What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0

[Dangard Ace]

I haven't read the Solo Leveling webtoon since episode 1 aired.   Guess I'll re-read it from chapter 100.  That's where last weeks anime ended.

 

Yup.  It's fun!

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I finished the 2nd season of Kaguya-sama love is war. This is such a great series.

[Seto Kaiba]

6 hours ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I finished the 2nd season of Kaguya-sama love is war. This is such a great series.

It really is.  Honestly, that one's good start-to-finish. 😁

 

My watch group recently started So I'm a Spider, So What?.  I've seen this one before, though after reading the light novel I definitely understand why this one ended where it did.  It relies so heavily on anachronic order for its story that it just sort of falls to pieces at several points because there's no real connection between what the protagonist is doing in its A-plot and what the Hero's party is doing in the B-plot.  They kind of cut their losses right around the point of darkness-induced audience apathy kicking in when Kumoko/Shiraori jumps off the slippery slope and becomes a rather unlikeable villain protagonist.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

18 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

It really is.  Honestly, that one's good start-to-finish. 😁

 

My watch group recently started So I'm a Spider, So What?.  I've seen this one before, though after reading the light novel I definitely understand why this one ended where it did.  It relies so heavily on anachronic order for its story that it just sort of falls to pieces at several points because there's no real connection between what the protagonist is doing in its A-plot and what the Hero's party is doing in the B-plot.  They kind of cut their losses right around the point of darkness-induced audience apathy kicking in when Kumoko/Shiraori jumps off the slippery slope and becomes a rather unlikeable villain protagonist.

I am starting Kaguya season 3 tonight  I loved the spider series only when Kumoko was on.   It is the one show that I listened to the ending every episode.

[Seto Kaiba]

5 minutes ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I am starting Kaguya season 3 tonight 

Enjoy!  I'm still hoping we'll one day get a fourth season that will adapt the manga's final, climactic story arc about Kaguya's family.

 

5 minutes ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I loved the spider series only when Kumoko was on.   It is the one show that I listened to the ending every episode.

It's not a bad show by any means, and it does have a few good songs for OP and ED.  

Ending the adaptation where they did was definitely the right call, though.  The amount of fun in the story gradually diminishes as the distance between the A-plot starring Kumoko and the B-plot starring Shun closes.  By the time they're aligned, it's a joyless slog through preventing a fantasy apocalypse.  

[Seto Kaiba]

Crunchyroll's Spring 2025 lineup has started announcements...

https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2025/3/19/spring-2025-anime-crunchyroll

Looks like we're getting another season of Fire Force, which should be interesting.  Along with a new season of Black Butler, the inevitable continuation of One Piece, and a new season of I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years.

There's also My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, an adaptation of the yawn-inducing My Hero Academia spinoff.

 

Rather interested to see what appears to be an adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in the season's lineup under the title Anne Shirley.

There's a Guilty Gear Strive anime in this coming season too.  That should be almost Jojo levels of bizarre.

Kind of a lean-looking simulcast lineup so far.  I was hoping we'd be seeing more of MF Ghost this summer.  Still five or so titles left unannounced.

Really, anything to save me from the drudgery of the Spring lineup's repeated failures to stick the landing.  The ending to Ameku M.D. will be a mercy indeed.  It's been a while since I've had a series where the protagonist was this unlikeable.  Not since Star Trek: Discovery, I think.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

54 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Enjoy!  I'm still hoping we'll one day get a fourth season that will adapt the manga's final, climactic story arc about Kaguya's family.

 

It's not a bad show by any means, and it does have a few good songs for OP and ED.  

Ending the adaptation where they did was definitely the right call, though.  The amount of fun in the story gradually diminishes as the distance between the A-plot starring Kumoko and the B-plot starring Shun closes.  By the time they're aligned, it's a joyless slog through preventing a fantasy apocalypse.  

I was planning to read the light novels eventually.

