So, I just finished off Ko Century Beast 3 and rather enjoyed it. It's a seven episode OVA that takes place 12 thousand years in the future the where the Southern half the planet disappeared, resulting in America, Europe, and North Asia regressing to the point that humanity becomes primitive back-to-nature beastmen, meanwhile Australia enacts their authoritarian nightmare upon South American, Africa, and South Asia to turn the entire hemisphere into one big cyberpunk dystopia. Joking aside, Humans from the Southern hemisphere start attacking the beastmen on the Northern hemisphere in search of Gaia, and ancient computer that gives one power to control the fate of the entire world. And, to fight against these humans, three special beastmen (Wan, Bud, and Mei-Mer) gain the power to control powerful giant robots to fight them off so that they can find Gaia first. In regards to the story, it's mostly a fantasy type of affair, where you can replace the science with magic and not see the difference, where the characters are traveling across vast landscapes of what used to be civilization, with a simple "protect the planet" message at the end. Because, for some reason, writers seems to think that humanity will only ever destroy the planet or regress to hunter-gatherer societies, with balance inbetween ever being possible. But, the story isn't the reason why I like the series, the real reason that I do is because I just absolutely adore the artstyle of the show. For some reason, THIS is the kind of 90's anime art that gets me to bust a nut and drives me crazy with how much I love it. That's not to mention that the show is also very well animated with everything go on. Nothing much to say over the music. Overall, I feel like I can doubtlessly recommend the series as it's fun, well animated, and rather simple (Despite my issues with the story's direction).

>>181 I watched 86 and enjoyed it very much. I loved Lena's heroism and naivete. She's a very cute heroine and Shin is a badass protagonist. Also I love how it tells the story from 2 different pov's, the Alba who are safely tucked in their city and command the Colorata, and the Colorata who live and die on the battlefield. The concept was really good and I enjoyed it a lot.

Finished off the series Shamanic Princess, which is, most simply, a six episode OVA that amounts to a four part movie with a two part prequel The premise of the series is that Tiara, a girl with magical capabilities, comes from a parallel world, called the "Guardian World", to Earth in search of an object called the "Throne of Yord". In doing so, she crosses paths with her old friend Lena and he childhood love Kagetsu, also inhabitants from her world, and find out that Kagetsu stole the Throne, which is actually a painting, for the purposes of saving his sister. There isn't much more I can really tell about the story's plot without spoiling it because it isn't that deep of a show, and there's a reason why I referred to it as a "four part movie", as each episode of the series flows right into the next. It's a nice simple series to watch from that perspective, but I also felt like I wanted to see more of the shenanigans going on between the Guardian World and Earth. Granted, the last two episode, which essentially act as a two-part prequel, sort of fulfill this purpose, but it also comes across as a little hollow because we don't really learn or see anything new with the story and world of the series due to much of it already being explained in the previous four episodes. As for the animation of the series, I'd have to say it's fairly well done and well detailed. The only really complaint I had is that the female characters' faces looked a bit odd at times, but that's just me nitpicking. Also, don't be fooled by the show's OP and ED as the series is more along the lines of mystery or something rather like Hell Girl rather than the shoujo magical girls series it comes across as. The only other thing I can really talk about regarding the series is the omake produced afterwords, called Mahou Tsukai Tai! vs Shamanic Princess, which is just two three minute shorts poking fun at the Magic Users Club and Shamanic Princess. Overall, I would recommend Shamanic Princess if you're looking for a simple series that you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy.

>>2096 I watched this recently and liked it. Felt like a pretty decent ova, good animation nice music and interesting story. Felt like a much more modern show despite being from 92(i mean that in a positive light), that or others took some inspiration from it.

