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pjbasis
10/15/19 1:08:42 AM
#202:


Cant believe togashi is forsaking us in the year 2019

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MysticBrohan
10/15/19 6:59:03 AM
#203:


cant you?
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Reg
10/15/19 8:02:06 AM
#204:


Mr Crispy posted...
So I finished Ciconia episode 1 last night.

tldr version while I enjoyed it overall I don't necessarily think it made a good introduction when compared to Higurashi or Umineko episode 1. It also might not appeal to Higurashi or Umineko fans, since it's completely different. There isn't any mystery or whodunnit element to Ciconia and instead it's literally Ryukisi trying to write Evangelion.

It definitely made a better (or at least more entertaining) introduction than Umineko Ep 1 specifically imo.

There are also definitely mystery elements (even if it's not a traditional mystery), though at this point it's super unclear which ones are intended for the readers to work out and solve and which ones are setting the scene for future episodes
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Bane_Of_Despair
10/15/19 1:14:18 PM
#205:


For LTM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwzxkR3G0Dg" data-time="

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pjbasis
10/15/19 1:19:20 PM
#206:


MysticBrohan posted...
cant you?


Crossing my fingers for December!

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MysticBrohan
10/15/19 1:23:18 PM
#207:


ive accepted a dry 2019; the man blessed us with 20 chapters last year after all
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swordz9
10/17/19 12:16:43 PM
#208:


I hope In/Spectre aka Kyokou Suiri coming next season is good
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Dedue
10/17/19 12:58:00 PM
#209:


Next season is all about Dorohedoro, Haikyuu, and if we're lucky, Re:Zero. That In/Spectre PV that dropped today looks solid, though.
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Dedue
10/17/19 7:59:54 PM
#210:


This Stars Align animation gonna finally get me to watch Tennis.
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KokoroAkechi
10/18/19 1:22:48 AM
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I have finished most ep1s of stuff that has aired already

Hataage! Kemono Michi
-I like how completely oblivious the main character is. I also like the dog, especially when it was doing the wrestling moves with him. It's very silly and for the most part pretty good but it's also at a level of sheer out there stupid that I just kind of tilt my head at it too. I did like though the girl he saved just ended up being a loser and how he completely realized it despite her being an animal girl.

Cautious Hero
-I thought this was pretty good. The mc might just be someone who is built to fit the show and not much else but as for the base overall and how his interaction with the goddess went it was pretty spot on. I liked the slime part.

Ahiru no Sora
-So, this is the next sports show that is trying to cash in on the Haikyuu format of having some undersized character who is especially good at a sport trying to take a team to the next level or whatever. I'm not saying Haikyuu was the first show that has done this, but it's 100% the most popular one that has come out in the decade. (I also know that this source for this actual show is pretty old but still). But it's like a lot of them understandably just try to cash in on a main character's determination and such and that's not enough to make a show exciting or interesting. Do you know a good way to get you interested in what happens in a show? By building characters people are going to care about. Haikyuu does a very good job at quickly making the characters dynamic enough in the first episode where you are interested in seeing where the show takes them. I just don't really care here. I don't even know what the main characters' actual goals are. I don't know if the basketball team is actually struggling or if it's good and they are just lazy. Or like his background in the sport. I don't really know how much passion for the game has either. Something like this 100% had to be put into the first episode. There is just no hook at all.

CHOYOYU!
-This show is just not very good.

Ascendance of a Bookworm
-This is another show that is not very good, but at least it's a little more interesting and bearable than Choyoyu. The animation quality is just so bad though. This is like what I'd call on the edge of keep/drop.

ORESUKI
-So after the first confession, it was like okay. The second one it was fine. But the third one when she pulled out the bench that might be a top 10 anime moment of the year. Great show.

Afterschool Dice Club
-This was fine? A bit underwhelming as I do wish it kind of moved a little focus away from how shy and insecure the main girl is (which I'm fine with) and had more actual playing the board game or whatever. I have seen a list of games they play throughout the original source material and there are quite a lot of very recognizable board games they do play, but some of them we might not get to see on the screen because they come later into the run.

Azur Lane
-Ship waifu show. Nothing great, nothing awful. The "bad" ships are the better waifus.

Chuuni Boys
-There is this sense I have that this show almost already seems outdated. I'm obviously going to compare this to Chuu2 (and yes the girl is voiced by Fake Mori Summer). That show had a cast of chuunis but their dynamic, how they are introduced, etc was just done better. I don't really know anything about anyone except the girl in this show and I barely know anything about her. It's not enough just to have characters act like chuunis to carry the entire show (or in this case episode).

