Topic: Manga and Anime discussion

Did a little bit of catching up on Jujutsu Kaisen last night. I'm so far behind but slowly catching up. I just started the Premature Death arc and things are getting pretty interesting to say the least!

I still need to make a start on the new season of SPY x FAMILY too!

The latest Castlevania series is up to their usual high standard in my opinion. And I'm actually able to follow this and largely make sense of it all this time round! 😂

@JohnnyShoulder Is that the Netflix one? It's been on my watchlist for ages but I still haven't sat down to watch it yet. I really should because it's apparently very good!

@KAIRU It is! The latest is a spin off from the main series, which is the back story for one of the main characters.

The first season of the main series is very short, but the subsequent series have about 10 episodes each, so very bingable.

It is very violent and gory though, which I think is ace.

@JohnnyShoulder I'll have to give it a watch sometime soon. I've been meaning to watch Cyberpunk: Edgerunners for ages now too!

@KAIRU yeah that is on my watch list. I'm going to tie it in with playing the game with the latest updates. And maybe the dlc as I've heard good things about it. But I have a horrible history with playing games I've already finished, so I want to see how I get on with it first.

@JohnnyShoulder Completely forgot to reply to this yesterday. My bad!

Yeah, I'm wondering if I should play the game first before watching the anime, or watch the anime before playing the game. I have seen there is a bit of a tie-in with the new DLC for the game, so that would be worth checking out too.

New additions to the collection.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - I actually hadn't seen this one until now (which is kinda surprising since the first is one of my favorites). It wasn't as good as the original, but still worth the watch.

Giant Robo the Animation - 90's mecha OVA series. Haven't seen it before, but it looks right up my alley.

GinRei - Spinoff of the above. Neither is very long so I figured I'd just get both & watch them back to back.

Kiki's Delivery Service - Another one I haven't seen, but you can't go wrong with Ghibli.

Lupin the 3rd: A Woman Called Fujiko Mine - I'd seen this on streaming in the past & liked it (& like the Lupin stuff in general), so I decided it was time to get it for good.

Urusei Yatsura: TV Collection 2 - Almost have this set wrapped up. As a comedy it's kinda hit & miss, with episodes I love & some I can leave, but I do overall like it and how experimental it can feel at times.

@RR529 Your collection could probably fill my entire house at this point! I'm a tad envious! 😂

@KAIRU, lol thanks! I don't yet really have a shelf for any of it, so everything is mostly in a couple drawers (I have one almost completely filled up, and just recently started on another).

@RR529 I'm sure it'd be a much greater feeling displaying them on a shelf rather than stuck in a drawer somewhere though!

@RR529 Just seen you bought Wicked City! I remember watching it when I was younger. This would have been in the 90's as my neighbour used to get most of the Manga releases when they came out in the UK.

Also remember the Crying Freeman films which I also enjoyed. Shame the live action film I found a bit lacklustre.

@JohnnyShoulder, funny you mention Crying Freeman, given that it's HD remaster is releasing at the end of November.

I've never seen that one, but I liked the look of it so I decided to put in a pre-order.

@RR529 Enjoy! The way you described Wicked City reminded of the Cryin Freeman manga I watched back in the day, sans the demons and supernatural elements.

Last haul.

Ghost in the Shell: the New Movie - Haven't seen it yet, but looking forward to it. I do have (& have watched) the Arise OVAs, but it's been awhile so I hope I can keep up with it.

Goku: Midnight Eye - Another 80's cyberpunk OVA series that's too cool for school. Not very high brow, but I love stuff like this.

Princess Mononoke - Pretty great & I get what they were going for, but it sits in a weird spot for me. I think I prefer my Ghibli fare to be more lighthearted & would rather watch something more explicit if I wanted a more "mature" anime film.

Spirited Away - Absolutely gorgeous & imaginative film. I probably last watched it on cable back in the days of SDTV, so it was great revisiting it.

Urusei Yatsura: TV Collection 3 - Almost worked my way through this. I wasn't quite sure what to think of this series going in, but it's really grown on me & feels quite comfort food like. AFAIK they haven't even announced when the last set is going up for PO yet, so I'll probably have to look into another long running series to get into in the meantime (will probably start getting the Ranma sets, as that's what I was planning on doing before getting into these in the first place).

So, I usually avoid "yuri" anime, since it's typically fetish-y garbage aimed at straight men.

Light novel isekai adaptations tend to bore me to tears as well.

All that being said, I'm pleasantly surprised by how decent the yuri isekai anime "I'm In Love With the Villainess" is. Protagonist Rae Taylor is that rarest of things in anime: a happily, unashamedly lesbian woman who fully embraces her feelings for the haughty rich girl villain of the otome game she was resurrected within.

And while we're on the topic of the current season's anime, Goblin Slayer season two has a killer opening. Absolutely love it.

Never new about this looks solid

It's a shame in that you have to say how suprised you are at how decent it is @Ralizah.

... I did find that trailer pretty hilarious though myself.

@HallowMoonshadow Yeah, my friend and I sat through the first four episodes the other day and were pretty much laughing non-stop.

LGBT anime is a mess. So full of physical and emotional abuse meant to sate the elicit cravings of their respective heterosexual audiences.

This is literally the only anime I can think of... full-stop where characters have grounded discussions about consent and sexuality. lol

The show feels like it's on the edge of tipping over into gay panic humor, but the one time it does that, the girl gets called out for homophobic assumptions, which surprised me.

Anyway, yeah, if it keeps it up, it'll be my favorite show this season.

The only other GL/yuri anime that surprised me with its quality was Bloom Into You years back. Although tbh half of my appreciation for that series was the gorgeous soundtrack.

I now have all 14 volumes of Berserk deluxe editions can't wait to dive in. Have the first 4 volumes of FMA full metal editions as I loved the anime and wanted to read the manga.

Was in HMV and picked up Neon Genesis Evangelion series on blu ray and the blu ray of 3.0+1.11 all for £35.
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