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Jeff AKA Snoopy
08/10/21 1:41:55 AM
#401:


Calwings posted...
I think Netflix put up the first batch recently, that or they're coming soon. I remember seeing an announcement about it.

Netflix also got the English for Shaman King. It's all coming together.

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Calwings
08/10/21 1:48:11 AM
#402:


https://i.imgur.com/mwGk770.png

Okay, that was the weirdest start to a Precure series that I've seen in a while. This is the first time I can recall where there are already active Precure fighting the bad guys in episode 1 before the series even officially starts. Two of them, in fact! Hime (Cure Princess) is a clumsy failure of a Precure with severe confidence issues, and she gets bailed out by Iona (Cure Fortune), who's good at being a Precure but is also a complete fucking bitch who hates Hime's guts and considers her a liability. I've had this meme saved for a while and now I finally understand the context...

https://i.imgur.com/gnIbWeR.png

And to top it all off, Megumi is already a huge fangirl for the Precure before meeting Hime and getting to become Cure Lovely at the end of episode 1. It feels weird that the lead pink Precure isn't actually the first Precure to transform on-screen, and I think this is the only series where that happens.

https://i.imgur.com/ErtfCkQ.png
https://i.imgur.com/Xdk7XLo.png

Then the fight happens in episode 2, and they get absolutely wrecked. After a hasty retreat, Megumi just randomly gets to meet GOD HIMSELF...

https://i.imgur.com/6NR5d6Y.png

...who casually loredumps the situation at hand. Hime runs off because she's too scared and lacking confidence to fight again, which leads to...

https://i.imgur.com/hVPdZzd.png

...a non-combat transformation? Another thing I've never seen in a Precure series before. She transforms into a detective and finds Hime easily, then gives her a pep talk before a second round against the bad guy. Oh yeah, there's mooks fighting alongside the monster of the week too. Heartcatch and Star Twinkle also had these, but it's another rare thing that most Precure series don't have.

https://i.imgur.com/sSvCV2V.png

Cure Princess finally gets her first win against a bad guy, a big confidence boost, and a loot drop. Looks like their power-ups come as PreCards (gee I wonder how many of those they suckered Japanese parents into buying for their children) and those are what allow for the alternate forms. They're also the macguffin moving the plot, because apparently someone can get a wish granted if they collect enough of these cards.

https://i.imgur.com/jDBN0KB.png
https://i.imgur.com/Jql3gmx.png

All in all, pretty good start for this series. Happiness Charge is actually considered one of the lowest-rated Precure series by most of the fanbase, so I'm guessing that the writing takes a nosedive in the second half or something. Oh well, no use worrying about it now.
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Juhanor
08/10/21 9:41:58 AM
#403:


Itachi157 posted...
Finally continuing Fist of the North Star. Stalled out for a month or two but going for the finish now. About twenty-ish episodes to go. New opening is pretty cool. These Five Chariot Stars (along with the last South Star guy) I'd imagine are just fodder to hype up Raoh for the inevitable final battle with Kenshiro. Also I'll probably go through the manga after this as the art looks pretty damn good compared to the anime, which is often the case I guess.
I actually bought a riichi mahjong book to try to learn the game, so I can play the minigames in Yakuza etc. Haven't read it yet.
Lol Yakuza was the "source" of my mahjong "experience."
Fist manga is pretty good but drags towards the end, HnG handled the translation+scans well. I was pretty shocked to see its finally getting an official release in English too, volume 1 just came out a month or two ago.
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BestGirl
08/10/21 9:49:55 AM
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GiftedACIII
08/10/21 11:19:55 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgBvl3J88xk

wait this is love live?!
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Spidey5
08/10/21 1:21:56 PM
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Cemith
08/10/21 1:24:52 PM
#407:


Thinking about starting a new anime, leanings towards a shounen I haven't seen, like JJK, is it any good?

Is there a slice of life I should watch instead? I've been interested in Anohana as well.

