/jp/ - Japan/Anime

I've tried to watch monogatari off season, it is very experimental, dunno how to better put it

>>42832
Rewatching Evangelion. The last time I watched it I was 14 and I can't appreciate it, So far the show is good.

I'm planning to watch end of Eva on December 31.

I'm also watching negative positive Angler.

Finished watching Mother of Goddess Dormitory.

Rather basic Ecchi except for the fact that it was a shota 12 year old being surrounded by collage aged babes, which made it slightly novel.
While the plot is nothing to write home about, the art and character design is nice.
If simplistic ecchi anime is your comfort food like it is for me then it's a ok watch.
If you are expecting more though, like a decent plot of tons of meaningful character development then give this show a pass.

Mieruko-chan

succubus sees horrifying ghost
succubus tries very hard to ignore horrifying ghost
The horrifying ghost make it incressingly difficult to ignore them

That's basically the show.
Wasn't great but wasn't bad. 13 eps seems like just the right amount, enough to explore the premises but didn't stick around long enough to get overly dull and predictable.

finished blood reign curse of the yoma, was cool and beautiful art

I found out what was the movie where some soldiers looked like from wolfenstein that when I asked about in /b I got reply asking how new are you here

It was
Jin-roh the wolf brigade
Just seen it for first time today

I found it accidentally while looking for something else

I'm not a big anime fan yeah

And my opinion about the movie itself

Not bad

Actually the movie was somewhat lame

Why become member of special unit if you dont want to kill peoole

Tragic hero cliche something like that

Just finished Aah Harimanada

So I'm a Spider, So What?

The parts involving the MC were great but for some reason it couldn't stick to the actual intresting main story following the MC.
What is especially crazy to me is the CGI heavy fights of the spider/monster fights were billons of times better than the ultra badly animated human fights I didn't give the faintest fart about.
Seriously, one half the show is super hype and the other is a fucking drag. I really would have preferred if they just stuck to following the MC. She is a extremely entertaining character and her trials and tribulations are awesome.

The human plot however can eat a bag of dicks.

Still I kinda hope they get a season 2 to properly wrap up the story, preferably with better fight animation for humanoids. The team that did the monster fights were clearly a different team of whoever was animating the humans. That is for damn sure.

rewatching gintama because im in love with it
i also started code geass because i feel like its an anime everyone recommends as a must watch right? its really good lol but my friends look at me sideways when i watch it at school

>>42869
the end of code geass is worth watching it

Now starting The Fable

>>42871
I read all the manga, pretty fun read

Rizelmine

Watched it when I was like 14 or something but my memory of it was faded so I watched it again.

I truely didn't remember how annoying the show is and how unlikable all the charcters were. Or maybe I just had greater tolerance for that kind of thing back then.
I did manage to watch through the whole thing, mostly thanks to the 15 minute episodes, but the whole first half was a test of pacences. The second half was a little better, with better jokes, better character dynamics/chemistry, and more "fan service", but better doesn't mean good. Even at it's best it was far below average.

Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious


It was ok, but the humor didn't match my own so the vast majority of jokes fell flat for me.
Also the characters were all kinda shit and super annoying intentionally.

I finished shiki, I have mixed feeling about it. I wants to know what happens to the people after the ending but alas we'll 'ever know

>>42965
Am I the only one who found this to be a really heavy-handed metaphor for the problem of young people leaving rural towns for big cities? I didn't finish it because I was too distracted by it. I only watched a few episodes so maybe I'm wrong but I thought that's where the author was going with it.

>>42966
It touched on the subject bit it wasn't even close to the main theme.

