Summer Season 2024

[MFauli]

Just realized that a lot of anime are already near their end, so the Summer season 2024 isn't far off!



Here's what I'm gonna give a look:

- Oshi no Ko S2 (nice, this was really great in S1, hope it stays as strong
- Shika Nokonoko Koshitantan (the absolute obnoxcious marketing of turning the intro song into a meme has me check this out at least, sigh)
- Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga nai (premise is somewhat fun, but eh)

Continued:
- Boku no Hero
- Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai

... wow. Super bad season incoming? So much dumb comedy stuff or really generic isekai/fantasy shows :/ Guess time to watch some older anime.

[Ryllharu]

Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. - Member of Dark Elf Supremacy Faction, reporting in. The animation doesn't look great, but I'm still going to watch it faithfully. It's a cute gag reverse-isekai.

That's probably it. I'll catch up on the series I didn't get time for this season or the previous (maybe).

Oshi no Ko is fine, but I really don't like this arc (which is one of the longest in the series) for a number of reasons that I will not elaborate on. If anything, I'll binge it or download and not watch it.

[DarthEnderX]

CHART GODDAMNIT!

[MFauli]

CHART GODDAMNIT!

https://anichart.net/Summer-2024

lol, like anyone doesnt know how to find it ah this point

[DarthEnderX]

https://anichart.net/Summer-2024

Thank you.

Yes to...

Oshi No Ko
Tower of God
More Fairy Tail? I thought that ended.

That's it?

Well, at least Slime and HeroAca are continuing.

[Buffalobiian]

Oshi no ko
I guess I'll watch some Fairy Tail if the music is still good.
Maid Cafe Terrace's art looks pleasing enough, so I might check out the first series to see if I like it.
Looking at the studioes, PA Works has three shows at least this season. They're usually very pretty. Too bad it's been years since I actually liked something they've done.

[Death BOO Z]

will probably watch oshi no ko and 2.5d seduction (at least for a few episodes) - I like the mangas and that's enough.

[KrayZ33]

Tower of God because I enjoyed the first season (especially the music)

Maybe/probably:

That show with the russian girl

That show with the deer girl

Isekai Shikkaku perhaps because it sounds like it can be funny.

That "Parry" show

Perhaps that Chobits2.0 show, but I doubt it's going to have the same feel to it.

Maybe that "Sword guy in a magic dominated world" show, because the trailer looked like it has good animation.

[KrayZ33]

Perhaps that Chobits2.0 show, but I doubt it's going to have the same feel to it.

So the first episode released and it got kinda awkward, considering how desperate MC is and how "non-human" she looks like.
But I think robot/cold characters that are actually "dere" inside are kinda cute and thus I'm quite sure I'll enjoy this worldly innocent robot trying to please her "owner".

I already smiled quite a bit when she tried to close her eyes slightly to not look as "scary", of course that actually made her look mad/angry and had the exact opposite effect.

[MFauli]

Where tf is this SHikanokonoko anime now? AFter months of obnoxious advertising on instagram, I now wanna see it lol. But it's not up on the usual source

[Buffalobiian]

Where tf is this SHikanokonoko anime now? AFter months of obnoxious advertising on instagram, I now wanna see it lol. But it's not up on the usual source

https://myanimelist.net/anime/58426/...ko_Koshitantan

[David75]

So the first episode released and it got kinda awkward, considering how desperate MC is and how "non-human" she looks like.
But I think robot/cold characters that are actually "dere" inside are kinda cute and thus I'm quite sure I'll enjoy this worldly innocent robot trying to please her "owner".

I already smiled quite a bit when she tried to close her eyes slightly to not look as "scary", of course that actually made her look mad/angry and had the exact opposite effect.

She uses her strength to to coerce her master. She's not made very pretty and her design is purposely done as a robot. Hands, legs, camera lens eyes, mouth not moving when speaking with a synthetic voice. We might also see her head open at some point.
Interresting how you read her semi closed eyes as her way to try to look a little better to her master.
I totally read that has a payback for his lack of tact.
But it's totally possible it's a bit of both. She tries that, sees how he panicks and understand she can bully him a little with that.

I use "she/her" because we are waiting for a machine with feelings and something that crosses the boundaries to be considered a living/sentient entity.

[KrayZ33]

The "I Parry Everything" show is super silly, guy left his animals to die, lol.
Obviously not what actually happen but would've realistically happen because the author couldn't be arsed to show someone else taking care of them.

Animation seems okay though and I like adventure-stuff, I'm interested so far because MC is bulky as hell, I'll probably keep watching anyway, even though pretty much everything about it is stupid.


The "Russian Girl" show however seems fun and hopefully will remain that way - in terms of quality as well.
Kinda hope we'll get to see him telling her that he can speak russian.

