

I think this one is on Amazon.
I think this one is on Amazon.
When this has happened in the past for a handful of episodes, I have allowed for some early discussion threads…but in this case I am going to have the bot stick to the official schedule. For one thing, these leaks don’t have any subs, so most of this community would be unable to participate. Also, this leak is a whole season rather than the drip-feed of 1-2 episodes that we have had in the past.
So, normal spoiler rules apply for this show and discussion threads will still be created according to the official release schedule.
TIL about qView. I am going to give this a shot because I haven’t found a great option for viewing webp outside the browser when I am stuck on Windows.
I really wish desktop image viewers supported it better instead of the browser being one of the few pieces of software that render them. For web use though, they are hard to beat when it comes to file size, so I understand why they have been so widely used in the fediverse where instances basically run off donations.
I just requested it by pm and the thread is here.
Weekly ranking roundup:
Credit to /u/Abysswatcherbel for making the chart for reddit karma and /u/Nooble5 for the Anime Trending chart.
No AC or AT charts this week with the change in season. I am a bit surprised that Dan Da Dan was able to top the Apothecary Diaries finale. Looks like Takopi has also had a great showing in the karma rankings.
I was on vacation this past week, but managed to catch up on a few things and catch the premiere of a couple others:
Thanks for pointing this out. I have disabled future threads for this show. It will still be requestable if somebody in a different region with a different release schedule wants a thread.
…unbelievably terrible move by netflix
I am up to date with the manga and thought that this first episode was better than I thought it would be (the dragons weren’t even crappy CG). It’s a fun story if you don’t mind the extremely socially anxious main character (Bocchi, etc.). I hope that they keep up this quality for the rest of the season and give Nero more opportunities to be his cool self.
So, this thread got posted a day early because of some inaccuracies in the AniList api. It seems like it has been corrected now so that episodes should be posted at the right time going forward. Sorry if this post caused people to start looking for the episode when it hasn’t come out yet!
As a meta comment, I believe I have enabled all the shows from last week’s discussion thread at this point so that the bot will make threads for them. If you are in need of a refresher of how the bot works, here is the wiki page. For a tl;dr version:
Sorry, I just noticed your meta question. I always hate when shows do this…
So, in past seasons when this has happened, AniList usually has the airtime listed as the first available release. So, in this case it would be a week ahead since that is when Netflix JP has it available. Since very few members of this forum probably have access to that, the thread would likely sit fallow for the better part of a week and is not going to get much activity.
In past seasons, what I have done is disabled automatic thread creation for shows like this, so that users can request a thread from the bot when they have had the chance to watch the episode and want to discuss it. We might have to end up doing something similar this season. Let’s wait and see how the AniList api shakes out.
My spring recap:
Edit - Can’t believe I forgot to mention these:
Oof…
There is enough good anime out there that I don’t foresee slop like this gaining much popularity outside the very dedicated niche that it speaks to.
That stands in contrast to a historical example like Birth of a Nation, which was actually a bit of a technical marvel when it was made. It was listed on the AFI list despite the extremely problematic content because of the technical contributions to filmmaking at the time.
If you hit the gear in the upper right (Settings), it lets you change the titles from Romaji to English, even if you aren’t logged in.
Here is my breakdown at first glance for next season:
I would normally remove comments using the r-word, but for those unaware, this is basically a paraphrased quote from the Ghost Stories dub that was mentioned. It was definitely a product of its time and would never be able to be made like that today.
I just caught up and this show has been an absolute gem.
I don’t know a thing about Uma Musume, but it is tagged Manhatten Cafe on pixiv and booru, so I assume you are correct.