What is your go to place to look up info on manga and anime?

I do not like people who hide behind terminology. Especially not vague terminology.

It’s fine to use terminology, but make sure it’s explained as well. Plus don’t be an ass about it.

I have this vague idea that only truly nice people can be the most heinous of villains. Because they know it’s a role. They know it’s not who they are.

But terrible people just can’t stand the idea that they could be the terrible ones. They want to be the hero, they want to be justified.

I think the terrible thing holds true in real life as well. It’s not common they ever admit to themselves they are just utter failures as human beings.

There’s as always exceptions. Ed Kemper seems to realize what he is, and even turned himself in.

Either way, it’s always funny to see interviews with people having played just awful people and they are lovely :)

There is something deeply satisfying about horrible people getting what they deserve in a show.

A pretty common thing to hear is that “they can’t write women”. Which I don’t disagree with. But, it’s also pretty common that men are written poorly.

I’m starting to think there’s a lot of poor writers out there. Would be stupid to limit the pool of potential writers I’d say.

Just a thought.

What is it with me and ending up watching anime that in one or another way is sad lately. From romcoms (should be romantic tragedies) to a witch version of blade of the immortal (naming a character Faust is a bit on the nose).

I wonder if I’ve missed some new shows.

MBA isekai keeps being such an odd show. The moral and ethical salaryman solves the problem of them day. It’s like a Japanese version of Captain Capitalism :)

It has elves and it’s just 12 episodes and I’ve seen 8, plus it kinda amuses me, so I will finish it. But the whole setup is very much lacking any self awareness.

I wonder when we’ll get Software Engineer Isekai, and Engineer in general Isekai, and Police Isekai, and teacher Isekai, and just more random jobs where people wish they were somewhere were they were appreciated :)

Anyone else wish they had plot armor?

What is your favorite anime opening (music wise really)? Difficultly level: Skip the most obvious big ones like Evangelion. Let’s find some fun ones, maybe some deep cuts :)

https://youtu.be/q_sQUK418mM

Imho there’s a few covers of that song that really pushes it further. Some with better guitars, some with better vocals.

Anyone sitting on any Manga recommendations for those rare 10/10 amazing ones? Difficulty level not ongoing and if you have followed me long enough something that reasonably could interest me.

That said I have a reasonably varied taste.

Zenshu keeps being worth watching. Was going to comment that I like the opening, and when I found out who made it and plays if I fully get why I like it :) Band-maid is great.

Also apparently the writer wrote BNA as well, which I quite liked.

Lastly I am genuinely curious of how much the animation studio in the show looks like MAPPAs. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s really similar. :)

Last observation before sleep.

Has eyes in anime changed? I keep seeing more intricate designs for eyes in all sorts of shows. It’s a cool thing, I just wish I understood the trends in manga and anime styles over the years.

I wonder why anime/manga/(light)novels draw so heavily upon some game concept for the fantasy genre.

There’s ranks, levels, guilds, the church, etc. It’s a very similar system.

While classic Sword and Sorcery, which they all derive from, doesn’t have any of that. I mean it pre-dates D&D so, there’s that, but I’m still surprised that we aren’t seeing any more shows in that style.

A lot of traditional Japanese mythology get these non-game based shows after all. Catgirls, oni, spirits, and shinegami are the same as elves, giants, gnomes, and Hel (the goddess) in this sense.

It’s my favorite genre, so it would be cool to see some more old school ideas come back.

An anime just implied that 60 year olds are generally so old they aren’t clear upstairs anymore. Auch.

Also that cousin is sus.

With the normal weird issue of starting new things instead of finishing something already started (it’s a damn plague with me) I ended up watching the first season of Beastars. I had watched all the shows that haven’t stalled and wanted something new.

Did not expect that. It was a hell of a lot deeper than expected, and the animation quality is really good. One of the better anime I’ve ever seen I’d say.

Always feel a bit like “I found this hidden gem called Neon Gene…” when I go watch something not new and talk about it:) Haven’t seen any mention of it around here.

I’m starting to think that I should fully stop reading YouTube comments. They frustrate me. Not because they are unique, but because it’s one of the few places I do read the comments.

It’s a shame, because there are truly fantastic comments. There’s also naive ones, which I can tolerate. Youth is wasted on the young. Though I fear most of us never change, we just grow older not wiser.

But the straight up dumbass and cocksure comments get to me. I don’t reply, I’m not the type that can convince people by writing a reply. It’s just anxiety at that point really.

One recent example was a very well known and well regarded individual who’ve recorded many great artists. He was talking about Prince, and his absolute control and mastery of music. A total pro was awestruck by another total pro.

Yet in the comments there’s this childish dismissal. “Oh that’s just being a musician” and similar. Let’s be frank, I’m an awful musician. But if you think you can grab a random musician and end up with a Prince, MJ, or Stevie Wonder, you are beyond naive.

And this is still on the lighter side of things, the dumbassery goes far further. To important things.

Mike Tyson might just have been right about social media.

What is everyone playing these days?

Me? Metaphor: Refantazio. But I saw that they patched my dear Stellar Blade. Might have to get the outfits this weekend :)

I was hoping we could get Twillight Princess on the Switch, but dang has it been quiet about that game for a long time now. It’s horribly too expensive on the Wii U (and I don’t like playing on that goofy platform).

*pout*

Reading an old manga and saw a reference to Skylab. Wonder how many get that reference today.

(Skylab was a repurposed Saturn V/Apollo project turned into a space station. A modern reference would have been ISS.)

It’s in general how it can sometimes be more difficult to read old things that have a lot of references to current events. And why I in general think it’s better to stay away from those to make it age better.

I’m going to get out ahead of this one. Playing a female lead in The Witcher IV is awesome and I think it’s a great idea. The game may, or may not be good, but the choice of lead is more than solid.

The trailer looks amazing but it’s pretty much a movie (unreal 5 is used as much by movie and TV as by games after all) on more than likely nvidias top of the line next gen. Who knows, games might look like that when it’s released:)