What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

Nody · 02-06-2017 11:05am

Started to catch up on Clockwork Planet last week; it's honestly really well done with a very unique approach to world building (the whole earth is built up as a big clock) with interesting characters and brilliant dialogue if you like sarcasm.

sniper_samurai · 02-06-2017 11:25am

Nody wrote: »

Started to catch up on Clockwork Planet last week; it's honestly really well done with a very unique approach to world building (the whole earth is built up as a big clock) with interesting characters and brilliant dialogue if you like sarcasm.

Same author as NGNL, the tone has apparently been changed quite a bit from the LNs though. Will verify that later as I will be starting to read volume 1 now that the first 3 parts of the official release went up yesterday on http://www.j-novel.club

timothymaxy · 13-07-2017 9:05am

Star Driver and ダンジョン饭~

Nody · 13-07-2017 3:22pm

Rewatching Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars) in preparation for season 3.

Gunmonkey · 15-08-2017 10:55am

Watched all of Assassination Classroom in about 2 weeks after finding out it was on Crunchyroll, really good series. Now that terrible post series lull as you shuffle along till finding something just as good.

On a sidenote, Little Witch Academia S2 (episodes 14 - 25) have gone up on Netflix for those that held off till now.

Also, new streaming site called HiDive is out, not tried it to see if its worth the sub cost but it has a lot of the series Amazon grabbed the past 2 seasons or were not easy to stream here (Princess Principal, Made in Abyss, Vatican Miracle Examiner, Grimoire of Zero, Atom the Beginning, Sakurada Reset, Sword Oratoria). It doesnt fill all the gaps in Crunchyrolls lineup but it helps. Also they are airing 3 episodes of Legend of Galactic Heroes each week, so many that its gonna run into the start of 2018.

megaten · 15-08-2017 11:18am

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Also, new streaming site called HiDive is out, not tried it to see if its worth the sub cost but it has a lot of the series Amazon grabbed the past 2 seasons or were not easy to stream here (Princess Principal, Made in Abyss, Vatican Miracle Examiner, Grimoire of Zero, Atom the Beginning, Sakurada Reset, Sword Oratoria). It doesnt fill all the gaps in Crunchyrolls lineup but it helps. Also they are airing 3 episodes of Legend of Galactic Heroes each week, so many that its gonna run into the start of 2018.

They've some good series but launching a streaming service without apps or chromecast is ridiculous. I contacted support and they don't expect them to be ready until Q4 of this year. (Which I guess isn't that far away really)

sniper_samurai · 15-08-2017 11:38am

megaten wrote: »

They've some good series but launching a streaming service without apps or chromecast is ridiculous. I contacted support and they don't expect them to be ready until Q4 of this year. (Which I guess isn't that far away really)

You can watch via the PS4 browser.

Good service from Sentai with a great selection including Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Will be pretty essential going forward seeing as Sentai no longer sublicense their streams to Crunchyroll.

Gingervitis · 12-10-2017 10:27pm

Made in Abyss is fantastic. Best Anime of the year imo. The soundtrack alone is phenomenal.

Gunmonkey · 13-10-2017 11:42pm

Have to say some good series streaming this season:

-Blood Blockade Battlefront S2 is just so good, love it.
-Zodiac War, traditional "12 mercenaries battle-royale" but so far there has been so many twists I dont know who to root for and that makes it better!
-Shokugeki no Soma S3, as a chef I watch it for the info about culinary techniques...and not the "orgasmic fan service" scenes...well, maybe 90% for the culinary info
-Kinos Journey is great, lovely animation and great characters
- Ancient Magus Bride, if Made in Abyss was Ghibli-esque for the likes of Ponyo, Kikis Delivery Service then this is Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle, maybe best animation and music of the season

HiDive have secured Hoozuki no Reitetsu S2 (loved the first season) and Girls Last Tour (honestly dont know what to expect but want to give it a watch) so more reasons to sign up sometime soon.

Netflix are still holding onto Fate: Apocrypa until November, but that will probably only be the first season, and have the nabbed rights for Children of the Whales (looks like a nice adventure yarn) and no word on an air date.