Been around a month or so since I watched it now but >Back Arrow This anime is fucking horrible What do you get when you combine Goro Taniguchi (Code Geass, Planetes, Infinite Ryvius, Scryed) with Kazuki Nakashima (TTGL, KLK, editor for Getter Robo) into an original anime involving mechas? Apparently, a total fucking shitshow. Its like they threw everything they could think of at the wall to stick. >general concept, story, execution They have an amnesiac OP dude with mysterious powers, dropped into a world which he knows almost nothing about, except that he has to "go beyond the walls" which apparently everyone in the world worships as a god, which causes trouble. This involves 2 entire nations so he gets in the middle of a war where his powers get used, and shit like a small village gets caught up in the mess and gets used and betrayed very frequently, to a literally laughable extent. It involves mechas which run based on the user's "conviction" which is unique to each person, but unfortunately its largely wasted, very vaguely defined, and feels completely arbitrary and mostly unimpactful. There is also a big secret and mystery of the world as to what the walls are and what lies beyond them, but the actual secret is disappointing as actual fuck and one of the worst, autistic twists I've seen in a long time. Completely brainless retardation. There is also a shit-ton of "fake" politics and tactics, by which I mean they establish certain political things and tactical situations, only to make them feel like a joke and arbitrarily defeated because "character smart". It tries to combine elements of Code Geass and TTGL, along with a bunch of other assorted shit into an anime, and those two do not mix at all, so it ends up a fucking disaster. The initial premise might not turn you off because out of so many things on the wall, a few interesting things seem like they'd be cool, like a princess with a split-personality between a Euphemia type "love is everything" overly nice person and a literal maniacal trash-talking sadistic serial killer, and her opponent is some extremely overpowered old guy who is leader of the other nation, only they're both being used by some other ugly retard bastard. The fights feel drawn out and tedious after a while, the themes get weaker, its just a disaster. Characters themselves mostly aren't bad per se, but they feel completely wasted and retarded. >animation, artstyle and aesthetic Overall "meh", nothing too impressive or anything. Some mechas look decent, but shit like the dreadnoughts and massive mechs and whatnot look like overdesigned children's toy abominations. Character designs look... "okay", but kinda schizophrenic and strange. Some look decent, some don't. Its all over the place, it wouldn't be so bad if the rest of the anime wasn't awful and they utilized them properly. For example the main character is a guy in a vest and sweatpants, who meets up a village full of village people, including a girl who dresses like a cowboy with a hat and all. Then they meet up with a traditional "romance of the three kingdoms" people, with a dude who dresses like a Japanese eunuch, a huge buff dude who is his best friend, a more contemporary kingdom with science shit, constructs and robots and mechas mixing into all that. They also took some inspiration from TTGL in terms of aesthetics for things like mechas, backgrounds and environments unfortunately, cheapening the whole thing and making it look like it would be better than it was. >Music, sound, etc. I don't remember much special, it was good enough for what it was though. It overall started out as a possible 7-8/10 before I knew what was going on and what it would turn into, and by the end it turned into a 4-5/10, if even that. I'd probably give it even lower like a 2-3/10. The twist is so ass-retarded its not even funny, it feels like a bad joke. I would recommend against this shit heavily, it deserves to be relegated into the dustbin of history. You simply can't "combine" elements of 2 completely different types of works like this, you end up with a foul-tasting abomination, and their attempts to make it "different" just made it very fucking cringy and brainless instead. Both Taniguchi and Nakashima need to be smacked hard for making this, I had very high hopes for it based on their reputations and legacies and the general premise, but instead it was all just a bad joke; I feel bad for anyone who watches this tripe with anything but the lowest expectations. I was stuck watching it after the first 2/3 due to sunk costs at that point, what a fucking waste of time.

Recently finished "Summer time rendering" and I have mixed feelings about it. First few episodes were very intriguing, felt very much like twin peaks. As the series goes on though it changes genre from being a mystery anime to being an action anime. I enjoyed it overall but it just felt like it was dragging things out by the end. The villain was really disappointing too.

The last series I finished was Overlord anime season 4. Truth be told, it was always marketed as the books are better, they can't create everything in the anime. But I'm glad they did and even with the extremely limited content compared to the novels, the world and characters presented are well worth the time.

>>2937 I don't know this anime but it really pisses me off when a series suddenly changes genre and loses focus. They need to plan out how every episode should play out at the very beginning of production.

>>2937 Bummer it didn't stay as consistently good, I'm interested in it because of swimsuit girl Hopefully I like it better than you did when I get around to it (eventually)

>>2942 >I'm interested in it because of swimsuit girl You're in luck then because she pretty much becomes the main character. Most of the plot revolves around her.

