#anime rating

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Winter 2024 Anime Review

Solo Leveling - 24 Episodes

This has been and will be my most anticipated series. We've only scratched the surface of the story and people are going nuts. I've been reading the light novel translations for a while now and I'm not even a little ready for when certain things are animated.

Easily one of the best anime adaptations out there. More to look forward to.

Sidenote - A1 is killing the animations considering it's one of their bigger ones in a while.

Also - they did a really solid job with the sound design, a lot of the timing made certain scenes feel just that much more intense.

9/10 - Amazing

Frieren - 28 episodes

Such a unique watching experience.

I think so many shows these days are fast paced, and action oriented, especially within the fantasy genre. This is such a relaxing and enjoyable watch.

The story is moving and the animations are warm and fuzzy.

Not much I'd change about the series.

10/10 - Masterpiece

The Apothecary Diaries - 24 Episodes

The second half of this series kept up with the flow of the first half really well. I feel like that shouldn't be a feat but it really is these days.

I genuinely love watching the subtleties of the romance in this series and the medical mystery cases are just as fun to watch.

The story has so many little bits and pieces working throughout the show and the last episode had me wrecked for reasons I never saw coming.

Just overall a big fan of this series.

9/10 - Amazing

Delicious in Dungeon - 12/24 Episodes

This series has no right to be this much fun.

The animations match the energy of the show so well and I think it's one of the best "entertainment" series of the season.

I was worried it would start to repeat itself but found that the characters become the highlight of the series and I looked forward to every episode.

(This is the series this season that I'm high-key obsessed with.)

8.5/10 - Very Good+

Shangri-La Frontier - 25 Episodes

One of the most fun looking MMORPG animes I've seen. I remember reading the teaser manga a while ago and was stoked to see it animated. Just a genuinely well done gamer oriented series.

They do such a good job at showing exactly the kinds of small things gamers pay attention to and some of the combat learning is stellar.

Not to mention the sound track honestly did not need to go as hard as it did?!

Really hoping they continue on with this for another season.

8/10 - Very Good

Bucchigiri?! - 12 Episodes (Updated)

I haven't seen any coverage for this show for some reason. It's a one shot that Mappa animated. The story felt quite slow but I personally had fun with it, the character design was satisfying - gives a bit of Jojo's and SK8 vibes. After a few weeks I couldn't stop thinking about it and went back - it ends up being a decently satisfying story. It's rare to see single season shows and I think that was really refreshing.

(Opening and ending are both bangers)

7.5/10 - Good+

Mashle - Season 2 - 12 Episodes

I decided to watch this once all the episodes had aired. I found that it's not one you can be in the mood to watch all the time, but when you are it's just as hilarious as the first season.

I've enjoyed the pacing of the story and I'm looking forward to future seasons.

7.5/10 - Good+

Unwanted Undead - 12 Episodes

Another series I read the manga for when it premiered. There's something about this series that gets me hooked. While the animations aren't anything of note, I find the story is oddly unique and I ended up bingeing all the episodes in one go. Definitely one I'm curious to see where it goes.

7/10 - Good

Mr. Villain's Day Off - 12 Episodes

This is purely for my own personal interest in attractive moody villains with alter ego's. It's a lot of fun to watch and it's just so wholesome.

That's it.

7/10 - Good

[danshive]

I'm interested enough to give the light novels a look, so I think the Reborn As a Vending Machine anime gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐ in my anime rating system:

"⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Truly interested in the series, will occupy my thoughts after watching it."

I really thought it'd end up at ⭐⭐⭐, but it's successfully occupying my mind-brain too much for that.

I'm as surprised as you might be.

[werateanime]

How about Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood?

Hello! Sorry for the belated answer, phone was under repair.

W: 2. There are some typical anime tropes, but it's standard stuff, nothing really eccentric.

A: 1. Very little, this point is mainly for the presence of Lust, but overall there's no fanservice.

S: 0. It's a masterpiece.

Worth watching? Sure!

[gengar-on-staircase]

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Try Knights, Try something else...

