The Anime Thread

[VanitasFan26]

You know I realized after re-watching Pokemon again there was way too many filler episodes that really didn't do much to advance the plot. I always find them forgettable and a waste of time. There are some good ones don't get me wrong but its when you get to the newer seasons its when they really get out of hand with filler episodes. Ones that you already seen before and others well it will make you question what the writers were even thinking.

 

[LadyDestani]

I watched the season finale of My Hero Academia today. Looking forward to season 6!

I was also disappointed to learn that season 2 of Rising of the Shield Hero has been pushed back from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022, but I'm glad it's still being worked on. It's been one of my favorites in the isekai genre.

There are a few upcoming anime this season that I may be checking out, though. I'm going to be looking closer into Platinum End, Faraway Paladin, and Takt op.Destiny. I'm not sure if they're going to be any good yet, but their trailers caught my attention.

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Just watched the last episode of Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid aka The Duke of Death and His Maid. What a great way to wrap up the season.

Every anime season, I mostly gravitate to series that have more serious, darker themes. As such, I always look out for at least one light-hearted series to add to my anime diet. Something light and fluffy, funny and sweet, with a tolerable level of fanservice, that does not require my exhausted brain cells to process convoluted plot twists. This season I chose Shinigami Bocchan, a romantic comedy. I had next-to-no expectations.

The series is about a young duke who, as a child, has been cursed by a witch. Every thing he touches dies immediately. His mother sends him away to live alone in a faraway mansion with only a butler and a maid to look after his needs.

Surprisingly, as the season progressed, I found myself increasingly drawn to the seemingly simple story and seemingly stereotypical characters. I ended up looking forward to each episode. It helped so much that the seiyuu for the small cast of characters brought so much life to their roles. I think Hanae Natsuki has done an even better job here as Bocchan than as the long-suffering Tanjiro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Can't wait for season 2. ♥

Edited to add: A happy fangirly thing happened today.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I haven't given Demon Slayer a chance yet, even though I want to. I've also been thinking that I want to see how people react to the ending before I start anything these days. Then again, with a new 8 volume manga, the first and third volumes went out of print around the time the last volume came out.

Spoiler

Looks like the movie is going to recycled into part of the next season.

Post automatically merged: Sep 26, 2021

You know I realized after re-watching Pokemon again there was way too many filler episodes that really didn't do much to advance the plot. I always find them forgettable and a waste of time. There are some good ones don't get me wrong but its when you get to the newer seasons its when they really get out of hand with filler episodes. Ones that you already seen before and others well it will make you question what the writers were even thinking.

Padding for movie releases. Now they have a weird parallel movie series that reboots the series with new companions. Not sure if Team Rocket even shows up.

 

[Midoriya]

Well... almost caught up with My Hero Academia 5th season. I actually am not happy with the writing for the villain backstories. It was really disturbing and gory. Like Mirai Nikki levels of disturbing. I realize they're villains and all, but this is the darkest I've ever seen the story. I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse than that for future episodes.

Oh boy… you better not read the manga then…

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Anyway, now that MHA‘s season has concluded all I’m watching is Naruto. I‘m on season nine, the final season, which only consists of 12 episodes. Should be pretty easy to breeze through, and then I’ll be at Naruto Shippuden. Kind of crazy to think that I’ve watched over 200 episodes of this show in just the past half year. I didn’t even skip the filler…

 

[nyx~]

I finished Tokyo Revengers and season 5 of MHA and I really enjoyed both of them! MHA got kinda boring at some points but for some reason I like dark stuff so it really got good for me again once the villain stuff started, I'm definitely looking forward to season 6 since it's confirmed to be in production however idk if I'm prepared for the darkness I've gotten spoiled from manga readers lol. Tokyo Revengers again was dark at some points, but overall it kept me interested until the very end, and it's now in my top 3 (mainly cause I have like 3 tied for my favorite lol)...that cliffhanger tho;; I plan to start the manga and catch up on the MHA manga as well.

As for my next anime, I'm thinking Bungou Stray Dogs since my friend keeps telling me to watch it. Also super excited that Demon Slayer season 2 starts in just over a week!

 

[slzzpz]

Currently watching Shippuden since my GF has never seen Naruto.


She really enjoyed Naruto so I'm eager to see how she reacts to certain plot events.

 

[Torts McGorts]

HBO Max was having a sale, so I sprung for a six-month subscription. Looking forward to catching some films (Weathering With You, The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, some of the Miyazaki stuff I haven’t seen yet), and will be checking out Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! as well (among others) as well.

 

[Midoriya]

I finished all 220 episodes of Naruto! I didn’t skip anything, even the filler. Now the only anime I’m watching at the moment is Naruto Shippuuden, consisting of a whopping 500 episodes…

At least until the next season of Demon Slayer, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, The Rising Of The Shield Hero, and others air. Then I’ll have to figure out how to manage my anime-watching time more effectively.

 

[CrankyCupcake]

Just finished watching episode 12, the last one, of Sonny Boy.

What a ride. The visuals are bold and bright and gorgeous. The music is carefully and judiciously used to great effect. Every episode is a few hundred shades of evocative, philosophical and sometimes disturbing story, lived out by a young cast of captivating characters.

Our choices have consequences and consequences influence the choices we make. Life is bittersweet. Each day, we learn to accept the inevitable and we learn to adapt because it's the way forward. Every viewer is going to be taking away something different from watching this series, I think, and that's the magic of Sonny Boy.

