if you haven't already, look up the musical on youtube. The english versions of the songs are amazing. The whole thing has no right being as sincerely fantastic as it is.
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if you haven't already, look up the musical on youtube. The english versions of the songs are amazing. The whole thing has no right being as sincerely fantastic as it is.
Death Note was amazing. Definitely one of my all-time faves. I really enjoyed Children of the Whales, as well. The art was really beautiful and the story kept me interested the whole time. I hope it gets another season. If not, I'll have to just read the manga. XD
So I made it to episode 18 of Black Clover.
Looking forward to seeing how the rest plays out. I should also probably mention that I noticed this thing doesn’t go by seasons (according to Wiki). So it has a different opening and ending after episode 13, and certainly later on, but it’s just one continuous season... interesting.
Whew, a lot happened. Asta joined the Black Bulls, Yuno joined Golden Dawn, and both got accustomed to some members from their Magic Knight squads. Then, Asta, Noelle, and Magna were sent out to Saussy Village to hunt some boars, but instead had to fight this boss and his henchman who use ice and mist as their magic. The Black Bulls won, but unfortunately the mayor had been killed. The villagers all survived though. After that, they went to the black market in the castle town, and Asta chased after a thief along with Sekke whom he beat in the Magic Knights Entrance Exam, working together to get the winnings back to the old lady that was actually the Wizard King testing out the new recruits. Lastly, both the Black Bulls and Golden Dawn encountered each other at a dungeon that sprang up between the Clover Kingdom and the Diamond Kingdom. Asta, Noelle, and Luck went to investigate, and Luck, being a more senior Black Bulls member, took on a guy that could use smoke and sense mana really well (mana is what’s depleted once magic is used). Asta and Noelle arrived in time to save him and they worked together to send the guy running. Meanwhile, an even more powerful Diamond mage named Mars effortlessly fought against Yuno, Klaus, and Mimosa (idk if that’s how you spell her name), and was about to kill Yuno before Asta appeared and saved him. Mars was eventually defeated, and that’s where I’m at now. Should also mention that the Diamond Kingdom has kids with powerful magical abilities fight and kill each other, and the winner is implanted with artificial magic, which is what made Mars so strong. Episode 18 is where they have captured him and found the treasure room in the dungeon.
Okay, so after all of that, there’s still a LOT of unknowns in the anime so far. Such as, who were the mist guys working for? The after-scene had the emblem of Golden Dawn. Does that mean Golden Dawn is secretly a criminal gang, or perhaps just Captain Vangeance is evil? Also, are there other strong guys like Mars from the Diamond Kingdom, and if so, how is the Clover Kingdom going to survive when Asta is the only one that can take those types of opponents out? There must be a lot of them, right? I’m hoping the anime explains some of these plot holes and others as it goes on, because while I’m enjoying it so far, there’s a lot of things still not known at this point.
Okay, so after all of that, there’s still a LOT of unknowns in the anime so far. Such as, who were the mist guys working for? The after-scene had the emblem of Golden Dawn. Does that mean Golden Dawn is secretly a criminal gang, or perhaps just Captain Vangeance is evil? Also, are there other strong guys like Mars from the Diamond Kingdom, and if so, how is the Clover Kingdom going to survive when Asta is the only one that can take those types of opponents out? There must be a lot of them, right? I’m hoping the anime explains some of these plot holes and others as it goes on, because while I’m enjoying it so far, there’s a lot of things still not known at this point.
Looking forward to seeing how the rest plays out. I should also probably mention that I noticed this thing doesn’t go by seasons (according to Wiki). So it has a different opening and ending after episode 13, and certainly later on, but it’s just one continuous season... interesting.
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xSuperMario64x
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My friend has pretty much completely convinced me that One Piece is fantastic and I should totally watch it, so I told him if I have some free time this weekend that I would.
This will be the first amine I've ever watched besides Pok?mon and, like, 15 min of Death Note and Black Butler.
This will be the first amine I've ever watched besides Pok?mon and, like, 15 min of Death Note and Black Butler.
Yes, the art is beautiful and I'll most likely read the manga, I usually try and do that for every anime I watch
I've only finished watching Naruto/Naruto Shippuden and fullmetal alchemist brotherhood, so I guess both of those are my favorite. I was watching death note but the internets spoiled a lot of the tense good moments...
