Was glad last weekend to see a few of us get talking last weekend in the One Piece thread. Lemmy is way too dead when it comes to anime and manga talk. So let’s see what we need to be talking about.
What have you been watching, what is it, and why do you think it’s worth watching?
Im watching Psycho pass S2 right now. I watched it before, but forgot everything. But as I’m watching it now I remember seeing it more and more. That’s alright though, since I wanted to continue after s2 with all the new stuff. It’s good, but it’s very difficult remembering all the names of so many people.
Odd Taxi was pretty good. It’s not new or anything but I really liked the narrative.
I recently finished Spy Family, which I really loved, and then I started another rewatch of Hunter X Hunter and I only have about 20 episodes left. I realized at some point that the guy who wrote it also wrote YuYu Hakusho, another favorite of mine, so I started a rewatch of that too.
My One Piece first watch has been on pause for a bit. I did a hard grind all the way to Dressrosa but I haven’t started the arc yet because I was getting burned out
I didn’t know the HxH guy was the YYH guy. I’ll have to watch YYH all the way through sometime then. I caught pieces on Cartoon Network in the day, but never saw it all the way through.
Spy Family has been a lot of fun, though it’s gotten kinda serious at the present point of the manga. If you read manga, Sakamoto Days has a similar but slightly more serious feel.
Yeah I was surprised as well. Watching YYH again, the similarities are amusing. I like trying to guess the Nen types of the YYH characters. Yusuke has gotta be an emitter. I like to think Koenma showed him the spirit gun just to save him wasting time trying to figure out his own type. Kuwabara might be a transmuter or a conjuror depending on how his sword works. The show isn’t 100% consistent on whether he can drop it or not so who knows. Kurama is a manipulator for sure since he controls plants. Hiei might be an enhancer
Are you watching the 2011 version of HxH?
I’ll probably try out the '90s anime for my next rewatch, since I’ve watched the new one five times by now.
Yeah the 2011 version with the Greed Island, Chimera Ants, and Hunter Association Election arcs. I’ve never seen the older one. I love the old school animations but it only goes up to Yorknew City and the Underground Auction arc so I’ve never actually taken the time to see how different it is even though this is probably my 5th watch of the 2011 version
I am currently finishing the Black Lagoon OVA, I like the way it depicts Okajima’s changed character.
Recently watched Urusei Yatsura (2022), and so now I’m back watching the 1981 anime series. It’s funny how directly To-Love Ru took several of its premises, only to turn them into borderline hentai.
Dang, another I’ve been meaning to check out. Looks like it’s from the Ranma 1/2 people. I didn’t know there was a new one. Did you like the new it is one better?
To-love Ru I watched this year after all the Gintama references to it.
I do like the new one better. The old one was a 213 “segment”[1] adaptation of a 34 volume manga. Still, the old one uses traditional animation styles which gives its its own charm, and it’s more cartoony and looney than the new one is. The new one has better pacing, better animation quality[2], and the OP and ED are both phenomenal.
Apparently the manga has more plot progression though, which sorta makes me curious to check that out. Being completely episodic is kinda frustrating when I do actually want to see the main character change.
That said, I like the series, I like and feel for Lum, but I’m not much a fan of the MC - you’re not supposed to be tbh. At best he’s an asshole, and at worst, he’s unfortunate due in part to his own foolhardy assholish decisions.
