Board 8 > Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 188: Season of Integrity

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Mac Arrowny posted...

oh hey, SG0 OP much better than the shitty original SG OP

You live in a bizarro world.

ED is excellent, though.
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Overlord is pretty solid thus far.
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I kinda detest Overlord. It's not even that I just dislike it, everything I've seen of it and everything people say about it is as far from the sort of thing I like as possible.
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Overlord is great. I love how absolutely overpowered everyone is.

Sceptilesolar posted...

I kinda detest Overlord. It's not even that I just dislike it, everything I've seen of it and everything people say about it is as far from the sort of thing I like as possible.

I was avoiding it for similar reasons but it's super surprising how enjoyable it is minute to minute.

I'm watching the dub which I think helps a lot.
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The only issue is that this seems to be more remiscient of the low tier Madhouse budgets they used to have more often. Some moments of good looking stuff but pretty standard overall and some real bad CG.
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Overlord is great
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I love this Clementine chick. My Himiko Toga fanboyism is spreading. Mikaela Krantz is a great VA, too.
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LapisLazuli posted...

The only issue is that this seems to be more remiscient of the low tier Madhouse budgets they used to have more often. Some moments of good looking stuff but pretty standard overall and some real bad CG.

Man, Overlord looks way better than low tier Madhouse series. Go watch Chaos;Head again and just try to repeat that.
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I mean yeah, it's no Neuro. Just low by modern Madhouse standards.

And fuck, Ainz is so cool. If you're gonna have an overpowered character, this is how you do it. None of that Kirito crap. 9 episodes in and this already shits all over everything in SAO save MR.

Broke that bitches SPINE, dog.
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I fucking love how all these previously NPC members of his crew remember all of the conversations the PCs had back in the game.
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so Megalo Box

it's good

where are the people watching it and why haven't everyone watched it
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where? crunchyroll
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Hey I made a post about episode 3 last night
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I'm right here
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GranzonEx posted...

so Megalo Box

it's good

where are the people watching it and why haven't everyone watched it

I was under the impression that literally everyone was watching it and there was no need to discuss it.

What kind of absolute fool wouldn't be watching Megalo Box?
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LapisLazuli posted...

And fuck, Ainz is so cool. If you're gonna have an overpowered character, this is how you do it. None of that Kirito crap. 9 episodes in and this already shits all over everything in SAO save MR.

Hell yeah man. Ainz is a badass. This whole show is just overpowered done right. It's great.

Dropping Magical Girl Ore. Pacing is way too slow, and it's not really all that funny. Looks like they're adapting 2 volumes in 12 episodes, which is silly. Ah well.
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Honestly I don't know why I'm surprised since Overlord has always been one if those shows that almost everyone who watched it likes.

An impressive thing is how it's got such a great exposition balance. The handful of things that need it get it, but if it really isn't necessary then....it doesn't bother.

The number of Isekai shows I like has finally surpassed being counted on one hand.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Dropping Magical Girl Ore. Pacing is way too slow, and it's not really all that funny. Looks like they're adapting 2 volumes in 12 episodes, which is silly. Ah well.

I'm gonna give episode 4 a shot, but 3 was ROUGH. First half might have been one of the most painful anime experiences in years. Actually turned to my roommate and asked if we should just turn this off and drop it. Talk about a downgrade.
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"DO NOT SPEAK GERMAN IN FRONT OF ME!"
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Dropping Magical Girl Ore.

Hey man I'm close to the same.

Sometimes shows just can't keep it together.
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Guess I'll just be alone in my love of anime of the year.

Season 1 beaten. What a rad fight to end the season. Can imagine the pain of waiting for that S2 announcement.
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HeroAca episode 41

aaaannnnnddddd here....we....go.

THEY CHANGED TOKOYAMI'S MAD BANQUET OF DARKNESS FUCK
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Oh boy Franxx is airing, can't wait for more dumbass internet drama!
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Megalo Box is good, sure

it's no INVISIBLE VICTORY though
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Dat 15.

Darling in the Franxx more like Darling in the Gaaaaaaaay.

Strelizia more like Unit 02.
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Episode 2 thoughts + Rankings

Steins;Gate 0

Megalo Box
Hinamatsuri
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
Amanchu! Advance

Hisone to Maso-tan
3D Kanojo: Real Girl
Food Wars S3-2
My Hero Academia S3
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Last Period

Cutie Honey Universe
Golden Kamuy
Comic Girls
Highschool DxD Hero
Tada Never Falls in Love

WotaKoi
Piano no Mori (TV)
Magical Girl Ore
Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV)
Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori

Drop Line
The Legend of Galactic Heroes: New Thesis (2)
Caligula (2)
Magical Girl Site (2)
Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan (1)
Devils Line (1)
Dorei-Ku (1)
Dances with Dragons (1)

Steins;Gate 0 after two episodes has right now proven to be a cut above everything else I'm watching (which is nearly everything).

