No.19067
Glad to see Bahamut is getting two cours. Hopefully won't end up anywhere near as rushed as the first season. Seems kinda weird to me that Granblue is airing at the same time. Not really expecting much from that though, the two episodes released already weren't anything great.
Hyper Rescue Drive Head sounded pretty cool right up to Grade Schoolers.
No.19091
>>19067Looking forward to Bahamut too, though I wonder if it'll have the same level of quality as the first season, being two cours.
>>19082The spurs on the shoes ruin it.
No.19135
Honestly this season looks pretty boring to me. Gonna tough it out with LWA and see if Atom is any good. Maybe work on my backlog.
No.19143
>>19091>The spurs on the shoes ruin it.I'm not sure but it feels almost like the characcter is deliberately overdesigned, there's so much random Imperial crap stuffed onto her. I mean what are those gauntlets even meant to be?
No.19169
>>19064I think Kabukibu!, Uchouten Kazoku 2, Atom, and Shinkegi no Bahamut, Natsume Yujinchou might be good
No.19172
Sakura quest could be good if it's anything like Shirobako.
No.19205
I expected something completely different from Alice to Zouroku's cover picture. What I got was LN-tier setting with fucking JC Staff making it look even worse.
No.19207
>>19206No Victorian SoLs allowed.
No.19209
V3 is out, but even though the jpg is only 6.8MB, the site is saying it's too big to post.
https://neregate.com/blog/2017/01/31/spring-2017-anime/>>19208>>19206The PV I saw gave me the impression that it was a SoL too.
No.19211
>>19209It probably means it is too big as in being 1920x10313.
No.19215
>SnKI guess I'll have to go watch the OVA, because I have no idea why half the scouts are restrained in some building in the middle of nowhere.
>Hero AcademiaThis is just going to be a glorified tournament arc, isn't it?
>GranblueI expected better animation to make up for the cardboard cutout characters, but I didn't get it.
>Alice to ZourokuThose action scenes sure were crappy, especially with those CGI environments from straight out of the 90s. The character designs are nice but the action just isn't well animated or directed. I like the character interactions though.
>Sekai no Yami ZukanYami Shibai: Budget Cuts Edition.
>Frame Arms GirlIt was super interesting, but not for the story, characters, or action.
>>19213>Perhaps I'm a little biased though seeing as I hate the way the models look.I know man. They would've been much better with doll joints.
No.19219
Why do I even bother watching these fujoshit shows each season? I've been doing it for years already and haven't liked a single one.
>>19217He's only 19 years old. The new ground in LNs really has to come in baby steps.
No.19220
>>19219I have been watching them too and even enjoying some of them. But maybe I have just turned gay by this point? Not really enjoying Oushitsu for now, though.
Rokudenashi wasn't much better, but at least it gave me a chuckle, even if it is as generic as it gets for now.
No.19221
>>19220The only part I found funny was when the frog crawled out of his mouth at the start. But at least that's one good moment, I guess.
No.19223
>>19222I am barely keeping my eyes open, but I am here to remind you that you missed Sakura Quest, which is definitely the least generic (looking at Busou, but maybe even both?) and actually properly written (looking at Sakurada… Sagrada… Reset, Why did they change the name?, which is a complete fucking mess of writing).
PA is doing it again. Fun character and fun setting. This just might be fun.
I also forgot about Kobayashi, because I forgot it had one more episode and delete its RSS entry. I will have to watch it when I wake up. I am too fucking tired to watch it now.
No.19228
>>19224From what I understood he found some government project and basically gave them the information and pushed the project forward. It is a little dubious if the government would really have a project like that, why would nothing be happening with it and how open the information was to begin with, but to say the least he didn't come up with it himself. He just found the documents about it and gave it to the factory.
That said many factories and other business can often be quite inept when it comes about how to cut cost, improve efficiency or even what to do with their current production base.
I don't understand why it suddenly decided to go fucking CG, though. God damn it.
No.19230
>>19225I thought you were joking.
This hurts.
No.19250
>>19246no this shit again
No.19251
>>19250It is different! We know they are non-blood related from the beginning and the parents are already dead. They could fuck all day at home and no one will know.
No.19255
Hinako Note wasn't really anything special, but it was cute enough. But man, what was up with that scene where they go to the lake and then suddenly everyone was staring at her? That was uncomfortable as fuck.
