The Anime Society Thread 6

End of the autumn season nearly. Can't say I'm going to look back on this one too favourably tbh. Dropped everything bar One-Punch Man and Sereph part 2.

OPM is pretty decent but I'm still very confused by the levels of hype its getting. The story is original and fun but has also felt repetitive and predictable. The animation can be really good, and is generally no less than you'd expect from Madhouse, but there have been a few occasions we've had panning still shots mid-fight. The audio is fine, at the level you'd expect but nothing special either. It's also going to end on an incomplete note, so the introduction to characters like Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask and some of the S ranks has felt pointless. That's not animators' fault but that's what happens when you're working with incomplete source material. I dunno, everything is above average but it's not pushing any boundaries for me. I'd give it about 7/10 right now.

Surprised to find myself enjoying Seraph of the End as I thought the first part was horrible, but everything has improved this cour. Better story, better animation, better character development - though that hasn't stopped Yuu from being just as unlikable. I think it's more that we've finally got what we've been waiting for since the end of episode 1, and it feels like the plot is actually advancing, rather than watching forced school scenes and stories about killing fodder vampires. Looking forward to the final few episodes, think it's gonna end strongly.

Finished watching Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon) today. 10/10. Anyone else watched it? Hard to believe it was also created by Hiromu Arakawa (also creator of FMA), since the feel is so different. Very nice. No other way to describe it; it's just nice to watch and quite funny in some parts ^^

Has anyone else here watched another, enjoyed it quite a lot. Had a nice plot, an overall 8/10 anime imo

Yeah, I quite liked it as well, personally. Especially the twist at the end!

You've watched everything! Haha, I was wondering if you could help me out. In this video, I want to know which anime the girl in 0:34 is from, and also the girls in 1:13 with the contract x
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Yeah, I quite liked it as well, personally. Especially the twist at the end!

As for the latter, the first series was one of the aforementioned 'rage about on my blog' shows, so I'm glad to see it improve to the extent that I actually look forward to it each week, and will miss it once its over!

haha it's been so long that I think I've forgotten the twist . On another note, could u recommend me any psychological anime. I'm a huge fan of stuff like steins gate, death note, code geass, parasyte, mirai nikki, psycho pass , zankyou no terror etc. You seem like the anime King here so I'm sure you'd have something for me😀😀

I'll try my best. I'd recommend any of the following:

Monster - Slow to build up, but it all pays off eventually.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Not your average magical girl show.

Bokurano - Not your average mech show.

Selector Infected WIXOSS - Not your average card game show? These three all take well-established genres and tropes, and take them into creepy territory.

Shiki - Underrated, in my opinion.

In unrelated news, D.Gray-man is getting a new anime series.

Can't believe I was one of the top posters in the last thread I surely didn't post that much did I?

Seconding Selector Infected Wixoss. It's a really good show.