What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

Gunmonkey

Nody wrote: »

For those who've not picked it up yet Saga of Tanya the Evil from this season is brilliant and highly recommended.

Have heard a lot of good hype from it, most seems to be "wait till the 2nd episode, it gets much better".

Only really streaming Konosuba, Nanbaka, All-Out! and Gundam:Iron Blooded Orphans from this season so far. Still a lot from last year I skipped so trying to catch up.

If anyone hasn't watched it, I highly recommend Bungo Stray Dogs, great series.

Gonna be a good year looking forward though:
-Attack on Titan S2
-Kekkai Sensen S2
-One Punch Man S2
-Code Geass S3 (maybe in time for Xmas, maybe early next year)
-Full Metal Panic! S3 (cannot...f***ing...wait)

Nody

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Have heard a lot of good hype from it, most seems to be "wait till the 2nd episode, it gets much better".

First episode drops you in the middle of the action; second episode set ups the actual story arch of what's really going on basically and gives you the background information and motivations.

kevovek

Watched the first four episodes of My Hero Academia last night and was instantly hooked, I'll probably get through it pretty fast. Season 2 of psycho pass lined up for after that been over a year since I watched the first series.

sniper_samurai

kevovek wrote: »

Watched the first four episodes of My Hero Academia last night and was instantly hooked, I'll probably get through it pretty fast. Season 2 of psycho pass lined up for after that been over a year since I watched the first series.

Prepare to be underwhelmed by PPS2, nowhere near as good as S1. The movie is pretty good though.

Nody

Just finished Magi Adventure of Sinbad season 1; happy I did as it put me in mood for season 2 of The Seven Deadly Sins due to be released on 17th Feb.

sniper_samurai

Nody wrote: »

Just finished Magi Adventure of Sinbad season 1; happy I did as it put me in mood for season 2 of The Seven Deadly Sins due to be released on 17th Feb.

Prepare to be disappointed, its not a second season as described by Netflix, but a 4 part tv special.

5star02707

Shokugeki no Soma and Nanatsu No Taizai (7 Deadly sins) these are the top 2 Manga/Animes for me

Nody

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Prepare to be disappointed, its not a second season as described by Netflix, but a 4 part tv special.

Which sets up the season 2 story arch but you need to watch the after credit stuff to get the full story for it

I was happy enough though; it's more in the same style which is what I wanted even if it was only 4 episodes.

Sephiroth_dude

Anyone here watch beserk? how violent is it?

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Anyone here watch beserk? how violent is it?

Extremely violent, including dismemberment, gore and some deeply disturbing sexual violence.

Start with the 97 series or the Golden Age trilogy, both cover the same material the 3rd movie covers the end of the arc better than the series.

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Extremely violent, including dismemberment, gore and some deeply disturbing sexual violence.

Start with the 97 series or the Golden Age trilogy, both cover the same material the 3rd movie covers the end of the arc better than the series.

Good god I just watched an 8 minute clip and don't think I could stomach that.

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Good god I just watched an 8 minute clip and don't think I could stomach that.

Probably the Eclipse from the end of the series or movie 3. The Eclipse is so graphic in movie 3 that it was originally passed R18(making it illegal to sell outside "adult" shops effectively banning it) by the BBFC before being reduced to an 18s on appeal.

And to make it worse the animated version is toned down quite a bit from the manga.

The story is awesome, but there is no denying that it is completely f'd up.

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Probably the Eclipse from the end of the series or movie 3. The Eclipse is so graphic in movie 3 that it was originally passed R18(making it illegal to sell outside "adult" shops effectively banning it) by the BBFC before being reduced to an 18s on appeal.

And to make it worse the animated version is toned down quite a bit from the manga.

The story is awesome, but there is no denying that it is completely f'd up.

I just read up on the eclipse and it does sound like the scene I watched on youtube, it was horrific! I agree though it does sound like it has an awesome story.

Diazou

I'm watching DBZ from the beginning.

Mal-Adjusted

gfd0120 wrote: »

I'm watching DBZ from the beginning.

Lightweight, you need to watch from the beginning of Dragon Ball

sniper_samurai

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Lightweight, you need to watch from the beginning of Dragon Ball

Indeed, why start a series on episode 154.

Sephiroth_dude

Watching kill la kill atm, what a great show so far.

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Watching kill la kill atm, what a great show so far.

Really liked KlK myself, the series is crazy.

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Really liked KlK myself, the series is crazy.

Also the old school style animation is cool, anything similar out there that you would recommend?

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Also the old school style animation is cool, anything similar out there that you would recommend?

Gurren Lagann if you haven't already seen it, same creative team as KlK. While Gurren Lagann is a mecha series it doesn't revel in the usual tropes and just like KlK is completely absurd.

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Gurren Lagann if you haven't already seen it, same creative team as KlK. While Gurren Lagann is a mecha series it doesn't revel in the usual tropes and just like KlK is completely absurd.

I've seen GL and absolutely loved, I was thinking those lads had something too do with it alright.

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I've seen GL and absolutely loved, I was thinking those lads had something too do with it alright.

Another one to try is Space Patrol Luluco, a short series by Trigger. Most of the other Trigger series get referenced too like KlK and Little Witch Academia. Plus it gives us ridiculous transformations like this:

Evade

If you have an hour and a half the Little Witch Academia films are pretty good. I haven't seen the series yet, but I hear it's good too.

Sephiroth_dude

15 episodes into kill la kill now and I'm absolutely loving it,best anime I've seen in a while,normally I prefer dubs and find it a drag trying too watch subs but not in this case, also kiryuin satsuki...What a woman *swoon* .

megaten

I liked kill la kill but I though it suffered from a lack of tension as it went on.

Evade

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

15 episodes into kill la kill now and I'm absolutely loving it,best anime I've seen in a while,normally I prefer dubs and find it a drag trying too watch subs but not in this case, also kiryuin satsuki...What a woman *swoon* .

Brace yourself, it's about to get weird(er).

the_syco

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Gundam:Iron Blooded Orphans

If only I knew what episode I stopped watching it, so that I can resume watching it

Gunmonkey wrote: »

-Code Geass S3 (maybe in time for Xmas, maybe early next year)

OOOooooooo!!!!

Gunmonkey wrote: »

-Full Metal Panic! S3 (cannot...f***ing...wait)

Didn't know of this. Gotta look out for it!

the_syco

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Gundam:Iron Blooded Orphans

the_syco wrote: »

If only I knew what episode I stopped watching it, so that I can resume watching it

Ah. Seems I stopped watching at ep25, aka the end of season 1. Awesome; 25 more to watch

CastorTroy

Just watched Gantz O. Made me want them to make the rest of the manga. They did change some of the manga but mostly for the best.
I'm sure it was probably expensive but with the quality of the animation, it made me wonder again why video game cutscene quality animation isn't more common for movies or series.

the_syco

Watching "Wangan Midnight" and "Oban Star Racers" atm.