Where would y'all start?

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Calwings
08/10/21 1:45:00 PM
#408:


Cemith posted...
leanings towards a shounen I haven't seen

I can't really help much with shonen. The only one I've followed in recent years is Black Clover, but I've enjoyed it a lot. It started a bit slow, and Asta's Japanese voice is nails-on-a-chalkboard awful so watch the English dub instead, but get past those and (IMO) it turns into a really fun show.

Cemith posted...
is there a slice of life I should watch instead?

Now that's more my speed. I've got plenty of those I can recommend.

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense
D4DJ: First Mix
Endro
Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War
Laid-Back Camp
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
New Game
Sleepy Princess In The Demon Castle

If you want more info about any particular one of these (what they're about, what they're like, where to legally stream them, etc.) feel free to ask.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
08/10/21 1:55:03 PM
#409:


Slice of Life?!?

A Place Further Than The Universe. Now, later, forever.

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Tropicalwood
08/10/21 1:56:53 PM
#410:


Cemith posted...
Anohana
Not really a slice of life anime, it's like Dusk Maiden of Amnesia if you've seen that. Some comfy moments but overall it has depth to the story.

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Spidey5
08/10/21 2:34:55 PM
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Calwings
08/11/21 7:26:53 PM
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https://i.imgur.com/yE2iaB2.png
https://i.imgur.com/xoGRWu8.png

How the hell did Mother Of The Goddess' Dormitory get away with this without Toei sending a moon-sized lawsuit in their direction?
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Spidey5
08/11/21 8:39:10 PM
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Spidey5
08/12/21 6:44:16 PM
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Calwings
08/12/21 6:53:12 PM
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Calwings
08/13/21 4:44:31 PM
#417:


The English dub for SSSS.Dynazenon just hit episode 6 today. That scene of Yume's sister being bullied and her death/suicide possibly being connected to it hit hard. That's the kind of thing that might make me uncomfortable enough to drop a show if it were near the start, but after 12 episodes of Gridman and 6 episodes of Dynazenon, I feel like I have to stick with it. It's also helps that the bad feelings from that scene were immediately overwritten by the crazy hype of HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS GRIDKNIGHT DOING HERE!?
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Caelthus
08/13/21 5:22:32 PM
#418:


Calwings posted...
The English dub for SSSS.Dynazenon just hit episode 6 today. That scene of Yume's sister being bullied and her death/suicide possibly being connected to it hit hard. That's the kind of thing that might make me uncomfortable enough to drop a show if it were near the start, but after 12 episodes of Gridman and 6 episodes of Dynazenon, I feel like I have to stick with it. It's also helps that the bad feelings from that scene were immediately overwritten by the crazy hype of HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS GRIDKNIGHT DOING HERE!?
Yep, that is THE moment I've been waiting for you to see early on. Waiting an entire week after that cliffhanger was actual torture.

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yunalenne10
08/14/21 2:30:50 AM
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 10:50:38 AM
#420:


yunalenne10 posted...
P-Please insert "Carrot"


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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 3:39:29 PM
#421:



Clearly best girl.

>Slightly tanned
>Oldest precure in the show... so far
>Built like Jolyne

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Spidey5
08/14/21 3:51:50 PM
#422:


Tropicalwood posted...
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Clearly best girl.

>Slightly tanned
>Oldest precure in the show... so far
>Built like Jolyne

https://i.imgur.com/a9GuWdt.jpeg
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 4:18:51 PM
#423:


Spidey5 posted...
https://i.imgur.com/a9GuWdt.jpeg
Second best girl
>Smugest girl all year
>Competitor for Aquaman's throne
>Only selects the cutest girl's for her band of Precures.



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Calwings
08/14/21 4:38:06 PM
#424:


https://i.imgur.com/CfCFSXm.jpg

Very good, very trippy, and very gay episode of Magia Record today.

Tropicalwood posted...

Clearly best girl.

