What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

Gunmonkey · 09-06-2015 1:15pm

WilsonIRL wrote: »

Just finished Nichijou... how did i miss that show when it came out?!!!

And none of my friends have seen it. How long must i wait before i can finally say "Selamat Pagi!" without getting confused looks?!

You should watch "Daily Lives of High School Boys" (Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō) next, very similar and one of the funniest series ever made.

Whats peoples opinion on Samurai Champloo, heard good things on the interwebs.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-06-2015 1:32pm

Gunmonkey wrote: »

You should watch "Daily Lives of High School Boys" (Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō) next, very similar and one of the funniest series ever made.

Whats peoples opinion on Samurai Champloo, heard good things on the interwebs.

I thought it was cool, well worth watching.

Numina · 09-06-2015 6:45pm

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Whats peoples opinion on Samurai Champloo, heard good things on the interwebs.

Story and setting are awesome, soundtrack is out of this world.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-06-2015 9:50pm

Numina wrote: »

Story and setting are awesome, soundtrack is out of this world.

Yup great soundtrack

mrkite77 · 10-06-2015 6:57am

Watching a few things.

Re-kan is fun.. about a girl who can see ghosts, and her friends at school just roll with it.

I had to watch "Is it Wrong to Try to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon?" just for the name... the fact that it's pretty good is just a bonus.

Hello! Kiniro Mosaic. I'm really just watching this just for Karen... if it were just 20 minutes of her talking I'd think it was the best thing ever.

If this scene from season 1 doesn't make you laugh you have a heart of stone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfu7lN8k-tA

butterbun · 13-06-2015 8:04pm

Finished Squid Girl (Ika Musume). One of the few anime I feel work better dubbed, English puns are so much better compared to their Japanese counterparts. It's a shame the second series wasn't dubbed.

If you don't find Mini-Ika the cutest thing, well buddy you gotta be squiddin' me.

EmcD123 · 13-06-2015 8:51pm

Watched about half of toradora today, went into it not expecting anything and now Im really glad I watched it, will probably finish it tomorrow

EmcD123 · 13-06-2015 8:52pm

Also did anyone watch shokugeki this week.... easily this seasons best series(imo)

butterbun · 13-06-2015 9:05pm

EmcD123 wrote: »

Watched about half of toradora today, went into it not expecting anything and now Im really glad I watched it, will probably finish it tomorrow

Toradora is the ultimate romcom, I hope you finish it. It made me feel feels:)

EmcD123 · 16-06-2015 6:15pm

butterbun wrote: »

Toradora is the ultimate romcom, I hope you finish it. It made me feel feels:)

I just finished it a few minutes ago. loved it all the way through but i'm not sure how I feel about the ending

baron von something · 17-06-2015 8:53pm

just watched Berserk - The Golden Age Arc 1 - The Egg of the King. It's pretty violent but very good

Gunmonkey · 03-07-2015 10:03am

Started watching the 2nd season of Knights of Sidonia on Netflix. Hard to remember what happened last season

IHeartYuki · 04-07-2015 11:25pm

Just started watching Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri. I'm hoping for good things as I'm reading the manga and enjoying it.

EmcD123 · 05-07-2015 3:16pm

IHeartYuki wrote: »

Just started watching Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri. I'm hoping for good things as I'm reading the manga and enjoying it.

I enjoyed that first episode, i havent read any of it so I dont know how it goes but im just hoping they'd dont overuse the whole otaku thing

Numina · 07-07-2015 12:00am

I am absolutely burnt out on anime as I am. Don't really have any more tolerance for a lot of the more common tropes, (Ordinary highschool boy until one day something supernatural happens! Fights, magic and girls!!)

Currently all that's on my plate is Psycho Pass, then I'll redo Texnohlyze and Ergo Proxy, FMA:B will get its turn eventually and then I'm not really sure from there.

Links234 · 07-07-2015 1:28am

Numina wrote: »

I am absolutely burnt out on anime as I am. Don't really have any more tolerance for a lot of the more common tropes, (Ordinary highschool boy until one day something supernatural happens! Fights, magic and girls!!)

I've not really much interest in the usual tropey stuff, if you're getting burned out by it, take a break from it, or try something that's different to the stuff that's getting you burned out. If you like Psycho Pass and Ergo Proxy, then you've got some good taste there! :pac: I'll throw some recommendations that I think might suit as they're pretty far from trope heavy, no ordinary highschool boys involved.

Monster - Japanese doctor in Germany pre- fall of the Berlin wall saves the life of a child who's family defected from East Germany and were then murdered, said doctor is then suspected of murder and goes on the run to prove his innocence and find the real killer. It's a dark psychological thriller, nothing supernatural at all, protagonist and main characters are all adults.

