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What have you been reading/watching recently? [Anime - March 2026] (hexbear.net)
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Tired.

Manga

Same as usual, I have been very slowly continuing GTO, Inari Konkon, and keeping up with Shibuya Near Family. Something I like about GTO is how Vice Principal Uchiyamada is frequently the butt of the joke, the subject of Onizuka's accidental torment; and the mangaka goes out of the way to show that he is absolutely a terrible person with very few redeeming features.

Anime

I am almost done with The Twelve Kingdoms, and yet it feels nowhere near done. It's good.

Sailor Moon S is a step forward compared to the previous seasons, and that is largely because of the more eccentric villains. It's good.

Cardcaptor Sakura is a cozy, and so far low stakes show. It is something I did not know I wanted to watch. Very good.

Space Battleship Yamato holds up very well to this day, and the very 70s soundtrack makes it better. It was extremely ambitious back in 1974, and it is significantly grander in scape than like 95% of slop airing these days.

You're Under Arrest is episodic (copaganda) fun with an ensemble cast, and basically a very slightly worse Patlabor with no mecha. The show's biggest strength lie in the world created. The authors are good at not only creating memorable side characters, but also not forgetting about them.

I have started Overman King Gainer today. The OP is iconic from the moment you witness (or hear) it. The show has a good start, but I am waiting for Tomino to explain the setting more.

Live Action

I have started a project of a Martin Scorsese filmography dive. Who's That Knocking at My Door was mid. Boxcar Bertha wasn't that good of a movie, but the topic was unusual (it's an adaptation of a novel by an anarchist, and union struggles in 1930s America are the core of the story). Mean Streets was fun. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore was a major surprise, and an excellent movie with a perhaps somewhat lacking ending. Taxi Driver deserves its reputation. It is a very interesting movie.

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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Episode 15 of Pokémon is "Battle Aboard The St. Anne", which was the first English-dubbed episode of Pokémon to broadcast on Turtle Island, before the rest of the series was broadcast in order.

Honestly didn't realize this until you pointed it out!

it was very good to find out that so much of the Norwegian dub of Pokémon is available for free on YouTube on Pokémon's official channel

extremely rare The Pokémon Company W

I played the original Game Boy games (Red & Blue) through online emulators without save features as a kid. This meant that I had to start at the very beginning every time I played, and accordingly I never finished either game, because how the heck's a kid supposed to beat Pokémon Red in a single sitting, right?

My first experience was on the Game Boy, but my second experience was also on a janky emulator where I lost my save a few times and thus never completed the Gen II games. It's amazing what you'll put up with as a little kid! But it's also interesting to learn that playing on online emulators was a thing even that far back. My only interaction with them has been via the Internet Archive, which uses them for old PC platforms like the Apple II, but given the light system requirements of a Game Boy emulator it makes sense that someone would set up a website with one and slap some ads on it. From the earliest days I've always preferred downloading over streaming so that's a whole subculture I'm not familiar with (e.g. I know that KissAnime existed but I never actually went on there).

I think I was especially fond of the antics of Jessie and James — which figures, they're the adult characters.

Yeah—I have no idea how the series develops, since there's over a thousand episodes, but the Team Rocket trio is by far the highlight of the show for me (and also the highlight of the English dub, if you ask me).

Avatar: The Last Airbender is another thing that was popular when I was a kid that I missed out on, and, although certainly flawed, it is genuinely a very good cartoon.

I also missed out on it (no cable + too old + L + ratio), but I watched it as an adult and enjoyed quite a bit! It's no Owl House, but it's a good un. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend Korra due to the horrifically lib politics, which I'm sure you've heard about...I think I tapped out by Season 3).

My mom and I are getting very close to the end of Steins;Gate.

Looks like I'm gonna have to admit defeat on this one.

Ranma ½ (reboot) is a a very cute show with a very good dub

I really ought to get around to watching the original Ranma ½ at some point.

I already mentioned in a previous thread that SungWon Cho plays Mousse in the dub.

pog-dolphin

I couldn't confirm it but I'd certainly suspect that Grace Lu probably grew up speaking Chinese, because the /ɻ~ʐ/ in how Shampoo says "Ranma" is very distinctive.

Sasuga Erika! It's always fun catching little things like that.

We started Kodocha basically just to have two English dubs in rotation. We've only seen the first episode so far, but it looks very promising, we burst out laughing at several points.

Ooh, I'm not familiar with this one (I'm sure I've seen a few random clips/images, since the MC seems familiar), but you've piqued my interest! I want to watch/read more shōjosei, so this'll go close to the top of my PTW.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

extremely rare The Pokémon Company W

Yeah, but when the whole show's just a toy commercial it makes sense that they'd make (a significant part of it) freely available. More or less all of MLP:FiM is also available in numerous dubs on YouTube for the same reason. This is why I emphasize that piracy still contributes to the value of an "intellectual property".

But it's also interesting to learn that playing on online emulators was a thing even that far back.

It's fun that I get to tell you about it, then. It wasn't just Game Boy, but also GBA, NES, and SNES on those emulator sites with ads, I remember.

Looks like I'm gonna have to admit defeat on this one.

Too bad, so sad! [silly victory dance]

I really ought to get around to watching the original Ranma ½ at some point.

Original? Have you seen the reboot?

(I'm sure I've seen a few random clips/images, since the MC seems familiar)

I've probably shown the main character's "Things You Can't Fix" song as an intermission once or a few times, that song was how I first heard about Kodocha. Kodocha was mentioned in Mimiyori's recent video about anime from her childhood, too.