What (anime) are you watching?

[daniel_gudman]

We talked about Cellphone Isekai on the last page, which was a really shitty Isekai ("Another world") light novel, that couldn't help but be a shitty anime.

Well Death March in Another World got an anime this season.

By comparison, that one is like the Platonic Form of an Isekai novel -- dude gets inexplicably transported to another world that runs off game elements, ends up being crazy-OP, messes around and has adventures. But it's really well executed, the way "Game Elements" gets integrated into the world is interesting, there are some cool plot twists, and "how did I get transported here anyway" is actually a slow-burn mystery that gets slowly resolved with twists of its own. Some of the light novel cliches (goddam it the harem arc) is obnoxious, but even that gets its own treatment -- the main char picks a Best Girl, and is like "right, Imma marry her," and he's proactive about making that happen (and it doesn't really go his way because she's not a designated Haremette).

I'm going to go see the first two episodes, and see if it lives up to my relatively high expectations.

 

[daniel_gudman]

Well it looks like it's taking its story beats from the crummy manga adaptation, not the original LN, or doing their own storyboarding, so... looks like it's going to be ok, but not really all that great.

 

[Christopher Robin]

I dropped the LN, but I no longer remember why. Something about it didn't work for me, though.

 

[l3fty]

I've long since accepted that LN adaptations will 99.999999% always be bait advertisements for the novels.

They can go decent to "oh my god why did they skip everything and ruin such good character" Sword Oratoria, though that is mostly my personal issue since there are worse and blander adaptations such as Smartphone Isekai.


Someone made an interesting comparison of the main theme for Darling in the FranXX:
Gunbuster was about women connecting with women.
Gurren Laggan was about men connecting with men.
FranXX is about men connecting with women.

The show itself doesn't hold back from constant innuendo from characters who don't even know it is innuendo because they raised them that way.

 

[Ordo]

Darling in the FRANXX

Discuss.

 

[chronodekar]

Does ... anything else happen? Or is this the usual platonic stuff?

-chronodekar

 

[Ordo]

Does ... anything else happen? Or is this the usual platonic stuff?

-chronodekar

There's a LOT of innuendo.

 

[Rising Dragon]

That doesn't really answer his question.

 

[Contrabardus]

Does ... anything else happen? Or is this the usual platonic stuff?

-chronodekar

There's a LOT of innuendo.

The point is that they are innocent to the point of stupid. None of them is aware of the innuendo due to how they are brought up.

It's also too soon to call. It's currently airing and there are only a few episodes.

I honestly doubt it, half the joke is that they don't know.

 

[chronodekar]

Does ... anything else happen? Or is this the usual platonic stuff?

-chronodekar

There's a LOT of innuendo.

The point is that they are innocent to the point of stupid. None of them is aware of the innuendo due to how they are brought up.

It's also too soon to call. It's currently airing and there are only a few episodes.

I honestly doubt it, half the joke is that they don't know.

Guess it's a sign that I'm getting old and have seen waay too many of these. Don't get me wrong - I really like a good romance/waffy story. But when the pair in question doesn't even want to advance the relationship? Hmm... other than the innuendo, is there anything else worth watching the show for?

-chronodekar

 

[l3fty]

Does ... anything else happen? Or is this the usual platonic stuff?

-chronodekar

There's a LOT of innuendo.

The point is that they are innocent to the point of stupid. None of them is aware of the innuendo due to how they are brought up.

It's also too soon to call. It's currently airing and there are only a few episodes.

I honestly doubt it, half the joke is that they don't know.

Guess it's a sign that I'm getting old and have seen waay too many of these. Don't get me wrong - I really like a good romance/waffy story. But when the pair in question doesn't even want to advance the relationship? Hmm... other than the innuendo, is there anything else worth watching the show for?

-chronodekar

First episode is literally clueless innocent boy meets lewd oni girl, boy feels positive unknowing things for oni girl, mecha turns into a girl mecha.

Second episode pulls an interesting move (not spoiling) that makes me wonder how will they handle that particular part of the story, because they put way too much focus on it for it to not be something that will play the part of the main story.