Shigurui: Death Frenzy - Extremely and brutally violent samurai show.

From the New World - This is hands down one of the best things I've ever seen. I'd recommend you go into it knowing very little about it, the way the plot unfolds is just incredible storytelling, it's a masterpiece.

Numina · 07-07-2015 7:09pm

I mean, I already avoid your average highschool supernatural comedy shounen shows. For the entirety of 2013 I didn't watch anything, that's the first time I felt burned out with anime, but I can't even enjoy something now like Plastic Memories, which was promising at first but then common character archetypes and tropes bored me. That's probably the most disappointing thing about watching anime, when a show in an upcoming season seems like it'll be different from the rest, but a few episodes in it just gives in and panders to the demographic.

The past year I crossed some things off my list like Mushishi, the Satoshi Kon movies I hadn't yet watched, Zankyou, Planetes, and Hunter X Hunter (HxH really put me in the slump I'm in now though, Chimera Ant wasn't all it was cracked up to be for me.) and with those done now I feel like I'm running low on other shows that I really want to watch. Most of my watchlist consists of shows which I feel slightly above apathetic about, like "hmm, yeah maybe that might be good" rather than "wow I need to watch this."

I love Monsutah, one of my favourites, Dead on with that recommendation.

Shigurui is sitting on my watchlist but I haven't paid it any mind though, I'll look further into it. With Gantz being my favourite manga (after Yotsuba,) to get me to watch something literally all you have to do is tell me that it's gory, violent or ****ed up in some way.

Shinsekai Yori is also on my watchlist, and one of the shows I've been heavily considering because coupled with the synopsis, the poster art has me particularly intrigued because it kind of reminds me of Makoto Shinkai's Children Who Chase Lost Voices.

IHeartYuki · 08-07-2015 7:42pm

EmcD123 wrote: »

I enjoyed that first episode, i havent read any of it so I dont know how it goes but im just hoping they'd dont overuse the whole otaku thing

I don't think they do. I think it was really a hook to explain why he was in that part of town on the day the gate opened. It comes up from time to time but not as much as in Outbreak Company say.

EmcD123 · 09-07-2015 8:48am

IHeartYuki wrote: »

I don't think they do. I think it was really a hook to explain why he was in that part of town on the day the gate opened. It comes up from time to time but not as much as in Outbreak Company say.

Well thats good, because usually the main reason why I drop shows is if the main character being an otaku is a huge deal

Links234 · 20-07-2015 12:14am

Just finished watching Another for the second time, this time around with herself. I think she liked it

Tar.Aldarion · 20-07-2015 1:12am

Another sounds good will check it out

reforming giant · 20-07-2015 6:26pm

Recently started reading shokugeki no souma. Didn't think I'd like it but it turned out to be really good.

mzungu · 30-07-2015 12:14am

Just finished watching Serial Experiments Lain and Cowboy Bebop. Lain took a bit of getting used to, in fact I ended up watching it twice in the end. It is a great piece of work. Cowboy Bebop was utterly fantastic and is one ill be definitely watch again.

I watched episodes 1-12 of Monster and I am undecided on it. It has a good story but it felt a bit like The Incredible Hulk with yer man going round from place to place. I may not bother with the next 70 episodes!

Links234 · 30-07-2015 10:08am

Monster is amazing, I'd recommend sticking with it, its one of my favourite shows by far.

Gunmonkey · 31-07-2015 11:43am

reforming giant wrote: »

Recently started reading shokugeki no souma. Didn't think I'd like it but it turned out to be really good.

Just started that myself, makes me hungry all the time

Sephiroth_dude · 03-08-2015 10:06am

I watched about 12 episodes of Kenshin on youtube but had to stop as it was boring

Pandareaper · 05-08-2015 10:07pm

I just finished watching Is it wrong to hit on girls in a dungeon. The name gives the wrong impression but it is an awesome show especially if you're into fantasy or rpg games

Cotts72 · 06-08-2015 1:49am

Watched "another" today and went full on full on binge mode completing the whole series! Haunting stuff at times but amazing show

Art_Wolf · 06-08-2015 12:24pm

Really enjoying the current season and watching a few things at the moment: Rokka - Braves of the 6 flowers; GATE; Overlord; Blood Blockage Battlefront

EmcD123 · 06-08-2015 11:08pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I watched about 12 episodes of Kenshin on youtube but had to stop as it was boring

The action really intensifies very soon after that. I only watched 12 episodes but Ive read further on in the manga and it does get a lot better

Sieghardt · 10-08-2015 2:07pm

Watching Kotoura-san on netflix, was expecting a light hearted slice of life comedy, it was not ;_;

mrkite77 · 11-08-2015 8:08am

Just watched the first episode of School Live. Holy **** did *that* take a turn I wasn't expecting.

