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AD Police isn't good, but it goes all out for its tone, giving the whole setting a grimy, noir inspired tone that works for the stories they want to tell. Even shows like Ghost in the Shell that lean into the bittersweet cyberpunk don't feel so grimy. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else without a specific knowledge of the other person's tastes and a lot of caveats, but I'm glad I saw it.
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Just watched the first 2 eps of kongming and ya boy is really good. I'm a sucker for music based animes anyway.
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World Domination is cute and not especially taxing to watch. I like it and hope they can keep the central gag of the show fresh.
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Apr 9, 2022 23:46
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For what it's worth the manga has remained pretty fun up to its latest stuff, it's been able to shake it up enough with new developments and characterizations and isn't just running the gimmick into the ground while reverting back to the status quo.
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Apr 9, 2022 23:54
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i dont watch much anime but ya boy kongming is fun and cheerful i love it so far 
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Apr 10, 2022 00:14
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I think one of my biggest qualms about Aharen-san is that all of the characters are boke of various flavors and no one really the tsukkomi to ground everything somewhat
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Apr 10, 2022 00:21
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spy x family was non-performatically great. i'm so glad, i really love the manga
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Patiently waiting 2-3 seasons until we get to the best Anya faces, which will finally redeem anime as a medium
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Apr 10, 2022 00:38
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Paracelsus posted:I wouldn't call Horizon on the Edge of Nowhere good, but it was interesting to see what dumb out-of-left-field thing was going to happen next. I will call it good. Where's seasons 3-however many it would take to cover how ungodly long it is?
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Waffleman_ posted:Is Kamen Rider Faiz good? That's a hard question to answer. Is it fun? Extremely.
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Apr 10, 2022 02:54
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The 7th Guest posted:if something is fun, it's good You'd be surprised how poorly that holds up in court.
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Apr 10, 2022 03:04
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chiasaur11 posted:You'd be surprised how poorly that holds up in court.
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Apr 10, 2022 03:10
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Strange Quark posted:people out here making GBS threads on a season to praise *checks notes* an anime that hasn't even aired yet I assumed it would be good as I've already read the manga, so as long it receives the bare minimum level of production (which, it's Cloverworks, so duh) it would be at the very least be "good".
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Apr 10, 2022 03:31
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the bar of the manga is already so high that i wasn't really blown away by the premiere
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I thought it was a CloverWorks solo, so I was expecting nonstop kino from the premiere. Little did I know...
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SweetBro posted:I assumed it would be good as I've already read the manga, so as long it receives the bare minimum level of production (which, it's Cloverworks, so duh) it would be at the very least be "good". i mean cloverworks also made one of the worst received manga adaptations (promised neverland s2) in the last couple years too so
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Apr 10, 2022 04:41
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Strange Quark posted:i mean cloverworks also made one of the worst received manga adaptations (promised neverland s2) in the last couple years too so Was the source material better? I just blindly assumed it was the manga's fault, not the adaptation's
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Kongming going the route of "Oh yeah if you're actually him you'd know XYZ" and making the club boss a Three Kingdoms nerd was comedic genius.marumaru posted:Was the source material better? I just blindly assumed it was the manga's fault, not the adaptation's I heard the problem was that they just outright skipped a whole story arc.
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Strange Quark posted:i mean cloverworks also made one of the worst received manga adaptations (promised neverland s2) in the last couple years too so The level of changing and compressing Promised Neverland Season 2 went through (following one of my favorite first seasons of anything) feels more like a decision made way above anyone who was actually making the show's head. Like, that's corporate fuckery. I'm talking completely out of my rear end though.
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Apr 10, 2022 04:48
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Strange Quark posted:i mean cloverworks also made one of the worst received manga adaptations (promised neverland s2) in the last couple years too so Don't forget quality original works like Wonder Eg....oh
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Arist posted:The level of changing and compressing Promised Neverland Season 2 went through (following one of my favorite first seasons of anything) feels more like a decision made way above anyone who was actually making the show's head. Like, that's corporate fuckery. Yeah it really felt like Aniplex was like "We have this property whose manga just ended and it doesn't really push merchandise so we don't really wanna spend like 4 years adapting the rest of this poo poo to sell nothing, just do one more season."
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Arist posted:The level of changing and compressing Promised Neverland Season 2 went through (following one of my favorite first seasons of anything) feels more like a decision made way above anyone who was actually making the show's head. Like, that's corporate fuckery.
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marumaru posted:Was the source material better? I just blindly assumed it was the manga's fault, not the adaptation's The manga went bad. The adaptation was worse.