Winter 2025 season
A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu Shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiegotachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu (SKIP)
Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Oji-san (1 Episode)
Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte (3 Episode)
Arafou Otoko no Isekai Tsuuhan Seikatsu (?)
Baban Baban Ban Vampire (1 Episode)
BanG Dream! Ave Mujica (3 Episode)
Botsuraku Yotei no Kizoku dakedo, Hima Datta kara Mahou wo Kiwamete mita (1 Episode)
Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez – Deluxe-hen (SKIP)
Class no Daikirai na Joshi to Kekkon Suru Koto ni Natta (3 Episode)
Douse, Koishite Shimaunda (3 Episode)
Dr. STONE: SCIENCE FUTURE (?)
FARMAGIA (SKIP/MUST WATCH For Fairy Tail Fans)
Fate/strange Fake (MUST WATCH)
Fuguushoku [Kanteishi] ga Jitsu wa Saikyou Datta: Naraku de Kitaeta Saikyou no [Shingan] de Musou Suru (1 Episode)
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger THE ANIMATION (3 Episode)
Guild no Uketsukejou desu ga, Zangyou wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Tobatsu Shiyou to Omoimasu (3 Episode)
Hana wa Saku, Shura no Gotoku (3 Episode)
Hazure Skill "Kinomi Master": Skill no Mi (Tabetara Shinu) wo Mugen ni Taberareru You ni Natta Ken Nitsuite (SKIP)
Honey Lemon Soda (1 Episode)
Ishura 2nd Season (?)
Izure Saikyou no Renkinjutsushi ? (1 Episode)
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun 2 (?)
Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo 2nd Season (MUST WATCH)
Kinnikuman: Kanpeki Choujin Shiso-hen Season 2 (?)
Kisaki Kyouiku kara Nigetai Watashi (1 Episode)
Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu (1 Episode)
Kuroiwa Medaka ni Watashi no Kawaii ga Tsuujinai (1 Episode)
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season (MUST WATCH)
Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata (1 Episode)
Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku (1 Episode)
Mahoutsukai Precure!! MIRAI DAYS (SKIP)
Mashin Souzouden Wataru (SKIP)
Medalist (MUST WATCH)
Momentary Lily (1 or 3 Episode)
Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san (1 Episode)
Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru (3 Episode)
Ore dake Level Up na Ken: Season 2 – Arise from the Shadow (MUST WATCH)

I'm watching "I will defeat any boss to clock on time", pretty fun and light hearted anime

>>42994
>Fairy Tale (MUST WTCH)
>Fate (MUST WATCH)
Lmao! Are you a NORMIE? Did you get this list from a NORMIE website? Hahaha!

>>43020
Oh, what anime have you recently watched?
What would you recommend?

You are very willing to throw stones. Lets see how study your house is.

Watching TSURUNE *twang*

finished watching mawaru penguindrum. I have mixed feeling about the ending because it's a bitter sweet ending. also I still don't get it the back story of the parents and the guy with pink hair, how did they come to do such horrible thing they've done?

>>43055
It's pretty sad. Basically, the pink hair guy was controlling, influencing, and orchestrating everything, the whole thing is just the product of his whims as a bored superhuman, and he'd nudge the Takakura family twice: one time into terrorism ( which wouldn't actually realize the dad's ambition, if you think about it ) and another time into recreating the same terrorist scenario with the brothers ( the son of that dad he manipulated, to make it worse ) to see if the outcome would be the same i.e 'does fate really exist?'

The ending themes in Penguindrum were really, really cool by the way, even better than rock over Japan.
P.S it's probably okay to go without spoilers, since I think everyone watched this show 10+ years ago lol
This show was genuine fun. I recommend Hozuki no reitetsu for similar fun.

Anime should be fun.

Hmmm… I might've recommended Hozuki, but since it's an anime on Buddhist hells, I wonder if you'll take to it lol

>>43062
Your boss is an idiot and your subordinates are children; the anime.

Honestly I took a lot of life lessons from this

I finished vampire hunter D. It was a 10/10 even if charlotte should have lived but I still tell myself she's alive, it's more romantic it's kino animation like that that makes me want to watch more anime

>>43067
That spoiler kek.
She's 500% gone.

>>43068
lel I know

Watching Inuyasha blind. It's a big departure genre-wise from UY or Ranma. It kind of feels like a Touhou anime based on the setting and premise. The protagonist is rather like Sanae. The credits theme even sounds like a track from PCB or at least it does to my ears. Not sure why it gets discussed so infrequently.

>>43075
It's a older show with a lot of cringy moments when someone who watched it in their teens reflect on it in hindsight, and a especially cringe fan-base back in the day. So that is probably the main reason it isn't talked too much about these days.
Also most of it was pretty mid if I am totally honest, with way too much dragging things out, as most shows of the genera have.

That said it did have a vibe about it that makes me extremely nostalgic.

Am I Actually the Strongest?

