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[JoshuaFH]

Episode 11 (IIRC) is gold though.

Though there is one huge hole in the story that I don't believe is ever adequately explained.

[Orange Wizard]

E: Not enjoying Log Horizon or Steins;gate

They're pretty slow starters, yeah. If you have time, definitely watch Steins;Gate through to episode... twelve? I think? It's well worth the prior investment.
Log Horizon doesn't get fast, per se, but it does get less slow. If you don't like political intrigue type stuff then maybe don't bother.

...

In other news, I started watching the live-action Death Note. Because fuggit. I actually never finished the anime; I lost interest after L died. (is that even a spoiler any more?)
LA version is actually decent? The CG is atrocious but whatever. Other than that it's mostly just the same premise with different characters (or rather, different characters with the same name). L is 40% of the way to being a trap. I'm disappointed he's not bug-eyed and creepy any more, that was basically why I fell in love with him in the first place.

[Parsely]

I watched four episodes of Watamote and it's cringey but in a good way. It's not bad, but I don't think I'll finish it.

If you have time, definitely watch Steins;Gate through to episode... twelve? I think? It's well worth the prior investment.

Log Horizon doesn't get fast, per se, but it does get less slow. If you don't like political intrigue type stuff then maybe don't bother.

What kind of crap show takes twelve episodes to get good... I'll still watch it, because this show is crazy popular, but geez. How do people force themselves to watch through the boring crap? You'd think if a show started out boring it would stay boring. I'm sure it'll all get tied together in a neat little bow and the beginning making me want to fall asleep will be totally justified and I will feel ashamed of myself.

It's only a little slow. Mostly it's the cliched characters that are getting to me. These archetypes are so fucking played out it's driving me insane, but Furtuka assures me that interesting stuff happens so I'm gonna keep going. If I die, we know whose fault it is.

[Flying Dice]

Boring? Steins;Gate was intriguing from the first episode. But maybe that's because I was weaned on Golden Age SF that was less "pew pew" and more sociopolitical commentary and exploration of ideas.

And yeah, Log Horizon is the only decent "into le mmo" anime made in the past few years, but it's decidedly not about power-wanking or shonenisms which tends to make it unpopular with folks that *snrk* liked SAO, Overlord, &c.

[Reelya]

Bonus for Steins;Gate: after you finish the show, look up John Titor on Wikipedia. A few unexplained details will become clearer: the whole story is based on the John Titor incident (which was a type of metafiction). Basically, Stein's;Gate is a little like if someone was to make an anime based on the SCP Foundation.

[Spehss _]

I mostly just don't like Imaishi, I think. He's pretty talented but it's not for me.

Wow, director for TTGL, Kill la Kill, Panty and Stocking, and Luluco, and series production director for Inferno Cop. That explains a lot.

[Madmachine]

Not enjoying Log Horizon

For real though, what don't you like about it? Just not very compelling?

It picks up, trust me. It wasn't until it started getting into the political intrigue between the guilds that I really got hooked.

Also, I actually liked Overlord, but maybe that's just because I have soft spot hard-on for wizards. I did like how Ainz was kind of experimenting with real evil after having role-played evil for so long, and yet he's still far less evil than the rest of his gang.

[JoshuaFH]

So I just discovered that there was a concert featuring the Splatoon girls:

https://youtu.be/jOtjUG5PXlE

"What is this utter bullshit?!" I say to myself as I watch the entire thing.

[Reelya]

I mostly just don't like Imaishi, I think. He's pretty talented but it's not for me.

Wow, director for TTGL, Kill la Kill, Panty and Stocking, and Luluco, and series production director for Inferno Cop. That explains a lot.

Abenobashi Mahou☆Shoutengai - he directed episode 3, which is a futuristic mecha setting. The mecha look a lot like the TTGL ganmen.

Don't forget to check out Dead Leaves if you like that other stuff.

[Frumple]

... hold up. The critters that did Dead Leaves was involved with those other ones?

That. That actually does explain a lot. You can definitely see the similarities, as well as an early, uh. Lack of restraint?

Also, I've apparently been fairly fond of imaishi's work for even longer than I thought. I mean, I didn't know the guy's name until today, but... yeah.

[NullForceOmega]

That is one hell of a track record right there, lots of key animation for series I liked, and some storyboards too.  Guess Imaishi goes on my cool guys list.

[Insanegame27]

Just watched 11 episodes of no game no life. Would have been extremely awkward if someone were to walk in while it was playing. I enjoyed it, it was humorous in about a million different pieces.


10/10 so far.


Dat coin toss.

[Frumple]

... that's the naked loli bathing anime, right? I think that's the only thing I can recall hearing about it.

[Neonivek]

I just kind of realized how oddly unpopular Phoenix Wright is... when most of his cases are extremely high profile, and would possibly even be televised.

Then again... he just started out.

Mind you it is a comedy. But I just have fun analyzing things.

[Reelya]

... that's the naked loli bathing anime, right? I think that's the only thing I can recall hearing about it.

Did you not hear about the multiple plagiarism scandals related to the original author? Madhouse had to make a formal apology while the NGNL anime was airing, because unlicensed art was used directly in the show ... from a Pixiv artist. And later, people started to notice the poses in his illustrations were suspiciously similar to numerous pre-existing artworks ... but only by Pixiv artists. Perfect alignment of body lines, hands, feet etc. And not just once or twice, for at least half a dozen illustrations.

Basically, there ain't no way all that's a coincidence, and it makes me think he's soured his relationship with Madhouse. He is a foreigner, and he made Japanese businessmen lose face because of his dodgy work practices. He's a non-native Japanese citizen who was stealing Japanese-made fanart then turning it into a commercial product. Japan doesn't tend to like that, and I'm sure everyone in the industry has put two and two together. In the past, similar cases have had huge repercussions. NGNL's author has so far escaped any problems, perhaps because the art he stole was all amateur stuff, so there are no army of lawyers coming after him.

So ... NGNL 2 from Studio DEEN perhaps?