Anime Nation

[Mussels]

I don't. Lol. That's part of the fun.

I watch the first episode. If its average, or even a little bit below average, I give it another episode or two. There's plenty of good anime out there with absolutely terrible openings / first episodes. In fact, one of my favorite animes (When they Cry) is pretty damn slow in the 1st episode.

By the end of episode 3, I'm dropping bad anime and moving onto the next one. By episode 5, I've seen enough (like Leadale) to decide if its good enough to finish.

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In the case of Leadale, Cerberwoof basically won me over.

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Cayna's "Cerberus" has three heads, like most Cerberus. But this one has a derpy/drooling face, one sleepy-face, and one serious / worker face. Its basically three doggies in one.

Sometimes... its the little things that please me.

Goofy cerberus caught me by surprise, laughing loudly enough to wake up my kid

 

[djisas]

How do you know which animes to try and which not to try? There are literally thousands to pick from, I find it overwhelming and end up giving up on all of it.

Code Geass and ReZero are my favorites though before I gave up searching lol

Check anime ratings, if it's under 7,probably not worth your time.
Its what I do...

 

[kurosagi01]

How do you know which animes to try and which not to try? There are literally thousands to pick from, I find it overwhelming and end up giving up on all of it.

Code Geass and ReZero are my favorites though before I gave up searching lol

Decide what genre you enjoy the most and search for an anime based on the that genre.
You can't really go wrong with any of the current highly rated anime at the moment and on-going still like:
Attack on titan
Demon slayer
Jujustu Kaizen

Other titles like 86 i've heard is quite good, if you have been following Jojo then there is Jojo and Shaman king 2021 reboot.
Some older titles that I think is a good gateway for certain genre, like if you wanted to get into Gundam there is Gundam unicorn if you want to check out the UC era and then there is Gundam Iron Blood Orphans.
There is also Baki Hanma if you like martial arts with some comedy.

On another note, I am finally up to date with Demon slayer and Shaman king.

 

[djisas]

And stay away from endless shounen series, least you want to be stuck watching the same thing years on end...

 

[dragontamer5788]

And stay away from endless shounen series, least you want to be stuck watching the same thing years on end...

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

A lot of the fun of Naruto was being able to follow it for 10 years of my life, along with everyone else in the community who was following it. Or any other long-running series (Game of Thrones, Sopranos, etc. etc.). Heck, even "Marvel" movies (Phase 1 through Phase 3) are basically that. Phase 4 seems to be something of a reset... we'll see if they're able to keep my attention.

My recommendation is to maybe stick to a small number of them: 3 or 4 different long-running series across your fandoms. There's no shame in following a show for a long period of your life. But if you're following Naruto + Bleach + One Piece simultaneously, that's probably a bit much.

 

[Mussels]

And stay away from endless shounen series, least you want to be stuck watching the same thing years on end...

Naruto will end, when this GIF stops running

 

[dragontamer5788]

Naruto will end, when this GIF stops running

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I like how the historical reason that people _MIGHT_ have done the "Naruto Run" was that Samurai needed to keep their hands on their sword during combat... either the use of the singular katana (two-hands on the blade), or the Katana + Wakizashi ("Daisho") dual-wielding style. So Samurai would practice running without moving their arms. After all, if your blade is in some position (for other purposes, a block, a thrust, etc. etc.), you can't really be swinging those arms around in a proper running form.

Of course, in Naruto, they don't have swords. So it doesn't make any sense anymore. Lol. But its still "The Samurai run" (also done by Sonic), and is somewhat an iconic running style in Japanese pop-culture. But yeah, there's actually a historical reason for that running style. Naruto-running is certainly "old-timey martial artist run".

 

[Mussels]

That run has been done by kids since kids existed


it makes you go faster, and if you argue against it my 7 year old will challenge you to a race
(I may or may not kneecap you so that he wins)

 

[dragontamer5788]

That run has been done by kids since kids existed

I'm pretty sure the "kids" run is typically airplane arms, and not necessarily the proper "martial arts" form.

Like, that specific "arms back and loose" style is a specific form in Japanese traditional sword martial arts IIRC. Or so some blog told me a long time ago. Arms are back but somewhat close to your sheath, so you can draw the katana wakizashi at any time. (Probably wakizashi for quickdraw, Katana is a bit too large to quickdraw without careful battojutsu form).