Gunmonkey · 13-10-2017 11:42pm

Have to say some good series streaming this season:

-Blood Blockade Battlefront S2 is just so good, love it.
-Zodiac War, traditional "12 mercenaries battle-royale" but so far there has been so many twists I dont know who to root for and that makes it better!
-Shokugeki no Soma S3, as a chef I watch it for the info about culinary techniques...and not the "orgasmic fan service" scenes...well, maybe 90% for the culinary info
-Kinos Journey is great, lovely animation and great characters
- Ancient Magus Bride, if Made in Abyss was Ghibli-esque for the likes of Ponyo, Kikis Delivery Service then this is Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle, maybe best animation and music of the season

HiDive have secured Hoozuki no Reitetsu S2 (loved the first season) and Girls Last Tour (honestly dont know what to expect but want to give it a watch) so more reasons to sign up sometime soon.

Netflix are still holding onto Fate: Apocrypa until November, but that will probably only be the first season, and have the nabbed rights for Children of the Whales (looks like a nice adventure yarn) and no word on an air date.

Nody · 08-11-2017 9:09am

I'm simply happy that Shokugeki no Soma is back and hope that the arc will run over at least two if not three seasons due to the scope of it.

Potential-Monke · 20-11-2017 4:56am

Roughly 2 months on and I'm at episode 384 of One Piece. What a simply amazing show! Granted, I've skipped the filler episodes, but still shocked I'm this far in.

It's actually put a stop to me watching all my other shows, And has nearly taken over from my gaming, which has never happened!

For anyone wondering, I'm at the Archipelago Arc, just before the Fishman Island Arc. The end of the previous arc,

that Tyrant lad. That is some scary power. I wonder how he'll tackle that. But I thought the same when he was up against nearly all the bosses so far!

Can't wait to see how the rest of it goes!

Sephiroth_dude · 22-11-2017 2:58pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Roughly 2 months on and I'm at episode 384 of One Piece. What a simply amazing show! Granted, I've skipped the filler episodes, but still shocked I'm this far in.

It's actually put a stop to me watching all my other shows, And has nearly taken over from my gaming, which has never happened!

For anyone wondering, I'm at the Archipelago Arc, just before the Fishman Island Arc. The end of the previous arc,
that Tyrant lad. That is some scary power. I wonder how he'll tackle that. But I thought the same when he was up against nearly all the bosses so far!

Can't wait to see how the rest of it goes!

Fair play, was thinking of giving one piece a go myself as I love the games, what episode are they up too now ? are you watching subbed or dubbed?

sniper_samurai · 22-11-2017 3:16pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Fair play, was thinking of giving one piece a go myself as I love the games, what episode are they up too now ? are you watching subbed or dubbed?

This weeks episode will be 815 in Japanese, the English dub is 4-5 episodes behind but still has a gap in the middle before it started being simuldubbed.
If you have a vpn or dns service you can stream it all from Crunchyroll.

Cocksy · 28-11-2017 2:50pm

I'm watching a lot of animes:

Kekkai Sensen & Beyond
Mahou Tsukai no Yome
Inuyashiki

5star02707 · 28-11-2017 3:57pm

Haikyuuu
Shokugeki No Soma
Nanatsu No Taizai

Manora · 28-11-2017 11:00pm

Daughter of Twenty Faces, Black Lagoon, Downloading Baccano this week for watching at the weekend, Casshern Sins and starting Shakugan no Shana this week too.

Also thinking of watching Fate Stay Night.

CastielJ · 30-11-2017 3:20pm

I am watching INUYASHIKI, FOOD WARS! THE THIRD PLATE, KING’S GAME, RECOVERY OF AN MMO JUNKIE

UberPrinny_Baal · 01-12-2017 3:40pm

Not sure if this is 100% relevant to the topic but while looking for something to watch I found a load of old anime on a hard drive (all really awful low res quality) with no idea how I got them and I was wondering if any of these stood out to anyone here as being "Must Watch" or "Absolutely Avoid", to aid the selection process:

Air
Avenger
Beck
Dokuro-chan
Dominion Tank Police
Gatekeepers 21
Genshiken
Gilgamesh
Hundred Stories
Iria
Jungle Guu
Now and Then, Here and There
Onegai Teacher
Patlabor OVA
Rurouni Kenshin OVA
Scrapped Princess
Seitokai no Ichizon