I can only watch anime if it is in Japanese with english subs. It's the same with some games too, like monster hunter world. Sometimes english is ok if they get the right voice actors, but otherwise nothing beats japanese voice actors.
I can only watch anime if it is in Japanese with english subs. It's the same with some games too, like monster hunter world. Sometimes english is ok if they get the right voice actors, but otherwise nothing beats japanese voice actors.
I agree with the voice actors. And you can trust subs more than english dubs too. Like I'll watch an anime in jap, and If I ever watch the dubs or see a video with dubs it freaks me out and im like "what is this monstrosity of a voice"
Bread Kennedys
Oyasumi.
The first anime I ever watched was Pokemon when I was a kid, but I never really considered myself an anime fan for the longest time. Mostly because the only other shows I could watch that were considered anime were Naruto (and Naruto Shippuden) or Dragon Ball, because for the longest time I never knew of Toonami. Toonami was my big introduction to anime as a whole. I used Toonami to watch many shows like Attack on Titan, Space Dandy, Bleach and One Piece, as well as the uncensored dubs of Naruto and Dragon Ball. However, I also didn't really consider myself a fan of anime just yet. It wouldn't be for a few years either that I would consider myself a fan of anime, until I finally started using streaming sites. I finally finished an anime for the first time about a year ago, and this year, I've watched and finished quite a bit of shows like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Parts 1-4, One Punch Man, Darling In The FranXX, My Hero Academia Seasons 1 and 2 (Season 3 being an ongoing show I'm watching), Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Little Witch Academia and Aggretsuko. I'm currently in the process of watching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, as well as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. I can safely say I'm an anime fan now, and it only me 14 years to accept this.
Yeah. For reference, Izuku Midoriya and Bakugou’s English voices on Toonami and such sound absolutely terrible. Midoriya sounds like more of a nerd than he actually is, and Bakugou sounds like he’s not a tough or cool guy, but rather a nerd as well. Lmao
@NoUsernameHere: How was Little Witch Academia? Is it a good anime to watch? The name makes me want to think it’s produced by the same people that made My Hero Academia, but I don’t know about that either, so if you could clarify that as well that would be appreciated. I’m thinking of watching it after I catch up to the current episode of Black Clover.
Bread Kennedys
Oyasumi.
Little Witch Academia is great. It's very Slice Of Life-ish, which I didn't like at first (I usually am not a huge fan of Slice Of Life shows), but if you're fine with that, it's a really fun and just overall great show. Also, My Hero Academia is done by Studio Bones, but Little Witch Academia is done by Studio Trigger, probably my favorite anime studio (they're responsible for shows like Kill La Kill, Space Patrol Luluco, Darling In The FranXX, and of course Little Witch Academia). If you enjoy Little Witch Academia, then I recommend checking their other shows out, as well as going back and watching shows like Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagann where the founders of Trigger had a lot of involvement, being former Gainax employees.
Candyland791
Melinda
Personally, I'm really into comedy and romance Anime. I really liked Kaichou wa Maid-sama, not only because of all the funny scenes, but also because this was the first Anime I ever watched. I also really love Koe no Katachi because it is so damn beautiful (especially the music) but also so sad. It makes me cry every time I watch it again. Boy and the beast was one of my favourite Animes to watch, too. I loved the characters and this was an Anime where I got sad, but I also could laugh because it was so funny all the time.^^
Eh, I may actually avoid it to be honest. Everything I watch has to have action/combat in it because that?s what I prefer. I?ve watched Kill la Kill before, but I honestly really need to watch Gurren Lagann because I haven?t seen it the whole way through. I also kind of want to watch FMA:B, but I?ll watch Gurren Lagann after Black Clover.
Bread Kennedys
Oyasumi.
That's fair. I usually enjoy Shounen or Mecha anime the most. Also, Gurren Lagann is wonderful. I'm like a little over halfway through Gurren Lagann (I've got about 10 more episodes to go), and it's one of those shows that tops itself pretty much every episode. It has some of the hypest moments I've seen in any anime, and I'm not even at the end yet.
Gurren Lagann is one of the few series I feel kept getting better and better without disappointing at the finish...Like, at all. It's just so absurdly over the top.
