What anime are you watching or manga are you reading?

SharkWhale

all of ghost in the shell, Paranoia agent, and soul eater. trying to get back into reading blade of the immortal, damn expensive thou

QwertyCookie

Hi! Currently watching Sword Art Online II (not liking it as much as first half of first season to be honest) , Attack on Titan (after putting off watching it for ages) and Tokyo Ghoul Just finished up Deadman Wonderland and hope to start Psycho Pass soon

Dan_Solo

QwertyCookie wrote: »

Hi! Currently watching Sword Art Online II (not liking it as much as first half of first season to be honest) , Attack on Titan (after putting off watching it for ages) and Tokyo Ghoul Just finished up Deadman Wonderland and hope to start Psycho Pass soon

SAO is probably the best looking anime I've ever seen. Story is a bit old hat mind. Attack on Titan I was expecting amazing things from, but it's slighting getting on my nerves now TBH.
Working through Hunter X Hunter now. Bit barmy, but good fun... until 100s of people get eaten by monsters and murdered by an insane clown. It's that kind of show.

QwertyCookie

Dan_Solo wrote: »

SAO is probably the best looking anime I've ever seen. Story is a bit old hat mind. Attack on Titan I was expecting amazing things from, but it's slighting getting on my nerves now TBH.
Working through Hunter X Hunter now. Bit barmy, but good fun... until 100s of people get eaten by monsters and murdered by an insane clown. It's that kind of show.

Where are you in AoT?? I'm kind of in the same boat, I think it was overhyped so much that I'm now a bit underwhelmed by it :L Saying that Im not even halfway through yet xD I've been recommended Hunter X Hunter a good few times, but I dont know if it's really for me xD

sniper_samurai

Dan_Solo wrote: »

SAO is probably the best looking anime I've ever seen. Story is a bit old hat mind. Attack on Titan I was expecting amazing things from, but it's slighting getting on my nerves now TBH.
Working through Hunter X Hunter now. Bit barmy, but good fun... until 100s of people get eaten by monsters and murdered by an insane clown. It's that kind of show.

Yeah, I don't know how HxH got away with so much without being a late night series until the Chimaera Ant arc.

With HxH ending in 4 week I've gone back to rewatch it as far as the start of the Chimaera Ant arc. Never noticed the JoJo reference at the start first time around with the Stone Mask being shown during the intro blurb.

Sephiroth_dude

Hesthea wrote: »

Watching Psycho Pass and loving it, Love Stage!!, Ao Haru Ride, DRAMAtical Murder and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

It really is a great series :-D

Dan_Solo

QwertyCookie wrote: »

Where are you in AoT?? I'm kind of in the same boat, I think it was overhyped so much that I'm now a bit underwhelmed by it :L

I'm up to date at dubbed #16. There's a lot of "training" and infighting and stuff but it look like there'll be a ramping up of the titan mashing shortly.
I don't know, I was just expecting it to be *amazing* for some reason but it's only *OK*.

Links234

Me and herself have finished watching Tiger & Bunny, nearly want to start watching it again from the start Now we've started Fate/Zero!

Sephiroth_dude

How do you like fate zero links?

Links234

Good so far, but only just started into it! Time will tell

I do like Gen Urobuchi as a writer. Need to pick up Requim for the Phantom again though, probably need to start again from the start though

Hesthea

Tokyo Ghoul, atm and it is already one of my favs.

Yes, it is Sephiroth_dude. It would be nice if they did a 2nd season for Psycho Pass.

Gunmonkey

Hesthea wrote: »

Yes, it is Sephiroth_dude. It would be nice if they did a 2nd season for Psycho Pass.

They are, its out next season (so about 2 or 3 weeks). And a film after that.

sniper_samurai

HMV/Xtravision have the bluray of Psycho-Pass in stock now at €40. Zavvi are the next cheapest at €51. Ordered it today and will arrive tomorrow

Sephiroth_dude

Just finished psycho pass,brilliant series,good too see there's gonna be a season 2 and a film,not sure what to watch now.....hmmmm

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Just finished psycho pass,brilliant series,good too see there's gonna be a season 2 and a film,not sure what to watch now.....hmmmm

My bluray copy arrived from HMV this morning. I think at €40 its the cheapest 2 cour set I've gotten on bluray of a new property(Code Geass and its terribly squashed 2 disc, 25 eps sets dont count).

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

My bluray copy arrived from HMV this morning. I think at €40 its the cheapest 2 cour set I've gotten on bluray of a new property(Code Geass and its terribly squashed 2 disc, 25 eps sets dont count).

