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Anime // Manga
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499 Name: Anonymous : 2020-01-10 03:21
Can someone give me a recommendation of something that came out between 1985 - 1989?
500 Name: Anonymous : 2020-01-10 11:11
>>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.
501 Name: Paperplane : 2020-05-02 18:25
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
502 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-06 10:36
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?
503 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-07 12:43
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.
504 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-08 16:47
I'm reading Wakako-zake.
And you should read it too.
505 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-08 18:52
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.
506 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-08 20:02
>>505
>>504
Wakako-zake
Mori's "memesub" version made this the comedy of the season
507 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-08 20:51
>>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.
508 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-16 15:38
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.
509 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-19 00:13
>>508
That's a pretty daunting task. I started One Piece a few years ago, and I'm still like 500 chapters behind.
510 Name: Paperplane : 2020-05-19 05:06
>>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...
511 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-28 15:50
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.
512 Name: Anonymous : 2020-05-28 19:59
>>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
513 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-13 04:04
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.
514 Name: Paperplane : 2020-07-13 05:57
>>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!
515 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-14 19:19
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.
516 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-14 20:08
>>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.
517 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-15 20:57
What's next on your watch list? Mine is currently Black Clover.
518 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-15 22:56
>>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.
519 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-16 07:19
>>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.
520 Name: blacklivesmatter : 2020-07-16 12:35
hi is this place for reals? ive never used a text based message board, ive watched all of black clover, its like fairy tale
521 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-16 20:22
No, we are just pretending.
And you should too.
Don't ask.
522 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-16 22:43
>>521
Words of wisdom.
523 Name: Anonymous : 2020-07-28 22:01
>>521
Excuse me?
524 Name: Paperplane : 2020-07-30 08:20
>>523

Duh just pretend to take it easy really hard which means showing no emotion except for maybe slight annoyance here and there.
AWCY?
525 Name: Anonymous : 2020-08-12 23:04
>>524
Ah, thank you for clarifying it.
526 Name: Anonymous : 2020-08-13 05:21
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.
527 Name: Anonymous : 2022-09-17 18:12
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.
528 Name: Anonymous : 2023-07-16 01:06
>>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.
529 Name: Anonymous : 2023-11-12 04:40
>>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
530 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-08 23:04
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!
531 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-09 13:42
>>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?
532 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-10 04:05
>>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!
533 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-10 12:14
>>513
Hajime no Ippo feels ripped off Ashita no Joe, the ultimate boxing/sports manga. Even the artwork looks similar.
534 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-14 06:33
Friren is so good.
Like really good.
You should watch it.
535 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-16 07:26
>>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.
536 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-16 23:27
>>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.
537 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-17 09:17
>>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.
538 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-17 22:21
>>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.
539 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-18 01:23
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.
540 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-18 06:23
>>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?
541 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-19 08:07
>>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.
542 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-19 08:09
>>541
Counting is hard. Those are 4 examples.
543 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-19 14:14
>>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.
544 Name: Anonymous : 2024-01-27 04:07
>>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.
545 Name: Anonymous : 2024-02-07 14:28
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.
546 Name: Anonymous : 2024-02-12 07:07
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.
547 Name: Anonymous : 2024-02-18 09:58
>>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.
548 Name: Anonymous : 2024-02-24 21:35
>>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.

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