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newsintheshell · 6 months

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📌 GUIDA ANIME - STAGIONE AUTUNNO 2023 🎃

Tutte le serie e i film in uscita fra ottobre e dicembre, in streaming, al cinema e in home video, in un unico posto! 🗓️

Ogni tre mesi esce così tanta roba nuova che è difficile tenere effettivamente traccia di quello che ti piacerebbe vedere. Millemila serie, sparse per millemila servizi di streaming diversi, rilasciate a cadenza settimanale, divise in parti grandi e piccole o complete da maratonare tutte in una volta!

Sarebbe utile una sorta di ideale guida tv omnicomprensiva, vero? Magari con dentro anche le rare e brevi proiezioni al cinema e le varie uscite in home video. Ottimo, ho proprio quello che fa al caso vostro! Non sarà la guida più fancy del web, ma ho cercato di essere il più completo possibile; di seguito trovate tutte le novità di ottobre, novembre e dicembre. Se la trovate utile scuoricinate, spolliciate, condividete, rebloggate, mettete fra i preferiti, passate parola... Tutto insieme o non fate nulla, è lo stesso. Come sempre, però, grazie di essere passati! 🫡

Il calendario è in continuo aggiornamento e giorni e orari di alcune serie potrebbero cambiare, quindi se notate errori o mancanze, segnalatemeli pure qua o sui social.

IN CORSO

DA DICEMBRE THE DAILY LIFE OF THE IMMORTAL KING (Stagione 4)

LUNEDÌ

14:30 STARDUST TELEPATH - GUARDA ORA 15:30 MIGI&DALI - GUARDA ORA 16:30 IL MISTERO DI RON KAMONOHASHI - GUARDA ORA 16:45 KAWAGOE BOYS SING: NOW OR NEVER - GUARDA ORA 17:30 DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY (Parte 2) - GUARDA ORA 18:00 SHY - GUARDA ORA 18:30 I'M IN LOVE WITH THE VILLAINESS - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 18:45! 19:00 A PLAYTHROUGH OF A CERTAIN DUDE'S VRMMO LIFE - GUARDA ORA

MARTEDÌ

17:00 PARADOX LIVE THE ANIMATION - GUARDA ORA 17:30 THE SAINTʼS MAGIC POWER IS OMNIPOTENT (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 20:00 HANAKO-KUN: IL DOPOSCUOLA DELL'ACCADEMIA KAMOME - GUARDA ORA

MERCOLEDÌ

14:00 HEAVEN OFFICIAL’S BLESSING (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 15:00 BULLBUSTER - GUARDA ORA 15:15 I'M GIVING THE DISGRACED NOBLE LADY I RESCUED A CRASH COURSE IN NAUGHTINESS - GUARDA ORA 18:00 UMAMUSUME: PRETTY DERBY (Stagione 3) - GUARDA ORA 18:45 KIZUNA NO ALLELE (Parte 2) - GUARDA ORA 19:00 16BIT SENSATION: ANOTHER LAYER - GUARDA ORA 19:25 KAMIERABI GOD.APP - GUARDA ORA 22:00 REBORN AS A VENDING MACHINE, I NOW WANDER THE DUNGEON - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata!

GIOVEDÌ

16:00 MY DAUGHTER LEFT THE NEST AND RETURNED AN S-RANK ADVENTURER - GUARDA ORA 16:30 DR. STONE (Stagione 3 - Parte 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 16:45! 17:00 THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE (Stagione 2 - Parte 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 22:00! 18:00 I QUATTRO FRATELLI YUZUKI - GUARDA ORA 18:15 LEI E IL SUO CANE DA GUARDIA - GUARDA ORA 19:00 JUJUTSU KAISEN (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 22:30! 19:45 UNDER NINJA - GUARDA ORA 20:00 RUROUNI KENSHIN - GUARDA ORA 21:00 THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata!

VENERDÌ

01:00 LINK CLICK (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata! 14:30 THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO (Stagione 3) - GUARDA ORA 16:30 OUR DATING STORY: THE EXPERIENCED YOU AND THE INEXPERIENCED ME - GUARDA ORA 17:00 FRIEREN - OLTRE LA FINE DEL VIAGGIO - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 21:30! 17:30 LET ME CHECK THE WALKTHROUGH FIRST - GUARDA ORA 18:30 REIGN OF THE SEVEN SPELLBLADES - GUARDA ORA 18:30 HYPNOSISMIC -DIVISION RAP BATTLE- RHYME ANIMA (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 19:00 ARKNIGHTS (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 19:30 THE KINGDOMS OF RUIN - GUARDA ORA 21:00 GIRLFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA

SABATO

04:30 SHADOWVERSE FLAME - GUARDA ORA 11:00 FIREFIGHTER DAIGO: RESCUER IN ORANGE - GUARDA ORA 13:45 POWER OF HOPE: PRECURE FULL BLOOM - GUARDA ORA 15:30 THE FARAWAY PALADIN (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 17:30 SPY X FAMILY (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 21:00! 18:00 MY NEW BOSS IS GOOFY - GUARDA ORA 18:15 TEARMOON EMPIRE - GUARDA ORA 18:30 A RETURNER'S MAGIC SHOULD BE SPECIAL - GUARDA ORA 19:00 BUTAREBA: THE STORY OF A MAN TURNED INTO A PIG - GUARDA ORA 19:30 I SHALL SURVIVE USING POTIONS! - GUARDA ORA 20:15 IL MONOLOGO DELLA SPEZIALE - GUARDA ORA

DOMENICA

03:45 THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! - GUARDA ORA 11:00 CAPTAIN TSUBASA (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA 11:30 SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER - GUARDA ORA ※ La versione doppiata arriva alle 21:00! 16:00 THE 100 GIRLFRIENDS WHO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU - GUARDA ORA 16:15 THE FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE IRREGULAR WITCH - GUARDA ORA 16:30 OVERTAKE! - GUARDA ORA 16:45 ONE PIECE - GUARDA ORA 17:30 BERSERK OF GLUTTONY - GUARDA ORA 18:00 MF GHOST - GUARDA ORA 19:15 MUSHOKU TENSEI: JOBLESS REINCARNATION (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata! 21:45 ZOM 100: BUCKET LIST OF THE DEAD - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata! 22:30 DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA (Stagione 3) - GUARDA ORA ※ Versione doppiata!