Fate/Grand Order
-I saw the episode 0 before this and was kind of annoyed at it because I really like Mash but it's like they spend more time TALKING ABOUT HER than she has actual screen time in the episode. Anyway in the actual real episode 1 we get what FGO is. Killing random enemies while wearing ridiculously skimpy skins.
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KokoroAkechi
10/18/19 2:08:03 AM
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Val x Love
-So this has a similar premise to another show "Masou Gakuen HxH" and that show was very bad. I think that the main guy here though is pretty great. I enjoyed his overall personality compared to the aura he tends to give off around other people. Like this legitimately had some pretty funny parts to it. I don't think this is going to be good or anything, but it's not terrible.

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
-This was great. When they started to sing the school anthem I was sold.

Special Crime Investigation Unit - Special 7
-Do you know how many of these "paranormal investigation" shows have been good? Like not many. At least the last one I remember (forget the name) but at least Midnight Occult Civil Servants had enough to mix it up a little. This just seems way too straight forward and overly phoned in.

Actors: Songs Connection
-So, Ensemble Stars was last season and that was interesting or at least entertaining enough where it lasted 3 entire episodes. This one doesn't.

Noukin
-Cute moe show. The start is pretty bad honestly and most of the show is only okay until you get closer to the end. The obvious comparison is going to be Endro (which is a great show). Like the characters here are not at that level so far.

Africa no Salaryman (TV)
-Do you want to watch a comedy that is both not funny and not very relatable? Here you go.

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle
-So, I thought this was like not the worst thing ever until the fucking girl like floats down from the sky. Why couldn't she like fall or something that would make more sense, or they could have her in a like capsule or something. But no she has to float. It just takes you out of everything that has happened. Not to mention that dude just has a "sense" for stuff, which I'm sure is going to be explained later but they also draw a ton of attention to it.

Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth
-So I watched this only because I saw how low the score was. Like, let me tell you, even if the dialogue and characters in this show were amazing (they are not, they are both completely bland as hell) this show would still be awful because it has some of the laziest animation direction and editing I have ever seen in a show. Every fucking shot is like if someone took 1 class for how to compose a frame or something and used that for the entire show. When like the entire thing is cut back and forth between who is talking for entire scenes, doesn't take advantage as animation as a medium, colors are not really portrayed that well, etc. This is one of the worst first episodes I have ever seen.

Babylon
-So, this is something where based on what has happened in the show so far I can see this being interesting moving forward, that said as an actual episode I'm not as impressed. I think it's trying to be a more serious style mystery but when you just toss in "we are doing this for justice" etc it just seems kind of silly.

Kandagawa Jet Girls
-This show is dumb. Honestly, even I, who really likes the genki girl, got kind of annoyed by the main character. This is kind of like keijo meets that flying sports show (both shows I really like) but this one already seems like it doesn't quite have the soul those have. I did like the whole thing with the dolphin toy though.

Assassins Pride
-I was very impressed by this. They really portray the Melindas determination and overall personality very well. They don't have a ton of time to establish a connection with her but they really make it so you want her to succeed from the getgo. Even though the overall way they do it is pretty by the numbers if you've realized a lot shows don't even do this. It does seem to rush through some stuff though.
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UF8
10/18/19 2:28:38 AM
#213:


KokoroAkechi posted...
This is kind of like keijo meets that flying sports show

With a hint of Two Car too
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KokoroAkechi
10/18/19 2:30:18 AM
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Beastars
-This is was very good. I was extremely impressed by how they handled the CG. It's not as good as Land of the Lustrous but it's not bad for an anime. I don't think I really have to talk about this I'm going to assume everyone is watching this.

No Guns Life
-This was another good first episode. I like how this is not quite a "mystery" but I'm more interested in finding out what happened to these characters like Juuzou and who is behind everything than I am in finding out what is happening in the actual mystery show. I also like how gunhead has those reactions with the well... gunhead.

Hoshiai no Sora
-This a sports show that introduces characters as people first and give them personalities and something to work against or some sort of conflict where you want to follow their stories instead of just tossing them in with all the passion in the world. This was a really good first episode.

MHA S4
-Mostly like a recap episode. I do like though how they mostly handle it. LET THE WAIFU WARS BEGIN.

Food Wars S4
-This is the only show here where I have read way past the anime. TBH I actually thought they already did this arc for some reason. Pretty hype matches coming up... and then all hope is lost.