[26662]

8 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

Crunchyroll's Spring 2025 lineup has started announcements...

https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2025/3/19/spring-2025-anime-crunchyroll

Looks like we're getting another season of Fire Force, which should be interesting.  Along with a new season of Black Butler, the inevitable continuation of One Piece, and a new season of I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years.

There's also My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, an adaptation of the yawn-inducing My Hero Academia spinoff.

 

Rather interested to see what appears to be an adaptation of Anne of Green Gables in the season's lineup under the title Anne Shirley.

There's a Guilty Gear Strive anime in this coming season too.  That should be almost Jojo levels of bizarre.

Kind of a lean-looking simulcast lineup so far.  I was hoping we'd be seeing more of MF Ghost this summer.  Still five or so titles left unannounced.

Really, anything to save me from the drudgery of the Spring lineup's repeated failures to stick the landing.  The ending to Ameku M.D. will be a mercy indeed.  It's been a while since I've had a series where the protagonist was this unlikeable.  Not since Star Trek: Discovery, I think.

Oof... Star Trek: Discovery.  I felt that.  ST:D needed better storytellers (and they shouldn't have stolen the entire water bear/warp drive story line), but more to your point, Soniqua-Green can't act.  She was terrible on the Walking Dead and she showed zero growth on ST:D. 

[Seto Kaiba]

50 minutes ago, 26662 said:

Oof... Star Trek: Discovery.  I felt that.  ST:D needed better storytellers (and they shouldn't have stolen the entire water bear/warp drive story line), but more to your point, Soniqua-Green can't act.  She was terrible on the Walking Dead and she showed zero growth on ST:D. 

Yeah, the titular doctor from Ameku M.D. could give Burnham a run for her money in the unlikeable protagonist department.

She is, for all intents and purpose, Hugh Laurie's Gregory House from House M.D. but with none of House's redeeming traits.  Where Gregory House was a brilliant but incredibly flawed doctor whose toxic jerkass tendencies were a product of significant trauma, Takao Ameku is seemingly just an arrogant rich kid who believes herself to be a genius, who treats her colleagues so badly she's banned from several departments, and who seemingly forces her way into people's business purely for her own entertainment.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I am starting Steins gate tonight. It seems interesting.

[26662]

4 minutes ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I am starting Steins gate tonight. It seems interesting.

I had a lot of hope for it.  I might try again some day when I’m ready to concentrate on the plot.  

[pengbuzz]

On 3/19/2025 at 6:53 PM, Seto Kaiba said:

Kind of a lean-looking simulcast lineup so far.  I was hoping we'd be seeing more of MF Ghost this summer.  Still five or so titles left unannounced.

Speaking of similar sounding anime:  I wish they'd do a new MD Geist or something similar. I saw the original some years ago and thought it was pretty good ((if a bit gory).

Edited Friday at 03:47 AM by pengbuzz

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

A couple just recently wrapped.

Sakamoto Days -    The way the final episode was setting things up its almost guaranteed to have more coming.     I'll admit it was entertaining,   and I would watch more whenever Netflix green lights more of it.  

Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi -     aka Salary man isekai..    I can't say I was overly impressed about this title.    Ulmandra pretty much carried most of this season and the plot was pretty vanilla.     If they made more I'd probably follow it and the ending was generic leaving the door open for more but probably not.    

 

 

 

 

 

[Big s]

13 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Speaking of similar sounding anime:  I wish they'd do a new MD Geist or something similar. I saw the original some years ago and thought it was pretty good ((if a bit gory).

That was one of my favorites when I was younger back in the late 80’s and early 90’s era of finding those on videocassette in the video rental places. Me and my friends would have watch parties of these kinda movies and ova’s on Friday nights with pizza and popcorn with everyone spending the night and enjoying the brutality. Lots of anime and Troma memories back then.

All our parents just thought we were renting basic Saturday morning style cartoons and would leave us alone not realizing how hardcore some of the stuff was. Anime felt more adventurous back then

[Focslain]

3 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

Sakamoto Days -    The way the final episode was setting things up its almost guaranteed to have more coming.     I'll admit it was entertaining,   and I would watch more whenever Netflix green lights more of it.  