 

[Mussels]

I'm pretty sure the "kids" run is typically airplane arms, and not necessarily the proper "martial arts" form.

Like, that specific "arms back and loose" style is a specific form in Japanese traditional sword martial arts IIRC. Or so some blog told me a long time ago. Arms are back but somewhat close to your sheath, so you can draw the katana wakizashi at any time. (Probably wakizashi for quickdraw, Katana is a bit too large to quickdraw without careful battojutsu form).

nah it was done around here when i was a kid (early 1600's), in rural woopwoop outback straya.
We didnt even have working radio, let alone dial up back then and no anime was on kids channels on the TV either

 

[kurosagi01]

So..AOT:

Spoiler

Genocide huh? Who would have guess that was end game lol.

 

[Chomiq]

I'm a simple man, so far the only show I watch this season is Lupin Part 6.

 

[Hyderz]

Hey peeps im out of the anime loop for a while now, anything worth sinking my time into?
im not into errrmm fan service stuff, prefer something more thriller, mystery, action

 

[djisas]

Hey peeps im out of the anime loop for a while now, anything worth sinking my time into?
im not into errrmm fan service stuff, prefer something more thriller, mystery, action

Try the recent wonder egg, it might be interesting...
Fumetsu anata, it is quite unlike anything made before...
Vivy fluorite, that one is very unique and has great story.
86, solid mecha anime.
This should get you started...

 

[Hyderz]

Try the recent wonder egg, it might be interesting...
Fumetsu anata, it is quite unlike anything made before...
Vivy fluorite, that one is very unique and has great story.
86, solid mecha anime.
This should get you started...

Thanks man! Will check them out..

 

[djisas]

Thanks man! Will check them out..

Have you watched psycho pass, that's the best thriller/action anime in recent times...

 

[Hyderz]

Have you watched psycho pass, that's the best thriller/action anime in recent times...

yes! i have watched that, first season was amazing, second season is passable, the movie is alright and third season is wheres the rest?

 

[dragontamer5788]

Hey peeps im out of the anime loop for a while now, anything worth sinking my time into?
im not into errrmm fan service stuff, prefer something more thriller, mystery, action

Best mystery by far in the past few years was OddTaxi.

Best Thriller was 'The Promised Neverland', but only season1. Season 2 lost everything that was good about the show.

Season 1 is straight up one of the best anime ever though.

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Action is a bit ambiguous. Dragonball Super Broly was good action (and you don't really need to know much about Dragonball to enjoy it. It's mostly about Broly, and they are rebooting Brolys character for the movie). UFOTable Fate (heavens feel movies, zero and UBW) were good action. Demon slayer and Attack On Titan is action. All are action in different ways and cater to different crowds.

I'd say the "I'm a Spider, so what?" show was the best overall action show IMO. It was just straight up boss-fights every episode. Its not the most in-depth story, but they tell it in a very twisted manner. Non-linear, with different characters seeing the same events from different perspectives / points of view. Seeing the "truth" about the whole situation requires some extra thinking compared to most shows. Then again, the animation-quality suffers at times.

So by "action", do you mean like, good animation (Fate/Zero, Fate/UBW, Fate/Heaven's Feel)? Plausible choreography? (Attack on Titan's Choreography is really on-point). The use of powers / fantasy powers to create a story? (Dragonball Super: Broly, Spider So What, and Demon Slayer).

For fantasy fights, do the powers have to follow a set of rules? (Dragonball), or are you fine with the characters "skipping their training arc" and effectively making up powers on the spot? (Spider So What and Demon Slayer).

 

[dragontamer5788]

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 "Hideaki Anno doesn't know how to count to four" was a pretty good movie, all else considered.

Written in the signature "Evangelion" style of biblical technobable and giant mech fights, you either know what you're getting into at this point or are totally out of the anime-loop. This is the 4th movie in the rebooted timeline, and the 3rd ending written for this series.

And I gotta say... this is my favorite ending of all three. The characters are consistent. The personal qualms of everyone are addressed. Fan-favorites (ie: Kaji's watermelons, Pen Pen, etc. etc) make appearances. The imaginative, 4th-wall breaking "Human Instrumentality Project" gets more coverage and more depth (I'm not sure if it makes sense yet but more coverage is better for sure!!), and the new fight scenes are quite badass.

