep 2
What the boss saw!
TenPuru ep 2
Operation Seduction.
Liar Liar ep 3
Showing your hand.
First lessons.
The Gene of AI ep 2
Going beyond.
The episodic part was a bit melodramatic, but the overall plot stuff is quite interesting still.
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today ep 2
What the boss saw!
TenPuru ep 2
Operation Seduction.
Liar Liar ep 3
Showing your hand.
Dragon Slayer
The Wildcard
Am I Actually the Strongest? Episode 3 Bonding.
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces Episode 3 Sport's day.
Liar Liar Episode 3 Play your cards right.
My Tiny Senpai Episode 3 Kindred spirits.
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 Episode 2 Carrot cravings.
TenPuru: No One Can Live on Loneliness Episode 2 Seduction plan.
Horimiya: The Missing Pieces Episode 3 Sport's day.
Liar Liar Episode 3 Play your cards right.
My Tiny Senpai Episode 3 Kindred spirits.
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 Episode 2 Carrot cravings.
TenPuru: No One Can Live on Loneliness Episode 2 Seduction plan.
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation episode 3 Fragrance.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation episode 381 Reclaim.
MIX: Meisei Story Season 2 episode 39 Spy.
Detective Conan episodes 128-134, 136-139, Detective Conan Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century (Film), 141-142, 144-147, 153-154, 156
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation episode 381 Reclaim.
MIX: Meisei Story Season 2 episode 39 Spy.
Detective Conan episodes 128-134, 136-139, Detective Conan Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century (Film), 141-142, 144-147, 153-154, 156
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Liar Liar ep1: It's that show where some clueless dude transfers to a specialist school and ends up entangled with a feisty redheaded tsundere against a backdrop of silly regulations and magical pseudoscience (we've all seen a dozen versions of this over the last few years). The twist this time is that there's a convoluted game of ranks overlaid over long-established lies and misdirection, which could have come really close to being interesting had the writing resisted the temptation to make the female lead a ragey idiot with no critical thinking ability. If you like the genre (or have more tolerance for tsundere girls in short skirts than I do) this is probably ok.
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today ep1: I hate all of the CG. The animation on the actual characters is fine, save for the occasional attempt at artsy camera angles and slightly vapid expressions, but it feels as though 50% of the content in this first episode looked horrible which isn't a great experience in a visual medium. The actual series is a bit like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid without the fan service, where the lead (an office worker) has to carry most of the show via monologues reacting to her uncannily gigantic feline housekeeper. The human interactions were very flat and it was only the scenes with the cat which were interesting to me.
Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence ep1: Is this meant to be set in our world or another one? I'm starting to lose my grip on reality. Like last season's Edomae Elf this is a show about a religious figure beloved in the local community who has a few personality flaws which come through as soon as she's away from her worshippers. In this case, Saint Cecilia has a huge crush on her father figure/tutor/boss/attendant/landlord, Pastor Lawrence. The worldbuilding felt really weird; even putting the ambiguous setting aside they occasionally mentioned details which didn't make sense. For example, it's a plot point that their church seldom performs weddings, even though there were many visitors throughout the day and the 'village' seemed to be stuffed to the gills with women and children. Is there a rival church? Is marriage not really a thing in this society? If the village is simply tiny, why does it always seem so big on screen? I also felt as though I wanted to understand basic facts such as the characters' ages and origins instead of being dropped straight into their (non-existent) romance shenanigans, because those details are extremely important in deciding how to interpret some of the characters' more questionable interactions! Is Lawrence overprotective (probably) or is Cecilia just a preteen (I have no idea)? It all looked nice but the lack of explanation really didn't work for me.
Dark Gathering ep1: What a confusing tone this has! I quite liked the surreal/horror moments, but the kid character isn't really compelling and the initial investment in the school backstory (which was then ignored) made the first episode feel jumbled. Which might be intentional, since it feels as though there's a lot yet to be explained, but the first episode didn't really hang together for me. And the female lead's behaviour was very confusing throughout, which increased the spookiness at the expense of her making any sense as a character. Even though the premise of 'traumatised guy who can see ghosts' has been done many times before, this is a fresh spin on the formula and I can see why some people would be intrigued.
Synduality Noir ep1: Pretty interchangeable with all of the other mixed media mecha game tie-ins we've had over the years, this CG-heavy action show ploughs through staples of the genre, like finding a hot girl with amnesia and the lead's status struggles, and doesn't achieve much else. There's also a lot of Namco product placement. It's not terrible. The mecha and monsters all feel floaty in CG which spoiled the action elements for me, and the weird background horniness was too PG to be meaningful. But I quite liked the effort put into setting up dynamics between characters (and there were quite a few characters, not all of whom were spiky-haired teen boys), so it ended up being more watchable than I'd expected.
