[D'rek]

 QuickTidal, on 08 July 2021 - 03:21 PM, said:

Anyone looking fwd to WORDS BUBBLE UP LIKE SODA POP coming on Netflix? Looks like some really good slice of life.

Honestly... not really? Feels like sort of a "A Silent Voice was a hit, let's do that too" movie. And its the writer of Ergo Proxy/Listeners with the director of Your Lie in April/Children of the Whales, neither of which are cause for excitement to me.

[QuickTidal]

 D, on 08 July 2021 - 03:31 PM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 08 July 2021 - 03:21 PM, said:

Anyone looking fwd to WORDS BUBBLE UP LIKE SODA POP coming on Netflix? Looks like some really good slice of life.

Honestly... not really? Feels like sort of a "A Silent Voice was a hit, let's do that too" movie. And its the writer of Ergo Proxy/Listeners with the director of Your Lie in April/Children of the Whales, neither of which are cause for excitement to me.

Well alright, I'll check it out and let you guys know if it's any good.

[Maark Abbott]

 D, on 08 July 2021 - 01:45 PM, said:

I could go for some trash isekai this summer. I'll grab Realist Hero and one of Drug Store or Tsuki - which do you think had the more interesting start?

Tsuki and Realist imo. A run down for each:

Tsuki - a guy is isekai'd but the goddess of the world he goes to says he's butt ugly and casts him out of human society. He's still ludicrously overpowered. First episode felt vaguely like KonoSuba cross Cautious Hero, but with less zany. Animation reminds me of Arifureta.

Realist - a guy is summoned to crush the demons, points out to the king that he was summoned without permission and has no desire to be enslaved by a more powerful nation nearby, details a plan for economic recovery, the king says well shit, here's my crown boyo, you're king now. It goes harem later.

Drug Store - it's slow comfy stuff like Slime Witch. Very slow. If you want some mindless moeblob isekai this is the one - a guy has been isekai'd as an alchemist and does alchemist things with no element of peril or danger.

Between Tsuki and Drug Store it really just depends what style you'd prefer to lose brain cells to.




As an aside, Aquatope ep1 dropped and damn, that was fucking gorgeous. Gonna enjoy this one.

[Maark Abbott]

Picked up Vinland Saga. Annoyed that I slept on this. Four episodes in and it's real fucking good.

[LinearPhilosopher]

 Maark Abbott, on 12 July 2021 - 07:40 AM, said:

Picked up Vinland Saga. Annoyed that I slept on this. Four episodes in and it's real fucking good.

good timing as season 2 was announced

[D'rek]

 Maark Abbott, on 09 July 2021 - 07:49 AM, said:

 D, on 08 July 2021 - 01:45 PM, said:

I could go for some trash isekai this summer. I'll grab Realist Hero and one of Drug Store or Tsuki - which do you think had the more interesting start?

Tsuki and Realist imo. A run down for each:

Tsuki - a guy is isekai'd but the goddess of the world he goes to says he's butt ugly and casts him out of human society. He's still ludicrously overpowered. First episode felt vaguely like KonoSuba cross Cautious Hero, but with less zany. Animation reminds me of Arifureta.

Realist - a guy is summoned to crush the demons, points out to the king that he was summoned without permission and has no desire to be enslaved by a more powerful nation nearby, details a plan for economic recovery, the king says well shit, here's my crown boyo, you're king now. It goes harem later.

Drug Store - it's slow comfy stuff like Slime Witch. Very slow. If you want some mindless moeblob isekai this is the one - a guy has been isekai'd as an alchemist and does alchemist things with no element of peril or danger.

Between Tsuki and Drug Store it really just depends what style you'd prefer to lose brain cells to.




As an aside, Aquatope ep1 dropped and damn, that was fucking gorgeous. Gonna enjoy this one.

Thanks for that! I think I'll go with Tsuki, then. Though might end up doing more like 3-4 episodes at a time instead of keeping up with it weekly, I get the feeling summer is going to be inconsistent like that.

Gonna try and also keep up with Peach Boy Riverside, Sonny Boy, Aquatope, and Kageki Shoujo!!, too (and those probably more weekly), but we'll see. Aquatope first episode was indeed very nice, I get the sense it'll be a slow, laid back but heartwarming story, though the CG is annoyingly bad.

[Maark Abbott]

What's crack with Kageki Shoujo? Key art looks nice but I've been too busy to check it out.

Vinland Saga gets better and better and I'm annoyed I didn't follow on release.

[D'rek]

 Maark Abbott, on 15 July 2021 - 07:54 AM, said:

What's crack with Kageki Shoujo? Key art looks nice but I've been too busy to check it out.

Not a whole lot to say about it quite yet, tbh. It's about girls attending an all-girls performing arts school that is quite obviously the Takarazuka Revue academy in all but name. The main duo are a hyperactive doofus with a kabuki background and a gloomy former idol.

With the Takarazuka theme there's an inevitable comparison to Kageki Revue Starlight and Kageki Shoujo has big shoes to fill with it following that. No talking giraffes so far.

[Maark Abbott]

I might check it out if I run out of other stuff.

Aquatope continues to look bloody gorgeous.

[LinearPhilosopher]

D'rek!!!!!!!!

i needs a favour.

I started seeing a lady and she's never watched anime before but she's willing to give it a go.

So i was wondering if you had any reccomendations for me for someone who is getting their feet wet for the first time.


*disclaimer: Im fully aware you are not said lady and in no way have the same anime pallete. I just figured i'd starts reaching through my network for ideas.

