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Manga:
Same as the previous months, GTO and Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha though I have now reached beyond the point where both anime end. I've been enjoying both of these manga a lot, especially with how difficult it is to even find quality manga.
Anime:
I'm almost done with the original version of Space Battleship Yamato and I have to say that I prefer the remake. Why? Quality wise, both are very good, and the remake's changes to the story are small and overall improvements. On the other hand, you do not get to hear the fantastic OP and ED songs by the GOAT of the 1970s, Isao Sasaki, so often as in the original. Or the rest of the very 70s soundtrack. A+
I have finished You're Under Arrest's first TV season. It is a good episodic action-comedy, and what makes it shine is the supporting cast of characters that do give the sense that the protagonists encounter the same people a lot. Which makes sense, considering they patrol a neighbourhood where people live. Strike Man is gonna be living rent free in my head for good. There are few standout episodes, but also the average quality is high, and you will be entertained. B+
Sailor Moon S(hitpost) is so far my favourite season of the series, and they have done so by embracing the weirdness. Good stuff. A | Cardcaptor Sakura is turning into a comfort anime for me. It's got just the right vibes after a stressful day, and a main plot will probably eventually materialise, beyond the gathering of Clow Cards. Even if it doesn't, that's fine. A+
Once again, I have somehow managed to ignore most of seasonals, which is explicitly something I didn't want to do this time around. I have seen E1 of Mao and I thought it was pretty good. I was also interested in Liar Game and saw E1, but a friend of mine and fellow gambling anime enthusiast dislikes what he saw, so idk. Maybe I'll give it a chance.
Live Action:
Having played the surprisingly good Star Trek Voyager video game Across the Unknown, I've got the Star Trek itch again. So, I went and watched... The Orville. And it turns out that Family Guy Trek is by far the closest thing to the 90s era of Star Trek I have seen, and that includes all other post-2005 Trek series, even the homages like Lower Decks. Hell yeah. A+
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Manga
I got distracted from Dorohedoro and haven't progressed from the 3rd book. Hopefully this month I can get through more.
I started reading the Ghost in the Shell Manga and its very silly but good. When there are serious scenes its honestly has more of an impact, probably because I can focus on the page and analyse whats happening. I may try to read a chapter alongside a book of Dorohedoro this month.
Anime
I watched and completed Angel Beats along with its special episodes. Its an anime I tried watching many years ago but couldn't complete. I'm glad I finally have as it was worth finishing. It was a very bittersweet ending but the following OVAs were very silly so it didn't end up as sad.
The Soundtrack is very, very good and I found my old playlist that I downloaded. Still a good listen to, though some of the songs in the playlist I didn't hear in the show. I remember some rumour that the show was originally supposed to be 26 episodes but cut down to 13 against the interests of the director or writer. Looking again I have no idea where I saw that as most information says it was always written to be 13 episodes.
Blorps
Stalin has continued to show the Berserk shows and I'm very much enjoying the universe. The Memorial Season of the original 1997 series was a bit too fast paced for me mainly as it skipped a few of the early episodes of that original series. Being a CGI anime the animation was serviceable but worse that the original. But the series did tie up its ending and sets up for the following arc, unlike the original.
Now we are continuing with the 2016 Season that follows on from the Golden Age Arc previously shown. The animation is similar quality to the Memorial Season. Guts in this series feels extremely different to all the other characters in this show, the only way I can describe it is that the rest of the cast are from a 2010s anime while Guts is still from 1997.
Garg showed Blue Submarine No 6 a 4 part OVA. It was an decent watch with a combination of CGI and 2d animation but the CGI is really dated.
Others
An animation not an anime, I watch the Soviet Versions of Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. They were a really good watch with very smooth animation and an amazing art style. Also a good soundtrack in both.
it's nice to see someone talking about angel beats and not delving completely in the negatives of it. while i agree that it didn't aged that well and it's a very specific type of show, it has many good things and it's still quite enjoyable to watch
this was probably some kind of cope that got too widespread to justify the shortcommings of the series. if you are familiar with other jun maeda-written anime (charlotte, the day i became god) you will find many of the similar problems mainly having a mundane first half and a rushed, not fully fleshed, hard to follow second one. this gives the impression of somehow cramping a season full of content in just a few episodes (and i did saw many discussions on all those animes where people said the same idea of the episode count being reduced mid production). the reason might be simply that maeda worked mostly on visual novels and was not able to properly translate his writing style into anime.
I thought that might be that why the series was shorter, but when I finished the show it didn't really feel like there could be more to it other than possible arcs developing the other characters. I think the show was fine as it was pacing wise, I don't think there could be another 13 episodes without it ending up as filler. The show feels that its come to the ending arc once Otonoshi figured out who he was and delaying that would have conflicted with exploring other characters.
I do agree the show didn't age that well. Some of the comedy and comments stick out badly now but the general premise of the show is still worth seeing now.
I did not know that Jun Maeda made Charlotte as well, I added that show to my watchlist ages ago but haven't seen it.
i agree that maybe 13 more eps is too much but the series would have benefited from a couple of additional episodes (sadly not doable in the "modern" anime industry). there were lots of side characters that could have been more fleshed out. same with the ending arc that felt a bit rushed
i do totally recommend charlotte even if i have many problems with it. it has an amazing setup and probably one of my favourite soundtracks. it has similar vibes to angel beats but it's a bit more messy in writing so don't hype it much