The State of Anime Today

[_mike]

While we're on the subject of finishing series and being left with a sad, I just finished Sankarea. Not since One Manga was a thing have I just sat at my computer and read for hours like this. I've spent this afternoon kind of spaced out with no idea what to read next until the next volumes of School Live and Boku Hero come out. I've liked the Yuru Yuri anime so far, but not enough to catch up on 14 volumes of an ongoing series. I could catch up on Koukaku no Pandora, but then if there's a season two of the anime I might not enjoy it as much since I'll know what's coming.

Any suggestions for (finished) series to (binge) read next would be welcome.

[MuMu]

I try to only get into a series when it's done - and that's another reason to get miffed at RE:ZERO - but I've been posting about my readings in this thread so I can't comment much. I can, however, blindly reccomend manga that's on my wishlist and hope they aren't secretely bad. In no particular order:

•Blame!
•GTO
•Claymore
•Tokyo Ghoul
•Akumetsu
•Freesia
Kongou Bancho
•Mirai Nikki
•Sidonia no Kishi
•Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
•Teppuu

[_mike]

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is definitely not secretly bad.
I don't know much about Akumetsu, Freesia, Kongou Bancho, or Teppuu, but judging by the covers and summary blurbs you linked to, it looks like they take themselves too seriously for my taste in "fight this guy then go over there and fight that other guy" manga. Phil pointed out your post about Orange from earlier, so I'm going to give that a shot. If I end up not liking it, at least it's short.

[MuMu]

This is a very short one, which makes it hard to properly reccomend without being deliberately vague or delving into spoilers territory so I'll do both!

Qualia The Purple

Marii Yukari has a unique way of seeing the world. Literally, as with her purple eyes she sees every human being as a robot, some with unique parts like sensors or thrusters, but all of them cold, steel machines.



Hatou "Gaku", her best friend and - according to Yukari - an "All Model Robot" tries her best to help Yukarii at living a normal life despite her unusual condition



But when you see the entire world as being populated by mechanical beings with clear moving parts, each with it's own purpose, would it be possible to fix a broken friend?

Now, that's a perfectly fine description and hook, but if you're still not convinced - or just don't care and wants to get to the point - then...

SPOILERS


Surely you can, but there are - as always - consequences. When Gaku's arm is severed in an attack, Yukari fixes it using a cellphone. The arm is indistinguishable from a normal one with the exception that it can still perform calls and what is even more unusual



Gaku can now call herself from another parallel universe.

The incident attracts the attention of JAUNT: An american organization tasked with recruiting and researching beings gifted with abilities. Gaku, concerned over the safety of Yukari, convinces her to move to enroll at JAUNT. They keep contact until the day the unexpected occurs



Yukari perishes. JAUNT keeps their secrecy over the matter, even from her family. Suffering, but furious, Gaku makes a decision: She will team up with her alternate selves from multiple universes all aimed at a single goal: Marii Yukari.

[Ryong]

I started watching Kobayashi San's Dragon Maid.

I regret nothing.

[Tev]

Having played the app game Chain Chronicle, I was really happy to get into the anime. It pretty much picks up right where the game's story ended, which may make it a little hard for for people who didn't play the game to get what's going on, but so far, it has been a blast to watch.

I also gave up on watching Gundam Unicorn. Each episode felt like 80% pretentious monologues, 10% crying, and 10% mech fights, which is not the percentages I was hoping for. I hear Iron Blooded Orphans has closer mech fighting percentages to Gundam Wing, which is what I was looking for.

The wife and I finished Izetta, the Last Witch over the weekend. We were sad that we got 13 episodes and Izetta and Fine didn't get an onscreen kiss. Overall, though, it was a good show that ended well. A lot of detail went into the horrors of war and the injuries it causes.

Season two of KONOSUBA is...I don't know, the spark is just not there anymore. Maybe it's because we watched RE: Zero, which was a million times better? There's just a whole lot going on in the first few episodes and most of it feels meaningless and hard to follow.

Started watching New Game! because a slice-of-life show about a girl that works in an all-girl game development studio that cranks out fairly games sounded cute. I'm two or three episodes deep so far and it seems nice, though in the back of my mind I know that it is in no way representative of an actual development studio.

Still waiting for more Digimon Adventure Tri to come out.....This whole "release three or for episodes every few months" thing they got going on is really annoying for such a good show.

Things on my queue that I haven't gotten to yet and not really sure where to start:

-Kamigami no Asobi: The wife and I saw the first episode of this reverse harem with gods from various pantheons. The sexy magical boy transformations really sold her on it, but we haven't really made time to watch this for real.

-Is the Order a Rabbit?: I'm not really sure what this is, it looks like a slice-of-life show?

-Zettai Boei Leviatan: Some sort of girl-group fantasy anime.

-A Dark Rabbit had Seven Lives: I think this is a high school romance anime of some kind?

-Black Bullet: I'm pretty sure the wife and I saw a clip form this on Youtube or something so now it's in our queue...

-Twin Star Exorcists: I know nothing about this show other than I recognize its name for some reason. (Is it because it sounds close to Blue Star Exorcist?)

-Kill la Kill: I was going to let this one slide, but the wife really wanted to see it and tossed it in our queue.

-AOKANA: Four Rhythm Across the Blue: I have no idea what this is. I'm guessing my wife added it.

-Show By Rock!! (season 2): The problem with this one is that we probably have to watch season one first. At least it seems to be on Youtube?

-Samurai Flamenco: Someone suggested this to me but I forget who and why.

-Space Patrol Luluco: This is another wife add. I know little to nothing about it.

-Flip Flappers: We're about three episodes deep in this one. Having watched FLCL in the past, I really appreciate what this show is going for and the abstract art looks pretty cool, but for some reason we just don't have the mental energy to binge this thing or make any real headway.

-Is this a Zombie: This is an odd little harem anime. We watched the first episode but haven't really gotten much further.

-Outbreak Company: This feels like it's going to be another KONOSUBA or Re: Zero. Anyone seen this yet?

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Tev

Season two of KONOSUBA is...I don't know, the spark is just not there anymore. Maybe it's because we watched RE: Zero, which was a million times better?

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...Thanks, I desperately needed a good laugh today.

[Tev]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

Thanks, I desperately needed a good laugh today.

Any time Snake!

But no, really, I think RE: Zero changed my expectations of the "normal dude lost in a fantasy realm" anime genre.

[Sithdarth]

Originally Posted by Tev

-Samurai Flamenco: Someone suggested this to me but I forget who and why.

I watched that awhile ago. It was pretty good. It's got some pretty good hidden subtleties with regards to what's realty and what's maybe not so much. Still not sure if it is actually a story about a guy slowly going insane or not. Definitely a good watch. Just a heads up it can get pretty nonsensical at points.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Tev

Any time Snake!

But no, really, I think RE: Zero changed my expectations of the "normal dude lost in a fantasy realm" anime genre.

I respect your acceptance of my recent heel turn against Re:Zero.
I wish I shared your changed expectations, but for me personally, Re:Zero is the "normal dude lost in a fantasy realm" genre entrant who tantalized me with teases of upending stereotypes, only to play those tropes perfectly straight when all was said and done.