COMPLETI

31 OTTOBRE THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME: VISIONS OF COLEUS

5 NOVEMBRE ATTACK ON TITAN: FINAL SEASON - THE FINAL CHAPTERS (Parte 2)

17 NOVEMBRE SUZUME

5 DICEMBRE THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME: VISIONS OF COLEUS

15 DICEMBRE PSYCHO-PASS: PROVIDENCE

22 DICEMBRE KAINA OF THE GREAT SNOW SEA: STAR SAGE 🆕

27 DICEMBRE DROPKICK ON MY DEVIL!!: APOCALYPSE DAY

29 DICEMBRE BURN THE WITCH #0.8 🆕

IN CORSO

VENERDÌ

21:00 GOBLIN SLAYER (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA

COMPLETI

31 OTTOBRE SOUL EATER

1 NOVEMBRE

CITY HUNTER (Terza e Quarta Stagione)

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (Prima Stagione)

2 NOVEMBRE

DRAGON BALL (Prima Stagione)

DRAGON BALL Z (Prima Stagione)

7 NOVEMBRE SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE: SCHERZO OF DEEP NIGHT ※ Solo acquisto o noleggio

8 NOVEMBRE EVANGELION 3.0+1.11 THRICE UPON A TIME (Versione Dynit) ※ Solo acquisto o noleggio

1 DICEMBRE FAIRY TAIL (Stagione 5 e 6)

9 DICEMBRE

DRAGON BALL (Seconda Stagione)

DRAGON BALL: IL TORNEO DI MIIFAN

1 GENNAIO NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (Terza Stagione) 🆕

IN CORSO

LUNEDÌ

19:30 LO SPADACCINO DEMONIACO ALL'ACCADEMIA DELLE ARMI SACRE - GUARDA ORA

MARTEDÌ

19:30 HELCK - GUARDA ORA

MERCOLEDÌ

16:30 THE EMINENCE IN SHADOW - UN GIORNO SARÒ L'EMINENZA GRIGIA (Stagione 2) - GUARDA ORA

SABATO

16:30 I TORMENTI DELLA VAMPIRA RECLUSA - GUARDA ORA 19:30 PROTOCOL: RAIN - GUARDA ORA 19:30 RAGNA CRIMSON - GUARDA ORA

DOMENICA

20:00 DARK GATHERING - GUARDA ORA

Latecast / Recuperi

LUNEDÌ SLAYERS

MARTEDÌ

IL CAVALIERE DELL'AREA DI RIGORE

THE DANGERS IN MY HEART (Stagione 1) ※ Versione doppiata!

MERCOLEDÌ

KEN IL GUERRIERO

I CAVALIERI DELLO ZODIACO - SAINT SEYA: SOUL OF GOLD

GIOVEDÌ TUTOR HITMAN REBORN ※ Versione doppiata!

VENERDÌ USHIO E TORA ※ Versione doppiata!

COMPLETI

8 OTTOBRE LUPIN THE 3RD - SPADA ZANTETSU, INFUOCATI!

9 NOVEMBRE HEN - BIZZARRO

15 DICEMBRE CYBORG 009 - LA LEGGENDA DELLA SUPERGALASSIA 🆕

IN CORSO

IN ARRIVO (Soon™) THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: FOUR KNIGHTS OF THE APOCALYPSE

COMPLETI

12 OTTOBRE GOOD NIGHT WORLD - GUARDA ORA

19 OTTOBRE CAPTAIN LASERHAWK: A BLOOD DRAGON REMIX - GUARDA ORA

26 OTTOBRE PLUTO - GUARDA ORA

2 NOVEMBRE ONIMUSHA - GUARDA ORA

3 NOVEMBRE BLUE EYE SAMURAI - GUARDA ORA

9 NOVEMBRE AKUMA-KUN - GUARDA ORA

17 NOVEMBRE SCOTT PILGRIM: LA SERIE - GUARDA ORA

23 NOVEMBRE MY DAEMON - GUARDA ORA

24 NOVEMBRE POKÉMON: MAESTRO DI POKÉMON - LA SERIE - GUARDA ORA

28 NOVEMBRE ONMYOJI - GUARDA ORA

14 DICEMBRE YU YU HAKUSHO (Live Action) - GUARDA ORA 🆕

28 DICEMBRE LA CONCIERGE POKÉMON - GUARDA ORA 🆕

IN CORSO

TOKYO REVENGERS (Stagione 3 - Tenkiju Ar) - GUARDA ORA

UNDEAD UNLUCK - GUARDA ORA 🆕

COMPLETI

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4 OTTOBRE HUNTER X HUNTER (Parte 5) - ACQUISTA

11 OTTOBRE LUPIN III - TV MOVIE COLLECTION 1992-1994 - ACQUISTA

25 OTTOBRE OVERLORD (Stagione 1) - ACQUISTA

26 OTTOBRE DRAGON BALL SUPER (Parte 5) - ACQUISTA

1 NOVEMBRE

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD (Edizione Gate of Truth) - ACQUISTA