Also, Blonde is the best girl, naturally.
>>19246I had more than enough vibes of OreImo while watching this, and the staff confirmed my suspicions. I'm staying as far away from this show as possible.
>>19244I don't like this new MC much, and the tone already seems quite a bit more serious and less jovial than S1. Hopefully we'll get Favaro back before long and things will improve.
No.19256
>>19255That scene was backwards. It would have made sense if she suddenly realized there are people around, got scared, became a scarecrow and only then people looked at her confused. It seems like a mistake, but who knows. Maybe the just didn't make a good job of portraying why people were staring, for example if she was being louder than she was for the viewers.
No.19345
Atom might appeal to Astro Boy fans, but I found it pretty boring. And holy shit the anatomy was so bad whenever the MC had his clothes off.
>>19308I like this season. Shuumatsu-long-name was actually pretty good, too. Shame all the lolis are going to die, given the intro.
No.19386
>>19383I somewhat like it as well. Nothing unexpected would probably ever happen, but there is some charm to its purity.
No.19430
>>19413But is the show good.
No.19431
>>19430It is okay. If you like dumb/silly mahou shoujo, but not too dumb, nor too silly, then it is okay.
No.19519
>>19405I'm catching up tonight. I've only watched the first pisode, and though I fucking hate kabuki, I love me some CLAMP designs. Hopefully the show will grow on me.
So if nothing else, note that at least another human being is watching too.
No.19520
>>19519What reason do you have to hate kabuki? I mean, the average person would have not even seen a full minute of kabuki, even less be able to hate it.
It is definitely not about eating cakes, but aren't burying us with kabuki either as the characters have been mostly just figuring stuff out, which seems to be one of the main points of the series - how to make kabuki more appealing to the modern audience. It is also kind of interesting to see how something that was for common people is now consider high-art that plebs can't understand.
Generally the characters are likeable, so I would say I am enjoying it and learning a thing or two. It is basically Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, but in high school and less tragic.
No.19528
>>19520I am actually counting on this show having the same effect that Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu had on me. I hated Rakugo too. I'm an oldfag long past the honeymoon phase with Japanese culture, during which I tried the full japanese experience of kabuki, rakugo, sumo, temples and so on. And holy fuck did I not feel japanese enough for Rakugo and kabuki.
But my love for Akira Ishida's voice was stronger than my disdain for extremely japanese stories, so I decided to "put up" with the show, only to end up crying bitch tears at the end of it, because goddamnit, I'm so glad Yakumo died a happy man.
I can now also pronounce the entirety of Jugemu's goddamn name.
In the case of kabuki, it's the pronounciation. You know what I mean. But I'm keeping my mind open, and hoping that the CLAMP designs will lead me to new frontiers the same way Ishida monologuing for an entire season did.
>>19526Am also watching this show. It's fucking cute!
No.19529
>>19528>In the case of kabuki, it's the pronounciation.After watching the first episode of Kabukibu I tried looking up why kabuki has them speak in such a bizarre and exaggerated manner, particularly in regards to the tones and inflections of the voice, but I couldn't find a damn thing.
I certainly like rakugo a lot more as an art form since it doesn't do that, at least as far as I've seen.
No.19531
>>19529Most probably tradition.
>>19528>It's fucking cute!Yep. However, it doesn't have extraordinarily good writing, you don't get too attached to the characters, and, most importantly, I'm still afraid of the edgy backstory of the Mary Sue teacher. He's tailor made to not be taken seriously, and that works perfectly (see pic related). Then why did the author feel the need to hint at srsbsns drama?
No.19534
>>19531>Most probably tradition.Well that's obviously why they still do it now, but how did it even come about in the first place? It's not like all Japanese people used to speak like that all the time.
No.19536
>>19534Exaggeration, like everything else in kabuki. I doubt that there is any special reason beyond that. I would be more interest to hear if it started with the woman that created it or it was added by the male-only performers later. If anything the woman might have used it to not sound meek if she did ever male roles herself.
Also the fact that they have a very popular female actor in the club is kind of ironic, because as I have heard one of the main reasons for the prohibitions of women actors was that they were gathering a lot of violent fans. Though later the same happened with the young man that were playing the female roles.
No.19541
>>19536So idolfags and trapfags have been around since forever?
No.19573
>>19572I watched One Room so I have no excuse to not watch this one too.
