What anime have you been watching?

[Golden Geek]

I noticed that there are active threads about this in the General Animation and Entertainment Board but not here. Just a general place to discuss/review, recommend, and/or disavow any anime you've seen recently.

I binged the rest of Excel Saga last weekend and capped it off with Puni Puni Poemy. I think I may have lost my mind, but beyond that...Excel Saga, for the most part, still holds up. It's hard to make the same kind of argument for Puni Puni Poemy, as its goal is primarily to offend and satirize some of the seediest tropes of the anime industry. It also takes any sense of subtlety from Excel Saga (of which it hardly had to begin with) and throws it out the window. At the beginning of the second episode, for over a minute, I couldn't figure out if the audio track was in English or Japanese, because I could not make out what the hell the main character was screaming.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Making my way through Virtua Fighter, since it's free on TMS's YT channel. Given that the games are hardly bastions of deep storytelling to begin with (they've always been all about the gameplay), it's interesting how it fleshes out the characters. (Though truthfully, some of the tropes are pretty standard, like Pai finding Akira obnoxious but warming up to him over time) Pretty good dub too, for a studio that hasn't done a whole lot.

Other stuff:
- I recently finished the first 12 episodes of Spy X Family. A bit of a slow build up with the premise but it definitely has potential. And obligatory "Anya is adorable" comment.
- Retro Crush had Megazone 23 parts 1 & 2 so I watched those. Intriguing ideas, pre-Matrix no less! And dig that high budget animation, back when OVAs were higher quality than TV.
- It took long enough, but I finally watched Tokyo Godfathers. Overall I liked it, with a unique cast/setting and some interesting visual character acting.
- Speaking of playing catch-up, Space Adventure Cobra, 40 years after the fact. Gotta love space opera.
- My Hero Academia, currently going through "season" 4 (the set that starts with "The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A").

 

[Shiloh Otter]

I've been watching Yuru Camp as of late. I've seen the first 10 episodes as of this post, and I love that there's not much to it.

It's just got this real cozy vibe to it, and sometimes you just want something like that.

I've got 2 episodes left of season 1, and I'll be rotating through other shows for a little while (not anime) but I'll definitely be coming back to it.

 

[aegisrawks]

My Happy Marriage and Maison Ikkoku. They have terrific animation AND music.

 

[animeadept]

I'm rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. It's been years since I last saw it and I can't remember some of the plot. I missed watching Roy and Riza working together! aahh my ship is sailing

 

[Markus Nelis]

After DB creator passed away, I've been watching a lot of the Dragon Ball series. It's going to be hard but I'll try to watch every episode of the franchise. Wish me luck.

 

[Antiyonder]

Not any this month, but watched the Case Closed (Detective Conan) episodes that were dubbed on TubiTV. Even found that Crackle had the early seasons subbed.

Watched and enjoyed Gundam The Witch From Mercury cause of the couple and due to seeing it mentioned by some Owl House fans.

 

[Violt]

I've been watching a lot of stuff. I am watching the new anime series that have just come out in summer 2024.

I started on the second season of Shy. I will be watching Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest and season 2 for Tower of God and Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World.

 

[Medinnus]

Most recently? FUUKA, a charming drama about an introvert and his High School band. 4/5 stars.

 

[Yojimbo]

Not feeling the time skip or new cast in Tower of God season 2 yet but I'm sure once the format of the show kicks in, I will start to. Or once they start giving up what happened to the show's lead, Bam.

Just started watching The Elusive Samurai. Quite an "interesting" take on that segment of medieval Japan. Lone survivor of the former ruling class is an 8 year old heir who is foretold to be a hero in 2 years, is protected by a Shinto priest with precognitive powers but also does some fraudulent stuff, his daughter, and those loyal to his clan who happen to be children around the same age who are talented warriors which is good because the lead slacked off in martial arts but has an uncanny ability to dodge.