[Abyss]

DEMON SLAYER...
...this is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

[Chance]

Abyss, on 05 May 2025 - 01:54 PM, said:

DEMON SLAYER...
...this is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Think the art style is what gets me, much of the newer anime feels a bit sloppy in that regard but Demon Slayer delivers with style. Most other animators seem to lean a bit to heavily on 3d animation really.

This post has been edited by Chance: Yesterday, 03:56 PM

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 05 May 2025 - 01:54 PM, said:

DEMON SLAYER...
...this is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Oh man, if you just started you haven't seen anything yet. SUCH a great show!

[Abyss]

Chance, on 05 May 2025 - 02:09 PM, said:

Abyss, on 05 May 2025 - 01:54 PM, said:

DEMON SLAYER...
...this is far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

Think the art style is what gets me, much of the newer anime feels a bit sloppy in that regard but Demon Slayer delivers with style. Most other animators seem to lean a bit to heavily on 3d animation really.

It IS very nicely done animation. I could live without the 'character is screaming and crying and waving their arms a lot and looks like an old Flintstones cartoon' bits but even Zenitsu is growing on me.

QuickTidal, on 05 May 2025 - 03:46 PM, said:

Oh man, if you just started you haven't seen anything yet. SUCH a great show!

it IS!

My experience w 'modern' anime is pretty scattered, I watched a bunch of classics - Akira, Ninja Scroll, GitM, etc - in the 90s, Full Metal Alchemist and various Gundam - Mobile Suit, Wing, Seed - through the 00s, and other than the odd ep here or there not much til recently when some small people i spend time with were bingeing Demon Slayer and i ended up watching ten eps or so cherry-picked across the entire run, including the (insane) finale. Now i'm watching from the beginning, about 3/4 through S1, with intent to finish before the movie drops in Sept because i am absolutely going to see it and if Nezuko does the soccer kick thing and takes someone's head off on the big screen i'm going to lose my mind.

[Maark Abbott]

Demon Slayer is all spectacle and little substance.

Not that this detracts from it - switch brain off, enjoy flashy animation, come away happy.

[Chance]

Maark Abbott, on 06 May 2025 - 06:46 AM, said:

Not that this detracts from it - switch brain off, enjoy flashy animation, come away happy.

Frequently all I look for is being entertained, as I mostly watch anime while doing other stuff at the same time. Not needing to focus on every word of dialogue becomes a good feature

Still both Frieren and Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! where too good for split focus, the later probably my favorite of the recent watches simply for being so outrageous it became enthralling.

Mixed in some Re:Creators in the middle of Demon Slayer season one and the concept is amazing.

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[Abyss]

Maark Abbott, on 06 May 2025 - 06:46 AM, said:

Demon Slayer is all spectacle and little substance.

Not that this detracts from it - switch brain off, enjoy flashy animation, come away happy.

Accurate to a point. There's a running subplot about Tanjiro's empathy towards others, that manifests for the viewer as he slaughters demons and we get a sympathetic origin story before they dust out. It runs just a wee bit deeper than the basic 'travel around, kill demons, train, kill more demons' premise. It's not Full Metal Alchemist's deep ruminations on brotherhood and fascism and science, but it's not DBZ level fight fight yell yell fight more either.