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[dragontamer5788]

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman - Opening Theme | "HEROES"

The Opening Theme Song for "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" anime has been released!Opening Theme – "HEROES" by Takanori Nishikawa!The story is...

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Banger openings. I'm still surprised that Uma Musume is getting like S3 or whatever this crap is. Holy moly, unexpected popularity for the horse-girls.

Solid music this season IMO.

 

[kurosagi01]

Banger openings. I'm still surprised that Uma Musume is getting like S3 or whatever this crap is. Holy moly, unexpected popularity for the horse-girls.

Solid music this season IMO.

I've not seen this show but I saw the artist/band and it peaked my interest to give it a listen.
As for watching the show itself..no I don't know still, the premise sounds interesting though.

 

[kurosagi01]

My partner bought me a replica of the original DYRL 84 promo poster, original release would be cool but myself or my partner didn't fancy paying a premium on piece of paper.
Got it in a frame now, ready to hang it somewhere in the office.

 

[neurotix]

Watching Martian Successor Nadesico with my fiance. I've seen it before twice but probably not in 10 years.

Sigh, I decided to start Frieren on my own despite being burned out on isekai shows. The last one I watched was probably last March when fiance was on a business trip, I didn't even finish it and don't remember the name but I thought it was terrible. (something about them being stuck in a game streaming until they got a certain view count).

I'm only watching Frieren to see what all the fuss is about, since so many racey images of her are posted in the TPU Discord #weeb channel.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I've finally gotten around watching Eva, after a full day of work. By the time I realized, I had watched 10 full episodes...

Think I will finish it either tonight, or tomorrow

 

[Fokker]

Watching Martian Successor Nadesico with my fiance. I've seen it before twice but probably not in 10 years.

Sigh, I decided to start Frieren on my own despite being burned out on isekai shows. The last one I watched was probably last March when fiance was on a business trip, I didn't even finish it and don't remember the name but I thought it was terrible. (something about them being stuck in a game streaming until they got a certain view count).

I'm only watching Frieren to see what all the fuss is about, since so many racey images of her are posted in the TPU Discord #weeb channel.

Frieren isn't isekai.

 

[dragontamer5788]

Time travel is Isekai. See Inuyasha and Dr. stone.

(But really I'm trolling. Frieren is like.... just a blink of an eye from the perspective of an elf. It's no teleportation or otherwise big change at all. Even Rip Van Winkle is arguably an Isekai because fish out of water is an important trope. But Frieren doesn't have any of that because she actually lived inbetween all that time).

 

[neurotix]

If any of you have heard of or seen "The Day I became a God" (recommended), Google was considered that an isekai show in a list and it totally is not.

If Frieren is not isekai because of no characters being trapped in a game/teleported to another world, fair enough. It's still a medieval fantasy show however, and there's a ton of those, and a lot happen to be isekai, so yes kind of burnt out on them.

I'm just watching it to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[dragontamer5788]

I'm just watching it to see what all the fuss is about.

Strong but overrated. The philosophy didn't quite hit much for me, but I do think the designs were good and the overall battle sequences were very pretty.

My recommendation for 2024 would be Kaiju No. 8 actually, above and beyond Frieren. But I'm a bit of an anime fan and seeing a 90s style one like Kaiju No. 8 matches my tastes. Its very nostalgic.

Dan Da Dan is highly sexualized but if you can take the fanservice, I think its a strong contender for anime of 2024. (as another choice aside from Kaiju No. 8).

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This season, Apocalypse Hotel is hitting the philosophical notes better for me. Comedy / Drama, its about a bunch of robots who have been tasked to take care of a Hotel as humans escaped from an Apocalyptic virus event on Earth (so they left for space, promising to "return soon"). 100+ years later... well... somehow comedy happens?

Its funnier than you'd expect. But give it ~1 episode and you'd figure out quickly if its comedy to your tastes. The overall situation is obviously a bad situation (Robots who clearly miss humans waiting for their return). But watching this collection of Robots trying to keep this Hotel in tip-top shape is somewhat inspiring? Even if its a bit depressing.

My #1 Pick of 2025 so far is Zenshu though. It is an Isekai but its different. Lol.

I've not seen this show but I saw the artist/band and it peaked my interest to give it a listen.
As for watching the show itself..no I don't know still, the premise sounds interesting though.

I heard of Uma Musume multiple years ago. The gist is that they took a bunch of stories about Race Horses, made anime-girl versions of those Race Horses that loosely followed the real-life story of those horse... and then the Gachapon game somehow exploded in popularity (giving this group effectively infinite money).

So here we are. It seems like the fanbase is still having fun with the concept well into today, so congrats to them! Its not something I could get into though.

So Lazarus is out, it's from Shin'ichirô Watanabe, the guy that made Cowboy Bebop, anyone watching?

I'm hearing that its basically "Not as good Cowboy Bebop". But it seems to hit a lot of similar notes?

What do you think of it?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Really liking that one. Possibly because it's in english, but definitely because it's very cool!

 

[Space Lynx]

I got halfway through Frieren, since it was all the rage for awhile. I just couldn't get into it. I did like it overall, but it just didn't vibe with me enough to finish it.

Code Geass / Death Note / HunterxHunter are my top three favorite anime's still, doubt if it ever changes.

 

[dragontamer5788]

Really liking that one. Possibly because it's in english, but definitely because it's very cool!

I was disappointed by the story.

It is a superhero anime except the superheroes have an 'American Gods' effect where the superheroes powers are determined by popularity and beliefs.

It barely makes sense for god's/divinity to draw upon their worshipers. It just doesn't make any sense (for me at least) in a superhero setting.

I think there's some anime where fictional beings (ex: story heroes and myths) gain the power from their cultural zeitgeist and that's a bit more acceptable to me.

As an example from Ep. 3: a firefighter holds up a ceiling as it falls down because a little girl believed the firefighter was strong enough to save them both... As the story got publicized (and thus more popular) this firefighter becomes a superhero who can seemingly hold anything up, but his weakness becomes the inability to bend over or lay down (even in his private life). His fans/supporters don't want to see him bend, kneel or otherwise 'Not be standing' so he loses the ability to bend over.

If that sounds interesting to you give it a shot I guess. But it really felt arbitrary to me what powers and weaknesses everyone got. Lots of other stories have done this mechanic better already (ex: American Gods).

I got halfway through Frieren, since it was all the rage for awhile. I just couldn't get into it. I did like it overall, but it just didn't vibe with me enough to finish it.

Code Geass / Death Note / HunterxHunter are my top three favorite anime's still, doubt if it ever changes.

I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think Frieren was good but it was really overrated.

Its not bad. Just... overrated.