EVANGELION 3.0+1.11 THRICE UPON A TIME (Edizione First Press) - ACQUISTA

SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE: SCHERZO OF DEEP NIGHT (Limited Edition) - ACQUISTA

8 NOVEMBRE

BERSERK - LA SERIE TV (Ristampa Variant Art) - ACQUISTA

FINAL FANTASY XV - KINGSGLAIVE (4K UHD+HD) - ACQUISTA

15 NOVEMBRE

DRAGON BALL SUPER (Parte 6) - ACQUISTA

23 NOVEMBRE 21 DICEMBRE ROCKY JOE (Stagione 2 - Parte 1) - ACQUISTA

29 NOVEMBRE

BLEACH (Arc 14: Fall Of The Arrancar) - ACQUISTA

SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK - ACQUISTA

11 DICEMBRE IL CASTELLO INVISIBILE - ACQUISTA 🆕

DAL 12 OTTOBRE INU-OH - ELENCO SALE

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lovegenom · 6 months

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Listened to daigo stardust for an hour STRAIGHT while studying today. I felt like i was going crazy. Hes pretty though. Stars and d*trance were my fave songs of his but i liked more i just cba to remember!

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zhao-tianyou · 2 years

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ok i extend the yakuza ask to everyone in the series you want to fuck. you can say why if you want to

This is going to be lengthy so more after the jump!

Akira Nishikiyama

Daigo Dojima

Daimu Akutsu

Fumiya Sugiura

Homare Nishitani

Issei Hoshino

Jin Kuwana

Jo Sawashiro

Joon-gi Han (Y6)

Joon-gi Han/Yeonsu Kim (Y7)

Kaito Masaharu

Kazuki (the Stardust dude)

Kazuki Soma

Kazuya Ayabe

Koji Shindo

Kyoya Sadamoto

Makoto Date

Masaru Sera

Masayoshi Tanamura

Osamu Kashiwagi

Rikiya Shimabukuro

Ryuji Goda

Shun Akiyama

Shusuke Kenmochi

Taiga Saejima

Takayuki Yagami

Takumi Someya

Tesso

Tetsu Tachibana

Tianyou Zhao

Toru Higashi

#message #messages #thanks anon!

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eurofox · 1 year

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Yakuza 6 review

I finally made my way through them all. I have some mixed feelings on this one however. I don’t know if i’ll bother with 7 with the turnbased combat so I’ll move on to judgement instead.

Spoilers:

The good shit:

Fully voiced substories are great

Looks good

I like the dragon engine, ragdolling people is funny

Onomichi is easy enough to navigate and makes a nice change of pace

The Hirose crew is likeable, once again I’m impressed by how they make characters who should be annoying as fuck likeable.

Daigo gets a nice letter acknowledging all the bullshit Kiryu put him through

Kiryu and Haruto interactions are funny and cute

Onomichio

Peak dad Kiryu

THat jingweon guy was kind of cool, especially his battle theme.

Throwing exploding barrels is great

Troublr was an ok distraction

Akiyama finally calling Kiryu out on his dumb bullshit and having one of the funniest fights in the series.

The baby tossing scene was hilarious

Date thinking ahead for once, doesn’t work but hey, he tried

Yomei alliance being neutral was interesting until it went off the deep end.

I like the way food is implemented in this game

I actually got into clan creator once I realised you could use codes (daigo’s code being Kiryusavemepleaz killed me)

Big Lo was a bit of a change when it came to villains, he deserved more time.

Yuta wasn’t too bad. He’s a total dumbass sure, but he’s sound.

Stardust being turned into a male strip club/brothel thing. Twist on the usual formula

Ghost photos

The Bad Shit:

I like the Dragon engine but it felt unpolished here compared to K2. Real lack of heat moves.

Sugai putting that ugly ass table in the Tojo Clan HQ. Fuck outta here with that

Very weak soundtrack, Theory of beauty is all that stood out to me. Shame as most of the series has a fantastic soundtrack

That weird gimp in the brothel long battle. WTF was that about. I looked it up and apparently he’s some kind of running joke but it just felt dumb and out of place.

The Yomei captain was boring as a character and sucked as a boss. I beat his ass flat in 2 mins.

Baseball minigame fucking sucks

Hard to trigger some substories

Where the fuck is my drugstore? I need my staminan royales

Game in general feels kind of unfinished, lots of Kamurocho being inaccessible for example. Important events happening off-screen, like the Tojo boss’s all getting arrested.

Someya is weirdly popular for a guy who beat his wife. And his death is pointless lmao

Honestly, a lot of issues with the plot in general, made all the worse by the fact this is supposed to be a send off for Kiryu:

Starting off with him going to jail, again for some bullshit about ‘responsibility’. Daigo says he can get him off but noooooooo, he chooses to abandon the kids again, when they really need him.

Repeat of 2 with everyone being Chinese instead of Korean

Haruka gets daigo’d and spends most of the game in a coma and her final reunion with Kiryu is an anti-climax. He risks her BF’s life in a stupid battle in Millenium tower after he said he wanted them to be there for Haruto. Then he let’s her think he’s dead. I was never the biggest haruka fan but she deserved better.

The age of some of these characters was just silly. A 90 year old making a triad boss quake in his boots? Dumb. I think someone on the development team has an interest in WW2 and wanted to shoehorn it in somehow even if it made things absurd.

Kiryu feels sidelined in his own send off for the secret of onomichi bollocks.

Majima, Saejima and Daigo get shafted in this. They appear in the beginning and then are just gone until the epilogue. That’s the 3rd time Saejima is jailed, ENOUGH. That was disappointing. At least Daigo get’s a letter. They got pushed aside for the Hirose boys and although I like them it kind of sucks.

