Hakumei to Mikochi is peak comfy this season, last episode was great. I hope the adaptation will make it to the turf wars arc

>>298
It is really comfortable to watch, the voice acting isn't cringeworthy like most moe animes nowadays, there's no fanservice at all (except for the bath scene on episode 5) and it's literally, as >>299 said, cute girls doing cute outdoors things.

>>301
Hakumei to Mikochi and Yuru Camp are the comfiest animes of this season.
I prefer Yuru Camp over HtM, it is really a great anime and I'd risk naming it AOTS.

I'd like to read manga, but I dislike those manga reader websites and would prefer to download the archive files to read them on my tablet. Are there any sites with on-going manga available for download? I've heard of madokami, but have no idea how to get an account.

>>303
Use a manga reading app. They are basically image viewers that use manga reading sites as sources. Most of them also let you download chapters. The best on for Android is Tachiyomi.

>>304
I love it, thank you.

>>302

AOTS

My anime of the season (and probably the year) is Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen. Yuru Camp is more or less tied with Sora yori mo Tooi Basho and Pop Team Epic for runner-up.
I haven't seen Hakumei to Mikochi; I remember looking it up and deciding I'd rather read the manga. I'll get to it one of these days.

HakuMiko is a faithful adaptation and covers most of the material. You should definitely read the manga at a nice pace

I really enjoyed Yuru Camp, I'm going to miss the Outclub.

>>308
That was comfy. I'm going to miss coming home from work and watching it.

I just watched the first episode of Cutie Honey Universe. I enjoyed it and liked how it incorporates some ideas from the original manga while adding new elements. That being said, the fights could be better, I think, and I'm not sure why they didn't use the original theme song.

It's almost 2 decades late, but I've started watching Azumanga Daioh. These old-school animus have this wild charm of their own - not much in the way of CG, but still quite fun to watch through.

>>311
I actually really like the way older anime looks; new ones are often too perfect and clean looking.
I think it's been over ten years since I saw Azumanga Daioh. The manga is one of my favorites and I re-read it from time to time.

>>312
The manga is great. So many subtle gags that get overlooked/toned down in the anime get their time to shine there.

Ive been reccomended comic girls. Does anyone have an opinion on it?

>>314
It's pretty good. Fairly standard CGDCT about teenage mangaka living together in a dorm provided by their publisher.
I used to read the manga, and I'm enjoying the anime so far.

>>314
It's pretty ehh, but it's one of the few CGDCT this season so if you're into that it's worth a watch. Just feels like a budget Hidamari Sketch/New Game mixup. Nice VA and animation work though.

>>316

nice VA and animation work though

I'm really (pleasantly) surprised at how well-made Comic Girls is, for what is (as you say) a pretty standard slice of life show based on a fairly mediocre manga. They probably could have cheaped the heck out of it and no one would have complained.

>>318
Fuck off.

>>319

Seconded, but don't feed the troll.

Gonna give Yama no Susume a try, will report back with findings. Short anime is pretty niche, but I really enjoyed Di Gi Charat back in the day.

Speaking of short anime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qttCHzsKx5I

>>323
>>322
Speaking more of short anime, I'm really enjoying Seizei Ganbarre Mahou Shoujo Kurumi. It's the absolute dumbest shit, and the animation's terrible, but it's pretty funny.

I suck and fuck man ass

I fuck and suck man ass

I suck and fuck man ass

>>325
>>326
>>327
Are you actually 12?

>>328
They got triggered, just smile and wave.

Also, I've started reading Yotsuba&!

I suck and fuck man ass

I fuck and suck man ass

>>329
Very good manga choice friend. By far my favorite from what I've read, which is admittedly not that much, but it's great. It's just so cute and nice. Almost makes me wish I had a daughter.

I really like comic girls this season. Kaos-chan is too cute!
Also recently watched mysterious girlfriend X which was much better than I was expecting it to be, although still kind of strange and surprising lewd at times. Worth watching though for sure.

>>333
I think Comic Girls is the best CGDCT I've seen in a while. The characters are super cute, and their problems are relatable as well as funny. And I continue to be amazed at how well animated it is.

Comic Girls is completely adorable. I love Kaos-chan. And I love Koyume and Tsubasa. I hope they keep developing that or episode 5 will feel a little bit random. Unless that was just supposed to be a "you can do it, Koyume!" kind of episode.

>>322
I recently re-watched it with a friend, I just love it. Can't wait for the new season!

Did anyone else watch Karaki Jouzu no Takagi-san? It's surprisingly fun to watch given its predictability. Or maybe even because of it.

>>337
That was a really cute and sweet show. I don't think a romantic slice of life show like that really needs to be surprising.

I just started Suite Precure, and I'm having a really good time with it so far. It kind of seems to have a bad rap; I assume that's because it came out right after Heartcatch.

Apologies if this isn't the best place to post this, but can anyone give me some anime recommendations? I have not really watched anime in a while and I'm completely in the dark on what good shows are airing this season. Any suggestions?

>>340
I'm not sure what kind of anime you enjoy, but my favorite current shows are:
•Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Hen
•Comic Girls
•Golden Kamuy
•Wotakoi
•Seizei Ganbare! Mahou Shoujo Kurumi
Darling in the Franxx and the new Captain Tsubasa are pretty good, but your mileage may vary.

>>340
Sure, what sort of anime do you prefer to watch?

fuck I just realized I need to finish Casshern Sins and Now and Then Here and There
Haven't been watching anime seriously since this year began

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Ever since I saw this picture, I've been looking around for Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu. It looks like something I would enjoy, but I can't find it for procurement anywhere. No official translations on amazon, can't find any download through mega, torrents, or irc outside of the oneshot. Online reader sites have the rest of the volumes, but I prefer a local zip/rar file. Usually scanlators have websites or blogs where they post download links, but I haven't been able to find anything.

It is so frustrating since this seems so enjoyable.

>>344
I figured that would bait someone in to reading it! It's a really heartwarming series, and very funny.

Yeah, it's a pain - Underdog used to be the scanlators but they went defunct, taking down their website. "Komi-scan wa Komyusho desu" are the current TLs but with the death of Batoto they only upload on MangaDex, no site of their own.

If you're looking for rars, this seems to have most of the older chapters: https://archive.org/details/manga_Komi-san_wa_Komyushou_Desu.

Thanks for the archive site. For the rest of the series, I'll use a scraper for mangadex.

>>308
Started watching it today. What do I think of it so far?

"As the episode ended, I realized I was smiling."

I've been watching the new season of full metal panic.
things are starting to heat up.

Golden Kamui is very very good!

