• zabadoh@ani.socialOP
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    5 months ago

    Best of the season, for me:

    • Delicious in Dungeon - No argument, what a great show!

    • Fable, The - Great characters! Low lifes, crime, it’s a funny take on a yakuza noir.

    • Laid-Back Camp Season 3 - Too comfy to not eagerly anticipate every week.

    • Tonari no Yokai-san - Damned onion cutting every other episode.

    • Viral Hit - Really well written plot with relatable characters. The drama of “How’s Hobin going to get out of this?” in each story arc was well done.

    • Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? - Snappy dialogue, and a very creative world

    • WIND BREAKER - This season’s best fight show. The parody concept might be wearing a bit thin, but we’ll see…

    Finished, or will probably finish because they’re okay or just okay:

    • DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION - Okay so far, it’s a bit boring, but the girls are well written.

    • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc - It’s been a bit boring this season

    • Girls Band Cry - The best animated CG characters I’ve ever seen, they have such personality. The music is a letdown though.

    • GO! GO! Loser Ranger! - I thought this should be better, but it’s missing something…

    • Gods’ Games We Play - When they’re not playing games, it just drags, and the characters all have the flavor of cardboard

    • Kaiju No.8 - Great fight direction, okay writing

    • Re:Monster - Progress? It’s about all this show has to offer. The writers have an Anos Voldigoad problem in that Gobrou is basically invincible.

    • Salad Bowl of Eccentrics, A - Tackling modern social topics was a great idea, but they seem to have run out of steam.

    • Sound! Euphonium 3 - Some beautiful animation, but I find the writing a bit pretentious.

    Watched a couple of episodes, stopped watching, and feel guilty about it…

    • Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night - Why am I watching Girls Band Cry instead of this? I hear the music’s better over here.

    • Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF - I don’t get it. Too many other shows that are more interesting.

    • T・P Bon - I love time travel, but since this started in the middle of the season, my viewing time was cluttered already.

    • Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio, The - This actually looks like a good character study, but there’s so much more going on this season…

    Watched a couple of episodes, but lost interest:

    • As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World

    • Astro Note - Great art, but too slow developing the plot.

    • BARTENDER Glass of God - All the alcoholic drink talk bored me.

    • Grandpa and Grandma Turn Young Again - That one joke got old.

    • HIGHSPEED Étoile - I love auto racing, but this had awful writing and CG character animation.

    • NEW GATE, THE - Started strong as an alt universe SAO, but ran out of ideas

    • Oblivion Battery - It’s quite popular in Japan, but I didn’t get the sense of humor

    • Rinkai! - It’s actually watchable, but a little too typical sports show…

    • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3

    • Tonbo! - Magical golf girl was supposed to generate a sense of wonder, but I just lost interest

    • Misfit of Demon King Academy II (Cour 2), The - Same old invincible Anos Voldigoad. I actually kept watching a couple of episodes after stopping posting on the threads, but same old same old.

    Watched one episode, insta-dropped it:

    • Blue Archive The Animation

    • Date A Live V

    • Mahjong Soul KAN!!

    • Mission: Yozakura Family

    • Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included

    Should have watched, but didn’t, because ??? and feeling a little guilty about it…

    • Chibi Godzilla Raids Again Season 2

    • KONOSUBA -God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3

    • My Hero Academia Season 7

    • TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- Season 2

    Didn’t start, no interest:

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    • Archdemon s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride, An

    • Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases, The

    • Black Butler: Public School Arc

    • Chillin in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers

    • Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3, The

    • I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability

    • Fushigi Dagashiya: Zenitendou

    • Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf

    • Gintama on Theater 2D: Ikkoku Keisei-hen

    • Grrr Grrr Tummy

    • Hanakappa

    • Himitsu no AiPri

    • Holo no Graffiti

    • I.CINNAMOROLL Animation

    • iDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS, THE

    • Irregular at Magic High School Season 3, The

    • Kumarba

    • Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2

    • My Oni Girl

    • Mysterious Disappearances

    • NIJIYON ANIMATION Season 2

    • Ninjala the Animation

    • Nyaaaanvy

    • ONE PIECE

    • Oomuro-ke: dear friends

    • Pokémon Horizons: The Series

    • Prince Mackaroo

    • RABBITS KINGDOM THE MOVIE

    • Sai-Kyo-Oh! Zukan: The Ultimate Battles

    • Sazae-san

    • Shadowverse Flame: Arc-hen

    • SHIBUYA♡HACHI

    • Shimajiro: A Wonderful Adventure

    • Shin Chan

    • Shinkalion: Change the World

    • Sore Ike! Anpanman

    • Suu-funkan no Yell wo

    • Tadaima, Okaeri

    • Tousouchuu: Great Mission

    • Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira

    • Unnamed Memory

    • Urusei Yatsura (2022) Season 3

    • Vampire Dormitory

    • Whisper Me a Love Song

    • Wonderful Precure!

    • YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master

    • YouTuNya 2

    • Yozakura-san Chi no Mini Sakusen

    • Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Go Rush!!

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      5 months ago

      Agree about Spice and Wolf so far. I have kept watching based on the fantastic reputation the first show has (that I haven’t watched), but this season has so far not really connected with me. If it wasn’t “Spice and Wolf”, then I would have dropped it by now.

      The one thing that any music anime has to do right in my opinion is the music. So, it is a shame to hear that Girls Band Cry doesn’t deliver on that front. I don’t typically watch music shows, but I was debating checking this one out since I heard good things about the CG. So, I might just check out Trigun Stampede or something else instead.

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        4 months ago

        RE: Music anime

        I am judging by the perhaps unreasonable standard of Paripi Koumei’s outstanding soundtrack and its songs’ perfect integration into its story, but to be fair the best feature of GBC’s band songs are the vocals.

        Unfortunately GBC’s music was over-produced to emphasize the vocals and didn’t match the locations where the girls were playing, e.g. on the sidewalk, or a small stage in the open air. I also felt that the focus on the vocals wasn’t fair to the other band members whom the story worked so hard to recruit.

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        4 months ago

        I don’t disagree with you, but I was deliberately following more shows this season to populate this /c with content and keep show threads alive.