Why doesn’t Akiyama hide somewhere else instead of living in a sewer. That felt silly.

I never liked the Florist or purgatory but the way he was just absent in this game, when you are looking for people, makes no sense. Wrote themselves into a corner there.

Hirose is just Kazama 2.0, which was the point I guess, but why is everyone so cool with father figures who murdered their real dads in this series.

Kiyomi added very little to this story. Same with Someya tbh. He does point out Kiryu’s dumb luck when it comes to plans working out and explains why the yakuza are changing.

The whole of onomichio not telling Kiryu that haruka had been there all along, Really now.

Honestly the triad felt really intimidating at the beginning but their story fizzled out in favour of that damn boat conspiracy. Sugai eventually felt like an afterthought. I wish they just focused on the Tojo/triad stuff and left the boat crap for another game

The shit with the Fixer I was confused by. Surely anyone involved is old as shit now. That boat is very outdated at this stage.

Kiryu abandoning everyone seemed silly, the kids only got to see him for a day. At least Date gives out to him about it.

Yeah so although the game was fun, some of the best substories, the plot as a whole felt messy and unfocused and the ending was lukewarm (plus it seems Kiryu comes back after all, so lol). The new gang was strong for the most part, but it came at the expense of the old Tojo crew, who just get arrested off-screen and do nothing, only appearing in the last second. Kiryu makes so many dumb decisions here that it got hard to watch, I get he’s emotional with all the shit going on but c’mon. For an ending to Kiryu, it’s disappointing.

#yakuza #yakuza 6 #ryu no gotoku #rgg #foxgames #I wish I liked this more but unfortunately no

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daily-shimonohiro · 2 years

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Feat. Daigo

#source is linked #seiyuu #shimono hiro #seiyu #daigo #daigo breakerz #daigo naito #daigo stardust #twitter #july 2021 #5/2/2022 #one

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animebw · 4 months

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Short Reflection: Fall 2023 Anime

Is it fair to call 2023 a disappointing year for anime? Maybe it's just that 2021 and 2022 were both so above and beyond that coming back down to normalcy from that peak feels like a letdown. But man, between a mostly uninspiring winter lineup and summer being possibly the single worst anime season since seasonal watching started being a thing, there's been plenty to complain about. Thankfully, there's been plenty to appreciate as well, and while this fall season hasn't been truly transcendent, it's at least left us with a slew of worthwhile anime to close the year out. So let's sift through the rubble and rank all the shows I finished to see which ones ended as true must-watches, which are still worth a look, and which you can skip without missing anything.

Firefighter Daigo (1st Half): 4/10

So, remember Space Brothers? Remember how wonderfully that show balanced naturalistic character building with the excitement and beauty of exploring a high-stakes environment like space? Have you been looking for another show to hit that same sweet spot of grounded maturity and tangible whimsy that makes your childhood dream job feel more achievable than ever? Well... guess you better keep looking, because Firefighter Daigo is not that. There's some beautifully nail-biting tension to the rescue sequences themselves, expertly stacking one thing after another going wrong as our protagonists are forced to think on their feet to save lives under the most pressure imaginable. But the characters are utterly bland, the production is boring on a near-inconceivable level (man, remember when this guy directed a single good-looking episode of To Your Eternity and completely failed to live up to that potential ever again?), it wastes over three minutes each episode on recap footage, and it take such a bizarre, condescending attitude toward its one female character that the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. It's an overly cheesy puppet show playing at being a real story, and I will not be sticking around to see if its second cours improves in any way.

Stardust Telepath: 4.5/10

Man, I'm frustrated I didn't like this one more. I always appreciate Cute Girls anime that put this much polish and energy into their adaptation, and the concept of socially awkward Umika Konohoshi wishing she could escape this planet to make friends among the stars, only to find her place on earth on her journey to reach there, has all the makings of a coming-of-age masterpiece. Sadly, it's done in by the simplest of failures: melodrama overdose. All the attempts at heartstring-pulling are so overbearing and browbeating that every moment that tries to drag tears from your eyes just leaves you exasperated instead. It completely lacks confidence in its ability to touch your emotions on the quality of its writing alone, so it smothers you in sappy speeches and ear-bleeding Feel Sad Music until you feel like you're choking on the stuff. Not even the top-shelf yuribaiting between the two leads can wipe the frustration away, and I'm about the easiest mark for that kind of stuff as you can imagine. Someone get this forehead-touch almost-kiss telepathy into a better show immediately!

I'm in Love with the Villainess: 4.5/10

I honestly feel back about being so down on I'm in Love With the Villainess. Lord knows I'm always complaining we need more isekai with an actual point to make, and an unapologetically queer take on the shoujo villainess trope that actually has something to say about the lesbian experience amidst the romantic goofery certainly fits that bill. Except, well... I already watched this show when it was called MagiRevo. And when it was called Mage and Demon Queen. And in a world where those two stories basically perfected the "lesbian disaster courts a closed-off tsundere" isekai-adjacent fantasy yarn, there's nothing this show can offer that hasn't already been done so much better. Well, okay, the conversation in episode 3 exploring the pushy protagonist's complex self-loathing relationship with her own queerness was certainly unique, but you end up spending the rest of the show waiting in vain for it to do something that interesting ever again, only to be met with overly tropey writing, cliches, and unexpected swerves into problematic WTF territory instead. There are good ideas here buried here, but it needed a better studio to refine it to the point it needed to be, and it got stuck with Platinum Vision instead. What a shame.

