This episode was superb and can't wait for four more. This is probably the last time I'll watch a seasonal anime, I just can't deal with the waiting. Back on topic, I really didn't expect the current outcome and I feel that's a good thing because it changes the formula a little bit while taking advantage to give the viewers what they want without making a mess while simultaneously surprising them. Hopefully the upcoming episodes will be as good or better as this one.

This episode was fantastic as well. This is so excruciating, why can't I just sleep for an entire week and wake up when the episode is up?

Forgot top post last week, so I guess I'll do it now before watching the last episode.

This episode was also pretty decent, but now in retrospective I realize the series wasn't paced very well, and quite a bit could have been cut out to show more important parts like Okabe's future. I really hope it ends on a good note. I planned a S;G rewatch so I would land right on today's ending and then watch the last episodes of the original series for a perfect wrap up.

I finished this a couple hours ago and then watched the rest of S;G following the timeline. Now that it's over, I think it definitely has issues and if I were to rewatch it in one go, I'd notice it has pacing issues very similar to the original in the sense that spends a lot of time in fan service and slice of life parts when it could use that time to further explore the things that make this anime unique. Overall a very nice ending, if a bit too rushed, but certainly inferior to its predecessor. I do wonder what people that played the VN think about this, but I think it's safe to assume it's better, just like the original. There's episode 24 (OVA) remaining, no clue what it'll be about.

Pretty cool episode.

>>31694
The older I get, the harder it is for me to care about a show's popularity. The execution has been pretty consistent since the beginning, it's just the story became seemingly more complicated due to all the things that were intentionally left out until recently.

>>31703
>the story became seemingly more complicated due to all the things that were intentionally left out until recently.
You mean how the creator was unable to decide on a direction for the series and if he wanted it to be an action adventure, mystery, or political thriller?

So um, what are they swinging from here?

Cute bundled frog-girls are just one of the many wonders this season offers.

the type of sexual abuse of a minor depicted in sunoharasou would no doubt be consider outrageously offensive were the gender situation reversed.

why won't they leave this little boy alone?

New Sunohara-sou no Kanrinin-san ep is subbed your welcome

I recently finished Air. I enjoyed the atmosphere of it, and the flashback episodes reminded me a lot of Utawarerumono, although that came out later. It got me interested in reading the VN. I also found Misuzu cute and lovable.

I've been working through the original slayers, and I gotta say. it was just a fun show until amelia showed up. now the last three episodes hurt my face from how much I was laughing

Recently I finished the original Pripara, the Spinoff of the pretty rhythm series, and began the following Idol Time series (only 50 eps so why not) among some other things like picking up where I left on the third season of Ojamajo Doremi. This series did pretty well, in my opinion. I liked many of the characters, although there were some odd ones thrown in and some weird decisions made I think. First and once more they had one character which was of course one of the girlier ones in the show that happened to be a boy, course this has been done before plenty but not too often in kids shows from what I've seen. And, since it is a kids show, not sure if it's just me but they seemed to not reference this fact later on nearly as much. Really wouldn't know how parents in Japan take to that sort of thing. Anyway, this lead to an awkward situtation or two in the show itself when you could tell the animators didn't really know what to do. Take this one pool ep, they were in regular male swim trunks but was shown wearing a sweater to cover the chest area because of course it would be odd showing their chest, just due to looks. Now this isn't the end, this character has a twin sister who looks basically identical side from hair color, which they put a sweater on her too (she was wearing a regular female swimsuit of course) to make it not seem as weird, I think. There is some other gender bending going on in the show but nothing that would bother anyone. Lot of great characters though, esp Aroma and Mikan. Seems to be what a lot of these kids idol anime rely on, really. Anyway, from what I remember the show actually is split into three seasons (ep1-50, 51-100, 101-140) each with an overarching story sorta. First was very typical but good. Second was not so typical but good. Third season half turned into yet another baby raising anime as if there aren't enough of those. Did rather like the music as the show went on though, felt like it got better as the show went on. Other than that, it's too early to comment on Idol time as I've seen 5 eps. I'm having a hard time wanting to watch more of Doremi just becuase it's another baby raising anime (half way forgot that fact), which isn't bad, just rather not watch two in a row. Feels like I have to go out of my way to space out idol anime and other various types of shows.