 

[LadyDestani]

The final 12 episodes of Seven Deadly Sins have dropped on Netflix so I'm trying to work them into my already tight anime schedule. So far, two down and ten more to go.

 

[Mr.Fox]

I finally caved and bought the complete Speed Racer set...sadly, the English only version. I assumed they would release Mach Go Go Go unedited with subtitles at some point, but it never happened.

It is currently only available in the Speed Racer Collector's Edition set that sells for around $249.99...and there's no way I'd pay that price. I mean, I really like Speed Racer...but I don't want to overpay for a bust of Speed that happens to contain the 5 Mach Go Go Go discs.

 

[Orius]

You know I realized after re-watching Pokemon again there was way too many filler episodes that really didn't do much to advance the plot. I always find them forgettable and a waste of time. There are some good ones don't get me wrong but its when you get to the newer seasons its when they really get out of hand with filler episodes. Ones that you already seen before and others well it will make you question what the writers were even thinking.

That's why I don't bother with shounen anime. A lot of them are crammed with fillers. Shows like Fairy Tail, Detective Conan, and even One Piece had an entire filler arc. The movies they churn out every year to accompany the series? Practically extended filler episodes.

That's why I prefer shorter one-cour anime with 10-12 episodes. A lot of my favorites keep it short and to the point, making the impact that much greater when the message is that condensed.

 

[-Blue-]

I finished all 220 episodes of Naruto! I didn’t skip anything, even the filler. Now the only anime I’m watching at the moment is Naruto Shippuuden, consisting of a whopping 500 episodes…

At least until the next season of Demon Slayer, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures, The Rising Of The Shield Hero, and others air. Then I’ll have to figure out how to manage my anime-watching time more effectively.

I did the same thing with both Naruto and Shippuden. Some of the filler I probably should had skipped since it was so awful lol. Still the only filler that sticks out in my mind for Naruto is the old man who happened to be an enemy in disguise and all of Naruto's classmates had to work together to find him and stop his plan. Most times they just throw together whatever to fill the timeslot and it really shows.

One Piece has some fillers like that to and one of the best ones is when they're stuck in Navarone. It was so good and believable it could had been canon had they claimed it as such.


I know these aren't Anime, but I am a little bummed out that both Venture Brothers and Final Space got cancelled this year. Both on cliffhangers and when things were really getting good.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Oh boy… you better not read the manga then…

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Anyway, now that MHA‘s season has concluded all I’m watching is Naruto. I‘m on season nine, the final season, which only consists of 12 episodes. Should be pretty easy to breeze through, and then I’ll be at Naruto Shippuden. Kind of crazy to think that I’ve watched over 200 episodes of this show in just the past half year. I didn’t even skip the filler…

Would you recommend any of the Naruto filler? I think I lost interest with an arc involving a meteorite or stars. It's been a minute.

 

[Midoriya]

Would you recommend any of the Naruto filler? I think I lost interest with an arc involving a meteorite or stars. It's been a minute.

Wouldn’t really recommend it. If you’re going to watch Naruto, I’d recommend skipping the later seasons that are just filler (especially season eight). While there are a few mini filler arcs that are interesting, most of them are just, “oh, looks like Naruto has to go save another princess in trouble for the 500,000th time”. If you skip seasons seven, eight, and nine and go straight to Shippuden, you honestly aren’t missing much.

 

[daringred_]

finished up S1 of eden's zero and hoo boy, was it good! i cannot emphasize enough that people should at least give this anime a chance. too many people are dismissing it just because it's created by the man who wrote fairy tail, but the two are completely different. (sans the hypersexualization of women, which i still don't care for, but... what can you do. that seems to be an anime-wide thing.) eden's zero is a lot grittier, especially in later arcs, and the stakes are much higher. i've been reading the manga since launch and can't wait for this week's chapter on tuesday! (we're nearing the end of another arc, i think, and it's been brutal recently.) the anime starts off a little slow, but that's to be expected, frankly, since it's setting up the whole world. the later episodes are a lot darker, and i can tell you that S2 is going to be insane. i'm pretty sure the first half of S1 is on netflix now (dubbed and subbed) and the second half will be at some point, although it's on the seven seas if you enjoy it enough. (i mean, that's where i watched all of it.) again, cannot overstate how much this show is worth giving a shot. don't let the whole fairy tail thing put you off.

 

[BakaRina]

I’ve managed to finish the last few episodes of Bofuri and I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years anime’s today. Pretty good shows. I’m in the middle of reading their light novels currently and I’m glad I picked checked them out when I had the chance.

 

[Midoriya]

Wouldn’t really recommend it. If you’re going to watch Naruto, I’d recommend skipping the later seasons that are just filler (especially season eight). While there are a few mini filler arcs that are interesting, most of them are just, “oh, looks like Naruto has to go save another princess in trouble for the 500,000th time”. If you skip seasons seven, eight, and nine and go straight to Shippuden, you honestly aren’t missing much.

Also wanted to mention that the only reason I watched all the filler and didn’t skip is because I’m a completionist when it comes to anime. I don’t drop any shows because I make sure they’re good before watching them, and I don’t skip any episodes in any of what I watch either.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Also wanted to mention that the only reason I watched all the filler and didn’t skip is because I’m a completionist when it comes to anime. I don’t drop any shows because I make sure they’re good before watching them, and I don’t skip any episodes in any of what I watch either.

That would be difficult with DBZ now. They've retconned a few movies, made them unavailable, and keep releasing things in decreasing quality. If I did pick up Haruhi Suzumiya, I wouldn't want to watch the endless 8 I keep hearing about.