I like the concept that this takes parallell universes into account both from the Earth standpoint and in the fantasy kingdom. Seems less "reincarnation" and more Neverending Story.

I recently went though That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime. Dumbass name, but it was a fucking joy.

Finished off Darwin's Game this morning.

Cool concept. And I like where it's going. But, I'm getting the vibe it's going to be a 1-and-done anime series.

Started 86. The mechs and rag tag squadron concept. Dig it so far.

If you've never watched Gundam 08th MS Team, check it out. Same concept.

08th MS Team is one of the best war animes I've ever seen. Not to mention one of the best limited Gundam series out there.

Gundam 08th.

God. Wasn't that on Toonami years ago for like a hot minute? I know Wing and G got all episodes aired.

Wing and G were my shit. God I miss 2000-01 toonami afternoons lol. Dragonball, Gundam, Tenchi, Yuyu Hakusho. Those were good times.

Yeah, 08th was on toonami. Honestly, all the gundam OVA's are fantastic. So much better than the TV series.

And I've rewatched Gundam Wing. It doesn't really hold up. A lot of the dialogue is laughably cringy. lol there's one guy in the earlier episodes who yells everything he says. It's fucking hilarious.

Wing was definitely a "time and place" thing. It was better than most of the shit that crossed the pond for mainstream consumption merely from the fact that it wasn't something being aired to coast off of Pokemon's stardom. Led a charge against the "strictly for kids or comedy" attitude about cartoons this side of the Pacific.

Wing and G had some of the best Gundam designs they've had imo.

Just finished my 73rd rewatch of Parasyte: The Maxim. Never gets old. One of my favorite shows ever.

https://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g/gf13-026nd.jpg

https://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g/gf13-039np.jpg

https://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g/gf13-044nnp.jpg

https://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/g/gf13-045nsp.jpg

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Hey, whatever floats your boat man.

are those new the pokemon evolutions people are on about?

Those look like the fake transformers you would find in dollar stores back in the day

Windmill gundam should be the mascot for alternative energy.

Maybe im confused about G, I thought that was the direct follow up to gundam wing......cuz that for sure aint the one I thought

Ok so I was just confuzzled all around being thats its been 20 years since I watched the series in question but I think I have now figured it out. Pretty sure the series I was thinking of besides Wing was actually SEED. It was definitely a more space oriented series.

Honestly, I do like the hyper stylized designs of stuff like Wing, Seed, and 00, but y favorite mobile suit designs by far, are the ones that look like war machines rather than mecha fashion show participants.

I think I favor the fashionistazords because the series they tend to come from are the more futuristic space oriented affairs and I prefer those over the more terrestrial war leaning series.

G is very well received because it's such a break from the bog standard Gundam show. It's still a war story but it's very Super Robot rather then Real Robot. And Wing is popular because of the Pretty Bois.

Seed's popular because of the robot designs and that's about it. Like you look at the Strike and tell me you don't want to pilot that. Look me in the eye and say you don't.

I just found out that the episode of Black Clover I just watched is the series finale. Even with all that filler they still ran through all the source material. Left it hanging on one of the worst cliffhangers I've ever seen. No way you walk away thinking you just watched the last episode. Feels like a season premiere if anything. Hate watching a long anime that gets canned before it's done. This is like the feeling when Bleach ended originally. Only took like 10 years to get a new season of that.

It's exactly like bleach actually. They hung it up right at the start of the ultimate arc of the story just like Bleach with the Thousand Year Blood War.

bleachs 1st 2 arcs are the only thing worth watching anyhow

Well I just found some other anime news that makes me feel better. Overlord finally getting season 4 and a movie. Nice.

I was into Bleach the way the rest of the weirdos were into Naruto at the time. Which is to say way too into it. I've watched the whole series/movies multiple times. I was obsessed with the gacha games. It was bad.

It definitely peaked with the soul society arc, but the arrancar arc was still good. Thousand year war arc should be fun as well.

Fullbringer arc was shit, however.

Yeah the fullbring arc was the worst in the series. A lot of people think the Bount arc was the worst but I actually didn't think it was bad. It was just weird.

I think the arrancar/hueco mundo arcs were my favorite honestly. Out of all the antagonists in the series Ulquiorra was always my favorite, followed by Grimmjow. The scene where Orohime yells at Ichigo to not die and he finally gets his shit together and obliterates Grimmjow is probably the best scene in the series imo.

Hoping this Sunday there's a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig payoff to 86 to get me to watch the 2nd half of this season whenever that rolls round. Mostly depressing, but the last couple episodes have really been good.

Finally caught up on Strike the Blood. Subtitle translation is still spotty with the Covid delay, but watchable regardless.

Well...........86 ended part 1 on an interesting note.

7 deadly sins final season is up. gonna do a rewatch but im super ultra mega hyped

Just now finding out about the death of the Berserk author. That fucking sucks.

Just noticed this myself but didn't know this was the final season. Now I'm simultaneously hyped and saddened. Have really enjoyed this series.

i havent gotten to the new stuff yet but its the first half only. 12 eps of 24. last 12 will be fall or so

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom.

If you've seen Death March...., In Another World with my Smartphone, Rising of the Shield Hero, etc., you know what you're expecting.

I need some more "weird" anime in my life rn. Wish season 2 of Dorohedoro was ready or something.

Have you seen the Junji Ito Collection? Watch the Junji Ito Collection.

Yeah the Junji Ito Collection is wild. Wish it would have had more episodes to work with so they could have fleshed out some of the stories a bit more though. Regardless it is a unique and disturbing watch and I highly recommend.

Dunno why I never watched it before but I started Megalobox and I really like the story telling work being done in this series.

Typically avoid the Chinese animes. But Everyday Life of the Immortal King is rather fun on Netflix. You can blast through it in a day since the episodes are 15-20 minutes each. Which sorta stinks.

The Crunchyroll-Funimation merger is complete. The final price tag was $1.175 billion dollars.

The U.S. Department of Justice was looking into it as the deal might have violated antitrust laws or be looked as a monopoly. No issues

There's a report from Eurogamer that Crunchyroll may get lumped in as a Playstation Plus perk. But you may be charging more for PS+ membership if that happens.

https://www.ign.com/articles/crunchy...nimation-anime

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...chyroll-buyout

They can lump the anime services into PS+ and charge more. I'm cool with that. Will prob actually save me money since I currently pay for all 3 of them seperately.

Moving on, Megalobox 2: Nomad was awesome. Probably better than the first. End was a bit of a letdown in some ways but I understand why they went the direction they did.

Starting The Dungeon of Black Company. Yet another Isekai show as they continue to takeover the market the way the Shonen shows used to. This one seems kinda different though as the character they transport to another world is a greedy ass corporate taskmaster and he goes into this other world and is instantly made a low tier miner. It's about his hugely inflated ego and corporate skills and him trying to translate those into this new world to pay off the insane debt he accrued when he first arrived by taking out loans in an attempt to replicate the lavish style he was plucked away from.

So hyped for My Villian Academia wave of episodes.