Very nice.

Think I'm gonna watch Gurren Lagann next and then Noragami, are both worth watching?

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Very nice.

Think I'm gonna watch Gurren Lagann next and then Noragami, are both worth watching?

Gurren Lagann is worth watching, waiting for the UE to be released of that, been delayed again until Oct 20.

Noragami isn't bad but didn't really think much of it either.

The first two episodes of GitS Arise are on Netflix Us now as well.

Sephiroth_dude

sniper_samurai wrote: »

The first two episodes of GitS Arise are on Netflix Us now as well.

Ya I saw that, there both 1 hr , Is there more to come?

sniper_samurai

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Ya I saw that, there both 1 hr , Is there more to come?

Last of 4 episodes was released in cinemas last week, out at end of month on bluray in Japan. A follow up movie was also announced at the end of the fourth episode.

Gunmonkey

Blood Lad is up on Netflix UK, as well as Wakfu, a French animated series based on an MMO that just finished translation, saw some of it and the fight animations are pretty snazzy.

Sephiroth_dude

Is blood lad any good? I was read about wakfu the other day on gameinformer,sound pretty cool.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/09/11/strategy-mmo-wakfu-has-a-companion-animated-series-coming-to-netflix.aspx

Sephiroth_dude

Really enjoying Gurren Lagann , I wish they hadn't

Killed off Kamina though

Tar.Aldarion

People suggested log horizon over SAO, yet I find SAO way better. Even with it's male fantasy power theme it's a lot more serious, and the dialogue is a lot better. I like LH but it seems a bit simple.

PopePalpatine

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Really enjoying Gurren Lagann , I wish they hadn't

Killed off Kamina though

Believe in me the show that believes in you!

Sephiroth_dude

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Believe in me the show that believes in you!

Well said :-D

Numina

According to MAL, I started Hellsing Ultimate 1790 days ago. 4 years and 11 months ago. I finished it yesterday. I suggest that you all should fill in the start date to whatever shows you watch, it's fascinating to me that I know that I started watching Hellsing Ultimate on October 25th 2009.

IHeartYuki

Just finished the following tonight (I'll keep major spoilers out of this):

Aldnoah Zero
I don't normally watch a lot of mech shows but this season was different with this show, Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen, M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane and Captain Earth all on my list. This was my favourite of those and Gen Urobuchi didn't disappoint as always. I was taken in by the story, the action and the characters and it ended the way you'd expect from Urobutcher. At least there's going to be a new season in 2015 and I can't wait!

Captain Earth
This was a bit of a slow burner. There were so many times I almost dropped it but in the end I'm glad I stuck around. Not a great show by any yardstick but it kept me invested in the characters (both the Midsummer's Knights and the Planetary Gears) enough to keep coming back every week. The problem is I liked the Planetary Gears a bit more than the good guys!

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
I liked the humour in this show but the last few minutes had me screaming in frustration at the screen at Sakura and Nozaki!

Hanayamata
Why did I get so invested with a show about yosakoi dancing? I have to admit, the first episode was my favourite but I kept pace with this moe-moe show just to see how everyone got on at the end. KAWAII!

Re:␣Hamatora
Definitely an improvement on Hamatora The Animation in my opinion. Some loose ends wrapped up and some more questions arising at the end. Both series made me a fan of the customers and staff of Cafe Nowhere and I'm hoping for a movie or an OVA at the very least in the future.

Sabagebu!
Momoko-sama!! Please come back for a second season. You're rude, quick to anger willing to sacrifice anyone in your way (especially your friends) and I love you for it!

Konata

IHeartYuki wrote: »

Just finished the following tonight (I'll keep major spoilers out of this):

Aldnoah Zero
I don't normally watch a lot of mech shows but this season was different with this show, Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen, M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane and Captain Earth all on my list. This was my favourite of those and Gen Urobuchi didn't disappoint as always. I was taken in by the story, the action and the characters and it ended the way you'd expect from Urobutcher. At least there's going to be a new season in 2015 and I can't wait!

It didn't end in the way Urobuchi wanted it to though apparently! His only involvement was in the first few episodes and his original idea for the ending of S1 was that

Inaho and the Princess would fall in love but the Princess would then be kidnapped by Slaine

according to this (it's in Japanese but my translation is correct don't worry :P). His actual words are "Don't blame me for the ending!" heh.

IHeartYuki

Konata wrote: »

It didn't end in the way Urobuchi wanted it to though apparently! His only involvement was in the first few episodes and his original idea for the ending of S1 was that

Inaho and the Princess would fall in love but the Princess would then be kidnapped by Slaine

according to (it's in Japanese but my translation is correct don't worry :P). His actual words are "Don't blame me for the ending!" heh.

