I'm watching "Made in Abyss" right now and - animated content usually cannot upset me anymore. But today I felt so physically uncomfortable watching that I almost had to throw up. Jesus Christ.

The show is great though, I will say that. Really good stuff.

I'm currently watching
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Yugioh Sevens
Cells at Work
Cells at Work Black
Dr. Stone
So I'm a Spider so What?
Heavens Design Team
Jujutsu Kaisen
Pokémon
Dragon Quest
Skate Infinity
Digimon
Kemono Jihen
And Jobless Reincarnation

I don't understand how people can balance so many shows at once lol. I guess it helps that the majority of those seem to be currently airing.

(edit: that's not a dig at you, I'm impressed.)

Anyways, I've been watching Megalobox and Zoids lately. I'm enjoying Megalobox, but I can't help but feel like every boxing drama is essentially the same basic premise - underdog defies the odds.

They are all currently airing, so it helps that each is just 1 episode a week. Though I've also got a bunch of other shows like Kamen Rider, Sentai, Power Rangers and CW superhero shows. And old shows I'm catching up on line Ryuki, Boukenger and Star Trek. Plus a bunch of YouTubers that upload regularly and I recently started reading Jojo manga and it's very addictive.

Oh, also work. I guess that's a thing too.

If you add in other shows I'm watching, you have

The Office (UK)
The IT Crowd
Worth It
Mr Mayor
Zoids
Megalobox
and I've been trying (and failing) to catch up on Kiramager.

You've got me beat by a long shot hahaha

Yeah, I'm up to date on Black Clover, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens, Jujutsu Kaisen, Promised Neverland Season 2, and of course, Kamen Rider Saber and Kiramager. I just finished Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works, I'll watch Fate/Zero next week, since I'll be watching the My Hero Academia OVAs and Heroes: Rising movie and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan. Not counting the YouTubers I occasionally watch.

I'm loving Jujutsu Kaisen, but after the first cour I decided I'd rather just binge the rest, so it's on hold for now. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan is great, I've been watching them as they came out (aside from the newest one, which I have yet to see).

So this is what happens when Ultraman Z, Alien Fanton Gourman, Gridman, and Quester Gai starts a skateboarding crew with a snowboarder and a skateboard prodigy with an affinity for cat-themed hoodies.:lolol
And your antagonist is Dio Brando.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7iU2m6RbEU

"You thought it you would be facing off against Tony Hawk...
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But it was me, DIO!"

Exactly :lolol

But real talk it's fun and I love that they just made a skateboard anime which is rare.

So Death Note, the big status quo change around ep 16 or so ... yea not a fan. The fun dynamic and set up that was going on is now thrown away? Did this happen in the manga too? Hopefully things pick up after this stretch because I'm not really digging this new direction

What are everyone's thoughts on this change?

I didn't realise this had so many toku actors. I did recognise DIO though.

Yeah, it happens in the manga too.

I have mixed feelings on the second half of Death Note. Definitely inferior to the first half, but the ending makes it almost worth it.

Just started Food Wars. Two episodes in and I'm not convinced I'll enjoy it. I was hoping for something fun with some competition elements and some slice of life elements that's easy to watch. Instead, everything is exaggerated to the point where I have trouble getting invested and it's pushing my suspension of disbelief (If he's so good that he can impress the most elite palate in the world with something basic, yet he can't outcook his father...why isn't their diner more well-known?), I don't like the foodgasms, the comedy isn't really my style, and most of the characters are kind of annoying.

Should I keep going, or just drop it?

I wasn't that interested in it from what I've heard and seen from ads on Crunchyroll, and from what I've off-handedly heard from some people, some of which might have been fans, said it trips over itself and goes downhill from there at some point (I think this was when season 3 came out?). Anyway, if there wasn't anything enjoyable or worth watching for than dropping out wouldn't be a bad idea. Again, I never even watched it, or had much interest from the beginning and from what you say, I'm glad I didn't.

I think the show is really fun? I watched the first 4 seasons and it never went downhill or anything. It got better instead if I had to judge it.

I like the novelty of it all, that it is basically your standard anime where the characters beat each other up and the power levels get insanely unrealistic but instead of fighting physically they have cooking matches.

I wouldn’t drop it after only 2 episodes, keep going.

Well when you put it that way, I guess my earlier statement is just baseless criticisms I've heard, since I haven't seen the show only hearsay, so what you said has more weight to it. I don't doubt there are some hilarious moments in there since that's what I've heard, but just wasn't interested enough, or not enough time to commit (I say as I'm about to return to my One Piece binge). But if I were in the crossroads of whether to continue or drop it, I'd might have taken your advice and finish at least season 1 before deciding to go on or not, since I'm prideful about finishing what I start.