Uma Musume Season 3: 4.5/10

At this point I have to wonder if even Uma Musume is getting tired of its own shtick. It's been three seasons and an OVA of the most melodramatic sports anime histrionics imaginable, and all that shouting and wailing has to get exhausting after a while. And while season 3 is still every bit as overblown and overbearing as the franchise has always been, it also feels like it's poking fun at itself for taking this nonsense so damn seriously. Two characters have a sappy emotional heart-to-heart while furiously paddling a paddleboat. Former protagonist and resident crybaby Special Week's tearful speeches are basically ignored by everyone else in the cast as they keep talking over her and tuning her out. The running gag of the Overly Serious Race Commenters get upstaged by a pair of even older, more seasoned Overly Serious Race Commenters. Hell, even the fact we only get a single idol performance at the very end seems to hint at just how weary this story's become of its own conceit. Uma Musume has always been an overthought, overdesigned mess of a show, so bloated on anime nonsense and ill-matched tropes that it rarely manages to capture anything real amidst the corporate plasticness of it all. But I'm not gonna lie, there's something equally hilarious and depressing about seeing it finally start to admit its own pointlessness.

Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions: 5/10

How good does a show have to be at character banter to make up for a failure of writing in pretty much every other respect? That's the question Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions seems willed into existence to answer. As a snappy buddy-cop comedy between an eccentric genius detective and his beleaguered straight-man sidekick, it's every bit the equal of 2011's Sherlock. As an actual mystery thriller... it is also, sadly, every bit the equal of 2011's Sherlock. I could watch the titular Ron fail upwards through his case-solving conundrums dragging the hapless rookie detective Toto with him all day. Their chemistry is infectious. It's just a shame the actual detective work is so hacky and contrived, cheap solutions to mostly dull mysteries that never give you that "Aha!" moment of seeing the puzzle pieces come together. And the overarching plot involving prestigious detective academies, shadowy criminal syndicates, and bizarre involuntary hypnosis powers feels like it purposefully ignores every opportunity to explore any ideas deeper than basic shonen moralizing. I might still pop back in for season 2 to enjoy more wacky hijinks between the leads, but if you're looking for something to scratch your mystery itch, give this one a pass.

Arknights: Perish in Frost: 5/10

Now that's more like it! Sort of. Almost. Okay, look, for the first half and change of its run, the second season of Arknights manages to be every bit the improvement on the first season I was hoping for. It streamlines the plot to keep a constant, propulsive forward momentum, pushing its characters forward and keeping the narrative lens focused so it can do justice to all its major players. And it pushes all those disparate factions on a collision course with each other that leads to constant, meaningful consequences and character building, aided by a production that hits its high water marks far more consistently than season 1. It feels like Arknights has shaken off the bloat and become the best possible version of itself, a dark action season with some genuine muscle behind it... at least until we enter the final stretch and the pacing goes absolutely out of control, speeding into a brick wall so fast and recklessly that you're barely able to understand what the fuck just happened by the time it's over. It's shockingly rushed, to the point you feel like you're watching someone recite the Wiki at you while skipping over all the connective tissue that would make these plot points make sense. It's a frustrating end to a season that came so close to being good, and I can only hope any future installments never make that mistake again.

Undead Unluck (1st Half): 5/10

Undead Unluck is host to one of the single most bonkers sci-fi settings I've ever seen, anime or otherwise. From what starts feeling like just our world with some supernatural freaks and weirdos causing havoc, it gradually reveals itself to be something more akin to a nightmarish cosmic RPG in the hands of a mad god, where none of the rules of our world can be taken for granted and reality is only ever a hair's breadth away from turning on its head. It's a deliriously creative premise to build a shonen battle manga out of, and I can't wait to see what other insanity the writers can milk out of this setup. Which is good, because otherwise, hooooooooo boy this one does not get off on a good foot. What fucking genius decided the main duo's dynamic should be built around the guy molesting the girl to make her powers activate? In what universe was building a love story out of that sexual harassment a good idea? I'm sorry, but when you've mistaken a swaggering half-naked dude-bro casually trying to outright assault his partner as cute hot-and-cold couple banter, you have officially lost the plot. Can somebody break into Shonen Jump studios and teach this company how to write a proper romance one of these days? Deku and Uraraka can't carry the whole genre on their back, guys!

Migi and Dali: 5.5/10

Is Migi and Dali a good show? I honestly don't think I could tell you. What it is, is utterly bizarre in everything in does, yet somehow kind of makes it all work? It's a Diamond-is-Unbrekable-esque off-kilter small town murder mystery, with a pair of identical twins pretending to be one kid to fool their new adoptive parents as they search for the person responsible for killing their mother years ago. The whole thing plays like a pitch-black parody of stereotypical suburban life, finding the cracks in the facade of normalcy and ripping them open until your only options are to laugh wildly or cringe wildly at the resulting desecration. And you will do plenty of both all throughout as it ping-pongs from accidental twincest to toddler play to to not-so-garden-variety abuse to Excessive English and basically everything in between. If there's an aspect of your stereotypical boring, domestic family experience that Migi and Dali can twist into a grotesque mockery of itself, it'll do just that and then some. The unfortunate side effect, though, is that it can be hard to tell where the line lies between intentional commentary and just being gross and uncomfortable for its own sake. And when that threatens to veer into some really misogynistic territory in the final act, it becomes even harder to stomach. Still, I can safely say I've never seen anything quite like this show, and considering the manga's author tragically passed away recently, you can't help but respect the people making it for honoring her memory this way.