[D'rek]

Ok, I can give it a try. Do you want a TV show or a movie? Are you two going to watch it together? What sort of TV is she usually into?

[Maark Abbott]

Peach Boy is all oert oyle. Did Tarantino direct this? Are we one episode away from twenty minutes of his demented foot lust again? Even Pulp Fiction was more linear!

[Maark Abbott]

Up to e19 on Vinland now. Hot shit diggity dog. This is true pog.

[LinearPhilosopher]

 D, on 20 July 2021 - 10:23 PM, said:

Ok, I can give it a try. Do you want a TV show or a movie? Are you two going to watch it together? What sort of TV is she usually into?

Both can work.

Watching together.

Shes a big history person. So we started off with one of my personal favourites which is Le Chevalier d'eon which she seems to be enjoying so far (which im thrilled) but not sure where to go from there once we finished.

Were alternating who picks the thing so next sunday ill find out a bit more as its her turn to pick.

[LinearPhilosopher]

 Maark Abbott, on 23 July 2021 - 11:51 AM, said:

Up to e19 on Vinland now. Hot shit diggity dog. This is true pog.

Indeed. There was that one episode with the blond guy that dragged but its a banger pretty much all the way through.

[QuickTidal]

 LinearPhilosopher, on 23 July 2021 - 04:09 PM, said:

 D, on 20 July 2021 - 10:23 PM, said:

Ok, I can give it a try. Do you want a TV show or a movie? Are you two going to watch it together? What sort of TV is she usually into?

Both can work.

Watching together.

Shes a big history person. So we started off with one of my personal favourites which is Le Chevalier d'eon which she seems to be enjoying so far (which im thrilled) but not sure where to go from there once we finished.

Were alternating who picks the thing so next sunday ill find out a bit more as its her turn to pick.

Just chiming in...hope that's okay...

What about YOUR NAME? It's a pretty big title, is only a movie so not much investment, and has a few pretty common anime tropes in it.

My wife does not watch anime, but I got her to watch YOUR NAME a while back and she enjoyed it thoroughly.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 23 July 2021 - 04:48 PM

[LinearPhilosopher]

 QuickTidal, on 23 July 2021 - 04:48 PM, said:

 LinearPhilosopher, on 23 July 2021 - 04:09 PM, said:

 D, on 20 July 2021 - 10:23 PM, said:

Ok, I can give it a try. Do you want a TV show or a movie? Are you two going to watch it together? What sort of TV is she usually into?

Both can work.

Watching together.

Shes a big history person. So we started off with one of my personal favourites which is Le Chevalier d'eon which she seems to be enjoying so far (which im thrilled) but not sure where to go from there once we finished.

Were alternating who picks the thing so next sunday ill find out a bit more as its her turn to pick.

Just chiming in...hope that's okay...

What about YOUR NAME? It's a pretty big title, is only a movie so not much investment, and has a few pretty common anime tropes in it.

My wife does not watch anime, but I got her to watch YOUR NAME a while back and she enjoyed it thoroughly.

omg thats brilliant.


il try not to cry.

[D'rek]

Yeah, if you think she'll like a teenage romance story Your Name will work plenty fine.

Another good, recent movie you could go for that has the historical aspect is In This Corner of the World (it's a drama about the life of a rural family during WW2).

I don't really know what "she's a big history person" means though other than to recommend literal historical docudramas, but there's not a lot of good ones of those. Are fictional stories set in historical or quasi-historical settings more interesting to her? Would still be good to get an idea of what genres she likes, history or no history, and any big dislikes... ie some people really prefer anime about adults regardless of genre, or some don't care for anything really action-focused, etc.

I've never known an anime-watching girl who doesn't like Ouran Host Club, but it's a very anime anime so I'm scared to recommend it without knowing anything about her.

[LinearPhilosopher]

 D, on 23 July 2021 - 08:52 PM, said:

Yeah, if you think she'll like a teenage romance story Your Name will work plenty fine.

Another good, recent movie you could go for that has the historical aspect is In This Corner of the World (it's a drama about the life of a rural family during WW2).

I don't really know what "she's a big history person" means though other than to recommend literal historical docudramas, but there's not a lot of good ones of those. Are fictional stories set in historical or quasi-historical settings more interesting to her? Would still be good to get an idea of what genres she likes, history or no history, and any big dislikes... ie some people really prefer anime about adults regardless of genre, or some don't care for anything really action-focused, etc.

I've never known an anime-watching girl who doesn't like Ouran Host Club, but it's a very anime anime so I'm scared to recommend it without knowing anything about her.

Solid.

So tonight is her night to pick something to watch so well see what I can learn about her tastes.

[D'rek]

 LinearPhilosopher, on 25 July 2021 - 04:11 PM, said:

 D, on 23 July 2021 - 08:52 PM, said:

Yeah, if you think she'll like a teenage romance story Your Name will work plenty fine.

Another good, recent movie you could go for that has the historical aspect is In This Corner of the World (it's a drama about the life of a rural family during WW2).

I don't really know what "she's a big history person" means though other than to recommend literal historical docudramas, but there's not a lot of good ones of those. Are fictional stories set in historical or quasi-historical settings more interesting to her? Would still be good to get an idea of what genres she likes, history or no history, and any big dislikes... ie some people really prefer anime about adults regardless of genre, or some don't care for anything really action-focused, etc.

I've never known an anime-watching girl who doesn't like Ouran Host Club, but it's a very anime anime so I'm scared to recommend it without knowing anything about her.

Solid.

So tonight is her night to pick something to watch so well see what I can learn about her tastes.

Yes, tell us!