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What have you been watching/reading this week?
note: title subject to change
A few days ago I asked this question and got a few replies, so I figure this idea is worth trying out. If there's enough interest I'll probably move the day that this gets posted to something more regular for the week like Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but I figured I could make this one and gauge interest for the week.
Anyway, what have you been watching/reading this week?
Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its Anilist, MAL, or any other anime/manga database you use!
I'm on that My Hero Academia binge of season 3. I haven't read the manga. I barely have enough time these days to watch Anime. But so far I'm enjoying this show. I just hope it does not go on forever. I prefer my anime to be 3-4 seasons long.
Oooh, I've had My Hero Academia on my to-watch list for a while. I know a little bit about the premise and a couple of characters thanks to people I know who love it to death, hopefully I like it when I get to it and hopefully it doesn't drag on for you.
My Hero Academia is awesome. It has some similar elements, IMO, yo Hunter X Hunter, which is a good thing.
I highly recommend it. It has awesome personalities and is very funny to boot!
I've been rewatching KonoSuba. It's probably the funniest anime I've seen so far, I really enjoy it, and I've been catching some of the more subtle humour that I didn't see the first time.
I really, really enjoyed the first season of KonoSuba. Funny characters and funny situations, impeccable comedic timing.
Second season... eh. They kinda beat the same jokes to death. Oh well, that's how it usually goes with sequels, I guess.
I've been watching Sword Art Online for the first time as part of a group discussion, wrapping up the Aincrad arc today (start of the series). I like the overall idea but way too many little things I dislike about the execution compared to other "stuck in an MMO" anime that I've seen (Log Horizon, Overlord).
Slowly going through Sailor Moon, in the middle of S (third season). Haruka and Michiru are great, though I'm tired of the monster of the week formula.
Also about halfway through Princess Tutu and it's fantastic so far. Creative use of animation as a medium combined with an interesting metanarrative and excellent classical music.
Sword Art Online is one of my favorite animes. There's a Season 3 airing in a few months, in October. The source material for it is twice as long as the previous two seasons combined and has MUCH better writing than them.
I know people are excited for Alicization but if I was watching this on my own instead of with a group I would have dropped the show an episode or two into Fairy Dance/Alfheim. The villain is cartoonishly evil and the focus on Suguha isn't much better writing-wise.
That’s understandable. They’re not my favorite out of the animated arcs either.
This might be a common thing to say but the novels are a lot of fun to read and I think the aincrad arc was far better executed in the episodic way that the LNs laid it out. There’s also a reboot of said aincrad arc in progress right now called Sword Art Online Progressive that’s being officially translated into english too!
This week I've not been reading that much. I've gotten myself hooked on Hunter x Hunter and I've been on and off binging the first ~20 episodes the last few days. So far I think it's marvelous and the first big arc has been very cliffhanger-y. Always leaving me where I don't want to pause in the middle of something, so I just can't put it down and end up watching 4 or 5 in a row til I feel like I'm in a good spot.
I also finished up New Game!! recently, and it was pretty much everything that I wanted out of it. Cute show, cute characters, wonderful idea.
I loved Hunter X Hunter, I found it unfortunate that there were some really long drawn out Arcs that caused me to lose interest.
Wow, I wasn't aware there was a gamedev anime! As someone who does a bit of gamedev myself this is definitely going on my list, thanks.
I've recently started re-watching One Piece after taking a break for a few years (I believe around episode 600-700). Currently powering through it, the early episodes were as memorable as ever and now I'm at the stage where there seems to be lots of useless drawn out battles and filler (episode 119). Luckily for me the One Pace project has an edited version of the next arc which should hopefully cut down how long I'm stuck watching it, as I remember it being so painfully long I would skip several episodes at a time.
I've tried reading the manga before (which I understand doesn't have as much of this as an issue like the anime does) but I struggle to enjoy it, it just doesn't hold my attention.
I'm rewatching Erased with my wife, who hasn't ever seen it. She's not too big of an anime fan, but loves the 'Law and Order' & 'Criminal Minds' kind of shows, so she's into it. Plus, it's got that Asian Kung Fu Generation OP, Re:Re, which is awesome.
Tried watching Boku no Hero Acadamia. It has great character design, but I really don't find it anything special and ultimately stopped and added it to my list of "shonen shows that are good, but not worth the time investment for me personally."
Binged Hinamatsuri after reading high praise, but found it to be slightly above average.
Just started Neon Genesis Evangelion last night. I know, I know, how could I have not seen one of the most important titles in the medium yet.
Just recently I rewatched Re: Zero, and am reading the source material for it as it's translated by TranslationChicken on his website. He's nearly finished all of Arc 4 already, and has some other bits and pieces later in the story that I refuse to read for spoiler reasons.
I’ve been staying up late nights to watch Revue Starlight on live telecast. It’s a mixed media project that has similarities to Love Live and Bandori - Revue is produced by Bushiroad who has hands in both and heads Bandori - but with a focus on their stage plays. The anime so far has been fantastic, with almost each episode featuring a insert song. The animation is a pleasure to watch and the story has been well constructed so far.
Watching assassins classroom
I guess, better to create week-topisc when week starts/ends, so, yeah, better to do this anywhen between Friday — Monday.
About watching. I just watching what mentioned here, but Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight instead Muhyo to Roji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho.
Nothing especial on this week but only one. I start watch Lupin only from the ongoing series. So, last outed episode (20th) was about (post-)Soviet location, it suprised me (I am from Ukraine), because it is very rarely to see good enough (post-)Soviet: backgrоunds, uniforms, buildings, cars etc.
I am currently reading last outed book Game of Thrones, so I do not have so much time for mangas.
I've been watching Voltron (only on season 5) and I just started listening to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It's a book I've been interested in for some time and I think listening to the audio book will help with some of my retention lol.