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[Guh-Huzzah!]

Which ones are you watching?

'Cause there are plenty that are...not that.

Here's the "anime status" as of now

Finished - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, (I actually really liked FMAB) Sword Art: Online
Watched - Pop Team Epic
I Gave Up After Season 1 - My Hero Academia

I've also watched a bunch of Studio Ghibli films, but I'm more so referring to the serialized stuff you find on Crunchyroll and the like. Most of what I've really seen from those shows from images and clips and the like is just big honkers or a lot of tropey stuff, and I'm like- "Am I looking at the wrong ones here?"

Word of the wise Guh, it's best you ignore those people. Do not interact.

I know the irony of saying this on Smashboards but from experience, those people are not pleasent irl and may be some of the worst people you'll ever meet.

I already avoid anyone who thinks they're "more cultured" for any reason, honestly. They're usually just not fun people and also a-holes, haha.

Guh-Huzzah!

If you're in the market for what good anime looks like, just lemme know.

I got recommends for the good stuffs.

Teach me.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Pop Team Epic
I Gave Up After Season 1

There's a season 2? Damn i'm out of the loop

 

[Aurane]

Saw the overview trailer for Legends.

This game is gonna take my God damn soul.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Saw the overview trailer for Legends.

This game is gonna take my God damn soul.

Of course it will, after all, Arceus is god and will damn you when you fight it and if you lose you go straight to Poke Hell, also known as r/pokemon

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

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There's a season 2? Damn i'm out of the loop

Pop Team Epic is under "I Watched It", I actually enjoyed that show, haha. Only My Hero Academia gets the "I Gave Up After Season 1" treatment.

And there might be a season 2? Not 100% sure!

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Pokemon fans are something else

You give them something they don't want
They cry
You give them something they want
They cry

The dual typing of man

 

[Noipoi]

Pokemon fans are something else

You give them something they don't want
They cry
You give them something they want
They cry

The dual typing of man

They take the moon and they take the sun.

 

[Ivander]

Not gonna lie, I do not understand the mass appeal of anime in the US.
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Genuine question to folks here who watch a lot of anime: Am I missing something? Cause a lot of the ones I've tried just feel like horny cartoons from Japan.

I think I heard something about Japanese animations doing softcore ecchi rather than actual smut is so that they can sell more.

That said, alot of anime I watched early on may have had a fanservice scene or two in, but they hardly focused on that. Nowadays, I can see why some people really compare some animes to softcore ecchi and whatnot and besides Gintama, which has fanservice for both girls and guys, but doesn't really focus on those, I don't really watch anime nowadays. And it doesn't help that animes today seem to follow the same tropes quite alot.

That said, I do like the manga/anime style. I am a fan of particularly artistic styles and I enjoy some of the things that anime has brought or does in terms of animations and whatnot. Like I enjoy Studio Ghibli films and whatnot. Cardcaptor Sakura still remains my favorite anime series to date. And I like going back to Gintama from time to time. So I think that much like cartoons, movies and games, there will just be some animes you don't like and some animes you do like.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Pop Team Epic is under "I Watched It", I actually enjoyed that show, haha. Only My Hero Academia gets the "I Gave Up After Season 1" treatment.

And there might be a season 2? Not 100% sure!

Ah, my bad. As for MHA, any reason in particular you dropped it? Not to go "Oh it gets better later" as I find that to more often than not be self torture if you have to watch an entire season you didn't like or invest a ****ton of time in a game before you grow numb, but I want to try and understand what you did or didn't like about it so I can get an idea for your taste. Same goes for the other anime you watched and what your thoughts on them

 

[MooMew64]

Teach me.

Very well...

Spoiler: SOLAR NYAN'S LIST OF GOOD SHOWS FOR GOOD WATCHIN'

FIRST UP ON THE LIST

Steins;Gate. Fantastic show about time travel that has a slow build up but when it gets going HOO BOY IT GETS GOIN ALRIGHT. Best watching with zero spoilers going in; If you loved stuff like FMA, y'all gonna love this.

Trigun is an alltime classic sci-fi cowboy western. Has one of the most lovable protags you'll ever watch and the animation is amazing, even by today's standards.

Rurouni Kenshin is about samurai. Has some of the best anime fights in the business: Gives modern battle shounens like MHA a run for their money.