>>349
The animation's a bit cheap and goofy-looking, but everything else about the show is fantastic. I am, however, a little worried about how they're going to wrap it up now that it's nearly over.
Also, Asirpa is cute!

>>322
Di Gi Charat, now there's a name I haven't heard in a decade. Gonna go check it out, see if I can acquire some episodes.

I finished GochiUsa yesterday and I was wondering if there are other animes with towns like that, since GochiUsa's town is based on a real town (Colmar, France); if so, could you guys name them?
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>>352
The town in So Ra No Wo To is Cuenca, Spain.
Kiki's Delivery Service is mostly components of Stockholm & Visby, but there's not much directly based on them.

Most of the English scenes in Kiniro Mosaic are taken directly from various locations in the Cotswolds. The interiors are even from one house: https://www.otakunews.com/Article/2085/on-location-at-fosse-farm-alice-cartalets-house-from-kinmoza

Little Witch Academia is largely an amalgamation of southern England, but Avebury is a fair match for the "location ambience", and there's even a picture of St Michael's Line at one point, pinning Luna Nova Academy as just south of Bristol. →/889/5btq9cq9jq8y.jpg

I can't really think of many that have other timber-framed towns like Colmar that aren't fantasy though - it's a fairly common style for that. This site is great for real life location comparisons, it's a hobby for the owner of the blog http://mikehattsu.blogspot.com/

GochiUsa is a very cute show!

>>353
Gosh, this blog is awesome. Thank you, anon!

>>353

I can't really think of many that have other timber-framed towns like Colmar

I found out there are two other towns in Alsace (region where Colmar is located) that look like Colmar: Riquewihr (→/890/1a.jpg) and Ribeauvillé (→/891/2a.jpg). Alsace is located in Eastern France and borders Germany and Switzerland, seems like a nice place.

>>355

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Watching DRR!

About halfway through X2, loving it.

Had watched the original season when it aired but never got around to the second.

I burnt through the 6 episode OVA for Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu today and boy, was that a roller coaster.
It felt rushed, like if I was skipping entire episodes between scenes. I heard somewhere that the LN it was based off started the LN boom in the mid 2000s, so maybe the source material is better and this was just a bad adaptation. What a shame, too. It started off so strong and absolutely fell apart around midway through.

I hate to be that person, but a lot of anime is racist and sexist. Darling in the Franxx is right-wing propaganda, for example. I'm not making it up. Google it. I'm not doing your research for you though. You can do that on your own.

People of color are sorely lacking from anime. Women are depicted without agency, which is sexist. That's why neckbeards like anime.

Anime needs to change much in the same way the video game industry has changed. We need cultural changes and actual representation. But not tokenization.

I know your knee-jerk reaction might be to reject my claims, because you'd rather pretend that all is well, but you know I'm right.

https://mangadex.org/manga/14569/ookami-shounen-wa-kyou-mo-uso-o-kasaneru

It's really cute, and the story wraps up nicely within the 5 volumes that were published. Not often you find completed romance manga.

>>359
Nah, you're just being a tyrannical fascist who wants to push your (very inferior) culture on others.

>>360
Watching Flying Witch right now. Another weapons-grade comfy anime!

>>362
Flying Witch is great, the OP is brilliantly catchy. Apparently the anime followed the manga well, so you can take that up if you want more comf. >>237
The bonus track on the album is nice too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ0Cd7atiW4

>>361
Please don't respond to the troll.

>>360
That same author recently finished another very cute series called Madoromi-chan ga Iku. It isn't romance if that's something you're particularly looking for, but it's short and worth a read if you want something lighthearted and fun. Between Madoromi-chan and Ookami Shounen, I can't wait to see what this guy comes out with next.

On the topic of romance manga, I finished one called Kanojo wa Rokurokubi recently. It was really enjoyable, though it apparently got cancelled and has a very sudden ending. I need more cute romance manga like it in my life.

>>363
Everyone who isn't exactly like you is a troll. I hate this modern attitude.

You know how social media recommends videos, pages, accounts, etc that are related to your interests? And you know how google search results are custom-tailored to you, based on what google knows about you? I think this has led to people being in echo chambers for too long, so you think anyone who sees the world in a different way is a "troll" or something, which is dumb.

Understand that people are not all the same, and people can have very legitimate reasons for coming to different conclusions than you.

Dismissing people as "trolls" is ignorant and lazy. Instead, you can try to see things from someone else's perspective.

Anime objectifies women. It's not just about the oversexualization, since many feminists are sex-positive now, instead of being anti-sex. But it's sexist and objectifying in the sense that many female anime characters lack agency. I think many weeaboos like asian women and anime because of the stereotypically weak portrayals of women. You don't like women who stand up for themselves. You don't like strong women who don't want traditional gender roles. Weeaboos prefer the timid, weak, obedient, sidekick-style woman who is merely an accessory for a male protagonist. Additionally, anime's lack of diversity is striking, but it's also a reflection of the lack of proper multiculturalism in Japan too. This will have to change over time, since their birth rates are dropping off.

You can either try and understand other people, or you can just continue to be dismissive and call everyone who isn't a carbon copy of you a troll. Your choice. Are you going to continue to be close-minded, or will you listen to what other people have to say?

>>365
The entire subgenre of "cute girls doing cute things" is so emblematic of this problem.

And not only that, they tend to have cheap and uninspired animation (even by anime standards).

Watching Azumanga Daioh after 10 years. The CD-R quality leaves something to be desired, but hey; a spectacular classic.

The new season of Yama no Susume is off to a good start. We've been spoilt for outdoors series the past couple of seasons with Yuru Camp and Sora Yori, but YnS falls really nicely between the two - comfy, but still good character development.

I'm waiting for the Asenshi subs for it, should I just watch what's already out?

For those of you who keep up with seasonal anime, what have you picked up this season? What are you excited to watch?

Out of everything I've tried watching so far, I'm most excited for Planet With. It's an original work by Satoshi Mizukami, who did Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Sengoku Youko and Spirit Circle. Apparently he's been working on the show's concept for four years now, and there's over a thousand pages of manga storyboards for it. It's a bit odd to see Mizukami's stuff animated, but I'm very excited for more of it.

>>370
So far, I'm really enjoying Yama no Susume 3. Hanebado and Asobi Asobase are pretty good too, and I'm going to keep watching Shinya Tensai Bakabon and see if it gets better.
I'm also looking forward to Happy Sugar Life and Hi Score Girl, as I enjoy both manga.

Sunohara-sou's a pretty nice surprise. I was expecting a dumb ecchi show, but it's rather sweet.

>>370
I've picked up Yama no Susume and Asobi Asobase. Both are great anime, especially Asobi Asobase, since it caught me off guard.
>>371
Is Hanebado worth giving a try?