Finished off Chou Kousoku Galvion last night and it is an okay show. The premise that humanity finally achieved space travel towards the end of the 21st century with the help of extra-terrestrials. However, the very first thing we did after establishing ourselves among the stars is humanity going to war with itself. Horrified by these acts, the aliens push humanity back to Earth an then erect a barrier around the planet to prevent us from leaving. "Somehow", humanity and civilization has continued to thrive despite being restricted to our planet. But, there is a new cabal of industry elites, calling themselves "Shadow", who form and decide that their goal is to shape the direction of the world going forward. Opposing Shadow is a secret mercenary group working for the government called "Circus", who stumble upon Shadow's activities and make it their goal to bring Shadow down. This group is led by automobile industry heiress Rei Midoriyama, who hires two cons, Muu (An illegal street racer) and Maya (A hacker), with the deal that they will be released if they rack up enough points doing assignments for her group. Despite how "hard" the premise of the series might sound, it's actually rather lax with itself. It seems like there's not real rush to Circus trying to find out who Shadow is, with direct confrontation between the two almost happening by accident rather directly planned (At least, until the later episodes). In fact, much of the earlier episodes focus upon conflict between Circus and the newest member of Shadow, Henry McMillam, who sees to take over Shadow and the world for his own mysterious purposes. In same ways, it's one of the series that gets better the further into the show you get as you see the different parties all pursuing their own interests. However, despite all that being said, the show was also cancelled during it's 22nd episode (Also perhaps the weakest episode of the show), with a 30 second voice-over wrap up that explains where the show would have gone had it be given a chance to continue. So, the show just ends with multiple plot threads left up in the air and no real conclusion. Based on outside material such as art books and interviews given, it's possible to see the show's conclusion, but I sort of feel pleased that I didn't see it come to fruition when the ending the series would have mirror that of the far later Rage of Bahamut: Virigin Soul (Which, as far as I can tell, none of this series' staff was involved in). The art style of the series comes across as a little odd at first because all of the main characters essentially have "Pinocchio noses", but it takes some getting adjusted to. As to the animation, all of the human encounters come across as a little stilted or odd meanwhile the action scenes are all very well animated and well worth seeing in action. Overall, it feels like I cannot really recommend Chou Kousoku Galvion. It's not a bad series, but it really takes it's time getting started, it being cancelled with none of the loose ends ever resolved, and that there's little reason to watch it unless you want to see the action scenes.

Just finished watching this again after like 20 years. Surprised this gets slept on by those looking for cyberpunk astetic that has been lacking in anime untill very recently.

Finished off Zombieland Saga Revenge (Season Two), and it was okay, but it didn't seem to have the same charm as the first season. The premise is that, after the ending of the first season, the girls attempt to do a gig at a giant stadium and absolutely flop, and left with an enormous debt. Afterwards, leading up to the start of season two (Revenge), they work odd jobs around Saga in an attempt to pay off the debt while rebuilding their reputation. In same ways, I think part of the reason for it being more bland has to do with the fact that much of the content feels like a repeat of the previous season. However, there are a couple of highlight episodes, such as the SoL episode with best girl, and the two part "The Saga Incident", which actually do show the girls influencing the world around them. However, I do feel like the it has stinkers of an episode, such as one where they accidentally get an eighth member, and the final episode (Sadly enough). The animation of the show does show a budget increase as the dances in season one were entirely CGI, however these ones threw me for a loop because they did look entirely drawn. However, the rest of the show is okay as it looks pretty standard for everything else. Unlike the first season, all of the songs are JPOP, so be warned if you're not interested. Overall, I think I may have received the series better if it hadn't been so long since I watch the first season (Which was 2018 for context), but it's an okay addition. Also, wondering what the Hell that ending was about.