Cooking Master Boy
-This just moves so quickly. They mix in like a kind of match between the kid and his rival in with a back story of this girl whose brother like died from being overworked or being sick (not really sure) I don't know. Into saving the restaurant for his dreams like in the a few minutes. On top of that they don't actually show any of the cooking etc. It's almost unfathomable how many shortcuts this show took to finish up this in 1 episode.

Kabukichou Sherlock
-So like 12 minutes in and I don't really know who anyone is. There are no real proper introductions etc. I can't tell if some characters are there as jokes or actually important characters. It also doesn't really help that they don't really do anything for those 12 minutes or so.

Still to be watched

SAO Alice S2
Rifle is Beautiful
Chiahayafuru S3
Psycho Pass S3
High Score Girl S2
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UF8
10/18/19 2:33:40 AM
#215:


Robazoid posted...
UF8 posted...
Ah, the bootleg nyatan

Nyatan is still great even in bootleg form. Besides, most Pastel Memories were bootlegs of something!

Sad to hear there isn't a breakout cute anime this season. I'll at least try out the board games one (after all, the board game segments were literally the only good part of A Sister's All You Need), the bookworm one, and Rifle is Beautiful.

Null & Peta probably the best option actually. Relatively disappointed by all 3 of those.
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UF8
10/18/19 2:35:06 AM
#216:


Wait where's blade of the immortal @KokoroAkechi

Also from what i gathered cooking master has got to be straight up a direct continuation of the prior anime from 2 decades ago i doubt many watched, with next to no context to ease viewers in
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Dedue
10/18/19 2:50:15 AM
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KokoroAkechi posted...
I'm going to assume everyone is watching this.


It nearly as many as should be since it's in jail.

I'm down a PC as of 4 days ago, so I may be forced to drop this no matter what I want to do.
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KokoroAkechi
10/18/19 2:51:22 AM
#218:


Blade of the immortal is not even on the MAL list

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Dedue
10/18/19 2:55:08 AM
#219:


Yeah it's not on Anichart either.

I think because it's technically a web anime.

One of the best of tbe season easily, though.
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UF8
10/18/19 7:02:57 AM
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I forgot it was only on livechart when searching all categories, now it makes sense. FansubDB at leasts lists it normally (as Mugen no Juunin: Immortal)

Speaking of stuff trapped outside the TV anime listings, I also rec Null & Peta.
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Reg
10/18/19 7:08:51 AM
#221:


Ep 3 of OreSuki might be one of the best episodes of anything this year

It does not inspire confidence in the show for Ep 4 and beyond, though.
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profDEADPOOL
10/18/19 9:21:36 AM
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Reg posted...
Ep 3 of OreSuki might be one of the best episodes of anything this year

It does not inspire confidence in the show for Ep 4 and beyond, though.

I have literally no idea where it's going to go now, but yeah that was a really strong set of episodes.
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Reg
10/18/19 9:35:02 AM
#223:


It's gonna go straight into the garbage can as it devolves into generic romcom with a solid main couple. Just watch.
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profDEADPOOL
10/18/19 1:10:46 PM
#224:


But what if it somehow doesn't
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SockoressKnight
10/18/19 1:17:21 PM
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There are more girls (and another guy) in the opening, so I'm worried it's going to turn into a generic harem.

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Reg
10/18/19 1:38:31 PM
#226:


SockoressKnight posted...
There are more girls (and another guy) in the opening, so I'm worried it's going to turn into a generic harem.

Man this is the only way it could be worse than my expectations

profDEADPOOL posted...
But what if it somehow doesn't

Then it'll fall somewhere in the top 5-10 anime this year, I guess.
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Dedue
10/18/19 2:09:33 PM
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pjbasis
10/18/19 8:55:26 PM
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Dedue
10/18/19 9:15:14 PM
#229:


pjbasis posted...
Chainsaw-man with dat color spread


LORD
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Dedue
10/19/19 12:26:25 AM
#230:


Dedue posted...
https://twitter.com/mushokutensei_A/status/1185163917590286336?s=09

Woah


I just actually looked into this and it seems to be some normal ass Isekai?

Why is this the best looking TV anime ever??
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Dedue
10/19/19 1:56:13 AM
#231:


https://twitter.com/pkjd8I8/status/1185434005182676992?s=19

KAGUYAAAAAAAAA

So glad I didn't go read.
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Dedue
10/19/19 2:34:51 AM
#232:


Beastars 2 was WAAAAAAAY better than the first episode. Pacing feels supernatural, not a rushed cut mess. I was super down on the on the first, but I think I'm totally back on board for this being a great show.