Saiki K is a comedy about a kid who is overpowered as all get go (he's basically a god) but he has no interest in doing anything with incredible with them or anyone knowing he has these powers. He's just going about his day to day, and wild hijinks ensue.

The poster series for the "cute girls doing cute things" genre. Slice of life, very chill. Ain't pervy. There's a bathhouse scene in one of the episodes, but from what I remember about it, it ain't creepy, it's moreso just a cultural thing.

Cute characters. Camping. It's literally one of the most wholesome pieces of media produced by man. Dutch Raikuna and Lamperouge can vouch.

Girl down on her luck finding a job gets roped into helping revitalize a small town. Incredibly wholesome, super inspiring, it's in my top 5 best anime.

animal crossing movie watchitwatchitwatchitwatchiwatchit

Nichijou. The greatest comedy ever written.

Please do yourself a favor and watch it. It's pure genius.

The second greatest comedy ever written, Azumanga Diaoh.

Words connot do it justice. It must be experienced. [/SPOILER]

I could easily give more, but those are the easy starters.

 

[KillerCage]

Not gonna lie, I do not understand the mass appeal of anime in the US.
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Genuine question to folks here who watch a lot of anime: Am I missing something? Cause a lot of the ones I've tried just feel like horny cartoons from Japan.

One reason I can think of is that there is little to no content in terms of adult western animation outside of crude comedies.
Yes there are anime for kids, but there also lots of anime meant for teens and adults.

 

[Aurane]

Of course it will, after all, Arceus is god and will damn you when you fight it and if you lose you go straight to Poke Hell, also known as r/pokemon

I'm already in Poke Hell, it's called being an active participant in the Pokemon community. There is no Poke Heaven, we are all doomed to the fire.

 

[MooMew64]

BTW, Guh, Lamperouge Wademan94 and Dutch Raikuna can back up most if not all of these picks.

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

It's 2022. I started playing Just Cause 3 and 4, Genshin Impact, Fire Emblem Warriors, two Neptunia games and goddamn Deadly Premonition before Smash Bros Ultimate and a PS first party game.
This is gonna be an interesting year.

Also:

I'm loving Deemo's soundtrack. It is so good.

Sony to produce more PS4s in response to PS5 shortage: https://t.co/r5ozwy11fm pic.twitter.com/mrJ4tOEeYh

— Kotaku (@Kotaku) January 12, 2022

thanks sony

I just wanna get a PS5 bro before my birthday. **** gonna be hard to get.

Maybe you shouldn't put all of your superconductor companies on a tiny island being threatened by one of largest militaries in the world.

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Very well...

Spoiler: SOLAR NYAN'S LIST OF GOOD SHOWS FOR GOOD WATCHIN'

FIRST UP ON THE LIST

Steins;Gate. Fantastic show about time travel that has a slow build up but when it gets going HOO BOY IT GETS GOIN ALRIGHT. Best watching with zero spoilers going in; If you loved stuff like FMA, y'all gonna love this.

Trigun is an alltime classic sci-fi cowboy western. Has one of the most lovable protags you'll ever watch and the animation is amazing, even by today's standards.

Rurouni Kenshin is about samurai. Has some of the best anime fights in the business: Gives modern battle shounens like MHA a run for their money.

Saiki K is a comedy about a kid who is overpowered as all get go (he's basically a god) but he has no interest in doing anything with incredible with them or anyone knowing he has these powers. He's just going about his day to day, and wild hijinks ensue.

The poster series for the "cute girls doing cute things" genre. Slice of life, very chill. Ain't pervy. There's a bathhouse scene in one of the episodes, but from what I remember about it, it ain't creepy, it's moreso just a cultural thing.

Cute characters. Camping. It's literally one of the most wholesome pieces of media produced by man. Dutch Raikuna and Lamperouge can vouch.

Girl down on her luck finding a job gets roped into helping revitalize a small town. Incredibly wholesome, super inspiring, it's in my top 5 best anime.

animal crossing movie watchitwatchitwatchitwatchiwatchit

Nichijou. The greatest comedy ever written.

Please do yourself a favor and watch it. It's pure genius.

The second greatest comedy ever written, Azumanga Diaoh.

Words connot do it justice. It must be experienced. [/SPOILER]

I could easily give more, but those are the easy starters.