Shy: 5.5/10

Shy is one of the rare manga I've read before the anime came out, inspired by a friend who came across it at random and it became their favorite manga of all time after just eleven chapters. I wasn't quite as swept away, and I don't think it's maintained the level of quality its first couple arcs had, but man, there's something special about this one. Which is why I am personally begging you not to watch the anime and go straight to the manga, because this adaptation really doesn't do justice to how electrifying and soul-enriching the manga can be. Masaomi Ando's a good director, but his penchant for paneling and stylistic insert shots, an aesthetic which works wonders on heavily atmospheric mood pieces like Toiled-Bound Hanako-kun and Scum's Wish, is completely at odds with the needs of a straightforward superhero battle series. The manga's artwork has this wonderfully sketchy, explosive quality that makes every action panel feel like a rush of cascading moments; here, every action scene quickly descends into a mess of moving jpegs and awkwardly placed insert frames that cripples its ability to wow you. There's enough of the manga's triumphant spirit preserved that it still shakes out decently- the orphanage arc that closes out the first season is wonderful enough to survive any imperfections from page to screen- but if the story of Teru's struggles and self-actualization touched you at all, you owe it to yourself to check out the source material to experience this story in its best form.

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love You: 6/10

Listen, you know me. You know how much I despise the harem genre. There's barely a single example of the form I consider anything above mediocre slop. So how did a show with this premise manage to get into my good graces? By understanding one simple fact that so few harem anime seem to realize: if you want something this inherently stupid to work? Embrace the fucking stupidity. Throw caution and common sense and good taste to the wind and just go absolutely bugnuts. Why settle for a scant five or six barely interchangeable waifu bait when you can have one hundred distinct and memorable personalities? Why waste time on cheap melodrama that nobody cares about when there are fourth walls to break and scenarios to push far beyond their logical extremes? 100 Girlfriends knows that the only proper form for this genre is sheer anarchy, going so far over-the-top with its jokes and setups that it's impossible not to get swept up in the sheer audacity of it all. And somehow, by imbuing this madcap nonsense with just a drop of sincerity, it actually makes you care about Best Boy Aijou Rentarou and his ever-growing posse of romantic partners as a strangely healthy polyamorous support system for each other. It's far from flawless and good lord is it problematic from top to bottom, but if you can vibe to its particular brand of earnestly empathetic chaos, it's an experience like none other.

Overtake: 6.5/10

Overtake is the most frustrating kind of anime: a really good show that's constantly threatening- but never fully succeeds- at being great. It has all the pieces you could want! A masterful production from veteran directer Ei Aoki that brings the world of Formula 4 racing to life with tactile, lived-in lushness. Characters who breathe far beyond the confines of the screen, rich with inner life and complex relationships where you come to love the rivals just as much as the scrappy underdog protagonists. A story that tackles genuinely moving and mature ideas as it explores what it means to give your all to something, even when the risks may be too horrifying to reckon with. It's as perfectly positioned for greatness as you could ask from a sports anime... and yet it never quite takes off the way you want it to. It's just missing that little extra something to push it over the edge, but for the life of me, I can't figure out what that might be. It's still absolutely worth a look, but as much as I liked it, I'm gonna be stewing over why I didn't love it for a while.

The Ancient Magus Bride Season 2 Part 2: 6.5/10

Alright, that's more what I was hoping for. After a frustratingly slow and plodding first half, the back half The Ancient Magus Bride's second season finally starts paying off all that torturous setup and reminding us that when it wants to, nothing goes harder than Chise's tale of trauma, abuse and recovery, especially now that she's the guiding light for another girl crawling out of pit much like the one she was once trapped in. It's genuinely powerful watching her try to help Philomena out from under a painfully familiar burden, struggling save someone like her while she's still struggling with the scars her own darkness has left on her. And whenever it's focused on that, it's as good as The Ancient Magus Bride has ever been. It's just a shame that whenever all that potent character drama gives way to fae-on-fae magical showdowns, it's some of the ugliest, clunkiest, most poorly staged action in all of fall's lineup. It utterly fails to capture the sense of eldritch awe and wonder this series' magic invokes, leaving it feeling like a shell of itself even when everything else is operating at full capacity. Hopefully, future seasons will take the time they need to bring that aspect up to par, because a series this steeped in the haunting grandeur of its aesthetic cannot afford to cut corners on that aesthetic.

Spy x Family Season 2: 7.5/10

Do my eyes deceive me? A Yor-centric arc? This show finally gives one of its nominal protagonists a turn in the spotlight after ages of underuse with a big, lengthy, consequential story that lets her shine like never before? It's like Christmas came early. I've been up and down about Spy x Family over the course of its run, but the cruise ship arc that dominates this season is everything great about this show operating at the top of its potential, and god damn is it marvelous to watch unfold. If only it was this good on a consistent basis, it would be an easy shoe-in for one of the greatest anime of the decade. But you know what? As long as it keeps delivering highlights like this, I've got nothing to complain about. At this point, Spy x Family has comfortably settled into being a reliably entertaining action-heavy family sitcom with lovable characters and occasional moments of greatness, and if that's all it ultimately amounts to, well, there are far worse things to be. Just please, for the love of god, keep Yuri off screen as much as possible.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: 8/10

So cards on the table: the live action Scott Pilgrim vs the World movie is one of my favorite films of all time. It's such a perfect explosion of geeky awesomeness from one of our greatest living directors, managing to push the medium of live action closer to anime than it ever was before or has been since. So the prospect of seeing the original comic actually made into an anime was very exciting to me. How cool would it be to finally see the source material that inspired this movie brought to life, never mind with Science Goddamn Saru pushing the animation into overdrive? But much to my shock- and eventual delight- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off had much more exciting things in mind than simply slapping a decades-old comic series on screen. Instead, it's something closer to an Evangelion-style Rebuild, taking a sharp left and remixing the story and characters with the perspective of a more mature creator, reckoning with his successes and failures alike as he re-assesses the story he was trying to tell and what parts of it still hold value today. It's Scott Pilgrim as told by someone who's outgrown the transient young adulthood central to the narrative, taking stock of his past from an older, wiser perspective and making amends where he fell short before. And as much as I might have liked a straightforward adaptation, what I got instead was so exciting and fresh that I can't complain. If only every anime was this willing to get creative with its source material.