My recommendation for anyone checking this out is to read the manga until you reach the end of where episode 1 gets.
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handsomeboy2012
10/19/19 3:13:30 AM
#233:


Dedue posted...
https://twitter.com/pkjd8I8/status/1185434005182676992?s=19

KAGUYAAAAAAAAA

So glad I didn't go read.


FUCK YES, was waiting for this so long
If they keep the same director and staff the plot alone will make it better than s1. Hype

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handsomeboy2012
10/19/19 5:22:11 AM
#234:


https://twitter.com/anime_kaguya/status/1185481209842782210

Seems like it's still A1 and the staff is carried over
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pyresword
10/19/19 10:55:26 AM
#235:


Overhaul > other MHA villains.

Of course I was already suspecting that to be the case since season 3 but he sure didn't take long to prove it.
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swordz9
10/19/19 10:58:24 AM
#236:


Quite a few anime announcements today on ANN. Mostly fantasy and Isekai though I think
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Dedue
10/19/19 11:58:20 AM
#237:


Yaiba 179.

Not what I was expecting, OOOOOOOF...
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pjbasis
10/19/19 12:11:18 PM
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Dedue
10/19/19 12:23:06 PM
#239:


I've been conditioned not to by this genre!
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pyresword
10/20/19 12:00:05 PM
#240:


I am told that an anime adaptation of Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth has been announced. If this ends up being a good adaptation it will easily become one of my favorite anime. Unfortunately I don't know what the odds of that are considering the Mask of Deception adaptation from a few years back (which I have not seen) is considered by the fanbase to be atrocious, but I am excited anyways.

I don't know how heavily I can recommend the anime because it will likely rely on having seen the aforementioned Mask of Deception adaptation, but there you have it.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-19/utawarerumono-mask-of-truth-game-gets-anime/.152402
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GranzonEx
10/20/19 2:10:18 PM
#241:


Azur Lane needs to stop shoving Enterprise on us, she is like the blandest ship there is, in fact she looks like she fits right in with the rest of the Kancolle trash heap

meanwhile the Japanese and German ships are so much better designed, I think with the exception of Belfast and the British ships, the Allies all look like trash
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WhiteLens
10/20/19 2:44:30 PM
#242:


There's nothing stopping you from "playing" Azur Lane itself.

I only say "playing" because you can just run the game on auto.
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GranzonEx
10/20/19 2:57:43 PM
#243:


an episode per week is enough for me, I'm afraid I'll spend 2 hours a day "playing" once I get addicted lol
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swordz9
10/20/19 6:06:56 PM
#244:


I finished Astra recently. It was fantastic. I love the atmosphere and presentation of it and the ones that had like the movie looking widescreen or whatever were cool. The story went in directions I wasnt expecting and they were nice surprises. The cast was also solid.

Kanata quickly makes himself captain of the group, but over time he truly earns it by going above and beyond for his crew/family. Hes always willing to hear their problems and believes in them. He doesnt hesitate to plunge himself into danger to help any of them. Hes just an overall good guy. Zack is the brains/tech expert of the group and later on he gets some amazing scenes that make him a contender for best character in the show. Luca is an interesting character that can quickly befriend anyone and also has some pretty funny teasing moments. Honestly all the characters are great and I sorta wish the show was even longer because I wanted to see more of them.

Highly recommend it.
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pjbasis
10/20/19 10:08:47 PM
#245:


damn that was a fun mha episode

From savagery to humor

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pyresword
10/22/19 8:56:56 AM
#246:


https://twinfinite.net/2019/10/muv-luv-alternative-anime/

Muv-Luv Alternative Anime Finally Announced at 20th Anniversary Event


!!!!!!!!!!!

Please don't suck.
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TexasZea
10/22/19 8:59:15 AM
#247:


that right there has been my #1 dream anime for a long time

hopefully this includes parts of extra and unlimited for the full context though
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Mac Arrowny
10/22/19 9:51:46 AM
#248:


Even better: they're making this anime to promote there release of Muv Luv Alternative 2
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Reg
10/22/19 9:54:27 AM
#249:


What the fuck

What the actual goddamn fuck
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swordz9
10/22/19 10:14:44 AM
#250:


Gonna be Total Eclipse all over again >.>
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swordz9
10/22/19 11:30:45 AM
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Additionally, the staff revealed the "Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Reboot" (Rumbling Hearts Reboot; tentative title) project during the presentation. The staff stated that they want to connect the project to Muv-Luv.
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