more something where you can imagine the creators pointing at their work and saying “Look! This part of the world exists too! Isn’t that neat?” with stars in their eyes
I absolutely feel this whenever we start learning random Ainu facts in Golden Kamuy.
I’ve heard of Food Wars, but never Chuuka Ichiban!. I’ll have to look it up sometime. Thanks!
Does non-battle battle anime count? In Yakitate!! Japan the characters participate in tournaments to see who can make the best bread. It feels very much like a battle shounen at times. In Kaguya-sama: Love is War two tsundere who’ve fallen for each other try to use dumb tactics to force the other person to be the first to admit it (though the show is a lot more than just that).
Very rare for horror stuff to look that good in an anime.
I don’t watch a lot of horror, but The Summer Hikaru Died wins easily for me.
Still, a flawless run is impressive.
It’s not just that - saving the most difficult jump combo for last is a huge flex. Putting it in the 2nd half is already a bold move that scores a few extra points. As far as I know there’s no merit to putting it last beyond showing off.
An excerpt from Mind Game, perhaps the strangest anime I’ve ever seen. It’s worth the watch.
I don’t think you missed anything; I think the arcs just feel weirdly disconnected. The manga was like that too.
This definitely has a prominent place among the weirdest movies I’ve ever seen.
It’s absolutely true that most anime is kinda bland and way too much of it is the same isekai slop however that’s what’s great about having threads like this! Most everything people are talking about here is excellent.
If it makes it any more appealing to you, it’s just as much about the coach as it is about the child; the target audience is mainly adults. Also, her goal is to compete in the Olympics. That presumably means she’ll be at least a little bit older by the time the series ends.
Journal With Witch is absolutely incredible, and Frieren is pretty good too. Someone else mentioned You and I Are Polar Opposites, and I pretty much agree with what they had to say about it. Another favorite of mine right now is the second season of Medalist.
Medalist is a story about a girl who wants to become a figure skater, but in the figure skating world someone who hasn’t started yet at 11 years old is basically a washed up old lady. She runs into a coach who also started late, and then they have an incredible sports anime together. The manga is marvelous. The first season of the anime adaptation was good. The second season seems to have fixed some of the minor animation issues the first season had, and so far I’m enjoying it just as much as I enjoyed the source material. It’s really fun.
Overall this season is nuts. It’s a good time to be an anime fan!
That movie you linked sounds weird af.
a surprising development with Makio and Shingo that likely won’t renew their romance but at least should take down some of their walls
I don’t know about that. Makio seems hesitant to get together with Shingo because she probably doesn’t see herself as someone who can coexist well with another person. But she’s coexisting with Asa, one way or another. Maybe by doing so she’ll learn more about herself and how she can deal with constantly being around others. Shingo seems like an incredibly understanding person who would absolutely respect any requests she made to accommodate her (let me be completely alone at such and such hours, etc.). Even just living in a bigger place where Makio has the space to be alone could be the difference it takes, and I think he’d be willing to extend himself financially to try it. That might terrify Makio, but lots of things terrify Makio. Could make for some good drama much further down the line.
I think the weakest part of season 1’s animation was probably the spins, and it’s clear from this episode that they’ve vastly improved them. Really enjoying this.
It’s easy to say that from an audience’s perspective, but it’s possible that either:
Anyways, if he were here I think he’d have Stark And Fern in a stable relationship by the end of the season. Can’t have that! Either way, they could always run into him later.
His legs only gave up because he was afraid to catch a stray from Frieren 😅
She really had to do that from the most difficult angle imaginable while Fern had a clear shot of its legs. What a showoff.
!nominate
I couldn’t decide which of GQuuuuuux’s amazing insert songs deserved the nomination, so in the end I had to nominate it for best soundtrack instead. It’s actually crazy just how many of them there were.
Wouldn’t that be like handing them a trophy for having the most average taste?