2 out of 5

Very low effort trend chasing show of no substance or originality.
It wasn't technically bad, but it was clear no one was trying in any way shape or form. Utterly forgettable. I don't recommend.

I'm Quitting Heroing

God fucking damn it. I was expecting a generic
as fuck uninspired fantasy show.
I was not expecting to cry.

The first 5 ep are pretty standard fair. Character of the week episodes following the theme of the show.
Then there is a fucking huge twist in the middle, then it gets super emotional from that point on.

Only negative I have to say about it is with the exception of the penultimate ep, the animation was very mediocre.
Also the music isn't very good.

Finally some originality and soul in a relatively recent fantasy anime. Watched like 5 shows in a row that were bland bullshit, so this actually being good hit hard.

4 out of 5

Zenshuu
As good as the animation was, I ultimately found it unremarkable and forgettable

Saint Tail

>>42832
Watching Ghost Sweeper Mikami and will probably watch Look Back too. Just recent finished Orb, it was ok.

The seasonals I'm watching are as follows:

>Gquuuuuux
I went to the initial theater release because I really like Gundam. Its a joint product between two studios, and feels like Khara is really pulling the weight here rather than Sunrise. The animation is extremely high quality on Khara's end, but even the CG mechs are pretty decent, about on par with Origins. In the beginning I really disliked the new mech designs, but they grew on me. This is a really intriguing mix of old and new ideas.

>Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi
The latest work from SHAFT. Another one with really good animation, which maintains the style SHAFT has become famously associated with. It's a very humorous story about an assassin and a ninja who team up to climb a ranking system, with the ninja being pretty useless but having the ability to turn everything into leaves, so she becomes a "cleaner" of sorts and disposes of corpses for her partner. I actually watched the first episode twice, I like it a lot.

>Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi
What attracted me to this was that it was written by Atto, the creator of Non Non Biyori. The main character has drifted away from all of her school friends and become a socially anxious loner, and in the first episode she reunites with them in University to form a club about "Food Culture Research", having an interest in cooking and dining, but it ultimately winds up being a front so the group can laze around in a clubroom all day. I don't think this will reach the highs of NNB, but so far its a pretty good ride and the comedy style is similar.

>Apocalypse Hotel
This one is about an android and her staff of robots managing a hotel after humanity has abandoned the Earth. It's a charming SoL so far, the robots each have a lot of personality. However, there is a twist at the end that makes me unsure what direction this is going to go in, but I suspect the production quality will be very high regardless. There's a possibility it could develop into a memorible anime original.

>Yaiba
This is pure shonen, based on the manga by Aoyama. There was an attempt to adapt this in the 90s that was never completed and this reboot is quite different, for the better in my opinion. This new version is by WIT studio, who have apparently brought on some staff that worked on Mob Psycho, so the action scenes are really well done. The art style is also pretty interesting, as it attempts to look old without actualy *being* old.

The last anime I completed that I really enjoyed was 86, which I may post about later but I'm out of character space and time.

>>43174
you seem very passionate about watching anime. I liked reading your post, I wish I was as passionate as you

Record of lodoss war, OG dragonball and sailor moon.
I've been on a classic 90's anime kick lately and they're all extremely comfy to watch in bed on a night time.
I just wish dragonball would finally get a solid 1080P+ remaster that wasnt exclusively available in france or a fan effort.

>>43177
>dragonball
Dragonball was best before Z

TVアニメ『Summer Pockets』
Watch it!

Skeleton Knight in Another World

Exactly the kind of Hero I can get behind and enjoy the most in these sort of fantasy isekai shows. Overall style and substance was decent too. Didn't even mind the 3dcgi too much, even if it did still stick out. They were at least trying, and they didn't use it to cheat the actual action scenes but rather I think it was just used to speed up animating stuff that wasn't super important.
Loved the OP theme and sequence too. ED was pretty lame so skipped it though.

Mostly though it was refreshing to have a hero with decent moral values and put their OP nature to good use without being saccharine, bland, or flat.
There are more then a few isekai who handwave the hero just instantly accepting slavery, often taking slaves themselves and this is supposed to be seen as fine because he is such a nice guy and thus his slaves fall in love with him n shit. Doesn't matter how OP they are, or how many connections and how influencial they become, they never even remotely chalenge slavery at all.