Just finished of the series [C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control, and I really liked the show. The story is centered around Yoga Kimimaro, a wannabe miser who's working two jobs and going to a financial university for the purposes of getting a government job so that he can have an "average" family with an "average" life, all supplied by an "average" and stable salary. However, disrupting that life of "average" pursuit, a Willy Wonka style character named Maskaki enters his apartment to give Yoga a magical pass to the "Financial District", a "parallel world" that exists in all of the world's largest financial centers. Anyone with the ability to enter this world is called an "Entrepreneur", and is paired with an "Asset" that represents that person's potential future. However, every "Entre" (As it's eventually shortened) and their Asset has to fight at least once a week with other Entres for the purposes of maintaining the financial district's "stock market", with an Entre and Asset's magical power tied directly to the financial capital in the Entre's bank account. And, if an Entre becomes broke, they lose their Asset, access to the Financial District, and the potential future that was traded collateral for their ability to access said parallel world in the first place. To sum it up in practice, it's basically Digimon with a lot of banking terms used for battles. However, don't take that to mean that the show takes what sounds like an interesting idea, and squanders it to be shallow attempt at sounding smart. The show actually does center itself on how important money is and operates in the world, which setups the overarching conflict of the show. One of the first characters Yoga meets in the Financial District is Mikuni Souichirou, a financier (And, the show's antagonist) who uses his acquired wealth for the purposes of dictating government and corporate policy and actions behind the scenes, all under the justification that he's "saving" people, and spends the show building up the Starling Guild for the purposes of "controlling" the Financial District. Yeah, I don't have to explain how well THAT goes down when the Financial District is essentially a magical international bank. Anyways, Mikuni desires to take Yoga under his wing because he sees a piece of himself in the kid, however Yoga is unsure about what it is that he actually wants. Seeing the possibilities the Financial District is offering, and the effects of it (Both positive, and especially negative) cause him to second guess if his aspirations and everything he thought he wanted out of life is really sound or just him being selfish and angry. In some ways, I found it quite relatable because he attitude at the start of the show comes across a very similar to the mindset a lot of modern people have. And, seeing his growth over the course of the show to actually fight for a future more grand than he ever thought does make you really want to root for him. The animation for the series is also really good, but does take some getting used to. First of all, the show does a lot of weird jump cuts between animations, which first comes across as animation errors when you're first watching the show, but soon see that said cuts are intentional for story purposes. Another oddity is that the show makes some occasional use of CGI, but never for the battle scenes. Instead, the CGI is used for some conversational scenes and I cannot explain why, especially when much grander scenes and battles are almost entirely traditionally animated (Very well, I must add). And, like always, I cannot such about the shows audio other than it's good and I love the OP and ED. However, I can say that it does have some of the best Engrish audio I have ever heard. Overall, I will doubtlessly recommend that you watch [C] if it sounds at all interesting. At the most basic level, it's just another take on Digimon (Which should sell you itself), however it is a much better show than that similarity may grant it.

Just dropped the show Gundou Musashi after 8 of it's 26 episodes as it is, unironically, the worst anime I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The premise of the series is sort-of an "alternate history" of Japan where Ishida Mitsunari won the Battle of Sekigahara, thereby creating a world where the Tokugawa era of Japan never occurred. However, because of this paradox, demons are released across the country essentially trying to correct the course of history. One of the ways this will be accomplished is through the kidnapping of Princess Kaguya so that she can marry Lord Ryougen. However, standing in the way of this plan is Miyamoto Musashi, an expert thief skilled in gun-dou, a martial arts specializing in the usage of a katana and a sword (Yes, like the protagonist from Red Steel 2), who is said to be capable of exorcising the demons from the land. However, over the course of the eight episode I watched, six of them were devoted to a single battle centered on Musashi being told by a gun-dou master that he will not train him, and learning about a magical gun called the "gun-ki" that is capable of shooting bullets harder than any regular gun, in addition to being the only gun capable of firing magical bullets that would destroy any other gun. And, these six episodes literally had the villain just standing there, watching, and making fun of the Musashi and his groups while they talked about different ways to defeat said villain. Keep in mind that the plot hasn't even started, and these are majority of the episodes in the first quarter of the series. That's on top of the dialogue being so bad that it's a once-in-a-life thing to see. Please don't, though. The animation of the series is even worse. You could almost think that the show was handed to a bunch of interns, but I feel like that's giving it too much praise due to how even interns are learning the skills for a paid job. All of the animations are recycled, the actual movements of characters do not connect with other characters they're interacting with, and the artist for each character literally changes every camera angle. Photos and vids attached should help explain this. That's on top of the fact that nearly ALL of the backgrounds are literally photographs with a filter applied to them. As for the audio, the characters sounded alright, but the sound effects are absent half of the time during the scenes, and leaving me wondering where the audio engineer was. This is such a terrible series that there is nothing I can I can praise it for. While other shows have deserved my ire because of the terrible story (RoB:VS, Nadesico, Orguss) or inconsistent quality (Aquarion), Gundou Musashi has managed to combine both problems and make a product that has ZERO redeeming quality. If anything, THIS is the kind of anime you see parodied here in the West as "Look at those funny Japanimations, and how much better superior Western animation is".

