Fall 2019 anime

Yup. Azur Lane seems likely to focus on Ayanami as the main character, and explore her difficulties wanting to stay with the Azur Lane base while being from a Red Axis nation.

New trailer for Beastars !

The song sounds a bit like Cop Craft's opening, which I can dig. And my god this looks way better than it has any right to…

Oh, you say Blade of the Immortal is getting a second chance? Maybe it's my chance to finish the story, but I don't know how the animation is gonna match up with the manga in terms of art - last time it was understandably underwhelming.

Finally have news on Psycho-Pass 3. Holy shit that's late. I was literally right about to make a post asking for any gossip on it

Edit: Ubukata is writing, it's going to suck

Edit 2: ANN article with more info. Though they don't have the staff info; you'll need to go to the website for that

Edited by Hylarn on Sep 27th 2019 at 5:02:43 AM

Alright, here's the anime that I want to watch:

• Radiant Season 2
• Shinchou no Yuusha
• Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu
• Val X Love
• Assassin's Pride
• Pet
• Babylon
• Beastars
• No Guns Life
• Kabukicho Sherlock

I really want to add Fairy Gone, Chuka Ichiban, Azur Lane, Hataage Kemono Michi and Marimashita Iruma Kun for animes to watch. But for Fairy Gone and Chuuka Ichiban? I need an extreme marathon of both of their older animes especially on Fairy Gone's case because the story is fucking disjointed as hell and Chuuka Ichiban has an old anime that I want to skim before watching the new one. Or in case if I don't get Pet, I'll definitely switch Azur Lane on my list

Edited by ElfenLiedFan90 on Sep 30th 2019 at 4:24:38 AM

Okay, thanks RedSavant for his link on the other thread, I have a better idea now.

Definite watch:

• Beastars
• Radiant season 2
• Blackfox (if there's a way to watch it)
• Fairy Gone cour 2 (not a huge fan of the first half, but I still wanna see how it ends)

I'll try:

• Fate Grand Order (whatever I say, I still kinda like Fate, so…)
• No Guns Life (funny premise)
• Babylon (I have no idea what it's about, but it looks gorgeous)
• Heikinchi de itta yo ne (isekai with a female protag… let's see how it goes)
• Pet (looks trippy, it'll either be fascinating or just confusing)
• Africa no Salaryman (reminding me that I still haven't watched Aggretsuko)
• Rifle is Beautiful (to see if you can literally make anything interesting with cute girls)
• Houkago Saikoro Club (to seee if you can literally make anything interesting with cute girls, reloaded)
• Mairimashita! Irima-kun (I like the designs, could be fun)

There's no way I can keep up with all of those, mind you, but I'll try at least one episode of each.

Me too. Anyways, think my schedule changed a bit. Maybe I wasn't that much hyped with this season but we'll see

So far, Beastars is a maybe as I already read all the chapters of it out, and I'm not sure the anime will be of a high enough quality to warrant a "rewatch" so to speak. Especially since I'm convinced now that I prefer to read manga due to being able to go at my own pace with it than having to sit and wait with anime.

I read the manga for the Cautious Hero isekai. It's pretty much going to be a watch a few episodes and stop kind of thing. The joke just gets old after a while.

Currently reading Assassin's Pride out of curiosity. I've read worse. It's kind of isekai-y, but has some actual worldbuilding and in the 6 chapters I've read so far. It's less about how OP the MC is, and you think it would go that way since he's an "assassin" with some dramatic-ass internal narration, but more of a character drama.

Everything else is either a no, or wait to see what others say.

My main concern with the Blade of the Immortal anime is that LIDEN FILMS does not inspire much confidence. They were behind the rubbish Berserk 2016 anime, which is a huge red flag.

That being said Bot I looks like it's going to be 2D, so at least the main glaring problem that plagued that other abominable production won't be here presumably, but they still have a lot of work cut out for them. Samura's art is ridiculously strong so this anime is going to have to work very hard to make it worth watching over reading the manga.

So far, I'm actually fine with some Lidenfilms works. Wasn't Genba or something like that responsible of Berserk horrid CGI

One thing about Liden films is that it was the director that wanted it to be CGI, not Liden Films themselves.

Of the season starters that debuted today, I only watched ascendance of a bookworm (I'll get to TUEE some time in the future maybe. Its really not high on my priority list). I was a bit worried they they were going to blitz through the story, but it seems the scene that had me worried was just a flashforward fan service scene for a popular character and the pace was nice and cushy. Character animation was good, the chibi segments were cute, and they were able to naturally integrate Myne's internal monologue in (her fainting from chicken decapitation still makes me laugh considering I've been used to that kind of thing since I was a wee babe). Definitely keeping up with this.

I've only read the first few chapters of the light novels but it's good to hear the anime is doing a good job. Guess I'll go watch it now.

Kind of awkward how they have the two isekai parodies on the same day—They come off as even more similar than they already are. I think Shinchou Yuusha is the better-made of the two, but it's over-reliant on Rista's reactions, and the charm was already wearing off for me by the episode's end. Kemono Michi has more going on, but I find the execution weaker. And personally it's just way too cringy

Wow, that was a pretty cruddy adaption of Kemono Michi. The manga never focused that much on what was going on before he got isekaied, and after suplexing the princess. immediately cut to the present day when the cast is already assembled to show how much of messed up group they are. The individual first meetings between were shown later after the reader aclimated to their insanity.

The way the anime went about dragged out the pacing and ruined the flow of the story.