Not in this show. Dude sees Elves being captured and enslaved he cleaves through the slavers and rescues the captives.
Oh, but there are magical slave collars n shit. Seen that trope before, surely that means the hero will…
Nope, he dispels that shit with ease.

It's refreshing.
Sometimes I just want a unambiguously good guy kicking the ever-living shit out of bad guys. This show delivers that.

While satisfied with the 12 eps it got, I do kinda hope it gets a second season because I have zero intention of reading the LN.

>>43178
I agree.
I do like up until the frieza saga which is where it was meant to end originally.
I know in japan there is no distinction between dragonball and z.
the original series is just more comfy to me.

>>43175
When I was originally on wizardchan there was a ton of people putting enormous amounts of effort into their hobbies, so much so that I fear I could never measure up to them, and it inspired me to try all sorts of things and put more effort into myself. What I've learned so far is since then seems like the board has been reset and no one even enforces the 30+ rule any more so I don't think this is the place for me.

>>43178
>>43188
Wrong. The entirety of Z is kino.

>>43189
I stopped being as active ages ago but I stop by now and then to see how all the wizzies are doing. It's definitely odd seeing how some parts of the board culture has changed.

I think a lot about when we got /jp/ made and the anime nights we used to have here that I'd watch while working my night shifts. It's been so long at this point that I forget the handle of the guy that used to organize them, but he always put so much work and effort into making the whole experience fun and smooth.

I've become the person in my friend group that organizes similar anime days, and he comes up in my mind basically every week.

>>43190
nah.
power level creep ruins the series as Z goes on until everything feels pointless.
Frieza is already at a level where he can destroy entire planets singlehandedly, its harder to get much more powerful than that.

>>43189
is this genshiken the manga?

>>43189
The board has never had that many actual 30+ wizards on it? It's always mostly been apprentices, and there were more underages browsing it back then.
>>43193
According to SauceNAO which I clicked after the ImgOps link next to it, yes.

The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest


I found it boring, badly paced, and the animation quality poor.
2 out of 5.
I do not recommended.

>>43263
Long titled RPG-themed fantasy / isekai franchises with such long names are usually too full of irony and "game mechanic" themes. Can't expect much from them. One can even wonder how much of the Japanese youth are familiar with JRPGs to even identify what's mocking or inspired by RPG elements.

>>43189
>>43233
>The board has never had that many actual 30+ wizards on it? It's always mostly been apprentices, and there were more underages browsing it back then.
I think there were even more underage users back then than now (at least before the 4chan refugees came). However there was a subgroup of higher quality chadwizards that were actually interested in disregarding succubi and pursuing their hobbies. Of course those types get bored of the site and leave eventually because there are not many like them to engage with each other among the constant flood of posts about sex and succubi

>>43265
>too full of irony
That one played it straight. I don't have a issue with if they do it ironically or play it totally straight, it's about doing it well and telling a interesting story.

Like I loved KonoSuba (aka KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!) because it was well done, high effort, and mostly due to it being hilarious. But a lot of shows feel very low effort, badly done, and can't hit whatever feeling they aim to invoke. While this isn't a exclusively recent problem, because more shows then ever come out each season and each year for the past few years compared to last decade, even more low effort low quality slop is produced as a consequence.

Speaking of slop, I am also super annoyed that a lot of sites I use for watching anime are getting utterly flooded by cheap nonsensical Chinese slop. It makes searching by genera to find a show to watch irritating.

So for some reason I've started watching Precure, and I'm more or less caught up on the current season. The format is kind of similar to a "monster of the week" style super robot anime, but 14 year old succubi instead of robots, with the staple recycled stock footage and lightning paced story beats padding out episodic battles with the baddies. The real hook is the show's odd and charming dry sense of humor, and surprisingly there's a fair bit of character development as well. For example, Kokoro is good at dancing, like she was probably born to dancer, but chooses to to become an idol precure instead because they are the entire impetus of her desire to participate in this activity, and there's an entire episode of deliberation over this. Later on, important childhood milestones like experiencing new things outside of your narrow scope of existence, and the difference between having a dream and having a dream you NEED to fulfill are topics. Its still very average and cliche, its no doubt something written for children, but my interest has been sparked and I reckon I'll be exploring some more of this franchise soon.