>>3579 I'm serious, you need to see the "expert quality" of this shit.

>>3578 >3rd webm I think they could've done a live action better than this animation.

>>3578 I dont think you could purposely make a worse show than this one.

Finished off the three-part OVA Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer, and it was an enjoyable series. More so for the animation than the story. The premise is that, at the turn of the century, Tokyo experiences a major earthquake that sinks majority of the city into the ocean. Fast forward 15 years, and the rebuilt city has become a battleground between slime-like monsters and anonymous heroes who have access to special games called "kaizer stones", that give their users special powers. At least, that's the setup for the series. The actual plot of it all is that Shigure Kyousuke, a former users of said Kaizer stone, has made it his life's goal to kill Ouzaki Shizuru, the guy who created and gave the Kaizer stones to their users, owns the company that bought up all ruined Tokyo and rebuilt it, and the current host of Satan. And, the show encompasses the various people that Kyousuke crosses paths with, who begin to share in his same goal. To be quite honest though, the story doesn't make much sense, nor does it try to explain itself well. I already mentioned the goo monsters (Who just show up when the script demands it), but apparently there's also this entire dimension that contains a still-ruined Tokyo that apparently the Kaizer stone holders have been having tournaments in but is never shown beyond the first episode. In addition, two of the three "main" female characters just exist in the story for "reasons", with outfits that extremely clash with the rest of the show. So, the plot isn't the reason to watch the show. The animation definitely is, though. Gowcaizer is one of the best animated shows that I have watched as all of the action on display is extremely smooth and a joy to see. It's the kind of animated content that I miss seeing in a lot of works. In addition, it sports my favorite anime art style. Although, for some reason, it seems like the character designer for the male characters was either a woman or a fag because of how gay they all look. Overall, Gowcaizer is something that I would probably put alongside Transformers: The Movie. You won't care about the story, but you'll be watching it for the quality animation.

>>3695 Okay, that explains a bit, this was all done to promote the fighting game of the same name: https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10347

Finished off the four episode series Tenamonya Voyagers, and I rather enjoyed it despite the cliffhanger of an ending. The premise of the series is that Miss Hanabishi, a ditzy teacher constantly looking for work and writing haikus, and Shichinomiya Wakana, a sports prodogy, have travelled to the other end of the galaxy to attend a prestigious school. However, when they arrive, they find out that the school went bankrupt on their trip over and are at a loss of what to do. While coming to the conlusion of returning home to Earth, a mecha crashes down and destroys the school, and out pops the pilot "Space Trash" Paraila, an organized crime head who is on the run from both how own gang and the police. She decides to accompany Miss Hanabishi and Wakana on their journey to Earth for the purposes of exploiting loophole in space law that results in one's criminal record being invalidated upon stepping on Earth. However, right on their tail is determined police officer Yokoyama Tatsue. And, that's pretty much it. All of the episodes are about the trio's exploits trying to get to Earth (Later with the addition of Paraila's underling Maako), and all the silliness that ensues along the way. Wakana and Paraila are constantly at each other's throats, meanwhile Miss Hanabishi and Maako either luck out or the source of constant humor. It all works and it's a very entertaining series. The only real shame is that episode four ends on a cliffhanger of never knowing if they ever got back home. However, where the show really shine is in it's animation. This is perhaps one of the smoothest cartoons I have watched in recent memory, and I cannot remember single poorly made scene out of the entire show. That's in addition to how it's all so colorful and vibrant that I would undoubtlyed recommend it on just THAT alone. That's also beside the point that it was one of the most unique and noticeable soundtracks I have heard. There's not a single bad thing that I can say about Tenamonya Voyagers. It's an absolutely excellent series, that will bring a smile to your face. Even if you frown at the prospect of it being a cliffhanger of an ending, still watch it as is one of the best animated shows I have ever watched. 'Tis a shame that I didn't care for some of the creators' later work as much, which include Noir and Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.

