What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v4.0

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Finally fisnihed Kumo desu ka, it was good at the end.  2 words come to mind when I finished it.  Yuuki Aoi, without her I probably would not have watched.

[Marzan]

Last season ended with a bang with Fruits Basket coming to a very heartfelt and emotional finale. Normally those kinds of shoujo shows are not for me, but this one really had a lot of good things going for it.

86 was a good watch as well. The mecha are a bit meh, but the story and worldbuilding are interesting enough.

But by far my favorite shows were To Your Eternity and Megalobox 2. Top notch both of them. The latter just oozes old school cool too.

 

The new season is not very impressive to be honest.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I am glad Hamefura is back.  I am not really enjoying this season much.

[Seto Kaiba]

More or less marathonned Ascendance of a Bookworm over the last two days... good show, albeit with kind of a difficult-to-like protagonist at times because of her singleminded obsession.

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

Finished Odd Taxi and I was pleasantly surprised.   Probably the breakout of this past season.

Also sat through a viewing session of 86 last night.   Overall not bad,  but not great either.   I need to catch the ending but that won't be until later this month.

 

[Focslain]

Binged through 86 and it was enjoyable, all but ep 12 as it was a full recap of the season. Interested to see S2 as the promo image now makes so much sense it made me go "Oh shiii.."

Also started Odd Taxi and if what I've heard is even half true it will be an enjoyable ride. Liking what I'm seeing so far.

Vivy is on my watch list, but might not get to it until I actually finish the several projects I've taken on. 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Bokutachi no Remake is actually pretty good.

[Seto Kaiba]

Started The Way of the House-Husband.

It's every bit as bizarre and surreal as I was promised, and more.  Just this absolutely terrifying (to other characters), ridiculously obvious, tatted-up yakuza thug who still dresses and acts the part doing ordinary household-type chores in a cute apron and giving EVERYONE the wrong idea in the process.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki  is so good.  I really like it,  I am really enjoying Bokutachi no Remake.  I really liked the 2nd episode.

[M'Kyuun]

So, I've been giving Juushinki Pandora another watch, this time in its dubbed and renamed Netflix version Lost Hope. To be fair, I only muddled about halfway through the Japanese version, as it seemed a bit dull, confusing with all the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo, and 70s level cheesy with "Mr. Gold!".  I'm finding the English dub much more palatable: the cheesiness of Mr. Gold is tampered, the metaphysics is easier to understand, even if it is still mumbo-jumbo, and overall, I'm finding it easier to follow. Plus, I get to enjoy the mecha action much more without constantly having to divert attention to reading subtitles. Perhaps some of the original inflection is gone, but for my money, it's for the better. Speaking of mecha action, for those who are unaware, Pandora was produced by Satelight, Kawamori's production team, and this show is Macross in all but name, minus the singing. There are large monsters called the B.R.A.I. attacking a human city, and the humans employ transforming mecha, called Moevs, which feature essentially vehicle, GERWALK, and battroid modes, the latter of which requires the operator to mentally/spiritually link with the quantum generator power source to achieve. It's contrived, especially since valk pilots merely push a lever to do the same thing, but there you go.

 

However, it's the mecha that brought me to this show, and being Kawamori's designs, they're pretty cool, and I'd love to have some toys. but, they never happened. So I'm looking through TFSource and out pops this new interesting looking mech called Big Tony from a new anime called Sakugan, also produced by Satelight.  I dig it, but it beggars the question why the Pandora mecha didn't get some nice toys, as they share a similar aesthetic to the mecha from Eureka 7, but this new show did. Life is indeed unfair.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I am watching Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! I love this show.  It is so funny and Hinata is just so cute.  I like Noas' mom.  It could be my Toyosaki Aki love again.

[TangledThorns]

Just started watching BEASTARS on Netflix. It's interesting but I'm sure the furries on Fetlife are loving it more than Zootopia 😹🐺🐏

[Focslain]

29 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

Just started watching BEASTARS on Netflix. It's interesting but I'm sure the furries on Fetlife are loving it more than Zootopia 😹🐺🐏

Oh yeah. I need to go thru S2 soon. I was howling at the last scene of S1 cause that literally happened to me once in a RP.

Edited July 16, 2021 by Focslain

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I am nearing the end of Nanoha StrikerS.  I did not enjoy this season as much as the 1st 2.

[JB0]

2 hours ago, Hikaru Ichijo SL said:

I am nearing the end of Nanoha StrikerS.  I did not enjoy this season as much as the 1st 2.

Yeah... I'm not really convinced StrikerS was a show that needed to be made. A's was always going to be a tough act to follow, and they shouldn't have tried if they weren't going to bring their A game(no pun intended).

