The Anime Thread

[Reginald Fairfield]

I gotta throw in my two cents.

Spoiler

Is it how they think the show is sexualizing a little girl? Whether it does or doesn't (I haven't seen the show yet but plan to), the funniest part about that is how lots of anime sexualizes teenagers and they're all cool with that. A minor is a minor.

I don't know, they collectively get mad at big boobs, like with Uzaki chan.

 

[LadyDestani]

Are you two spoilering your discussion because twitter is mad about this show? I may have avoided bringing up certain titles since I was indirectly called a pedo here for liking Food Wars.

wait people are mad about it? I was spoilering it for anyone who may not want any extra information before going into the show.

I was spoilering for the same reason as tessa grace. I didn't want to spoil it for anyone who hadn't start watching yet.

I did hear that people were making a fuss about it, but I swear I don't know where it's coming from. Having watched the first 3 episodes I haven't seen anything even remotely sexualizing Anya.

 

[tessa grace]

I was spoilering for the same reason as tessa grace. I didn't want to spoil it for anyone who hadn't start watching yet.

I did hear that people were making a fuss about it, but I swear I don't know where it's coming from. Having watched the first 3 episodes I haven't seen anything even remotely sexualizing Anya.

Spoiler: lmao what

Ohh just did some research and honestly thats the dumbest reason to cancel a show. Loid picked her up and swung her around for barbatos' sake. (genshin is taking over my vocabulary help) No skin was revealed and it wasnt fetishy. It was just a sweet father-daughter interaction, my dad did the same to me when I was a child and it was not sexual even slightly.

 

[LadyDestani]

Spoiler: lmao what

Ohh just did some research and honestly thats the dumbest reason to cancel a show. Loid picked her up and swung her around for barbatos' sake. (genshin is taking over my vocabulary help) No skin was revealed and it wasnt fetishy. It was just a sweet father-daughter interaction, my dad did the same to me when I was a child and it was not sexual even slightly.

People just love to blow things out of proportion and make clickbait. It's honestly ridiculous.

 

[Plume]

I finished Dennou Coil today and I'm feeling the loss! I'm sad that I don't get to experience it anymore. ; ;
The first 13ish episodes can be slow and maybe not for everyone, but I think it's worth it for it's incredible storytelling and great ending. The characters grew on me and I have to say it probably made me tear up more than any other anime. What I liked most about Dennou Coil is how it introduces complex ideas and themes without outright explaining what they are, allowing the viewer to piece together and figure things out on their own.

I've also been watching some seasonal shows:
Summer Time Render - groundhog day? so far, I kind of hate this show
Dance Dance Danseur - easily my favorite show of the season! the first episode was just okay but it keeps getting better & better, the second episode even introduced me to a neat Japanese punk band!
SpyxFamily - I enjoyed the first episode, but found the second disappointing...it was kind of slow and didn't make me laugh. Yor's coworkers were annoying. I'm on the fence!
Black Rock Shooter Dawn Fall - I dropped this after one episode which is hugely disappointing because I'm a big fan of the original BRS series. ; ; This was just bizarre. I hate the overuse of CG.

 

[Midoriya]

Get ready to DEFEND. THIS. HOUSE! The Rising Of The Shield Hero season two episode three is here (I'm so late on this, LMAO)!

Spoiler: for Shield Hero S2E3, "Shaking Land"

Naofumi sets his plan to defeat the Spirit Tortoise into motion. Eclair and her battalion leads the Spirit Tortoise away while Naofumi and company take on the Spirit Tortoise Familiars. They get help, however, and the Spirit Tortoise is stalled. A LOT of troops are taken out, so the magic casters cast their magic to do damage to the Spirit Tortoise's neck. Then, with the help of Ost Horai and Rishia, Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo sever the Spirit Tortoise's head as it comes crashing down. However, Ost Horai doesn't disappear, meaning the Spirit Tortoise is not yet defeated...

Up next time on Shield Hero season two, episode four. "Ruins in the Fog." You won't want to miss it! ​

 

[CrankyCupcake]

This season seems to be a mixed bag of predictable themes, so I'm watching a fewer number of series.

Among them is Deaimon. A visual treat with soft hues and watercolour textures. The story is about a young man who returns to his family home after a failed stint to play in a band in Tokyo. His family runs a shop selling traditional sweet snacks. I like the amiable characters and uncomplicated story. Ao Ashi is, comparatively, a much louder and more energetic series. It's about aspiring soccer players. I do like sport anime and usually add one to my list every season. The surprise in my list is Aharen-san wa Hakarenai. I usually steer clear of high school drama but this one had me laughing from the get-go. Both main characters are incredibly deadpan. I like deadpan. There are two series I'm watching that I cannot watch more than one episode at a time because my heart needs to heal from breaking repeatedly: Kotaro Lives Alone and Children of the Whales. The latter is an old series. Gorgeous art. Painful story. Last but not least, Dance Dance Danseur. It's a MAPPA production. (I needed to say that.) Junpei's first love was ballet but, because the people around him laugh at boys who like ballet, he gave up on taking ballet lessons. A few years later, his love for ballet is re-ignited. How will he deal with other people's prejudices and his own struggle to emulate his late father and be a manly man?