You're god damn right she is. She gets even more badass when she transforms and fights, but she still has enough coolness and gap moe to be best girl in civilian form too. Unfortunately, she's been sorely lacking in episodes focusing on her so far, but it looks like today's episode will be one for her.

Tropicalwood posted...
Second best girl

I have Laura in third, with Manatsu second behind Asuka. That being said, Tropical-Rouge is the first Precure series I've ever watched where I really like every single one of the girls. All the others I've watched have had one or two that I wasn't quite as fond of, but Sango and Minori are both fantastic too.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
08/14/21 4:38:45 PM
#425:


I don't watch Precure but they all look cute.

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Calwings
08/14/21 4:43:35 PM
#426:


Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...
I don't watch Precure but they all look cute.

You should, it's a great franchise. Precure is basically the lovechild of Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z, with Sailor Moon's cuteness and magical girl aesthetics mixed with Dragon Ball Z's hand-to-hand combat and hype powerups. Plus they're all made by Toei Animation.
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Spidey5
08/14/21 4:43:45 PM
#427:


Laura is best girl. Sango second best. Then Asuka, then Manatsu, then Minori.

This your first precure Trop?
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 4:52:04 PM
#428:


Spidey5 posted...
Laura is best girl. Sango second best. Then Asuka, then Manatsu, then Minori.

This your first precure Trop?
Watched the original Precure and its sequel Max Heart, Splash Star, and Heartcatch. Haven't watched anything else since the fourth season of Precure wasn't translated ten years ago and watching every season of a yearly series gets old.

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Calwings
08/14/21 5:06:26 PM
#429:


Tropicalwood posted...
Watched the original Precure and its sequel Max Heart, Splash Star, and Heartcatch. Haven't watched anything else since the fourth season of Precure wasn't translated ten years ago and watching every season of a yearly series gets old.

Ah, I see. I started with the franchise by randomly watching Heartcatch, then I started following it as it aired with Hugtto three years ago. In total I've finished 8 different Precure series so far (Futari Wa, Heartcatch, Suite, Smile, Go Princess, Hugtto, Star Twinkle, and Healin' Good) plus I recently started Happiness Charge as well as watching Tropical-Rouge as it airs. So all in all, I've watched about half of the entire franchise so far.

Once I finish Happiness Charge, I think my next one will be Max Heart since I've been putting it off for so long after watching the original series. That or Yes 5, the other Precure series that got a direct sequel season.
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 5:11:36 PM
#430:


Calwings posted...
Ah, I see. I started with the franchise by randomly watching Heartcatch, then I started following it as it aired with Hugtto three years ago. In total I've finished 8 different Precure series so far (Futari Wa, Heartcatch, Suite, Smile, Go Princess, Hugtto, Star Twinkle, and Healin' Good) plus I recently started Happiness Charge as well as watching Tropical-Rouge as it airs. So all in all, I've watched about half of the entire franchise so far.

Once I finish Happiness Charge, I think my next one will be Max Heart since I've been putting it off for so long after watching the original series. That or Yes 5, the other Precure series that got a direct sequel season.
Pretty much the same, someone posted the final battle in Heartcatch on the Pokemon B/W boards because Dune looked suspiciously similar to N. Since I'm a purest I decided to watch up to Heartcatch but alas not all of the seasons were translated so I just skipped to Heartcatch right after finishing Splash Star.
I'd recommend watching Splash Star, the final battle is basically the five minutes till Namek blows up.

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Spidey5
08/14/21 5:24:08 PM
#431:


Cal, what was the precure series you mentioned before awhile ago with the really crazy power scaling?
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Calwings
08/14/21 5:44:31 PM
#432:


Tropicalwood posted...
I'd recommend watching Splash Star, the final battle is basically the five minutes till Namek blows up.

I've heard some good things about Splash Star, mostly that it's a big improvement over Futari Wa before it. But I've also heard some not so good things, mostly about shaky animation quality and it being too similar to Futari Wa to the point of feeling like a cheap knock-off.