CastorTroy · 11-08-2015 12:57pm

I know. How could the dog not like that girl? Didn't see that coming at all.

Just really started back into anime after a long time away. So now am going to try and keep up with a few new series: School Live is one. Charlotte, Game of Laplace and Gangsta are the others.

sniper_samurai · 11-08-2015 1:35pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

I know. How could the dog not like that girl? Didn't see that coming at all.

Just really started back into anime after a long time away. So now am going to try and keep up with a few new series: School Live is one. Charlotte, Game of Laplace and Gangsta are the others.

My favourite of this season so far has to be Rokka. Good fantasy series with an unusual Central/South American theme.

Having problems viewing newly uploaded stuff on Viewster through the xbox app. Really annoying me as I am falling behind on Arslan and Gangsta.

mrkite77 · 14-08-2015 12:49am

Pandareaper wrote: »

I just finished watching Is it wrong to hit on girls in a dungeon. The name gives the wrong impression but it is an awesome show especially if you're into fantasy or rpg games

Horrible title, great anime... hope it gets a second season.. rrrrrrrrrrrrromance!

I'm also watching a couple of ridiculous shows like Shimoneta and Prison School... both of which are along the lines of "what did I just watch? and why am I looking forward to the next episode?"

mrkite77 · 14-08-2015 12:51am

sniper_samurai wrote: »

My favourite of this season so far has to be Rokka. Good fantasy series with an unusual Central/South American theme.

Oooh, I'll have to check it out. One of my favorite shows had a South American setting (Michiko & Hatchin).

Cumin · 15-08-2015 7:51pm

I want to take this opportunity to THANK all the great japanese artists to provide us with such enjoyable entertainment! I absolutely LOVE japanese anime. Since my partner and I discovered them we hardly watched anything else online.
Here is a list of the ones I enjoyed most:

Mushi-Shi
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
GTO:Great Teacher Onizuka
Hunter x Hunter
Shinsekai Yori
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Spice and Wolf
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Suisei no Gargantia
Inuyasha
Sword Art Online
Barakamon
Planetes

CastorTroy · 18-08-2015 12:27am

Okay, School Live Episode 7

Okay that got me. How many times can they do that? Tempted to go back and watch to see the interaction.

Cumin · 18-08-2015 8:04am

Just watching: "The Irresponsible Captain Tyler". It's quite fun.

Sieghardt · 20-08-2015 1:02am

Cumin wrote: »

Just watching: "The Irresponsible Captain Tyler". It's quite fun.

loved that show, could never tell if he was an idiot or a genius messer

Cumin · 20-08-2015 10:50pm

I always knew he is a genius... Two episodes to go... Really enjoying the show!!😀

Cumin · 25-08-2015 7:55pm

After reading a lot about it I started Black Lagoon and felt like being thrown into a roller coaster... Really love the animation! Let's see how the story evolves...

mrkite77 · 26-08-2015 10:25pm

Cumin wrote: »

After reading a lot about it I started Black Lagoon and felt like being thrown into a roller coaster... Really love the animation! Let's see how the story evolves...

After Black Lagoon check out Gangsta, very similar look and feel.

Here's the OP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHkULgQtdYA

CastorTroy · 10-09-2015 9:06pm

Out of the 4 series I kept watching of the new season (Game of Laplace, School Live, Charlotte, Gangsta), I think School Live has been the most surprising in both not knowing what to expect when I started and how it keeps surprising me.

Tristram · 01-10-2015 11:39pm

Tore through season one of Tokyo Ghoul and loves it. Second season isnt as good yet but still a few episodes to go!

AzN · 02-10-2015 7:22am

Tristram wrote: »

Tore through season one of Tokyo Ghoul and loves it. Second season isnt as good yet but still a few episodes to go!

Not sure if you read manga but if you do the manga is a lot better than the anime, well the first one is anyway, Ishida is just milking the money cow now if you ask me.

Sieghardt · 05-10-2015 2:51pm

Started watching the new Gundam, Iron Blooded Orphans, seems promising

Links234 · 05-10-2015 5:13pm

Haven't been watching much anime at all lately, but nearly finished Shiki, damn good show

Cumin · 06-10-2015 8:05am

Just finished Angelic Layer. Very enjoyable show!

Dan_Solo · 06-10-2015 9:35am

Now I've recovered from Paranoia Agent... I've started watching Madlax. It's not as instantly likeable as Noir TBH, to which it is apparently the succesor. Lots of political stuff in the first few episodes with snippets of action thrown in. No magic/robots/insanity etc. which makes a change.

What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

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