Ok Oresuki was pretty good.

It started out so painfully stereotypical fanservicey romcom I almost turned it off but once the reveal that he is the BFF of a different Love Triangle and the subsequent slide from Jekyll to Hide and then the introduction of the Stalker with a Crush who only loves his inner sarcasm self I was wanting to see more.

Anyone else disappointed the MC in Kemono Michi didn't keep his mask?

Been a while since I've been around these parts. Still have a backlog from the preceding cour, but ah well! Let's see what Fall has in store.

Watching:

• Hataage! Kemono Michi: One surefire way to sucker me in is to have a diverse bestiary of creatures to summon or tame, so you bet I'm all for a magical pet shop show. Having the lead be a pro wrestler is kind of a weird choice, but sure why not.
• Ore Suki: Someone told me it was like Gamers! Um yes please.
• Houkago Saikoro Club: Reminds me, gotta invite my friends to hit up a board game cafe sometime soon.
• Granblue S2: The first season actually got me interested in the mobile game, though I never actually got around to playing it. Neat straightforward fantasy type of deal.
• Hi Score Girl S2: In it for the retro game coverage. Yes I read and watch about games more than I actually play them.
• Beastars: Been meaning to check out the manga anyway.
• Gundam Build Divers: I sincerely hope this comes close to the quality of OG Gundam Build Fighters. The original Divers was a significant improvement over Try so it's possible!
• No Guns Life: YES GUNS. YES GUNS.
• Shin Chuuka Ichiban: Holy crap talk about a surprise sequel. Hope it measures up.
• Chihayafuru: Another surprise sequel. This timeline keeps on giving.
• SAO: Underworld: I still like SAO.
• Psycho Pass: More like S1 and less like S2, please.
• Pet: Oooh looks funky.

Checking Out

• Ahiru no Sora: Some good old-fashioned basketball sounds right up my alley.
• Choyoyu: This is the one that has a ninja journalist! Gotta check it out for that kind of craziness haha.
• Hoshiai no Sora: I'm all for nonstandard sports shows too.
• Mairimashita! Iruma-kun: Solid premise for a wacky comedy.
• Tokunana: Will see how it compares to Cop Craft.
• Phantasy Star Online: And this time it's actually about the game and not just some randos gushing about it!
• Babylon: A crime thriller sounds good but from the guy who wrote Sekaisuru Kado... welp.
• Kabukichou Sherlock: Another Jack the Ripper chase, lessee if this one has the pluck to distinguish itself.

Skipping:

• Fairy Gone: My interest is fairly gone.
• Null Peta: Will let my friends filter this one first.
• Mugen no Juunin: Immortal: Same as above.
• Radiant: Gonna stick to the manfra.
• Shinchou Yuusha: Another isekai with a ho-hum gimmick.
• Honzuki: Oh look another one
• Cute Girls Doing Cute Things Isekai: Another one
• Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy: Ehh.
• Val X Love: Not in the mood for trashy stuff.
• Azur Lane: This is like, the third franchise with shipgirls?
• FGO: First season bored the heck out of me. I don't think I even managed six episodes.
• We Can't Study: Maybe just see a specific arc then call it a day.
• Actors: Meh
• Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds decent but will pass.
• Africa no Salaryman: Also a fun kooky seeming show but not enough to get me to dip.
• Kandagawa Jet Girls: Nyeh.
• Nanatsu no Taizai: Manga-only for me now.
• Assassin's Pride: Plot sounds very familiar. Might have read the manga before.
• Shokugeki no Soma: Hahaha no
• My Hero Academia: Manga-only for me now.
• Rifle is Beautiful: This beholder says not really.

21 shows, huh. Probably gonna drop half of that. Free time is an elusive creature.

This is the first season, though…?

Yeah as far as FGO goes there is universal agreement that the first three chapter are terrible and most people believe that they're adapting the strongest part of the series this season.

I suppose I'll watch it and Ascendance of a Bookworm. I hope Maine isn't too insufferable in the early parts of the anime, it was a real chore dealing with her in the very beginning of the story.

x3 there is no "first season" for FGO. The movie ova is made by a completely different staff and studio, and the difference between writers means writing quality varies between chapters (with the early chapters being regarded as worse the ones that came after).

And so it begins.

I think they did a reasonable job showing her current disconnection from her new family whilst not making her unlikeable.

Edited by Mami on Oct 3rd 2019 at 8:14:10 PM

Houkago Saikoro Club: The visual presentation and characters are utterly generic, but I can't say I'm not interested in the game part. Especially since they seem to be real games that you can buy. I'll give it the three-episode rule to see how fast I get board bored with the concept.

Edited by Lyendith on Oct 3rd 2019 at 11:05:02 AM

So...I'm gonna follow Oresuki. I decided to read the manga to see if it was just as generic as the trailer implied.

And I got swerved so fucking hard when I actually read it, that I kind of regret that I spoiled most of the big shit.

Consider me corrected. Misremembered that FGO was a movie

Azur Lane: I think the word here is "inconsistent". You get a few seconds of very solid animation, but then it cuts to a still frame or shitty CG. Similarly, the writing bounces between moe, relative seriousness, and bombast. It doesn't seem to be quite going for an ensemble cast, but it is giving main character plot beats to both Laffey and Cleveland (and then ignoring both in favour of aircraft carriers)

In comparison to KanColle, it's sexed-up, less coherent, and has worse writing, but more spectacle and a better visual style. I can't say I disliked this, but I'm not fully on-board, either