Not to give the appearance of laziness, but I googled every single one of these anime, and they universally got one of two scores: 3.5 stars out of 5 OR 4 stars out of 5. >_<

sniper_samurai · 01-12-2017 3:47pm

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

Not sure if this is 100% relevant to the topic but while looking for something to watch I found a load of old anime on a hard drive (all really awful low res quality) with no idea how I got them and I was wondering if any of these stood out to anyone here as being "Must Watch" or "Absolutely Avoid", to aid the selection process:
Air

Avenger

Beck good

Dokuro-chan meh

Dominion Tank Police good

Gatekeepers 21

Genshiken must watch

Gilgamesh

Hundred Stories

Iria

Jungle Guu

Now and Then, Here and There must watch(bring tissues)

Onegai Teacher

Patlabor OVA must watch

Rurouni Kenshin OVA not great, tone off from rest of series

Scrapped Princess great series, same author as Chaika and Outbreak Company

Seitokai no Ichizon

Not to give the appearance of laziness, but I googled every single one of these anime, and they universally got one of two scores: 3.5 stars out of 5 OR 4 stars out of 5. >_<

Haven't watched any of the others.

UberPrinny_Baal · 01-12-2017 3:53pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Haven't watched any of the others.

Cool thanks, I haven't heard of Chaika and Outbreak Company, but it sounds like you're recommending them as well?

sniper_samurai · 01-12-2017 4:09pm

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

Cool thanks, I haven't heard of Chaika and Outbreak Company, but it sounds like you're recommending them as well?

Depends what you're into. Chaika is a bit of a dark fantasy and Outbreak Company is an isekai moefest. Both can be streamed for free on Crunchyroll(dns or vpn workaround required for Outbreak as its US/Ca only).

megaten · 01-12-2017 6:08pm

Never seen Genshiken but if its as good as the manga its adapted from its absolutely worth watching.

sniper_samurai · 01-12-2017 7:00pm

megaten wrote: »

Never seen Genshiken but if its as good as the manga its adapted from its absolutely worth watching.

It is, and its sequel anime Genshiken 2. The sequel manga Genshiken Second Season on the otherhand...

Sephiroth_dude · 02-12-2017 10:54am

Started bleach again, I remember I was watching it on sky back in 2014/15 but couldn't get into it, I'm loving it so far anyway.

sniper_samurai · 02-12-2017 11:11am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Started bleach again, I remember I was watching it on sky back in 2014/15 but couldn't get into it, I'm loving it so far anyway.

Don't bother after episode 64, goes downhill fast after the Soul Society arc. Even the manga declined sharply afterwards.

UberPrinny_Baal · 02-12-2017 11:23am

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Don't bother after episode 64, goes downhill fast after the Soul Society arc. Even the manga declined sharply afterwards.

I gave up on bleach immediately after the soul society arc, because the next set of villains reeked of filler character design.

Word on the street is that the authour was dragging out the story for ages, so the manga became very unpopular saleswise, as a result the publishers cancelled it and he had to write/draw a rushed ending that left everyone unsatisfied.

I feel like the only "It goes on basically forever" anime I can recommend in good conscience is One Piece. Even the filler in that show is pretty good.

sniper_samurai · 02-12-2017 11:30am

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

I gave up on bleach immediately after the soul society arc, because the next set of villains reeked of filler character design.

Word on the street is that the authour was dragging out the story for ages, so the manga became very unpopular saleswise, as a result the publishers cancelled it and he had to write/draw a rushed ending that left everyone unsatisfied.

Pretty much.

Sephiroth_dude · 02-12-2017 12:11pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Don't bother after episode 64, goes downhill fast after the Soul Society arc. Even the manga declined sharply afterwards.

Was surprised too see the manga only ended in 2016, that's some run!

sniper_samurai · 02-12-2017 12:21pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Was surprised too see the manga only ended in 2016, that's some run!

Yeah, don't know how it lasted so long. Should have ended when

Aizen

was defeated.

What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

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