SpyxFamily is on my to-watch list.

 

[Midoriya]

Get ready to DEFEND. THIS. HOUSE! The Rising Of The Shield Hero season two episode four... is here!

Spoiler: for Shield Hero S2E4, "Ruins in the Fog"

Naofumi and company set out for the Spirit Tortoise's back to find its weak spot and finish it off once and for all. While there, they discover a village of people that was wiped out when the Spirit Tortoise awakened. They also find a shrine which leads inside the Spirit Tortoise's body, and must traverse it to get to its heart. Their objective is to destroy the Spirit Tortoise's heart. While traveling inside its body, however, they run into L'Arc, Therese, and Glass...

Up next time on Shield Hero season two, episode five. "Ost Hourai." You won't want to miss it! ​

 

[Mairmalade]

My watchlist is fairly small this season, but I adore Spy x Family and Aharen-san wa Hakarenai. Aharen is similar to Komi Can't Communicate in that you have two shy girls that have a hard time sharing their thoughts, but the deadpan humor in this show specifically is great. I'd recommend giving it a go even if high school SoL isn't your usual playground.

I'm also watching Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic but feel it's losing heart compared to previous seasons. Not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.

 

[tessa grace]

My watchlist is fairly small this season, but I adore Spy x Family and Aharen-san wa Hakarenai. Aharen is similar to Komi Can't Communicate in that you have two shy girls that have a hard time sharing their thoughts, but the deadpan humor in this show specifically is great. I'd recommend giving it a go even if high school SoL isn't your usual playground.

I'm also watching Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic but feel it's losing heart compared to previous seasons. Not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.

Aharen sounds good. Do you know where I can watch it?

 

[Mairmalade]

Aharen sounds good. Do you know where I can watch it?

It's on Crunchyroll though I imagine it's on other streaming platforms as well.

 

[tessa grace]

New Komi Can't Communicate episodes are coming out every week on netflix again!

Spoiler: Episode 13 spoilers

So far its cute and funny, like always. One of my favorite small things I noticed this episode was at the beginning (which the first scene was beautifully animated, btw) when Komi stumbled out of bed and underneath her bed you could see books on how to communicate and talk. I thought that was such a good touch to the show, it shows that Komi really is trying her best.

Also Tadano being nice guy to Katai as always was really fun. I think he'll be a nice addition to the cast of weirdos at Itan Private High School.

AND OMG TADANO AND KOMI BEING ADORABLE DURING TESTING AWW

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I noticed something interesting in the last chance section at rightstuf for $8. Something called "You're Being Summoned Azazel".

 

[amemome]

I'm currently watching My Dress-up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru). I think I'm a little more than half-way through at this point.

Spoiler: thoughts including spoilers

It explores two topics that are extremely interesting to me (cosplay and sewing/making) but it also has one of my least favorite things when it comes to anime: copious amounts of "fanservice." Boob and panty shots out the wazoo, a character that looks like a middle-school girl but no, she's actually older than the protag!, etc.

I don't think there's anything inherently "wrong" with sexual undertones in anime but I do think there's a line that when crossed, just turns that undertone into a blatantly trashy, pandering, and all-together uncomfortable overtone -- usually at the expense of the male protagonist's main female "love interest" and liiterally all other women in the story.

Bisque Doll crosses this line several times, in my opinion.

//Rant about the two sister characters below. TW: sexualized minors//

I did not need to see a scene where the protag walks in on the middle-school physique girl who is naked in the bathroom and she slips and falls and literally splays her legs and exposes herself, to which the protag literally gets transported back to his memories of his grandfather making hina-ningyo and remarking that the hair is added after the face is painted -- to which our young protag remarks: "it's so smooth (bald)". This scene was so gross to me as they are literally sexualizing (?) the physique of a middle-schooler and passing it off as "well, actually this is not morally depraved because she's older than our highschool protag". And the younger sister just so happens to actually be a middleschooler, but has the overly sexualized giganto boobs of a hentai or eroge main character which the anime makes sure to tell us our male protag is extremely aware of.

Why do we need these tropes when dealing with underage characters???