While it has its moments, and there's some interesting stuff in it, ultimately the show they made wasn't really the show anybody wanted.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

17 minutes ago, JB0 said:

Yeah... I'm not really convinced StrikerS was a show that needed to be made. A's was always going to be a tough act to follow, and they shouldn't have tried if they weren't going to bring their A game(no pun intended).

While it has its moments, and there's some interesting stuff in it, ultimately the show they made wasn't really the show anybody wanted.

It is the large time skip that I do not like.  I would have loved to see a series with the 3 as teenagers. 

[Seto Kaiba]

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X is... not quite as good as the first season, truth be told.  

Still well worth a watch for the sheer absurdity of it, but the story arc they're doing right now feels awfully derivative of the first season's final arc but much less well-developed.

[Scyla]

7 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X is... not quite as good as the first season, truth be told.  

Still well worth a watch for the sheer absurdity of it, but the story arc they're doing right now feels awfully derivative of the first season's final arc but much less well-developed.

I’m worried where this series is going. I only watched the first two episodes but with the removal of the goal (i.e. avoiding the doom flags) the show has lost it’s purpose and is now meandering around.

In other news I started watching Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S which is still excellent. That makes me happy, even if I don’t like the design of the new dragon Ilulu.

In between the seasons I also completed all of My teen romantic Comedy SNAFU which was surprisingly excellent which makes me wonder if I should seek out other shows like it.

Edited July 24, 2021 by Scyla

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

How a realist rebuilt the kingdom and Remake my life have been really good new shows.

[kajnrig]

Watched the second season of Beastars and third of Aggretsuko.

Beastars s2 falters at the end, but it's a nice crescendo the entire rest of the way. It's still as weird and, frankly, uncomfortable in some parts as it ever was, but that's part of its appeal, I think. The part that weirded me out the most was probably the gazelle(?) stripper contemplating stripping for a room full of carnivores with nothing to physically separate her from them, watching their sexual lust and basic hunger comingle until they can't tell the difference between them.

Aggretsuko started out a bit slow, as all seasons have I think, but gathered more and more steam as it went on. I always forget how much fun the show can be. I was wary of the idol plot when it showed up, but I really liked it by season's end. I'm a bit ambivalent about it being yet another dropped story thread; on the one hand, I like what's there, but on the other, that's exactly the issue. Inui is adorable.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Seirei Gensouki is actually turning out to be a good show.  I like Rio/Haruto

[renegadeleader1]

This is probably my most anticipated anime in a long time if not ever. I've waited for what seems lik forever for an actual ice hockey anime.

 

 

[hachi]

2 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

This is probably my most anticipated anime in a long time if not ever. I've waited for what seems lik forever for an actual ice hockey anime.

 

 

Does Japan even have a girls' hockey team? Or is this just another cute girls' doing sports anime?

But I love that the anime title references (most probably) an old KimuTaku jdorama about hockey, simply titled Pride.

Edit: It would also complete that if they play a Queen song. I'd settle for 'We Will Rock You'

Edited July 27, 2021 by hachi
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[hachi]

So I searched for some videos to reminisce and then I found out the other female lead committed suicide last year T_T RIP Yuuko Takeuchi

And she left behind 2 kids, the last one not even a year old at the time of her death.

----

Anyway, on topic. The summer anime are not so 'strong' as spring's. I'm mostly watching sequels such as Slime, Hamefura, and Maid Dragon. The only new show I'm sure to follow is Kageki Shojou. On the fence with Vanitas Carte and Sonny Boy.

[renegadeleader1]

2 hours ago, hachi said:

Does Japan even have a girls' hockey team? Or is this just another cute girls' doing sports anime?

But I love that the anime title references (most probably) an old KimuTaku jdorama about hockey, simply titled Pride.

Edit: It would also complete that if they play a Queen song. I'd settle for 'We Will Rock You'

*cracks knuckles*

 

Welcome to my forte! I actually presentations on ice hockey in Japan!

 

Hockey in Japan has existed since the early 1920s when it was introduce by the so called "sports minister" Ryozo Hiranuma. He's also the guy that helped introduce baseball, and was instrumental in bringing both the 1940 Summer & Winter Olympics to Japan, before... WWII kinda forced them to be cancelled.

 

Anyways the Japanese women's national team has existed since at least 1986 and were part of the first official IIHF women's world championship in 1990, and the earlier 1987 test series. They've had three Olympic appearances, once as host in 1998 and twice by qualifying under their own merit in 2014 and 2018.

 

They're currently ranked 6th in the world and are in the IIHF's top division alongside USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, and Switzerland. Their recent success at the Olympics(in 2018 they actually won games and got out of the pool stage) and their ability to hang on in the top championship level is probably what's driving the push for this anime.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

10 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

This is probably my most anticipated anime in a long time if not ever. I've waited for what seems lik forever for an actual ice hockey anime.

