Anime & Manga General Anime/Manga Discussion

[bullethead]

Anybody watching Metallic Rouge, Shangri-La Frontier, and/or Bravern?

Shangri-La Frontier is a video game manga/anime written by someone who actually understands video games/gamers, directed by people who know how to have fun with the topic and make it hype AF, and great OPs. Definitely recommend it, especially dubbed, because the localization makes even more gamer. The only flaw is that they can't drop the F bomb.

Bravern might be yaoi AF, but it at least has some cool mecha, hot women in uniform, and humanity fuck yeah going for it. It feels like what Michael Bay Transformers should've been.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Frieren beyond journey's end is the only truly good anime I have seen in years.

 

[colorles]

Started watching Eminence in Shadow.

Crowbars are a terrible weapon. By which I mean they're basically useless. Anyone who would ever seriously propose going Gordon Freeman on someone has never actually lifted or attempted to swing a crowbar in their life. They are designed for applying shitloads of leverage without bending, and, as a result, are of pretty much uniform density throughout, placing the balance point roughly in the middle. Not only are they difficult to swing (unlike a sword, which is balanced toward the grip), they can't concentrate the blow at the end (like a club or mace).

Wait.

JESUS CHRIST

IT JUST HIT ME LIKE A SACK OF BRICKS

THIS ISN'T A FUCKING ISEKAI

THIS IS A MIKE JUDGE PARODY OF ONE ABOUT A FULLY DELUSIONAL CHUUNIBYOU

AS IN, A COMEDY

I'M BUSTING A GUT LAUGHING

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

HE AD-LIBBED IT BUT THE CULT IS REAL

FUCK, THE WAY HE DIED TO TRUCK-KUN

FUCK I CAN'T BREATHE

Agree with you on the crow bar

one of these bars on the other hand is a different story although only larger and stronger men who are in shape too boot can actually wield one of these effectively as a weapon

Digging bar - Wikipedia

as you can see it gets thicker and heavier towards the far end, meaning it is basically a war club; but you can also thrust with it like a spear - yeah, I know it doesn't have a sharp spear head, but just the force of that iron bar being thrust and/or swung by a large and strong man at something, will break whatever bones it comes into contact with on not only any human but pretty much any animal on the planet

 

[Carrot of Truth]

The Witch and the Beast is another recent anime i have picked up that seems pretty good so far

 

[Agent23]

Anybody watching Metallic Rouge,

Saw a few episodes, really liked glasses wearing Choco waifu and the Blade runner visuals and the strong homage to PKD, but overall it was pretty slow with bad pacing.
Might binge the remaining episodes.

Shangri-La Frontier, and/or Bravern?

Nope.

Shangri-La Frontier is a video game manga/anime written by someone who actually understands video games/gamers, directed by people who know how to have fun with the topic and make it hype AF, and great OPs. Definitely recommend it, especially dubbed, because the localization makes even more gamer. The only flaw is that they can't drop the F bomb.

Meh, the one that had a bird furry on the cover?

Sorry, not interested.

Bravern might be yaoi AF, but it at least has some cool mecha, hot women in uniform, and humanity fuck yeah going for it. It feels like what Michael Bay Transformers should've been.

How hot are the waifus and how yaoi-ish is it compared to Code Geass?

What we need are more anime like Cross Ange, with the Yuri harem of hot mecha pilots.

 

[bullethead]

Meh, the one that had a bird furry on the cover?

It's a bird mask. You can see this in the second OP, where he straight up swaps it out for a helmet. This is half of why the dub dialog is so good, because they don't have to worry about lip syncing for the protag's dialogue.

overall it was pretty slow with bad pacing

It is super jank, but it's kind of interesting in that jank.

How hot are the waifus and how yaoi-ish is it compared to Code Geass?

Very yaoi. Waifus are pretty good, but I'm not sure what your standards are. Floor is 7/10 at worst.

Main thing is that I'm not sure how long the show is, so I dunno how much screentime they're going to get overall.

 

[Pocky Balboa]

Started watching Eminence in Shadow.

Crowbars are a terrible weapon. By which I mean they're basically useless. Anyone who would ever seriously propose going Gordon Freeman on someone has never actually lifted or attempted to swing a crowbar in their life. They are designed for applying shitloads of leverage without bending, and, as a result, are of pretty much uniform density throughout, placing the balance point roughly in the middle. Not only are they difficult to swing (unlike a sword, which is balanced toward the grip), they can't concentrate the blow at the end (like a club or mace).