If I were to have one "criticism", its that the movie's version of NERV is too "clean". The old NERV bases back in the 2000s series / movies was full of "dirty" equipment and mechanical parts. It looked high-tech, but also clobbered together. Like a brute-force military construction of equipment that "simply worked". In contrast, the screens, UI designs, and "mecha" parts in this movie felt more like a Gurren-Lagaan design of just outright craziness rather than the "dirty industrial / 00s" kinda look of the original. So yeah, I think the mech designs needed to be a bit "dirtier" and "brutally mechanical". They looked "too high tech" overall.

Aside from that, it was a good ending. I'm happy I managed to watch this, and it caps off the four movies (and series) quite nicely.

 

[Mussels]

I liked how it wrapped things up too, the people working on it clearly were fans of the show and put references to some of the best parts in there

 

[claes]

I thought the series was better. More psychoanalysis, more Shinji self-hate, more religious fanaticism = more fun for me

 

[dragontamer5788]

I thought the series was better. More psychoanalysis, more Shinji self-hate, more religious fanaticism = more fun for me

Based on the original series though, the story is supposed to be about how Shinji finds his way out of depression.

The original ending is somewhat of a cop-out, because the director himself wasn't sure exactly of what coming out of depression feels like. This new ending, 3.0 + 1.0, hits the feeling on the nose.

Spoiler

Shinji needed an unknown amount of time to himself to work things out, with some help from Rei#25 (or whatever version that clone was...). But this was also a timeline where ...

Shinji has rescued "the audience's" Rei#2 as part of the 2nd movie. Shinji also had much more time alone with Kaworu. Finally, Misato is giving Shinji the space he needs during the last fight.

Given these heroics, as well as the "time" and "space" needed to mull things over, it makes sense for Shinji to come out stronger from his traumas. They've also got a few romantic pairings that help mitigate the various character's traumas. (Asuka in particular finally has a reason to feel "wanted" outside of her mech-abilities).

Spoiler

The big surprise is pushing Gendo's arc to closure IMO. We all know that Gendo is an awful father and that his pursuit of Yui is misguided. But with Yui hiding within Shinji for the final-impact event, and Gendo x Yui getting closure (with Shinji's non-toxic wish for the Evas to be wiped out and Earth restored to order)... it really wraps up the whole story.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

I don't know how to feel about this dubb of Mieruko-chan.
the spirits she sees are so scary looking, but they're just these moments that hit me right in the feels.

 

[dragontamer5788]

The Youtube Algorithm offered me the opening to "My Senpai is annoying". As a glorious dance-opening, it made me curious about the show. So I wateched 1 episode.

Futaba (the green-haired girl who looks like a kid) is a "kohai", for a 1st-year office worker, who has been assigned to Harumi (huge office worker), the "senpai". I was expecting something maybe like Lucky Star or some other shallower plot with more comedy. Instead, I was actually surprised at the depth of interactions and realistic office interactions through the 1st episode.

There's a couple of the "obvious" Futaba is short vs Harumi is tall jokes going on, but that's not really the bread-and-butter of the show. Its setting itself up to be about Futaba's attempts at being recognized in the office, and Harumi (her immediate superior) is in fact, one of those workers who recognizes her talents. This seems to be the center of the romantic subplot, but I'll have to see a few more episodes to see if that works out.

That being said, Futaba's comically chibi-like character design works well for the show. Its clear that she's unsure of herself as a 1st year "kohai" in the firm, and is effectively "the kid" since she's so new to the office.

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As for the office work itself: its clear that they're some kind of marketing contractor. I'm not sure if that changes anything, but its always good when the office work is "realistic". (Dragon Maid also did this, where it became clear that Kobayashi is a Python Programmer specifically). Its these little touches that make the office environment in the show more believable. Not enough to bog down the story, but enough to give the audience an idea of what they're doing and why they're working together.

Even with one episode, I can tell that this show is giving good vibes.

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If anyone remembers this old blogpost: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html,

This is basically how Futaba holds herself. She's "freshly an adult" since she's just got a real job... but drawn like a kid and still feels like a kid.

 

[Hyderz]

Awwww yeee cant wait