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I agree with the fight not being as sakuga as say a big fight in Demon Slayer for example, but it depends on how you look at it.

For TV-only animation, the fight was decent quality.

The Solo Leveling theatrical release did not do particularly well in Japan, and famously the DVD/BluRay release bombed.

Not surprising, especially given how negatively the Japanese Hunters are portrayed.

SL just isn't as popular in Japan for that reason, so TV revenues there are limited at best.

Anime adapted from Korean manhwa sources tend to be unpopular in Japan anyway. If you look at Tower Of God S2, a manhwa adaptation on the graph in the article.

So their animation budget was always going to be limited to the revenues from the international market.

• Sentai Daishikkaku 2nd Season - I hope the pacing gets better
• GQuuuuuuX
• Gorilla God's Blessing
• Wind Breaker 2nd Season
• Lazarus
• Witch Watch
• Beginning After The End

Hopefully I'll actually have time to keep current on shows next season...

Thanks! That's what I get for not looking at the OCR output too thoroughly...

Different, but not necessarily great.

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The good ending did give me a sense of relief though, even if it felt too deus ex machina, i.e. why didn't Natsuko draw Mighty Greatsword Luke to begin with?

The QJ subplot didn't pay off emotionally, he just shows up to be her flashlight before being destroyed again.

Memmln's turn from the Dark Side was jarring for me too.

Natusko's adult self telling her she must draw was predictable.

And where did the new Soul Futures come from? Don't tell me Natsuko and Luke's looooove...
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I was hoping that Natsuko would take more agency over a new ending for Tale Of Perishing after this point:

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I mean she could have just drawn a happy ending.

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The highlights from the show in the end credits were cool though.

Wow, great fight between Sunraku and the dual element whale!

I thought the cooldown between uses of Inventoria would be longer though.

Amazing how that one kuso game traumatized him...

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The text of the contract, translated by Google translate, with English legalese manually added:

契約書
Contract

は乙を魔法少女に
Whereas Party B will be transformed into a magical girl.
甲は乙を魔法少女に
変身させる
Party A will transform Party B into a magical girl.

なお乙は甲に対し、 変身費用として800,000,000 円を支払う義務を負う
Party B is obligated to pay Party A 800,000,000 yen in transformation costs.

甲: ???
Party A: ???

乙: 夢ot エル
Party B: Yumeot Elle

Shorts are a better way to make additional content instead of underdeveloped writing for a full 30 minute OVA, while we wait for a season 2...

This is an example of how conservatism and creative arts don't mix.

Everybody loves the arts, but conservatives don't respect the freedom that the artists and entertainers need to create. To them it's just "shut up and stay in your lane" even when it's the conservatives expanding their range of their repression.

Sentai Filmworks needs to move out of Texas, and stay clear of any other red states for that matter.

Looks interesting...

I wonder when he figures it out...

Japanese article: https://natalie.mu/comic/news/611084 (use the website translator of your choice, if needed)

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raqmeVXfwTM

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=raqmeVXfwTM

The animation doesn't look great, so I hope the writing is good.

Studio is WAO World, who have made absolutely nothing that I recognize.

Enh. Anime isn't for everyone. There's nothing that is for absolutely everyone.

And that's fine.

Just enjoy talking about anime with those who do like it.

"Staring out over the city he's sworn to... stare out over..." - The Tick

But they're like Akiba Maid War cafes.

This is actually local to me, but I hate going to anime conventions these days because nobody wants to watch anime together.

The OAVs: Etranger and Leda are concentrated 80s anime goodness, so go with those first.

It takes some dedication to watch the whole TV shows.

So many good shots in this episode:

I think I like this one the best
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That's definitely QJ that Memmln's minions are putting back together, but what for? And why is Memmln helping defend the town if she wants to summon the Ultimate Void?

Unio is such a scene stealer...

I did like Natsuko coming to the idea that Luke saved her as a fangirl and budding animator, i.e. that she is in debt to him for being her husbando.

I did like that part about portraying modern anime fandom, with the merch, and just going with what we can afford, because there's always more to spend on: e.g. she gets the printed acrylic stand of Luke instead of the expensive figurine, and she also has a Luke plush bag charm.

Note: Those 3 envelopes she's holding outside the store selling the Luke figurine are "Otoshidama" envelopes that adults give children for New Years. https://japanupclose.web-japan.org/techculture/c20221223_1.html

Pretty much the same thing as Chinese/Vietnamese red envelopes at Lunar New Year.

Good idea! We'll have to see if you're right of course.

A lot of people just use the "All" feed on their server to find new content, because Lemmy doesn't have a recommendation algorithm (and thankfully not).

I do that occasionally too, to find new and interesting /c's.

I also crosspost and make references to http://ani.social/c/anime to spread the word that it exists and is the best anime community in Lemmy-space. (see what I did there?)

Sometimes it just takes 1 or 2 people yelling at each other, as long as new posts appear preferably daily, or at least a couple times a week.

I am enjoying the manhwa Hero Has Returned, aka The Warrior Returns, as a deconstruction of the isekai genre for tragedy.