Yeah cringe title but I could not think of anything else. TLDR: Really bad, but not bad enough to be worth watching. 5%. First thing, I finished this months ago, I am not even going to lie. Like I watched this show faster than I watch most things. Typically I rarely watch an episode of a show a day, where as this I finished in the week. I think the only reason I waited, two months(?) to write this is, it means I have to move onto the next show. Personally I will at least give a disclaimer, I am not drawn to sports media, nor do I prefer CGI animation. Despite that I still firmly believe that no one can like Try Knights. Nothing about this show is worth watching. Many shows that are bad, are bad enough that it feels worth watching. It is an experience, a horror you cannot look away from. This show is the same 3 shots with the flattest characters and no story. Naria girls has less frames than this, but at least it is entertaining and embraces it. I am actually impressed that the average Anilist score of ‘Try Knights’ is 38%,instead of 5%. Truly astonishing when there is not a single thing interesting about this show. The characters have no motivation that feels real, the story is just non-existent, a completely straight predictable line, no tension, and the animation is god awful. It is either 3 drawn frames animated in probably power point, or the worst CGI animation I have ever seen an anime try and make look cool. The few times I did laugh during the show were only because of an unexpected shot. Along with general bad quality animation, not only was the story slow, so was the movement. Any of the sporty shots were set to a snail pace. Some shots were purposefully done to be slow motion tension moments, they never created that desired affect, especially since the whole scene of the game was slower than anything you would expect in a game. At least the backgrounds weren’t bad. But they could have been produced with a large amount of photo editing, or were scrapped from another project as only the lower quality backgrounds implied a relevant setting. It was also never clear what the setting was aside from “school” and “field”, nothing was built or developed in this show so at least it is consistent. The best characters in the show were the antagonists, not because they were good characters, or good antagonists, simply because they had some dumb running bit of being over dramatic, instead of just being our main characters nerd and jock. My largest question while watching the show was consistently ‘who was this for?’ The show was not made with love or care, so it cannot have been a passion project. With how the show handles the gameplay and teaches the audience basic rules, it was definitely not for a rugby player. The average sports anime fan wont find anything in this show that other sports media offers them. Even the characters were not interesting enough to look at that some young girl could find them appealing and ignore all other aspects of. Extending from that BL fans and fujoshis wont find any connection between characters that they could enjoy the show from that aspect. I should clarify, the show has no queer rep, it just has this sort of bait approach with some lines that come across as though there may be tension, and it is not played into enough to make anyone feel like there is.  From my understanding this show was a failed attempt at making money after the success of haikyu, as this was developed during around while it was extremely popular. This is the studio that made the ‘Welcome to the NHK’ anime, and they fell this far, after firing all but I believe 12 employees at the time. I really think the creators of this anime never set out to tell a story. A story contains characters, conflict, development, tension, emotion, or at a basic level has a message told through events and/or is entertaining. Whereas what Try Knights is, is a poorly executed fujoshi bait riding on the idea that people will be desperate for ‘pretty’ sport boys who play rugby. If you’re looking for sports: Try Chihayafuru If you’re a fujoshi: :/, just watch anything with pretty boys in it, it will have better character connections than this.

also Anilist and MAL i think have tagged the demographic differently. I think Strange+ is what I have to watch next, however I will have to check, as after finishing Try Knights I switched form MAL to Anilist, and there is a slight different in Josei listed and their ranking.

I have also been watching Usagi Drop, When I write my post on that I am not sure how long it will be as I have not taken many notes and paused it to finish Chainsaw man and Spy x Families first season.

A real screen shot, this was still for way too long.

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yet another chosenthought

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super awesome that zach hadel was on a youtube channel for like 7 years so now i can just use ridiculous oneyplays bits as content

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HERETIC - a commission for @beatcroc !! this one was a blast, very fun design!!!

[mangosaurus]

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory - Cabin Attack Clip ☆

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Delicious In Dungeon - 24 Episodes This show is peak. I genuinely mean that. This show is nearly entirely character driven, which is quite rare these days. There's also so much representation?! The animation is incredibly fun, and it really feels like the creator is fully immersed in bringing her own world to life. There's all these little tidbits you learn that don't necessarily add value to the main story but make it a little more real. Overall, one of the best fantasy world building series I've seen that's so unserious and incredibly well done. 10/10 - Masterpiece

[whiskrs]

Too Tall

[werateanime]

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

W: 2. It's very western based.

A: 8. Sex scenes, people jacking off, nudity... Yeah, the whole schtick that will guarantee you a rating R. Not enough for a rating X, but still quite a lot.

S: 0. Flawless. Maybe it's too soon, since I finished it yesterday, but... I'm fairly confident in giving this a 0 on the Shit scale.

Overall judgement? A really really good show! Time will tell if it's a masterpiece, but ATM it's really solid. Worth watching? DO IT RIGHT NOW.

[gengar-on-staircase]

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My biggest regret is that we never got a shoot where their helmets take damage, they just fly away conveniently v_v

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