Asobi Asobase is hilarious. I feel like I laugh a little harder every episode. I love the faces.

>>373
Hanebado's a pretty standard sports anime (albeit with fairly high production values). If you enjoy sports anime, it should be right up your alley.

>>374
I'll check it out, then. Thank you!

Thank you >>374, very cool!

Harukana Receive is this season's guilty pleasure. Every episode is a beach episode!

>>377
What about a pool episode?

>>378
I hope they have one.

Just finished Golden Time, had a great time watching it. I recommend to everyone that likes romance.
You have to be patient with Kouko, though. I promise you guys her personality gets better.

Just finished Golden Time, had a great time watching it. I recommend to everyone that likes romance.
You have to be patient with Kouko, though. I promise you guys her personality gets better.

Oops, posted it twice. Sorry for that.

I watched Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou today and realized that's the "YKK" you guys talk about. I didn't come from the "YKK-ARIA" imageboard so I had no clue what "YKK" stand for.

>>383
How was it?

>>384
Great! I wish there were more episodes, though.

Picked up Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. It's pretty confusing at the beginning, but everything makes sense after watching the 3rd or 4th episode. I'm really enjoying it so far. Anyone else watching it?

Finished reading +tic Neesan yesterday, halfway through Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko. Both are great, highly recommend.

>>386
I'm watching Revue Starlight. It's probably my favorite show of the season so far. It has tons of Penguindrum/Utena vibes and I'm surprised it doesn't seem to be very popular this season. Maybe it's the idol vibes that scare people off.

>>386
>>388
I think I'm going to give it a try, but probably not for a while; I'm watching a lot right now.

Watched Chio-chan. It was good and it made me laugh several times, but I don't think it needed that amount of tits and panties. Aside from the fanservice, it was gold.

I just finished reading Peach Girl. The story was pretty melodramatic, but I really liked the characters and the art.

The new season has started. What are you all watching this time around?

I just watched the first episode of Gridman, which is definitely promising... not sure about the others, I'll probably wait and see what people recommend.

So far this season (based on one or two episodes), I'm enjoying Anima Yell (solid CGDCT), Akanesasu Shoujo, Golden Kamui 2 (loved the first despite the crappy animation), Uchi No Maid Ga Uzasugiru, and Yagate Kimi Ni Naru.
Himote House (Weird, crappy CG CGDCT from Ishidate) and Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san are both better than I was expecting. Ulysses kind of disappointed me.

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita Kara seems promising. I'm looking forward to Hinomaru Zumou, too.

>>395
Irozuku sounds pretty interesting; I wonder how I missed that when I made my list for Fall?

>>388
I initially passed over Starlight because I assumed it was an idol show. When I did watch it, I enjoyed it, but, I'm not sure what (if anything) it was supposed to mean. It did remind me of Utena, as you said, but it felt more like an homage than something that can stand by itself. It also reminded me a bit of Princess Tutu, probably because of the focus on singing and dancing.
On the whole, I think it's a fun show but fairly forgettable.

The surprise of the season for me has been Seishun Buta Yarou wa long LN title. It strongly reminds me of the Monogatari series in a really good way.

>>395
I'm not sure how to feel about Irozuku. It's a really pretty looking show but feels a little by the numbers. Even the premise reads like "normal high school boy meets mysterious transfer student girl" but backwards. The director also did Nagi no Asukara though and I really enjoyed that, so I'll stick with it for now.

>>397

I'm not sure how to feel about Irozuku.

Yeah, so far it's not grabbing me. It's not bad, but it seems pretty meh.

>>393
I just started Gridman; it's really fun. It reminds me of watching Power Ramgers as a kid.

I'm enjoying Yagate Kimi ni Naru, but I think AnoKiss would have been the better popular yuri manga to adapt into anime. Because it has a large cast (each with their own stories), you could animate as much, or as little, as you like and have a show that feels complete.

This autumn I re-watch my favorite anime all day long but also had a pleasure to watch Sangatsu no Lion for the first time since all blu-rays came out. Absolutely loved it and since the only rating for the anime I watch is the amount of emotions it gives to me, it became on of my favorites too.
Coming back to a re-watch topic, Mawaru Penguindrum is next despite seeing it many times before. Starting today. What did you re-watch recently, guys? Did you watch the anime that you wanted to start over right away after finishing it? Sorry for the mediocre English.

>>401
I'm about halfway thru a rewatch of Flip Flappers. I really liked it when it first aired, but I remember being kind of turned off by the last few episodes. I would love for this rewatch to change my mind.
Sangatsu no Lion is a damn good show.

>>402
I somehow missed Flip Flappers and now that you've mentioned it I will watch it. And to reply to my own question about starting right away I want to mention all four seasons of Hidamari Sketch because can easily watch in an infinite loop, just to start the day with one episode and to finish it with a couple.
Also didn't expect such quick reply, very glad to know that someone is here nowadays.

>>403

didn't expect such quick reply, very glad to know that someone is here nowadays

I usually check the Letterbox a couple times a day.

Hidamari Sketch looks like a nice show; I'll watch it one of these days.

I've been watching alien 9. It's really wierd, not good per say but still I would recomend watching it since it's only 4 episodes and worth the experience just on the strength of the uniqueness and artstyle. It ends on a cliffhanger since it stops half way through the second vollume of the manga, so if you like it read the manga which is also good.
>>404
hidamari sketch is really great, although imo the second and third seasons are better than the first.

I'm almost done with shojo shuumatsu
Im gonna binge the last four episodes tomorrow
Im not sure what to watch after. I dont like ridiculous shonen stuff and im not in the mood for fluff or comedy. I was thinking of kumo no mukou since I have it, or angels egg.
any recommendations?

>>401
I don't re-watch anime anymore because my backlog is so huge. I don't watch many anime so it keeps getting bigger.
But if I decide to do it, probably Lucky Star first because it's been a while and I miss Konata (＝ω＝.)

>>406
Maybe Haibane Renmei will fit right into your mood. Watch it if you didn't yet.

>>408
That looks good
Thank you anon

I'm loving Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru. Every episode puts a smile on my face without me even realizing it.
I don't know what makes it so thrilling, but I highly recommend it.

Watching this thread not getting replies for more than a month and not posting here myself was a bit sad.
Do you have something special to watch or re-watch during the upcoming New Year days?

The Disappearence.
Tis a tradition.

>>411
I kinda want to finish all those dozens of seasonal anime I got like 5 episodes or more into and then just never finished over the past four years.
Quite a few of them I got up to the last episode or two and then just never got around to finishing it like Hibike Euphonium or Akagami no Shirayukihime. Not to mention the new seasons of them.
I guess first on the list is Hanayamata, and most recent is Tonegawa-san or maybe Pokemon depending on how you look at it.