The Great Cleric ep1: Yet another isekai-by-numbers where some nameless dude dies and is inexplicably whisked away to a fantasy world by a benevolent deity. He decides to become a healer because he used to be in sales and thinks that it's a good way to establish himself in an unfamiliar world (even though it's the most generic fantasy world imaginable, down to its SNES RPG status screens and guilds), and the usual hijinks follow as his real-life work ethic helps him to adapt to the lethargic isekai world. It was a bit weird that he made up his own tragic backstory to give a fake grounding for how heroic he's meant to be simply for not setting out to be a scammer from the outset. Overall this show was inoffensive in every way - the animation is mediocre but serviceable, the voice performances are fine, the script masterfully avoids the needless creepiness of most of these shows - so there's no real reason to hate it other than for its complete pointlessness as an entertainment property.
R
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today ep1: I hate all of the CG. The animation on the actual characters is fine, save for the occasional attempt at artsy camera angles and slightly vapid expressions, but it feels as though 50% of the content in this first episode looked horrible which isn't a great experience in a visual medium. The actual series is a bit like Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid without the fan service, where the lead (an office worker) has to carry most of the show via monologues reacting to her uncannily gigantic feline housekeeper. The human interactions were very flat and it was only the scenes with the cat which were interesting to me.
Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence ep1: Is this meant to be set in our world or another one? I'm starting to lose my grip on reality. Like last season's Edomae Elf this is a show about a religious figure beloved in the local community who has a few personality flaws which come through as soon as she's away from her worshippers. In this case, Saint Cecilia has a huge crush on her father figure/tutor/boss/attendant/landlord, Pastor Lawrence. The worldbuilding felt really weird; even putting the ambiguous setting aside they occasionally mentioned details which didn't make sense. For example, it's a plot point that their church seldom performs weddings, even though there were many visitors throughout the day and the 'village' seemed to be stuffed to the gills with women and children. Is there a rival church? Is marriage not really a thing in this society? If the village is simply tiny, why does it always seem so big on screen? I also felt as though I wanted to understand basic facts such as the characters' ages and origins instead of being dropped straight into their (non-existent) romance shenanigans, because those details are extremely important in deciding how to interpret some of the characters' more questionable interactions! Is Lawrence overprotective (probably) or is Cecilia just a preteen (I have no idea)? It all looked nice but the lack of explanation really didn't work for me.
Dark Gathering ep1: What a confusing tone this has! I quite liked the surreal/horror moments, but the kid character isn't really compelling and the initial investment in the school backstory (which was then ignored) made the first episode feel jumbled. Which might be intentional, since it feels as though there's a lot yet to be explained, but the first episode didn't really hang together for me. And the female lead's behaviour was very confusing throughout, which increased the spookiness at the expense of her making any sense as a character. Even though the premise of 'traumatised guy who can see ghosts' has been done many times before, this is a fresh spin on the formula and I can see why some people would be intrigued.
Synduality Noir ep1: Pretty interchangeable with all of the other mixed media mecha game tie-ins we've had over the years, this CG-heavy action show ploughs through staples of the genre, like finding a hot girl with amnesia and the lead's status struggles, and doesn't achieve much else. There's also a lot of Namco product placement. It's not terrible. The mecha and monsters all feel floaty in CG which spoiled the action elements for me, and the weird background horniness was too PG to be meaningful. But I quite liked the effort put into setting up dynamics between characters (and there were quite a few characters, not all of whom were spiky-haired teen boys), so it ended up being more watchable than I'd expected.
The Great Cleric ep1: Yet another isekai-by-numbers where some nameless dude dies and is inexplicably whisked away to a fantasy world by a benevolent deity. He decides to become a healer because he used to be in sales and thinks that it's a good way to establish himself in an unfamiliar world (even though it's the most generic fantasy world imaginable, down to its SNES RPG status screens and guilds), and the usual hijinks follow as his real-life work ethic helps him to adapt to the lethargic isekai world. It was a bit weird that he made up his own tragic backstory to give a fake grounding for how heroic he's meant to be simply for not setting out to be a scammer from the outset. Overall this show was inoffensive in every way - the animation is mediocre but serviceable, the voice performances are fine, the script masterfully avoids the needless creepiness of most of these shows - so there's no real reason to hate it other than for its complete pointlessness as an entertainment property.
R
Otomo
Thousand Master
It seemed to me that the anime 3 parter was just a taste and best not to hope for an ending. I looked at it this way and so enjoyed it. If I recall, the early bird price reflected it's length.
@Otomo for the most part, yes I’ve been enjoying Detective Conan so far - the odd meh case here and there and members of the supporting cast I’m a bit mixed on sometimes, but otherwise it’s good fun. The films have been quite solid so far as well - I’ve recently finished the third and am onto the fourth.
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