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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Among their favorites is “Fallout” – a post-apocalyptic drama based on the video game series of the same name.

I find this incredibly ironic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks for pointing it out; edited phrasing.

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Not sure if "ultra-rich" is the right label, since there are probably some of them who are good people, but I'm referring to the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, etc.

I'm just wondering: do people like them watch movies or TV shows, or read books? In so much of popular media, people like them (i.e. rich, powerful, unsympathetic) are usually cast as the villain.

If they have any self-awareness and do consume popular media, surely they would know they are (edit: seen as) the bad guys?

My guess is that they simply don't consume popular media and instead wind down by doing cliche rich people activities (e.g. attend parties of only the rich, partake in expensive sports)

I tried doing a quick internet, but didn't find an answer that confirms my thoughts, so I gave up and turned to Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

This is a no-brainer but I'm predicting that Dan Da Dan tops this (next?) week's anime charts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Lousiest episode so far. Listening to them talk makes me feel dumb.

For some reason, they've got to state the obvious throughout their conversation. Also, whenever someone come up with a counterpoint or an idea, the rest would revere it - even though all the speaker did was said something common-sensical.

It's like the show's creators don't trust their audience to think or something. My intelligence feels insulted.

Subaru's speech sucks too. Too lazy to elaborate.

This is not the first time Re:Zero has made me feel this way, but it rarely makes me feel like this the entire episode. I had to speed up the episode to get through it.

It's about time Subaru get back to dying again to make things interesting.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Completed season 2 of Attack on Titan.

Just like @[email protected], I found season 2 to be way better than season 1 just based on the plot alone.

The flaws that I pointed out previously are still present, but I felt that there have been improvements e.g. less narration and exposition, reduced recaps (no recap for some episodes).

I like it a lot, so I'm closing one eye to its flaws and giving it a 10 / 10.


Also watched Look Back. It's good.

It being only 1 hour long makes it an easy watch too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

For me, it's the PS5 for having such a slick and futuristic look.

Honourable mention goes to Nintendo Switch for being so cute.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Witch from Mercury is on my watchlist so I'll have to give it a go.

Make sure to start with the prologue / episode 0.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As for everyone else, it's just that typical anime thing of keeping characters in the same outfit so you don't need a design sheet for multiple outfits.

This is so lame, considering a number of (personally highly-rated) anime have characters donning various outfits.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

It's kind of late to ask this, but why is Subaru still wearing his one-and-only tracksuit? Does he not have any other clothes? What happens when he does laundry? We don't see him change out of it ever!

In fact, other characters are all wearing the exact same clothes or have multiple sets of the same clothes.

The only explanation I can think of - in Subaru's case at least - is that someone casts laundry magic on him regularly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What anime has the best romance?

Thank you for phrasing it this way, leaving room for anime that do not have romance among its genres.

For me, it's Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury . I love the relationship between Suletta and Miorine so much.

Honourable mention goes to 86 for Lena x Shin.

I guess I like seeing couples overcome shared trauma.

 

Living in 2020s be like:


Source: I Became the World's Strongest Witch - Chapter 33

 

Happened to me recently during a call. Perhaps they could have phrased it better, like "why are you open to opportunities" (which sounds quite dumb too tbh)

 
 

No, I don't have a <div> inside a <p>

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anime_irl (ani.social)
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Source: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines - episode 5

 

Source: Spy x Family: Code White

 

Source: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines - Episode 4

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Hi all, I came back to anime after a long hiatus thanks to Witch from Mercury.

Since then, I've watched a bunch of anime - including many masterpieces - but nothing could scratch that itch like a Gundam series could.

So now I'm look for more Gundam shows to watch.

It doesn't have to be Gundam exactly (or even anime!). As long as it shares the main features, I would consider it to be Gundam.


From what I observed, the following themes are essential to Gundam series:

War - To be specific, it shows how war is bad, and that nobody truly wins in a war.

Child soldiers - Usually forced to fight, or manipulated into fighting (by people who would usually get revealed to be the real villains later).

Politics - What started the war, or kept the war going. The politicians tend to be the ones manipulating others.

"Mecha" - I am using the term mecha loosely here, because it doesn't really have to be a robot that's piloted. It can simply be some kind of enhancement or weapon of war, or something symbolic.

Tragedy - In war, people are obviously going to die. Personally I would prefer if the main cast gets a happy ending though.

Discrimination - It can be discrimination over race, class, etc.

Other themes that I have noticed are common but not really essential include:

romance subplot - Looks like in war, love gives people hope, as well as the drive to keep on living.

dystopian setting - It could be the lasting effect of previous wars, or the consequences of politics.

Finally, these are not really themes, but I've noticed these trends:

  • there's usually an ensemble cast
  • the protagonist's team tend to switch sides in the later stage of the show to fight against the true villains
  • the mechas would progressively get upgraded over the course of the show

To avoid overlaps, here are the Gundam-like series that I have watched / plan to watch.

Watched:

Planning to watch (based on hearsay about their similarity to Gundam):


Thanks in advance for the recommendations.

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