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Don't forget quality original works like Wonder Eg....oh ok that one was definitively not clover's fault. the writer on that show sucked. he had never worked on an anime before. his book sucked and his recent dramas leading up to it were mired in controversy over poor writing choices. legitimatley that entire production was sabotaged by its writer just being utterly incompetent. he was consistently sending in scripts within schedules that made production too tight for the staff because he refused to plan out ahead and share information with them i cannot blame clover for issues that came about, cause of a guy who wrote a "yuri" tv drama and then had an extended interview about how he thought lesbians were women who had failed to find male partners The Colonel fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Apr 10, 2022 |
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chiasaur11 posted:The manga went bad. The adaptation was worse. It would be mean but funny to make this the thread title with absolutely no other explanation.
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Apr 10, 2022 06:22
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marumaru posted:getting philosophical but can you enjoy something you don't think is good? If you keep coming back to watch something then obviously it's scratching some kind of itch for you, although sometimes it's really difficult to put into words what that itch might be or even figure it out on any level. It could be indirect nostalgia (some aspect of it sorta reminds you of something else you loved in the past, or someone you knew, or a period in your life that ended), it might have some underlying theme which they keep hinting at which really floats your boat but which they never manage to bring to the forefront, it might just be some inoffensive bland mush that you play in the background while you do other stuff and it'll occasionally draw your attention when they get to a good bit, it might be dumb escapism that lets you forget about real world worries for 20 minutes. It's also somewhat common that some of the value you get out of a show will be secondary/social instead of directly personal and you get a kick out of poo poo-talking with your crew afterwards, or watching youtube reviews tearing it apart
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Meme Poker Party posted:Raphtalia 's got an attitude And Michelangelo's a party dude
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:If you keep coming back to watch something then obviously it's scratching some kind of itch for you, although sometimes it's really difficult to put into words what that itch might be or even figure it out on any level. It could be indirect nostalgia (some aspect of it sorta reminds you of something else you loved in the past, or someone you knew, or a period in your life that ended), it might have some underlying theme which they keep hinting at which really floats your boat but which they never manage to bring to the forefront, it might just be some inoffensive bland mush that you play in the background while you do other stuff and it'll occasionally draw your attention when they get to a good bit, it might be dumb escapism that lets you forget about real world worries for 20 minutes. There are is media I enjoy because it's good. There is other media because its "muh trash" and I'm a dumpster diving hoe.
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sometimes i enjoy watching shows or playing games that i don't think are good, because i can find fun in seeking to understand why i don't like them and consider them critically. it can also be interesting to see what components i find well done, even if i think the thing on the whole is not well constructed. this is pretty much only fun when with friends, and i would not want to watch shield hero with friends
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Apr 10, 2022 08:24
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if someone tries to get you to watch shield hero with them, they are no friend of yours.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:if someone tries to get you to watch shield hero with them, they are no friend of yours. Maybe they want to sub for you and are dropping hints?
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Namtab posted:I enjoy bad things but it’s when you get performative about hating it that it’s annoying.  It's fine to enjoy "bad" things, and you can just talk about why you enjoy them anyway. We're all experts on tsunderes here, you're not fooling anyone with the "I-its not like I like this, I'm doing you guys a favor by watching it for you"-act.
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I like watching trash isekais, and skeleton hero is fine for me. Shield hero was at least two steps beyond what i could tolerate watching.
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Watching Spy x Family makes me feel bad because I translated like the first 8 chapters before it was clear that it would become a mega-hit, and then a bigger company bought the licensing rights from us so we were unceremoniously kicked off the project. Like, it was clear to me from like chapter 2 or 3 that this was going to be huge and I was so excited to be a part of it, but now whenever I see it I just feel a deep sense of loss. Oh well, maybe it'll get better when Yor shows up, she's great.
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psyer posted:A decent start to Ao Ashi. The soccer/football animation were not much but seemed fine for the most part. It follows the main part of the manga pretty closely. I did lol at the idea that a kid who's entire life is dedicated to football wouldn't recognise a guy who played in a top European league and for the Japanese national team 10 years ago, like shinji kagawa just turns up on the beach to no reaction Haven't properly got into a footy anime since giant killing so will give this one a bash
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New Shadowverse has gone 2 episodes and there has only been like 3 turns of a card game. Big warning sign imo. I like the protag's energy though.
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the slower pace makes sense when your protagonist is a complete newbie to the game. it's basically the tutorial ep you'd see in other card game anime like vanguard or build divide. the shift here kinda feels like a reaction to how fast they blazed through games in the first season, because there i definitely didn't follow the games very well as someone who only played the game for a week or so years ago. i've no doubt once things ramp up the games will get more focus.
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I do appreciate they're actually explaining game mechanics instead of letting you figure out for yourself like with the first anime but 1.5 eps of setup before your first duel feels like a lot for this type of show. In the long run an extra ep of buildup probably won't feel that slow in a 50 ep card game anime but I like cards and i've barely seen any yet. 
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