1. I love you (no homo)

2. I can vouch for all of these.

3. Guh-Huzzah! I will add to the list if you want to learn my friend. Just give me a bit.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Maybe you shouldn't put all of your superconductor companies on a tiny island being threatened by one of largest militaries in the world.

I mean, last I checked, the shortage issue was specific parts which if I'm not mistaken, are also parts that get used in GPUs meaning crypto ****ers are to blame for shortages

 

[Guynamednelson]

Pokemon fans are something else

You give them something they don't want
They cry
You give them something they want
They cry

The dual typing of man

Pokemon complaints are a hydra. Cut off one and two more complaints grow in its place.

I cringe at all the "ugh people don't think swsh is 10/10" posting here but I still believe in that.

 

[Pokelego999]

Was listening to a Deltarune adjacent playlist and

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The missing Spamton song

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A Donkey Kong Country Returns OST - Vine Valley

 

[Cutie Gwen]

"ugh people don't think swsh is 10/10"

The fact you see the joking about the overreaction as that is part of the problem

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A Donkey Kong Country Returns OST - Vine Valley

Bruh I don't even play Deltarune and even I know you're supposed to add the [*line thingies*] like this

 

[MooMew64]

I mean, last I checked, the shortage issue was specific parts which if I'm not mistaken, are also parts that get used in GPUs meaning crypto ****ers are to blame for shortages

Crypto bros are one piece of the puzzle: Nvidia is making it worse by feeding directly into it, despite half-hearted "oh nyo guwys, wew're vewwy sawwy abowt the shortages, we trying vewwy hard to get evewwy one a card uWu"

Meanwhile, they're fully exploiting the price inflations by purposefully ceasing production on mid-range cards and doing absolutely nothing about the crypto situation because it all lines their pockets.

Our only hope ATM is regulation on Crypto and Intel's new cards hopefully being competitive. If things don't improve soon, the DiY PC market is going to completly cave-in on itself and we'll be entering an era of prebuilt machines and laptops ruling the roost, which means say goodbye to customization over your kit and economical upgrading.

...I know this wasn't exactly the topic at hand, but I've been trying to find a way to get myself an RTX 30 series card and I needed to vent a little, sorry.

 

[Aurane]

One detail I like and may have gone over some peoples' heads, is that when you attack Pokemon with your own, you hurl the Poke Ball you're sending out to bounce off the wild Pokemon, which when you do that behind them, startles them. You literally use the Poke Ball as a type of weapon rather than just a containment device.

I like yo cut g, ah YEET

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Crypto bros are one piece of the puzzle: Nvidia is making it worse by feeding directly into it, despite half-hearted "oh nyo guwys, wew're vewwy sawwy abowt the shortages, we trying vewwy hard to get evewwy one a card uWu"

Meanwhile, they're fully exploiting the price inflations by purposefully ceasing production on mid-range cards and doing absolutely nothing about the crypto situation because it all lines their pockets.

Our only hope is ATM is regulation on Crypto and Intel's new cards hopefully being competitive. If things don't improve soon, the DiY PC market is going to completly cave-in on itself and we'll be entering an era of prebuilt machines and laptops ruling the roost, which means say goodbye to customization over your kit and economical upgrading.

...I know this wasn't exactly the topic at hand, but I've been trying to find a way to get myself an RTX 30 series card and I needed to vent a little, sorry.

Nah man, **** sucks and is affecting loads of people, it's good to vent a little every now and then, scalpers have a special spot in hell after all

 

[Noipoi]

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO BE A Donkey Kong Country Returns OST - Vine Valley

Now’s your chance to be a [BIG KONG]

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I cringe at all the "ugh people don't think swsh is 10/10" posting here but I still believe in that.

I mean this is just someone's opinion as compared to yours, but sure

Also yea some pokemon complaints are crazy and then you have the folks mocking those complaints too lol

 

[Dan Quixote]

I actually love all the constant Pokémon discourse that's all over the Internet because maybe it'll be what finally drives me off the damn Internet

 

[MooMew64]

I actually love all the constant Pokémon discourse that's all over the Internet because maybe it'll be what finally drives me off the damn Internet

If Pokémon fans being actually insane didn't scare you away, nothing will.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Guh-Huzzah! Wait, you werent Nate???????

