Topic: Manga and Anime discussion

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah, I've heard horror stories about how bad the live action American adaptation of Death Note is. Americans don't really... get the appeal of Japanese entertainment. American adaptations of Japanese horror films usually end up pretty bad as well.

Get ready for that Hollywood adaptation of Your Name (if it's still happening, anyway; the movie industry seems to still be imploding due to covid at the moment) to be generic and schmaltzy.

@Ralizah I didn’t know they were doing a Western Your Name. I really wish I never found out. There’s also the Akira adaptation as well. Honestly, Alita Battle Angel was about as close as the West will get to capturing that vibe even if it wasn’t that great a movie as a whole.

@nessisonett https://deadline.com/2019/02/your-name-japanese-anime-marc-we...

"In this reimagined version, a young Native American woman living in a rural area and a young man from Chicago discover they are magically and intermittently swapping bodies. When a disaster threatens to upend their lives, they must journey to meet and save their worlds."

@Ralizah The fact they’re advertising it as the same guy as 500 Days of Summer does not help things 😂😂

I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas, and since I'm not in need of any new games, I figured I'd load up on some manga.

Bought Triage X Volume 3 & InuYasha "Vizbig" edition 1 (Volumes 1-3 bundled) digitally, and a physical copy of Super Mario Manga Mania (since it's not available digitally).

Last anime I saw was BNA: Brand New Animal and The Promised Neverland: Season 1.

Next series I'm planning to tackle is Fairy Tail, I had started a re-watch year or two ago to experience the English Dub, stopped right after they introduced the time skip.

Just watched the first 5 episodes of Sword Art Online last night. I’m already loving it! The series has really good characters so far. Managed to make me happy and sad multiple times throughout. Also, I’m hoping Silica comes back at some time. 🤞

Thought I would ask what everyone’s been watching lately since you guys have been pretty quiet😂. I’m currently almost halfway through SOA2 and I just watched the first episode of Inuyasha, after those are over I’ll probably watch Spice & Wolf and maybe Fullmetal Alchemist.

@Blooper987 I haven’t watched anything really since Steins;Gate a while back. I have been meaning to watch OreGairu’s final season though. I need to go back to Natsume Yuujinchou as well. Saying that, I’ll probably end up rewatching The Tatami Galaxy, I haven’t watched my Blu-Ray of it yet 😂

Currently I'm watching Azumanga Daioh, which is a charming slice of life comedy.

Also recently watched the first season of Kakegurui, which is about rich people in an academy pointlessly risking everything with gambling.

And I was going to go back to Fist of the North Star soon. It's about a martial artist who often runs into bad people in the wastelands, and quickly puts a stop to any trouble. I've previously watched the first arc of it, and now seems like a good time to continue with it.

@crimsontadpoles Azumanga Daioh’s so good! That, School Rumble and Nichijou are the best off-the-wall screwball slice of life anime out there.

@nessisonett Oh absolutely, they're great. Nichijou easily makes my top 5 anime series list.

So I just started watching Nichijou because you two said it was really good... yeah I love it!

The randomness and hilarity of everything is perfect! I don’t think there’s a character that I don’t love so far! It’s soooo great!!! Every character plays off of each other so well and there’s not a moment when I feel bored or annoyed watching it.

@Blooper987 Glad you’re enjoying it! I really love the totally mad slice-of-life surrealism that Japan do so well, like School Rumble, Great Teacher Onizuka and stuff. They were what got me into anime in the first place as I’m really not a big shounen fan. Kaguya-sama seems to at least be filling that void now!

@Blooper987 Glad to hear that we've converted someone into a Nichijou fan.

@nessisonett Have you ever watched Lucky Star? It's another surreal slice-of-life anime. It's a bit more slower paced and isn't as wild as the likes of Nichijou, but it's still a rather charming and amusing show.

@crimsontadpoles I actually haven’t but I’ve only heard good things. I’ll check it out!

I've been considering getting into anime for a long time now, but I've only made it to One Punch Man season one so far.

Any Recommendations?

@Blackjay if you want comedy style go with Nichijou

Action style go with My Hero or Swird Art.

I haven’t really seen that much so other’s are probably more suited to giving you suggestions😂 but you really should watch Nichijou

@Blackjay If you liked One Punch Man, then you might like Mob Psycho 100. It's about a guy who has an immensely strong psychic power. The show has a similar sort of slice of life and action mix that One Punch Man has.

@Blackjay Depends entirely on what you're looking for.

With that said, there are some classics that everyone should see, anime fan or not. Have you watched Ghost in the Shell (primarily, the 1995 Mamoru Oshii-directed film)? Akira? Grave of the Fireflies? Princess Mononoke? Neon Genesis Evangelion?