>>411
I rewatched Gunbuster and it's even better than I remembered it. I honestly think that it's an impeccable piece of art and no other anime comes close to it.

Boogiepop wa Warawanai this season is surprisingly good. I never watched Boogiepop Phantom but my understanding is that this is covering the source material novels from the start so watching Phantom is unnecessary. The first episode of the new adaptation left me kind of unsure, but the first three episodes together are cohesive and fantastic. I'd recommend anyone interested in the series to burn through them all at once. If they continue covering a single novel every three episodes I might just wait between novel arcs to watch it. Treat it like a monthly release instead of a weekly one.

>>415
I've been meaning to watch the original. I'd love to hear from a fan how the new one stacks up; maybe I should be watching it instead.

>>416
You can safely skip Boogiepop Phantom. I watched it a few years ago. It had great music IIRC, but its easy to tell that the story they adapted was taken from the middle of things so it was quite confusing with little to no answers to questions that come up.

Boogiepop wa Warawanai is an adaptation starting from volume one of the source material. And feels very cohesive and well done. Questions get answers eventually, though the non linear nature might throw some people off, but that means a rewatch will be all the better. I would definitely recommend watching it.

>>417
Ah, neat. I'll give it a try then.
Thanks!

I started reading Dungeon Meshi and it's been an absolute blast so far. It's like /ck/ and /tg/ teamed up and made a manga.

>>419
I recently picked up 6 volumes of it and was really surprised by how nice it was. I love Senshi.

Kotonoba Drive is so short. Just as I cuddled under it's warm and cozy blanket, it was over.
But it is sweet nevertheless.

I'm reading Super Cub at the moment. It's a really lovely, strangely melancholic manga about a abandoned girl who receives a Honda C90 and her experiences riding it.
If you're a rider then it'll be really nostalgic, as she stumbles into the same things every new rider does, but I think even if you're not it's worth a read.
Oddly, it's apparently actually commissioned by Honda as part of the celebrations for 100 million C90s having been manufactured but it doesn't feel at all like a tie-in.

https://mangadex.org/title/33540/super-cub

>>421
I picked it up while it was going and had to wait forever for the last couple of chapters. I'm kind of glad because it made it seem longer.

>>423
Looks like AnoKiss is ending next chapter.
Too bad; that's my favorite ongoing yuri manga.

Really happy with how Mob Psycho season 2 is going so far.

Also SAO: Alicization is pretty good.

Watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes lol

i can't say anything about its precedent, but postlabor 2 is good! beautiful art and animation, it makes a really compelling argument too. it's the kind of anime i'd recommend to someone who doesn't really watch anime.

>>427
Now I can't wait for them actually making a Postlabor anime.

Does anyone read Again!! By Mitsuro Kubo ? I’ve been following it since volume 3 came out

>>414
I agree it is pretty cool

Mob Psycho 100 is probably my new favorite anime thanks to season 2

Nainai no Onnanoko is about a girl who doesn't have friends. And family. And hobbies. Nothing, basically.
And then she gets an old motorcycle.
It's great.

>>431
surely it's unrelated but that made me think of Kino no Tabi

>>401
Heh, I too rewatch my favorite anime, but in the spring. It's basically my anime watching anniversary. Every March before April but after daylight savings, I start with my very first anime (and by that I mean the first anime in which I knew what an anime was) and then follow with my favorites from the past years. Incredibly cozy and autistic, I know.

>>431
>>422
We're of one mind.

The word "autistic" is a bit overused these days by kids trying to act cool, you know.

I'm finally getting around to Devilman Crybaby. It's pretty good. At first I was disappointed at the changes it makes from the manga, but the show grew on me after just a few episodes. I guess it would be silly to not change anything else after they already modernized the setting.

I am a very picky consumer of any kind of series, show, video game or book because I don't have that much free time and wasting that to mediocre or even bad shows is not what I do. If a trailer, art style or the first episode don't sell, I'm very unlikely to watch/read/play the whole thing. Because of time constraints I will never ever pick up one of these long going series like Naruto or One Piece because I just can't keep up and don't want to sacrifice my limited watchtime to one or two shows.
That's why I prefer short (i.e. 1-3 seasons), high quality shows.
Because of these perquisites, I value SuperEyePatchEWolf on YouTube and his recommendations because his and my taste seem to match a lot and he filters through anime seasons for me and only recommends the best. Not that I exclusively watch everything he recommends but for me personally it's a valuable time saver. So most stuff I recently watched will stem from his recommendations. I guess hardcore weeaboos will call it "casual" but they'd be right, I just can't dedicate the time to watch everything that gets released, especially if it's the mediocre, forgettable stuff that drowns in the flood of each season. And I'm very rarely up to date since I don't actively check for what's new so it happens that I discover an old show years after its release (Samurai Champloo comes to mind)

With that out of the way, I really enjoyed Made in Abyss and Kaiji Ultimate Survivor recently. The first even that much that I bought the manga and me buying manga is really rare. Berserk was the single manga ruler in my bookshelf up until MiA came.

>>430
I liked the first one. Still need to check the 2nd one out someday.

I thought Happy Sugar Life was really interesting, but I feel like it's premise rubs a lot of people the wrong way

There seems to be a lot of ecchi this season. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. I really like Nande Koko ni Sensei ga.
Dumb smutty anime is my guilty pleasure.

Lads my to watch/read list is getting larger by the day, what do read/watch first?
We’ve got your lie in april, future diary, serial experiments lain, eureka seven, five cm per second, the kara no kyoukai movies, and YKK. What would you do, anon?

>>440
I recommend Lain, but only because it's my favorite anime.

Yo that Carol and Tuesday anime looks really pretty.

>>441

So I watched the first episode, man that was pretty funky. I’m still thinking about it rn.

>>443
It gets much weirder. Taking your time and thinking about it is the best way to watch Lain.

>>442
Just caught up on this last night, brilliant so far.

Reminds me a lot of Sora yori mo Tooi Basho from last year - great style, great music, similar themes.

>>442
I was really looking forward to it because of the director (Watanabe) and I am enjoying it a lot.

I also really like this season in general. A lot of people would probably disagree but there are a lot of good shows to watch. My favorites so far are Kimetsu no Yaiba, Amazing Stranger ⅙, Carole and Tuesday, YU-NO and Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san. What suprised me the most was Kimetsu no Yaiba. I usually tend to dislike run of the mill shonen but Kimetsu no Yaiba is far from anything that I could dislike. Really loving it so far. The only anime that disappointed me a bit this season was Fairy Gone, PA Works' new original 2 cour anime. I really wanted it to be good but I couldn't watch more than the first episode. Maybe I'll give it another try once the season is over.