//Rant Over//

I think I'll finish out the series due to how important/interesting I find cosplay and sewing/making to be, but this is worse than Maid-Dragon (which thankfully (lol the lowest bar possible) was mostly comprised of consenting adults) when it comes to "fanservice" and actively leaves the most sour taste in my mouth. I cannot believe it's ranked so highly on MyAnimeList -- that's how badly I think the "fanservice" steamrolls over the interesting aspects of the plot.

P.S. I really wanted to see more hina-ningyo making as I'm a huge fan of traditional arts and seeing how traditions are passed on and kept alive across generations. Too bad we have to see panty shots and boob sweat pools instead of getting to learn more about hina.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I noticed something interesting in the last chance section at rightstuf for $8. Something called "You're Being Summoned Azazel".

Here's a trailer:

Post automatically merged: May 1, 2022

I'm currently watching My Dress-up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru). I think I'm a little more than half-way through at this point.

Spoiler: thoughts including spoilers

It explores two topics that are extremely interesting to me (cosplay and sewing/making) but it also has one of my least favorite things when it comes to anime: copious amounts of "fanservice." Boob and panty shots out the wazoo, a character that looks like a middle-school girl but no, she's actually older than the protag!, etc.

I don't think there's anything inherently "wrong" with sexual undertones in anime but I do think there's a line that when crossed, just turns that undertone into a blatantly trashy, pandering, and all-together uncomfortable overtone -- usually at the expense of the male protagonist's main female "love interest" and liiterally all other women in the story.

Bisque Doll crosses this line several times, in my opinion.

//Rant about the two sister characters below. TW: sexualized minors//

I did not need to see a scene where the protag walks in on the middle-school physique girl who is naked in the bathroom and she slips and falls and literally splays her legs and exposes herself, to which the protag literally gets transported back to his memories of his grandfather making hina-ningyo and remarking that the hair is added after the face is painted -- to which our young protag remarks: "it's so smooth (bald)". This scene was so gross to me as they are literally sexualizing (?) the physique of a middle-schooler and passing it off as "well, actually this is not morally depraved because she's older than our highschool protag". And the younger sister just so happens to actually be a middleschooler, but has the overly sexualized giganto boobs of a hentai or eroge main character which the anime makes sure to tell us our male protag is extremely aware of.

Why do we need these tropes when dealing with underage characters???

//Rant Over//

I think I'll finish out the series due to how important/interesting I find cosplay and sewing/making to be, but this is worse than Maid-Dragon (which thankfully (lol the lowest bar possible) was mostly comprised of consenting adults) when it comes to "fanservice" and actively leaves the most sour taste in my mouth. I cannot believe it's ranked so highly on MyAnimeList -- that's how badly I think the "fanservice" steamrolls over the interesting aspects of the plot.

P.S. I really wanted to see more hina-ningyo making as I'm a huge fan of traditional arts and seeing how traditions are passed on and kept alive across generations. Too bad we have to see panty shots and boob sweat pools instead of getting to learn more about hina.

Or you can move on to a show you would like.

 

[Neb]

I’ve been in the mood for some light manga, so I’m reading My Love Story from the library. I’m not a huge shoujo fan, but I love the main trio. They all play off of each other very well.

 

[Midoriya]

Get ready to DEFEND. THIS. HOUSE! The Rising Of The Shield Hero season two episode five is here!

Spoiler: for Shield Hero S2E5, "Ost Hourai"

Naofumi and party have run into L'arc, Therese, and Glass, heroes from another world. They decide not to join up with them for now since it's their mission to kill the Shield Hero and his party. Ost Hourai guides them to the heart of the Spirit Tortoise, where they encounter Kyo, a wielder of the Book vassal weapon, also from another world. He has taken the Spirit Tortoise captive and plans on destroying each and every world by taking all of their guardians captive as well. Ost Hourai leads the group deeper into the Spirit Tortoise once its head is cut off and its heart is severed. There, it is revealed by Kyo that Ost Hourai isn't just a Spirit Tortoise Familiar, but is the Spirit Tortoise itself...

Up next time on Shield Hero season two, episode six. "Racing to Catch Up." You won't want to miss it! ​

 

[Peach_Jam]

currently watching Spy x Family, Kaguya sama season 3, and Komi san season 2 c:

 

[Midoriya]

I finished season 11 of Naruto Shippuden. Was pretty boring. Mostly filler that disguised itself as them traveling. Season 12 looks like it's going to be more interesting, so I'm looking forward to it. Almost at the halfway mark too (episode 250)!

 

[BakaRina]

I decided to spend my afternoon watching Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō and just finished all four episodes. It was pretty great. I also finished Sound of the Sky yesterday and it was alright, I suppose.