So if anyone does have interest in the show, don't take my advice, take it from someone who's actually seen the show, or just go for it, since that's how I watched Kamen Rider Wizard and actually did find enjoyment in it.

I started watching Kuroko no Baske instead and this is MUCH closer to what I was in the mood for. Maybe I'll give Food Wars another go down the line, but for now I don't feel the need to keep watching it.

Well, there is this. The OG cooking battle story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsd260rfdps

Finished Fate/Zero last night, really liked it. Funny how I thought it was just going to be Urobuchi being edgy from start to finish, but it wasn't edgy in the bad way, and the themes worked much better than the Godzilla Anime Trilogy. The only complaint I have is the disappointing final battle, but overall really liked it (Rider team is best team). Also, I seem to like Hikaru Midorikawa's (voice of Gridman) roles a lot.

Guess I'll watch Pacific Rim: The Black tonight.

Just finished Pacific Rim: The Black last night. It was pretty good, better than Uprising and the Godzilla Anime Trilogy.

I'm going to avoid spoilers just in case people have interest in seeing it themselves, so I'll just leave some of my thoughts here:

The animation for the Jeagers and Kaiju were some of the best parts of this series, and made even better by the fact that the sense of scale from the first movie is somewhat retained, not as good, but not as off as Uprising, so that was a nice detail, and the designs, I thought, were really good, a nice balance between the two movies, and just good designs overall. The humans, however, is inconsistent, where it's mostly choppy, probably due to the characters moving around a lot more than the Godzilla Trilogy, because they're emulating more of a western style show rather than Anime, but it just doesn't feel right, where there are a handful of scenes where they do move smoothly and naturally. But this may be because most of the budget went into the Jeagers and Kaiju, so I'm not mad about it.

The story was alright, with some interesting new ideas thrown in, and if people were wondering, this is indeed connected to the Pacific Rim timeline, again not spoiling. Most of the plot points were kind of what I expected, but with some of the curveballs thrown in, it made for a fun watch.

The characters were alright for the most part. The voices weren't bad, but not great either, I'm usually sub person when it comes to Anime, mainly because most dubs I've heard are pretty bad *Looks at Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal* but these voices weren't bad. And might I add, I'm glad they kept a consistent tone throughout the series instead of adding opportunities for dumb jokes at every interval, like Uprising, nor did they try to make this as dark and edgy as possible, so they have my respect.

Oh yeah... Ploygon also did that gosh-awful Star Wars Resistance that only took me the trailers and first episode to convince me it was bad... But anyway, Pacific Rim: The Black, was overall, a pretty good show, and definitely makes up, if not a little, for Uprising, and has the potential to bring, not just Kaiju media, but the Pacific Rim franchise back into the spotlight, though I won't get my hopes up.

Anyway, I'm currently planning my next show to watch, which will either be Case Files of El-Melloi II, while I'm a bit of a Fate kick, Code Geass, since I've put that one off for a while, and I kind of want to see more Mecha Anime, or Blassreiter, you won't be alone Dreamsword!

Finished Death Note over the weekend

It was pretty good but the quality of the show dips at the halfway point, IMO.
For some reason I had it in my head this was some kind of top tier show with how popular it is (was?)

In any case I still enjoyed it for the most part. With only 37 episodes it doesn't overstay it's welcome. Was pretty surprised there's few changes from the manga, since there was some story decisions and turns I wasn't a fan of. But the character's arc and series as whole wraps up in a satisfying way for me

Next up: Fate/Zero

Not currently watching Paranoia Agent right now, but I've seen the Dub once (Thanks, Toonami!) and I found an article on it for those interested.

https://www.slashfilm.com/paranoia-agent/

If Satoshi Kon was critical of escapism, what would he have said about tokusatsu?

I've been watching the original Mobile Suit Gundam. I remember trying to watch it back in college and getting bored pretty quickly...so then I tried both Gundam: The Origin and the movie trilogy, but not really liking either. I had gotten to the point where I felt like I'd never be able to enjoy the original story, but somebody on reddit convinced me to give the series another shot and I'm enjoying it a lot. Sure, it's old and dated...but when you look at it in the context of a 70s series and set your expectations to 70s standards, it actually holds up pretty well. I'm just getting to the part with Ramba Ral, which I've heard is a really popular arc, so we'll see how this goes.

