What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

I think it might be a bit like 00 where it really start until the second cour. I'm curious as to whether some of the inconsistencies are actual mistakes or something intentional.

The time one is the main one.

Gundam has overlooked some key things in the past. In Gundam SEED they were putting the pieces in place for a pretty big battle and then they removed a character from the opening about three episodes before they died in the battle. In SEED Destiny they unmasked a masked character in the opening a few episodes before the big reveal, it was pretty obvious who it was but still.

Attack on titan returned yesterday ,1st episode is an hour long and certainly sets the expectations high for the final season

Back to the anime talk - Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky, was just fed to me on my youtube algorithm. God damn. I ordered the 4K UHD Blu Ray, its a good standalone with very stimulating visuals. I don't think the link was legit, otherwise I'd share it but it was the english dub anyway.

Made me want to see if there were other 4K HD gundam releases... you can find Awakening of the Trailblazer on amazon usa for over $200 :o and I paid $50 for Thunderbolt, and I haven't dealt with customs yet if any.

Me and the wife were discussing some of the absurdities in gundam and that brought us to discussing the strong 'weeb' vibes of gundam seed. I was looking up how to watch it these days and I saw the HD Remake does a lot of changes that seem crap (eg. **** with and dumbing the music choice at the end of the first episode, for no apparent logic) so I actually went and found the OG DVD volumes and started buying those used now, before they become too obscure to find anymore. She's had the first 5 episodes and didn't hate it as much as she thought she would after being completely hooked on Witch from Mercury. It's still not something that aged as well as it could have in my opinion especially all the cut and drag animations 🤣

I’ll check that out there was already a hard scratch on disc 1 I had to forward over some more recycled combat footage to get it going again 🤣

And the hits keep on coming.

I looked for the ultimate seed blu ray and its... way too pricey. Still buying used DVDs and came upon this amazon buyer - now this chucklefuck wanted 3 different shipping charges for what could have been sent in 1 flat rate box. But whatever. I get sent Volume 3 - not Volume 2, volume 3. This is like my childhood all over again, not owning Vol 2 (my friend did) and Amazon is like "uh we sent you Vols 2, 3 and 4" - no, you sent me just the 3rd. Now I have to go through this bullshit redress process with the seller. Amazon's fast gratification failing me.

Then, Amazon Prime Video fucked up the Season 1 of Witch From Mercury - there's no Episode 0 nor Episode 12. I talked to a CSR and they're like there's nothing I can do about this at all. Which was a shame most of the reviews on their site are about this 'glitch.' But CSR did hook me up, after watching most of it on Prime anyway, they gave me a full refund.

And I see that either by this interaction or the amazon algorithm, the price of the 11 episodes plummeted to a mere $3.49 for a minute there 😂 I thought about just rebuying it but... nah. It's already back up to its full price today - and episode 12 is now available. https://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Original-Japanese/dp/B0B6BHDSLV

Well assuming my items actually arrive I spent less than $10 incl shipping on the individual DVDs, so I have basically the same discs as the anime legends box paid for already for less than that $55 bid :) Vol 3. on my desk and the one shown in their picture are the same label and product code:

It's a lovely box though I suppose.

I realized while I was trying to get in touch with the seller of these BTW that I had bought 3, 4 and 5 on Amazon, and Vol 2 on ebay. And Vol 2 still hasn't shipped ;_;

My experiences with both ebay and paypal remain perennially disappointing. Not as fun as the time Paypal froze my living money from my parents because they thought it looked like money laundering, but still, disappointing.

I guess I would call the two similar, if you liked IBO you should be sure to also like WFM. Episode 0 and a few others should still be up on YouTube for a short while.

They did a whole ass livestream of the season (except for the 12th and controversial episode), might come down again after Season 2 gets going or the DVD is for sale

The third party I ordered my vol 2 of seed never shipped.... had to cancel and buy somewhere else.

Went on a bit of an isekai binge lately:

Chillin in my 30s: Quite enjoyable, a nice take on it, relaxed and fun.

The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World: Fairly standard stuff until near the end and it takes a turn, which I enjoyed. The future of this one could be good.

Ningen Fushin: Another slightly different take on the genre but still standard enough.

Iceblade Sorcerer: More standard stuff.

Reborn to Master the Blade: Pretty standard stuff again, but I enjoyed it. Nothing amazing.

Misfit of Demon King Academy: Watched the 6 episodes, shame it's on hiatus.

The Last Summoner: I think it was alright. Kinda annoying sub main character in yer one.

Also got up to date with My Hero, really good season. One Piece trudging along nicely but the old school taking ages approach is just annoying now. So much wasted time. Ending better be worth all this! I worry it's set itself up for a fall, can't imagine what kind of ending would be satisfactory at this stage (I only follow the anime).

Also have Tower of Druaga and Akudama Drive in my recentish history, but can't really remember much of them...