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.

I think this one is on Amazon.

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:

1. Reddit Karma - Weekly Winner: Dan Da Dan

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:

• Apothecary Diaries - Finished this season up and really liked it. I think I liked the first season better, but I would be hard pressed to point to a show that managed to pull off 48 episodes of as consistently good quality as this one. Looking forward to season 3 eventually.
• Slime 300 - I caught up on this one and powered through the end of the season. It’s more of the same, just with some new moe characters. I had fun.
• Rock is a Lady’s Modesty - I enjoyed the finale, but I kind of doubt this is getting another season. I will have to wait for the manga translations to catch the rest of the story.
• Vending Machine Isekai - Boxxo is back and it picks up right where things left off. I wasn’t sure what to expect with a season two of this premise, but a three-story tall ice vending machine wasn’t it. This show remains as creative as ever.
• Dan Da Dan - Speaking of picking up right where things left off… Good first episode back and remains as unhinged as ever. I never expected a Jennifer Lopez in Anaconda reference. I am pretty sure Dan Da Dan’s primary audience was probably born after that movie came out.
• Silent Witch - Good first episode and better production quality than I was expecting (plus easily the best Villainess of the season). Looking forward to the change in setting from episode 2 onwards.
• New Saga - I read the manga for this one and I think I am going to drop the anime. If you watched the premiere and thought that you have seen this story before, it’s likely that you have since the LNs came out over a decade ago when it might not have felt as derivative.

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.

I love this series so much.

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:

• If the bot doesn’t make a post for an episode you want, you can request it by pm. Don’t make the thread on your own or it will likely be removed.
• The bot will stop making threads for an airing show when it sees that there were no comments on the previous week’s episode. So, if you want to keep a show’s threads going, keep discussing it.
• Feel free to tag the bot in the comments with a screenshot that you want to be the lead image. Please no spoilers or NSFW in these images. Also, be patient. This part isn’t automated so that I can screen the images. I have to do all the images by hand, so it might not happen for a bit depending on my availability.

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:

• Apocalypse Hotel - easily my AOTS. I just finished the finale and this show stuck the landing and is going to be one that I remember for a long time.
• Rock is a Lady’s Modesty - I have yet to watch the finale, but I have enjoyed this a lot. If Bocchi isn’t angry or yuri enough for you, then give this show a shot.
• Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire - I can see why this is compared to Eminence in Shadow, but I don’t think it was as well executed with some slow periods through the season. The Guide vignettes were usually my favorite parts.
• Slime 300 - I only made it about halfway through the season before dropping it due to time. I am definitely going to finish it sometime though.
• Apothecary Diaries - I have the last couple episodes yet to watch, but the finale it is building up to looks like it will be great. Another excellent season.
• Gundam GquuuuuuX - Despite making the discussion threads for !gundam@ani.social, I am woefully behind on this show. I feel duty-bound to finish it though. o7
• Kowloon Generic Romance - I ended up dropping this one due to time, but I would be interested in coming back to it at some point. It had a really interesting premise and the KWC vibes were excellent.
• Lazarus - I dropped this after episode 2 and, based on the feedback I have seen elsewhere, I was right to do so.

Edit - Can’t believe I forgot to mention these:

• Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof - This was a fantastically produced show that is probably one of the best dark comedies I have seen. It is really messed up and super dark quite often, but always manages to stay funny. It’s a weird feeling.
• Too-Perfect Saint - I thought this was a well done adaptation despite the very limited production. If you are a fan of this genre, you could do much worse.

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:

Must Watch

• Dan Da Dan Season 2
• Bunny Girl Senpai: Santa Claus Edition - I love the Mai/Sakuta dynamic, so I am hoping we get a good dose of that this season.
• City - By the same author as Nichijou and it looks great.
• Mikadono Sisters - I think I made a promise to watch this one in the past over in !manga@ani.social, so this is me fulfilling that promise.

Definitely Giving a Chance

• 7th Prince Season 2 - Curious to see how the production holds up to season 1.
• Silent Witch - I am reading the manga and enjoying it a lot. Nero 😻!
• Vending Machine Season 2 - Hoping it stays as oddly compelling as the first season.

Time/Reception Permitting

• Tsuyokute New Saga - I read the manga and…it was ok. Mainly curious to see what the adaptation is like.
• The Summer Hikaru Died - I have only heard fantastic things about the manga. Waiting to see how the reception of the anime is.
• Nyaight of the Living Cat - It sounds so ridiculous that I think I might wait to see if people are vibing with the humor or not.

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.