I’ve been reading this like a madman for the last week. It’s nuts and I now cannot wait for the anime to drop.

I will take a look at that, thanks!

We recently watched Dungeon Meshi and Spy x Family with our kid and both were a big hit. I’m curious if anyone has recs for shows with a similar vibe and maturity level. I liked that both shows have comedy, positive messages, and light drama.

The violence in dunmeshi was borderline at times but overall not a problem as long as it’s not more much than that.

Agreed! I’ve been picking dungeon up from my local library and reading along with the show and it’s been fun comparing the two.

Only Dungeon Meshi so far but I’d like to change that. Just not sure what to start. Maybe pick another Gundam to watch.

I started Kaiju no 8 and wasn’t feeling it, curious if it gets markedly better.

I was obsessed with the entire Bocchi soundtrack so of course Seishun Complex has to go here. https://youtu.be/dlSbEP4V-gI?si=9qtlg4EyHa7vx7cA

The Beastars season 2 opener got stuck in my head big time. I wasn’t really into the j-pop scene yet at that point at this was kinda my gateway drug. https://youtu.be/-5M4lbEpn6c?si=J3DcHv1VVViZ8sw3

I just finished watching FMA Brotherhood so I’ll toss out the first opener as well. https://youtu.be/elyXcwunIYA?si=6QyqE-1clyEBfk_r

Nice, came here to make sure somebody had mentioned “Tank!” 🙂

Will somebody please make the live actions stop.

I love how, much like the confrontation with Qual, this show subverts your expectations of a typical shonen. In the end there is no big bombastic fight, it’s over in minutes. And DAMN that ending, even though Aura is evil, felt cold as fuck.

If I have one criticism of this episode in particular is that it felt like a long wikipedia entry info dump. That’s just a thing anime/manga do from time to time but it felt more pronounced here. Within a minute of Flamme giving her speech about hiding mana you pretty much know exactly how things are gonna go.

Damn if this show can’t still make me tear up, seeing the flowers around Flamme’s grave.

Completely agree, WFM needed another season or at least another stretch of episodes. So much potential left on the floor. It sucks cause I loved the series and the characters, and I credit it for getting me back into Gundam after many years away.

I’ve been watching Iron Blooded Orphans to fill in the gap and it’s pretty good.