>>446
I'm really surprised at how much I'm enjoying YU-NO. I went into it expecting cheap ecchi trash, but it's pretty good. The story is keeping me interested.

446

I'm not too wild for this season, but Uzamaid was pretty great.

They announced a new season of Non Non Biyori!
The trailer is on the Local TV.

>>449
I hadn't seen the trailer, so thanks for posting it.
Non Non Biyori is one of my favorites. I'm super excited for more.

>>449

obligatory nyanpasu
http://nyanpass.com/

goddamnit

Watching Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou (Girls' Last Tour) and now I feel existential dread.

Wait tiil you finish the manga, heh.

>>454
>>453
I feel like the manga just makes explicit what the anime implies.
They're both great.

I have been enjoying a lot of older manga, the prequel manga to sailor moon has especially been a treat. Buddha is fun as well if not only for the juxtaposition of the serious, somewhat historic nature with very cartoonish visuals.

>>456
Sailor V? That's one of my favorites. I actually like it better than the manga of Sailor Moon. Takeuchi isn't very good at writing a large cast and making every character interesting.

>>457
>>456
As much as I love the anime, though, I've always felt it changes Minako and Rei's personalities (mostly) for the worse.

I just recently finally got to watching EVA. I know, I know. It's been hyped for decades and I'm super late to the party but I just never had the time (i.e. I deemed other stuff more important).
Well what can I say. I am probably one of the few that doesn't have nostalgia goggles for this show since I just saw it a few weeks ago and I also feel like with 24 years I might be just a little older than the target audience since it's basically a coming of age story.

It's always interesting to finally consume such a mythical piece of pop culture after you've already heard so much, seen so many memes and everyone already talked it to death and beyond because you're inadvertently biased by all of this. So what's my verdict?

It was pretty good. I can totally see how it was so influential and I'm even kinda glad I didn't watch it 10 years ago because I can't imagine how much more emotional it would've been if I could've associated with Shinji even more. Even now the ending almost brought me to tears and the unconventional deconstruction of the characters was something I have never seen before.

I am not a very clever man so I can't tell about any potential metaphors for the whole biblical imagery/names and all the metaphors. There's probably tons of interpretations floating around already but I suppose the creators wanted everyone to make up their own mind. That's why I chose not to watch the movies or read any interpretations because I feel like the many unanswered questions the anime left behind are part of the magic. Especially since it's dawning on me that there might not even be a satisfying answer for most of them in the first place.

>>459
I didn't see Evangelion until i was ~30, and as much as I enjoyed it I feel like I missed the boat. It totally seems like a teenage show. I think it could have changed my outlook on life if I'd seen it when I was still in high school.

>>460
Yes, most themes aren't really relevant to adults anymore but I guess there's still plenty of adults left who need to learn about self acceptance.

Healing anime is the best! NNB, Aria and Gochiusa are the only thing keeping me going in these trying times.

I can barely watch anime/read manga anymore even though it is one of my passions. Every time something ends I feel a strong depression so I mostly just play older video games and browse the web these days.
Beck is something I can always rewatch.

Anyone else reading Fumetsu no Anata e? I binge-read most of it today. It's about an immortal being in a primitive/middle age society. It's kind of like the mangaka of Koe no Katachi's take on Spirit Circle meets Fire Punch or something.
I'm really enjoying it, actually, it seems like the perfect wish-fulfillment media that my younger self would have loved. But it doesn't devolve into the lazy harem stereotypes that most isekai type stuff does, if anything I'd say it's closer to a shonen manga in its tropes. Although, it's kind of full of plotholes and the pacing is a bit off.
But the emotional impact allows it to pull through, I think. Compared to Koe no Katachi, I think it's just as touching at times, although it does have some similar issues of pacing.

I haven't really been into anime for a few years now, and I doubt I'll ever enjoy it like I did when I was a teen. That said, whenever I find a really obscure show that I'm desperately interested in, and can't find any subtitled downloads of it, it stings. This mostly happens with stuff from the 60s and 2000s - fans of contemporary shows don't know how good they have it.

I've been rewatching a bunch of anime and hoping to get into watching some other classics I missed back in the late '90s and early '00s.

Just got Uzumaki from my local library. Haven't started it yet, but it looks pretty cool so I'm excited.

Is scanlation and fansubbing dying? I've heard rumours that it's nowhere near as big as it used to be, but I have no way of actually confirming them. Anecdotally, I know a lot of the more interesting manga I enjoy have been dropped, but maybe this was always the case with slightly more obscure works. Maybe it has something to do with translated stuff being available for purchase to a greater extent than in the past.

How does everyone feel about this decade in anime and manga? Quite a lot has changed about the medium, the industry, and the culture since 2010.

>>469
I learned that CG anime has the chance to look good if the studio actually tries, which I think is a good thing. Thinking of that one Gem anime Houseki no Kuni/Land of the Lustrous. I haven't really kept up with new releases but I haven't experienced any anime this decade that left huge impressions on me like Haruhi or Gurren Lagann. Unless the original season of Madoka was after 2010?

>>470
Yes, it was 2011.

>>470
It might be because I'd been hearing it was the best thing ever for years, but I didn't particularly like Gurren Lagann. I forced myself to finish it because I thought I should.

>>472
The thing to remember about Gurren Lagann (and you could make the same argument for anything that guy has made, or Cowboy Bebop), is that they're gateway series - not too foreign or strange for mainstream audiences. American-influenced artwork and characters, accessible dubs, over-the-top, simplistic plots, "epic" presentation, loads of action... you know, like a big Hollywood movie.

People don't necessarily like the because they're the nadir of the medium, they like them because they aren't too different from what they're used to, which is why they're so popular outside of Japan, especially in English-speaking countries.

>>472
When I watched Gurren Lagann for the first time I was about 14 and I think that colors my perception of the series a lot. It's grand in scale, but basically just a coming of age story.

I was emotionally devastated by Kamina's death because he was just so cool and everything I wanted to be. I even thought he was the protagonist and Simon was just sort of a normal kid along for the ride.

Then gradually Simon matures into someone that can not only fill his shoes, but surpass him, culminating in the climax of the series where Simon talks to Kamina again. We find out that Kamina was more or less a buffoon carried by Simon all along, and had more value as a symbol than anything else. Simon is an adult, with responsibilities beyond a vague notion of rebellion, and the whole world on his shoulders. After this meeting, he rather handily defeats the anti-spiral in the denouement. He accepts the task of protecting the cosmos on behalf of humanity as the price of freedom, paralleling the burdens we take on as adults.

