Summer Season 2024

[DarthEnderX]

Well, tbf, Lodoss is mostly (entirely?) "western" fantasy, elves included.

Up until Lodoss War. Elves in things like D&D were just depicted as having, like, Vulcan ears. And Dark Elves usually had, like, jet black or dark blue skin.

Lodoss popularized giving anime Elves those big, horizontal rabbit ears that they always have. And popularized anime Dark Elves as being Elves with a tan with Pirotess.

Berserk? 1997 version is reasonably close to perfect as far as dark fantasy/historical series go, but the series as a whole never quite hits the same high as the Golden Age arc ever again, but since we're only looking at the anime versions, we can set that aside.

God DAMN it. I just...I just want, like, Berserk Brotherhood, done by the same people that are currently doing Vinland Saga.

I don't care how long it takes. Just...adapt everything Miura ever wrote.

[MFauli]

Shika no Ko nokonoko koshitantan episode 1:

Yeah, not sure I'll keep watching this. Opening is catchy and it was somewhat funny. But the complete lack of explanations for why the whole class and teachers are accepting of all the weird shit made it feel TOO random. Even Family Guy is more coherent. Will give it at least one more episode.

[KrayZ33]

So

"Wistoria's Wand and Sword" seems to have an insane budget.
The animation was really pretty. Unless that budget is now all gone, of course.

Monster looked very plain and boring, but all the other things did not.
People walking, shadows, spells, movements. Pretty high class.

Fun shounen story as well.
Loser is bad at magic but a superb swordsman.
Will overtake the world of mages with his sheer strength to see his childhood love who is some super mage on top of some tower

I'll keep watching and hope it remains interesting and strong.


Never heard of this manga/show/novel/whatever-it-is before though

[shinta|hikari]

Really liked how he wore goggles not only for sentimental value but because he moves so fast he needs them, like a pilot.

[Death BOO Z]

Shika no Ko nokonoko koshitantan episode 1:

Yeah, not sure I'll keep watching this. Opening is catchy and it was somewhat funny. But the complete lack of explanations for why the whole class and teachers are accepting of all the weird shit made it feel TOO random. Even Family Guy is more coherent. Will give it at least one more episode.

I'll probably watch an episode or two more, see if it has anything going for it beyond the initial shock premise.

So

"Wistoria's Wand and Sword" seems to have an insane budget.
The animation was really pretty. Unless that budget is now all gone, of course.

Monster looked very plain and boring, but all the other things did not.
People walking, shadows, spells, movements. Pretty high class.

Fun shounen story as well.
Loser is bad at magic but a superb swordsman.
Will overtake the world of mages with his sheer strength to see his childhood love who is some super mage on top of some tower

I'll keep watching and hope it remains interesting and strong.


Never heard of this manga/show/novel/whatever-it-is before though

please update for the next few episodes if this is worth watching. the description sounds like something i'd hate... I'll try reading the manga a bit.

[KrayZ33]

please update for the next few episodes if this is worth watching. the description sounds like something i'd hate... I'll try reading the manga a bit.

Will do, but I like underdog shows, so this will be biased.

[Death BOO Z]

I don't know how the anime goes, but I'm 4 chapters into the manga, and I think we have very different definitions of what an "underdog story" is.

[KrayZ33]

Nah, first episode had him delete that monster as well.
But the world is painting him as the underdog.

[DarthEnderX]

It just sounds like Mashle again.

Which itself was just Black Clover again.

"I'm the wizard that can't do magic! Ooooh!"

[Death BOO Z]

I'm the most OP character from the start and I beat everybody who says otherwise.
I have no talent, but also some super power that's beyond the what's possible in the universe, I'm a loner, but all the girls are either my childhood friend, my step-sister, or I saved them!

black clover at least had other characters with their own plot. Mashle tried to be a comedy (sometimes, when it wasn't busy contradicting itself). I can't believe i'm praising BlackClover.

[KrayZ33]

It just sounds like Mashle again.

Which itself was just Black Clover again.

"I'm the wizard that can't do magic! Ooooh!"

Well, yes.
You can probably name another 10 shows or mangas that have the same concept just from the last two years, if you'd remember their names.


lets check:

1. Black clover and this show - both have MCs that can't do magic (I didn't watch Black clover for long because MC was unbearable, but I bet he actually can use magic but his sword/body eats it or whatever - same thing will probably happen here.)

2. the world thinks they are garbage because they can't use magic.

3. Both characters have some kind of childhood friend who is a prodigy.

4. both will obviously try to reach whatever dream they have and never give up

5. both use swords in a magic world