One of the things I was most curious about with this series was the animation style they were choosing to use. Hiroshi Nagahama used rotoscoping to make Flowers of Evil, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. The mouth movements would have been better - they actually look pretty rough in spots here. Motion capture or vtuber tech maybe?

I’ve been following this series. Queer culture varies from region to region, so it was really tricky to watch the show without projecting the concept of a western trans identity onto the main character.

It took the full length of the first season before Makoto articulates his identity (genderqueer from what I can surmise - a man with he/him pronouns who prefers feminine presentation… mostly), with the option floated to him of being able to live “as a woman,” but with no specifics given to the cultural context of that phrase.

It would be really cool to get commentary on this show from Japanese queer folks who can speak to the language choices and cultural context behind this show.

I’m waaaay more interested in that than a movie.

No love for Bananya Around the World?

Basic, but they have to start somewhere.

I think it technically counts as Spring, but Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction has me enraptured.

But if we’re talking about Summer alone, hands down, Dungeon People.

Thank you for pointing out the full results; I’m a goof and I missed that.

I really think Dededede is suffering from mediocre translations. It feels like there’s a ton of subtext that isn’t making its way into the subtitles. Hopefully it’ll find its way towards a fansub community to help fill in the gaps and context clues.

No Dededede? No Dungeon People? I’m disappointed.

This trailer is trash compared to the original one used for film’s initial release in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nW6LLojcUw

I know he retired as studio president a few years ago, but sure hope that Masaaki Yuasa got a well-deserved payout as a part of this deal. Dude is 59 years old, has an epic filmography to his name and (with any luck) is now sitting of a brand new pile of money.

Good for him.

I haven’t read the manga, so maybe this is my fault, but I’ve been underwhelmed by the Game-of-Thrones world politics the show has turned into. I miss Rimuru running into baddies and making new friends.

Honestly the most satisfaction the show is giving me now comes from Gobta’s leveling progress. 💚

https://www.cbr.com/best-zombie-anime/

Team Gobta is here for it.

Scavengers Reign is genuinely next-level animated storytelling for television. The rest of those shows aren’t quite on the same level, though Pantheon is a half-step there and is genuinely worth watching. Fired on Mars and Invincible are pretty good if you have time. And Carol and the End of the World isn’t released until later in December 2023.

It’s a shame that no category was spun up for animated TV series.

Aside from what we’re seeing from Japan year after year, there were some real bangers that came out of the US this year. Scavangers Reign is the series to beat, but season 2 of Pantheon was terrific. Plus a handful of sleepers like Fired on Mars, the new Netflix series Carol and the End of the World. And The Owl House also wrapped up this year.

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