Thanks for the new info. Still, I could definitely feel Urobuchi's hand in the ending although I can't help but wonder where the story will go from here. I can only imagine some exec saw the original idea and thought "this isn't what we pay Urobuchi-san for!" ;-)

Gunmonkey

Just finished The Pet Girl of Sakurasou and have to say its a hidden gem, kind of a romance/coming of age drama but really likeable characters.

Sephiroth_dude

Finished gurren lagan yesterday,I enjoyed it immensely :-D

Sephiroth_dude

Watching Deadman Wonderland now, very cool so far, I love shiro as a character, she's so cute :-D

jamescd

Just watched the final episode of Hunter x Hunter. Gonna be a very long wait for a new season, if there will ever be one

sniper_samurai

jamescd wrote: »

Just watched the final episode of Hunter x Hunter. Gonna be a very long wait for a new season, if there will ever be one

Tell me about it, there are only 7-8 chapter published beyond where the anime ends and it took 7-8 years for Togarashi-sensei to complete the Chimaera Arc.

Lenmeister

LOL 8 years? I never knew that.. I've been waiting for a long time for the lads to get the finger out and continue with this series. I'd love to see more of the spiders in action and see the members that setup Greed Island or whatever it was called. I watched the remake up to episode 30 or something but I prefer the original!

sniper_samurai

Lenmeister wrote: »

LOL 8 years? I never knew that.. I've been waiting for a long time for the lads to get the finger out and continue with this series. I'd love to see more of the spiders in action and see the members that setup Greed Island or whatever it was called. I watched the remake up to episode 30 or something but I prefer the original!

The Chimaera Ant Arc started in October 2003 and wasn't finished until April 2012 spaning 142 chapters, which on the weekly schedule it is supposed to be on should have taken just over 3 years.

Pity Hiatus X Hiatus is once again unsurprisingly on hiatus. Its been on hiatus longer than it has been running at this point.

Gunmonkey

Started watching Terraformars on Crunchy and dear god, the censorship. If you don't know what the show is about, a group of 100 humans head out on a ship to Mars to harvest a virus that's plaguing Earth. Problem is the 8ft tall humanoid cockroaches that evolved after a failed terraforming project. It is supposedly a very violent manga (

one guys has his head ripped off

) but the main series has giant black borders on screen for any violence, even taking up 2/3rd of the screen at a time.

Now its not the fault of Crunchy or anyone else who would try to stream it, unless you watch it live in Japan it is like this. But after the likes of Attack on Titan and Akame ga Kill in the past few seasons have shown the violence and deaths either up front or very stylishly framed it so they dont show the violence but you get the impact, its really irksome to see such blatant crap on a series that is marketing itself as a big dust up between powerful individuals but not show anything above a punch.

the_syco

Just watched the new Disney "Star Wars Rebels" anime there. I like the way they cram a fair bit into the 44 minutes, and there's not so much "fabulous landscapes but nothing happening scenes" that I've noticed other Star Wars anime had; they know their audience :P

Will be fun to see how they progress with it.

the_syco

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Started watching Terraformars on Crunchy and dear god, the censorship.

I'm not sure if i found the right one. Does one have the bear much before the Mars bit?

Sephiroth_dude

Just finished deadman wonderland, It starts off good but gets kinda strange towards the end and I didn't really understand what was going on,its only 13 episodes too and they failed to tie up some of the things at the end.......gonna give Devil part timer a look now

kevovek

I'm about half way through Hyouka its the first ever mystery/drama anime I've ever watched and I'm really enjoying it so far

laklaker

Fairy Tale!! one of my favorite anime on all time!!

Links234

Watched Ghost in the Shell yesterday, and Innocence today

D4RK ONION

Fate/Stay Night alaksjdlkawliujclkamld

Links234

Finished Fate/Zero

Kasumi_Goto

Deadman Wonderland (not for people with faint hearts), Stroke Witches (absolutely hilarious) and Ghost Hunt which is I think my favorite anime. It's both funny and thrilling and has very well developed subplots of ever episode.

D4RK ONION

Links234 wrote: »

Finished Fate/Zero

Fate/Zero the god

Sephiroth_dude

Finished Devil part timer , not great tbh, not sure what to watch now, Netflix have added a few new things all subbed.

Links234

Have you seen Steins;Gate?

Sephiroth_dude

Links234 wrote: »

Have you seen Steins;Gate?

I haven't but I take it comes links approved ?