A new Monday means it is a new general discussion thread. We are at or near the halfway point of the season for most of the winter shows. I plan on dedicating next week’s thread to a midterm report of sorts, so look forward to it! In the meantime, please use this thread to talk about what you have watched recently, any questions you might have, recommendations, or whatever else strikes your fancy. Like usual, a couple examples:
- Are there any shows with more suggestive eyecatches than Bravern?
- Is Metallic Rouge some elaborate experiment to see how long an audience will watch pretty nonsense?
- Is Kensuke from Dungeon Meshi basically a Pokemon that Laios uses to fight?
As always, remember to be mindful of spoilers. If you want to know more about how to handle spoilers in this community, check the guide here (also linked in the sidebar).
Caught up on a few current seasonals and enjoying them a good amount. Frieren, Solo Leveling, and Dangers in my Heart have all been good to great. A smidge behind on Delicious in Dungeon and Apothecary Diaries, but all super good.
Started Vinland Saga from the beginning, and realized that I think the Netflix auto summary (which I accidentally read while trying to start the series) spoiled a major S1 plot point because it was teasing S2. But I’ve never watched any of it, so that super sucks.
Finally got to watching Suzume. I really liked it. Your Name is one of my all time favorites, and Weathering With You was good but not great, so it was really nice that this almost got to some of Your Name’s highs for me. I love the magical realism of Makoto Shinkai’s movies. And this one jumped right into it from the beginning in such a way that I had no idea where it was going to go for such a full length movie. Animation was excellent and I found the characters and journey more believable and relatable than Weathering. It’s on Crunchyroll. Strongly recommended if you haven’t made time for it yet!
Netflix has caught me with those shenanigans before. I also hate how they autoplay trailers all the time when I am just flipping through. I think I know what you are talking about with Vinland Saga though even though I haven’t watched/read it. My wife is a big fan of the manga and we have talked about the series before.
Glad you liked Suzume! It was such a gorgeous piece of animation. I have written before that Suzume is worth the price of admission for the animation alone even if you don’t like the story at all. It is an excellent showpiece of animation as an art form.