Finished off Iria: Zeiram The Animation, and had a fun time with it. The show focusses upon Iria, an apprentice and (Later) completely licensed "hunter". The show opens with her riding off with her brother (Glen) and another hunter (Bob) on an extremely dangerous mission to rescue people from a maroonned spaceship. Once they arrive, they find that the previous rescue teams were slaughter by a creature on board of the ship called a Zeiram, which is basically an almost indestructable xenomorph that looks like a samurai. In the process of trying to rescue the survivors, Bob is almost killed and later turned into an AI, Iria escapes the ship at the request of her brother, and Glen self-destructs the ship to destroy the Zeiram. However, the Zeiram survives, and the rest of the show is dedicated towards Iria trying to find a way to destroy the monster and uncover what happened to Glen. It's a very straight-forward plot that leaves little to be explained. The animation for the show is is rather well done. Not as good in quality as Tenamonya Voyagers, but it's very well made. I liked it. Struggling to find things to say because, despite being a good series, there's little to keep you attached. In some ways, the show is riding upon cliches, so there's little that you'll see that's actually unique or new, but it's constructed in such a way that you can just sit back and enjoy it.

Just finished Isekai Ojisan, i haven't enjoyed an anime this much in a while. >Synopsis: After a fatal encounter with a truck, Takafumi Takaoka's uncle, Yousuke "Ojisan" Shibazaki, lies comatose for 17 years. When he finally regains consciousness, Ojisan begins to ramble in a foreign tongue and reveals that he had been transported to a magical world. It's a lot like a guy telling fun stories from an mmo he used to play, every episode was funny, relaxing, but also had good action moments every now and then without losing it's relaxing tone. Last and most important for me is that i liked all the characters or at the very least i didn't dislike/was bothered any of them. Girls were cute too. I suck at expressing my thoughts and feelings.

>>3959 those files are from 2022 because i stopped watching back then and picked it up again a few days ago to finish it

Just finished watching two seasons of Rent-a-Girlfriend. Like all these types of anime the mc is super gay, cuck, you name it. He has two perfect girls (both in personality and looks), who are mad in love with him but no he wants to ignore them and keep paying for the escort because he admires how passionate she is about becoming an actress. I knew what to expect from this type of anime so i'm not too disappointed. There is a third season and i like to finish what i start but i don't think i'll watch it.

>>4027 bitch

So I downloaded Tenku Senki Shurato back in November, tried watching it over the next few agonizing months, before eventually dropping it back in March because of just how bored of the show I was, and have been kicking myself since about actually posting about it before I move onto something else. The short of the series is that's it's an isekai about two martial artists, Shurato and Gai, being brought to the world of Tenkuukai. It's a parallel world to that of Earth, where the peace in Tenkuukai allows our world to exist. However, the lead guardian of that world, Hyuuga, turns Lady Vishnu, the goddess of Tenkuukai, into stone for the purposes of bringing about some sort of doomsday. and he puts the blame for the act upon Shurato. On the run and trying to save Lady Vishnu, Shurato tries to survive traveling across Tenkuukai while being hunted by other guardians and a brainwashed Gai. This half of the plot eventually resolves itself by episode 25, with the remaining 13 episodes being about some sort of demon goddess that Hyuuga was preparing the way for, but I couldn't be asked to watch the rest because I was just so thoroughly bored. And it doesn't help that episode 11 firmly establishes that this show could be best summed up as an "idiot plot", where half of the shit that happens is because half the cast are idiots. To give context about that episode, Guardian Renge is absolutely in love with Hyuuga and will do anything for him. However the other guardians helping Shurato have figured out that Hyuuga is no longer a good guy and finally convince Renge that the man that she loves is no longer the same man. And how does she react? She doesn't fucking care! She declares that she will do anything Hyuuga demands of her because he makes her pussy just that moist and ends up dying (Until Lady Vishnu revives everyone in episode 25). This isn't the only instance of this type of bullshit happening, but it was the one that really stood out the most for me. And there were a few other things about the show that angered me to the point of not caring, but I forget what since it's been so long since I watched this series. The animation is good and audio is good, but I just did not like the show because of how stupid the story got.

