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[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's was so good today. Akira is always finding ways out of trouble.

 

[Dangard Ace]

Just binged 5 episodes of Tojima wants to be Kamen Rider.   Thought it’d be like Samurai Flamenco.   It’s s more like Season One of One Punch Man.   Rider PUNCH!!

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I am watching The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity. It has got to be one of the best anime I have watched in a long time.

[Dangard Ace]

Going back to 2007 to rewatch the current anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!  

 

 

Looking forward to 2026 where at least some mecha anime is coming.   

PatlaborEZY.

Gundam: Hathaway

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026.  

 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

I finished watching The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity.  It was awesome.  I love the entire show.

[Big s]

4 hours ago, Dangard Ace said:

Magic Knight Rayearth 2026. 

Is that a remake or a sequel?

[Dangard Ace]

Supposed to be a remake

6 hours ago, Big s said:

Is that a remake or a sequel?

 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Dangard Ace said:

Supposed to be a remake

 

Hopefully they don’t just do a cg heavy version. 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Today's My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's makes me laugh. Ameila was so beautiful in the contest.

[Dangard Ace]

Since mecha shows are slim pickings this season I finally started Alma-chan wants to be a family.  Surprisingly cute and mostly wholesome.  

Next up is this weeks episode of I'm gonna punch you in the face!  aka My I have a final wish.

[Scyla]

I finally had the courage to watch the rest of Moshoku Tensei season 2 after the trailer for season 3 dropped.

What a heart wrenching climax for the season. 

But it is very good. I watched the last four episodes till 2 am. Couldn’t stop watching.

[DewPoint]

So I normally get an anime calendar from CDJapan every year...  The selection this year is small and there is nothing that really interests me.  Oh well... Maybe next year.  

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Tales of Wedding Rings Season 2 finally something happened.  Way to go Satou Haruto.

[Seto Kaiba]

A lot of the titles I'm following continue to be pretty bloody tedious.

Mechanical Marie, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, and May I Ask for One Final Thing? are all still a lot of fun.

Bland-a-thon isekai shovelware series A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai decided now (its 9th episode) was the time to actually lock in and do something new and different.  What it did is something so far out of left field that it caught me completely flat-footed and I still have a little trouble believing they went there.

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So... the generic protagonist whose name I cannot be arsed to remember and his party of generic hangers-on accompany their perpetually unkempt and olfactorily offensive elf friend Brolite back to the kingdom of the elves and learn that she is a high elf who broke a cultural taboo to leave the kingdom and look for her runaway sister.  We then learn that high elves are afflicted by a curse that is causing physical deformities, stillbirths, etc. among the elves.  They beseech the hero to figure out and break the curse.

And after asking a few pointed questions, the hero ungently points out that the high elves aren't cursed... they're catastrophically inbred.

That's right, this fantasy setting has the High Elves as a dying fantasy race.  Not because of any outside force, but because they're such incredible blueblood snobs they've spent untold centuries f***ing their own siblings and half-siblings and cousins to keep the High Elf bloodline "pure" that their gene pool's shallower than a parking lot puddle.

Of all the "the Elves are a dying race" fantasy takes I've heard over the years... that is a new one and not one I would ever have seen coming.  It's like something the dwarves would write.

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

13 hours ago, Seto Kaiba said:

A lot of the titles I'm following continue to be pretty bloody tedious.

Mechanical Marie, Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, and May I Ask for One Final Thing? are all still a lot of fun.

Bland-a-thon isekai shovelware series A Gatherer's Adventure in Isekai decided now (its 9th episode) was the time to actually lock in and do something new and different.  What it did is something so far out of left field that it caught me completely flat-footed and I still have a little trouble believing they went there.

