[Week 41] Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion (lemmy.ml)

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Following up on some comments in the recent meta thread, I decided to be the change I want to see in the world and create a place to talk about anime that aren't actively airing.

I plan on making these posts regularly going forward on Mondays as they normally suck for most people that work M-F, so why not try to make them a little bit better? Also, in the process of making this post, I found out that there is an ISO standard that says weeks start on Monday rather than Sunday. TIL!

Just a reminder to tag your spoilers.

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[-] wersooth@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

I watched the Icebalde magician from last season, then started to watch the Reigh of the seven spellblades. On very high level the story is very simmilar, but the later has waaaay better production quality, worldbuilding and story. After 2 minutes in both shows: Iceblade: "Super generic" Reign: "that's gonna be awesome" personal opinion

[-] wjs018@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, sometimes you know right away if a show is going to be good or not. I should have heeded those feelings when I watched Am I Actually the Strongest last season. I got like 10 minutes in and was already kind of tired of it.....then proceeded to watch the whole season. This season I am getting those vibes from The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch. I am three episodes in and it hasn't really gotten much better. I am just terrible at dropping a show once I have started.

[-] wersooth@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I still have 2-3 eps from the Box guy (Am I the strongest). I started the manga last year, so I knew the plot, but disn't follow up until I finish the anime...

[-] wjs018@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, the show was frustrating to me. I actually feel like it could have been good, but the pacing felt way off. You can see a previous rant of mine on an episode discussion thread, but the adaptation's pacing felt super inconsistent. Props for having one of the best little sister characters in a while though.

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 10 months ago

Am I Actually the Strongest is basically Eminence in Shadow without the carefully-staged "epic" visual shots or any awareness of just how silly the concept is, in my not-so-humble opinion.

[-] wjs018@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Haha, it's like you read my mind. To pull off a parody, you need to push everything to 11 and this show just really didn't go far enough in a shameless enough way to pull it off (if it was even meant to be a parody, I still can't tell).

[-] wersooth@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

"If I can't watch anime, then there's nothing for me to do except sleep" :D the growing otaku line :D

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