Hinamatsuri has cemented itself as the comedy to beat right now, partly due to just how funny it is, but also partly due to other comedies that were competing in week 1 to have worse episodes this time around. Also if I wasn't sold on FMP being back, I am now.

3D Kanojo: Real Girl has already raised a flag and it'll be interesting to see how stuff develops now. It's the only traditional type romance I'm watching right now and like episode 1 I was impressed how authentic each character seems to be. Maybe not completely realistic, but relatable and believable to a point where the emotional build up they might be going for is not lost on me.

GGO is 100% the surprise of the season and I really like it right now. I am actually actively looking forward to new episodes. It has some nice animation and the backstory of the main character is already way more engaging than Kirito's. It's no surprise that a different person made this (the guy who did Kino's Journey).

I was also kind of on the fence on Last Period for episode 1, but episode 2 pretty much ended that.

WotaKoi has an okay episode 2. Like in terms of jokes and references to games and stuff I think it was fine but there is just no energy to anything. In this case the animation quality is really hurting it imo. Like I'm watching it and they deliver a joke but it just seems so dead because everything that is happening on the screen is just dead. Like I'm sure other comedies don't have the worlds best animation either, but it's painfully obvious since unlike the first episode, this one didn't use banter to counter the production quality and instead like quick fill fullframe jokes.

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi probably had a drop saving episode 2. I really liked it and now I can see this actually being a good show. In fact, every non dropped show I'd consider, as of now, to be pretty good.

Three shows were dropped on their second episode. Galactic Heroes idk, it's just like not interesting to me. I don't really know the stakes of what's going on, reasoning for people actions on a grand scale, etc. I had no actual connection to anyone in the battle. I get the like "chess like" strategy stuff going on versus just having an all out action fest, but there is nothing exciting about a bunch of red lines.

Caligula I think is just trying to be too smart for its own good. And Magical Girl site is a show where I feel like I'd cut myself if I kept watching it. It's like shows like it really don't understand what made Madoka so good. I think Yuuki Yuna got the closest, but really fucked stuff up.
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I feel like Site is such a blatant ripoff of Madoka in every way, right down to mechanics and the "looming threat", that it has to be intentional. Not, like, intentionally ripping off Madoka, but intentionally pretending to ripoff Madoka and then go crazy in another direction. Trying to resist reading the source.

Wotakoi 2 has a lot of potential in the content, but the directing was just so awful. Like, what the fuck was that first 2 minute chunk? I'd that was the roughest 2 minutes of the season if not for the first 10 minutes of Ore 3.

At least one other person is watching Real Girl <_<
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I thought Wotakoi episode 2 was actually bad. Went way too heavy on the video game references and pretty much shot down my hopes of it being a decent romance. It's on the drop line now
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the animation for Weeb ep 2 was really bad

so many still frames
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I'm really hoping it's a 1 off episode issue. The NoitamA block isn't exactly known for consistency.

The best way I can describe that episode is like marathoning 5 episodes of a short.
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LapisLazuli posted...

The NoitamA block isn't exactly known for consistency.

you might want to look at its last several years' of programming...
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When I think NoitamA the first things that come to mind are stuff like Psycho Pass, Inuyashiki, and Samurai Flamenco, stuff that's all over the place episode to episode animation wise. Even their shows less notorious for it have some issues.

But were talking a timeslot here not a studio, probably just coincidence.
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wait nevermind I thought you said inconsistency
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Oh, lol.
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Oh I thought zea was making a joke saying their last few years have been consistently bad.

Great Passage has amazing animation, sadly
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Oh my God I love all these nonsense characters being introduced in the first episode of Overlord II.
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I would watch an anime just about these Lizardman and their political machinations. What a staggering amount of naturally inserted worldbuilding in less than 20 minutes of screentime.
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I liked Wotakoi episode 2.

I wouldn't say it was great, but then again neither was episode 1. All signs point towards it being a somewhat decent romcom as far as I'm concerned.
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I didn't find those two episodes even comparable! The first episode was in the running for best show of the season.
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Hot Lizardman on Lizardwoman action too much for the pure innocent Ainz.
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I expected many things from Overlord. Lizard Sex was not one of them.

Their innocence, gone.
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Whoa spoilers
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Sorry for spoiling lizard sex.
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Alriiiiight time to actually watch Franxx 15 instead of just snooping on the livestreams.
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WELL

Ain't nobody gonna be bitching about that episode.

10/10
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