#no I have not watched eupho s3

[arbitrarygreay]

I finished Hyouka since this. Was outside of its effective age range, but it was very good at its intent. Probably in Silent Voice tier, quality-wise, but between 6 and 7 in my personal liking. Meanwhile, there are some Fumoffu jokes that have aged poorly.

I would also probably replace Lucky Star with K-ON! at this point. It's just that K-ON! doesn't binge well.

A lot of people are talking about their favorite KyoAni works or how the studio impacted them, in honor of the deceased. 1. Liz and the Blue Bird This movie is a bona-fide masterpiece. I really have no words to do it justice. 2. Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I have not seen most of S2. I have seen Disappearance. S1 was an absolute masterclass on adaptation and structure. A perfect season. So much so, that I found Disappearance to be basically a rehash of the finale arc. This show might have been responsible for a flood of inferior riffs on the concept, but that it was so influential in turning anime’s image away from mecha and genre other-worlds was because its own inherent craft was unimpeachable, so compelling that others wanted to try their own hand at the magic. This season proves that execution is everything, and KyoAni had the touch. 3. Hibike! Euphonium Classical music and empathetic examination of navigating artistic passion in the waters of popularity politics and social expectations. Performance in music illuminating behavioral performativity. My personal thematic catnip, while evoking some very close-to-home memories. 4. A Silent Voice Just, brutal. Go watch it on Netflix right now, y'all. 5. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Some of the strength of this was the manga author, whose other works I’ve liked, but this was still an excellent time. Just enough weight to it that it avoided feeling like empty calories. Bring on S2. 6. Fumoffu, Nichijou KyoAni’s impeccable sense of comedic timing is sadly rare in anime. Furthermore, they uniquely understand how comedy doesn’t need to mean diminished production value, that treating the animation dead seriously can only enhance the effect, transcend the traditional concept of the punchline. 7. Lucky Star The most uneven show on this list. Kobayashi is also uneven, but is more consistently higher quality than Lucky Star. But like Haruhi, Lucky Star paved the way for many, many inferior shows of its ilk by just acing the execution, and its highs are some damned good highs. Whoops, I never finished Hyouka. But wow, that build through the school festival arc. Wow. Arteeestic indie films wish they could be so precise and effective in their character work. There are lots of shows that I watch that I consider good, but being long term rewatchable is getting to be a rarer and rarer thing. KyoAni genuinely has the touch, though. Every show on this list is rewarding to rewatch, every time. No matter what happens from now on, KyoAni will rightfully be loved for what it has already done.

[houkagokappa]

Favourite anime of 2024

[kbnet]

How much you wanna bet the anime awards will continue being a complete joke by ignoring Frieren's existence(they skipped it last year with the excuse that it wasn't finished airing), but despite also not being finished airing Dan Da Dan will somehow win all the awards

I bet Frieren will do pretty well in the audience voting, but you might also be right that Dandadan will ultimately win whatever categories in which it appears. Miles Atherton (data guy, formerly of CR) was just posting earlier about how popular it seems to be according to his metrics – and moreover specifically popular on Crunchyroll where the voting will take place. Recency bias will help too I'm sure.

That said, in absolute terms? Frieren still seems to be more widely seen and very popular – top ranked on both MAL and anilist. Anecdotally, I still see more people posting about Frieren almost a year later than I do Dandadan, and more people cosplaying it at cons. I know my slightly more normie friends who used to share my CR account have seen Frieren, but I don't think they're watching Dandadan. I wouldn't count it out.

As for me, I still haven't checked out Dandadan, so I abstain D:

Personally, I liked DunMesh better as a fantasy anime (which would've stunned me a year ago), but there are still specific pieces of character animation and even drawings from Frieren which live in my memory. No surprise to me that it's sticking in anime fan consciousness. Those are fun characters.

That said, imo TV AOTY is unambiguously Eupho S3. We'll have to see if Kimi no Iro can unseat Look Back for Film AOTY, but I have a weird feeling that it'll disappoint me a bit. Honorable mention to Leaf's Umamusume movie.

[mistyheartrbs]

wanted to express my love for your eupho s3 fics,,, the episode finishes and you go "aww no more eupho..." ,then you open up ao3 mistyheartrbs and "omg more eupho!!!" both the show and these fics have been unreal. but: I'm sure you've been asked this at some point in this blog's life, but since s3 is just about to end: how did you first get into eupho? if you don't mind sharing

aaaaaah thank you so much, i'm flattered!!

the story of how i got into hibike is honestly not that interesting at all, i'm afraid to say. i saw a gifset of the mountain scene while s1 was airing and thought "huh, that looks gay" and then watched all eight episodes that existed at that point. and then i was hooked. i started writing fics that summer (2015) and then i wrote the coffeeshop au that fall and from then on...well, i couldn't unconnect with the story. i loved hibike. i still love hibike. i have no idea how it's going to end.

[supermacaquecool]

Top 5 characters from anything ever?

Huh... In no particular order...

-Takamachi Nanoha: bc I'm obsessing over this early 2000s franchise again. So yes, it's the recency bias. But I genuinely love her as a hero in s1 and how interesting she is as an adult in Strikers, so...

-Koito Yuu: bc I was obsessing over bloom into you just a little bit ago. Biy is p much only interesting as a romance story bc Yuu is the protagonist constantly questioning her relationship to Touko and her own feelings, despite how much she actually sucks at discerning her own desires and emotions lol It's a fun tension.

-Shibuya Aoi: she's still my special bday girl. I love she gets her own route and the material cements her as the most morally dubious person in the cast LOL Aside from making all her "motherly" traits look horrendous lol Chefs kiss. Visit my blog @digisurvive if u want to see more.

-Takatsuki Shiori bc shes funny lol And she had me doing wall of texts explaining the boarding in eps 7 and 17 LOL She's such a massive loser, I love her.

-Oumae Kumiko bc eupho s3 is about to air and you bet I'll be seated to watch. I also obsessed over eupho for at least two years and my friend had to read my excessive explanations over it for months to to end. Eupho has some of the most grounded and subtle characterizations I've seen in anime, and having such a strong arc for its lead sure helps. I'm excited to her final answers as a senior hs student.

Fun fact: most of those characters are quiet introverts that have a slow burn arc until they cement their resolve and become very glavanizing leads LOL I realized recently I like leads like that.