The Apothecary Diaries (1st Half): 8.5/10

Say a prayer and set off some fireworks, folks: the shoujosei renaissance is here! After a years-long drought, the anime industry is finally remembering that stories targeted at women and girls are also worthy of high-profile prestige adaptations instead of settling for barely animated table scraps. And of all the breakout hits we've had this past year and change, none have slapped quite as hard as The Apothecary Diaries, a historical Chinese mystery drama that marries fascinating courtly intrigue with a bitterly honesty exploration of how the lowest rungs of society- women and poor people especially- are systemically crushed by the structures that govern their world. As hilarious as this show can be, it's also unnervingly frank about the darkness the Emperor's courtesans and their servants must reckon with as pawns in a patriarchal society. And it drives that message home with a truly wonderful protagonist in Maomao, a girl who just wants to keep her head down and get through life without drawing unwanted attention from the forces that could easily squash her like a bug, but has too strong a moral compass to look the other way when she sees the people around her suffering from those same injustices. It's the story of a powerless person using all the tools at her disposal to keep the world's cruelty at bay, and watching her struggle to win what small victories she's capable of against such an overwhelming power structure makes for some of the most gripping television I've watched in quite a long time. And if the second cours is even half as good as good, it will still earn its place among the years' best.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (1st Cours): 9/10

The big fantasy adventure is over. The demon king is dead, the world is at peace, and the heroes who defeated him slowly grow old and die in the new age they ushered in. All, that is, except Frieren, a near-immortal elf with such a long lifespan that a human's life is a mere drop in the ocean for her. But with the passing of her former party's leader, she realizes just how much the short time she spent on that adventure have affected her. Ten years- a mere millisecond in the life of an elf- has changed the way she sees the world more profoundly than she ever could have dreamed. So she sets out on a journey to retrace the steps of that adventure, to reconnect with her memories of the old friends she's only now realizing she wished she got to know better before it was too late. Along the way she picks up a couple of those friends' young disciples to join her party, walking reminders of the past she left behind and the future that awaits her. And through their travels, she slowly begins to understand humanity and her place within it... and all the experiences she will carry with her long after they've faded into mere memory.

I'll admit, there are times I like being an anime hipster. There's something inherently indulgent, if not exactly healthy, of feeling superior to a mass-market piece of entertainment that you're too Smart and Intellectual to be fooled by. But sometimes, you just gotta call a spade a spade. Sometimes, the weeb consensus gets it really, really right. Yes, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is every bit as self-evidently spectacular as everyone says it is, so on-its-face magical it's almost kind of insulting. It's a quiet, meditative fantasy exploration of grief, longing, the passage of time, and what it truly means to live a fulfilling life when everything you cherish within it must one day fade into nothing. It's poignant and intimate on a level that's hard to describe, yet equally grand and majestic whenever it wishes. It's also one of the funniest goddamn shows I've watched in a while, with jokes that hit from unexpected, awkward angles that left me rolling on the floor. If his work on Bocchi the Rock hadn't already proven it, this cements Keichirou Saitou as one of our greatest modern anime directors, a master of melding tones and moods and imbuing every shot with vibrant inner life. It's almost disappointing whenever it leans into action; as spectacularly animated as its battles are, it's those quiet moments of grace and warmth that truly make this show something remarkable. Bottom line, Frieren is a runaway leader for 2023's best TV anime, a show we'll be talking about for decades to come. I can't think of a better high note to start 2024 on.

Dropped:

Shield Hero Season 3 (4 Episodes)

My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer (3 Episodes)

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awesomelybadjmusicvideos · 6 months

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Happy Almost Halloween to all out Awesomely Bad fans who attended our return to Anime Weekend Atlanta this year!

Here's the wonderfully spoooooky playlist we showed! Enjoy and stay tuned, for a stream coming before the end of the year! Trick or Treat!

Pre-Show:

A lot of Japanese commercials for Coca-Cola products and such.

Main Show:

“S.H.R. ~Sexy Hero Revolution~” — Sex Machineguns

“Swinging Nippon Forever” — Kishidan

“Killer” — The 50s Kaitenz

[badulator] “Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl” — Tommy heavenly6

“Rock the Planet” — DAIGO☆STARDUST

“Nyanpire Taisou” — Aso Nyatsuko & Nyadain

“Tsukio Kaisuiyoku” — Wakusei Abnormal

“Tatakau Nihonjin” — Seikima-II

[badulator pt2] “Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl” — Tommy heavenly6

“Dance My Generation” — Golden Bomber

“Pompara Pekoluna Papiyotta” — Go Go Nana Ni San Ni Rei

“Ai no Memory” —Shigeru Matsuzaki

“Host In The Hell (Hide behind the high)” — LOVE SPREAD

“BE MY BABY” — COMPLEX

[badulator pt3] “Lollipop Candy♥BAD♥girl” — Tommy heavenly6

“SPIDERMAN” — DJ Ozma

“FISH FIGHT” — Yaen

#awesomely bad #jrock #jpop #anime weekend atlanta #2023 #playlist

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jpopstreaming · 2 years

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🆒 Classic track of the day 「永遠のスペースカウボーイ」 by DAIGO☆STARDUST 💿 from 「The space toy」 Available for streaming overseas https://open.spotify.com/track/6gaEQ358x9J80NNBbCYhk0

#DAIGO☆STARDUST #The space toy #Japanese music #jmusic #jpop

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nightlight-stardust-and-rain · 4 years

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Cinematic parallels

#my hero academia #boku no hero academia #Bnha #Mha #bnha tetsutetsu #tetsutetsu tetsutetsu #Ikari daigo #eyeshield 21 #Dripping stardust

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yoshikiscollection · 5 years

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Yoshiki with Daigo from Breakerz

We are X ~

#daigo #yoshiki #breakerz #daigo naito #daigo stardust #stardust #love shuffle #x japan #j-rock #japanese #we are x #yukichi oishi #Yoshiki's collection

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cha0ticharmony · 6 years

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This Friday we’re flashing back to Daigo’s band BREAKERZ! Here’s the PV for their song RUSTY HEARTS!

