/lounge/ - Lounge

>>95915
Yeah, I finished off the manga after watching the anime. It did not disappoint. Extremely good, unpretentious story.

>>95915
Are there any other animes/mangas that have the same vibe as Dungeon Meshi? I mean like, small group of heroes going down into a dark dungeon, like a dnd quest I guess.

I was thinking log horizon but it has this strange isekai/video game premise which is a bit offputting. I enjoyed that dungeon meshi was just a normal fantasy world with elves and hobbits and stuff.

>>95919
Obvious ones off the top of my head are Sword World, though not necessarily about dungeoneering. Part of Grimgar kinda falls under that. Made in Abyss sorta does as well and I like it, but at the same time it feels kinda like an evil show. There's a lot of bad stuff that happens to cute things, especially as the series progresses. Slayers is another obvious DND-style setting. El-Hazard sort of, too. Only really obscure one I can think of that might fit the bill at the moment is Ozanari Dungeon.

>>95924
Good suggestions. Never even heard of most of these but I'll check them all out. I did watch a bit of made in abyss but as you say it feels kind of icky. It's too brutal and I didn't like the shotacon fanservice.

Isn't sword world a japanese tabletop game?

>>95925
Yes. Can't remember all the names, but it's basically Record of Lodoss War and a couple other self-contained series in the same continuity. Think one is called Rune Soldier/Knight and another is Crystania.

>>95927
Ah I see. Thanks anon.

>>95919
I think Dungeon Meshi is a unique groundbreaker I expect will inspire much in the future. No shows are comparable at present

>>78548
azumanga is definitely not as favorable as Yotsubato. Which I really liked reading, only read it recently because I am binge crap like that and don't do anything until I know it's finished, kek.

BEM is very good show, especailly old one, combined with Mushishi perhaps and Monster which I have recently rewatched AGAIN! In fact, due to my mental issues for some reason the stupid music when Lunge is being strangled by Roberto keeps playing in my head since today's morning. I want to also mention another old classic from 2012 that came to my mind, Mirai Nikki is now completely forgotten show! Crazy, since it was popular back when it came out, oh and also Noucume, because I've been planing to read the light novel famous for its own season released.

VINLAND SAGA

i cried a lot

>>96018
Turns to shit after the timeskip. Most disappointing manga I ever read.

>Getting deep on ANIME directing – LEGENDARY Director of Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor 2 and Urusei Yatsura, Mamoru Oshii – released his 4.5-hour master course on Anime and Film Directing.

Mamoru Oshii - Anime & Film Directing - Session (1.5 hrs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7HquRppz7U

Mamoru Oshii - Anime & Film Directing - Lecture (3 hrs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFrCxm2Lro

Interview with Akira Toriyama's editor Kazuhiko Torishima (9 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd0ocHDfYgg

>Akira Toriyama is really good at making up stuff on the spot while writing, he’s the kind of writer that does not plan for anything that happens and lets the story evolve “by itself”, often making choices based on a whim (the Super Saiyan transformation was created to not have to draw the black in the hair).
>Now, what is the best point of Toriyama’s manga? Definitely not the story or the characters, since both are rather standard as a shonen story (one could argue it is standard since he set the standard but let’s move on), his strong point is how he shows a fight.
>With Toriyama’s work fighting became a moving event in the page, characters were fluidly fighting while leading the reader’s eye to the right point in time. Let’s see why.
>The action is always clear and there isn’t a single moment where you need to reread the page to know what is going on and what the characters are doing.
>This is Toriyama’s gift: being able to tell the story of a fight in a really clean and interesting way.
https://www.quora.com/Is-Akira-Toriyama-a-great-storyteller/answer/Matteo-Arbia (included images to demonstrate the argument)

There's worldbuilding, and then there's this... (Made in Abyss) (31 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqSAGqofaE

>think to myself
>hmm why are inuyasha and ranma so similar in most ways?
>look up their creators
>inuyasha is literally just grimdark ranma by the same person
Oh.

>>96318
Inuyasha is great.

>>96319
Not trying to imply I hate it by any measure. Maybe calling it "grimdark Ranma" is misleading and unfair, but I do think they share the many major themes. Ranma is a romcom with some action and Inuyasha is an action with some romcom.

Or maybe, Inuyasha is action-romance with some comedy is a better way to characterize it.

>>96321
I didn't mean to imply you were implying anything. I just really like inuyasha heh.

>>96322
It's otome. Chick flick. Girls are suppose to self insert as Kagome, and there's a plethora of men competing to get in her pantsu.

Still great though. First anime I ever watched.

why is she so cute bros

I just recently read and coomed to Princess Reicarnation
wtf why does she look so cute? I fucking hate CLAMP era drawings.

not for real wtf nigga I want to impregnate a white womab oooga oooga

mmm... tha smug......

I finished Angel Links again, big sadge...

>>97026
What did you think of it?

>>97027
It's a great watch, keeps a very similar atmosphere to Outlaw Star. Fun until the last few episodes then it's depressing, then it's uplifting, then it becomes very depressing.

>>97028
Quite a roller coaster.

>>97029
Yeah, you're so fucking funny, dude. Fuck off.

>>97032
You seem upset anon.

>>97035
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Too bad there isn't much wholesome art of Candy Store. Underrated character.

>>97058
>Machiavellian scheme that you fell victim to
ad hominem
>>97058
>Fautsian endeavor
out of context
>>97058
>>97058
F-
>Humorous Deception
Random capital letters, unexplained sentence.
>>97058
>And I'm afraid you've fallen prey to it
>prey to ??? missing subject elaborate
>>97058
>My goal, friend, was to get you to respond as though it were the God's honest truth
respond to what?

F-

>>97187
You're the most retarded poster of all time. You need to die in a car accident.

Season 6 of Inuyasha really uses a lot of old animation via flashbacks. Some of the episodes also have long recaps. I can't remember what episode I saw up to on adult swim/toonami. I have never seen Final Act. Wonder if it's just a half-assed wrap-up, may read the manga after this to figure that out. Also, Sesshomaru is a cool character. Really liked the episodes about him and his small party. Even with one arm, he kicks everybody's ass including Inuyasha's. His design also seems a lot more thoughtful than Inuyasha.

Log Horizon has nice visuals but I'm feeling pretty damn lost with the plot. Like a lot of light novel adapted anime it feels like being dropped in the middle of a story without any context at all. Dozens of characters are thrown at you in the first couple eps and I can't remember any of their names or who they are suppose to be.

I've watched S1-3 and End of Evangelion so far. Need to watch S4 to 26 or w/e.

Inuyasha in a nutshell:
>OMG JEWEL SHARDS!
>WE GOTTA FIND NARAKU
>Naraku gets his ass kicked
>Naraku runs away
>Repeat
Yeah it's reductive, but basically the problem with the series is it goes on and on for multiple seasons, yet it feels like it keeps retreading the same ground over and over without much of any real character advancement or plot. For Ranma that was fineEven though it started getting stale too, but for Inuyahsa, which is more of a "hero's journey" story, it is not. It doesn't benefit at all from most episodes having their own self-contained little stories that could be watched in any order, that don't contribute to the overall plot at all except for JEWEL SHARDS. Maybe the manga is better and it's mostly filler though.

>>97573
It helps no one to be reductive.

>>97679
>>97680
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>>97682
Is this supposed to be Toradora cosplay?

This reminds me of the soyjaks getting excited and pointing at something.

This song and sequence suck ass. This anime is shit.

>>98051
I dropped that anime after episode 3 I believe