I'll probably watch it eventually, but it's at low priority right now.

Spidey5 posted...
Cal, what was the precure series you mentioned before awhile ago with the really crazy power scaling?

That would be referring to Heartcatch.

Tsubomi starts the series as "the weakest Precure" but, at the end of the series, the final form of the Heartcatch team is the strongest that the Precure franchise has ever seen even to this day. I know Precure constantly gets compared to Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z, but Heartcatch in particular is more like a magical girl version of Gurren Lagann in terms of the constantly-escalating hype and power levels.
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 6:00:19 PM
#433:


Calwings posted...
I've heard some good things about Splash Star, mostly that it's a big improvement over Futari Wa before it. But I've also heard some not so good things, mostly about shaky animation quality and it being too similar to Futari Wa to the point of feeling like a cheap knock-off.
The main characters are basically just copy pastes. Cure Bright is the same tomboy type as Cure Black that constantly lusts after an older guy Cure Windy knows (her brother). Cure Windy is the same intellectual type as Cure White with family member her partner lusts after.
The villians are better from what I remember and the final episodes weren't nearly as dark and helpless.

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Calwings
08/14/21 6:10:19 PM
#434:


Tropicalwood posted...
Wasn't the final fight sequence just the Precure equivalent of Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Yeah pretty much
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 9:21:08 PM
#435:



I regret nothing

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Spidey5
08/14/21 9:27:52 PM
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Calwings
08/14/21 10:01:21 PM
#437:


Tropicalwood posted...

I regret nothing

I don't get the reference, but somehow, deep down, I feel disgusted.
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Spidey5
08/14/21 10:29:52 PM
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Tropicalwood
08/14/21 10:55:04 PM
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Calwings
08/14/21 11:28:51 PM
#440:


Tropicalwood posted...

Not even the only time she did this.

https://i.imgur.com/ztwK4uv.gif

Manatsu is an adorable bundle of chaotic dumbass energy.
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Calwings
08/16/21 1:16:17 PM
#441:


Speaking of Precure, I watched a bit more of Happiness Charge.

https://i.imgur.com/7DAdOfJ.gif

It's only episode 4 and Cure Lovely just beat a motherfucker with two smaller motherfuckers. I know Precure are generally good at kicking ass and looking good doing it, but Lovely seems like way more of a berserker compared to others I've seen. Her fighting style is super brutal and reckless, and she's the first Precure I've ever seen that looks like she's straight-up enjoying beating the bad guys' to a pulp.
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GiftedACIII
08/16/21 5:47:06 PM
#442:


Spidey, a quick note about Great Ace Attorney 2 that is probably relevant to your interests: There's a cute witch girl. Also Gina is even cuter.
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Spidey5
08/16/21 6:14:17 PM
#443:


Damn it Gifted. I want to play Akiba. Those are the kinds of things you say to me if you don't want me to play Akiba. >_____>
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Tropicalwood
08/16/21 7:09:49 PM
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
08/16/21 10:47:06 PM
#445:


Starting up Golden Time tonight. Wife heard it's like a somewhat more mature Toradora.

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GiftedACIII
08/17/21 6:30:12 AM
#446:


Spidey5 posted...
Damn it Gifted. I want to play Akiba. Those are the kinds of things you say to me if you don't want me to play Akiba. >_____>


lol well, imo you should still continue on your original plan of playing the games you wanted to first. I just wanted to say GAA2 is a lot more interesting, both in story and character personalities, than the first game but it does it by tying into the first game so just be sure not to have forgotten the details when you get to it.
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Divinehero
08/17/21 9:40:17 AM
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https://www.siliconera.com/jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-9-jojo-lands-to-begin-after-break/

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Spidey5
08/17/21 2:13:29 PM
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Calwings
08/17/21 2:19:28 PM
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Next JoJo takes place entirely in an abandoned amusement park
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MarthGoomba
08/17/21 2:29:42 PM
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