It's a simple and not particularly original story, but still compelling because it's about the human experience. This is just my favorite interpretation of it because it has giant robots and Yoko tits.

>>474

basically a coming of age story

that's how I feel about NGE. I only recently watched it for the first time to see what the hype was all about and while it was entertaining it wasn't anything too special but I know that I would think otherwise if I would've seen it mid puberty.

Meanwhile, I've just been watching Panty and Stocking...

>>476
Are you enjoying it?

>>477
It's not bad (except for the last two episodes that were basically fillers). One of the few animes I've watched so I can't judge it against others really, but I do enjoy it.

>>478
When I say "last two" I learn the last two I watched, not the last two in the series, just clarifying

>>479
Which ones are those? There's definitely some pointless episodes in Panty & Stocking, but it's one of my favorite shows. PSG is one of those anime that I've watched over and over and still love.

>>480
Episode 10 and somewhat 11. 10 was basically just Chuck doing a Tom and Jerry routine with the other creature owned by Scanty and Kneesocks.

>>481
Yeah, I hated Chuck to the Future. I like the music video, though.

>>482
Oh yeah I totally forgot about them throwing in the Anarchy MV in there, that's a favorite. But it had nothing to do with the episode and didn't fit in well.

>>483
I feel like that whole episode has nothing to do with the show and doesn't fit in well. But in that it kind of ties into PSG's overall theme of being a bitch and unapologetically doing what you want.

Currently rewatching Code Geass.

I will rewatch everything Love Live SIP related in chronological order including lives. It's my tradition during New Year days. But I will not rewatch Final Live because by that time i'll already lose 10kg due to emotional investment. After 15 years of otakuing I couldn't find anything I would love more and it's not even close. I will drink moderately and try to relax a bit in the process.
In any case I hope 2019 wasn't too rough for you. Hang in there, whoever reads this.

It makes my head explode that people now seriously say "animeS and mangaS" when referring to multiple series. I remember that being made fun of in professional publications during the late 2000s, and now it's commonplace. Similarly, I hate the use of "anime" as an adverb - "that was so anime!"? Seriously!?

I went digging around my hard drive for series I hadn't watched yet and found Gin no Saji so I'm watching that now. I don't know what it is about agricultural-themed series but I really find them fun.

>>487
This is the first I've heard of anyone using it like that. But a lot of terms, waifu probably being the most common, have been misused for a while now. Hell, I saw some 'notice me senpai' meme come up on my mom's FB feed recently. The image wasn't even 2D so I imagine it's spread pretty far into mainstream sites.

>>486
2019 wasn't a great year. Nor was the entire decade of the 2010s for that matter. I'm ready for a new era.

>>488
Anime going mainstream has created nothing but cringe in masses. I'm glad I don't use social media such as FB anymore. It was like having a loaded gun to my head everyday.

Better to ignore 99% of the western "fan"dom if you want to enjoy something in peace. That loaded gun metaphor above is damn on point. Saw quite a few examples. Was bothered by such stuff for some time and felt terrible but then started to feel indifferent because only you and your personal dedication should matter if you don't have someone with the same genuine interest as your close friend. It's also easy to become arrogant and elitist, thinking you are better than those memeing ironic people but that's no good too because it causes anger. The best option is to sincerely enjoy anime and manga without external influence.

>>490

The best option is to sincerely enjoy anime and manga without external influence.

The issue is that anime (probably moreso than manga, but I have no real evidence to back this up) has always been extremely consumer-driven, and anime is being shaped more by mainstream American audiences than ever before. Memes, popular internet references (fidget spinners, Undertale, etc.), and "reaction face" imagery is now more present in contemporary series than ever before. Granted, I'm sure that's what the vast majority of the audience now wants and is willing to pay for, but as someone who enjoyed the medium as a departure from familiar culture, my interest in and appreciation of it has plummeted since about 2015, and I don't even keep up with newly-released shows. I realize I'm not even remotely relevant as a consumer, though.

>>491

anime (probably moreso than manga, but I have no real evidence to back this up) has always been extremely consumer-driven

I dunno if this is exclusive to anime or even TV. Everything in entertainment used to be driven by execs making gambles with ideas. Now that there's a clear picture of what sells, more analytics available and consumers being able to rate stuff themselves there's no need to make gambles. The entire model of creating entertainment has shifted.

>>490
I agree. Most online anime communties are utter trash, no matter if it's an image board, a social media site or YouTube. Everywhere they behave the same:

haha ironic meme waifu jojoreference uwu aheago anime tiddies

It's cancer in its truest of forms. I just can't stand these people anymore. I just want to talk about anime without these goblins but I believe that wherever there's a anime/manga theme online, these people are too.
More on topic:
The current Hero Academia season has been very disappointing so far. When I binged S1-3 I had a blast but now that I caught up the pacing is horrible (which may be attributed to the weekly releases) and the quality of animation is dropping deep.
Manga I read Goblin Slayer and all its spinoffs and I'm waiting for new chapters. Having fun with that at least.

>>493

haha ironic meme waifu jojoreference uwu aheago anime tiddies

what makes you think that Japanese otaku are any different, since all of the above was made for a Japanese public in the first place?

>>494
What makes you think that something made me think that?

>>494
Not in that quantity. Not even 1% close. It's an absolutely different mentality and attitude and you can see it even in such ultra popular noisy networks like twitter. I wonder why did you even compare. It is impossible to give you the source of my statement, you either follow the situation and know about it or you do not.

I started watching the new Nekopara anime when I realized that they had replaced all of the voice actresses. They were still in the crowdfunded OVA, but now they had been tossed aside because eroge actresses aren't good enough for big boy TV anime for big boy viewers. It's hugely disrespectful and I stopped watching immediately.

>>492
There are very few guaranteed sales in the anime market, and something that looks solid on paper can easily fail while something else may become an unexpected success.

>>494
The Western fans are acting that way precisely because they aren't Japanese (or sufficiently familiar with anime). Anime is made by Japanese people according to Japanese sensibilities, which are very different from Western ones.

>>497

eroge actresses aren't good enough for big boy TV anime for big boy viewers. It's hugely disrespectful and I stopped watching immediately.

Did you really expect anything else from a series that was crowdfunded by meme-ing Steam users?

Can someone give me a recommendation of something that came out between 1985 - 1989?

>>498
The OVA was crowdfunded. The OVA retained the cast from the VN, and people crowdfunded the OVA based on the VN. Little Witch Academia was similarly popular in the West and had its second OVA partially crowdfunded (to extend its length), but the TV series didn't change the cast.