Wait.

JESUS CHRIST

IT JUST HIT ME LIKE A SACK OF BRICKS

THIS ISN'T A FUCKING ISEKAI

THIS IS A MIKE JUDGE PARODY OF ONE ABOUT A FULLY DELUSIONAL CHUUNIBYOU

AS IN, A COMEDY

I'M BUSTING A GUT LAUGHING

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

HE AD-LIBBED IT BUT THE CULT IS REAL

FUCK, THE WAY HE DIED TO TRUCK-KUN

FUCK I CAN'T BREATHE

My dude, in the original web novel, Cid's "I am atomic" attack was literally named the Taepodong, because as a Japanese person that was the strongest and most frightening thing he knew of, LOL.

 

[Iconoclast]

My dude, in the original web novel, Cid's "I am atomic" attack was literally named the Taepodong, because as a Japanese person that was the strongest and most frightening thing he knew of, LOL.

The audiovisual gags are what get me. His gym bag full of delusional chuuni shit making a huge clank when he sets it down. His weighted shoes making the locker creak.

This is my kind of humor.

 

[Pocky Balboa]

The audiovisual gags are what get me. His gym bag full of delusional chuuni shit making a huge clank when he sets it down. His weighted shoes making the locker creak.

This is my kind of humor.

I really didn't expect this level of effort with Nexus. Not saying they're bad, their previous works as an anime studio just didn't stand out to me audio- or visual-wise

 

[Pocky Balboa]

The Macross series, with the exception of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and DYRL, will be streaming on Disney+ for Western audiences.

....

Fuck. I can't man, I can't. Especially not with an empty stomach. Lemme go get something to eat.

 

[Agent23]

The Macross series, with the exception of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross and DYRL, will be streaming on Disney+ for Western audiences.

....

Fuck. I can't man, I can't. Especially not with an empty stomach. Lemme go get something to eat.

Fuck Disney!

Although Macross began to suck after Frontier when they decided to turn it into Love!Live in space.

 

[Iconoclast]

I really didn't expect this level of effort with Nexus. Not saying they're bad, their previous works as an anime studio just didn't stand out to me audio- or visual-wise

Just finished Season 1. Watching Season 2, now.

"The moon is red. The frenzy has begun. We are out of time."

When Cid dramatically turned and repeated it to the guy he chopped in half, my sides went straight into orbit. This is the most absurd anime I've seen since Excel friggin' Saga.

 

[Blasterbot]

Just finished Season 1. Watching Season 2, now.

"The moon is red. The frenzy has begun. We are out of time."

When Cid dramatically turned and repeated it to the guy he chopped in half, my sides went straight into orbit. This is the most absurd anime I've seen since Excel friggin' Saga.

Excel Saga was great.

 

[Iconoclast]

Excel Saga was great.

Can’t go wrong with the classics.

Spoiler: I Legit Cry Every Single Time

What kind of sick bastard does this to his most loyal minion?

 

[Terthna]

Can’t go wrong with the classics.

Spoiler: I Legit Cry Every Single Time

What kind of sick bastard does this to his most loyal minion?

One that is completely fed up with their incompetence and insane bullhonky. He's tried to kill her dozens of times; she just won't stay dead.

 

[ATP]

Excel Saga was great.

She is perfect minion.If i were Dark Lord,i would hire her at once !

 

[Blasterbot]

She is perfect minion.If i were Dark Lord,i would hire her at once !

may not always complete the task. but she will die trying. and will come back.

 

[Iconoclast]

Delta is my favorite character, now.

 

[Terthna]

Nah passing was the right choice, The MC is absolutely retarded to the point it stops being funny and quickly becomes outright annoying.

Japanese comedies do tend to have an issue with repeating the same joke over and over again, long after it stopped being funny to most people outside of Japan. It's one of the main reasons a lot of anime comedies don't do well in the west; well, that and their love of wordplay-based comedy that doesn't translate easily (or often at all) into other languages.

 

[Pocky Balboa]

The last volume of MobuSeka released two days ago. The main story and Marie Route stories are now complete.

Spoiler

The main story apparently ends similarly to the WN (with some minor variations, of course) and Marie Route is basically a bad end with everyone dead, Marie being the last survivor and wishing for a redo; the world somehow grants this and the timeline gets reset to a variation of the main route (Leon meets Olivia earlier)