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So... the generic protagonist whose name I cannot be arsed to remember and his party of generic hangers-on accompany their perpetually unkempt and olfactorily offensive elf friend Brolite back to the kingdom of the elves and learn that she is a high elf who broke a cultural taboo to leave the kingdom and look for her runaway sister.  We then learn that high elves are afflicted by a curse that is causing physical deformities, stillbirths, etc. among the elves.  They beseech the hero to figure out and break the curse.

And after asking a few pointed questions, the hero ungently points out that the high elves aren't cursed... they're catastrophically inbred.

That's right, this fantasy setting has the High Elves as a dying fantasy race.  Not because of any outside force, but because they're such incredible blueblood snobs they've spent untold centuries f***ing their own siblings and half-siblings and cousins to keep the High Elf bloodline "pure" that their gene pool's shallower than a parking lot puddle.

Of all the "the Elves are a dying race" fantasy takes I've heard over the years... that is a new one and not one I would ever have seen coming.  It's like something the dwarves would write.

Blandathon is probably the nicest description to this season I could use.

Even One Punch Man S3 is a relative snooze fest.   

I've turned back to my personal collection,   I just re watched Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.   Its probably been 20+ years since the last time I cracked these DVDs open.   Its pretty clear this was an Eva clone.    The nods to Eva are everywhere especially early on,  but from the same studio and staff that did Tenchi Muyo..  so Tenchgelion.     Not a bad show though overall,  very much a product of its time.   

Next up for me..   ToraDora..  another series I have not watched in many years. 

 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2 was great again today. I just love Sui.

[Seto Kaiba]

10 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

Blandathon is probably the nicest description to this season I could use.

Even One Punch Man S3 is a relative snooze fest.   

I've heard it's rather more than a "relative snooze fest".  What I've been hearing is that the animation in One Punch Man S3 is so bad folks are calling it "One Frame Man" and talking about boycotting the studio.

Even One Piece is catching flak this season, though over accusations that the animation team are using generative AI.

 

10 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

I've turned back to my personal collection,   I just re watched Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.   Its probably been 20+ years since the last time I cracked these DVDs open.   Its pretty clear this was an Eva clone.    The nods to Eva are everywhere especially early on,  but from the same studio and staff that did Tenchi Muyo..  so Tenchgelion.     Not a bad show though overall,  very much a product of its time.   

Fun series.  Way more tied to Tenchi nowadays than it was when it was new.  I ended up having to explain that connection in part to my watch group while we were doing Tenchi OVAs 4 and 5.  Not just because Seina is the new/current owner of Zinv since GXP's last few episodes, but D is kicking around Tabletop Island during Paradise War and OVA 5 with a cabbit body.

[m0n5t3r]

17 hours ago, Stampeed Valkyrie said:

I've turned back to my personal collection,   I just re watched Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.   Its probably been 20+ years since the last time I cracked these DVDs open.   Its pretty clear this was an Eva clone.    The nods to Eva are everywhere especially early on,  but from the same studio and staff that did Tenchi Muyo..  so Tenchgelion.     Not a bad show though overall,  very much a product of its time. 

I remember that... it's really been that long, 20++ years. I remember watching that back then along with other stuff like Vandread, GTO, Initial D, Shadow Skill etc. 😅

Edited December 3 by m0n5t3r

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!is ended next week. I am glad it is just getting worse and worse every episode.  

[Stampeed Valkyrie]

so back to this season I guess..

Nageki no Bourei wa Intai shitai -  Let this grieving soul retire.. or something like that.     This one isn't bad,  the MC has the whole Tyler from Irresponsible Capt Tylor vibe going.    Not sure how its gonna shake out,  but the last few episodes of S2 have been pretty amusing. 

Towa no Yugure - another not bad overall.   The last episode though pulled a Charlotte on us dumping an entire seasons worth of lore and plot in 1 episode.    The highly dubious choices made without ethical considerations was what had me.    I'll stick around till the end at this point.   

 

[Hikaru Ichijo SL]

Spy x Family Season 3 has been ok.  I like the show far more without the school stuff.