Just watched Supernatural: The animation. As a fan of the original live action show (up until season 10 or so anyways), it was an interesting experience, I liked it a lot. Its got good Madhouse quality, you can tell they had some inspiration for Hellsing for some of the scenes. The sub is largely better than the dub, you can tell they didn't get much of a cast together for the dub besides Jared Padalecki (and eventually Jensen Ackles for the last 2 episodes) who were the protagonists in the live action. The sub, meanwhile, has a pretty great seiyuu cast all around who gave strong performances, it seems the 2 seiyuus who dubbed the protagonists reprise their roles here. Its interesting to see what aspects were changed for the animation and how the characters were changed. Dean was made to be a bit sillier/playful and more emotional, and Sam was made to feel more like a little brother than the original series had them as. Was a good change since it fits for animation, hard to have the same feelings like that when you see two adults in live action but in anime it just feels right for some reason. They handle some story aspects better than the actual show did, and I liked the way they handled certain scenes. Music was good too. Animation was generally solid, there were plenty of cool moments and enough badassery to satisfy. The monster of the week episodes could often have a surprising amount of emotional punch to them. Unfortunately the main story did feel a bit rushed towards the end, but it was pretty still well-handled all things considered. There was a chunk of stuff missing, but I liked it. I don't know if I would recommend it to someone who doesn't know what the show is, its hard for me to say if they explain the show well enough in context because it is a bit disjointed, but its not too hard a concept to understand imo, at least the first 5 seasons of the actual show anyways. That might be me talking in hindsight having watched a lot of it. It was also a bit enlightening to help me realize how edgy live-action often is compared to anime. In anime they usually don't explicitly show shit like beheadings and bloody throat-slittings, often cutting the "camera" away to the head rolling off or something, but in this one they directly try to show the bloody/gory stuff more than most anime, and the live-action show might be more violent than this. I'd recommend it, and would also recommend the live action of course if one happens to like the anime.

>>4541 Didn't know it had an animation.

>>4541 >>4554 Supernatural: The animation's made 6 years after Supernatural, Eric Kripke created both. It's 22 episodes, Supernatural's 327. 12 episodes adapted from the first 2 seasons of Supernatural, the other 10 were original.

I finished the first season of Megalobox yesterday. Nowhere near as good as Ashita No Joe, but I liked it enough to want to give season 2 a go. Will start it later today.

>>3959 This went under my radar, been following the manga for a long time. Watched some eps now and I'm glad to see it got a good adaption, although the fancervice was a bit too much for me. Easier to skim/skip it in the manga

Rescuing this thread from the bottom of the catalog, I'm sure more people would need a thread like this

So just finished off the /m/ anime Dai-Guard and found it to be a rather good series The short of the series is that it's basically Pacific Rim in it's premise: that a kaiju shows up, destroys everything in it's path, and the military has to resort to a nuke to finally kill the damn thing. And immediately regretting that they had to do so, start comissioning the the creation of a giant robot so as to minimize the damage the next time one of those things appears. Except it doesn't for the next dozen years. So seeing the weapon as pointless, the military return ownership of it to the 21st Century Corporation, who originally built the "Dai-Guard", which is now shown around as a tourist attraction for various trade events and PR campaigns. And now that the kaiju actually have reappeared, the people in charge of piloting the machine are the very PR managers at the company. All things considered, the series isn't as silly as that sounds, and actually gets rather serious. In fact, majority of the show's drama is centered around the clashing between the military wanting to take control of the Dai-Guard and everything related to it for no other reason than pride and a feeling worthless as the company does their "job" for them, and the company effectively stone-walling them (Or I should say the CEO has he is removed at one point and replaced by one of the greedy board members) because THEY own the Dai-Guard and even built the machine in the first place was because the company's CEO didn't believe that the military is capable of dealing with such incidents due to the political and petty nature of the military chain of command. That isn't to say that they spend all their time ridiculing the army, as one of the primariy characters in the show is a military liason and there are innumerable incidents where it's shown that his experience and contributions do end up saving the day much to people's chagrin. But it's one of those series where the actual human drama taking place is much more interesting than the premise of them fighting monsters. And I sort of need to emphasize that part because many of the later episodes in the series move away from that drama to focus on the actually characters operating in the PR division, and they're just not as strong as the earlier episodes and it creates a bit of a pacing issue towards the latter half. But over all, I'd very much give the series a solid recommendation. It's a good show.