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It still amazes me that Gravion is almost all hand-drawn even though Gonzo was one of the worst offenders for taking as many CGI shortcuts as possible.
 
Vivy Fluorite Eye's Song was a gut puncher. I went into it assuming it was just a typical one season throw away anime but it was really good
I was hoping for a proper happy ending where we would get to see her squeeze that annoying cube again after it was all over
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I've started watching the dub of Space Battleship Yamato, and the subtitled newer 2199 adaptation. I like both so far, but I'm guessing I should ditch the Starblazers dub for the OG?

I've only watched one ep of the original series and 2 of the new one, so I can't say for sure which I like better. The newer one is quite good, though.
 
Thiletonomics said:
Have you watched some of the older Isekai titles? Fushigi Yuugi and Magic Knight Rayearth are two notable examples. For Isekai OVAs, there's Genmu Senki Leda, purely for the talking dog and the female protagonist becoming a skilled swordslady with bikini armor, and Garzey's Wing, just for the pure hilarity of its English dub, in the "So Bad, It's Good" fashion.
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No I haven't, but I'll take a look at those, thanks. I'm familiar with some of those just from the titles though.

Atatata said:
If you're cool with manga, Karate Survivor isn't half bad.
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Eh, may as well put it in a list for later. That's a cool title.

Betonhaus said:
Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers was cute, but it's technically a guy from one fantasy world being summoned to another one. The opening song is silly cute tho with lots of booba
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Honestly kinda sounds like what I'm avoiding lol. I guess that's a somewhat unique twist though, being summoned from one fantasy world to another.

Oddjob OTP said:
The Faraway Paladin is a good one. It's technically an isekai but MC never really has flashbacks or invents mayonnaise or anything, it's really just an excuse for why the MC ends up as a baby in the middle of nowhere to get raised by 3 undead heroes who had to cut a deal with the neutral god of undeath to finish their damn big quest. Setting seems very western tabletop/fantasy, probably giving me Dragonlance vibes as much as anything, Notable for having the one good depiction of a Tolkien-style dragon in anime as the antagonist of the 2nd season.

Overlord and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime are both (I got turned into whatever) isekai but if you liked Shield Guy after it's first season you should give them a try. They all operate on the same axis (Be overpowered, found nation with large fun ensemble cast you can focus on so the splatting stays interesting). If the monster protags are unreconcilable Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- is also the same gimmick but MC is a human that gets fucked over by the goddess of humanity because all humans in this world are beautiful but MC is like 6/10.
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Thanks, Tsukimichi sounds a little unique. Actually, I wrote this before sending it, and just watched a couple episodes today. I'm getting into it. I'm glad I tried it.

DotDem said:
Re:zero since that’s what it’s most compared to from what I see. Im just personally not a fan. Tanya the Evil is a fun watch too.
I remember people also liked, No Game No Life, Log Horizon, and overlord when those came out.
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Oh yeah, Re:Zero was good too, forgot about it for some reason. Thanks, I'm getting some good suggestions.

Str8Bustah said:
Log Horizon isn't exactly an isekai, but imho it's the highest quality 'trapped in videogame' story that isn't //sign. As far as actual Isekai go, if you haven't already watched Escaflowne, go and watch Escaflowne.
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The art style is really nice, I've always been curious about Escaflowne.

FatMebius said:
Shield Hero becomes a cooking isekai for a whole novel.
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Ugh, I hope they condense that, what the hell. The last thing the show needs is to slowdown more.
 
Thiletonomics said:
Fushigi Yuugi and Magic Knight Rayearth
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Two blasts from the past!

Magic Knight Rayearth I enjoy very much and also endorse. Don't expect it to blow your mind but I think it's a nice ride. Be worn, it's heavy on romance and has a healthy dose of melodrama, specially on the second half.

I do remember Fushigi Yugi leaving me with a sour taste (outside of the retardation of you got super giga raaaaaaaped so you are a fake priestess, no wait, it was a joke, tehe!) but I do remember I read a good chunk of the spinoff covering the Genbu generation priestess and that one was a lot more compelling, though it's one of those series I kind of stop keeping tabs on and will have to search out.