Dorohedoro is finally available in my country and I'm having a blast.
I love it when the art style is different from all the samefaces you see in every seasons. When the characters feel different for once and not some copy paste personalities.
And the animation is great, too.
Not to mantion the Suda51-esque world.
Oh and the OST is good too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxZFP4e8VaA

The live-action segments of Gyaru & Dinosaur are surprisingly comfy, when they aren't totally weird. Why is it so relaxing to watch people do mundane things like eat and shop?

I really enjoyed 20th Century Boys, haven't read it's sequel 21st Century Boys yet though. It's definitely one of my favourite manga.

I'm reading Wakako-zake.
And you should read it too.

All this idle time I've found myself with has given me time to watch a lot more than I normally could. I'd been putting off Gintama due to the length, but now that I've started on it I worry I'm going to run through the series almost too quickly since it's so much fun.

>>504
I remember enjoying that when I watched it so I'll check out the manga, too.

>>505
>>504

Wakako-zake

Mori's "memesub" version made this the comedy of the season

>>506
I don't know any memesubs and not sure if I want to.

>>505
The adaptation was made pretty much copied and pasted panel-to-panel and covers only 12 chapters 3-4 pages each. The whole manga is 500-something pages long.
The only thing missing from the manga is the voice of Miyuki Sawashiro.

When I was a kid and there was a pretty sizable comic/manga store near me, I bought all of the original One Piece manga, from Romance Dawn to Skypiea. Although I haven't read or watched One Piece since I was dorky pokemon card collecting 12 year old, I want to catch up.

>>508
That's a pretty daunting task. I started One Piece a few years ago, and I'm still like 500 chapters behind.

>>508
Similar situation, I only watched the anime until shortly after Skypiea arc. But just 3 weeks ago I tackled the manga and home office gave me plenty time to read.
https://onepiece-online-manga.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-419/

Just 490 more to go...

Recently a friend of mine tipped me off onto watching anime and I’ve just been blitzing a bunch of shows. So far I’ve gone through One Punch Man, Maid Dragon, Gabriel Dropout, Mob Psycho, FMA:B, Soul Eater and Kill La Kill.

Standouts for me are probably KLK and Maid Dragon, why wasn’t I doing this before?

Sidenote: OPM’s Manga is phenomenal, which I finished in one night and probably kickstarted this. Also reading GTO, and Onizuka is truly the goat.

>>510
Some people say Skypiea is the best arc, but honestly I actually consider the G8 filler arc after it that everyone skips to be one of the best arcs of the anime. It's One Piece at its core

I started watching Hajime no Ippo at the recommendation of a friend and I'm really loving it so far. Watched 12 episodes in 2 days, and I normally don't watch a lot. But it's so easy to get into and I love all of the characters so much. Watching the main character train and grow and struggle, then discover his strengths and begin to lean into them and adapt them to cover his weaknesses has been so good. I definitely recommend it.

>>513
Hate to admit it but that show is what got me into boxing. Been going to the boxing gym on and off for 2 years now. Great motivational shounen!

I finished watching Kurenai. I'd reccomend it for anyone who's bored and has enough time to spare.
Watch out to the end, though.

>>515
I watched through this show last year and really enjoyed it! A good, lean story with some very likeable characters and excellent background art. The OP's animation is rather terrifying, but I loved it and the ED's music. Great show to watch in HD. The musical episode is easily one of my favourite pieces of anime ever.

I also watched the OVAs that follow the manga's continuity and didn't really care for them. I don't think I'd like the source material if I read it.

What's next on your watch list? Mine is currently Black Clover.

>>517
A friend showed me the first couple episodes of Dorehedoro a few weeks ago. I'm hoping to get into it soon. I've also been watching Pokémon Sun & Moon.

>>518
Dorohedoro's great. It's not as good as the manga (not a fan of the CG, but it's not distracting like I thought it would be) but still worth a watch. Kaiman's a cutie.

hi is this place for reals? ive never used a text based message board, ive watched all of black clover, its like fairy tale

No, we are just pretending.
And you should too.
Don't ask.

>>521
Words of wisdom.

>>521
Excuse me?

>>523

Duh just pretend to take it easy really hard which means showing no emotion except for maybe slight annoyance here and there.
AWCY?

>>524
Ah, thank you for clarifying it.

I just finished watching Aria the Origination, and it was really beautiful and heartwarming. I didn't find it as good as the Natural, but it was still amazing. I think I just like the mystery, discovery, exploration, and appreciation of the world of Aqua aspects of the show more than the character growth aspects. It seems like I'm in the minority when it comes to this preference, as it seems most think the Origination is best, but I just found Akari's view on the world around her and her experiences discovering new things really inspiring and enjoyable, so I hoped I would see more of it in the Origination.

I got the complete set of The Drifting Classroom recently. I probably got about halfway through the series and so far can really recommend it for people who like horror manga but haven't checked it out. It's really suspenseful. Kazuo Umezu was a significant influence on Junji Ito, although they both had their own styles.

>>517
Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
What a title.
First learned of it after hearing songs from the show being played on r/a/dio. It's been a couple years since then but now I'll finally be starting on it this weekend.

>>528
Been a while.... Finally got around to finishing this. I knew what a was coming but then ending still made my eyes water up. Other than the ending, it wasn't that amazing and I felt that it could have benefited by a couple more episodes exploring some of the the other characters a little deeper.
memorable OST/10

It is so strange to see a revival of interest in Azumanga Daioh, perverse even considering how much nostalgia is tied up in it! I rewatched it because of this and I have unfortunate news...
...
...
...the manga is better.

Anyway, Tsuki ga Kirei finally has a decent release, [GHS]'s on Nyaa, if you like romance, please try it!

>>530
What happened to make Azumanga Daioh popular again? I see new fan-videos for it all the time on YouTube. Did they announce a new series or something?

>>531
I'd assume it somehow caught on via TikTok or something similar. There are other non-anime shows that have had a resurgence again because of that which also resulted in an uptick of fan videos on youtube made by teenagers (because let's be honest, most fan videos are made by kids and teenagers so any uptick in fan videos means it somehow reached a younger audience).
I'm not going to try gatekeeping watching something so I hope they enjoy it. They're probably going to act weird about it and obsess and act oddly cultish about something, but it's not their fault that's just how youth are.

I don't have the app and can't use the website and never actually have tried to used it, but a quick peek via search engine lead to these results:
https://www.tiktok.com/tag/azumangadaioh
#azumangadaioh
339.5M views

I don't know if the platform fakes their numbers, but that sounds pretty big to me even if people probably only watched a few 20 second clips that could definitely get a ton of new fans. Impressive what a tiny app and an algorithm can do for discoverability of old stuff. I hope they discover all my favorites from the early 2000s and can enjoy them as well!