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I'm currently watching Irresponsible Captain Tylor. The first half of the show is a lot of fun but in the second half they've decided to focus on a more "serious" overarching plotline which isn't as enjoyable as the appeal of the show (to me at least) was the absurd comedy and it parodying other sci-fi anime from the time. I guess all parody anime are doomde to become what they were trying to make fun off in the end.
>>31692
Yeah, it had an unique aesthetical style and a lot of the more episodic stories were pretty interesting to watch but the main story was like a chore to sit through. It would have worked better if it had been written like one of those "silent wanderer" shows (Kino's Journey, Mushishi, Mononoke) where it would have been about Casshern just kind of walking around and exploring some aspect the post-apocalyptic world every episode.

>>31580
Oh wow. That's... kinda sad.

>>31577
I dunno I didn't think the Pachinko thing was that bad. When it aired I was really curious to see how kaiji could beat a machine. Up until then every challenge had a human element behind them and were winnable as long as he overcame that element. The Bog on the other hand seemed like an impossible challenge. He wasn't set up to play some twisted game with a convoluted win state, or fight some cheating prick who he could beat by outsmarting them. The bog was a cold soulless machine designed and programed to be unbeatable. I was disappointed he beat it by mostly sabotaging the machine, but even then it was neat how so much of that arc played out like a heist. ...so much so they might as well have just robbed a bank, but yeah...
It was clearly the start of the decline for sure but it could have been worse.

>They are still doing this after they ran out of ideas halfway into the last Kaiji season?
It's a prequel by the way, not a sequel. like >>31580 said they aren't bringing anything new to the table, it's the (boring) story of how the original rock paper scissors game was made in universe. -Why- they felt the need to explain and animate the process of a comity creating the game is anyone's guess.

>>31630
I was on board with the pachinko machine arc until the sixth miracle in a row. they really should've ended that arc sooner, once the plan went out the window and they needed pure luck it should've only happened once or twice instead of the pure luckfest it ended up being.

This is basically an anime version of the office.

Some are good

>>31528
Thanks. <3 Girls on bicycles

i'm surprised nobody mentioned loli basketball yet, it was pretty popular when it was out.

>>31643
Are you saying it doesn't hold up? It hasn't been that long and would surely be just as popular if it aired today.

I like Menat's hair-style; not sure of the name of it though.

>>31480
I been told that this is a bob-cut

Twin-tail drills

Ryouko (Tenchi Muyou!)
>I love her hair!

>>27964
There's probably one of them out there somewhere. I mean the rest of the insect/arachnid fairilus aren't restricted to just "socially acceptable" insects. Or it could be one of the handsome fairilus.

>>27949
>I love you and want you to be happy.

Happiness is different for everyone. Stop forcing your views on people and fuck off.

Cockroaches are icky; see Terra Formars テラフォーマーズ

>>27860
its a cock joke

>>30562
Maybe in japan. Evey where else it's an endless sea of whores in tank tops and jeans.

>>30573
Everywhere else where? Now in winter I often see women dress like OP's pic related when I have the displeasure of having to leave the apartment.

Anime characters should swap clothes every now and again...

nobody on this site gives a crap about 3dpds

>>31613
I find things from that period comforting lately.

>> 31613
> don't know what it is about that time period, but it feels completely alien looking back on it now.

Probably because a lot of changes were happening in the industry. Early 2000s was when most production companies went digital so there were growing and stylistic pains from that. There was also some weird shit going on with funding. if I recall correctly the mid 2000s was at the tail end of a boom going into a bust.

I prefer the early to mid 2000s over what anime is today, it seemed like there was more experimentality going on with both visuals and concepts. And while early digital looked a bit off, I don't think that the anime currently airing look very good either.
And no, I'm not just being nostlagic because I still regularly (re)watch shows from that period and very much enjoy them.

>>31619
advancing communication technology has made it a lot easier for profit motivated producers to test market their wares and tune them for higher performance. i bet a lot more of the experimental stuff gets left on the cutting room floor these days than it did 15-20 years ago.

>>31618
Because complaining about the evil s-jay-ws is so much fun, right?

This sucks but it's the kind of thing I come here to avoid being reminded of.

>>31620
Because complaining about complaints is so much fun, right?

>>31621
Fair enough.