I recommend after watching it to watch the movie version of the final battle too, Youtube or whatever. The movie itself isn't worth watching, just a badly paced TL: DR of the series with loads of plot points ignored, but the movie version of the final battle is even more ridiculous than the original.
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Tomoe Hotaru
watching the weeds grow..
Completely agree with the others. To be honest, I didn?t like the beginning of Gurren Lagann because it has a lot of the type of embarassing/immature comedy I can?t stand. But I kept watching because a Youtuber I like did a reaction series on it, and after a couple of episodes the series got so much better. I also do agree that the final battle is better in the movies, but I have only seen that part of the last movie so I can?t judge their overall quality.
I would still say this anime has THE hypest moments I have ever witnessed. I didn?t need to watch it with someone else in order to get to a point where I had to pause the episode a number of times to dwell in the moment for a bit longer.... It?s not my favorite show of all time, there were some plot points I didn?t like, but damn was it fun to watch^^
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And regarding dubs vs subs... I honestly like both of them. It really depends what you want and what you like. Of course I have seen dubs that were terrible, but almost all modern dubs I have seen seemed well done. To be honest, I used to always prefer the sub and couldn?t understand why people would choose to watch a dub as I thought of it as somehow "inferior".
Now, I cannot understand Japanese so I don?t think it?s fair for me to judge the translations between the two. The sub is done by a small group of hobbyists, they do it in their free time and have no uniform level of Japanese knowledge - the dub is done with the help of professional translators. I wouldn?t say the sub always has a better translation because I frimly believe professionals must have a reason to change expressions (e.g. because they think it will make more sense for their audience).
I also think some of the "awkwardness" of a character?s language in the dub can come from being used to their Japanese voice. I watched anime in several different languages - each time the change to a new dub made the character?s voices sound weird to me. After watching a bit I got used to the new voices and enjoyed them just as much as I did the other dubs/subs. In fact, every translation of a work can add to it. I love Ghibli movies and I have seen most of them in my native language. When watching them with friends, I have seen them in Japanese with subtitles or in the english dub. Each version had small differences in the translation that added to my experience. The english dub of sen to chihiro (or as people from the US may know it: "spirited away") chose to add a lot of explanations that weren?t in the original script. Surely, some of them were unnecessary, but others helped me to see hints to things unique to Japanese culture that I had never noticed. Sometimes things shouldn?t be translated as faithfully as possible because that would actually mean to loose some meaning when showing it to a different audience.
That said, what would actually be a reason to prefer the dub? Well, it?s the immersion. If a show relies on atmosphere and plot, reading subtitles can cause you to miss something happening on screen. I never feel as immersed in a show when I read the subtitles, it always required me to focus on reading and to look at the lower part of the screen while my eyes are supposed to pay attention to a scene. Not to mention, there are shows out there with so much dialogue, you can?t even read the subtitles in time but have to pause regularly to finish reading.
Of course all that doesn?t apply to every show, but I respect dubs now for what they are. Even though in many occasions Japanese voice actors are just that little bit better, not having to read subs can really help to enjoy a show more.
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Alright, thanks guys for explaining that. I’m definitely watching all of Gurren Lagann and the movie version of the final battle after Black Clover.
Speaking of Black Clover, I’m at episode 29 now.
I’m now on episode 29 and looking forward to the rest of season three.
Speaking of Black Clover, I’m at episode 29 now.
So a lot happened again. Asta, Noelle, Luck, Mimosa, Yuno, and Klaus had to face off once again against Mars in episodes 18 and 19 because his resolve broke the restraining magic on him. Asta ended up unlocking a new ability to his anti-magic sword, where he could add magical abilities to the middle of it and send it at an enemy. He used this to try and beat Mars, but became gravely injured. Mars was about to kill Asta when Yuno unlocked Sylph, the wind fairy, from having copied the dungeon’s spell to his spellbook. The attack immediately finished off Mars, but just as the Black Bulls and Golden Dawn escaped, the smoke magic user grabbed Mars and returned to the Diamond kingdom with the gold from the dungeon.