 

[Leidolf]

The show's basically about kids piloting jagers to fight giant monsters pacific rim style in that they need to sync their minds. However, the lead guy can't sync with other girls for one reason or another. Then this confident woman strolls in, takes him in, and gives him a confidence boost as their mech blows the enemy away in the first episode. The second has his childhood girlfriend try to do the same but both only fail.

The show is exploring a theme of sexuality behind it along with compatibility and gender roles.

 

[AJ_Katon]

So watching Franxxx. Its definitely a studio trigger show.

STill like it so far.

 

[Contrabardus]

Sigh, wrong thread...

 

[Contrabardus]

Same as above.

 

[Leidolf]

So watching Franxxx. Its definitely a studio trigger show.

STill like it so far.

It's got a lot of hidden details. This one guy does really detailed analysis for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPL5V8pa4p8

 

[PCHeintz72]

Since last post, I finished watching Chrono Crusade and finished rewatching Campione

Watched ep 13 of the Starblazers 2199, really liking this one... the changes to make it a bit more current with the times while remaining faithful to the series has so far gone over well with me...

watched thru ep 5 of the Record of Grancrest War - interesting series.

Overlord Season 2... not liking this as much as season 1 will give it a couple more episodes and see.

Watched ep 2 of that Todays Menu with the Emiya Family... cute and short, but lacks goal or conflict, which is I suppose the point. Very odd though for anything Type Moon to lack conflict.

Started again watching Moribito... not bad, but slow moving plot... the whole cover face means the guy is not present has to be the dumbest thing so far though.

Continuing with watching War on Geminar. Still feel Washu should have gotten Flambed over this, but oh well...

 

[l3fty]

Since last post, I finished watching Chrono Crusade and finished rewatching Campione

Watched ep 13 of the Starblazers 2199, really liking this one... the changes to make it a bit more current with the times while remaining faithful to the series has so far gone over well with me...

watched thru ep 5 of the Record of Grancrest War - interesting series.

Overlord Season 2... not liking this as much as season 1 will give it a couple more episodes and see.

Watched ep 2 of that Todays Menu with the Emiya Family... cute and short, but lacks goal or conflict, which is I suppose the point. Very odd though for anything Type Moon to lack conflict.

Started again watching Moribito... not bad, but slow moving plot... the whole cover face means the guy is not present has to be the dumbest thing so far though.

Continuing with watching War on Geminar. Still feel Washu should have gotten Flambed over this, but oh well...

Technically, Geminar is at fault, but despite that the Tenchiverse crowd have decided to give them one chance with Kenshi, one.

They were also closely monitoring his situation and ready to interfere if Geminar wasted the chance they were given with Kenshi.

Also, Washu was all up for making Kenshi a Seikishin on par with Seinas' Jinbu, she got flatly denied because of "what if he accidentally the planet".

 

[Antimatter]

As of late? Huluwa, though that may not count as it's Chinese and not Japanese.

At least it's not more stripped island tiger shimajiro. I swear my son was addicted to that for months.

 

[Contrabardus]

As of late? Huluwa, though that may not count as it's Chinese and not Japanese.

At least it's not more stripped island tiger shimajiro. I swear my son was addicted to that for months.

Only months? You lucked out.

Just wait until he reaches the age where he wants to watch the same animated movie five times a day for two years. Also, it will have at least one song in it, and when the movie itself isn't on it will be played on repeat via some sort of shitty music device just loud enough that you will always hear it, and when that isn't happening, well...

 

[da_fox2279]

Watched Angel Beats. Very funny, but goddamn that ending.

Watching Sakura Trick now. Much funnier than I thought it would be. Much less titillating, as well. Well done series.

 

[Contrabardus]

Watched Angel Beats. Very funny, but goddamn that ending.

Watching Sakura Trick now. Much funnier than I thought it would be. Much less titillating, as well. Well done series.

Just in case you haven't seen the alternate ending for Angel Beats...

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_pMUM_QNhk[/video]

This is the ending they should have used. It fits in with the tone of the show much better than the official one.

 

[da_fox2279]

Oooh, thank you!

 

[AJ_Katon]

Holy crap that was good. Why didn't they use that?

 

[Contrabardus]

Holy crap that was good. Why didn't they use that?

I believe it was produced for the DVD/Blu-ray release after the show was already broadcast. It was an on disk extra.

Still, it is the better of the two endings and the one they should have made canon, with the original epilogue being the extra instead.