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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [Week 33] (ani.social)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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New week, new thread. That’s just the way things work around here. Like every week, feel free to use this thread for general questions, recommendations, updates, whatever you feel like.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Back to watching One Piece for the first time after being burnt out. Started the arc with the Minks.

I just read the whole manga over the last year, so I'm looking forward to the next arc where they must rescue their lost crewmate.

Was ready to drop Bakemonogatari, but I'm starting to get into the strangeness of it. The strange cuts, text flashes, colors, weird framing, are all starting to add to the experience rather than detracting like earlier.

I got a bit of some of the creepy parts I've heard about with Araragi's interactions with Snail, and while it was unnecessary, I didn't find it worse than some things from Evangelion, etc.

Otherwise, watched the new eps of Plus Size Elf and Nakotan which were both entertaining for what they are.

I've been feeling a little burnt out on manga and anime lately, I think because my schedule has changed recently and I've been throwing myself pretty hard into my music lessons, so I'm just too low on mental energy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Plus Size Elf and Nokotan

Sometimes you don't really want a story and just want some hijinx. These shows scratch that itch pretty well. I think Plus Sized Elf is better as half-length episodes as I feel like if it were a full 20+ minutes, it would feel pretty stale by the end of the episode.

I’ve been feeling a little burnt out

Yep, been there before. When I feel that way I usually go back in time to the old classics to find something that keeps my interest. Some recent series that I binged in the recent past:

The Apothecary Diaries
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
Vision of Escaflowne
Shimoneta (NSFW)
Zombie Land Saga
Trigun (1998) - currently working through this one with the wife

Other than that, Mother's Basement recently did a video about series that you can binge in a single weekend. Some good recommendations in there.

Ultimately though, sometimes you get burnt out, and that's OK. Anime/manga will still be there in the future and (fingers crossed) this community will still be here as well. Sometimes you just need to go touch grass and enjoy something different for a while. Personally, I recently got a new computer and have had a lot of fun with emulating some classic games. It's amazing how much easier and nicer the emulators are these days compared to what I remembered.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Elf is better as half-length episodes

Agreed. It's cute and goofy, but nothing really goes anywhere. It's the classic sitcom formula where everything ends up back where it started every time, there's no real plot, it's just a bunch of jokes, and I just like watching everyone pick on each other.

Apothecary Diaries is on my list so I may have to check that out. The others sound like solid recommendations also.

My gf didn't seem to get the humor of the old Trigun series. She did get interested in the new one after being in the room with me watching a few eps of that. I was very leary about the remake as the original is one of the first animes I got really into.

I've been watching some older 90s movies and revisiting early Gintama again a bit, and it's been a nice break. I've played a bit with emulators recently too. I put Lemuroid on my phone and have been doing a little Tetris and Link's Awakening. I figured out how to pair a PS4 controller, so maybe I should start bringing that with me. Being able to save anywhere takes out a lot of frustration for me.

I still look forward to the weekly check in here though. I'm surprised the anime scene here is as quiet as it is, so I like to participate to help keep what we do have going. I appreciate all the work you put in here!