Sorry if it's a bit old to bump this thread, but I have just now decided to finally watch some anime again that I've been meaning to just to break things up a bit because it's been a while so I'm now trying to finish Digimon Frontier (although it's technically the third time! :lol) It's OK, I think this is the point for me in Digimon I go over from dub to sub, but I admit it does suffer from being a bit boring and Takuya and Izumi/Zoe are the less good characters for me so far, kind of almost a bit similar to Davis and Yolei!

I admit I'm not really knowledgeable about anime, but Digimon is one franchise I've not been too bad at keeping up with, although I did only recently realise that there is now a reboot of Adventure that has begun airing without me knowing! :lol

started Black Clover. i bought the first manga volume last month and enjoyed it. the anime seems to be taking its time.

The Anime does indeed take it's time, and also expands the source material, with little to no filler. I really enjoyed this series and really glad they're taking their time to let the author finish up before going hail-merry. There's also a movie in the works, which might be an original production like the My Hero Academia films.

Getting to the end of Transformers Choujin Masterforce. Overall, it’s been a pretty good run and a great personal introduction to the Japanese G1 series. Currently debating which of the trilogy I should go for next.

Ah, Masterforce. That was a total WHAT DID I JUST SEE in a good way. It totally blew my mind when I first caught a glimpse of it with how they just made henshin heroes outta the Transformers.

I just started Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam a few days ago and I'm loving it so far. I can easily see why this series is so popular. I do kind of miss the simplicity of the OG series though.

Can I start with these Japanese ones, or do I need to watch the original series first?

Regarding Transformers, I say that you can jump into Masterforce or Victory without having seen the brunt of G1 before it. I wouldn't recommend it for Headmasters, but even that one isn't so dependant on what came before that all the early G1 is a prerequisite. Hell, Headmasters actually tried to reference what came before in a condensed retelling (taking some liberties cause the fates of Optimus and Megatron weren't totally clear to Japanese audiences with the delay of the animated movie). Victory does reference Masterforce to an extent that it would be more optimal to watch Masterforce first.

I watched Zeta Gundam episode 7 last night, and oh man. This show has such an interesting and complex lore to it. I also love how it, once again, starts in medias res and fills you in on what changed between MSG and Zeta as the story goes on (and as such, I feel like I'm going to be firmly in camp "watch 0083 after Zeta" once I get to it.)

Completely on a whim i ended up rewatching the first 8 episodes of Code Geass yesterday (dub because it's all I could find), and man it holds up better than I thought. I would perhaps argue it's only gotten better with time, even!

Masterforce from what I have gathered is technically the same world as Headmaster, the first of the three Toei Transformers shows, but Headmaster is not a must watch to enjoy Masterforce. Now to watch Victory you probably will have to watch Masterforce cause of certain minor elements that cross paths with each other.

I finished season 4 of the Castlevania anime.

It was trash. Felt very rushed and the plot and characterization relies on you pretending that half of season 3 didn't happen.

Good to see that Netflix Originals continue to majorly disappoint me.

Currently Active

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R
Sailor Moon Crystal (Series II)
Pocket Monsters Indigo League
Yu Gi Oh 5Ds Series II Earthbound Immortals


Finished

Transformers
Head Masters
Super God Master Force
Victory
Micron Legend (Armada)
Super Link (Energon)
Galaxy Force (Cybertron)

All 6 starting with Head Masters were Shout Factory releases. I'd seen Generation 1 as a friend of mine had it on his Computer.

Also Completed

Chrono Crusade
Dragon Ball GT
Final Fantasy Unlimited
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Series I (Final 7 episodes)
Samurai Jack
The Slayers (Series I - V)
Naruto Shippuden (Series I - V)
Yu Gi Oh (Series I)
Yu Gi Oh 5 Ds (Series I)

I finally finished Samurai Jack on DVD a while ago as I'd gotten the series set. Watched Series I - IV on Boomarang.

I've been watching Gokushufudou lately and I like it a lot. A lot of people complain about the animation, but I think it works with the show. I also decided to give Scissor Seven a shot. I'm not sure how I feel after the first episode, but I liked it enough to try the second episode.

In watching Naruto Shippuden on Toonami, I realize how dense I can be! Given the similarities, I feel like such an idiot for not realizing long before the on-screen revelation that Akatuski Member "Tobi" is Obito! Seriously, all the evidence is there in the names! How did I miss it?

Recently saw both parts of Sailor Moon Eternal on Netflix. I’ve only seen the dubbed version of the first part, but it does feel like a step down from the dub of Crystal.

Dai No Daibouken has been fun these days.