>>513
Hajime no Ippo feels ripped off Ashita no Joe, the ultimate boxing/sports manga. Even the artwork looks similar.

Friren is so good.
Like really good.
You should watch it.

>>534
My inner Hipster prevents me from doing that. Whenever something gives off these FOTM vibes and I see certain audiences enjoying it a lot, I instantly assume it's not for me.

>>535
I do this too, but every now and then I go back and watch it months after it aired and find it to be an average and okay show. Not watched Frieren though, haven't looked into it.
Feels like I don't need people to recommend me anime. I often don't know what is FOTM because I just open the season lists and pick something and then I don't really talk about anime or enter anime communities elsewhere.
You seem to be implying Frieren is flavor of the month, but I've barely heard of it and don't even know what it's about. The blizz of not paying attention to what certain other audiences are doing.

>>536
I still lurk 4chan a lot and those guys are wild for FOTM stuff so when new anime girl reaction images go around and get some other word of mouth info on it I usually get the picture.
My main source of anime recommendations is a close friend of mine who watches a lot of seasonal anime and he really knows my taste so he will just shoot some recommendations at me that will go on my backlog and maybe I watch it right away or like you say, many months later.
I don't think FOTM in itself is bad, I enjoyed a few shows that could be considered that but FOTM + cute girl protagonist is something I usually don't enjoy. Slice of life and isekai are usually full of fanservice and that's really not my type.
From what I gathered Frieren is about an elf girl in a fantasy setting that lives longer than her friends. Interesting premise but "haha cute elf girl xD" just ruined it for me.

>>537

Interesting premise but "haha cute elf girl xD" just ruined it for me.

I enjoyed Edomae Elf which is pretty much entirely haha cute elf girl yuri undertones. I doubt this anime was very popular though, it's just geeking over geek stuff. There wasn't much airing for me that season so it was nice having something at least, not my usual go to.

I can’t believe how many anime series these days are just about elves and knights and magical people in a fantasy world. I know that there’s always been fantasy anime, but I’m constantly surprised by just how much of this genre there’s been — and how successful it’s been — since the mid-2010s Japan boom. Everyone seems to love it, so I have to ask: is this what people always wanted out of anime? Just Lord of the Rings and D&D, but as a cartoon?

As someone who finds the entire fantasy genre unbelievably dull, I just don’t get it, which probably means I’ve become an old man.

>>539
There are a few appealing aspects to the fantasy genre:

1. Complexity begone
2. Pretty architecture reign
3. Implicit value through artifacts like "magic"

For (1) in order to fulfill the 3 basic needs (food, water, shelter) one needs
to do a lot which I won't reiterate because it sounds "doomer" to talk about. In
contrast, food, farms, inns are plentiful and you just need to do basic quests
that are innately satisfying (protect the village) to continue on.

For (2) there are no cars in the fantasy world. When you can only walk around
you will inevitability go into nature or build villages within nature. Nature is
innately satisfying–I would be curious to meet those who find nature wretched.
Of course there are the more brutal depictions of nature, like mosquitoes or
gazelle chasing. I guess nature demands you to be strong, something like that.

For (3) most interactions have an underlying worthlessness to them since we're
all married to the government or the market. We could kid around with company
statements or videogame brigades but you're swappable and everyone is too. But
being innately born with the power of healing... or of might... you're
indispensable to the party now. This is why WoW is so successful IMO.

Anything rehashed ad-infinitum will be boring though!
What are your favorite genres/shows then, out of curiosity?

>>539
I only really enjoyed Goblin Slayer because it was a nice twist on the genre and the author obviously plays TTRPGs which I do too a lot so it resonated with me.
I want to see more Cyperpunk anime. Akudama Drive and the Cyberpunk anime were a real breath of fresh air after a very long break (GITS and Akira).

I also want to see people play around with daring art styles. Kaiji Ultimate Survior, Ranking of Kings, Mob Psycho100,Dorohedoro are 3 examples of what I mean. Unusual proportions and faces immediately pique my interest compared to most shows out there. Demon Slayer too had something going for it with the eyes and thick lines and overall high quality, stylised animation.

>>541
Counting is hard. Those are 4 examples.

>>534
Frieren is one of those anime that feels like it should've been one cour, one episode establishing how old she was all that was necessary and the flashback thing is getting very old later on in the series
>>539
It might be a different audience than the typical 'anime fan', because western sword & sorcery media is a rare sight lately if it's not part of some big franchise, like >>541 mentioned, TTRPG players are more into it than ever.

The fantasy thing has been going on for quite a while though, especially if you consider the isekai flavour, so it should cool off sooner rather than later, I hope.

>>543
I don't know, to me the whole flashback thing helps her to unfold slowly to us as viewers instead of just exposing all of her feelings at once. That way we can realize things she is also thinking and coming to understand only now through the journey that transforms her.

I have been watching pluto recently. I would really recommend it, tho it's quite different from monster, 20th century boys, etc.
I am also reading the climber, and it keeps getting better! I might just add it as one my favourite mangas depending on the ending.

How do you read your manga?
Aside from good ol' Berk I don't have any physical copies and just read digitally. A few years ago I was recommended an Android app called Tachiyomi. A very well designed manga reader app. Easy to find mangas,manhas and comics, countless options for display and reading controls, automatic search for new chapter releases and it kept track of the very page you stopped reading on for each and every manga in your library.
Best of all, it was completely free and open source.
I quickly abandoned my old way of reading where I had a bunch of bookmarks in my browser and used this aggregator+reader app and all was good.
But earlier this year the Korean Manha publisher Kakao threatened to sue the Tachiyomi devs withegal action and to remove all extensions (basically online sources from where the reader pulls its content like MangaDex) from the app that allowed acess to one of their products. The devs complied and removed 5 of the countless other extensions but Kakao was out for blood and made up reasons to further pursue legal action until the devs decided to purge the entire repository of extensions.
For most users, this essentially killed the app. While they did add an option to add links to third party repositories, most didn't bother with this more technical step and despaired.
Luckily, the open source code of Tachiyomi was forked a lot and soon a more or less exact clone emerged called Mihon that still curates a big repository with all the sources.

>>546
I usually pirate it to read later while I'm out. I also sometimes will sit in the floor while inside of a book store for hours just reading manga. I've been doing that since I was a kid and nobody ever has had a problem with it.

>>546
I only read light novels on my phone. For manga, I download it from Madokami or use Polite Mangadex Downloader. PMD is mostly for ongoing series or if it's not on Madokami. Madokami is for getting complete volumes instead of individual chapters and has licensed manga. I then read using MangaMeeya and having the page autoflip every x seconds. Finally I just track what I've read on MAL.