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InfiniteNothingness
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Yeah, MahoAko doesn't have any boys in it. |
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Philmister978
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You say that, but streaming material tends to be crap anyhow. Like how many Netflix anime (or pseudo-anime, since they think half their animated lineup fits that moniker) are actually considered anything beyond medeocre? Crunchyroll's original titles have been treated with derision. It's only fair that most of these titles share the same services. That doesn't mean I like it, but that's the grave companies like Kadokawa, Netflix, and the like have dug. |
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Key
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Let's see. . . if we limit ourselves to just the past year and only to titles that originated on Netflix, the "beyond mediocre" ones would include the following: Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead My Happy Marriage Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Pluto Delicious in Dungeon Grimm Variations (arguably) My Oni Girl Granted, Netflix's anime originals track record was much spottier prior to the Summer 2023 season, but it has distinctly improved of late. |
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MartinWisse
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Key wrote:
Netflix still treats most anime like content slob, just dumped on their platform for us piggies to binge, like e.g. Rising Impact recently, but has recognised that it works to treat some like a prestige series. Dungeon Meshi being the obvious example here, which got released weekly rather than as a batch and had some care put into it from Netflix as well. For those series it has also allowed them to be more anime rather than have them be as generic as possible like a lot of their 'original' content designed to make you watch a series but not remember it afterwards... |
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Cryten
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For my wife has no emotions, I kinda wonder about the implications that this robot makes itself available and appealing to a new master as soon as it is sold second hand. That makes it feel far more artificial, like it does this for who ever possesses it. IE that its just an illusion that its personally interested in the protagonist or cares about him. Its just doing its job as an artificial entity. Just like the Ego trap of the virtual girlfriend in Blade Runner 2, what it does for someone it does for anyone.
Then again, the automatically providing service, care and love from an instant girlfriend has been a thing in anime in forever. Their care really comes cheaply and for anyone doesnt it? |
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Takkun4343
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I, for one, welcome this low-key, relatively self-contained reacclimation of a season premiere for SHY. Jumping straight into the next big arc right from the get-go would have been too disorienting.
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Jabootu
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Man, what a wet fart of a season so far. We've been feasting too well lately on the likes of Frieren, Mushoku Tensei, 100 Girlfriends, Sound! Euphonium, The Dangers in My Heart, Delicious in Dungeon, Apothecary Diaries, Spy x Family, Konosuba, Yuru Camp, The Eminence in Shadow, on and on. Guess one clunker season was nearly inevitable. I'm not saying there's nothing good yet to come, but it's been a discouraging start. Too bad they couldn't have moved one of all the returning shows from the fall to the current season. Shangri-La Frontier certainly would have benefited from not having to complete with Re:Zero, Blue Lock, Danmachi, et al.
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vanfanel
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Looking at these reviews and the list of what's coming up . . . yep, what we got going on here is a "backlog catch-up season," and for that I'm kind of grateful. Every once in a while, I need one.
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smurky turkey
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I for one welcome a calm season after a slew of heavily packed ones filled with masterpieces. That is not to say that Summer looks like garbage though, I would call it just okay so far.
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Key
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I always find it amusing when people make comments like this after only a tiny fraction of the season's titles (less than 1/8, in this case) have debuted. EDIT: Besides, Oshi no Ko's return (which, admittedly, came up since this post was made) is already staking the series out for a potential "best of season" run. |
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SinisterOracle
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Please, let us not cheapen the wonder that is Oshi no Ko by speaking of the hot garbage heap known as Demon Blade, er, Slayer. |
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Ming Yi
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Anime stage plays have been a thing for decades. It only became known as "2.5D" in 2014, which isn't really "only a couple of years old." This also undermines the impact Musical: The Prince of Tennis had on the anime/manga industry, which has been running since 2003. |
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ThatGuyWhoLikesThings
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This stage play arc of OnK was slightly divisive in some circles as it ran in the manga (partly because it went on longer than people expected it would) but pretty much everyone was in agreement that an anime adaptation would've enhanced it considerably, as a narrative involving stage plays would transition excellently to a more fluid and animated. I'm glad that it's paying off
Rather than cutting back and forth between Aqua and Ruby's respective paths like last season, this arc will largely focus on Aqua's side. But Ruby will absolutely have her time later in the season Also I'm surprised all 5 reviewers were able to get out their reviews so quickly. Was there an early premiere, or was everyone just that quick about it lol |
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Wizardizar
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Maybe it just speaks to the variety of anime we have right now that you can both have someone who's not interested in much this season (not calling you out, your tastes are your tastes), and me who has like 9 shows I'm interested in (with only 3 having debuted yet). |
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The Anime Binge-Watcher
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As someone who pretty much hated OnK's first season, I'll give the season 2 premiere credit for being head and shoulders above most of what's come before. This arc's looking very promising, hopefully it doesn't let me down.
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