#flashback friday #daigo #daigo stardust #breakerz #visual kei #vkei #vk #chaotic harmony

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OK, and here’s the full ideas dump for the TSME4 get ‘Ingo’ed’ and sent to Hisui AU:

Where they wake up: Manon wakes up in the wild and gets picked up by the Ginkgo guild after almost getting mauled by Pokémon. Alan basically infiltrates Jubilife Village and the Galaxy Team, at a time when it is more open to outsiders. Meanwhile, Daigo wakes up near the Diamond Settlement, Mikuri in Cobalt Coastlands

Everyone has partial memories that are pretty easy to jog, except Daigo, who’s thoroughly forgotten even his own name, and somehow won’t get his memory jogged by anything? he seems pretty chill about it. the clan names him Steven

Mikuri forgot about Daigo, he remembers an important friend whose face is blurred

Mikuri could have taken on more roles and shown his skills with Pokémon, but chooses to keep a low profile and observe. People notice him regardless

Similarly, Alan tries to hide that he’s from the future and people think he’s just someone from another region who happens to be very good with Pokémon. He sometimes slips and refers to Professor Sycamore ( “this is just a tip that the Professor gave me”). People think he’s referring to Prof. Laventon but when this goes back to him, Prof. Laventon is like ?? did I say that? In the long run, Prof. Laventon thinks he has strokes of genius in his sleep

Alan “invents” Pokémon names when he has a slip of tongue. Rei finds it very fun. (“Haha me too, I’d like to catch a Charizard one day!”) Alan is both heartbroken and fond.

Alan and Manon first hear about a so-called “Steven” in Beni’s shop. The rumours are from a Security Corp who heard of a person like Alan in the Diamond Clan, who’s super strong and good with Pokémon and wanders around giving stones

Leader Adaman confirms that “Steven” refused the responsibility of being a warden, and instead wished to travel and collect “herbs” for the clan - or so he says but his bag is filled with more stones than herbs each time (x)

Alan and Manon have missing Lizardon and Hari-san sessions while camping out at night

Only Mikuri got warped with his Pokémon. His Milotic watches over him while living in the sea, and becomes known as a minor myth, with rumours gradually spreading that Mikuri is a siren who talks to weird sea creatures at night

Manon “scams” travellers and when Alan tells her she makes her goods overpriced (“they could have found this for free in the forest, they were heading towards it”) she replies that a girl needs to live and not everyone has a nice salary. Manon: “Also, how can you call me a scammer when you have Bagin at your workplace?” Alan: “…True.”

Both Manon and Alan suck at making Pokémon lures, for different reasons. Their lures stink and attract nothing good

Daigo gives Alan a Sky Tumblestone incrusted with Stardust because it’s exactly like your eyes

Daigo examines the Pokéballs made from Tumblestones. Alan wonders if it will jog his memory, but Daigo finds it “looks better as a stone”.

Daigo does feel like he is missing something, including a partner. Two partners, actually. One Pokémon and one human. He remembers someone with turquoise hair like aquamarine gemstones…

The trio runs into the Miss Fortune Sisters, and Daigo fends them off without even needing Alan’s help. He ends the fight with his “When it comes down to it, I’m still the strongest!” and Alan thinks, my God, even with memory loss his ego is massive

Daigo has befriended a Geodude which evolved all the way to a Golem, a Nosepass, and somehow, after beating it, an Alpha Steelix. Alan befriends a Bidoof at first, which he eventually releases to allow it to fulfil its dam-making dreams. He then catches a Growlithe

After much convincing and almost dying for the nth time, Manon finally accepts to let Daigo and Alan catch a Turtwig so she can at least defend herself if they’re not around for any reason ( “it won’t count as replacement for Hari-san though!” “no, no, it won’t.”) Anyway, she treats the little one very well

Daigo climbs Coronet Highlands cliffs without Sneasler’s help. When this becomes known to Alan and Manon, they both decide it is imperative to save Daigo from himself or he’s going to die young in Hisui

The trio parts ways again with Marisson still a duo. They are somewhat sad to separate (even Daigo admits that they feel familiar to him)

Alan and Manon are sent to investigate the Mikuri myth, and meet him as a duo. Upon realising he is the person with turquoise hair “like an aquamarine gemstone”, they make it their goal to have him meet Daigo

Upon meeting Mikuri, Daigo’s memory is, lo and behold, jogged

Somehow, they find a way to get back (I haven’t beaten the post-game yet, idek if its possible. I want to believe it is)

Not told, but Mikuri thinks this: the reason why only Daigo’s memory loss was so complete and so hard to undo must be because, subconsciously, his mind rejects the burdens linked to his real identity and his Hisuian lifestyle was ideal for him, without responsibilities and allowing him to just wander

#Steven stone #wallace #mairin #originshipping #incombustibleshipping #marissonshipping #but platonic #the strongest mega evolution #pokemon legends arceus #pokemon #alain #manon #trainer alain #tsme #tsme4 #my doodles #ok done now #back to completing the pokedex

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