Little girl cartoons sure are great. I don't know about Pretty Rhythm but Dokidoki Precure is pretty fun.

>>1041
I've been behind on DokiDoki, I should really catch up. I would defintely recommend Pretty Rhythm though, it's really fun.

Jewelpet too

First of all, thanks for this. I've been wanting some more island themed stuff since I read Ritou no Umi a few months ago.

The art in the first few pages had me a little worried but it got much better quickly and the backgrounds look especially nice. I really love all the little details on the maps and the items strewn about Mikura's house. Shame there's only one volume though, and it's been almost a year since that was scanlated. I love a good mystery so I'm really looking forward to more of this.

On the coastline, hell yes.

The industry is pretty much the same level of quality as always. Folks who say otherwise usually weren't there, or have a big nostalgic pair of glasses on. Some years/decades end up with a larger amount of unforgettable offerings, but it mostly comes down to luck of the draw, and on an individual seasonal basis the ratio is usually about the same, as long as you compare cours to their yearly equivalents and aren't lining them up side by side.

I'm actually pretty happy with the amount of content put out, in any case. I easily manage to see a good dozen plus shows a season that I at least find worth finishing for one reason or another, which is nice. Not to say quantity beats quality, since I tend to find there's the same amount of great stuff around any given year, but rather, it's fun to have a saturation of good stuff right alongside it. Never had that in the 90's.

It's a bummer how down /a/ is right now, though. I'm under the impression that it's in another funk and will fluctuate back up like it has in the past, but it's definitely the lowest valley in a longer history. I can barely leave threads that I know are safe, IE weekly late night discussion threads for a particular manga.

Looking at the current season, all of the shows just look so... mediocre. Or in the case of Aku no Hana, so bad it's funny.

In other news:
>Yume Nikki manga
>Yume Nikki light novel
Neat. Any thoughts on how those will play out?
>LN based on a video game without any dialouge; I'm hoping the illustrations will be amazing, so I'll still be following that, even if it does end up bombing.

While 80's and 90's stuff appeals more to me, I don't think it's necessarily any better or worse. Just different. Animation quality on a whole got improved.

>>997
For the most part I ignore bronies, I know some of them are serious and but the majority of the fanbase is extremely obnoxious. I know its just trolling but I hate it when people lump it together with anime fans though a lot of anime fans are just as bad and /a/ is evident of that.

/q/ is largely to blame, everybody came to whine their concerns and its turned into a police state over there. The original appeal to me was the fact that you could say anything without having to deal with immature mods on a power trips.

>>1000
you did in fact

Angel Beast!
http://angelbeast-en.blogspot.com/

>>1021
God fucking damn it Imaishi.

Minami-ke has proven to be quite well in my opinion, I'd even go as far as to say its on the same level as the first season though its a shame I have to wait a week for each episode.

Shaft and KyoAni both have done decently as usual but neither really appeals to me more than their other shows though they both have their good points. Tamako has that Lucky Star kind of feel we haven't seen in a while with a mixture of K-ON! and a hint of Keion. Sasami on the other hand has the typical Shaft art that I can't get enough of how ever plot wise I guess I'm still waiting but Shaft slightly edges out for me.

The rest is fairly standard, not much to say really.

Monkey Punch!!


gdgd faries r0x!

>>998
From the thumbnail, I thought that was the Principal from Hidamari. Anyone else with me?

>>998
Completely understand though from early on I believe they said they wanted to go into this direction so I kind of expected it.

The focus being on romance doesn't bother me too much but at the same time seeing more focus on their delusions and just playing around while growing at the same time would be more entertaining.

I'm a lot into drama and romance so Chuunibyou only improved during the ride for me.

>A Letter to Momo

You serious? I've been waiting for almost a year.

Although, and I'm ashamed to admit, I became interested only for the most superficial of reasons.

I will definitely watch this, thanks a lot for the recommendation.

I saw this at the cinema it was an absolute joy. you will love it.

Good luck, Binchou-tan.

Must be hard without shoes

>>961
I was thinking the same.

>>957
I started with something today, and I've got the entire short story thought out and written out in small bullet points.

Reading back what I wrote a year ago is actually quite an experience; I haven't written at all since then and I couldn't recall writing like that. I feel like things should be rewritten a tad, but that's always the case when you reread something you wrote quite a while ago.

I can't and won't promise I'll be done any time soon or anything of the sort. Last time I promised something about writing (the holiday writing yadayada), nothing much happened, so I don't want to create expectations. Just a minor note that indeed, things are happening!

>>963
I have to avoid becoming all meta though. I was writing today and all of a sudden it becomes a giant essay of why people shouldn't start stories with certain things.

The problems of having a main character who is a writer by trade.