Ah well, uh, if you wanna come over and grab your shed, Im good for ir now

 

[MooMew64]

I mean. Reusing assets is a good thing, why take up resources making new models of ** you already have like Sonic, rings, bumpers, boost pads, whatever. Especially as they aren't reusing ** for the level design so far

Oh yeah and 'cause I didn't finish this topic:

Asset reuse is perfectly acceptable in my eyes and in today's world of strenuous HD and especially 4k development, is an absolute necessity.

Like, Sonic fans are the only fans I've seen that care as intensely as they do about a model.

...They're also weirdly obsessed with the 06 model right now, for some reason: They're porting it to every Sonic game possible, lol.

 

[Pokelego999]

I actually love all the constant Pokémon discourse that's all over the Internet because maybe it'll be what finally drives me off the damn Internet

Trust me, the Pokemon fandom has produced things I shall never forget.


Not in a good way.

 

[Lamperouge]

BTW, Guh, Lamperouge Wademan94 and Dutch Raikuna can back up most if not all of these picks.

Nah, I can only vouch for one of those (Laid-Back Camp).





Because it's the only one I've seen.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Guh-Huzzah! Wait, you werent Nate???????
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Ah well, uh, if you wanna come over and grab your shed, Im good for ir now

I am Nate, I just started a new island and changed my name in the process! I'll come get that shed now. Also, based reaction image.

 

[MooMew64]

Nah, I can only vouch for one of those (Laid-Back Camp).





Because it's the only one I've seen.

it's one of the top 3 best, so this is excusable

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I am Nate, I just started a new island and changed my name in the process! I'll come get that shed now. Also, based reaction image.

OH I thought I was tripping, dude lol hope you dont mind my place being in march lol

 

[Pokelego999]

Shroob how many classes in Granblue Fantasy are you, it feels like you have a new one every week.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Guh-Huzzah! Allright, the dodo code is 58VYL

 

[Dutch Raikuna]

Crypto bros are one piece of the puzzle: Nvidia is making it worse by feeding directly into it, despite half-hearted "oh nyo guwys, wew're vewwy sawwy abowt the shortages, we trying vewwy hard to get evewwy one a card uWu"

Meanwhile, they're fully exploiting the price inflations by purposefully ceasing production on mid-range cards and doing absolutely nothing about the crypto situation because it all lines their pockets.

Our only hope ATM is regulation on Crypto and Intel's new cards hopefully being competitive. If things don't improve soon, the DiY PC market is going to completly cave-in on itself and we'll be entering an era of prebuilt machines and laptops ruling the roost, which means say goodbye to customization over your kit and economical upgrading.

...I know this wasn't exactly the topic at hand, but I've been trying to find a way to get myself an RTX 30 series card and I needed to vent a little, sorry.

Swear to god man it pisses me off as well to the brink on PC (know way too many in your boat) plus what I want.
I want to get a PS5 and with Horizon and Gran Turismo coming out but no! Cryptos, Scalpers, pandemic, a ticking time bomb with China and Taiwan and more is making it hard as hell.

And by the way Scalpers and Cryptos. They deserve a very, very special place in hell. Right down there with angry soccer fans, PETA's PR, motorists who attack cyclists and people who think baguettes are better than subs (actually not sure on that one).

And Cryptos? They need to do themselves a favour by breaking a limb and getting a claim. There! Easy money and good for the environment! Everyone wins!

 

[Aurane]

OH I thought I was tripping, dude lol hope you dont mind my place being in march lol

You are tripping. Guh-Huzzah! is not real.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

You are tripping. Guh-Huzzah! is not real.

I was actually an illusion all along. Sorry homies.

 

[Shroob]

Shroob how many classes in Granblue Fantasy are you, it feels like you have a new one every week.

Oh god you're seeing my Action Point refresh tweets huh lmao

 

[Pokelego999]

Oh god you're seeing my Action Point refresh tweets huh lmao

I see everything Shroob. Following someone on Twitter is both a blessing and a curse.

 

[Shroob]

I see everything Shroob. Following someone on Twitter is both a blessing and a curse.

I know that all too well.


Unrelated but

So apparently Paper Mario 64 on the NSO has a 100% chance to crash if you game over with Watt as your partner.


Whoops