 

 

That looks pretty interesting, might check it out.

[Podtastic]

8 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

*cracks knuckles*

 

Welcome to my forte! I actually presentations on ice hockey in Japan!

 

Hockey in Japan has existed since the early 1920s when it was introduce by the so called "sports minister" Ryozo Hiranuma. He's also the guy that helped introduce baseball, and was instrumental in bringing both the 1940 Summer & Winter Olympics to Japan, before... WWII kinda forced them to be cancelled.

 

Anyways the Japanese women's national team has existed since at least 1986 and were part of the first official IIHF women's world championship in 1990, and the earlier 1987 test series. They've had three Olympic appearances, once as host in 1998 and twice by qualifying under their own merit in 2014 and 2018.

 

They're currently ranked 6th in the world and are in the IIHF's top division alongside USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, and Switzerland. Their recent success at the Olympics(in 2018 they actually won games and got out of the pool stage) and their ability to hang on in the top championship level is probably what's driving the push for this anime.

Much is explained in this post.

[hachi]

21 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

*cracks knuckles*

 

Welcome to my forte! I actually presentations on ice hockey in Japan!

 

Hockey in Japan has existed since the early 1920s when it was introduce by the so called "sports minister" Ryozo Hiranuma. He's also the guy that helped introduce baseball, and was instrumental in bringing both the 1940 Summer & Winter Olympics to Japan, before... WWII kinda forced them to be cancelled.

 

Anyways the Japanese women's national team has existed since at least 1986 and were part of the first official IIHF women's world championship in 1990, and the earlier 1987 test series. They've had three Olympic appearances, once as host in 1998 and twice by qualifying under their own merit in 2014 and 2018.

 

They're currently ranked 6th in the world and are in the IIHF's top division alongside USA, Canada, Finland, Russia, and Switzerland. Their recent success at the Olympics(in 2018 they actually won games and got out of the pool stage) and their ability to hang on in the top championship level is probably what's driving the push for this anime.

Didn't expect this level of detail, but now I know!

They should also probably do a softball anime, because I just read they actually won gold! And skating! (lol we got SK8, I haven't finished that one too)

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Cheat pharmacy is such as silly show.  I still don't know if I like it.

[Seto Kaiba]

Since Funimation added it to their catalog a while back, I just finished up the high-def remaster of Outlaw Star.

It's impressive how well this series holds up over twenty years after its release.  

Kind of a bloody tragedy the spinoff was complete garbage.

[Seto Kaiba]

Giving Witch Hunter Robin a HD rewatch next.  Good times.  Sunrise had a lot going for it back in the late 90's and early 2000s.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Finally getting through Strike the Blood IV.  I needed more Iie senpai. 

[Seto Kaiba]

Shot straight through Witch Hunter Robin... it's less good than I remember it being, the animation definitely doesn't hold up as well as Outlaw Star's did.

Finally getting some mileage out of that Funimation subscription though, so my little group is starting Uzaki-chan Wants to Play next.

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I already finished Strike the Blood IV.  I enjoyed it,  I just love Koujo and his girlfriends.

[Seto Kaiba]

Finished Uzaki-chan Wants to Play... a cute little series, if comedically belligerent sexual tension is your thing.  Feels almost too short, much like the titular character. 

Gonna start the HD Remaster of the first Tenchi Muyo! OVA next... after translating most of the Kajishima Onsen doujins with extra setting materials for the series, watching this is going to be much more bizarre than any other time I've seen the series.  It says a lot that the fact that quite a few of his love interests are blood-related to him* and/or to each other** is on the less bizarre and disturbing side of things.

Let's just say if they remade OVA 1 today, translators would have an interesting time with Kagato's backstory and pronouns.  Whatever gender symbol someone in his unique situation uses must look like a subway map of Stockholm.

 

Spoiler

* Ayeka and Sasami are half-sisters to Tenchi's grandfather Katsuhito/Yosho, making them Tenchi's great aunts.

** Washu is the "mother" of Ryoko, a binary clone created using her DNA.  Ryo-Ohki is technically Ryoko's half-sister by "blood" (gene-source on the "father's" side).  Mihoshi is a descendant of Washu's biological son Mikumo, making Washu Mihoshi's twice-great grandmother.  Because Sasami fused with Tsunami, Washu is also technically Sasami's sister, making that whole lineup also distantly related to Tenchi via the Jurai royal family.

 

When you get down to it, Tenchi's dating a mother and her daughters, two sets of sisters, his maiden aunts, and his great-grandfather's stepmother's adopted daughter.  If he wasn't basically a celibate hero, his love life could be described as "Tags on PornHub".