[MFauli]

I'm just so tired of all these ONE GIMMICK-anime. Have anime producers/manga writers lost their ability to write ACTUAL stories? Compare Record of Lodoss War to "I parry everything" - WTF?!? Or BERSERK. If BERSERK were made today, it'd be called "My Sword is so big is it really a sword?" and the whole story would focus on Guts shocking people with his giant sword. :/ Why can't we have coherent, GOOD, well-written stories anymore where, sure, crazy stuff happens, but it is NOT the main focus? If the guy here wants to parry everything, sure, let him. But WHY DOES THAT DEFINE THE WHOLE STORY?!? It's so fucking frustrating. Normal writer: "So here's a guy trying to become an adventurer and he's experienceing all sorts of adventures". Modern writers: "So this guy's only ability is parry and EVERY scene must be about parrying and he only talks about parrying and fuck any proper story building, let's just focus on the parrying because it hilarious!11" :/

On another note: ALL men in that last scene died, only the girl got saved. Can western feminists pls be outraged about this? Oh wait, it's just men. Nobody cares when they're killed ...

[KrayZ33]

On another note: ALL men in that last scene died, only the girl got saved. Can western feminists pls be outraged about this? Oh wait, it's just men. Nobody cares when they're killed ...

That's because it's a male's dream to be the only one able to rescue the helpless "princess" that can't do jack to save herself and she needs to rely on the bulky man and almost gets wet while looking at him.

So, it's probably rather hard to be outraged about that specific thing, when the whole scene is already so male oriented ;).

The whole show is super bad in terms of... anything.

"I can now parry 10 swords in a single breath"
"I can now parry 100 swords in a single breath"
"I can now parry 1000 swords in a single breath"

"Dude, calm down and get your 5 yo child away from the script! - W-Wait... *YOU* wrote that?!"

The way how he "parried" them is also just beyond silly... like... he farted a big wind and *woosh*, all the hanging wooden swords move a bit
"I'm now powerful enough to parry 1000 swords hanging from a line - yet I can't do anything else"

That's basically what other animes use as jokes, but in this show it's supposed to be taken seriously :D

[shinta|hikari]

I find it hilarious that he thinks the Minotaur that killed an entire guard retinue was... a cow.

I think this is supposed to be treated as half-satire.

[KrayZ33]

I find it hilarious that he thinks the Minotaur that killed an entire guard retinue was... a cow.

I think this is supposed to be treated as half-satire.

I hope so!

[MFauli]

That's what I hope about 90% of all anime made in the past 10 years :/

Although it's terrible either way, sigh.

I know I'm repeat-ranting, but last night I reminisced about several old anime. Claymore, Dennou Coil, Gantz, and others. It feels like modern anime-makers (or the mangaka writing the stories that get adapted) have completely forgotten how to tell GOOD stories. Now it's all about singular "cool" scenes, some marketable gimmick and an utmost generic artstyle that doesn't offend anyone. I really refuse any notion of "everything used to be better back then"-boomer accusations, because at least for anime, it's simply true. Anime used to be so much better. And I haven't even mentioned the good stuff like Ghibli-movies, Akira, Armitage, and all the lesser known yet gorgeous anime. Heck, even ecchi anime was higher quality in the past, see Golden Boy or Agent Aika. Rant end.

[DarthEnderX]

I'm just so tired of all these ONE GIMMICK-anime. Have anime producers/manga writers lost their ability to write ACTUAL stories? Compare Record of Lodoss War to "I parry everything" - WTF?!? Or BERSERK. If BERSERK were made today, it'd be called "My Sword is so big is it really a sword?" and the whole story would focus on Guts shocking people with his giant sword. :/ Why can't we have coherent, GOOD, well-written stories anymore where, sure, crazy stuff happens, but it is NOT the main focus? If the guy here wants to parry everything, sure, let him. But WHY DOES THAT DEFINE THE WHOLE STORY?!? It's so fucking frustrating.

What? You don't think the premise of an elf that can't stop eating french fries is fertile enough ground to carry an entire series?

It feels like modern anime-makers (or the mangaka writing the stories that get adapted) have completely forgotten how to tell GOOD stories. Now it's all about singular "cool" scenes, some marketable gimmick and an utmost generic artstyle that doesn't offend anyone.

They haven't forgotten. That's just what their dipshit shut-in audiences want. And they want to pay their bills.

[Death BOO Z]

I watched that parry anime. remarkably stupid and empty for 20 minutes.
it's not even bad in an interesting way, it's just devoid of any value or attempt to have value.
will drop, unless someone writes here in the next few weeks that it somehow became good.

also, when did the translation become so bad and so low effort?
Twenty years ago we would get each OP and ED fully translated, kanji and romanji to sing along. now we don't have anything.
They would never allow the subtitles to clash with the on-screen text and create this unreadable mess.
and they would have translated the MC's name as Null, indicating that he has no skills.
this is basic shit.