After that, Asta and Noelle went to the Royal Capital to explain the dungeon report to the Wizard King, Julius. However, he had to leave, and that’s when drama happened between the royals in the room and peasants like Asta, Yuno, and royal Noelle who couldn’t control her powers before. However, the Royal Capital immediately came under attack by a guy named Rades who could control magic to make the undead, and each of the Magic Knights were deployed to five sectors to protect the citizens. Asta and a fire Magic Knight user (honestly forgot his name already, lol) fought against Rades along with Noelle, but Asta was about to be finished off before the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings Magic Knight squad appeared, Vermillion. He battled Rades and captured him, but another enemy appeared above and sent him to another dimension with spatial magic. Meanwhile, a witch named Catherine started stealing mana from the people of the Royal Capital now that the Magic Knights were far away, but Yuno managed to escape the earlier spatial magic and fought her, where Charmy, who was eating the Royal Capital’s chef’s food, finished her off and helped capture her. Just then the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings Magic Knight squad was dropped back down and had lost his arm and was bleeding out. Everyone was in shock, but Asta cured himself of Rades’ curse magic by cutting where he was infected, and fought on with the younger Vermillion brother. Asta didn’t allow Rades and the spatial magic user to escape, and that’s when the other members of the Eye of The Midnight Sun showed up and attacked. They captured Asta and left, but unbeknownst to them, Julius, the Wizard King, was waiting at their base. He killed two of them and captured the rest, but not before the enemy boss showed up and took them back. Altogether they managed to capture one of the members and Catherine, but they wouldn’t talk.
The first episode of season three features Asta, Luck, and the Black Bulls’ spatial magic user going to a mixer, which didn’t net them any relationships, but Noelle was there to keep an eye on Asta.
After that, Asta and Noelle went to the Royal Capital to explain the dungeon report to the Wizard King, Julius. However, he had to leave, and that’s when drama happened between the royals in the room and peasants like Asta, Yuno, and royal Noelle who couldn’t control her powers before. However, the Royal Capital immediately came under attack by a guy named Rades who could control magic to make the undead, and each of the Magic Knights were deployed to five sectors to protect the citizens. Asta and a fire Magic Knight user (honestly forgot his name already, lol) fought against Rades along with Noelle, but Asta was about to be finished off before the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings Magic Knight squad appeared, Vermillion. He battled Rades and captured him, but another enemy appeared above and sent him to another dimension with spatial magic. Meanwhile, a witch named Catherine started stealing mana from the people of the Royal Capital now that the Magic Knights were far away, but Yuno managed to escape the earlier spatial magic and fought her, where Charmy, who was eating the Royal Capital’s chef’s food, finished her off and helped capture her. Just then the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings Magic Knight squad was dropped back down and had lost his arm and was bleeding out. Everyone was in shock, but Asta cured himself of Rades’ curse magic by cutting where he was infected, and fought on with the younger Vermillion brother. Asta didn’t allow Rades and the spatial magic user to escape, and that’s when the other members of the Eye of The Midnight Sun showed up and attacked. They captured Asta and left, but unbeknownst to them, Julius, the Wizard King, was waiting at their base. He killed two of them and captured the rest, but not before the enemy boss showed up and took them back. Altogether they managed to capture one of the members and Catherine, but they wouldn’t talk.
The first episode of season three features Asta, Luck, and the Black Bulls’ spatial magic user going to a mixer, which didn’t net them any relationships, but Noelle was there to keep an eye on Asta.
I’m now on episode 29 and looking forward to the rest of season three.
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Bread Kennedys
Oyasumi.
I finished Gurren Lagann yesterday. My thoughts?