It was already announced to be split into two cours of 11 eps each with a break season between them. So it will be back in the summer.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Welcome to Japan ms elf was great again today. Marie in a Yukata is great.

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

3 hours ago, Focslain said:

It was already announced to be split into two cours of 11 eps each with a break season between them. So it will be back in the summer.

Nice,  one of the few this season that was worth coming back for.  

 

2 hours ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

Welcome to Japan ms elf was great again today. Marie in a Yukata is great.

This one has been one of the jems,  amongst the blah of Winter 2025 season.      I'm hoping we get a 2nd season as its gonna wrap with much more to cover.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

43 minutes ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

Nice,  one of the few this season that was worth coming back for.  

 

This one has been one of the jems,  amongst the blah of Winter 2025 season.      I'm hoping we get a 2nd season as its gonna wrap with much more to cover.

Me too. I love the books so much.  I want to see so important events animated.

[Dynaman]

On 3/20/2025 at 4:56 PM, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I am starting Steins gate tonight. It seems interesting.

It DRAGS for a number of episodes and then BOOOOM the plot takes off.  Wait till at least that episode (you will know it when you see it).  

[MinmayMusicManiac]

I'm watching new episodes of Chibi Maruko chan. i ignored it for so many years until i found out Dancing Pompokolin by Captian Jack in Dance Dance Revolution is an Enghlish language version of  the Maruko chan theme song being remixed

Edited Saturday at 06:18 AM by MinmayMusicManiac

[Big s]

6 hours ago, MinmayMusicManiac said:

I'm watching new episodes of Chibi Maruko chan. i ignored it for so many years until i found out Dancing Pompokolin by Captian Jack in Dance Dance Revolution is an Enghlish language version of  the Maruko chan theme song being remixed

Is that show still going? 
I remember seeing that on one of those pbs type stations way back in the 90’s

[MinmayMusicManiac]

4 hours ago, Big s said:

Is that show still going? 
I remember seeing that on one of those pbs type stations way back in the 90’s

yup & it is has a Hong Kong produced glisten dub that is legally watchable on youtube.also if you think that's old Sazae-san is still going since 1969

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Dang that latest episode of Solo Leveling was so good.  The fight was awesome.

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru - aka Okitsura just wrapped.    All in all not bad,  it does a good job promoting Okinawa.   I think it did better then I expected it to and its at least worth a watch. 

 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

3 minutes ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

Okinawa de Suki ni Natta Ko ga Hougen Sugite Tsura Sugiru - aka Okitsura just wrapped.    All in all not bad,  it does a good job promoting Okinawa.   I think it did better then I expected it to and its at least worth a watch. 

 

It was a good show. I really wish the plot advanced more. 

[Seto Kaiba]

Gettin' to the end of the season.

OKITSURA ended.  Start to finish, a cute little romcom that spends about 1/2 of its time being a cultural ambassador for Okinawa.  I had a lot of fun with it.

Blue Exorcist's fourth season has also officially ended.  This manga was definitely past its use-by date when they decided to do a second season.  Season four is past the Weekend at Bernie's phase to the point of starting to smell rather off.  The extended flashback to give exposition about a character who's literally killed off in the show's first episode is not a particularly value-added exercise.  

I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons had a deeply unsatisfying ending where Leticia and the prince she desperately wanted to avoid marrying are happily married.

I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class definitely had kind of a sloppy ending too.  It started strong, but it just bogged down in wanting to be a pseudo-harem show.

 

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

other titles have wrapped..

I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class -  ugh     I was rooting for the blonde..  

NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita -   not much to add from my original post,   this is a turn your brain off and fan service anime.    I didn't expect anything with the ending and it met that expectation.   

 

 

 

 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I have a crush at work ended. I really enjoyed this series. I was nice to see a love story with adults.

[Seto Kaiba]

Crunchyroll has just sent me a notice to inform me that the movie Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle will be doing a limited engagement in western theaters c.September 12th.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

"Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister" ended and it was a good show.