No.19587
This is a triple distillation of the harem genre.
1) Every episode could have used enough fluffing to make at least two episodes out of it.
2) Who needs a huge harem? You want to go through the checklist of harem archetypes, not something else
- tsundere
- yandere
- genki
- baka
- meddlesome
- ojou-sama
- imouto
- yuri
- fujoshi
- "don't understand love"
- incest
- sports girl
- tomboy
- flat
- big tits
and so on… why use 15 characters, one for each archetype? Make three characters, each combining as many cliches as possible!
3) What's this? Harems often have slapstick? But it's bothersome to explain away the bodily harm each and every time. Make all the characters immortal! Similar in implementation are also the other tangentially related cliches, like other couples happening actual romance.
It's quite the shitty adaptation anyway: the start especially could have used to be a lot smarter. The premise went from zero to awesome in the first twelve minutes, yeah, but it was quite the awful first episode, and I feel the blame is squarely on the director. That being said, I have the feeling the source material isn't significantly better. Though if we go by
>>19227 , at least the source has more cosplay in it.
No.19595
>>19572I'm watching it too, just too embarrassed to admit it most days.
No.19626
>>19624How is this even a question?
No.19627
>>19626He's still a kid. He has much to learn about the superiority of DFC.
No.19653
>>19652I don't even recognize most of the characters, but who needs anyone else than Miracle Hoshitani.
No.19700
>>19699Do you have more?
Looks good anon.
No.19703
>>19699They do look tasty. Too bad I don't know what half the ingredients are for most of them. Maybe I have them near me or not, without subs, that random white powder could be anything from starch to cocaine.
No.19706
>>19700I didn't, but I made this one now. I haven't webm'd any recipe that I really didn't see myself making.
>>19703Well, aren't you the lucky guy then, because it just so happens I have a project that I want to procrastinate from so I went ahead and translated all the recipes so far.
https://p.teknik.io/pnRsm No.19713
>>19706You beautiful procrastinating bastard.
May the deer God bless you with a plentiful harvest.>>19706
No.19841
Been meaning to post about this anime for a while.
One thing you have to admit, it delivers on its promise. If you want to see a girl beating boys, well, yeah, you'll see that alright. I also must say that something about the writing or direction must be well done, because the episodes always draw me in and feel shorter than they are. I've watched some 4-minute anime that felt 8-minute long, and this is the opposite. I'm also reminded of Tantei Team KZ - I liked that one but every episode felt longer than it was, in the bad sense I mean.
Another thing: like any sane man, I enjoy my dose of shoujo romance once in a while. The more teenage/adult-oriented "smorgasbord of handsome boys" type of anime, like those recent idol shows, do nothing to me, however. I just can't be interested in any of the boys.
Well, this is an exception. This green male Koitus-kun does things to my heart.
All in all, not too bad. A moderate amount of dokidoki, oddly combined with small amounts of quite watchable action.
No.19842
>>19841Well it is not really a romance anime, even if it with the idea of girls liking the boys in it. Most of the interactions are on the level of bromance with (female) Hikaru feeling embarrassed on her own.
But while we are talking about shoujo series with male casts I should name a few.
Kimi to Boku is pretty good, though the characters are not nearly as manly as in Kenka Banchou, but probably not too far form the regular faggish Japanese boys either. It is a little slow in the beginning, but it gets to some very interesting stories and interactions (with girls). It has a very shoujo slow atmospheric animation and a great OST with it.
Then there is the Nijiiro Days. It has even more interactions between boys and girls with some very legit couples going on. It has a more comedic nature and the characters are more energetic than Kimi to Boku, so it is not as "comfy" perhaps.
And then there is Shounen Hollywood. Despite being about a male idol group and written by a woman it probably has the most realistic portrayal of teenage boys I have ever seen. It is a little slow with the character introduction episodes, but even they have their moments. It is very philosophic, in the sense it lets the characters question what they are doing a lot, without it coming as annoying drama, but proper character growth. In other words, young man finding their place in society. It is very unique in that sense. It also has some very nice and somewhat unique idol elements including some episodes where the whole episode is talk show, or a play or something without dealing with behind the scene events, but just letting us see them in action.
No.19879
>>19706>>19703>>19700Season over, here's the updated version with all recipes.
https://p.teknik.io/TB3SiBy the way, I ended up dropping that project.