Thinking of series I stopped keeping tabs on... Anybody is keeping up with the Battle Angel Alita series centered around Mars? I think it was Mars Chronicles. Started reading and it was ok, but definitely a step down from what I consider the golden age of Gunnm (Rollerblader Gally, crazy merc gally, Gally climbing up tipares and finding out what goes there and a bit of the universal tournament arc).
 
ShitLurker said:
Thinking of series I stopped keeping tabs on... Anybody is keeping up with the Battle Angel Alita series centered around Mars? I think it was Mars Chronicles. Started reading and it was ok, but definitely a step down from what I consider the golden age of Gunnm (Rollerblader Gally, crazy merc gally, Gally climbing up tipares and finding out what goes there and a bit of the universal tournament arc).
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I also quit around that part. The original ending was good enough, and the extra material makes the original plot feel insignificant. Like people on earth have a massive war over a scrappile, and on mars they do interstellar travel.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I also quit around that part. The original ending was good enough, and the extra material makes the original plot feel insignificant. Like people on earth have a massive war over a scrappile, and on mars they do interstellar travel.
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Series has had a ton of potential stopping points. From the troll ending of the Desty trap killing her before she got rebuilt or the abridged Tiphares assault were both good ways to just end it. The whole international space tournament thing.... Mbadi was a pretty neat villian, but the whole Caerula Sanguis thing felt so incredibly padded and pointless and Gally just became too stupidly powerful. If instead of reviving her brain, she'd just returned to earth to Fogia, Ido and the rest after reviving Lou, it would have been also a perfectly fine ending.

What I got from Mars was mild interest, but I don't think it really adds much to Gally at this point to know who she was before she landed on earth and she clearly got off panel depowered since she was obscene by the end of Last Order which makes it hard to take too seriously.
 
Super Guido said:
I've started watching the dub of Space Battleship Yamato, and the subtitled newer 2199 adaptation. I like both so far, but I'm guessing I should ditch the Starblazers dub for the OG?

I've only watched one ep of the original series and 2 of the new one, so I can't say for sure which I like better. The newer one is quite good, though.
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You should watch both, the OG subtitled if you can find it (and read the mango). That fucking valor thief fell from the Yamato to his death for his sins, but the CG is cool, I don't think young Matsumoto would've hated modern CG.

I hate the fat fetish thots in the new version, the emo drama, and the absurd #girlpower shit in a setting with space goddesses. But it's more faithful to the original than the (1979) Galaxy Express 999 movie.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I'll give props to Kaii to Otome to be the first media I've seen to do a VTuber story well.
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Is the anime any good? I've had it downloading for the last couple of weeks and I havent bothered watching it yet.
 
HexFag said:
Is the anime any good? I've had it downloading for the last couple of weeks and I havent bothered watching it yet.
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It remind of Monogatari but with far less coom and incest (as well as not having several episodes of pure talk). It's creative in having some deep lore on mystical monsters/phenomenon but it's not too groundbreaking. It's also a lot more lighthearted than it appears, with very little edge. I overall recommend if only for the heroine massive bust size.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
It remind of Monogatari but with far less coom and incest (as well as not having several episodes of pure talk). It's creative in having some deep lore on mystical monsters/phenomenon but it's not too groundbreaking. It's also a lot more lighthearted than it appears, with very little edge. I overall recommend if only for the heroine massive bust size.
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So big titty in/spectre?
 
Shining Wit said:
So big titty in/spectre?
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In/spectre was like a full season on a single case. This has around 5 bitesized cases, also it has more of a cast to follow.

I'll give an elaboration on the VTuber story, because it's pretty neat. The VTuber plays as a mermaid, and the story starts with her being graduated. The character later appears to some of her fans and causes them to collapse. The cast originally thinks it's like a case of an art piece coming to life, but it's actually a treasured item getting sentience. The character being a mermaid itself makes her some very specific water demon and I'll leave it at that.
 
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