This is now one of my new favorite anime of all time. Seriously. I had watched Darling In The FranXX a few months before watching this anime, which, people compare FranXX to TTGL and NGE all the time because FranXX has a lot of obvious references to these shows and some of the big plot points are pretty much copying what was done in Evangelion or Gurren Lagann (I know the latter is true at least, just watch the last few episodes and look for the big twist), but after watching Gurren Lagann, not only does it make FranXX look so weak in comparison, it also shows me FranXX had no right to turn out as bad as it did in the last few episodes. Anyway, enough about DITF. Gurren Lagann has one of those stories that, at one time, was really common. A story about a man willing to laugh in the face of death. A man so damn determined to make his dream a reality that no fear can break his impenetrable determination. These kinds of stories are never told anymore. Gurren Lagann is a story about overcoming all odds, rejecting common sense in order to make the impossible possible. And you might be thinking, "Hey, that sounds crazy!", and that's because it is. But it's because it's crazy that it's so good. It's an absolute balls-to-the-wall, hell of a time. From Kamina and Simon escaping the Giha Village, to the death of Kamina and the eventual death and defeat of Lordgenome and the fall of Teppelin, to the very final showdown between Simon and the Anti-Spiral in outer space...there's not a single point in this anime where I felt bored. There was always either some great action or something fun going on. One of my favorite things about this anime is Simon's sheer growth as a character. I imagined he was gonna be very generic at first, like Shinji from Evangelion or Hiro from FranXX. He was...at first. But Simon has some of the best character development I've seen in any anime. He goes from being this generic young boy anime protagonist, to being depressed for a few episodes living in his dead brother's shadow, to being an absolute bad*** just like Kamina. By the end, Simon is a completely different character and I love that. This is what I wanna see happen to more of these "generic" protagonists. If we had more Simons and less Natsu Dragneels in the world, anime as a whole would be way better. Also, while I expected it, the ending was sad. It seems like both Simon and Yoko can't seem to catch a break in the way of love interests. Simon had a crush on Yoko, then watches as she kisses Kamina. Kamina dies, so Yoko loses a love interest and nothing ever comes of Simon x Yoko for perhaps obvious reasons. Later, Yoko and Kittan fall in love, only for Kittan to die seconds later. Simon and Nia fell in love, they even had a wedding after the final battle, but then Nia is basically erased from existence right after her and Simon kiss. I fully expected something of the sort to happen at the end. I know I keep comparing TTGL to FranXX, but the big plot twist at the end of both shows are too similar to each other. Well, unlike in FranXX where it comes out of nowhere and hardly makes sense, in TTGL we are told about this twist a few episodes beforehand where Lordgenome warns Simon and Nia about the surface reaching a population of 1 million and "the moon being Hell's messenger and humanity's downfall" and not only that, but even if it did come out of nowhere, it would still make sense considering the kind of show Gurren Lagann is. Anyway, Gurren Lagann, 10/10. Absolutely amazing show, I love it.
I made it to episode 38 of Black Clover.
Also, I don’t know why I said season three in my last post. Black Clover is Shounen and is one continuous season with different openings and endings. Man that gets confusing at times...
Asta and Gauche both arrived in the town of Nean, and there followed a trail late at night where kids were being lead through the snow to a cave. Noelle stayed behind in the town along with another young woman. Asta and Gauche both arrived in the inner depths of the cave and found an ice mage named Niege and a mage who uses mud magic named Boro trying to steal magic from the kids. They fought, and it was an easy win for Asta, Gauche, and the old lady that accompanied them. But then Boro called in reinforcements, and the black-haired girl showed up and used a dark magic item to make Boro turn into a giant mud monster. Asta and Gauche finally worked together to defeat the monster, and Niege stopped fighting and said he would atone for his misdeeds. Just then, the leader of the Eye of The Midnight Sun, Licht, showed up. Captain Yami of the Black Bulls showed up and protected Asta from Licht, and they fought head-on. Finally, after Licht was going to unleash a devastating light attack, Gauche arrived back at the cave thanks to the spatial magic user, Finral, after having saved his sister, Marie. Gauche used mirror magic and created a giant mirror that sent the attack back at Licht, who fell down defeated. More reinforcements came in the form of The Third Eye, with each one of the three, Raia, Vetto, and Fana, being stronger than a Magic Knights’ Captain. Before the three Black Bulls members and Captain Yami could be defeated though, three other Magic Knights Captains showed up and protected them, Jack The Ripper of the Green Praying Mantises, Charlotte of the Blu Roses, and Nozel of the Silver Eagles. Both sides continued to fight until Asta landed a hit on Licht with his anti-magic sword. Unbeknownst to him though, the attack broke a seal that was restricting Licht’s magic, and because of this the members of The Third Eye had to use more of their magic to seal him again, and they took Valtos and Licht and fled. Now I’m at episode 38, where the Magic Knights Captains’ Conference is going to be held.
Also, I don’t know why I said season three in my last post. Black Clover is Shounen and is one continuous season with different openings and endings. Man that gets confusing at times...
Justaharpy
Fandom trash
I love hanibe remmei one of the best anime I've seen, anohana is a close second, you can see I love sad slice of life storys. Flowers of evil is a pretty good manga at least on the first volume, I should watch the anime also godchild is good one, serph of the end too.
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